Diphtheria Breaks Out in Pueblo Flood District
Diphtheria has broken out in Pueblo Colorado with 91 total cases after seven new infections. Refugee camps opened by the Salvation Army house over 3 000 people. Six more bodies were recovered near the Arkansas River as floodwaters recede. In British Columbia a boy drowned in Fraser River floods while water levels hover near last year’s peak.
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Pueblo
Colo
Salvation Army
Arkansas River
British Columbia
Vancouver
B. C
Stiles
Sumas
Fraser River
Mission
WHI Ask More Aid Pubblo Committee Heads to Washington
June 11 report: a committee of citizens will travel to Washington to appeal to President Harding and Congress for a large permanent relief fund to aid the WHI community.
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Committee of Citizens
Congress
Washington
Harding
Mayor Baker wires 1500 for Pueblo relief
Portland Oregon reports Mayor George Baker wired 1500 dollars from the Community chest to aid Pueblo sufferers as relief funds arrive.
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Portland
Ore
George Baker
Community Chest
Pueblo
Flood traps southern Great Bend. rail service halted
The southern portion of Great Bend Kansas is underwater from Arkansas River overflow. Santa Fe Railroad traffic is suspended indefinitely as flooded streets and tracks block transit. Local authorities warn residents to avoid flooded areas and seek higher ground.
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Great Bend
Kan
Arkansas River
Santa Fe Railroad
Devastating Nile rains strike Dakaliyeh cotton fields
Cairo dispatches report that thirty thousand acres in Dakaliyeh Province were devastated by heavy rains and subsequent floods. About 80 percent of the cotton yield was lost, according to today’s messages.
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Egypt
Cairo
Dakaliyeh
Nile
Princess Alice Leaves for Juneau With 21 Passengers
The steamer Princess Alice sailed from Ketchikan at 7 PM heading north for Juneau, expected to arrive late tomorrow afternoon. Listed passengers include Mrs. Nellie Barclay, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Bayard, W. A. Castleton, A. L. Duncan, Mrs. F. J. Harrison and child, H. L. Hammond, E. T. Lottsfeldt, M. E. Monagle, J. Rautenkrens, J. G. Steese, I. G. Anderson, E. Olson, W. R. Libo, Lew Goate Kay, Mrs. E. B. Phillips, Mrs. E. Hammond, Mrs. L. B. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Lynch.
Tourists Aboard Seattle Steamer Northbound for Juneau
Seattle June 11 The steamer s of Seattle left port at 10 this morning for the North with 229 aboard including tourists on round trip to Juneau. Passengers listed include J E Hegass Joseph Bruner Frank Cheney Madge Eldridge W W Young W A Shepard Mrs W A Shepard Milt Winn Miss M Raven Mrs L H Kaser Art Ellsworth Mildred McKay Mrs Hazel McKay Cecil J Marks and 15 steerage passengers.
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Seattle
Juneau
J. E. Hegass
Joseph Bruner
Frank Cheney
Madge Eldridge
W. W. Young
W. A. Shepard
Milt Winn
M. Raven
L H. Kaser
Art Ellsworth
Mildred McKay
Hazel McKay
Cecil J Marks
Railroad mine fire traps 500 miners rescued
In Peru on June 11 a Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail way coal mine suffered a major fire trapping about 500 miners. Through emergency measures all workers were accounted for and safety conditions reported normal after the blaze was controlled.
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Peru
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Mieten
Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Howatt Contempt Sentence
Topeka June 11 The Kansas Supreme Court upheld a district court ruling sentencing Alexander Howatt to one year in jail for contempt of the law. Howatt, president of the State Miners' Union, led strikes and defied injunctions against the Kansas Industrial Court order.
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Topeka
Kansas Industrial Court of Law
State Supreme Court
District Court
Alexander Howatt
Supreme Court
Howatt
State Miners’ Union
Guy Smith Named Postmaster at Douglas Alaska
Washington dispatch says Guy L. Smith is appointed postmaster at Douglas Alaska succeeding John Henson Sr who resigns after two years in the post Henson will move south to make his home.
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Guy Smith
Douglas
Seattle
Washington
the Times
Guy L. Smith
Alaska
Mr. Smith
John Henson, Sr
Mr. Henson
South
Vladivostok Denies Seminoff Leadership Claim
VLADIVOSTOK June 11 The new government repudiates General Seminoff as leader of the anti Bolshevik element here and denies he is the commander in chief of the antis.
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Vladivostok
General Seminoff
Antis
President Harding Granted Honorary K. P. Membership
President Warren G. Harding was the guest of the Columbia Commandery Knights Templar in Washington last night and received honorary membership. The event highlighted his standing with the order and ceremonial ties to the fraternal group.
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Washington
Warren G. Harding
Columbia Commandery
Knights Templar
Reprisals Must Cease in Ireland Orders Are Issued
London dispatch reports the Daily Mail says the British government ordered Irish authorities to halt reprisals. The article, dated June 11, notes official steps aimed at ending raids and retaliatory actions, as Dublin and Belfast tension persists.
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Ireland
London
The
Daily Mail Today
France adopts naval program for six cruisers and more
Paris reports the Chamber of Deputies approved a naval program including six light cruisers twelve destroyers twelve torpedo boats and thirty six submarines. The total cost is estimated at one billion four hundred sixteen million francs.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Daylight Saving Tangle Spreads in Vienna
Vienna June 11 The daylight saving tangle embarrasses officials as farmers and workers resist clock time. The law was rescinded yet workmen serve notice they will work on summer time, spreading factory to factory and effectively enforcing it. Men say they cannot farm or work by clock time.
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Vienna
Mail robber escapes from two marshals
Castle Rock dispatch reports Roy Gardner the mail robber breached custody while en route to McNeil Island. Gardner overpowered two U S marshals, stole cash and weapons, cuffed them, then jumped from the lavatory window of the Shasta Limited. Frank Pyron, a counterfeiter, aided the escape and fled with Gardner as posses chase through nearby hills.
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Castle Rock
Roy Gardner
Gardner
The
Shasta Limited
Frank Pyron
Pyron
McNeilsland
Gardner Escapes From Custody Twice Before
Roy Gardner, twice sentenced to McNeil Island, escaped both times. Previously in custody en route to the penitentiary in April 1920, he remained free until recently when captured for robbing a Southern Pacific mail car.
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Gardner
San Francisco
Roy Gardner
McNeil Island
Liberty
Southern Pacific Mail
American Steamer Charlotte Reaches Port in Sinking Condition
The American freighter Charlotte, after colliding with an iceberg 200 miles off the coast, arrived at St Johns with decks awash. Davits were crushed, preventing lifeboat launch, and the bow was stove in by the collision.
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ST. Johns
Charlotte
Lieutenant Pentz Ordered Report Duty Fort Gibbon
A War Department order assigns Lieutenant John P. Pentz to Fort Gibbon to lead the second section of the United States Signal Corps, relieving Major Charles Lewis. The Seattle report notes the change as of June 11.
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Seattle
Washington
John P. Pentz
War Department
Fort Gibbon
United States Signal Corps
Charles Lewis
No Successor to White Probable Until October
Washington report says a successor to Chief Justice White will likely not be appointed before October. If the international scene clears, Secretary Hughes may be offered the post, with William H Taft, Senator Sutherland of Utah and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes among the named possibilities.
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New York
Washington
White
State Department
Hughes
William H. Taft
Sutherland
Utah
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Freight rate cuts ordered from Pacific coast to east
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized freight rate reductions from 8 to 33 percent per hundred on vegetables and melons shipped from the Pacific Coast to territories east of Chicago. The lower rates take effect on one way’s notice by the carriers.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Bank Robbery Escapes With 4500 In Spokane Heist
Three gunmen robbed the vault of Washington State Bank 18 in Spokane, taking $4500 after holding Clarence Ostrum and his wife from midnight to 7 30 am. The Ostrums were then released near Valley, Washington, while the robbers fled in an automobile.
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Spokane
Clarence Ostrum
Addy, Washington
American Ambassador Offers English Prize for Essay
The American ambassador George Harvey offers a 25 pound prize for an essay on the U S Constitution. Open to University of London undergraduates not more than ten years standing.
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London
George Harvey
The
United States
University of London
First Airplane Garage Opens in London Suburb
The first air plane garage for air tourists has opened in a London suburb. It features skilled mechanics under qualified ground engineers and offers repairs while you wait.
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London
Soldier Given Odd Punishment For a Crime
Dallas Texas June 11 A soldier accosted a girl on the street last night and was arrested. Today he was sentenced to dig a trench and when finished he must put the dirt back again using a tablespoon for a spade. This is his punishment.
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Dallas
Tex
Sweet Bill Creates Veterans Bureau In Treasury
Washington reports the House passed the Sweet bill unifying agencies handling veterans affairs. It creates a veterans bureau in the Treasury with the war risk bureau and vocational education board, plus health service functions for veterans. Four regional offices would speed claims and aid. 140 offices would handle relief applications.
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Washington
House
Senate
Sweet
Veterans’ Bureau
Treasury Department
War Risk Bureau
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Public Health Service
Funeral for F W Galbraith National Legion Commander
Four thousand attended the Music Hall funeral in Cincinnati for F W Galbraith National Commander of the American Legion. Rain did not deter mourners who filed past the bier as he was laid to rest in Arlington cemetery. Marshal Foch sent a message of regret. Galbraith was killed in an auto accident three days earlier.
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Cincinnati
Music Hall
F. W. Galbraith
American Legion
Galbraith
Arlington Cemetery
Marshal Foch
Seattle Boy Breaks World Record for 1000 Yard Run
Seattle athlete Laurence Brown, captain of the University of Pennsylvania track team, ran 1000 yards in 2 minutes 12.2 seconds to beat Melvin Sheppard’s 1910 world mark of 2 minutes 12.4 seconds at a Philadelphia meet on June 11.
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Seattle
Philadelphia
Laurence Brown
University of Pennsylvania
Melvin Sheppard
Texas AG to challenge Interstate Commerce Commission
AUSTIN June 11 The Texas Attorney General announces that the US Supreme Court has granted permission to file a suit challenging the constitutionality of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Railroad Labor Board. The move targets federal control over rail traffic and labor disputes, signaling a major legal clash between state and federal regulators.
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Austin
Texas
State Attorney General's Office
Supreme Court of the United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Labor Board
Jennings Hears Arguments Made On Marine Bill
Judge R W Jennings took under advisement a temporary injunction against John W Troy and deputies to restrain enforcement of Merchant Marine Act section 27. Decision expected soon as goods shipment arrives in Juneau. Territorial Attorney General and U S District Court proceed with suit for permanent injunction. In Petersburg, Petersberg Men Freed not guilty on assault with a dangerous weapon and robbery. A third man Naylor’s case dismissed. Fox found not guilty on embezzlement of postal funds.
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Empire
Ketchikan
R. W. Jennings
John W. Troy
Juneau
Vancouver
U. S. District Court
Territorial
Juneau Hardware Company
Territory of
Alaska
Equity
Rustgard
U.S
Walter Sc
Craig
Perk Fox
Southern Baptist Leader Dies at 80 in Dallas
Dr. James Burton Cambrell, retired president of the Southern Baptist Convention and a nationally known Baptist leader, died in Dallas this morning at age 80.
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Southern Baptist
Dallas
Tex
James Burton Cambrell
Southern Baptist Convention
Nineteen Year Old Boy Given Life for Murder
Virgil Decker, 19, farm hand, found guilty this forenoon and sentenced to life for first degree murder. He was convicted for causing the death of Leroy Lovett in Warsaw Indiana on June 11.
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Warsaw
Ind
Virgil Decker
Decker
Leroy Lovett
Navy Secretary Orders Sims 10 Report At Once
Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby revoked the leave of Rear Admiral William S. Sims now in England and ordered him to report immediately in Washington. Denby acted without awaiting Sims reply to a cablegram about quotes from his Irish speech amid plans to sail home June 15.
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Washington
Edwin Denby
William
Sims
England
Denby
Recall Demands Hit Sims and Harvey in Senate
June 11 reports say Senators Pat Harrison of Mississippi demanded the recall of Rear Admiral William Sims and Ambassador George Harvey after sharp senate remarks. Harvey, recently in London at a Pilgrims dinner, suggested the US did not enter WWI to aid Europe but to aid itself. Sims criticized Irish sympathizers here, while Rep. James A. Gallivan of Massachusetts introduced a resolution branding Sims an undesir able alien and barring his readmission to American ports.
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Washington
William 8. Sims
George Harvey
United States Senate
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Harvey
London
United States
Simsi
Thelp
James A. Gallivan
Massachusetts
Sims
Trouble breaks out in Denver with metal workers clash
June 11 report says the Metal Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor won a decisive vote against uniting metal trades in one big union in the United Bains. Delegates at the Brotherhood of Carpenters convention representing 325,000 workers withdrew from the Building Federation of Labor negotiations amid a stalled award dispute and a suspension of the international union for not complying with National Board of Jurisdiction awards.
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Denver
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
United Bains
Carpenters
Building Trades Department of
International Union
National Board of Jurisdiction
Bandits Secure Mail and Escape from Arion
In DENNISON Iow a on June 11 three bandits overpowered a telegraph operator at Arion and fled south with six mail pouches. Posses have formed to pursue the bandits. Arion lies six miles west of here.
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Dennison
Iowa
Arion
Here
Canadian Smelters Refuse Mayo Ore for Smelting
Ottawa June 11 three thousand tons of silver ore from the Mayo district Yukon Territory will be sent to the California smelter for smelting because no Cachelan Smelter is prepared to accept the ore.
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Ottawa
Mayo District
Yukon Territory
California
Ruth hits 18th homer of the season vs Detroit
Babe Ruth blasted his 18th homer of the season in New York against Detroit in the seventh inning with two runners aboard. The New York crowd witnessed Ruth drive the ball over the fence to extend his season total in a late afternoon game.
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New York
Babe
Confesses To Theft In Yakima Station Sacks Case
Thomas Payne, a 4 negro, confessed after noon to stealing mail sacks from the Toppenish station last month. He led officers to the spot where he had hidden 6000 dollars taken from the mail.
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Yakima, Wash
Thomas Payne
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McNeil Island Penitentiary
Pentz
Washington State Bank
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Gentle
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