Alaska Trade Surges in 1924 Customs Report Totals
Alaska’s 1924 trade reached 93,595,113 dollars with 61,015,062 outgoing and 32,580,051 incoming shipments. Fisheries accounted for over 64 percent of outbound value, salmon alone 31,416,190 dollars, while copper ore shipments fell after a Kennecott mill fire. Population movements showed arrivals at 2,021.
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U. Customs Bureau
Whittier
Alaska
Kennecott
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Latouche Island
Chitina Valley
Parker accused of hypnotic abduction in India tale
New York February 12. Mrs Evelyn N Parker seeks divorce from Prof Herschel C Parker who exposed Dr Frederick Cook as a faker. An unidentified woman told her counsel by phone that Swami Radebandan hypnotized Parker and took him to India to push anti British propaganda. Parker was known in Southeast Alaska for mining interests.
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New York
Evelyn N. Parker
Herschel C. Parker
Frederick Cook
McKinley
Alaska
Swami Radebandan
Parker
India
Frisco Branch Bank Heist Ends With Suspect Wounded
In San Francisco two men robbed the Mercantile Trust Company branch at 24th and San Chez streets, taking 2500 dollars. A policeman wounded one robber during the getaway after catching the car’s number.
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San Francisco
Mercantile Trust Company
24Th
Sanchez
Schools and Religion Fail To Keep Men Out of Jail
Raymond Turney, director of the Los Angeles Crime Commission, told the Southern California Academy of Criminology that education and religion fail to curb crime. He cited jail statistics including 7 percent college graduates among inmates, 12 1 2 percent with college training, and 45 percent high school graduates, urging moral and character-building reforms and suggesting prisoner employment in productive institutions.
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Los Angeles
Raymond
Turnty
Los Angeles Crime Commission
Southern California Academy of Criminology
Turney
Mr. Turney
President Coolidge Rides His Electrified Hobby
Washington February 12 President Coolidge has a hobby he rides daily. An electrical apparatus in the dressing room provides horse like exercise with buttons enabling canter gallop or trot.
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President Coolidge
Washington
Coolidge
Immigration Declines in First Six Months Under Law
Washington Feb. 12. Labor Department figures analyzed by Chairman Albert Johnson estimate the current fiscal year's net immigration at about half of last year's. Immigration dropped 60 percent with Canada down over 38 percent. Germany supplied the largest share and Irish Free State migrants were second.
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Washington
Labor Department
Albert Johnson
Canada
Germany
Irish Free State
Lincoln Springfield Speech Printed in New York Times
The text of Abraham Lincoln's October 30 1858 Springfield address, never published before, appeared in the New York Times today. The speech, delivered after debates with Douglas, is seen as significant though its delivery likely signaled defeat at the November 2 election and the end of his political career.
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New York
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
The
Times
Lincoln
Douglas
Diphtheria Quarantine in Nome to End Feb 20
Nome reports the 30 day diphtheria quarantine will be raised February 20. Several early quarantined patients have recovered and will be released Saturday. Dr. Curtis Welch and Gov. Scott C. Bone advised, Summers of the Health Board authorized to manage end-route relays. Ed Rohn leads the last team down the coast meeting Unalaklik’s team.
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Nome
Curtis Welch
Scott C. Bone
Summers
Health Board
Ed Rohn
Unalaklik
Rohn
Isaacs Point
Serum Deliveries Reach Nome by Snowbound Relay
Scotty Clark arrived at Nulato with serum for Nome at 8 45 PM Tuesday, then left Nulato for Kaltag at 9 PM. Heavy snow slowed relays, but the first serum race arrived at Ruby six hours and 50 minutes ahead of schedule.
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Nulato
Anchorage
Scotty Clark
Kaltag
Ruby
Relay teams speed from Ruby to Kaltag in record 22 hours
Ahead of schedule at Ruby Alaska February 12 the serum relay teams, breaking through a blizzard, increased speed from six to eight miles per hour. They reached Kaltag at 6 a m yesterday after 22 hours 23 minutes on the route from Ruby to Kaltag. The second relay beat the first by eight hours 41 minutes and was due at Unalaklik last night. Dr Welsh reported another diphtheria case Bob Wolfe unmarried who bathed in a cabin with Oscar Peterson both former Hammon Company employees and warned more cases may arise among cabin dwellers fearing quarantine.
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Ruby
Alaska
Kaltag
Unalaklik
Serum Passes Whaleback Ruby in Arctic Travel
The antitoxin crossed from Wheleback to Unalaklit in three and a half hours, reaching at 9 10 last night. The portage trail is reported heavy, impacting travel conditions along the route.
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Wheleback
Unalaklit
Portage
Destructive Ruhr Mine Explosion Leaves 136 Dead
Berlin records say 136 miners perished in a fire damp blast at the Stennes mine near Fortmund. Seventy-one bodies recovered. five died from gas while escaping. Grim scenes unfold at the shaft mouth as burnt, unidentifiable corpses rise to the surface in the worst Ruhr disaster in 16 years.
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London
Berlin
Stennes
Fortmund
Ruhr
Finale to Armed March of Men in Va 1921
Three hundred cases ranging from treason to criminal assault connected to the 1921 armed march in the Union Coal Fields of southwest Virginia against the non union Logan region were dismissed here late yesterday afternoon.
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Charleston
Virginia
Logan
Debts Between Allies to Be Studied by French Committee
Paris Feb 12 The Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies backs Premier Herriot' s plan and a sub committee is formed to study inter allied debts. The first meeting is set for tomorrow.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Bond of Friendship Indicated Between the U S and Japan
Geneva reports show new manifests of friendship between the United States and Japan through telegram exchanges at the International Opium Conference. Stephen Porter, head of the American delegation, thanked Japan for courtesy and collaboration, while Japan expressed delight at the allied effort for humanity. Britain France Holland Portugal Siam India also signed the Far Eastern Opium Conference convention to ban opium smoking in the Far East.
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Geneva
United States
Japan
Stephen Pvorter
Porter
France
Holland
Portugal
Siam
India
Far East
Veto of Gov Hartley upheld by Senate
Olympia Washington February 12 Late yesterday the Senate sustained Gov Hartleys veto of the 400000 seed wheat bill by 27 to 15 Twenty eight votes were needed to pass the bill over the veto The House approved amendments to a 1220 000 appropriation for improvements to educational and state institutions The legislature plans to stay in session until business is finished despite a holiday with both houses meeting and adjourning until 1 pm today
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Olympia
Wash
Senate
Hartley
House
Senate secret session rules may be changed
Washington Feb 12 secret sessions of the Senate for confirmation of nominations and trust will be held hereafter only on two thirds majority under a dosage offered by Senator CC bill of Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Bill of Washington
Amnesia Victim Found To Be War Time Deserter
Washington February 12 The Army Department disclosed that Paul Martin of Modesto California an amnesia victim is a war time deserter following an examination of his fingerprints and records This marks a surprise turn in a long standing memory loss case detailing his identity and military discharge status.
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Washington
Paul Martin
Modesto
Cal
Army Department
Seventh Appropriation Bill Passed by Senate
Washington February 12 Late yesterday the Senate approved its seventh appropriation bill of the session totaling 71.7 million for the State Justice Commerce and Labor Departments.
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Washngton
Senate
State, Justice, Coumeres
Labor Departments
Demonstration in Prague Wounds 14 Communists and 4 Police
In Prague on February 12 a Communist demonstration against the high cost of living left ten communists and four policemen wounded. Police dispersed the crowd as tensions rose during the protest.
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H.C.S
Prague
Rescue Efforts Press On As Collins Fate Remains Unclear
In Cave City Kentucky on February 12 rescue crews reached Sand Cave’s limestone honeycombs where Floyd Collins is trapped under a rock. Engineers cannot predict how near the shaft to his cave prison is due to cave-ins. The shaft lies about 13 feet from the cave mouth.
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Cave City
Sand Cave
Floyd Collins
Collins
Spooky Cave Rescue Testimony At Military Inquiry
In Sand Cave Cave City Kentucky February 12 town marshal William Hanson testified before a Military Court of Inquiry about the collapse and peril inside Sand Cave. Johnnie Gerald volunteered to rescue Collins choosing trusted crew to pull out rock. he emerged a physical wreck alongside Lieut Bardon of the Louisville Fire Department. Floyd Collins’ father testified he was satisfied all possible efforts were made to rescue Collins and praised the orderly arrival of soldiers.
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William Hanson
Military
Johnnie Gerald
Collins
Lieut
Bardon
Louisville Fire Department
Hanson
Floyd Collins
Collings
Tacoma Underworld Figure Murdered in Car
Tacoma police report a black underworld figure named Prescott Sunday was beaten to death in his car in Tacoma early today. It is the third homicide in five days. Dorothy Allen, a white woman, has been arrested and Bill Taylor, also white, is being sought as the investigation shows jealousy as the motive.
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Tacoma
Prescott
Dorothy Allen
Bill Taylor
Taylor
Private Banker Is Missing Amid Investment Shortfall
Seattle February 12 Charges of grand larceny filed against Frank S Polet a private investment banker missing since last Saturday by receiver Joseph Bellows Polets shortage is between 350000 and 35000 of about 75000 entrusted to Polet by Italians for investment Bellows said
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Seattle
Frank 5S
Polet
Joseph Bellows
Bellons
Failures of Life and Marriages Exposed by Ex Premier
Former Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald writes in the Times edited by his daughter Ishbel, arguing marriage can fail when partners are mismatched. He condemns deceitful romance and urges sane, humorous restraint to protect ordinary people from ruinous unions.
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London
Premer Ramsey MacDonald
Timist
Ishbel
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Juneau
Frisco
Johnson
N.Y
Serum
Queen of Wisconsin University
Bernardine Chestey
Misa Bernardine Chesley
University of Wisconsin
Madison
State Capitol
U. S
Gov. Hartley
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