Slayings Probe Abandoned In Elkins Case In Butte
Los Angeles authorities have given up the search for Elkins slayers. No arrests made. Victims Elkins and King died from beating during a California trip tied to robbery motives. Details trace to Butte and El Monte where both victims were found.
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Victor W. el King
Butte
Fi Monte
Cal
Elkins
Los Angeles
I King
Lex Angel
California Paints
Smith
Putte
Fikines
el Monte
Celine
Hutte
Hi Flances
Mias
Mabel Tuttle
Grand Avenue
Sheriff Hammel
Coun
Elkine
California
Charles Elkins
Elkhart
Mont
King
Calfornia
Miss Tuttle
Ti Monte
Los Angel County
Hotel Arrivals and Military Notes From Paris Front
A long hotel arrivals list shows guests from Butte, Helena, Billings, and other Montana towns, including Mrs. J. A. Ehler and J. D. Brady, with numerous out-of-state names. the section shifts to a Paris dispatch dated Dec. 27 noting German trench defenses on the western front and French capture of heavy artillery pieces on December 24 in the Perthes area.
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Paris
Perthes
Finnish Workers clash over control of union hall
Anti IW W faction claims IWW takeover of the Butte Finlander Hall based workers club led to a split after a mass meeting. Withdrawal of a $1000 fund and recruitment from new arrivals fueled tensions as the minority vows to keep the organization and hall under their influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Finnish Workiwemen's Club
SW. W
Fin ‘Nder
Anti-L. W. W
Finlander Hall
Lutte
M. J. Maniay
Andrew Hintell
I. WW. Fact
Fa Bish Workinemen'e Club
Minem
Firat
TW. W
M. Tutte Danke Inet Mummer
Mane
Duluth
LWW
Paner
TWW
IL Industrial Workers
Manley
Ant- WW
W. W
North
Wyoming
Miss Knoeffel Weds Spokane Man In Butte Home Ceremony
Miss Esther Knoeffel and Joseph Goldstein of Spokane were married by Rev. M Levinson at the Knoeffel home 92 Utah Avenue. The ceremony took place in a pink and white carnation parlor with maids of honor Miss Rose Knoeffel and Nancy Holt of Salt Lake and best man Adolph Schenker. Guests included relatives and stock-business circles. a banquet and dance followed. The couple will depart for Spokane on the North Coast limited tomorrow evening aboard Mrs. Goldstein accompanying him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Knoeffel
Joseph Goldstein
Spokane
M. Levinson
Rose Knoefel
Nancy Holt
Salt’ Lake
Adolph Schenker
Goldstein
Butte
Mr Goldstein
Spor Kane
Samuel Stafish
G. Phillips
J. Knoeffel
5. Knoeffel
H. ‘Deiteh
J. Knoet Huervien
GW. Strainer
Nickspatter ‘Messrs
Adolph’ Schenker
B. Knoeffel
Rev
M- Levinson
Richard Chard
Charles Huvert
W.B. McConnell
MH McConnell
Ico Knoeffel
Charles “Hubert
Ik. Robel
H. McConnell
M. Levin
Mrs. Goldstein
German Bombardment Tales From Home Front Soldier
British cavalryman in France recounts three near death escapes from German action. A shell under his horse did not explode, shrapnel grazed his horse, a sharpshooter missed him, and eight gun bombardments devastated a village before retreat across two pontoon bridges as shells destroyed the other bridge. The general praised their safe absence.
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France
Providence
Pante
Quiet Day in One Part of Europe
Comparative quiet prevailed in most of Flanders on Christmas Day, with renewed gunfire beginning early the next morning. The report details broader Allied offensives in the West, German counterattacks, and Russian and Austrian actions across Poland and Galicia, noting heavy prisoner and artillery losses for Austria and significant food and medical relief distributions from Rotterdam to Belgian provinces.
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Europe
Poland
Galicia
Jasio
Krosno
Carpathians
Amsterdam
London
Flanders
Relief progress report on Belgian relief drive to Dec. 7
Remarkable progress in delivering food clothing and medical supplies to Belgian suffering noted in the first initial report of the Commission for Relief in Belgium. The report, issued from London headquarters, details activities up to December 7 and lists units and distributions worldwide.
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New York
Dee
Belgium
London
Reinforcements Reported for Germany at Nooke and Peyst
Ing, the Sluis correspondent of the Telegraaf, states Germany has received further reinforcements, notably at Nooke and Peyst. The dispatch highlights added troops and supply movements as the conflict widens.
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Ing
Sluis
Telegraaf
Germany
Nooke
Peyst
Struggles Reflect Shifts on War Fronts Across Europe
Berlin reports German advances along the Baure n and Piliea rivers while Austrian forces fight to hold positions east of the Dun jee river. Serbians linger at the Drina and Save borders but are not strong, as Carpathian gains by others continue. Constantinople notes gains against Batum, and rioting in Alexandria requires soldiers to quell. Warsaw shifts to Vilna, Secolo Milan cites Serbia blocking Bulgarian Danube transit, Bulgarian papers press transit rules enforcement.
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Berlin
Ville
Bauren
Piliea
Dunjee
Carpathians
Drina
Save Rivers
Constantinople
Batum
Damas
Custamid
Rome
Vita
Alexandria
Copenhagen
Warsaw
Vilna
Secolo
Milan
Servia i
Danube
Bulgaria
One Hundred Twenty Thousand Lost in Servia
The Sarajevo telegraph correspondent reports Austro-Hungarian losses since November totaling at least 12 000. Servians retook Belegrade and captured 140 guns and 40 000 prisoners since December 18. General Mischitch promoted to field marshal. Emperor Nicholas arrives at the battle front. Holland to control grain and bread prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Telegraph
Sarajevo
Belegrade
Mischitch
Library Vigilance Nets Theives In Public Reading Room
Librarian Davies kept watch over the public library reading room and police, arresting a man named Rogers for stealing papers and damaging books and magazines. Detectives Lynch and White led the arrest as the library faced losses to prized reference volumes and periodicals.
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Phe
Davies
Public
City
Lynch
White
Rogers
New York
Daview
Board of Oil
Federal troops withdraw from Colorado coal field begins
Denver reports that federal troops deployed for strike duty in the Colorado coal field since last April will begin withdrawing this week. Gov Ammons and Gov elect Carlson returned from Washington after talks with President Wilson, with Routt county stationed troops to leave first and others in Boulder Weld and Fremont counties to follow. Some delay expected before Las Animas and Humate counties are cleared, while southern Colorado sees plans to boost militia strength.
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Denver
Colorado
Ambon
Carlson
Washington
Wilsen
Routt
Boulder
Weld
Fremont
Ammons
Las Animas
Humano
Coastrike Foraio National Guarch
Ind
Three Aged Women Die as City Home Burns Down
CambridgeMass December 27 a three story city home in North Cambridge burned wounding and killing three aged women. A fourth woman suffered severe burns and many residents escaped via ladders or were rescued by firefighters and police. The blaze caused an estimated seven hundred fifty dollars in losses and is thought to have started from spontaneous combustion in a paint room on the first floor.
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Cambridge
Mass
Cambridge City
North Mambridge
German Naval Officers Sentenced For Loss Of Ship
Copenhagen via London December 28 a Wilhelmshaven court martial tried Captain Vieper and Commander Cleve of the German cruiser Yorck sunk by a mine in Jade bay in November after a raid on Yarmouth. Three hundred crew members were lost. Vieper received two years confinement in a fortress while Cleve was sentenced to one year imprisonment.
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Copenhagen
London
Hamburg
Wilhelmshaven
Yorck
Jade Bay
Yarmouth
Echo
Vieper
Cleve
Icing of Roumanta Brother of King Edward VII
A fragmentary notice mentions the icing of Roumanta and references a brother of King Edward VII of England, with unclear context and multiple garbled words in the source text.
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Edward VII
England
Senn's selection of 1000 cooks for army rations
The English War Office places the 1000 cook selection in C Herman Senn's hands, ensuring ration prep by a famed culinary figure known as the Lent Kitchener of the era. Senn is cited for hundreds of potato cooking methods and has served prisons, ADM, education boards, and commissioners in various roles.
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C. Herman ‘Senn
War Office
Mr. Senn
Board of Admiralty
Board of Education
Senn
Brooklyn Minister Chosen to Succeed Mullen
The Rev. Robert J. Jenson of Ainslee Street Presbyterian church Brooklyn N C was unanimously chosen to lead Central Presbyterian church of South Butte. He will not arrive for two months as vacancy caused by Rev. H L Addison Mallen’s resignation is filled. The congregation pledged a $100 monthly salary and offered to fund repairs with help from women volunteers.
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Robert J. Jenson
Ainslee Street Presbyterian
Brooklyn
N. C
Central Presbyterian Church of
South Butte
Mure
Butte
Addison Mallen
Hutte
Deer Lodge
Ehtred
Apiiit
JM. McJunkin
Farke
Missoula
Jenson
Montana
McJunkin
Central High to Host Alumni Dance
Central High invites alumni to a Wednesday evening dance at Patrick's Hall after a football season. Smith's Orchestra to provide music as the school honors the football team and strengthens alumni ties. Alumni are urged to attend to show gratitude and support for the program.
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Central High
Central High School
Patrick's Hall
Ras Veen Tomes
Smith
Six men arrested for poker game at Greek coffee house
Detectives Powell and O'Donnell arrested six men this morning at TT East Park street Greek coffee house on a charge of poker playing. George Bouris charged with conducting the game. Others named were John Wolfin, George Austin, Bill Papponagito, Peter Draco guios and Mike Marresin.
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TT East Park ‘Street
George Bouris
John’ Wolfin
George Austin
Bill Papponagito
Peter Dracoguios
Mike Marresin
Powell and O'Donnell
President Wilson at fifty eight birthday observance
Washington notes President Wilson on his fifty eight birthday tomorrow receiving congratulatory messages from all parts of the country. The president and family plan a quiet day with a possible cabinet meeting canceled and limited callers during the week as a delegation from Sunday school pupils arrives from New Jersey.
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Washington
Wilson
Underwood
New Jersey
Hodges to guard Patapsco river lights for $1 salary
Frederick W. C. Burmeister has been appointed custodian of the entomot channel front and Fear range lights in the Patapsco river at Baltimore. He will receive a nominal salary of one dollar and free use of a home on the lighthouse reservation.
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Federick W
Siam to Exhibit Sacred White Elephants at Panama-Pacific
Siam will send sacred white elephants to the Panama-Pacific Exposition under King Chilang Korn. Prince Tajani, the exposition commissioner, directs Siam’s eight quarter million dollar appropriation. Report from Marseilles notes Indian troops prize goat milk, provoking local demand from city ladies for coast goat.
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Siam
Amelia
Chila‘ong Korn
Tajani
Marseilles
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J. D. Brady
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C. W. Raun
Alder
Forsyth
W. F. Sausman
Billings
W. J. Lanna
Asco
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J. M. Wright
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Mary Zogaris
W. J. Hayes
Helena
Thornton
G. F. Simon
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W. M. Bickford Minsoula
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D. F. Clif
George A
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Lyman H. Barnett
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Lau- Fin
L. B. Murphy
William G. ‘Stearns
Portland
John Walsh
Tago
A. J. Webster
Chicago
C. Davis
Mise G. Earl
HB. Arnold
Livingston
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RB. Gilham
Nelson
Great Falle
J. Ferns
R.S. Lee
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W.W
B. B. G. Club
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Grand Duke
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Rawka
Pilica
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Holland
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