American Hero Fights to Alaska on Polar Flight
Senator Dill of Spokane sails for Alaska recounting boyhood tales of northern exploration. A Coast Guard cutter will meet him at Seward to escort him to the Pribilof Islands for a fortnight. He plans to visit Willow Creek In the Anchorage district and Fairbanks before returning along the Copper River to Cordova.
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Seattle
United States
CC. C. Dill
Spokane
Wash
Alaska
Pribilof Islands
Pribilof
Coast Guard
Senator Dill
Seward
Willow Creek
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Copper River
Cordova
Hunter Fights Leopard in Tanganyika Killing It
Stewart Edward White, in British East Africa near Killmoreza, sustained gashes from a wounded leopard while big game hunting. A gun bearer and a boy were mauled as White shot at the leopard, then leapt in with his knife and killed the animal as it sprang on him.
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Cairobs
British East Africa
Stewart Edward White
Tanganyiks
White
Killmoreza
Rotary International elects Donald Adams president
Donald Adams of New Haven was installed as president of Rotary International at the close of the organization’s sixteenth annual convention in Cleveland Ohio on June 20. The longtime leader was chosen to head Rotary International, succeeding the previous president on a day marked by formal ceremonies and rotating speeches.
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Donald Adams
Rotary International
Cleveland
Ohio
New Haven
Cost of Executing 2 Eskimos Estimated at 20000
Edmonton authorities put the cost of the trial and execution of two Copper Eskimos Ali komiak and Tatamigana on Herschell Island a year earlier at 20000 dollars. Knud Rasmussen, the Arctic explorer, contested the figure and suggested 50000 to 75000 dollars. Rasmussen argued law enforcement should first educate Copper Eskimos to understand civilization and noted their primitive savagery including female infanticide and killing a husband to obtain a wife as not a serious wrong.
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Edmonton
Alta
Narcotic Ring Being Watched on Pacific Coast
Vancouver reports that wholesale narcotic traffickers are concentrating on the Pacific coast after coast guard bafflement on the Atlantic. A ship said to carry a million dollars of narcotics disappeared off Vancouver Island three weeks ago. Members of an alleged narcotic ring are under surveillance.
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Vancouver
B.C
Pacific
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Vancouver Island
Central Chinese government backs agitators with strike funds
London June 20 a Shanshan correspondent reports the Central Chinese Government at Peking has officially taken sides with the agitators and contributed large sums to the strike funds. All government employees are to contribute one month's pay.
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London
Morning Pol
Peking
Ellensburg Heat Records 94 Degrees Yesterday
Ellensburg Washington saw a high of 94 degrees yesterday as heat persisted across the area. Weather officials warned of continued warmth with sparse clouds and light winds.
Honesty Tested in Utah Justifies Florist's Faith
SALT LAKE CITY June 20 Albert Mour owner of a magazine store and floral shop on Main Street here tried a novel trust test. He left signs inviting patrons to help themselves and to pay later while he was away. He found $4.50 in change, later inventory showed $17.05 collected. A note and dollar loan were later repaid, supporting Mour’s belief in honest readers.
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Salt Lake City
Albert Mour
Main Street
Mour
Miss Isabel Rockefeller to Wed Frederick Lincoln Jr
Miss Isabel Rockefeller, granddaughter of John D Rockefeller, will marry Frederick W Lincoln Jr of Greenwich Connecticut. She recently drew attention by joining as an instructor at a New York teachers college.
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Isabel Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Frederick W. Lincoln, Jr
Greenwich
Conn
New York
Teachers’ College
Fairbanks Plane Hops From Nome on Record Flight
Nome June 20. The Fairbanks plane with two aviators and banker Woods left at 11 o clock Nome time for a nonstop flight to Fairbanks. Pilot Wein wore a squirrel skin parka and carried a Siberian pup gift from racing dogs. The craft carried a Nome Nugget edition and the first air mail from Nome to the States.
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Nome
Fairbanks
Banker Woods
Wein
Sepalla
Aber
Kelso Editor Shot Dead In Municipal Turmoil
Thomas Dovery editor of the Cow hitve Valley News in Kelso Washington was found shot dead on a street during a recall controversy involving Mayor A. Rurie Todd. Powder marks showed a 45 caliber pistol was fired from nearby, and an inquiry has begun. Dovery had made many bitter enemies with his editorials.
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Kelso
Wash
Thomas Dovery
Cowhitve
Prohis Shoot and Kill Each Other in Raid
Huntington W V June 20 federal and state officers approaching from opposite sides mistook each other for moonshiners and began shooting and fighting. Porter and Ball were killed while Workman was seriously wounded after being shot twice.
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Huntington
W. Va
Prohibition
Porter
Ball
Workman
Woman Witnesses Hanging in Chicago History
Chicago history made as Kathryn Duneele disguise as man to witness a hanging yesterday. The actress carried a pass she found and was not removed after her sex was discovered by the jail physician. the sheriff allowed her to stay and watch.
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Chicago
Kathryn Duneele
French Premier backs war on Moroccan tribesmen ready for major offensive
PARIS June 20 Premier Pain leve with Chamber of Deputies except Communists behind him intends to prosecute war with Morocco with greater vigor on a large scale. An offensive is expected to start within a few days. The Premier has just returned from Morocco.
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Paris
Painleve
Chamber of Deputies
Morocco
Longest Day of 1925 Will Be Tomorrow
Tomorrow evening at ten minutes to ten o clock, Junean time, the summer solstice occurs. The sun completes its northward journey for the year and begins its return toward the equator, making tomorrow the longest day of the year.
Twenty four days lost by Capt Amundsen
Oslo June 20 reports detail Capt Roald Amundsen and his crew on the North Pole expedition facing fog after leaving Kings Bay. They rose above the mist and flew for hours until half their easeline vanished. One plane was crushed by ice and salvaged after 24 days of effort.
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Oslo
Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Explorer
Kings Bay
Pole
Thankfulness in Oslo Over Amundsen Safe Return
King Haakon, in a Cabinet message, thanks the nation for Amundsen s safe return and sends a welcome message. Amundsen reported surveying 160000 square kilometers with no land sighted and ocean depth at 750 meters, suggesting no land in the Norwegian Polar Basin.
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Oslo
King Haakon
Roald Amundsen
Haakon
Amundsen
Mowitekel
Polar Basin
Prohibition Talk Sparks Lincoln Legion Speaker Change
Columbus Neb June 20 Congress man John Phillip Hill of Baltimore was barred as main speaker at the American Legion convention Department of Nebraska after his planned talk against prohibition and the Dawes plan. The invitation was withdrawn following the announcement of his opposition.
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Columbus
Neb
John Phillip Hill
Baltimore
American Legion
Department of Nebraska
Dawes
Senate
May Commute Death Sentence in Canada
In Victoria British Columbia June 20 it is believed the Dominion Minister of Justice may commute Harry Lewashs death sentence to life imprisonment. The minister must review and confirm sentences before execution. An appeal by Owen Baker is expected though it will cost thousands. Sowash and Baker were yesterday convicted and sentenced to hang for the murder of Capt William G Gillis and his son William K Gillis during a hijacking raid on September 15.
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Victoria
B. C
Dominion
Harry Lewash
Owen Baker
Sowash
Baker
William G. Gillis
William K. Gillis
Girl Believed Alive At Grave Is Buried
WELLASTON Okla June 20 The burial of Miss Bertie West was completed last night She was found dead after all When the casket was lowered Thursday the lid was opened for a final gaze The mother noted perspiration on the forehead and a faint heartbeat The girl was taken to the hospital but physicians declared life extinct Also Prince Rupert prices today are 13 7 and 6 cents
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Wellaston
Okla
Bertie West
Maine's Flag to Float Over Arctic Region
Bulletin from Wiscasset Maine datelined June 20 reports Bowdoin and Peary departing toward the Arctic with MacMillan and two crews in quest of an unknown continent. Governor Brewster authorized Donald B. MacMillan to claim territory for Maine, pledging the state flag to be planted in any discovered polar region. The action aims to press state rights pending federal stance on protection.
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Maine
Arctic
Wiscassett
MacMillan
Southport
KR. CO. Brewster
Donald B. MacMillan
Platinum Strike Reported Near Barstow Washington
Spokane reports a possible platinum strike in Ferry County near Barstow on the Kettle River. Several hundred claims have been staked and it is claimed 500 pounds of ore yielded 700 in platinum though there is no confirmation of the strike or ore yield.
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Spokane
Wash
Barstow
Ferry County
Kettle River
American Hero Ellsworth Rescues Comrades From Drowning
June dispatch from Oslo credits Lincoln Ellsworth, American sub commander and aviator on the Amundsen Polar Flight, with saving Lieut Dietrichsen and Askar Omdah after they fell into icy water. A fishing boat and cutter later picked up Amundsen’s expedition members near Spitzbergen in a dramatic rescue and return to Kings Bay amid cheering crowds.
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Oslo
Lincoln Ellsworth
Dapsladet
Dietrichsen
Askar Omdah
Ellsworth
Amundsen
Hjalmar Reiser-Larsen
Sjoeliv
Sempeliv
Ruggle Bay
Spitzbergen
Kings Bay
Dagslader
Associated Press
Steamer Yukon sails with 300 aboard for Alaskan ports
Seattle June 20 The steamer Yukon sails at 9 1 o clock for Southeastern and Southwestern Alaskan ports carrying 300 passengers including Ju neaus R C Hassan BE A Ander son BE A Bergman Claude Ericson and many others amid confusion over several spellings and partial names in passenger list.
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Seattle
Yukon
Alaskan
Juneaus R. C. Hassan
BE. A. Anderson
BE. A. Bergman
Claude Ericson
George Worth
Robert Fraizer
W. E. Feere
F. Grigsby
N. BE. Falloline
BE. Ro Kaser
Nettie Gallup
HM. Holman
Gertrude Nelson
V. Lindstrom
A. Boyd
O. HW. Smith
Lillian Larson
Mamie Elliott
M. J. O'Connor
B. Price
N. P. Scott
Mra. B. Barber
Mra. LA
Laurie
Cave Girl Uses Ultimatum To Halt Mexico City Wedding
Ines Vargas a sixteen year old senorita forced her parents to consent to a marriage with Isidro Covarubias within ten minutes or she would jump from a four story roof. Father Ciriaco Vargas sought police help and firemen were summoned as the crisis escalated, with authorities planning further steps.
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Mexico City
Ines Vargas
Isidro Covarubias
Vargas
Nuevo Mexico Street
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Dillon Way
Washington State
Coolidge
Minnesota
Kellogg
St. Paul
Hunter
Pacific Coast
Ellensbrurg, Wash
Utah
Isagel Rockefeller
Capt
Prince Rupert
Vindicator
James James TA
Stilman and
Babny Guy
James A. Stillman
Guy
New York State Court of Appeals
Mia. Stillman
Washington
Ciriaco Vargas
Tore
Isidro
Comisario
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