Murders in Mer Rouge prompt calls for arrests and speculation
At Mer Rouge Louisiana one man faces murder charges in the deaths of Watson Daniels and Timas Richards. Authorities anticipate six or seven more arrests as bodies were found in a lake after being thrown by the Ku Klux Klan. The piece also muses on antiwar sentiment and New Year’s resolutions, with notes on Sarah Bernhardt, City Court docket, and postwar reflections.
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Mer Rouge
Watson Daniels
Timas Richards
Sarah Bernhardt
Valley of the Shadow
Conviction anticipated in Hooded Gang case at Bastrop hearing
Mer Rouge Louisiana December 26 The state asserts a strong kidnapping and murder case against Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards and will not seek a venue change for the preliminary hearing set for January 6 at Bastrop Governor Parker reportedly would request a different location but this is not believed likely.
Four Houses Wrecked in Mexico Blast
A blast in Mexico City destroyed four houses and killed one person with four others injured on Christmas morning. The explosion was reported today from Mexico City. The claims committee of the Common Council will meet Thursday to consider damage claims and petitions for abatements or taxation.
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Bridgeport
Mexico
San Antonio
B. S
Mexico City
Elaims Committee
The
Common Council
Thuratay
London reports three ocean liners missing in storm
London reports a circulating claim that three trans Atlantic ships were missing amid a North Atlantic storm. Lloyds said no disasters confirmed while New York reports yards of damage and vessels delayed. Cedric Zeeland and United States battered. lifeboats smashed. one hundred mile per hour winds.
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London
Senate
Lloyds Marine Agency
North Atlantic
New York
FRUDE
Ters
Red Star
Zeeland
Cedric
United States
Engineer pinned in cab killed in train plunge
Fulton New York December 26 A New York Ontario and Western train left the rails two miles north of Fulton killing engineer William Youngs of Oswego. Fireman John R Fritz escaped serious injury as the engine and two cars wrecked. The engine plunged over a 15 foot embankment and rolled over with the tank twisted off while two freight cars overturned and a passenger coach lay on its side.
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Fulton, N. Y
New York, Ontario & Western
William Youngs
Oswego
Youngs
John R. Fritz
Norwich
Arrowhead
Yeggs Crack Safe at Morris and Company Office
Yeggmen blew the safe door in a Chicago branch office of Morris and Company Packers early today and made off with 2000 dollars from last Saturday receipts.
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Chicago
Morris and Company Packers
Discharge Granted In Local Bankruptcy Case
The Standard Howling Company of this city faced no opposition as it sought discharge in the bankruptcy court today Judge John J Keogh will recommend the discharge findings show no creditor opposition and the petition proceeds.
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Standard Howling Company
John J. Keogh
Westport Sued Over Auto Accident Damages
Susie Sobody of Norwalk as administratrix of John Sobody’s estate sues the Town of Westport and Westport Waterbury Company in Superior Court for $16,000. The car accident occurred October 3, 1922 when John Kovacs of Norwalk was driving a passenger injured and later died from infection and lockjaw after a ditch strike.
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Susie Sobody
Norwalk
John Sobody
John Kovacs
Westport
Westport Waterbury Company
Seahone
Seas & Passenger
Pilsudski Becomes Poland's Military Ruler
After the president's assassination Marshal Pilsudski was named Chief of Staff and martial law imposed. His troops effectively governed the nation.
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Pilsudski
Poland
Marshal Pilsudski
John A Lynch longtime Wheeler and Wilson band leader dies
John A Lynch, longtime leader of the Wheeler and Wilson band in this city, died Sunday morning after a brief pneumonia illness at the Arcade Hotel. Born fifty seven years ago, he also led the orchestra at Park City theatre and served over twenty years in the National Guard. Survived by his brother Edward and several nieces and nephews, funeral Wednesday at Mullins Scott and Redgate Parlors then St Augustine's Church. Burial in St. Blichacr's cemetery.
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John A. Lynch
Wheeler and Wilson
Arcade Hotel
Mr. Lynch
John
Julia Coleman Lynch
Gilbert Street
Old Bridgeport Minstrels
Lynch
Old Park City Theatre
G. B. Bunnell
the Plaza
National Guard
Cabinet sent for Kellogg to replace Fall in cabinet
Washington reports say Senator Frank Kellogg of Minnesota may be selected by President Harding to succeed Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall. Fall plans to retire within months, with retirement expected after two years of service next March.
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Washington
IL N. S
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Senate
Harding
A. B. Fall
Fall
Killed on Track While Homebound in New Haven
The body of John Egan, 70, a retired contractor, was found in Cedar Hill yards of the New York New Haven Hartford line. He presumably was killed by a train during the night while walking through the yards on a shortcut to his home.
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New Haven
A. P
John Egan
Cedar Hill
New York
Hartford
Germany’s Proposals Fall Flat in Frontiers Pact
London reports Premier Poincare rejected Germany’s plan to bind Britain France Germany and Italy in a 30 year frontier guarantee. The proposals, routed via Julia Jusserand, would allow withdrawal after a national referendum, a step Paris doubts feasible under French law.
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Poincare
Berlin
U. S
France
Teutons
International New Service
London
Hughes
Washington
Germany
Julia Jusserand
United States
Great Britain
Italy
M. Poincare
Borah Plan Sparks Senate Clash Over German Reparations
Washington December 26 a flood of reservations threatened Senator Borah s international economic and disarmament conference plan. Republican leaders led by Senator Lodge sought to calm the storm offering to back Borah as an amendment to the navy bill if Borah would accept the reservations. At issue are arguments that the reservations would render Borah s plan destructive and merely a policy declaration rather to mandatory action on German reparations.
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Washington
Senator Borah
Lodge
Borah
Boarah
Syracuse University Names Unkissed Kings Duo
Thomas G. Lawrence and Frank Culver, Syracuse University students and Culver the varsity football captain, claimed the title of Unkissed Kings. Culver reportedly lost his crown after a dizzy blonde woman kissed him on a lonely road.
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Thomas G. Lawrence
Frank Culver
Kings
Syracuse
N. Y.) University
Culver
Day Enforcer Dixie Blinn Shot to Death in Steubenville
In Steubenville Ohio on December 26 Charles Dixie Blinn a prohibition enforcement agent was found shot through the head and back in Marsh alley. Police say the shooting relates to his cabaret act enforcement and note threats against his wife. His clothes were rifled and his revolver and pocket book were stolen. The body lay in a muddy, dark alley with no definite clue to the killer.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Charles
Dixie" Blinn
Marsh Alley
Blinn
Death at Derby Maniac Beatdown Sparks Probe
Officials at the State Hospital opened a thorough inquiry into the Christmas morning incident that left Pietro Tallanelli of Derby dead after a struggle with attendants. Four attendants facing manslaughter charges were identified as John Walsh, James Morrison, Thomas Tobin, and Daniel Keefe. Autopsy showed twenty three broken ribs and a broken heart. Tallanelli, 36, had a history of violence and insanity dating to prior court actions.
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Middletown
State Hospital
Pietro Tallanelli
Derby
Tallantelli
John H. Walsh
James Morrison
Thomas Tobin
Daniel Keef
Joseph P. Doherty
John Melin
B. F. Spencer
City Hall Guards Keep Vigil Over Town Clerk
Detectives continue guard duty at City Mall and Winton home as auditors and city officials pursue an alleged shortage in town accounts. Mayor Atwater says auditing is underway and nothing definite is revealed yet, with figures rumored from two thousand to seven thousand dollars.
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City Mall
Clarence E. Winton
Frog Atwcot
Winton
John A. Cornell
Atwater
City
John HH. Williams
Bernard Ketting
Keating
John Nison
Walter Garrity
Williams
Malone and Holbrook
Cornell
Clork Winton
Bernard Keating
Agtrgy
Adder
Burglars Target Keller Home and Local Stores
Henry F. Keller reports thieves forced a rear window and stole jewelry valued near 300 dollars from his Beechwood Avenue home. Items include three rings two gold watches a coral necklace cuff links earrings and cash. Other crimes: $17 stolen from Myer Antel's dry goods store and a woman’s dress from a car on Spring Street. A bicycle was stolen from a rear yard on Xmas Avenue.
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Henry F. Keller
Beechwood Avenue
Fritz & Hawley Co
Keller
Myer Antel
Myrtle Avenue
Harry Unger
Spring Street
Jacon Starion
Steuben Street
Xmas
Ave
Freight Trains in Devon Crash Blocks N H and Hartford Line
One freight train taking the Baldwin siding two miles above Devon struck another freight train on the siding just after 5:30 this morning causing one freight car to be badly smashed. No injuries reported. Slippery rails believed to have caused the collision.
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Naugatuck
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Baldwin
Devon
Man Hurt When Car Hits Auto on Main Street
Matthew Hurley of 352 Carroll Avenue reported a collision on Main Street between Franklin and East Washington streets. His car struck a man, Robert Wilson of No. Washington Avenue, who was thrown from the vehicle and rushed to St Vincent Hospital with a fractured skull in very serious condition.
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Matthew Hurley
Carroll Avenue
Main Street
Franklin
East Washington Streets
Connecticut O
Robert Wilson
No. Washington Avenue
St. Vincent
Centenarians to Have Blow-Out in New York
A quirky 19th century note from New York reports centenarians gathering for a celebration honoring Ezra Meeker on December 39th. A boy named Chauncey M. Depew, aged 8, will be the baby of the group. Guests plan to present 100 word statements about their lives.
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New York
Ezra Meeker
Chauncey M. Depew
Bridgeport Pursues Stable Coal Prices Amid War Emergency
Bridgeport officials deem the coal situation as favorable as possible under wartime stress. Cargoes are being rushed, with R Miller of Crane Company guiding traffic, while Charles Wilson agrees to serve as cost accountant for the fuel administration. Current prices list 14.50 for 75% coke and 25% buckwheat, 14.15 for 75% stove and buckwheat, and 15.50 for 75% nut and 25% pea.
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Bridgeport
Tocag
R. Miller
Crane Company
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
Charles
Wilson
Rotary luncheon flag presentation noted by members
At the weekly Rotary Club meeting Sumner Simpson, chair of the Public Affairs Committee, reported on its work. A new Rotary flag, donated by wives of members, was shown for the first time. Post office officials reported higher business this year with many foreign money orders processed while Santa Claus reservations drew attention at the post office.
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Rotary Club
Sumner Simpson
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Tallanelli
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