Sale of Liquor on Vessels Creating Great Furore
Washington reports a heated clash over liquor sales on Shipping Board vessels as dry advocates push to end the practice. Adolphus Busch denounces the government after witnessing on the SS George Washington, while Shipping Board head Lasker accuses Busch of self interest and pro-German sentiment. Legislators in Washington move to bar ships selling alcohol from entering ports with a $10,000 fine and denied clearances until fines are paid.
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The
Republic
Lasker
Shipping Board
Freferring
Busch
Adolphus Busch
America
Germany
ST. Louis
Wilbur Crafts
Washington, D. C
International Reform Bureau Today
Washington
Supreme Court criticised by federation at convention
The Execut Council of the American Federation of Labor at Cincinnati on June 19 urged that the U S Supreme Court ruling in the Coronado coal case, which held unions liable for damages under the Sherman Act for member acts, cannot crush the labor movement. The report warned workers will not accept slavery and will preserve liberties and seek more as time passes.
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Cincinnati
Execut Council
The
American Federaf Labor
Labor
U. S. Supreme Court
Coronado
Supreme Court
Wife Gene Chilberg Denied Divorce in Los Angeles
Seattle June 19 A Post Intelligencer dispatch reports Mrs Caroline Chilberg has been denied divorce from Eugene Chilberg son of Seattle banker Andrew Chilberg. An Alaska pioneer she mined quartz creek Nome country adjoining Rex Beach and once ran a Nome store.
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Seattle
This Morning
Post Intelligencer
Bea
Caroline Chilberg
Los Angeles
Eugene Chilberg
Andrew Chilberg
Chilberg
Nome
Rex Beach
Armistice Declared in Manchuria and Canton Update
Amoy China June 19 residence of Sun Yat Sen in Canton captured by Chiang troops. Doctor Sen believed to have escaped aboard a gunboat. Tientsin June 19 warfare in Manchuria between Chang Tso-lin and Wu Pei-fu has ceased with an armistice signed at Chin Wang Tac.
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Amoy
China
Sun Yat Sen
South China Republic
Canton
Chiang Min
Doctor Sen
Tientsin
Manchuria
Chang Tso-lin
Wu Pei-fu
Central China
Chin Wang Tac
Germany Launches Large Merchant Ship Columbus
Danzig dispatches report the steamer Columbus, a 32000 ton vessel, was launched today as the largest in the new German merchant fleet. It will serve the passenger trade between Germany and America.
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Danzig
Columbus
Germany
America
Primaries in Minnesota Spark Wide Political Battles
St Paul June 19 voters in Minnesota go to the polls to nominate candidates for the Senate and House and for state offices. Annie Oregon leads a Democratic bid against two rivals, Kellogg faces Lundeen in a heated Republican race with Titus also opposing. Volstead is unopposed in the seventh district, while Davis battles Thorne in the third district with district convention backing.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Senate
House
Annie Oregon
U. S. Senate
Frank B. Kellogg
Harding
Republian
Ernest Lundeen
Kellogg
Richard Titus
Lundeen
Volstead
Davis
Rueben Thorne
Kidnapper Wounded and Captured After Chase Across States
Fred Brown, an alleged kidnapper, was wounded and captured by officers after a multi state pursuit following the alleged kidnapping of two women in Omaha. The arrest came after a report from Medicine Bow Wyoming dated June 19 stating the suspect was pursued through three states.
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Cheyenne
Fred Brown
Omaha
Medicine Bow
Wyoming
Belfast Blaze Destroys Theaters And Offices
Incendiaries in Belfast yesterday burned two movie theaters a restaurant a brewery engraving works and a block of office buildings killing none and causing extensive damage to multiple properties in a weekend blaze.
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Belfast
New York Police Break Up Movie Film Theft Plot
Police announce the break up of a plot to steal film reels in New York. Two arrests followed and 169 reels worth about 15000 dollars were recovered, with the films stolen from local distributors.
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New York
Bank Bandit Captured After Firing Scout Knappa Bank
In Knappa Oregon on Saturday a bold bank robbery attempt at Knappa State Bank failed after cashier's courage. Robert Drake thirty eight a former service man shot at the till, the cashier fired back forcing the bandit to leap through a window. Drake sprained his ankle on escape and was captured.
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Knappa
Oregon
Knappa State Bank
Robert Drake
Drake
Oregon primary contest ends closest in state history
Charles E. Hall, Marshfield state senator, accused irregularities in the election after losing the Republican gubernatorial nomination to Governor Ben Olcott by 521 votes. The bitter primary featured the Ku Klux Klan as a major issue, with Olcott opposing the Klan in the final days.
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Portland
Charles E. Hall
Marshfield
Ben Olcott
Oregon
Olcott
Irish election outlook unclear amid slow returns
Dublin June 19 Early returns from the Irish elections are meager and offer no definite result on which faction in Southern Ireland will prevail. Supporters of the Free State treaty remain confident it will win a majority in the first Irish parliament under the new constitution. Indications so far favor that view though full returns were expected by tomorrow.
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Dublin
Ireland
Friends of the Free State Treaty
Chiefs threaten rail strike if order comes amid wage cuts
Ten railway union chiefs served formal notice on the Railway Labor Board they will strike if workers vote for a strike. A million and a quarter workers face wage reductions on July 1 and would quit, effectively tying up rail systems nationwide.
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Cincinnati
Railway Labor Board
Married Minister Elopes With Girl
In Xenia Ohio a warrant was issued for Reverend W W Culp pastor of the Spring Valley Methodist Church on abduction charges. The minister, age 35, eloped with Esther Hughes an 18 year old music teacher who lodged at the Culp home. He has nine children.
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Xenia
Ohio
W. W. Culp
Methodist
Spring Valley
Culp
Esther Hughes
Two Steamers Sinking Reported Off Florida Coast
Wireless advices from Key West say the steamers Bella and DeSoto are in a sinking condition. A coast guard cutter is removing survivors from both vessels after a suspected collision.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Key West
Bella
DeSoto
Coast Guard
Filipinos anxious for immediate independence
Washington june 19 after reading the formal statement on behalf of their petition for immediate independence for the islands the Philippine Commission presented the request. President Herding said the statement would receive earnest and immediate consideration and promised a reply with his views on Thursday next.
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Washington
Une
Herding
Thie
Imperial Potentate to Make Frisco Headquarters
San Francisco June 19 Imperial Potentate James McCandless announced that, unlike predecessors, he will establish his headquarters in San Francisco. He spoke to the Shriners aboard two Shipping Board liners, thanked Aloha Temple of Honolulu and Israel Temple for hospitality, and said his election honors Alpha temple as the only mainland North American temple.
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San Francisco
Shriners
Shipping Board
Imperial
James McCandless
Aloha Temple
Honolulu
Alpha
North America
Order
Connecticut Masons Oppose Ku Klux Klan
Frank Wilder Grand Master of Connecticut Freemasons issued warnings to district deputies, urging all Masons in the jurisdiction to avoid any fraternal relations with Ku Klux Klan members, aligning with California and Massachusetts in opposition.
Fire entombs many miners in Nevada
BERKELEY June 19 Reports received Saturday state that two miners are dead and four others injured from a fire in the Quarter mine at Searchlight Nevada Rescue work is in progress and two men were pulled from the nine hundred foot level Charles M White and William Goldensmith were the entombed men if alive they are still combing the shaft and the rescuers worked through the night.
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Berkeley
Searchlight
Nev
Charles M. White
William Goldensmith
Record trip from Frisco to Salt Lake
San Francisco June 19 The U S Air Mail Service with three flyers in relays broke the previous record for flying between San Francisco and Salt Lake City covering the distance in six hours and twelve minutes.
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San Francisco
U. S. Air Mail Service
Here
Salt Lake City
Asst. Secretary of Commerce Coming to Alaska Tomorrow
Secretary of Commerce C. H. Huston arrives in Seattle and sails tomorrow for Alaska on the Coast Guard cutter Mojave with officials to visit thirty towns and fishing centers including the Pribilofs. The party plans stops at Commander and Robben Islands and will study salmon, seal, and fox fur industries while Huston conducts a world voyage for U.S. trade interests.
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Seattle
Commerce
C. H. Huston
Alaska
Coast Guard
Mojave
Seal Islands
Bering Sea
Japan
United States
Huston
Aeal
Fox
Commander Islands
Robben Islands
Ward T. 3Ower
Bureau of Fisheries
Leonard Stejneger
National Museum
H. M. Evans
The
Pubic Health Service
Alfred H. Brooks
Geological Survey
John M. Creighton
Navy
J. Linguist
Joe L. Baker
Subsidy Bill Yields to Tariff in House Action
Washington June 49 Ghatimad Campbell of the House Rules Committee after a conference with the President told Republican leaders that the administration Ship Subsidy Bill likely will not be considered until the House passes the tariff bill and sends it to a conference committee in the Senate.
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Washington
Edmonds
Pennsylvania
House Merchant Marine Committee
Ghatimad Campbell
House
Harding
Senate
Eagle Boat Goes Ashore With Reservists Safe
Seattle dispatch reports Eagle Boat 57 carrying twenty four Seattle and Tacoma naval reservists ran aground at San Juan Island during a weekend cruise. Navy tug and coast guard cutter standby with no injuries. craft expected to refloat at next high tide.
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Seattle
Eagle Boat
Operation for the Renewing of Youth in Chicago
Harold McCormick underwent an operation by Paris authority Dr. Victor Lespinasse, the tale shrouded in mystery. Paris press has no comment while rumors say the aim is gland transplant based youth renewal. McCormick recently divorced from Rockefeller kin and may marry Polish opera star Madame Ganna Walaska after her divorce.
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Chicago
Harold McCormick
Victor Lespinasse
Paris
McCormick
Lespinasse
John D. Rockefeller
Madame Ganna Walaska
Alexander Smith Cochrane
New York
Still Juggling With Soldiers' Bonus Bill
Senator Ashurst of Arizona gave notice in Washington that he would seek to call up the Soldiers' Bonus measure today despite reports that Republican caucus members again agreed to defer action until the tariff bill is disposed of by the Senate.
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Washington
Ashurst
Arizona
Senate
Floating Cannery Pioneer Sets Course to Ketchikan
Seattle June 19 The floating cannery Pioneer of the Stuart Packing Company departed Saturday noon from Seattle for Ketchikan in tow of the tug Daniel Kern.
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Seattle
Pioneer
Stuart Packing Company
Ketchikan
Daniel Kern
Two Aviators Die in Air Circus Crash
Louisvill e June 19 Lieut Robert E O Hanley and Sergeant Arthur Opperman died when their airplane crashed during an air circus. The machine caught fire in the air and burned after the fall, leaving their bodies charred beyond recognition. Both men belonged to the 88th Aero Squadron.
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Louisville
Robert E. O. Hanley
Arthur Opperman
88Th Aero Squadron
Rio Grande Flood Wipes Bridges. Piedras Negras Flee
Terrific cloud burst and heavy rain swell the Rio Grande to a 25 year high over a mile wide. Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras suffer washes and evacuations as residents flee to high ground. Brownsville gears up for the worst flood in 13 years.
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San Antonio
Southern Pacific
Rio Grande River
Eagle Pass
Rio Grande
Piedras Negras
Terris County
Texas
Rio
Eagles Pass
Hagle Pass
Congressman Hicks Tours Alaska Ahead of Legislation
Seattle June 19 Congressman Hicks of New York sails aboard the SS Spokane with a group of tourists en route to Alaska. He plans to study conditions in the territory to better understand proposed centralization of federal bureaus there. He will visit Dawson and observe the Canadian Yukon before returning.
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Seattle
Congressman Hicks
New York
Spokane
Alaska
Hicks
Dawson
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Federation
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Frisco
Connecticut
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Salt Lake
Secretary of Commerce
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Congressman
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