Heroes of the Shaw collision save crew and liner
The Shaw destroyer, damaged and with its nose sliced off, steered away from the liner to prevent a worse disaster. Lt. Com. Van L. Kirkman and Lieut. Edward Chitiley led firefighting and magazine safety. several crew members braved flames to throw overboard live shells as the ship limped into a British port.
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Shaw
Itis Firet
Air
Tien
Com
van L. Kirkman
Edward Chitiley
Bratgen Ross Dierdorff
Kirkman
H. G. Showerd
T. C. Driggs
OG. R. Lytton
Argentine minister backs League of Nations and U S ties
Buenos Aires December 13 Argentine foreign minister Pueyrredon told the United Press the government strongly supports the League of Nations as the best path to future peace. He urged nations to set aside ego and praised freedom of the seas after Argentina’s note to Germany. He also forecast growing U S Argentina trade and a direct New York Buenos Aires steamship line.
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Buenos Aires
Tienorlo Pueyrredon
United Presa
Iis
League of Nations
Pueyrredon
League
Germany
Toro
United States
New York
Argentina
Chicago
Red Terror in Crushing Russia
Petrograd reports from Russia through December 6 describe a reign of terror under the Bolsheviks. Priests and monks are executed by order of the commission opposing the Bolshevik regime. People are sentenced to death for anti revolutionary opinions. travelers to neutral nations describe conditions as horri ble beyond description.
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Washington
Petrograd
Russia
Gas Mask Inventor Lieut. Col. E. Harrison Dies of Influenza
Special to The Star reports Lieut. Col. E. Harrison, officer of the Legion of Honor credited with inventing the gas mask and saving hundreds of thousands of soldiers, has died from influenza in London on December 13.
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N. BE A
London
E. ¥. Harrison
Legion of Honor
Butterworth Indicted on 46 Counts in Funeral Frauds Case
Gilbert M. Butterworth, funeral director and manager of Butterworth & Sona, faces 46 federal counts alleging defrauding the government and sailors' families. The 96 page indictment accuses overcharging for caskets and services under a government contract, with payments and false claims to relatives and the United States mails. Butterworth vowed to fight the case and asserted he would conduct business honorably.
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Gilbert M. Butterworth
BE. Rh. Butterworth & Sona
United States Grand Jury
13Th Naval District
Butterworth
United States
KR. W. McCleland
Lutterworth
Iowa Governor Backs Universal Military Training
Gov. W L Harding of Iowa declares pacifists have no place in Americanism and urges universal military training as a national necessity. He critics mollycoddles and "stasy boots" and says preparation will ready the nation to "lick hell out of any enemy."
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Detaux
Sima
Jam
Shaw
Iowa
Chicago
W. L. Harding
Harding
Planning Air Mail Into Alaska Zone
New York December 13 bids have been called by the postal department for air plane delivery of mail from Valdez to Fairbanks Alaska. The extension to Alaska is expected in the near future per a letter from Thomas Riggs Jr governor of Alaska received by J M Meterick of the Standard Aircraft Corporation of Elizabeth New Jersey.
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New York
Alaska
Thomas Riggs, Jr
J. M. Meterick
Standard Aircraft Corporation
Elizabeth
N. J
Postal Department
Valdez
Fairbanks
Six Die in Auto Crash in Cleveland. Probe Started
County officials opened an investigation into a fatal automobile accident in Cleveland that killed six people and injured two. Among the dead were Harry Fr. Anderson a U S sailor from Chicago and J L Bell a U S marine from Texas. The six victims rode in a large car that struck a street car derailing it and crashing into a second auto.
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Cleveland
Harry FR. Anderson
U. S
Chicago
J. L. Bell
U. S. Marine
Tex
Movie lineup and star roles in local theaters
The article previews upcoming screenings including Fatty Arbuckle at the Mission, The One Woman with Theda Bara, Nazinova in Eye for an Eye at the Clemmer, Peggy Hyland in Bonnie Annie Laurie at the Colonial, Clara Kimball Young in The Road Through the Dark at the Coliseum, and The Squaw Man at the Strand. It notes mask imagery testing audience perception and identifies specific film titles and venues.
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Pridays
Liberty
Douglas Fairbanks
Arizona
Cleymer
Nasimeva
Bonnie Annie Laurie
Peggy Hyland
Annie
Clara Kimball Young
Berlin
Arizona cowpunch ers form small army in Fairbanks film
Four hundred Arizona cowpunch ers form a compact force in the Douglas Fairbanks picture Arizona at the Liberty theatre. Fairbanks portrays Lieut. Denton who leads this miniature army of hopeful soldiers.
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Arizona
Uncle Sam
Douglas Fairbanks
The
Liberty
Fairbanks
Denton
Smith Cove Bond Bids Withdrawn Amid Tax Limit Dispute
Bids on the $1,990,000 Smith Cove terminal bond issue were refused after eastern bond houses withdrew upon learning the port district tax limit for interest is two percent. The issue will be re-called February 10 as the commission seeks to raise the limit to two mills and meet to decide leasing of the Bell Street terminal to the Army Quartermaster for shipping goods to Russian ports.
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Port Commission
Smith Cove
Hida
Army Quartermaster’s Department
Bell St
Speak Russian? War trade board seeks Americans fluent in Russian
Seattle headquarters invites Americans who speak Russian fluently and have business experience to join the Russian bureau project. Selected individuals will be sent to Russia to assist in wartime trade activities.
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Seattle
The
War Trade Board
Russia
California Syrup of Figs for Children’s Ailments
An old medical advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle liver and bowel cleanser for children. It claims the fruit laxative relieves feverish, listless symptoms, stomach ache, and diarrhea within hours, and stresses looking for the genuine “California” label.
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California
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