Sleek Stranger Committee Is Pays Penalty For Crimes
Dr. Robert E Forbes alias Robert Cullen Johnstone indicted by Valdez grand jury for forging a $2000 government warrant in Cordova. Pleaded subsity and received seven years at McNeill’s Island. Arrested in Utah by secret service agents after a cross continental chase. Defaulting criminal with multiple aliases, sought in Oklahoma for jailbreak. About 44, medium height, sallow, drug addict. Arrived in Cordova with forged introductions and stolen Masonic credentials while posing as Elk. ingratiated himself with locals and passed worthless checks.
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Robert E. Forbes
Robert Cullen Johnstone
Valdez
Cordova
Forbes
McNeill's Island
Secret Service
Oklahoma
Juneau
North Carolina not in favor of woman suffrage
The Democratic convention backed ratification of the woman suffrage amendment and a July special session of the legislature is planned. Leaders split on action, but many Demos including Governor Bickett Secretary Daniels Senator Simmons and Congressman Hoey support the amendment.
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Raleigh
N. C
Associated Press
Louisiana
North Carolina
Ohio
Bickett
Daniels
Simmons
Hoey
Overman
Senate panel weighs immigration law ruling on deportation
The Senate committee on immigration debated Department of Labor action under Wilson on May 7. The discussion focused on a ruling that membership in the Communist party alone cannot justify deporting aliens under the immigration law.
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Washington
Associated Press
Department of Labor
Senate Committee On Immigration
Labor
Wilson
Communist Party
Profiteers Getting Own Medicine in New York Probe
A. W. Riley head of the Justice Department Flying Squadron reports gouging complaints from New York consumers across items from pickles to rouge and lemonade to whiskey. One diner paid $1.15 for a tiny steak and six fries, paid, then wrapped the meal and brought the newspaper to the prosecutor.
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New York
Associated Press
A. W. Riley
Department of Justice
Riley
Negress Remembers Her Benefactor Belt
Mort. May 7 Associated Press. Mrs. John H. Castner known as the mother of the Belt died at 72 leaving nearly 25000 dollars. Of the estate she gave 10000 to Carl M. McNally who befriended her when she was poor. The former slave and miner’s lodging house operator's remaining wealth went to relatives.
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Belt
Mort
Associated Press
John H. Castner
Carl M. McNally
Famous Cutter Bear Sails for Far North
Seattle May 7 The coast guard cutter Bear sailed on Monday last for Nome and other Seward peninsula points for her regular summer patrol of the Arctic coast of Alaska. She carries thirteen tons of mail.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Bear
Nome
Seward Peninsula
Arctic
Alaska
Legislation for Soldiers Stalls Before Recess
Democratic and Republican members of the House agreed there is no prospect for soldiers relief legislation before recess for national conventions. Republican whip Knutzen said many favor sending the bill over until after elections to avoid partisanship. Democratic whip Garner noted sentiment shifting and a majority willing to let the bill drop in committee.
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Washington
Associated Press
House of Representatives
Knutzen
Garner
Juneauite Howard Hurlbut Dies in Seattle
Howard A. Hurlbut, formerly of Juneau, died in Seattle after a brief illness on May 7. The AP report notes his passing occurred in Seattle.
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Seattle
Associated Press
Howard A. Hurlbut
Juneau
McCall Named to Tariff Commission
President Wilson nominated Samuel W. McCall former Massachusetts governor to serve as a member of the tariff commission. The nomination was reported yesterday by the Associated Press and reflects McCall's entry into federal service.
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Washington
Associated Press
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Wilson
Tariff Commission
Bakers Strike Threatens Bread Supply in Several Cities
In Chicago bread rose to 11 cents a pound as bakers strike. In Cincinnati the Bakers' Club warned the mayor the city faces a bread famine with output under 25 percent of normal. The union seeks a $9 weekly raise from $24 to $26.
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Cincinnati Bakers
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Bakers’ Club
British Columbia to grubstake 24 prospecting parties
The British Columbia department of mines and industries proposes grub staking twenty four two man parties to prospect for minerals. Each pair includes an engineer and a returned soldier. the program aims to boost mineral exploration across the province.
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Victoria
B. C
Associated Press
Department of Mines and Industries
British Columbia
Wilson Democrats Win Out In Texas Delegates Decided
In Dallas on May 3 delayed transmission reports show Wilson Democrats won 1 200 delegates to the Texas state convention while the Bailey faction took 204 delegates in precinct convention primaries held last Saturday. In Hyder Alaska on May 7 Associated Press notes coast guard cutter Algonquin found order and normal conditions upon arrival after radical agitator concerns.
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Wilson
Texas
Hyder
Dallas
Wilson Democrats
Senator Bailey
Alaska
Associated Press
United States Coast Guard
Algonquin
Population shifts in western cities
Census bulletin shows Aberdeen Washington at 15,337 residents up 12 percent while Billings Montana reaches 15,100 residents, a 50 percent rise. Spokane Washington stands at 104,204, down 0.2 percent.
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Washington
Aberdeen
Wash
Billings
Mont
Spokane
Tax on Gasoline to Help Pay Teachers in Missoula
Missoula Montana May 7 The Missoula county high school trustees propose a one cent per gallon gasoline tax to raise funds for teacher pay raises as several educators resign over inadequate salaries. The plan argues drivers can afford the levy and would ease real estate tax burdens. The Alaska Steamship Company sold the steamship Henry T. Scott to Fred Linderman of San Francisco.
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Alaska Steamship CO
Missoula
Mont
Associated Press
Frank Haffie
Missoula County High School
Seattle
Alaska Steamship Company
Henry T. Scott
Fred Linderman
San Francisco
Scott
Platt Named to Federal Reserve Board Nomination
President Wilson selects Edmund Platt a Republican congressman from the Twenty sixth New York district and resident of Poughkeepsie for membership on the Federal Reserve Board.
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Washington
Associated Press
Edmund Platt
Congress
New York
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Platt
Poughkeepsie
Prospecting for coal on Carrington Island
Salt Lake City May 7 AP geological authorities plan an extensive survey to assess coal beds beneath Carrington Island in the Great Salt Lake. Coal croppings have been found and state authorities will assist. Carrington Island, one of the lake’s largest, is known for guano deposits and minimal vegetation.
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Salt Lake City
Associated Press
Carrington Island
Great Salt Lake
Eastern Nevada Sheep Shearers Fetch High Earnings
Eastern Nevada sheep shearing under way with pay at seventeen cents per head. Expert shearers clip about one hundred animals daily, earning around 17 dollars plus board and lodging.
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Elko
Associated Press
Nevada
Bomber Jumps From Window to His Death
Tazio alias Andrea Salsedo held by the justice department over last June bomb outrages jumped from a department office window in New York. He fell four stories to his death. The incident marked the first intimation that arrests had been made in the series of crimes.
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New York
Tazio
Andrea Salsedo
Department of Justice
Palmer
Department
Emma Yearns For Good Old United States
Emma Goldman writes from Moscow dated March 6 to Dr. Ben L Reitman saying she is homesick and has heard nothing from the States. She complains Russia is bled by the blockade and starved, and she notes difficulty settling due to language and condition barriers.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Emma Goldman
United States
Ben L. Reitman
Moscow
Russia
National Banks to Submit Statements
The comptroller of the currency has called for reports on the condition of all national banks as of May 4.
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Washington
Associated Press
Mexican President Carranza Reported Formally Missing
Officials in this city doubt the claim that President Carranza has abandoned the capital and headed for Vera Cruz. The report, attributed to the Associated Press, remains unconfirmed in government circles.
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Carranza
Washington
Associated Press
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Linz Train Seizure Halts Food Exports
Austrian workers seize a Vienna bound train, confiscating 900 pounds of meat 450 pounds of butter and 8000 eggs from 359 people. Traders’ goods are seized and two thirds of private provisions are to be distributed to Vienna and Linz hospitals.
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Linz
Austria
Associated Press
Vienna
Despondent Montana man kills wife and two children
Joe West, 40, shot his wife and two children and then himself in Roundup Montana on Monday. Despondency was cited as the cause of the tragedy.
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Mont
Joe West
Benson admits warning Admiral Sims over British policy
Admiral Benson testified before the senate committee investigating navy awards that he warned Admiral Sims not to be deceived by Britain and that the U.S. would fight them as readily as Germany. He denied the warning came from unfriendly motives toward Great Britain.
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Iated
Senate Committee
Benson
Sims
Great Britain
Flour Advances Fifty Cents A Barrel In New Record Price
Minneapolis May 7 Flour rose yesterday fifty cents per barrel to sixteen dollars a barrel a new record price and an increase of two dollars within a month according to the Associated Press report.
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Minneapolis
Associated Press
Big aviation meet takes place today in New York
May 7 1920 New York Associated Press reports the American Flying Club highlights a busy year for aviation with Intercollegiate Flying Association field day at Mineola Field featuring seven colleges two-airplane entries and a cross country race. Seaplane race around Long Island planned and trans continental air race NY to Alaska eyed with compulsory 150 mile stops. France Juvisy meet May 22 23 and London exhibition in July. British prizes amount to several millions. Cape to Cairo aerial route roughly 5200 miles between Cape Town and Cairo.
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New York
Associated Press
American Flying Club
Intercollegiate Flying Association
Mineola Field
N. Y
Philadelphia
Princeton
Long Island
United States Army Air Service
Alaska
Mineola
United States Territory
Minot
N. D
Saskaclewan
Can
Dominion
Fort Egbert
Cirele
Fort Yukon
Fairbanks
Fort Gibbon
Nulato
Nome
United States
France
Juvisy
Paris
London
Cape To Cairo
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Arch Crook
Sleek Stranger Committee
Utah
Carolina
Negress
Far North
McAll
Bomber
Emma
Montana
Admiral Sims
Associ
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