Fire on Northern Pacific Kills Four Survivors Suspect Arson
Survivors of the former transport Northern Pacific say the blaze at sea was not accidental and suspect aboard activity before leaving Brooklyn. Captain Lust and officers meet with shipping board officials as investigators seek sworn statements amid dispute over responsibility and insurance.
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Newport News
Northern Pacifi
Waholly
William
Brooklyn
Sun Shipbuilding Company
Lust i
Shipping Board
Lust
Lustin
Barbour Steamship Company
Admiral Line
Norfolk
Northern Pacific
William Suet
Exclusion of Japs Urged by Publisher
W S McClatchy publisher of the Sacramento Bee told the House immigration committee that the United States must stop admission of Japanese and the growth of their population to preserve friendly relations with Japan. He urged federal action to enforce the Roosevelt era gentlemen's agreement and warned that Japanese in this country were maintaining a government within a government and undermining American institutions.
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Washington
Japan
United States
W. S. McClatchy
Sacramento
Cal
Bee
House Immigration Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
McClatchy
California
Taft
Major Seizures Reported After Northern Ireland Raids
Reports from Belfast and Enniskillen describe further kidnapings in County Fermanagh amid raids in northern Ireland. Provisional government orders and police patrols heightened as Ulster frontier activity and troop movements increased along the border.
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Belfast
Associated Prese
County
Fermanagh
Rosslea
Bally Bay
Enniskillen
Treland
I i
Irish Republican Army
Ulster
Portadown
County Armagh
Bolleek
Fermanagh-Donegal
Gtr
Emuskillen
Wickham
Ulster Specials
Dubin Castile
Free State Terriory
Transport turned into roaring furnace off New Jersey coast
The former Northern Pacific transport, destroyed by fire yesterday off the New Jersey coast, was described as a roaring furnace inside when the fire was recovered at 12:45 o'clock yesterday. (Continued on Page 3)
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Norfolk
Northern Pacific
New Jersey
Even Princesses Are Hard Up After War
In Geneva the wife of a banker offered 460 Swiss francs a month plus a home for an educated secretary skilled in languages. The ad drew 1400 replies from Germany and Austria, including three princesses, nine baronesses and 40 countesses, most widows or daughters of former officials seeking only a home.
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Geneva
Muonich
Germany
Austria
Professionals In Chi Total 10 000
Chicago crime commission estimates about 10 000 professional criminals in the city. Slow justice and few convictions are cited as causes. In 1921 fewer than a quarter of murder defendants in Cook County were convicted. In 1919 there were 330 murders. in 1921 the tally dropped to 190.
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Chicago
Chicago Crime Commission
Cook County
Commission
Harding to Tour Cheyenne En Route to Alaska
President Harding will pass through Cheyenne around June 1 on a trip to Alaska, according to information received from Washington.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Harding
Alaska
Washington
Senate approves sweeping farm co operative marketing bill
Washington February 9 The Senate passed the farm co operative marketing bill by 58 to 1 after the House measure which shields co operatives from certain laws was approved. The bill now goes to conference with the House to resolve differences on enforcement and oversight by the secretary of agriculture.
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Senate
Washington
Co-Operative Association
Secretary of Agriculture
House
Hollywood Mystery Deepens Over Taylor Death Probe
Hollywood detectives pursue leads in the William Desmond Taylor case. The focus includes statements about William Cunningham Deane-Tanner alias Edward Sands and the suspected involvement of Mabel Normand Mary Miles Minter Nora Gerber Claire Windsor and other film figures as authorities widen interviews and examine letters found at Taylor's house. The investigation also probes jealousy and possible motives and follows a packet of letters tied to the case.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hollywood
William Desmond Taylor
William Cunningham Deane-Tanner
Thomas Lee Woolwine
Madalynne Connor Obenchain
Colony
Mabel Normand
Taylor
Mary Miles Minter
Nora Gerber
Claire Windsor
Mabel Norman
Taylor House
Thess Ledges
Vic
David L. ‘Adama
Lews P. Waterman
Adams
District Attorney's Office
Heould Be
Henry Peavey
Negro House
Taok Place
Detectiven
Taylor Hourne
Man Drops In Street Dog Stands Guard
In Chicago on February 9 a Great Dane stood guard as a starving unemployed man, Peter Ribik, collapsed in a busy street. The dog halted traffic and kept pedestrians away until a patrolman coaxed it away with meat. Ribik was revived.
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Chicago
Peter Ribik
Ribik
Fubik
55,000,000 on dummy note fuels senate attack
Senator Heflin of Alabama accused the Federal Reserve Board in the senate today of allowing William Boyce Thompson to borrow 6 million dollars from the New York Federal Reserve Bank on a dummy note as part of a broader critique of the national republican organization.
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Washington
William Boyce Thompson
National Republican Organization
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Senator Heflin
Alabama
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Columbia Graphophone seeks receivership in Delaware court
A Delaware corporation, Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing Company, applied for a receivership in the U.S. district court in Wilmington today alleging insolvency. The move marks a formal step in resolving the company’s financial distress.
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Wilmington
Del
Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing Company
Delaware Corporation
United States District Court
Defense Presents Case in Lampitt Trial Near End
Bas in Wyoming February report outlines defense claims regarding A J Kelly and others in the Lampitt murder case. Defense contends timed statements and sightings of a running car near the bunkhouse, asserts witnesses differently recall the explosion night, and notes ongoing objections by the state. The defense plans to rest later today with rebuttal by the state, targeting a verdict by week’s end.
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Tribune
Basin
Wyo
A. J. Kelly
Ohio OW Company
Witcems
Alfred Lampitt
Harry Feight
Lampitt
Grea Creek
W. L. Bimpeon
Fuoh
W. . Thomas
Wild Ho
Tina Gee
Leo Chapman
Ucukble
Gaiah
Negroes James Craps Network. Downtown Diners Wait
Diners packed the large downtown hotels waited loudly for service while police searched for missing waiters. Police arrested thirty five black men in a craps game at a nearby house and the group returned to the dining rooms as the patrons sought food. The gamblers face gambling charges in police court.
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Kansas City
Polie
Generals For Reserve List Are Announced
Secretary of War Weeks announced the nomination of generals for the officers reserve corps. The list includes Gen. W. B. Metin of Raleigh North Carolina Col. John H. Rice retired in Washington Col. John Greenway of Warren Arizona Lieut Col Guy M. Wilson of Flint Michigan Col. Edward G. Heckel of Detroit Col. Robert H. Tyn dall of Indianapolis Col. Luke Callaha of Bristol Washington Col Lincoln Andrews retired New York orig Gen Charles Y. Zimmerman Cleveland and Col Henry A. Shaw Worcester Massachusetts.
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Washington
Weeks
W. B. Metin
Raleigh
N. C
John H. Rice
John Greenway
Warren
Ariz
Guy M. Wilson
Flint
Mich
Edward G. Heckel
Detroit
Robert H. Tyndall
Indianapolis
Luke Callaha
Bristol
Lincoln
Andrews
Itye
N. Y
Charles Y. Zimmerman
Cleveland
Henry A. Shaw
Worcester
Mass
Swindler Held in $500,000 Confidence Game Case
Casimir Phillipovitch was arrested in Chicago with Denver police seeking M. P. Weston for running a confidence game netting more than $500,000 from leasing schemes. Police say over 5,000 victims were swindled. Weston was arrested in Denver on Chicago’s request but released on habeas corpus. he will be returned only after formal charges.
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Chicago
Casimir Phillipovitch
Denver
Colo
M. P. Weston
N. P
West
Butler
District Court
Fifth victim found in Lexing ton hotel fire
Richmond Va February 9 wires searchers in the Lexington hotel ruins after the blaze Tuesday recovered a man’s head, raising the confirmed death toll to five in the disaster.
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Richmond
Lexington Hotel
Former Casper Man Crowned Near Yakima River
Work received by Pasco authorities indicates a man formerly active in labor circles from Casper was reportedly crowned near the Yakima River in Jinaco Washington by friends of the deceased who seek cooperation in identifying the man.
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Ronevo Tt. Kdme
Yakima River
Jinaco
Wash
Pasco
Coast Region Floods Flooded Rails and Damaged Bridges
Northern Pacific lines across Oregon and Washington report heavy flood damage corrections from Pasco to Kerryman with ice hazards and washed out tracks. Walla Walla Pendleton branches halted. Prescott and Berryman routes underwater. workers dislodge ice and monitor for further breaches as rivers swell and roads wash out.
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Pancluton
Ore
Med
Oregon
Washington
Northern Pacific Railway
Pasco
Wash
Here
Walla Walla
Pendleton
Northern Pacific
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Prescott and
Berryman
Hookuna
Kerryman
Umatilla County
Wild Hare Creek
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Mber
Northern
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Nippon
Sacramento Bee
Major Freed
Associated Press
Miles
South Donegal
Ulster Police
Pentrate
Thia Mide
Dublin
Owen O'Duffy
Tollant
Dery
Orange Moba
San Diego
Calif
William Koegel
James Martin
Edward F. Sands
William Desmond
Coronier 8. C. Kelly
Kelly
Martin
Korgel
Sands
Regis
Tered
Koegel
Grand Jury
Columbia CO
Northern Pacific Maanenger
Wry Creek
Gudbury
Anlfield
Mnake
Washington Halhroad and Navigation Company
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