How the Life of the President Is Guarded
An overview of the White House security, detailing the White House police, the president's personal bodyguard from the Treasury Secret Service, and the coordinated protection when the president travels. It notes roles, duties, and the routine escort of operatives to theaters and events. The piece also reflects on moral fashions from 1837 to the present, contrasting liquor, card games, and social norms through remarks by Robert Dick Douglas.
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Geo.i. White
United States
White House
Secret Service
United States Treasury Secret Service
Treasury Secret Service
Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
Major Ballenger
U. S. Army
Washington
Headquarters Detective Bureau
Metropolitan Police Department
Whit House
White Hous
Robert Dick Douglas
Greensboro
Gen. Greene
Mr. Douglass
Baseball controversy settled by tie and payout
The Johnson County Fair Association ended the dispute between Ashe and Watauga county baseball teams by declaring the opening game a tie and paying the winning county equal funds. Rose Swift Fuler received the check as manager of the Watauga team.
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Johnson County Fair Association
Ashe Watauga Counties
Alk County
Watauga
Rose Swift Fuler
Seasickness Hampers Soviet Navy Long Cruise Readiness
Naval expert Lukashevich warns the Soviet fleet lacks practical long-distance cruising experience and that seasickness could disable over half its crew. He cites Civil War Caspian Sea conditions where 80 percent were incapacitated and ships struggled to be saved.
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Riga
Latvia
Lukashevich
Caspian Sea
Chinese Girls Embrace Modern Marriage Idea in China
Chinese university girls reject three thousand years of tradition and adopt love as the basis of marriage. Miss Mo Yimin in Peking sparked a movement among government university students. The idea quickly spread to Shanghai and other cities, showing rapid adoption among young women.
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Shanghai
China
America
Mo Yimin
Government
Peking
Ilus
Sweden passes law to care for wayward children
Stockholm reports a new riksdag law compulsory removes wayward or depraved children into public custody and oversees them till eighteen. It ordains city and parish boards with pastors and teachers to supervise, inspectors to monitor development, and expands foster care and adoption under national programs led by municipal and state boards.
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Stockholm
Riksdag
Sweden
Save the Children
Philippines in quake belt warned by Filipino scientist
Father Roque Ruano of the University of Santo Tomas warns that Manila lies in the same seismic zone as Japan and could be visited by a major earthquake at any time. He notes Yokohama as a cautionary example and urges scientists to form a committee to study quake regions and prepare the public.
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Manila
Yokohama
Roque Ruano
University of Santo Tomas
Japan
Philippines
Mather Ruano
Sing Sing Holds Record Inmate Roster For Eight Years
Warden Lewis E. Lawes oversees 1,447 state guests at Sing Sing, the largest prison roster in eight years, with limited space left. New admissions will transfer to Clinton Prison at Dannemora for stricter discipline and fewer privileges.
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New York
Lewis E. Lawes
S. R. Co
Sing Sing
Ossining
Clinton Prison
Dannemora
One Family Lands in Quebec Since 1629
The Arts Science and Letters society surveyed Quebec parishes and Montmorency to identify old families. Ismael Bedard has lived on the same Charlesbourg land since 1629. Hector Laliberté’s St. Jean Island of Orleans clan is Montmorency’s largest with 20 children. Joseph Gagnon of St. Pierre Island of Orleans has the most living descendants at 210. Special diplomas will be sent.
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Quebec
Canada
Arts, Science and Letters Society
Montmorency
Ismael Bedard
Charlesbourg
Hector Laliberte
St. Jean
Orleans
Montmorency County
Joseph Gagnon
St. Pierre
Island of Orleans
Glasgow Minister Reaches San Francisco for Morrison-Mellersh Wedding
The Rev. Thomas Angus Morrison of Glasgow traveled 6000 miles to officiate the marriage of Capt. Thomas Fraser Morrison and Miss Margaret Mellersh in San Francisco, honoring a promise to his son made long before he could wed.
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San Francisco
Thomas Angus Morrison
Glasgow
Scotland
Thomas Fraser Morrison
Margaret Mellersh
Golf Balls Recovered From Salt Lake City Lake
Six hundred or more golf balls were recovered after the lake at Nthley Park municipal links was drained. Bystanders in bathing suits watched as the balls surfaced and were gathered by the crew.
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Lake Salt Lake City
Utah
Sall Bays
Aride Inta
Nthley Park
Veteran guards Grant first camp site at Springfield landmark
Israel F. Pearce, lone survivor of the Twenty first Illinois infantry unit from Camp Yates, preserves the field of Grant’s first day march near Springfield. He raises a flag at sunrise, lowers it at sundown, and guards “General Grant’s tree” while recounting the historic ground and orders written by Grant.
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Springfield
Jacksonville
Israel F. Pearce
Grant
Sherman
Pearce
Iere
Mb Crowth
Twenty-first
Ilinois Infantry
Cardington to be World's Greatest Airport
The cabinet approves an imperial airship service and designates Cardington in Bedfordshire as the home of airship research and experiments. The site houses the shed that once built the R-88 and which now holds the half finished R-87, with space to accommodate two airships and nearby gas works and offices.
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London
Imperial Airship Service
Cardington
Bedfordshire
Hull
Heart on Wrong Side Restored to Normal Position
Miss Hazel Richardson of Washington was treated after her heart and left lung were displaced by air and water from a punctured left lung. A tube drained the fluids, allowing the heart to return to its normal position and the lung to expand, with physicians hopeful she may live for years if she avoids exertion.
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Philadelphia
Hazel Richardson
Washington
Philadelphia General Hospital
Air Service maps United States by aerial photography effort
The army air service begins a vast photographic mapping project across Texas and other states. Maj. Gen. Mason Patrick says the endeavor will record about 10 000 square miles, finish in three months, and save time and cost in national surveys.
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Washington
Texas
Air Service of
Army
Mason M. Patrick
Air Service
Corps of Engineers
United States Geological Survey
Chief of Air Service
Indiana
Chiesso
Chanute Field
Scott Field
Missouri
Missouri River
Kansas City
St. Louis
Fort Riley
Kans
St. Joseph
Patrick
United States
The
Fort Bliss
Langley Field
Bolling Field
D. Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Chanute
Wilbur Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Mitchel Field
Record of 49 Transfusions in Two Years At Philadelphia Hospital
Charles Donnelly of Locust Gap Pennsylvania has undergone 49 blood transfusions in two years at Jefferson hospital where he is treated for anemia. He began in September 1922 and has received a transfusion roughly every two weeks. His brothers Franklin John Joseph and Thomas donate blood, with several students offering as well as needed.
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Philadelphia
Charles Donnelly
Locust Gap
Jefferson Hospital
Donnelly
Frank
John
Joseph
Thomas
Belgrade Streets Get Motor Horns on Carriages
A young American, sent to run an auto agency, introduced motor horns to two-horse carriages in Belgrade. The horns replaced driver shouts, and city officials soon required horse vehicles to be fitted with signals. The change pleases both the American and locals, lending an aura of hustling modernity to the city.
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Belgrade
Fries Tops GOP Field For Constable Nomination
Davenport Iowa campaign report shows H Earl Fries spent 25 cents for an ice cream cone a bottle of soda water and a pack of cigarettes as his campaign expenses while winning the Republican nod over seven rivals for constable.
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Davenport
Iowa
H. Earl Fries
Constable Hero
Mexico Seen As Haven For U S Crooks
Laredo Texas reports say diplomatic ties restore but extradition of fugitives from Mexico is blocked by red tape and delays. Officers allege a de facto agreement to exchange criminals without legal process exists, yet Mexican authorities often ignore requests. Hundreds of fugitives reportedly roam Mexico amid turmoil from recent revolutionary period.
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Laredo
Texas
Mexico
United States
Famous Indian of Old Alaska Dies Remembered Officer Peacemaker
Dick Morgan an Indian who died recently in Douglas Alaska was a historic figure cited by Rev A P Kashevaroff of Juneau He served as a policeman for U S naval authorities and was sent with a message from Captain L A Beardslee to quell clashes between the Kockwontahn and Ganaadi tribes north of Sitka He urged chiefs to keep order and allow white men to pass through Yukon passes returning February 12 1880 with news of peace Opening the Chilkat country to miners.
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Douglas
Alaska
Dick Morgan
A. P. Kashevaroff
Juneau
Morgan
United States
L. A Beerdslee
Sitka
Yukon
Beardslee
Chilkat
Postage on One Letter Wipes Out Bank Account
New York banker Alexander Konta received a German letter stating his Berlin bank account of about 1.12 million marks no longer existed. The Dresdauer Bank Berlin claimed the postage on the letter used part of his funds, leaving the remaining balance settled by the bank.
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New York
Alexander Konta
Wall Street
Germany
Berlin
Dresdauer Bank of Berlin
Hudson Bay Trap Display Near Chehalis Exhibits Antique Gear
A large steel trap relic from Hudson Bay times is shown in a hardware store window northwest of Chehalis near Littell. The sprung jaws appear powerful enough to hold an elephant, and locals speculate it was set years ago by trappers of the Hudson Bay Company.
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Chehalis
Hudson Bay
Littell
Hudson Bay Company
Seventeen-year-old Usherette Inherits 50000
Genevieve Waddell of Los Angeles learns she has been left fifty thousand dollars by her uncle Walter Waddell a late Everett Washington banker. She will receive the inheritance on her next birthday with the will dated February 18 1925.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Genevieve Waddell
Walter Waddell
Everett
Wash
Dog Bowser’s Good Name Fends Off Suit for $5000
In Oregon Ill MAny Ogle county citizens testified Bowser the dog was well behaved and not prone to chase cars in a case where Vogeler sued Katherine Clinton over an automobile crash. The jury found for Vogeler with Bowser’s good character cited as the reason.
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Oregon
Ogle County
Bowser
Charles Vogeler
Vogeler
Katherine Clinton
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