General Federation delegates back art music aim endowment drive
In Portland Oregon delegates at the General Federation of Woman's Clubs mid biennial condemn uncultured home voices and push harmony through music training The plan to urge 2 000 000 members to deny silk stockings for a year and donate to an endowment fund sparks debate Mrs Melville F Johnson urges broader art instruction and stricter wages scrutiny W T Foster Reed College speaks on The Spirit of the Northwest.
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Portland
Ore
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
General Federation
Chai
Federation
Frederick Cole
Omaha
Neb
Melville F. Johnson
Johnson
Minnie R. Trumall
Oregon Child Labor Commission
W. T. Foster
Reed College
Northwest
Missouri Pacific Reorganization Debates Echo Tomorrow
In New York on June 1 the Missouri Pacific reorganization faces an imminent decision. Directors report 85 percent of $25,000,000 one year notes have been deposited under an extension plan, with many holders awaiting tomorrow’s deposits. The Gould estate backing roughly 6 million notes has agreed, while other major interests with undisclosed stakes withhold consent.
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New York
Missouri Pacife ‘Raway
Gould
Women Lift The Boycott On The Democratic Party
San Francisco June 1 Mrs William Kent wife of Representative Kent prophesied federal woman suffrage passage and Wilson renomination. In an address before California branch of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage the union lifted its boycott on the Democratic Party. Fresno June 1 a committee of 100 prohibition leaders favored abolishing saloons and closing wholesale liquor trade to be placed on the 1916 ballot. Washington June 1 the Kansas statute allowing attorneys fees to shippers in railcar damage suits was ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court.
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San Francisco
Wilson
William Kent
Representative Kent
California
Congressional Union For
Kent
Congressional Union
Democratic Party
Fresno
Cal
Washington
Kansas
Supreme Court
Chief Forester Proposes Public Works Backed Forest Funds
Special Correspondence outlines Henry Graves chief forester plan to use future forest receipts for roads bridges and public works in counties with large reserves. He argues reserves tax relief is needed though denies blocking development and warns Congress must authorize funding before any plan.
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Washington
Henry
Graves
West
Congress
Treasury
Alaska Railroad Work Under New Alaska Engineer Chief
C Edes, chairman of the Alaska engineering commission, arrived in Seward to oversee the government railroad project to the Mat Su coal fields and Fairbanks. Motorcar service began on the Alaska Northern to Stille 35. The line will transfer to the federal government on July 1, with the telephone line extended to Mile 70 and toward Ship Rock camp.
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Seward
Alaska
W. C. Edes
Alaska Engineering Commission
Mat Huska
Fairbanks
Alaska Northern
Stile 35
Mile 70
Shiprock
Omaha Annexation Increases City Population
Omaha Nebraska announces population growth to 39,000 after a joint election approving annexation of South Omaha and Mandee. The vote carried by a slim margin, expanding the city by action.
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Omaha
Neb
Mandee
Omana
South Omaha
Vessels Fired Upon Off Mexican Coast
A San Diego dispatch reports two vessels attacked near Ensenada coast. The fishing launch America arrived in port with bullet holes and damaged hull. Crew say rebels fired from shore while Ensenada soldiers may have been the assailants. an auxiliary schooner Kea also came in with lobaters after the incident.
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San Diego
Cal
America
Cape
Silva Jr
Manuel Silva
Manuel Fernandes
Ensenada
Punta Bandabas
Fone
America's
Independent Fishers Company
Kea
Aluone
Russian Bark Montrose Sinks After North Sea Mine Blast
London reports the Rusian bark Montrose blown by a mine in the North Sea near Spain. The vessel sank with no crew landed at Hull today aboard a Norwegian steamer.
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London
Montrose
North Sea
Spain
Hull
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Eneral Federation
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