Incendiary Torch Suspected At Old Pine Tree Gold Camp
Tonopah Nevada reports a string of fires at the Gold Camp town forty eight miles north of here. In ten days, the fires destroyed the new post office five business places and two residences with losses around 435,000. The first fire caused 72,000 in damage. Officials suspect incendiary involvement as the fires struck the post office and Nanini Brothers general store among others.
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TONOPAH
Manhattan
here
sady
postoffice
Welly Furpo Express Company
Nanninis
Gazette
Nan~nvil Brothers
Nevada
Mexico Revolt Rumor Discounted in Official Circles
An Associated Press report says plans for a Diaz led revolution in Mexico are unverified by the war office. Diaz’s presence in Mexico is unconfirmed. some dispatches claim sightings in New York, while Obregon officials dismiss the rumors as U.S. propaganda.
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MEXICO CITY
Associated Press
Mexico
Yelix Diaz
Diaz
New Orleans
war office
United States
New York
Obregon
treata
Bonus for hogs in Chicago by Big Five packers
June 3 The Big Five Chicago packers Swift Morrie Wilson Armour and Cudahy along with other major packers agreed to pay ten cents per 100 pounds above the market price for hogs shipped to the Chicago live stock market if the animals are free from tuberculosis and come from farms free of the disease in both cattle and hogs. The agreement came at a joint session of packers and exchange representatives and was urged by Everett Brown, president of the National Livestock Exchange.
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CHICAGO
Chicago packer
Swift Morrie
Wilson, Armour and Cudahy
Chicago lives
Everett ©. Brown
National livestock exchange
State Receives Five Thousand Acres for Reforestation
Seattle reports that five thousand acres of cut-over lands were donated to the state of Washington by Weyerhaeuser Timber Company for the first comprehensive reforestation program in the state.
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SEATTLE
Washington
Weyerhauser Timber ‘Company
Marion Harland Dies at Home in New York City
New York June 3 Mrs Mary Virginia Terhune known as Marion Harland died at her home after a short illness. A prolific writer she published cook books and etiquette volumes. Native of Virginia she married Rev Edward Payson Terhune in 1856. She left sons Albert Payson Terhune and Christine Terhune Herrick daughter Virginia Terhune Varierwater and writer son.
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NEW YORK
Mary Virginia ‘Terhune
ander
Miaton Harland
Virginia
Edward Payson Terhune
Christine Terhune Herrick
Virginia Terhune Varierwater
Albert Payson Terhune
Amundsen Afoot North Pole Drift Quest
Captain Roald Amundsen sails the Maud from Seattle on a renewed North Pole drift expedition. The ship carries two airplanes, wireless gear and new instruments for scientific study of ice, currents and magnetism as it seeks to reach the pole and probe nearby lands. The 1918 plan resumes after a delay when the Maud needed repairs off Siberia.
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SEATTLE
Associated. Press
Roald Amundsen
Maud Igalls
Walliott
North Polar basin
North Pole
Amundaent
Polo
Maud
Siberian
Sealite
Amundsen
South Polia
pote
Broadhurst Sues Symon for $50,000 in Baltimore Suit
George Broadhurst, New York playwright and producer, yesterday caused the arrest of John B. Symon of San Tratetsco on a charge of assault on the high seas aboard the steamer Columbia. Broadhurst filed suit in the superior court for $50,000. Neither party commented. Symon would respond from Baltimore when required.
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BALTIMORE
George Broadhurst
New York
John B. Symon
San Tratetsco
Columbia
Symon
Los Angles arrests fourteen bootleggers in crackdown
Los Angeles police announce a dawn crackdown leading to fourteen arrests for violation of prohibition laws as the start of an active campaign against bootleggers in the city. The operation marks the first wave of intensified enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOS ANGELS
Sun Yat Sen Army to Be Fought by Gen Wu
Gen Wu Pei fu vows to launch a drive against Sun Yat-sen’s Southern government to unify China. He aims to meet Sun in Kiangsi and seeks union with Chen Chiung-ming to eliminate Sun. Reports note Chang Tso-lin’s prestige falling as Manchuria remains unsettled. Li Yuan-hung has not yet arrived. Chow Tsu-chi urges action from Tianjin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEKING
Bu' tha Associated Press
Wu Pei-fur
Chang Tyo-lin
Sun Yat-sen
republic of
South China
China
Sun Gen
Sun
Kiangsi
Wiu
Chen Chiung-ming
Kwangtung
Chang Tso-Sin
Feking
Li Yuan-hung
Chow Tsu-chi
Tian-tsin
Harding presses ship subsidy bill in Washington
President Harding appealed to House members to speed action on the administration ship subsidy plan after hearings by the House Merchant Marine and a joint committee. He met with Speaker Gillett Representative Montel Wyoming Republican leader Representative Green Chairman Calvert Kell and Representative Tow ner at the White House.
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WASHINGTON
Harding
house
butters
house merchant marine and genate comme commission
Gillett
Montell
Wyoming
Representative Green
Massachusetts
merchant marine committee
Calvifr Kell
Kansas
rulte
Towner
Iowa
White House
Coal Company Merger Planned In Regional Consolidation
Pittsburg reports a planned merger of about thirty independent coal firms from Pittsburg to Wheeling. John A. Bell, Pittsburg banker and Carnegie Coal Company board chair, said the consolidation could occur in a month or two. It would control 59,000 acres of coal land and carry about 43 million dollars in capitalization.
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PITTSBURG
Wheeling
W. Va
Panhandle
Pennsylvania Railroad
John A. Bell
Carnegie Coal Company
lunaer
Sergeant York Reluctant To Pose In Hall Of Fame
San Francisco June 3 Sergeant Alvin C York has been named Tennessee’s world war hero but shows reluctance to appear in the living hall of fame planned for the Disabled American Veterans convention. The committee hopes to bring him to the San Francisco event though York has previously declined public appearances. Forty-plus states have designated local heroes and been invited to participate in the statewide tribute. Nashville chapter leaders are pressing to secure York’s attendance.
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YORK
SAN FRANCISCO
Alvin C. York
Tennessee
living hall of fame
Guv. Taylor
Nashville
Court halts Mathilde McCormick marriage bid
In probate court the petition for a restraining order to stop Mathilde McCormick's marriage to Swiss rider Max Oser was withdrawn by her mother Mrs Baith Rockefeller McCormick after a brief two minute hearing. John D Rockefeller Sr is cited as supporting his daughter's wishes and Mathilde's guardian status noted as a factor in delaying consent.
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CHICAGO
Associated Press
Mathilde McCormick
Max Oser
Baith Rockefeller McCormick
Socity
Mathilde
International Harvester Company
IMathilde
Nine Year Old in Indiana Charged with Murder
In Portland Indiana on June 3 nine year old Robert Silvers is jailed on a first degree murder charge for the fatal stabbing of nine year old Bernard Teeters. Police say the boys quarreled over a baseball glove before Silvers used a kitchen knife.
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PORTLAND
Ind
Robert Silvers
Bernard Teeters
knalfe
Capt Alcock Wins Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park
CAPT. ALCOCK WINS SUBURBAN NEW YORK June 3 Capt Alcock jockey Fence up and 1108 pounds in the saddle today won the Suburban handicap by a length and a half, Capt Alcock a five year old won in a driving finish from Max Hirschs Flying Cloud over the heavy Belmont park track. Mad Batter was third three lengths behind the winner.
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NEW YORK
Capt Alcock
Capt. Alcock
Max Hirsch
Flying Cloud
Belmont park
Mad Batter
ote
Baseball scores and rain delays across multiple games
A scrambled recap shows early season baseball with games in New York Philadelphia Cleveland St Louis Brooklyn and Boston. Runners, hits and pitching notes clutter the page as infielders and outfielders clash amid rainouts and doubleheaders with several games postponed or called early.
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New YORK
Boston
peesequevererycererer
pete eeeee Quinn
Ferguson
Ruel
Jones
Murray
Schans
trainy
Philadelphia
Washington
CLEVELAND
Detroit
Ehmite
Bassler
Morton
Sewell
ST. LOUIS
Chicago
Louis
Courtney
Schalk Bayne
Danforth
BROOKLYN
G. Smith
Peters
Shriver
Smith
Hungling
York
Pertica
Clemons
Ainsmith
Glazner
Adams
Hamten
Gooch
Cincinnati fetectvenrey
owe
Rixey
Aldridge
Farrell
Lenin suffers stroke reported in Berlin
Berlin June 3. Private advices from Soviet circles say Premier Lenin suffered a stroke on Thursday. Maxim Litvinoff, Karl Radek and other Soviet leaders rushed to Moscow. The Lokal Anzeiger notes the stroke followed an operation to remove a bullet from Lenin’s neck, due to a cervical artery tumor.
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BERLIN
Associated Press
Lenin
Maxim Litvinoff
Karl Radek
Moscow
Lokal Anzeiger
Could Not Marry Girl Miss Beal Shot In Kansas City
Frank W. Anderson floor manager in a department store was found dead from a gunshot in a hotel room. Pegsey Marie Beal of Spring Valley Ill lay unconscious on the floor with a revolver in her hand and a bullet wound. They had met during World War II when Anderson was a captain and Beal a nurse. Letters and a poem indicate she came to marry him. the report notes Anderson was married.
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KANSAS CITY
Frank W. Anderson
Pegsey Marie Beal
Springfald
Anderson
tio Rervicd
Mise Beal wis
Anna
indles
South Remembers Jeff Davis Today in Memorial Exercises
Atlanta June 3 The South honored Jefferson Davis, guiding the Confederacy, with observances marking the 114th anniversary of his birth. Memorial day was noted across Old South states, and ceremonies were held to honor the Confederate president in several states.
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ATLANTA
South
Jefferson Davie
segal holliday
Jennesses
Ford Accepts Shoals Proposal In Executive Panel Vote
Washington June 3 The Ford representatives W B Mayo and J W Worthington met with a majority of the house military committee and reached agreement on fertilizer provisions while rejecting the Gorgas power plant from government disposal. Ford’s offer to include the plant in full was deemed vital by supporters, with committee plans to report the Shoals package minus Gorgas and plus the fertilizer amendment by a 12 to 9 vote.
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WASHINGTON
Associated Press
W. B. Mayo
J. W
Ford
Muscle
Shoals
ring
Gorgas
Alabama Power Company
Frederick Tngstrum
Charles L. Parsons
Aerial Force Moves Toward Ulster With Twelve Planes
Large British troop concentrations depart Enniskillen for the border with field guns and mobile kitchens aboard commandeered transport. Twelve Royal Air Force officers and 97 airmen arrive with twelve Bristol fighters while a battery of howitzers lands. Recapture of Belleek is anticipated as forces replace the Ulster constabulary and preparations for a busy week in Belfast continue.
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BELFAST
Associated Presa
Enniskillen
County Fermanagh
Associated Press
Northern Ireland
swere
royal air forces
Ennisitilen
Fermanagh
Belleek
Enrlish
Scotiih regimenta
Belleek salient
England
Abdergrove
crown
Ulster special constabulary
harbor
Willace
Craig Dees
James’ Craig
London
Ulster
Jim Fair's Nephew Dead in San Francisco
Dr Henry Rooney aged forty five a physician and surgeon and nephew of James G Pair died in San Francisco on June 3. The report notes his death occurring today and identifies his relation to Jim Fair.
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JIM FAIR
SAN FRANCISCO
Henry , Rooney
Jamey G. Pair
Cupid Speaks By Radio And Now They're Married
A Gainesville Texas woman, Miss Daily B Ly Smithson, fell in love with the voice of Craig Bird of Oklahoma City heard via radio. After a brief exchange of letters she traveled to Oklahoma City where a minister prepared for the wedding, signaling a radio initiated romance reaching its nuptial moment.
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CUPID
OKLAHOMA CITY
Miss Daily
B. Ly
Smithson
Gainesville
Tex
Cragk Bird t
M! Smith
berat
boo “Bird
One Balloon Missing In National Naval Balloon Race
The navy balloon pil ot Lleut W F Reed and his aide Kit Mullenax are unaccounted for after the race started in Milwaukee. Officials say the gas bag is either on the ground somewhere in Canada or has suffered a serious accident. Grounded or downed, the fate of the crew remains unknown and concerns grow for their safety.
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CHICAGO
the
Apsociaty Press
Lleut
W- F
Reed
naval
Milwaukee
wilds
Canada
Kit Mullenax
French Airplane Falls Killing Two Near Folkestone
A French plane en route from Croydon to Paris crashed into the English Channel near Folkestone. A cross channel boat recovered two bodies. one bore a passport in the name Gordon Lay. The incident was reported by the Associated Press.
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FOLKESTONE
England
Associated Press
Croydon
London
Paris
Gordon Lay
Bill Extends War Finance Board For One Year Passed
Washington June 3 The senate bill extending for one year the life of the War Finance Corporation passed the house today with a minor amendment ending to confer ence. The measure allows continued government lending to wartime industries and related efforts amid ongoing financial needs.
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WASHINGTON
senate
war finance corporation
house
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MARION HARLAND
NORTH POLE ADVENTURE
BROADHURST
L. A
BIL
COAL COMPANY
HAROLD. NPCORMICK REN
ALCOCK
NIKOLAI LENIN
ministry of war
Petrograd
Harry
JEFF DAVIS
Erne River
Ireland
perlections
Mies Smith
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