Railroad man dies after escape from Athens hospital
Hadley Davis 57 of Chillicothe escaped at 5 am from Athens State hospital visitation and was crushed by a B and O freight train at Zaleski later Saturday. He had worked 16 years on the railroad, and his son Earl Davis is a brakeman. Coroner and Superintendent Berry investigated the fatal incident.
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Hadley Davis
Chillicothe
Athens State Hospital
Zaleski
Dowler
Davis
Athens
Berry
Vinton County
Earl Davis
Coldest Day Yet As Thermometer Rises Through Morning
The article notes the coldest day of winter with readings on Richland Avenue of nine above at 7 am and sixteen above by 9 am. In downtown the temperature reached fourteen above at 7:30 am, signaling a gradual warm up after a frigid start.
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Richland Avenue
Inaugural Ball Returns to Washington for Harding
Washington plans the first inauguration ball in twelve years as part of Senator Harding's ceremony. The event will be held in the pension office, drawing thousands with tickets. A Mardi Gras on Pennsylvania Avenue will segment the street by state for festive parades and costumes. Local merchants anticipate economic boost from visiting guests.
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Washington
Wilson
Senator Harding
Harding
Pennsylvania Avenue
Under Secretary Davis Recovers From Hiccoughs Attack
Washington December reports Norman H. Davis resting comfortably at home after hiccoughs attack that began Tuesday and ended last night.
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Washington
Norman H. Davis
Government publishes practical hints on gas engine care
The United States government has prepared a bulletin of practical hints on gas engine maintenance. This 20th century need worries citizens and helps operators and lay readers alike, with simple language and tips. It is free at the Washington Information Bureau for readers.
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United States
Washington Information Bureau
Federal agencies urged to regulate wheat handling and curb gambling
The federal trade commission told President Wilson that massive future wheat trading is like gambling and should be curbed by law. It noted no power to stop foreign wheat imports and urged creation of machinery to regulate centralized buying by foreign governments to shield American farmers from price manipulation. Seven factors drove U.S. wheat prices down including a larger world crop and foreign buying shifts.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commissioner
Wilson
Cies
United States
United State
Pastor Cornelius Densel Faces Church Verdict After Return
In Passaic New Jersey the First Netherlands Church prepares to rule tonight on the Rev Cornelius Densels reinstatement after his mysterious disappearance. He returned with Carina Hannenberg and wept during the service as congregants also cried. The elder noted a full confession and request for forgiveness. Families under censor will have a hearing on rejoining full membership.
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Passaic
N. J
First Netherlands
Cornelius Densel
Carina Hannenberg
Densel
Senator Dillingham Pushes Ratio Based Immigration Limit
Senator William P. Dillingham of New Hampshire proposes a measure to restrict immigration to five cents annually of the nationals from each country currently in the United States. He argues the plan would curb southern and eastern European entries while increasing Central and Northern European arrivals.
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William P. Dillingham
New Hampshire
United States
Ator Dillingham
Military raids seek Sinn Fein fugitives on Arian Islands
Dublin reports that on December 20 military forces raided the Arian Islands searching for Sinn Feiners believed hidden there. In clashes two fugitives were killed three wounded and seven captured as efforts to sweep the broken terrain continued with plans for further searches due to possible undetected hiding places.
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Dublin
Free Whiskey Runners Released on Moderate Bonds
Grand Rapids daily report states James Smith a 41 year old Detroit automobile salesman and R C Freeman a 30 year old Toledo mechanic were released on $1000 bonds each by the U S commissioner Waer. They were arrested while driving from Detroit with 324 quarts of liquor valued at more than $4000 at present prices.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
James Smith
Detroit
R. C. Freeman
Toledo
United States
Waer
Joy Taken Out of Christmas
Cleveland police report a weekend crackdown on liquor makers and sellers with more than 60 violators under arrest. Four large stills and 6000 pounds of mash were seized at one location, and many smaller stills found in raids, along with fifteen barrels of wine removed from a cellar.
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Cleveland
Sinn Fein prisoners used as hostages rise in Irish unrest
Two deaths reported near Cashel as military policy in Ireland uses Sinn Fein prisoners as hostages. Sinn Feiners warned troops will carry prisoners in all movements. Macready orders no reprisals in martial law zones and Cohalan bans ambuscades from Sinn Feiners. De Valera may visit Cherbourg in a peace bid while O Flanagan and Lloyd George exchange letters seeking a meeting ground. Chaplain Cohalan denounces ambushes as Americans urged to help seek peace.
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Webb Miller
United Press
London
Sinn Fein
Cashel
Sinn
Lloyd George
MacReady
Cohalan
Cork
Irish Republic
Athens High Keeps Clean Slate in Two Wins
Athens High under Coach Macktie’s fast quintet defeated Pomeroy 27 to 11 and beat Point Pleasant 52 to 19 to preserve a clean slate. The girls’ team won 13 to 3 over Pomeroy but forfeited to Point Pleasant due to rule conflicts. Thursday Athens High faces Commerce High of Columbus in a anticipated clash.
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Macktie
Athens High
Pomeroy
Point Pleasant
Athens
Commerce High of
Columbus
Public Dance at Junior Hall This Wednesday Evening
Public dance announced for Wednesday night at Junior Hall with admission 75 cents for men and 25 cents for ladies. No further details provided. event appears as a small local social notice.
Woman Surrenders Delay in Ardmore Killing Case
Clara Smith Hamon, widow of Jake L. Hamon, sought for his death, plans to surrender before holidays end per Sheriff Buck Garrett. Arrangements for surrender are nearly complete and County Attorney Brown says there is enough evidence for trial if she pleads not guilty.
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Ardmore
Okla
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Buck Garrett
Senate and House Back War Finance Revival
The Senate concurrently approved a House amendment reviving the war finance corporation without a record vote. It removes a section directing broader farmer credit through the Federal Reserve Board. The measure proceeds to President Wilson for signature.
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Senate
HOUSE
Washington
War Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Wilson
Crimes Follow New York Exodus To Nearby Cities
Crooks driven from New York by police roundups have resumed activity in nearby cities. Crimes in smaller eastern towns are reported to be rising in the hours following the exodus from New York.
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New York
Exiled Greek King Constantine Returns to Athens
Constantine ends three years of exile with a triumphant return to Athens. Crowds line streets from the station to the Acropolis and palace, cheering, singing, and rewarding the king with displays of homage as British, French, and Italian ministers stay deliberate on relations. Warships withdraw from Greek waters to avoid tensions.
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Athens
Constantine
Acropolis
Mt. Lycabettus
Italy
France
Policeman’s Trouser Tussle Ends With $14 Charge
In Buffalo on December 20 Albert Doetzell was arrested for intoxication and ordered to pay Patrolman Kenny $14 for tearing off the officer’s trousers during the attempted arrest.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Albert Doetzell
Kenny
Population of United States and states from fourteenth census
Census Bureau announces January 1 population totals for the United States at 105,708,771 for reapportionment. State figures include West Virginia 1,463,701 Kentucky 2,416,630 Ohio 5,759,394 Pennsylvania 8,720,017. Outlying possessions total 12,148,738 with listed allocations. Continental US gains 25,663 over October preliminary figures.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Congress
House of Representatives
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tinitea States
Alaska
Amercan Samoa
Guam
Hawaii
Panama Canal Zone
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Virgin Islands
U. S
Harding camp mute on anti cigarette leader protest
In Marion Ohio Lucy Page Gaston heads the anti cigarette league and writes to President-elect Harding protesting his use of tobacco. The Harding headquarters offered no comment on the message.
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Marion
Harding
Lucy Page Gaston
Anticigarette League
Rumely Sentenced to One Year and One Day in Atlanta
Dr Edward A Rumely former publisher was sentenced in New York to a year and one day in Atlanta penitentiary after conviction for concealing German ownership of The Evening Mail.
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New York
Edward A. Rumely
Atlanta
Evening Mail
Parking Rules Still Fractured By Car Owners
Three motorists faced fines for driving without proper lights, R L Moston of Maplewood Drive, Carl Tinker, and D R Bean, with Chief Graham noting many owners misunderstand the rules. Cars on Court of Union streets with curb lights need no lights. others must have rear lights only.
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Graham
R. L. Moston
Maplewood Drive
Carl Tinker
D. R. Bean
Court of Union
Scrapping of League of Nations Assured
Akron attorney W B R Young, for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co, sped to Columbus for a receivership hearing. F A Seiberling, Goodyear president, called Monnett’s petition false and said the company after charges off losses would still have ample assets to cover preferred stock and ample common stock funds.
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Akron
W. BR. Young
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Columbus
Rubber Concern
Frank S. Monnett
F. A. Seiberling
New York
Monnett
Seiberling
Goodyear
Democrats oppose emergency tariff measure in Senate
Senate Democrats led by Senator Simmons oppose jamming through an emergency tariff bill from the House Ways and Means Committee. They argue the measure would embargo many commodities and should not advance beyond wool and wheat. The House plans to bring the bill up Wednesday with new schedules including combed wool at 30 cents a pound and lemons at 5? cents a pound.
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L. C. Martin
United Press
Washington
Senate
House
Simmons
North Carolina
United States
Ways and Means
Best Minds in Marion to Meet Harding Today
An impressive array of visitors arrived in Marion for conferences with President-elect Harding. The group includes Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania, W. W. Atterbury of Pennsylvania Railroad, former General Chas. Davis of Chicago, Senator J. K. Shields of Tennessee, and Henry Wallace of Des Moines, an agricultural publisher.
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Marion
Harding
Sproul
Pennsylvania
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chas
Davis
Chicago
J. K. Shieds
Democrat
Tenn
Henry Wallace
Des Moines
Yegges Loots Indiana National Bank Vault
Indianapolis report states Yegges looted the Indiana National Bank vault of between 6000 and 10000 dollars, a figure confirmed when bank doors were opened. Authorities reviewed the incident as a bold heist with substantial cash missing.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Yegges
Indiana National Bank
Mrs Livingstone Beeckman Dies Sudden in Charleston
Mrs Livingstone Beeckman wife of Rhode Island governor died suddenly in Charleston on December 20 from heart disease. She was formerly Miss Eleanor Thomas of Zanesville Ohio prior to marriage.
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Charleston
W. Va
Livingstone Beeckman
Rhode Island
Beeckman
Eleanor Thomas
Zanesville
Labor Leader Seeks Action to Save Martens from Deportation
Washington December 20 Timo Healy of the American Labor Alliance said he will push congressional action to halt the deportation of L. C. A. K. Martens, the Soviet Russia representative in the United States.
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Washington
Timothy Healy
American Labor Alliance
Russia
Income Taxes Fall Short of Projections
Washington reports December 16 installments of the income and excess profits taxes totaled over 390 million dollars. Treasury statements indicate about 650 million dollars will have been paid by December 15, signaling shortfalls versus earlier expectations.
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Washington
Qaily
Death of Insurance Man Winey May Be Murder
Sheriff Lautgenheiser investigates the death of Howard C. Winey an insurance salesman whose body was found on Pennsylvania tracks near Orrville with evidence suggesting robbery and possible staging to conceal a crime. Wallet valued at 300 to 400 dollars and his watch were missing.
Hundreds Hurt in Quake in Buenos Aires Region
A Buenos Aires dispatch reports a quake in the city and vicinity killing 11 persons and injuring about 300. Several villages were reduced to ruins and additional shocks occurred yesterday with no casualties reported.
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Buenos Aries
Mendeza
Detective Shoots Himself After Romance Rebuff in Toledo
Detective Herbert Crane of the Toledo police shot himself in a woman's home after being spurned by Ruth Mitchell. His partner arrived at the scene and found Crane on the floor.
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Toledo
Ruth Mitchell
Herbert Crane
Crane
Toledo workers vote to take ten percent wage cut
In Toledo on December 20, an employee of the Toledo Bridge Company, part of the Austin Machinery Group, voted to accept a ten per cent reduction in wages rather than see the plant shut down.
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Toledo
Toledo Bridge Company
Austin Machinery Company
Secretary Daniels urges new legislation on naval aviation bureau
Secretary of the Navy Daniels testified before the House Naval Affairs Committee urging a bureau status for the Division of Naval Aviation and other related reforms. He spoke in Washington on December 20.
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Dept
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
House Naval Affairs Committee
Division of Naval Aviation
Supreme Court Denies Lehigh Valley Rail Modification
Washington December 20. The Supreme Court denied the Lehigh Valley Railroad request to modify its decree dissolving the coal combine.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Nurses injured as fire hits hospital dormitory
Six nurses were seriously injured when a fire destroyed the nurses' home at the University of Nebraska hospital in Omaha. The nurses were sleeping when the blaze broke out early today.
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Omaha
Neb
University of Nebraska Hospital
World Conference Plan Hovering Over Harding Aide
Marion Ohio December 20 United Press staff correspondent Raymond Clapper reports a tentative Harding plan to scrap the league of nations adopt a peace with Germany and form a world conference to organize a new association of nations The proposal centers on an international court and a revised code of international law plus frequent conferences to address global problems with no binding precommitments The plan envisions a conference to codify international law and may include diverse views from pro league advocates like William J Bryan to possible reconcilables in the public discourse
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Marion
League of Nations
Germany
Association of Nations
Harding
International Court
Y Ram Johnson
William J. Bryan
Incomplete Prisoner Incident Prompts Inquiry
A fragment from Houston reports hints at inmate deaths tied to prison offenses and possible newspaper disclosures raising questions about conditions and investigations.
Athens and Hocking share steam shed near Orbiston
Both Athens and Hocking have placed their steam road in the same shed near Orbiston for the winter. Rollers have been in use in that vicinity recently.
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Athens
Hocking
Orbiston
Local Market Ad Lists Low Prices Across Staples
Brooks offers ay delac at 30c and chocolate drops at 35c per box. Peanuts 20¢ per pound. Apples 45c. Canned corn and new peas 16c. Miller’s canned hominy 16c. Bulk rolled oats 7c per pound. Flaked hominy 7c. Corn meal 6c. Gas mantles 12% each. Large can salmon 20c. Four big matches 25c. Bulk coffee 26c.
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Brooks
Miller’s
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