Island Queen Disaster Probe Weighs Unknown Plotter Theory
Cincinnati April 28 Captain George W. Cameron opened an inquiry into the Island Queen collapse that killed a Manchester boy and injured officials during the Grant Centennial voyage to Point Pleasant. The president’s cabin was near the failed deck and plans reportedly changed last minute.
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Cincinnati
George W. Cameron
United States Inspection Service
Point Pleasant
Edward Patterson
Wilbur Morgan
Manchester
Island Queen
John K. Peyton
Cameron
Harding
Point Leasant
Queen
Cayuga
Gilbert Bettman
Charles F. Hornberger
Hugene Weatherly
LAD
Washington
Little Wilbur Morgan
Grant
Secret Service
White House
Richard Jeerves
Mingve
Defantors Held At Fault In Coal Strike Inquiry
Chairman Nolan of the house labor committee indicts coal operators for nationwide strike causes. He says unified efforts to prevent price cuts are responsible, but finds no proof of a conspiracy among operators.
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Washington
Nolan
House Labor Committee
Blast at Fisher Body plant injures ten in Detroit
A blast at the Acetyene elding department of Fisher Body on Detroit's west side seriously injures ten workers with one in critical condition and causes about $25,000 in damage.
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Detroit
Fisher Body Company
Truce Talks Fail in Ireland as Civil War Seems Likely
Michael Collins and colleagues report that two days of mediation between free state and republican factions yield no truce. Proposals include a public safety committee with laborites as power brokers and an advance plebiscite on peace with England. Dail Éireann debates grow bitter as Griffiths tightens control.
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Dublin
Free State
Ireland
Michael Collins
Irish Republican Army
Laborites
Collins
Committee of Public Safety
England
Dail Éireann
Arthur Griffiths
Dail
DeValera
Griffiths
Gunmen in Police Uniforms Haunt Ottawa Hills Family
In Toledo on April 27 two gunmen dressed as police invaded the Ottawa Hills colony late last night and terrorized the family of Dr. A. T. Barnum. They demanded to be shown the wine cellar.
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Toledo
Ottawa Hills Colony
A. T. Barnum
United States Extends Egypt Recognition
The United States has extended recognition to Egypt's new government, contingent on continued American rights in the country, officials announced from the State Department.
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Washington
United States
Egypt
State Department
Three Men Die in Dynamite Blast at West Apollo Mine
Three non union miners were killed and two others injured when a bunk house at the Patterson mine of the Kiski Valley Coal Co. in West Apollo was dynamited early today. A bomb was thrown through a window as seven men slept.
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Appollo
Patterson
Kiski
First Concrete Sign of Genoa Conference Break
Rome reports a dispute at Genoa as M. Barber head of the French delegation will go to Paris to brief the cabinet over Premier Poincare’s stance. The Italian bulletin adds Barthou’s move fuels doubt he will return to Genoa and signals an early fracture in the talks.
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International News Service
Rome
Genoa
M. Barber
Paris
Poincare
Versailles
Barthou
Mrs Lucas Becomes Mrs Elman After Honeymoon Farewell
Chicago April 28 The noted art model known as Mrs Lucas marries motion picture financier Henri Elman and departs for a South American honeymoon. She quips I hope I get fat as she abandons dieting and plans a life of indulgence, reciting how the cream puff won over her will.
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Chicago
Mrs. Lucas
South America
Henri Elman
Elman
Broken Heart Is Quickly Mended
Henry M. Lehrmann, motion picture director, announced his marriage to Mary Alice Simpson known on stage as Jocelyn Leigh. Lehrmann previously became linked to the Arbuckle case as the fiancee of Virginia Rappe during the trial.
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Los Angeles
International News Service
Henry M. Lehrmann
Today
Mary Alice Simpson
Jocelyn Leigh
Lehrmann
Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Thompson to Outline Platform at Republican Governor Dinner
More than 1,500 guests from twenty Ohio counties are expected at the dollar dinner in Cleveland to hear Colonel Carmi A. Thompson of Euclid Village lay out the platform for his bid for the Republican nomination for governor.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Masonic Auditorium
Carmi A.thompson
Euclid Village
Missouri Co eds Learn to Use Guns at University Range
In Columbia Missouri on April 28 co eds at a Missouri university are trained in rifle shooting under Captain John P Lake. Regular classes and field practice have made the women highly adept with rifles and they find practice shooting more engaging than golf or tennis.
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Columbia, Mo
Pretty
Missouri University
John P. Lake
Lake
Amendment proposed to tax incomes from federal bonds and securities
A House resolution proposed by Rep Green Iowa seeks a constitutional amendment to authorize federal and state taxation of incomes from federal bonds and securities. The measure has the approval of Treasury Secretary Mellon.
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Washington
Representative Green
Iowa
Police hunt man after assault on Svaiski in Kenmore
Chief Poulson seeks an unknown male who stopped Miss Svaiski on a lonely Kenmore street, demanded a hug, struck her with a blunt instrument, and left her unconscious after she refused. Local authorities urge witnesses to come forward.
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Kenmore, CO
Poulson
Miss Svaiski
Freight rates must fall to prewar levels or farm prices rise
Secretary Henry C Wallace told the New York Academy of Political Science that readjustments in agricultural production will require freight rates to drop to prewar levels or farm prices must rise to match higher costs. He warned that high freight charges cripple agriculture and threaten national wellbeing, though not solely responsible for the depression.
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New York
Henry C. Wallace
New York Academy of Political Science
Wallace
Troop Movements Surge Around Peking Amid Manchurian Strife
General Chang Tso-Lin shifts large troop forces toward the Peking area. The Peking Mukden railway runs only one train daily as cars are diverted to support the Manchurian warlord's campaigns.
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Peking
International News Service
Chang Tso-Lin
Peking-Mukden
Lodi High to Graduate Four at Spring Commencement
Lodi township high school will hold exercises from Sunday April 30 to Friday May 5 at the M E B church starting 7 30 PM. Four graduates will receive diplomas with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev L F Miller and the senior plays on May 2 featuring The Deacon s Court ship. Prof Bert M Thompson of Ohio University will deliver the commencement address.
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Jerseyville
Lodi Township High School
M. EB
L. F. Miller
Bert M. Thompson
Ohio University
Trade secrets may be bared through new laws
Congress prepares drastic measures to force coal operators to reveal trade secrets. The House labor committee nears conclusion on the Bland bill creating a federal coal investigation agency with power to compel disclosure. John L. Lewis delays testimony amid West Virginia mine war trials. operators shown evasive on costs and profits. The bill will gain teeth and may deny shipping coal if data is blocked.
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Warren W. Wheaton
SN. S
Washington
Congress
House Labor Committee
Federal Coal Investigation Agency
Lewis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Nolan
Belgiums Heroine to Wed American
Miss Suzanne Silvercruys daughter of a Belgian Supreme Court justice and sister of the Belgian embassy secretary in Washington will marry Henry W Farnum Jr of New Haven Connecticut. She was decorated by King Albert for war work.
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Suzanne Silvercruys
Supreme Court
Washington
Mary Henry W. Farnum, Jr
New Haven
Conn
Silvercruys
Albert
Treason Trial Opens in Nearby State
William Blizzard, United Mine Workers official, goes on trial for treason in West Virginia. Early witnesses include Major Tom B. Davis and Captain J. R. Brockus as defense and state quash debate about miners march to Logan county border last summer.
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Charleston
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Logan County
Shenandoah Valley
Little Mountain
Tom B. Davis
Mingo County
Morgan
Daniel 4. Eubanks
Logan
Boone
J. R. Brockus
Brockus
W. S’. Tlarness
Clothier
Beech Creek
J. N. Wood
J. F. Stewart
Union
Stewart
Miners’ Army
Madison
W. Va
Jones
Miners Army
Marmet
Blizzard
United Mine Workers of America
Staiv
Soldier Kills Man Over Woman in Canton Quarrel
William R Arbogast, 30, a former regular army enlistee, was arrested in Reading Pennsylvania for the murder of John J Allen in Canton Ohio last October. Arbogast says he shot in fear after Allen reached for a revolver while arguing over his sweetheart Marne L Franklin.
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Reading
John J. Allen
Canton
William R. Arbor
Arbogast
Allen
Marne L. Franklin
Patterson elected president of American Newspaper Publishers
Paul Patterson of the Baltimore Sun was elected president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association at the annual convention in New York.
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SUN
New York
International News Service
Paul Patterson
The
Baltimore Sun
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Chauncey Hosts Jacksonville Game With Prize Ford Giveaway
Chauncey invites Jacksonville fans for a Sunday game on April 30 at new Baill Park. Ford car given away to a lucky attendee. Parking spaces promised for all visitors.
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Chauncey
Jacksonville
New Baill Park
Ford
Senators Hold Bonus Plan to a Feasible One
Washington April 28 Senator Lodge and other Republican leaders say the soldiers' bonus can be financed without heavy treasury drain. They note a large prewar debt cut and Mellon's warning about deficits should not stop aid. The plan would use additional certificates of indebtedness authorized by Liberty Bond and Victory Note acts until interest on British debt is available.
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I. N
Washington
Senator Lodge
Treasury
Mellon
Forest Fire Threatens Lansford Area in Hazelton Report
A forest fire raged on Broad Mountain between Mauch Chunk and Hudsondale all night, destroying property and timber and now menaces the village of Lansford. Authorities suspect careless spark or ember as the cause.
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Hazelton
Broad Mountain
Mauch Chunk
Hudsondale
Lansford
Gangs Kill Five in Ballineen and Dunmanway Shooting
In Ireland, armed men shot five prominent citizens in Ballineen and Dunmanway as reported by Exchange Telegraph. Separately, Farmers' Supply stockholders schedule a meeting for Saturday April 29 at 1:00 PM in the company warehouse with F P Linscott as president.
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London
Ballineen
Dunmanway
Exchange
Ireland
Farmers’ Supply Company
F. P. Linscott
Winchester on Fire Threatens Canal Winchester
Firefighters raced to Canal Winchester after an appeal for aid, as flames menaced the village business district amid a blaze that put the town near Columbus on high alert this afternoon. The response included firefighting equipment rushed from nearby areas to combat the blaze.
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Winchester
Columbus
International News Service
Colony
Canal Winchester
Here
Federation seeks magazine donations for state reformatories
The City Federation calls for magazines of all kinds for the Ohio penitentiary and the Marysville Woman's Reformatory. They will collect and ship the literature, asking donors to deliver at city hall on Saturday morning between 9 and the end of the morning hours.
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Ohio Penitentiary
Woman's Reformatory
Marysville
City Hall
County Surveyor Baker Denies Charges in Petition
Athens County surveyor Fred R. Baker denies allegations in a petition filed by William Hier of Canaanville seeking his removal. In a Friday statement to citizens, Baker says he has obeyed Ohio laws and his oath, will use his legal rights, and remains faithful until proven unworthy of public trust.
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Fred R. Baker
Athens County
William Hier
Canaanville
Baker
Comme Pleas Court
Ohio
Daily Messenger
Banks Half Holiday Plan In Athens
Beginning Thursday May 4 the banks of Athens will close each Thursday at noon continuing until Thursday Sep 28 inclusive The Athens National Bank The Second Savings Bank The Bank of Athens will observe the half holiday schedule through the season.
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Banks of Athens
Athens Nat'l Ban
Sec
Sav. Bank
Bank of Athens
Peace ship fate hangs on Genoa conference outcome
Genova April 28 An air of unease surrounds the Genoa peace conference as observers await the next 48 hours to decide whether Lloyd George's peace ship will float or sink. World leaders split, many fear the mission will fail, while Welahm remains steadfast amid the crisis.
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D. Weyer
Genoa
Lloyd George
Welahm
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