Wheeler demands dismissal of Atlanta warden and Daugherty allies
Senator Wheeler urges President Coolidge to clean house in the department of justice and oust J E Dyche, warden of the Atlanta Penitentiary. He cites affidavit by bootlegger Remus alleging graft and an alliance between the warden and Harry M Daugherty and says hearings will resume mid November.
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Washington
Coolidge
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Department of Justice
Wheeler
J. E. Dyche
Atlanta
Daugherty
George Remus
Henry Stern
Remus
Harry M .Daugherty
Harry M. Daugherty
Ohio
Warden Denies Pressuring Remus Over Affidavit
A. E. Sartain, warden of Atlanta federal prison, denies pressuring George Remus to sign yesterday’s affidavit. Remus claims Wheeler-Brookhart committee investigators promised freedom if he helped frame former Attorney General H. M. Daugherty. He says the affidavit was voluntary and aimed at vindicating Daugherty amid alleged plots against him.
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Atlanta
A. E. Sartain
Federal
George Remus
Remus
Wwheeler-Brookhart
H. M. Daugherty
Sartain
Harry Stern
Wheeler-Brookhart Committee
Jesse Smith
Ohio
Daugherty
Rival War Lords Clash In Chinese Civil Prep
Civil war preparations intensify between rival war lords of Kiangsu and Chekiang in eastern China. Forces gather near Shanghai and Kiangnan arsenal as an ultimatum to Marshal Lu is delivered from Hang Chou. American and British ships head toward Shanghai amid hourly fighting expectations.
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London
Kiansu
Chekiang
Shanghai
Chih-Li
Huncan
Kiangnan
Chi Li
Hang Cho
Kiang Su
Auto crash on Logan Nelsonville detour injures Bay couple
Logan Ohio August 29 Mr and Mrs T V Bay of Rushville were heading home after visiting Greendale when their car collided on the Logan Nelsonville detour. Mrs Bay suffered severe injuries and the vehicle was badly damaged. An affidavit alleging reckless driving by Ed Lock was filed with Magistrate Miller, but Lock has not been apprehended.
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Logan
T. V. Bay
Rushville
Greendale
Logan-Nelsonville
Bay
Miller
Ed Lock
Lock
Five Railroads Merge into Nickel Plate System
Approval by the interstate commerce commission paves the way for a merger uniting Erie Chesapeake and Ohio Hocking Valley Pere Marquette with Nickel Plate lines. The plan creates a 11000 mile system with a stock issue exceeding 150 million dollars and vows community benefits and stockholder profit, subject to formal Commission approval.
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Cleveland. O
Interstate Commerce ‘Commission
M. J
Pere Marquette
Eri
Nickel Plate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jin
Jhas
Tiny Millfield Train Wrecker Captures Bewildered Town
A child spectator lingered at the scene of the Millfield No. 6 wreck as workers recovered the engineer's body from the cab. The boy had set a small board on the rails 15 minutes earlier and confessed he wanted to see what would happen to the train. Coroner L. W. Sanders noted the curious involvement in the crash discovery.
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Millfield
L. W.sanders
Lwreck
Aged Grandchildren Visit Ohio U Campus
Two elderly visitors, Paul Pidkins of Springfield Massachusetts and his brother Theodore Pidkins of Mount Vernon Ohio, toured Ohio University in Athens. They recalled their grandfather Rev. Robert G. Wilson as the third university president from 1824 to 1839 and viewed Cutler Hall with registrar F B Dilley. A child, Ralph Roberts, 9 10, involved in a board incident at Sheriff McKinley’s porch, waited with his grandparents as his case headed to Juvenile Court.
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Ohio University
Paul Pidkins
Springfield
Maass
Theodore Pidkins
Mt. Vernon
Athens
F. B. Dilley
Cutler Hall
Wilson
Chillicothe
Presbyterian Church
Pidkins
Mass
Ohio
Seven Updegraffs Die After Gande Crossing Crash
At Perrysburg Ohio near Toledo a Ford Touring car carrying seven Updegraff family members was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train on the Dixie Highway. All seven aboard died and an eighth, Cyrus Updegraff Jr., died later in hospital. The accident occurred at a dangerous crossing with conflicting claims about whistle signals. an investigation continues.
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Dixie Highway
Toledo
Toledo, O
Wood County
Here
Bertha Updégraff
Cyrus, Jr
Henry H. Kepp
Updegraff
County Orchard Notes From Athens County Farms
Mr. Parker reports on long lived pear trees and a 500 new fruit-tree planting in the county. He notes a 100 year old tree in Trimble district that never blighted and a Sheldon pear tree yielding up to 40 bushels. A national buyer lauds Athens county peaches while sod planting and mulch feeding young trees show strong growth.
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Atree
Parker J
William Antle
Trimble Road
Parker
Athens County
Georgia
Michigan
Athens County Peach Tops National Ratings At Fair
J W Parker presented a Hale peach weighing one pound with an 11 inch girth grown in J W Stocklein’s orchard near Glouster. Other fruit specimens shown by Parker highlighted Athens County’s crop quality against national rivals.
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Athens County
Georgia
Michigan
Hollywood
J. W.parker
J. H. Hale
Messenger
J. W. Stocklein
Parker
Signal man Pinkston saves Locatelli on Richmond mission
Willis Pinkston, aboard the U S 8 fighting ship Richmond, spotted a distant flare that led to saving the Italian flyer Locatelli. Captain Cotten publicly commends Pinkston for his keen lookout and courage. The author offers to start a fund to honor Pinkston and invites further contributions from Americans of Italian descent and readers.
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Willis Pinkston
Richmond
Locatelli
Pinkston
Cotten
Signalman Pinkston
Dayton Receives the Monster Zeppelin Airship
Dayton Ohio reports that the ZR 3 giant airship will be delivered by Germany to U S representatives and after a six month test will join the United States air service at McCooks Field. A hangar similar to Lakehurst will be built and before completion the airship will be quartered at Scott Field. The ZR 3 is described as the largest aircraft in the world.
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Germany
United States
United States Air Service
McCooks Field
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Scott Field
Belleville
Uses Mew Revolver to End His Life in Hocking County
Logan Ohio August 29. Deputies and the prosecuting attorney investigated the death of John Defenbaugh at Laurelville after neighbors found him with a bullet wound to the heart. He had been in poor health and had received a 32 caliber revolver from a mail order house on Monday. The gun was found beside the body and the death was ruled a suicide. Defenbaugh lived alone and is survived by three sisters and one brother. No funeral arrangements have been announced.
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Suicde
Cannibal Negrites Suspected in Filipinos Killing
Report from the Zambales Mountain district describes a torture and death of a Christian Filipino allegedly by cannibalistic Negrites inhabiting the mountains.
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Manila
Zambales
No Paper Monday Observed For Labor Day
The Messenger will be closed all day Monday in honor of labor by workers in the institution and across the United States. The message notes Labor Day as a national holiday observed since the paper's inception in 1905.
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The
Messenger
United
Athens county opens first reinforced concrete road this fall
Athens County crews finish Sugar Creek section of the Athens Marietta route linking Mine 210 to the Dover Ames township line. The 2.5 mile strip features 16 foot roadway and two 60 foot concrete girder bridges over Federal Creek. Completion cost $85 738.98 with new grading and drainage underway.
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Athens-Marietta
Athens County
Ohio
Dover-Ames
Amesville
Athens
Federal Creek
Anna Kaamee A Ete
Eaemy
Marines and Company
State Highway Department
Accidental Gun Death Near Newark Oklahoma Farm
Newark, Colorado, August 29. Edward Tacy, 14, was killed and his father wounded by a shot from a shotgun in the hands of Jesse Phillips while hunting groundhogs on a farm northwest of Newark. The shooting was ruled accidental and Phillips was not arrested.
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Newark, CO
Edward Tacy
Here
Jesse Phillips
Phillips
Counterfeit $20 Note Circulates. Pittsburgh Bank Warns
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland notifies that a new counterfeit twenty dollar note is in circulation. The alert follows the arrest of Samuel Roberts in Pittsburgh on charges connected to fake money schemes.
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Pittsburgh
Samuel Roberts
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Playground Well Condemned in Nelsonville Ohio
The city playground well was condemned by the state board for health and the pump removed by local officials. The abandoned well had attracted 250 to 300 daily users and water samples showed contamination. A plan to pipe city water to the playground is being pursued this fall.
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Nelsonville
City Playground
State Board For Health
Delay Hearing Set in Rails Derailment Case
A probate delay postpones arraignment of Ralph Roberts until the boy's father from Toledo arrives. Special officer Grant Horlocher cites malicious intent in the case linked to the No. 6 derailment that killed Engineer Harry Sargent and injured Fireman Klein and passenger Joseph Schmidt. Klein's condition improves while Schmidt returns home after describing being dragged from the smoking car by Mrs. Lindsey Sprague of Chauncey. The Roberts boy remains with the family as the delay continues.
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Grant Horlocher
Athens-Thurston
New York Central Railroad
Ralph Roberts
Roberts
Harry Sargent
Peter Kleinland
Joseph Schmidt
Toledo
M. Johnson
Earl Roberts
Klein
Army Hospital
Schmidt
Lindsey Sprague
Chauncey
Mrs. Sprague
Roberts Boy
President Coolidge Returns to Work and Campaign Duties
President Coolidge left Vermont for Washington and resumed cabinet and campaign duties after a two week vacation. He traveled with Mrs. Coolidge, their son and Bascom Slemp, planned breakfast at the White House, and held talks with cabinet members and Secretary Hoover on federal mission plans amid the World Fraternal meeting.
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George K. Durno
J. N. & Stat
Washington
Coolidge
Hoover
Picnic in Patrol Vienna Report Confused Dispatch
Patrol wagons of Vienna police department command eight parolees. In total they move them, while officers on foot escort prisoners to jail.
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Vienna
Vienna Police Department
Policathen
Éuly
Old Time Indian Pow Wow at Athens Fair Grounds
Red Men of southern Ome hold a Labor Day open air event at Athens fair grounds with the P hantas branch participating. The chief's degree and a parade with fireworks are planned, including a 1 PM class of candidates and a 7:30 PM race track Indian event.
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Ome
Athens Fair Grounds
Phantas
Order
Gloustar
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