Mighty Fleet Moves Over Pacific Amid Political Upheaval
In the Territorial House a wild morning session saw fourteen measures introduced including pensions, a new primary election system, ballot printing reforms, a referendum on repealing the Bone Dry Law, and taxation changes. Committees advanced twelve measures and five memorials while opposing pension expansions for Indians. Senate and House debates included bills on industrial insurance, mail trail repair, and records of deer slaughter.
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Paul
House Committee On Judiciary
Ross
Territorial Industrial Insurance Commission
Labor Committee
Alaska
Watson
Nenana
Alaska Road Commission
Judiciary Ten
House
Judiciary Committee
Elliot
Sherman
Dimond
Bulgarian King Narrowly Escapes Ambush in Sofia
In Sofia on April 15 King Boris of Bulgaria escaped unharmed when his auto collided with a Communist ambush. Two of the king's attendants died and his chauffeur was wounded. General Gheorghieff, a key figure in the 1923 overthrow, was killed in the street.
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Sofia
Boris
Bulgaria
Gheorghieff
Notorious Moro Outlaw Is Given Life Sentence
MANILA April 16 Datu Santiango, the most notorious Moro outlaw, was sentenced to life for murder. Twenty six followers received 17 years each for the killings of a Philippine Constabulary lieutenant a Filipino teacher and three others in Lanao.
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Manila
Datu Santiango
Santiago
Philippine Constabulary
Lanao
Girl Attacked and Woman Dies After Poison Link
Indianapolis April 15 Miss Madge Oberholtzer aged 28 said to be the Klansman D C Stephenson victim died from poison taken at Hammond after the assault Stephenson a former Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan has been indicted and held on a 25000 bond
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Indianapolis
Madge Oberholtzer
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Kux Klan
Hammond
Stephenson
Women in furs asked to give $1 for humane traps campaign
Washington April 15. The American Humane Association will request every woman who wears fur to contribute $1 to a campaign fund aimed at eliminating non killing steel traps. The appeal targets fur wearers nationwide as part of an animal welfare drive led by the organization.
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Washington
American Humane Association
Governor to Run North Carolina on Budget Based System
Raleigh N C April 15 Every department and institution is placed on a budget basis under the 1925 general assembly act. The highway commission remains funded separately. The governor becomes the financial head with power to draw revenue and appropriation bills and oversee department costs. He may order reorganization to save state funds. Continued on Page Three.
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Raleigh .N
North Carolina
General Assembly
State Highway Commission
Budget Commission
Ile
French Finance Head Demands Vatican Policy Change
Anatole de Monzie, named to replace Etienne Clementel as Finance Minister of France after Clementel's resignation over the plan to issue more paper money, conditioned his acceptance on a shift in government policy toward the Catholic Church in Rome and the retention of French representatives at the Vatican as France risks breaking diplomatic relations.
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Anatole de Monzie
Etienne Clementel
France
Rome
Vatican
Purdy Acquitted in Tulsa Lumberman Murder Case
In Tulsa on April 15 Eugene Purdy was acquitted of the murder of E. S. Hutchison, a wealthy local lumberman killed January 13. Purdy said after the shooting Hutchinson broke up his home and took his child, explaining his motive to officers.
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Tulsa
Okla
Eugene Purdy
E. S. Hutchison
Purdy
Hutchinson
John Sargent, Celebrated Portrait Painter, Is Dead
John Sargent, probably one of the best known portrait painters of recent times, died at his Chelsea home. Born in Florence, he was the son of Dr. Fitzwilliams Sargent of Boston, a physician and author.
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London
John Sargent
Chelsea
Florence
Italy
Fitzwilliams Sargent
Boston
Kansas Ends Bond Tax Exemption Fight
TOPEKA Kans April 15 State will tax all bonds issued after March 1 1925 municipal and state securities become taxable next year only federal bonds remain tax free in Kansas under the new act any issue dated after March 1 1925 goes on the tax rolls starting March 1 1926
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Painleve Forms Cabinet as Briand Exits
Paul Painleve accepts invitation to form a cabinet and plans to consult with President De Selves and supporters. The Finance Committee defeats socialist motion to block the Bank of France increase. Painleve predicts likely obstacles akin to Herriot ministry and hints at a short tenure amid socialist restraint on cabinet positions.
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Paul Painleve
President de Selves
Senate
House of Deputies
Bank of France
Chamber of Deputies
Painleve
Socialist Party
Briand Declines French Premiership After Socialist Stand
Paris April 15 Aristide Briand seven time premier declines to form a new cabinet after Socialists refuse to take office. Albert Serriut also refuses. Paul Painleve tentatively invited by President Doumergue, seeking 12 hours to form. Briand’s stance stiffens Socialist posture, complicating Herriot era successors.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Herriot
Albert Serriut
Gaston Doumergue
Paul Painleve
Rene Renault
Painleve
Doumergue
Briand
Scrapping of 200 Vessels Held Up by Shipping Board
Washington April 15 The question of scrapping about 200 vessels not in operation has been deferred by the Shipping Board and the scrapping committee has been asked to make an early report.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Fire damages liner Mont Laurier delaying trans Atlantic sailings
Fire this afternoon destroyed the fore part of the steamer Mont Laurier at Liverpool. The vessel, still burning, is expected to sustain more than 250000 in damage and was scheduled to resume trans Atlantic sailings at the week end.
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Liverpool
Apri
Mont Laurier
Farm Products Dumped On Markets Shock Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine warned in Washington that dumping large volumes of farm products on markets soon after harvest represents one of the greatest problems ever faced by American agriculture. He spoke last night in a public address outlining the issue and its implications.
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Washington
Jardine
Lilian Gish Signs Long Term MGM Contract
Culver City April 25 Lilian Gish has signed a long term contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer Producing Company in New York announced here by Louis B Mayer, President.
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Culver City
Lillian Gish
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Producing Company
New York
Louis B. Mayer
Prominent Washington State Leader Dies at 61
W Paulhamus longtime Washington farmer and political figure died at his Sumner home aged 61 from pernicious anemia. Born March 4 1864 he moved to Tacoma in 1890 and led dairy and fruit farming near Puyallup. He presided over the State Senate in 1916 and twice sought the Republican nomination for Governor. He opposed Coolidge and supported La Follette in 1924. He helped organize farmers and cooperative canneries for marketing surplus crops.
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Seattle
W. Paulhamus
Western Washington Fair Association
Sumner
Mr. Paulhamus
Tacoma
State Senate
Harding
Interior
Paulhamus
Puyallup
Senate
Cgovernnor
Ile
Progressives
Joint Laws Proposed by U.S. and Mexico
Dr Jose G Parres Mexican Sub Secretary of Agriculture on a tour said he hoped to promote passage of uniform fish and game laws to be enforced jointly by the United States and Mexico in Los Angeles on April 15.
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Los Angeles
Jose G. Parres
United States
Mexico
Fritz Haarman Dies Under Knife for Murder of 26
Hanover Germany April 15 Fritz Haarman butcher and convicted killer of 26 boys and men died today by guillotine. He admitted guilt and said he wished to die as a man. Haarman subdued victims and drank their blood from the throats in the sensational case.
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Fritz Haarman
Hanover
Germany
Haarman
Population of United States Estimated in July
Washington April 15 unofficial figures based on arithmetic calculation indicate the population of the United States will reach 113 500 000 by July, an increase of 8 000 000 since the last census.
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Washington
United States
Soldier sentenced to forty years for plotting revolution
Washington April 15. Paul M. Crouch of the 21st Infantry was sentenced to 40 years by a military court in Honolulu on evidence that he enlisted to foment a revolution in the garrison and civil population of Vmawali. Officers said Crouch and Private Walter M Turnbull, convicted elsewhere, plotted against the government before heading to Hawaii.
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Washington
Paul M. Crouch
21St Infantry
Honolulu
Vmawali
Crouch
Walter M.turnbull
Hawaii
Move Dismissal of Injunction on Ship Sale
Shipping Board moves to dismiss the injunction in the suit to stop the sale of five President ships to the Dollar interests, clearing the way for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's sale action.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Dollar
Great Fleet Moves Across Pacific Ocean
The United States Fleet of 127 vessels, totaling about 25 miles in length, steamed from San Francisco on a mission described as war across the Pacific. The force, the mightiest concentration of sea power under the American flag, appeared to be headed for Oahu as a target, with communications reportedly silenced.
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San Francisco
United States
Pacific
Oahu
Memorial to Stone Under Attack in Alaska Legislature
A House resolution deplores the introduction of House Joint Memorial No. 6 denouncing former Attorney General Stone and seeks to locate his informant. It states the memorial is political and targets Dan Sutherland. The measure was read, reported adversely by the Judiciary Committee with minority dissent.
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House
Stone
Alaska
Dan Sutherland
Paul
Judiciary Committee
House Joint
Congress of the
United States
Territory of
English Cradles Empty Despite Many Marriages
London report shows marriage rates in England and Wales similar to 1923 while birth rate falls to 18.2 per thousand, the lowest since the war years. Registrar-general figures list 730,286 births and 473,270 deaths, with natural increase near 250,000. Despite high unemployment around 1.26 million, emigration removes little from population rise. Death and infant mortality rates edged up from 1923.
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London
Britain
Cupid
England
Wales
Great Britain
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Mack
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Duell
Anatole DE Monzrie
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Reba Lawrence
Marcus Colman McDermott
Chicago
MccDermott
Atlanta
W. H. Paulhamus
U. S
Mex
Pacific Ocean
Frisco
Hon
D. Sutherland
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