Fire kills ten children and two adults at Quebec Jewish boys home
A fire at Shawbridge Quebec destroyed a Jewish boys home killing ten orphans and two caregivers, Thomas Legault and his wife Jean Legault. The building collapsed trapping victims. twelve bodies were recovered and identifying them was difficult. Rescue workers battled flames and smoke as the night emergency unfolded.
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Shawbridge
Quebec
Thomas Legault
Jean Legault
T. Marie Legault
Mary
Oil concerns are attacked in Senate speech
Senator Harriet of Oklahoma charged in the Senate that America's oil industry is dominated by a few large producers and urged a 36 cent per barrel crude duty and 25 cents per barrel on fuel. She attacked Standard Oil, Edward L. Doheny Co., and Royal Dutch Shell. Gasoline prices, she said, rise and fall without regard to supply and demand and consumers pay the monopoly tax.
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Washington
America
Harriet
Oklahoma
Senate
Harfield
Standard Oil Company
Edward L. Doheny Company
Royal Dutch Shell Company
May Revive War Act to Curb Coal Price
Washington circles discuss reviving anti profiteering provisions of the wartime Lever law to check soaring coal prices. Wenatchee reports a highway contract for six miles of Sunset Blewett Base from Peshastin to forest boundary awarded to Sengfelder Berry and Weteehee contractors for 49300.31 dollars. Ban Francisco notes Mrs Bell, widow of Thomas Bell the millionaire, leaves five dollars to each of her adopted sons and daughters.
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Washington
Wenatchee
Sunset Highway
Blewett Base
Peshastin K
Forest Boundary
Sengfelder & Berry
Wetehee Contractors
Ban Francisco
Daredevil Duke of Leinster Wins London to Aberdeen Race
The Duke of Leinster known as the daredevil sportsman of England won 15000 dollars by driving a racing automobile from London to Aberdeen Scotland in record time. Dispatches note no trouble with speed cops en route.
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Duke of Leinster
England
London
Aberdeen
Scotland
Fruit trains resume as five days of rail tieup ends
Five days into the season the dispute prompted a railway employes appeal for cooperation. Resolutions urged railroads to prioritize fruit shipments when possible. The first fruit trains in nearly a week moved eastward as 30 carloads tied up at Roveville Cal were re iced and dispatched. Federal reports show few violent incidents, with Las Vegas and Santa Fe corridor areas cited as critical for food shortage and communication gaps. An auto messenger from Las Vegas went to Los Angeles to fetch food for children as the local drugstore faced shortages.
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Roveville
Cal
Southern Pacific
Las Vegas
Nev
Santa Fe
Arizona
Los Angeles
Focal
Injunction Issued in Tacoma Strike
Federal Judge B F Cushman signs a permanent injunction barring striking shopmen from interfering with Milwaukee or Northern Pacific trains or shops and from picketing or molesting strikebreakers in Tacoma. The order follows a temporary injunction granted days earlier.
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Tacoma
Milwaukee
Northern Pacific
BF. FB. Cushman
Wee
Cattle Duty Attacked Across Border in Trade Dispute
Western Canada appeals to U S farmers to oppose tariff duties on cattle in the Fordney McCumber bill. Over 30 000 letters sent to farmers and Congress. Canadians oppose duty on grassed steers noting profits from cross border trade and feeding on corn. For years cattlemen of both countries benefited from free trade.
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Western
Canada
United States
Congress
City budget committee weighs salaries for 1923 funds
The council budget committee meets Wednesday to decide if city salaries will be cut or raised and whether automatic raises for efficiency and long service continue. Also noted is news from Calcutta that Maj. Walter T. Blake’s around the world flight is delayed due to illness.
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Council
London
Walter T. Blake
Calcutta
Candler Sued for $100000 in Atlanta Suit
Mrs Sarah G Byfield filed a $100,000 suit against Walter T Candler in superior court here alleging personal injury and humiliation from an alleged attack aboard the steamship Merengaria en route to France. The action follows a prior suit by Candler against her husband Clyde K Byfield, a noted automobile man, for blackmail.
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Atlanta
Sarah G. Byfield
Walter T. Candler
France
Candler
Clyde K. Byfield
Shake-Up at Seattle Police Heads for Reorganization
Captain Haage to shift from dry squad. Damm to Georgetown, O'Brien named inspector to enforce Brown policy. Severyns confirms no broad removals yet amid anti-vice drive. Medges and Tennant removals denied. O'Brien praised for service. vows fair treatment and hard work.
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James J. Haage
Haag
Severynes
Severyne
O'Brien
Brown
Seattle
O' Brien
Citoen
Brown and
Severyns
Joe T. Mason
Claude G. Bannick
Damm
Police
France
St. Mihiel
Vosges
Meuse-Argonne
O’brien
Ravenna church project nears completion in EB district
Rev. George W. Peck reports Ravenna EB 60th Street and Yard Ave NE plans for a new community church are rapidly nearing completion. The modern edifice will fit local needs and construction contracts will be let soon.
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Ravenna
60Th St
Yard Ave
N. E
George W. Peck
Tts
Arbuckle Heads for Long Trip Through Orient
Fatty Arbuckle sails from San Francisco on a lengthy journey to the Orient, Malay peninsula, Straits settlements, Egypt, and perhaps Paris. He seeks rest after a turbulent year including a trial over Virginia Rappe’s death and hints at possibly returning to screen work or venturing into producing with Joseph Schenck and Norman Talmadge in Egypt.
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Ban Francisco
Koscom (Fatty) Arbuckle
San Francisco
Orient
Malay Peninsula
Straits Settlement
Egypt
Paris
Virginia Rappe
Arbuckle
United States
Arbuckle Party
Milton Cohen
Harry Brand
Joseph Schenck
Schenck
Norman Talmadge
Peace talk gains as mining talks advance to Philadelphia
Union leaders report progress with actual preparations for mining in Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana Oklahoma West Virginia and Michigan. The Cleveland meeting marks a peace opening and the next step is to end the hard coal strike by party at Philadelphia tomorrow.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Michigan
Cleveland
Partey
Philadelphia
Illinois Mines Still Closed in Chicago Date
Illinois mines remained closed as miners in other states returned to work. A Friday meeting between operators and union officials halted reopening preparations. Predictions circulated that the Cleveland agreement would be ratified by mine workers and operators, though some opposition was expected.
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Chicago
Illinois
Cleveland
Filinola
Opening of Highway Around Lake Washington Celebrated
Residents along the eastern shore plan a picnic at Wildwood park near Bellevue to mark the completion of the 5 mile paved lake rim highway. The event was announced Wednesday for Saturday August 16 and lauds the road as a new attraction easing travel for tourists and locals alike.
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Lake Washington
Wildwood Park
Bellevue
Northwest
Poses as Nobility Awakens Chicago Police Interest
A seedy man claiming to be a nephew of the Duke of Fife sought shelter at a rural Chicago station. Police rushed to honor the visitor with a fine meal before learning he was John F. North, an itinerant peddler known in the city.
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Chicago
Duke of Fife
John F. North
Travel Plans for Vancouver Trip by Rail
The travelers depart Thursday at 11 20 p m for Vancouver British Columbia and return via the Canadian Pacific to Washington D C.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canadian Pacific
Washington, D. C
Vets Visit Battleships as VFW Encampment Delegates Sail
Delegates to the national encampment of Veterans of Foreign Wars planned a land to sea excursion to the Pacific fleet at Bremerton on Wednesday afternoon. Commander in Chief Robert G. Woodside led the morning session at Woodward theater with a Gaines address, and Calvin Coolidge was to speak that evening.
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Bremerton
Woodward Theater
Robert G. Woodside
William A. Gaines
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Woodland Park
Legion of Honor
Woodside
Reuel W. Elton
Christian Vacher Corbierre
Seattle
Emile Marx
Alsace- Lorraine Society
Adjutant Elton
Arc de Triomphe
Parta
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Portlandites Hear Coolidge Address in Civic Auditorium
Vice-President Calvin Coolidge spoke to a large audience in Portland last night, reviewing Harding administration accomplishments and discussing tariff and ship subsidy measures. The presidential party left today for Seattle.
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Portland
Calvin Coolidge
Civic Auditorium
Harding
Seattle
Row Over Ship Bars Breaks Out Afresh
Washington Aug 16 The house opened a new round in the liquor on ships controversy with resolutions demanding the United States Shipping Board tell Congress where it buys the liquor used on American ships. Rep Brennan Republican Michigan and Rep Gallivan Democrat Massachusetts sponsored the measures attacking Board purchases in England and seeking confirmation or denial of the Busch charges. The moves are seen as an early step in a broader campaign to sway voters and bolster wet candidates nationwide.
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Laurence M. Benedict
Washington
House
United States Shipping Board
Congress
Brennan
Republican
Michigan
Gallivan
Massachusetts
Shipping Board
England
Lasker
Ing Board
Prohibition
The
Prohibition Enforcement Unit
A. A. Busch
St. Louis
Europe
Busch
Field Marshal Haig Returns to Rum Trade
London August 16 Field Marshal Haig was elected a director of the Distillers company at its Edinburgh annual meeting. The Haigs have long been financially tied to whisky and Haig will not be a figurehead but will share full work and responsibility. The firm plans a large output increase in Ireland and Scotland.
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London
Thield Marshal Farr Haig
Distillers’ Company
Edinburgh
America
Haigs
Karl Haig
Ireland
Scotland
Shalf
United Distillers of
Belfast
Man Dies After Auto Collision on 85th Street
Dick Sessa a laborer of 8700 Woodland Park Ave died at city hospital after injuries from a skull fracture caused by a car driven by H. W. Teach a printer at 85th and Greenwood Ave. The coroner W. H. Carson is investigating as Sessa could not speak English, hindering police.
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H. W. Teach
Poison Case Hurst Halts When Witness Dies
Belfast report says the trial of Mrs Ellen Whan for mailing poison candy paused as the chief witness collapsed dead. Paris dispatch notes Premier Poincare's policy at the London allied conference on German reparations wins solid French cabinet backing for the production guarantees program.
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Belfast
Ellen Whan
Paris
Poincare
London
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