Expert predicts vast solar storm endangering earth
An astrologer warns that a rare planetary alignment on December 17 to 20, 1919 will unleash the biggest sunspot in history. He claims seven planets align on one side of the sun with Uranus opposite, triggering enormous storms, volcanic dust, floods and quakes worldwide.
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Porta
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
Annals of Astronomy
Suspected Dope Handlers Nabbed by Federal Officers
Federal officers arrested George Adams and Ed Bender late Wednesday night in their Broadway room for allegedly running a morphine and cocaine trade. A car owned by the pair contained contraband drugs hidden beneath upholstery, according to Internal Revenue Inspector Ralph W. Latham and Customs officials A B Hamer and A A Osborn who made the arrest.
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George Adams
Ed Bender
Broadway
Cherry St
Internal Revenue
Ralph W. Latham
A. B. Hamer
A. A. Osborn
Customs Service
Rainier Beach Picnic Hosted by Rai Nier Club
Under Rai nier Beach Community club auspices and with Miss Goldie Bryan as hostess a community picnic is set for Saturday July 26 at the Rainier Beach playfield.
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Rainier Beach
Youth Held in Clise Case
Suspected thief in a July 9 home robbery of Charles F. Clise’s residence at 2025 E. Newton Jr. is jailed in Centralia. C. E. Tuell, 18, faces grand larceny charges for stealing an automobile from Fifth Ave and Cherry St. He claims a partner did the car theft. police say he drove it to Tacoma where it was halted by motorcycle officers. Jewelry matching the Clise loss was found near the car. Tuell’s partner remains at large.
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Charles F. Clise
E. Newton Jr
C. E. Tuell
Centralia
John Landis
Tuell
R. B. McAusland
Fifth Ave
Cherry St
Tacoma
Inoculation Duel Threat Sparks Murder Claim
St Louis July 18 Harry Peterson assistant prosecuting attorney declares death from disease germ injection would be murder Involves two doctors threatening to inoculate each other Doctors Hill Fraser and Zettell feature in the dispute with Fraser not responding to Hill and Zettell offering to join the test.
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ST. Louis
Harry Peterson
A. M. Hill
John B. Fraser
Toronto
Fraser
H. A. Zettell
St. Paul
Hill
Oldest Town in Oregon Is Saved From Fire
Eugene dispatch reports Jacksonville Oregon the oldest town in the state was saved from total destruction by a Medford fire crew arriving with 200 feet of hose. The blaze began when Street Commissioner Chris Ulrich burned grass behind the city hall and left. four houses and a barn were burned and about a dozen more houses endangered before Lawton and crew arrived. The Jacksonville fire department had not met in six months and hoses burst in several places under pressure.
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Eugene
Jacksonville
Oregon
Lawton
Medford
Chris Ulrich
Chris
New Weeps as Mother Visits Him
In Los Angeles a man named New, Jr. sits in a cell amid public uproar as authorities prepare for a high profile love murder trial. He allegedly killed Freida Lesser, her body transported in a car with him, and he reportedly confessed before later claiming amnesia. The case draws onlookers, with Sheriff Cline boosting security and Judge Willis eyed to preside over the expected trial.
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Harry
New
Edna Clancy
Frieda Lesser
Los Angeles
Clarry
New, Jr
Freida Lesser
John C. Cline
Frank R. Willis
Leseer
Birmingham
Ala
Miss Lesser
Big Booze Plant Found in Vacant House on Morgan Street
Special investigator Frank P. Gordon seized fifty gallons of mash and a complete still from a vacant house at 3827 Morgan street. No other liquor found. apparatus for corn whisky production located. The house had been rented by a Seattle real estate firm to J. C. Brown but was unoccupied. Still and mash will be turned over to federal officers.
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Frank P. Gordon
Morgan St
Gordon
Seattle
J. C. Brown
County to Complete Algona Drains Plan
The Algona drainage project will be completed at a cost of 32500 dollars for draining 1800 acres. County commissioners decided to carry the project through Thursday. The next district to be considered is the Auburn district.
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Algona
Auburn
Picnic at Woodland Park by Georgetown Presbyterian Sunday School
The Georgetown Presbyterian Church Sunday school held a picnic at Woodland Park on Thursday.
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Georgetown Presbyterian Church
Woodland Park
Man Killed in Auto Crash on First Ave N and Valley St
One man died and three were seriously injured in a Friday morning auto crash at First Ave N and Valley St. Fred Alverson, 24, of the Oronoco apartments, a boilermaker, was instantly killed. Injured: P. O. Lee, 28, severely bruised. Cpl. J. McPhee, 27, leg broken. Cc. A. McPhee, 22, cut and bruised. Alverson’s body at county morgue. police investigate cause amid reports of poor lighting and unfamiliar streets.
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First Ave. N
Valley St
Fred Alverson
Oronoco
Duthie
P. O. Lee
Ruola
Cp. J. McPhee
Palatine Place
Cc. A. McPhee
Ames Shipyards
D. J. McPhee
Althe
Alverson
Bonded whisky found in dock safe at Tacoma
A heavy iron safe on the Tacoma dock held 180 pints of bonded whisky from July 7 to Thursday with no claimant. Federal agents opened it yesterday and probed an apparently false consignee name and address while seeking the man who was to claim the cargo.
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Tacoma
Fauntleroy Car to Run on Avalon Way
The Fauntleroy car line will be routed along Avalon Way and double tracked, instead of via Youngstown. This move, long sought by west side residents, follows T. B. Degnan returning to Seattle as freight agent for the Great Northern after serving as terminal superintendent for the Great Northern and as local freight agent. The changes occur under government railroad administration.
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Fauntleroy
Avalon Way
Youngstown
West Side
Great Northern Railroad
T. B. Degnan
Seattle
Great North
Mexico Debt Dilemma Tests U S Role in War Claims
Washington debates whether Britain and France will press Mexico claims through the United States. With British investments about 700 million and French near 300 million, Sen. Fall warns a tough settlement may arise. Dispatches suggest possible arbitration by a league body and shifting responsibility to Mexico for damages to foreign property.
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France
Great Britain
Mexico
Washington
The
Star
Milton Bronner
Washington, D. C
Uncle Sam
State Department
Fall
New Mexico
Foreign Relations Committee
Huerta
England
Wilson
Congress
Go of Nations
League For Judication
Carranza
Reds plan to hit Rumanians
Dispatch reports from Paris indicate the Hungarian Red army will press an offensive against Romania. Infantry divisions, light artillery, and two howitzer batteries moved recently while some workmen regiments refused mobilization. The peace conference faced further turmoil with Bela Kun's ouster and a White army threat looming.
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Fred S. Ferguson
United Press
Paris
Sofia
Theodorff
Vienna
Bela Kun
Boehm
Red” Army
Herr Laneder
Con
Atta
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