Seattle Fur Exchange Forms to Break Foulke Monopoly
Seattle forms the Alaska Fur Exchange to shift three million dollars of Pribilof sealskins through Seattle markets. J W Spangler is president. officers include E B Burwell F T Fischer E G Anderson J G Lang H J Lochow and H C Hibbard. Joseph B Agnew to run the Exchange. The effort aims to end the Foulke Company ten year government contract. Senator Jones backs a bill by Hiram Johnson to abrogate the contract with chamber support.
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Seattle
Seattle Fur Exchange
J. W. Spangler
Seattle National Bank
J. W.spangler
E. B. Burwell
Seattle Hardware Company
F. T. Fischer
Fischer Bros
E. G. Anderson
Western Drygoods Company
J. G. Lang
National Grocery Company
H. J. Lochow
Schwabacher Hardware Company
H. C. Hibbard
Hibbard Stewart Company
Joseph B. Agnew
Exchange
Alaska Fur Exchange
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Jones
Washington
Hiram Johnson
California
Gompers Admits Labor Defense in Hering Cases
Samuel Gompers told the House Judiciary Committee that the American Federation of Labor executive committee authorized defense counsel for the United Mine Workers in five murder cases tied to the Hering riots. He said witnesses would place the defendants away from the riots and argued killings stemmed from an armed invasion by guards.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Daugherty
Samuel Gompers
Executive Committee
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
Herrin
Gompers
Williamson County
Farm Credit Bill to Get Right of Way Before Subsidy
Washington officials say the farm credits bill will have priority in Congress and the ship subsidy measure will be set aside until the farm aid bill is decided. The announcement came from Republican Senate leaders noting the administration bill would follow after farm credits are disposal.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
National League Season Opens April 11
The National League opening date was moved one week later to April 11 to avoid harsh October weather, following a conference between President Hydier of the Nationals and President Jobasom of the Germeren League.
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New York
Presiede Hydier
Nationals
Jobasom
Germeren League
Gold Dust Transport Contract Reported From Interior Field
Anchorage dispatch notes a contract for moving a million and a half dollars in gold dust from the Iditarod by dog team and railway. The Cache Creek clean-up for the season is estimated at $250 000.
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Anchorage
Iditarod
Cache Creek
Harding Signs Bill Retiring Pitney
Dec 13 Washington reports President Harding signed a bill retiring Associate Justice Pitney. His resignation from the Supreme Court had been submitted earlier.
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Harding
Bill
Pitney
Washington
Supreme Bench
Turk Leader Demands End to Foreign Influence
Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation at the Peace Conference, called for the exclusion of all foreign influence in Turkey to protect minorities. He rejected League of Nations oversight of Turkish minorities and proposed exchanging the Greek population of Anatolia for Turks in Macedonia.
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Lausanne
Ismet Pasha
Turkey
League of Nations
Anatolia
Macedonia
Third Party Move Defeated at Progressive Conference
Delegates from the second Conference for Progressive Political Action adjourned today after voting down a resolution to form a new third party. They will return to their states to build organizations aimed at nominating candidates either through primaries of existing parties or independent political action.
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Cleveland
Lynching of Arthur Young Follows Wright Case
Fin. reports Arthur Young, companion of Charlie Wright who was lynched Friday for the murder of Misa Ruby Hendry, was lynched last night after being returned to jail by a mob that had seized Wright. Both African Americans were accused of robbing and killing the young woman choo teacher.
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Perry
Fin
Arthur Young
Charlie Wright
Misa Ruby Hendry
Wright
Government says merger legal coverage on Armour Morris deal
Washington report notes Secretary Wallace advised the Senate that government need not rule on the legality of Armour & Company’s proposed purchase of Morris Packing assets. The administration views this as confirming the merger will not be opposed.
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Washington
Morris Packing Company
Armour & Company
Senate
Wallace
Golfing bishops vote against Sunday golf at Winchester course
The golfing bishops commission considered a request to permit Sunday golf at the Royal Winchester course but was outvoted. The decision reflects the commission's stance on restricting Sunday golf activities on church managed grounds.
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Golfing Bishops London
Golfing Bishopsclesiastical Commission
Winchester
Commiss6
War and Navy to be merged into National Defense Dept
Walter F Brown, chairman of a government reorganization commission, recommended uniting the War and Navy Departments into a Department of National Defense. The plan places both services under a single Cabinet member with assistants handling Army and Navy. President Harding may present the proposal to Congress within a fortnight.
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Washington
War and Navy Departments
Department of National Defense
Harding
Walter F. Brown
Army
Navy
Congress
War Fraud Fund Item of Bill
Included in the bill on Department of Justice maintenance is a 500000 dollar item for prosecuting war frauds tied to the construction of Army can tonments.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Herrin Case Opened By Prosecution
Marion Ill December 18 The opening of the murder case against the men accused in the Herrin mine massacre was made today with the prosecutor Daly stating the sole issue is murder not labor warfare.
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Marion
Ill
Herrin
Daly
Cable protest over repair funds for Seattle Sitka line
Seattle chamber initiates protests against the meager repair funds recommended for the Seattle Sitka cable by the Budget Bureau. A House appropriations sub committee hearing is promised for next week. The chamber argues the cable would pay for itself if the government charged commercial rates for its own traffic over the line.
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Seattle
Tipi
Seattle-Sitka
Budget Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
House
Senate committee backs Butler Supreme Court appointment
The Senate Judiciary Committee completed hearings on Pierce Butler of Minnesota for Associate Justice. The panel voted unanimously to recommend the confirmation of his appointment to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Pierce Butler
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cold Wave Moderates in Northwest States
Weather across Western Washington and Oregon eases slightly while eastern portions stay cold. Heavy rains sweep into California as the cold snap persists in parts of the region.
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N. W
Seattle
Washington
Oregon
California
Tributes Pile Up for Wanamaker in Philadelphia
Philadelphia December 13 tributes to John Wanamaker continue as condolence messages arrive from across the country. George W Stull Wanamaker’s first office boy and now Wanamaker store superintendent recalls his punctuality as the secret of the merchant’s success. Wanamaker’s body lies in state at Bethany Presbyterian Church from ten to noon with interment in the afternoon.
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Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
George W. Stull
Wanamaker
Stull
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Rupert Becomes Sole Owner of Yankees Club
New York December 13 announces that Col Jacob Rupert completed negotiations for purchasing the remaining half interest in the Yankees Baseball Club from Col T L Huston. The deal leaves Rupert as the sole owner of the club.
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New York
Yankees
Col
T. L. Huston
Jacob Rupert
Rupert
Lost flyers found alive near Basin Arizona
El Paso dispatch says Colonel Marshall and Lieutenant Webber, Army aviators missing since starting from Fort Bliss to Tucson, have been found alive near Basin Arizona. No further details released.
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EL Paso
Tex
Marshall
Webber
Fort Bliss
Tucson
Basin
Arizona
Eleven Die as Boiler Explodes at Estrella Sugar Plant
In Foamaguby Cuba a boiler explosion at the Estrella sugar plantation killed eleven workers and injured about fifty others. Rescue teams search rubble for six men believed buried under debris.
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Foamaguby
Cuba
Estrella
Seachera
Express Rates on Gold to Frisco Declared Excessive
Seattle telegram reports Senators Jones and Poindexter urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to probe high Alaska to San Francisco express rates. Chairman McChord said the matter will be addressed at hearings in Tacoma on March 9 as part of nationwide sessions to gather data for a broad readjustment of shipping tariffs.
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Seattle
Washington
The
Times Today
Jones
Poindexter
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alaska
San Francisco
McChord
Commission
Tacoma
Pound Sterling Hits High Mark in New York Trade
New York December 13 the pound sterling rose to its highest point since 1919 quoted yesterday at 66.62 in foreign exchange trading amid strong demand and optimism over economic prospects.
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New York
Astoria committee seeks 5 million relief fund from Congress
The Rehabilitation Committee in Astoria plans to ask Congress for a 5 000 090 dollar appropriation for local relief work. City Council moves to curb profiteering by setting penalties for marked up post fire prices and approves plans to widen main thoroughfares and license all professionals.
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Astoria
Congress
Tiger Clemenceau sails for home from New York
Georges Clemenceau, hailed by thousands, ends his American mission and departs on the Paris with a smile and a pledge to return. The farewell on the pier featured a band playing the Star Spangled Banner as he waved to prominent officials and crowds.
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New York
America
France
Georges Clemenceau
Paris
M. ‘Clemenceau
Fish Creek Mine Sold For 500000 To B C Company
Seattle Dec 13 Purchase of the Fish Creek Mining Company, operating at Portland Canal near Hyder, by the Mining and Milling Company of Vancouver, B C, was announced yesterday by Grant M Hood, president. The price was 500000 and the company plans to ship 800 tons of ore by January.
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Seattle
Fish Creek Mining Company
Portland Canal
Hyder
The
Mining and Milling Company
Vancouver
B. C
Grant M. Hood
Hood
Preachers Cited in Seattle Vice Probe by Grand Jury
Rev. Chauncey J. Hawkins and Rev. H J Cherton testified as the Seattle grand jury opened an inquiry into alleged vice conditions in the city amid attacks on Mayor Brown over enforcement of law.
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Seattle
Chauncey J. Hawkins
H. J. Cherton
Brown
Grand Jury
Tramp Steamer Orteric Breaks In Two In Waves
San Francisco December 18. The Canadian tramp steamer Orteric, which struck Fish Rock two days ago, is reported to have broken in two and is a total loss, according to wireless advices received.
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San Francisco
Orteric
Fish Rock
Wiresleas
Alameda Sails from Seattle with 76 Passengers
The steam ship Alameda sailed from Seattle this morning at 9 o'clock carrying seventy six passengers. Among those bound for Cadova are Mrs B B Nieding Rasahel Nieding Rath Nieding Mrs D2 Palttinns J Onley FL M Woodman and Gus Wenegresn.
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Seattle
Alameda
Cadova
B. B. Nieding
Rasahel Nieding
Rath Nieding
Colby Wilson Partnership Ends In Dissolution
Bainbridge Colby secretary of state announced that his low partnership with ex President Wilson would terminate December 1 at the end of their agreement. The dissolution seen as a sign Woodrow Wilson returns focus to politics and the Democratic party in 1924.
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New York
Wilson
Bainbridge Colby
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Newspapers spend huge sums on Hall Mills murder case
New Brunswick reports that more than 100000 dollars have been spent by eastern city periodicals to cover the Hall Mills murder inquiry. About eighty reporters worked here over three months as telegraph wires moved over a million words of dispatches from the investigation by the Grand Jury.
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New Brunswick
Hall- Mills
Hearings Begin on Daugherty Impeachment Charges
The House Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the impeachment proposal against Attorney General Daugherty. After initial wrangling the panel agreed to receive evidence in the order requested by Rep. Keller, author of the charges. It was decided not to call Chief Justice Taft as a witness.
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Washington
Daugherty
House Judiciary Committee
Keller
Taft
Naval Budget Drops By Half Million In 1920 Budget
The House appropriations committee reported favorably the annual Naval appropriation bill totaling 293,806,538 dollars, about 500,000 less than last year. It authorizes 96,000 enlisted personnel and includes President Harding's push to broaden arms limitation to smaller ships and military aircraft, with talks proposed with Britain, France, Italy, and Japan.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Harding
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Moonshine Shampoo Found in Wisconsin Barber Shop
Police in Superior Wisconsin raid of William Schwank barber shop uncovers thirteen gallons of moonshine labeled as moonshine sham. The liquor was seized and taken to police headquarters for disposal.
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Wis
William Schwank
Youngest Sheriff Paris Brings Edgar County News
Bisemors, elected sheriff of Edgar Connally, claimed as the youngest sheriff in the United States, enters his fourth year in office amid local attention and rumors of reforms.
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Paris
Bisemors
Edgar Connally
United Mister
Tering Hie
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