Prince Andrew Re Signed to His Fate and Barbarians Burn Churches
The piece discusses Prince Andrew of Greece’s banishment from Greece after Anatolian campaigns, contrasts royal resignations with Cleopatra and Napoleon, and notes a Montreal report of arson at St Thomas D Alfred church in Montross. It also praises a Des Moines police chief’s plan to photograph drunks to deter drinking.
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Prince Andrew
Cleopatra
Ord
Montreal
Canada
Montross
Fire Damages Apartment House in Haven
In Haven on December 28 a fire swept a two story apartment building at Orange and Cottage streets. Damages are estimated at $25,000. Grace Fuller, president of the Business and Professional Woman's Club, was rescued from the third floor by firefighters after an explosion near gas meters in the cellar is blamed as the cause.
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W Haven
Orange
Cottage Streets
Grace Fuller
Business and Professional Woman's Club
Fremen
New Policeman Slays Bandit in Early Incident
Patrolman Maurice Cronin a recent recruit to the force shot and killed one of two bandits who hurled a brick through a window at Edna Naeden Beauty Shop. The other bandit escaped. Cronin served 17 months of rifleman service in the American army in France.
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Maurice Cronin
Edna Naeden
Cronin
Irish peace parley starts without De Valera
City Hall reports a $4300 shortage in the Town Clerk’s office as Winton’s status and possible impeachment loom. Otto Edelman now handles finances while Winton’s resignation remains debated amid ongoing gossip and political tension.
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DE Valera
Society Woman Fire Heroine in Fifth Avenue Fire Rescue
New York society figure Mrs. Robert H. Mainzer wife of the honorary deputy fire chief saved a hairdresser from a gas jet blaze in a Fifth Avenue salon. She wrapped the flaming girl in towels and, by smothering the fire with cool towel work, burned her own dress but saved the victim. The girl suffered serious burns.
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New York
Robert H. Mainzer
Fifth Avenue
Gassed War Veteran Sought by Woman
Mrs Nellie Donahue of 70 French Street asks police to locate John P Sullivan 35 a veteran who lived with her until December 24. He was gassed in France and has since been treated in various hospitals. He is liable to melancholia and recently said he would seek treatment at Bellevue Hospital New York City.
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Nellie Donahue
French Street
John P. Sullivan
Sullivan
France
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Motorist Fined $35 for Striking Woman in City
Bernard Christensen of 25 Vine Street Stratford was fined $35 for reckless driving after striking Miss Martha Keefe at Main Street and Fairfield Avenue as she waited for a trolley. Keefe of Judson apartments on Mellen Street required hospital treatment at St Vincent’s.
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Bernard Christensen
Vine Street
Stratford
Taat Cneensen
Martha Keefe
Judson Apartments
Mellen Street
Main Street
Fairfield Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Crane Employees Receive $110,000 Gold Bonus
A shipment of $110,000 in gold coin arrived at the Crane Company plant for holiday distribution to crane employees. About 2,000 workers will benefit as the bonus is distributed today, reported as one of the city’s largest gold consignments.
Will Take Fifth Wife, and He's Only 26
Miss Edna Sampson of Los Angeles films is engaged to J Stanley Holbrook, a Los Angeles salesman who is just 26 and has already been married and divorced four times.
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Will
Edna Sampson
Los Angeles
J. Stanley Holbrook
Killed on Deck in Heavy Storm
Two seaborne fatalities were reported from Atlantic storms. William Holmes died on the German steamer Harmon from Baltimore when he was thrown on deck and fractured his skull and was buried at sea. The Neotsfield lost its second mate and several crew members were badly injured while reboring in heavy seas before continuing to Bremerhaven.
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England
A. P
Atlantic
William Holmes
Harmon
Baltimore
Neotsfield
New Foundland
Bremerhaven
Safe cracked in Harlem office theft of 40000 dollars
Robbers blew open the Harlem office safe of the New York Edison Company and escaped with 40000 dollars after gagging and assaulting the night watchman Philip OConnor. OConnor was severely injured with a fractured skull and taken to the hospital in serious condition.
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New York
Harlem
New York Edison Company
Philip O'Connor
$140000 Refunded to Gas Consumers
Schenectady New York December 28 approximately $140 000 will be refunded to gas consumers if the common council and Adirondack Light and Power Corp reach an agreement to reduce the price from 145 to 130 per thousand cubic feet retroactive to May 1 1921 The Public Service Commission approved the plan Cabedairo Brazil December 2 by the Associated Press The seaplane Sampaio Correia II departed for Pernambuco at seven this morning
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Schenectady
Common Council
Adirondack Licht and Power Corporation
Public Service Commission
Cabedeiro
Brazil
Associated Press
Sampaio Correia II
I Pernambuco
Woodrow Wilson Watches Senate Fight On Birthday
On his 66th birthday Woodrow Wilson follows the Senate debate over America’s duty to Europe from his quiet Washington home. Observers note his growing health and interest, especially in Borah’s leadership for greater European involvement, as Democrats weigh the old political fight.
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Woodrow Wilson
S Street
Congressional Record
United States Senate
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Europe
League of Nations
Senate
Wilson
Borah
Idaho
Ameri
New Move for Peace in Ireland
Dublin reports secret talks opening between the Free State and Irish Republicans as December 28 briefings indicate negotiations are held outside Dublin. Liam Lynch and J Breen cited as chief delegates amid De Valera disavowals and hopes an accord may emerge before Sunday.
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Free State
Jeft
Eamonn Ds Valera
de Valera
Liam Lynch
J. Breen
Plan to light New York by electricity from water power
Syracuse news reports Dwight B. Lady state engineer-elect outlines a statewide electric program. He urges bond funding, hydro resources harnessing Adirondacks and Catskills, a controlled power release to minimize costs, and selling electricity to industries farmers and elites. Adirondack water power rights spark local resistance while Albany investigations loom.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Dwight B. Lady
Adirondacks
Catskills
Adirondack
Albany
Disturbance in the Christian Union Ends With Fine and Jail
William Cairns created a disturbance in the Christian Union last night. He was fined 20 dollars plus costs and sentenced to five days in jail, suspended on appearance before Judge William Boardman in City Court. Also reported, a leading blind man was killed by a trolley car in Newark. Edward Burtes was struck while being guided across a street by Mrs. Fannie D. Truax, who was the driver of the trolley.
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Hammond
William Cairns
Christian Union
William Boardman
Newark
N. J
Edward Burtes
Fannie D. Truax
Burtes
Roach Found in This Hood and Owner Goes to Jail
Frank Pabis of avenue was fined 2 and sentenced to ten days in jail by Judge Wiliam Boardman in city court for having liquor in his home despite efforts by his wife who said the liquor was for medical purposes. Pabis was arrested after a foundry and coal company complained employees were getting intoxicated on the Pabis hooch. Sergeant John Brown testified a dead cockroach was found embalmed in a jug of liquor seized at the Pabis home.
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Frank Pabis
Avenue
Wiliam Boardman
Pabis
John Brown
Minister to Rumania Returns to U. S
Peter A. Jay, American Minister to Rumania, arrived in New York aboard the George Washington to spend the holidays before resuming duties in Bucharest.
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Peter A. Jay
Rumania
New York
George Washington
Bucharest
Woman Dies After Third Suicide Attempt in Schenectady
Mrs Ernest Wedekind, 32, of Guilderland Center near Schenectady, died at Ellis Hospital after drinking poison. She had failed twice before the third attempt succeeded. She leaves a husband and two young children.
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Schenectady
N. S
Ernest Wedekind
Guilderland Center
Here
Ellis Hospital
Storm Sweeps French Coasts Port Havre Gale Rages
A three day gale across the channel and Atlantic keeps ships from sea. The King Fisher with others seeks return to port as Panthers distress near L Orient. Speedwell wrecked in Bay of Biscay with all fifteen crew saved. Deruville Trouville beaches damaged and bath houses wrecked by high tides.
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Associated Press
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Atlantic
King Fisher
Panther
L’ Orient
Speedwell
Bay of Biscay
Deruville
Trouville
Fire razes Aris theatre in Erie. $200,000 in damages
A gale and sleet storm drove a fire through the Aris theatre in Erie Pennsylvania at dawn. The blaze leveled the building and damaged three nearby structures. Property damage is estimated at $200,000, with initial fears of a much larger loss.
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Erie
Aris Theatre
Two Wounded in Gun Battle in Steubenville Area
In Steubenville Ohio Dec 28 Joseph Jones 60 a mill worker and Deputy Sheriff Harry S Jones of Brooke County West Virginia were wounded in a gun battle with Joseph Jones last night in Followsbee across the Ohio river. The fight began when officers went to arrest him on his wife's complaint that he had forced her to sign over property while drunk.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Joseph Jones
Harry S. Jones
Brook County
West Virginia
Follawsbee
Ohio River
Jones
Bernhardt Condition Improves Amid Quiet Night in Paris
Paris December 23 The condition of Mme Sarah Bernhardt improved again with a restful night and less disturbance. Doctors say she is out of immediate danger if she follows instructions. Visitors remain barred but she received her son Maurice this morning.
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Paris
Associated Press
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Madame Bernhardt
Maurice
State shore lashed by heavy gale and storm warnings
New Haven reports a 30 mile gale along the shore from Pemberwick to Paweatuck with rain and hail, nearly an inch of precipitation by noon, possible damage to shore structures. Trolleys iced, trains slowed, inland areas mostly untroubled as blizzard warnings spread to Block Island and Cape Cod. City and regional reports follow of snow, sleet, ice, and disrupted transport across New York and New England.
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New York State
New Haven
Pemberwick
Paweatuck
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Block Island
North Atlantic
Cape Cod
Stay in Local Harbor Amid Storm Signals
Harbor signals kept ships tied up as forecasts point to a heavy snow or sleet storm with gales. Captain Christie Smith of the Merry Widow predicts real winter weather with much snow in the coming days, a forecast followed by local harbormen. Fears arise that coal shipments will be stalled further, stressing an already low supply.
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Christie Smith
Tired of Home Runaway Girl Writes Mother
Mrs Mary Jackson seeks her 17 year old daughter Florence missing since December from 35 White street The girl left her Bryant Electric factory job and wrote that she had a good printing shop position and would send money home The letter gave no address Police believe she is in New York City
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Bureau of Missing Persons
Mary Jackson
White Street
Florence
Bryant Electric Factory
New York City
Express Train Derailed At Princeton Junction NJ
Philadelphia report says the Commercial Express left New York at 10 05 am and derailed at Princeton Junction at 11 09 am. A mail car, combination car, and coach left the tracks. engine tender and mail car overturned. No word yet on injuries. Also Connecticut Sons of Irish Freedom to hold annual meeting in New Haven with 200 delegates. national president Thomas F. Cooney to address.
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New York
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Princeton Junction
N. J
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Manyone
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Connecticut Sons of Irish Freedom
Thomas F. Cooney
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Masked Man Robs Jitney Driver on Cherry Street
Bert Favel of 69 Churchill Road Fairfield reports a Tall man wearing a red handkerchief as a mask held him at gunpoint last Tuesday night on Cherry Street in the West End. The robber demanded money and fled through nearby lots when Favel attempted to pursue.
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Bert Favel
Churchil
Fairfield
Favel
Cherry Street
West End
Fort blast kills nine men in Trent fort disaster
Rome reports nine workers died when a fort near Trent exploded after an accidental shell blast triggered further ammunition. Debris from the demolished fort scattered for miles, authorities said.
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Rome
Associated Press
Trent
Harding Asks Senate To Block Borah Navy Plan
President Harding urged the Senate to reject Senator Borah’s amendment to the naval appropriation bill proposing an international economic conference. He said formal action now would hamper ongoing negotiations and acted on this after consultations with Secretary Hughes and Lodge. A White House meeting with Lodge aimed to curb the Borah effort amid administration resistance.
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Harding
Senate
Senator Borah
Lodge
Senator Lodge
Borah
Hughes
Jeadera
White House
Dent Harding
Steve Lodes
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