Hoover May Go to Sims Aid in Daniels Hearing
Former food administrator Herbert Hoover is to be asked by the Senate Naval Affairs Committee to testify for Rear Admiral William S. Sims in the Daniels controversy. Sims wants Hoover to corroborate his claims on the early wartime Allied peril and the drive to shift U.S. ships to Europe.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
William S. Sims
Senate Naval Affairs
Daniels
Sims
Hoover
Male
America
London
Bima
American
Brit Waters
U.S
Europe
Inquest Set Saturday for John Jane Death at Shipyard Crane
An inquest will probe the death of overseas veteran John Jane after a floating crane broke at Skinner and Eddy shipyard. The inquiry will be held in Yuam y with witnesses including Harry Anderson of 408 Wall St and Axel Johnson of 611 N 63rd St. McFarlane, married, resided at 1509 Ninth Ave.
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John Jane
Skinner & Eddy Shipyard
Yuamy
Harry Anderson
Wall St
Axel Johnson
McFarlane
Ninth Ave
Critic Blames Navy for Allied Losses in WWI
Rear Admiral William S. Sims charged the Navy Department with delaying antisubmarine action, citing 500000 lives 2500000 tons of shipping and 15000000000 dollars lost. He said faster deployment of destroyers could have landed 1,000,000 men in France by March 1918 and forced a German surrender by July 1918.
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Washington
Navy Department
William 8. Lima
America
France
Sims
London
Department
Dress on Fire Claims Life at Oakland Eastern Star Dinner
Mrs. Johanna House aged 65 died after her dress caught fire from a gas radiator while at an Eastern Star dinner in the Mason temple Oakland. Elevator operator E L Knowles carried her from the third to the first floor and extinguished the flames as she remained unconscious through the night and died at 6 am.
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Oakland
Cal
Johanna House
Masonic Temple
Strong action to curb Turks in postwar talk
London reports intense peace conference discussion of sweeping military occupation of Turkey with possible Greek troop deployment under Allied command. Venizelos offered Greek forces, Milne would lead, and Curzon to outline the program as clashes in Constantinople are downplayed while massacres in Asiatic Turkey prompt Armenian pleas to Wilson.
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ED L. Keen
London
Turkey
Venizelos
Council of Foreign Ministers
Gen. Milne
Lord Beatty
Winston Spencer Churchill
Earl Curzon
Kedleston
Foreign Affairs
House of Jorda
Constantinople
Marash
Armenia
Wilson
United States
America
Six Attractive Styles in Smart Sport Coats at $21.95
The latest arrivals include six sport coat styles in colors Rose China Blue Navy Emerald Copenhagen Golden Brown Liberty Blue and Tweed Mixtures. Materials feature emerald jersey brushed wool velour and Scotch tweed with sizes 16 to 40 and trims in gray white or self-color. Also offered are glossy straw shapes with net crepe de Chine hair-cloth or patent leather and various trims such as ribbon feathers raffia or satin flowers.
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Copenhagen
BON Marche
Women's Vici Kid Pumps in Pearl Button Detail
Black and Dark Brown Vici Kid Pumps with plain pointed toes feature four small smoked pearl buttons at the front. They are suede lined at the back with Louis heels and aluminum plates. Available in sizes from 3 to 7. price $6.89.
Not Once Has She Said She's Sorry She Shot
In Durango Colorado Caroline Jones age 15 awaits trial for killing Carl Bay after Bay allegedly beat her father with a rock. She has not admitted remorse. Police say she fired five shots at Bayfield after viewing him through drifted roads.
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Caroline Jones
Blues
Carl Bay
Caroline
Bay
Bayfield
Woman Slays Army Captain in Self Defense Claim
Columbus New Mexico March 11 Capt Wade Doster of the US army medical corps was shot dead by a woman believed to be his wife Maude Doster who says the shooting was self defense Mrs Lulu Beckley of El Paso claims Doster planned to marry her after discharge and that Maude Musgrove never wed him The officer was the son of former Kansas Chief Justice Frank Doster now in Pasadena California
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Columbus
N. M
Wade Doster
United States Army Medical Corps
Mra
Maude Doster
Coldwater
Kan
Lulu Beckley
el Paso
Maude Musgrove
Harry Canfield
Beckley
Capt. Doster
Frank Doster
Kansas Supreme Court
Pasadena
Cal
Doster
Greek Passenger Fires on Admr Evans Crew and Passengers
Nick Demnar a Greek passenger on the steamer Admiral Evans opened fire Tuesday night on the voyage from Juneau to Ketchikan wounding six people. He leaped overboard after the fusillade and has not been seen since. Wounds ranged from knee and scalp to stomach and arm with none in serious condition. Names listed include A Larsen Anton Singer Butler Larsen L B Drury Sam Baker and R Sinclair.
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Ketchikan
Nick Demnar
Admiral Evans
Juneau
A. Larsen
Anton Singer
Seattle
Butler Larsen
L. B. Drury
Sam Baker
R. Sinclair
Burglars Take $100 and Jewelry From City Home
John Prugek and his wife returned to 666 BE 42nd St Wednesday night to find their residence ransacked. They reported $100 in currency and jewelry valued at $160 stolen in the burglary.
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John Prugek
42Nd St
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