Towns Buried by Earthquake in Kansu Province
Shanghai reports from H D Hayes and J W Hall of the United International Famine Relief survey describe a devastating Kansu earthquake sequence that began December 16 and last over a month. More than 200000 believed dead. landslides clogged streams, forming dangerous dammed lakes and threatening further avalanches and valley inundations.
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Charles Edward Hogue
Shanghai
Kansu
H. D. Hayes
J. W. Hall
United International Famine Relief Society
Reservoir Case on Supreme Court Appeal
The Supreme Court planned to hear the city’s appeal from a lower court injunction preventing a second reservoir on Capitol Hill. Capitol Hill residents filed the petition seeking the injunction against construction.
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Supreme Court
Superior Court
Capitol Hill
Condon to Speak on Hotel Proposition at Noon
John T. Condon dean of the University of Washington law school will discuss The Regents' Side of the Hotel Proposition Tuesday noon before the Municipal League at Bilanc's cafe. The meeting is open to the public.
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Condon
Regents
John T. Condon
Law School
University of Washington
Municipal League
Bilanc
Seattle Woman Sees Health Rebound After Tanlac
Mrs. Margaret Norling of Seattle reports a 15 pound weight gain after starting Tanlac. She describes years of stomach trouble, sour digestion, headaches, insomnia, and rheumatism, then says her appetite returned, digestion improved, headaches and nervousness vanished, sleep improved, and she now feels like a different person. Tanlac sold in Seattle by Bartell Drug Stores and leading druggists.
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Margaret Norling
Sixth Ave
Seattle
Taniac
Bartell Drug Stores
Man allegedly plans murder of police using nitroglycerin
Developments Monday in the case of 8 B Simmons, alleged burglar, who Saturday night entered banker Frederic Struve’s home at 1221 Minor Ave. A half ounce bottle of nitroglycerin was found in the patrol wagon after his arrest at Fourth Ave. and Senecast. Simmons tried to take his own life Sunday by slashing his wrists but was saved. Neighbors saw him enter through a roof window as the Struve family attended a social function. He carried only silver backed brushes at headquarters.
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B. Simmons
Veggman
Frederic Struve
Minor Ave
Simmons
Fourth Ave
Senecast
W. J. Carey
Peterson
Struve
George Fuller
Harry Whitney Treat
Senator’s Son-in-Law Awaiting Manslaughter Sentence
Anders Gustaf Nelson, son-in-law of Senator Knute Nelson, was found guilty of manslaughter in the March 1920 killing of farm hand Joseph Middleton and awaited sentencing in Fergus Falls with plans to appeal.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Joseph Middleton
Anders Gustaf Nelson
Knute Nelson
Middleton
Seattle Aids in Toll Bridge Drive
Seattle business interests plan to raise 24500 within 10 days to aid the Benton Franklin toll bridge over the Columbia near Kennewick. The bridge will form a key link in the Yellowstone trail, a transcontinental route from Plymouth Rock to Seattle.
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Seattle
Benton-Franklin
Columbia River
Kennewick
Plymouth Rock
Idaho Governor May Come on the Fourth
Assurances from Idaho Governor D W Davis confirm he will strive to attend Seattle's Fourth of July exercises and welcome the crowd, representing Idaho on behalf of its people.
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Idaho
D. W. Davis
Seattle
Papa Joffre to Help Open Peace Portal Near Blaine
Joffre, famed hero of the first battle of the Maine, will join international celebrities at the opening of a great peace portal on the Canadian American boundary near Blaine on September 6. Samuel Hill, a highway builder and peace advocate, confirms the plans after his Europe trip.
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Papa” Joffre
The
Maine
Blaine
Samuel Hill
Europe
Banquet Planned for Greeters President Louis Lucas
Louis Lucas will be guest of honor at a banquet at the New Washington hotel next Wednesday night. He was recently elected national president of the Greeters, an organization of hotel men and hotel clerks in Seattle.
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Louis Lucas
Seattle
Washington
Lucas
The
Greeters
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