Germany protests against rising arms in Europe at Genoa
Washington June 27 Germany presented figures to the Genoa Conference showing Europe now has 4 736 000 armed men up from 1913 641 000 Increases for Greece Belgium Poland Estonia Finland Latvia Lithuania and Czechoslovakia along with new forces in Germany and other nations are cited Germany notes its share of European arms has fallen while France remains near 18 percent and Germany about 2 percent of total arms in Europe
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Germany
Europe
Washington
Nion
Greec
Belgium
Russia
England
Italy
Poland
Esthenia
Finland
Lettonia
Lithuania
Czecho
Seaman Found Drowned Near Destroyer Chauncey
The body of John W. Forbes, seaman on the U. S. Destroyer Chauncey, was found in the Willamette River near his anchored ship. Forbes had been missing since last Friday.
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Portland
Otc
John W. Forbes
U. S
Chauncey
Willamette River
Forbes
Leonard Loses Title Fight After Foul Accusation
June 27 at Madison Square Garden saw welterweight Leonard to Britton in a scheduled fifteen round bout. The veteran Britton defended his crown against the younger challenger, while Leonard fought up a class and weighed in above the lightweight limit. The referee halted the thirteenth round and awarded the decision to Britton, ruling Leonard fouled Britton as he was on one knee.
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New York
Madison
Britton
Leonard
Governor Names Sheriff for Linn County Oregon
Governor Ben Olcott selected William J. Dunlap of Shedd to fill Linn county sheriff vacancy after the murder of Sheriff Kendall and the killing of clergyman Roy Healey during a raid on moonshine. Dunlap, a famed Oregon Agricultural College football star from fifteen years ago, takes office.
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Albany
Ore
William J. Dunlap
Shedd
Oregon
Ben Olcott
Linn County
Kendall
Dave ‘West
Roy Healey
West
Oregon Agricultural College
Two Army Officers Killed in Flight Crash at Gettysburg
Captain George D. Hamilton and Sergeant J. H. Martin died when the Army aircraft they were in crashed near Gettysburg Pennsylvania yesterday. The crash ended a routine flight and a formal military report will follow.
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Gettysburg
George D. Hamilton
J. H. Martin
Americans Held by Mexicans for Ransom
Four Americans and their airplane were seized by Mexicans after a forced landing in Lower California about fifty miles east of San Diego. U S Customs officials in San Diego report no charges unless the Mexicans show an illegal border transport, while the nature of the cargo remains undisclosed.
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San Diego
California
U.S. Customs Service
Tecate
Mexico
British government warns Irish provisional government
The Evening News reports that on June 27 the British government warned the Irish provisional government to restore authority in Southern Ireland and enforce order to stop border raids or risk British action.
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London
The
Evening News
Ireland
Mother of Congressman Longworth Dies in Cincinnati
Cincinnati June 27 Mrs Nicholas Longworth mother of Congressman Longworth who married Alice Roosevelt and of Countess De Chambrun died here today in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
Congressman Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Countess de Chambrun
Russia demands financial credits at Genoa conference
At The Hague on June 27 M vinoff caused a disruption by demanding that Russia receive financial credits from other European nations. Litvinoff urged that all three Soviet delegates join deliberations as a unit, threatening a wholesale reorganization of sub-committees and provoking consternation among European delegates who expected credits to be discussed later.
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Genoa
Russia
Litvinoff
American Smelting Directors Backed by Stockholders
New York June 27 The dispute between the Board of Directors of the American Smelting and Mining Company and its stockholders is resolved. The stockholders committee says opposition to management's ticket will be withdrawn. Annual meeting to elect directors is held tomorrow in New York. Included on the slate are Colonel Goethals of Panama Canal fame and Lewis L. Clarke.
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New York
American Smelting & Mining Company
Colonel Goethals
Panama Canal Fame
Lewis L. Clarke
Nome Plans Big Farewell for Explorer
Captain Rapld Amundson, the polar explorer, plans to leave Nome aboard the schooner Maude in a couple of days for a five year drift across the North Pole. Changes to the Maude’s propellers will be made at Teller, replacing one blade with two blades for ice travel.
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North Pole
Amundson
Teller
Seattle
H. Hammer
Explorer
Point Barrow
East Cape
Siberia
Mr. Hammer
Nome
Amuundson
Overwhelming Strike Vote by Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Workers
In San Francisco on June 27 at union HQ, shopmen on the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe completed strike votes. Ninety three percent of Southern Pacific coast and gulf division workers favored strike, while ninety five percent of Santa Fe union men supported it.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Gulf
Ruler Monaco, Noted Gambler, Dies in Paris
Prince Albert Honore Charles of Monaco died in Paris after a life marked by Monte Carlo gambling revenues and pioneering oceanology. He built a research vessel and traveled the seas, earning recognition from scientific bodies including the National Geographic Society.
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Paris
Albert ‘Honore Charles
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Seven Seas
National Geographic Society of
United States
Dies After Fifty Surgeries in World War I
In Pennsylvania a war veteran dies after a four year battle and nearly fifty operations to mend wounds received in combat. Surgeons call McCarty’s case one of the most remarkable in American surgery as he passed away following extensive medical procedures. He had been wounded days before the armistice was signed.
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Cataw Verties
Germany
Armist
McCarty
Sha
Herthy
Murderers of Field Marshal Wilson Arrested
London reports the coroner's jury found James Conolly and James O'Brien guilty of wilful murder in the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson. While verdicts were read, Wilson's funeral proceeded in London with a full military ceremony, gun salutes, and officials as pallbearers as the nation mourned.
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London
Sir Henry Wilson
James Conolly
James O'Brien
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Empire
Exer
Admiral Watson Sails for Cordova with 106 aboard
The Pacific Steamship Co ship Admiral Watson departed Seattle this morning bound for Cordova and way ports. Among the 106 passengers listed for Cordova are W. H. Warnack Tom Dwyer C. C. Adams Earl Bartholomew Grant Bartholomew and ten steerage passengers.
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Seattle
Admiral Watson
Pacific Steamship Co
Cordova
Way Ports
W. H. Warnack
Tom Dwyer
C. C. Adams
Earl Bartholomew
Grant Bartholomew
Fish quotations at Ketchikan halibut steady
Ketchikan June 27 fish prices list fresh halibut at 6c and 3c per pound with no other offerings reported.
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Ketchikan
Teddy Bear Schooner Found Frozen in Siberian Ice
The Teddy Bear, missing since last October after leaving Nome under Captain Bernard with a five or six man crew, is found frozen in the Poten river twelve miles south of Emma Village on East Cape Siberia. Captain Ross of the U S Coast Guard reports the crew in good health and awaiting ice clearance to return to Nome after a period of presumed loss from a Bering Sea storm.
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Nome
Poten River
Emma Village
East Cape
Siberia
Joe Bernard
Bering Sea
Bernard
Ross
U. S. Coast Guard Service
Cochran
Bear
Siperian
William Rockefeller Dies at 80 in Tarrytown Home
William Rockefeller oil magnate and brother of John D Rockefeller died at his Tarrytown home after a long illness from pneumonia and cancer. He headed Standard Oil of New York 1865 to 1911 and later served as director of the New York Central and other lines. He served as a major benefactor to Wesley College, married Almira Goodsell in 1864, and left two sons and two daughters.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
William Rockefeller
John D
Standard Oil Company of
New York
America
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Oil
Richford
New York Company
William Rokefeller
Wellesley College
N. Yu
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York Central Railroad
Almira Geraldine Goodsell
Fairfield
Conn
William G
Percy A
Ethel G
Marcellus H. Dodge
Emma
David H. McAlpin
Ransom Paid for Release of American Bielaski
Five thousand dollars in the hands of trusted couriers was sent today from Mexico City into the Guernavaca hills as a ransom to secure the release of Asrue Bielaski, an American captured by Mexican bandits. Bielaski, during the late war, was chief of the Investigation Service of the Department of Justice, aiding the capture of German spies and the dismantling of the German espionage system in the United States.
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New York
Mexico City
Guernavaca Hills
Sruce Bielaska
Bielaski
Department of Justice
Disbarment For Attorney Smith In California
June 27 Elmer Smith the attorney who defended ten self confessed I W W members was disbarred by a superior court judge and forbidden to practice law in California. The court cited a district court of appeals ruling that Smith was not licensed to practice in the state.
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Sacramento
Elmer Smith
District Court of Appeals
Smith
California
Abandon Idea of Conquering Mount Everest
London reports a Himalayan expedition led by General Bruce failed to reach Everest's summit due to severe snow and ice. The party reached within a few hundred feet but halted to avoid further tragedy and loss of life.
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London
Mount Everes
Bruce
Shingles Stay On Free List After Senate Vote
Western senators led by Oregon and Washington defeated an amendment to remove shingles from the free list. The bill would have placed a duty of fifty cents per thousand shingles if the measure had passed.
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Washington
Oregon
Senate
Coal Strike Compromise May Be Offered by Harding
Washington reports the Harding administration plans a compromise negotiation offer to end the coal strike deadlock, crafted so neither side can reject it, as officials indicate. In Herrin Illinois the massacre investigation panel heard Sheriff Thaxton say deputies did not curb the killings. In Uniontown Pennsylvania a petition seeks a judicial probe into alleged importation of hundreds of New York deputy sheriffs for strike duty. In Bridgeport Ohio a non-union miner was killed and another injured by gunfire near Catherine Coal Mining Co.
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Washington
Harding
Uniontown
Fayette County
New York
Bridgeport
Ohio
Catherine Coal Mining Co
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the Hague
Mvinoff
Captain Rapld Amundson
Tarrytown, Fh. Y
MT. Everest
Herrin
Black
Ilinois Coal Company
Melvin Thaxton
Williamsson County
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