Borglum to carve two greatest men in Black Hills
World renowned sculptor Gutzon Borglum plans a granite monument in the Black Hills near Rapid City South Dakota featuring two 400 foot tall figures of Washington and Lincoln to symbolize American history. The project backed by South Dakota citizens aims for a four year carving period starting next spring with costs around 2 million dollars.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
United States
Gutzom Borgium
International News Service
Borglum
Stone Mountain
Georgia
Lincoln
Washington Monument
Valley Verge
Union
Rapid City
Congress
Lester P. Harlow
Stone Mountain Memorial
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Maternity Hospital
Long Calendar Confronts Assembly as Gov May Appoint
Columbus Ohio February 18 The governor plans to send to the Senate for confirmation former Lieutenant Governor Karl D Bloom of Bowling Green and James W Huffman of Zanesville both Democrats as members of the State Utilities commission Huffman is executive clerk in the governor office The House aims for final passage on the Col lister city home rule bill with other measures in second reading including the Ball sponsored conspiracy bill with up to 10000 fines and two years in prison for conspiring to violate state laws
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Donahey
Karl D. Bloom
Bowling Green
James W. Huffman
Zanesville
State Utilities Commission
Senate
Huffman
House
Ball
Scioto County
Hunt
Lucas
State Office Building Commission
Orever
State House
Rose
Athens
Steiner
Hardin
Smith, Highland
The
Utilities Commission
Westover, Mahoning
Robinson
Washington
Secretary of War
Chicago
Senator Overman Warns of Cotton Trade War
Senator Overman of North Carolina warned in the Senate that discriminatory Northern state cotton laws could trigger a commercial war comparable to the Civil War. A stray quip about a daughter and necking parties follows the main remark.
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Washington
Overman
North Carolina
Senate
Today Collins Dead Better So Our Feeble Imagination
Arthur Brisbane reflects on Floyd Collins death in a cave trap showing the power and weakness of human imagination. Rescue attempts by a hundred men and doctors failed, while the nation followed the story with renewed fears of suffering and mortality.
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Collins
Floyd Collin
Citizens urged to aid Collins while labor reform stalls
The nation expressed sympathy for Collins and lawmakers debated a $100,000 aid gesture. Yet legislatures blocked the labor amendment aimed at ending child labor in mills, despite public concern and the long years of suffering faced by thousands of children. Continued on Page Four.
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Discovering Floyd Collins Cave Began a Fatal Career
Floyd Collins, a Kentucky cave explorer from near Sand Cave, started when a mule fell into Mule Cave. He later opened Crystal Cave and Sand Cave tunnels, finding onyx, an Indian moccasin, and a potential larger cavern behind Sand Cave. A rock collapse trapped him, leaving his rope missing as rescuers searched the area.
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Cave City
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
Collins
Floyd
Mule Cave
Crystal Cave
Johnnie Gerald
Green River
Ed Turner
New York
Salt Cove
Lee Collins
Land Cave
Death ends tenure of Michigan president Dr. Leroy M Burton
Dr. Leroy Marion Burton, 50, president of the University of Michigan, died at 3 20 am after a seventeen week illness caused by heart failure following pleural pneumonia. Funeral plans likely private as the university contemplates next steps with deans and the regents delay any successor move until February 27.
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Mich
Leroy Marion Burton
University of Michigan
John V. Parsons
Doctor Burton
Theodoie Burton Stewart
California
Harry B. Hutchins
Burton
Board of Regents
Ralph D. Cole to Speak at Columbus Luncheon
Former congressman Ralph D. Cole of Findlay and former lieutenant colonel of the 145th Infantry will address attendees at a patriotic luncheon February 25 in Columbus at the Hotel Deshier, tied to the Ohio Master Plumbers Association state convention.
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Columbus
Ralph D. Cole
Findlay
145Th Infantry
Hotel Deshier
Master Plumbers’ Association of
Ohio
Governors view set aside as tax program moves forward
Columbus Feb 18 legislative leaders push ahead with the Republican permanent tax program despite Governor Donahey objections. Two home rule bills, Tallentire and Dodd, advance to House votes next Tuesday, aiming to empower cities and subdivisions with local levy and budgeting powers. Leaders say they will pass or repass if vetoed.
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Columbus
Donahey
House Taxation Committee
House
Day bill allows electrocution of condemned prisoners
The Day bill permitting electrocution of condemned prisoners at the penitentiary any time during the day passed the Senate yesterday afternoon and now goes to the House.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Athens Chick Hatchery to Hatch 640000 Eggs This Summer
Athens Chick Hatchery plans a full capacity incubating season opening the last week in March. Manager H. O. Atkins notes a shortage of purebred fertile eggs, with deliveries from as far as Iowa despite a preference for Athens county eggs. The plant houses 40,000-eggs-per-room incubators. one room contains about 40,000 chicks hatchings in a three week incubation.
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Leroy Pope
Athens
H. O. Atkins
Athens County
Iowa
Atkins
Navy Opposes Union Plan for Air Forces
Admiral Robert E. Coontz, commander of the American navy, said in Los Angeles that he knows of no one in the navy who favors unification of the army and navy air forces. He declined to comment further on General Mitchells advocacy.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Robert E. Coontz
William Mitchell
Coontz
Mitchell
Deny the Rumor on Coolidge Arms Policy Talk
TOKIO February 18 The United States embassy and the Japanese foreign office denied this afternoon a Kokumin story that Ambassador Bancroft had conferred with Foreign Minister Shidehara about a planned arms policy, and about summoning Japan to sound its attitude.
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Tokio
United States
Kokumin
Bancroft
Shidehara
Coolidge
Japan
Detention Home Planned for Girls in Athens County
Athens County commissioners authorize a detention home for female delinquents with a $10 monthly allocation and $1 daily subsistence per girl. Judge Johnson says additional funds will follow. Mrs. Campbell named matron. The project aims to provide a humane custody option beyond county jail, reducing confinement in state facilities.
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Athens County
North
Congress Street
Johnson
Rome
Athens Alumni Return From NYC Safe After Fire
Clark Williams, alumni secretary for Ohio University, reports passing safely through an early Sunday apartment fire in Jackson Heights. The blaze in the basement forced occupants from the building but caused only slight damage. Nearby resident Colonel R. P. Slattery is identified as a former Athens resident.
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Clark Williams
Ohio University
New York City
New York
Ohio University Alumni Association
Jackson Heights
Phillips Rose
Athens
Ed Rose
R. P. Slattery
Rose
Bromine Discovery May Revive Abandoned Salt Wells in Hocking Valley
Promoters in Athens area plan a new enterprise to revive abandoned Hocking Valley salt wells. Tests reveal deep brines with high salt and bromine content, plus valuable magnesium and calcium chloride by products. If successful, project could create substantial employment and boost local industry.
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Hocking Valley
Hocking
Athens
East Malletry
Pomeroy
Knox Rubber Case Brought to United States Court
Trials of Paul M. Ashbaugh trustee in bankruptcy for Knox Tire and Rubber Company and Robert M. Greer referee in bankruptcy for alleged embezzlement of trust funds and J N Braddock Fredericktown banker for back a kite will be moved before Federal Judge Hickenlooper in Cincinnati at a trial term opening March 16. Judge Benson W Hough prepared most cases and is disqualified, so he arranged with Judge Hickenlooper to preside and will take over Hickenlooper's civil term in Cincinnati for two weeks starting March 16.
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Columbus
Paul M. Ashbaugh
Knox Tire and Rubber Company
Robert M. Greer
J. N. Braddock
Fredericktown
Hickenlooper
Cincinnati
Benson W. Hough
United States
Knox Company Bankrupt. Athens County Stock Owners Reported
Many residents of Athens County owned stock in the Knox Company, which has been bankrupt for several years. The report notes local ownership and prolonged insolvency.
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Athens County
Knox Company
Lieutenant Governor Lewis to Represent Ohio at Inauguration
Columbus Feb 18 Lieutenant Governor Lewis chosen by Governor Donahey to represent Ohio at the inauguration of President Coolidge and Vice President Dawes. Official notice of his selection was received today by Lewis.
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Columbus
Lewis
Ohio
Coolidge
Dawes
Donahey
Duffy Reappointed to Ohio Industrial Commission
In Columbus the Senate confirmed Governor Donahey's reappointment of Thomas J. Duffy of East Liverpool to a six year term on the State Industrial Commission by a 25 to 0 vote yesterday.
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Duffy
Columbus
Senate
Donahey
Thomas J. Duffy
East Liverpool
State Industrial Commission
Dangerous Time for State Roads
Governor Donahey in Columbus issued a proclamation urging sheriffs and county commissioners to enforce heavy vehicle laws without exceptions during the freeze thaw season. He noted the danger to highways from annual destruction and urged citizens to report infractions to aid enforcement.
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Columbus
Donahey
Logan county coal operators move to end buyerless shipments
Charleston Feb 18 The Logan county coal operators association voted at its annual meeting to halt immediately the practice of throwing buyerless coal on the market. They expect action by other states and say relying on a buyer to appear has depressed prices and increased demurrage costs, harming finances across the industry.
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Logan County
States
Charleston
W. Va
Coal Operators’ Association
Logan
Destina
Final Service Held as Cavern Rescuers Abandon Efforts
Cavern workers seal the crevice with cement to keep Floyd Collins undisturbed in his Sand Cave tomb. Rescue bosses scrapped dynamite plans after farm owner B Dyle objected. Funeral services were held atop the cliff as hundreds gathered to pay respects and mark the end of the rescue effort.
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Floyd Collins
Gov
Denhardt
Kentucky
Ed Brenner
Brenner
Collins
Carmichael
Minem
Nature
C. K. Dickey
Horse Cave
Cave City
Roy H. Biser
Glasgow Christian Church
Wilson Birthday Honored as National Legal Holiday
A joint resolution introduced in the Senate by Senator Neely of West Virginia would make December 28 Woodrow Wilson's birthday a legal holiday nationwide. The proposal seeks to honor the former president with a formal holiday across the United States.
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Wilson
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
Senator Neely
West Virginia
Decision delayed on Armour Morris packing purchase
Secretary of Agriculture Gore postponed indefinitely oral arguments on Armour & Co. acquisition of Morris & Co. packing business due to inability to reach a decision before March 4, the date he retires to become governor of West Virginia.
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West Virginia
Gore
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
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