Astoria thanks Seattle Chamber for relief aid
The Astoria relief effort expresses gratitude for promises of aid from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce after a fire devastated Astoria’s business district. A telegram from W. S. Gilbert, relief committee chair, notes Seattle’s support will strengthen ties. Checks and contributions, ranging from 3 to 50 dollars, were received.
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Astoria
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Frank
W. 8. Gilbert
Seattle
Grain Exports Increase in November Trade
The Department of Commerce reports agricultural exports rose in November to 35,279,251 dollars from 31,686,723 the prior year. For the first eleven months, exports total 468,411,630 dollars, down from 728,441,388 in the same period last year.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Death claims former editor Erastus Brainerd
Former Seattle editor Erastus Brainerd dies after years of illness. His wife travels from Richmond to attend the funeral with Brainerd’s two daughters Mrs. Mary B. Wahoske of Great Falls Montana and Miss Elisabeth Brainerd of New York joining the service. Brainerd, Harvard graduate, edited multiple outlets including the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in 1904 under Senator John L. Wilson. He declined Idaho governorship offer and served as a Washington land commissioner from 1893 to 1897. He was active in several clubs and authored biographical works on art.
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Erastus Brainerd
Seattle
Northwest
Richmond
Brainerd
Mary B. Wahoske
Great Falls
Mont
Elisabethrainerd
New York
Harvard
Bowton Museum of Fine Arts
Europe
New York Times and World
Philadelphia Press
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Star
Philadelphia News
Seattle Press- Times
Post-Intelligencer
John L. Wilson
Idaho
Arthur
Washington
Rainier
Arctic
Germany's real prosperity questioned by German business leader
In 1923 Berlin, Herr Fettx Deutsch, head of Allgemeiner Elektrische Gesellschaft and a major banker, warns that Germany's so-called prosperity is appearance without substance. He cites sliding prices, devalued capital, import dependence, and debt from reparations, noting a looming civil strife threat.
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Germany
Fettx Deutsch
Allgemeiner Elektrische Gesellechaft
Herr Deutsch
Aueall Capital
Tle
Vladivostok
England
France
United States
Crecho
Slovakia
South America
Asia
Wettest Senator Never Takes Alcoholic Drink
Washington December 26 The wettest political leader in the land has not touched liquor for 20 years. Senator elect Edward J Edwards of New Jersey, elected on a wet platform, faces dry lobbyists in Washington who plan to attack him for personal wetness despite his abstinence. Edwards vows to expose politically dry but personally wet lawmakers after his swearing in next March. Wheeler of the American Anti Saloon League contests his stance urging preference for dry voting over personal sobriety. Edwards responds with scorn for both the political dry and the personally wet.
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Washington
Edward J. Edwards
New Jersey
Edwards
Edwardes
Congress
Wayne B. Wheeler
American Anti Saloon League
New
Jersey
Wheeler
Sage Edwards
Harding Pledges Aid to Forest Conservation
President Harding pledged that the forestry bureau will not move from the agriculture department to the interior. Conservationists opposed the transfer as it could speed private logging of timber lands, a move that could strain cabinet unity with Secretary Wallace opposing and Secretary Fall favoring.
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James T. Kolbert
Washington
Elect Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Lwre
Harding
Forestry Bureau
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Fall
Department of the Interior
Interior Department
Congress
Interior
Poison Hooch Kills Six in New York Christmas
Six people die and twelve hospitalize from poisoning drink after a Christmas in New York City as authorities note fewer intoxicated arrests in bars. The victims include a woman found unconscious in the street, with most deaths occurring at home or in public alleys and cafes blamed on wild private parties.
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New York
Dee
Bright Hight
West Side
Bootleggers Weep at Sight of Victim
In Shelby Ohio two bootleggers Phillip Weygandt and Lester Biston sobbed as they viewed the corpse of Ralph Longley in the morgue. They confessed to making and selling moonshine whisky that fueled a Christmas Eve revelry ending in Longley’s death and injuring two others, while denying murder charges against them.
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Shelby
Ohio
Ralph Longley
Longley
Phillip Weygandt
Lester Biston
Murder in a Christmas Home Ends in Self Destruction
Police report a mass shooting at the Engel residence during Christmas with Neurster killing three teens and a baby and wounding others before shooting himself. Fourteen bullets left marks across walls and floors as family members fled.
Reds Plan a Soviet Here
New York dispatch reports the Workers' Party outlines 1922 aims to form a government modeled on Soviet Russia and forge a red labor international within unions while seeking farmer and farm labor support, per secretary C. B E. Kuusvenberg.
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New York
Soviet Russia
Workers’ Party
Labor Temple
Seattle's New Stock Company Gets Ovation
The Cosmopolitan Players in Miss Lulu Bett drew a full Orpheum audience on Christmas night with Mayor Brown praising civic aims and Miss Justina Wayne star of the title role. The Seattle troupe, including Raymond Northcutt Beatrice Victor Hardee Brassier Peggy Dill Henry Rosendale Danny Wallace Blanche Douglas Arthur Allard, will continue the run for the week.
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Lulu Bett
Cosmopolitan Players
Seattle
New Stock Company
Orpheum Theater
Third Ave
Madison
Brown
Justina Wayne
New York
Raymond Northcutt
Beatrice Victor
Hardee Brassier
Peggy Dill
Henry A. Rosendale
Danny Wallace
Blanche Douglas
Arthur Allard
Fuel Distributor to Leave Office
Federal Fuel Distributor Spens will relinquish his office Friday after averting a serious fuel shortage. He will be succeeded by his assistant F. R. Wadleigh.
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Washington
Spens
F. R. Wadleigh
Moore Theater Banquet and Stage Party for Actors
Carl Reiter manager of the Moore theater hosted a banquet and dance on the Moore stage for actors staff and families. Impromptu burlesque numbers and impersonations entertained guests including Toscoe Alle and his jazz band Wilfred Clark Grace Menken Howard Miller Jack Hanley Bert Fitzgibbon and the Hi Ray sisters.
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Carl Reiter
Moore Theater
Toscoe Alle
Wilfred Clark
Grace Menken
Howard Miller
Jack Hanley
Bert Fitzgibbon
Hi Ray Sisters
Clara Skarin Trial Opens with Sensational Testimony
Clara Skarin faces a murder trial January 8 for the October 13 shooting of Ferdinand Hochbrunn, her wealthy German patron. Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas orders 50 witnesses to prove she did not shoot in self defense, with Raymond F. Herron potentially testifying from Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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Clara Skarin
Ferdinand Hochbrunn
John F. Dore
Malcolm Douglas
T. H. Patterson
John D. Carmody
Miss Skerin
Hochbrunn
Raymond F. Herron
Tate
Kalamazoo, Mich
Lausanne talks stall on peace as new year nears
At Lausanne on December 26 the conference discussed remaining disputes with Ismet Pasha and Angora. Allies aim to resolve two minor points and sign by Thursday but progress on regional boundaries and capitulation remains uncertain with no agreement expected before mid January.
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Lausanne
Pasha
Angora
Irak
Ismet Pasha
Two Die, Eight Injured In Auto Crash Near Sloat
A San Francisco crash left two dead and eight injured when a car blinded by glare swerved off the road near Sloat Boulevard. Driver A. R. McDonald and Camille McDonald were reported in critical condition.
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San Francisco
Sloat Bird
A. R. McDonald
Camille May
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