Aurora man to reenact double murder tied to Lincoln claim
Warren J. Lincoln, Aurora attorney and horticulturist claiming kin to Abraham Lincoln, faces reenactment of the killing of his wife Lina Shoup Lincoln and her brother Byron Shoup. He confesses to a murder plot, dismemberment, and burning bodies in a greenhouse furnace, with police tracing clues from a green ribbon typewriter.
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Aurora
Ill
Warren J. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Lina Shoup Lincoln
Byron L. Shoup
Amell
Lincoln
Chicago
Shoup
Cme
Ohio Good Roads Federation to discuss highway costs
The Ohio Good Roads Federation will hold its annual meeting January 25 in Columbus. W A Alsdorf says officials will review cost sharing by abutting property owners and consider federal and state highway legislation including proposed 166 million dollar annual federal aid for three years starting 1924. The group will discuss highway reorganizations and Green Law county systems progress, with meeting postponed to June.
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Federation
Congress
Ohio
Harding
PROGR
Bursum Plans New Veteran Bonus Bill in Congress
Senator Bursum of New Mexico introduces a $1.46 billion veterans bonus bill offering four payments to veterans. The plan includes cash refunds for allotments and insurance premiums, Liberty Bond losses, and monthly service pay, with a life insurance option and four year cash payments. Government costs run about $125 million yearly for four years, then about $69 million annually for 16 years.
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Washington
Congress
Bursum
New Mexico
Harding
Rbursum
Famous Medical Scientist forges on as attacks weigh
Associates of Dr. Albert Abrams, famed San Francisco physician and proponent of the electronic method of diagnosis, say his death stemmed from worry over criticism of his theories. Abrams died after a weeklong illness of broncho pneumonia. his estate is reported near two million dollars. He predicted his own death last year, and was known for spondylotherapy and blood vibration tests as well as wireless diagnosis work.
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Albert Abrams
San Francisco
Abrams
Dr. Abrams
Lila
Youthful Coasters Killed by Auto Near Ohio Capitol
Merle Schleppi 15 and Lawrence Smith 17 were killed when a sled tied to a car was dragged after the machine was diverted to let another vehicle pass near Columbus Ohio. Bevard and Thomas drivers stopped after screams. Schleppi died at the scene and Smith died an hour later in hospital.
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Columbus
Merle Schleppi
Lawrence Smith
Robert Thomas
F. T. Bevard
Bevard
Schleppt
Italian Jugoslav alliance called greatest European event
Belgrade reports Foreign Minister Nintchich telling the U S minister that the Italian Jugoslav alliance is the greatest European event since the Versailles treaty, highlighting its significance in postwar diplomacy.
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Belgrade
United States
Nintchich
Card Players Robbed in Cleveland Pinochle Heist
In Cleveland Ohio three bandits robbed a crowded pinochle room early today. They ordered players to line up against the wall and escaped with 1582 dollars. Steve Podok owner of the East End cigar store was among the victims losing five dollars. The gunmen were described as tall as seven feet.
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Cleveland, O
Steve Podok
Podok
Highway guard safety net saves drivers in tests
A new safety device called the highway guard uses elastic fabric atop embankments and bridges to stop speeding vehicles without injury. Tests show cars at 45 to 50 mph cannot break through, with Ohio officials ordering installation at the Death Curve near Columbus. representatives from other states and the US Good Roads Board are evaluating it.
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Chicago
Ohio
W. T. Kyle
Page Steel & Wire Co
Bridgeport
Conn
Kyle
Ohio State Commission
Columbus
United States Good Roads Board
Harness conspiracy case opens in parkersburg court
In Parkersburg West Virginia January 14 the United States District Court begins the first war fraud case. Judge Lawrence Greener presides as witnesses including former and current federal officials sit in. The case concerns the 1920 sale of artillery war harness to a group allegedly forming the United States Harness Company of Ransom West Virginia.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
United States District Court
D. Liwrenes
Juoites
William Hovacdaft
United States Harness Company
Ransom
Congress
Belmont sheriff gears up patrol for summer speeders
St Clatresville Ohio sheriff M Dunfee of Belmont County plans a patrol system for the National Highway to curb speeding this summer. He is organizing the effort to enforce traffic rules and improve road safety.
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ST. Clatresville
O.sheriff & M. Dunfee
Belmont County
Farm Bureau Chief to Speak in Athens
L. B. Palmer of Pataskala president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation will headline the District 26 meeting in Athens. The session at the Chamber of Commerce rooms starts 10:50 Saturday morning with an afternoon session. The talk will cover cooperative marketing for farmers and Palmer’s discussion on the wool contract with the Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers Association.
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L. B.palmer
Pataskala
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Athens
Meigs
Vinton
Gallia
Chamber of Commerce
Palmer
Ohio Sheep and Woo! Growers’ Association
Aso
Salim von Hoogs Inherits Question In Rogers Will
New York January 14 The relations between Count Ludwig Salim von Hoogs and Millicent Rogers are clouded by rumor as Colonel Rogers delays statements. Millicent inherits 10000 dollars yearly from M H Rogers while the larger estate of 9,862,680 may or may not benefit the Count. discussions of a possible will revision surface.
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Millicent Rogers
New York
Ludwig Salm von Hroogstraeten
Miss Rogers
H. H. Soegers
Standard Oil
Jack Carberry
I. N.S
Ludwig Salim von Hoogstraden
Henry Huddleston Rogers
Rogers
M. H. Rogers
John PD. Rockefeller
Dad
I. H. Rogers
Frigid temperatures grip Athens area with light snowfall
Athens thermometers edged down to near zero but stayed several degrees above the last cold spell. By 8 30 the reading climbed from four to eleven above zero as Amesville reported one half degree at 6 30 rising to five above by 8. Coasting returned to town while parents struggled on ice.
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Athens
Court Street
Amesville
Ohio
FF. W. Gibson
Brother shoot incident leaves Harting wounded in Steubenville
Harvey Harting, 24, is hospitalized in Steubenville with bullet wounds to his legs from an accidental shooting during a rabbit hunt. His brother Alikanna, also firing, escaped injury as both men fired at the same target.
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Alikanna
Harvey
Harting
Steubenville
Dawes Demands Common Sense in Allied Reparations Talks
Paris reports the Dawes-led inter allied committee began its first session to assess Germany’s capacity to pay reparations. Dawes warned against political pressure, urging practical, common sense groundwork and signaling Berlin meetings as possible. He criticized American nationalist rhetoric and pledged help from experts to balance Germany’s budget.
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Paris
Inter-Allied Committee of
Allied Reparations Commission
Germany
Charlies Gaten Dawen
Chicago
Dawes
Berlin
Dawen
Europe
Bank Itn Econom
Married 38 Years Man Seeks Divorce
Luman Hendershot filed for divorce from wife Mary Hendershot in Belpre county clerk office following a 38 year marriage begun September 16, 1886. He states she left their home on January 16, 1918 and has not returned. The couple has no children.
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Luman Hendershot
Mary Hendershot
Hendershot
Belpre
Hendershots
FINAL BATTALION NEAR HANG OVERWHELMS MEXICAN FRONT
General Eugenio Martinez reports mountaineers attacking Oaxaca while federal troops occupy Tehuacan and push toward Vera Cruz. President Obregon assumes command at La Piedad amid expected clashes in Michoacan and Pancillan Jalisco as Hoff confirms a rebel decapitation claim. Bernard War department officials note the Turner case.
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Mexico City
Eugenio Martinez
War Department
Oaxaca
Tehuacan
Puebla
Martinez
Vera Cruz
Alvaro Obregon
la Piedad
Michioacan
Pancillan
Jalisco
Hankow
China
Hoff
Guadalajara
Palace hotel employee wins 690 006 pesetas lottery prize
Madrid report says an employee at the Palace hotel won 690 006 pesetas from a lottery ticket costing 260 pesetas, a windfall noted by local authorities.
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Madrid
Palace
Labour MP presides at meeting to avert railway strike
London Margaret Bandfield a Labour MP chaired a train workers meeting as engineers threaten a strike. The gathering sought to forestall walkouts by locomotive engineers amid growing industrial tensions.
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London
Margaret Bandfield
House of Commons
Canton Man Denies Ties to Death Through Chlorform Claim
Louise E. Griffith, head of United Machine Manufacturing, to face preliminary murder hearing in Canton Ohio for Ruth Hunter's death after her body was found January 2. Authorities allege chlorform was used. Griffith, small in stature, denies involvement and challenges police to prove he had the 19 year old in his sedan the night she died.
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Canton, O
Louise E. Griffith
United Machine Manufacturing Company
Ruth Hunter
Richville-Roed
Griffith
Dismembered wife case shocks Ohio farm town
Jan. 16. Syernt Mohier, 78, wealthy farmer near Bluffton, is arrested after the nude torso and limbs of his wife Mrs. Katherine Mohler, 68, are found buried in a barn crevice. A bloodstained sickle, a cover story, and third degree questioning precede a murder charge.
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Lima
Yent Mohier
Hiuffton
Katherine Mohler
Mohler
Fostoria
Pippencott
Crogsen
A Porse
Mohter
Mohier
Allen County
Princess Mohler
Rioting by German Communists Leaves One Dead
One person killed and two wounded in rioting by German Communists the day in Hamburg.
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Hamburg
Build a Home of Your Own With Free Plans Booklet
A Washington Information Bureau offer promotes home ownership by showing exterior views and floor plans for six brick houses. Readers are urged to estimate costs over five or ten years and stop renting, with a free booklet available by sending two cents for return postage.
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Washington Information Bureau
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