Mystery of William Desmond Taylor Murder Deepens
Los Angeles police pursue two leading actresses tied to the case as detectives await coroner inquest. Edward Sands and Ada Dean Tanner figure in new lines of inquiry while Taylor’s past life as Dean Tanner is scrutinized for motives and connections.
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Charles E. Hughes
Dippenbocment
Los Angeles
Cal
William Desmond Taylor
William Desmond Dean Tanner
New York
Harry Fellows
Taylor
Earl Tiffany
Tiffany
Edward F. Sands
Sands
Taylors
Terest
Dean Tanner
Gotham
Screen
Mabel Normand
Mary Miles Minter
Jesse Lasky
Film Corporation
Charles Eyton
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Ada Dean-Tanner
Dean-Tanner
Monrovia
Hollywood
Surprise purse presented to Mt Zion pastor
Members of Mt. Zion Baptist Church surprised their pastor Rev T. Lloyd Hickman with a purse of over 33 collected at a musicale on Friday night at the church. Hickman, noted for a fine voice, sang in wartime theatres in France and donated earnings to wounded soldiers.
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church
T. Lloyd Hickman
Hickman
France
Rich divorcee weds youth in secret ceremony
New York February 4 Mrs Marion Buckingham Ream Stephens a 45 year old divorcee heiress to millions wed Andre Vonsiatsky Vonsitsky a 25 year old Baldwin locomotive works employee. The couple planned an elaborate wedding but married secretly last night to avoid publicity.
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New York
Arion Buckingham Ream Stephens
Ndrevitch Vonsiatsky-Vonsitsky
Baldwin Comotive Works
Papal Vote Third Ballot Without Result
German rail strike strikes rail men as union leaders shift to conciliatory talks with the government. Chancellor Wirth warns a general strike would ruin Germany and Genoa talks and calls strikers to return to work while pledging fair consideration.
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Berlin
Wirth
Germany
Genoa
Smoke Arises as Third Papal Ballot Fails to Elect
In Rome on February 4 the Vatican con clave conducted a third ballot for a new pope after Benedictt XV’s death. Black smoke signaled no election as crowds watched from St Peters Square. Ballots continue with two per day and a possible Sunday or Monday decision. four ballots a day is incorrect.
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Frank E. Mason
I. N
Rome
Benedictt XV
Vatican
St. Peters
St. Peters Square
Sacred College
Ohio soldiers bonus may need more bonds says state
Columbus officials warn the 25 million dollar state bond may be insufficient as about 100 000 world war veterans have filed for adjusted compensation and 243 000 are eligible. Average approved applications run 143 dollars, higher than earlier estimates, risking a 34 million dollar total bonus fund if trends continue. Officials expect many warrants to cover long service National Guard members and foresee lower averages with short service veterans.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roberts
Ohio National Guard
Athens Residents Tour New Modern Nine Room House
C. L. Heaton opened a fully furnished nine room home on Grosvenor Street opposite the rugged banks in Athens. The Swangon Furniture Company arranged the furnishings and about 600 visitors toured the house by nine o'clock last night, each offered a light lunch. Plans suggest several more new homes will rise on Grosvenor Street.
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C. L. Heaton
Grosvenor Street
Athens
Swangon Furniture Company
Mr. Heaton
iGrosvernor Street
Repetition of Scams Targets Fatigued Businessman
A weary businessman grows tired of a new drive nearly every week as scammers plot fresh schemes. The line echoes a recurring consumer warning about evolving fraud tactics and the burden on individuals facing continual solicitations.
Ohio Notables and Rail Milestones Through Time
A concise rogues gallery of Ohio highlights from 1858 to 1920 lists Dr. William F. Mc Dowell born in Millersburg, Dr. Charles F. Thwing installed at Western Reserve University, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway consolidation into the New York Central system, and the death of Ohio C. Barber the "Match King" of Akron, born April 20, 1841.
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William F. McDowell
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Millersburg
Charles F. Thwing
Western Reserve University
Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railway
New York Central System
Ohio C. Barber
Akron
Middlebury
Woman sues for breach of promise and nose injury
Mae Mellwain sues Theodore Ulovitz in Akron Ohio seeking 15000 damages for alleged broken nose and breach of marriage contract after an agreement in January 1920 to wed later. She claims he struck her when reminded of the promise, causing injury and damages.
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Akron. O
Fens
Mae Mellwain
Theodore Ulovitz
Aloviz
Late Date Saved Couple From Knickerbocker Theatre Disaster
In Fairpoint a young man delayed a date with Miss Anna Breitenstein daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Breitenstein. Their late arrival near the Knickerbocker theatre in Washington DC spared them from the building collapse. Breitenstein a Treasury Department employee had been inside earlier.
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Fairpoint
Anna Brietenstein
Harry Brietenstein
Knickerbocker
Washington, D. C
P T A Sale Funds Canaan Township High Shop Equipment
After the February business meeting the parent teacher association of Canaan township high school will hold a sale of fine manual training articles. All profits will be used to buy equipment for the school shop.
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Canaanville, O
Parent-Teacher Association
Canaan Township High School
Metz brothers charged in Ohio baker assault in Huntington
Oscar Hamilton a Chesapeake Ohio baker, found unconscious with a fractured skull in his Huntington bakery on December 13, says he was attacked by Henry and Adam Metz eight weeks earlier after a dispute over a purchase. The Metz brothers are jailed on malicious assault charges awaiting preliminary hearing.
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Huntington
W. Va
Oscar Hamilton
Chesapeake
Ohio
Hamilton
Henry
Adam Metz
Metz Brothers
Barber shop price cuts in Wooster
Union bar ber shops in Wooster cut prices to 40 cents for haircuts from 50, and plain shampoos and scalp singes to 25 cents from 35, effective now.
Balfour touts armament talks as world service and China stage
Arthur J. Balfour, head of Britain’s delegation, declared at the Washington armament conference that the sessions benefitted humanity. He praised the U S president’s call to service of mankind and outlined three stages including China's changes, the four power Pacific treaty, and the move toward arms reduction.
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Washington
Arthur J. Balfour
United States
Balfour
China
Armament Conference Forms Committee on War Curb Rules
The conference agreed to appoint a committee to study rules curb new war weapons including poison gas submarines and aircraft. The United States will lead under the Root Resolution. The five major powers America Britain France Italy and Japan will each appoint two members within three months after adjournment.
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Washington
United States
America
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Shantung Treaty Ready for Signature in Washington
Secretary of State Hughes announced the Shantung treaty returning the province to China is ready for signature. It is expected to be signed Monday along with other conference treaties.
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Washington
Shantung
China
Hughes
Population Within Fifty Miles of New York City Hall
More than 9,000,000 people live within a fifty mile radius of New York City Hall. This dense region includes multiple counties and major suburbs influencing city planning and services.
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New York City Hall
Personnel of Debt Commission
Washington February 4 The five member commission to arrange terms for foreign nations to liquidate 11 billion dollars of U S debt will likely include Secretary of the Treasury Mellon Secretary of Commerce Hoover Secretary of War Weeks Senator Porter J McCumber chairman of the Senate finance committee Representative J W Fordney of Michigan chairman of the House ways and means committee.
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Washington
International News
Commission of Five
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Commerce
Hoover
Weeks
Porter J. McCumber
Senate Finance Committee
J. W. Fordney
Michigan
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mayor Opens Bread Stores to Beat Price Gougers
In Tiffin Ohio Mayor Unger defies local bread dealers by opening three city stores. He ships bread from Toledo and sells at six cents a loaf, two cents below market prices. The plan uses a five cent cost to fund further actions against profiteers.
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Tiffin
Unger
Toledo
Washington concludes naval conference with open door and Chinese duties pacts
Three months after the naval conference opened in Memorial Hall the great powers announce completion. They present two treaties on China and the Far East reaffirming the open door and regulating Chinese customs duties. A supplemental four power treaty clarifies Japan's homeland. Monday will include formal signing and President Harding's closing address.
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Feorge R. Holmes
I. N. & State
Washington
Memorial Hall
Far East
China
Japan
Harding
Ohio Columbus singer to perform in Athens church
Stanley Crooks of Columbus will attend the Ohio Cincinnati basketball game in Athens this evening and sing at the First M E Church tomorrow. He is a well known Columbus vocalist and will also sing at the morning service.
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Stanley Crooks
Columbus
Athens
M. E. Church
Crooks
Arbuskle Third Trial Date To Be Set By Judge
San Francisco February 4 Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle’s future plan hinges on the date for his third trial which will be set next Monday by Judge Harold Louderback who presided over the two earlier trials.
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San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty
Arbuskle
Harold Louderback
Prohibition Officer Held On Moonshine Charge
Charles P. Reed state prohibition officer was held to await federal grand jury action after being arrested with eight others by state police at Coalburg early this morning for operating a moonshine still.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles P. Reed
United States
Thayer
Reed
Coalburg
Monkeys Largely Share Human Teeth Count Except One
A zoological note states that all old world monkeys largely possess the same number of teeth as humans, with a single notable exception.
Final Work of Arms Meeting Moves Quickly in Hocking District
Coal operators in the Hocking district post a new wage scale and end the check-off for miners by March 1. The notices, issued after a Southern Ohio conference, set April 1 as the effective date if accepted, with operators adopting a watchful waiting stance as miners respond.
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Hocking
Ohio
Columbus
West Virginia
Kentucky
Armament Conference Ratifies Major Treaties in Fast Session
Washington Feb 4 The armament conference raced through a rapid final session approving nine power treaty and tariff pacts to bolster open door China and restore China's finances. Japan renounced parts of the 21 demands and pledged peaceful intent toward Siberia while a new international board for China was created and a commission to study warfare rules established.
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George R. Holmes
I. N
Contintental Hall
Washington
Hughes
China
Japan
Board of Reference
Guysville Couple Held on Telegraph Chase
Deputy Sheriff Pete McKinley arrested Ray Rupert and his wife of Guysville after a telegram from Jackson Michigan authorities. No charge was specified in the telegram. Mrs Rupert blamed a real estate tangle and said a mistake might have occurred.
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Pete McKinley
Ray Rupert
Guysville
Jackson
Midh
Rupert
Jackson, Mich
Lancaster Girls Triumph Over Athens In Slow-Start Match
The Athens high school girls lost to Lancaster Friday night in Lancaster. The score was 12 to 2 with Lancaster taking an early 10 to 0 lead. In the second half Athens narrowed the gap but the game ended with a 2 to 2 tie in the period.
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Lancaster
Athens Athens High School
Colleens Forsaking Irish Jigs for Fox Trot Causes Outrage
London reports Sinn Fein councillor Pat Brett of Mullingar denounces a Fox Trot program as an English abomination. He calls for all Irish dance at county hall events and bans non Irish tunes. Mullingar girls plan a treaty trot to protest.
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International
London
Fox
Pat Brett
Sinn Fein
Mullingar
Colleens
Brett
City Federation to Meet Monday in Athens Chamber
The City Federation of Athens will convene Monday at 2 pm in the Chamber of Commerce hall. Reports from the past three months will be heard and new committees for the next three months will be appointed. A 1 30 pm board session precedes the meeting.
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City Federation
Athens
Chamber of Commerce
Federation
Board of
Information Bureau Offer from Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau invites readers to mail questions on home care cooking or safety topics. Send two cents stamps per question and address to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington, D. C., with name and street city state.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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