Week of notable events from Washington and beyond
A collage of items from the week includes forest fires in Oregon near Scappoose, a major drug seizure by Vancouver police, and a civilian naturalization move by Wilhelm von Brincken. Other notes cover troop movements to the Philippines, a San Francisco corruption concern, and political shifts on Prohibition.
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Columbia Fire Tatrel Association
Oregon
Scappoose
Columbia County
Vancouver
B. C
Wilhelm von Brincken
San Francisco
Thomas
Philippine Islands
United States
William Stephens
A.S. Webb
Matthew Brady
Tie
Congress weighs bank check collection reform amid tax protests
Governors and lawmakers debated universal reserve bar clearance or fee collection for nonmembers. House members forecast no soldier relief bill before recess as protests mount over higher taxes and living costs.
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Congress
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Phitt
House Banking Committee
House
Department of Labor
Great Britain
Taly
Germany
Wilson Urges Democrats For Versailles Treaty Support
President Wilson issued a telegram to Oregon and other leaders urging the Democratic Party to back the Versailles treaty and oppose Lodge reservations. He said Democratic honor rests on wartime leadership and Americanism requires leading free nations and honoring promises to the world, warning reservations would weaken the treaty.
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Washington
Wilson
Oregon
Chicago Market Report Cattle Hogs Sheep May 12
Chicago livestock report shows cattle receipts at 16 000 with steer prices steady to lower and top at 13.60, hogs receipts 48 000 with top 15.25 and bulk mostly 13.50 to 14.26, sheep receipts 11 000 with uneven demand and top wr lambs around 21.25 and yearling prices near 15.50.
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Chicago
California
Omaha Livestock Market Report
May 12 Omaha receipts total 25 500 with hogs near 26 lower and top 14 50. Cattle receipts 7 000 with beef steers down 16 and tops at 13 28. Stockers and feeders steady to 25 higher. Sheep receipts 5 000 with lambs strong to 2 higher. top 18 25 and bulk 17 50 to 18 in wool lambs and feeders.
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Omaha
St Paul Livestock Auction May 12 Prices Sterling
Livestock prices and receipts report for St Paul South St Paul on May 12. Hogs receipts around 8500 mostly lower range with bulk around 14.30 to 14.35 per cwt. Cattle receipts about 4600 with fat steers at 13.50, cows and heifers around 6.50. Calves steady near 10.50, stockers and feeders slow at 12.50. Sheep receipts about 400 with lambs 8.19, wethers 12 to 15.50, ewes 4 to 4.75.
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St. Paul
South St. Paul
Grain Price Report From Minneapolis May 12
Wheat prices list No 1 northern No 1 red spring No 1 hard Montana and amber durum, plus No 1 durum and varying grades. Corn, oats, and flax values shown with multiple grades and price ranges for May at Minneapolis Grain Exchange.
Chicago Grain Prices Reported for May 12
Wheat prices ranged from No 2 hard at 2.05 to No 2 northern spring at 3.35. Corn top quotes mixed No 3 at 2.07 to 2.08 and yellow at 2.09 to 2.10. Oats led with No 2 white 1.14 to 1.16 and 1.12 to 1.14. Rye No 2 at 2.28 to 2.29. Barley 1.65 to 1.88. Timothy seed 10 to 11.50. Clover seed 25 to 33.
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Chicago
Evicted Families Use Playground As Tent Colony
Newark residents convert a city playground into a tent colony sheltering more than 1000 families after evictions. Families with children crowd the site as workers and soldiers lay floors water mains and string electrical lines. Army field kitchens operate at four corners to feed the evacuees on a community basis.
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Newark
N. J
Italian Premier Nitti Resigns Amid Unrest and Senate Vote
Rome reports Signor Nitti's cabinet has resigned after the chamber backed a socialist motion on posts and telegraphs by 198 to 112. Nitti, head since June 1919, faced intense opposition as Catholics faulted government policy toward socialists amid widespread labor unrest.
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Rome
Nitti
Signor Nitti
Talian
Francesco Nitti
Vittorio Orlando
Nir
Chamber of Deputies
Signor Nith
Poles Capture Odessa as Reds Retreat on Dnieper
The Rus Shan embassy reports Polish and Ukrainian forces have captured Odessa, a major Black Sea port. Poles oust Bolsheviks from the Kiet ridgehead on the east bank of the Dnieper and push eastward. Bolshevik artillery continues but does not reach Kiev while Polish troops consolidate across the river and guard the city.
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Constantinople
Odessa
Russia
Black Sea
Warsaw
Kiet
Dnieper
Tates Mey
Kiev
Germany and Austria to enter League of Nations
Geneva May report says Germany Austria and possibly Hungary may join the League of Nations at the first or second general meetings this summer. Bulgaria and Turkey also likely to be admitted later with Germany participating in Brussels conference to reestablish political and commercial ties through the League. The first League general meeting is planned for Geneva.
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Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Geneva
Sustelac
League of Nations
Germany
Moving Day for Kaiser at Doorn After Berlin Visit
William Hohenzollern, former German emperor, appears set to move from Berlin to Doorn today. A large van delivered his furniture yesterday and he hosted a farewell dinner at Amerongen castle attended by the Bentinck family and local officials.
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Kaiser
Amerongen
William Hohenzollern
Germany
Doorn
Berlin
Amerongen Castle
Bentinck
Demand French Troops Withdraw From Hessian Zone
Berlin reports Germany has cut troop numbers in the new neutral zone to the prescribed limit and demands immediate evacuation of Frankfurt am Main and other Hessian towns. Defense Minister Gessler said the goal is to resolve the issue before the Spa conference and that Germany will not send delegates while French forces occupy Frankfurt and nearby towns.
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Berlin
Germany
Frankfort A
Gessler
Spa
Frankefort
Treaty grants permanent guard over Constantinople and Thrace to Greece
The treaty handed to Turkish representatives at Paris provides for a permanent international occupation of Constantinople under allied troops while leaving sovereignty with the sultan. Thrace is awarded to Greece and Smyrna with a later population vote, while the Dardanelles straits enjoy free passage under an interallied commission.
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Washington
Constantinople
Paris
Straits
Dardanelles
Sea of
Matimora
Central
Thrace
Greece
Canada to Appoint Minister to Washington in British-Canada Pact
Canada will appoint a minister to Washington under a new arrangement with Britain to handle diplomatic duties when the British ambassador is absent. The decision places the Canadian minister in charge of relations with the United States, with the possibility of U S representation yet to be decided.
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Canada
Washington
United States
Macecher Cand
Ottawa
Timment
London
Congress
Lodge to Sound Keynote of Republican Campaign
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts expected to deliver the keynote at the Republican national convention in Chicago on June 8. The arrangements committee rejected Lodge for temporary chair and recommended a different permanent chairman to ease his strain, with former Senator Albert J Beveridge of Indiana a likely choice for that post.
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Chengo
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Repub-icnte Senate
Republican Nationale
Chicago
Ledge
Mir Ledge
Rowe
Warren G. Tharding
Ole
Albert 4. Beveridge
Indiana
Clin Nan
Plan for International Organization of Farmers
Washington May 12 representatives of farm organizations in the United States and Canada met to discuss forming an international board of agriculture. U S farmers were represented by delegates from the national bound of farm organizations and farmers nations affiliated with this organization.
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Plan AN
International Organization OF Farmers
Washington
Vaulted States
Canada
International Board of Agriculture
United States
National Bound of Farm Organizations
Farmers Nations
Winter Wheat Forecast Shows 484 Million Bushels
Washington May 10 The Department of Agriculture forecast winter wheat production at 484 647 000 bushels based on conditions as of May 1. The estimate is 1 050 000 bushels higher than April 1 and 33.8 percent below last year’s crop.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
State Surplus War Equipment Rules Affect County Use
Dunn & Co reports first quarter 1920 results noting very low commercial failures in the state as the highway commission revises distribution of surplus war trucks and tractors. Counties may use equipment until June 15 1920 with driver responsibility and no sale. Prices set for hoists bodies and trucks. haulage through Deer Lodge. remaining items revert to state. Also notes fire loss in Montana with 715 fires over 172 months causing $10 7 million in buildings and contents value and $6 7 million insurance written.
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Ffelena
State Highway Commission
Deer Lodge
Montagu
BR. OS. Mentrum
John C. Bebb
George T. Porter
Montana Insolvencies Dip Amid Strikes in Early 1920
The Montana business climate shows subnormal activity in early 1920 with commerce failures surprisingly few despite strike pressure. Thilip & Rash of R G Dun & Co report 17 failures from January to May with total liabilities about 120 dollars, and only one large case.
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Montana
Thilip & Rash
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Montana, Din & Co
Foo Sal
Leon
Sstais
State Highway Commission Chooses Federal Aid Study
The state highway commission, after reviewing six months of work, authorized Chief Engineer John N. Edy to conduct a complete investigation and report on highways eligible for federal aid. The commission met in session last week and approved the reviewed work.
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State Highway Commission
John N. Edy
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Covington
Oho
Ilineis
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Hughes
Miller and
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Yate
Intercollegiate Flying Association
American Flying Club
United States Air Service
Willams
Princeton
Columbia
Andrew Walker
Court of Common Pleas
Dorothy
St. Louis
Merchants’ Exchange
Clarence Coombs
Mitchell Field
Mineola
N.Y
Flying Club
Dasper County
Missouri
J. FB. Perriman
Lieut
Belvin W. Maynard
Brooklyn Central W. M. C. A
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Fridtjof Nansen
League Council
Siberia
Edmund Platt
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
New York
Japan
France
State Department
Tokyo
Supreme Court
United States Steel Corporation
Burleson
Congress Inc
Rhine
Ruhr
Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
Cordoba
Spain
Brazil
Grace Bartlett
United States Treasury
Minneapolis
Northern
Ter
Austria
Sultan
Smyrna
Italy
Atlatia
Palestine
Inter-Allied Commission of Control
Lodge
Dunn & Co
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