Couple seized in Montreal in Small disappearance case
In Montreal on August 12 a man and a woman were arrested in connection with the two year old disappearance of Ambrose Small, Toronto theatre promoter. Det Sgt LaPage of Montreal says the pair are in Toronto custody, with ties to cases involving Small's secretary John Sans, who vanished after Small went missing. The sprawling report cites a hotel, a stolen car, a threatening letter, and possible ties to figures identified as Gray and Mitchell amid ongoing speculation about Small’s fate.
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Montreal
Que
Ambrose Small
Toronto
Union
LaPage
Rento
Hell
Ore
City
John Sans
Small
Bere
Mitchell
Martha
Gray
Veterans of Foreign Wars heads to Seattle encampment
National and department heads of the Veterans of Foreign Wars depart York by special car Sunday for Seattle to attend the 32nd encampment August 14 to 19. Commander in Chief Robert G. Wood will join, with stops at Pittsboro and Chicago to entertain officials and visit sites.
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York
Seattle
Pittsboro
Robert G
Chicago
Betty
Col
T. L
Wood
Albert Adjt
Revel W. E. Advocate
Robert Norman Shannon Hal
Foreign Service
V. F. Monthly
Robert B. Handy
V. F. W. National Servereau
Edwin S. Bettelheim, Jr
V. F. W. Legislative
Recall campaign opens for three county commissioners
The recall effort against Commissioners Claude Ram, Lew Smith, and Tom Dobson officially began Monday with a campaign headquarters to be set up in the Mutual building. Petitions for the removal of the indicted officials are circulating, and contributions to the drive are coming from all parts of the county, announced Thomas Orty, chairman of the Betle lub.
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Claude Ram
Lew Smith
Tom Dobson
Mutual
Thomas Orty
Betlelub
Campaten
Adriatic Pressed Through Fire and Blast At Sea
White Star liner Adriatic remained on course after an explosion in her coal bunkers yesterday. One thousand tons of coal were affected, lives were lost, five crew members injured, and a crew member remained missing. The ship docked near its scheduled 2:40 p m. arrival as radio reports confirmed.
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New York
Award Contract for Paving Empire Way
The eight year campaign ends with a paving contract awarded Friday to J. L. Smith valued at 323000 dollars. The project covers grading and paving the highway from Rainier avenue to Henderson street with a trunk line and water mains included.
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Empire Way
J. L. Smith
Rainier Ave
Renton Ave
Henderson St
Rail strike strands five hundred train passengers in Ogden
Passengers on four Southern Pacific trains are stranded in Ogden Utah as a regional strike halts traffic. Western Pacific crews abandon trains at Oakland Stockton and Winnemucca. Santa Fe workers walk out at Needles Freene Bakersfield Barstow and division points in Arizona. Embargoes halt fruit and perishables. California shipments face delays with potential losses reaching 50 million dollars.
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Needies
Cal
Los Angeles
Ogden
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Western Pacific
Stockton
Uta
Ogden Gateway
Portland
Oakland
Winnemucca
Nev
Santa Fe
Freene
Bakersfield
Barstow
Needles
California
Arizona
Brotherhood
Marshal Shot in Yard Riots
Roseville California August 12 Deputy United States Marshal Sullivan was hit by a bullet during firing in the Southern Pacific yards about 2 am after five bombs exploded. In the rear of a roundhouse guards fired toward the blasts and an answering volley occurred. It is not known which side wounded Sullivan and his injuries are not serious.
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Roseville
Cal
United States
Sullivan
Southern Pacific
Guarda
Partiew Sullivan
Los Angeles Cut Off By Railroad Strike
Los Angeles, Aug. 12, thousands of eastern tourists remain isolated as Southern Pacific workers near walkouts impact crucial routes. Brotherhood members may abandon trains on Union Pacific, while Santa Fe reports a pending message from Seligman, Arizona.
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Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
Southern California
Brotherhood
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Seligman, Ariz
Fresno Strikers Tie Up Traffic in Citywide Walkout
Fresno Cal Aug 11 members of the ig Fowr brot struck here early today tying up all tretna passing thru Freeno on the Gatita Fa. It was reported that shots were fired just before the men announced their decidon to quit. The ethhers blamed guards for the noa declared they quit to protect selves from injury.
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Fresno
Cal
Ethhers
Noa
Selves
Western Pacific Trains Tied Up as Strike Hits California Routes
Western Pacific railway workers join a strike in Oakland Winnemucca and San Francisco early morning. The Western Pacific train leaving at 7:45 p m yesterday was halted by the stoppage around 1 p m. This marks the third transcontinental line in California affected by the labor action.
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San Francisco
Ade
Western Pacific Railway
Tre
Oakland
Ittockton
Cal
Winnimucca
N.v
Western Pacific
California
Rail heads accept Harding bid on seniority of shopmen
New York August 12 report says road executives will accept President Harding's proposal to refer the seniority of striking shopmen to the railroad labor board. The vote, about two and a half to one, was to restore all shopmen to their jobs and submit the seniority question to the labor board.
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New York
Harding
Railroad Labor Board
Dow-Jones Financial News
Labor Board
Three California Embargoes Go Into Effect
Embargoes on fruit, livestock, and perishable freight to Eastern points were imposed today in California on the Western Pacific Southern Pacific and Santa Fe lines due to the railroad strike. The orders halt shipments across the three major transcontinental routes from San Francisco.
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San Francisco
California
Western Pacific
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Rail lines at gateway show little hope for California relief
Portland August 12 rail officials on transcontinental routes report minimal prospects for relieving California freight and passenger traffic if a southern brotherhood strike widens. With Santa Fe Southern Pacific and Western Pacific blocked at gateway points trains stranded and congestion grows. alternate routes via Northwestern lines may handle some flow while Union Pacific Great Northern and Northern Pacific report no strike trouble due to armed guards.
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California
Brotherhood
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Western Pacific
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Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Union Pacific
Pocatello
Idaho
Oregon
Situa
Strike in Mines May End Today
Cleveland reports authority for 460 009 miners to return to work in central competitive coal mines was expected today as joint subcommittee talks resumed. Ohio agent Gove Davis and Michigan’s Groee beek spoke after meeting with UMW President John J. Lewis, saying progress could end the deadlock soon.
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Cleveland
Reale
Gove, Davia
Ohio
Groeebeek
Michigan
John J. Lewin
United Mine Workers
Brotherhoods Call Out John L Lewis Over Train Attacks
The Me Four brotherhoods confront John L Lewis of the Wasted Mittle Workers demanding he take immediate action to stop attacks on trains manned by Brotherhood members. Representatives note that the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers joined in calling for measures to prevent further assaults on railroad crews and equipment.
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LeyeNy. Adz
John L. Lewis
Nnt
Railroad lines face possible congestion from embargo lift
The article reports Pacific Coast officials doubting Northwestern lines can handle increased traffic if called upon. Freight cars are scarce in the Northwest for ten days, with shipments delayed as embargoes end. Northern Pacific Portland agent Chariton and Union Pacific executive Sutherland warn of uncertainty and potential tie ups.
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A. G. Sutherland
Union Pacific
Portland
North
Rescue Autos Are Prepared to Aid Desert Passengers
Los Angeles August 12 Autos caravans were being planned to evacuate hundreds of passengers stranded in the desert. Big Four brotherhood members quit work causing twenty five Santa Fe trains to be discontinued or diverted. Only one overland train remained running from Los Angeles as local tenders refused to recall workers who walked out in protest of armed guards at the shops during the strike.
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Los Angeles
Desert
Big Four Brotherhood
Santa Fe
Snyder Files Run for Congress From First District
Edgar C. Snyder, state chairman of the progressive party in 1912, has filed for Congress in the First district. He has never held public office before and maintains offices at 607 Mutual Life Building.
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Edgar C. Snyder
Atate
Progressive Party
Snyder
Mutual Life Building
Elks Prepare Picnic Feeds For Beattie Boys
About 40 000 Beattie boys await a big picnic Tuesday organized by the Elks Lodge Mig Brother committees. Chairman C J Johnston says everything is ready including boat races field sports and a Veterans of Foreign Wars ceremony tied to their national convention.
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Huck Finn
Mig Brother
Elks’ Lodge
C. J. Johnston
Foreign Ware
Home Wrecker Seeks Revenge Wrecks Wives
Clarence Warner, a Cadifine farmer, wrecked two farmers’ homes in Grand Rapids after uttering a vow to harm ex service men. He was arrested in his Love Test apartment with the wives of two veterans, while Oren Myatt testified Warner swore to wreck their marriages.
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Gnand Rapids
Mich
Meeatechia
Clarence Warner
Warner
Oren Myatt
U S Veterans in Pacific Northwest Receive Compensation
About 4000 veterans were awarded government compensation in the past year in Washington Oregon and Idaho. L Jeseph district manager of the Veterans Bureau stated that 12900 claims remain in district files and 6044 new compensation claims were filed last year.
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U. S
Pacific Northwest
L. Jeseph
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Joaneph
Divorces and Beauty Prize Highlight Local Notice
Mrs. Leanore Stanchfield, winner in a local beauty contest, is granted divorce from her husband. The Superior Court ordered custody of their two year old son to Mrs. Stanchfield and awarded $10 monthly alimony. The husband denied cruelty claims, calling his wife a movie rack.
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Leanore Stanchfield
Battleships to Test Alaskan Coal Shipping
Naval officials say the battleships New York and Texas will conduct a special test of Alaskan coal in late August to evaluate its quality and suitability for fuel aboard fleet vessels.
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New York
Texas
Forgery arrest in Pourthave on warrant
Deputy Sheriff Harry Ajax and Morrie Welefield arrested Macario Tampa alias Pedra Gomes, a sailor, on a forgery warrant. He was held in the county jail after a December 26 indorsement forged on a $26 check filed with Justice of the Peace in Dalton.
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Pourthave
Harry Ajax
Morrie Welefield
Macario Tampa
Pedra Gomes
Sailor
In & Gorm
Piaint
Justice of the Peace Co
Dalton
Arthur Griffith Leader in Sinn Fein and Irish Campaign
Arthur Griffith born in Dublin in 1872 emerged as a key Sinn Fein figure. He founded and edited Sinn Fein and later Nationality, shaping early Irish political organization and recruitment. Arrested by the British during tensions, he was released before the truce and treaty negotiations.
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Sinn Fein
Ireland
Tle
Dublin
Arthur Griffith
Nationality
Boone
State to spend 390000 for river and harbor works
Washington plans 290000 for river and harbor work in 1923. Congress reportedly approves 446000 for Col Raward HM Hehulka to dredge Lake Washington and extend the guide wall but no funding source is set. The issue may be resolved at the next session.
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National Capitol
Toth House
Senate
Raward HM
Hehulka
Lake Washington
Thies Hiteh
Everett
Washington
Lydia KE
Pinkham's Vegetable CO
Mra
J. M. Lippert
High &J
Lydia
Pinkham
Golf Forgotten as Men Fight Flames
A fire at a suburban residence in Orange New Jersey on August 12 drew help from players at two clubs who abandoned golf clubs to fight the blaze. Most of the wellbeing of residents was moved as crews battled the flames.
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Orange
N. J
Wolfere
Muraliies
Watercolor Exhibit by Seattle Artist Edgar Forkner
An exhibition of watercolors by Edgar Forkner, a Seattle artist, is on display at the Beattie Find Art Society Gallery, 1993 Fourth Ave. Forkner is known for boats and marine subjects. the show includes waterscapes, Lake Union views, eastern woodland scenes, flower studies, and still life works.
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Seattle
Beattie Find Arta Society
Fourth Ave
Parkner
Lake Union
Seattle Elks to Host Veterans Open House
Seattle Lodge No. 92 Elks will hold an open house from August 14 through 20 for Veterans of Foreign Wars members. Secretary W. A. Rane announced invitations to the encampment committee to join special features at the Fiske club on Fourth Avenue and Spring Street.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. A. Rane
Elka
Fiske’ Club
Fourth Ave
Spring St
Rich Men Caught in Fire on Yacht Crusader
Lake George N Y August 12 Gov Smith Adolph Ochs publisher of the New York Times Cheries J Peabody international banker and other notable passengers aboard the fake steam yacht Crusader were aboard when a midlake fire broke out. The boat's crew battled the blaze and all travelers landed safely.
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Lake George
N. Y
Gov. Smith
Adolph
Odie
New York Times
Cheries J. Peabody
Midlake Ceateriay
Mechanical cherry pitting machine shirts Lynden cannery
Manager C. M. Creamer unveiled a machine at the Lynden Cannery that pits 39 cherries per stroke and trokes 0 strokes a minute, claiming 1,872,000 cherries can be pit per day. He hints at yearly totals to be calculated by readers.
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C. M. Creamer
Lynden Cannery
Lynden
Five dead in yacht explosion off Miami Beach
An explosion and fire destroyed the converted yacht Shirin three miles off Miami Beach yesterday an hour after it set out for Nassau. Five persons perished and two others drowned. Cause of the blast remains unknown.
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Miama
Fin
Miami Beach
Nessau
Message to Garcia claim heats up as witnesses defend carrier
Maj Andrew Towan says a Los Angeles theatrical man Woodward carried a message and Hubbard wrote the tale. Towan recalls being decorated for the Cuban war feat and asserts Garcia’s famed message may have been carried by others. Rowan supports Hubbard and claims Towan misstates the hero.
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Francisco
Maj
Andrew
Towan
Congress
Garcia
Francis
FE. Woodward
Los Angeles
Howan
Woodward
Albert Hubbard
Rowan
Hubbard
Ereken
Blbert Hottart
Hebbard
Nowan
Binder Wins Bronze Medal From Italian Government
Ward Claude C. Binder a former University of Washington student in Seattle receives a bronze medal and certificate from the Italian government for his service or achievement.
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Vancouver
Claude C. Binder
University of Washington
Seattle
Bertha Mensereau Granted Divorce From Metereau Circus Couple
Portland reports Bertha Mensereau, enliope player for the circus, granted a divorce from George Metereau, a circus acrobat.
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Portland
Bertha Mensereau
George Metereau
Turkish poet Abdul Hamid Bey’s divorce from seventh wife
Berlin reports Abdul Hamid Bey a Turkish poet divorces his seventh wife. The case highlights the ongoing domestic disputes within the literary circle as authorities confirm the formal dissolution proceeding.
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Berlin
Turkey
Abdul Hamid Bey
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