Northwestern offers reward in Mount case mystery
A ten thousand dollar reward was offered by Northwestern University trustees at the request of Walter Dill Scott for information to solve the disappearance of Leighton Mount, a freshman who vanished September 21, 1921 after a class rush. Dr Scott confirmed cooperation with state authorities and said the university would assist further if needed. John Scott and Fred Scott were examined again but provided no new information.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Til
Northwestern University
Walter Dill Scott
Leigiton Mount
Scott
States
Crowe
States Attorney
John Scott
Fred Scott
Bandit Holdups Slow Release Talks For Foreigners In Shantung
Chinese villagers report brigands in the Shantung hills are delaying negotiations for the release of foreign captives. The U S minister says no progress has been made and negotiations may drag on indefinitely. Wu Yu Lin and General Yang Iteh have placed brigands under hostage restraint to secure captives release. Reports say three Chinese captives may have been thrown from a precipice as a warning while bandit leadership contemplates its final decision.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Shantung
Washington
D. C
Schurman
State Department
Pekin
Wu Yu Lin
Yang Iteh
Lincheng
Shangtung
Evan Fontaine and Mother Reindicted in Perjury Case
The Rockland county grand jury re indicted Evan Fontaine a dancer and her mother Mrs Florence A Fontaine for perjury in connection with Mae Fontaine s million dollar breach of promise suit against Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney The Associated Press report from New York May 16 notes the defendants face perjury charges in the ongoing civil action.
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Associated Frees
New York
Evan Burrowes Fontaine
Florence A. _ Fontaine
Rockland County Grand Jury
Mise Fontaine
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Fire injures three firemen and five workers in Chicago plant
A fire at a Chicago spring bumper works plant injured three firemen and five African American employees who were overcome by smoke. The blaze caused about 76 000 dollars in damage and is believed to have started from an oven explosion.
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Chicago
Iowa orchards show little damage from May cold wave
Des Moines May 16 The Iowa State Horticultural Society reports orchards and truck crops suffered little damage from early May cold, with wind on May 8 9 injuring plums and cherries and raspberries in some areas. Overall truck crop planting near normal at 93 percent and early potato acreage at 92 percent.
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Ify
Des Moines
Iowa
Herrick
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Dentist and artist is charged in counterfeit plates case
Felix Rivkin a New York and Chicago dentist and artist was arrested on arriving by train and charged by government service men with possession of plates for counterfeit money. His counsel said the plates were for imprinting on leather wallets and Rivkin was held to the federal grand jury.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Felix Rivkin
New York
Secrer
Rivkin
United States
Foreign Criticism Aroused By New Taxes in Turkey
The Turkish Grand National Assembly in Angora faces foreign criticism as drastic tax hikes take retroactive effect. A March 1 flour duty rise to five percent and a fivefold income tax on foreigners, retroactive to arrival, spark concerns about internal administration and unintended consequences in western markets.
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Turkey
Ress
Constantinople
Grand National Assembly
Angora
Adnan Bey
George Jay Gould dies at Cap Martin aged 56
George Jay Gould American financier and railroad magnate dies at Cap Martin near Mentone France at 3 a m after illness. Born February 6 1864 in New York City he expanded his father Jay Goulds vast railroad holdings to over 20 000 miles and managed major investments including Western Union Telegraph Company leaving an $80 000 000 estate.
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Associated Press
Mentone
France
George Jay Gould
Cap Martin
Here
Gould
Jay Gould
America
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York City
Frog
Nathan Gould
Gold
England
Fairfield
Conn
Leepware
Delaware County
New York
Rutland and Washington
Troy
Rutland
Young Gould
Upton Sinclair Arrested for Conspiracy in Los Angeles
Los Angeles police arrest novelist Upton Sinclair and three others on charges of conspiracy and violation of the criminal syndicalism law. They were detained after Sinclair attempted an outdoor Liberty Hill reading of the U.S. constitution’s preamble. Sinclair to be brought to Los Angeles this afternoon.
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Sinclair
Los Angeles
Chief Oaks
Calif
Upton Sinclair
Lo de Oaks
San Pedro
Liberty Hill
United States
Fifth Victim Recovered From Campbell’s Drowning Tragedy
The body of Charles Lanighan a Rock Island candy salesman identified as the fifth drowning victim from Campbell's is found four miles east of Moline near the bridge where a death leap aimed to dodge a streetcar. Searchers continue to seek Mrs Merle Newton of Moline the sixth person.
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Moline
Campbell's Island
Here
Chas. Lanighan
Rock Island
Merle Newton
Hot Springs Recovers From Deadly Flood And Fire
Hot Springs Arkansas residents reopen shops after a night of debris removal from a cloudburst flood that swept through Main Street. Captain John Lovett of fire company No 1 saved a woman before being swept away and rescued. rescuers carried people to safety amid ongoing danger.
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Kate Christianson
Central Avenue
John Lovett
Fire Company No. 1
Lovett
Harding comments on New York repeal of prohibition law
President Harding says repeal of state prohibition enforcement could trigger state federal conflict pending civil liberties act, urging national unity under the eighteenth amendment. He notes the national policy remains to enforce constitutional law while awaiting Civil Liberties bill outcomes amid New York Legislature action.
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Associated Press
Newburgh
N. Y
Harding
Wesley Wait
New York
Smith
Wait
Congress
Mrs Clestine Marie and Mrs Dempsey Head to Chicago
Mrs Clestine Marie accompanied by Mrs George Dempsey of Davenport left for Chicago yesterday morning where they will spend a few days.
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Clestine Marie
George Dempsey
Davenport
Chicago
Parcel Post Clerk Admits Mail Theft In Marion Case
Lou Avery a parcel post clerk confessed to complicity in a $21 000 robbery of the Marion and Eastern line mail baggage and express car. Sheriff Galligan says $19 000 of the money has been recovered.
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Associated’ Press
Marion
Lou Avery
Sheriff Galligan
Marion and Eastern Line
Steel replaces flint in cement grinding process
The Lewis Institute Structural Materials Research Laboratory reports steel balls in long mills have largely replaced imported flint pebbles for fine grinding in cement production. Ball mills heavy with 10 to 34 tons of steel balls pulverize limestone shale and clay to a very fine powder, improving sieve results and clinker grinding.
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Associated Press
Chicago
France
Denmark
Structural Materials Research Laboratory
Lewis Institute
California
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