Alaska Governor Nominee Scott C Bone Heads to Washington
A Washington special reports the Senate committee on territories backed Scott C Bone for Alaska governor. He is expected in Washington Saturday, with confirmations and interviews pending before a trip to Alaska. Hearings next week will also review the Curry Development board bill.
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Seattle
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Committee On Territories
Scott C. Bone
Alaska
New York
Harding
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
Curry Development Board
Obregon replies to U.S. recognition note
Mexico’s President Obregon has handed Mexico’s answer to the U S note on recognition to Charge d Affaires Summerlin. He called the notes “mere expression of ideas on international purposes.”
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Obregon
U.S
Mexico City
Associated Press
Mexico
United States
d’Affair Summerlin
Alaska policy bills move in Congress
Three measures of note reach congress. Senator McNary asks the president to negotiate a salmon protection treaty for Pacific waters. Delegate Sutherland seeks Alaska extension of the federal farm loan act. Senator Nicholson introduces a bill creating a new federal department of mines.
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Washington
Associated Press
Congress
Alaska
McNary
Oregon
Harding
Pacific
Sutherland
Department of Mines
Senate
Nicholson
Colorado
Oregon Voters Ballot Five Measures in Statewide Election
Portland voters are casting ballots on five statewide measures including a soldier bonus and a loan bill as early voting reports remain light. The Associated Press notes today’s election activity centers on these key questions across Oregon.
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Portland
Associated Press
Oregon
Resolution to empower president over 1925 Portland exposition
Washington June 7. President Harding is authorized to invite foreign nations to participate in the proposed Portland world exposition in 1925, under a resolution adopted yesterday by the Senate.
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Washington
Associated Press
Harding
Portland
Paper companies cut price of news print
New York June 7 The International Paper Company and the Canadian Export Paper Company announce a price cut on news print from 110 to 95 dollars per ton.
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New York
Associated Press
International Paper Company
Canadian Export Paper Company
Game hunter on Victoria for Siberia
Joan J. Burnham president of the American Game Protection Association and noted big game hunter will ride to Siberia via Nome aboard the Victoria. He travels with Andrew Taylor and plans a thousand mile trek by pack horse around the Gulf of Anadyr after crossing the Bering Sea to the Chukchi peninsula.
Tax Placed on Herring Pack for Two Years
Territorial treasurer Walstein G. Smith announces a 20 cents per 100 pounds tax on all salt and mild cure herring in the territory for this year and next. The levy, enacted with other mild cured fish taxes, follows an omission in a prior bill and is expected to yield under $2,000 annually. The measure also imposes a $15 annual tax on one ton and larger delivery vehicles, with potential collection mixups on smaller trucks.
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Walstein G. Smith
Territorial
Mr. Smith
Court Denies Dismissal of Shipping Strike Injunction
The federal court yesterday denied the motion by representatives of three marine unions to dismiss the injunction sought by the government against six unions linked to the shipping strike. A hearing on making the temporary injunction permanent is set for today.
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Seattle
Associated Press
US oil supply to exhaust in sixteen years say Ohio geologist
Prof John Bownecker of Ohio State University warns the nations oil reserves will run out in sixteen years if present production continues and no new sources are found. He cites six to seven billion barrels in U S reserves and notes 1920 output at 440 million barrels per year likely to decline.
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Columbus
Associated Press
United States
John A. Bownecker
Ohio State University
Bownecker
Bownocker
Professor Bownocker
Mexico
Professor Bownecker
Victoria Set to Sail for Nome Tomorrow
The steamer Cordova of the Ala Steamship Company sailed yesterday for St Michael with a now union crew. The Victoria is expected to sail Wednesday for Nome and St Michael.
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Seattle
Associated Press
Cordova
Ala: Steamship Company
St. Michael
Nowunion
Victoria
Nome
Steele Sails From Seattle on Victoria
Col. James G. Steese, president of the Alaska road commission, will depart for Nome to oversee completion of the government jetty and to conduct a general survey of roads and transportation in the Kangarok and Chicago Creek districts. The move signals extensive development in the Seward peninsula coal field, with private operation of mines to supply coal if transportation is secured.
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Seattle
Associated Press
James G. Steese
Alaska Road Commission
Nome
Kangarok
Chicago Creek
Seward Peninsula
Steese
German Ambassadors Win Germany Delay For Diesel Conversions
Paris June 7 The council of ambassadors sent a letter signed by Premier Briand recognizing Germany’s good will. They granted Germany a delay until September 30 to convert submarine diesel motors for civilian industry use.
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Paris
Associated Press
Council of Ambassadors
3Riand
Germany
Physicians From World Over Attend Boston Medical Session
Six thousand physicians attend the seventy second annual American Medical Association session in Boston with the house of delegates meeting and sixteen scientific sections. Foreign guests include Dr W Blair Bell London Dr H E G Boyle Jacques Calve and others as 315 scientific papers are presented.
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Boston
Associated Press
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
W. Blair Bell
Liverpool
England
H. E. G. Boyle
Jacques Calve
Plage
Jeorge Lenthal Cheattle
London
Pierre Janet
Paris
Robert Jones
V. Putti
Bologna
Italy
Richard D. Rows
Henry Smith
Soubbottch
Belgrade
Serbia
M. Turbin
A. Widner
Territet
Switzerland
Carlos Chagas
Brazil
Stricken Pueblo Strives After Flooded Disaster
Pueblo flood toll climbs with 52 bodies likely. Red Cross predicts over 500 deaths possible. Real estate estimate puts property damage at 15 to 20 million dollars as roads stay blocked and morgues fill. Authorities urge cleanup, pay and force labor for all able bodied citizens while sightseers are sent away. The shooting of BE E Withers, a local businessman, also targets attention as an inquest is planned.
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Pueblo
Associated Press
Red Cross
Boone
Here
Grove
K. B. Orr
The
Corpus Christi
Avondale
Vineland
New Mexico
Iowa
Oklahoma
Kansas
Canon City
Kansas Line
BE. E
Withers
Harding Requests Aid for Sufferers
President Harding asks the public to aid relief efforts for Pueblo sufferers by contributing to the American Red Cross. The appeal comes as national relief drives mobilize to support victims and communities in need.
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Harding
Washington
Associated Press
United States
American Red Cross
Pueblo
Congress Advances Immediate Colorado Relief Funding
Prompt action in both chambers introduced resolutions to provide 1 million dollars immediately for Colorado relief efforts. The move aims to accelerate aid distribution following recent events.
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Congress
Washington
Associated Press
Senate
House
Colorado
River Rising At Dodge City
The river is out of its banks at Dodge City Kansas with a rise of 5 feet reported by Associated Press.
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Dodge City
Wichita
Kan
Associated Press
Four Mexican Children Reported Drowned in Arkansas River Flood
Four Mexican children and a ranger are reported drowned as the Arkansas river swells to its widest point in forty years. Floodwaters flood two miles of the river, impacting adobe houses along the American Sugar Com...
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Los Animos
Colo
Associated Press
Arkansas River
Sugar
Platte River Receding After Brief Flood Phase
The Platte River is slowly falling with no known further loss of life reported. By afternoon the river began rising again and danger near the area has almost been reached as waters threaten nearby assets.
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Uenviek
Associated Press
Platte River
Frisco Sends Food to Pueblo for Relief Effort
Two carloads of food gathered by San Francisco merchants will be shipped to Pueblo at city expense per orders of the board of supervisors. This relief initiative follows the Pueblo disaster and shows municipal support.
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Frisco
Pueblo San Francisco
Associated Press
Pueblo
San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Flood Threat Rises in Cogan New Mexico
The river at Cogan New Mexico has risen about 14 feet and rail traffic in the Panhandle region is disrupted as flood fears grow.
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New Mexico
Amarillo
Tex
Associated Press
Cogan
N. M
Panhandle
Rivers Recede Amid Flood Fears on Columbia Snake
A drop in the Snake River and diminishing rise in the Columbia ease fears of further flood damage. The Dalles reports basements of stores on Second Street flooded.
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Yriuald
Associated Press
Snake River
Columbia
Dalles
Secon Street
Railroad rates cut on vegetables melons and apples
Transcontinental railroads announce lower carload rates for vegetables, melons and apples. The new rate is 1.75 dollars per hundred, effective as early as possible. The 1.50 dollar rate on apples will take effect September 1.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Citizens' guard to disarm by June 30
Munich reports that the citizens' guard will disarm voluntarily by June 30 in response to the allies' ultimatum. The move follows Allied demands and reflects heightened postwar tension in Bavaria.
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Munich
Bavaria
Associated Press
Citizens’ Guard
Crown Forces Capture Over Hundred Men
Crown forces seized more than a hundred Republican army members after a battle on Mill Street in Cork. Three Sinn Feiners were killed and twelve wounded. crown force casualties were light.
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Cork
Associated Press
Crown
Mill Street
Sinn
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