Opposition forces plan to place Royal Mounted Police under military department
Canadian critics exploded at a government move to fold the Royal Canadian Mounted Police into a new national defense department. The mounted force, a civilian body famed as the Northwest Mounted Police, drew opposition from leaders across parties and from labour figures who warned of secret policing and military control. The plan was dropped, leaving the force as a separate civil service rather than a military arm.
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Dominion Police
Mounted Police
Northwest Mounted
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Montreal
New York Herald
Arthur Meighen
Mr Crerar
Progressives
J. S. Woodeworth
Winnipeg
Quebec
House of Commons
Royal Mounted Police
Department of National Defense
Mounted
Canadian Northwest
Northwest Mounted Police
J. S. Woodward
Mackenzie King
Nova Scotia
Bin
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Headquarters
Yukon Territory
Maritime Provinces
Northwest Territories
Baffin Island
Ponds Inlet
Lancaster Sound
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Victoria Land
Yukon
Indian Department
Joy
Baffin Land
Customs Department
Post Office
James
Tillie the Elephant Celebrates 106th Birthday in Columbus
Tillie the circus elephant was feted in the statehouse yard in Columbus for her 106th birthday. City and state officials attended as Tillie ate a bread key to the city and a molasses diploma. A 2 by 4 foot cake with 106 candles topped the luncheon for her.
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Tillie
Statehouse Yard
Columbus
Titlie
Thomas
Alonzo Tuttle
Law Department
Ohio State University
Law
Defiance Probate Judge Opens Ancient Chest Mystery
In Defiance Ohio court office Judge C W Palmer used a wrecking bar to break two large padlocks on a brass bound chest said to have come from the West 87 years ago and unopened since then. Inside lay three dusty vests a packet of patent medicine ads old photos of women in antique dress and a sock filled with letters.
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Defiance
C. W. Palmer
Notable Books for all Readership at Chilcote Library
A rounded selection highlights Songs for Parents by Farrar and Morley’s Modern Essays reflecting current journalistic craft. Elder’s A Trip to the Hawaiian Islands and Atkinson Wilmer’s Autobiography share historical glimpses. Brown profiles Lincoln’s greatness while Depew’s My Memories spans eighty years of American history.
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Chilcote
Farrar
Morley
van Doren
Elder
Press Congress of World
Evening Journal
Atkinson
Wilmer
The
Farm Journal
Brown
Chas. R. Lincoln
Lincoln
Depew
Chauncey
British Control All Ulster Frontiers Quell Fighting
British troops hold all Republican strongholds along the Ulster frontier after a night of sniping in Belfast. Republicans crossed into the Free State but were not pursued. Belfast awaits peace as authorities pledge recall of forces once calm is restored.
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Belfast
Ulster
Free State
Funeral rites of the Bornes head-hunting natives
Weeping for a year by widows and widowers recurs twice daily for a year during funeral ceremonies. They are then permitted to eat only on every second day for a month as part of the rituals observed by the Bornes head-hunting natives.
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Bornes
Daugherty Under Fire In Senate Tariff Debate
Senator Caraway of Arkansas questions Attorney General Daugherty in the senate over his remarks that he would not leave office for a million dollars. He ridicules Shaugherty's eagerness to stay and jokes about using tariff concessions to fund prison pardons.
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Senator Caraway
Arkansas
Senate
Washington
Caraway
Dem
Daugherty
Shaugherty
Villon the Gutter Genius of French Literature
Francois Villon is the famed writer known as the genius of the gutter. He used multiple names to evade authorities, reflecting a villainous life and frequent troubles which forced him to assume new identities throughout his career.
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Villon
Francois Villon
Hoover says coal market has been stopped to keep prices fair
Secretary Hoover releases a statement amid senate debate over coal price controls during a market shutdown. He denies retailer-led misstatements and asserts prices have fallen since May 15, protecting the public from 1920-style conditions.
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Hoover
Washington
Senate
Walsh
Dem
Mass
Bloodhounds Aid Hunt for Jackson Murderer
Blood hounds from the state penitentiary assist in pursuing the killer of Alice Mallett, a Jackson social service worker. Her body was found by Robert Bronte’s house on Lansing avenue near Jefferson, with severe head wounds and a slit throat. Miss Mallett, 40, was assistant matron at the Florence Crittendon home.
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Jackson
Mich
State
Alice Mallett
Jackson Social Service
Window Displays Sold On Street Attention
An advertising manager for an oil company extols window displays as an arm reaching to the passer by. The clerk asserts such displays say See me Here I am and attract attention. The remark appears in a Boston transcription.
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Boston Transcript
Purged in Contempt Case Involves Chadbourne and Steel Merger
In New York on June 10 Thomas L. Chadbourne the lawyer who negotiated the Midvale Inland Republic Steel merger purged himself of the contempt charge from the Lockwood legislative committee by turning over data on four other steel companies that had contemplated entering the combination Samuel Unteringer committee counsel announced Chadbourne provided the information.
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New York
Thomas L. Chadbourne
Midvale Inland Republic Steel
Lockwood Legislative Committee
Samuel Unteringer
Chadbourne
Baseball magnate James C. Dunn dies at 57 in Chicago
James C. Dunn founder and head owner of the Cleveland American League club dies at his home 1082 Hollywood Avenue Chicago at age fifty seven. In Los Angeles jurors for the Obenchain case are seven women and five men at the murder trial of J Belton Kennedy former Northwestern student.
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Dunn
Cleveland American
Chicago
James C. Dunn
Cleveland American League Baseball Club
Hollywood Avenue
Obenchain
Los Angeles
Cal
Madilynne Obenchain
Northwestern University
J. Belton Kennedy
American Publisher Dies in London
London June 10 Guy Barham newspaper publisher of Los Angeles died after a lead at the Manchester Nursing home.
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London
Guy Barham
Los Angeles
Manchester Nursing Home
Cannibal King Snake Report From Missouri Reader
A Missouri Companion boy recounts finding a king snake in July that had eaten a black snake, a mouse, and a grasshopper. The black snake was 28 inches long, with purple head and neck indicating it was killed by the king snake. The report comes from a reader of the Youth’s Companion.
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Missouri
Youth
Lenin Suffers Stroke Is Paralyzed Speech Threat to Politics
Berlin reports Lenin has suffered a stroke similar to President Wilson's crisis. A Moscow source says Lenin is overworked and paralysed in brain nerves affecting speech. He is described as deeply despondent and out of political action for the time being.
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Berlin
Nikolai Lenine
Wilson
Moscow
Lenin
Sympathy and Business in a Chauncey Depew Tale
This memory recounts four Johns from Chauncey Depew's Memories. John King, as Baltimore & Ohio general manager under John Garrett, presided when Johns Hopkins died. Another John King was executor. at his funeral a telegram was read and passed along, offering sympathy and urging the executor to borrow from Johns Hopkins' estate at 5 percent.
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Chauncey Depew
John King
Baltimore & Ohio
John Garrett
Johns Hopkins
Garrett
The Great Unknown and Sir Walter Scott Origins
The term Great Unknown traces to Sir Walter Scott who wrote the Waverley Novels anonymously. He concealed his authorship while a clerk of sessions, letting the public speculate as to the writer’s true identity. Over time the secret was revealed.
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Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Waverly
All Literary England
Weverly
Our Political Sandows in the Bowton Transcript
The Bow ton Transcript quotes clash over governing power as two factions clash in a heated exchange about wielding the steam roller over the heads of the people. The piece frames a public dispute over leadership and policy.
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Bowton Transcript
Alibi Guy Rehearses Scene With Wife
The Alibi Guy, born under Capricorn, shows he is skilled at excuses while planning a scene with his wife. Fate seems against him as he aims to produce a result he cannot deliver.
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Capricornus
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed By Washington Woman
Mrs A L Dusenberry of 615 E Second St Washington says kidney pain backache dizzy spells and poor sleep improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She reports long lasting relief and notes the remedy largely cured her kidney trouble years later. Price 60 cents at dealers.
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Washington
Dean
A. L. Dusenberry
Second St
Doan
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