Bomb Plots Against King Alfonso Stun Spain
June reports from the Franco-Spanish frontier say a bomb was found in Barcelona cathedral before King Alfonso's mass. Four priests are jailed and a Barcelona hotel bombing followed a kingly event. Perpignan says 14 suspects were detained in Barcelona as authorities muted news. A 175 pound bomb was found near the Madrid railway line slated for the Royal Train.
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London
Barcelona
Alfonso
Perpignan
France
Madrid
Jury Boasts Mayor Brown Police Chief in Seattle Trial
The jury found Lawrence Higdon guilty of slaying three men in a hotel on May 1. They denounced Mayor Brown and said Chief of Police Severyns was remiss in duties for allowing liquor to be sold openly. Higdon testified he drank about 40 drinks daily. Brown accused jurors of political influence and bootlegger connections, claiming to target bootleggers as part of his business.
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Seattle
Lawrence Higdon
Mayor Brown
Severyns
Higdon
Brown
American vines eyed to restock Ahr vineyards in Germany
In Marienthal Germany on June 6 experts report a mysterious disease has killed nearly all vines along the River Ahr. To restore wine production growers begin importing American grapevines and seek government support for an experimental station from the Prussian ministry of agriculture and the diet.
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Marienthal
Germany
Ahr
Rhine
Coblenz
Ministry of Agriculture
Mine Bureau Reorganization Underway In Commerce Dept
Washington June 5 Secretary Hoover announced immediate plans to reorganize the Bureau of Mines and the Division of Mineral Resources by transferring them to the Commerce Department. He will consult with mining representatives and bureau heads to propose a successor to H Foster Bain who has resigned. The move aims to cut duplication and reduce expenditures though Congress must authorize large scale changes as recommended by the Board.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Division of Mineral Resources
Geological Survey
Commerce Department
Hoover
H. Foster Bain
Work
Coolidge
Gas Be blamed for 1923 Tokyo quake deaths
A Tokyo report to the Seismic Disaster Prevention Commission argues that 53,000 deaths at the army clothing depot in the 1923 quake fire were caused by carbon monoxide gas rather than burning. The commission, including Prof. Imamura and Dr. Nakamu ra, cites 1,500 pages of investigator papers and notes gas forms at 850 degrees.
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Tokyo
Seismic Disaster Prevention Commission
A. Imamura
Tokyo Imperial University
Tarozaeman Nakamura
Central Met
Eorogical Observatory
Plans for Dirigible Search For Amundsen
A detailed Shenandoah operation plan to search for Captain Amundsen has been submitted to Secretary Wilbur by Commander Landsdowne. The plan cites Spitzbergen as a base and Patoka as operating support, with routes from Lakehurst to Pullam England then Spitzbergen, and notes no Norweigian appeals have been received. MacMillan expedition aims to probe Grants Land near Cape Columbia in summer.
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Washington
Shenandoah
Navy Department
Amundsen
Wilbur
Landsdowne
MacMillan
Spitzbergen
Patoka
Lakehurst
Pullam
England
Norway
Grants Land
Cape Columbia
Acquitted of One Charge In Alaska Mining Co. Case
Tacoma news reports former Judge Fremont Campbell was acquitted on one charge of misappropriation involving 500 from the Pinta Bay Alaska Mining Company for which he served as secretary treasurer. He remains charged with embezzlement of 36500 from the same company.
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Alaska Mining Co
Tacoma
Wash
Fremont Campbell
Pinta Bay
Alaska
Hindenburg Faces New Problems at Cabinet Session
Berlin June 5 President von Hindenburg presided at an extraordinary cabinet session where a note from the Allied Ambassadors Council outlined alleged disarmament faults by Germany. London June 5 The note requires Germany to comply with Versailles terms before evacuating the Cologne area and to suppress the General Staff while cutting police to 150,000 and the army to 100,000. Germany is accused of failing to meet 13 disarmament conditions.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Ambassadors’ Council of
Germany
London
Cologne
Stinnes Fails to Meet 120 Million Mark Liabilities
A dispatch from Amsterdam reports the Stinnes organization unable to pay foreign liabilities totaling 120,000,000 marks. The failure signals financial distress affecting its overseas obligations and market confidence.
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Stinnes.nable
London, Jimes
Amsterdam
Stinnes’ Organization
Pearl Harbor Yard Found Inadequate During Fleet Visit
Honolulu June 5 Capt Griswold reveals Pearl Harbor Navy Yard overworked during fleet maneuvers. He notes 16 boats sent to the yards and warns that under real war conditions the yard would be entirely inadequate.
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Honolulu
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
Hawaiian Waters
Griswold
Woman Must Forge Ahead Says Speaker
Detroit June 5 Women of the United States must move ahead with economic conditions. Mrs Dudley Field Malone told members of the Midwestern Conference of the National Womens Party that the greatest task is passing to the next generation a clean slate with all discriminatory laws against women removed by a Federal equal rights amendment.
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Detroit
United States
Dudley Field Malone
National Womens’ Party
Bar Canadian Indians From United States
Victoria B C June 5 Local transportation officials are surprised at the announcement of the United States Immigration officials that Canadian Indians are classified with races not eligible to American citizenship and therefore not admissible to the United States. As a result the right immemorial for years allowing Indians to cross the border freely for fruit picking fishing and hop picking has been suspended. Indian Commissioner W R Ditchburn has telegraphed a protest to Ottawa asking representations at Washington.
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Victoria
B. C
United States
W. R. Ditchburn
Ottawa
Washington
Alaska Cable Business Shows Big Increase
Seattle Chamber of Commerce bulletin reports Alaska cable business doubled since new line laid. Increase cited at 100 percent with the cable now in operation. Seattle June 5.
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Alaska
Seattle
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Representative of U.S. Struck By a Fascist Delegation
Ambassador Fletcher in Rome reports a member of the Fascist delegation attacked Vice-Consul Gowen Leghorn on May 24 without apparent reason. Leghorn was struck on the head twice and stunned by the blows.
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Washington
Fletcher
Rome
State Department
Gowen Leghorn
Bribery Case Preliminaries Start in Tacoma Court
June 6 in Tacoma the bribery case against former Gov. Louis F. Hart opened in Superior Court. The defense moved to strike the information arguing insufficient facts to constitute a crime and claiming the information does not show Hart was influenced or controlled to discharge official duties by alleged agreement.
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Tacoma
Louis F. Hart
Death toll from heat and storms tops 140
CHICAGO June 6 The death toll from heat and storms across the east and midwest this week passes 140, with victims in multiple states and cities reported as weather systems continue to lash the region.
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Chicago
Poison Gas Conference Looming Up in Washington
American Representative Burton announced at the Arms Conference that President Coolidge will convoke a special poison gas conference in Washington if the current meeting does not settle the issue. The note signals heightened urgency and potential rapid diplomatic steps.
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Geneva
Burton
Arms Conference
Coolidge
Washington
New Air Mail Route Contemplated From Pasco to Elko
Spokane dispatch reports sufficient petitions for an air mail service from Pasco Washington to Elko Nevada to connect with the Pacific Northwest transcontinental route. Bids for contracts to carry mail will be advertised, signaling planned establishment of the new route.
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Spokane
Wash
Pasco
Washington
Elko Nevada
Pacific Northwest
The
Chronicle
Four Inches of Snow Hits Montana Town
GREAT FALLS Mont June 4 Heavy damage to trees shrubs and gardens followed four inches of snow and heavy rain that fell Wednesday night in Montana.
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Montana
Great Falls
Mont
Narcotics Seized Worth Sixty Thousand in Canada Raid
Vancouver officials found and seized opium cocaine and morphine valued at $60,000 hidden behind steel boiler room plates on the Empress of Canada. No arrests were reported. In New York, opposition to the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railroad security plan crystallized amid objections to a vigorous reorganizaton program.
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Vancouver
B. C
New York
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
War in Far East Looms Over Chinese Strife
Report from Washington dated June 5 notes Russian Soviet involvement in possible civil war in China. Preparations for major conflict center in Northern Provinces with factions led by Feng Yu Xiang backed by Russia and Chang Tso Lin supported by Japan. Supplies move across borders as Russian instructors aid Feng, Moscow and Tokyo tensions heighten with powerful world powers displeased.
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Washington
Associated Press
China
Japan
Feng Yu Shiang
Tokio
Chang Tso Lin
Feng
Russia
Chang
Moscow
Mongolia
Peking
New Search For Cradle Of Mankind In Asia
A renewed Third Asiatic Expedition of the New York Museum of Natural History and the American Asiatic Association begins a Mongolia and Chinese Turkestan survey. Led by Roy Chapman Andrews, the team camps 1000 miles northwest of Kalgan near last year’s dinosaur egg site and aims to rediscover a nest lost after a giant sandstorm.
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Peking
New York Museum of Natural History
American Asiatic Association
Mongolia
Chinese Turkestan
Kalgan
Roy Chapman Andrews
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Delos
Martin B. Madden
Smedley D. Butler
Public Safety
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King Alfonso
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Nathan F. Leopold
Illinois
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Micbert Franks
U.S
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