Bandits' Auto Riddled With Rifle Shots
In Tacoma on March 17 sheriff’s deputies rushed to South Prairie after a train robbery. Two of the three bandits were captured west of Enumclaw and wounded. the third fled. Express messenger C. E. Going saved about 15000 by hiding the money as the car was fired upon by Buckley residents. A posse later captured the remaining bandit, also wounded.
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Tacoma
Wash
Tom Desmond
South Prarie
Northern Pacific
Buckeley
South Prairie
Enumelaw
C. E. Going
Going
Buckley
Bishop Tuttle Nearing the End
In St. Louis on March 17 AP reports Right Rev Daniel Tuttle presiding bishop of the Episcopal church is near death. Doctors say he could not live more than 24 hours and he has been unconscious since yesterday morning. He has served as bishop for 56 years and consecrated many of the church’s bishops.
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St. Louis
Mar
Daniels Tuttle
Episcopal Church
Russians Protest Japan Aid to White Forces in the Far East
Moscow reports the foreign office sent a note to Japan denouncing aid to White forces amid a Far East counterrevolution attempt. General Semenoff, exiled anti Bolsheviks leader, has reportedly gathered White remnants in Korea and may travel toward Sakhalin as tensions over the island rise.
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Moscow
Russian Foreign Office
Japan
Isle
Sakhalin
Semenoff
Siberia
Far East
Korea
Parade security tight as 250 detectives join St Patrick's Day
New York city police plans include 250 detectives in plain clothes and hundreds more in uniform for the St Patrick's Day parade expected to draw 40 000 participants. Officials say no trouble is anticipated but a faction claiming to represent the Irish Republic risks disruption. Major Michael A Kelley warns of trouble while he urges a memorial for 67 Irish patriots.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
American Association For Recognition of
Hylan
Michael A. Kelley
American Association For the Recognition of the
We Pentvnl
Bootleg Butter in Germany Calls for High Price
Berlin reports pocket butter boxes are popular in restaurants as butter costs about 6500 marks per pound. Restaurants stop serving it to avoid appearing to favor the wealthy over the poor. Women carry silver butter boxes, while men use metal copies camouflaged as small books or hip bottles.
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Berlin
President Harding to spend a week at Palm Beach and St Augustine
President Harding's Miami Beach visit closes with a golf morning and rest afternoon. The party will board a special train tonight for Palm Beach and then St Augustine for a week or ten days, aboard the Pioneer. An executive order lets Hoover fill the Huston vacancy from within the commerce department. Secretary Hughes advises on state department matters as needed.
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Miami
Fla
Harding
Miami Beach
Palm Beach
St. Augustine
Julius Fleischmann
Cincinnati
Hoover
Huston
Commerce Department
Department
Wetoean
Hughes
State Department
Rhineland
Oldest Catholic Bishop Maurice Burke Dies in Michigan
The Right Rev. Maurice F. Burke bishop of the St. Joseph diocese and the oldest Catholic bishop in U S in length of service died at his home in St Joseph Michigan He was 76 years old and had been ill three years The diocese has been led by Bishop Francis Gilfillan since Burke’s health declined He was born in Limerick Ireland came to America at four attended Notre Dame and Rome ordained 1875 first served in Chicago then Cevenne Wyoming before 1893 transfer to St Joseph diocese.
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St. Joseph, Mich
Maurice F. Burke
St. Joseph
United States
Francis Gilfillan
St. Louis
Burke
County Limerick
Ireland
America
Notre Dame University
Rome
Chicago
Cevenne
Wyo
Leo XIII
Efficiency tests for postal clerks suspended
Washington March 17 AP reports Postmaster General New ordered the efficiency tests for postal clerks to be suspended until July 1. When exams resume they will be modified and less exacting, as part of efforts to handle a huge increase in postal business nationwide.
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Washington
Mar
Postmaster General New Today
Russian Premier Lenine Improves in Moscow
AP bulletin from Moscow reports Premier Lenine, sick with a paralytic illness, showing improvement. Swedish brain pathology expert Henschen plans to travel to Moscow tonight at the Soviet government’s request to observe Lenine.
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Moscow
Lenine
Stockholm
Professor Henschen
Iremiev Lenine
Russia
Fire damages Alder Hotel in Portland. 200 flee
A blaze in Portland's Alder hotel and attached stores caused about 150000 in damage. About 200 patrons escaped to safety and at least twelve women were overcome by smoke as firefighters battled the fire from early evening until after midnight.
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Portland
Ore
Alder
Severe cold wave sweeps central regions with subzero temps
A vast cold wave from Canada drives zero to subzero readings across Nebraska Kansas Iowa Montana and the Dakotas. Reports from Denver Nebraska Chicago and Williston describe blizzards heavy winds and snow as the system moves southeast toward the lake region and Ohio valley.
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Chicago
Montana
Dakotas
Kansas
Missouri
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Williston
N. D
Bismarck
Havre
Mont
Mike MTigue Wins On Points In Siki Bout
In Dublin at the Scala Theatre Battling Siki and Mike McTigue battled for the light heavyweight title. After fourteen dull rounds McTigue moved ahead with a strong finish and won on points despite early crowd excitement and a nearby explosion that wounded two children.
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Mike M'Tigue
Battling Siki
Dublin
Mar
Siki
Mike McTigue
Scala Theatre
Moore Lane
Siki- McTigue
McTigue
Commission to Settle Trouble
Chas M Schwab, returning on the Aquitania from Europe, said sentiment favors appointing an international commission to settle the France Germany differences. He said the United States would be welcomed and need not join the Ruhr effort through the league of nations. Schwab fell ill with influenza in England and canceled his Ruhr excursion. He met Lloyd George and Sir Robert Horne in England and visited Marshal Foch in Paris.
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New York
Chas. M. Schwab
Aquitania
Europe
France
Germany
United States
League of Nations
Ruhr
Ruhr Valley
England
Lloyd George
Robert Horne
Paria
Marsha Foch
French seize Concordia coke mine as strike erupts
In Oberhausen the Concordia coke mine is seized by French authorities after 30,000 tons are loaded. The mine, partly owned by French capital, faces tax resistance from a German director. About 20,000 miners at Concordia strike in protest while 20,000 workers at nearby mines continue to work.
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Essen
Comcordia
Oberhausen
Orehausen
Concordia
Movie actors caught in bootleg deal in Los Angeles
Federal officers announce a major bootleg operation in Los Angeles with at least twenty prominent locals named. Jack Pickford and Lottie Pickford are publicly identified among actors tied to six bootleggers. Pickford meets with officials but no statement is issued yet. Six suspects are jailed in bail of 10000 dollars each as the grand jury prepares to review evidence.
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Los Angeles
West
Prohibition
E. H. Dolley
Southern California
Federal Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Jack Pickford
Alan Forrest
Lottie Pickford
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Dolley
Pickford
Federal Grand Jury
Joe Burke
United States
Man killed on Union Pacific train near Omaha identified
An unidentified man shot to death as he leaped from a moving Union Pacific mail car near Summit Omaha. He was later identified as William Martin of 140 West One Hundred Thirty-Sixth Street New York City.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Summit
William Martin
West One Hundred Thirty-Sixth Street
New York City
Child perishes and parents burned in Scoby fire
In Great Falls Montana on March 17 a three year old child of Mr and Mrs Charles Rabik died in a house fire at Scoby. The parents were severely burned and an infant was saved by Rabik I and another child a ten year old daughter helped rescue him. The Rabiks remain in critical condition at a local hospital.
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Great Falls
Mont
Charles Rabik
Scoby
Montana
Rabik I
Rabik
France urged to sell Antilles to pay debt to United States
Paris reports an AP dispatch saying Uruguay writer Agiorio quotes Hughes as saying the United States seeks cession of the French Antilles to settle the war debt. He adds Monroe Doctrine underpins Pan Americanism and calls for discussion with France on the sale.
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United States
Antilles
France
Adolafo Agiorio
L’eair
Agiorio
Hughes
America
Great Britain
French Antilles
M. Angorio
Lenglen Defeats Ryan in Nice Tennis Final Streaks Ahead
Suzanne Lenglen won the Nice women’s singles final over Elizabeth Ryan 6-1 6-0. The French star displayed superb form, with experts saying she is at the top of her game and nearly unbeatable after recent days of high quality play.
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Nice
Mlle
Suzanne Lenglen
Elizabeth Ryan
California
Manning Urges Unity Against Divorce in Lent Sermon
Bishop Manning of the Episcopal church urged Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish groups to unite against easy divorce. He said monogamy is rapidly being abandoned and the nation is near a condition of legalized free love, noting weakening church standards across denominations.
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New York
Manning
Episcopal Church
United States
France Rejects Third Power Mediation on German Talks
Paris reports Premier Poincare will not entertain negotiation offers with Germany until Berlin directly shows desire to negotiate. German officials deny any fixed sum offers and say no new proposals are possible amid Ruhr occupation. Washington says Dieckhoff’s briefing on Germany’s reparations stance requires no U.S. action.
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Paris
Premier Poincare
Berlin
France
Germany
Poincare
Ruhr
Washington
State Department
Hans Heirich Dieckhoff
Dieckhoff
United States
Irish Patriot May Go Dry
Dublin on St Patrick s Day observes a legal public holiday with many shops closed and post offices suspending deliveries. Churches fill for Mass and Gaelic League activities mark an Irish week featuring Irish made goods and festivities across the city.
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Dublin
St. Patrick's
Ireland
Gaelic League
Tne
Household murder and arson in Everett loft tragedy
Seattle dispatch reports that Mrs Cleopatra Karas and Gust Karas were beaten and killed before a fire at a Home bakery in Everett. Coroner says two children also died of smoke suffocation. police suspect bootlegger motive amid linked murders.
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Seattle
Wash
Cleopatra Karas
Gust Karas
Everett
Charles Fickle
George
Polly
George Chakos
Coroner
Lice
Chakos
Omer
Peter Karas
Trial Ends in Acquittal in Mrs. Wilkens Murder Case
Henry Tespele and the Wilkens case center on the 1922 automobile death of Mrs. Wilkens. Arthur Castro testified he and brother Walter were hired to kill her, leading to a second jury verdict of acquittal after twenty four hours of deliberation. Walter Castro later died in a police arrest attempt, fatally shooting a sergeant detective.
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Henry Tespele
Wilkens
Arthur Castro
Walter
Dorothy Keenan Poison Case Haunts Broadway Death
New York police seek to question a mysterious Mr Marshall and his secretary Wilson about the gilded wings given to Dorothy Keenan, known as Dorothy King, who died after a suspected poisoning. A black comb and a bottle with a scratched serial number are key clues as investigators pursue the motive and identity of the killer amid family and public interest.
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New York
Marshall
Dorothy
Keenan
Dorothy King
Coughlin
Boston
Philadelphia
Miss Keenan
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