Britain Nears Break With Germany Over Versailles Terms
London reports a potential full shift in British policy toward Germany if Berlin refuses to yield on reparations. Britain and Italy may drop objections to French Ruhr occupation if the Paris agreement is rejected. Bonar Law plans a new indemnity proposal as Germany’s evasion deepens.
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Luther A. Huston
London
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Ruhr
Paris
Europe
Reparations Commission
A. Bonar Law
R Bonar Law
John Bradbury
Allied Reparations Commission
Davis Lloyd George
France
Daughter now safely hidden in Cincinnati
Clara Jones a 16 year old daughter of Olive Jones a divorcee is in Cincinnati after being brought there by her father C H Jones baggage master of the Louisville and Nashville. Louisville police say she is the key witness in their murder inquiry into O J Black the sales manager killed in Louisville. Jones says he and his wife were to be remarried January 1 and Black who had facilitated the separation knew this.
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Cincinnati
Clara Jones
Olive Jones
O. J. Black
Louisville
C. H. Jones
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Jones
T Black
Two Die in Flint Car Crash Near Mount Morris
Flint Michigan. two persons were killed and two others injured when their automobile overturned about two miles north of Mount Morris today.
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Flint, Mich
Mount Morris
Recover Part of Loot Stolen in Kansas City
New Orleans police arrest two men and two women at a local hotel leading to recovery of 8500 dollars in currency. The money is believed to be part of 97000 dollars stolen in December by highwaymen who robbed a messenger of the Drovers National Bank of Kansas City and fled after a gun battle. Prisoners are Jim Cabert y, 36, his wife 35, George Wilson, 25, and his wife 24.
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New Orleans
National Bank of Kansas City
Jim Caverty
George Wilson
French Reservists Ordered to Move Denied by War Ministry
Paris dispatch reports orders to mobilize French reservists for duty on the German frontier but the war ministry denies the directive. It is understood the move relates to probable occupation along the Kubr line next month.
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Paris
War Ministry
Del Mar apartment blaze in Toledo destroys building
Toledo reports its grand Del Mar apartment house housing 60 families reduced to smoldering ruins after a midnight fire. W. A. Fauncey, 55, is dead. three firefighters and several tenants are injured. Loss estimated at 500000 with six other fires raising total to over 750000. Authorities suspect incendiaries. gas explosions worsened the menace.
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Toledo
del Mar
W. A. Fauncey
Nlames
Coue Sets Auto Suggestion Tone For America
Dr Emil Coue the French advocate of auto suggestion sails to New York on the Majestic and sends a message to the American people. He says he will auto suggest happiness for healthy and sick and urges married couples to live happily and spread joy. He asks business men and statesmen to serve dutifully and enthusiastically and fill their lives with happiness.
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I. N
Cherbourg
France
United States
Emil Coue
New York
Majestic
America
Athens man of mystery jailed over morphine search
An emaciated, tubercular man in his early thirties, known by several aliases, is held in the Athens county jail on burglary charges after breaking into Dr. Hoodler's Chauncey office in January seeking morphine. He has evaded officials for months, is weak from tuberculosis, and has relied on morphine to control hemorrhages. Continues on page five.
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Athens County
J. J. Hoodler
Chauncey
John C. Courtney
John Culpepper
John Culp
Athens
Interstate Commerce Commission Orders Nationwide Locomotive Inspection
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a general investigation and inspection of all locomotives and cars on U S railroads. The aim is to establish economical and efficient service by prescribing rules for maintenance of cars and related operations.
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Washington
United States
The
Interstate
Freight Operators Probe Rail Equipment for Safe Service
Rail officials review locomotives and rolling stock to ensure safety and adequacy for upcoming services. Inspection focuses on conformity with standards and reliability of equipment.
Former Athens Girl Is Given New State Post
Columbus dispatch reports Hazel R. Thomas, formerly of Athens, named confidential stenographer by Secretary of State Elect Thad H. Brown. Thomas works in the state prohibition department and previously served in the governor's office.
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Athens
Columbus
Hazel R. Thomas
Thad H. Brown
Groves Picked for Naval Academy Appointment
New Concord Ohio December 27 Kermit Groves a Muskingum College freshman was selected for appointment to the Naval Academy at Annapolis by Congressman Cc Filis Moore He is the son of H J Groves of Cambridge and assistant superintendent of Guernsey county schools
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New Concord
Kermit Groves
Muskingum College
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Cc. Filis Moore
H. Jb. Groves
Cambridge
Guernsey County
Louisiana Governor Wages War on Klu Klux Klan After Child Plea
Leota Richards, a three year old girl, inspired Louisiana Governor Parker to act against the Klan after the Met Rouge murders. The crackdown includes martial law in Terrebonne parish, armed townsfolk, and a Bastrop court hearing set for January 65.
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New Orleans
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Kiu Klux Klan
Invisible Empire
Met Rouge
Mortehouse Parish
Watt Daniel
Leota Richards
Thomas F. Richards
Parker
Klu Klux Klan
Baton Rouge
Keifer Ruling Clears Bootlegger of Soliciting Charge
Ohio Supreme Court overturns conviction of W H Keifer Norwalk for soliciting liquor at the Avalon hotel The court held the clerk initiated the order and Keifer’s admission of intent was not solicitation The ruling centers on a customer clerk interaction amid prohibition era enforcement in Norwalk.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
W. H. Keifer
Norwalk
Keifer
Avalon Hotel
Supreme Court
Huron County Common Pleas and Appellate Courts
DUNG COUPLE KILLED BY GAS FUMES IN BROADWAY HOME
Dominio Perez 31 and Herminia Perez 26 were found dead in their Broadway street home from carbon monoxide fumes issued by an open gas stove. Roomers reported smelling fumes about 6 30 am and coroner T C Mc Quate confirmed a post mortem showing death occurred several hours earlier.
Civil War Veterans to Form Association at Armory
All Civil War veterans are earnestly requested to meet at the armory at 19 o clock Saturday morning Dec. 20 to form a Civil War Veterans Association. A large attendance will make this possible.
Mutt and Jeff style holdup shocks Akron shop
Two masked men resembling the Cleveland duo Mutt and Jeff held Clyde Arly, manager, and clerk Chris Hansen at gunpoint in an Acme grocery on East Market Street. While one robber emptied the cash register, the other secured about $45 from the till in Akron, Ohio.
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Akron
Cleveland
Mutt
Jeff
Clyde Arly
Acme
East Market Street
Chris Hansen
Two Arrests Mark Federal Probe Into Kidnapping Case
In Mer Rouge Louisiana two former Morehouse Parish officials, T. J. Burnett and Dr. J. M. McKernan, remain jailed as federal agents press a widening investigation into the August kidnapping and murder of Tom Richards and Watt Daniels. Authorities expect more arrests as evidence mounts and venue changes are considered only to adjacent parishes.
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B. . Sturdeant
I. N
Lake la Wourche
T. J. Burnett
Speaker
Dr. J. M. McKern
Met Rouge
Baltimore
France Learns of German Four Power Pact Offer
Paris reports the French foreign office virtually admitted Germany proposed a four power pact to secure borders and 30 year peace. France focuses on reparations and says Prime Minister Poincare will not discuss any international agreement until indemnity issues are settled. The four power peace proposal is considered dead after France rejected it.
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Paris
Europe
Harding
Germany
United States
France
Foreign Office
Poincare
Frozen body found from Cornell tug crew in Canada
The frozen body of Michael Paytosh, a fireman, was found in a lifeboat on the Canadian shore as search for seven missing crewmen of the tug Cornell continued. Officials expect the tug to be listed as lost and an official inquiry will start once all hope ends.
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Cleveland, O
Cornell
Buffalo
Michael Paytosh
Thomas W. Gould
United States Hull
Paytosh
Stockholders authorize major Standard Oil capital raise in Indiana
Chicago Dec 27 Stockholders of the Standard Oil Co of Indiana today authorized raising capital from 140 million to 259 million dollars. Directors will meet tomorrow to consider declaring a 2100 percent stock dividend.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Major gift boosts University of Iowa medical college
The General Education Board and the Rockefeller Foundation donated 2.5 million dollars to the University of Iowa College of Medicine in Iowa City. The announcement was made in Cedar Rapids on December 27.
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Cedar Rapids
General Education Board
Rockefeller Foundation
College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Iowa City
War Frauds Grand Jury Completes World War Cantonment Probe
Washington dispatch reports the special war frauds grand jury authorized by Congress finished its investigation into alleged frauds tied to army cantonment construction during World War I.
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Washington
Congress
License Tags On Sale Today In Athens County
The Athens Chamber of Commerce Good Roads department began distributing 1923 automobile license tags in Athens County. Virgil O Maxwell received the first pleasure car tag number 353001 and T D Schooner of Chauncey the first truck tag FT 28901. Motorcycle tags for 1922 were not yet received.
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Athens County
Good Roads Department
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Virgil O. Maxwell
Athens
R. D
T. D. Schooner
Chauncey
Maxwell
Ohio State University
Ohio Penitentiary
Virgil Maxwell
Chamber of Commerce
Athens National Bank
Resignation of Lee Township Trustee Matt Throckmorton
Matt Throckmorton resigns after 17 years on the Lee township board of trustees. A prominent landowner and designated political boss, he cites growing auctioneering duties and clientele as the reason, noting he lacks time for township governance and will pass duties to others.
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Por
Matt Throckmorton
Lee Townships
Lea
Columbia Golden Post Meets Saturday for Officer Election
G A AT attention lists a meeting of the Columbia Golden Post on Saturday December 39 with election of officers and other business by order of Post Commander John Kule.
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Lumbia
Golden Post
John Kule
Officials deem Lynch death an accidental stove fire
In Columbus on December 27 local officials now conclude Jerry Lynch died from being burned after supposedly overturning a stove in a West Lindolph Street shanty. Police initially suspected murder but found no bullet wounds.
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Columbus
Jerry Lynch
Jindolph Street
Lynch
Baldwin sails to seek funding for British debt
London December 27 Chancellor of the Exchequer Stanley Baldwin left for the United States to press for funding Britain’s debt and to discuss reparations or other world finance issues with President Harding. He said he would join practical talks if the president raises related questions and hopes US intervention to ease global problems.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
United States
Harding
Baldwin
Iam
Washington
Borah
United States Senate
Tam
America
Bonar Law
Europe
State To Push Gunman Trial In Columbus
Two women were among the dozen jurors seated as the murder trial of Stanley Forbes alias Slim Brad y, Cleveland gunman, resumed before Common Pleas Judge Scarlett. Forbes and two other indicted highwaymen Loomis Cumermins and Frank Willis face charges in the November 28 shooting of Patrolman G P Kohler and wounding Corporal Roscoe C Friddle. The state planned to complete the jury today despite pre emptory challenges.
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Columbus
Dee
Stanley Forbes
Slim Braedy
Cleveland
Common Pleas
Scarlett
Norhes
G. P. Kohler
Roscoe C. Friddle
Loomis Cumermins
Frank Willis
Alas Mithe Oefer
William Stuart and wife mark 60 years in Lodi
William Stuart and his wife celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their home in Lodi. The sole living wedding guest attended the festivities.
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Wellington
William Stuart
Lodi
Keep Your Dates Straight from the Navy Calendar
A Washington Information Bureau note offers a free 1923 calendar with monthly leaves. Fill out the coupon, mail two cents in stamps, and include name and address to receive the colored calendar sponsored by Frederic J. Haskin, Director.
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Washington Informatt Bureau
United States Navy
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Joe Cannon
Charles M. Stedman
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Sir Edward
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M. C. Padden
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