Ford offers for Muscle Shoals given to Congress
Washington January 13 The Ford offer to purchase and lease the Muscle Shoals nitrate and water power projects will be sent to Congress for final decision after talks with Henry Ford and government officials Public notes indicate two other offers from Frederick Knostrum and C Tinkler also accompany the proposal Weeks said the matter has lingered for months and the contract preparation may take weeks Ford agreed to modifications but refused others including reducing the 100 year lease term The deal may require congressional action to resolve the authority question and contract details
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Associated Press
Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Congress
Ford
Weeks
Frederick Knostrum
Wilmington
N.C
C.€. Tinkler
San Francisco
Legislative
Musete ‘Shoals
Perd
Court martial warned if guardsman misses shot at Mexia
TA Texas January 13. Martial law applied in Mexia as Brenham guardsmen guard prisoners at a detention camp. Brig. Gen. Wolters told them to shoot to prevent escapes. a miss could bring court martial. Gambling and liquor sales halted in the military district. District attorney’s office filed a military report later tonight.
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Texas
Mexia
Brenham
Jacob F. Wolters
Court Marti AM Ierrorim
Legat
Night Tunnel Ordeal of Injured Man
A 15 year old man is described as having forged to spend a night in a river tunnel. He sustained arm and rib injuries after crawling and avoiding third rail and trains for hours. A track walker later found him unconscious in a safety niche between rails and tunnel wall. The man recalls praying to endure and keep conscious while nearly fainting many times. He was the sole support of an elderly mother and faced extreme terror during the night.
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Iccutora
Owitehiman
Mkahginana
Beooklyn
Brea
Man Hhattan
Bliss
Sod
Ryan
Four Entombed After Coal Mine Cave In
Four men were entombed and three injured when 20 acres of land collapsed in a Glen Alden Coal company mine at Scranton Pa. Seventy five rescuers worked from three angles to reach those trapped, with no confirmed sightings by nightfall.
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Associated Press
Scranton
Padan
Glen Alden Coal Company
No Verdict In Burch Case Leads Jurors To Night Deliberations
In the Arthur C. Burch murder trial of J. Belton Kennedy, the jury was locked up for the night just before 10 p.m. Judge Sidney Reeve ordered deliberations to resume by 9 a.m. Friday. Burch, smiling as jurors filed out, awaited the verdict while DA Thomas Woolwine argued the parents’ actions in Kennedy’s slaying.
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Los A
Arthur C. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Reeve
Burch
Thomas Lee Woolwine
Kennedy
Sidney Reeve
Gangner Case to Jury After Night Session
The defense contends the gun discharged accidentally when the defendant struck Anderson’s arm, as the case goes to the jury after a night session. The proceedings hinge on whether the trigger event was intentional or inadvertent amid the confrontation.
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Gangner
Anderson
Gangner Murder Trial Focused On Gun Discharge Claim
The trial of Fred Gangner, former police officer, mayor, and state representative, on a murder charge tied to John Anderson’s death at the Gangner ranch opens with defense contending Anderson fired and Gangner grabbed the weapon as it discharged. The case hinges on Anderson’s dying statement and Gangner’s testimony about a fire at his Georgetown Lake cabin and the gun’s role in the incident.
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John Anderson
Fred Gangner
Gangner
Anderson
Police Oficer
J Anderson
Gangner Ranch
Anaconda
Georgetown Lake
Anderson Cabin
James Naughton
Anderton
Jim Naughton
Naughton
Fred
Calumet & Hecla to Resume Mines on April First
Boston January 18 The Calumet and Hecla mining company announced it would reopen four Lake group copper mines around April 1 The mines Calumet Hela Ahmeek Allouen and Inle Royale are affected The wage scale to be used was not announced but a decision had not been made yet on the reduced rate that applied when the mines were closed last April.
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Boston
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
Calumet
Hela
Ahmeek
Germany 15 Given Additional Time on Reparations
London Jan 13 three major Cannes developments emerged from Briand resignation chaos. A Poincare led ministry will replace Briand, Genoa conference appears saved, and Germany is granted a moratorium with payments reduced to about 31 million gold marks every ten days.
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London
Aristide Briand
Cannes
Raymond Poincare
Briand
Genoa
Germany
M. Briand
Pranler Lloyd George
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M. Poincare
France
United States
Ploncare
India
American Held in Paris Prison Wife Poisoned
Thomas Stewart Ryan of the Chicago Tribune staff denies responsibility. He says he thought his wife was joking as authorities questioned him about the poisoning incident in Paris.
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Thomas Stewart Ryan
Chicago Tribune
Paris Tribune staffer held in poisoning case 1918
Thomas Stewart Ryan of the Paris staff is jailed in Santa Prison amid allegations his wife Audrey Creighton, a California violinist in Paris, swallowed poison tablets in his hotel room. She lies in critical condition in a Paris hospital while Ryan denies wrongdoing and fights an annulment suit.
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Associated Press
Paris
Thomas Stewart Ryan
Iago Tribune
Santa Prison
Mr. Ryan
Ryan
California
Audrey Creighton
American Hospital
Hon
Pyai Ison
Los Angeles
la Verne
Los Angeles County
Bonus not part of foreign debt bill
On January 13 the Senate finance committee discussed merging the allied debt refunding bill with the foreign debt measure. After a conference with senators it was learned President Harding did not favor confinement of the two. The foreign debt bill would be taken up by the committee Monday to shape for reporting to the Senate.
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McCumber
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Harding
Dumber
Finance Committee
Sen
Charges Hit Mingo Mine Workers Officers in Indictment
Grand jury returns about 300 counts mainly referencing the armed march last August. Named are Xm Witney Wile president Subdistrict No 4 and Andy Porter secretary Subdistrict No 2. Indictments allege treason and acts opposing West Virginia martial law, with potential death or imprisonment for treason.
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Xm Witney Wilesand
AUC
Andy
Porter
Ernor
Mingo County
West Virginia
Overall sound at defendant's home introduced
Trial in the case of Jake Borden and Arthur Shaw continues with testimony about an item of clothing found at the Douglas home. A chemical analysis linked the substance on Geler's body to that on the overalls. Witnesses described the garment as wet at discovery and the drying time noted. Testimony also covered reputations and past incidents involving Geler.
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Sarane
Joseph
Eason
Geler
Campbell Lloyd Cherry
Arthur Shaw
John Douglass
Harrington
Ele Island
Griffith Calls For Southern Body Vote On Provisional Government
Dublin scene centers on a southern parliament meeting to ratify the peace treaty with Great Britain. Invitations signed by Arthur Griffith were sent to all deputies for the 26 southern counties. Cabinet members held talks at Mansion House outlining plans for a provisional government and handling the city’s unrest as evacuation and troop withdrawals proceed.
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Mansion House
Associated Press
Dublin
Great Britain
Arthur Grifith
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
Violette and Moret Must Serve Sentences Imposed
Missoula reports that the circuit court of appeals upheld District Attorney John Le Slattery in the case of Fred Violette and Peter Moret on conspiracy charges for operating a still near Missoula. The defendants face 13 months in Leavenworth and fines of 606 dollars plus costs each.
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Slattery
United
Leavenworth
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