Passenger killed as bus crashes on icy Ohio road
G Stack of Columbus and Brank Joy of Ewing were injured when a northbound Red Star bus skidded on ice near Rockbridge. Driver Carl Groff and two others escaped. Slack died at hospital, Joy in serious condition with possible internal injuries. Bus wreck occurred at county line near Fairfield.
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Logan
Russell Carpenter
Noah Huck
Enterprise
Carpenter
Flick
Slack
Joy
Blick
L. ‘. Yocum Company
Columbus
Jank Bowman Found Dead Before Arraignment on Liquor Charge
In Wheeling West Virginia Jank Bowman aged 42 was found dead in his bed this morning. The coroner attributes death to alcoholism and has withheld a formal verdict. Bowman was not arraigned tomorrow on the liquor charge.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Jank Bowman
Police seek assailant who attacked nurse in Charleston
A citywide drag net was deployed in Charleston to catch the Black suspect who invaded the nurses home at McMillan hospital early today and assaulted a nurse.
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Charleston
W. Va
McMillan Hospital
Rly
Oil price advances announced by Standard Oil buyers
Pittsburgh Jan 25 crude oil price moves were announced by Joseph Seep heney a Standard Oil Co crude oil buyer with increases of from 10 cents to 25 cents on Rag ind toe and Pennsylvania trades of crude oil discussed in the report.
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Piptsburgh
Pennsylvania
Joseph Seepheney
Standard Oil Co
Athens Electric Co Plans Sunday Power Cut
The Athens Electric Co announced a power cut in Athens from 7 to 8 30 Sunday morning to allow changes in the system. The interruption will affect residents and businesses during the window.
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Athens Electric Co
Athens
Rca
Judges Elect Columbus Officers at State Meeting
The second annual meeting of the State Association of Common Pleas Judges closed in Columbus Ohio with a succession of officer elections. Seventy magistrates from across Ohio returned home after the event.
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Columbus
State Association of Common Pleas
Ohio
Remus Begins Term Amid Whisky Ring Conspiracy
Cincinnati attorney George Remus and 12 others accused of conspiring to violate the Prohibition Act rode a special car to Atlanta for sentencing. Jail terms range from months to two years as deputies guard the prisoners. Mrs. Remus plans to lease a home in Atlanta to live during her husband’s incarceration. Renous appealed to the Supreme Court to avoid serving time.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Atlanta
United States Mar“Ls
War on rats to be waged here at once
Miss Helen Caldwell arrives in Athens for a week long rat extermination campaign with the city board of health. She plans to use barium carbonate poison and seeks cooperation from police and health officers. The effort follows government figures estimating Athens rat numbers and costs.
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Helen Caldwell
Portsmouth
Athens
City Board of Health
Miss Caldwell
Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Marietta
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Point Pleasant
Iity
Cold Wave Forecast By Weather Man In Columbus
Columbus Ohio January 23 United States Weather man Alexander predicted a cold wave lasting into Monday with temperatures dropping to 10 to 14 below zero tonight and possibly lower Saturday night. A 20 degree fall is expected within 24 hours along with snow flurries and a strong northwest wind.
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Columbus, CO
United States
Alexander
Obregon Leads Attack Against Rebels on Western Front
Mexican President Alvaro Obregon directed troops in a field operation near Celaya Guanajuato and Salvatierra as federals pursued insurgents. Rebels under Rafael Buelna and Salvador Alvarado faced shelling, with 1500 fighters at Leon cut off and routed by federal forces.
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Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Acamara-Salvatierra
Obregon
Celaya
Guanahuato
Salvatierra
Michoacan
Rafael Buelna
Salvador Alvarado
Leon
Georgia Woman Sentenced to Death for Mother-in-law Murder
Atlanta Ga Jan 25 Ida Hughes faces death by hanging for the murder of her mother-in-law Mrs M C Hughes in a swift trial. Her husband Frank Hughes is also indicted for the same crime.
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Georgia
Ida Hughes
Atlanta
G. H. Howard
M. C. Hughes
Shelter
Howard
Itn
Frank Hughes
Ed Stephens
Refuses to Name Stranger Behind Large Donation
William H. Anderson, a prominent city leader, admitted concealing from Anti-Saloon League directors that a mysterious stranger gave him 25 000 dollars while leading the Baltimore league. He implied funds came from mortgaging his home and borrowing on life insurance and declined to clear himself by naming the donor to the district attorney.
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New York
William H. Anderson
Mellon-Couzens tax feud grows with new letter
Washington reports another letter from Secretary Mel lon to Senator Couzens Michigan Republican in which Mellon calls Couzens reasoning unique and repeats that high surcharges on large incomes hurt American business He omits Couzens demand to reveal wealth and personal gain from the tax cut proposal.
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Washington
Mellon-Couzens
Secretary of the Treasury
Couzens
Michigan
Mellon
Melton
Antonio Rosas Claims 132 Feels Fine
Antonio Rosas says he feels fine at 132 years old. The remark hints at aging humor while a playful line compares him to a man returning from a vacation.
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Antonio Rosas
Antonio
Hale Mluok Show Respect at Moscow Funeral
Nicolai Venine lay in state as thousands of Russians paid last respects in Red Square and before the Kremlin. Huge bonfires burned overnight while the ground froze hard, delaying burial preparations for Sunday. More than half a million filed past the crimson bier in Trade Union Hall, where the Communist leader rests in a red coffin.
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Moscow
Nicolai Venine
Lader
Red Square
Kremlin
Envie
Fire Devastates Manhattan Hotel and Burnet Avenue in Syracuse
Syracuse police and fire crews investigate two major blazes one at the Manhattan hotel downtown with one death two missing and 409 endangered residents and over 106000 dollars in damage. The Burnet avenue explosion and fire destroyed five homes and authorities suspect an arson ring in central New York.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Manhattan
Murnet Avenue
Little Italy
Burnet Avenue
New York
Post Office Shortage Delays Hartley Newsletter Delivery
Officials report no mail from Pomeroy Bend arriving in Athens this morning. The Messenger did not receive Mr Hartley’s newsletter for Sunday editions and staff could not explain the shortage.
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Hartley
Pomeroy Bend
Messenger
Athens
Hardware merchant Daniel Steele dies suddenly at McArthur
Daniel Steele a well known hardware merchant of McArthur died suddenly this morning at his home. He had not been in good health for some time but the death was not expected. He was the father of Mrs. Wilson Carr formerly of Athens.
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Mcarthur
Daniel Steele
Steele
Wilson Carr
Athens
Archie Roosevelt resigns as VP of Union Petroleum group
Archie Roosevelt son of a former president resigns the vice presidency of Union Petroleum Company the export arm of Sinclair Consolidated OML corporation a few days ago. He testified before a Senate Investigating Committee examining Teapot Dome oil land leases.
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Archie Roosevelt
Union Petroleum Company
Sinclair Consolidated ,Oml Corporation
Senate
Teapot Dome
Ohio State Sophomore Survives Elevator Mishap
John Brehannan a 20 year old OSU sophomore in Columbus slipped during a relief task at a downtown radio store. He stopped the elevator on the second floor then moved, forgot his location, and tumbled to the basement. He is expected to leave the hospital in a few days.
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John Breehannan
Ohio State University
Columbus
Young Hohannan
Bohennan
Britain to Recognize Soviet Government as Soon as Possible
London officials announce Britain's Labor cabinet will recognize the Russian soviet government at the first opportunity. Prime Minister MacDonald's government may name James O Grady as ambassador to Moscow once formal recognition occurs. Negotiations, paused by Lenin's death, are to resume next week to set conditions for recognition.
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London
Great Britain
Labor
Foreign Office
Moscow
Ramsey MacDonald
James O'Grady
Labor Party
M. Rakovsky
MacDonald
Lenine
Tuegday
Rakovsky
Governor Donahey Urges Uniform Laws In Ohio
Governor Donahey urged simplification of Ohio statutes and nationwide uniform laws during the Ohio State Bar Association mid winter meeting in Columbus. He called for uniform jurisdiction practice and procedure of the courts at the Deshler Hotel opening session.
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Columbus
Ohio
Donahey
Ohio State Bar Association
Hotel Deshler
Seek Recovery of Oil Lands
Democratic leaders crafted a compromise resolution for the Senate to back President Coolidge in initiating proceedings to recover Teapot Dome. Senator Caraway urged cancellation to express Senate disapproval and strengthen the action. Senator Walsh pressed for immediate legal action using independent counsel.
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Washington
Senate
Coolidge
Teapot Dome
Caraway
Walsh
Department of Justice
Delegates for Ohio GOP convention chosen in 1880
Columbus voters learned the state party endorsed seven delegates-at-large for the Republican national convention in Cleveland. Harry M. Daugherty Willis and Fess Charles L. Knight William Cooper Procter Mrs David Tod Mrs John Gordon Battelle were named with alternates listed. A Negro delegate move was also urged by Rev Webster with plans to endorse a colored delegate at large and alternate.
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Columbus. O
Cial
Cleveland
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
Willis and
Fess
Charles L. Knight
Akron
William Cooper Procter
Cinccinnati
David Tod
Youngstown
John Gordon Battelle
Columbia
Coolidge
Washington
Ohio
Carmi A.thompson
Chon ‘En
Rud K
Hynika
Cincinnati
Thomas S Farrell
Cuyahoga County
Wilma St. Clair Levan
Jefferson County
Edward Volrath
Crawford County
Harlie Q. Brown
Greene County
Marshall Shelly
Lucas County
Geom K B. Kryder
Fred RB. Patterson
Highland County
Eslate
Harry Ll. .Davia
J. JF. Burke
Elyria
Rosscoek
McCulloch
Crabbe
James A. White
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Webster
Toledo
Columbus
Geo. Cottrill
Traced German instigation linked to 1916 Jersey City blast
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. filed with the German American mixed claims commission a damage claim of 6 492 465 66 dollars for the 1916 Black Tom explosion in Jersey City alleging German government instigation.
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Washington
Jersey City
Lehigh Valley H Railroad Co
Mixed Claims Commission
Painter Robert Hall Sees Four Robins by Maumee River
Robert Hall reports four robins hopping near his home on the Maumee River bank in the afternoon. He notes the curious sight as he observed them in the vicinity.
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Robert Hall
Maumee River
Motor Trucks Denied Rights To Take Trade
New York January 25 Motor trucks denied right to operate as common carriers in Pennsylvania to avoid ruinous competition with electric railroads. Ruling applies to routes Erie to Buffalo and points in Pennsylvania. Protests by trolley and steam railroads and Erie county townships claim adequate service and highway damage. Decision favors coordinating auto and rail transport to benefit carriers and the public.
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New York
Pennsylania
Commonwealth
E. H. Scott
Erie
Cleveland
Buffalo
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Connenut
Chicago & St. Louis
New York Central
Harbor Creek
Northeast
Erie County
Defense Will Appeal Beazell and Chatfield Convictions
Defense attorneys moved to appeal after the 1922 brokerage firm collapse costing clients 1.1 million. George H. Beazell and William H. Chatfield Jr. were found guilty of embezzlement for using customer stock as security in short account dealings in New York. Chatfield, a former state senator, narrowly missed the 1922 lieutenant governor race. Sentences range from one to ten years.
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Cincinnati
George H. Beazell
William H. Chatfield Jr
New York
Chatfield
Sane
Albert Fall’s Loan Details In Senate Probe
Washington January 25 ex Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall testified before the Senate Public Lands Committee that he received a $100,000 loan from Edward Doheny and a $25,000 Liberty Bond loan from Colonel J W Zevely in 1931. Fall insisted no link to naval reserve leases and denied other large loans, saying he lent Doheny money out of friendship and gratitude.
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Washington
Edward L Doheny
Inters
Albert BR
Fall
J. W. Zevely
Harry F. Sinciaty
Zevely
Senate Public Lands Committee
Russia
Sinclair
Albert Ry Fall Attuck
Doheny
Naval Reserve
California
International News Service
F.r. Doheny
Pate
American Petroleum @o
Senate Public Lande
Dohensy
Elk Hills
Calif
New York
Dod
Harry F. Sinclair
Award B. Mclean
McLean
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