Anaconda timber mill at Rocker burns. 40 workers escape
A morning fire at the Anaconda Copper Mining timber framing mill in Rocker destroyed the plant and its machinery. Four dozen workers fled as a boiler room explosion sparked a blaze, with thousands of finished timbers saved by mill hands, railroaders, and Butte firefighters. Insurance covers the loss estimated at 150000, while operations at Butte mines continue.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Rocker
Butte
W. B. Daly
Anaconda Company
Daly
Milwaukee and
James Brainard
Health standards high in Butte copper mines
The Associated Press reports that health and safety conditions in the underground copper mining area near Butte Montana have improved significantly. The Bureau of Mines bulletin notes reduced hazards from high rock temperatures dust and timber fires due to concrete lining water piping ventilation and fire rescue units established by mine owners.
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Associated Press
Washington
Butte
Mont
Bureau of Mines
House Passes Tax Bill Amid Amendments Rebuffed
The tax reduction bill moved ahead in the House with no record vote on continuing publication of income tax returns. Personal exemptions rose from 1000 to 1500 for single filers and 2500 to 3500 for married couples while defeated amendments sought higher exemptions for singles and couples and to bar higher income taxpayers from benefiting. Representative Rainey led opposition to expanded married exemptions. his later proposal limiting benefits for incomes over 20000 failed 103 to 30.
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Associated Prean
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Rainey
Illinois
Ways and Means Committee
Ratney
Mellon
Paris Finance Minister Loucheur Resigns Amid Hostility
Paris reports M. Loucheur has resigned as France's finance minister amid strong opposition from the finance committee and business interests. Paul Doumer is expected to replace him, with Premier Briand to decide after a cabinet meeting tomorrow.
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M. Loucheeur
Associated Press
Paris
M. Loucheur
Finance Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Paul Doumer
Briand
Doumer
Austrian cook Tony Glavinich Federal Trial Ends
Tony Glavinich a 33 year old Austrian hotel cook and former soldier stood trial as the jury retired after brief deliberation. He testified briefly claiming Nina also known as Lena Jovica promised marriage then rejected him after buying a ring and a ticket to Butte.
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Tony Glavinich
Glavinich
Immeiatel Ict
Moe
Jeremiah J. Lynch
N. A. Kotering
Harry Freebourn
T. BE. Downey
Nina
Lena Jovica
Butte
Giavinich
Seven Luzerne lawmakers propose new board to end coal strike
A Luzerne county delegation proposes an arbitration based board of settlement with five points to resume work immediately as negotiators begin talks. Operators and miners gave no comment, and miners reportedly still reject Governor Pinchot's peace plan.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Luzerne
Board of Settlement
Pinchot
Prohibition Fight Opens in Senate
In Washington the Volstead act sparked the first extended Senate debate of the session. Senator Edge of New Jersey urged legalization of 2.75 percent beer and easing prescription whiskey limits. Senators Bruce Willis and Sheppard joined in opposition, labeling prohibition an insane experiment and criticizing constitutional enforcement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Prohibition
Senate
Edge
New Jersey
Bruce
Maryland
Jersey
Willis
Qhio
Sheppard
Texas
Butte Women Turn To Needlework For Holiday Gifts
Butte shoppers rush to buy handmade linens pongees and wash satins as women in the city showcase skill with embroidery. The article notes strong demand for dress accessories and the quick response to the slogan Shop Early with parcels and express lines aiding restocking.
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Butte
League decides to quit Turkey from oil lands
The League of Nations council, after a secret session, decides to transfer control of Mosul oil lands to Irak under British mandate influence, with borders to Turkey shaped by Brussels provisions and a provisional arrangement pending formal acceptance. Tevfik Rushdi Bey protests Britain’s influence on the council and the decision.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Mosul
League of Nations
Irak
England
Trak
Council of the
League
Turkey
Brussels
Great Britain
Tevfik Rushdi Bey
Council
Theosophical Order to greet Christ in India and abroad
Dr. Ernest Stone announces the Theosophical Order of the Star in the East will greet the savior in the body of Krishnamurti in Adyar India and Ommen Holland during the Christmas season. He cites government ethnological data about a new root race and a human vehicle for Christ’s manifestation as world teacher.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Theosophical Order of the Star In the East
Christ
Earth
Krishnamurti
Adyar
India
Ommen
Holan
Ernest Stone
Theosophist
Hemisphere
Australia
Stone
Government Ethnological Department
Polson Sawmill Destroyed by Fire in Montana
Fire gutted the Dewey Lumber Company mills at Polson, Montana, destroying the saw and planing mills and much lumber. Loss pegged at 115000 dollars with 175 workers left unemployed. The mill to be rebuilt next spring. Fire began in the boiler room around 4 am. wind kept flames from reaching town.
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Associated Press
Polson
Mont
Dewey Lumber Company
W. G. Dewey
Flathead Lake Shore
Tragedies Take Toll of 14 Lives in Three States
Four men buried and likely killed when a building at Eighth and Mission in San Francisco collapsed after a wall adjacent to an excavation fell. Two men escaped with minor injuries as police and fire crews battled debris. Mayor James Rolph Jr. visited the scene. the site housed Peerless Welding Works.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Eighth and
Mission Streets
James Rolph Jr
Peerless Welding Works
Four Die as Fire Claims Five in New York Incident
In New York on December 15 a deadly blaze killed four women and one man, with five others injured. Investigators,消防 responders, and officials questioned neighbors as the tragedy prompted safety reviews.
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New York
La Follette Accepted Into Republican Assignments
Wisconsin senator Robert M La Follette was recognized as a Republican by the Senate and assigned to committees. He sent letters reaffirming support for progressive principles to party leaders and addressed a Labor officers banquet in confirmation of his stance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate Old Guard
Committee On Committees
Officers of Labor
Watson
Teacher Underwood Found Guilty of Robbery
Loren C Underwood a former Sunday school teacher was found guilty by a West Side criminal court jury in Denver. He faces a possible 6 to 14 year penitentiary term for the robbery committed on Nov 17 after police searched for the holdup man and identified him in court by several witnesses.
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Associated Press
Denver
Loren C. Underwood
West Side
Underwood
Affidavit Accuses Babe Lawrence in Fatal Phoenix Shooting
Fay Gene Lawrence, 16, affidavit claims Babe Lawrence killed Officer Have Burch in Phoenix while Bill Lawrence took blame. The statement recounts a Texas jail confession in which Babe says their elder brother shielded him. Bill awaits execution January 8 at Florence, Babe serves nine years for robbery tied to the Muskogee death.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Gazette Today
Fay Gene Lawrence
Bill Lawrence
Arizona State
Florence
Babe Lawrence
Texas
Joe Morgan
Muskogee
Oklo
Fort Worth
Klan Watches for Negro Wife of Rich White Youth
New Rochelle New York December 15 reports from Florida say the Ku Klux Klan sought to bar Mrs Alice Rhinelander from renting after her victory in the annulment suit by Leonard Rhinelander. Her attorney said she had seldom left her home despite a two day disappearance following the jury ruling in her favor. Attorneys for the husband denied any return to the wife and a White Plains grand jury said it would take no action on alleged separation with the jurors.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Florida
Ku Klux Klan
Alice Jones Flhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Lee Parsons Davia
White Plains
Teeth as payment for rail fare ends in stubborn debt
A man with mustard-colored hair tries to pay train fare with his two sets of teeth and later with a watch check, then threatens violence. Clerks refuse, noting cash only. he storms out vowing to try the depot where he can "get a run for his money." The incident ends with depot staff ejecting him.
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Consolidated Ticket
Main and Park
Los Angeles
Mustard Locks
Pullman
Mustard-Top
Dave Wilder
Mustardtop
Wilder
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Bureau
Switzerland
Henri Haeberlin
Republic
White House
MUUSE
Poe Ae
France
Mills
Evi Dent
Nina Jovica
Parcel Oe
The
Express
London
Tes
Babe
Bill
KLAN
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