Japanese Navy modernizes amid resistance and street crime
Elvey Frie, a 20 year old Ohio University sophomore and Phi Delta Theta member, was shot in the hand during a hold up on East Mulberry Street as a highwayman demanded cash and a jeweled fraternity pin valued at $200. Frie resisted, fired upon, and the robber fled toward the B and O railroad while police canvassed Athens for clues with a vague suspect description.
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Elvey Frie
McArthur
Ohio University
Phi Delta Wheta
Frie
J. M. Higgins
Parker
Mulberry Street
Tftrie
Urie
B. and O
Tite
Belpre
Athens
Irie
Trie
Family murder case shocks Alliance as released lunatic charged
Mrs. Mabel Pfeifer, 24, formerly in an insane asylum, is charged with killing her father, Jacob Howell, in Alliance Ohio. It marks the third such case in Ohio within two weeks.
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Mabel Pfeifer
Jacob Howell
Alliance, OQ
Ohio
Agreement Not Followed Threatens Hawaii Labor Policy
A federal labor commission warns that a rise in peti bul brides importation to Hawaii undermines Japan US cordial accords and endangers national defense. The report urges immediate congressional legislation to restore American control of political, economic, and social life in the territory.
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Washington
Hawaii
United States
Secreta’ of
Davis
Japan
United Stat
Commission
Assur
Hawaiian Islands
Hiawaii
Congress
Last Witness Heard in Case at Bastrop Courthouse
Leon I. Jones testified at the Hooded Mob investigation in Bastrop Louisiana accusing the Black Masks of throwing Watt Daniel and Thomas J. Richards into Lake Fourche. The crowded courtroom heard a government attorney blame the Ku Klux Klan for parish lawlessness and the judge adjourned the hearing pending court calls.
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Ku Klux Klan
Fred JL. Odom
Miners Convicted in Cliftonville Battle Sentenced in Wellsburg
In Wellsburg West Virginia on January 25 two miners convicted on conspiracy charges from last summer’s Cliftonvile mine battle were sentenced. Charlie Ciallella of Avella Pennsylvania received ten years in the state penitentiary at Moundsville and noted an appeal to the state supreme court. Steve Tyakody pled guilty to conspiracy and was given four years in the state prison.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Cliftonvile
Charlie Ciallella
Avella
Moundsville
State Supreme Court
Steve Tyakody
Regular meeting Columbus Golden Post 89
Installation of officers planned for Saturday at 1 p.m. January 27. Local members invited to attend the Columbus lodge event.
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Columbus
Boy Drowns After Falling Into Barrel in Ohio Home
In Connorville Ohio on January 25 a boy named Frank Poleto was found dead in a barrel of tar used by a gar ner. the barrel was partially buried and had been at his home. The accident occurred when the youth fell into the barrel and drowned.
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Connorville
Frank Poleto
Film to spotlight Athens county civic life for Sheltering Arms
A motion picture will depict Athens county civic, educational, and club activity. It stars Nelsonville Glouster and Athens high school students and will be shown in Athens Nelsonville and Glouster for Sheltering Arms hospital. The Kiwanis meeting time changes to noon Tuesday for photos.
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Athens County
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Kiwanis Club of
Pope Pius XI worries over Ruhr situation in Vatican stance
Pope Pius XI is deeply worried about the Ruhr crisis but believes Vatican intervention would be unwise now. Vatican Secretary Pizzardo says the pope fears consequences of French occupation yet does not foresee actual war and sees no current political move from the Vatican.
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Rome
Pius XI
Ruhr
Vatican
Pizzardo
Akron arrest named as chief of Canton safecracker gang
A man who gave the name William Boyce 69 was arrested in Akron after Canton police identified him as the alleged leader of a safecracking gang that had menaced Canton recently.
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Akron, O
William Boyce
Canton Police
Burglary Break-in In Maynard Store Sparks $2900 Loss
Bridgeport reports safebreakers wrecked the store safe at Joseph Hrabak’s Maynard establishment early today and secured stocks and bonds valued at 2900 dollars. Police pursue leads as investigation continues.
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Bridgeport
Joseph Hrabak
Maynard
Gasoline lamp blast kills girl in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia a gasoline lamp explosion killed six year old Marie Besnic and seriously burned her father Michael Besnic who remains in a hospital with burns that may prove fatal.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Marie Besnic
Michael Besnic
Aviator Bossoutrot Sets Glider Flight Record
Boulogne reports French aviator Bossoutrot staying aloft three hours and one minute in a motorless glider today. The endurance flight sets a new record for duration in such craft.
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Boulogne
Bossoutrot
Japan accelerates navy upgrade under Washington treaty limits
Washington dispatch reports Japan is expanding its auxiliary fleet to shift from defensive to offensive posture while honoring the 5-5-3 treaty ratio. Four 10,000 ton and four 7,100 ton cruisers, plus eight-inch guns and 16,000 mile ranges, are planned. Submarine build rises to 22 undersea cruisers of 1,500 tons or more. The move contrasts with the U S fleet’s aging small submarines and coastal focus.
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George R. Holmes
I. N
Washington
Japan
United States
Harding
Congress
Tokio
Child loses finger as runaway horses injure girl in ditch
Six year old Helen Lantow daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Lantow of Defiance escaped serious harm when a coal wagon driven by a team of runaway horses ran over her. A horse stepped on her hand and severed the third finger of her right hand at the middle knuckle.
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Helen Lantow
Eugene Lantow
Illicit still found at family home in Elyria
Police raid on the Leschesky residence uncovers an illicit alcohol still and booze plant after John Leschesky 17 was caught robbing a gas station. Father Steve Leschesky is charged with liquor law violations and fined $500.
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Elyria
John Leschesky
Leschesky
Steve Leschesky
iHe
Man amputates own arm in railroad yard incident
James Scanian of Newark admitted in court that on December 18 he lay beside a Pennsylvania yard track with his arm over the rail and allowed it to be cut off by a train. He claimed his arm was tattooed and he tired of looking at it, justifying the act as self harm. He was charged with attempted death by own action and held on $500 bail.
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Newark
N. J
James Scanian
Scanian
Pennsylvania Yards
Soviet Openly Threatens Help to Germany in War Fears
Moscow reports a demand for a powerful Red fleet by Chairman Kalinin as a counterweight to Western pressure. He calls Ruhr occupation by France a gambling act and warns four cradles of war in Ruhr Hungary the Balkans and Near East. Stekloff accuses Poland of mobilizing against Russia.
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Moscow
Kalinin
Central Executive Committee
M. Swalinin
Ruhr
France
Lausanne
Rikivsky
Hungary
Roumania
Transylvania
Balkans
Near East
Turkey
Greece
M. Stekloff
Szestia
Poland
Russia
Warsaw
Germany
Stekloff
Car Crash Leaves One Deadly Neck Break. Two Unconscious
Cleveland reports a street car collision on Madison avenue early today injuring three men. Ralph McIntyre, 27, is hospitalized with a broken neck and is not expected to survive while two others ride in the automobile are unconscious.
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Cleveland, .O
Ralph McIntyre
Madison Avenue
Strikes and Allied Movements Amid Mayence Sentencing
In Amsterdam on January 25 reports cite isolated disorders and fresh strikes in the Westphalian coal and iron districts tied to the Mayence sentencing of German coal operators. Rhineland rail traffic stalls with Belgian reinforcements arriving. French troops mass along the eastern fringe of occupied areas as French authorities take over Mayence police.
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Amsterdam
Mayence
Rhineland
Dusseldorf
Housing for 244 workers in company village at Titonville
The Wheeling Steel Corporation will house 244 people in 54 new homes at its Yorkville tin plate plant project in Titonville. Of the residents 171 come from other towns, and the addition will include city conveniences not yet available in the village.
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Tiltonville
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Yorkville
Russia ready to act with states in making peace
Russia proposes united US and Soviet leadership for European reconstruction to end economic ruin in Europe. Tehitcherin warns Ruhr crisis demands international disarmament talks and general cooperation with all nations for reparations and restoration.
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Russia
I. N
Lausanne
Europe
George Tchitcherin
United States
Ruhr
M. Tehitcherin
France
Belgium
Serbia
Poland
Lithuania
Latvia
Two More Rebels Die in Ireland in Waterford Executions
Dublin reports two Republican irregulars executed by Free State forces in Waterford today. The men named O'Reilly and Mutaverala were part of an irregular band waging guerrilla warfare against Free Staters and attacking railway property.
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Dublin
Free State
Waterford
O'Reilly
Mutaverala
Eastern Ohio coal acreage sold at record price
The Irving Coal Co of Bellaire sold its local mine and acreage to Harry Walker for a price said to be the largest ever paid for unmined coal in the Eastern Ohio field. Walker paid about $1250 per acre for the Irving property.
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Dillenwale
Irving Coal Co
Bellaire
Harry Walker
Ohio
Walker
Irving Company
President Harding Returns to Desk After Eight Days Ill
President Harding resumes duties at 4:30 a m in the White House after eight days confined to his apartment with a severe grip and influenza like illness.
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Washington
Harding
White House
United States Transport Mt Mihiel Prepares to Sail Home
At Antwerp the Mt Mihiel sits at the quay ready to depart with the American army of occupation from the Rhine. The ship carries the Stars and Stripes home after the final chapter of America’s World War involvement.
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Antwerp
United States
Mt. Mihiel
United States Army of Occupation
Rhine
America
Stars and Stripes
Mystery Masked Flogging Shocks Goose Creek Couple
Mrs. R. Harrison and K. A. Arm were kidnapped from Goose Creek Texas at night and flogged by a masked mob on a desolate prairie. They were confined to beds for days with no clear motive given.
College President Audits France In Ruhr Seizure Debate
Dr W O Thompson president of Ohio State University defended France’s seizure of the Ruhr arguing Germany’s finances unclear yet France paid far more reparations since the armistice. He likened France’s action to tax enforcement and said the move was legal under the Versailles treaty.
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Columbus
Jan
Germany
W. O. Thompson
Ohio State University
France
Ruhr
Thompson
United States
Presi Dent ‘Thompson
Passengers Hurt In Elevated Train Collision In New York
Nineteen passengers on the Third Avenue elevated line were injured when a passenger train crashed into the rear of a six car coal train at the Fourteenth street station. The coal train had four danger lights displayed as the impact occurred.
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New York
Third Avenue Elevated
Fourteenth Street
Train crash narrative on icy rails and wrecked carriages
William Williams, motorman of a northbound passenger train, said his brakes failed to grip icy rails as it collided with a supply train. Women passengers screamed and many were injured by shattered glass, drawing nearby residents and police to control the crowd.
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William Williams
Farmers Insurance Co., Ohio annual meeting report
Medina January 25 Ohio Farmers Insurance Co held its annual meeting at LeRoy. The annual report shows net premiums of 2 915 501 70 and losses of 1 861 319 34.
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Medina
Ohio Farmers Insurance Co
LeRoy
Rail crews cited for blocking crossings in Niles
Three times in two days Pennsylvania Railroad train crews were summoned before Chief of Police Round as their trains blocked important street crossings in breach of city ordinances.
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Niles
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gasoline tax proposal mixes with state welfare reform
Columbus reports Governor Donahey to address the state legislature with welfare department reforms and calls to restore a board system. Lawmakers introduce a two cent gasoline tax to fund roads, and bills address school bond issuances, county surveyor terms, and primary election ballot access.
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Columbus
Goternor Donahey
State Legislat
State Welfare Department
Dunn
State Department
Walton
Wyand
Donthey
Johnston
Richland County
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