Germans Rebellion Tightens Ruhr Crisis and Reparations
Paris dispatch reports the inter allied reparations commission declaring Germany in default on all payments and deliveries under the Versailles treaty. Barthou accuses Germany of open rebellion as French authorities reinforce the Ruhr with a 45 million franc budget and cordons to curb coal movements.
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Paris
Inter-Allied Reparations Commission
Germany
Louis Barthou
France
Great Britain
Reparations Commission
M. Garthou
Barthou
Rhineland
Ruhr
Trance
London
Petit Parisien
Thyssen
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Public Works
le Trocquer
Dusseldorf
Britain avoids Ruhr withdrawal as labor aims to rally
London reports Lord Derby opposes pulling back the army from the Rhine as Premier Bonar Law weighs public opinion and national interests. Ramsay MacDonald calls labor MPs to plan a world labor appeal led by Samuel Gompers to support German workers. French forces seize German rail lines in the Ruhr region to secure military control.
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London
Lord Derby
Rhine
Ruhr
Rhineland
A. Bonar Law
Hia
Bonar Law
Europe
Great Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Ohio University President Warns of Men as Drivers
Dr E B Bryan president of Ohio University Athens told the Young Men's Business Club that the world resembles an automobile with men as chauffeurs. He warned the complex machine moves too fast without a master hand at the wheel, risking danger for all passengers and pedestrians.
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Columbus
E. B. Bryan
Ohio University
Athens
Bryan
Youthful followers of Jesse James confess garage break in
Two youths in Atlanta confess smashing a garage window and stealing nearly 300 dollars worth of auto accessories including bolts tires ball bearings piston rings curtains and tools, after following the outlaw Jesse James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Jesse James
Exiled Papal Delegate Expelled by Mexican President
Archbishop Ernest F. Filippi, papal delegate to Mexico, was expelled by President Obergon amid protests from Catholics. The charge claimed he held an open air religious service in violation of Mexican law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest F. Filippi
Mexico
Obergon
Filippi
Grange Committee Backs School Cuts and Tax on Gasoline
Allen county grange legislators favor laws ending teachers training schools and courses and abolishing the state highway department. They approve a countywide salary cut for the superintendent, back a gasoline tax, and oppose the old-age pension while seeking repeal of the teachers retirement system. More than 25 representatives attended the Memorial hall meeting.
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Lima
State Highway Department
Allen County
Memorial Hall
Harding Returns to White House After Illness
President Harding resumed work in the White House after ten days in bed with a cold. A regular cabinet meeting was set for the first time in two weeks as he planned to stay at his desk and clear backlog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Narding
White House
Guarded home in Ohio after blackhand death threat
Jefferson county deputy sheriffs guarded the home of A. D. Sera fine of Yorkville near Steubenville after a letter threatened death and property destruction unless $2000 was paid. No violence had occurred by early today.
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Steubenville, O
Jefferson County
A. D. Serafine
Yorkville
Here
Colored murderer goes to chair for slaying policeman
Ludi Clifford Shelton, 32, was executed in the electric chair at the Ohio penitentiary at 12.08 this morning after being convicted of fatally shooting Patrolman William H. Dieters in Cincinnati on August 28, 1918. Rev. Father Kelly, the penitentiary chaplain, accompanied Shelton to the chair. one electric shock caused his death.
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Columbus
Ludi Clifford Shelton
Penitentiary
William H. Dieters
Cincinnati
Father Kelly
Shelton
Derailed Southern passenger train injures passengers near Scottsboro
SCOTTSBORO Ala Jan 26 Several passengers were injured severely today and many others badly shaken up when Southern passenger train No 26 Memphis to Washington was derailed near here.
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Scottsboro
Ala
Southern
Memphis
Washington
German railway workers strike over French occupation
German railway workers walked off the job this afternoon in Treves protesting French military occupation and halt to traffic. The action disrupted services and drew local attention amid mounting postwar tensions.
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Treves
Ruhr
Anti-French Riots Roil Düsseldorf Amid Troop Movements
Violent anti-French riots erupt in Düsseldorf as French cavalry confront protesters. French troops fire into the air and disperse crowds while artillery and machine guns prepare to level suburbs. Tanks move toward Oberhausen where striking workers disrupt mines and railways amid Belgian and French troop deployments.
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Dusseldorf
Oberhausen
Bean and Fale Famine Aid Shortage Sparks Hunger
Massive appeal seeks millions to purchase food as credit vanishes and relief funds remain scarce. Officials warn of worsening shortages without urgent donations and government support.
Germany Near Food Famine Amid Ruhr Crisis
American observers report Germany faces a looming food famine as the French occupation of the Ruhr worsens shortages. Germany needs about 156 million dollars to buy 2 million tons of grain and cereals, but credits are scarce due to the devalued mark and uncertain markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Department of Commerce
Europe
Ruhr
France
Credet
Miners Offer Reward for Tampering Suspect in Murder Trial
Officials of the Eastern Ohio district of the miners union post a 500 dollar reward for the arrest of a person who threatened jurors in the trial of Robert Trarmer vice president of the sub district. Trarmer was acquitted of conspiracy in the New Lafferty mine strike riot death case.
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ST. Clairsville
Eastern
Ohio
Miners’ Union
Robert Trarmer
New Lafferty
Mellaire
Russian White Fleet Straggler Sinks In Storm Near Formosa
Word arrives that a small ship from the White fleet sank in a storm off Formosa with all hands lost. The exact crew count is unknown and cannot be verified by Admiral Stark until four other vessels reach port. Normalcy is delayed in several spots.
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Manila
Formosa
Stark
District Roads Meeting for Seven Counties Called Here
A district meeting of the Ohio Good Roads federation is set in Athens on Wednesday January 1 by Charles H. Bryson. District No. 12 includes Washington Meigs Perry Morgan Vinton Hocking and Athens counties. The event features noonday forum and sessions at 10 00 A M and 1 30 P M with county road officials and speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Good Roads Federation
Athens
Charles H. Bryson
Board of Trustees
Washington
Meigs
Perry
Morgan Vinton
Hocking
Athens Chamber of Commerce
General Assembly
Co op Wool Sales in Buckeye State Target Heavy 1923
Ohio farmers push for bigger co operative wool marketing in 1923 with an expected 4.6 million pounds to be sold through the Columbus warehouse system. Last year about 2.75 million pounds moved via the Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers' association at an average price around 44 cents per pound.
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Co-Op
Buckeye
Ous Counties
Columbus
Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
Smith
Ohio
Cost of living still high despite mixed postwar changes
The labor department reports December 1922 U S living costs 69.5 percent above 1918 levels, down 21.7 percent from June 1920 and 2.8 percent from December 1921, yet 1.9 percent higher than September 1922, indicating persistent inflation with some easing since 1920.
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Washington
United States
Labor Department
Governor Pinchot Adopts Number One For Cars
In Harrisburg on January 26 Governor Gifford Pinchot shows a fondness for the digit one. His three personal car licenses are 11, 111, and 1,111, while the official governor’s car bears No. 1.
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Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Thompson says he will not seek reelection as Chicago mayor
William Hale Thompson, eight year mayor of Chicago and longtime Republican power in the city, announces he will not run again. He first won by 147,477 votes and led a turbulent, dramatic municipal political career in a city heavily inclined to Democratic control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Thompson
Accused Man Free to Continue Medical Work
Dry Bunne M. Mekoin charged with murder in the Morehouse parish hooded mob case will resume medical studies in Baltimore soon. He is at Liberty under a $5000 bond and restricted to Louisiana, a restriction to be lifted per reliable information.
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Monroe
Bunne M. MeKoin
Morehouse Parish
Baltimore
Mekoin
Liberty
Louisiana
Birchfield guilty of first degree murder five family deaths
Ben Birchfield was found guilty of first degree murder in a circuit court verdict. He was immediately sentenced to die in the electric chair for the killings of five family members in Blountville Tennessee.
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Blountville, Terin
Ben Birchfield
Youngest Kansas judge fines oldest judge five hundred dollars
The 36 year old Thomas E Eleock fined 78 year old W P Campbell five hundred dollars after a Wichita controversy. Campbell has appealed to the state supreme court.
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Thomas E. Eleock
Kansas
W. P. Campbell
Wichita
State Supreme Court
Santy Fund In Fair Shape
San Toy in Perry County reports reopening and no deaths from 655 influenza cases. Dr E E Shaffer says medical service has been restored by Dr Marcus Ov Smith and Dr Stanley Runk. Four ill teachers closed schools affecting about 200 pupils. no pneumonia found.
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Columbus
San Toy
Perry County
FR. Shaffer
Shaffer
Marcus Ov Smith
Portesville
San Foy
Stanley Runk
Motion to certify record in Gillespie Pratt appeal
In Columbus Ohio on January 26 an application to direct Athens county appellate court to certify its record in the case of Eben Gillespie and N Pratt versus the Boston Consolidated Coal Co was filed in the state supreme court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Athens County Appellate Court
Eben Gillespie
N. Pratt
Poston Consolidated Coal Co
State Supreme Court
Ohio Bar Association Urges Judicial Selection Reform
In Columbus on January 26 the Ohio State Bar Association calls for revision of election laws to allow bar associations to choose the judiciary. The keynote speech at the mid winter session advocates this reform as a means to improve the state’s court system.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Bar Association
Prohibition Agent Benge Nets 16 Bootleggers in Niles
Prohibition Agent William Benge aided by Trumbull county sheriff and deputies arrested 16 alleged bootleggers in Niles late yesterday on warrants secured in Warren.
City cuts wages for one hundred truck drivers
In Cleveland Q January 26 the city reduced pay for one hundred truck drivers from five dollars and fifty cents to five dollars per day.
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Cleveland, Q
More Gospel and Less Law Miss Robertson Calls for Moral Reform
Oklahoma congresswoman Alice Robertson urged in Washington for a gospel approach to curb divorce, opposing the Capper bill. She argued legislation cannot end “hasty marriages” and blamed lack of home training and parental guidance for rising divorce rates, proposing strong moral discipline instead.
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Kenneth W. Clark
Washington
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
International News Service
Robertson
Robert
South Carolina
Miss Robertson
Steubenville Youth Found Dead On Woodland Road
Charles Hallett, 20, a prominent local figure, was found dead with a bullet wound in the heart along Woodland road in the LaBelle View suburb late this morning. Police investigated the shooting as a possible homicide.
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Steubenville, O
Charles Hallett
Woodland Road
LaBelle View
Armed bandits steal touring car then robs two gas stations
In Youngstown Ohio on January 26 masked robbers stole a large touring car and before police could be notified they held up two gasoline filling stations in the same night.
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Youngstown, O
Two Nelsonville Officers Held on Furnishing Intoxicants
William Jenkins and William Nash Nelsonville detectives charged with furnishing intoxicants. released on $500 bond awaiting Monday hearing. William Smith Bellaire pool hall owner alleges his business was entered and a drink given before a raid led to his arrest. Smith was later found not guilty by a St Clairsville justice.
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Bridgeport
William Jenkins
William Nash
Nelsonville Dry
William Smith
Bellaire
Smith
St. Clairsville
Youngstown Chiropractors Refuse Fines Face Jail
Ten of seventeen chiropractors in Youngstown have pled guilty or pledged to serve time rather than pay fines imposed by the state medical board. A leading practitioner says the court can only fine each chiropractor 500 dollars, but they refuse to comply or stop practicing, preferring jail over capitulation.
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Youngstown, O
Youngstown
State Medical Board
Bootlegger Fatally Wounds Officer in Steubenville Standoff
Steubenville Ohio January 26 William Snyder a night patrolman was shot and likely fatally wounded after attempting to arrest bootlegger Vincenzo Campagnia a Pittsburgh Italian who fled Campagnia had four suitcases of liquor when arrested by Officers Snyder and Hensly on a Steubenville street late last night outcome uncertain and under investigation
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Steubenville, O
William Snyder
Ming Jet
Ohio
Vincenzo Campagnia
Pittsburgh
Campagnia
Snyder
William Hensly
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