Naval Cadet Killed Under Train at Ball Yard
Roy Buckley, naval training station cadet, died in city hospital after being crushed by a Great Northern train at Ball Yard Christmas night. He lost both toes, suffered a fractured right arm in three places, and possible internal injuries after leaping from a moving coach and falling beneath wheels. his father is Capt. Patrick Buckley, retired mariner, Seattle.
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Bal Yard
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Ballard
Patrick Buckley
Mariner
Seattle
George Creel to retire from public information post
Washington December 26 Creel head of the committee on public information is believed to have finished his government publicity duties and return to private life. He went to Paris to assist in publicity work, with President Wilson reportedly taking personal charge of publicity at present. Creel had faced criticism but remained in high regard with the president and certain officials.
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Wilson
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
Creel
Paris
Baker
Daniels
Rev. McGrath named Baker City bishop
Rome announces the appointment of Rev. Jos. Mc Grath, rector of St. Patrick's Church in Tacoma, Washington, as bishop of Baker City Oregon. Rev. Edmund Heelan of Sacred Heart Church Fort Dodge Iowa was named bishop of Sioux City.
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Jos. Mc Grath
St. Patrick's Church
Tacoma
Wash
Baker City
Ore
Edmund Heelan
Sacred Heart Church
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Sioux City
President Praises Yanks in France Address at Chaumont
President Wilson commends American troops in France, praising their duty and spirit as Gen Pershing welcomes him. He notes home support, predicts a united peace, and vows to back the army’s efforts as soldiers prepare to return home for a Christmas and New Year.
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France
Gen. Pershing
Kidnapped Girl Sought as Convicts Flee Toward Mexico
Posse from four counties in Arizona pursue two escaped convicts, J C Wunder and Emmett McDaniels, accused of abducting 17 year old Laura Foreman and another woman in a stolen car. The pair reportedly headed toward Mexico via Nogales after escaping Monday night from a penitentiary garage.
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Ariz
Florence
Arigona
Mexico
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Arthur Foreman
J. C. Wunder
Emmett McDaniels
Bartell Store Robbed of Cash and Valuables
Burglars on Christmas Eve took several thousand dollars in cash and assorted valuables. The main theft was $1,600 from Yiar Tell Drug Store No 2 at 610 Second Ave. Jewelry valued at hundreds of dollars vanished from Dr C B Magygard’s home. A burglar snatched gifts including a $76 Chinese kimono after FE Rudder and family visited. Two highwaymen robbed I W O stad at Second Ave and Denny Way, seizing a gold watch and $15. Dozens of minor burglaries were reported.
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I. W. Olstad
Thomas S T
Second Ave
Denny Way
President Remembers Nation’s Victorious Army Speech
The speaker praises the president for confidence and support that fueled the army’s success and presents the nation’s victorious army to the commander in chief in a formal, ceremonial moment.
Boy Killed by San Francisco Fire Truck Crash
In San Francisco on Christmas Day a municipal fire truck, avoiding a child in the street, crashed into a building. Ten year old Peter Doyle was killed, and Mary Scanion aged 24 and Hannah Beanion aged 21 were seriously injured.
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Peter Doyle
Mary Scanion
Hannah Beanion
Is He Really Dead Mother Receives Letters From Romanoff
A special dispatch from London reports Nicholas Romanoff may still be alive or dead. Mario Dagmar Romanoff, his mother in Livadia Musela, receives letters every ten days signed with his name. She recognizes the handwriting but there is no clue to his whereabouts.
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London
Nicholas Romanoff
Mario Dagmar Romanoff
Livadia
Musela
Pretender Czar Fooled Widow of Another
Between 1603 and 1613 the Rumda crisis centered on a fake Dimitri who claimed the throne. Feodor died in 1598 and Dimitri the elder was presumed dead after an accident. A Polish claimant named Pimityi sparked a brief reign before his death in 1606. A second Dimitri emerged in 1607. Marini the widow of the earlier Dimitri believed him her husband, but he was killed in 1610.
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Ivan the Terrible
Feodor
Dimitri
Florin Gudonoff
Pimityi
Poland
Wisniewski
Moscow
Marini
Mysterious Letters Mark Fate of Nicholas in Exile and Doubt
Reports swirl about Nicholas fleeing Warsaw with Polish officers, abdication at Rusdan, and arrests at Tearkoe-Belo palace. Rival claims of assassination, execution, or secret burial persist, while no grave or body is found and questions linger on his wife and children.
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Ruma
Nicholas
Tearkoe-Belo
Toboleak
Hiberta
Miota
Ekaterinburg
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