Irish Foes Clash as Belfast Suburbs See Fresh Fighting
Reports from February 15 describe renewed street battles in Belfast and surrounding areas with Sinn Fein forces clashing with pro-government troops. Ireland’s political tension rises as Collins meets Lloyd George to discuss British troop presence and the path toward a provisional government and unionist resistance.
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Belout
Sinn Fein
ED L. Keen
Sinn Fenners
Belfast
Ulster
Collins
Lloyd
Winston
Syd George
Ireland
Free State
Republic
Iners
Lord Chancela
Price fixing and open price activity in regional association
The record notes that about eighty percent of the territory of the association is member controlled. A Bureau sets prices for box materials and other goods to standardize pricing within the state. The group adopted a freight rate basing point and attempted to enforce uniform prices, while some members practiced discounts and open pricing practices.
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Assoc
Denied by Local Lumbermen in Trade Policy Feud
The Western Pine Merchants' Association rejects a federal trade commission report alleging misdealing. Robert B. Allen, secretary of the West Coast German’s association, claims no unfair price actions and accuses the FTC of overreach while discussing tariff and freight-rate disputes.
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Federal Trade Compu
Arers
Robert B. Allen
Germen's Association
Federal Trade Son
Mother Jones Aids Kansas Miners in Strike
In Pittsburg Kansas on February 15 Mother Jones the veteran strike leader visits with thousands of miners and their families. She fires the rank and file with strong language saying that is the only way to achieve results and is a favored figure for strikers due to her motherly face and white hair.
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Pittsburg
K&n
Fed
General Coal
Mother* Jones
Kansas
Jones
Hearts and Dollars Drama in Hollywood
In Los Angeles the Taylor murder mystery fuels fear in moviedom as financiers demand a new morality. The article notes scandals including the Arbuckle case and pressures to tighten star contracts and restrict personal conduct to protect reputation and profits.
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Hollywood
Los Angeles
Taylor
Arbuckle
Rickenbacker Takes Airplane Joy Ride
Eddie Rickenbacker left Omaha for San Francisco from the air field at 7 25 this morning aboard a plane piloted by Jack Knight. Knight will fly to Cheyenne for a pilot change, then to Salt Lake City for an overnight stop, with arrival in San Francisco Thursday evening. The trip is by special permission of the air mail service in Washington.
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Omaha
Eddie Rickenbacker
San Francisco
Jack Knight
Knight
Rickenbacker
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Washington
Physician Indicted in Double Murder Case
BELLEVILLE Feb. 15 Two indictments charging Dr. Robert X. McCracken with the murder of Mrs. Clara Richwine and her aged father-in-law Wi Ham Fichwine were returned by the grand jury. Mrs. Richwine was found shot in the dining room of the Richwine bungalow near East St. Louis. Fichwine was bound in the basement with a bullet wound to the temple.
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Belleville
Robert X. McCracken
Clara Richwine
Ham Fichwine
Richwine
East St. Louis
Change in Personnel Time Signals Shift
Fragmentary quotation notes that time has come for a personnel change, signaling leadership or staff alterations. The remark implies a move to refresh or realign team composition without detailing specific names or positions. The source provides limited context for broader implications or timeline.
Pine Association Denounces Action
Portland February 15. A. W. Cooper secretary manager of the Western Pine Manufacturers association headquartered in Portland denies charges by the federal trade commission that the group fixes prices for large profits. He declines detailed denial and denounces the FTC as appalling libelous and intolerable.
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Portland
Western Pine Manufacturers’ Association
A. W. Cooper
Federal Trade Commission
Cooper
Name-Less Baby Shows Strain of Mother’s Hardship
A distressed mother, tearful but hopeful, asks the city editor to name her malt healthy infant before she places him in a home. She says she loves him but cannot keep him, is down to her last dollar, and rent is due in three days. The mother will provide her name to The Star’s city editor.
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The
Star
Government step urged to avert nationwide coal strike
Indianapolis Feb 15 Government intervention is the only hope to avert a national coal strike set for April 1, says a high United Mine Workers official. Operators wish to unload surplus coal and refuse interstate wage talks while union leaders demand a maintained wage scale amid many local union resolutions. If no deal is reached by March 31 miners may quit. officials say government actions would target operators for violating contract wage conference provisions.
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Fred
Johnston
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Movie Murder Case Deepens As Investigators Probe Extortion Ties
District Attorney Woolwine says the murder investigation remains open with all principals under scrutiny. Chauffeur William Davis testified again about Ma bel Normand and her last visit to Taylor the night he was killed. James Stewart provided new evidence while Kasdina Zukor offered a $3500 reward for the killer.
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District Attorney's
Umt
Taylor
Normand
William Davis
Mabel Normand
James
Slim") Stewart
Kasdina Adolph Zukor
Parmans Players Lasky Corporation
Woolwine
United Press Today
Charien A. Jones
T . Jones
Taylor Trail Mystery Deepens in Harper Kansas
Harper Kansas February 15 The trail of William Desmond Taylor slain motion picture director is lost after he left Hollywood and after years spent near the English settlement of Runny Mede in Harper county residents recall he lived there as a youth under the name Tanner. No record shows when the Tanner family left or where they went following his teens. Runnymede was named for an English town after many English families settled in the area in the 1910s.
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Harper, Kan
William Desmond Taylor
Runnymede
Hollywood
Harper County
Taylor
Tanner
William
Oncar
Kanean
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford Warn Public
In Chicago on February 15 Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford urged vigilance toward film industry criticism. They warned America may lose the motion picture industry if its people are judged harshly. They defended Hollywood and emphasized hard work over sensational wild orgies.
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Chicago
Douglas Fairbank S
Mary Pickford
America
Hollywood
Doug
Mary
Mollywood
Marriage Tale Tied to 1890 Wallace Sharon Springs Match
In Sharon Springs Kansas, settlers recall that William Deamond Taylor the movie director murdered in Los Angeles was wed in 1890 to Olive Randall. Local marriage records were not kept up to date in early 1908 and are being thoroughly searched.
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Sharon Springs
Kan
William Deamond Taylor
Los Angeles
Wallace
Olive Randall
Interest Lost in Loquacious Yarn
Police lose interest in a long tale aboutEdward Sands hiring gunmen to kill William Desmond Taylor. An informant offers a man who could clear Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle of a manslaughter charge, but Corsap's near complete story is still under investigation.
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San Francisco
Charles Carson
Eadward Sands
William Desmond Taylor
Roscoe
Fatty
Lt Gov Coyle to Address Automobiles Tax Topic
Lieut. Gov. W. J. Coyle will address Seattle Engineers' Club at Thursday noon on Automobile Taxation as It Applies to State Highway Construction in Washington. The talk covers how vehicle levies fund road projects and state infrastructure plans.
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W. J. Coyle
Engineers’ Club of
Seattle
Washington
Parents bury poisoned tots in Chehalis valley tragedy
In Kinber near Chehalis five children died after a mother gave medicine she believed to be Wpeomaalta. Parents Edward and Weon Rhodes faced a solemn funeral with officials present as caskets were lowered to separate graves. Crowds from nearby towns attended the service.
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Chenmalis
Edward Rhodes
Kinber
Holafort
Puyallup
Felda
Ward Harth
Chehalla Valley
Otto F. Wiesinger
Bucklin Undertaking Co
Chehalis
Priest Accused of Fratricide in Montreal Case
Montreal police charge Catholic priest Adelard Delorme with murdering his half brother Raoul Delorme to obtain a $25,000 life insurance. Delorme allegedly insured Raoul and killed him four days later. Raoul’s body with six bullet wounds was found near Montreal. Delorme was arrested after a coroner’s inquest returned a murder verdict.
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Montreal
Que
Adelard Delorme
Raoul Delorme
Ottawa University
Raoul
Detorme
Father Delorme
Taoul
Vets Promise Justice Again Over Soldier Bonus Plan
Washington lawmakers debate methods to fund the veteran bonus with possible cuts to the budget and naval holiday shifts. House leaders advocate avoiding new taxes or large bond issues, awaiting a White House letter that may offer little concrete solution. Suggestions include funding from naval program savings, a sales tax, or issuing short term bonds, each with significant objections.
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Washington
House
Mondell
Wyoming
Wastiington
Senate
United Preas
Harding
White House
Congress
Puncture Proof Tire Method by Powel Crossey
A Cincinnati inventor Powel Crossey claims a simple inexpensive method makes pneumatic tires immune to punctures and blowouts without reducing ride quality. He offers to demonstrate on an old tire and promises doubled mileage, urging local car owners and agents to contact him for opportunities.
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Powel Crossey
Blue Rock Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Crossey
Health officer faces criticism over poison package handling
Dr. G H M Dow, Lewis county health officer, urged withholding shipments from West Coast Grocery Co of Tacoma after a fatal medicine incident. Critics question his authority and warn packing errors might have masked contamination. The Rhodes case remains under inquest while chemical analysis proceeds, with a verdict anticipated soon.
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Polson
G. HM. Dow
Lewis County
Estate Health Department
West Coast Grocery Co
Tacoma
Dow
Rhodes
Bays
Dr. Fletcher
Mietcher
Rossfort
Kmber
Herman Allen
Boy Murderer to Be Carried to Gallows
CHICAGO February 15 Harvey Church the boy slayer of two automobile salesmen will be carried to the gallows Friday. He has endured 26 days of hunger strike to stave off execution and was forcibly fed though it remains doubtful he will regain the strength for the death march.
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Chicago
Harvey Church
Church
Three Auto Victims Frozen in Ice Discovery
In Kansas City Missouri on February 15 three people were found dead after a car plunged over an embankment and froze in the ice at the embankment foot. The vehicle apparently went over the embankment during the night and was not discovered for hours.
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Kansas City
Ponzi Plot Unfolds As Apple Creditors Move
Four creditors of Charles H. Apple filed bankruptcy proceedings in Chicago, signaling another alleged Ponzi scheme. Officials moved to curb so called ponzi finance amid two company collapses and rising arrests. Federal probes focus on Raymond J. Bischoff, a 26 year old wizard who allegedly drew up to 60000 daily from Little Poland residents with a 100 percent return lure. He faces a usury of defrauding charge as authorities link him to Leslie Harrington, whose operations allegedly drained about 1 million from Lithuanians.
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Chicago
Charles H. Apple
Raymond J. Bischoff
Little
Poland
Landis
Bischoff
Leslie Harrington
Harrington
Three Britons Dead After Madrid Plane Capsize
Three British airmen named Ortweller Milne and Richardson died when their aircraft capsized near Madrid. The incident left three fatalities and is under investigation by local authorities.
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Madrid
Ortweller
Milne and Richardson
Tanlac Ad Claims Benefits for Weight and Digestion
An advertisement asserts Tanlac aids weight loss, digestion, and vitality, urging readers to buy from reputable druggists for improved health and enjoyment of life.
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Ewan
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Metropolitan Theater
Pervonal
Lycoing
Renate
House of Movies
Pine Association
Coyle
California
Aelia
Federal Shoe Repairing CO
Third Ave
Union and
Pike
Tanlac
Barney Simon
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