Johnson sweeps California and Wood wins Indiana
In California Hiram W. Johnson defeats Herbert Hoover by a large margin as two thirds of the vote is counted. Johnson leads Hoover by about 130000 with big city pluralities. In Indiana Gen Leonard Wood defeats Johnson by a narrow but safe margin with two thirds of the state counted. Lowden trails in a distant third.
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Johnson
California
Gen. Wood
Indiana
Kentucky
Cox
Army
Gov. Lowden
Indianapolis
Ind
Leonard Wood
Hiram Johnson
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Wood
Lowden
Hoover Says Vote A Protest Against League Opposition
Herbert C. Hoover commented on California's primary, saying he did not expect the large turnout and that his campaign was driven by no personal issue. He called his big vote a protest against Senator Johnson's hostility to the League of Nations and his limited view on international needs.
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Hoover
New York
Herbert C. Hoover
California
Johnson
League of Nations
Kansas Labor Pushes Industrial Court as Key Election Issue
Topeka Kansas May 5 The new Kansas Industrial Court becomes the paramount issue for Labor in the upcoming state election. J C Stevie Topeka labor leader says questionnaires will be sent to nearly all candidates. The conservative labor wing backs the court with some leaders endorsing it publicly.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas Industrial Court
Labor
J. C. Stevie
Industrial Court
Seasonal freight rates urged to ease coal problem
Eugene McAuliffe for the American Institute of Mining Engineers told a Senate committee that seasonal coal freight reductions could ease the annual coal burden. He proposed 10 to 25 cents per ton reductions through summer with gradual increases later, aiming to shift purchases and storage patterns and balance railroad costs.
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Washington
Eugene McAuliffe
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Frelinghuysen
Seattle Chamber Opposes Soviet Recognition Telegram
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club opposes recognizing the Russian Soviet Government urging no compromise between Bolshevism and American democracy in a telegram to the National Civic Federation dated May 5.
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Seattle
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
National Civic Federation
Kentucky Delegation Seeks Mc Cox Nomination At Convention
Louisville dispatch May 5 reports the Kentucky Democratic State Convention elected 26 delegates to the National Convention all pledged to back Gov. James M Cox of Ohio for the Democratic nomination.
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Kentucky
Gov. Cox
Ohio
Louisville
James Mc Cox
McAdoo Urges Public Welfare Over Politics
In Brooklyn a letter from William G. McAdoo former Secretary of the Treasury and a potential Democratic candidate states he seeks no personal political fortune. He says the welfare of the people should guide the next President and calls on organized labor to assert itself against reaction, noting the presidency demands high statesmanship.
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McAdoo
New York
Metal Trades Council of
Brooklyn
William G. McAdoo
Blind Fan Keeps Faith as Sacramento Beats Vernon 14 4
In Los Angeles on April 20 the Sacramento team defeated Vernon 14 to 4 as a sightless fan in the press box listened to the game. The standout moment came when Mollwitz, Sacramento's first baseman, was knocked unconscious by a pitch yet recovered to reach first base.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press Mail
Sacramento
Vernon
Mollwitz
San Francisco Millionaire Leaves Gifts to Religions and Orphans
Islas W. Hallman, banker of San Francisco and Los Angeles, left bequests totaling 2.5 million dollars in his will filed for probate. The will provides 100000 to Jewish orphanages and educational and charitable groups in the state and 50000 to the Catholic orphan asylum of Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
Catholic Orphan Asylum of
Los Angeles
Islas W. Hall- Mian
Colored boy to be hanged for April murder
Indianapolis May 5 William Ray a 19 year old colored boy who confessed stabbing Martha Huff a 14 year old white girl to death April 19 will be hanged August 5 He pled guilty at trial and said he killed the girl with a pen knife while claiming he was mad with passion.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Ray
Martha Huff
Railroads Seek 30 Percent Freight Rate Increase
Washington May 5 Railroad executives petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking authority to raise freight rates by 30 percent to meet the six percent income standard set by the Cummins Esch act. No passenger fare rise was requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commercce Commission
Murder charge placed against polygamist in California
El Centro California May 5 James R Huirt a self confessed murderer and polygamist was formally charged with the murder of Nine Lee Delaney one of his wives by the coroner s jury Huirt led officers to a spot to bury his wife asserting the body there was hers A growing mob threatened to lynch the prisoner as officers moved him to Los Angeles
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EL Centro
Calif
James R. Hurrt
Lee Delaney
Huirt
Los Angeles
Newsprint Prices to Rise Again Says Pulitzer
Washington May 5 The International Paper Company acting through Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World informed the Senate newsprint paper committee that pulpwood and raw material costs require another July price advance. Pulitzer urged strict publisher economy in paper use and warned government regulation could push mills to switch to other papers, driving prices higher.
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Washington
The
International Paper Company
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World Today
Senate Newsprint Paper Committee
Pulitzer
Williams Lloyds Dies at 60 in Philadelphia
William Supples Lloyd a prominent textile manufacturer and noted rare book collector died in Philadelphia at age sixty after a life linked to industry and bibliophilia leaving a notable local and professional footprint in business and collecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Supples Lloyd
Congressmen protest jailing Irish leaders in Ireland
Washington May 5 Six members of the House signed a cablegram to the British Parliament and Premier Lloyd George protesting imprisonment without arraignment or trial of persons arrested in Ireland for political offenses.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Lloyd George
Ireland
Harry Wallace Dies Sudden in Wrangell
Wrangell May 5 Deputy United States Marshal Harry J Wallace died suddenly at 2 this morning aged 54 He came from Montana in 189 and spent thirty years in the North He was U S Marshal here in 1894 97 1914 married Laura Amundsen of Wrangell in 1910 He was born in Marshalltown Iowa in 1865 and had long been active in Democrat politics Funeral will be held Thursday afternoon Surprised town mourns his loss.
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Wrangell
United State
Harry J. Wallace
Harry Wallace
Montana
North
United States
Louis Williams
Klondike
Laura Amundsen
Mr. Wallace
Harry Bishop
Marshal Tanner
Marshalltown
Iowa
Juneau
Episcopal Church
Wallace
Family Food Budget Doubles in Seven Years
Washington May 5 statistics from the Department of Labor show the average family food budget for February 1920 was exactly double that of February 1914.
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Washington
Department of Labor Today
British Columbia Farm Crop Worth 61 Million in 1919
Victoria May 5 Agricultural production in British Columbia for 1919 reached 61,749,719 dollars, up 24.8 percent from the prior year. The gain reflects continued farm prosperity with higher outputs across crops and livestock, signaling a strong agricultural season in the province.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Shriner Visit Lights Juneau For Two Day Event
North American Shrinedom marks its first Imperial visit to a city as Imperial Potentate Ellis Lewis Garretson travels with hundreds of Shriners from all states. They arrive June 30 by two chartered steamers, attend a ceremonial at Afifi Temple Tacoma, and stay through July 3 with decorations, key ceremony, and Fourth of July festivities in Juneau.
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North America
Union
Imperial Council
Portland
Juneau
Alaska
Spokane
Jefferson
Tacoma
A. B
Afifi
Robertson
Imperial
Ellis Lewis Garretson
Canadian Workingmen Oppose Granting Japs Citizenship
New Westminster May 5 Trades and Labor Council, in a large vote, disapproved a proposal to extend citizenship rights and the voting franchise to Japanese members of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Westminister
B. C
New Westminster
Trades and Labor Council
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Berkeley to graduate 1200 students next week
Berkeley Calif May 65 twelve hundred students comprising the largest graduating class in the history of the University of California will receive degrees on May 18.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Alaska Urged as Site to Study Alaskan Problems
Seattle officials urge Interdepartmental Advisory Committee to hold hearings in Alaska to review transportation, mail, coal use, coast surveys, and local freight needs. The report calls for cheap water routes, Alaska oriented development, and on site data gathering from communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Seattle
Alaska Bureau
Transportation Bureau
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Washington
California
State Department says no report of U.S. lives in danger in Mexico
Washington on May 5 reports the State Department has no information indicating any danger to Americans anywhere in Mexico. The statement addresses concerns amid regional tensions and emphasizes the absence of specific threats.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico
Revolutionists Plan Next Move Against Mexico City
El Paso dispatch reports Gen. Habobar, former Juarez commander now with the revolutionists, says the next operation will target Mexico City. Gov. Huerta of Sonora invites foreign capital and pledges protection of life and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Texas
Hacobar
Juarez
Mexico City
Huerta
Sonora
Mexico
Mexican gunboat Blanco seized by revolutionists
In Agua Prieta on May 5, reports state the Mexican gunboat Blanco is now in revolutionary hands after the officers and crew defeated the Carranza standard.
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Agua Prieta
El Paso Man Killed by Mexicans Also Dies
Ralph Greenlaw son of Eben Francis Greenlaw an American who with his brother was killed by Mexican bandits Sunday also died Monday according to a report reaching El Paso from the border area.
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EL Paso
Tex
Ralph Greenlaw
Eben Francis Greenlaw
FE Paso
Wealthy banker found murdered in Los Angeles
H. J. Robbins a wealthy banker from Shelton Missouri was found dead in Los Angeles yesterday. He was beaten and choked with a rope. Police are puzzled with no clear lead. Robbins' family offers a substantial reward for his capture.
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Los Angeles
H. J. Robbins
Shelton
Robbins
California Man Nominated Director of Mines Bureau
Frederick G. Cotterill of California was nominated by President Wilson as director of the Bureau of Mines, succeeding Van H. Manning who resigned to join the American Petroleum Institute.
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California
Mines Bureau
Washington
Frederick G. Cotterill
Wilson
Bureau of Mines
van H. Manning
American Petroleum Institute
First steamer for Stickine next Tuesday
Wrangell May 5 Capt Sid Barrington manager of the river steamers announces the Hazel B No 2 will sail from Wrangell up the Stickine river Tuesday May 11. Thirty five passengers already booked for the first up voyage of the standard craft. An active season expected with more mining development along the river and in the Interior than for years past.
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Wrangell
Sid Barrington
Stickine River
East India Scotch Couple Seek Home in Prince Rupert
Mr and Mrs John Campbell of Scotland left Edmonton for Prince Rupert seeking a home worthy of a fortune of 40 000 000. Their journey began in Scotland and after Java plantations and other properties they sold during the war era and now aim for California.
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Prince Rupert
B. C
John Campbell
Scotland
Edmonton
Calfornia
Campbells
Java
Sugar Again Increases Wholesale Price In San Francisco
San Francisco May 5 another hike in wholesale sugar prices was announced raising the present jobbers’ price to 22.75 dollars per hundred pounds. The move marks another 24 cent rise in the cost of sugar reported today.
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San Francisco
Correction Names Prince George Police Chief in Trial Charge
A correction from the Associated Press clarifies that T. M. Watson, charged with violating the prohibition laws and ordered for trial, is the Chief of Police at Prince George British Columbia, not Prince Rupert as previously reported. Watson holds the Prince George post and faces the specified legal proceeding.
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Associated Press Today
T. M. Watson
Prince George
British Columbia
Prince Rupert
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Carranza
Pablo Gonzales
Warshiip
Greenlaw
Tampico
Stickine
Hazel B. No
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