Notables Attend Dinner Arranged By Seattle Editor
Prominent statesmen gathered at the Waldorf Astoria dinner hosted by John H. Perry of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in New York to honor Alaska Governor Scott C. Bone. telegrams from Taft and President Harding praised Bone, while speakers included Wallace Farrington and Arthur Brisbane among others.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria
John H. Perry
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Scott C. Bone
Alaska
Bone
Montreal
Taft
Harding
J. C. McBride
C. E. Herron
James Wickersham
O. P. Hubbard
Karl Thiel
Maj
George Beaumont
O. P. Gaustad
Duke Stubbs
Tom Marquam
Cecil Clegg
Hughes
Washington
Col
Lester Jones
W. T. Perkins
Robert Saunders
United States
Seattle
Tightening Up Enforcement Volstead Act
Prohibition enforcement officials announce a reorganization plan for stronger liquor law enforcement. Half of supervisory roles will be abolished while remaining staff focus on active enforcement, aiming to improve results and reduce expenses.
Supposed Robbers of Bank Arrested Near Camp Lewis
Three men linked to the 1918 Spokane State Bank robbery are to be heard today in Tacoma by the department of justice. Captain Robert Rosenbluth, charged in connection with the Cronk murder at Camp Lewis, awaits proceedings as authorities pursue the suspects.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Robert Rosenbluth
Tacoma
Spokane
Alexander Cronkwald
Camp Lewis
State Bank
Anddy
Department of Justice
Amundsen Turned Back by Accident in Nome
Arctic explorer Captain Roald Amundsen returns to Nome from Capt Serge after wintering there. His vessel Maude lost her propeller and will be towed to Seattle for repairs. Amundsen will depart on the first boat to Seattle and plans to resume his Arctic voyage once repairs are completed.
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Associated Press
NOME
Roald Amundsen
Serge
Seattle
Amundsen
Fields of alfalfa to be dredged for oil riches
Redding California June 18 reports the sale of the best farm in Trinity county for 50000 dollars to Louis Gardella. He plans to dredge alfalfa fields to reach an undersea oil prospect indicated by logs of a prospect driller. The goal is 1500000 dollars from the find.
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Associated Press
Redding
Cal
Trinity County
Louis Gardella
Eighteen LW. W. W. Released From Leavenworth
Eighteen inmates at Leavenworth federal penitentiary were freed after the circuit court of appeals sent down a mandate. They had been serving sentences for alleged sabotage in Kansas and Oklahoma wheat fields.
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Kansas City
LW. W
Federal
Leavenworth
Kansas
Oklahoma
Circuit Court of Appeals
Winnipeg Man To Be Charged With Murder
Winnipeg June 18 It is believed a murder charge will be placed against Joseph Rutledge an Innisfall farmer alleged to have set fire to his house burning his wife and four children to death Rutledge says he and his wife planned a death by own action pact but he escaped after the blaze and rescued one child
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Joseph Rutledge
Rutledge
Third death in Fresno Chinese Tong war found near cemetery
Fresno California June 18 the body of the third victim in the Chinese Tong war was discovered near a cemetery with bullet wounds.
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Associated Press
Fresno
Cal
Plot to Destroy Camp Lewis Buildings Sparks Cache Find
A dynamite cache was found in a deserted shack near Camp Lewis remount depot. Three men were seen fleeing as soldiers approached, and officers fear a plot to blow up key post buildings. The cache held 150 pounds of explosive, 25 feet of wire, and a box of caps.
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Tacoma
Camp Lewis
Kansas Mail Bandits Make Quick Escape
Four bandits robbed an armed messenger in Baxter Springs Kansas yesterday taking five mail pouches. Officials report the robbers escaped and attempts to round them up have failed. Contents of the pouches not yet checked but believed to include money and securities.
Labor unions pledge aid in packing house wage fight
The American Federation of Labor convention pledged support to packing house employees in their wage dispute with the five big packers. Delegates not bearing the union label faced an effort to unseat them, but the move failed after a heated debate.
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Federation of Labor
Big Five
Rate on Vegetables to East Reduced for Disarmament Vote
San Francisco news reports a new rate of 1.75 dollars per hundred pounds for fresh vegetables and melons, a 10 percent reduction as the transcontinental rate effective June 28. In Washington, Chairman Porter of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said he would press a vote on the disarmament resolution.
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Porter
Associated Press
San Francisco
Bey
Sapthean
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Colonel Seaone Seeks Oriental Cable via Cordova
Colonel Seaone head of the Alaska cable system with Seattle headquarters left Seattle for Washington to back proposed legislation improving cable service and possibly routing a cable to the Orient via Alaska points.
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Colonel Seaone
Oriental
Cordova
Seaone
Alaska
Seattle
Washington
Orient
Lower House Backs Army Cut to October 1 Plan
The House rejected the Senate delay on army size insisting the reduction to 150,000 take effect October 1 while the war department would get time until next May. With a 157 to 128 vote, the bill was sent back to conference for final reconciliation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
War Department
House
Oil Tanks Burn After Lightning Strikes in Casper
Seven large oil tanks at the Midwest Refining Company plant in Casper were set on fire by lightning and remained burning. Thousands of barrels were saved by puncturing the tanks and draining oil into a hastily built reservoir by about a thousand workers.
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Associated Press
Casper
Wyo
Midwest Refining Company
Senate approves talks to drop pulp export limits
Washington June 18 The senate passed a resolution authorizing the president to begin negotiations with Canada to abrogate provincial and dominion rules restricting wood pulp exports to the United States. The measure still awaits House consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Canada
United States
House
Poles and Germans to Leave Silesia Agreement Reached
Berlin June 18 an inter allied commission agreement orders German volunteers in Upper Silesia and Polish insurgents to begin withdrawal tomorrow. The pact outlines both sides exiting the region under supervision.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Inter-Allied Commission
Crofts Seeks Court Halt on Dempsey Carpentier Fight
Dr. Wilbur Crofts, founder of the international reform bureau, has sent a petition to Secretary of State Hughes requesting a stop to the Dempsey Carpentier bout. The Life and Thought Club of Lincoln, Nebraska, backs the request.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Wilbur Crofts
International Reform Bureau
Hughes
Life and Thought Club
Lincoln, Neb
Look Around For Judge With Courage
The Associated Press reports that on June 18 in Washington the petition of Dr. Crofts was received and warned that if ignored he would "look around for a judge who has courage enough to enjoin the fighters."
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Associated Press
Washington
Crofts
Favors Jeffries As Referee for Dempsey Carpentier Bout
Atlantic City is the scene as Robert Edgren reports that James J. Jeffries is favored to referee the Dempsey versus Carpentier title fight on July 2. The New Jersey boxing commission seeks a local official, while Edgren notes support for Jeffries from Kearns and others.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
Robert Edgren
Dempsey
Carpentier
James J. Jeffries
Kearns
New Jersey Boxing Commission
New Jersey
Pawhuska
Oklo
Pawhusk
Americans Win First Polo Game in England
In Hurlingham England on June 18 the American polo team defeated England 11 to 4 in the opening game of the international championship series.
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Associated Press
Hurlingham
Eng
Gibbons Knocks Out Oshkosh Fighter in Minneapolis
Mike Gibbons welterweight champion knocked out Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh in the fifth round of their 10 round bout in Minneapolis yesterday.
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Gibbons
Oshkosh
Minneapolis
Mike Gibbons
Eddie McGoorty
Baseball Scores Across Leagues on Various Dates
National League results include Pittsburg 3 Brooklyn 8, Cincinnati 11 Philadelphia 3, Chicago 11 New York 10, St Louis 10 Boston 0. American League features Boston beating Detroit 5 4 and 8 4, Washington 6 St Louis 4. Pacific Coast games Seattle 8 San Francisco 6, Oakland 9 Sacramento 4, Vernon 7 Salt Lake 4, Portland 3 Los Angeles ?
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Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Boston
Detroit
Washington
Seattle
San Francisco
Oakland
Sacramento
Vernon
Salt Lake
Portland
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