Election Violence Grips Chicago as Primary Polls Open
Chicago voters faced outbreaks of violence and intimidation as six men attacked Deneen precinct captain Ralph Taylor and abducted him from a South Side street. Photographer Eddie McGill was beaten by two men who accused him of assaulting a woman. Claims of ballot box stuffing circulated as rival factions denounced each other.
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Chicago
Ralph H. Taylor
Deneen
Eddie McGill
Twenty-Seventh
Crowe-Thompson
Robert E. Crowe
U. S
Charles 8. Deneen
Taylor
Fifth Precinct
Fifth Ward
Art Dyer
McGill
Roosevelt Theater
Three Escape Bad Hurts in Wreck
Three persons escaped serious injury when cars collided at the intersection of Washington and Congress streets at 1 pm today. Ann Lois Saum directed a coupe that turned over after impact with a sedan driven by O C McVay. McVay and Miss Saum suffered damage to their vehicles.
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Washington and
Congress Streets
Ann Lois Saum
North Hill Street
Ohio University
Ruby A. Tinsman
South College Street
O. C. McVay
Columbia Avenue
Ohio Collieries
McVay
Congress Street
Man seeks divorce funds in Chauncey city
A local business man reports a young man visited Chauncey on Monday asking for money to aid in obtaining a divorce from his wife. He claimed residency in Athens county and told the merchant the aid was needed to feed many hungry children, suggesting to "leave her" if unable to get along.
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Chauncey
Athens County
Capital Council To Probe Affairs In City Offices
Columbus April 10. A three member City Council committee will investigate alleged liquor parties and moral charges among city hall workers. The panel includes Councilmen Zimpfer Worley and Karas and may call witnesses from the old Central High School building where Clem Walter was fatally shot in Jenkins office. Mayor Thomas may be summoned. A federal probe was hinted by Assistant U.S. District Attorney Bartels.
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Columbus
U.R
Zimpfer
Worley
Karas
Old Central High School
Clem Walter
Jenkins
Thomas
United States District
Bartels
Klan Terror Unfolds At Pittsburgh Trial
Federal court hears how Ku Klux Klan activities reached the University of Pittsburgh and a secret Pennsylvania group. Roy F. Barclay, ex exalted cyclops, testifies about a 1923 Beaver Falls lynching attempt by a Pitt student and eight other Klansmen. J R Ramsey describes the Night Riders terror campaigns including bombings and church arsons.
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Pittsburgh
Ku Klux Klan
University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Roy F. Barclay
Cyclops
Pitt University
Beaver Falls
Barclay
Ramsey
Dayton
Republican Group Switches to Hoover
The Portage county Republican central committee voted to support Herbert Hoover for the Republican presidential nomination. It had backed Senator Frank B. Willis and becomes the first Willis organization in Ohio to switch, citing no logical successor to Willis in the field.
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Ravenna
U.P
Portage County
Republican Central Committee
Herbert Hoover
Frank B. Willis
Willis
Hoover
Opening Major League Games Delayed by Rain Forecasts
Weather reports warn heavy rain and drizzle across many games as Major League Baseball opens. Washington and Boston planners discussed postponement for the Senators vs Red Sox game, while other matchups face rain, clouds, and warmer conditions with potential delays.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
U.R
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Spring road work warns motorists to plan travel
H N Burgett secretary of the South East Ohio Motor club cautions drivers that spring brings road construction and repairs. He warns that night or weekend travel may face temporary closures as highway crews work quickly to handle heavy upcoming travel.
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H N. Burgett
South East Ohio Motor Club
Burgett
Water deal explained to an Ohio group
William Dawes Chicago banker told Cleveland Chamber of Commerce members that Chicago seeks only its rightful share of Great Lakes waters. He argued water use is diversion and not theft, noting natural outflow would flow to the Mississippi Valley anyway and is used for development.
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Cleveland
William Dawes
Chicago
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Windy City
Great Lakes
Dawes
Central National Bank of Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
Mississippi Valley
Judge Johnson Describes The Kind Of Boy People Like
Major S M Johnson, Athens County probate judge, spoke to the Kiwanis club and boy guests at Hotel Berry on what constitutes the kind of boy people admire. He listed eleven traits from readiness and discipline to character, patriotism, and a life modeled on Jesus Christ, with Mrs. Robert P. Tompkins singing a solo and O C Bird presiding.
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Major S. M. Johnson
Athens County Probate Court
Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
Mr. Johnson
Jesus Christ
Christ
Major Johnson
Robert P. Tompkins
O. C. Bird
Athens Among Top Ohio Schools in National List
Ohio's Athens is highlighted in a twelve school list tendered by the Journal of the Nationa association. The feature notes the reply based on a request to school officials and praises these institutions for guiding students toward a fair start in life through broad practice and community life.
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Ohio
Journal of the
Nationa Kd Association
Athens Publi
Association
Ohio pottery executive pardoned while father faces jail
In Cleveland on April 10, Judge Killits suspended the two year federal sentence of R I Henderson treasurer of Carrollton Pottery Company Carrolton after civic groups urged leniency for the town’s main industry while his father I L Henderson president must serve prison time The elder was given sixty days to arrange business affairs before reporting to Atlanta federal penitentiary The younger must return to Carrollton to devote time to developing the pottery firm and faces a $1000 fine still in place
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O.R
R.ik. Henderson
Carrolton Pottery Company
Carrolton
John M. Kullits
L Henderson
I. L. Henderson
Hendersons
Killits
Henderson
Atlanta
Carrollton
United States
Hun
Sinclair Teapot Dome case opened with conspiracy charge
Attorney for Tate starts case in court as government outlines charges against Sinclair. Prosecutor Owen Roberts portrays Fall as favored in leasing Teapot Dome, emphasizes secrecy and lack of receipts, and asserts the $253,000 Liberty Bond transfer was not a real business deal.
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Washington
U.pa
Harry FF. Sinclair
Albert Ball
Fall
Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Reserve
Owen J. Roberts
Roberts
John C. Shaffer
Denver
Chicago
Charge Youth With Death of Officer in Slab Run Shooting
Edward Burton 19 of Magoffin County Kentucky was held on a first degree murder charge in the death of Deputy Sheriff Henry Beading 31 who was killed Sunday at Slab Run. Garner Vendl 27 alleged companion died yesterday after officers pursued them following the wounding of a filling station attendant.
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Portsmouth
Edward Burton
Magoffin County
Kentucky
Henry Beading
Slab Run
Garner Vendl
Burton
Vencil
White House hopeful on farm relief after McNary Haugen remark
President Coolidge reiterated opposition to certain provisions of the McNary Haugen farm bill, including the equalization fee, while officials in Washington say he is hopeful for some farm relief legislation in this session.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Oil well in Ohio reportedly hits 50 barrels hourly
Crooksville reports a Crowley company oil well on the Hankinson lease produced about 50 barrels per hour last night. The well is expected to settle to a daily output near 1,100 barrels.
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Crooksville
U.P
Ohio
Crowley Company
Hankinson
Sinclair defense hinges on Pacific war scare in Teapot Dome case
Harry F. Sinclair's lawyers claim a Pacific war scare justified his 1922 Teapot Dome lease with Albert Fall. They say Admiral Robinson urged storing battleship fuel oil and routing a pipeline, while Sinclair allegedly paid 233000 dollars to Fall to secure a deal and a third interest in Fall's New Mexico ranch.
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Washington
U.P
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of Interior
Teapot Dome
Navy Department
J. K. Robinson
Naval General Board
Sinclair
Daniel Thew
Wright
Robinson
Wyoming Fields
Wall
Fall
New Mexico
Auto Club Leaders To Meet This Week
Ohio statewide gathering of secretaries and presidents from eighty three automobile clubs will convene April 12 and 13 at the New Southern hotel in Columbus. Attendees include representatives from the American Automobile Association and national headquarters in Washington. The two day sessions aim to boost service to club members and improve existing services ahead of a busy motoring season.
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Columbus
Ohio State Automobile Association
New Southern Hotel
American Automobile Association
Washington, D. C
Judge Denies Petition by 296 Union Miners in Ohio Eviction
Federal Judge Benson W. Hough of Columbus denied the petition of 296 striking union miners in southwestern Ohio who sought an extension on a December eviction order. Families face forcible removal from company houses on April 15 unless the order is honored.
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Benson W. Hough
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio boards of education meet in Athens county chamber
State law requires annual meeting of all county district boards of education. In the Chamber of Commerce room at 1 p.m. Tuesday the group will discuss the organization for the coming year and school finances. Attending are W R Heistand Frank E Wilson J Clyde Edmundson plus about 130 board members and clerks. County superintendent H KR McVay is mailing invites this week.
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Athens County
J. Clyde Edmundson
H. KR. McVay
Norwalk Man Found Lying in Pool of Blood
Thayer Jackson a 40 year old Norwalk furniture dealer and son of C F Jackson, owner of department stores in Norwalk and Findlay, was found near death at his home with a bullet wound in his head. He was taken to Memorial hospital where doctors said he would likely die before nightfall. An automatic pistol lay near his unconscious body as police described. Jackson had been a prominent local figure and amateur actor known for Shakespearean roles.
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Norwalk
U.P
Thayer Jackson
C. F. Jackson
Findlay
Memorial Hospital
Jackson
Canton
Miners Conference Set for Doanville Meeting this Week
John Walker president of the Cambridge sub district Frank J Bender secretary treasurer and Oral Daugherty president of the Hocking sub district will speak at the miners meeting at the Doanville dance hall Thursday April 12 at 730 pm The session moves from Floodwood to Doanville H V Worden Floodwood will preside entertainment by Doanville and Floodwood pupils is planned
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Nelsonville
John Walker
Cambridge
Frank J. Bender
Oral Daugherty
Hocking
Doanville
Floodwood
H. V. Worden
Fioodwood
Deanville
Skull Crushed Driver in Car That Killed Cousin
Nelsonville story says Ralph Robson twenty of Murray City died from injuries after his car left the road and struck a culvert near Juniper below Nelsonville. Williams, Kirk and another were occupants. Williams charged with intoxication and pled not guilty. Robson leaves parents and nine siblings. recall to last year near Bessemer where Gilbert Robson, Athens, was involved.
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Nelsonville
Ralph Robson
Murray City
James Robson
Nville
Robson
Peil Williams
Traliit Kirk
Columbus
Kirk
Deanville
Williams
Robon
le J. Eberle
Bessemer
Gilbert Robson
Athens
Republicans Call Hoover Census Policy Racially Charged
Senator Cole Blease charged that Republican leaders seek the negro vote and make the party a stench to decent citizens. He cited a purported Hoover order mixing colored clerks with white workers in the census bureau and alleged prior segregation had been eased.
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Washington
U.P
Cole Blease
North Carolina
Senate
Commerce Hoover
Census Bureau
Blease
Hoover
Election officers to be chosen by Women's Self Government group
Columbus April 10 election of officers for the Women's Self Government association will be held Thursday on the Ohio State University campus.
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Columbus
Women’s Self Government Association
Ohio State University
President seeks $400,000 for Chillicothe reformatory buildings
President Coolidge asked Congress for an appropriation of four hundred thousand dollars to begin construction of new buildings for the industrial reformatory at Chillicothe Ohio.
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Washington
Coolidge
Conegress Today
Industrial Reformatory
Chillicothe, O
Kitchens Arranging Booklet Promises Efficient Home layout
The Athens Messenger promotes a forthcoming booklet on kitchen organization and efficient layout. It highlights arranging the kitchen to save steps, improve work flow, and enhance cleanliness, with plans and sketches to guide readers.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Washington
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