Lloyd George outlines Ireland plans and unrest widening
London May 31 Prime Minister Lloyd George said troops will be strengthened in Ireland with a forthcoming parliamentary statement and denied reservist deployment. He warned that north south autonomy and debt arbitration would be rejected by those responsible for violence. Dublin Castle claimed Major Compton-Smith was murdered by the Sinn Fein. Two Fitzgerald brothers shot in Cork. Ulster police were ambushed near Tyrone, killing Constable Coulter.
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Cork
Dublin Castle
Major Compton
Smith
Sinn Fenners
London
Ireland
Lloyd George
Dublin
Downing Street
Helfast
Feamonn de Valera
Fitzgerald
Major Compton-Smith
Mary Street
Michael Collins
Irish Republican Army
Sinn Fein
Compton Smith
Baseball Standings and Monday Results
National League morning games see Pittsburgh M top Chicago 6 to 9 while Cincinnati beats Heston 9 2 New York 6 Philadelphia 1 in afternoon action Pittburgh 6 Chicago 1 New York 1 Philadelphia 4 Mt Louis 7 Cincinnati 4 Boston Brooklyn 6 American League morning results Rig South 12 Chicago Cleveland 6 Detroit 3 Philadelphia Roeton 1 New York 2 Washington 1 Chicago St Louis 5 Philadelphia 2 Boston 1 Detroit Cleveland Washington 1 New York 6
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Laie
Cincinnati
Heston
Philadelphia
New York
Pittaburgh
Mt. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Terroit
Cleveland
Washington
Pittebureh
CT News
Hireok Lyri
Chicago Sooner
Eit. Louis
Deere Uu
Eentessevess
Detroit
Scisdeves
St Laouls
Elphia
Fire on Baseball Fans in Nogales Clash Wounds Three
Mexican soldiers were called to quell a crowd of several thousand at a Nogales Sonora baseball game. They fired rounds into the stands wounding three Mexicans, one seriously.
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Nogales
Sonora
Ariz
Wreck of plane deemed unavoidable by War Secretary
Secretary of War Weeks announced an immediate investigation into the Curtis Eagle ambulance plane crash near Indian Head Maryland that killed five army service members and two civilians. He cautioned the disaster was not due to negligence and attributed it to a providential act, stating storms could not have been prevented by instruments.
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Washington
May St
War Weeks
Army Curtis Eagle
Army Service
Indian Head
Weeks
Air Service
Secretary of War
Stanley E. Ames
Army
Ames
Milton Wins Automobile Sweepstakes at 183 Cu In Frontenac
Tommy Milton, an American boy driving a Frontenac, won the 500 mile international motor sweepstakes in 5 hours 34 minutes 45 seconds at 62.0 mph average. Roscoe Sarles finished second in a Duesenberg eight with Jules Fillingboe third in a Chicago Frontenac. Nine finishers earned prizes totaling thousands. Milton set a track record for 183 cubic inch cars.
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Jimmy Murphy
Eddie Miller
Ora Halbe
Goyet
Ira Weil
Bennie Hil
Ralph Maulford
Be Ninecore Stree
Milton
de Palma
Gaston Chevrolet
Haloh de Dulma
Spectators Fill Chicago Auto Race as Planes Fly
The crowd topped 125000 by ten, with 15000 more than last year. Cars and planes dominate the spectacle as De Palma drives a cream Ballot on the pole with Sarles and Heyer in Duesenbergs. Oldfield and Stutz pace the circuit while Wilcox crashes his Peugeot after a twenty second lap.
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de Palma
Roccoe Sarles
Joe Heyer
Duesenberg
Barney Oldfield
Harry Stutz
Howdy Wilcox
Tiis Peugeot
Bolshevist Premier Asked to Aid Rebuilding State
May 31 Riga reports claim Niko Lai Lenin urged democrats and other parties to help rebuild the state as communism falters. The dispatch lacks official Bolshevist confirmation and no other sources corroborate it. Stockholm notes Moscow may lease all large Russian factories to former owners, a move unconfirmed and contrasted with new soviet trade policy.
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Riga
Latvia
Moscow
Nikolai Lenin
Stockholm
Lne
War Heroes Praised by Harding at Arlington Memorial
President Harding spoke at Arlington National Cemetery honoring fallen soldiers from all wars and urging a reconsecration of ideals. British Ambassador Sir Auckland Geddes placed a wreath as the ceremony acknowledged international memorial duties.
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Harding
Washington
Arlington
America
Republic
Seventeen Drown in Meinselwitz Tin Mine Flood
Berlin May 31 report that seventeen people perished in a tin mine at Meinselwitz Saxe Altenburg after a sudden flood from the Erlenbach river.
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Berlin
Meinselwitz
Saxe-Altenburg
Erlenbach
Pershing Secretly Visits Oakwoods Cemetery in Chicago
General John J Pershing slipped into Chicago in civilian clothes on Decoration Day to place red roses on the graves of his parents Elizabeth Pershing and John Fletcher Pershing and his brother Ward B Pershing at Oakwoods cemetery He was unrecognized and accompanied only by his brother James F Pershing and L Frame The silent visit underscored a private family tribute rather than a public ceremony.
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Chicago
John J. Pershing
Oakwoods Cemetery
A. BE. F
Englewood Station
James F. Tershing
L. Frame
Pershing
John Fletcher Pershing
Elizabeth Pershing
Ward B. Pershing
United States Army
Fifty Hurt as Trains Crash on Electric Line
A collision involving two trains on an electric line injures fifty people. Authorities evacuate passengers and inspect the site for cause and safety improvements. Local hospitals report stable patients with non life threatening injuries.
Fatalities Reported After Train Crash In Indiana and Kentucky
Two men from Scottsburg Indiana and Louisville Kentucky are listed as fatally injured after a Pennsylvania freight train collided with the Dixie Flyer electric car on the Southern Traction line. Sixty people were hurt in the crash according to Evening Journal reports dated May 31. Names mentioned include E. Pf. Conford of Scottsburg and H. Cessman of Louisville.
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Evening Journal
Dinite NG
Tad
Pennsylvania
Southern Traction Line
E. Pf. Conford
Scottsburg
Ind
H. Cessman
Louisville
Memorial and Alumni Events Dominate Riverside Notes
Memorial services were held in Riverside with Legion and W R C members marching to St Marys Hall for a program of music, addresses, and benediction. The Riverside High School Alumni held a banquet at Foresters hall with initiations and stories of old times, followed by an Ingram hotel banquet and games. The Riverside public school commencement at the Methodist church featured an address on The New America, diplomas, and benediction. Bullfighting debate in Mexico targets women actors as burlesque.
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Riverside
Iowa
Ne Eae Ertean Legion
Ertean Legion
American Legion
Clair Swift
St. Mary's
David Phillips
America
Swift's
Orchestra
Wm. Griffin Music
Verne Crita Music
Mendelssohn Melody
Hon
O. A. Byington
Swift
Rev. L. Jacobsmere
Riverside Public School
Methodist Church
High School
Plumb
State University of the
the New America
Elst
T. H. Helteman
T Board
Hitcheol
R. J. Alice
Dellie Druker
Vera Page
Sadie Piercon
Marion Thompson
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Commons
Belfast
Ulster Special
Tyrone
Robert Coulter
the Journal
Washington County
National
Roscoe Sarles
Lenin
U. S. Cemetery
Arlington Graves
Britain
Auckland Geddes
United States
George V
United Kingdom
India
General Pershing
Cenferd
TH. Cessman
Mexico
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