Alaska hearings set by interdepartmental committee in Seattle
In Seattle on May 7 Dr Alfred E Brooks Otto Praeger and Harry Y Saint will lead hearings by the Interdepartmental Advisory committee on Alaska affairs. They will study Seattle to Alaska transportation with Alaska representatives Richard M Semmes and Maurice D Leehey. Exhibits include Alaska grown strawberries 22 wheat varieties and grains to illustrate agricultural capacity for a population of 3 million with exports from surplus land.
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Seattle
Alfred E. Brooks
Otto Praeger
Harry Y. Saint
Alaska
Interior
John Barton Payne
Richard M. Semmes
Maurice D. Leehey
Territorial Shipping Board
Payne
C. C Georgeson
Georgeson
Brooks urges present Alaska development plans in Seattle hearing
Dr Alfred H Brooks urges Interdepartmental Commission to skip past grievances and focus on constructive proposals to unlock Alaska resources. He says hearings in Seattle should last a week to gather information and advance development this year.
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Alaska
Seattle
Stuck Transfers Fight Yukon Salmon Bill Shifts to Senate
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck of Alaska moves his effort to ban commercial salmon fishing at the Yukon River mouth from the House to the Senate. Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington introduces a Senate duplicate of the House bill. The bill goes to the Senate Committee on Territories for consideration.
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Seattle
Washington
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck
Alaska
House
Senate
Yukon River
Wesley L. Jones
George B. Grigsby
Jones Seid
Committee On Territories
Hoover Not Change Plans For Campaign
New York May 7 In a statement on California presidential primary results Senator Hiram W Johnson defeated Herbert C Hoover for the Republican nomination by a large plurality Hoover said the result did not alter his stance. He reiterated his decision not to organize a campaign or permit supporters to raise a campaign fund or mortgage his soul to win. He emphasized no personal ambition in the matter.
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New York
California
Hiram W. Johnson
Herbert C. Hoover
Hoover
Hoover campaign denies Hoover stance on woman suffrage
Chicago May 7 Hoover campaign headquarters denied reports that Herbert C Hoover does not favor woman suffrage. The denial counters circulating chatter about his position, reaffirming support for woman suffrage in the political climate of Chicago.
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Chicago
Hoover Campaign
Herbert C. Hoover
Harding and Wood Divide Ohio Delegates
Official returns from the May presidential preference primary show Warren G. Harding with 39 delegates and Leonard Woodning of Ohio with 48 delegates to the Republican National Convention. The Wood delegation includes one delegate-at-large.
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Harding
Wood
Ohio
Columbus
Warren G. Harding
Leonard Woodning
Edwards to seek Democratic nomination on record as governor
Walker W. Vick announced Gov. Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey will run for the Democratic Presidential nomination. He will campaign on his record as governor and as a businessman.
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Gov. Edwards
New York
Walker W. Vick
Edward I. Edwards
New Jersey
Colorado Delegation Elects Four Uninstructed Delegates
Pueblo Colorado May 7 The Republican State Convention elected four uninstructed delegates at large to the National Convention in Chicago.
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Pueblo
Col
Chicago
Senator Accuses Du Pont of Opposing Wood Candidacy
Senator William S. Kenyon charged that the DuPont Powder Company threatens to oppose Gen. Leonard Wood for the Republican nomination unless Senator George H. Moses withdraws his opposition to the due bill before the Senate. Kenyon cited a supporting letter and noted Wood and Moses resented the company’s action, following Borah’s earlier charges.
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Powder Company
Washington
DuPont Powder Company
Gen. Leonard Wood
George H. Moses
Gen. Wood
Senate
William S. Kenyon
Iowa
Kenyon
Moses
DuPont Company
William E. Borah
Saunders Clears Seattle Dealers Of Profiteering
United States District Attorney Robert C. Saunders reports no basis for charges of sugar profiteering in Seattle connected to sales to the Alaska Engineering Commission at 24 cents a pound. The probe, ordered by Attorney General Palmer, was concluded with a telegram confirming the finding.
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Seattle
United States
Robert C. Saunders
Alaska Engineering Commission
Palmer
Saunders
New York Governor Signs Law Against False News to Papers
Albany May 7 Governor Alfred E. Smith signed the Betts Bill making it a misdemeanor to furnish false news to newspapers. The measure was pushed by the press and the Pulitzer School of Journalism.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
Betts
Pulitzer School of Journalism
No Relief For Ex Soldiers This Session
Washington May 7 After informal talks between Republican and Democratic members of the House a consensus formed that soldier relief legislation is unlikely before Congress recesses for party conventions. Key leaders say the measure may be postponed until after the fall election to avoid partisanship. Debate continues on funding methods with tax proposals drawing mixed support.
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Washington
House
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
John N. Garner
Texas
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
Vandeveer Quits Western Cases to Defend Haywood in Chicago
George F. Vandeveer withdrew as attorney for the I W W defendants in Spokane on May 7 and left for Chicago to represent William D Haywood and eighty other I W W leaders in their appeal to the U S Circuit Court from conspiracy convictions.
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Spokane
George F. Vandeveer
I W. W
Chicago
William D. Haywood
United States Circuit Court
High Wages Not Cause of High Prices
Washington May 7 A study on profiteering by American industries, backed by the Railroad Brotherhood, argues wage demands do not drive living costs. It claims sugar costs rose 300 percent with only 15 percent from labor, and meat prices up 300-400 percent would incur minimal impact from wage hikes.
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Washington
Railroad Brotherhood
Railroad Labor Board
Bread famine looms as Cincinnati bakers strike
Cincinnati May 7. Bakers Club informs Mayor Galvin that bread output is under 25 percent of normal due to a strike by union bakers. They had earned 24 to 26 dollars a week and demanded a nine dollar raise which was refused, triggering the walkout.
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Cincinnati
Bakers
Baker’s Club Today
John Galvin
Bread Price Rises to 11 Cents a Pound in Chicago
Chicago reports bread price increases to 11 cents per pound as of today May 7. The move affects shoppers citywide with higher costs for daily loaves.
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Chicago
Spokane Population Drops Slightly to 104,204
Washington reports Spokane counts 104,204 residents, a 0.2 percent decline from 1916 when 104,402 lived there. Seattle and Tecoma populations have yet to be released.
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Washington
Spokane
Seattle
Tecoma
California Official 10 AID Gold Bill Debate Seen
Fletcher Hamilton California State mineralogist announced a forthcoming gold dinner in San Francisco with state and government officials bankers and mining men to discuss the gold problem and push Congress to pass the McFadden bill proposing ten dollars per ounce for gold funded by a matching excise tax on gold used in arts and manufactures
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San Francisco
Cal
Fletcher Hamilton
California
Hamilton
Congress
McFadden
British Columbia May Prospect Her Country for Mines
Victoria B C May 7 A plan for the prosecution of British Columbia for minerals has been proposed by the British Columbia Department of Mines. The plan calls for the province to equip and dispatch 24 parties of two men each one a mining engineer and the other a returned soldier to search the province for minerals and report the discoveries to the department at Victoria. The prospectors would have the right to stake claims and the province to hold grubstake rights.
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Victoria B. C
British Columbia
San Francisco Buyer Acquires Henry T. Scott Freighter
The Alaska Steamship Company sold the steel freighter Henry T. Scott to Fred Linderman of San Francisco. Built just before the war, the ship was commandeered by the government and used on the Atlantic before being operated by the owning company in ocean trade.
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Seattle
Alaska Steamship Company
Henry T. Scott
Fred Linderman
San Francisco
Scott
Atlantic
US Fleet Fitting for Mexican War Duty
Admiral Hugh Rodman of the Pacific fleet seeks Bremerton on how long to fit cruisers Seattle North Carolina Montana and Charleston for sea and whether enough men are available. The inquiry aims at possible duty in Mexican waters.
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Seattle
Hugh Rodman
Pacific Fleet
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
North Carolina
Montana
Charleston
Rodmian
Mexican
Battle for Kiev City Intensifies as Forces Rally
Warsaw report May 7 describes ongoing fighting for Kiev with Bolsheviks strengthening defenses and Polish reinforcements pushing to the front. Polish troops are widening frontline positions as both sides seek control near the Dnieper.
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Warsaw
Kiev
Parker Opposes Recognizing Russia in US Policy
New York May 7 Alton B Parker president of the National Civic Federation urged President Wilson not to recognize the Russian Soviet Government He also telegraphed all presidential candidates asking for their definite views on the subject
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New York
Alton B. Parker
National Civic Federation
Wilson
Emma Goldman Homesick In native Russia
Emma Goldman, the anarchist leader, writes from Moscow dated March 6 to Dr. Ben L. Reitman saying she is homesick for America. She complains of Allied blockade draining Russia and notes difficulty adapting due to language and local conditions. She was among 250 alien anarchists deported from the United States last winter aboard the Buford.
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Chicago
Emma _ Goldman
America
Ben L. Reitman
Moscow
Russia
Miss Goldman
United States
Coun
Emma Goldman
Buford
New York
Helsingfors
16 Year Old Girl Convicted in Stepfather Slaying
Arsela Broderick, aged 16, was found guilty of second degree murder for killing her stepfather Joseph Woodlock in April 1919 and sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary. The trial followed an earlier hung jury, and she testified the killing was in defense of her honor.
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ST. Louis
Arsela Broderick
Joseph Woodlock
Woodlock
Rebels Start Advance Upon Mexico City
In early May reports describe the Federal garrison at Vera Cruz mutinying and leaving. Vera Cruz State Government moved from Cordoba to Vera Cruz City as Pan American railroad falls under revolutionaries. Nueva Laredo customs guards mutinied and joined the revolutionists. 2,500 rebels march on Chihuahua with 1,000 troops heading to Mexico City. more passenger trains expected.
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Washington
Vera Cruz
Cordoba
Tonala
Guatamala
Nueva Laredo
Agua Prieta
Chihuahua
Juarez
Mexico City
South
Neuvo Laredo
Carranza May Be Seeking Compromise In Mexico Crisis
It is reported that President Carranza is trying to compromise with revolutionary forces and that negotiations between the contending parties are under way. A liberal constitutionalist statement warns that life necessities are in short supply in Mexico City and that the working class has become threatening with grave disorders expected soon.
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EL Paso
Tex
Carranza
Mexico City
Carranza vows to stay president despite rebel challenge
Mexico City May 7 President Carranza declares he will not abandon the presidency to rebels. He will fight enemies to a finish and recognize no successor unless legally elected. He says the presidency must not be a prize for military leaders won by force of arms and that elections on July 4 would be impossible.
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Mexico City
Carranza
Carranza Reported Quitting Capital In Mexico City Flight
A telegram from the Revolutionists Information Bureau at Nogales Arizona claims Venustiano Carranza planned to depart Mexico City for Veracruz yesterday but there is no confirmation or disclosed basis for the report.
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Carranza
EL Paso
Tex
Mexico City
Ve Cruz
Revolutionists’ Information Bureau
Nogales
Arizona
Rumors Denied on Carranza Visit to Vera Cruz
Reports from El Paso and Nogales claim Carranza went to Vera Cruz were denied by officials in Washington. The message notes the information is unconfirmed and awaiting verification from official sources.
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Washington
EF Paso
Nogales
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Edmund Platt Picked for Federal Reserve Board
Edmund Platt of Poughkeepsie New York a former Republican congressman from the 26th district has been selected by President Wilson for membership on the Federal Reserve Board. Platt formerly edited and published and later entered banking.
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Washington
Edmund Platt
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Congress
New York
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Platt
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