Duncan hearing echoes famous paternity case in South Bend
Dave Duncan a New Flood wood merchant faced a paternity charge in Athens county common pleas court after Mrs Green of Floodwood accused him of fathering her four month old child. Testimony showed no corroboration from other witnesses and the judge discharged the case concluding the presumption is legitimate birth if the mother is married.
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South Bend
Ind
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Dave Duncan
Green
Perry
Duncan
Worstell
British Pound Rises on Trade Improvement and Cotton Bills
The British treasury links a stronger pound to better trade results and paid U S cotton bills. Officials deny government action to prop up the currency. The pound touched 4690 dollars in New York, the highest since March 191%, before relaxing from the peak.
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London
Treasury Department
Treasury
United States
New York
British reparations decision to be announced in Commons
Premier A. Bonar Law will outline final British policy on indemnity in the House of Commons tonight. Government members say they are tired of conferences. Former Premier Lloyd George planned to make a declaration during the reparations policy debate.
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London
House of Commons
A. Bonar Law
Lloyd George
Three Suspect Bandits Searched On West Bound Express
Sheriff Parker Deputy Sheriff McKinley Police Chief Cady and Officer Maples hunted three men said to board the B and O express west of Parkersburg early Thursday. They searched the train from front to back at Athens yards about 2 am but found no trace. If aboard they may have left at Stewart during an unscheduled stop.
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Parker
Sherif McKinley
Cady
Maples
Athens
Stewart
Ohio Rejects Russian Stock Sale Plan in State
Ohio Secretary of State Smith announced the rejection of the Russian American Industrial Corporation's bid to sell 50 000 dollars in stock in Ohio. The move blocks formal recognition of the Russian Soviet government and cites the adviser withdrawal as making the venture financially unsound while the company seeks up to 1 000 000 dollars to run textile plants in Russia.
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Columbus
Smith
New York
Ohio
Russia
W. C. Thompson
Bee tree accident kills man in Xenia
Grover Brickel aged 28 died five hours after a bee tree he helped fell toward him toppled unexpectedly crushing him with a fractured skull in Xenia on December 13.
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Xenia
Grover Brickel
United States Holds About Half Global Gold Reserves
Treasury officials said on December 14 that the United States will hold roughly fifty percent of the world’s gold supply. They estimated US reserves near four billion dollars, up from about three point nine billion on November 1, and noting a ninety nine percent increase since the start of the war era.
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Washington
United States
Uncle Sam
Mint
Tiger urges range to hold friendship with United States
Paris December 14 The liner interview with former Premier Georges Clemenceau creates a sensation in the chamber of deputies. He opposes Ruhr occupation, urges Washington treaty ratification, supports Harding arbitration and warns France to keep costly ties with America. Premier Poincare to speak tomorrow.
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Tiger
Range
Friendchip
United
Paris
Georges Clemenceau
France
Francois Crucy
Petit Parisien
Chamber of Deputies
Ruhr
Harding
Poincare
American Labor Clash With Capitalists Alleged
Moscow dispatch cites American delegate M. Pulman saying U S capitalists use the American Legion and the Ku Klux Klan as instruments in a campaign against labor. He claims labor aims to resist a growing economic crisis and predicts future class conflict in the United States.
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Moscow
United States
London
Third Internationale F
M. Pulman
American Legion
Ku Klux Klan
Daily Mail
Pulman
Samuel Gampers
American F Federation of Labor
Americaan Legion
America
Morgan Shares View On German Reparations Quietly
J Pierpont Morgan met with Secretary of State Hughes in Washington to discuss the German reparations issue. Officials offered no statement about the visit, implying Morgan was summoned by Hughes. Morgan had just returned from Europe where he met with the reparations commission and declined to back an international loan to Germany under current terms.
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Washington
J. Pierpont Morgan
Hughes
Morgan
State Department
New York
London
Paris
Reparations Commission
Germany
Plead of a Small Boy Saves Father in Dayton Court
A four year old boy pleaded for his father, Jean Windle, in Magistrate Helwig's court at Athens. Windle, a miner near Circle Hill, had been sentenced to six months in the Dayton workhouse and over 700 in fines and costs for liquor offenses. The boy’s appeal led to a suspended sentence and installment payments, with monthly reports, and a special Christmas grace as the father can provide.
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Chile
Helwig
Dayton
Jean Windle
Circle Hill
Whden
Athens
Windle
Hewig
Christin
Athens Forum Urges Community Chest To Aid Charities
Fred Alderman of the Athens Chamber of Commerce reports growing support for a Athens community chest modeled on wartime funds. It would collect annual donations and distribute aid, reducing solicitation annoyance and ensuring proper evaluation of needs.
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Athens
Fred Alderman
Alderman
Tragedy at Humble as Train Crash Leaves Many Dead
Houston dated report says fourteen people died and thirty five hospitalized after the Houston East and West Texas passenger No. 28 struck a switch engine at Humble. Conductor William Campsey and official M Young among the dead. many others burned or injured. Officials launch investigation.
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Humble
Houston
Tex
East & West Texas
Oll Town
William Campsey
M. Young
van Noy Co
Allen predicts crises in transportation and mining
Governor Henry J. Allen of Kansas foresees transportation and coal strikes on a scale matching or exceeding the past year. In an International News Service interview he warned of nationwide agitation and two strikes across the nation within a year or two, though he would not specify the fields involved.
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John & Spivak LN. S
New York
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Siven International News Service Today
Niving
Bank of Athens N B A advertises Victory Liberty Notes payment
The Bank of Athens N B A offers collection services for U S Victory Liberty Loan 4% notes bearing letters A B C D B or F called for payment December 15 1922. Interest on these notes will cease on a specified date.
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Bank OF Athens N. B. A
U. S
Victory Liberty Loan
First real snow blankets Cleveland and northern Ohio
A heavy early winter snowfall covers Cleveland and northern Ohio with widespread blanketing. Traffic and city operations faced disruption as the storm moved through the region.
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Cleveland
Tee
Ohio
Europe Still Aims at Armament Limits But Gambit Seen Unlikely
U N S correspondent reports that despite support for a new world conference on arms limits, officials doubt success of curbing submarines aircraft and auxiliary ships. France and Britain clash on policy and ratification of last conference treaties stalls progress. Fifteen nations spend about one fifth of revenues on standing armies while facing deficits and food shortages, prompting calls for reform though distrust remains.
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U. N.S
Washington
France
Great Britain
Balkans
Near East
Goodmachine Gap
Harding
Wulusi Ascoemeny
Trains Restored For Christmas Shopping To Athens
Trains Nos. 1 and 64 on the B&O between Parkersburg and Portsmouth will resume service this Friday, December 15, aiding Christmas shoppers from surrounding districts. The move follows efforts by the Athens Chamber of Commerce after General Passenger Agent George W. Squiggins planned January 1 revival.
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Athens
Parkersburg
Portsmouth
Athens Chamber of Commerce
George W. Squiggins
Cincinnati
Minstrel Show Cancelled by Globe Theatre Date Mixup
Io Walkers Koon Minstrel will not perform Monday December 18 at the Globe Theatre Chauncey due to date mixup. Advertised appearance canceled. DR WALKERS MINSTREL 12142.
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Globe Theatre
Chauncey
Walkers
DR. Walkers Minstrel
Borah to Speak at Akron Lincoln Day Banquet
At Akron Ohio a Lincoln Day banquet was arranged for February 12 under the local Republican committee. Idaho senator William E. Borah would launch a progressive Republican drive. Congressman Kolebt stated the event was a Republican affair with no third party movement or single-candidate aim.
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Akron
O. de
Ido Ata
Summit County
Republican Executive Committee
Wiliam EB. Borah
Idaho
L. Kolebt
Borah
Hoe
Legion Opposes Beer Link to Soldiers Bonus Bill
The American Legion has decided to oppose linking beer or light wines to the soldiers' bonus, fearing it could jeopardize passage of the bonus bill. Legion officials at a conference with national commander Alvin Owsley and state leaders preferred not to include revenue provisions or bonus payments in the legislation.
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Washington
Dec. M
American Legion
Beegion
Legion
Alvin Owsley
Congress
Mrs Votaw Helps Police Nab Bootlegger Near White House
Mrs Caroline Votaw sister of the president became a prohibition officer and aided revenue agents in raiding 902 Twelfth Street and arresting Joseph D for illegal possession and transportation of liquor. A pint of rye whiskey was seized.
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Washington
Caroline Harding Vortaw
White House
Votaw
Twelfth Street
Joseph
Free 1923 Calendar Offer From The Athens Messenger
The Washington Information Bureau advertises a free 1923 calendar with appealing design and compact size. Orders must be sent now, calendars ready in December, with two cents postage included. Send name and address to Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Information Bureau.
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Futhermore
Washington Information Bureau of Thie
Aize
Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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