Wanamaker Dies at 84 Famous Philadelphia Merchant
John Wanamaker, renowned Philadelphia merchant and former Postmaster General, died at his home after a long illness. Survived by son Rodman and two daughters, he shaped modern retail with fixed prices and the Wanamaker system. He funded hospitals, YMCAs, and missionary work, and aided Belgian relief at the war’s outset. The Irish Senate was sworn in Dublin the same day.
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Mary B. Brown
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Christian Association
India
China
Japan
Woman Declares Overheard Plot to Burn Astoria
Mrs. Patricia Rosencranz, held on bad checks charges in Seattle and Portland, claimed she overheard a northern city discuss a plot to burn Astoria. San Francisco police report she is identified as Patricia Heed, who threatened to expose psychologist Orland Edgar Miller and jumped bail on forged checks charges.
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San Francisco
Patricia Rosencranz
Seattle
Portland
Patricia Heed
Orland Edgar Miller
Russians Flee Vladivostok to China
Fourteen ships carrying Russian refugees from Vladivostok arrived in Shanghai harbor and are anchored offshore as landings are refused. The fleet had begun with fifteen ships. one is missing, feared lost in a storm. The passengers report enough food to last until month end but limited clothing and fuel.
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Haya i
Fines Must Stand Says Supreme Court
Supreme Court rules in Regal Drug Corp. case that enforcement penalties and assessments levied under pre Volstead statutes cannot be collected as taxes once the Volstead Act took effect. The court holds these levies were punishments and subject to traditional criminal procedures.
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Washington
Regal Drug Corporation
San Francisco
Orterie Rocked Off Point Arena Crew Rescued
The British steamer Orterie ran aground on Fish Rock near Point Arena California. Crew were transferred to the Cotton Plant, and the Ortario will be abandoned as towing is deemed futile.
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Coal Nomination Confirmations by Senate Complete
After weeks of delay the President's nominees for the Coal Fact Finding Commission were confirmed by the Senate. The commission now has official status to investigate the coal situation.
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Washington
Senate
Cold Wave Grips Middle West With Record Low Temps
The story reports a first severe cold snap across the Middle West with subzero readings in the northern Rocky Mountain region and a high wind. Duluth, Minnesota sees zero temperatures while a blizzard with sixty eight mile wind rages over Lake Superior.
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Middle West
Northwest
Rocky Mountain
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Duluth
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Bonus Bill Returns as Amendment to Subsidy Bill
Senator Simmons of Georgia re introduces a World War bonus measure as an amendment to the Ship Subsidy Bill. He argues the bonus to American soldiers is as justifiable as a bonus to ship operators. The proposal follows Harding's veto during the last Senate session.
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Simmons
Georgia
Harding
Grave crisis at hand in Allied break
Washington officials reserve comment as news breaks that Allied premiers have broken off reparations talks. The White House views the rupture as one of the most acute problems vexing Europe, signaling deep administrative concern.
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White& House
Europe
Senate Passes Treasury Bill in Record Time
Washington December Congress speeds through the 16 million dollar Treasury Department maintenance appropriation with brief debate. Senator Broussard of Louisiana criticizes the nine million dollar provision for enforcing the prohibition law as inadequate to make the dry law effective among officials.
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Louisiana
Woman Arrested in Casper Suspected of Clare Phillips Case
Police in Casper Wyoming say they have definitively established that a woman arrested last night on suspicion of being Clare Phillips, the escaped "hammer mask dress" figure, is connected to the ongoing case.
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Hammer Mar Dress
Turkey Faces World Pressure Over Dardanelles Policy
Ismet Pasha leading the Turkish delegation at the Peace Conference refused to oppose global demand to open the Dardanelles. M. Tchitcherin of Russia urged a compromise allowing foreign ships equal to a third of Russia's Black Sea fleet. Pasha stated Turkey would not stand out against world opinion.
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M. Tehiterin
Dardanelles Straits
Russia
Black Sea
Tchitcherin
Movie Actor Identified in Suspected Drug Ring
Police raid on William Williams apartment uncovers drugs valued at 50000 dollars and a list of about a thousand names. A Hollywood film actor is named as a selling agent in the ring, with Los Angeles police alerted to investigate.
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William Williams
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Riots Mark Narutowicz Swearing In as Polish President
Riots accompanied the swearing in of Gabriel Narutowicz as president of Poland. Four killed and more than a hundred injured, ten critically, in Warsaw yesterday as crowds protested the vote.
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Warsaw
Gabriel Narutowicz
Poland
U S Canada Post Delegates Meet Approved by Govt
Ottawa reports the United States and Canada approved a postal convention proposal arising from a recent international conference. In Cleveland the Conference for Progressive Political Action adopted credentials committee findings to unseat a Workers' Party representative.
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Canada
Cleveland
Conference For Progressive Political Action
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Madame Gadskis Los Angeles Concert Cancelled
Madame Johanna Gadskis faced opposition from Los Angeles residents due to wartime pro German sympathy and announced she will not attempt to sing in the city at this time. She is married to Karl Tauscher, who was charged with pro German activities and deported during the war.
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Los Angeles
Madame Johanna Gadski
Madame Gadski
Madame Gadskis
Karl Tauscher
Missionary Released by Chinese Bandits in Honan
Anton Lundeen of Newman Grove Nebraska, a missionary kidnapped October 18 in Honan Province, has been released. Three other Americans remain captive. A commission from the American diplomatic corps will travel to Honan next Thursday to negotiate for the captives' release.
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Anton Lundeen
Newman Grove
Nebraska
Honan
City council plans for rebuilding Astoria after fire
Astoria officials received a General Committee petition calling for widening main rebuilt area streets to seventy feet and other streets to sixty feet. Temporary one story wooden buildings may be erected and old viaducts filled by March 4, 1924. business center to stay. State banking department pledges full support after fires damaged every bank. Spokane invites Gonzaga to play West Virginia on Christmas Day in San Diego. Gonzaga accepts.
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Governor Russell Cleared in Seduction Suit by Jury
Governor Leo M. Russell of Mississippi was acquitted yesterday in a damages suit for seduction brought by his former stenographer Miss Frances Birkhead. The verdict came after twenty five minutes of deliberation.
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Mis
Leo M. Russell
Mississippi
Frances Birkhead
Democrats Begin Fight On Subsidy Bill
Washington report says Democrats opened the battle over the Ship Subsidy Bill with an opening speech postponed until tomorrow as Chairman Jones of the Senate Commerce Committee moved to have the entire measure read before the Senate.
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Jones
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Fish Quotations Ketchikan Price Note
Fish prices today from Ketchikan list fresh halibut at 13 cents per pound with pickled stock unavailable. The report notes no pickled halibut available and provides a snapshot of local market rates.
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Auto Bandits Loot Bank in California Hold-Up
Four masked men in automobiles robbed the Fillmore State Bank of Peru, held banker C. E. Spencer and his six year old daughter at gunpoint, looted about six thousand dollars, and forced them into a car before speeding to Los Angeles and vanishing in traffic.
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Fillmore State Bank of
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Bold Hold–Up Strikes Livestock District Bank
In Kansas City during December a bold morning robbery at the Drover's National Bank in the Livestock Exchange Building left Thomas Henry, the credit manager, fatally wounded amid a crowd of cattlemen and stockyard workers. Three bandits escaped with about forty thousand dollars in cash and securities.
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Kansas City
Livestock Exchange
Bandits Hold Up Bank Messenger in Chicago Robbery
Four bandits stopped a Logan Square Trust Savings Bank messenger on the street in Chicago and relieved him of $19,000 he carried, escaping after the hold up.
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Chicago
Logan Square Trust Savings Bank
Bank Heist Strikes Hugo Minnesota
Hugo bank robbers entered two marked banks this morning and held employees at gunpoint looting five thousand dollars, mostly cash, before fleeing. The Basic of Hugo reported the incident in detail.
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Hugo
Freezing Weather Grips Pacific Coast Area
Rain and snow with freezing temperatures prevail along the Pacific Coast and inland areas this morning. The Weather Bureau forecasts no break in the cold snap before tomorrow night. Seattle records the year's lowest temperature at nineteen below zero.
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Pacific Coast
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American official shot in Malta shocks Valetta crowd
Mason Mitchell American consul at Malta was shot and wounded by an unknown assailant believed to be a madman. The attacker fled as the populace reacted with outrage and indignant protests.
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