French Hope For American Forces Proposals
Washington orders immediate withdrawal of all American troops from the Rhine amid France’s Ruhr occupation threat. Maj. Gen. Allen’s 1,159 troops will board the St. Mihiel for Antwerp and U.S. embarks will land at Savannah, Charleston, and New York.
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St. Mihiel
United States
Antwerp
War Department
Allen
Coblenz
Savannah
Charleston
US. C
New York
Texas
Boston
Herrick
Poincare
America
Belgians Mass on German Frontier
Belgian troops concentrate along the German frontier at Aachen and Duisburg to aid France in seizing the Ruhr. At least 4000 soldiers will join the operation and are expected to march into Germany on Thursday.
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Brussels
Achen
Duisburg
Belgium
Germany
State pays large sum to attorney in mine strike case
Belmont county authorities awarded Walton J. Walker the largest share of fees for aiding Prosecutor W. T. Dixon in the three trials arising from the New Lafferty mine strike riot murder. Walker received 2000 for Ven Turato first-degree murder aid, 2000 for Dan Agosta first trial with a disagreement, and 1500 for the second Agosta trial ending in a second-degree murder verdict.
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ST. Clatirsville
Belmont County
Walton J. Walker
W. T. Dixon
Lafferty
Walker
Dominick Venturato
Dan Agosta
Community Chest tops drive with 1500 in subscriptions
Niles reports two subscriptions totaling 1500 dollars added to the Community Chest goal of 20000 dollars for charitable purposes, pushing the fundraising effort over the line.
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Niles
Community Chest
State seeks grand jury indictment in murder case
Cleveland January 10 Prosecuting Attorney Edward C Stanton was to go before the grand jury today to seek indictment on first degree murder charges against Fred Goettling 40 confessed slayer of Harry Keim last Saturday night Goettling has a long prison record dating back to 1904.
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Cleveland
Edward C. Stanton
Fred Goettling
Harry Keim
Goettling
Wheeling Steel to Complete YokVille Plant Housing Addition
The 54 house addition in Tiltonville, built for Yok Ville tin plate plant workers, will be completed this month. It will feature its own water, light, sewage and street system.
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Tiltonville
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Yokville
France and Belgium Move to Advance on the Ruhr
Paris announces that France and Belgium will notify Germany of plans to advance on the Ruhr tonight or tomorrow. President Harding orders withdrawal of the American Rhine occupation. A French communist plot is uncovered and Ring-leaders are arrested. Italy will send engineers with French troops to secure coal allotments. Belgian troops will assist, Britain delays action until tomorrow’s cabinet meeting.
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Paris
France
Belgium
Germany
Ruhr
Essen
Kettwig
Stinnes
Harding
Rhine
Rhineland
Italy
Junker
Berlin
Great Britain
Britain
West Virginia Governor Pushes Law To Halt Basic-Industry Strikes
Governor E. N. Morgan urged the legislature to enact a law to suspend work in basic industries pending dispute adjudication. His message also called for continued state police and prohibition enforcement, election law amendments, a one cent gas tax for roads, and an additional 20 million dollar road bond.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
E. N. Morgan
Prohibition
Ku Klux Klan Active in Montgomery County Campaign Work
Dayton Ohio January report states a grand jury will probe alleged Ku Klux Klan activities in the last campaign. Judge Paterson instructed inquiry into circulation of a handbill the night before and on election day attacking three Democratic judicial candidates signed by the Protestant Political Protective association.
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Charge KU Klux Klan
Montgomery County
Protestant Protective Association
Dayton, O
Grand Jury
Grand
R. C. Paterson
Protestant Political Protective Association
Ku Klux Klan
Cirmen
Melody With Message To Replace Preacher
Prominent violinist Jascha Heifitz tells International News Service music can be road to communion with God after Park Avenue Baptist uses organ medley instead of a sermon. The piece discusses a shift toward music replacing traditional preaching sparked by John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s rhythmic religion advocate.
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Harry
Denlinger
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Ministry of Music
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Jascha Heifitz
Today
Pomero y Bend News Delivers Reckless Driving Incident
In Pomero y Bend last night a Ford struck nurse Maggie Smith as she boarded a street car at Blaetters corner. The driver, Andrew Wright Deacon, fled but was captured by motorman J. J. Watson. Smith, 57, suffered a broken leg severe bruises and facial wounds with possible internal injuries.
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Pomeroy
Charles Seidenable
Rutland
Andrew Wright
Maggie Smith
Blaettner's Corner
J. J. Watson
Cincinnati
Divorce suit claims husband vanished after 1918 Toledo wedding
Grace Prince Lorain charges in her divorce suit that after marrying Fred Prince in Toledo in 1918 he left to get his clothes while she went to Lorain to get hers and that they planned to reunite in Lorain to start housekeeping but she has not seen him since.
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Elyria
Grace Prince Lorain
Fred Prince
Toledo
Cleveland
Lorain
Crosley Co Buys Precision Equipment in Radio Deal
Cincinnati message reports Crosley Mfg Co New York owner of WLW buys Precision Equipment WMH studio marking first major Ohio radio financial move in which the broadcasting stations will abandon WMH and shift operations to WLW.
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Cincinnati
Crosley Mfg. Co
New York
WLW
Precision Equipment Co
WMH
Ohio
Tragic Armory Accident Claims Brookville Man
Lawrence Harvey Jeffers a 20 year old Brookville resident and member of Co I 166th Infantry died in an accidental discharge at the Armory in Athens. He had been in the building Tuesday evening to discuss selling his .22 Stevens revolver and dropped it while demonstrating its use to local youths. The incident occurred at 6 10 pm in Edleman’s basement quarters and is linked to a missing shell from a fresh cartridge box. The death was ruled accidental and is being investigated with the prior sale talk noted.
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Lawrence Harvey Jeffers
Brookville
Co. I
166Th Infantry
Athens
Jeffers
Joe Edlieman
Edleman
Ohio women voters outline league aims at luncheon
Miss Katherine Ludington Lyme from the national League of Women Voters explained the policies and purposes at a noonday luncheon hosted by the Ohio and Franklin county associations at the Deshler Hotel. She is visiting Ohio leagues as delegations from several Buckeye cities attend, including Zanesville led by Miss Sybil Burton, the state league vice president.
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Columbus
League of Women Voters
Katherine Ludington Lyme
Conn
National League
Ohio
Franklin County
Hotel Deshler
Ludington
Buckeye State
Zanesville
Sybil Burton
Communist Plot Against French State Uncovered
Paris January 10 government officials announced the discovery of a communist plot threatening France. Ring leaders were arrested after police raided the offices of the Communist paper Humanite and seized documents.
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Paris
France
Barthou
Monoury
Humanite
If you have good health you are out of jail
A concise proverb notes health as the sole luck needed when one is free from confinement. It underscores the value of well being over other fortunes.
License tag shipment arrives for Athens cars
The Athens Chamber of Commerce received 100 passenger car license plates on Wednesday. No truck tags came with the shipment and officials expect delays until January 15 for replacements. The passenger plates bear numbers in the 92 000 series.
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Athens
Chamber of Commerce
Jackie Coogan 10 Clear A Fortune
A cash bonus of 500000 dollars was offered to child star Jackie Coogan as he signs a four film contract with Metro Pictures. The deal, reported in motion picture circles in Los Angeles, could be completed within a year.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
Metro Pictures Corporation
Head of Greek Church to Stay With Turks
In the Near East peace conference a decision allows the patriarch of the Greek Orthodox church to remain in Constantinople. Jord Curzon, head of the British delegation, called it a tremendous step toward peace. The report comes from Susanne dated January 10.
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Susanne
Constantinople
Jord Curzon
Thousands sentenced as executions tally rises in Chaurasi unrest
In Bombay on January 10, authorities announced that 172 individuals were sentenced to death after trials linked to murder and arson during anti government uprisings in Chaurasi last February. The proceedings followed extremist violence and resulting non cooperationist outrages.
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Bombay
India
Chaurasi
U S Steel Reports December Unfilled Orders Decline
New York January 10 United States Steel corporation issued a monthly statement showing unfilled orders on December 31 totaling 6 745 703 tons, down from 6 840 242 tons on November 30 a drop of 94 539 tons.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
France Eyes German Industrialists as Ruhr Occupation Buffer
Paris reports the French cabinet seeks proposals from Hugo Stinnes and other German industrialists to avert occupation of the Ruhr. France hopes assurances to stop boycotts, curb iron ore imports, and stabilize the mark, while delaying Berlin’s move to influence Ruhr authorities. The plan hinges on pro‑German industrialists offering terms and funds.
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Paris
Ruhr
Hugo Stinnes
Great Britain
United States
England
France
Rhineland
I’remaeh
Berelin
Trench
Poincare
Berlin
Krupp
Stinnes
Thyszen
Haniel
Lorain
Sweden
Wife of Official Is Given Sentence
Charlestown West Virginia January 10. Convicted of boot legging Mrs Hardin Bayes wife of a justice of the peace of South Charleston active in enforcing prohibition law was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to thirty days in jail she will appeal today.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Hardin Bayes
South Charleston
Circle Hill Man Fined for Cruelty to a Dog
Russ Childers of Circle Hill appeared before Squire Hedges at the canal on Tuesday to answer an unlawful torture charge brought by the Humane Agent A C Roach. Roach pleaded guilty to shooting, wounding and mutilating a dog and was fined five dollars plus costs.
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Russ Childers
Circle Hill
Squire Hedges
Canal
A. C. Roach Rusa
Squire & FE. Hedges
Deny Truce Report Circulated Between Free State and Irregulars
A Dublin and London circulated report of a truce between the Free State and the republican irregulars was officially denied. The article ends with an unrelated line about a wife knowing a short husband is hard to get along with.
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Dublin
London
Free State
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Europe
Great
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Franege
Dusseldorf-Essen
Elberfield
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Pittsburgh
Simeon D. Fess
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Newark Bay
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Solons
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Oliver Hartley
Messenger
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Armory
League of New Voters
Rence
Mason
Marshal Foch
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