Mob Forces End of Santa Rosa Gunfight After Jail Storming
December report from Santa Rosa says a mob of about 2000 was dispersed after attempts to storm the county jail failed to reach three prisoners George Boyd Charles Valenti and Terence Fitts Police say Boyd confessed to killing three officers during the arrest attempt and was jailed near death Detective Jackson and Detective Gorman were shot during the arrest bid and Boyd was wounded by Jackson before the mob was controlled.
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Terence Fitts
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Potray
Sonoma County
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San Francisco
Houston's Estimate to Congress Shows Large War Expense Rise
Secretary of the Treasury Houston submitted the annual fiscal year estimate ending June 30, 1922 outlining a total federal expense request of 449, B5136. The request exceeds the current year by 365 million dollars but is about 400 million less than last year’s estimates. Prohibition enforcement is slated at seven and one half million dollars.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Houston
Executive Department
Bills piled high as new Congress opens in Washington
Hundreds of measures will be introduced in the sixtieth sixth congress at its opening session. Bills target farm aid taxes futures and tariffs. Senators Capper Calder Smoot Jones and McNary push varied proposals from a 10 percent futures tax to a 26 cent tariff on Canadian wheat and a one year wool embargo.
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Mother slain as children burned in Hubbard home
In Youngstown four suspects, including one white man, are jailed in connection with the shooting of Mrs. Thomas Koehler and the fire that killed her two children at their Hubbard area home. The fire was set last night.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Warren
Thomas Koehler
Hubbard
Vienna Protests Cost Increase Sparks Mass Demonstration
A huge demonstration in Vienna protested a 60 percent rise in food and clothing costs over the last month and demanded government action. Government employees totaling 26,000 planned a strike the next day, while Baden saw striking bank clerks invade the town hall and damage shops and hotels.
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Gy Press
Vienna
Aguirat
Baden
Boyd Identified as Assailant in San Francisco Attack
A man named Boyd was identified as one of the attackers in San Francisco on November 10. He told District Attorney Hoyle that he fired the shots that killed three officers.
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Boyd
Ley
San Francisco
Hoyle
Fort Hamilton Fire Triggers Mass Evacuation in Brooklyn
Dozens of residents of Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn fled their homes after heavy shell blasts from a steam lighter tied to the army reservation caused a fire. The blasts came from 6 inch and 10 inch shells during intermittent explosions, prompting a citywide alert and evacuation.
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Associated Press
New York
Fort Hamilton Soven
Brooklyn
Army Reservation
Booths Opened for Seal Sale Drive
The seal sale drive opens with headquarters in the Exchange building lobby and Hemming hotel lobby. Mrs Virgil Newby heads the first shift, with Mrs George Righter and Mrs Stromberg supervising in the lobbies, and Gladys and Annetta Ford directing at the theaters. A booth operates at the C B Q eating house under Mrs Edgar Odeo and Mrs Reeves.
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Hemming Hotel
George Righter
Strom
Argentine Conciliation Refused by League Assembly in Amendments
The League of Nations assembly refused conciliation with the Argentine delegation which withdrew. It voted unanimously to refer the proposed amendments to a commission for next year’s meeting. Honorio Pueyrredon said the Argentine mission would travel to Paris midweek.
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Associated Press Today
Paris
Guerilla warfare in Ireland faces end after pending hearings
Peace offers surface in the House of Commons as leaders debate ending bloodshed in Ireland. Sinn Fein factions split on concessions while Irish volunteers and British forces face obstacles. In Queenstown soldiers arrest Hugh OReilly, town clerk, over sedition. The Rev M Fogarty bishop of Killaloe’s Ennis residence was raided and papers seized.
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London
Queenstown
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Ennis
Criticism of Russ Sparks Meeting Riot in Chicago
In Chicago on December 6 a Socialist meeting of about 3,000 turned riotous after Meyer London from New York criticized the Russian government. Police moved in as disorder erupted following the remarks.
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Meyer London
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Nahin
Southern Pacific Lays Off Utah Division Workers
Ogden Utah December 6 two hundred twenty five Southern Pacific shop employees were notified of a layoff effective Friday under San Francisco orders for retrenchment on the division. At Sparks Nevada five dozen additional workers were affected the railroad announced.
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Southern Pacific
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Efforts Accelerate for Early Peace in Ireland
Dublin reports determined moves toward peace with ongoing conversations. Hope grows for a tangible basis of settlement within a week as talks continue.
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Dublin
Ireland
Dublin City Hall Raid Seizes Corporation Members
Auxiliary police arrested all members of the corporation at Dublin City Hall in a tense raid. The scene included chaotic chatter and a sense of sudden upheaval as officers secured the area amid curious onlookers.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Corpoplation
Harding Aspirations To Team Work In A Nation
The Casper American Legion clubrooms were robbed of more than 2300 overnight after 11:45 PM. Thieves forced the money box from a rear safe storage, and receipts from the cigar stand and pool area were stolen. No arrests have been made.
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West Hotel
Government wins antitrust suit against Lehigh Railroad
The government secured a Supreme Court ruling reversing lower court decisions in the 1914 antitrust case against the Valley Railroad and related companies. It held that common ownership of stock by officers and directors violated the Sherman Act, restraining trade in anthracite coal along the Lehigh Valley lines. The case also alleged excess freight charges and rebates to subsidiaries.
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Supreme Court
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Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Co
President Wilson to Skip In Person Address to Congress
President Wilson told the congressional committee he would communicate with Congress rather than appear in person. He met the committee in the Blue Room after walking in with former Speaker Champ Clark using a cane. The mood suggested impressions from the White House meeting.
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Washington
Presient Wilson
Congressional Committee
Congress
Champ Clark
Constantine Plebiscite Returns Favor Former King
Reports from across Greece show heavy majorities in favor of enthroning Constantine with a margin exceeding 500,000. Greek anticipation of a victory grows as he plans to sail to Athens from Lucerne. Britain says no further financial aid will be given if Constantine returns to the throne.
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Constantine Vee
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Dr M C Keith Converts Tobin Residence Into Maternity Hospital
Dr M C Keith, renowned in maternity and obstetrics, has bought the Steve Tobin property at 612 South Durbin and will open a maternity hospital by week’s end. It will house twelve beds with a fully equipped operatings room, diet kitchens, nurses’ quarters, and a matron in charge. The hospital will treat women and children only. initial staff includes two to three nurses. Investments exceed $20 000 to $30 000 as the building is overhauled for modern hospital use. The former Casper Private School space has been repurposed and the school will reopen in the Baptist parsonage on South Beech street.
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Caoper
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Roberta
Baptist Parsonage
South Beech Street
Final release in Mexico City as charges dropped
In Mexico City on December 6 the charges against American Consular Agent Jenl Ins were dropped. The report notes a yearly race at Crone sur Marne in the north where about two thousand francs go to the winner.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Jenl- Ins
Crone sur-Marne
Texas Swept by Fire Epidemic Claims Towns and Losses
A pair of weekend fires across Texas ravaged multiple towns. One resident Oscar Lebelier perished as his home burned in Childress while Harold saw nine businesses destroyed. Breckenridge suffered a wiped out business block and Texas A&M’s mechanical engineering lab was razed. overall property damage exceeded 256000 dollars.
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