Federal plan seeks equal guilt for buyers in bootleg trade
Federal prohibition officials urge governors to unify state codes to bar loopholes in liquor law enforcement. Proposals include making buyers as liable as sellers, closing shuttered venues, penalizing counterfeit permits, destroying evidence, and extending penalties for home brew devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Durno
Washington
Conference of Governors
Harding
International
Federal Prohibition Unit
Roy Haynes
Lady Portchester Now in Egypt Amid Tutankhamen Tomb Mystery
Lady Portchester wife of the heir to Lord Carnarvon travels to Egypt following the death of the Tutankhamen tomb explorer. Formerly Miss Katherine Wendell of New York society, she arrives as news spreads through diplomatic and archaeological circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Portchester
Carnarvon
Egypt
Explorer of Tutankhamen
Katherine Wendell
New York
Governor seeks cheaper brick for three C highway
Governor Donahey ordered the highway department to cancel a $400,000 order from Metropolitan Brick Co for paving brick at 33 per 1 000. He directs placing the same order with the state welfare department which will supply 20 per 1 000 from the state brick plant, saving about 5200.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Donahey
Herrick
Metropolitan Brick Co
Canton
Wooster
State Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Donahey Says Say So Before Highway Appointments
Columbus April 5 Director Baker informed Highway Director Herrick the governor must be consulted before any payment for sale or appointee to the position of Auditor of the highway department left vacant by W R Culbertson's resignation March 31. The post pays 4000 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Baker
Herrick
Mahey
Muditor
Highway Department
W. R. Culbertson
Viscountess Northcliffe Remarries Nine Months After Death
In London Viscountess Northcliffe, widow of the English publisher, marries Sir Robert Hudson hours after a nine month bereavement. The ceremony at Hartlebury Castle used a special license from Canterbury. The widow relinquishes large sums from her late husband’s estate and loses the Carleton Gardens residence and a 50 000 dollar bequest. The couple depart for Italy for a long honeymoon.
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London
Viscountess Northcliffe
Robert Hudson
Italy
Hartlebury Castle
Worcester
Archbishop of Canterbury
Church of England
Northcliffe
Carleton Gardens
Viscountess
Man Flogged Before Woman in Macon Kidnapping
In Macon Georgia on April 5 a pair, Mrs Erica Pace of New York and Lynnwood Bright of Macon, said eight men abducted them while they sought a peace bond. Bright was flogged as Pace witnessed. Bright received a 24 hour warning to leave town despite his plan to wind up business. his attorney said he had not decided.
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Macon
Frederica Pace
New York
Lynnwood Bright
Bright
Pace
Olivia Bright
Perial
Pineville Tornado Toll Rises Across Louisiana
Twenty one dead and a hundred injured as the Pineville tornado ripped through Pineville and adjacent Alexandria. The storm struck from the northwest, leveled houses and stores, and damaged a new athletic college building. Rail lines were washed out across southern Mississippi. New Orleans suffered flooding and heavy rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Pineville
International
W. M. Ake
Red River
Ake
New Orleans
Athletic College
Louisiana
Mississippi
State Officers Injured in Traction Car Wreck Near Celina
State Auditor Tracy and several members of the house finance committee were injured when a Northern Ohio Traction car derailed near Celina. Tracy suffered at least two broken ribs while others had a badly cut hand and minor bruises. The group was en route to inspect the state reservoir when the front main track split from the switch and passengers were buried beneath displaced tables and chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Tracy
Holloway
Trumbull
House Finance Committee
Celina
Northern Ohio Traction Line
Chicago heiress Gwen dolyn Marshall Field weds Edmonstone
London April 5 Miss Gwen dolyn Marshall Field of Chicago daughter of Mrs Maldwin Drummond and niece of Countess Beatty married Charles Edmonstone son of Sir Archibald and Lady Edmonstone of Dunreath Castle Stirlingshire in a formal ceremony reported from London.
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Royalty
London
Gwendolyn Marshall Field
Chicago
Maldwin Drummond
Countess Beatty
Charles Edmonstone
Archibald
iLaljly Edmonstone
Dunreath Castle
Stirlingshire
Wartime romance ends in St Clairsville marriage
The long wartime romance culminates as Miss Lulu Sidwell marries Homer William Hawkins in St Clairsville. Sidwell, now a patient in a Toledo hospital, met Hawkins while serving as a nurse in France.
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ST. Clairsville
Lulu Sidwell
Homer William Hawkins
Washington, D. C
Sidwell
Toledo
Mr. Hawkins
France
Mike Collella sells store after bombing threat
In Martins Ferry on April 8, Mike Collella says he will move from his home and sell his store after a recent bombing. Police describe the attack as a mix of black hand and bootlegger style violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martins Ferry
Mike Collella
Hanng
Von-Jetta
Forty ex-officers volunteer as London bus conductors
Forty unemployed ex-officers recently volunteered for work as bus conductors and drivers in London, signaling a civic effort to fill transport roles amid unemployment.
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London
Future of Labor and Capital Rest on Cooperation
In Warren Ohio on April 5 Secretary of Labor James J. Davis told the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers that labor and management must become co workers with mutual interests. He urged direct negotiation over strikes and warned compulsory arbitration has failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Secretary of Labor
Jail Delivery Foiled by Discovery of Escape Works
Four men confined to separate cells after jailbreak attempt at Athens county jail was found by Sheriff McKinley. Prisoners used a steel bed brace and plumber’s chisel to remove mortar around a wall block. They planned to exit outside through the opening, hoping to slip away unseen. All four, Dewey Pyatt Nelsonville, Garrett McNutt Batley Run, George Rush Batley Run, Mark Gosnell near Lottridge, have pleaded guilty to automobile stealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
McKinley
Dewey Pyatt
Nelsonville
Garrett McNutt
George Rush
Batley Run
Mark Gosnell
Near Lottridge
Jury Still Deadlocked in Foster Trial at St Joseph
The Foster trial jury remained hung at noon with six to six votes, amid intense debate and public interest. A juror’s remark from the window suggested defense arguments about Foster's party membership and motives, as supporters pressed to convict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Mich
William Z. Foster
Minerva Olson
Foster
Communist Party
Bridgman
Trade Union Educational League
Logan Woman Has Talking Sickness Victim of influenza linked illness
Mrs. William Montgomery, 22, of Logan, admitted to Harding sanitarium Worthington after an influenza attack left her talking almost non stop for ten days. Doctors plan examinations to test a theory that flu poison affected the brain and caused the condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
William Montgomery
Logan
Harding Sanitarium
Worthington
Explosion Hits Trumbull County Jail in Warren Ohio
An explosion at the Trumbull County jail wounded three inmates early today. A heavy charge of dynamite, smuggled into the old jail, damaged the west wall and corridor windows while inmates were moved to solitary confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Dragick
Bloomfield
Joe Dovrovich
Jeb Buhle
Cleveland
Government Seeks Inheritance Tax Collected from Schmidlapp Estate
The United States government moves to collect an inheritance tax of 970000 from the estate of Jacob Schmidlapp former head of the Union Savings Bank and Trust Co. The Schmidlapp fortune once hovered near ten million dollars but much of the estate had been distributed by gifts before his 1919 death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
United States
Jacob Schmidlapp
Union Savings Bank & Trust Co
Schmidlapp
U.S. Treasry Officials: Business Stable, No Rediscount Rise
Officials say business and financial conditions in the United States are too stable to raise rediscount rates. Productivity is near capacity with output readily absorbed and few speculative cases noted.
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Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury Department
Goura mi Fish Emits Croak on Water Surface
A small Indian goura mi makes an audible croak when its body rests on the water surface. The sound is distinctive and noted in observations of this species.
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India
Death of Lord Carnarvon Ends Egypt Expedition Era
The body of Lord Carnarvon, English explorer of Tutankhamun’s tomb, will be returned to England for burial after infection from a bug bite. Reports conflict over an ancient curse, with Egyptian soothsayers linking the illness to disturbances of Pharaoh tombs, especially during the full moon.
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Cairo
Lord Carnarvon
Tut-Ankh-Amen
England
Lord Portchester
Catherine Wendell
New York
Howard Carter
Egypt
Engliid
Challenge to world from Russian church leader's execution
Garland W. Powell national director of the Americanism committee of the American Legion declared at a legion luncheon in Indianapolis that the execution of Monsignor Constantine Butchkovich vicar general of the Russian Roman Catholic church is a challenge to the civilized world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Monsignor
Constantine Butchkovich
Russia
Garland W. Powell
Americanism Committee
The
American Legion
Legion
Dramatic Death of Priest in Moscow Trial
The Rev. Father Butiewicz, a Russian Catholic leader, was executed after a death sentence. In a defiant final speech he denounced hatred and claimed the church has no secret society, prompting prosecutor Krylenko to shout that the priest lies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Father Butiewicz
Russia
Moscow
Krylenko
Grocery Firm Takes Ownership of Croy Bros. Market
Baker & Baird of North Court street purchased the East Mill street meat market from the Croy brothers at noon Wednesday ending a two week dispute over a contract. Baker & Baird will run the market alongside their North Court street store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker & Baird
North Court Street
Croy Brothers
East Mill Street
Mill Street
L. H. Stanley
Cray Brothers
iNorth Court Street
Extensive probate court work highlighted in 1923 report
Judge H S M Johnson presents the 1923 probate court statistics ending March 31 showing increases in most departments except marriage licenses. 414 licenses issued this year versus 433 last year. December had 654 licenses. Institutions sent 45 to insane asylum or epileptic hospital. 42 insane. Juveniles to industrial schools totaled 13 this year. Guardianship letters issued 77 affecting 42 children, 10 insane, five incompetents. Wills probated 66 and 93 administrators/executors appointed, up from 45 and 76 respectively.
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Athens
8S. M. Johnson
Marriage Lcense Bureau
Johnson
Array of Crimes Charged Against House of David
In Lansing Michigan a suit filed in Ingham county circuit court accuses the House of David and Benjamin Purnell of fraud adultery seduction of girls and other crimes. Attorney General Daugherty asks that The Israelite House of David Church of The New Eve Body of Christ be ordered to show cause why it should not go out of business. The bill contends the group does not exist for religion but to enrich Benjamin Purnell.
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Lansing
Mich
House of David
King
Benjamin Purnell
Ingham County
Daugherty
Michigan
Benjamin Purne ii
Sojourn in Jail Was Too Long for Nelsonville Man
Mack Morgan of Nelsonville appeared before Magistrate Helwig in Athens County and pleaded guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor after 66 days in jail awaiting bond. Morgan had prior guilty verdict and $800 fine but denied guilt and planned appeal. part of the fine was suspended with time to pay the remainder.
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Athens County
Mack. Morgan
Boloved
Nelsonville
Helwig
Morgan
Miners Union Charged With Campaign of Violence
The Bituminous coal operators' special committee filed a brief with the U S coal commission accusing the United Workers of America of a systematic campaign of violence to maintain a coal supply monopoly. They cite twelve large scale incidents since 1919 including Herrin and Minga county disasters.
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Washington
United Workers of America
United States Coal Com
Herrin
Minga County
UMWA Denies Labor Monopoly Claims in Coal Labor Case
Indianapolis April 6 William Green secretary of the United Mine Workers of America says there is no truth to claims by bituminous operators committee that UMWA has a monopoly on mine labor. He spoke in Indianapolis confirming the union's stance on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Uni States Coal Commission
United Mine Workers’ Organization
William Green
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia Legislature Debates Key Bills In Charleston
In Charleston on April, the house eyed a third reading for a chiropractic bill requiring licensed applicants with studies in bacteriology and pathology. The senate moved a second reading on the Marsh capitol removal bill with a push to finish, while a marriage license bill passed, and measures creating a domestic relations court in Cabell County and other local actions advanced or were set for final passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
House
Marsh Capitol
Senate
Cabell County
Mineral County
Clarksburg
Clarks
Harrison County
Ronceverte and
Williamson
Plains Parent-Teacers Association Meeting Postponed
The Plains group announces a total meeting of the Parent-Teachers association Friday at 6 o'clock due to the basketball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Plains
Parent-Tegners Association
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Fellows
Illinois Central
Jackson
Radical
William Moore
Central Park
Croy Bros. Market
Coal Commission
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Vienna
Humsdred
Orty
Bolshevist
Zhilomir
Ukraine
Eos
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