Detained American girl faces double romance inquiry
The Washington Post reports Jamely Holland Kirt and Tertha Wendel, both detained at Ellis Island with two suitors, as a board reviews romances aboard the Rotterdam. Hendrik Boera and wife accompany Wendel, who hoped to marry Dutch immigrant Bertus De C Tannyl over a guardian’s son. Immigration officials keep the girl aboard pending further action.
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Washington Post
New York
Waitig
Stelm
Rand
Musa
Tertha Wendel
Jamely
Pacific
Miss Wendel
Bertus de C
Tannyl
Rotterdam
France Rejects German Reparation Offer as Inadequate
Paris reports Premier Poincare and Belgian leaders categorically refuse Germany’s 30 billion mark proposal. They insist on full indemnity and demand Ruhr withdrawal before any concession. Note brands German terms vague, furthers concerns over treaties, and warns of no trust in promises.
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France
Belgium
Germany
Aris
Brugsels
Berlin
Paris
Lord Balfour
Poincare
Downing Street
United States
Cuno
Reparations Commission
Chicago Tribens
Brunsela
Ruhr
J. Wan
de Jay
Ton
Helgium
Gsing
England
International Commission
Lord Robert Cecil doubts U S backing for league
London May A special wireless dispatch reports Lord Robert Cecil returning from the United States with no illusion about American support for the league of nations. He warned English advocates not to rely on America joining, saying Europe must work to strengthen the league regardless.
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London
Robert Cecil
White Star
Olympic
America
League of Nations
Lord Robert
League
Southampton
Europe
Atlantic
Robert
Special airship to wage war on New England bugs
A motor balloon named MB designed for army use will join the war on the gypsy moth in northern New England. Tested at Dayton Ohio, it will depart June 1 for Concord after construction at Hammondport New Jersey. The two 76 horsepower motors power a five passenger craft with mobile field equipment for ground mooring and a compact spray system to disperse parasite agents.
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Army
Plimp
Department of Agriculture
New England
Dayton
Concord
Hammondsport
Lucy Aldrich Seized by Chinese Bandits on Train Raid
Miss Lucy Aldrich, sister of John D Rockefeller Jr., daughter of former senator Nelson Aldrich, was aboard a northbound express near the Shantung border when bandits killed one foreign passenger and seized 150 travelers. The fate of Miss Aldrich is unknown as officials await word from Peking and American diplomats.
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Chine
Far East
Far West
Jesse Jameses
Jack Daltone
Shanghai
Peking
Lucy Aldrich
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
U. S
State Department
Shantung Forder
Tientsin-Pukew
Lacy Aldich
New York
Iy Law
John D Rockefeller, Jr
United States
Nelson W. Aldrich
Teigo Kun
Shantung
Soochow
Om Tour
York
Lory, Aldrich
Tohn
Naytoa
Winth
W Aldrich
Wall Street
Mise Aldrich
Providence
R T
Warwick
Murray, Prentice and
McFadden
Aldrich
Seal Harbor
Miles Lucy Aldrich
Sshanstuog
China
Auer
Schurman
Pekiage
Department
S Peking
Charles Coltman
Hughes
Coltmans
Half of Auto Drivers in District Violating Lighting Law
The Washington Bureau of Standards and the Washington Safety Council announce a final free headlight test window tonight from 7:30 to 10. Tests last week on over 300 cars found more than half of drivers violated glare light restrictions, though the sample was only about 0.5 percent of the district’s autos.
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Bureau of Standards
Washington Safety Council
Final Debt Funding Agreement Nearer Final Details Revealed
Secretary Mellon and Sir Auckland Geddes reported progress after a Saturday conference on the Anglo American debt agreement. They anticipate signing the debenture outlining repayment terms for wartime U.S. loans to Great Britain, with no date set for a follow up. Changes noted affect payment timing notices to Britain and optional cash or bond payments, but do not alter the overall settlement.
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American Debt Commission
Sir Auckland Geddes
London
Hes
Mellon
Great Britain
United States
Str
Auckland
Soon &S
Mimaels
Howe
Rae
Treasury
Air Flivver Crosses the British Channel
Georges Barbot piloted a Mivvor solo from Calais to England and back in a single day, earning Le Matin's 25,000 franc prize. He covered about 124 km total at altitudes around 3000–5000 feet, despite strong winds and an engine weighing 38 pounds.
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Calais
Georges Berbot
Elffn
Dover
England
Georges
le Matin
Channel
France
M. Bardot
St Inglevert
Lympne
Barbot
Barbot's Air Flivver Crosses Channel Both Ways
Special Cable Dispatch from London reports Barbot completing the first cross channel and return flight in a yeven horsepower machine. The craft flew from England to the mainland and back, despite headwinds, making a 4 minute return leg and marking a notable early aerial achievement.
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London
Barbat
Sioux Will Sue For 700000 Dollar Pledges Against Government
One of the largest actions to arise over treaty pledges seeks 7 hundred thousand dollars in damages against the government. The case centers on a claim involving eight thousand square miles or acres and alleged breached commitments. Named parties include Sioux Nation and government representatives, with attention to treaty obligations and compensation sought.
Sioux sue US for 19 billion over Black Hills land
The Sioux tribes of North and South Dakota Nebraska and Montana sue the United States in the Court of Claims seeking more than 219 million dollars plus interest for lands taken in the Black Hills and other territories since 1825. They demand compensation for timber, minerals, and 6 million acres east of the Missouri, plus a treaty guarantee payment.
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South Dakota
Nebraska
Great Black Hills
Washington
Dence
United States
North Dakota
Mortana
Court of Claims
Ralph A. Case
C. C. Calhoun
Smt
Congress
Black Hills
Siout
Thant
Black ‘Hills
Hack Hilla Forest Reserve
Missouri River
United
Ralph H Case
Calhoun
Broux Nation
Charles Evans Hughes
Rosebud Pine Ridge
Standing Rock
Cheyenne River
Crow Creek
Lower Brule
Santee Reservation
Fort Peck Reservation
Montana
France
F Ewing
Touisiana
Spouse Writes Letters to Himself From Other Women
Mrs Agnes W Frisbie of Friendship Heights has filed for divorce in Rockville from William Samuel Frisbie charging cruelty. She alleges he wrote letters to himself purporting to come from women and spread them so she would see them and feel distressed. The couple’s children Douglas 17 and Kenneth 14 are in custody dispute, with alimony and counsel fees sought by Mrs Frisbie.
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Agnes W. Frisbie
Friendship Heights
Rockville
William Samuel Frisbie
Frisbie
Douglas
Kenneth
Frisbis
Chief Tabert witness dead in Florida poisoning hint
Jerry Poppell, principal witness against two Leon county officials in the Tabert death probe, died in Quincy Florida after arriving from Munich North Dakota. Doctors said apoplexy caused death. his companion hinted poison and noted a bottle of moonshine. Poppell was en route to testify before a federal grand jury in a peonage case linked to Tabert’s death.
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Tallahassee
Via
Jerry Poppell
Leon County
Martin Tapert
Munich
Dak
Florida
Quincy
Fla
Poppell
R. F. Goddard
Associated Press
Poppet
Pensacola
Tabert
T Jones
Senate
Hardee
Bay Wills
Indictment Dropped in Rockland Case Involving Fontaine
Justice Seeger of the Supreme Court granted the defense motion and dismissed the Rockland jury indictment against Evan Burrowes Fontans a dancer and her mother Mrs Fiorenes Fontaine Jit. The action followed the defense attorney Edward Tochine's filing.
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Rewburgh
H OF Seeger
Supreme Court
Edward Tochine
Rockland
Evan Burrowes Fontans
Fiorenes Fontaine
Treasury 400 Million Note Issue Marks Debt Refinancing
Treasury announces a new 400 million dollar note offering to complete refunding and retire victory notes, bearing 4 percent interest and maturing March 15, 1827. Secretary Mellon says surplus revenues will retire short debt by 1928 and keep economy balanced, with larger retirement as receipts stay strong.
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Treasury
Mellon
Melon
Lord
Dolley
Internal Revenue
New
Beeun
Warien
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Geddes
Watts
AIR Flivver
British Channel
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Akeley
Brooklyn Museum
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