Tidal Wave Carried Inland Wrecks and Destroys Ships
Admiral Billings recalls a Peru tidal wave that stranded ships and lifted Wateree three miles inland and two miles up a coast valley near the Andes. The surge rose 47 feet, sweeping vessels ashore and leaving wreckage scattered as the sea returned.
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Alaska
Logoslof No. 3
Wis
Phree My Bay
Mount Katia
Admiral Billings
Arion
Peru
United States
Wateree
Door Key Found In Patient Stomach After 50 Years Lost
Surgeons at Ashland Boulevard hospital recovered a door key from the stomach of Philip J. Keifer fifty nine. Keifer recalled his father once lost the key and joked he would have been punished if his father knew who misplaced it.
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Chicago
Philip J. Keifer
Ashland Boulevard Hospital
Keifer
GlobalNews Briefs Reflect Turbulent Times
A wide range of world events appears with sparse details. France reports 25000 fewer births this year. Paris papers mock the situation. Uruguay’s Baltasar Brum and Herrera duel near Montevideo with pistols. no one injured. Ambassador Child meets Ismet Pasha in Lausanne to press fair treatment for minorities in Turkish territories. Lloyd George’s auto collides at the House of Commons entrance. no injuries. Dublin talks aim to forge peace via Sinn Fein delegates in London. Sterling climbs in London amid hopes prices may fall for American imports. The Orient Express is snowbound in Macedonian mountains with three feet of snow. Von Bernstorff’s testimony links Harden’s writings to his long tenure in Washington. The Duke of Abercorn becomes Northern Ireland Governor in Belfast. Dutch government plans a US-based loan to stabilize a 4 billion florin floating debt. A sugar mill explosion near Camaguey, Cuba, kills or injures 100. most victims Spaniards. US miners urge a coal industry investigation in West Virginia. Germany’s potential food shortage looms as collapse fears rise. timing unclear. Minnesota’s Keller withdraws from impeachment hearings, calling the proceedings a comic opera.
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Ambassador Child
Ismet Pasha
Lausanne
Switzerland
Turkey
Lloyd George
House of Commons
London
Dublin
Sirnein
Sterling Exchange
America
Orient Express
Athens
Greece
Macedonian
Count von Bernstorff
Washington
Maximilian Harden
Herr Harden
Herbert Weichardt
Albert Grentz
Harden
United Mine Workers of America
United States Coal Commission
West Virginia
Bonar Law
Germany
Keller
Minnesota
House Judiciary Committee
Daugherty
House
Harry M. Daugherty
Washingtons agencies report funds disbursed and hospital needs
The United States employee's compensation commission says it disbursed 627170 from its compensation fund and 156990 for salaries in the year ending June 30. The Veterans Bureau reports nine hospitals near abandonment due to irreparable deterioration. House panels discuss naval program needs and treaty extension.
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United States Employee's Compensation Commission
C G. R. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Congress
Bureau
Theft of unset diamonds and mounts in Chicago raid
Fourteen trays of unset diamonds gold and platinum mounts valued at 100000 dollars were stolen by two bandits who held up J. E. Harrison a Chicago merchant with offices in a downtown building. The report also notes other crime and public safety items from across the country.
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J. E. Harrison
Chicago
California
California State Motor Vehicle Department
William Sheffer
Middletown
Indiana
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Logan Square Trust and Savings Bank
Stanchfield
Fond du Lac
Wis
John H. Hays
Havre
Mont
Atlantic City
Abescon
Pleasantville
N. J
William S. Hart
Fifteenth Tank Battalion
Fort Benning
Missing 27 after tug Reliance sinks off Lizard Island
Twenty seven persons remain missing after the tug Reliance struck rocks off Lizard Island and sank during a blizzard. Seven survivors have been found near Saulte Ste. Marie, while two cooks Mr and Mrs John Harten were left at a railroad station for medical aid. Searchers scoured the area for the missing crew and passengers amid heavy snow and exposure.
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Algoma Central Railroad
Reliance
Lizard Island
D. A. Williams
Forestry Department
Fisheries Company
Harding to Support Bonus Plan Endorsed by Veterans
Col C R Forbes told ex service men in Cincinnati that President Harding would back a veteran bonus and a feasible funding path exists. After Forbes spoke a sales tax proposal with food exemptions won unanimous support from national and state VFW executives. Buffalo national commander C Hamilton Cook urged rapid backing by his group.
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Harding
Cincinnati
Ohio
Col. C. R. Forbes
Veterans Bureau
Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Council of Administration
Veterans’ Organization
Forbes
C. Hamilton Cook
Buffalo
N. Y
Structural Steel Sales Fall Off in November
The Department of Commerce reports a seasonal drop in fabricated structural steel sales for November, totaling about 16.0 percent of shop capacity for firms manufacturing the commodity. October orders stood at about 17 percent of capacity.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Governors Visit Hot Springs After West Virginia Conference
Nine governors who attended the state executives conference at White Sulphur Springs are hosted in Hot Springs. They dine in luncheon and tour Warm Springs valley in the private car of Garrett Buckner Wall, accompanied by Mrs Wall and Miss Martha Wall of Richmond. The party also includes wives and daughters of several governors.
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Houston
Texas
Humble
Georges Clemenceau
United States
France
White
Sulphur Springs
Ww. Va
Hot Springs
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Warm Springs Valley
Garrett Buckner Wall
Wall
Martha Wall
Richmond
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Western Alarine and Salvice Company
Virginia Shipyards
Alexandria
Nne
Chile
Andes
National Geographic Society
Tate
JL. GG. Billings
Bulletin
Compte de Brallore
Mediterranean
U. S
Istl
Mississippi Valley
Ohie
New York
West
Cadies
Mississippi River
Kingston
Jamaica
Mount Pelee
Mexico
Guatemala
San Francisco
Missouri
Marshal Joffre
Chevy Par Varennes
Nancy Coosmans Hahn
Globe
Paris
Baltasar Brum
Uru-guay
Lius Alberto Herrera
Legation
Montevideo
Duke of Abercorn
Northern Ireland
George
Belfast
Craig
Ulster
Netherlands
Estrella
Camaguey
Havana
Cuba
House Flood Control Committee
Blunt
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
Department of Justice
Knutson
Chine
Schurman
Pekin
Charles Coltman
Kalgan
Great Wall
Samuel Sekobin
Menifee County
Kentucky
Dave Treadway
Prohibition
Robert Duff
Treadway
John Roach
Marianna
Fla
Johnnie
Gary
Ind
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