Nation to Pause Two Minutes Armistice Day Ceremony
Washington plans two minute nationwide halt at noon on Armistice day to honor unknown dead of World War I. President Harding issues proclamation. body returned from France to be buried at Arlington with mourning party and Medal of Honor recipients in attendance.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
France
War Department
Harding
Olympian
Arlington Cemetery
Confessed Kidnapper Clears Conscience in Public
Van Amburgh acquitted in April of kidnapping Arthur Rust on February 1 confesses to the crime to absolve Rust of any involvement. The former war hero signed the confession with City Attorney J. Chas. Dennis stating Rust was not involved. He left the city after making the confession to clear his conscience.
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Tacoma
Hugh
van Amburgh
Arthur Rust
Rust
van Ambergh
W. I. Rust
van Amberch
J. Chas. Dennis
van Ambureh
Connecticut Motor Vehicles Bans Lap Hugging While Driving
Connecticut officials ban drivers from hugging or sitting with a passenger in their lap while operating a vehicle. The move follows a Berlin town court conviction of Henry Greenhbure of Dartford for driving with a woman on his lap. Inspectors warn that one armed drivers cannot safely control a vehicle and may face arrest.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Berlin
Henry Greenhbure
Dartford
Washinsteon Bill Expected to Yield Large Sum
Senate finance committee report estimates the bill will yield 3.324 billion dollars this year, 84 million more than the house version. For next year the estimate is 2.736 billion, up 175 million. Government ordinary expenditures for 1923 are projected near 3.5 billion.
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Washinsteon
Senate
House
Prophetic forecasts by Dr. Kemmerich on Germany’s fate
A Munich physician predicts a colonial era of upheaval with a restored Hohenzollern Kaiser and a provisional monarchy in Germany. He foresees a new Cromwell or Napoleon arising from the masses, a military dictatorship, and later a crown for himself, while England and France brace for conflict to resist Germany’s course.
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Germany
Berlin
Fonty
England
Irrance
Cromwell
Napoleon
Max Kemmerich
Munich
Federal Identication Bureau Plan Aids Police
Identification System Washington plan to establish a federal bureau for identification to aid local police nationwide in tracing and identifying criminals announced by William J. Burns.
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Washington
Federal Bureau For
William J. Burns
Jews Prepare Talks With Hoover for Relief Aid
About two hundred prominent Jewish financiers and welfare workers convene in Chicago to plan cooperation with the Hoover relief organization to deliver aid to Jews during the crisis. The conferences aim to coordinate fundraising and welfare efforts nationwide.
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Hoover
Chicago
Hoover Relief Organization
Nansen Links Obstruction to Russia Relief Debated at League
Dr Fridtjof Nansen charged a coordinated drive opposed to relief for Russia to serve political aims. He urged the assembly to fund and supervise aid, defending Moscow supervision and warning against starving 20 000 000 people. Allies including Sweden Norway Czecho Slovakia the U S Canada and Argentina were contributing.
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Geneva
Russia
Assembly of
The
League of Nations
Fridtjof Nansen
International Commission For
Nansen
Motta
Switzerland
League
Assembly
Dr Nansen
Moscow
Fleibert Floover
Motoy
Sweden
Norway
Czecho-Slovakia
United States
Canada
Argentina
Wanderer Hanged for Murder Singing at Gallows
Carl Wanderer was executed at the county jail on Friday morning for the murder of his wife, her unborn child, and a stranger he had hired to stage a fake holdup. He walked to the scaffold in a firm manner, prayed with a minister, then sang a popular song, Old Pal Why Don't You Answer Me, as the trap dropped.
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Chicago
Carl Wanderer
Wanderer
Pal
Baby Blimp Destroyed by Lightning at Wright Field
A lightning bolt struck and demolished a small dirigible balloon at Wright aviation field early Friday. The captive craft, called the Baby Blimp, reportedly 8 to 9 feet long and the smallest in service, was valued at about 19 800 dollars.
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Davyton
Wright Avaition Field
Air Service
Goss
De Valera Opens Shelbourne Charity Fete for Prisoners' Dependents
Eamon de Valera opened a fete at Shelbourne Park to aid the republican prisoners' dependents fund. He said about 6,000 men were in detention, with roughly 15,000 dependents, and pledged that the prisoners' devotion to Ireland would not be forgotten.
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Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Shelbourne Park
Ireland
de Pation
Claimants Reach Agreement On Forest Fire Losses
An agreement, pending approval by James C. Davis of the United States Railroad Administration, settles claims from October forest fires. It provides 25 percent for losses not exceeding 25000 dollars and 40 percent for excess losses, affecting several hundred claimants in Cloqueto? districts.
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James C. Davis
United States Railroad Administration
Unemployment Conference Plans Work For Phase Studies
Washington reports the national unemployment conference adjourned to October 5 as 10 subcommittees begin study of unemployment problems with a view to practical relief. Hearings on statistics opened led by Ethelebert Stuart of the Bureau of Labor Statistics with other witnesses to follow.
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Washington
Subcommittee On Statistics
Ethelebert Stuart
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ammunition dealer arrested in New York conspiracy case
George Gordon Rorke, Georgetown graduate, released on $3,000 bail after being charged with conspiring to furnish British subjects in Ireland with arms and munitions to be used against the empire. Washington dealer Storke implicated in purchase and shipment of 495 automatic weapons seized on the Fast Side at Hoboken last June.
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New York
Ireland
George Gordon Rorke
Georgetown University
Storke
Washington, D.C
Fast Side
Iloboken
Daugherty
Germany Evading Peace Clause Claims Large Army
A London Times Sunday article cites German government evasions of the peace treaty by concealing a vast mobilization. It asserts Germany seeks to house clothe and equip 800 900 men beyond the 160 000 cap.
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Germany
London
London Times
Six Chicago policemen in moonshine probe
Federal officials questioned about a score of policemen and citizens in an investigation sparked by Chief Fitzmorris claim that half the Chicago police were bootleggers. Six men under arrest, three officers charged with confiscating whisky, one officer and two citizens charged with extortion.
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Chicago
Charles A. Fitzmorris
Charles Clyne
Mr. Clyne
Clyne
Fitzmorris
Eucalyptus Paper Experiments Advance in Western Australia
In Western Australia experiments show good paper possible from common eucalyptus. Governments and private interests have contributed over 100000 dollars for plant construction to pursue further investigation into the matter.
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Perth
West Australia
Miner Falls to Death at Sand Point
A miner named Lester BE. Ashby, age 30, was killed instantly when he fell down a shaft at Palache’s cesperoid mines in Sand Point. The accident occurred at the mine during daily work and the cause is under investigation.
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Sand Point
Lester BE. Ashby
Eon
Palache
Minho
Predict Plenty Work And Early Prosperity
In New York two industrial and mercantile leaders forecast rapid prosperity with abundant employment. Chas E Bedford of Vacuum Oil and John Wanamaker predict a long term business revival. Wanamaker cites expanded advertising and store refits as evidence of confidence and job creation. Bedford expects normal conditions by spring with ongoing hiring.
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New York
Chas. E. Bedford
Vacuum Oil Company
John Wanamaker
Mr. Wanamaker
America
Westinghouse
General Electric
Exports in 1921 Would Fill One Long Train
Southern Railway reports that six months of 1921 exports from Louisville would need 1,360,440 freight cars and form a train 10,306 miles long, about half the earth's circumference. The value exceeds half of 1920 levels with gains in wheat corn iron pipe cottonseed oil meal apples malt benzol and lard.
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Louisville
America
Southern Railway Foreign Freight Department
United States
Servants Demand High Wages In New York
Domestic labor is scarce in New York as mistresses perform housework. Maids and butlers prefer unemployment over low pay, with agencies citing workers joining only because husbands are jobless, hindering agreement between servants and employers.
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New York
Moonshine Moonshiners Gun Battle Kills Deputy in Alabama
In a gun fight at a moonshine still near Scottshiors Alabama Deputy Sheriff Edward Wirhby was killed Deputy George Owens probably fatally wounded Effie Talley alleged operator of the plant was shot through the head and shoulder with buckshot Talley is in the county jail.
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Scottshiors
Ala
Edward Wirhby
George Owens
Effie Talley
Chinook Language Still Heard in Tacoma Gatherings
The Chinook jargon once used by traders and various groups in pioneer days remains audible in the northwest at reunions and pioneer picnics. Originating in the early eighteenth century, English and Spanish navigators drew on vowels and consonants to communicate with Indians, gradually expanding the dialect to express ideas across communities.
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Tacoma
Northwest
Reunion
Red Cross Announces Annual Budget for 1921
The American Red Cross outlines a 1921 budget totaling 319 861 657 for relief and services in the United States and overseas. Domestic affairs focus on disabled ex service members with 3 669 256 allocated, while disaster relief rises to 548 976. Overseas child welfare and famine relief are funded from a 10 million fund with 6 million earmarked for current year needs.
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Washington
United States
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Veterans’ Bureau
Army
Navy
European Relief Council
Europe
Russia
China
the Red Cross
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William H. Taft
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W. H. Webb
Fohn A. Gleason
C. C
Queen Rebekah Lodge
Connor’s Hall
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Choteau
Bert Christie
W. &. Howard
Robison
Teton County Abstract CO
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E. J. Crary
McDonald Block
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Main Ave
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E.d. Cheney & Co
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