Giant flood in Bergamo area kills hundreds in Italy
Dec 3 report says six hundred dead and 50 square miles desolated as the Glene Lake flood followed a dike collapse. Degzo Corna and Bueggio were wiped out, only three of Dezzo’s 500 residents survived, with over 1,000 homeless mourning. The 16 foot thick structure held 10 million cubic yards of water at 6,000 feet elevation.
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Bergomfe
Italy
Glene Lake
Bergame Valley
Degzo
Corna
Bueggio
Dezzo
Irene Castle and New Husband to Leave for Orient
SEATTLE December 3 The bridal suite on the President Grant's departure Tuesday for the Orient is said to have been engaged by Irene Castle the dancer and her latest husband Frederick McLaughlin coffee dealer who were married last Wednesday in Chicago.
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Seattle
President Grant
Orient
Irene Castle
Frederick McLaughlin
Chicago
Missing Girl Report Filed in Seattle
Police traced Miss Nell Austin a school teacher who vanished to Vancouver hospital revealing she left a boarding house over salary obligations to her sisters Leila and Georgia and a promissory note. The report finds no criminal activity and notes Leila controlled most parental funds.
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Seattle
Carr
Jennings
Nell Austin
Vancouver
B. C
Leila
Georgia
Leila Austin
Fishing Fleet Damaged By High Wind Storm
Monterey Cal December 3 A wind storm Saturday night damaged the fishing fleet by more than twenty thousand dollars according to estimates.
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Monterey
Cal
Johnson Keeps Mute on Crime Goes to Prison
Self confessed murderer Harry Battling Johnson was taken to McNeil's Island on a life term after a court sentence. He admitted shooting Hilda Weiss and Luella Roadway but refused to recount the crime itself, instead shrugging it off with a calm, defiant air as U S Marshal George D Beaumont escorted him. Johnson earlier claimed innocence to avoid hanging but later confessed to the killings when pressed, though details of the deed remain unspoken.
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McNeil's Island
Harry
Johnson
Hilda Weiss
Luella
Northwestern
U. S
George D. Beaumont
Reed
Liquor Treaty Hinged on U S Supreme Court Ruling
London reports the British Foreign Office will push ahead with a liquor smuggling treaty only after securing assurance from Secretary of State Hughes that the U S Supreme Court will not overrule Britain's right to bring liquor into American ports under seal.
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London
Foreign Office
Secretary of State
Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
Americanization program ends in blaze of glory
Juneau closed its Legion Americanization program with a capacity Elks Hall crowd. Churches united for a spirited evening with prayer, hymns, and a strong musical lineup led by Rev. George G. Bruce. Notable numbers included Kipling’s Recessional by Leslie White and Alaska and the U. S. A. by Mrs. Charles P. Jenne.
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Juneau
Legion
Elks Hall
Father Rocatt
R. D. Decker
David Waggoner
Hall Young
Leslie White
Kipling
Lester D. Henderson
Charles P. Jenne
Alaska
U.S. A
Novely Four
Jack Burford
George G. Bruce
H. D. Stabler
Alaska Railroad controversy targets Gov Bone and Bal laine
John E. Ballaine accuses Gov. Scott C. Bone of obstructing Alaska Railroad development and criticizes the policy commission headship as a travesty. He says he presented to President Coolidge a critique of mismanagement favoring Morgan Guggenheim interests and New York Alaska Steamship Co. owners.
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Seatle
John E. Ballaine
Alaska Central Railway
Seward
Coolidge
Alaska Railroad
Morgan-Guggenheim
New York
Alaska Steamship Co
Ballaine
Gugenheimer
Copper River & Northwestern Railroad
Scott C. Bone
The
Ellensburg Clerk Titus Fatally Shoots Self During Arrest
Seattle reports B L Titus city clerk of Ellensburg until last May shot and killed himself when police came with a warrant for arrest over a $117 shortage. Ellensburg officials say a successor uncovers a $10,000 shortage in Titus’s accounts.
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Seattle
B. L. Titus
Ellensburg
Wash
Titus
California Japanese Farmers to Obey Law
Japanese farmers of California plan to cancel all 1924 crop contracts after the Supreme Court decision to uphold the alien land law. Delegates from 24 agricultural and commercial groups representing 200000 acres agreed that the Japanese will work for wages under the new rule.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
Supreme Court
Yacht Dagon Seized At Port Jefferson For Liquor
New York report says customs men seized the yacht Dagon at Port Jefferson Long Island. The sumptuous vessel, under Canadian registry, was found with a large quantity of liquor confiscated by officials.
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New York
Port Jefferson
Long Island
Casualties from Auto Accidents Rise in Census Count
The Census Bureau reports a growing death rate from auto accidents, at 12.6 per thousand last year, up from 11.5 two years earlier and 9.0 in 1917. Total fatalities reached 11,663.
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Washington
Census Bureau
First Frost Delays Across Oregon by Ten Days
PORTLAND Ore Dec 3 The first heavy frost of the season covered Oregon yesterday ten days later than the average marking a late start to winter conditions across the state.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
Honest Bill of Olive Hill Elected Governor
William J. Fields has been elected Governor of Kentucky with a plurality of 40000 votes. He is known in Kentucky as Honest Bill of Olive Hill.
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Olive Hill
William J. Fields
Kentucky
Honest Bill
Warns Against Cutting Down of U S Army
Secretary Weeks warns Congress against any cut in the Army budget citing its vital needs and the likelihood of increased defense spending as war stocks are consumed. He notes military training numbers have fallen since 1921 and stresses constructive policy despite taxpayer complaints.
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Washington
Congress
Weeks
Pioneer Is Found Dead in Lake Slip
TACOMA Washington December 3 The body of James T Smith pioneer of Steilacoom aged 74 years was found entangled in the limbs of a sunken tree in American Lake He had been missing since November 14 and was believed to have slipped into the water and died from exposure rather than drowning.
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Tacoma
Wash
James T. Smith
American Lake
Smith
West Virginia Commissioned at Navy Yard in Virginia
Norfolk naval officials announce the commissioning of the battleship West Virginia as the last capital ship eligible for USA defense under arms limitations. The ceremony at the Navy Yard drew about 1,000 invited guests.
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Norfolk
West Virginia
Navy Yard
Gillett Indorsed For Speakership Of House
Representative Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts was endorsed for re election as Speaker by the Republican House conference receiving 187 votes to 15 for Cooper. Nicholas Longworth was elected floor leader and Sydney Anderson was endorsed for chairman of the Rules Committee. About 20 Republicans did not attend.
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Washington
Frederick H. Gillett
Massachusetts
Cooper
Wisconsin
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Sydney Anderson
Minnesota
Congress Opens With Tax Debates and Bonus Plans
Washington dispatch notes the 68th Congress begins amid brisk activity as hundreds of bills await introduction. Key issues include taxation, the soldiers bonus, veterans legislation, immigration, prohibition, and the Muscle Shoals project. House Ways and Means will handle revenue questions and the bonus bill, amid clashes over tax policy and Mellon’s stance.
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Washington
68Th Congress
Congress
Muscle Shoals
House
Senate
Mellon
Ways and Means Committee
Unprecedented Struggle to Organize Congress
Washington reports the Sixty-eighth Congress faces a rare crisis as Republicans and Progressives clash over House speaker election and rule changes. Senate progressives pursue aims but with less intensity, while major legislation remains uncertain amid power balances and committee reorganizations.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Progressives Push Independence After Gillett Endorsement
Washington dispatch reports after Speaker Gillett was endorsed for House presiding officer at the Republican conference, the Progressive bloc demanded nonbinding action. Republicans nominated Gillett and Representative Cooper. Senate action on President pro tempore Cummins was deferred with Cummins set to retain the role without a formal election and to call the Senate to order today.
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Washington
Gillett
House
Republican House
Progressive Bloc
Cooper
Senate
Albert B. Cummins
Four Bank Robbers Held After Utah Montana String
Salt Lake City Utah December 3 Four men and a young girl are in custody over ten bank robberies across Utah and Montana. Authorities say the group likely stole at least forty thousand dollars in cash and securities.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Montana
Postmaster Guilty of Embezzlement Sentenced in Montana
GREAT FALLS Montana December 3 Henry Davidson former postmaster of Farmington Montana pleaded guilty to embezzling 275 from postal funds and was sentenced to 15 months in Leavenworth and fined 1000 dollars
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Great Falls
Mont
Henry Davidson
Farmington
Montana
Leavenworth
Oldest Yeoman in Navy Dives Aboard Transport Cambrai
In Honolulu on December 3 M J Flynn aged 74 believed to be the Navy's oldest active yeoman dived aboard the transport Cambrai while in port. His home is San Francisco.
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Honolulu
M. J. Flynn
U. S. Navy
Cambrai
San Francisco
Locomotive Union Grants Widows Pension Across Brotherhood
The Pension Association of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers decreed a Widows Pension effective December 1. 281 widows receive fixed monthly sums plus $80,650 in back pay dating from their husbands' deaths. President Warren B. Stone lauded the move as a landmark for organized labor.
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Cleveland
Board of Governors
The
Pension Association of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood
Organized Labor
Pension Association
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