Lenape liner Lenape ablaze near Lewes with passengers in water
The Clyde liner Lenape caught fire early this morning off the Delaware shore. Passengers were seen clinging to the sides and evacuating in lifeboats as flames consumed the ship from stem to stern. Rescue vessels and shore observers reported boats circling the burning liner and crews preparing to take on survivors.
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Associated Press
Lewes
Del
Philadelphia
Kickapoo
Queen Anne
Coast Guard
Montana Sheep and Cattle Condition Report Sets Record
Montana agricultural statistician Jay G. Diamond reports cattle at 104 percent of normal and sheep at 101 percent, with marketing advancing earlier than usual. Lambs weigh about 68 pounds, up two pounds from two years ago, and top prices are seen for Montana range stock. Big shipments are reported as packers pay premium prices.
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Montana
Jay
G. Diamond
Diamond
Statistical Bureau
Helena
Chicago
Lenape Aims to Meet Seneca at Overfalls Lightship
Wireless dispatches from New York report the Lenape will reach Overfalls light vessel at the mouth of Delaware Bay within 15 minutes and request the Seneca to meet her there while directing the Kickapoo to proceed to the point. The ship says it is holding its own, not gaining, as Overfalls lies between Cape May and Lewes.
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New York
United States
Seneca
Delaware Bay
Cape May
N. J
Lewes
Del
Fire destroys New Orleans river docks worth millions
A fast spreading fire on Mississippi river docks in New Orleans caused an estimated loss exceeding 2 million dollars. High winds fed the blaze, threatening coffee and other merchandise stored there before authorities gained control. Continued coverage noted passenger liner Lenape ablaze near Five Fathom Light as other ships moved to assist in what was described as a mass fire emergency.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi River
New York
Five Fathom Light
Delware Breakwater
Clyde
O. S
Old Dominion
Hamilton
Coast Guard
Seneca
Butte Experts To Inspect German Mining Property At Katowice
A party of mining experts from Butte departed for Katowice on the Polish German border to inspect a mining property for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. The team includes Chauncey L. Berrien and others. the 60 day examination will assess zinc and coal interests tied to Von Geische works and Silesian mines. The line between Poland and Germany runs through the mining ground and the metallurgical works sit on the Polish side.
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Butte
Kattowitz
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Chauncey L. Berrien
Marl Gidel
Frederick Gaethke
George C. Heikes
Ernest Klepetko
M. C. Messner
G. W. Werner
Preas
Anagonda
W. A. Harriman
von Geische
Upper Silesia
Silesian
Europe
Germany
Silesia
Prussia
Poland
Naval Court Scrutiny as Foley Faces Testimony
The Shenandoah naval court of inquiry opened with Capt. Paul Foley named as a defendant and Marine guards ejecting counsel Joseph I Davies from the witness stand twice as Mrs. Margaret Lansdowne testified about her charges. She asserted Commander Zachary Lansdowne opposed taking the doomed voyage and described Foley's alleged attempt to influence testimony.
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Associated Press
Washington
Shenandoah Naval Court of Inquiry
Paul Foley
Joseph I. Davies
Margaret Ross Lansdowne
Shenandoah
Captain Foley
James 8. Busby-Smith
Lansdowne
Shenandoah Court
One Dead and Nineteen Injured In Train Wreck Near Olympia
At two miles east of Olympia, Northern Pacific passenger No. 424 derailed dragging its coach down an embankment. Engineer F. E. Putnam of Tacoma was killed. 19 others injured including fireman R. H. Whitman and brakeman George Kephart. A relief train was dispatched with doctors and nurses.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
FE. M. Putnam
Northern Pacific
Gray's Harbor
Tacomas
Olympia
P. X. Simpson
Simpson
E. M. Putnam
R. H. Whitman
Baker
Messenger
George Kephart
Hahn
Youth Admits Suspected Wife Had Negro Blood
White Plains New York November 17. Comedy and thus chased each other across the stage of the Rhinelander annulment all day interspersed with moments when the crowded courtroom gasped at frank testimony on the art of love making. It was a day of mental torture for Leonard Kip Rhinelander the younger son of an aristocratic family who seeks to win freedom from his wife Alice Beatrice Jones a negro maid servant and daughter of a hack driver.
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Associated Press
N. Y
Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Alice Beatrice Jones
Classified Ads Offer Year-Round Local Jobs
Local ads promote continuous service with phone numbers 422 and 423 in Butte and Anaconda, encouraging readers to call today for on the job opportunities and results all year.
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Butte
Anaconda
Briggs Cartoon Runs Daily on Classified Page
The Anafonda Standard P S A Briggs cartoon appears daily on the papers Classified Page, continuing a familiar feature that catches reader attention and adds light content to the section.
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P. S
Briggs
Classified
Knights Eulogize Departed Brothers At Lodge Service
Members of the Butte council Knights of Columbus gathered at the KC building for their annual memorial service. W. H. Maloney delivered the eulogy praising virtuous memory over earthly vanities as officers participated and special music accompanied the solemn ritual.
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Butte
Knights of Columbus
K. C
W. H. Maloney
Maroney
Wife Will Not Pay For Throwing Acid
The Los Angeles second district court of appeals reversed a conviction of Grace Bernice Day for throwing caustic chemicals at her husband Darby Day Jr. The court ordered discharge on the second count after acquittal on the first, noting no basis for the second count. Day is in Chicago on appeal bond. The charges followed her husband being burned by acid last February.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Second District Court of Appeals
Grace Bernice Day
Darby Day Jr
Chicago
Day
Evacuation and Garrison Reductions under German Courts Restore
Important foreign office notes from the ambassadors conference with Germany show plans to complete Cologne evacuation by December 20 and to reduce second and third zone garrisons to prewar strength. The notes favor restoring German court jurisdiction in non military matters and abolishing many war ordinances, signaling reciprocal goodwill.
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Associated Press
London
Foreign Office
Germany
Cologne
M. Briand
Blazer charge dismissed in murder case
In Littleton Colorado on November 17 Judge Samuel Johnson granted a writ of nolice prosequi ending the murder charge against Dr Harold K Blazer in the case of his 34 year old wife. The jury had failed to reach a verdict and was discharged. Blazer, 62, is working as a foreman at a New Mexico lumber camp and says he is beginning life anew.
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Associated Press
Littleton
Col
Husk
Harold Ki. Blazer
Samuel Johnson
Joel Stone
Nolice
Lewis Mowry
Blazer
Johnson
New Mexico
Prospector Calls for Eased Rules to Aid Mining
The Western division of the American Mining Congress urged relief from government regulations to aid prospectors, citing hardship on government stock grazing and homestead lands. Resolution author M. K. Wittmar urged railroads to cooperate in opening holdings and boosting prospecting on forest reserves. Other measures favored include uniform state high grading laws and faster publication of mineral bulletins from the US Geological Survey.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Western Division
American Mining Congress
M. KB. Wwittmar
San Francisco
United States Internal Revenue Department
Colorado
California
United States
Rettman Silver
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Harrison Noel
New Jersey
P. J. Peckens
Milwaukee Railroad
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Charleston
Jacksonville
C. L. Berrien
Mas. Lansdowne
Naval Court
Marine
Foley
William H. Maloney
Council In
Locarno
American Congress
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