Lower California land claims spark Mexico Japan contretemps
A 1919 analysis outlines Baja California land concessions canceled by Mexico for not meeting colonization terms, exposing largely foreign ownership and potential American gains. It notes transfers among Huller Bulle Flores Hale Macedo and Andrade, and warns Baja issues strain US Mexican relations amid broader imperial anxieties.
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Mexico
The
Star
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Mexico City
California
United States
Ries 18
Baja
America
Ashurst
Arizona
Lower
Baja California
Pastor Rouaix
Minater of Fomento
Porfirio Diaz
Carranza
Luis Huller
A. Bulle
Flores, Hale Company
Pablo Macedo
Guillermo Andrade
Carrangs
Macedo
Huller
Bulle
Flores
Hale
Delbert J. Hart
Amercan
Andrade
Comonfort
Juarez
Diaz
Government May Fight Forest Fires From Air Ships
The U S Forestry service and the army convert war aircraft into a national forest patrol using dirigibles planes flame extinguishing bombs rope ladders and balloon lookouts to detect map marked fires near Arcadia California and extend to 145 national forests nationwide.
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San Francisco
Uncle Sam
National Forest Patrol
Cleveland
Angeles Natonal
California
U. S. Forestry Service
Army
Arcadia
Expert Says Germany Can Pay War Debts With Goods
Paris dispatch notes a peace conference debate on collecting damages from Germany. Economists discuss six methods including transfer of German assets, and use of coal, dyes, and manufactured goods, while noting anti German sentiment and practical limits on gold and currency.
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Germany
Murder charge on high seas against former first mate
An indictment charges Frederick Hansen, ex first mate of the schooner Edward R. West, with murder at sea after he allegedly threw second mate Charles Hannan overboard near Cape Horn in May 1918 during a storm. Three crewmen, Thorwald Oat and Carl and Edward Aho, testified as witnesses after arriving in Seattle.
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Frederick Hansen
Edward R. West
Edward F. Cushman
Hansen
Charles Hannan
Cape Horn
Thorwald Oat
Carl
Edward Aho
San Francisco
Seattle
Kaiser Extradition Delayed as Allies Await Treaty
Paris reports the trial of Wilhelm Hohenzollern will be delayed for months, contingent on treaty ratification. Allies will not act until then, with extradition talks likely to hinge on formal requests and negotiations with Holland. The Dutch delegation, led by Foreign Minister Van Karnebeek, confirmed no official consideration has occurred yet.
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Paris
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Holland
van Karnabeek
United Press
Harry Saint Named Head of New Foreign Trade Bureau
Harry Y. Saint, chief of the foreign trade bureau of the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club, is appointed chief of the newly created foreign trade bureau of the Shipping Board. He will move to Washington to organize the bureau which will handle reports from hundreds of supercargoes assigned to the Shipping Board.
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Harry Y. Saint
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Foreign Trade Bureau
The
Shipping Board
Saint
Washington
Yanks of 32nd Visit Seattle
Private George Bull ion of Centralia and 57 Red Arrow comrades in the 32nd division stopped in Seattle en route to Camp Lewis. Bullion wore the croix de guerre and the American Distinguished Service Medal for carrying dispatches near Clerges France in September 1918. He endured three days of fatigue and near starvation. he is a printer and Tacoma Typographical Union member. Red Cross gave cigars, candy, and cigarettes as the train arrived at 8 45 p m Thursday night under Lieutenant Edward Mills of Puyallup.
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George Bullion
Centralia
Red Arrow
Seattle
Camp Lewis
Bullion
Clerges
France
Typographical Union of
Tacoma
Red Cross
Edward Mills
Puyallup
Wallace Honored by Paris Yankees Luncheon
Hugh C Wallace new US ambassador to France was honored at a Paris luncheon by 200 members of the American Club of Paris. He praised American women’s war efforts as Henry White, a peace delegate, spoke on the peace situation.
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Paris
Hugh C. Wallace
France
United States
American Club of
Henry White
Woman Kept Five Children Locked In Room For 18 Months
In Pueblo Colorado on May 23 Mrs Louise Cummings 30 kept five children aged 20 months to six years confined in one room for 18 months Police found only the oldest child able to walk She was hospitalized for observation of her sanity.
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Pueblo
Colo
Louise Cummings
Symphony Leader Becomes American
Frederick Stock, director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, became an American citizen after 24 years in the United States as an alien. Born in Germany, Stock retired as head of the orchestra during the war and completed the citizenship process yesterday in Chicago.
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Chicago
United Press
Frederick Stock
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
United States
Stock
Germany
Absentee Sunday Fine Reflected in Historic Church Law
A 300 year old rule fined any man missing church a shilling, revealing how religious observance once shaped daily penalties and social expectations in early modern society.
Dust explosion wipes out starch plant in Cedar Rapids
At the Douglas starch plant in Cedar Rapids last night a dust explosion killed ten workers and left many more injured. Fourteen of the injured were hospitalized, two later died, and eight bodies were recovered as fire crews struggled with burst water mains and falling timbers. Foreman Fred L. Burns noted the day shift left before the blast, limiting casualties. Authorities from Coe College and local officials oversaw the response and restricted access to unaccounted relatives.
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Cedar Rapids
Douglas Company
Ecity
Douglas
Fred L. Burns
Arrest Under Syndicalism Law in San Francisco
Emanuel Levin secretary of the People's Institute was arrested in San Francisco as the first to be charged under California’s new criminal syndicalism law for belonging to an anarchistic organization. He appeared to furnish bail for seven I W W arrestees in a raid yesterday. Police Captain O'Meara ruled membership in the institute a felony under the new statute. The test case is awaited.
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San Francisco
United Press
Emanuel Levin
People's Institute
O'Meara
Jubilee dance May 28 at National Guard armory
The May 28 jubilee event at the National Guard armory welcomes returning service men and features vaudeville acts and a May day fete presented by University students under the National League for Women’s Service.
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National Guard
National League For Women's Service
100000 Army Plan Favored by Kahn in Congress Call
Representative Kahn of California, chair of the house military affairs committee, returned from Europe and said he would propose a plan for a standing army of 100000 men with universal military training to Congress.
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Washington
Kahn
California
House Military Affairs Committee
Europe
Congress
Historic stump taken to museum in El Paso
In El Paso Texas the cottonwood stump where 19th century notices warned bad men to leave town or face lynching is now in the Pioneers' Association Museum. Gen Anson Mills provided original notices including one accusing him of abolitionism and his reply.
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EL Paso
Tex
Alaska Seeks Men Ready to Work Says Publicity Chief
HK J White head of the Alaska publicity bureau declares Alaska has plenty of men but they won’t work returning soldiers and others seeking good wages are told to come to Alaska. White is in Seattle for a few days explaining the situation and urging workers to relocate.
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Alaska
HK. J. White
Masked bandit robs home on Jefferson Street
A masked robber entered 1801 Jefferson Street Thursday night armed with a revolver and demanded all present. He took a small cash amount a ledge ring and a diamond from Carrick. He fled unseen and police could not locate him.
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Carrick
Mrs. Jacobs
Miss Jessica Jacobs
Donna Jacobs
Bank Robbers Escape Ballinger Jail in Daring Breakout
Walter Harris Willis Newton and Jack Johnson escaped from Ballinger jail after prying a rivet from the cell ceiling rammed by a heated poker to burn a joist and scale to the roof then fled in a stolen car toward the Panhandle. The trio were jailed for robbing Winters State Bank.
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San Angelo
Tex
Walter Harris
Willis
Snaky
Newton
Jack
Red
Johnson
Yeggmen
Runnels
Ballinger
Winters State Bank
Extension class honors Henderson at University of Washington program
A complimentary dinner was held at the Hotel Washington Thursday night honoring William B. Henderson of the United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. He led the University of Washington extension course in foreign trade development, concluding a 26 week series.
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William B. Henderson
United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
University of Washington
Hotel Washington
NC-4 Delayed by Rough Seas From Azores to Ponta Del Gada
Weather delays the NC-4 loop from Ponta del Gada as Admiral Jackson reports rough seas and an unfavorable forecast. Officials say a change is expected within 12 to 18 hours with continued rain squalls.
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Washington
Ponta del Gada
Navy
Admiral Jackson
Azores
Winnipeg Strike Signals Possible End to Tie-Up
May 25 Winnipeg reports signs of a potential settlement as Mayor Labor Robertson met with union leaders. Some offices allowed limited elevator use and grocery deliveries amid talks, while factions were accused of Bolshevism and W W I ism amid a broader conference rumor.
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Winnipeg
Labor Robertson
I W. W
Captain Charles L. Smith to Succeed John Paul Fatton as County Engineer
Captain Charles L. Smith a civil engineer and lawyer and officer in the 91st division will return to duties soon to relieve County Engineer Samuel J. Humes and succeed John Paul Fatton in the engineering office.
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Charles L. Smith
Veeatas
Samuel J. Humes
John Paul Fatton
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