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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1922
Page
2
A Willard Mercantile Company store in Mountainair New Mexico was robbed recently with goods valued over 1000 dollars. The report details other regional incidents including embezzlement dismissals, a fatal car crash near Phoenix and a fire destroying a Fort Sumner home.
In Santa Fe seven states Arizona California Colorado Nevada New Mexico Utah Wyoming signed a water compact to govern the Colorado river basin. The pact divides the basin into upper and lower divisions and sets exclusive beneficial use of up to 7.5 million acre feet annually with possible expansion. It provides for interstate commissions and ensures existing rights remain intact.
A Dublin dispatch to the Evening News says Free Sleuvops are searching for Eamonn De Valera. If arrested and found armed, he may meet the fate of Erskine Childers, who was executed recently.
London reports the execution of Erskine Childers, a key opponent of the Irish Free State provisional government. Convicted by court martial for possessing an automatic pistol without proper authority, he was shot at Porto Bello barracks.
Investigators probe the deaths of Irvine Henderson his wife and four children found at their home. Dr R W Mondhank a local physician says Henderson recently consulted him about a mysterious foe affecting his family as detectives pursue leads in the case.
A Lausanne review shows Turkey defeating Western Thrace plebiscite aims and offering a neutral belt along the European frontier. Turkey seeks demilitarization of Aegean Islands and autonomous governance, while Bulgarians protest Denghatch’s status and demand a guaranteed Aegean outlet through Bulgarian or autonomous territory. Echoes of Balkan intrigue mix with quake news from St. Louis and a fatal home tragedy in Lancaster. River plans warn of delays if Arizona balks at Santa Fe compact ratification.
London opening of Parliament signals unemployment as the dominant issue beyond Irish policy. King’s speech offers no new remedies, while Bonar Law resists interviews on unemployed questions. New Communist members clash with speakers, Lloyd George remains silent, and Lloyd George’s leadership of the National Liberals is affirmed.
Chicago shelled nuts high and low as a wounded squirrel faced a shot from a stock. Joseph Griffin of St Paul, aged 20, was killed near the scene when a double barreled gun discharged, both loads striking his chest. Corn As Nation’s Key Crop Dominates Food Supply Across Farms. In Washington, corn emerges as the single most important farm crop, supplying meat and other products. Forty percent of 3 billion bushels feed swine, twenty percent horses and mules, fifteen percent cattle. only ten percent goes to direct human food. Murder Indictment Upheld In White Plains. Supreme Court Justice Morschauser denies dismissal of the murder indictment against Walter S. Ward, baker’s son, in the death of Clarence Peters. motion may be renewed next term, no opinion issued.
In Washington the Senate again denounced Clemenceau over his US tour remarks, with Hitchcock leading the charge against the French leader and accusing his claims of black troops on the Rhine. Myers defended Clemenceau, Owen urged sympathy yet blamed Versailles for Europe’s woes, and a disruptive gallery incident interrupted proceedings.
In darkness a launch carrying picnickers including many children collided with a ferryboat near Zarate, northwest of Buenos Aires. The launch struck the ferry at the bow overhang, causing the picnickers’ boat to disappear and 34 deaths reported.
During the Lausanne conference discussion of Mosul's fate Richard Washburn Child, the American ambassador to Italy and spokesman for the American delegation, urged that American commercial rights in Turkey be safeguarded and respected as crucial oil-rich interests in the Near East.
A Temps dispatch from Lausanne says the United States and Turkey may pursue a separate treaty. If talks begin there, the conference could shift in character and strengthen Turkey's position.
Secretary Denby condemned Midshipmen from the Naval Academy for public excess after the Army Navy football game. He said the corps disgraced the uniform, bringing shame on the academy during a ball in Philadelphia.
In Bristol Tennessee James W Smith 50 a grocer his wife their 2 year old daughter Ruby and their niece Mrs Delline Burchfield and her son Charles 13 were murdered and their house burned Ben Burchfield 41 husband of the murdered woman was arrested at Johnson City this afternoon and is held in connection with the crime He protests his innocence.
Mrs. J. W. Pickins of Los Angeles owned a bookstore and suffered years of indigestion nervousness poor sleep loss of appetite and heart palpitations. After taking Tanlac she reports restored appetite better sleep and steady energy with leg swelling relief and overall improved health. Tanlac sold by all good druggists.
A Brown county woman criticized a Wil Vawter landscape saying the cow in the painting did not feel like a cow and commented on the rough surface with a bold claim. The exchange included a risky remark about potential arrest, reflecting the era’s rough humor.
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