Maniacs Fight Rescue in Fire at Manhattan State Hospital
Twenty two violently insane patients died in a fire at Ward's Island in New York on Sunday morning. Three attendants also perished after delaying their own safety to save others. Victims included ex soldiers shell shocked in France, and many inmates in the ward resisted rescue with screams and attacks.
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New York
Manhattan State Hospital
Wuard’s Island
France
Vincent del Bene
James R. Hines
Manhattan
Frank Fromberg
Brooklyn
Double shooting at Al Tearner's cafe ends in death
Chicago reporters recount a gun duel between Stephen Kelleher and Daniel McCarthy at Al Tearner's cafe on Thirty-fifth street and Calumet avenue. Kelleher died, McCarthy was arrested after the confrontation before an audience of society slummers.
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Daniel McCarthy
Stephen Kelleher
Chicago
Bsiness
al Tearner
Thirty-fifth Street
Calumet Avenue
Welleher
McCarthy
Essen Crisis as Police Disarm and French Troops Move In
In Essen a cafe brawl led to the shooting of two French soldiers by security police increasing French German friction. General Fournier ordered a battalion of French infantry to occupy the police barracks. The police chief was arrested, all files taken, and officers were disarmed.
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Essen
Ruhr
Fournier
Amnesty Ended Sparks New Fighting in Ireland
In Ireland the Free State amnesty expired and warfare resumed near Tipperary. Commandant Dennis Lacey, rebel chief, was killed in the clash with Free State troops. Several soldiers and rebels were wounded and twelve rebels were captured.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Ireland
Free State
Tipperary
Dennis Lacey
Allies Ignore Turkish Order Over Smyrna Harbor
The allied high commissioners in Constantinople refuse Adnan Bey’s demand to withdraw allied ships from Smyrna harbor. A Washington note reports U.S. lawmakers press to force France to pay war debts, with potential military backing.
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Smyrna Harbor
London
Constantinople
Adnan Bey
French Editor Returns for Trial on Treason Charge
Paris February 19 Ernest Judet former editor of L Eclair has come back to France to seek a new trial on high treason for which he was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment while he was a refugee.
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Paris
Ernest Judet
L’eclair
France
Nine Vessels Wrecked or Drifting In Severe Blizzard
A brutal blizzard sweeping the Atlantic and Pacific left nine ships wrecked or adrift. Four were driven ashore and broken on rocks, others pummeled by high seas. at least fifty lives feared lost and millions in property damaged.
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Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Vancouver Island
Nika
Santa Rita
Tatoosh Island
Colleha
Albert Fread
Victoria Hurbor
Ruhr Seethes With Revolt in German Ruhr Occupation
French high command warned locals in the Ruhr against arming against Allied forces. General Degoutte’s officials indicated that civilians using or advocating arms against soldiers would receive short shrift.
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Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Degoutte
Poles Attack Lithuanians Near Orany
News from Paris reports fighting between Poles and Lithuanians near Orany along the Grodno Vilna line. Twenty five killed and two hundred wounded in the clashes as hostilities continue.
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Orany
Grodno-Vilna
Paris
Senate Passes Debt Agreement Amid Bipartisan Support
Washington February 17 The Senate approved the debt funding accord for 4.6 billion loan to Britain with a decisive vote more than five to one. The bill carried 70 to 13 with 46 Republicans and 24 Democrats for ratification and two amendments accepted by Senator Smoot.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Seale
Senate
House
Sioot
Debt Funding Commission
Congress
King Tutankhamen Tomb Opened In Luxor Discovery
The mortuary chamber of King Tutankhamen reveals the pharaoh's sarcophagus resting as mourners placed it over three thousand years ago. A famed cat statue stands guard in the inner chamber amid splendid furniture, gold chariots, an ivory ebony box, and alabaster vases.
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Luxor
Egypt
Tutankhamen
Poles Receive 400 Million Francs Loan From France
Paris announces a 400000000 franc loan to Poland approved by the French parliament to fund measures improving Poland’s finances and economy so it can resume a role in the European concert of nations and leverage its geographical position and history.
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Paris
Poland
Free State Moves on Rebel Stronghold in Arigna Hills
Dublin reports Free State troops concentrate around a 25 square mile district in the Arigna mountains County Cavan. Irregular bands led by Bofin have made the area a stronghold and an advance on all sides has begun with cheerful welcomes from local inhabitants.
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Dublin
Arigna
County Cavan
Bofin
Free State
British Government Debt Bonds to Be Printed in Washington
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing will issue the largest bonds in history to represent Britain's 4.6 billion dollar debt to the United States. Signed by proper authorities, the bonds will formalize the outstanding debt.
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Washington
Finance
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Department
United States
U. S
French Demand for Railway Use Rejected in London
The uninvited French mission to London sought access to German railways in the British occupied Rhine area to move reparations coal and troops but was refused. Le Trocquer and General Payot returned to Paris to brief Premier Poincare on the failure and next steps.
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London
Rhine
le Trocquer
General Payot
Paris
Poincare
Ships Battle Ice Off Muskegon As Vessels Reach Hulls
The Cros by steamer Georgia and the Goodrich steamer Alabama arrived in Muskegon Michigan after fighting through heavy Lake Michigan ice. Most passengers had already disembarked before the ships reached port.
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Muskegon, Mich
Crosby
Georgia
Goodrich
Alabama
Lake Michigan
Miners Lose Injunction Bid in West Virginia Case
Federal Judge McClintie dismissed the United Mine Workers petition for an injunction to stop Sheriff Chafin of Logan County and other officials from interfering with union organizers.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
McClintie
United Mine Workers
Chafin
Logan County
Hammond Refuses Post as Ambassador to Tokyo
Washington February 19 John Hays Hammond chairman of the coal fact finding committee appointed by President Harding declines to accept the post of U S ambassador to Tokyo.
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Hammond
Washington
John Hays Hammond
Coal Fact Finding Committee
Harding
U.S. Ambasador
Tokyo
Ford May Build Railroad From Duluth To St Paul
Reports persist that Henry Ford will announce plans to build a 150 mile railroad from Duluth to St Paul and Minneapolis at a cost of six million dollars.
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Ford
St. Paul
Minon
Henry Ford
Duluth
Minneapolis
U S Market Report Week Ending February 14
Washington reports weekly market figures for grain hay feed and live stock. Prices listed for wheat corn oats and hay across Chicago Minneapolis and St Louis markets with dairy and dairy product prices from Wisconsin markets and various farm price averages.
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Washington
Chicago
Iowa
Kansas
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Prairie
Baldwin
Northwestern
Texas
War contracts and claims audit ordered by War Secretary
Washington February 15 Secretary of War Weeks orders a new thorough audit of all war contracts and war claims despite settlements by the war claims board. The audit aims to clear suspicion on honest contractors rather than To punish dishonest ones.
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Weeks
Washington
War Weeks
Department
War Claims Board
Train crash near Epernay claims twelve lives
The Strasbourg express leaving Paris at five p m Sunday struck a freight train at Epernay traveling 110 kilometers per hour. Twelve were killed and twenty six injured. The line is on a straight open track. the area recalls the American division's July 15 1918 defense against a German advance.
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Paris
Strasbourg
Epernay
Mrs Lillian Raizen Found Guilty of Murder
New York February 19 The Supreme court jury returned a verdict of guilty of second degree murder against Mrs Lillian S Raizen for shooting and killing Dr Abraham Glickstein in his Brooklyn office on December 10 1921 Budget Bureau Seeks More Tax Money Washington February 17 The Budget Bureau asked Congress to appropriate 78655000 for repayment of illegally collected taxes about 25000000 to be used for refunds by June 30
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New York
Supreme Court
Lillian S. Raizen
Abraham Glickstein
Brooklyn
Budget Bureau
Washington
Congress
Harding accepts Forbes resignation as Veterans Bureau director
Washington February 17 The White House announced that President Harding has accepted Col. Charles R Forbes resignation as director of the veterans bureau effective February.
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Forbes
Washington
White House
Col
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
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