Ram ship captain sees $1,000,000 in profits
Norfolk May 31. A British yacht Istar, with a full cargo of Scotch and English whiskies, lies 15 miles off the Virginia capes. The owner and master told bankers he would retire after a final voyage yielding one million dollars in profits. Coast guard cutters monitor waters as the vessel sails beyond American jurisdiction.
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Museum Heads Deny Statues Are Spurious
New York May 31 Edward Robinnson director of the Metropolitan museum denies reports that 20 percent of its Gothic statues are fake. He says charges are incorrect and that purchases are carefully checked by experts. Paris May 31 Paul Vitry Louvre curator denies any fake sculptures on display at the Louvre.
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New York
Edward Robinnson
Metropolitan Museum
Cable
Robinson
L. Cornillon
Paris
Metropolitan
AFPF
Louvre
Paul Vitry
Associated Press
Telegraph Operator Assault Case at Plymouth Apartments
Mrs Hoffman of the Plymouth apartments, a telegraph operator for the Postal Telegraph Company at 1418 New York Avenue Northwest, struck her colleague over the head with a spindle during an office quarrel. Hugh Tilghman, the employer, swore out a warrant charging Mrs Hoffman with assault and she posted and forfeited $10 collateral in police court yesterday.
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Annie Hoffman
Plymouth Apartments
Postal Telegraph Company
New York Avenue Northwest
Hugh Tilighman
Mra Hoffman
Mark slides below Austrian crown in Berlin probe
Berlin reporters note the German mark fell to 70000 per dollar then 100 paper marks equal one crown as the Austrian crown regains value. The Woersen Courier attacks Hugo Havenstein, president of the Reichsbank, while Boergen Zeitung blames both the Reichsbank and government for seeming attempts to halt the mark’s collapse.
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Berlin
Woersen Courier
Hugo Havenstein
Reichesank
Boergen Zeitung
Reichsbank
New Hall Murder Case Expands With Four Suspects
New Brunswick officials reveal four new suspects in the September murder of Rev Edward Wheeler Hall and choir leader Eleanor Mills. A previously questioned man, once cleared, is back under investigation after his prior story proved false in key details. Mrs James Gibson had reported seeing a man and an unidentified woman at the scene, but her account lacks corroboration.
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New Brungwick
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor R Mills
James Gibson
Mental patient vanishes from Walter Reed hospital
Police report no trace of Henry D Young, 88, a mental patient missing since Sunday from Walter Reed hospital after leaving to visit his wife at 841 Mills Avenue Langdon. Young, a former New York Marine Corps corporal, is described as fair with light blue eyes and a small mustache. he wore a blue suit and straw hat on departure. Mrs Young is alarmed by his continued absence.
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Henry D . Young
Walter Reed Hospital
Young
Mills Avenue
Langdon
Woman loses eviction fight to retain home
Miss Annie Stockman, who faced deputy marshals at 811 North Capitol Street, fled to avoid entry by leaping from a ledge. She was evicted as furniture and work garments were moved to the curb while she sought legal aid. A 45 caliber bullet was found during the search after the writ was executed.
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Annie Stockman
United States
North Capitol Street
Diske S
Migs Stockman
J J Wile
Phiip Artina
Stockman
Misa Stockman
Frelinghuysen School Graduates 28 Pupils in New York
New York May 31 General unemployment may be looked for next winter in building trades as a settlement of the crisis nears Plans discussed with Secretary Hoover aim to keep the public informed on construction conditions and material labor markets The Frelinghuysen University graduation exercises were held at John Wesley AME Zion Church Twenty eight pupils received diplomas in dressmaking academy commercial academy fine arts theology law master of arts and science programs with remarks by Louis F Post and others
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Chancery Court
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Virginia
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N F Hoggson
American Construction Council
Executive Committee
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Hoover
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Louis F Post
Labor
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W O. Carrington
Frank E Hearns
Capital City
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Carrie Minor Brooks
Lenora Clord Spencer
Alberta Brown Walker
Academy
Thomas Lockwood Rogs
Commercial Academy
Joseph James Brooks
Hosie van Buren Price
R Edward Sampson
Thelma Christine Smith
Samuel Appleton Tucker
College of Fine Arts
Hattie Moss Helm
Henrietta Shaw
Arthur Stuart
Amos Lee Baughas
Susie Anna Blackwell
Lindsey William Caine
James Harold Hughes
James Henry Nivens
Philip Walker Thomas
Sidney Willis Williams
George Arthur Parker
Amos Lee Baugns
Ernest Everett Peace
Timotheus Thomas Fortune
Zeph P Mogre
Pixley Ka
Girl Loses Diamonds In Shrine Grandstand
Miss Charlotte Williams of 823 Shepard Street Northwest reported at First Precinct that while resting on the Shrine grandstand at Tenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue she either lost or was robbed of a ring set with seven small diamonds valued at 125 dollars.
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Charlotte Wiliams
Shepard Street
First Precinct
Tenth Street
U S Girl Flier 19 Sets Sights On Fame Abroad
New York May 41 Miss Yvonne Mallat a 19 year old aviatrix sails today on the Rochambeau to attempt a nonstop flight next August from Paris to Constantinople She is the daughter of a New York restaurateur and has studied flying for two years at Mineola Long Island to prepare for the challenging route and international fame.
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Paris
Constantinople
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Mineola
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Dancer Pleads Not Guilty in Perjury Case
Evan Burrowes Fontaine and her mother Florence Ames Fontaine pleaded not guilty to perjury indictments linked to testimony in a million dollar breach of promise suit against Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. Trial set for October 8.
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New York
Evan Burrowes Fontaine
Florence Ames Fontaine
Dencer
Cornelus Vanderbilt Whitney
Rial
Shrine to Ilumine Its Garden of Allah Tomorrow Evening
The Garden of Allah will be illuminated tomorrow night for the first time with a reproduction Egyptian grandeur lighting scheme. Electrical curtains mark entrances along Pennsylvania Avenue at the Treasury and Seventeenth Street. Festoons of green lights will parade the avenue, while floodlights brighten the garden pillars, under the plan led by Chairman Ross Andrews.
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Mecca
Ross Andrews
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Andrews
Allatt
Ay Yestoods
Coco Asks Reelection On Anti Klan Issue
Shreveport Louisiana May 31 Attorney General A V Coco announces his bid for reelection saying the Louisiana campaign will decide if the Ku Klux Klan remains secret and growing. He predicts a governor and legislature fight over Klan membership and expects a law regulating the organization at the next session. He cites no quarrel with Klan religious beliefs but opposes law violations and constitutional breaches.
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Shreveport
Coco
Louisiana
Ku Klux Klan
Reali Klan
Nu Klux Klan
Lundin Jury Complete but Quiz Goes On
Chicago May 31 twelve men sworn to try Fred Lundin associate of ex mayor William Halse Thompson and 21 codefendants in a conspiracy to loot school funds over 1 million. Venire examination continued after adjournment as jurors faced confinement. reports say one or two jurors grew rebellious and may be discharged. Over 1000 veniremen questioned in the jury selection spanning about eight weeks.
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Chicago
Fred Lundin
William Halse Thompson
Charles McDonald
Locusts to Be Fought By Poison Gas Planes
Manila May 31 An official chart shows Philippine locusts moving northward and already reaching Batan Island. Governor General Wood orders poison gas released from airplanes as soon as available to kill insects, a bid to curb the plague spreading toward Formosa from Luzon.
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Formosa
Bureau of Agriculture
Batan Island
Luzon
Philippines
Wood
Andrew Jackson Council No 6 U A M to Confer Degrees
Andrew Jackson Council No 6 U A M will confer degrees Saturday in the Pythian temple. On Monday the degree team will confer the degree at Central Council Capitol Heights Maryland.
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Andrew Jackson Council, No. 6, Jr
Pythian Temple
Central Council
Capitol Heights
Dates for IC C hearings on railroad plan announced
Dates for further hearings on Interstate Commerce Commission plans for railroad consolidation in the eastern district were announced yesterday as follows: June 18 Chicago, June 21 Buffalo, June 22 Philadelphia, and June 25 New York.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Buffalo
Philadelphia
New York
Pugilist Guletta Regains Sight After Long Blindness
New Orleans May 1 Pete Her Man Peter Guletta former bantamweight champion who had been blind for more than a year and bedridden for 87 days saw light as doctors removed the bandage His family and friends watched as the curtain light softened and the bandage came off He exclaimed I can see The vision stemmed from a blow in a charity sparring match in Philadelphia He had kept the injury secret until his right eye failed years earlier and the left eye later followed
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New Orleans
Pete Her
Peter Guletta
Herman
Emery
Philadelphia
Radicals Attacked by Paris Royalists in May Day Incident
In Paris, a band of royalist youths linked to Leon Daudet ambushed Socialist Deputy Mate Sangnier, beating him and attempting tar and castor were to be poured on him. Maurice Violette and his wife were drenched by another assailant. A third youth beat Martius Moutette. the assailants were arrested or detained.
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Paris
Leon Daudet Thaband
Mate Sangnier
Sanhgnier
Maurice Violette
Martius Moutette
Ice Dealer Sues Former Employee Over Ice Territory Pact
John S Blick, wholesale ice dealer, sues former employee James J Heany in District Supreme Court to restrain him from violating a noncompete. Blick claims on June 24 1921 Heany signed a contract not to sell ice in a defined district near Pennsylvania Avenue NW to Seventh Street NW for two years after leaving, and that Heany breached after leaving Buck's employ May 23.
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John S. Blick
District Supreme Court
James J. Heany
Charles E Quirello
Blick
Heany
Pennsylvania Avenue
el Street
Seventh Street
Seventeenth Street
Buck
Japan protests ship liquor ban decision
Japan joined other powers in lodging a formal representation with the State Department over the Supreme Court ruling on ship liquor. Ambassador Hanthara Tae conveyed Tokyo’s view urging Treasury regulations honor international comity to avoid an interpretation that could hamper Japanese steamship firms with vast Pacific traffic.
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Japan
State Department
Supreme Court
Tokyo
Hanthara Tae
Treasury
Sun Army Victorious At Waichow In Canton Note
Sun Yat Sen government admits Eastern Kwangtung front saw reverses but claims Wai Chow was driven from the area as forces retreat from Fukien. Canton says Chaochowfu and Swatow evacuated for strategic reasons as Gen Chen Chiung Ming and Hsu Esung Chi factor in the drive.
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Hongkong
Sun Yat-Sen
Canton
Kwangtung
Fukien
Waichow
Chen Chiung-Ming
Bun
CITES RAIL MERGER CONFLICT
The Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to reconsider the Southern Pacific Central Pacific merger. The brief filed at St Paul cites a conflict between a Supreme Court ruling ordering SP to release CP and an Interstate Commerce Commission order allowing the merger to continue for public interest. The government urged the high court to reexamine the entire matter.
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Supreme Court of
Southern Pacific- Central Pacific
Department of Justice
St Paul
Minn
Federal Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Southern Pacific
Central Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wanamaker Illness Denied After Jubilee Parade
Deputy Police Commissioner Rodman Wanamaker is resting at home not seriously ill, says secretary Thomas A. Hayes. Hayes notes the heat from Saturday's jubilee parade affected him and others, and Wanamaker will return to duties next Monday.
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New York
Rodman Wanamaker
Thomas A. Hayes
Wanameker
Hayes
Robbery Complaint After Drunken Suspect At Seventeenth Street
Harry Chung reported to police that a well dressed woman named Joan, in a drunken state, allegedly took a valuable Makewood cane from him at Seventeenth Street Northwest Wednesday night.
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Harry Chung
Joan
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