Dismissal Sparks Alaska Patronage Clash in Seattle
A Washington dispatch reports Governor Bone of Alaska discussing federal appointments with President Harding and cabinet members to resolve patronage troubles. Delegate Sutherland and Committeeman McBride remain at odds on candidates, with Republican mediator Adams possible to step in. Colonel Lester Jones hosts a Cosmos Club banquet honoring Governor Bone tonight.
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Seattle
Washington
Bone
Alaska
Harding
Adams
Lester Jones
Governor Bone
Cosmos Club
Stormy scene at labor session over Irish question
At the American Federation of Labor convention in Denver on June 22 a stormy debate ended with sympathy for the Irish cause and rejection of drastic boycott provisions. Gompers supported this and the convention urged changes to the Volstead act to allow beer sales and adopted a resolution opposing Japanese inclusion and the Gentlemen's Agreement. It also attacked government shipping policy, claiming the Shipping Board hires only non union compliant workers.
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Associated Press
Denver
American Federation of Labor Convention
Gompers
Deleres
Shipping Board
Gompers Gains Support From Garment Workers
Denver June 22 garment workers shifted allegiance to Samuel Gompers in the AFL presidential campaign. Several United Mine Workers delegates also joined his camp as veteran leaders predicted a tight race with Lewis still claiming a voting edge.
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Associated Press
Denver
Lewis
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Garment Workers
United Mine Workers
Connubial Cruelty Wins Wife Divorce in Des Moines Incident
Chicago report states Mrs. Louis L. Allen sued Ray Allen a steamship captain for divorce alleging cruelty including being run over by his Ford in Des Moines and a string of Christmas slaps in return for gifts. A decree was granted.
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International News Service
Chicago
Louis L. Allen
Ray Allen
Alaska Fishermen Win Court Decision
Associated Press reports the Alaska Supreme Court affirmed a lower court judgment granting $25,000 to 84 fishermen who reasserted a ship in Alaskan waters after finding it unseaworthy. The ruling protects their full wages and bars penalties for refusing to sail.
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Associated Press
Olympia
Supreme Court
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Alaskan
Woman Found Floating in Lake Washington
Mrs. Anna L. Hollenback, 61, was found unconscious in Lake Washington. She was revived with a palmotor and expected to recover. Police believe an attempted suicide, but she says the fall was accidental.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Anna L. Hollenback
Lake Washington
King Peter of Serbia Reported Dead
An unnamed AP dispatch from London on June 22 says an unconfirmed report claims King Peter of Serbia is dead.
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Peter
Serbia
Associated Press
London
Peter of
Seroia
Wisconsin Senate kills home brew measure in June vote
Madison June 22 The Wisconsin Senate defeats the bill permitting home brew creation. The decision marks a setback for supporters seeking lenient alcohol production rules. The vote leaves existing regulations in place and closes the proposal for now.
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Wisconsin
Senate
Associated Press
Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Harding invites group of bankers for conferences
President Harding has invited twenty western bankers to confer with him on Thursday. The meeting is the second in a series of White House conferences with leading financial interests of the country, announced today.
Japs Control Labor in Hawaiian Islands
Walter Dillingham leading a Hawaiian legislature delegation told the house immigration committee that industrial control in the islands will pass to the Japanese unless the agricultural labor shortage is relieved. The delegation asked for a temporary lifting of immigration restrictions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Walter Dillingham
House Immigration Committee
Hurricane warnings issued off Texas coast
Houston Tex June 22. Hurri can warnings were hoisted today from Matagorda bay to Port Arthur. A tropical storm is blowing off the coast of Texas east of Corpus Christi.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Matagorda Bay
Port Arthur
Texas
Corpus Christi
Senate orders probe into court martial of Marine captain
The Senate adopted a resolution directing the naval committee to investigate the court martial and dismissal of Capt. E. G. Chamberlain from the Marine Corps over his claim of shooting down German planes during the war.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Naval Committee
E. G. Chamberlain
Marine Corps
DOJ seeks $250,000 to prosecute alleged building profiteers
The Department of Justice plans to ask Congress for a quarter of a million dollars to press prosecutions against about 1,500 corporations and individuals implicated in nationwide combinations. The cases stem from disclosures in the building trust inquiry.
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Associated Press
New York
Department of Justice
Congress
Building Trust
New York Seamen Reject Settlement Endorsement
New York June 22. Local unions of the International Seamen's Union refuse to endorse the marine strike settlement with the Shipping Board. The action reflects ongoing tensions between sailors groups and government maritime authorities amid labor disputes.
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Associated Press
New York
International Seamen's Union
Shipping Board
Versailles Treaty Attacked by British Labor Party
London June 22 British Labor Party conference at Brighton attacks on the Versailles treaty form a core policy as it seeks local backing from unions. Resolutions urge fighting the government to scrap or revise the peace accord and insist on a genuine League of Nations with disarmament and economic justice. The Independent Labor Party voices strong denunciations of wartime pledges and calls for treaty overhaul. In Brighton the party also rejects affiliating Communists with the party.
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London
Brighton
Britain
Labor M. P
Germany
Independent Labor Party
British Labor Party
Labor
League of Nations
Europe
Associated Press
Eng
British Labor Party Today
Abe Pany
Executive Committee of Seattle Alaska Bureau Resigns
The executive committee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Alaska bureau resigns in a body after discharging director J P McPherson. They defend his work on the Alaska library collection and cite his Alaska railway and legislation efforts.
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Seattle
Alaska
J. P. McPherson
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
McPherson
Washington
Canadian Railways Delay Wage Cut Await U S Action
Canadian railway chiefs say a 12 percent wage reduction will not take effect July 1. Canadian roads will await the July Chicago conference between Canadian and American workers before acting on the proposed scale.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Railway Brotherhoods
Canadian Railways
Chicago
Non-Union Crew Attacks Reported In San Francisco
In San Francisco on June 22 two small parties of men attacked non union members of the crew of the steamer Robin Goodfellow. Four assailants were slightly hurt and police arrested two men believed to be part of the attacking party.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Robin Goodfellow
Woman Named as Customs Collector for Salt Lake
President Harding nominated Jennie P. Musser to be collector of customs at Salt Lake making a first for a woman in the post. The nomination was sent to the Senate today in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Senate
Jennie P. Musser
Salt Lake
Brisk Demand for Liquor Permits in Vancouver
Vancouver reports a brisk demand for liquor permits as several thousand have already been issued by June 22. The surge shows growing legal access amid evolving local regulations and oversight.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
I. W. W. Commence Terms in Prison
The seven I. W. W. members convicted of killing soldiers at Centralia on Armistice Day 1919 began serving prison terms in Walla Walla. Sentences range from 25 to 40 years and they were lodged in the state penitentiary yesterday.
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Associated Press
Walla Walla
Centralia
Man Ends Life By Gas as Note Reads Goodby 3066
San Francisco police report a man named James Kennedy used his final funds to light a gas meter and end his life. A note left reads I hope you will be happy when you hear I am done. The bizarre message references 3066 and includes a farewell line.
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International News Service
San Francisco
James Kennedy
Admiral Sims Lands Today in New York Harbor
Admiral Sims arrived in New York from England and said he would take the first train to Washington. The pier was guarded by a thousand blue coats to maintain order, with peaceful arrivals and only a lone woman displaying a flag bearing a jackass image.
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Associated Press
New York
Admiral Sims
England
Washington
Wilson
France
Great Britain to Renew Japan Treaty
Washington June 22 Great Britain will notify Japan this month of its plan to renew the treaty between the two nations. The state department has been assured every precaution will guard American rights against any inimical terms.
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Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
Japan
State Department
Vanderlip Reports New Soviet Concessions Arrive
Washington K. Vanderlip arrived in New York aboard the Olympic and said the Soviet government had granted additional concessions. He cited potential naval bases at Avach Bay and an oil harbor near Vladivostok, both reachable within days from the Alaska coast.
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Associated Press
New York
Washington
Reorganized Women's Party Plans Equal Rights Amendment
Washington June 22 The first meeting of the reorganized Women's National party announces a resolution to be introduced in Congress proposing a twentieth amendment to end all legal discrimination against women. Similar measures will be taken up in state legislatures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Women's National Party
Congress
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Halibut
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Hawaiian Islands
Labor Party
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