Bernhardt Improves Sight Amid Recovery From Illness
Paris reports pronounced improvement in Sarah Bernhardt condition with doctors deeming her out of danger for now. Her son Maurice said recovery is marked and friends may visit, as the famed actress plans light meals and possible gradual activity by the weekend.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Associated Press
Paris
Sarah
Maurice Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Louise Abbema
Bernhardt
Montana counties change classifications on assessed values
Two Montana counties rise or fall in tax classification as assessors report 1922 valuations. Flathead Custer Fallon Judith Basin drop to lower classes while Golden Valley Rosebud rise and Park County may stay fifth depending corrections. Cascade reports the largest total taxable value at 33,057,441.
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Associated Press
Helena
Montana
State Board of Equalization
Flathead County
Custer County
Fallon County
Judith Basin County
Golden Valley
Rosebud County
Park County
Cascade County
Railroad Executive Claimed by Death at Frisco Hospital
Alexander Hilton vice president of the St. Louis and San Francisco railway died at the Frisco hospital after a nervous breakdown. He led traffic operations and was recently elected traffic head after joining the Frisco in 1901 as general passenger agent. He was 57, born in Hamilton Ontario, survived by his widow and two sons.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Alexander Hilton
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Frisco
Southwest
Hilton
Hamilton
Ontario
Straits and Mosul clash in postwar talks
A near eastern conference resumes with tensions over Mosul as Turkey asserts sovereignty and Iraq presses for transfer. Russian and western delegations clash over straits control while Ismet Pasha seeks peaceful co operation and proper respect for Turkish sovereignty. The Armenian national home proposal surfaces as talks near conclusion.
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Turkey
Fog Causes Tragedy as Man Walks Into River
Chicago December 25. Andrew Hazzard walked off a fog shrouded bank into the Calumet River on his way to work and drowned. A fellow worker heard cries and tried to help but only found a floating dinner pail until police recovered the body.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Andrew Hazzard
Calumet River
Veteran Editor of West Is Taken by Grim Reaper
Erastus Brainerd former editor of the Post-Intelligencer died in Seattle at age 70 after a long public life. Born in 1855 in Middletown Connecticut he held editor positions in New York Philadelphia Atlanta and Seattle and served as land commissioner of Washington. He authored the Gallery of Great Artists and histories of Alaska and the Klondike. He married in 1882 to a Virginia woman and leaves two daughters.
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West
Grim Reaper
Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Erastus Brainerd
The
Post- Intelligencer
Brainerd
Post-Intelligencer
Mr. Brainerd
Middletown
Conn
Harvard University
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Europe
Times
the World
New York
Press
Philadelphia
Constitution
Atlanta
the Star
the News
Press-Times
the Post-Intelligencer
Idaho
Arthur
Alaska
Klondike
Virginia
Richmond
Henry R. Wahoske
Great Falls
Mont
Elizabeth Brainerd
New York City
Rejected Suitor Murders Family Then Ends His Life
Seattle case details Emil Neuriter a 40 year old ferry proprietor who after being rejected by Helen Engel 16 enters the Engel home on Christmas day shoots Helen her brother Ernest 15 and sister Anna 17 and Lilly age 3 before killing himself Coroner Corson notes Neuriter planned to kill Helen after a prior rejected advance and forces family to lock doors as he opens fire in the home of D C Engel.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Helen Engel
Emil Neuriter
Neuriter
Helen
Engel
D. C
Anna Engel
Anna
Corson
Ernest
Hans
Vigil over victim's body ends with murder charge
Mrs L. Jones, 82, confessed to shooting O. L. Black, 44, a Louisville auto sales manager, in her apartment. She kept a Christmas Eve vigil over the body before surrendering to police, saying Black threatened her. she was jailed on a murder charge.
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Louisville
L. Jones
O. L. Black
Black
Waters Recede as Washington Rivers Fall
Flood waters of Western Washington rivers swelled by heavy rains and melting snows were receding as temperatures dropped. Rains ceased in the Cascade mountains and cooler weather prevailed. A high wind yesterday in Puget Sound country caused thousands of dollars in damage by toppling telephone poles smashing plate glass windows and loosening log rafts. The wind had diminished today.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Cascade Mountains
Puget Sound
Fire damages Wilcox building in Great Falls. losses estimated
Fire of unknown origin at 5 30 a m damaged the Wilcox building at First Avenue South and Fourth Street in Great Falls Montana causing about 30000 in damage and eleven stores and offices affected. Fire Chief A J Trodick and Capt Harry Hogan were overcome by gas but survived. Number of damaged businesses and total loss projected to reach about 80000 and authorities expect a precise tally tomorrow. Firefighters kept flames from spreading to adjacent Valley Meat Market and Conrad grocery.
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Mont
Wilcox
First Avenue
South
Fourth Street
A. J. Trodick
Harry Hogan
Tredick
Valley Meat Market
Conrad Grocery
Committee of 100 names 10 work on Butte charter
A mass meeting at city hall formed a committee to draft a committee of 100 Silver Bow county residents to study a new charter for city county consolidation led by Dr. A R Hatton of Cleveland. The list of 100 was submitted and a meeting was set for Dec 27 in Judge Jackson's courtroom with Charles R Leonard presiding.
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Silver Bow County
Butte
A. R. Hatton
Cleveland
Ohio
City Hall
Joe Ambrosetti
J. T. Andrews
Roy Ayers
F. W. Baconn
P. IF. Beaudin
Charles Beebe
Two Children Die in Fire at Home in Battle Creek
In Battle Creek Michigan on December 25 two children William ten and Barbara eight suffocated after a basement fire spread to the first floor. Parents Ward Watts and Mrs Watts finished decorating the Christmas tree and searched for the children before escaping. Firefighters later found the children in the bathroom where they had sought to escape the smoke.
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Battle Creek
Mich
William
Barbara
Wayward Watts
Watts
Montana Milling Industry Strangled by Export Rates
Montana's milling industry faces ruin from new export freight rates on wheat. The Butte Chamber of Commerce urges immediate rate relief, arguing Pacific coast mills gain 25 cents a barrel under 32 cent per hundred weight transport, while Montana mills lose domestic and export competitiveness. Resolutions claim in transit milling privileges and cross state rates harm Montana flour makers as Pacific coast mills substitute Washington wheat to undercut Montana products.
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Montana
Northwest
State Railroad Commission
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Pacific Coast
Milwaukee, Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railways
Minneapolis
Duluth
C. R. McClare
Montana Flour Mill Company
Tidewater
Washington
Attempt to wreck Santa Fe flyer near Joliet
Train No. 5, a Santa Fe flyer with mail and Pullman cars bound for Texas and Oklahoma, faced sabotage near Joliet as 14 spikes were drawn and fish plates torn. One rail section was loosened after the engineer halted the speeding train, throwing passengers from their seats.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Santa Fe Railroad
Texas
Oklahoma
Joliet
State to File Charges Against Six or Seven Masked Bandits
Attorney General says six or seven members of a masked gang will face charges. Multiple arrests are expected soon in Mer Rouge as the investigation continues.
Six to seven more arrests in Morehouse kidnaping murders
Attorney General Coro said from Marksville that Louisiana expected to arrest at least six or seven more men on murder charges in the Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards case. The action targets leaders of the white robed mob with warrants likely before Jan. 5 as the Mer Rouge hearing nears. Federal agents report 20 names tied to the riot. Burnett is the presumed murder defendant with state evidence to back charges. Troops and townspeople observe Christmas calm as officials review week’s dramatic developments.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
Morehouse
Mer Rouge
Coro
Marksville
Watt Daniels
Thomas Richards
Met Rouge
Ttia
T. J. Burnett
Rastrop
Burnett
Parker
Baton Rouge
Christmas Party Shooting in Jacksonville Family Tragedy
Claudius Gibson 33 fired five shots at his wife during a Christmas gathering in Jacksonville. He killed his mother in law Agnes Gore 55 before family restrained him and police took him to the city jail.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Claudius Gibson
Agnes Gore
Gibson
Kahn proposes partial debt cancellation tied to European reforms
Otto B. Kahn urges Congress and public opinion to support canceling at least part of Allied debt to the United States while ensuring a measured repayment for the portion tied to war contracts. He argues such action could aid Europe and be a prudent investment, contingent on European nations changing attitude and conditions. Continued discussion noted.
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Associated Press
New York
Otto B. Kahn
Reed Smoot
Utah
Committee of American Business Men
America
United States
Kahn
Congress
Four Die in Christmas Coalfield Violence in Fayette County
Four men were killed during Christmas celebrations in Fayette county coal fields. Frank Hall formerly of Kansas City and member of the H. C. Frick Coke company police was shot while attempting to arrest Pomp Allen who fired first. Hall killed Allen. another victim, Ed Lindsay, a negro, died in Footdale, and a third black man died in a pitched battle at Buffington.
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Associated Press
Uniontown
Fayette County
Frank Hall
Kansas City
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Hall
Allen
Gates
Here
Ed Lindsay
Footdale
Buffington
Christmas Party Fatal Murder Charges in Ohio
Shelby Ohio December 25 Phillip Weiganott 36 and Lester Elston 35 are held for grand jury on murder charges linked to Ralph Longley 32 who died after drinking moonshine at a Christmas party Two other partygoers were blinded and another about to die Authorities say the men sold liquor believed to contain wood alcohol A still six gallons of liquor were seized and investigators sent whiskey samples to the state chemist
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Associated Press
Shelby
Ohio
Phillip Weiganott
Lester Elston
Richland County
Ralph Longley
Elston
Weiganott
Robert Blake
Barti Qeee
Phyal
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