Judge Landis absolves 21 players in 1917 1919 World Series graft case
United Press reports Chicago players and others faced graft charges over games in 1917 and 1919. Judge Kenesaw Landis found twenty-one players not guilty after weighing testimony from Eddie Collins Ray Schalk and Donie Bush against Risberg and Gandil. Bill James testified he received payment for defeating Boston but denied throwing any games.
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Chicago
Dell
Kenesaw M. Landis
Landis
Charles “Swede” Risberg
Arnold “Chick” Gandil
Detroit
Risberg
Gandil
Eddie Collins
Ray Schalk
Donie Bush
Reappraisal Cards To Be Mailed Soon
County auditor Fred Cornwell announced reappraisal cards notifying owners of property value will be mailed by week’s end or early next week. An abstract showing land, buildings, coal and oil values will go to the tax commission for approval or correction. If approved taxes may be due after February, but the commission could order up to a 10 percent value increase requiring at least two weeks to revise.
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Fred Cornwell
County Auditor
Tax Commission
Cornwell
City officials owe Cleveland for garage charges in 1926
Ninety five city officials owed the city of Cleveland six thousand seven hundred thirty nine dollars and eighty cents at year end 1926 for parking gasoline and repairs on their personal automobiles at the municipal garage.
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Cleveland
City of
Mexico Says It Does Not Seek War With United States
Mexico awaited Washington’s reply to Foreign Minister Saenz denial of Coolidge charges that Mexico meddled in Nicaragua. Saenz released the statement through the Mexican embassy in Washington and blamed opponents of the Mexican government for strained relations.
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Mexico City
U.P
Mexico
United States
Saenz
Coolidge
Mexic
Washington
Tragic Fire Destroys Home Near Addison
A January fire near Addison killed the three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Mulford and destroyed the Mulford farmstead including outbuildings. The blaze started from coal oil used to light a stove. Mulford and his wife escaped unharmed.
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Gallipolis
Ernest Mulford
Addison
Mulford
Athens Chest Drive Nears One-Third Of Goal
The Athens Community Chest drive reports $4,462.60 in cash and pledges at noon with about $3,500 added after a day of canvassing. Eight groups of men and women are collecting across the city, targeting a $10,000 goal for local welfare agencies including Red Cross Salvation Army Sheltering Arms Boy Scouts and student welfare programs.
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Athens Community Chest
M. Johnson
Athens
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Charity Ward
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Boy Scouts
Reed Heads Defense of Woods in Commerce Nomination
Washington officials say the Senate interstate commerce committee will close debate on Cyrus E. Woods of Pennsylvania for the Interstate Commerce Commission. Senator Reed, Republican of Pennsylvania, will defend the nomination already secured.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cyrus E. Woods
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reed
Republican
Urge Canal Abandonment From Senate Committee
Jan 12 report from the Senate canals committee recommends abandoning Ohio canals except those with land for public parks or where the state gains revenue from hydraulic leases.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate Canals Committee
Death of Henry M. Dallett In Cleveland Home
Coroner expected to rule today in the death of Henry M. Dallett 66 a retired broker whose body was found in his Cleveland home yesterday.
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Cleveland
Henry M. Dallett
Attorney Doyle to Defend Senator-Elect Smith in Senate Funds Fight
Defends Smith C J Doyle will represent Frank L Smith senator elect from Illinois as his attorney when Smith travels to Washington to face a Senate storm over his campaign funds. Doyle, former Illinois secretary of state, is president of the club in the Maine Sire.
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C. J. Doyle
Frank L. Smith
Illinois
Smith
Washington
Senate
Doyle
Mellon asserts wood alcohol as denaturant for industrial alcohol
Treasury Secretary Mellon told Congress that wood alcohol remains the most effective denaturant to meet the national prohibition act. He cited 1906 authority, noted the substance warns of nonbeverage use by taste and odor, and said no safer effective denaturant exists though research continues. He also cited 1926 industrial alcohol output of over 105 million gallons and argued many so-called poison rum deaths were due to alcoholism.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Congress
Senate
Treasury
Pat McDermott Given Life Imprisonment in Murder Case
Pat McDermott was formally sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Don R. Mellett publisher of the Canton Daily News. Judge E W Diehl imposed the sentence after the jury found him guilty of first degree murder with mercy. A motion for a new trial was overruled and an appeal was noted.
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Canton
U.P
Pat McDermott
Don R. Mellett
Canton Daily News
Today
Common Pleas Court
E. W. Diehl
McDermott
Gasoline Price Cut Announced by Standard Oil Indiana
Standard Oil of Indiana reduced motor gasoline prices by one cent per gallon on January 12. The cut applies in all states where Standard of Indiana operates.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Standard of Indiana
Senate foreign relations panel hears Kellogg in secret session
The secret session of the Senate foreign relations committee drew notable members including Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin and Senator Wheeler of Montana as Secretary of State Kellogg testified, attracting crowded attendance.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kellogg
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Wheeler
Montana
PUTS TIE ON RAIL LONDON INDICTMENT LEADS TO REFORM SCHOOL
E A Elliot aged 21 and former Pennsylvania railroad employee was sentenced to Mansfield reformatory for an indeterminate term after pleading guilty to placing an obstruction on a railroad track. He admitted placing a tie on the Pennsylvania tracks and reporting it to improve his record.
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London
U.R
E. A. Elliot
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mansfield Reformatory
Elliot
Pennsylvania
Weather Snapshot from Amesville Cold Morning
This morning Amesville reported 4 above. The Ohio university observatory thermograph recorded 13 as the low. The last forty eight years show a record low of 11 below in 1886 and a high of 66 in 1880. A two hour table follows.
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Amesville
Ohio University Observatory
Sick man weds General quits hospital in New York
General George Herbert Harries, recently convalescent in a Washington hospital, traveled to New York and married Mrs. Alice Loveland of Detroit at the Waldorf Astoria. A nurse accompanied the official during the ceremony.
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New York
Washington, D. C
George Herbert Harries
Chicago
Alice Loveland
Detroit
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Chaplin Reported to Leave California Film Colony
Reports say Charlie Chaplin left the film colony in California and is believed by some in Hollywood to be in hiding. Authorities conduct checks on trains for any sighting of the film star.
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Charlie Chaplin
California City
Hollywood
Receivers Named Prepare To Take Charge of Property
Court appoints receivers to manage a $16,000,000 estate and related assets. The action names key stakeholders and outlines control transfer procedures as legal steps proceed.
Receivers Appointed Over Chaplin Assets in Divorce Case
In Los Angeles two receivers take charge of Charlie Chaplin assets valued at about 16 million dollars amid ongoing divorce proceedings with wife Lita Grey. Bond set at 200000 each. court cites necessity as Chaplin’s possible departure from jurisdiction. Mrs Grey aims for independence as suit proceeds.
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Los Angeles
Paris
New York
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Lita Grey
W. S. Gilbert
Aimeeersen
Herman’ Stipzél
Lyndel L. Young
Young
Wood
Hollywood
Toronto editor arrested for church attack in paper
Toronto January 12 Er nest V Sterry editor of the Christian Inquirer was jailed for printing in the first issue an attack on the God of Jehovah of the Old Testament described as an irate old party who massacred hundreds of thousands of his own people.
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Toronto
Ont
Ernest V. Sterry
The
Christian Inquirer
Earthquake Shakes Lisbon In Five-Second Tremor
A five‑second sharp quake rattled Lisbon waking residents from their beds and startling theatergoers returning home during the night.
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Lisbon
Five Stark County prisoners escape jail in Canton
Sheriff Ed Gibson mobilizes a deputy squad after two auto thefts and the escape of five prisoners from Stark county jail on Sunday. The search covers nearby sections as authorities pursue the fugitives.
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Canton
Ed Gibson
Stark County
Marines Foil Liberal Attack in Rama Nicaragua
In Rama on the Escondido river 300 United States marines arrived to deter liberal forces aiming to topple conservative President Diaz in favor of Juan Sacasa. Navy ships also reinforced Bluefields as Diaz’s army faced defeat at Laguna Las Perlas and liberals moved inland toward Rama.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Rama
Escondido
Diaz
Juan Sacasa
Bluefields
United States Navy
Ding
Liberala
Suf
Laguna Las Perias
Biluefields
Las Perlas
Cool- Lagueviy
Aha Sheiberal Reve
Nadel to Seek New Trial After Harboring Conviction
Ben Nadel known as the guardian angel of Pat McDermott faces a Friday hearing on a new trial after being convicted of harboring a felon in the Don Mellett case. A Canton grand jury considers his connection to the murder as an indictment is anticipated.
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Cleveland
Ben Nadel
Guardian Angel
Pat McDermott
Don Mellett
Liberty
Common Pleas
Walter McMahon
Nadel
Canton
Mellett
NCR salesmen to get Havana trip at month end
Dayton officials announced that leading salesmen and sales agents of the National Cash Register company will be rewarded with a trip to Havana Cuba at the end of January.
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Dayton
National Cash Register Company
Havana
Cuba
Ohio Briefs Protect Fish At Buckeye Lake
Funds for fish protection at Buckeye Lake are appropriated by State Director of Agriculture Truax. Work to stretch 25,000 feet of wire around 25 acres will begin next week.
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Newark
Buckeye Lake
Truax
DIES AFTER CITY RAIDS IN CLEVELAND
Mrs. Felica Jamiroc aged 30 died in Cleveland after two police raids in three days. Doctors attributed the death to heart failure caused by the stress and excitement of the raids.
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Cleveland
Felica Jamiroc
Dry agent arrested on blackmail charge in Cleveland
Albert Collins former federal dry agent was arrested in Cleveland on a blackmail charge for allegedly taking a $100 bribe to fix a federal liquor case.
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Cleveland
Albert Collins
Addison Child Burned to Death While Sleeping
In Middleport on January 12 Geraldine Mulford an 88 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Mulford died in a house fire she was asleep when a lamp left burning ignited the room. Firefighters got the flames under control but the home was destroyed. Funeral services will be held at the Christian church Middleport with burial at Cheshire.
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Middleport
Geraldine Mulford
Ernest Mulford
Addison
Christian Church
Cheshire
Warden Tynan Resigns From Colorado Penitentiary
Colorado's embattled state penitentiary warden Thomas Tynan resigns. Morley tried to oust him from Can on City, but Tynan denounced the former governor, barricaded inside the penitentiary and warned that anyone attempting to enter or break out would be shot.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Thomas Tynan
Morley
Tynan
Canon City
Mule Retired At 33 Trails Ice Wagon In Coleman
A mule in Coleman Texas is retired at age 33 after years of pulling an ice wagon. The animal now spends its days in leisure while the former delivery team finds slow-paced work.
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Coleman
Tex
Freedom in Teaching of Sciences Discussed by Eminent Leaders
Ohio University psychology professor Dr J P Porter relayed findings from the American Psychological Association meeting in Philadelphia. The talks covered science education for women and fair treatment of women teachers, with notes on human nature’s potential for perfection and early degree attainment by women in psychology zoology chemistry and medicine.
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Ohio University
American Psychological Association
Philadelphia
J. P. Porter
Psychology
Porter
Terman
Leland Stanford
Longstaff
Kellogg Pledges Senate Panel Secrecy on Policy Evidence
Secretary of State Kellogg appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in executive session and pledged secrecy on the evidence he offered. He read a prepared statement on Nicaraguan and Mexican policies, echoing President Coolidge's address and alleging Mexican ammunition shipments to Nicaraguan rebels.
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Washington
UPR
Kellogg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Committee
Coolidge
Congress
Sheriff pursues murderers of Dr Delfino and Nick Bellagrini
Steubenville reports Sheriff Robert M. Lowe of Brooks county West Virginia continues the search for the murderers of Dr Deigo Delfino and Nick Bellagrini despite four death threats from unknown sources.
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Steubenville
Jan
Robert M. Lowe
Brooks County
W. Va
Deigo Delfino
Nick Bellagrini
Lowe
Chapman’s Pal C J Dryden Arrested in San Diego
Police call C J Dryden once tied to the late Gerald Chapman "one of the biggest confidence men" in the country as he awaits removal to New York for forgery charges totaling 336000. He was nabbed after an unnamed incident.
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C.J. Dryden
Gerald Chapman
San Diego
O' York
Tee
Senator Herbert Pushes College Entrance Exams
In Columbus on January 12 the Senate adjourned for the week as 13 new bills were introduced. Senator Paul Herbert proposed college entrance exams with a nine member board to oversee tests and select entrants to state schools. The measure aims to require proofs of readiness before state funding. Other bills push open-shop labor contracts, liquor-law limits, and county city government mergers within Ohio.
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United Press
Columbus
Senate
House
L. L. Marshall
Cleveland
Fred Myers
Toledo
Paul Herbert
Paul Her
Se Herbert
Herbert
Ohio State
Lat
Ohio University
Kents Bowling Green Normal Schools
Marshall
Cinccinnati
No Trace of Prisoners Reported in London Escape
London Jan 18 no trace has been found of three prisoners who escaped from the local jail. The escape involved Myerets Elliott who was later recaptured at Briarhome.
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London
Neo
Thie
Madinon Ae
Myerets Eiliott
Bia
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