Glerk of the Court Names Deputies for District Office
The clerk of the district court selects his deputies notingexperience and strong administration. Hrath, the chief deputy, is well known locally. Downing and Leahy will handle shifts and workload in Judge McClernan and Judge Dwyer’s departments, with other deputies named.
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Ous Lee
District Court
Hrath
Mage
Hennessy
Emmet Mec Viater
Florence
Tange Lynch
Fred Kloeckner
Rotaly Bank
Robert Downing
Butt residents tied to city life across many years
E A Ruleau James Harrington Thomas Fox Frank O Connor Loratta Lee and Billa Brennan were born and raised in Butt. All have spent many years in the city, shaping its community and local story.
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E. A. Ruleau
James Harrington
Thomas Fox
Christmas Celebration by Troops in Mexico
Headquarters Mexico reports a grand Christmas celebration for American troops abroad. Workers will be released from duties from Saturday for three days of freedom. Gifts from Red Cross and anonymous donors are to be distributed at Christmas night. A 400-voice chorus rehearses daily to sing carols and patriotic songs while 24 members of the Twenty Fourth Infantry decorate the tree with plans to illuminate the pine tree for the event.
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Mexico
United States
Red Cro
Monumental Christmas tree stands 85 feet tall at camp
A towering 85 foot tree, raised with a flag at its top, was erected at the camp. It was brought 35 miles from a virgin forest west of the camp, using 18 motor trucks to haul Christmas greens to the site.
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Virgin Forest
Coeds Fight Fire At California Dorm Fire Extinguisher Action
Dorothy Atking of Tacoma and Blanche McCormick of Berkeley helped battle a dormitory fire at University of California College Hall on the second floor early today. With vacation occupancy light, the incident involved a small group of students and a fire extinguisher aid.
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Oakland
Cal
Dorothy Atking
Tacoma
Blanche McCormick
Berkeley
College Hall
University of California
Police College to Open in Berkeley in 1917
Oakland report says Berkeley will host a police academy in 1917 directed by Chief August Vollmer. The Pacific coast’s only such institution will employ a 14 member faculty drawn from law, medicine and education. Boulder Hot Springs promoted as holiday retreat option.
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Policemen's College
Oakland
Cal
Policeman's College
Berkeley
August Vollmer
Pacific Coast
Oregon Court Rules Personal Liquor Use Not Prohibited
Portland judge ruling that state cannot bar individuals from producing or importing liquor for personal use challenges current law. injunction suit by A Lima claimed police could not search his premises, a decision seen as affecting both the present law and likely the forthcoming bone dry regime.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Henry B. McGinn
Stat
A. Lima
Briand alcohol reform faces strong resistance in Paris
Paris dispatch reports Premier Briand's proposal to regulate spirits is broadly approved by the public but vehemently opposed by liquor interests. The National Wine and Spirit Trade association condemns the plan as breaking the country's unity and violating citizens' rights to trade, urging legal avenues against expropriation.
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Paris
Briand
Wine and Spirit
Deficiency funds sought for border service and rail order
Washington officials move to cover border expenses with a 28 4 million deficiency appropriation and Baker submits a 450 million supplemental estimate for national guard costs. Separately the Interstate Commerce Commission orders railroads to justify why foreign coal and refrigerator cars should not be returned to owners after unloading.
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Washington
Mestean Borde
Baker
Garrison
National Guard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Incinerator Proves Satisfactory City Plant
The city incinerator, in operation one week, has shown no trouble disposing of garbage. City Engineer Armstrong says the plant saves waste and could earn about 20 dollars a ton. Bottles and tin cans will add to income as operating costs are examined. A British ship sinking report from London notes the steamship Itonus, 240 tons, owned in Melbourne.
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Armstrong
Eee
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