Curzon Silent On England Japan Alliance At Imperial Conference
London June 23 The imperial conference adjourned after Lord Curzon's speech with plans to discuss the Japanese alliance early next week. Curzon outlined British policy in Europe and the Pacific in a confidential address rejected from publication. Dominions may gain resident ministers in London but real influence remains limited. Baron Hayashi, Japan's ambassador, commented in London on the alliance.
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LONDON
Lord Curzon
Meighan
Paris
Britid
Europe
Pacific
dominions
Mayashi
Alliance
Associated Press
Baron Hayashi
Great Britain
Six year sentence for Bisbee postmaster in $40,000 theft
Lon Bailey former Bisbee postmaster was sentenced to six years in Leavenworth after pleading guilty to stealing $40,000 of government funds. Matt Keaton, his accomplice, received five years and helped recover $13,000. Hattie Luke remains jailed in Tucson with bond set at $50,000. The men admitted staging a fake April 3 post office robbery. In Vancouver Stefansson plans Arctic expedition to study and develop market for reindeer meat and furs with Stefansson as president.
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PHOENIX
Ariz
Lon BR. Bailey
Bisbee
Leavenworth
Kans
William H. Sawtelle
Matt Keaton
Bailey
Keaton
Hattie Luke
Tucson
Sawtelle
an aires
VANCOUVER
B. C
Arctic
Vilhjalmer Stefansson
Northlands
Stefansson Arctic Exploration and Development
copany
Stefansson
Canada
Water seeping through Marshall dam wall threatens collapse
In Marshall Colorado on June 23 more than 100 men fought through the night to shore up the crumbling dam. By 2:30 a.m fissures opened and water seeped through. The dam remains standing but weakened and could fail at any moment as crews struggled to stabilize the structure. The lake level sits under five feet from the wall’s lowest point.
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MARSHALL
Colo
big Marshall
King George and Queen Mary Tour Belfast Opens Ulster Parliament
Relief greeted the royal return from Belfast as King George and Queen Mary opened the Ulster Parliament. Newspapers praised the king's peace plea while editorials clashed over government policy, with The London Times denouncing intensified Irish warfare and Irish papers urging sober peace prospects.
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LONDON
George
ueen Mary
Belfast
Times
The
Daily News
South Ireland
London Times
Ireland
DUBLIN
Ulster
Irish Times
Irish Independent
Great Britain
Rates Too High Crop Relief Sought in California
In Los Angeles on June 25 Governor Stephens urged President Harding to reduce freight rates on perishable farm products, especially potatoes, to all U S sections. He warned thousands of acres may go unharvested without relief and said producers face desperate conditions and losses.
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LOS ANGELES
California
United States
Stephens
Harding
Curzon Speech On Foreign Policy Not Made Public
In London on June 23 the imperial conference heard Lord Curzon, foreign affairs secretary, deliver a lengthy speech on general foreign policy. Because of the sensitive topics, Curzon's remarks were not published and no official report was issued.
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LONDON
imperial
Lord Curzon
Ohio State Star and 30 Others Suspended for Cheating
June 23 report states Harry H Hoge Workman quarterback of Ohio State University who led last season's Western Conference champions along with two sophomores and thirty others were suspended from all student activities for one year by President Thompson for alleged cheating during May midterm exams. The penalty bars him from next season's football play. Also noted is Max Hoelz a Saxon communist sentenced to life penal servitude with civil rights lost.
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COLUMBUS
Harry H. “Hoge” Workman
Ohio State University
Thompson
HUN BERLIN
Max Hoelz
Federation Downs War Referendum Resolution
The Federations action at Denver shows a bitter roll call on a proposed war referendum and the push for war powers shift. Delegates from the Carpenters and Railways split, with a divisive debate marking the convention’s vote against the measure. The tally cited 21,742 against and 14,530 for, amid pressure from unions across the federation.
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DENVER
Colo
Joan L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
American labor movement
United States
congress
United Mine Workers
International Association of Machinists
Carpenters’ Union
Non-Stop Flight to New York Planned from Riverside
June 23 report from Los Angeles notes a planned non stop aerial dash to New York. David R. Davis of Hollywood and Eric Springer of Ocean Park announced the plan. Field conditions had halted prior attempts and the Riverside field was prepared by lightening a locally built airplane carrying 630 gallons of gasoline.
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LOS ANGELES
New York
Marchfield
Riverside
Cal
David R. Davis
Hollywood
Eric Springer
Ocean Park
Riverside field
California Census Shows Japanese Population Change
Census figures released today show California's Japanese population at 71,952 in 1900 and 41,356 in 1910, alongside 38,763 Negroes 17,360 Indians 28,812 Chinese and 5,263 other races among 3,264,711 whites. White population rose 44.5 percent. foreign-born white share fell to 19.9 percent. male to female ratio shifted from 125.5 to 100 in 1940 to 112.4 to 100 in 1920.
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WASHINGTON
California
Anti beer bill wins House right of way
Washington June 23 The Willie Campbell anti beer bill with minor amendments was reported today by the House Judiciary Committee. The Rules Committee is expected to grant it right of way in the House within the next few days.
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WASHINGTON
Willie-Campbell
house
judiciary committee
rules committee
Dawes Says Budget Staff Is Entirely Too Small
Charles G. Dawes of Chicago, tapped by President Harding to head the new budget system, said after a White House conference he will call on experienced business men to serve in the budget bureau without pay. He argued the present staff is inadequate and that success requires support beyond the law’s machinery. He compared the situation to being given a toothpick to tunnel Pikes Peak.
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DAWES
WASHINGTON
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Harding
congress
Mr. Dawes
Pikes Peak
Japan Clashes With Red Force Near Nikolaievak
Tokyo reports clashes between Japanese and Bolshevik forces near Nikolaievak with casualties. Bolsheviks occupy Okhotsk area. anti-Bolshevik forces withdraw to nearby villages as fighting continues. Central Siberia front described as calm east of Tomsk with Bolshevik infantry failing to advance.
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TOKIO
Associated Press
Nikolaievak
Okhotsk
Sea of Okhotsk
Siberia
Tomsk
Mexican Rebels to Be Put Down in Vera Cruz
Gen Guadalupe Sanchez leaves Vera Cruz with 1600 troops for Minagulan to quell a revolt led by Gen Perez. Reports say fighting may have begun as the campaign opens in the southern part of the state.
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VERA CRUZ
Guadalupe Sanchez
Minagulan
Perez
Sanchez
Coast Man Heads Customs Court
Washington June 23 Associate Justice Marion De Vries of the Court of Customs Appeals was nominated by President Harding to be presenting judge of the court. A California Democrat and former congressman from the San Joaquin Valley, he was a leading California lawyer when appointed to the customs court.
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WASHINGTON
Marion De Vries
court of customa appeals
Harding
League mediation sought in Egypt British dispute
The League of Nations council was asked to intervene between Egypt and Great Britain. Mahomed Fahmy, leader of the Young Egyptians, sent a letter urging the league to take up the issue and secure independence for the Nile valley.
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GENEVA
Associated Press
council of the League of Nations
Egypt
Great Britain
Mahomed Fahmy
league
the Nile
Babe Clark ties home run record in erratic game
Babe Clark hit his twenty fifth homer in a chaotic Boston game as New York players and officials scrambled. A misplayed pitch sequence left runners on base and confusion over outs marked the late innings of the contest.
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BOSTON
New York
Wankers
pier
Beaton
seeuonon
Sims Tells Denby Facts About His London Talk
Rear Admiral William S. Sims reported to Secretary Denby that he had been misquoted in press accounts of remarks in London about Irish sympathizers in the United States. He was recalled from leave to provide a written text of his statements, while Denby withheld the full text pending review.
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WASHINGTON
William
Sima
Denby
London
United States
Sims
navy department
Admiral Coontz
naval operations
naval
British Labor Backs Colliers in Unified Support
Brighton England June 23 resolutions unanimously adopted by the Labor Party conference praise the miners spirit facing government and owner attacks. The party pledges all possible facilities to sustain support for miners and ease suffering in mining districts.
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BRIGHTON
England
Labor Party
War Loan Bill Introduced In U S Senate
Washington June 23 A bill embodying plans of Secretary Mellon for refunding war loans made to the Allies was introduced in the Senate today by Chairman Penrose of the finance committee It would give the secretary blanket authority with Presidential approval to reconvert or extend loans or interest payments accept foreign securities in payment and settle all claims not yet secured
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WASHINGTON
Mellon
treasury department
senate
Penrose
finance committee
Far Eastern official appeals to US and Britain over Japan
M Agaroff, a Far Eastern Siberia government representative in Peking, handed a note to the American minister protesting Japanese intervention in Vladivostok. He urged the United States and England to use their influence to obtain a withdrawal of Japanese forces.
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RIGA
Jimne
Associated
Presa
Siberia
Peking
Japan
Vladivostok
Moscow
Agaroff
United States
England
War Profiteering Denounced by Senator McCumber
Senator McCumber denounced profiteering pirates in the Senate and urged passage of his adjusted compensation bill for veterans. He said 80 percent would use the five American Legion endorsed plans, with 20 percent taking cash, costing under $200,000 per year until 1943, and called penalties for future profiteering.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Mc Cumber
Republican
North Dakota
finance committee
American Legion
McCumber
congress
Coast Loses in Navy Bill Provisions Struck
Washington June 23 Provisions for a San Pedro submarine base and Camp Kearney aviation base were struck from the naval appropriation bill by conferees The Sand Point aviation base remains funded and the new bureau of aeronautics is retained The Camp Kearney tract for aviation base and the San Diego naval hospital funds are reduced from Senate figures
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WASHINGTON
naval
San Pedro
Camp Kearney
senate
house
Sand Point
Wash
bureau of aeronautics
navy department
Cal
naval hospital
San Diego
Heroic Rescue Attempt Ends Tragedy in Snake River
Lewiston Idaho June 23 Harry Jacobson nineteen year old hero attempted to rescue nine year old Herman Orvid from drowning in the Snake River. Both men exhausted were swept downstream and drowned as their bodies remained unrecovered at a high stage river.
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LEWISTON
Idaho
Harry Jacobson
Herman Orvid
Snake river
Jacobson
Greece Seems Willing to Accept Mediation
Paris June 23 Indications tonight pointed to acceptance by Greece in principle of the offer by Great Britain France and Italy to mediate between the Greeks and Turkish Nationalists to forestall warfare in Asia Minor.
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PARIS
Associated Press
Greece
Great Britain
France
Italy
Asia Minor
Los Angeles Man Lost in Colorado Mountains
A Los Angeles man, H. Targett, is missing after leaving the Long’s Peak Inn to hike toward Chasm Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. Searchers from the park and volunteers comb rugged Long’s Peak, Battle Mountain, and Mt. Martha Washington for the 40s–50s man. He wore a sweater and carried no food or extra clothing, raising concerns he may be lost or have fallen.
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ESTES PARK
Colo
H. ¥. Targett
Los Angeles
Long's Peak Inn
Chasm Lake
Rocky Mountain National Park
Way
Enoa Milly
Long's Peak
Battle Mountain
Mt. Martha Washington
Targett
Long’s Peak
Ways
Prison Board Hearing Sparks Clash Over Location
Carson letters report a heated session as J E Guinan accuses W Carpenter of running the prison and reveals a cattle deal linked to prison funds. Warden Henrichs and officials push for secrecy while Attorney General Fowler favors a Carson hearing. Fulstone testifies, with Tom Earns and Emmitt named as witnesses.
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CARSON
the Gazette
state board of prison commissioners
J. E. Guinan
H. H W. Carpenter
William Greenwood
Guinan
Boyle
shelding
Henrichs
George Montrose
Carpenter
Fowler
Bradgan
Robert Fulstone
Fulstone
Tom earns
Reno
Tom
R. Emmitt
Polish Rioters Attack Mayor in Bromberg Riot
June 23 with anti German demonstrations in Bromberg near Posen left three Poles dead and twenty one wounded. Seven policemen were injured as Poles protested German Mayor Maciuszek accused of pro Germanism and dragged from his office before rescue by police.
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WARSAW
Bromberg
Posen
Maciuszek
Civil War Begins in South China
Canton China June 23 AP Hostilities erupt between the provinces of Kwanetunge and Kwangai in Southern China. Kwangai forces open fire in the Lingshan district. British ships submit to search in the West river at Canton as army and customs officials cooperate. General Lu Yung Ting appeals to Peking for funds and munitions.
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CANTON
China
Associated Press
Kwanetunge
Kwangal
Kwangai
Lingshan
Weat
Lu Yung-Ting
Kwangsi
Peking
Bureau of Markets Chief Resigns for Private Business
Washington June 23 George Livingston chief of the bureau of markets has given notice of resignation to Secretary of Agriculture Wallace effective July 1. He will enter private business and no successor has been named. Wallace voiced regret that the government cannot match private sector salaries. Livingston served in the agriculture department for years.
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WASHINGTON
George Livingston
bureau of markets
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Livingston
department of agriculture
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Gompers
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Ind
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Roosevelt
Charles J. Shanson
Shanson
sugeestions
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Nebraska
Alaska
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Danville
Ill
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U.S. SENATE
Georgetown University
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