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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1922
Page
1
Bonar Law indicated Britain would consider canceling the French war debt if a reparations settlement satisfied Great Britain. His remarks at the allied premiers session boosted Poincare’s optimism, though the talks remain without a firm accord.
San Diego Calif December 9. The government conducts the most comprehensive aeronautical search since army and navy air forces merged to locate Lieuts Cecil H Connelly and Frank Waterhouse missing years ago in Lower California. By dusk no word on Col Frances H Marshall and Lieut Charles L Webber who left Rockwell Field Thursday for Fort Huachuca Ariz in a De Haviland with Webber piloting was received and another day of searching was planned.
Philip sburg dispatch notes Col George W Morse Montana pioneer prospector and cattleman died at his Drummond home at 2 oclock. He was the first presidential elector from Montana casting for Harrison and a 1912 progressive party delegate. Morse led Montana Society of Pioneers as president in 1915 and served as county commissioner in Deer Lodge and Granite counties. Born Whitefield Maine December 2 1838.
Georges Clemenceau concludes his American speaking tour at the Philadelphia Forum by asserting success on three aims. He says France is not militant or imperialistic and will honor war debts, and he cites President Harding’s four power pact as advancing peace. He warns diplomats may read his message differently.
Grayson Kentucky December 9 Harrison Blanton 24 shot and killed Paul Herron on courthouse steps minutes after Herron was acquitted in the killing of Blanton’s father William. Blanton surrendered to the town marshal as deputies guarded the jail amid possible lynching threats. An indictment for first degree murder followed.
Lausanne dispatch describes M. Tchitcherin accusing Turkey of straying from Russia as France shifts toward England over reparations. He warns against foreign warships passing the Dardanelles to prevent Constantinople from falling to a stronger navy, stressing Turkey-Russia unity if straits close. (Continued on Page 6)
The America arriving from Bremen reports a stoker Otto Schmidt dead after a strange piping noise near a coal bunker. Ship's doctor calls it heart disease. Stokers claim a haunted ship and the captain detains a stowaway who confessed to practicing piccolo aboard.
Last game of the season ended with Miles City and Great Falls football teams sharing a banquet at the chamber of commerce. The championship trophy symbolized a season of effort and fair play. A Miles City player defended Powder River team’s sportsmanship, praising hard, clean play by all.
London dispatches report Dublin may see a chain of reprisal killings after yesterday's executions. A Free State official says at least 100 desperate men in Dublin could assassinate government and Irish Parliament members. Prisoners held include Tom Hailes and others linked to republican leadership.
In Miles City Custer county gridders edged Great Falls 6 to 3 as Charles McAuliffe and Russell Sweet led the blue and white attack. Sohl added a field goal and Sweet starred with a sensational kicking display amid a chilly Carlyle Park crowd of about 2,500.
In Scranton Pa on December 9 five workers died when a blast at the Black Diamond Powder plant in Suscon demolished four mills and several buildings. Six were injured, two seriously. The explosions shattered town windows and rocked a 20 mile radius.
Rain helped firefighters in Astoria Oregon contain the blaze that wiped out the city center. Local leaders form an executive committee to manage relief and reconstruction and plan a “city beautiful” replacement. Meals are provided by national guard rolling kitchens, insurers set up claims at the courthouse, and losses are estimated between 10 million and 12 million dollars.
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