Mercy in the Mailed War of Rum Runners Unearths Hero
Boston April 3 Dr J Teco Hanson amputated a seaman's leg on a rum runner off Massachusetts coast after blood poisoning and gangrene followed frostbite. The veteran captain, with two wars behind him, led a small party in a daring boarding and transfer of cargo amid gales and wrecks. Pirates and revenue agents clash as he arms his crew with rifles aboard the schooner.
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Boston
J. Teco Hanson
Massachusetts
Sandy Hook
New England
Halifax
Hygiene knowledge reduces bow legs and knock knees among children
Such deformities as bow-legs and knock-knees are becoming much less frequent owing to the spread of knowledge of hygiene among parents.
Stange Denied By School Head
Columbus Ohio April 8 Captain C W Rowe superintendent of the Boys Industrial School Lancaster denies charges of incompetency inefficiency and inability against Stange and says conditions have bettered since he took charge He alleges political intrigue and a smoke screen method to oust him Hastings former head may be reappointed if he is removed.
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Columbus
Harper
C. W .Rowe
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Rowe
Donahey
Nowe
R. AV. Hastings
Liquor Fraud Jury Dismissed in Philadelphia Case
The jury in liquor fraud charges was dismissed by Judge Wit taker Thompson after evidence suggested foreman Terence O Loughlin and others were tampered with. O Loughlin remained jailed on contempt charges with bail set at 5000 dollars while agents testified he was intoxicated on Good Friday and the day prior and praised William McConnell.
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Philadelphia
Terence O'Loughlin
William McConnell
Wittaker Thompson
O'Loughlin
Loughlin
McConnell
Wrecking Crash Kills One and Injures Four At Toledo Oil Train Collision
A Clover Leaf freight train collided with tanker cars at the Glendale avenue crossing in Toledo. One man is believed killed, three others fatally injured, including J. Walding and A. W. Thomas. Fire and wreckage spread as rescue crews narrowly avoided injury when a bridge collapsed into the canal ravine.
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Toledo
J. Flickinger
J. Walding
A. W. Thomas
W. Farris
Delphos
Ohio
Glendale Avenue
Maumee Canal
Kent normal school to gain six trustees under Silver bill
In Columbus on April 2 governor Donahey would appoint six new Kent normal school trustees if the Silver bill increasing the board from five to nine passes the senate and is approved. The house unanimously passed the measure last night amid a broader tax bill debate.
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Columbus, CO
Kent Normal School
Donahey
Senate
House
Collister-Freeman
United States
McDonald
Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead Emerges as Earliest Text
Researchers note the Book of the Dead, an early Egyptian manuscript over five millennia old, as the earliest known formal book. The item reflects funerary beliefs and guidance for the afterlife attributed to ancient Egypt.
Harding to name Albert Lasker head of 1924 publicity drive
Augusta dispatch reports President Harding planning a 1924 campaign team with Albert D. Lasker, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, as director of publicity. Lasker to retire from the board within ninety days to lead campaign efforts, while remaining in government service briefly to facilitate a government exit from shipping. Harding expected back in Washington within days. Lasker’s role aims to present administration achievements forcefully to the public.
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George R. Holmes
Augusta
Harding
Albert D. Lasker
United States Shipping Board
Lasker
Shipping Board
Chairman Lasker
Mr. Lasker
Tragedy at Amsterdam as Mine Operator Slashes Throat
Thomas W. Boyce 36 a well known lodge man and mine operator in Steubenville slashed his throat at his Amsterdam home late last night and died shortly after. He wrecked the interior of his finely furnished residence before taking his life.
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Steubenville
Amsterdam
Here
Thomas W. Boyce
Boyce
Defiance Father Declared Insane in Slaying of Daughter
George Brown aged 78 confessed killer of his daughter Roselia aged 52 at their Defiance county farm on March 14. The grand jury ruled Brown insane and ordered his commitment to a hospital for the insane.
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Defiance
George Brown
Roselia
Brown
Chicago voters edge toward mayoral race amid drizzle
Chicago polls opened at 6 am with rain expected to limit turnout to about 700000. Democrat William E. Dever and Republican Arthur C. Lueder led in speculation for the mayor’s seat to succeed William Hale Thompson, with Socialist William A. Cunnen also running. voters will also elect a city treasurer, city clerk, twenty aldermen, and a successor to late congressman James K. Mann.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
William E. Dever
Arthur C. Lueder
William A. Cunnen
Dever
Lueder
James K. Mann
Value of Blood? Woman Seeks Pint Price in Court
Miss Leona Pearl Standiford sues for 2500 dollars for a pint of her blood used in a transfusion that failed to save Mrs. G. P. Hilliard. She claims 1000 more for hospital bills amid a trial opening in May.
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Leona Pearl Standiford
G. P. Hilliard
Miss Standiford
Enrico Caruso
New York
American woman starts New Jerusalem in Jerusalem English paper
Mrs. Gausby, linked with the American suffrage movement, launches New Jerusalem the first English language daily for American and British residents in the Holy City. Printing presses and all material shipped from the United States. The paper aims to be independent, not a feminist publication, with a growing circulation.
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U.S
Jerusalem
London
Gausby
America
Holy City
New Jerusalem
Disastrous Columbus Fire Destroys Retail Block
A major blaze in Columbus on April 3 caused about 150000 in damage and threatened half of South High street between State and Town. R I Blatt Music Store and Veltman Currie Shoe Store were destroyed, with total stock losses. Schiff Speciality Co suffered 5000 in damage, while F and R Lazarus Co. endured water damage nearby.
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Columbus
Fulton Home Ransacked While Family Slept
Oscar Fulton and family found their downstairs torn up at 8 North High Street after an overnight break in. The thief entered via the basement and escaped through the back door leaving drawers pulled out and valuables mostly untouched aside from a few coins and scattered contents.
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Oscar Fulton
North High Street
Fulton
Mr. Mullen
Auto Leaps Over Bank Killine Man of hai acts
Steubenville Ohio April 3 George Kemp 53 of Wellsburg West Virginia died when his car plunged more than a hundred feet over a steep embankment near Steubenville. A companion escaped with injuries as the auto toppled onto a traction line below. Kemp was a prominent musician conducting several orchestras in the region.
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Auto
Killine
Man of
Hai
Steubenville
George Kemp
Wellsburg
W. Va
Wellsburge
Kemp
March income tax receipts surge for 463 million profit
Washington reports March income and profits taxes paid to the government reached 463,091,397 dollars, up 70 million from a year earlier. Treasury funds stood at 530,124,000 dollars on March 31, with debt at 22,722,000,000 dollars. New securities issuance exceeded 400,000,600 dollars to finance deficits.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Co L Guardsmen Hold Armory Drill and Plaque Dinner
Members of Co. L Ohio National Guard and contributing members gathered at the Armory Monday night for a drill followed by a meal. About sixty men attended as toasts were made and Major S. M. Johnson presented the company basketball team with a plaque honoring its second place in the 166th Ohio Infantry tournament.
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Co. L
Ohio National Guard
Armory
M. Johnson
166Th Ohio Infantry Regiment
Par ent Teachers to Discuss Bond Issue at West Side School
The Parent Teachers Association will hold its regular monthly meeting Wednesday at 6 30 PM at West Side school. Prof Cooper of Ohio University will speak for the group and Mr Chappel will discuss the bond issue.
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Millfield
Parent-Teachers Association
West Side
Prof. Cooper
Ohio University
Chappel
Carpeted slippers offer grip on slippery surfaces
The article notes that carpeted slippers provide a firm footing on slick floors and are already available for sale in the United States.
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United States
Krupp Strike Follows Arrest Of Directors
Fifty thousand Krupp workers walk out for 24 hours to protest the arrest of four directors after a deadly clash with French troops. German leadership vows a strong defense with French Swiss and English lawyers likely to be employed. Bertha Krupp’s husband Denies plans to leave Essen.
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Essen
Krupp
Werden
Doremus Wins Detroit Mayoralty in Special Election
In Detroit on April ballots, Frank S. Doremus former Democratic congressman defeated Dr James W Inches longtime police commissioner by a landslide majority of 53952 He will serve a short term until November and backs municipally owned railways Republicans swept minor state offices.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank Sc. Doremus
James W. Inches
Dorémus
Doremus
Lord Carnarvon in Critical Condition After Bite
Cairo April 13 Lord Carnarvon the discoverer of Tutankhamen's tomb was failing rapidly and in critical condition today. Attending physicians said the poison had spread but there remained a chance of recovery. Friends and relatives stayed at his bedside through the night.
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Cairo
Egypt
Lord Carnarvon
Tut-Ankh-Amen
Valley of Kings
Refusal to Resign From State Utilities Commission
Governor Donahey demands resignations from George T. Poor and Frank B. Maullar of the state utilities commission. Poor and Maullar refuse, denying gubernatorial authority and asserting the panel remains extraneous to politics while promising a square deal for public and utilities.
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andMaullar
Utilities Commission
Columbus
George T. Poor
Cincinnati
Frank B. Maullar
Chillicothe
State Utilities Commission
Donahey
Commission
Poor
Maullar
Man Ends Own Life In Self-Performed Operation
April 3 in Toledo Andrew Mikula fifty years old, driven by pain, cut into his own body with a butcher knife, severed an internal piece and bled to death after showing the wound to his wife. A physician arrived too late as blood spurted from the chest, and Mikula died before aid could come.
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Toledo
Andrew Mikula
Khoife
Mary
Polish-born priest executed in Moscow trial waves
Moscow reports the execution of Rev. Father Butkiewicz, a Polish-born Catholic prelate, condemned with Archbishop Cieplak and fifteen other churchmen for alleged treason against the Soviet state. The archbishop’s sentence was later commuted to ten years. Butkiewicz’s death stands.
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Moscow
Father Butkiewicz
Ciepiak
Cieplak
Russia
Poland
Iron Workers Leader Slain at Cleveland Union Meeting
Ford Bowen 42 former business agent of Local 17 is dead after a dispute at a Bridge and Structural Iron Workers meeting in Cleveland. John O'Brien secretary is dying and John R. Purnell is wounded as gunfire trapped about 200 union members. Bowen fell dead, O'Brien was shot and fainted while pursuing the killer who fled.
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Cleveland,o
Ford Bowen
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
John O'Brien
John R. Purnell
Bowen
O'Brien
Burnell
Union
Annual Meeting of Presbyterian Church Is Held
The Presbyterian church and congregation held its annual meeting Monday evening after a cafeteria supper. Reports from departments were given and officers elected including Financial secretary Prof. George McLaughlin and treasurer F. B. Forsyth. Trustees named were T. M. Wester George Parks H. J. Ong and L. B. Dilley. George Dyson Mrs. N. F. Mills Edward Murr and Peter Drag an joined the session, with Prof. Oscar F. E. McClure named superintendent of the Sunday school.
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Presbyterian Church and Congregation
Yprof
George McLaughlin
F. B. Forsyth
T. M. Wester
George Parks
H. J. Ong
L. B. Dilley
George Dyson
N. FE. Mills
Edward Murr
Peter Druggan
Oscar FE. McClure
McLaughlin
Forsyth
Guatemala Rail Link to Connect New York with Pacific Ports
After long mediation led by Arthur H. Geissler, the United States and Guatemala reach a settlement with the International Railways of Central America to build a missing link in the Pan American system. The line will connect Guatemalan ports to New York and New Orleans routes, shortening Atlantic-Pacific travel by about a week. Adrian Recinos, Francisco Sanchez La Tour, and Rafae ld Ponciana key figures, with Keith concession finally resolved for 1.5 million dollars.
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Washington
American State Department
Arthur H. Geissler
United States
Guatemala
International Railways of Central America
Government of
Lnl
New York City
Fonseca
Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
New Orleans
Atlantic
Puerto Barrios
Guatemala City
Adrian Recinos
Francisco Sanchez la Tour
Geissler
Rafaeld Ponciana
Republic of Guatemala
Woman killed by former lover in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis Theresa Perry was stabbed to death by Albert Smith who fled but is believed to be captured soon. The 10-year-old niece, Jennie Perry, hid on a stair landing as Smith broke in and killed Mrs. Perry while she was in night clothing after a knock at her door.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jennie Perry
Theresa Perry
Albert Smith
Smith
Steubenville Woman Shot. Husband Arrested in Murder Probe
In Steubenville Ohio Mrs. Joseph Sebastien 40 was found dead after neighbors heard shots. A post mortem found she was shot three times with a bullet to the heart. Coroner Arch L. Bell ordered the husband’s arrest while he was at work. An investigation continues.
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Steubenville
Joseph Sebastien
Arch L. Bell
New York Press Agent Arrested During Interview
New York April 8 Reo aig lin press representative of the man foreign office was arrested today while granting an interview to reporters.
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New Yorks
Reo Aiglin
The
Man Foreign Office
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Butkiewicz
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