CHIEF HILLHOUSE RESIGNS AS ENGLISH AVIATORS SAIL
Long dispatch details Hillhouse resignation and English aviators crossing the Atlantic, with political notes on Democratic leaders meetings in Reno. Cummings, party chairman, refuses to discuss presidential candidates and says the goal is electing, not nominating, while League of Nations topics are touched.
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HILLHOUSE
AcOSS ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Homer S Cummings
Democratic party
Reno
Cummings
hie
Democratic national organization
Overland hotel
Wilsonian hall
Riverside
League of Nations
Oregon Bankers Hold Convention in Portland
Representatives of 264 Oregon banks gathered for the fourteenth annual State Bankers Association convention in Portland. KG Crawford, president, outlined national financial conditions and urged banks to aid steady Oregon development. He cited rising bank burglaries and robberies in small towns and urged staffing to avoid gaps during off hours.
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PORTLAND
Ore
Oregon
State Bankers’ Association
KG. Crawford
Portlind
Crawford
Washington
Good Roads Gossip on Nevada County Work Progress
The Reno Commercial Club funds improvements on the Doe Valley trade in Sierra county while Carson Reno and Sparks Road projects advance. A scarifier is to arrive for surface renewal on Sparks road and work begins on Wilson canyon near Yerington. E S Barney Jr holds the $34,000 contract. A new grade survey between Carson City and Lakeview Summit aims to shorten the Reno Vargon route.
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Doe Valley
Reno Commercial Club
Sierra county
Wilson canyon
Yerington
E. S. Barney
Carson City
Lakeview summit
the
highway commission
German protest over Polish war status sent to France
Mathus Erzberger head of the German armistice commission in Berlin has written General Dupont French mission chief protesting against Polish army orders declaring Poland at war with Germany and plans to deploy two divisions of General Haller's army along the frontier.
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BERLIN
Associated Press
Mathus Erzberger
German armistice commission
Dupont
Poland
Germany
Haller
Fire Destroys La Porte Town
Special to the Gazette reports La Porte in Plumas county nearly leveled by a night fire fifteen buildings burned with notable losses. Details were not yet received. Concurrently Montreal news notes a British prospect to avert a rail worker strike by offering referral to a railroad board of adjustment or a board of conciliation under the Lemieux act.
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NEVADA CITY
Cal
La Porte
Plumas county
MONTREAL
Canadian war board
railroad board of adjustment
board of conciliation
Lemieux
Deportation Request for Russian Soviet Bureau Representatives
Senator King of Utah urged Attorney General Palmer and Secretary Wilson to deport L. C. A. K. Martens and other Russian Soviet bureau representatives in New York. He argued their presence disturbs peace and threatens civilization, insisting they fall under alien anarchist laws.
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WASHINGTON
L. C
K. Martens
New York
King
Utah
Palmer
Wilson
United States
Lenne-Trotsky organization
Nye county forms Elmer J. Bell Post for service men
Tonopah reports Nye county service men organizing a BR post named for Elmer J. Bell the first to lose his life from the county. Officers include George W. Allen as post commander and W J Pike as vice commander with 300 eligible men invited to sign. Events include Flag Day at the Airdome and a Fourth of July parade participation.
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TONOPAH
Nye county
Elmer J. Bell
George W. Alien
W. J. Pike
Lowell Daniels
Ivan C. Arnold
Jack Williamson
Claude H. Church
Airdome
the
Elks
Consumers buy cheap cuts and keep price up said
Chicago June 14 A statement by retail meat dealers of the United States blames consumers for sustaining high meat costs. It says Americans cling to wartime eating habits that are now unnecessary and unwise, denying themselves benefits of lower wholesale meat prices.
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CHICAGO
United States
Intrepid British Flyers Begin Perilous Transatlantic Voyage
The Vickers Vimy biplane took off at 4 13 PM Greenwich time from St Johns Newfoundland toward Ireland on a historic transatlantic attempt. Pilot Captain Jack Alcock and navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, both war veterans, fly a two engine craft with 806 gallon fuel and 50 gallon oil tanks designed for about 2440 miles. The aircraft includes wireless telegraphy and 850 horsepower Rolls Royce motors capable of over 190 mph.
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Jack Alcock
Arthur Whitten Brown
St. Johns
Atlantic
America
British Isles
NFP
Greenwich
Rolls-Royce
Aleecka Pioneer Flyer
royal naval air service
Hec
Brown
alse
Free Transport Appeals By British Repatriation Board
Many British and American authorities screen thousands of soldiers seeking repatriation to the United States after the war. Over 20 000 applications filed, about 3060 certified, hundreds rejected. Lieut A Kane and US consul aid test city knowledge and motives to confirm rightful claims, with Detroit noted as a favored home. Most applicants sought faster action, seeing better odds with the British than waiting for American deployment.
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WINCHESTER
Eng
Associated Press
Americain
United States
America
A. Kane
London
Lieut. Kane
Detroit
Belle Iste
Kane
North Dakota League Referendum Set For June 26
Fargo dispatch reports the National Nonpartisan League prepares a June 26 referendum on seven measures including the industrial commission bill and the Bank of North Dakota. Gov. Frazier critics say the push to couple the referendum with other initiatives aims to confuse voters. Additional measures cover education taxation state print emigration and judicial redistricting. Immigrant issues arise in a separate Washington note.
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FARGO
N. D
National Nonpartisan League
League
North Dakota
Industrial commission
Bank of North Dakota
Bank of Worth Dakota
Frazier
mill and elevator association
Olds Car Pioneer Drives 2600 Miles On One Water
J. W. Leavitt, Coast distributor for Oldsmobile, toured Reno in ten days driving the first 1920 model Olds seen there. He traveled from Lansing, Michigan, covering 2658 miles, and the original radiator water remained untouched since leaving the factory. A tag on the radiator cap warned garages away on pain of death as he watched the cooling system closely. The car is described as new and very dashy.
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J. W. Leavitt
Oldsmobile
Reno
Lansing
Mich
Lansinf
Leavitt
Claims for millions in Mexico revolution damages filed abroad
Mexico City June 14 Claims for damages from the Madero revolution total in the millions of pesos and are being filed with foreign diplomatic representatives. A Mexican commission has yet to pay any claims and insists foreigners must present to Mexico first before diplomatic channels. Meanwhile a policy on entry to the United States and deportation was adopted by the United Spanish American War Veterans in Seattle.
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PASO
Tex
Francisco Villa
Felipe Angeles
Juarez
Villa
Angeles
Ziragoga
El Barro
Martin Lopez
Santa Rosa
Morelos
Associated Press
Zaragosa
en Angeles
Villa Ahumada
Hipolito Villa
Villistas
Anseres
Rio Grande
Ysleta
Gonzales
Francisco Gonzales
nat
jassault
MEXICO CITY
United States
United
Washington Governor Ernest Lister Die in Seattle Hospital
Washington Governor Ernest Lister died today in Seattle after months of illness. Born in Halifax England on June 15 1870 he rose from a Tacoma welder to state chief executive and is survived by his widow.
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WASHINGTON
SEATTLE HOSPITAL
SEATTLE
Wash
Ernest Lister
Lister
Tacoma
Halifax
England
Reno police chief quits over council lack of harmony
John D. Hillhouse, longtime Reno police chief since 1911, resigns effective June 20 citing council discord and unwilling cooperation from two members. His son Charlies Hillhouse also leaves the identification bureau. He notes he was not consulted when named to the health board and declines to press officers to chase milk wagons. His tenure saw Bertillon standardization and the city identification bureau become police hallmarks.
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John D. Hillhouse
Reno
Stewart
Hs son
Charlies Hillhouse
police department
Hibhouse
board of health
Hillhouse
Robert C. Turrittin
Alex. Burke
Istrolman
American Naval Aid Urges Relief for Adriatic and Spalato
Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack commands Adriatic forces with rapid Fiume updates. American Red Cross and army food mission distribute medicines, food, and clothing to Jugoslav areas amid Italian permission issues. Czecho-Slovaks return home via Vladivostok after world voyage. relief efforts push into Spalato and Balkan districts. Peace talks see Hungarian retreat as Bela Kun urges troops to boost morale.
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SPALATO
Bosnia
Albert P. Niblack
Adriatic
Fiume
Niblack
Hosnia
Jugo-Slav
Americas
Jugoslav
Jugo- Slavia
American Red Cross
army food mission
Four-Story Brick Building Burns in San Francisco
San Francisco June 14 a four story brick structure in the wholesale district burned today with an estimated loss of 250000 including building and contents. Occupants were the Guittard Importing Company and the Anchor Packing Company.
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SAN FRANCISCO
losa
Guittard Importing Company
Anchor Packing Company
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Wilsonian
R. R
Western Union
A. R
Western Union Telegraph Company
J. Konenkamp
Missouri Pacific
Carson- Reno
Steamboat
Sparks - Reno
Sparks gang
Coney Island
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TONOPAH BRIEFS
John G. Kirchen
Miles Helen Cage
Berkeley
Lucile Mapes
James McVeigh, Jr
Rita
Charles
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