Coolidge Seeks World Court Change Amid Veto Pressure
Senate irreconcilables cheer a swan song over the World Court as Britain asks changes to American reservations. Administration leaders say the request ends U S participation. Senators Reed Borah Lenroot Moses predict the move will fail but reflect ongoing debate over ratification and foreign affairs.
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Thomes L. Stokes
United Press
Washington
Senate
United States
Great Britain
Reed
Missouri
Borah
Adaho
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Bill For Local Coal Use Passes Senate In State Assembly
A measure requiring state institutions to buy Ohio coal cleared the Senate and moves to the Assembly. The bill aims to boost local fuel use and support regional energy resources within state procurement rules.
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Ohio
Senate
Legislature Busy Revision of Gasoline Tax Faces Opposition
The legislature debates a gasoline tax overhaul drawing broad resistance from lawmakers, industry groups, and voter advocates. Proposals aim to adjust rates, broaden exemptions, and address revenue stability for transportation projects. Opposition centers on higher costs for drivers and potential impact on goods.
Governor Donahey Announces 21 Appointments for Confirmation
Columbus February 10 Governor Vic Donahey sent a list of twenty one nominees to the legislature for confirmation. Additional names will be sent later this afternoon. Included are R W Emmons East Rochester to replace William Bundy on the state civil service board and J T Cline Dayton to replace A A Compton on the state board of optometry.
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Columbus
Vic Donahey
R. W. Emmons
East Rochester
William Bundy
Athens
State Civil Service Board
J. T. Cline
Dayton
State Board of Optometry
A. A. Compton
Pomeroy
Ohio lawmakers push bills on coal use and gas tax changes
The Ohio Senate backed a measure to require state institutions to buy only Ohio coal. Debates split over two gas tax reform bills, one edging toward higher state share for roads and revenue use, the other favoring rural distribution and local levies. Education and hunting bills also surface, including junior college coursework for high schools, village council power shifts, and prohibitions on minors hunting without adult supervision.
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Brown
Ross County
Flor
Dodd
Toledo
Dallas Sullivan Republican
Union County
Sullivan
City Boards of Education
F. Warner
Sandusky County
Village Boards of Trustees of Public Affairs
Ray C. Carpenter
Seneca County
G. M. Forney
Hancock County
Forney
Missing Dickerson and Teacher’s Wife Reported From Coshocton
Dale Dickerson a 30 year old transfer business operator vanished from his Coshocton home prompting a detailed search. His wife Mrs Fred G Haskins a high school teacher and mother of three also reported missing about the same time.
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Coshocton
U.R
Dale Dickerson
Fred G. Haskins
Dickerson
Banks Close Saturday as Athens Keeps Holiday
Banks in Athens will be closed all day next Saturday February 12 as a national holiday is observed. A local banker stated the closure applies citywide and banks will not open for business.
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Athens
Measures to curb power of justices and mayors fail to stop dry attack
In Columbus on February 10, supporters and opponents clashed as the Bender and Johnson bills to curb justices and mayors fell before a strong combined push by the Anti-Salon League the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Dry Maintenance League. Debates continued through the night as advocates argued for stricter enforcement while defending existing justices amid charges of corrupt practices.
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Columbus
Johnson
Harvey Yoder
Cleveland
Common Pleas
Cuyahoga County
Yoder
John 8. Rutledge
Rocky River
Nets
Bender
Scientist Claims Discovery That Could Control Life
Dr Guy W Clark of the University of California reports finding a blood substance named cocytin that he says can control life in lower animals. He states the substance starts life in the eye of the sea urchin.
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Guy W. Clark
University of California
Clark
North China Group to Ignore Kellogg Plan Says Dispatch
London dated report states the North China cabinet will ignore Kellogg's proposal to neutralize the Shanghai international settlement. Dispatches from Peking say Russia sent munitions to Canton from Vladivostok including 35000 rifles over a million rounds, sixty machine guns and three other guns.
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London
United Press
North China
Kellogs
Shanghai
Peking
Japan
Canton
Ladivostock
Transfer Birger to Williamson Jail for Habeas Corpus Hearing
A.R. Charney Birger, charged with murdering Mayor Joe Adams, was moved from Saline county jail to Williamson county jail under heavy guard. He faces a habeas corpus hearing to block transfer to Franklin and then Franklin county for trial. Birger previously defied authorities with a machine gun during a jail standoff.
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Marion
A.R— Charney Birger
Joe Adams
West City
Saline County
Williamson County
Jefferson County
Fraklin County
Birger
Franklin County
Reckless Driving Cost Paul Woodworth in City Court
Paul Woodworth paid a fine of 5 and costs after appearing before Mayor Alex Moore in city court last night for reckless driving on Court Street.
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Court Street
Paul Woodworth
Alex Moore
Loan groups face Cleveland common pleas action
Receivership for the third loan company in as many days was before the Cleveland common pleas court today.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas Court
Beating Retreat Rebels Force Deering From Lisbon Legation
Bullets of Portuguese rebels drove Minister Fred M. Deering from the U S legation in Lisbon Portugal. Deering reported the attack to the State Department noting rifle and machine gun fire aimed at Portuguese government forces hit the legation.
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Fred M. Deering
U.S. Legation
Lisbon
Portugal
Deering
State Department
Legation
Campaign against sex plays peaks with 41 arrests in New York
New York police arrested forty one actors producers and managers connected to three plays Sex The Captive and The Virgin Man as part of a high profile bid to curb sexual content on stage. Arrested individuals appeared in night court and posted bail of five hundred to one thousand dollars for hearings set for Monday and Tuesday.
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New York
United Press
Treaty is basis ruling sought on vessels not covered by Washington pact
President Coolidge urged a new disarmament conference and asked Paris Rome and Tokyo to push naval limits at Geneva. He proposed extending the 6 5 8 ratio to vessels not covered by the Washington treaty and said ratios for capital ships and aircraft carriers would stay the same.
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Washington
United Press
Coolidge
Congress
Geneva
Paris
Rome
Tokio
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Eeneva
United States
British Empire
Preparatory Commission
America
Sparks Trigger Fire At Hewitt Boden Breecewood Plant
Sparks from a broken smoke stack ignited a fire last night at the Hewitt Boden Breecewood plant. Damage was about 10 to 15 dollars. Company firefighters kept the blaze under control. G M Romine reported the alarm after hearing the plant alarm but not the city siren. The fire began in the sawdust room where a wind damaged stack had gone unrepaired pending a replacement.
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Hewitt-Boden Breecewood
G. M. Romine
Bowling Green Professor Receives Extended Leave for Columbia
Warren E. Steller head of Bowling Green college physical education department granted another semester’s leave to pursue graduate studies at Columbia University.
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Bowling Green
Warren E. Steller
Bowling Green College
Columbia University
All at Sea Mysterious Death in Carolyn Wells Tale
The feature review notes motive and opportunity in Garrett Folsom's stabbing at the beach. The mystery novel All at Sea by Carolyn Wells is described as one of her strangest works and is featured by the Messenger.
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Garrett Folsom
Carolyn Wells
Rock Springs Father Killed by Coal Truck
Clifford Will, 35, of Rock Springs, father of five, was killed instantly when he fell under the rear wheels of Hood Brothers Coal Co. truck near Roth Springs fair grounds. Driver Clarence McKee halted the vehicle. authorities believe Will slipped while attempting to jump aboard. Coroner Ben H. Ewing investigated. Will’s body sent to Pomeroy undertaking parlors.
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Rogk Springs
Clifford Will
Hood Brothers’ Coal Company
Clarence McKee
Clarence Mc
Kee
Will
Ben H. Ewing
Pomeroy
D. HB. Peoples
McKee
Athens Radio Club Drafts By-Laws At City Hall Meeting
The Athens Radio club appointed Homer C. Clark E R Lash Jr and H F Cromley to draft by-laws at a council chamber meeting in City Hall. They will report progress at a meeting next Wednesday at 7 o clock. Attendance rose from previous sessions.
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Athens Radio Club
Homer C. Clark
E. R. Lash, Jr
H. F. Cromley
Lights at Lindley Hall Dormitory Vandalism Recurs
Report notes repeated vandalism at Lindley hall dormitory in front of the university, where two lamps along the stairway were repeatedly knocked out after being replaced following orders by Treasurer George C. Parks. The ongoing dispute between students and officials remains unresolved.
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Rhymester
George C., Parks
University
Lindley Hall
Weather Report Notes Snow Folk In Early Morning
The article records snow beginning early this morning and muted birdsong from robins and cardinals. Government records from the Columbus weather bureau show today’s average temperature rising to 30, with yesterday at 29 and a 28 year old low of 17 degrees noted for this date.
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Robins
Cardinals
Columbus Weather Bureau
Delaware Springs sanitarium changes hands at sale
The Delaware Springs sanitarium passed to Dr. J. B. Larue of Zanesville and his brother Dr. Co. M. Larue of Columbus after a receivers sale. The new owners will take possession February 15.
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Delaware
Delaware Springs
J. B. Larue
Zanesville
Co. M. Larue
Columbus
Toledo man tied to clubber murders carry sleeve
A man arrested in Toledo was found with a large club up his sleeve and police suspect a link to the recent series of clubber murders in the city.
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Toledo
Knocked From Bicycle In Columbus Hospitalized With Skull Fracture
George Ingram lies in a Columbus hospital with a fractured skull after being knocked from his bicycle by a hit and run motorist. In London a family welcoming twins adds to a brood of eleven children. Edward and Mrs Smith celebrate a son and daughter among their numerous offspring.
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Columbus
George Ingram
London
Edward Smith
Farm Bloc Eyes Retaliation if Senate Veto Looms Today
Washington February 10 The farm bloc in the Senate contemplates retaliatory steps if President Coolidge vetoes the McNary Haugen price stabilization bill. Republican leaders doubt a veto will occur but some members threaten to campaign against Coolidge if he rejects the measure, while others expect he will sign it.
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Washington
the &Ate Chamber
Coole Idgne
Simpire
White Horn
Coolidge
Farm Bloc
Frm
Sion
Renly
McNary
Senate Committee
United Press
Frank O
Illinois
Dawes
Weson
Indiana
London
Trapped in Housefire Narrow Escape In Cleveland
Bh persons escaped smoke filled rooms in a burning rooming house in Cleveland as fire crews battled the blaze today.
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Cleveland
Two Lovers Wounded in Toledo Love Shooting
Jam Laughlin, 45, of Lock River Pennsylvania, in a dying condition at a Toledo hospital, and Mrs. Res Mary Kemm, 49, Toledo, wounded in the abdomen, were injured in a love shooting police described as domestic violence.
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Toledo
Laughlin
Lock River
Res Mary Kemm
The Melenger Offers A New Word Book
A Washington informs bureau advertises a new word book claiming it teaches social usage and spelling. It argues that words judge education and character and promotes home and office reference use with a coupon offer.
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THE
Melenger
Request for Word Booklet with Stamps or Coins
Frederic J. Haskin of The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington encloses six stamps or coins for a copy word booklet. The brief note requests the booklet and indicates payment in stamps or coins.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D
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