American owned Maid of Orleans seized by Canadian authorities
Arctic aid boat Maid of Orleans, the only vessel to reach Herschel Island this year, was seized by Canadian Customs and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for nonpayment of duties. Captain Christian Klingenburg reported the incident from near Fairbanks while seeking release.
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Anchorage
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Maid of Orleans
Herschel Island
Christian Klingenburg
Fort Yukon
Fairbanks
Ottawa
Klingenburg
Seattle
Alice Supplee
Point Barrow
Klingenburgh
Victoria Land
Nlingenburg
Murders Babe to Satisfy Grudge Over Seven Dollars
Vienna report says Zeidler a 73 year old pensioner killed his landlord's daughter an 18 month old by throwing from a bridge into the Danube after an argument over seven dollars He had previously served 25 years for murder after a death sentence was commuted and he was released.
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Vienna
Dancing Losing in Favor in Paris Reports Decline
ARIS reports Paris dance halls have fallen from 848 open in 1923 to 500 remaining. Proprietors blame heavy taxation for pricing out patrons. Inspector Treguier defines a dance hall as a too small room with always too many people, reflecting regulatory concerns.
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ARIS
Paris
Inspector Treguier
Speaker Gillett Honor Guest at White House
President and Mrs. Coolidge hosted a state dinner for Speaker Gillett of the House with 50 guests in attendance at the White House last night in Washington.
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Gillett
White House
Washington
Togo Returns To His Kennel At Nome
NOME February 13. Togo, Leonard Seppala’s famous race leader, returned to his kennel during the night after breaking from the team near Golovin while chasing a herd of reindeer over a week ago. Seppala planned to search the coast for him today. The dog is in fine condition.
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Nome
Togo
Leonard Seppala
Golovin
Seppala
Legislature in Olympia Nearing End
In Olympia Washington on February 18 legislative leaders sought adjournment sine die before nightfall and moved to take up pending bills including the election tax commission and county boards of equalization measures. Gov Hartley stood firm on his veto of the 400000 seed wheat bill while warning reprisals would fail as he did not endorse these measures personally. The House passed the tax commission bill with 11 Senate amendments and the bond election bill, the tenth Hartley suggested. eastern legislators discussed organizing a private financing corporation to advance seed wheat loans to dry land farmers.
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Olympia
Wash
Tax Commission
Boards of Equalization
Hartley
House
Senate
Gov. Hartley
Washington
General Mitchell Defends Actions Before Hearing
Brigadier General Mitchell, assistant chief of Air Service, told the House Aircraft committee he did not disobey orders during 1921 bombing tests off the Virginia Capes and stated no disobedience occurred by any squadron under his command. The general faces criticism for speaking out, amid a war department shakeup sparked by Secretary Weeks in a letter to Major General Patrick.
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Washington
Mitchell
Air Service
House Aircraft Committee
Virginia Capes
War Weeks
Patrick
Weeks
Army Air Service
Fourth murderer in one week hits Tacoma hotel
An unidentified Japanese man was found dead with two gunshot wounds to the head on the steps of a Japanese hotel in Tacoma. A witness heard three shots, with indications the shots came from inside the top of the stairs. This marks the fourth murder in Tacoma that week.
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Tacoma
K. Torinaka
Pichilique Island Returned to Mexico by U S
Mexico City reports the United States will close its coaling station on Pichilique Island in the Gulf of California and return the island to Mexico. The island has been held by the U S since 1861 under a special permit from the Mexican executive.
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Mexico City
Pichilique Island
Gulf of California
Mexico
Washington
United States
Deer Invading Petersburg In Search Of Food
In Petersburg many deer have been captured and brought in to feed with the city overrun by deer seeking food. The Chamber of Commerce voted to urge government aid for deer in Southeastern Alaska and to create a permanent fund to care for the animals in heavy snowfall.
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Petersburg
Chamber of Commerce
Alaska
Mine Disaster Horror Grows in Dortmund Mine
The death toll from a Dortmund area mine explosion could reach about 220 as fire damp trapped many underground. Victims are brought to the surface severely burned, while frantic relatives gather. Rescue workers face dangerous conditions as sections of the Stinnes mines burn and aid is limited.
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Dortmund
Germany
Goétiest
London
Vale Iy Colonge
Daily Mail
Navy Yard Man of West Wins Annual Prize
The Board of Control of the United States Naval Academy announced that Junior Lieutenant Roland Krause of the Bremerton Navy Yard won this year’s prize essay on naval topics. The award includes $206 in gold a medal and lifetime membership, for an essay titled The Trend of Naval Affairs.
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Annapolis
Board of Control of
United States Naval Academy
Roland Krause
Bremerton Navy Yard
Navy bars early resignations of midshipmen at Annapolis
The Naval Academy will not permit present first class midshipmen to resign upon receiving diplomas next June. No resignations will be considered until after graduates serve at least two years, Secretary Wilbur explains, due to recent officer resignations and postgraduation departures.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Navy Department
Curtis D. Wilbur
Express Messengers Kidnapped by Four Robbers
Four men kidnapped three American Railway Express messengers on the city outskirts. They drove away in a truck loaded with merchandise valued in the thousands of dollars destined for various Ohio cities.
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Detroit
American Railway Express
Ohio
Hartley halts hangings over Grassi insanity claim
Seattle reports Gov. Hartley stayed the planned execution of H. Grassi at Walla Walla penitentiary after physicians declared him insane. The relief came as officials sought clarity on Grassi status, delaying the hanging set for the morning.
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Seattle
Italian Princess Expects Stork Soon
Rome reports Princess Yolanda eldest daughter of the king and queen of Italy and wife of Count Calvo de Bergolo is expecting a baby soon, the news learned today from Pinerolo where the princess resides.
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Rome
Yolanda
Italy
Calvo de Bergolo
Pinerolo
Patriarch Tikhon Reported Seriously Ill in Moscow Hospital
An underground Russia report says Patriarch Tikhon of the Russian Orthodox Church is critically ill in a Moscow hospital. The message claims poisoning as the cause and fears his death as Soviet persecution and imprisonment worsen his condition after a recent death sentence was lifted.
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Tikhon
Moscow
Russia
Treason Talk Almost Made in Congress
Washington February 13 Representative Howard of Oklahoma on the House floor mocked Coolidge's wooden horse in the White House. He said the public would hear the President riding the wooden horse to cut the oat bill. He suggested future programs aiding livestock producers be told to produce wooden horses.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Howard
Oklahoma
House
United States
Crime Being Decreased By Child Labor Claim
Lincoln Neb Feb 13 Lesle M Shaw former Iowa governor told a joint session that child labor decreases crime and cited the Leopold Loeb murder as an example of consequences if the child labor amendment passed.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lesle M. Shaw
Iowa
Senate
House
Leopold Loeb
Butler urges consolidation of Republicans to back Coolidge
Boston Feb 13 Senator William M Butler of Massachusetts, Republican National Committee chair, called for consolidation of the party under President Coolidge. At a Republican Club dinner he praised party government and the two party system as the force behind a virile federal government, warning against blocs and fractions after years of experimentation.
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Boston
Republican Party
Coolidge
William M. Butler
Massacheusetts
Republican National Committee
Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Butler
Commons Appropriates Money for Wales Trip
The House of Commons passed a supplementary budget by 295 to 57 to cover Prince of Wales travel expenses to South Africa and South America. Labor leader David Kirkwood protested using national funds while poverty remained at home.
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London
House of Commons
Prince of Wales
South Africa
South America
David Kirkwood
Rescue in Cave City Update: Abandoned Efforts Reopened
Bulletin from Cave City reports that the rescue of Collins, trapped two weeks, has been abandoned after exploration failed to reveal a passage. Digging resumed in the shaft with drills, expected to take two to three days to reach the 70 foot level for lateral tunnels.
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Cave City
Carmichael
Collins
Collins Coughing Report Sparks Quiet Search
Andy Bisig of Louisville said he heard Collins cough twice as he entered the main passageway this afternoon and called to him, but Collins gave no answer.
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Collins
Cave City
Andy Bisig
Louisville
Rescue tunnel hoped to reach Floyd Collins cave
Rescue workers excavated a tunnel at the cave site hoping to reach a cavern behind Floyd Collins buried two weeks. Superintendent Carmichael explored the mouth and believed the tunnel could reach a large pit where Collins lay. Drilling paused to clear the tunnel as a strong draft blew out lamp light.
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Cnce
Ah ViRen
Floyd Collins
Carmichael
Collins
Rivalry Defined by Rescue Parties at Sand Cave
In Cave City's report of February 13, witnesses before the Military Board of Inquiry testified that the tension among early rescue party factions at Sand Cave was rivalry rather than jealousy. Homer Collins stated no one advised him to remain outside the cave for safety reasons, confirming concerns over competing efforts.
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Cave City
Sand Cave
Military Board of Inquiry
Homer Collins
Lowell Smith Assigned Inspector Duty At Rockwell Field
Lowell Smith reported for active duty at Rockwell Field yesterday and was assigned as inspector of all military airplanes and motors distributed from Rockwell to units in the Western United States Hawaii Philippines and Alaska in a Western Union dispatch from San Diego dated February 13.
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San Diego
Cal
Lowell Smith
Rockwell Field
Rockwell
United States
Hawaii
Philippines
Alaska
Army appropriation bill signed by Coolidge
President Coolidge signs the army appropriation bill totaling 330 million dollars in Washington on February 13. The measure funds equipment, pay, and operations for the U S Army for the forthcoming year.
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Coolidge
Washington
Wrangell Sleepless Over Community Radio Set
Seattle report notes Wrangell's community radio set causing unrest. Capt J A Clark, Wrangell cannery superintendent, brought the spruce box to Seattle for expert repair after a humorous comparison to a sacred cow. Wrangell residents await Clark's return for relief.
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Wrangell
Seattle
J.A. Clark
Lake Bay
Alaska
Clark
India
British to revert to gold standard soon
In the House of Commons today Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced the British government intends to revert to the gold standard at the earliest possible moment. The statement was reported from London with urgency about financial policy changes.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
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