Alaska Shipping Control Urged By Riggs And Semmes
Gov. Thomas Riggs Jr and R. M. Semmes told the Senate Commerce Committee that Alaska needs greater territorial control over shipping. They cited high rates and unreliable service hindering placer gold production and general development, warning private carriers seek a monopoly and mail contracts are absent. Further hearings are expected in both Senate and House panels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Alaska Territorial Shipping Board
R. M. Semmes
Senate Committee On Commerce
Alaska
Riggs
Seatle
Semmes
Senate
House Committee
Defense can prove necessity for the Bisbee deportations
In Tombstone Arizona on March 25 Judge Pattee ruled the defense may admit evidence tending to show deportations from Bisbee were necessary to safeguard life and property. The ruling benefits Defendant Wooten on trial for kidnapping linked to the Bisbee deportations and is seen as a victory for many defendants in the deportation cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombstone
Ariz
Pattee
Bisbee
Arizona
Wooten
Texas convicts return to prison after escape
Huntsville Mex March 25 All but two of 25 convicts who overpowered guards and escaped from the State prison farm yesterday have returned. There were no casualties. Nearly all who returned did so voluntarily after repenting of their action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Mex
Kansans Duck Professor as Students Claim Soviet Prank
In Hays Kansas on March 25 Caspar Harvey a professor at Port Hays Normal School was plummeted into a lake by students amid a dispute over laying a new running track. Harvey notified the State Board of Agriculture alleging a student soviet formed at the school. officials dispute the claim and call the act a prank.
Court decision limits tax loss on stock dividends
Washington March 25 Treasury experts estimate the Supreme Court ruling that stock dividends are not taxable will cost the government no more than 25 million dollars. The impact is described as limited by the decision and current tax rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Treasury
Congressman Humphreys urges Wilson to declare third-term bid
Washington March 25 Democrat B G Humphreys of Mississippi said today no third term for Wilson and urged the President to announce his candidacy or lack thereof. He favored a constitutional amendment limiting the presidency to one term and noted broad public belief Wilson would run again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Washington
B. G. Humphreys
Wilson
Humphreys
Wood Leads Wood 2 600 in South Dakota Primary
Sioux Falls March 25 Thirteen hundred and fifty four of 1740 precincts report Gen Leonard Wood 27540 Gov Frank Lowden 24930 and Sen Hiram Johnson 22974 Lowden gains on Wood, but Wood still leads by 2600 with full results pending. Democratic vote light due to lack of contest. Minnehaha County reports Gerard 266 and Munroe 64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Gen
Leonard Wood
Frank
Lowden
Hiram Johnson
Gen. Wood
Wood
Minnehaha County
James W. Gerard
William Munroe
Washington
Hoover Republicans to Hold National Meeting in Chicago
John Lucey chairman of the Hoover National Republican Club announced a conference of state and local Hoover organizations to be held in Chicago within ten days. The gathering will name a permanent national committee and chairman and may set policies for an aggressive campaign to nominate Herbert Hoover for President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Lucey
Hoover National Republican Club
Hoover
Chicago
Herbert C. Hoover
Seattle Democrats organize Bryan Democracy in King County
Seattle Democrats strongly tied to William Jennings Bryan have formed the Bryan Democracy of King County to spread Bryan principles rather than back the Commoner for president. Founding members include longtime Bryan supporters from the Free Silver era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
William Jennings Bryan
King County
Bryan
Japs Eye Big Fur Trade In Siberia Canada Entry Likely
Montreal March 25 Keishi Ishino of the Japanese department of commerce attending the fur auction says Japan’s fur catch in Siberia last year was valued at ten million dollars. He forecasts Japanese dealers will enter the interior Canadian market next year as furs fetch high prices at the sales. Raccoon skins brought thirty dollars, a new record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Keishi Ishino
Japanese Department of Commerce
Siberia
Treaty plans hinge on Wilson’s approval in Senate
Senator Charles S. Thomas of Colorado argued that if President Wilson vetoes a joint resolution for peace with Germany Congress cannot override it without his concurrence. He asserted constitutional terms require both President and Senate to approve any peace arrangement or treaty, leaving no room for unilateral congressional action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles S. Thomas
Colorado
Senate
Wilson
Germany
Congress
Senate of
United States
Drumheller Reappointed Seattle Port Collector of Customs
President Wilson nominated Roscoe M. Drumheller for reappointment as Collector of Customs for the District of Washington with headquarters in Seattle. Drumheller, completing his first term, hails from an old Washington family and twice ran for Congress in the Walla Walla district on the Democratic ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Roscoe M. Drumheller
District of Washington
Seattle
Drumheller
State of Washington
Walla Walla
Connecticut Will Not Act on Woman Suffrage Amendment
Hartford March 25 Gov Marcus Holcomb refused to call a special session of the Connecticut assembly to ratify the suffrage constitutional amendment despite the Republican State convention urging such action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Hartford
Conn
Marcus
Holcomb
Connecticut Assembly
Ice Gorge Breaks Across Minnesota River Areas
Duluth Minn March 25 The breaking of an ice gorge in the upper St. Louis river carried away many cottages and damaged part of a bridge The West Duluth docks sustained damage No loss of life reported
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
St. Louis
Delaware to Ratify Woman Suffrage Soon
New York March 25 Delaware awaits ratification of the woman suffrage amendment. Leaders say Gov Holcomb’s refusal to call a Connecticut session won’t change outcomes. Delaware is expected to ratify within days, becoming the 26th state to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
New York
Davenport Iowa Population Rise Reported Today
The population of Davenport Iowa is announced at 56 727 an increase of 13 000 since 1910 confirming steady growth for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Davenport
Iowa
United States May Aid Armenians
A Senate sub committee recommended supplying Armenia with arms and ammunition to equip a stable army and dispatching American Marines to protect interests along the Batoum Baku railway in Armenia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
United States
Republic of Armenia
Armenia
Batoum Baku Railway
Oregonians Reject Japanese Land Buyers in Prineville
Three Japanese visitors seeking to purchase land in the district were urged by committees from the Commercial Club and other groups that they were not wanted. They left town as local farmers and citizens oppose Japanese colonization of Eastern Oregon farm lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prineville
Ore
Commercial Club
Oregon
Japanese Fishermen Accused of Fishing in U S Waters
Senator James D. Phelan of California told the Senate that Japanese fishermen off the California coast are violating federal laws barring non American owned boats from fishing in American waters. He urged immediate government action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phelan
Washington
James D. Phelan
California
Senate
Prince of Wales May Be Delayed at Panama Canal
Panama March 25 It is doubtful if the Culebra slide will be cleared in time to permit the British cruiser Renown to pass through the canal with the Prince of Wales on Tuesday bound for Australia Over twenty ships are tied at the island awaiting slide removal Fifty feet of the slide is visible above the channel in the Culebra cut
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Culebra
Renown
Prince of Wales
Australia
South America Seeks More Passenger Ships for Trade
New York March 25 A demand for more passenger ships between South America and the United States is heard coast to coast in the former country says A B Clegg president of the American Ship and Commerce Navigation Company who recently returned from a business trip there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
South America
United States
A. B. Clegg
American Ship and Commerce Navigation Company
Lawson Arrested Over Silver Stock Schemes in Boston
Boston March 25 The attorney general’s crackdown on stock promoters led to the arrest of Thomas W Lawson a noted millionaire broker banker and promoter. He surrendered after a warrant was issued charging violation of state stock information filing laws linked to a silver stock issue promoted as a sure gamble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Allen
Thomas W. Lawson
Scores
Lawson
Fulton and Young Hector Set for Seattle Bout Tonight
Seattle March 25 Fred Fulton the Minnesota heavyweight pugilist and former championship contender will meet Young Hector here tomorrow. Large crowds gather at Fulton's training quarters to watch him work. He is the betting favorite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Fred Fulton
Minnesota
Hector
Fulton
Carpentier Set For First American Bout Tonight
Georges Carpentier European heavyweight champion meets Eddie Hagan Yale boxing team champ and former ETO middleweight in New York in an exhibition bout billed as his first American engagement tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpentier
New York
Georges Carpentier
Pugilist
Europe
Eddie Hagan
Yale
Senate names men to form merchant marine policy
A nine member sub committee of the Senate commerce committee was appointed to draft a permanent merchant marine policy. Senator Jones of Washington will lead, with Fernald Maine Calder New York Colt Rhode Island McNary Oregon Fletcher Chamberlain Ransdell Louisiana and Simmons North Carolina serving as Republicans and Democrats. The group will review evidence from hearings to propose guidance for the full committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Commerce Committee
Jones
Washington State
Fernald
Maine
Calder
New York
Colt
Rhode Island
McNary
Oregon
Fletcher
Florida
Chamberlain
Ransdell
Louietiana
Simmons
North Carolina
Villa Wipes Out Community Near Santa Barbara
El Paso report details a Villa gang assault on a Mexican farm settlement near Santa Barbara Chihuahua on March 14. More than fifty men women and children were killed or massacred as homes and crops were burned. Farmers defended themselves until ammunition ran out and 25 surrendered. A grieving farmer attempted to seize a weapon and Villa shot him, then ordered the survivors killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Villa
Santa Barbara
Chihuahua
Vila
Colgate Company Indicted Over Price Fixing in Sherman Case
A federal grand jury in Trenton New Jersey returns an indictment against Colgate Company on 56 counts alleging violation of the Sherman antitrust law. The charge claims Colgate illegally fixed resale prices on soap and other toilet articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Federal Grand
Colgate Company
Charleston longshoremen unload 600 tons amid strike
Sixty businessmen acted as amateur longshoremen to unload 600 tons from the freighter Clearake, ordered back to Baltimore with cargo intact, as a strike paralyzes port activity in Charleston. In Washington, the House Interstate Commerce Committee approved War Department plans to open war risk insurance offices in states and collect premiums at post offices to reach former soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Baltimore
Washington
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
War Department
House panel orders FTC probe into fuel oil price rise
Washington The House Judiciary committee approved a resolution directing the Federal Trade Commission to conduct an immediate inquiry into sharp increases in the prices of fuel oil kerosene and other petroleum products Representative Dyer said the prices are controlled by two powerful capitalist combines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Dyer
Industrial fatalities exceed wartime losses, says Hale
Denver March 25 Isiah Hale safety superintendent of the Santa Fe Railroad states that U S industrial fatalities during the war surpassed battle deaths in the same period. He notes the high toll across factories and rail facilities as the nation mobilized for conflict and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Isiah Hale
The
Santa Fe Railroad
United States
Delay in Shantung talks to reconcile factions
The Peking government has instructed its Washington minister to tell the American State Department that China will first reconcile North and South factions before resuming negotiations with Japan on the Shantung question. The notice was relayed via a Tokio wireless message picked up by the Japanese cruiser Yakumo in Honolulu on March 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
T. H
Peking
Washington
American State Department
China
Japan
Shantung
Yakumo
Motor barge Al-Ki grounds near San Juan Island
The motor barge Al-Ki grounded on San Juan Island yesterday, was later floated and brought to Seattle today and drydocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Al-Ki
San Juan Island
Berlin Quiet Yet Grave In West Region
Berlin reports quiet in the city with normal business, while Wesel and the Ruhr area are described as grave. Communists are said to have a large, organized force nearby as government reinforcements move westward amid many conflicting reports from Wesel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Wesel
Ruhr
Rumor of Maoist Wesel Capture Denied by German Reports
Official German reports deny circulating rumor that Maoists captured Wesel. They say Red Army may attack Wesel soon as government troops retreat northeast to regroup and reinforce. Red Army described as strong and well supplied under trained officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblenz
Germany
Wesel
Red
Ruhr
Conflicting Reports At The Hague On Wesel Attack
Reports from The Hague outline two different accounts of the Wesel action. One says a truce is near with negotiations ongoing between German Reds and President Ebert's troops. Another claims 120000 Reds bombard Wesel with heavy artillery, indicating ongoing hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Hague
Ebert
Wesel
Federal agents target Seattle liquor smuggling ring
Seattle March 25 federal prohibition officers probe a liquor ring moving liquor from Canada to Seattle. Lieut Olmstead and Sgt Thomas Clark, Seattle police, face hearings next month after dismissal. Chief J F Warren leads an inquiry into possible further police involvement, with dismissals paused pending federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Federal Prohibition Enforcement
Canada
Lieut. Olmstead
Thomas Clark
Clark
J. F. Warren
American schooner City of St Helens abandoned after fire off Georgia
The American auxiliary schooner City of St Helens caught fire off the Georgia coast and was abandoned. The crew were rescued by the steamer Goree yesterday, with authorities detailing the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
New York
City of St. Helens
Also Mentioned on This Page
West Germany
Gov. Riggs and Semmes
Texas
Kansas
South Dakota
MR. Balfour
League of Nations
St James’ Palace
London
Thomas
Aoreae Peere
Minnesota River
Preineville
Panama Canal
Frenzier Finance
Young Hector
U. S
Grand Jury
West Region
Wessel
Deny Wesel
Hague
Federal
Prohibition Enforcement
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!