Mob linked disappearances heighten Mer Rouge search
Bodies of Thomas Richards and Watt Daniels were found near Lake LaFourche and Lake Cooper after a kidnapping by masked assailants. State troops guard Moorehouse Parish waters as divers search, while townspeople, including Richards’s widow and Daniels’s father, hold vigil and volunteers drag the lakes.
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Mer Rouge
Thomas Richards
Watt Daniels
Morehouse Parish
Lake LaFourche
Ku Klux Klan
Met Rouge
Richards
Daniels
Bastrop
Parker
Mer Louge
Lake Cooper
Klu Klux Klan
Four Lakes
Moorehouse Parish
Automobile License Tags Boon Sale Here Next Week
The Athens Chamber of Commerce good roads department will start issuing 1923 automobile license tags on Tuesday December 26. Tags will be issued for the full year by the Chamber, with a new 25 cent fee per tag to cover part of the handling costs. Office hours to secure tags are 9 AM to 4:30 PM on all days except holidays.
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Lake Cooper
St. Louis
Lake LaFourche
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus Not Welcome In This Home Tragedy
In Lynn Massachusetts on December 22 police report Narciase Seekiasian shot his wife Florence and then himself after a quarrel while decorating a Christmas tree. Araxi seven and John six children mourn their mother and father as Santa is deemed an intruder.
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Lynn
Mass
Narcisse Seekiasian
Santa Claus
Araxi
John
Narciase Seekiasian
Florence
Join
Seekiasian
Domes of Anoling Flyer Found Far From Home
Colonel Francis Marshall and Lieutenant Charles Webber missing aviators from Rockwell Field San Diego were found burned to death 75 miles south of Tucson Arizona on the Pago Pago Indian reservation. Meager reports say the flyers fell and perished in their burning machine.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Francis Marshall
Charles Webber
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Tucson
Ariz
Pago Pago Indian Reservation
Southern Pacific
Gunman Slays Xenia Patrolman in Broad Daylight
An ex gunman shot Patrolman Elzis Mathias outside Xenia post office at 10 20 PM. He died soon after at a hospital. Widow knew of no enemy. Mathias served three months on the force and took part in liquor raids. In Columbus, Attorney General Price announced $111 437 01 received from 17 highway contract bond claims settled against surety companies for 1914 1917 work.
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Dayton
Elzis Mathias
Xenia
Mathias
Delibate
Columbus
Price
Cincinnati builders wage rise approved for all mechanics
The Cincinnati wage board after two months of talks grants a fifteen cent hourly increase for all building mechanic classes. The change takes effect at midnight December 24 and lasts for 13 months. Unions outside the board prepare new scales to maintain industry peace. Also noted is a big dance in Nelsonville, Ohio on December 23 by John D Whyte with music by The Six Peppers.
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Cincinnati
Nelsonville
Ohio
John D. Whyte
Six Peppers
Foster's Pension Measure Becomes Law This Week
The Civil War veterans and widows pension bill has passed both houses and become law this week. Congressman I M Foster of the Tenth district sponsored the measure and led the drive to enactment.
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Congress
I. M. Foster
Tenth
Foster
Don
Boosting of Immigration Quotas Urged in House
Washington December 22 proposal to raise total immigration quotas under the three per cent law to admit Near East refugees with relatives in the United States was introduced in the House by Chairman Johnson today.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Today
Gas Explosions Wound Four in Toledo Homes
In Toledo two gas explosions injured four people including Mrs. Charles Grimes who is dying from burns at a hospital. Three others suffered lighter injuries in the same incident.
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Toledo
Charles Grimes
Athens Telephones Directory Admits Only Accounts In Good Standing
The Home Telephone Co urges Athens residents to submit correct names and addresses for the upcoming telephone directory. Corrections must arrive by tomorrow as the directory aims to reflect current, active accounts only.
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Athens
The
Home Telephone Co
Money Truck Robbery Strikes St Louis by Bandits
Six armed bandits raided a Stix, Baer & Fuller money truck in St Louis, forcing two employees and a policeman to hand over about $5,000 in cash. The haul came from various delivery stations and the crew fled in an automobile.
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St. Louis
Stix, Baer & Fuller Co
Church Fire Causes Million Dollar Loss in Violent Mania
A church named Queber Church in Washington state suffered a devastating blaze believed to be set by a fanatic. Officials report about one million dollars in damage and call the incident a religiously motivated attack.
Basilica Fire Ravages Quebec City Landmark
Fire suspects linked to Ku Klux Klan propaganda or religious mania destroyed the Basilica in Quebec City and damaged other buildings. Chief Detective Dan Lorrain cited an anonymous threat for December 28. The basilica, recently redecorated at a cost of 100000 dollars, suffered a million-dollar+ loss with priceless art by LeBrun and Van Dyke.
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Quebec
Dan Lorrain
Lorrain
Basilica
Thut
Quebec Seminary
Cardinal’s Palace
Provinee
LeBrun
van Dyke
la Flamme
Love Nest of Ins Found in Prospect Avenue
Cleveland police uncover a love nest on Prospect Avenue containing expensive lingerie and furs, 14 skeleton keys, an automatic pistol and a flashlight. Detectives believe the items are loot from multiple robberies. Two East Cleveland high school youths and two girls are involved. the girls claim their plans to marry despite the scandal.
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Cleveland
Law
Prospect Avenue
Tuberculosis Rise Spurs Seals Drive in Defiance
In Defiance county a two year rise in tuberculosis, blamed largely on ex service men gassed in France, prompts City Health Commissioner Westrick to urge residents to buy more Christmas Seals.
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Defiance
Defiance County
France
Westrick
United States Eyes Global Leadership Via Armament and Economics
Washington date line reports proposals in the Senate to launch a new U S bid for world leadership through a world conference on armament and economics. Borah and other leaders back an economic conference, with a separate arms conference tied to the naval bill, while Lodge and others oppose pending France submarine reductions. The naval bill totals 295,604,378 with 55,000,600 for navy increases, delaying passage until after Christmas recess.
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William Jk. Hutchinson
I. N.S
Washington
United States
Senate
Borah
Idaho
League of Nations
King
Democrat
Utah
Poindexter
Hale
Maine
Swanson
Virginia
Trammell
Florida
Capper
Kansas
Frances
Maryland
Lodge
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
France
Knights Templar Christmas Charity Meeting Planned
The Grand Master and Grand Commander call all Knights to assemble on Christmas Day at 11:00 AM in Athens Commandery Asylum and Hall of Philadorene Lodge Nelsonville to donate for a worthy frater. If absent, send gifts or funds to Dr A L Prichard or Recorder Charles A Cornwell.
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Athens Commandery
Athens
Philadorene Lodge
Nelsonville
A. L. Prichard
Charles A. Cornwell
James A. Palmer
Will Santa Forget the Tiny Ragged Stocking
Sunday night Santa Claus visits might overlook ragged stockings in humble homes. The piece urges reporting sickly or bereaved families to charities planning a festive Christmas, noting seven orphans left motherless and now in care. It emphasizes the community hope that Santa remembers every child.
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Santa Claus
Kris Krinkle
Santa
Athens
Santa Land
Upshaw Urges Dry Government in Washington
Representative William D. Upshaw of Georgia launches a personal crusade to make the national capital dry. He accuses officials of flouting prohibition and asks President Harding to issue a Christmas proclamation demanding personal observance and enforcement of the dry law.
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Washington
Wiliam JD. Upshaw
Georgia
Sahara
Upshaw
Harding
Jailed Miners to Have a Christmas Celebration
Forty nine coal miners held as prisoners in the Ohio county jail Wheeling West Virginia will receive a Christmas visit. Avella Pa union miners and relatives outside will bring presents candies and food for the prisoners on Christmas Eve. Jail officials will permit the celebration in the jail corridors following indictments for participation in the Cliftonville mine battle.
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Wheeling
W. VA
Oho County
Cliftonville
Avella
Coal Man Murdered at West Virginia Home
Roy Ledson a 25 year old coal operator from Mt Horeb Hancock county West Virginia was shot dead in his barn this morning. His brother William Ledson was fatally wounded by neighbor William Pearson in the same incident. Officials call the cause a mystery.
White House Picket Seeks Pardon for Political Prisoners
On December 22 President Harding weighed Christmas pardons for federal prisoners as members of the joint amnesty committee picketed the White House an eleventh hour push to include the 62 remaining political prisoners among those to be released.
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Washington
Harding
Joint
White House
Resignation Accepted of Lt Mack R Lilly in West Virginia Police
Charleston December 22 Colonel Jackson Arnold head of the department of safety announced the resignation of Lieutenant Mack R Lilly a member of the state police. Lilly played a prominent role in rounding up miners who took part in the armed march of 1921.
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Charleston
W.a
Mack RP
Lilly
Jackson Arnold
Department of Safety
Commissioner Harper Killed in Collision with Train
Hamilton County Commissioner Harper, 60, died when his car was struck by a Cincinnati Lebanon and Northern passenger train at Hazelwood. The crash prompted investigations and tributes from local officials.
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Harper
Hamilton County
Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern
Hazelwood
Oil imports to reach half of crude supply in ten years
Senatorial hearing reveals Prairie Oil and Gas head James F. Neil forecasts the United States will must import 50 percent of its crude oil within ten years amid rising demand and falling domestic production. Neil testified before the Senate manufacturers committee at the La Follette oil investigation.
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Washington
United States
James F. Neil
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Senate Manufactures Committee
O'Neil
Dawes Reveals Post Office Deficit For 1922 Quarter
Former Director Charles G. Dawes released suppressed post office balance sheets showing a first quarter deficit of 16.198 million dollars. Dawes warned the annual rate would exceed 64 million dollars, shocking observers who believed the department was self sustaining.
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Chicago
Post Office Department
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Explosion at Benicia Arsenal Leaves One Dead or Dying
A shrapnel explosion at the Benicia Arsenal injures four others seriously and leaves one man dying. Local officials and military investigators work at the scene as emergency crews transport victims for treatment.
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Benicia
Cal
United States Arsenal
McCarty Burns Trip Up By Gasoline Mixup
Ashland Ohio December 22 Charles M McCarty a truck driver visiting his father at Polk was badly burned after using gasoline instead of coal oil while building a tire His accident report notes heavy burns and immediate medical attention sought at the scene.
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Ashland, O
Charles M. McCarty
Polk
Ford in talks to buy Pond Creek Coal assets in Kentucky
President Davie of Pond Creek Coal confirms Henry Ford is negotiating to purchase the company holdings in Pike county Kentucky. The announcement links Ford to potential acquisition during December.
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New York
Davie
The
Pond Creek Coal Company
Henry Ford
Detroit
Pike County
Kentucky
Rich Prisoner Denied Right to Go Abroad
Charles W. Morse, New York financier and shipbuilder, was denied permission to travel to Rome to consult a physician. Justice Stafford ruled the District of Columbia supreme court lacked jurisdiction. Morse faces indictment for alleged conspiracy to defraud the government in surplus war supplies sales.
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Washington
Charles W. Morse
New York
Rome
Italy
Stafford
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Moree
Poincare presses immediate ratification of Washington treaty
Paris premier Poincare urged lawmakers to immediately ratify the Washington conference treaty limiting naval armaments in a speech to the chamber of foreign relations committee this afternoon.
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Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Foreign Relations Committee
Nine injured when truck hits car in Chicago Christmas baskets run
A daytime crash in Chicago injured nine people when a truck carrying Sunday school children delivering baskets collided with a car carrying a man his wife and three kids.
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Chicago
Deadly Williamsburg fire displaces thousands in Brooklyn collapse
A massive blaze in Brooklyn's Williamsburg section swept a block of old frame dwellings leaving more than 2000 homeless and 50 to 60 injured. Deputy Fire Chief John T. O'Mara was fatally injured when a roof collapsed while directing crews. Fire originated at an auto baby carriage factory and spread through tenements as four alarms were sounded and police aided rescues.
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New York
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
John T. O'Mara
Auto Baby Carriage Factory
Would Limit Dividends To Needs of Railroad
Senator Hiram Johnson proposed an amendment to the Esch Cummins bill in the Senate to forbid railroads from declaring dividends until the Interstate Commerce Commission certifies their equipment meets public needs. The plan is a drastic remedy for rail transport breakdowns.
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Washington
Senate
Hiram Johnson
California
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burglar Suspect Grath Rounded Up in Akron
Akron police arrest George MG Grath, one of four burglary suspects, amid linked shootings in Cleveland and surrounding areas. The case ties him to multiple burglaries and a December arrest wave.
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Akron
George MG Grath
Cleveland
Massacre Reported as Crete Riven by Moslem Exodus
Dispatches from Athens quote reports of a massacre of Moslems on the Greek island of Crete amid famine. Greeks seize Muslim farms and stock as unrest grows, with the Italian consul in Crete attempting to restore order amid turmoil in Anatolia.
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London
Crete
Athens
Anatolia
Asia Minor
Mos
Annual Charity Ball of Red Men in Athens Dec 23
The Red Men announce their annual charity ball in Athens to raise funds for orphans. The event will be held Saturday evening in the Odd Fellows hall due to growing generosity. Funds come from the order’s treasury as the home for orphans is not maintained.
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Athens
Odd Fellows
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