Smyrna Harbor Clash Rises as Allied Warships Stand Firm
Allied warship commanders at Smyrna negotiate harbor access with Turkish authorities amid a looming ultimatum. Britain readies guns and mine-clearing operations as more than twenty foreign ships anchor offshore. Negotiations continue at Constantinople with Ismet Pasha and the allied delegation as tensions persist.
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Paris
Smyrna
London
Constantinople
Nicholson
Admiralty
Foreign Office
Ismet Pasha
Subsidy fight nears final votes as tests loom in Congress
Washington reports say the ship subsidy bill faces critical test votes in the next two to three days. Supporters warn defeat on any test could kill chances of passage while a proposed cargo ship only amendment gains mixed Republican support and Democratic opposition.
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Washington
Dbeb
Ashe
Congress
Jones
Senate
Turks push compulsory marriage bill in Angora
A dispatch from Angora reports the Turkish nationalist assembly has introduced a compulsory marriage bill. It requires all men of 25 to marry and families to have at least one child every three years to repopulate Turkey.
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Constantinople
Angora
Turkey
Aged British Peer Marries Yanker Girl in London
The Earl of Denbigh and Miss Kathryn Emmet wed quietly at Westminster Cathedral in London in the presence of a few friends. Cardinal Bourne officiated as the 63-year-old groom used a cane while the bride wore a biscuit colored gown.
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Yanker
London
Earl of Denbigh
Kathryn Emmet
Thomas Addis Emmet
New York
Westminister
Cardinal Bourne
Assassination of Dr Thomas O H iggins shocks Dublin
In Dublin on February 12 Dr Thomas O Higg ins father of Kevin O Higg ins was killed by Irish republicans. Kevin O Higg ins, minister of home affairs in the Free State government, had warned that women sympathizers had goaded Eamonn De Valera and that the Free State would intensify warfare against the republicans.
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Dublin
Thomas O'Higgins
Kevin O'Higgins
Kevin O’higgins
Free State
Eamonn de Valera
Sanctions Tighten in Ruhr Rhineland by France and Belgium
Paris and Brussels announced new measures in the Ruhr and Rhineland to enforce stricter regulations on German coal mines industries railways and wire communications.
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Berlin
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
Belgium
France
Varis
Essen
Dusseldore
Witout
Amsterdam
Turks Fleeced to Dodge Turkish Military Draft
In the Urna vilayet Turks were reported fleeing to avoid the call to enroll men ages 18 to 45 for military service amid ongoing enforcement by Turkish authorities.
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SPAR
Sthens
Urna v Vilayet
Lincoln Would Be Regarded a Hopeless Reactionary
A political column by Senator A. Owsley Stanley argues that if Lincoln returned to the White House on the 114th birth anniversary he would be labeled a hopeless reactionary. The piece notes Lincoln’s defense of states and liberty and contends modern republicanism has drifted from his ideals, with imagined scenes of his reception in Congress and at the White House.
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I. N
Washington
Lincoln
United States
White House
Peter Frimm
Congress
Seward
Explosion Destroys Huntington Gas Station Wrecks Plant
Three men injured and about 100000 dollars in losses after a cylinder head knocked off a large compressor engine at Huntington Development and Gas Company Hubball station caused a gas leak. The resulting explosion and fire wrecked the compressor building and overturned a 500 gallon oil tank, igniting oil that spread through the first floor and basement.
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Huntington
W. Va
Huntington Development and Gas Company
Hubball
Trucker Held After Cleveland Streetcar Fatality
Robert Strehlau, 46, died in a hospital from injuries after being struck by a truck while waiting to board a street car. The truck driver was held by police.
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Cleveland
Robert Strehlau
Phi Kappa Tau Fathers Day Celebration at Athens Fraternity House
The Athens chapter of Phi Kappa Tau holds a Fathers Day dinner at the East State street fraternity house Monday at 6 pm. Out of town Phi Kapps will speak, followed by a social session. Afterward they attend a college play in Ewing auditorium where Julian Snyder leads and Charles Cordray stars.
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Athens
Phi Kappa Tau
East State Street
Phi Kapps
Amos Kinkaid
Phi Kapp
Ewing Auditorium
Julian Snyder
Charles Cordray
Mr. Snyder
Newlywed Claims Year of Marriage Without Dishwashing
A newly married man says he has been married since last June and has not washed a single dish. The remark highlights domestic routine or humor about married life.
Gas main breaks in Pitman. six Bucci family dead
In Camden New Jersey a gas main rupture in Pitman 15 miles southeast of the city unleashes deadly fumes. The Bucci shoemaker family is wiped out with six bodies found. Firemen and volunteers overcome while nursing victims. an emergency hospital buzzes with revived patients.
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Camden
N. J
Pitman
Here
William Bucci
Bucci
Buccci
Josephine
Explosion in Brooklyn Garage Destroys 70 Cars
An oil lamp explosion in a Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn garage caused a fire and destroyed 70 automobiles. Fire crews battled the flames and brought the blaze under control with heavy damage reported.
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New York
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
Medina Reopens Lafayette Schools After Fever Abates
The Lafayette area schools in Medina reopen as the scarlet fever outbreak subsides enough to resume classes. Local health officials note improved conditions and urge ongoing vigilance and hygiene.
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Medina
Lafayette
Nine Mine Riots Defendants Go To Trial In Marion
Nine union miners and leaders face murder charges at Marion Illinois for the Herrin mine riots. Defendants include James Brown Otis Clark Peter Fontanetta Oscar Howard Percy Hall Dallas McCrea Hugh Willis Bert Grace Hiller and Willis. Hiller and Grace were acquitted in the first trial. Willis is a prominent union leader.
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Marion
Ill
Herrin
Antonio Malkavich
James Brown
Negro
Otis Clark
Peter Hiller
Bert Grace
Phillip Fontanetta
Oscar Howard
Percy Hall
Dallas McCrea
Hugh Willis
Hiller
Grace
Willis
Hooded motor bandits raid Eagles Club and kill miner
Seven armed hooded men entered the Eagles club in Chareero ts Pa early today, killed William Hope aged 35, wounded William Urban, and forced 18 members to sit while they looted jewelry and cash totaling 8500 before escaping.
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Chareerots
Eagles Club
William Hope
Om Sight
William Urban
Red Star bus wrecks in Nelsonville road collision
Charles Harding, driving the Red Star bus, attempted to pass another auto on the Nelsonville road near the county infirmary scale house. He cut in and side-swiped the Kansas auto, causing Harding’s car to crash into a telephone pole and suffer a broken windshield and torn top. Seven Red Star passengers escaped injury beyond fright as the bus continued to Athens.
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Red Star Bug Line
Charles Harding
Nelsonville
County Infirmary
Athens
Ireland Faces Vote as Violence Persists Across Regions
Reports from London note scattered Irish irregulars surrendering arms while others fight Free State troops in the southwest. President Cosgrave clarifies he will accept voter judgment on Ireland's future form of government, and says the Free State has sufficient troops without outside help. Weekend violence includes arson at Cork railway HQ and attacks on Civic guards barracks at Skerrie.
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Ruhr
Germany
France
Russia
Geremany
Belgium
London
Free State
William T. Cosgrove
Daillireann
Ireland
Cosgrave
Cork
Civic Guards
Skerrie
Clonakilty
Harding rejects coal export embargo to Canada
President Harding denied Governor Smith of New York the request to embargo the export of anthracite coal to Canada to ease New York's fuel shortage. The decision leaves Canada not cut off from coal supplies in the immediate term.
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Canada
Washington
Harding
Smith
New York
New York State
Milwaukee Lumber Magnate Faces Bigamy Charge
Robert Connor a wealthy lumberman and former Marshfield mayor is ordered arraigned on charges of maintaining two families and fathering children with Berkshire Gerler alias Mrs Brown. Police expect his surrender as authorities keep reasons confidential.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Robert Connor
Marshfield
Bertha Geiler
Robert H. Brown
Connor
Brown
Uncle Joe Cannon recalls Lincoln Douglas debates
The 87 year old ex congressman Joseph G. Cannon recounts hearing Lincoln and Douglas debate in Sullivan and Charleston in 1858. He recalls the Decatur convention where Lincoln rose amid rail symbolism and later the Chicago Wigwam nomination fight and Lincoln's post election trip to Charleston to see his stepmother "my boy Abe."
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Uncle Joe Cannon
Roberts. Thornburgh
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Illinois
Lincoln
Joseph G. Cannon
Congress
Cannon
United States Senate
Douglas
Joe
Sullivan
Charleston
Chicago
Springfield
Abe
Prohibition Poison Death Toll Climbing in Cleveland
Coroney A Hammond reports two more deaths likely from tainted liquor, raising Cleveland’s illicit alcohol fatalities this year to fourteen. Investigations continue into the poison booze cases as authorities scour for source and culprits.
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Cleveland
A. Hammond
Flagman Killed in Freight Train Collision
Medina Ohio February 12 flagman J H H Smith of Lakewood was crushed to death in a rear end collision of freight trains on the B and O near Lester.
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Medina, O
J. HH. Smith
Lakewood
Lester
Bears Monkey Hopes to Live to One Hundred
Chicago February 12 Charles W Martin a 66 year old Antioch Illinois millionaire raises a pet monkey named Mike as a joke on longevity He believes longevity comes from monkey glands He flew to Chicago after Mike fell ill and later reported the monkey was better the next morning
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Chicago
Charles W. Martin
Antioch
Ill
Mike
Martin
Ness Rim
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