Water Power Legislation Aims to Liberate Power Growth
After twelve years of bills, Congress enacts a law to develop water power with a Federal Power Commission overseeing licenses up to fifty years. The act prioritizes states and municipalities, sets rate controls, and earmarks charges to irrigation, reclamation, and war uses, while reserving rights to acquire projects or renew licenses.
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Congress
Federal Power Commission
Secretaries of War, Interior and of Agriculture
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Isene & New
Nnpet
Treasury
Secretary of War
Sugar export purchase plan aims to break Cuban hold
New York June 4 AP says United States should buy all export sugar of Czecho Slovakia to fund phosphate fertilizer for its sugar crops and reduce U S sugar prices. Irv ing Schwarts testified before a joint legislative committee on profiteering. A cable states France requisitioned beet sugar for 1920 21 and will run colonies sugar output, signaling continued government control.
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New York
United States
Czecho-Slovakia
America
Irving Schwarts
Joint Legislative Committee
allsecto-Slovakia
Schwartz
Wage Commission Named To Settle Coal Field Pay
President Wilson appoints a three member wage commission to resolve the wage dispute between anthracite miners and operators. The panel must issue an award within sixty days and retroactive to April 1, when contracts expired. Members are William Thompson, Neal J. Ferry, and William L. Connell. the latter represents the executive branch.
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Washington
Prestor Wilson
William ©. Thompson
Colume
Neal J. Ferry
Mc Ae
William L. Connell
Ohio State University
Sugar profiteering hearing postponed in Salt Lake
Merrill Nibley, vice president and assistant general manager of Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., faces a sugar profiteering charge. The hearing, set for today, was postponed due to United States District Attorney J. B. Evans's absence as he traveled to Washington to confer with Attorney General Palmer. The hearing will occur after Evans returns to Salt Lake.
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Salt Lake, Jane
Merrill Nibley
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
United States
J. B Evans
Washington
Palmer
Mr. Evans
Salt Lake
Arrests Made in Connection With Child's Kidnapping
Norristown Pa June 4 AP a second arrest in the kidnapping of thirteen month old Blakely Coughlin was made in Philadelphia early today James Malone 27 held for a hearing no charge yet filed authorities say he is a friend of Catherine Durdon a former Cook in the Coughlin family Durdon was arrested last night on suspicion of involvement Clues have been pursued but no trace of the child remains Stewards offering a 7500 reward in connection with the Kidnapping
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Blakely Coughlin
Philadelphia
James Malone
Malone
Catherine Durdon
Coughlin
President's wheat export duty adopted by chamber
Buenos Aires June 4 Iresen t Iroygen's plan to levy an export duty on wheat and derivatives to lower bread costs was approved with amendments by the chamber of deputies. The duty stands four pesos per hundred kilos on wheat and five pesos on flour. proceeds fund wheat purchases to be converted into bread at fixed prices and sold to the public by presidential decree. The bill moves to the senate.
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Buenos Aires
Iroygen
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
West schools outdoing east in public facilities growth
Dr Leonard Avers of the Russell Sage Foundation reports western states led in public school facilities and funding. He notes Massachusetts dropped from top in attendance and spending, with Montana and states like Utah California and Arizona advancing while New Jersey remains the lone eastern state improving in four decades.
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Leonard Avers
Russell Sage Foundation
Masachusetts
Avers
Montana
Utah
California
Arizona
New Jersey
Bergdoll On Way To Border In Escape From Custody
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy draft evader, escapes Philadelphia custody May 21 and is reported moving toward the Mexican border with a companion and chauffeur. Authorities in seven Arizona counties alert to monitor the car and occupants as investigations track Bergdoll's possible border crossing or entry into Canada.
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Ariz
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
San Antonio
Tex
Bergdell
Canada
Arizona
Mexico
Texas
Rio Grande
Bergdoll
Typhoid Fear Follows Homer Flood Damages
In Homer Nebraska on June 4 the mayor appealed to Governor McKenvie for funds and manpower to rebuild after floods caused by a cloud burst. Officials fear an epidemic of typhoid as the town seeks aid and relief measures.
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Homer, Neb
Allen
Homer
McKenvie
Davis Eyes Western Irrigation and Reclamation Push
Governor D W Davis travels en route to Chicago to lobby national leaders on western reclamation and irrigation of arid lands. He plans to attend the Republican convention in Chicago as a nondelegate, joining Boise residents R S Sheridan R K F Bicknell R K E Shepherd and Herb Lemp in Pocatello before the trip.
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Chicago
Washington, D. C
Davis
Washington
Pocatello
R. 8. Sheridan
RK. F. Bicknell
RK. KE. Shepherd
Herb Lemp
Boise
Youngster to Direct 1900-Member Band at Republican Convention
John Hand, 3rd, nine year old grandson of a famed Chicago band leader, will direct the band of about 1,900 musicians at the convention opening. A march titled The Republican composed by his father will be performed and dedicated to the convention. He will use a baton gifted to his father by the late Theodore Roosevelt, carved from wood from Roosevelt's Brazil expedition.
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Chicago
John Hand
Theodore Roonsevelt
Brazil
Polk Third Man to Quit State Department
Polk resigns as under secretary of state effective June 13. President Wilson accepts and commends his service. Polk, the third high state official to resign this year, previously served as counsel for the state department and headed the American delegation at the Paris peace conference.
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Polk
Premat
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State Department
Congress
Lansing
City of
New York
New York Civil Service Commission
Palmer calls for a back up Palmer calls for a back up
Washington June 4 AP describing as utterly false charges in a report by a lawyers committee to the National Popular government league about how arrested aliens were treated by the department of justice Attorney General Palmer telegram to Felix Frankfurter of Cambridge Mass one of the signers calls for retracting the charges. He says the statements were false on their face and denied by the government officers and some aliens themselves have denied them. He urges Frankfurter to publicly retract.
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Washington
National Popular Government League
Department of Justices
Palmer
Felix Frankfurter
Cambridge
Mass
Frankfurter
Committee On Rules
House of Representatives
Department of Justice
Long Time In Winning Bride Ends In Peoria Wedding
Reginald Birney, former cashier at the First National Bank of Rockriver Wyoming, and Mrs Myrtle Brewster now of Farmington Illinois, were married in Peoria after reunions across wars. Birney served in the Spanish American War and later as an officer trainee in World War I. Mrs Brewster had been widowed and engaged in war work. She agreed to marry him after he called by telephone and she traveled to Peoria for the ceremony.
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Reginald Birney
First National Bank of
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Wyo
Myrtle Brewster
Farmington
Pitney
Camp Pike
Brewster
Governor Warns Against Closed Shop Tactics
Baton Rouge June 4 AP Governor Parker warned canal workers there would be no closed shop and that attempts to use bolsheviki power to influence public works would not be tolerated. The warning followed a strike by canal employees.
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Baton Rouge
Parker
Bes
Obregon retires from army amid Mexican political shifts
In Mexico City on June 2 General Alvaro Obregon, key leader in the revolt that ended the Carranza government, retires from military service. Reports also note General Manuel Diguez’s release, Jacinto Treviño being named Secretary of Industry, and Gen Francisco Cosio Robeto assuming command. Ygnacio Bonillas, former ambassador, was released from prison on June 2.
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Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Carranza
Excelsior
Presse Dispatches
Manuel Diguez
Guadalajara
Adolfo de la Huerta
Jacinto Bo Treving
Francisco Cosio Robeto
Bonillas
Relmase Washington
Ygnacio Bonillas
Jarranga
State Department
Caldwell Resident Dan Banks Declares Candidacy for State Treasurer
Dan Banks of Caldwell announced his Republican bid for state treasurer. A College of Idaho graduate and longtime Caldwell business associate, he now heads the bureau of budget and taxation, after serving as deputy bank examiner and a prior stint in journalism.
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Dan Banks
Caldwell
Banks
College of Idaho
State Treasurer's Office
Bureau of Budget and Taxation
Department of Finance
Penrose to stay in touch by wire during convention
In Philadelphia on June 4 the Penrose home began adding wires for telephonic contact with Chicago. No official word from Senator Penrose or doctors but the setup is viewed as indicating he will not attend the Republican national convention yet will monitor events by telephone.
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Philadelphia
Penrose
Chicago
Missouri Negroes Oppose Lowden for President
The Missouri Republican League Club issues a memorial to state delegates asking for Governor Lowden’s defeat. They cite his failure to protect African Americans during the East St. Louis race riots three years ago and argue he did not appoint a Black official in Illinois.
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St. Louis
Missouri Republican League Club
Missouri
Lowden
Allen offers a new plank for platform
Kansas Governor Allen arrives in Chicago to outline a platform plank calling for a federal tribunal to settle industrial disputes after conciliation efforts fail. He foresees a public protection plank against economic pressure from strikes, seeks no anti strike law, and plans to discuss General Wood's nomination with him.
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Allen
Kansas
Wood
Resolutions Committee
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Cummins
Alien
Campaign Expense Probe Seeks Wood Fund Total
Horace C. Stebbins of New York, eastern treasurer for the Wood campaign, tells the senate inquiry why he could not be served a subpoena. He cites travel in Canadian woods and says funds came via William Loeb with several Chicago and New York sources, mostly for publicity. The committee estimates the fund at about 1.18 million dollars but waits for audited books. Stebbins declines to name all contributors.
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Horace C. Stebbins
New York
Wood National Campaign Committee
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Senate
Canadian Woods
United States
Pam
Ohio
Stebbins
William Loeb
Col. Procter
Mr. Loeb
Chicago
Loeb
Ways and Means Committee
New York City
Total Wood National Fund
Sprague
Chaireman Kenyon
Mr. Stebbins
Independent Woods
New Jersey
Kenyon
Stebbin
Beale Enters The Fall Race In Idaho
Miss B Stewart Newland visits Pocatello on behalf of Charles W Beale of Wallace who seeks the Republican U S Senate nomination. Beale has county party backing and long Idaho roots in both north and south regions.
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B. Stewart Newland
Pocatello
Charles W. Beale
Wallace
Miss Newland
North Idaho
United States
Mr. Beale
Republican County Central Committee
Shoshone County
South
Idaho
North
Newland
Mr. Heale
Utah Construction Chief Rhivers Flies Through City En Route
Don E Rhivers superintendent of Utah Construction Company passed through the city last evening on his way to the Ogden headquarters after a journey.
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Don.e. Rhivers
Utah Construction Company
Ogden
French Plane Goliath Sets World Continuous Flight Record
Paris June 4 AP The airplane Goliath piloted by Lieutenants Mossoutrot and Bernard set a world record for nonstop flight at 24 hours 19 minutes 7 seconds covering 1915.15 kilometers. It also claimed records for 1009 and 1500 kilometers with times of 11 hours 29 minutes 56 seconds and 16 hours 42 minutes 8 seconds surpassing German W Landmann's 21 hours 48 minutes 40 seconds from June 1914.
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Paris
Goliath
Mossoutrot
Bernard
W. Landmann
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