Governor Bone Seen As Superior Man In Alaska Plan
President Coolidge praised Gov Scott C Bone as a superior man and would have reappointed him governor of Alaska if not for a rule requiring territorial governors to reside in their territory. The decision followed a conference with Interior Secretary Work. The precedent of appointing a resident governor echoes Hawaii’s Wallace Farrington.
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White House
Coolidge
Scott C. Bone
Alaska
Interior
Warren G. Harning
Wallace R. Farrington
Hawaii
Steamer Starr Arrives One Week Late After Ice and Storms
A message from Ditch Harbor reports the mail steamer Starr reached Seattle from the east one week late due to severe weather. The ship took refuge at Anchorage Bay near Chignik where a heavy ice coating was cleared, as navy radio ceased during transmission.
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Seattle
Ditch Harbor
Navy
Starr
Anchorage Bay
Chignik
Diphtheria Epidemic Ends in Nome After Recovery
Public Health Service Dr. Magruder reports a Nome cablegram from Dr. Curtis Welch saying all diphtheria cases have recovered and the epidemic is ended. The message notes the second antitoxin arrival and no new cases for three days.
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Seattle
Public Health Service
Magruder
Curtis Welch
Nome
Poison in Milk Bottle Sparks City Health Probe
In San Francisco a bottle of milk left at Mrs. Lavine J Hotaling home is found to contain poison capable of killing several families. Fred C Hotaling, son of the widow, suspected and sent the bottle to the City Board of Health for analysis. Authorities follow several clues in the case.
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San Francisco
Lavine
J. Hotaling
Fred C. Hotaling
Myrtle Hotaling
City Board of Health
Fred Hotaling
Board of Health
Three Arrested Charged With Phantom Ship Sale
In Los Angeles on February 17, Godfried Bryde shipper W T Maxey mining promoter and James A Otis brother of a former Norwegian vicecouncil were arrested charged with selling a phantom motorship Calais in Sandy Fjord Norway to wealthy eastern investors for 21000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Calais
Sandy Fjord
Norway
Godfried Bryde
W. T. Maxey
James A. Otis
House Airmail Measure Provides for Emergency
Washington February 17 The House airmail bill would make permanent provisions within annual post office appropriations giving the Postmaster General power to contract for emergency service when mails are blocked by ice storms or other seasonal difficulties.
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Washington
Post Office
Monument To Men and Dogs Proposed For Nome Relay Race
Seattle report notes James H. Cruikshank a New York realtor sent Ben Ferguson a letter from Senator C. C. Dill urging a monument be erected not only for Balto the lead dog but for the men and dogs that made the Nome relay with serum possible. The Alaska dog team reward stands at 248.50.
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Seattle
James H. Cruikshank
New York
Ben Ferguson
C. C. Dill
Balto
Nome
Alaska
Prosperity Seen Rising in Northwest States and Minnesota
Chicago February 17 Prosperity returns with new grain crops and diverse farming. Agricultural editor Charles F. Collisson notes 1924 crops doubled value over 1923 across the ninth federal reserve district. He cites 45 active local projects improving agriculture and says dairy regions in central and southern Minnesota show robust profits from creameries and by products.
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Chicago
Northwest
Charles F. Collisson
Minneapolis Tribune
Inland Daily Press Association
Collisson
the Tribune
Northwest States
Minnesota
Railroad Chiefs Block Move At Peace Talks
Washington February 17 The subcommittee of the Railway Labor Organization reports progress of the Howell Barkley plan to settle railroad labor disputes. Barkley said the fight for the measure has been abandoned for this session.
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Washington
Man Shot In Nevada Mine Area Verdict Names Suspect
Tonopah Nevada February 17 A coroner s inquest into the death of George R Okeson of Fairview Kansas found a bullet wound at the back of the headNear Sharp the verdict holds R Gilbert Okeson s companion responsible Authorities are seeking Gilbert San Jose California February 17 Okeson left January 10 to be paymaster at a Nevada mine and gave Gilbert a 500 certified check to his father as security
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Tonopah
George R. Okeson
Fairview
Kansas
Sharp
R. Gilbert
Okenson
Gilbert
San Jose
Cal
Okeson
Nevada
Ass Security
Michigan Sugar Denies FTC Charges in Statement
Michigan Sugar Company denies all charges leveled by the Federal Trade Commission. Charles B. Warren, formerly an official of the company, was nominated to be Attorney General. The firm contends the FTC allegations are unfounded and stresses ongoing compliance efforts.
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Washington
Michigan Sugar Company
Charles B. Warren
Wrangell Eskimos Set for Return on Cutter Bear
Wrangell Island Eskimos now in Seattle will sail home on the cutter Bear leaving San Francisco in May as the Boxer is not expected to depart for the Bering Sea before July.
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Wrangell Eskimos
Cutter Bear
Seattle
Wrangell Island
San Francisco
Bering Sea
Miner Found Inventor of Copper Smelting Process
San Francisco February 17 Geor ge Campbell Carson 58 an itinerant miner and Sail or Lodging House guest has been ruled by the Circuit Court of Appeals as the inventor of two major improvements in copper ore smelting The court found infringement by American Smelting and Refining Company and ordered accounting for at least 25 000 000 Similar suits against Phelps Dodge and Anaconda Mining may yield 20 000 000 Carson appealed after a two year dismissal and drew in Rudolph Spreckels and Robert Haye Smith capitalists who hired skilled counsel.
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San Francisco
George Campbell Carson
Sailor Lodging House
Circuit Court of Appeals
American Smelting and Refining Company
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Arizona
Anaconda Mining Company
Carson
Rudolph Spreckels
Robert Haye Smith
Kellogg Confirmed as Secretary of State
Washington February 17 The Senate confirmed Frank B Kellogg to succeed Charles E Hughes as Secretary of State.
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Kellogg
Secretary
Washington
Senate
Frank B. Kellogg
Charles E. Hughes
Eider Sets Sail for Pribilof Islands and Alaska
The Eider of the United States Bureau of Fisheries departed Seattle on February 17 for the Pribilof Islands and onward to Alaska. On board were government physician A. O. Ackhardt and his wife, with Capt. J. A. Beck in command. The vessel recently overhauled at Bremerton Navy Yard and a radiphone was installed.
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Seattle
Eider
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Pribilof Islands
Unalaska
A. O. Ackhardt
St. Paul Island
J. A. Beck
Navy Yard
Bremerton
Navy to transmit press dispatches to overseas hubs approved
The House approved a Senate resolution extending for two years the arrangements for press dispatches to be transmitted by Navy radio to Hawaii Alaska and the Orient.
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Washington
House
Senate
Navy Radio
Hawaii
Alaska
The
Orient
Vienna tax clash over radio service levy
Vienna is embroiled in a tax dispute as the Socialist city administration seeks to extend the amusement tax to radio sitts in restaurants and coffee houses, arguing the radio service should be taxed like theatres and concert halls.
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Vienna
Ada Blackjack Struck by Auto in Seattle Visit
Ada Blackjack well known for aiding Wrangell Island expedition was knocked down by a car while waiting for a street car. She sustained a head cut and a sprained knee but believed the vehicle did not run over her. She and her baby were brought south by Harold Nolte. She was taken to a hospital.
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Seattle
Ada_ Blackjack
Wrangell Island
Harold Nolte
Vladivostok
Warbin
Manchuria
House Passes Bill to Reward World Fliers
The House has passed a bill to reward the world fliers, following recommendations from the War Department. The measure honors aviators for their global achievements and incentivizes further air missions.
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House
Washington
War Department
League May Tackle Difficult Task of Munitions Control
Geneva February discussion by the League of Nations reconstructed disarmament commission on whether an international convention to restrict private arms manufacture is feasible now. The Rome council asked the coordination committee to decide if the United States should be invited to join preliminaries. The covenant gives the league broad power over arms traffic, but the private manufacture issue presents greater difficulties.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Disarmament Commission
Committee On Co-Ordination
League
Council
Rome
United States
The
General Fries Says Gas Attacks Far More Critical Next War
Brigadier General Fries chief of the Chemical Warfare Service told the House aircraft committee that gas attacks in the next war will be fifty times more important than in the last. He pictured raids dropping 265 to 100 ton gas bombs destroying everything in the targeted area.
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Washington
Bridagier
Fries
Chemical Warfare Service
House Aircraft Committee
Warns Against New Cure for Tuberculosis
The National Tuberculosis Association warns tuberculosis patients and others against Sanocrysin, a proposed cure from Denmark, noting claims of a cure are unproven. Dr. Linsly R. Williams and Dr. William C. White indicate a full report will be prepared for the board to review the treatment's claims.
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New York
Holger Mollgaard
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College of
Copenhagen
Denmark
National Tuberculosis Association
Linsly R. Williams
Association
William Charles White
Committee On
Medical Research
White
Funeral in Sand Cave seals Floyd Collins fate
In Cave City Ky on February 17 Reverend C K Dickey presided over Floyd Collins funeral at the cave mouth as boulders sealed his tomb after a seventeen day entrapment. Doctors later confirmed death occurred days earlier while officials prepared inquest plans and discussed disinterment options.
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Cave City
C. K. Dickey
Floyd Collins
Lee Collins
Sand Cave
William Hazlett
Chicago
Hazlett
Geld
Agistrate Turner
Carmichael
William F. Fields
T. C. Turner
Johnnie Gerald
Floyd
Shaft
Circuit Judge Advises Against Marrying Young
ST LOUIS February 17 Circuit Judge Moses Hartmann urges young men to delay marriage until after age twenty one warning that school day sweethearts often misjudge love. He says a man should be older than his wife and cautions against marrying for wealth noting money alone yields little in return and can lead to divorce.
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ST. Louis
Moses Hartmann
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Dutch Harbor
Northland
Scotty
Leonard Sepalla
Isaac Point
Golovin
Seppalla
Olsen
Bluff
Gunnar Kasson
Kentucky
Jae, Cova
Jewell Estes
Collins
W. H. Hazlett
St. Luke's Hospital
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