Northwest floods and slides devastate Western Washington
Heavy rains in the Northwest trigger floods and deadly slides across Western Washington. In Seattle and nearby Medina a man is killed as a slide buries a home, while Mrs. Samuel Andrews and her two stepchildren die in another slide. Firemen search for a missing body as railroad service and wire communications are disrupted. An emergency dam may be needed if rain continues.
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Seattle
Ashington
Wash
Washington
Joseph Horan
Medina
Samuel Andrews
Andrews
Young girl drowns in Yakima River flood waters
Grace Shafer, 13, drowned near Ellensburg in Yakima River flood waters. In Seattle, mail clerk Samuel Hillerman and wireman George Irvin are believed drowned after a Great Northern fast mail plunged through a bridge undermined by high water on Miller Creek. John Carey was rescued by game warden A. J. Beach. In Abbadpen area two logging trains derailed, killing one woman and her baby and injuring two men.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Grace Shafer
Yakima River
Seattle
Samuel Hillerman
George Irvin
Great Northern Railroad
Miller Creek
Everett
John Carey
A. J. Beach
King County
Mexican Volcano Erupts Violently in Mexico
Mexican Volcano Popocatepetl erupts violently throwing columns of smoke and ashes 2,500 feet above the summit. The report from Mexico City on December 12 notes ongoing activity and ash emissions affecting surrounding areas.
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Mexico City
Popocatepel
Dominion of Canada Official Takes Life
Ottawa December 12 The comptroller of the currency R E Roberts of the Dominion government killed himself by taking poison last night. No reason is known for the act.
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Dominion of Canada
Ottawa
R. E. Roberts
Dominion
America Eulogized by Former Philippine Rebel
Aguinaldo praised America in Manila last night describing it as champion of liberty. The speech was delivered at the banquet of Philippine war veterans during a formal gathering.
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America
Manila
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Jury in Roy Gardner Case Cannot Agree
The jury in the Roy Gardner Federal Court trial for the November 3 mail car robbery at Maricopa, Arizona, failed to reach a verdict and was discharged at noon Sunday.
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Roy Gardner
Phoenix
Ariz
Maricopa
Cable seal mystery on Guam-Ya line disclosed
San Francisco December 12 officials of the Postal Telegraph Company disclosed that the Guam-Ya cable had been sealed within the last three days by unknown persons. The statement offered no motive or identification of suspects.
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San Francisco
Postal Telegraph Company
Government Railroad to Cut Living Costs Through Rates
William Gerig, former Government Railroad engineer now tariff adviser, reports a $45 a ton freight rate Seattle to Fairbanks and a 50 percent living-cost reduction in Interior, with two mixed trains weekly Seward to Fairbanks and back. Interior residents oppose private operation while coal quality improves in Matanuska naval mines. Last rail laid November 24 signals completion as officials plan duties during Colonel Mears’ Washington assignment.
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Seattle
Alaska
Fairbanks
Government Railroad
Seward
Interior
Government
Naval
Matanuska
William Gerig
Admiral Watson
Juneau
Gerry
Little Rock
Arkansas
Frederick Mears
Washington
Hoover says danger of Bolshevism has now passed
Washington December 12 Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, reports a survey of European conditions showing Bolshevism danger past. He notes the economic recovery is slow and difficult but substantial progress is evident. He cautions that the situation contains many dangers while outlining trade conditions.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Hoover
Disabled Veterans World War drive aims to raise 250000
Cincinnati report on December 17 national fundraiser by the Disabled American Veterans of the World War. The campaign seeks 250000 to aid unemployed veterans. proceeds split between local chapters and the national organization. Forget-me-not as symbol. governors and mayors urged to issue proclamations. women's clubs and auxiliaries to help. sealed receptacles planned.
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Cincinnati
United States
Robert S. Marx
Superior Court
Chambers of
National Organization
Irish Freedom Friends Attack Peace Treaty Rally in New York
Seventeen hundred delegates at the Friends of Irish Freedom convention in New York cheered attacks on Great Britain and the proposed Anglo Irish peace terms. Supreme Court Justice D. O. Cohalan said the Irish in America demand a government with the same institutions and freedom as America.
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New York
Convention of “Friends of Irish Freedom
Great Britain
Supreme Court
D. O. Cohalan
America
Ireland
George Black Elected Yukon MP by 44 Votes
Special to The Empire reports George Black, Conservative candidate from Yukon for Ottawa Parliament, elected by a slim margin over Liberal Frederick L. Congdon. Mayo Yukon’s new silver camp influenced the result as Black wins by 44 votes.
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Whitehorse
Y. T
George Black
Yukon
Ottawa
Frederick L. Congdon
Mayo
Black
Convict Tommy OConnor Escapes from Cook County Jail
Tommy O Connor known as two gun man and two other convicts fled the Cook county jail early yesterday morning after forcing past guards. O Connor was to be hanged next Thursday for murder of a policeman. The escape follows a struggle during which guards were beaten and rendered unconscious. In Michigan a riot at a state reformatory branch broke out during a moving picture show. Warden T B Catlin was wounded nine times, Deputy Warden Manhenna beaten, and his son Arthur stabbed in the lung.
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Chicago
Tommy O'Connor
Cook County
Michigan
Marquette
Mich
State Reformatory
T B. Catlin
Manhenna
Arthur
Women mob blocks miners at Jackson Walker mine
A mob of 2,000 women wives and relatives of striking miners stormed the Jackson Walker mine in Pittsburgh Kansas and prevented the miners employed there from returning to work this morning.
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Pittsburgh
Kan
Jackson Walker Mine
Bandits Rob Bank Near Greenville Escape With 25000
Four men robbed the Bank of Panama near Greenville Illinois this afternoon. A motorist was wounded and the bandits fled with between 25000 and 30000 dollars. Police searched the area but no arrests were reported.
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Greenville, II
Bank of
Panama
Last Surviving Pallbearer of Lincoln Dies at century
Charles B. Hart, identified as the last surviving pallbearer at Abraham Lincoln's funeral, died in San Francisco yesterday afternoon. He had agedly carried the memory of the event for decades, marking his passing as a link to a historic national moment.
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San Francisco
Charles B. Hart
Abraham Lincoln
Packing House Employee Lynched by Masked Crowd
Fort Worth Texas December 12. Fred Rouse a Black packing house worker shot and wounded two strikebreakers and was beaten by a crowd of pickets last week. He was removed from hospital last night and lynched by about 30 masked men.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Fred Rouse
Meat strike halts New York slaughter plants
New York December 12 Two thousand slaughter house workers members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers struck this morning leaving scores of wagon loads of perishable beef in front of the company plants.
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New York
Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butchers
Bank Robbery Ends in Fatal Wounding Near Tar River Oklahoma
In Miami Oklahoma on December 12 a robbery at the Ardin State Bank of Tar River ended with one bandit killed and another gravely wounded while a third escaped. About five thousand dollars was taken and the escapee fled with the loot.
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Miami
Okla
Ardin
Tar River
Oklahoma
Pacific Four Power Treaty Nears Signing in Washington
Washington reports the Four Power Pacific Treaty will be signed at the State Department by Japan Great Britain France and the United States likely today. Secretary Hughes says the US Japan dispute over mandates is settled and the pact grants US rights to Yap while Japan retains order on the island. Japan may withdraw post offices from China in January 1923 and naval ratio talks continue with no public decision yet.
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Bulletin
Washington
State Department
Japan
Great Britain
France
United States
Charles E. Hughes
Arms Conference
Far Eastern Committee
Yap
Fs. Ds
Pacific
Equator
China
Tokio
Japan Begins Fresh Troop Reinforcement in Siberia
In Tokio on December 12 reports say Japan is replacing troops in the maritime provinces of Siberia with fresh contingents. The action is described as ongoing and continued on Page Two.
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Siberia
Tokio
Japan
Maritime
Evangelist Attacks Women And Hell Talk Stirs Marion
Marion Ohio December 12 Evangelist Harry James former Columbus Theater owner now conducting a revival attacked pres day fashions and warned that women in winter wear scant garments and in summer wear furs to hide their nakedness He said such behavior shows lack of real religion and condemned card parties dances and weekly hypocrisies and declared hell will be full of such people.
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Marion
Ohio
Marion Society
Harry James
Columbus
Mr. James
Hell
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