Pacific fleet honors Mississippi turret victims at San Pedro
In San Pedro the Pacific fleet held solemn ceremonies for 48 sailors who died in the Mississippi turret explosion. Officers and men stood in a cross formation as coffins were honored with flags, flowers, and a Navy band. A burial in Georgia for Lieutenant Zellars was noted.
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Trans Field
San Pedro
Pacific Fleet
Mississippi
Calif
Naval Court of Inquiry
U. S. S. Mississippi
Relief
Fy J. Tynes
W. V. Pratt
Marine Guard
Hond
Callaghan
Navy
Thomas F. Zellars
Georgia
Henry A. Wiley
W. W. Pratt
Chopin
Admiral Wiley
Pratt
Jesus
R. 1
Workman
R. B
Patrick
F. EB. Mover
C. V, Kranz
Lh. McFadden
R. B. Patrick
General Dawes A Remarkable Life of Service and Banking
General Dawes a Chicago banker and wartime leader with roles as lawyer author and Republican organizer. He built gas and finance ventures, led budget reform in 1921 and 1922, served in France and earned the Distinguished Service Medal and French honors. He also published finance works and a war journal.
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America
House of Representatives
Dawes
Marietta
Ohio
Rufus R. Dawes
Iron Brigade
Wisconsin
Marietta College
Cincinnati Lance
Toledo & Ohio Central
Lincoln
Neb
Dawes, Coffroth
la Crosse
Central Trust Company of
Ilinois
France
General Purchasing Board
Harding
General Dawes
United States
United States Liquidation Commission
Chicago
Legion of Honor
Marshal Foch
Paris
Pershing
West Point
General Harbord
General Pershing
Senate
House
McKinley
Springfield
Illinois
God
Mark Hanna
Budget Bureau
Capitol
Shipping Board
Department of the Interior
Department
Bureau
Rikisha Pulling Leaves Coolies From Farms In Peking
Peking reports a large organzied labor drain as rikisha pullers recruit farm workers. Police estimate 70,000 rikishas with 7 0000 owned by firms employ coolies at meagre wages. Over 200000 depend on earnings, causing farm labor shortages and a capital city migration surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Erage
Earoin Cool Ie Tose Cents
Dian Xu
Rikista
Dakota Storm Claims Twenty Lives Across South Dakota
Twenty people are reported dead as a Dakotan storm devastates widespread areas, with damage estimated above one million dollars. Sioux Falls reports numerous communication lines down as authorities work to reach affected regions and confirm fatalities.
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Sioux Falls
8. D
Jame 17
South Dakota
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Cuacoat Wein
Battler
Heads Gas Company
Was
Real
Rookie
Flawn
Evrs
Hell
Maria
Mell Maria
Hell Maria Dawes
Naw
Sherman
Mr. Dawes
Cora D. Blymer
Cincinnati
Rufus Fleming Dawes
Lake Geneva
Wis
Princeton University
Carolyn
Dawes Auersiry
William Dawes
Boston
Salem
Mass
Paul Revere
Ilotela
Ich Iiez
Alrigh
Cook Lrug CO
Wright VJ
Pretty Cretonne
Bardem
ePhiso
Fleetrie
Wright's
L. D
Ladies’ Unions
Steirfs
Wright
Rikisha
Dakota
Weasington Springs
Riverview Hotel
Pocatello Roofing Co
Johns-Manville Co. Inc
Viven
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