Gravesend winner in the Brooklyn handicap and other notes
Delhi captured the Brooklyn handicap at Gravesend in 2 06 2 5 with Ostrich second and Grazaillo third. Des Moines was chosen for the Presbyterian general assembly meeting. Revenue cutters Manning and Perry will sail for Alaska in June for patrols. Charles G. Magoon sworn in as canal zone governor. Judge Scott denied a new trial in Col W F Cody’s divorce. case to supreme court. George F. Hey found guilty of usury in Kansas City and jailed. Bennett Cummings & Co. fail for 1 714 888 with assets at 200 000. R B Selway sells wool clip for 25c a lb. Plague in India cited at 3 000 000 dead. Dominic I Murphy appointed consul at Bordeaux. Canfield house fire in New York. Meth ministers protest gas lease to Mayor Weaver. Roosevelt proclaims Elkhorn reserve in Montana. Navy orders Bigsbee to ready squadron for France by June 8 to bring home John Paul Jones remains.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Scott
Col. W. F. Cody
Supreme Court
Kansas City
George F. Hey
House of Commons
Dominic I. Murphy
District of Columbia
Bordeaux
France
Albion W. Tourgee
Murphy
Canfield House
New York
Lafayette
Robert Fulton
Claremount
Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Weaver
Roosevelt
Elkhorn
Montana
Bitter Reserve
Idaho
Crazy Mountains
Navy Department
Bigsbee
United States
John Paul Jones
Paris
Presbyterians Discuss Annuities Plan for Ministers
Winona Lake Indiana May 25 The general assembly approved reports from foreign missions and Sunday school committees. It endorsed a plan to fund annuities for aged ministers and families with a target of 10 million dollars. A permanent fund now sits at about 1.65 million dollars as starting capital.
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Winona Lake
Ind
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Foreign Missions
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
National Capital
Christian Endeavor Union
Cortelyou Objects to Salary Demanding Organizations
Washington May 27 Postmaster General Cortelyou condemned inside department groups not aimed at service improvement and said such bodies that seek higher pay or other gains would be frowned upon. He spoke at a convention of second and third class postmasters at the National hotel.
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Washington
Cuortelyou
Congress
National Hotel
Washington News Roundup Highlights State Appointments and Developments
Gov Mead appoints C N Beal as state oil inspector set to take office June 9. Dr E Stuhl joins state board of medical examiners. Fish hatcheries planned on Columbia and Skagit rivers. John R Tabor, Whitman county pioneer, receives $312 from Oregon for 49 years past service. Big Bend bank creditors receive 20 percent dividend. Great Northern reportedly parts ways with Eden. Harry Adams to succeed. Tacoma hosts Scottish Rite reunion and Washington Dental Association meeting concludes with new president C A Darling.
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Big Bend National Bank
Davenport
John C. Eden
Great Northern
Seattle
Harry B. Adams
Oregon Railroad and Navintion Company
Washington State Dental Association
Tacoma
C. A. Darling
Bellingham
Herrick Renominated for Ohio Governor by Acclamation
Col Myron T Herrick was renominated for governor of Ohio by acclamation in Columbus on May 8 1936 In his acceptance he praised Roosevelt and attacked the professional lobbyist urging removal of lobby influence He listed other nominees including Gen A L Harris William G Davis Wade Ellis and W S McKinnon for state offices and public works positions
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Myron T. Herrick
Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
General Assembly of
Chamber of the Senate
House
Capitol
Gen
A. L. Harris
Supreme Court
William G. Davis
Wade Ellis
W. 8. McKinnon
Board of Public Works
Williiam Kirtley
Noted financier dead Baron Alphonse de Rothschild
Paris confirms the death of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild head of the French Rothschild banking house and governor of the Bank of France born 1827. Baron Lambert de Rothschild of Brussels will succeed him. the baron was famed for lavish charities including a 2 million dollar gift for workingmen's houses.
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Paris
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild
Rothchild
Bank of France
Lambert de Rothsjcbild
Brussels
Alphonse
Considering Bellinger's Successor in Portland
Charles H. Robb assistant attorney general of the United States is in Portland for two days to confer with U S District Attorney Heney about appointing a federal judge to succeed the late Charles B er.
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Bellinger
Portland, Or
Charles H. Robb
United States
Robb
Associated Press
United States District Attorney
Heney
Charles B, Er
Russians Lose Heavy Fleets in Korean Straits Fight
Major clash in the Straits of Korea leaves Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet nearly annihilated. Japanese forces claim several ships sunk or captured including two battleships. Moscow reports 8,000 plus prisoners with Admiral Nebogatov among captives.
Thirteen Ships Sunk and Six Captured in Baltic Battle
Washington reports Tokyo telegram quoting Admiral Togo on Russian fleet losses Saturday and Sunday. Sunk: two battleships five cruisers three destroyers plus two armored ships and over 2,000 prisoners. Captured: two battleships two armored cruisers one destroyer and one special ship. Japanese squadron undamaged.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Rojestvensky
Straita
Korea
Nagasaki
State Department
Washington
Straits of Korea
Orel
Borodimo
Russia
Manchuria
Tokyo
Legation
Nebagatoff
Vladivostok
Rosestvensky
St. Petersburg
France
M. Debcasee
Roosevelt
Rosentvensky
Togo
Attaite
Borodino
Alexander III
Nakahimoff
Dmitri Donskoi R
Vladimir Monimach
Oushbakoff
Svietlana
Jamtchug
Kamchatka
Irtesin
Nicolai I
Admiral Seniin
Aprazine
No grazing restrictions on new forest reserves this year
Washington May 29 Secretary of agriculture orders no grazing limits on rock within new forest reserves created this year. Stock men fear loss of public range but this summer no restrictions will be enforced while studies determine safe stocking levels for next year and seasons per reserve.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
West
Wilson
Forestry, Bureau
Boy Heir to 25 Million Left to Zeigler Heir
In Des Moines Indiana on May 29 a 12 year old boy William Conrad Brandt adopted son of the late millionaire William Zeigler is to inherit an estate valued at 25 000 000. Brandt is the son of Zeigler’s half brother George Brandt and was adopted at eight years old.
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Des Moines
William Conrad Brandt
William Zeigler
Mr. Zeigler
George Brandt
Zeigler
Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Rail Extends Branch
The Bellingham Bay and British Columbia railway calls for bids to build seven miles of new track from Glacier to Nooksack Falls in the Mount Baker district. Bids due June 7 with work to be finished within 100 days, as a power plant is under construction at Nooksack Falls.
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Bellingham
Bellingham Bay and
British Columbia Railway
Mount Baker
Jane 7
Glacier
Nooksack Falls
Ous
Emigration Restriction Bill Introduced in Budapest Diet
Budapest on May 29 reports a bill to curb emigration. It would bar steamship firms from using emigration agents and ads, abolish emigration officers, and punish inducements to emigrate. Bloomington notes Professor C. O. Lempland has photographed twenty Martian canals in an unprecedented sight.
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Budapest
Bloomington
Ind
C. O. Lempland
Lowell University
Plagetaff
Arizona
Mars
Sweeny Denied as Amalgamated Copper Candidate
The Times reports no consideration of Charles Sweeny of Spokane for Amalgamated Copper presidency. An official confirms Wall Street rumors denying he is a candidate or would straighten the Montana affairs. A New York dispatch notes the denial counters earlier speculation about Sweeny being chosen.
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Selé Sweeny
Seattle
the Times
Wall Street
Charles
Bpokane
Amalgamated Copper Company
Big Copper Combine
Sweeny
New York
Times Today
Charles Sweeny
Spokane
Amalgamated Company
Montanna
Montana
Ie Weaterner
American Boat Wins Kaiser Cup Race
The Atlantic wins the Kaiser Cup international yacht race finishing at 9 18 PM after a 11 day 16 hour 22 minute crossing from Sandy Hook to Bishop lighthouse. Hamburg places second amid light southerly wind with Capt Barr and Wilson Marshall praising a safe passage and one strong gale.
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Lizard
Bishop Lighthouse
Hamburg
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Scilly Islands
Barr
Wilson Marshall
Marshall
ASK PRESIDENT NOT TO CALL AN EXTRA SESSION
Washington May 29 Senator Elkins chairman of the senate committee on interstate commerce told the president the committee would reassemble two or three weeks before the next session to frame a report on recent railroad rate hearings. He urged the president not to call Congress in extraordinary session, saying the long December session would suffice. Senator Callum of Illinois agreed. The president has not fixed a date but considers mid October.
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Washington
Elkins
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
Senate
Callum
Illinois
Public Wins Gas Lease Fight in Philadelphia
Philadelphia ends five day clash as Insurance Commissioner Durham leads opposition to United Gas Improvement Company extending its 75 year lease on the city gas works. Thomas Dolan withdraws 25 million dollar extension proposal after talks with Durham and officials. Weaver calls it a victory for the people amid ongoing injunction cases. Additionally, the Isthmian Canal Commission sets purchasing sites in New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco for canal supplies.
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Philadelphia
Republican ‘Organization
Israel Durham
United Gas Improvement Company
Thomas Dolan
Durham
McNichol
C. 8. Eger
Improvement Company
Weaver
Washington
The
Isthmian Canal Commission
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Races at Victoria Highlight University Teams
Victoria B C May 29 Stanford wins by a length and a half in a lap race while University of Washington takes a junior Victoria four by two lengths.
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Victoria
B. C
Stanford
Univerity of
Washington
Roosevelt Hosts Talks With Japanese Minister on War News
President Roosevelt held a lengthy White House conference with M. Takahira the Japanese minister regarding the Korean straits battle. British Russian and German envoys were seen in touch as the admin aims to prompt direct negotiations toward peace while awaiting fuller official details.
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Washington
Rosentvensty
Korean Straits
Far East
Roosevelt
M. Takahira
Mr. Takahira
White House
Takabiroa
White Honse
Japan
Grubstake Dispute Splits Coal Firms In Nicola Region
In Spokane County Superior Court Worthington Belden of Seattle and John Fitch win a half interest in three Nicola region coal and iron companies after suing Hartman who grubstaked and prospect ed. Hartman had located several claims and swapped stock. injunctions blocked disposition. Referee Horace Kimball to account. equity to divide the stake among Western Coal and Iron Company of Tacoma Nicola Coal and Coke Company and British Columbia Coal Company.
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Seattle
Superior Court
Spokane County
Worthington Belden
John Fitch
Nicola
Andrew Hartman
Hartman
Belden
Finch
Belden and Fitch
Horace Kimball
Western Coal and Iron Company
Tacoma
Nicola Coal and Coke Company
British Columbia Coal Company
Polar expedition backer dies at Great Island home
A man who funded polar exploration and his financial backer died at his Great Island residence. He had been injured in an October accident and had been ill since.
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Great Island
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Delhi
Gravesend
Ostrich
Grazaillo
Presbyterian General Assembly
Revenue
Manning
Perry
Alaska
Charles G. Magoon
Canal Zone
Gen. Davis
Presbyterians
Cortelyou
Washington News
Genesses
Moscow
Clarkston
Washington Food Company
Ballard
Scottish Rite Masons
E. Stuhl
State Board of Medical Examiners
Dr. Stuhl
Whitman County
Republican Central Committee
Colfax
Columbia River
Skagit River
Kershaw
John R. Tabor
Oregon
Fort Walla Walla
Secretary of War
Fourth Cavalry
Portland
Ohio Republicans
Kniaz Sonvaroff
London
Ericene S
Seoul
Masampho
Teu
Quelpart Islands
Tsu Island
Post
Peage
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