Severe Earthquake Testimony in Naval Inquiry Hearing
Washington November 13 court overruled prosecution motion to exclude Mrs. Zachary Lansdowne testimony about being urged to testify falsely before the Shenandoah disaster naval court of inquiry. Capt. Paul Foley sought relief as Judge Advocate. he requested Wilbur's removal. At a court martial Cassidy of the Chemical Warfare Service refuted Drum's Senate testimony on gas amounts for a 60 square mile area calling it absolutely inaccurate.
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Washington
Zachary Lansdowne
Naval Court of Inquiry
Shenandoah
Paul Foley
Lansdowne
Foley
Seecretary
Wilbur
J. Edward Cassidy
Chemical Warfare Service
Hugh A. Drum
General Staff
Congressinal
Cassidy
Drum
Nearly 300 mediums fail in countersign test
About 300 mediums in New York claimed to receive messages from the late Mrs. Allen Gilbert of Portland Oregon. They failed to produce the secret countersign agreed with her husband before her death. The Scientific American had offered 600 dollars for a medium who could reveal the countersign.
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New York
Allen Gilbert
Portland
Ore
Scientific American
Gilbert
Lost British Submarine Reported Found
British submarine M-1 located on the seabed 12 miles southwest of Start Point Devonshire. It reputedly carried 60 men when it sank. Admiralty in London expressed doubt about the finding and said efforts continue to locate the vessel.
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Plymouth
Eng
Start Point
Devonshire
London
Admiralty
Coffin of King Tut Is Made of Gold
A Luxor dispatch reports King Tutankhamun’s inner coffin is solid gold with intricate designs, the largest gold piece known. An ebony Tut statuette covered with gold was found. Cairo says mummy hands rest on the breast, a golden crown atop, age at death about 15, and gold swords and knives attached.
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King Tut
New York
A_ dispatch
Luxor
Cairo
Tut
Pharoah
Hartley vows defense against legislative critics
Gov Hartley said he is ready to defend his message to the Legislature and would not waste time on critics. He warned that opponents would use every method to destroy and divert attention from the issues. He pledged steadfast confidence in the plain people of Washington.
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Olympia
Wash
Hartley
Washington
Proposal for Womens Industrial Home in Olympia
The Women’s Industrial Home project was raised before the House and Senate Appropriations Committees in Olympia. A $500 000 appropriation is requested, but a site remains undecided and pending location decisions.
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Womens’ Industrial Home
Olympia
House
Senate
Consolidation of Railroads Is Urged
SACRAMENTO Cal Nov 13 A S Goss Master of the Washington State Grange introduced a resolution urging the National Grange to favor enforced consolidation of all railroads in America into one system.
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Sacramento
Cal
A. S. Goss
Washington State
National Grange
America
Radio and Tear Gas Defenses Robber-Proof Minnesota Banks
Minnesota banks install tear gas bombs as a defense after a Cold Spring hold up. Bankers association secretary says tear gas is widely used, with some institutions using ammonia. In Iowa, officials plan radio-linked alerts via bank sites, sheriff offices, and police stations to track robbers within 50 miles.
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Minneapolis
New Country Ranger System
Minnesota
Fred P. Fellows
Minnesota Banker's Association
Cold Spring
Iowa Bankers Association
Deadly hashish found near Queens County Court House
New York City area authorities, led by Brooklyn Commissioner Wallis, reported the discovery of 25 acres of hashish and cannibal indica described as among the most deadly habit forming drugs, located near the Queens County Court House in the environs of New York City.
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New York
Wallis
Brooklyn
Queens County Court House
New York City
Mercantile Express Crash Kills Ten in New Jersey
A Mercantile Express from St Louis ran a stop signal and collided with another express train near Plainsboro New Jersey. Ten people were killed and 29 injured in the high speed crash, authorities reported yesterday.
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Plainsboro
N. J
Mercantile Express
St. Louis
Glacier Highway Day celebrates completion to Eagle River
Juneau Chamber of Commerce marked Glacier Highway completion with a luncheon featuring local products from Eagle River Valley. Notables including R E Robertson and M S Merritt spoke as guests toured road sections and highlighted economic gains such as power, farming, dairies, and new residences along the Glacier Highway.
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Eagle River Valley
Juneau Chamber of Commercce
Eagle River
R. E. Robertson
Charles Goldstein
M. D. Williams
Merritt
Mary Peterson
Robertson
Juneau
Wilderge
Glacier Highway
Salmon Creek
Nugget Creek
Derners
Free urges Alaska rail removal for highway and dredging plan
Congressman Arthur M. Free of California urges President Coolidge to abandon the Alaska Railroad and build a highway along the right of way to meet Interior transport needs. He also backs reforestation reform, a unified road agency, a new timber valuation, and revived gold dredging with land and leases for dredges.
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Washington
Arthur M. Free
California
Coolidge
Alaska
Free
War Department
Good Roads Bureau
Weather mild as Aleutian activity cools in Nome
Nome Nov 13 It is believed volcanic activity in the Aleutians kept temperatures above freezing through November 10 with a sudden dip to 10 above zero. The fall average remains above freezing and Bering Sea rivers are open. Armistice Day drew 1,000 to Eagle Hall as Coast Guard swimmers, recreational trips, and hunting excursions were noted. Sea Wolf walrus trip vessel reported no sighting of a Russian gunboat.
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Nome
Aleutian
Bering Sea
Coast Guard
Eagle’ Hall
Arctic
French to Run Again for Governor in 1925
Hoquiam Wash Navy 14 F L French of Vancouver who narrowly lost the Republican gubernatorial nomination to Hartley says he will run again in 1925. He criticizes Hartley educational program to politicize schools and Hartley reclamation policy as ruinous.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Navy
F. L. French
Vancouver
Hartley
French
Chauncey Olcott Recovers Health After Illness
New York, November 194. Chauncey Olcott, noted singer and actor, credits prayer for his recovery. He is now up and around after a severe illness that struck him while performing in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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New York
Chauncey Olcott
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Jury disagrees in murder case against Doctor Blazer
The jury in Littleton Colorado has disagreed in the murder trial of Dr. Harold E. Blazer charged with killing his 14 year old daughter Hagel. The jury has been dismissed and witnesses described the object Blazer flew as the case continued on Page Six.
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Littleton, Col
Harold E. Blazer
Hagel
Japanese Destroyers Rushed to China Report
Tokyo reports two Japanese destroyers sent to Tsing Tao with two more held in readiness. Japan declares Chinese disturbances worse than previously reported and dispatches ships to the area.
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China
Tokyo
Tsingtao
Japan
Severe Earth Shocks Felt Far Distance
A strong earthquake about half the Tokyo Yokohama quake intensity was recorded at Gonzales Heights Observatory with its center estimated around 5,800 miles away toward Formosa. Shocks were felt in Anaheim California at 3 AM and in Manila, where a half hour tremor caused building movement but no damage.
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Victoria
B. C
Tokyo
Yokohama
Gonzales Heights Observatory
Formosa
Manila
Yukoner to Sell Claims Near Atlin Adjoins Engineer Mine
Thomas Kirkland, who entered the Yukon 27 years ago, arrives in Victoria to sign an agreement with New York financiers that will make him a millionaire. He transfers the Kirkland Gold Claim, next to the Engineer Mine in the Atlin district, as Wall Street interests invest one million dollars in the property.
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Victoria
H. C
Thomas Kirkland
Yukon
New York
Kirkland
Engineer Mine
Atlin District
Wall Street
Gal Returned To Her Mother In Seattle
Seattle reports nine years after a separation Barbara Gibney the foster daughter of Barney Gibney owner of the Gold Bar Saloon Nome has been reunited with Mrs Singe Marick of Seattle Mrs Marick had previously given Barbara to the Gibneys after her mother’s desertion The Superior Court yesterday restored the child to Mrs Marick and placed the Gibney estate eight thousand dollars in trust until she reaches age
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Seattle
Barbara Gibney
Barney Gibney
Gold Bar
Nome
Singe Marick
Miss Marick
Barbara
Gibneys
Marick
Gibney
Lydia Clark
Corwin
Powerless to outlaw K K K in British Columbia
Victoria Nov 14 Attorney General Manson announced that British Columbia cannot outlaw the Ku Klux Klan. He noted Ottawa could act, but BC is powerless to ban the group.
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Victoria
B. C
Manson
British Columbia
Ottwa
Climate shift blamed on removal of dense timber in Pacific region
Tacoma observer L C Cover reports a long term drop in rainfall from 45.99 inches annually in 1805 1900 to 40.72 in recent decades. Old settlers long attributed the change to deforestation between the Cascade mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
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Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Oregon
Cascade Mountains
Pacific Ocean
L. C. Cover
Cover
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