Alaska Cable Fund Raised to 1,500,000 in Army Bill
The Senate raised the Alaska cable repair appropriation to 1.5 million dollars in the Army Appropriation Bill after the first amendment. The War Department cited the cable’s advanced age and poor condition with Col. Seoane warning of an imminent break that could sever Alaska from continental U.S. communications.
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Alaska Cable
Alaska
War Department
Senate
Seoane
United States
Poincare Warns Against Manipulation of Loans in Reparations Debate
In ARIS June 3 report Premier Poincare warned that dangerous attempts are being made to entangle the Allied Reparations Committee by manipulating international loan questions to weaken France's claims against Germany. He said France would resist any chicanery and uphold its reparations position.
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ARIS
Chamber of Deputies
Poincare
France
Germany
Wage Cuts Threaten Shop Crafts Union Amid Rail Labor Crisis
Chicago June 8 A report indicates the Railway Labor Board will soon issue an order cutting wages for the Shop Crafts union, a move seen as widening railroad disputes. A nationwide strike vote may be demanded after a conference next Tuesday with union leaders from eleven unions and brotherhoods.
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Chicago
Crr
Railway Labor Board
Shop Crafts
B. M. Jew
Railway Employees Department
American Federation of Labor
Playwright Assaulted Aboard Steamship Columbia
Baltimore June 3 Two passengers aboard the steamer Columbia from San Francisco were detained by federal authorities after reports that J B Simon of San Francisco attacked playwright George B Broadhurst on the high seas. A hearing before a federal court commissioner is planned. Broadhurst, author of The Man of the Hour and Bought and Paid For, lives in New York.
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Baltimore
Columbia
San Francisco
Panama Canal
George B. Broadhurst
J. B. Simon
Simon
Broadhurst
High Seas
Smith
Mr. Wright
New York
Cobb and Heilman Cleared to Play in Detroit Game
At American League headquarters in Chicago it was announced that Ty Cobb and Harry Heilman of the Detroit club had their suspensions lifted and would play tomorrow. Ban Johnson, league president, warned no rowdyism would be tolerated after Cobb stepped on umpire Wilson's toes during a dispute in a St Louis game last week.
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Chicago
Detroit
Ty Cobb
Harry Heilman
Ban Johnson
St. Louis
Cobb
Wilson
Mojave to sail north on long Alaska cruise
A Washington special says Lieutenant Commander Hamlet of the Coast Guard has been detached and ordered to join the cutter Mojave. The Mojave will depart Seattle on June 17 for a voyage in Alaskan waters to inspect fur seal and salmon industries and other government activities with officials likely from the Department of Commerce. Commander Boedeker moves to command the Unalga in Juneau.
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Seattle
Washington
Seattle Times
H. G. Hamlet
U. S. Coast Guard Service
Mojave
Alaska
Department of Commerce
Boedeker
Unalga
Juneau
Ford proposal to take over Muscle Shoals power plant
Washington June 3. The House Committee on Military Affairs voted to report favorably Henry Ford’s plan to take over the Muscle Shoals power plant at Florence Alabama and complete it. The committee recommends excluding the Gorgas steam plant from the sale. Ford has said he will consider the government’s position as rejection if the steam plant remains.
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Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs Today
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Florence
Alabama
Gorgas
Ford
Cupid Finally Wins Out McCormick Case
In Chicago on June 3 a court fight over the proposed marriage of sixteen year old Ma thilde McCormick, daughter of the International Harvester Co. president, to forty year old Swiss rider Max Oser ended as Mrs Edith Rockefeller McCormick withdrew the restraining order against the marriage.
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Chicago
Mathilde McCormick
International Harvester Co
Max Oser
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Takes Shot at Wife Then Ends Own Life
Spokane on June 3 reports Lee Campbell shot his wife after she filed for divorce. He then fired at his father in law, missed, and killed himself in a subsequent act of self destruction.
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Spokane
Lee Campbell
Campbell
Hoover eyes retail coal price regulation
The Commerce Secretary, after securing a 3.50 dollar per ton strike price from coal operators covering 80 percent of production, is considering regulating retail coal prices. He plans to summon retail dealers in Washington to ensure the public benefits from the agreement during the strike.
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Washington
Hoover
Klondike discoverer Carmack gravely ill in Vancouver
George Carmack, the Klondike gold rush discoverer, is seriously ill in Vancouver with pneumonia. Carmack is one of Canada's best known miners and prospectors, noted for his role in the 1898 Klondike rush and Alaska settlement.
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Vancouver
B. C
George Carmack
Klondike
Alaska
Carmack
Canada
Landis Prosecution Fraud Cases Moved Forward
Attorney General Daugherty said he will seek Landis resignation from the federal bench to accept the baseball post and enlist Governor McGovern to help prosecute war contract frauds. A special DOJ tribunal is examining cases to decide which to push as likely to convict. Daugherty reported Landis is considering the proposal favorably. He called war contract prosecutions the department’s greatest legal undertaking.
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Washington
Harry M. Daugherty
Kenesaw Mountain Land Gently
Federal District Bench
McGovern
Wisconsin
Department of Justice
Department
Landis
Daugherty
Senate Debate Warns on Gas Warfare Ban
Senator Porah charged that despite a wartime arms conference ban on poison gas, military leaders were moving to continue its use. He said U S representatives met with six nations to extend gas warfare options, risking the Limitation Conference effort.
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Washington
Porah
Senate
Bors
United States
Lenine Suffered Paralytic Stroke Rumor Circulates
Berlin dispatches report private advices stating Premier Lenine the Dictator of Russia suffered a paralytic stroke. The message, received at the Soviet ministry in Berlin, notes officials like M Littszoff hurriedly left for Moscow, suggesting possible truth amid unconfirmed reports.
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Berlin
Lene
Russia
M. Littszoff
Moscow
Wiltshire Is Total Wreck Crew Rescued
A cablegram from Auckland reports rescuers got aid to the crew of the British steamer Wiltshire which went ashore in a heavy storm off the New Zealand coast Thursday night. The vessel is breaking up in heavy seas, but life saving crews saved the crew and may salvage some flotsam.
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London
Auckland
New Zealand
Wiltshire
Train derailed injures nineteen near Quarry
Nineteen people were injured when a passenger train from Omaha to Chicago derailed near Quarry on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. Two passengers were seriously hurt as crews investigated the wreck.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Omaha
Quarry
Bank Robbery Fails as Bandits Are Killed in Decatur
In Decatur Nebraska on June 3 a deputy sheriff surprised five bank robbers looting the State Bank of Decatur. A gun battle ensued in which three bandits were killed and two wounded. About thirty thousand dollars taken from the bank was recovered.
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Decatur
Neb
Central West
Mexia
Tex
John Icing
Kirwin
Hula Hawley
Railroad Engineer Seeks Republican Nomination to Congress
Seattle June 3 H Alvin Moore a railroad engineer today announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to Congress in the First Washington District The present incumbent John F Miller has not announced re election Moore ran against Miller two years ago but withdrew before the end of the primary campaign
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Seattle
H. Alvin Moore
Washington
John F. Miller
Moore
Miller
Race Riot Rumors Around Kirwin Spark City Warnings
Reports from Kirwin and nearby Texas towns claim a race riot followed the lynching of Black men after the assault on Miss Eula Hawley. Accounts describe one supposed death, several injuries, and widespread fear, though later notices deem the violence exaggerated and no clashes confirmed.
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Fort Worth
Kirwin
Leroy Gibson
Gibson
Eula Hawley
Hughes Invites Nations to Pacific Commerce Conference
Secretary of State Hughes announced invitations to nations on the Pacific to attend a Pacific Commerce Conference in Honolulu next October under the Pan Pacific Union. Discussions will cover radio and cable, sea lanes, resources, investments, China trade, open door, Manchuria, Soviet Russia effects, and general international relations. It is unclear if immigration or labor questions will be included.
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Washington
Hughes
State Department
Pacific Ocean
Honolulu
Pan-Pacific Union
China
Russia
Miners Reject Arbitrator Proposal in Anthracite Strike
In New York on June 3, anthracite coal operators meet with a miners union delegation to seek a settlement. Operators proposed arbitration by President Harding or a tribunal named by him. The miners on the joint wage negotiations sub committee rejected the employers demand.
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New York
Anthcite
Pennsylvania
Harding
Army to Increase Enlisted Personnel Next Year
The Senate approved the committee amendment to the Army bill raising enlisted strength by eighteen thousand for the next year. The main force is set at 133,000, pending conference committee action. Captain Howard Telford named officer in command of the Yukon District Canadian Mounted Police. Captain Telford succeeds Major Robert Tucker who retires after 39 years.
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Washington
Senate
House
Conference
British troops depart Dublin bound for Belfast border action
London reports the first British move to aid Ulster with a regiment leaving barracks in Dublin and sailing to Belfast. The transfer follows the Free State treaty and prep for potential border warfare including possible imperial military assistance if Ulster is invaded. Officials note rising border violence and a near agreement among James Craig Lloyd George and the Marquis of Londonderry on support.
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London
Ulster
Northern
Ireland
Dublin
Belfast
James Craig
Lloyd George
Marquis of Londonderry
Ball Magnates Uphold Action Judge Landis
The Pacific Coast Baseball League directors met in San Francisco and publicly supported Judge Landis's penalties in the Kenworthy case. Portland team figures William J. Kenworthy, manager and second baseman, William H. Klepper, club president, and James B. Brewster, club secretary, were suspended for varying terms. Kenworthy barred until August 1. Klepper barred from any active or passive interest until January 1, 1924.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast Baseball League
Kenworthy
Landis
William J. Kenworthy
Portland
William H. Klepper
James B. Brewster
Klepper
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Lenine
Railroad Engineer Congress
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Wortham
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Telford
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