Excess Costs The Plains Men Face Allegations In Extortion Affair
Chauncey constable H A Sieber is jailed on two extortion charges after five men from The Plains were arrested for hunting license issues. Magistrate Sledges bound Sieber over to the grand jury. the five men were fined and jailed briefly before habeas corpus releases. Tucker is to be questioned about alleged improper handling of licenses and transportation costs.
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H. A. Sieber
Chaunce
Congravic
J. P. Tucker
Bred Ellison
Sam Workman
the Plains
Sieber
Grand Jury
Furiis
James Worstell
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Woreman
Ellison
Chauncey
Sugar Creek
Chauncey Ty Craction
Coas
Workman
Tucker
Attornes
Magis
John Rock- Man
Plains
Seiber
Republican convention to meet in Cleveland in 4224
The Republican National Committee voted to hold the 4224 national convention in Cleveland during the week of June 10, the first time in 20 years it will be away from Chicago. San Francisco and Des Moines sought the event, but Chicago backed out to respect White House wishes.
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Washington
Cleveland
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Ohio City
San Francisco
Des Moines
Coolidge
State Auto License Law Challenged by Chain Grocer
Fisher Brothers Co. files suit in common pleas court to stop collection of auto license fees under the state law arguing the measure is not general in its operations and unconstitutional. The action seeks to restrain Secretary of State Brown from enforcing the statute in Ohio.
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Columbus, O
Uit
Common Pleas
Fisher Brothers Co
Cuyahoga
Beereary
State Brown
Atat
A timely remedy as quoted in Greenvillei prose
A brief line cites a saying about remedy and discharge tied to Meriedness from Greenvillei with a cryptic closing by Amon. The excerpt presents a literary outtake rather than a clear news item or report.
First free gland clinic returns down and out to payroll
In San Francisco the worlds first free gland clinic opens its second week with Dr Clayton Wheeler reporting 50 operations and 500 applicants. Patients aged 35 to 87 seek rejuvenation by goat gland injections under the abdominal muscles, with some experiencing instant relief.
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Copeland ¢. Berg
I. N.S
San Francisco
Cal
Clayton Wheeler
L. J. Stanley
San Quentin Prison
Santa Cruz Mountains
Wheeler
England Sees U S Move On Reparations Aid
British officials welcomed President Coolidge's plan to add American representation to two international reparations study committees. The aim is to probe Germany's ability to pay, stabilize currency, and explore foreign loans and pledged resources while noting the United States is not committed to any policy.
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London
Coolidge
Foreign Office
Washington
United States
Daily Chronicle
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
The
Daily Express
Daily News
Germany
Reparations Board Sets Friday For Delegate Selection
Paris December 12 The reparations commission plans to meet Friday with experts to represent allies and associated powers. Colonel J A Logan American representative and M Barthou dismissed Washingtons bid to join the reparations inquiry. England may hold back appointments due to its political situation.
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Paris
Washington
J. A. Logan
M. Barthou
England
Man carries black cat into dock in Faversham
A man entered the dock in Faversham Kent with a black cat under his arm. The scene was noted as good luck when magistrates dismissed the case.
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Faversham
Kent
Eng
Hay Stack Burns in Athens Fire Spurs Citywide Response
A haystack blaze on Morris Avenue in Athens drew firefighters, cars, and pedestrians after the fire bell rang shortly after noon on Tuesday. No loss of life was reported as crews battled the blazing haystack in the field.
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Athens
Lower Morris Avenue
Christmas Seals drive begins in Athens county
The sale of Christmas Seals to fund tuberculosis work starts across Athens County while local merchants are visited by sales teams. Township chairmen across most towns coordinate seal sales at a rate of one cent per seal, with a goal to reach every resident. A group of Athens girls will staff a booth at Ewing Hall during the Elks minstrel shows, with duty rotas for Dorothy Stutz Mary Peoples Margaret Crow Dorothy McCormick Julia Leonard and Lenschen Peters.
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Athens
Dover
Virginia Lewis
Waterloo
R. H. Dorn
Marshfield
John Beese
Ewing Hall
Elks
Ohio Real Estate Valued Too Low Audit Plan Announced
Columbus Ohio December 12. Cuyahoga county auditor John A Zangerle says 95 per cent of 33 county auditors at the Ohio County Auditors Association convention will urge their county commissioners to re appraise statewide real estate not on the duplicate at true value.
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Columbus
Ohio County Auditors Association
John A. Zangerle
Cuyahoga
Zangjerle
Young Miner Dies In Mine Accident At Keystone
Marl Robison aged 25 a well known miner of Nelsonville Ohio was fatally injured when caught in a generator shaft at the Keystone mine on Minker Run He survived the accident about a half hour leaving a wife two children two sisters and his parents Mr and Mrs Will Robison of Huntington West Virginia funeral plans not announced
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Nelsonville
Marl Robison
Minker Run
Will Robison
Huntington
W. Va
1924 automobile license tags on sale in Athens county
Beginning Thursday the issuance of general 1924 automobile license tags will be sold at the Athens County Automobile club offices in Athens Nelsonville and Glouster. Sevene tags are for owners not in the auto club which handles tag distribution for the secretary of state. A 25 cent fee covers distribution cost, not charged to members. Secretary of State Thad H Brown requires every motor vehicle operator to have a 1924 tag before January 1.
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Athens County Automobile Club
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Auto Club
Thad H. Brown
Present Wife With a Grewsome Xmas Gift
In New York on December 12, 1930, Kainman Sniel, 41, leaped to death from a 116 foot West Side elevated platform after leaving a note pinned to his coat demanding his body be sent to his wife as a Christmas gift. The message claimed his wife caused him to live like a dog.
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New York
Kainman Sniel
Strucure
Belfont Iron Works and Kelly Nail and Iron Co to Merge
Stock holders of Belfont Iron Works Co and Kelly Nail and Iron Co authorized their directors to meet and arrange terms of a merger between the two companies. The Belfont concern is valued at $2,000,000 and the Kelly Nail and Iron Co at $1,060,000. Dec. 12 in Ironton, Q.
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Ironton, Q
Belfont Iron Works Co
Kelly Nail and Iron Co
Senator Paul Du Puy Speech Broadcast From New York
Government wireless receivers in Paris captured excerpts from a speech by Senator Paul Du Puy delivered in New York. The report notes early today the transmission of notable remarks with political implications.
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Paris
Paul du Puy
New York
Ohio State President Improves After Pleurisy Relapse
Columbus medical bulletin reports Dr. W. O. Thompson president of Ohio State University has shown improvement after a relapse last night due to pleurisy.
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Columbus, O
W. O. Thompson
Ohio State University
Mexicans Seize American Ship for Troop Transport
A despatch to the marine department states the Coahuila, a freight and passenger liner of the Mexican Navigation Co., was seized by Mexican revolutionary forces at Manzanillo. The vessel is to be used as a troop transport.
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San Francisco
Cal
Coahuila
Mexican Navigation Co
Manzanillo
Marine Department
Chamber of Commerce
Burke Will Fight Spoils System in Ohio State Welfare Dept
Senator J F Burke declared his candidacy at a Elyria dinner vowing to eliminate the spoils system from state welfare work and to appoint agents loyal to law. He urged a state board of control for institutions and denounced partisan actions he linked to previous governors.
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Elyria, O
Ohio
J. F. Burke
Republican Party
Burke
Mae Stannard
Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
Cincinnati
Wreck Probe Moves Toward Formal Blame for Lim ited Crash
In Forsythe New York the investigation into the wreck of the 20th Century Limited continued with rail officials and representatives of the interstate commerce commission and the New York public service commission. Formal charges were postponed until today as the second day of hearings opened. Authorities indicated engineer Charles Patterson of the third section would not escape blame due to bad weather not excusing the crash.
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Erie
20Th Century Limited
New York Central Railroad
Forsythe
N. Y
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Public Service Commission
Charles Patterson
Athens florist wins first prize for landscape plan
Arthur Schiotman, florist at Athens State hospital, received the American Landscape Garden club first prize for the best layout of home grounds, cemeteries and parks. He is known locally as an excellent landscape gardener and will answer questions from Athens residents while employed at the hospital.
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Arthur Schiotman
Athens State Hospital
American Landscape Garden Club
Schiotman
Athens
Rebel Attacks on Tampico Met With Vigor
Military preparations were under way in Tampico to repel a rebel assault led by General Guadalupe Sanchez and Adolfo de la Huerta. General Benecio Lopez, appointed Tamaulipas governor after the disappearance of former governor Denues de Lares, directs the defense.
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Tampico
Mex
Guadalupe Sanchez
Adolfo de la Huerta
Benecio Lopez
Tamaulipas
Dennes de Lares
Threats to Open Ku Klux Records Spark Courtroom Tension
In Atlanta the Fulton county court faces a high profile murder trial of Phil K Fox, editor of the Ku Klux Klan Imperial Palace. Coburn, attorney for Simmons faction, was slain in November. Officials warn of sensational developments and possible further arrests as the case unfolds.
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Atlanta
Fulton Superior Court
Phil K. Fox
Fox
Imperial Palace
W.S. Coburn
Coburn
William Joseph Simmons
Sox
Hiram W. Evans
G. H. Howard
Kidnap Attempt After Attack on Escort in Cincinnati
Two young men in a stolen car attacked a girl and her escort in Cincinnati and abducted the girl. Arthur Beverely of Covington Kentucky and Miss Clara Daude of Walnut Hills were involved. The girl escaped when the car neared the toll gate of the suspension bridge to Covington, fleeing as her captors fled.
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Cincinnati
Dee
Arthur Beverely
Covington
Clara Daude
Walnnut Hills
Ohio
Fearful drill on Licking Pike ends with sheriff aid
Twelve year old Tila Parish of Pinch town Ky led drillmaster play with a big revolver as a prop. She herded about a dozen frightened peers two miles south of Newport on the Licking Pike before farmers alerted Sheriff Louis B. Tieman of Campbell County who rushed to disarm the girl. The event was said to be fooling.
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Newport
Tila Parish
Pinchtown
Yester
Licking Pike
Here
Louis B. Tieman
Campbell County
Budapest’s old-timers join exclusive gathering
In Budapest an exclusive club admits seniors aged 70 or more. Dozens of septuagenarians octogenarians and nonagenarians are already enrolled. The group holds weekly meetings to discuss the good old days.
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Budapest
Heweadt
Lead Fight On World’s Ills At Federal Council Session
In Columbus Ohio the opening session of the three day Federal Council of Churches meeting features addresses on abolition of the twelve hour day in the steel industry the fight against lynching enforcement of law and world court entry. Dr John M Moore and Drs Charles S MacKarland Samuel McCrea Cavert spoke as delegates from 29 Protestant communions representing over 20.9 million adult members attend the session.
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Columbus
United States
Federal Council of Churches
John M. Moore
Marcy Avenue Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Extra Fares Debate Sways Senate Record Bills
Washington December 12 extra fares on Pullman rail travel draw seven senators a surge of anti surcharge bills. Lodge Cooding Edge McKellar Bursum Moses and Capper sponsor acts to prohibit all excess and extra fares. Capper says senators travel a lot and oppose extra fares.
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Washington
United States Senate
Senate
Congress
Lodge
Massachusetts
Cooding
Idaho
Edge
New Jersey
McKellar
Tennessee
Bursum
New Mexico
Moses
New Hampshire
Capper
Kansas
Peace in Railroad Circles If Wage Disputes End
Rock Island Lines renewed for a year their contract with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Unofficial reports said old pay rates would stay in effect while working conditions and other issues were settled, raising hopes for broader peace on other lines and among other brotherhoods.
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Rock Island
Chicago
Rock Island Lines
Brotherhood of Locomove Engineers
Iowa Senator Brookhart to Lead Fight on Rail Rates
Wisconsin’s La Follette ill. Brookhart elected by progressives to head challenge to Esch-Cummins act. Plan to repeal section 15 and cut freight rates with federal oversight of rail subsidiaries. Brookhart aims to save about a billion dollars yearly and curb stock expansions.
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Latoinette
LaPollette
Wisconsin
Brookhart
Senate
Brookbart
Capper
Kepals Kfan
Kansas
Foreigners in Newark to Receive Naturalization Papers
In Newark Ohio one hundred foreigners in the city will be presented with naturalization papers without examination by Federal Examiner H J Groff. The ceremony marks a quiet step in the World War era naturalization drive.
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Newark
H. J. Groff
Four Rivers Overflow in Paris Flood Disaster
Torrential rains flood large areas along the Rhine, Att, and Aube rivers around Paris. Severe damage reported as waters rise, prompting emergency responses and calls for relief. Authorities assess impact on homes, roads, and infrastructure.
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Paris
Kfes
Rhing
Att and
Aube
Labor plans constitutional revolt in London
The labor party meeting in London decided on a constitutional revolt against Premier Baldwin's government. They resolved to defeat the Tories at the first opportunity in the commons and invited King George to appoint a new government if they succeed.
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London
Bar Party
Stanley Baldwin
Cites
King George
Navy Report Praises New Washington Tatprees
The Washington Tatprees Bureau of The Messenger notes the Navy’s appraisal of a recent project, describing it as artistic, handy, and satisfactory in every respect.
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Washington
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