Ireland Freed of British Rule Ends Six Hundred Year Struggle
In Dublin crowds bid farewell as last British units sailed from Phoenix Park after the Free State proclamation. Gen. Sir Neville MacReady witnessed a final salute and simple handshakes as Irish troops prepared to anchor the last transport. Women and children cheered, signaling the end of British rule in Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Macdonagh
Ireland
Free State
Phoenix Park
Reea Lodge
Dublin
O'Connell i
Neville MacReady
Astoria Rises to Emergency After Fire Strain
Astoria faced a citywide emergency as fire damage prompted rebuilding efforts. Officials planned Tongue Point yard as a central hub for recovery while residents endured days of repairs, retail interruption, and renewed resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bae
Mt Singing
General Soy
Tongue Point Yard
Astoria
Bail unions amalgamate in Eveland Ohio
Dec 18 reports two large railroad unions the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen began merging. Plans to consolidate their assets and finances were discussed at a convention here with aims to form a single union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eveland
Ohio
Amal
Brotherhood of Low Engineers
Acto
Brotherhood of
Loco- Enginemen
Pastor Accuses City of Vice in Dance Hall Scandal
Rev George McClure of Columbia tonal church charges that local dance halls foster immorality and that girls are exploited for money. He asserts immodest conduct by girls at Liberty and Dreamland venues and claims fines fund state schools while cityhouse revenue suffers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McClure
Columbia
Brown
Ev. McClure
Aspecta
McClure
Law Against Noisy Chickens and Dogs
Bridge England council orders a local law to curb nuisance from crowing roosters and barking dogs. The measure aims to protect residents from noise disturbances and establish enforcement mechanisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge, Eng
Wally Reid Seeks Quiet Recovery From Drug Battle
Wally Reid, hospitalized for days, battles drug addiction while his wife Dorothy Davenport and mother-in-law guard his Hollywood private sanitarium. Federal agents plan a broader probe into the Hollywood dope issue as Will Hays defers official action, urging cooperation with authorities and caution against sensational reports.
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Reid
Dorothy Davenport
Wally
Los Angeles
Mia
Alice Davenport
United Proes
Hollywood
Hays
Probe on narcotics importers and peddlers in Southern California
California investigators pursue drug importers and dealers linked to narcotics entering Southern California from Mexico via Arizona. Louis Zeh, head of the state pharmacy board, says the probe targets drug suppliers, not Reid's case, though publicity may drive dealers underground. Two operatives are in the South hoping to arrest two importers. The drugs likely reach Hollywood via the border route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Wallace Reid
Louis Zeh
California State Pharmacy Board
United Press Today
Reid
South
Zeh
Mexico
Arizona
Hollywood Movie Colony
Grand Jury Hears Murder Testimony Near Bel lingham
The federal grand jury will hear testimony charging Andrew Ballew, an Indian, with killing Katherine Brown on November 3 at the Lammi Indian reservation near Bellingham. Ballew allegedly shot Mrs Brown through a window with a shotgun and the panel is expected to indict others for violations of federal liquor and narcotic laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Hallew
Katherine Brown
Lammi
Bellingham
Ballew
Mra. Brown
Justice of the Peace ad promotes marriage business
Justice of the Peace George FY Herzog in California inserts a local newspaper notice offering marriage services. The ad likens his work to advertising for other business and asks, Are you about to get married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysevilah
Cal
Justice of the Peace
George FY
President Harding May Change Treaty Proposals
London dispatch says Harding will push two International agreements to replace Versailles with wide scope. One pact for all allies, another including former enemies. Elihu Root works on a reparations plan while U S bankers and officials report a drastic cut in reparations and U S assumption of German export import and internal taxes under a first mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harding
Daily Sketch
Washington
United States
Nomination Reported Favorably for Justice Pierce Butler
The senate judiciary committee voted to report favorably the nomination of Pierce Butler of Minnesota to be associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Four members of the committee were not present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Pierce Butler
Minnesota
United States Supreme Court
Christmas Conspiracy Presented by Metropolitan Building Co Staff
Jean Helen Kidwiler starred in The Christmas Conspiracy, a play by Metropolitan Building Co employees’ children in the Cobb building basement. The program included Mother Goose sketches, a Mia Marjorie Mienkinsop piano solo, Santa Claus tale, a ten year service talk, and gifts from a large Christmas tree. Lee Merkley and W. W. Belden received service pins and a $100 check, as BH. A. Stuart urged company spirit before gifts to employees’ wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Helen Kidwiler
Children of Metropolitan Building Co. Employes
Jack and Jill
Boy Blue
Ming Muffett
Simon
Cobb
Metropolitan Building Co
Mia
Marjorie Mienkinsop
Margaret Nordin
J. F. Douglas
Douglas
Lee Merkley
W. W. Belden
BH. A. Stuart
Santa Claus
Emperor Jones Delivers Dramatic Season Highlight
A review praises The Emperor Jones by Eugene O Neill as a bold study of primal fear acted by Charles Ollpin. The critic calls it one of the season’s outstanding theater features and urges all real theater lovers to see the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Q Ollpin
Ollpin
Emperor Jones
O'Neill
Factory Blaze Devastates Continental Pipe Co Plant
Tacoma December 18 fire of unknown origin destroyed Continental Pipe Co plant and yards in Seattle owners Joseph Long and Harold Monroe leased by Washington Wood Products Co The loss is about 76000 with partial insurance The alarm drew all city fire departments but progress stopped before lights gas tanks nearby threatened wider industrial district
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Continental Pipe Co
Joseph Long
Harold Monroe
Seattle
Washington Wood Products Co
GALE AIMS TO FORCE REMOVE OF Accumulations
Severe winter conditions halted most traffic in Tacoma and surrounding areas. A motor stage between Seattle and Duvall was found in a ditch near the United Bus terminal Monday. Streetcar service slowed but continued, while jitney service could not operate. Bus service between Tacoma and Olympia was discontinued by order of the state Department of Public Works. Hydroelectric output fell to about 43,000 kilowatts from 87,000, with limited recovery to 69,500 using power from Port Townsend and Georgetown.
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Seattle
Duvall
United Bus Terminal
Tacoma
Olympia
State Department of Public Works
Puysilup Tacoma
Richard T. Sullivan
Tacoma Railway & Power Co
Electron
Enoqualmie
White River
Piverett
Georgetown
Negro Stab Victims In Street Fight At Ritz Hotel
Police search for an unidentified Black assailant after a fight near Sixth Avenue and Stewart Street left Howard Holzer and Roland Berkower stabbed and critically wounded. The victims, aged 29 and 45, were with Will Johns Teddy Johns and G F Lockwood after heavy drinking at the Ritz hotel before moving to Boulevard cafe.
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Sixth Ave
Stewart
Howard Holzer
Roland Berkower
Will
Teddy Johns
G. F. Lockwood
Ritz
Boulevard Cafe
Stewart St
November Exports Set Record for 1922
The Department of Commerce reports November exports reached 983 million dollars, a record for 1922 and 12 million above October. Exports were 99 million dollars higher than November 1921. For the first eleven months, exports totaled 3.49 billion dollars, down 95 million from last year’s period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
Missing Flyer Sought by Planes in Western Division
Postmaster General Work ordered all mail planes in the Western division to search for Henry G. Boonstra, a mail pilot missing since Friday after a heavy snowstorm. Twenty six pilots and aircraft are scouring the region from Salt Lake City to Rock Springs as the service remains suspended in the division.
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Ealt Lake City
Hock Springs
Henry G. Boonstra
Washington
EIGHT HURT IN SLED SMASHES
Seattles first snowfall leads to coasting injuries with eight treated and two fatalities. Details include Peter Rebeccsa 61 struck by electric car, Eugene Emme 11 with skull fracture, and other injuries from sled crashes near city locations.
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Peter Rebeccsa
2Iat Ave
Elect
Leater Waters
Melrose Ave
10Th N
Republican
Eugene Emme
First Ave
City Hospital
I. Lea
10Th Ave. N
John M. Barlow
Federal Ave
Matt Starwich
Starwich
William Dawson
B. Republi- Cad
Rebecca
Chester Wells
Terrace
Seattle
Veteran Mariner Paul Harnes Dies at 60 on Pacific Routes
Waterfront mourns as Chief Fingineer Paul Harnes of the West Habokin line dies at Genoa Bay Vancouver Island after a long career on Pacific trade routes. He was 60 and widely known along the waterfront.
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Beattie Marine
Fingineer
Paul Harnes
West Habokin
Pacific Australian Line
Jenoa Bay
Vancouver Island
Barnes
Alaskan Businessman William H. Fairbanks Dies in San Francisco
News of the death of William H. Fairbanks in San Francisco reached friends Sunday. Fairbanks was prominent in Alaskan commerce having served as general manager of the Northern Commercial company which operated in San Francisco Beattie and the Northwest.
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William H. Fairbanks
San Francisco
Friends
Fairbanks
Northern Commercial Company
Beattie
Northwest
Phone Rate Fight Opens in Olympia Valeu Hearing
The state board of public works opened a hearing in Olympia on the valuation of Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Co property to block a proposed rate tariff increase. The fight centers on a rate hike affecting Spokane Seattle and Tacoma only. The session focuses solely on valuation.
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Olympia
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Pacific Telegraph & Telephone Co
State Board of Public Works
Ship Subsidy Bill Denounced as Vicious Legislation
Washington dispatch reports Iowa official A. T. Summer condemns the Lasker ship subsidy bill as the most vicious measure in a generation. He warns it opens the treasury to shipping interests, allows $20 to $30 million annual subsidies, and enables huge tax refunds based on vessel depreciation, listing major companies likely affected.
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Washington
Lasker
Congress
Treasury
Iowa
Internal Revenue
America
United States Treasury
United States Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Sunday Blaze Sweeps Bellevue Stores
Fire swept a Bellevue Washington business district grocery store on Monday morning. Volunteers raced to Everett's grocery as flames threatened Crooks shoe repair with frozen water lines hindering fighting. Fire destroyed the store and the shoe shop dwelling, causing about 1500 dollars in losses. owner Dr. T W Sloan narrowly escaped damage to his house nearby.
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Bellevue
Lake Washington
Everett
Crooks Shoe Repair
T. W. Sloan
Police Seek Bank Bandit After Bremerton Robbery
Police continue search for the Charleston State bank bandit who fled after a burglar alarm. William Holmes, held for investigation, is involved in the case. A stage driver was forced to flee into the countryside while the suspect escaped. clothing found is linked to Charles Stevens Jr. of 1487 Warren Ave Bremerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremerton
William Holmes
Charleston
Charles Stevens, Jr
Warren Ave
Bergdoll Brother Seeks Habeas Corpus Freedom
Edwin Bergdoll brother of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll asks for habeas corpus in federal court in Kansas City Kansas. Judge John Pollock may hear final plea arguing Wilson proclamation limited draft evaders imprisonment to 14 months after armistice. Bergdoll has nearly two years of a four year Leavenworth sentence.
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Kansas City
Kan
Edwin Bergdoll
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Bergdoll
John Pollock
Wilson
Hergdoll
Leavenworth
Murder Suspects Ordered to Stand Trial in Brunen Case
In Mount Holly New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Kaliech denied a motion to dismiss murder charges against Mrs. Doris Brunen and her brother Harry C Mohr. The pair are accused of hiring Charles Powell to kill Jobin Brunen circus proprietor.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Doris Brunen
Harry C. Mohr
Supreme Court
Kaliech
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Will H. Hays
Cmar
Eugene V. Brewater
Corliss Palmer
Jae
Elihu Reot
Maugene O'Neill
Metropolitan
Eugene O'Neill
Hall O'Neill
Shakespeare
Jones
Arl Island
West Indies
Imperils City
Negro Stars
Concen
Eceectrica
Aces
Gottstein
Buck’s
M.A .Gottstein
Second Ave
Pike
Morris
Coes Eet LE
Mariner
Standard ON Co
Guit Oil Co
Melion
United Fruit Co
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Co
Guggenheimn
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