Peking Falls to General Wu Forces in Major Battle
General Wu Pei fu's forces control Peking at noon as General Chang Teo lin retreated toward Mukden. Chinese and Manchurian troops endured a fifteen hour battle with 5 000 to 7 000 casualties. Foreigners safe. emissaries entered the city to govern.
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Victor
Mukden
Peking
China
Fien
Wu Pei-fu
Chang Teo-lin
Chang
Tientsin
Bla
Feng Yuhsiang
Changi
U. S
Ican Board of Invasions
Chang Asintien
Hun River
Marco Polo Bridge
Changs
Fengtal
Changsintien
Poison Found in Gertrude Hanna Case Probed
Poisonous substances potentially in the organs of Gertrude Hanna, the Hoopeston choir girl slain eight days earlier, were reported by Chicago lab officials to State's Attorney Lewman. No poison details were released, but the finding bolsters police theories of death during an aftercare medical operation.
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Chicago
Mey
Gertrude Hanna
Hoopeston
Lewman
Danville
Escaped Slayer Koetters Nabbed by Police in Seattle
Chicago May 6 A man known as Handsome Jack John BE Koetters slayer of a sixty year old widow who escaped Joliet prison in 1919 has been captured in Seattle Detec tives recognized him from a broadcast photograph He allegedly admitted his identity and had fled after beating Mrs Em wa Kraft to death with a hammer in the Saratoga hotel He later tried to enlist another widow to name him beneficiary in her will and was arrested after detectives lay in wait The case drew a 16 hour jury deliberation with one juror seeking the death penalty not life imprisonment.
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Chicago
Jack
John BE. Koetters
Joliet
Seattle
Wash
Koetters
Handsome Jack
Lfe
Barthou Stands Pat Awaiting Poincare Return
Genoa dispatch says French Vice Premier Louis Barthou will meet Lloyd George after Barthou arrives from Paris. British PM aims to steer France toward Russia stance and ease German indemnity talks, amid pressure over Moscow recognition and any invasion fears.
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Poincaire
Lloyd George
Genoa
Georges Tehitcherin
Walter Rathenau
Skirmut
Liogd George
Louis Bartheu
Paris
Barrere
M. Louis Barthen
Stoke
Berthou
Poincare
Allier
Eigh
France
Belgium
Bricain
Russia
Moscow
Germany
Britain
Barthou Aims to Preserve French Stance Toward Russia
Paris reports May 6 indicate Dearing instructs the French delegation led by Sonia Barethou to insist that private property rights be respected by Russia. France refuses to push Britain into recognizing the Soviet government and seeks no revision that would weaken the ten year pact with Germany.
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Barthou
Paris
Russia
Sonia Barethou
Genoa
Harthou
France
Great Britain
Wirth
Walter Rathenau
M. Barthen
WANTS LIGHT ON WAR PROFITEERING
Representative Royal C. Johnson declares passage of a resolution for a congressional investigation into war contract frauds will occur next week. He predicts findings will expose government corruption and lead to criminal and civil actions against contractors and officials. The measure, authored with Rep Mondruff, has been favorably reported by the Rules Committee.
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Weekingtoon
Royal C. Johmson
South Dakota
Johnson
Rov. Mondruff
Michigan
House Rules Committee
Dempsey Eyes Rematch With Carpentier This Year
Jack Dempsey says he is almost certain to meet Georges Carpentier again in London or Paris late this year if Carpentier defeats Ted Lewis in London on May 11 and the nurse is satisfactory.
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Paris
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
London
Cagpentier
Ted Lewis
Republicans to Sidetrack Tariff Bill in Senate
Washington May 6 Republicans plan to delay the tariff bill to push the soldier bonus measure. Senator McCumber said debate on the bonus will last three to four days and the bill could pass within a week. Minority Leader Underwood warned the tariff bill risks being sidetracked by extraneous discussion. He estimated over 2,000 amendments would require excessive time, urging steps to keep the tariff before the Senate.
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Washington
McCumber
Finance Committee
Senate
Senatorial Trading Hints Mentioned On Tariff Bill Delay
Underwood urged McCumber that delaying the tariff bill to permit a bonus bid would invite senators to press other measures. The note describes implied bargaining tactics and anticipated legislative maneuvers in the Senate.
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Sitio Waren
Underwood
McCumber
Bartzen Captures State Treasurer Nomination In Big Midwest Vote
Peter Bartzen of Chicago won the Democratic nomination for state treasurer by 25 400 votes over Harry S. Kramer of East St Louis. Kramer carried downstate by 20 00, but Bartzen led Cook County by 45 000.
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Springfield
Peter Bartzen
Chicago
Harry S. Kramer
East St. Louis
Kramer
Bartzen
Cook County
Dead in Tornado Total 10 in Austin
The death toll from the Austin tornado rose to ten with five others gravely injured and forty in hospitals. Property damage is estimated at more than 60000 dollars.
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Austin
Tex
Vets bill passes House for 17 million in hospital funding
Washington May 6 by unanimous vote the House approved a 17 million dollar appropriation for soldier hospital inspection and operation by the Veterans Bureau. The measure includes a direct 10 00 000 allocation and allows the bureau to contract up to 5 million more.
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Washington
House
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Bureau
Honor Lady Astor at Danville Home
Danville Virginia May 6 Lady Nancy Astor received the freedom of the city from Mayor Wooding at a special council meeting. The city presented her with a key and an ordinance renaming a street in her honor. She spoke from the porch of her birth home and was gifted a silver loving cup by a citizens committee.
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Danville
City of
Nancy Astor
Mayer Wooding
Nancy
Citizens’ Committee
Head of German Ship Line Dies
Berlin May 6 President Balder mann of the Hamburg American Steamship line died here.
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Berlin
President Baldermann
Hamburg - American Steramship Line
Planes Collide Kills Two Naval Aviators Near Potomac
Washington May 6 Two naval aviators lie buried in Potomac mud after a collision between seaplanes near Bellevue. Lieut Harold F Selden and Ensign Miller died in the crash while Lieut Commander C Y Johnston and Machinist Mate C W Jacobs survived.
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Washington
Potomac River
Bellevue
Harold F. Selden
Anacostia Naval Air Station
Ensign Miller
Anacostia
C. Y. Johnston
C. W. Jacobs
Elias
Selden
Johnston
Committee Takes Bill to Harding
The committee sends a proposed bonus plan to President Harding for approval. Watson submits the plan for presidential consideration.
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Harding
Negroes Burned Three Negroes Implicated in Attack on Girl
Special to The Evening Journal reports on a fatal mob burning of three Black individuals implicated in an attack on a girl. The event unfolds today as authorities respond to the lynching at a stake, highlighting racial violence in Washington D.C. amid national news.
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Kirviein
Texas
Bala Ansley
Snap” Curry
J. Verney
Mose Jones
Timepieces Royal Hobby and Fricassee of Watches
Louis XVI cherished clocks and watches though he struggled to synchronise them all. A royal chef quipped of serving a fricassee of watches when variety in dishes eluded him.
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Louis XVI
Fifty Four Forty, or Fight Phrase in Boundary Debate
The slogan Fifty four forty or fight was widely adopted in the Northwestern boundary dispute to oppose yielding claims below 54 degrees 40 minutes latitude between the Rockies and the Pacific Ocean.
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Rocky Mountains
Pacific Ocean
Miss Mabel Cratty Re-elected National Board Secretary
Miss Mabel Cratty Mupelratty secured a second term as general secretary of the national board at the Arkansas convention. The re election confirms Cratty’s leadership role and ongoing influence within the organization.
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Mupelratty
Ete Ark
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