Shaft Nearing Collins Caught In Kentucky Cave
CAVE CITY Ky Feb 14 A 1230 bulletin said hope of freeing Collins at 55 feet was dashed as only three feet more of rock remained to be removed The mine roof near the diggers shaft stood three feet from Collins followers at 9 am Three feet of earth lay above the diggers shaft as Supt Carmichael and a miner spoke with three men outside the cave in the tunnel leading to Collins
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Cave City
Collins
Collings
Carmichael
Rescue shaft progress slows in Floyd Collins cave
Cave City Kentucky reports an official bulletin about the rescue of Floyd Collins, trapped two weeks earlier. Poor rock quality slowed digging with nine and a half hours to advance three feet. Rain and cold hampered work as voices inside the cave indicated Collins was alive, with intermittent sounds and breathing noted by rescuers and sherpas.
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Cave City
Floyd Collins
Denhardy
Ed Brenner
A. Blevins
Collins
Andy Bisig
John Shickle
Brenner
Bankers Asked to Aid Washington Farmers
The State Chamber of Commerce asks bankers in Seattle Tacoma and Spokane to advance 400000 dollars to buy seed wheat for dry land farmers. The appeal follows the legislature veto by Gov. Hartley and the bill's failure to pass.
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Seattle
State Chamber of Commerce
Tacoma
Spokane
Hartley
William Jardine Named Secretary of Agriculture
Washington February 14 1924 William M Jardine President of the Kansas Agricultural College was selected by President Coolidge to be Secretary of Agriculture to take office after March 4 Kellogg nominated for Secretary of State after March 4
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Washington
William M. Jardine
Kansas Agricultural College
Coolidge
Agriculture
Frank HB. Kellogg
Budget Bureau seeks 50 million for naval construction
Washington February 14. The Budget Bureau has urged Congress to appropriate fifty million dollars for the naval construction program to advance shipbuilding and related facilities this fiscal year.
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Washington
The
Budget Bureau
Congress
English Open Fires Blamed For Heavy Financial Losses
Londoners fight fog costs this winter as soot from open coal fires fuels pollution and losses. Officials estimate 600,000 homes with open fireplaces add to soot in fog, causing up to 35 million dollars in regional losses this season. Advocates push gas central heating and electric options to create a smokeless city within 10 to 15 years.
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London
Coal Smoke Abatem
John S. Owens
Rum runners nabbed after brief chase near Samish Island
Seattle February 14 Two Coast Guard Cutter 267 crewmen captured John A Brown suspected rum runner and seized 79 cases of liquor at Williams Point Samish Island north of Anacortes after a short surprise attack A gun battle on the Sound with the Moonbeam was reported though the vessel eluded the cutter A shore party captured Brown instead of Moonbeam Rum Chaser 263 towed in after being struck near Port Townsend by the Princess Adelaide None of its eight crew were hurt the stern was cut away but a bulkhead saved the vessel
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Coast Guard
John A. Brown
Williams Point
Samish Island
Anacortes
Brown
Roy Lyle
Coast
Strait of
Juan de Fuca
Port Townsend
Seattle fasting specialist arrested for practicing without license
Seattle Feb 14 Dr Lenda Burfield Hazzard a fasting specialist with a sanitarium at Olalla Kitsap County who served time for the death of Claire Williamson English woman under her care fourteen years ago has been arrested at Olalla. She faces charges of practicing without a license. One patient is near death and two others are in serious condition.
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Seattle
Lenda Burfield Hazzard
Olalla
Kitsap County
Claire Williamson
122 Miners Dead in Dortmund Coal Mine Blast
Dortmund Feb 14. Official tally lists 122 corpses from Wednesday explosion in the Stin nes coal mine with 14 miners missing and presumed dead.
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Dortmund
Stinnes
Mrs L Blw Troy Passes Away in Olympia Washington
Mrs Laura Bass Weir Troy dies after a long illness at her son Preast Troy’s home in Olympia. Her son John W Troy editor of The Alaska Daily Empire was at the bedside. She was 76, born in Mount Pleasant Texas, widow of Smith Troy, with two sons Preston and John W and two daughters Sara Callow of Seattle and Latra Stone of Long Beach California.
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Olympia
Wash
Laura Bass Weir Troy
Preaston T. Troy
John W Troy
Alaska Daily Empire
Seattle
Troy
Smith Troy
David Troy
Preston
John W
Sara Troy Callow
Latra Troy Stone
Long Beach
Cal
Mount Pleasant
Texas
Dungeness
Allen Weir
State of Washington
Amnesty Bill For Ferguson Ruled Unconstitutional
In Austin on February 4 Attorney General Dan Moody issued an opinion concluding the amnesty bill restoring political rights to former Governor Ferguson, approved last week by the Senate, is unconstitutional. Moody prepared the opinion at the House's request.
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Austin
Ferguson
Senate
Dan Moody
House
Launch Sinks in Ice. Two Men Drowned Near Graham Island
Charles Hancock of Vancouver and H F Dunning of Massett Lumber Co Buckley Bay drowned when their launch Kathleen sank in ice at the upper Graham Island end. Bodies recovered.
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Prince Rupert
B. C
Charles Hancock
Vancouver Sportsman
H. F. Dunning
Massett Lumber Company
Buckley Bay
Kathleen
Graham Island
Ibn Saud Becomes Master of Arabia After Jeddah Entry
In Cario on February 14 Ibn Saud the Sultan of Nejd and leader of the Wahabi tribesmen now controls Arabia from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea after his troops occupied Jeddah, last stronghold of King Ali, son of former King Hussein, who abdicated under Wahabi pressure.
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Ibn Saud
Nejo
Arabia
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Jeddah
Ali
Hussein
High Honors Givenye Root High Honors Givenye Root
New York February 14 Secretary Hughes at a dinner honoring Elihu Root on his 80th birthday praised him as American nobility placing him among illustrious men with merit and service. He noted this as the closest US gift to an earldom.
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New York
Hughes
Elihu Root
Root
Senate Panel Allows GOP Legislative Program
The Democratic Senate Steering Committee agrees not to obstruct the Republican organization as it introduces its legislative program.
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Washington
Democratic Senate
Four Bank Robbers Nabbed Near Portland Bank
Four men were arrested as suspects in bank robbery of Park Rose State Bank teller Charles P. Crum outside Portland. About $1,700 was taken but no money was found on the suspects. Crum was alone inside the bank.
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Portland
Ore
Charles P. Crum
Park Rose State Bank
Crum
International Labor Session Opens in Geneva May First
The next annual international labor conference will open in Geneva on May 1 with workmen's compensation as the main item. Delegates will vote on three remaining matters from last year including foreign workers' compensation, 24 hour weekly stoppage in glass manufacturing, and night bakery work. Albert Thomas urges full government delegations, as the conference will also elect the labor bureau governing body and discuss social insurance.
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Geneva
Albert Thomas
International Labor Burea
Labor Bureau
Social Insurance
Daughter Is Born Today to Alice Roosevelt Longworth
CHICAGO Feb 14 Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth wife of Nicholas Longworth congressman from Ohio gave birth today to the couple s first child a daughter The report notes the event as a family milestone in national public life and mentions the parents and location of the birth.
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Alice Roosevelt-Longworth
Chicago
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Destructive KC Fire Destroys Auto Show Pavilion
Fire ravaged Kansas City this afternoon destroying 1.5 million dollars worth of automobiles and the American Royal Livestock pavilion valued at 650 thousand dollars. The Kansas City Motor Show exhibition was a total loss due to wiring blamed causes.
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Kansas City
American Royal Livestock Pavillion
Pineapples Find Favor Hear 1924 Hawaii Record Output
Honolulu February 14. Hawaii pineapple industry set new records in 1924 with total production of 6,825,904 cases. The Association of Hawaiian Pineapple Canners report shows this beat 1920’s high by 828,922 cases and surpassed 1923 by 920,157 cases.
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Honolulu
Pineapple Industry of
Hawaii
Association of Hawaiian Pineapple Canners
Sweden to Cheer Sick With Soothing Pictures
In Sweden hospital wards will gain art displays to combat desolate walls. Selected works, including originals and reproductions, will be placed in wards, with careful color and subject choices to soothe nerves and suit patient numbers. The plan, led by Moerby County Hospital patients, has rapid support from doctors and experts.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Moerby
Alaska Citizen Nominated To Be Governor
President Calvin Coolidge nominates George Alexander Parks chief of the Alaska Field Division U S General Land Office and assistant supervisor of U S Surveys to be Governor of Alaska succeeding Gov Scott C Bone whose term ends next June Interior Department notes Bone declined a second term and Secretary Work says Parks is the best informed man
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
George Alexander Parks
Alaska
United States General Land Office
U. S. Surveys
Scott C. Bone
Interior Department
Gov. Bone
Secretary of Interior Work
George A. Parks
Parks Appointment Delights Alaska Governor Bone
Gov. Scott C. Bone praises President’s choice of George A. Parks as Alaska’s next governor in a message of congratulations. Bone plans to return to the newspaper field after his term ends June 15, expressing deep regret at leaving the Territory he loves and noting his sacrifices during tenure.
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Alaska
Scott C. Bone
George A. Parks
Bone
Cole says fight has just begun after Alaska governor pick
Cash Cole, reacting by phone to George A. Parks being named Alaska governor, said the fight has just begun. Cole, Republican candidate for preferential governor in last November’s race, won 5,468 of 10,791 votes, a slim majority overall, with divisions showing strong support in First and Third Divisions and weaker standing in the Second and Fourth.
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Cash Cole
George A. Parks
Alaska
Cole
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