Planning to Prevent War by Alliance
A Socialist national convention in Detroit approved a plan inviting radical groups to form an alliance to deter future wars. The proposal calls for political liberty, collective ownership, and control of production by workers through political and industrial means. The resolution notes general strikes as a powerful but risky tool in the United States.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Socialist National Convention
United States
Pacific Coast to Be Made Dry as Sahara
Seattle June 28. John Exaicos federal prohibition enforcement agent for the Pacific coast orders to make the coast as dry as Sahara. An intensive campaign against bootleggers is promised.
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Associated Press
Seattle
John Exaicos
Pacific Coast
Sahara
Woman wed to five men held as murderer
Lydia Southard, accused of murdering four husbands and two other relatives, arrives in Twin Falls Idaho in custody to face trial in October. She claims a clear conscience and says deaths were due to disease she may have carried. Authorities charge murder by poison.
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International News Service
Twin Falls
Idaho
Lydia Southard
United States Navy
Honolulu
San Francisco
H. W. Ormsby
Southard
Loraine Marie
Robert C. Dooley
S. P. Shop Workers Reject Wage Award
San Francisco June 28 nine eight per cent of Southern Pacific shop workers voted to reject the 12 per cent wage decrease ordered by the United States railway board. L B Gordon secretary of the shop craft whose jurisdiction covers New Orleans San Francisco Portland and Ogden disclosed the result.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
United States Railway Board
Gordon
New Orleans
Portland
Ogden
A F L Urges Harding to Recognize Ireland
Denver dispatch reports that following the AFL convention organized labor will ask President Harding the cabinet and members of Congress to recognize the Irish Republic and to protest British brutality in Ireland.
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Harding
Ireland
Associated Press
Denver
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Congress
Irish Republic
Great Britain
Non-Stop Cross Country Flight Ends Early
Aviators Richard R. Davis and Eric Springer attempting a non-stop flight from California to New York diverted to Fort Bliss due to engine trouble. The pair resumed after repairs or changed plans.
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Associated Press
Elpaso
Richard R. Davis
Eric Springer
California
New York
Fort Bliss
Federal loan measure sent to president for approval
Action on the Curtis-Nelson bill to add 25 million dollars to the Federal Farm Loan Bank capital for long term farmer loans was completed when the senate accepted house amendments. The bill was sent to President Harding for consideration.
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Washington
Curtis-Nelson
Federal Farm Loan Bank
Senate
House
Harding
Japan Debate Shapes Policy With Public Opinion
In Washington on June 28 R Na kanishi of the visiting Japanese parliamentary delegation told a congressional dinner that Japan must base foreign policies on public opinion. He said the Japanese people are eager to bear decisions on world questions and participate in world affairs.
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Associated Press
Washington
R. Nakanishi
Congress
Japan
Strike at Quebec Remains Unsettled
Quebec June 28 There is no prospect of an early settlement of the strike of policemen and firemen. Five strikers including Wilfred Gariepy president of the union were arrested for violating the municipal lockout act. The workers voted to stand firm for higher wages.
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Quebec
Wilfred Gariepy
Nevada Governor to Protect Workers Strike Tension
Fifty state policemen arrived from Reno to take charge of the Belmont and Ex extension mine strike situation after complaints of assaults on workers. Governor Boyle said the workers are entitled to protection and that the state will pay for it.
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Associated Press
Tonapah
Negv
Reno
Belmont and Extension
Boyle
First Woman Heads Northern Baptist Convention
Mrs Helen Barrett Montgomery of Rochester New York is elected the first woman president of the Northern Baptist convention in Des Moines on June 28.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Helen Barrett Montgomery
Rochester, N. Y
Northern Baptist Convention
Northern Baptists choose Seattle for next year convention
The Northern Baptist convention selected Seattle as the meeting place for next year's gathering, with Des Moines noted as a prior reference. The decision was announced on June 28.
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Seattle
Associated Press
Des Moines
Northern Baptist Convention
Who's Who in the National Capital Causes Etiquette Clash
Washington debates social rank at White House affairs as the president and vice president vie for top status. Officials from State, Congress, and the judiciary are drawn into the dispute over seating and precedence in capital society.
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International News Service
Washington
White House
House
State Department
Congressional
Secretary of State
United States Senate
Senate
Congress
United States Supreme Court
John J. Pershing
Diplomatic Corps
United States
Reform Begins In Divorce Courts With Random Judge Assignments
Reno officials announce a new system for divorce case assignments after a conference of Judges Moran Lunsford and clerk E H Beemer. The change ends the practice of letting attorneys choose a favorite judge and instead uses a random draw to assign cases, making department ownership unpredictable.
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International News Service
Reno
Moran and Lunsford
E. H. Beemer
Washoe County
De Valera Expected to Meet Lloyd George and Craig
Reports from Dublin indicate a belief that Devalera will agree to meet with Prime Minister Lloyd George and Ulster Premier Craig to discuss settling the Irish question.
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Associated Press
London
Dublin
Devalera
Lloyd George
Craig
Ulster
Beer as Medicine Ban Clears House Vote
Washington June 28 The Willis Campbell bill to bar sales of beer to sick people passes the House 250 to 93 and goes to the Senate.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Today
Senate
Cabinet of Italy Resigns After House Vote
Rome June 28 The cabinet has decided to resign following an unfavorable view of the house of deputies on the question of confidence in the government.
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Associated Press
Rome
House of Deputies
Youthful criminal We Willie back behind bars at San Quentin
Sixteen year old offender known as We Willie is confined at San Quentin after a spree of escapes from reform school and county jails. Authorities note his long juvenile crime record including burglaries and an army desertion. Prison officials expect the penitentiary walls to hold him this time.
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International News Service
San Quentin Prison
Cal
Wee Willie
Willie
Eureka
Sevier
Preston Reform School
Reform School
United States
Whittier Reform School
San Luis Obispo County
Sheriff links farmhouse fire to murder in eleven deaths
Mayfield Kentucky sheriff believes eleven people died in a farm house fire in an apparent murder suicide. He says Lawrence, whose body was found among the victims, suffered a head injury a year earlier and may have had a disturbed mind since, after being struck by a policeman.
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Associated Press
Mayfield
McCain
Lawrence
Harding to preside at budget meeting
President Harding will preside at a meeting of all government officials preparing estimates of expenditures for Congress. Director of the Budget Dawes called the gathering set for tomorrow in Washington.
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Harding
Washington
Congress
Dawes
Peace Resolution Reached to End War with Germany
Republican leaders announced a compromise peace deal on the Knox and Porter resolutions to end the war with Germany and Austria and said formal acceptance was expected at the conference meeting today.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Austria
Nebraska Man Nominated for Budget Law Controller General
President Harding nominates J Raymond McCarl of McCook Nebraska to be controller general the new post under the budget law which takes effect Friday McCarl heads the Republican congressional campaign committee and would oversee federal spending duties from the start of the new regime.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
J. Raymond McCarl
McCook, Neb
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Aviators Die in California Plane Crash
By Associated Press Sacramento June 28 Two aviators died when a plane crashed near Visalia. Flying Cadet Hadley Page of Michigan and Joseph Weatherby a teacher were killed yesterday in the accident.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Hadley Page
Michigan
Joseph Weatherby
Visalia
Bandit killed by posse after running battle
Albany Oregon June 28 one of the men charged with attempting to rob the Halsey State Bank was killed by a posse yesterday after a running fight.
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Associated Press
Albany
Ore
Halsey State Bank
Soldier farmers till Canadian soil in Creston Lister area
Creston B C June 28 three fourth of the 100 soldier settlement farms will produce this season. Each veteran owns a 20 acre plot with five acres cleared and ready for seed. Houses on each site are built to the owner's design.
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Associated Press
Creston
B. C
Lister Soldier Settlement
Wife Blames Flivver For Husband’s Disappearance
Chicago June 28 Mrs Anna Davidson blamed a Ford flivver for her marital troubles saying she and her husband bought it last September. She claimed he began staying out at night with friends and has now disappeared with the car. Police were asked to locate him.
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International News Service
Chicago
Ford
Anna Davidson
Enforcement officer gets year in prison
Ralph Groves former state prohibition director was sentenced to one year in county jail. F Roy Groves former secretary of the Democratic state central committee and George C Groves a businessman were fined 500 dollars each after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate the prohibition enforcement law. The trio brothers were accused of withdrawing whiskey from bonded warehouses during Ralph Groves term.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Ralph Groves
F. Roy Groves
Democratic State Central Committee
George C. Groves
Opposition to Cash Soldier Bonus voiced by group
The National Disabled Soldiers League voices opposition to a cash veteran bonus. They warn the plan could jeopardize adequate care of disabled veterans. Washington report dated June 28 discusses the stance and concerns raised by the organization.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Disabled Soldiers League
Highway Upkeep Bill Passes Lower House
The Robinson bill to fund and maintain national highways with federal money clears the lower house. It aims to ensure highway upkeep across the country through federal funds.
Huge Fortune Uncovered in Mexican Cave
Adam Fischer of San Antonio returned after a ten year search in the Mexican mountains claiming to have located a cave with about 73 million dollars in gold silver bullion and Spanish octagonal dollars. He seeks Mexican government concession to extract the treasure, believing bandits hid it from revolutionists and were slain guarding the hoard. Fischer says a former captive friend supplied the location and that he has roamed the ranges for a decade chasing the treasure.
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International News Service
San Antonio
Tex
Adam Fischer
Mexico
Fischer
Flood Threat Mensures Impresal Valley Levee
Flood danger looms along the Ocker son levee beside the Colorado river near Cal in Impresal Valley as structural failure appears possible threatening property more than lives. Local officials warn of potential levee breach and rising waters.
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Associated Press
Alexico, Cal
Colorado River
Arizona Mining Town Destroyed by Fire
Oatman Arizona June 28 Fire destroyed all but six buildings in the business district with damage estimated between 250000 and 500000 dollars.
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Arizona
Associated Press
Oatman, Ariz
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