Prohibition Night Riots in St Louis Hotel Scene
Turbulent New Year celebrations erupted in St Louis when prohibition agents and police clashed with guests at a downtown hotel. Chairs, glassware and forks flew as shots were fired. two men were wounded and several officers sustained minor injuries amid a mass arrest of 625 people for intoxication or weapons violations.
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Invesheriot
Quelles
Ack Jolla Pardera
St. Louis
King
Sts Uni
Wit
Aygent
Conich
City
Dan
Chicago
Eifes
New York
Nike
Federal Prohibition
Weather Update Forecast Snow and Cold Weather
Forecast calls for snow in the north and west with possible southeast snowfall. Temperatures dip Tuesday making conditions colder across targeted regions.
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Kansas
Soutation
Denver Woman Confesses Bank Robbery Ties
Margaret Yard admits in Denver that Martin Ryan alias James Martin led the Drovers National Bank raid in Kansas. She says Ryan and four others split about 98 000 dollars stolen from the Kansas City job, with money hidden in a coat lining. Police plan further arrests based on her statements.
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Denver
Margaret Yard
Martin Ryan
James Martin
Drovers National Bank
Kansas
Ryan
Federal Reserve Bank
Phe Amin
San Braueigen
Washington Tinker
Yurdig
Kansas City
Yan
Yard
Poeis
Nere
Ruge Williams
Miss Yard
New Orleans
James J. Martin
Chicago
Rinker
Fatal New Year Prank Ends in Farm Boy Knots Death
In Mesquite Texas a 16 year old boy Winfield Knas was killed during a prank at Hubert Hall's farm. Hall fired a shot after hearing no reply from inside the home while two youths watched. Hall was jailed on bail awaiting county grand jury.
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Mesquite
Texas
Hubert Hall
Winfield Knas
Knox
Jaime
Hall
Rae
Mall
Japanese budget trimmed but naval touts remain high
Tokyo reports a diet budget cutting 1.3 million zen per cent from last year yet headlines say naval and military costs still loom large. The Asahi criticizes the plan as militaristic with over 35 percent of the total on army and navy. A supplementary budget for retirement allowances looms amid Washington agreement discontent. The item ends with a note humorously referencing an Irish lash for upper lip shaving.
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Tokio
Asahi
Smith Inaugurated New York Governor
Albany New York January 1 Fred E Smith was sworn in as governor of New York at noon. Inaugural ceremonies in the capitol assembly chamber followed the usual form with 1500 spectators mostly personal friends of the new executive. Dripping skies dimmed the military and civic parade honoring the incoming and retiring governors.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Capitol
Germany to Offer France New Reparations Proposal
Paris dispatch says German ambassador Mayer announced ahead of Bergmann’s arrival in Paris with new reparations propositions. In Hamburg, Chancellor Cutio disclosed Berlin’s non war pact idea among Rhine powers, rejected by France, seeking a pledge of general peace and a referendum guarded by a non-Rhine power.
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Paris
Associated Press
Wilhelm Mayer
Foreign Office
Karl Bergmann
Herr Bergman
Hambet
Germany
France
Rhine
Europe
Cutio
Switzerland
Holland
Hamburg
Kidnap Probe Ties Witness to Morehouse Case
Bastrop January reports say Department of Justice agents and Sheriff Fred Carpenter's deputies investigated an alleged kidnapping of Harold L. Teegesten, time keeper at a Spyger carbon plant, by sixteen men who used six cars with plates removed or concealed. Investigators questioned Teegesten, amid expected use as a witness at upcoming hearings next Friday.
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Bastrop
Department of Justice
Morehouse
Fred Carpenter
Harold L. Teegesten
Spyger
Secret Service
Carpenter
Spyker
Teegesven
Teexest
Lead and Zinc Gain In 1922 U S Mining Output Soars
Washington reports 1922 mine and refinery output for lead rose sharply with over 464000 tons mined. Zinc ore recoverable content fell slightly to about 442000 tons from 456746 in 1921. Oklahoma led states with about 186600 tons, double any other state.
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Washington
United States
Jealotrical
Mississippi Valley
Eastern
Western State
Oklahoma
Auto collision at Village Creek crossing kills two at Fort Worth
Two people died and six were injured in a two car crash at 7 this morning on the Fort Worth Dallas pike near Village Creek. The dead were taken to Arlington and the wounded to Fort Worth hospitals.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Village Creek
Fort Worth-Dallas Pike
Arlington
Beaumont Fire Hurts Four Firemen In Dual Blazes
Four firemen were injured, one seriously, and property loss pegged at 100000 dollars after two fires in Beaumont Texas broke out early morning. The blazes started simultaneously at the Corner Club and the Neches Club, damaging both properties.
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Beaumont
Tex
Neches Club
County Clerk Reports Valuation Compared With Sold Prices
The county's annual valuation report shows 151 Lawrence city sales from 1922 to 1923 and rural township figures. It details that overall assessed value averages 65.25 percent of selling price in Lawrence, with Baldwin 77.79 percent, Eudora 56.30 percent, and nine township results ranging 60.80 to 98.14 percent. The county total averages 70.90 percent for nine townships and 65.93 percent for four cities.
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Douglas County
State Tax Commission
Lawrence
Board of Equalization
East
West
South
North Lawrence
East Lawrence
Baldwin
Eudora City
Clinton Township
Eudora Townshi
Grant
Kanwuaka
Lecompton
Marion Township
Palmyra
Wakarusa
Willow Springs
Eudora Township
Clinics In Lawrence Patronized In Year Just Closed
The Public Health Nursing association reports in 1922 the city held weekly free baby clinics at city hall with thousands of exams. Attendance rose across tuberculosis and mental clinics while nursing and child welfare visits reached totals near or above four figures.
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City Health Department
Public Health Nursing Association
Lawrence
Bergdoll Not Found Aboard Jupiter Arrives Pensacola
The German steamship Jupiter, once linked to Grover Cleveland Bergdoll the war dodger, docked at Pensacola at 9 am. Soldiers, sailors, and DOJ agents conducted exhaustive searches but did not locate Bergdoll. The captain claimed he was at Cardiff when chartered for Pensacola loading.
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Pensacola
Fla
Jupiter
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Department of Justice
Bertdoll
Cardiff
Four Homes Hit by Simultaneous Blaze in Lawrence
Firemen fought to save four houses at once as embers from the Buchanan residence at 1408 Tennessee set fires at 1414 Tennessee 1406 Tennessee and 304 West Fourteenth. Mrs. Buchanan’s home suffered major damage with roof loss while neighboring buildings had minor damage. insurance will cover losses. A separate chimney fire at 1025 Tennessee Street caused no damage.
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Clarence Hrail
Tennessee Street
Three Boys Grab Pocketbook From Ada Snider
Mrs. Ada Snider and her daughter were robbed of a purse near 1116 Mississippi street Saturday night by a gang of boys aged 17 and 18. A youth was arrested on vagrancy charges and identified by Mrs. Snider as the purse snatcher. the bag contained about $40.
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Ada Snider
Mississippi Street
Canton New Year's Eve tragedy scars Rich family
In Canton Ohio a mother Elizabeth Rich 28 and son Daniel 3 died after a violent incident at the Rich home. Others, including Peter Rich 1 and Dominick Rich 45, suffered injuries while a visitor Edward Rich 2 sat nearby. Police say Joe Fernandez 38 acted violently amid a mental health crisis and attempted escape while slashing his own throat.
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Canton
Ohio
Jan. J
Elizabeth Rich
Daniel Rich
Peter Rich
Dominick Rich
Joe Fernandez
Edward Rich
Are
Fernandez
Rich
Three Killed in Car Crash Near Liberal Missouri
Three coal miners Warren S. Storms Frank C. Arnold died when their motor car left the road and plunged into a creek near Liberal. A 13 year old Frank Wilcox also perished. Two others were severely injured. Bob Forney of Cottonwood Falls Kansas arrived in Lawrence from Christmas vacation. He is a Hess drug store clerk and a university attendee. Drs Welch Welch chiropractors.
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Liberal, Mo
Jan
Here
Warren S. Storms
Frank C. Arnold
Liberal
Frank Wilcox
Bob Forney
Cottonwood Falls
Kans
Lawrence
Mr. Forney
Hess Drug Store
University
Riot of bargains greets new year in Lawrence stores
Lawrence merchants showcase a riot of bargains with eight stores advertising strong value across clothing, dry goods and winter merchandise. Peckham store retires and clears stock, Abe Welfson and others offer low prices, while Ober and Carl’s continue mid winter and ongoing sales. The city bills itself as an economical, busy shopping center for January.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
Peckham
Abe Welfson
J. H. Cohn
Newmark’s
Ober
Carl's
Hook & Green Clothing Company
Seal Clothing
Sam Galitzky
The
Ideal
Anderson Back To Pen After Jail Break Interruption
R. S. Anderson began return to Huntsville Texas state penitentiary to finish a 25 year sentence for bank robbery. He had interrupted the term by leading a sensational jail break after six weeks at Liberty. His record includes escapes from Colorado and Oklahoma state peniten tiaries and a murder conviction.
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Los Angeles
R. S. Anderson
Texas
Huntsville
Liberty
Anderson
Colorado State
Oklahoma
Jella Bond Posted After Liquor Charges
Alfred Jella, arrested December 26 for manufacture and possession of liquor, posted a $500 bond and awaits a preliminary hearing next Monday. A raid on Simon Owens’ home near Maple Grove cemetery yielded four barrels of mash and a small copper stir. Jella, on parole from the state reformatory for a 1920 highway robbery conviction in Douglas county, may have parole revoked and be returned to the reform school.
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Alfred Jella
Jella
Simon Owens
Maple Grove Cemetery
Will Johns
State Reformatory
Douglas County
Reformatere
Appendicitis Patients Operated at Jones Hospital
Dr. Charles Crawford and Mrs. Howard Daniels of 1229 Ohio Street underwent appendicitis operations at Jones hospital last night with Dr. Jones and Dr. W O Nelson as attending physicians. Their condition improved this morning. Sheriff Will Johns mailed juror notices for the February term of district court by registered mail. Dr. Albright, chiropractor.
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Charles Crawford
Howard Daniels
Ohio Street
Jones Hospital
Jones
W. O. Nelson
Will Johns
Students Return From Vacation in Lawrence
Lawrence streets show Jayhawker students with suitcases arriving to spend New Year on campus. Early arrivals came last night and more are expected today and tomorrow as Ek. U. students enjoyed over two weeks of vacation unlike neighboring universities with shorter breaks.
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Lawrence
Ek. U
Gufler to Speak on Proposed Lawrence Hotel at Chamber Luncheon
Otto Gufler of Theo Poehler Mercantile Co Topeka will address the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce at tomorrow's luncheon. He will discuss the value of a new hotel and methods to raise funds, drawing on Topeka's successful hotel campaign to avoid past mistakes. The meeting starts the hotel fundraising drive for the new year.
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Otto Gufler
Theo. Poehler Mercantile Co
Topeka
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Gufler
Toneka
Hockentury
Hunt for companions in Fall Creek death case
Indianapolis police drag Fall Creek to learn if Courtland Van Camp III 19 of the wealthy Van Camp family had companions when his automobile left the road and plunged into the creek. He was killed with a fractured skull after a party in the city. He was en route to Stoughton Fletcher near Millersville and was home from Yale for the holidays.
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Indianapolis
Fallcreek
Courtland van Camp Ili
van Camp
Fall Creek
Stoughton Fletcher
Millersville
Yale
Prospects for 1923 Vary Across Kansas Observers
Kansas leaders from agricultureIndustry relations health and education forecast mixed 1923 outcomes. J C Mohler State Board of Agriculture cites cooperative farming boosts prosperity while Judge William L Huggins foresees industrial peace via balanced liberty and law. Margaret Hill McCarter urges reducing illiteracy and J C Crume notes rising life expectancy and health gains.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agricult
Mohler
William L. Huggins
Kansas Court of Industry Relations
Huggins
Margaret Hill McCarter
Lieves
Atica
America
Republic
Cmerce
Norant
Sirituel
United States
J. C.crbine
Kansas & Board of Health
Annual Party by Scottish Rite Masons Gladdens Lawrence Children
Lawrence children enjoyed a 10:30 am movie event at the Varsity and Bowersock theatres funded by the Scottish Rite Masons. Wesley Barry in School Days drew laughter as Dean A Kent and W C Simons addressed attendees. Short comedies preceded and followed the feature to entertain the youngsters.
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Lawrence
Wesley Barry
Varsity
Bowersock
Scottish Rite Masons
Dean R
A. Kent
W. C. Simons
Bow
Sarah Bernhardt Relapses in Paris After Recovery Hope
Paris reports the actress Sarah Bernhardt again fainted after previously improving from a breakdown. Her physician team includes Dr. W O Nelson with assistant Ruth Miller of Kansas City Missouri joining duties today. Miller will live with the Nelsons.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Associated Press
Ruth Miller
Kansas City
W. O. Nelson
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