Five Killed As Auto And Car Collide
In San Francisco on Railroad avenue five people died in a crash when Thomas Lynch’s heavy car crossed tracks, struck a streetcar, overturned and burned. The Lynch family members among the deceased included Thomas, Mary, their six year old daughter Mary, and Bridget Lynch. Four others were injured and hospitalized with uncertain recovery. ages ranged from two to forty.
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San Francisco
Railroad Ave
Thomas
Mary Lynch
Mary
Bridget Lynch
Thomas Lynch
Phillip Lynch
Katherine Lynch
Lackie Lynch
Philip
Marie Lynch
Catherine Garvin
Rumor Northcliffe Poison Plot Circulates in London
London sources report rumors that Viscount Northcliffe the Thunderer was poisoned during an incognito trip to Germany. His physicians are puzzled by a complicated toxic condition and associates warn recovery is unlikely. Close friends doubt the poisoning tale, noting his presence in Germany was largely unknown until his return.
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Northcliffe
London
Viscount Northcliffe
Germany
Fleet St
England
Youth Killed in Wreck Near Oakland
Jose Serpa is held by police in Oakland after a crash that killed one youth and seriously injured three others. He is said to have driven a machine that struck from behind the car in which four young men were riding.
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Oakland
Cal
Jose Serpa
Serpa
I Spankings in Vaudeville and The Loud Stage Memory
A childhood memoir recounts a vaudeville start at age three with a father performer. The speaker describes stage fright, a penny for ice cream, laughs from the audience, and sleeping on trains during tours. Future plans include becoming a train engineer and meeting Charlie Chaplin.
Auto Crashes Take Big Toll Near Portland
Two killed and many injured in Portland area accidents. Arthur Gruenmacher and Fred Hishop of Orenco died when their motorcycle crashed into a state highway department truck on the Tushtan highway at Hillscore. Mrs Gillihan of Portland and Mrs Neuner of Ronerburg escaped injury when their car overturned on a mountain road near Warren.
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Portland
Arthur Gruenmacher
Fred Hishop
Orenco
Ore
State Highway Department
Hillscore
Tushtan Highway
Mra
L. HM. Gillihan
George Neuner
Roneburg
Warren
Waldron Watson
Texas
Beaverton
Anna Donnelly
William Walsh
Oakland
Cal
Walter Wankie
Alberta
Canada
Terwilliger Blvd
Woodmen of World Plan Annual Party
Over 4,500 members are expected for the 26th annual birthday party of the Woodmen of the World. The event occurs Wednesday at A U W hall at Ninth Eve and Union, featuring the resurrection of The Spirit of Seattle and installation of newly elected officers.
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The
Woodmen of the World
U. W. Hall
Union
Seattle
Rail strike settlement up to Washington officials
Chicago July 4 Ben W Hooper head of the U S railroad labor board returned from a conference with President Harding stating the board contemplated no further steps at this time. President Harding was believed to be ready to act early this week. Labor board member W L McMenimen and shop craft leaders travelled to Mooseheart to report to the president on peace talks with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Jewell of the shop crafts declined to comment on individual peace negotiations though reports say he has received fair offers from over twenty roads, many in the Northwest.
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Ben W. Hooper
United States Railroad Labor Board
Harding
Hooper
Labor Boardee of
Labor
Davia
Washington
Jewell
Slugged by Two Sailors on Pike Street Night
Leo Jackson, 19, of 1824 16th Ave N, was assaulted by two sailors from the Pacific fleet while walking with them near Pike Street and First Avenue. He was knocked from behind on Western Avenue, taken to city hospital for scalp wounds, and authorities search for the assailants. Jackson reported no loss of money.
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Pacific Fleet
Leo Jackson
16Th Ave. N
Fleet
Jackson
Pike St
First Ave
Western Ave
City Hospital
Business Men Start Week With Luncheon in Bellet Terminal
On Friday noon a special luncheon will be held for visiting International Apple Shippers Association members and Chamber of Commerce council members at the Bellet terminal roof garden. The exposition ends Saturday at 10 p.m. Northwest Products from Lincoln High School will be staged Thursday through Saturday at the Orpheum theater with Thursday night opening. A Tuesday night feature invites delegates as city guests at The Wayfarer.
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Bellet Terminal
International Apple Shippers’ ‘Association
The
Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln High School
Orpheum Theater
Wayfarer
Ape Theory Splits Ranks of Pastors in New York Feud
The article reports a brewing theological feud as Ape Theory splits ranks of New York ministers with a sermon attack on archbishop Howard Chandler Robbing. It mentions a demand to rename St John the Divine Cathedral to a church for ape descendants and notes a separate traffic mishap injuring Patrolman C. L. Cameron after a motorcycle crash near Crockett and Westlake.
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New York
Cathedral of St. John
Howard Chandler Robbing
St. John of the Divine
George McPherson
Deaf Beauty Helen Heckman Wins Second in Contest
Deaf since infancy Helen Heckman of Oklahoma wins second prize in a 3,000 entrant contest for perfection of face and figure, after learning to sing dance and play piano.
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Helen Heckman
Oklahoma
Eileen Young Renounces Society Life for Wild Frontier
Californias Eileen Young 21 quits Teas and theater to live as Lonely Deer among Piute people near Lake Mono. She plans 640 acre homestead, trapping game, cooking with forest resources, and seeking a mate who adapts to both wild and civilized life. Chief Four Fingers offers protection on the journey back from civilization.
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Ban Jose
Cal
Eileen Young
Ashe
Lake Mono
Mono County
Diana
Miss Young
Civilization
Chief Four Fingers
Mojave Desert
Mono
Appeal Rail Board Case Carried To Supreme Court
Chicago July 24 Notice of an appeal from the United States circuit court ruling upholding an injunction obtained by the Pennsylvania Railroad restraining the Railroad Labor Board from one public its rulings will be carried to the Supreme Court. Pending a decision the board may withhold its ruling on Pennsylvania’s refusal to meet with employer representatives to draw up working rules. Judge H M Barton stated the entire provisions of the transportation act rest with this case.
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Chicago
United States Circuit Court
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad Labor Board
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
H. M. Barton
Labor Board
Open Port Law to Protect Texas Life Enforced
Governor Neff announced that the Texas open port law will be enforced at Denison and other shop centers by state rangers to protect life and property. National guardsmen ordered to Denison were diverted to Austin for the encampment to begin soon.
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Austin
Texas
Denison
Neff
Operators Agree to Hoover's Coal Plan
Coal operators from non-union fields reached in principle agreement with Secretary Hoover on a voluntary price check and coal rationing to railroads and priority industries under interstate commerce orders during the great mine strike era.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Interstate Commerce Commission
Judge Griffiths' Workers to Meet for Senate Candidacy
Judge Griffiths and supporters plan a meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the Hoge Building annex to discuss Judge Austin FB Griffiths seeking a United States Senate seat, according to a Monday announcement.
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Austin FB. Griffiths
United States Senate
Hoge Building Annex
The New Efficiency Carter How in Your New Office
Business Man praises the office boy for improving efficiency and getting things organized. The exchange suggests the boy’s work has reached a level where the businessman cannot manage without him.
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Carter
Oakland
Coal Mines Reopen Under Harding Plan As Flags Fly
Railroads promised to move strike-breakers while operators under the Harding plan reopen mines. The Wilson resumed weeks ago and today flew the Stars and Stripes as additional mines prepared to restart.
U S May Seize Rails and Coal
Washington reports that powers akin to wartime measures may be used to resolve the dual coal and rail strikes. The Interstate Commerce Commission is expected to declare a national emergency under the transportation act and authorize government direction of railroads and coal distribution with possible mine seizure within days.
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Washington
Iesuance
Repubican
Congress
New England
Northwest
Transportation Is Now Badly Crippled
The shopmen's walkout cripples railroads delaying freight by one to five days and snarling schedules. Passenger trains suffer degraded timetables as coal shortages and equipment deterioration ripple through mining centers and car shortages. trucks pick up shorter hauls to cope.
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Washington
Charge Executives Demand Open Shop
A group of Eastern railroad executives favors the open shop and backs the strike against the shopmen. The central strike committee issued a statement claiming drastic government action is expected today or tomorrow. It calls for priority orders and pooling of rolling stock to ease the car shortage.
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New York
Eastern Railroad
Central Strike Committee
Congressman's Love Life Becomes Campaign Issue
Oklahoma Representative Manuel Herrick, a bachelor, defends his focus on duties in a campaign statement. He says he avoids courting women, has never been sued for breach of promise, and logs about 17 hours daily in Congress as he canvasses farmers in his district.
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Washington
Manuel Herrick
Oklahoma
Herrick
Congressing
Tartary Leaves Boiled Then Fried With Butter in Central Asia
In Tartary and Central Asia locals prepare leaves by boiling in soda before seasoning with butter and salt and eating them.
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Tartary
Central Asia
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Gene Cohn
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