Victory in Senate to ban wild bird plumage imports
The Democratic caucus voted to restore the tariff provision prohibiting the import of wild birds plumes for commerce. Led by McLean Chamberlain Lane and others, the move aims to end the traffic in skins and feathers in the U S and territories with backing from New York Zoo Society and Audubon groups. The campaign drew wide support from women’s clubs and Audubon societies as letters to Congress surged. Plans target further action in England Germany and France.
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Washington
United States
Senate
House Committee
Friends of Wild Bird Life
McLean
Chamberlain
Lane
O’gorman
Hitchcock
John Sharp Williams
Gore
Bryan
Bacon
Shively
New York Zoological Society
National Association of Audubon Societies
State
Audubon Societies
Patriotic Societies of Women
The
Women’s, League For Animals and
6 000 000 IN COALITION PLAN
In Chicago 300 delegates from the National Fraternal Congress and the Associated Fraternities of America moved toward their merger. The two groups total over 6 million members and more than 8 billion dollars in insurance, aiming for economy and efficiency. Modern Woodmen Woodmen of the World and Royal Arcanum are among the orders involved.
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Chicago
National Fraternal Congress
Associated Fraternities of America
Woodmen of the World
Royal Arcanum
Good Boys Well Rewarded For Abstinence Pact
Sioux City brothers Ray and Jay Garnett fulfilled a ten year pledge to avoid drinking smoking and tobacco due to a promise from their uncle William E Garnett. As reward he deeded them a half section of valuable Cass county Minnesota land, dividing it equally.
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Sioux City
Ray
Jay Garnett
William E. Garnett
Cass County
Minn
Danish Explorer's Greenland Crossing Endures Harsh Trials
Captain Koch and three companions endured months on the inland ice with ponies lost to hunger. After losing ponies and a motorboat, wintered in minus 50 degree heat. With fodder scarce, ponies were killed and eaten to survive. They resumed a 750 mile trek toward the coast enduring blizzards and extreme cold. The party cooked and ate a pet dog after exhausting options.
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Copenhagen
Koch
Greenland
Peary
Nansen
Wagener
Larsen
Sigurdson
Iceland
Queen Louise Land
Royal Mail to Build 15 Ocean Steamships for Atlantic Route
The Royal Mail Steam Packet company plans seven 15,000 ton freight and passenger steamships at 1.5 million each for service between Europe and Puget Sound via the Orient. First vessel leaves London for Tacoma November 22. West Indies and South America service includes eight triple screw ships costing nearly 20 million. Othello WA reports a box of twenty four snakes shipped as a joke to Mitchell SD.
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Royal Mail Company
Tacoma
Wash
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Europe
Puget Sound
Orient
E. J. Martyn Nash
New York
London
Panama Canal
Panama
West Indies
South America
Nash
Alaska Sealskins Arrive Aboard Homer For U S Government
The steamer Homer arrives in San Francisco from the Pribilof islands and Unalaska with 2,294 sealskins and thousands of foxskins including many silver fox varieties. The U S government guards the northern islands under treaty obligations, bearing guard costs.
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Alaska
San Francisco
Homer
United States
Pribilof Islands
Unalaska
Government permits seal and fox harvests for skins
Government policy allows a set quota of seals and foxes to be killed each season for their skins. The steamer Homer runs two annual trips to the islands to gather furs and deliver supplies. In Atlantic City, hotel man George Rappelyea died suddenly from heart trouble after a self predicted premonition and a fall from a chair at the Hotel Columbia.
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Homer
Atlantic City
George Rappelyea
Rappelyea
Columbia
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France
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Joker
Mitchell
Consignee
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MR_BROW
THOR
Pacific Power & Light CO
Kennewick
C. L. Kimble
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