Bryan argues war debts threaten world peace and US leadership
William Jennings Bryan urges cancellation of World War I debts to Europe as a path to priceless peace. He says collecting debts poisons relations, fuels hatred, and risks a future war, while Britain and France question moral grounds for repayment. He discussed the idea with President Coolidge.
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Washington
United States
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Coolidge
America
Mr. Bryan
Europe
Marin
France
Great Britain
British Isles
Tobacco and marriage in a Vassar survey and Bombay romance
Arthur Brisbane advises young ladies at Vassar on tobacco and marriage prospects citing a survey of 433 smokers and 524 non smokers and questions which group will marry first. The column then pivots to a Bombay tale of Mumtaz Begum and a merchant Aboul Baula with a tragic murder, noting it continues on page four.
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Vassar College
Bombay
Mumtaz Begum
Aboul Baula
Thans
Javaaters watch films from behind screen for three cents
In Batavian Java motion picture theaters face high costs to bring films. A theater owner offers a cheaper view by letting patrons watch from behind the screen, with admission at three cents, drawing tropical open air flaps and spectators to the back side for a view of the picture.
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Java
Batavit
Jav
Shreks
Barriers Stymie Coolidge Aides on Key Programs
Washington January 26 The administration faces five main bills stalled as Congress nears adjournment with March 4. Isle of Pines treaty Muscle Shoals post office pay farm relief and world court adherence are doomed or delayed. Stone and Warren confirmations face Senate fights tied to Wheeler case and inquiry.
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S. N
Washington
President Coolidge
Congress
Isle of Pines
Underwood Muscle Shoals
World Court
Harlan S. Stone
Supreme Court
Charles B. Warren
Stone
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
District of Columbia
Friends of
Wheeler
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Four men killed in Columbus gas shaft rescue attempt
Four workers died asphyxiated during construction of the American Insurance Union skyscraper on West Broad Street. Bowen Peterson and Smith were trapped in a shaft while McCarthy and Bow en’s colleagues attempted to rescue them. William Martin survived after using a gas mask and hoisting the bodies to the surface. Wells Brothers Construction of Cleveland staffed the project.
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Columbus
American Insurance Union
West Broad Street
John H. McCarthy
New York
R. Bowen
John Peterson
John Smith
Bowen
Peterson
Smith
McGarthy
William Martin
Fire Department
Martin
Wells Brothers Construction Company
Cleveland
Legislation Moves in Ohio Both Houses Target Key Bills
Columbus Ohio January actions push major measures this week Governor Donahey backs emergency relief. Lorain district tornado recovery seeks 300000 from state general fund while House weighs child labor ratification and local bus regulation moves. T J Duffy faces reappointment as State Industrial Commission chair.
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House
Senate
Thomas I. Gifford
Lucas County
Ohio
Donahey
Lorain
House Finance Committees
Aoint
Wesley L. Grills
Utilities
T. J. Duffy
East Liverpool
State Industrial Commission
Short Window of Spring Like Weather Forecast
The Weather Bureau predicts a brief spell of rain or snow with near normal to slightly below temperatures in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee region. Normal Cincinnati temperatures for the week hover around a high of 41, low of 24, and mean of 32 degrees as the period ends January 31, 1925.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington
DD. C
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Athens Coach seeks extended bus routes in Ohio
Athens Coach company filed with the State Utilities Commission seeking permission to operate twelve buses on routes from Athens to Albany and McArthur, to Amesville and Marietta and to Pomeroy, and from Pomeroy to Coolville and Marietta.
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Athens
Albany
McArthur
Amesville
Marietta
Pomeroy
Coolville
State Utilities Commission
Athens Coach Company
Helen Jackson Trial Amid Norwood Turmoil
In Norwood near Cincinnati on January 26, anti Catholic speaker Helen S. Jackson faced a riotous scene as her court case, moved from incitement to disorderly conduct, continued. Attorney Alonzo G. Duer challenged court authority and Mayor Louis Nolte handled police matters while Jackson claimed to be a former nun.
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Cincinnati
Alonzo G. Duer
Toledo
Norwood
Helen S. Jackson
Dyer
Louis Nolte
Edward T. Dixon
Catholic Men of America
Dixon
Orville Dyer
Jackson
Dayton Officers Back Plan to Eliminate Grand Juries
Many Dayton officers and members of the legal profession express hearty approval of Chief Justice Marshall’s proposal to abolish Ohio grand juries and place their powers in prosecutors offices.
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Dayton
Marshall
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan faculty urge US entry into World Court for peace
Ohio Wesleyan University faculty in Delaware Ohio urge Senators Fess and Willis to back a U S resolution for United States participation in the World Court under the Harding Hughes terms They argue war opposes Christ’s spirit and advocate alternatives to war through peaceful means The letters circulated to other Ohio colleges note the action but remain individual faculty positions not official faculty action
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Ohio College
United States
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Fess
Willis
United States Senate
Harding-Hughes
Ohio
Expedited Freight Service Linked Columbus Bellevue Route
An expedited through freight service is now in operation between Columbus and Bellevue via Nickel Plate and Hocking Valley. Nickel Plate President J J Bernst says trains run through the Fostoria connection without changing locomotives or crews. Bellevue yards will reclassify and route shipments to Cleveland Buffalo and other points with direct movement to Columbus yard.
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Cleveland, O
Columbus
Bellevue
Nickel Plate
Hocking Valley
J. J. Bernst
Fostoria
Cleveland
Buffalo
Kentucky
West Virginia
Only One Infant Survives After Quadruplets in Brooklyn
New York report states Mrs. Catherine Kelly of Brooklyn gave birth Friday to quadruplets. Two sisters Sarah and Catherine died earlier, and Edward Kelly died today in Jewish Hospital. Only Joseph remains alive, with the mother not informed of the deaths.
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New York
Edward Kelly
Catherine Kelly
Brooklyn
Jewish Hospital
Sarah
Catherine
Joseph
Agriculture reports 608 million acres under cultivation
The Department of Agriculture states that about 608 million acres of potential crop land in the United States are now being tilled, indicating extensive agricultural activity nationwide.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Pastor Attacks Smaller Courts in Ohio Sermon
Cincinnati January 26. From his pulpit Rev. John B. Malick pastor of the First Unitarian Congregational church attacked village liquor courts. He said they cause miscarriage of justice and rapacity for rewards from convictions and that country courts outside cities have never been exceeded.
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Cincinnati
John B. Malick
First Unitarian Congregational Church
Ohio
Mrs Jacobs Dies After Canton Crash
Mrs George Jacobs died in Alliance hospital after an auto wreck Sunday evening. Her husband remained in critical condition at the same hospital.
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Canton
George Jacobs
Alliance
Drunken Driver Given Heavy Fine and Jail Sentence
Miles Bean of Athens received one of the heaviest intoxicated driving sentences in recent months. Magistrate Pearl Helwig imposed 200 dollars in fines and costs, six months in county jail, and a six month license suspension after Bean pleaded guilty to intoxication and driving while intoxicated, both second offenses. Police found his car in a ditch on the Athens Canonville road after witnesses reported blockading the highway.
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Athens
Pearl Helwig
Miles Bean
Bean
Athens - Canaonville
Mariner
Helwig
Pocahontas Council to Move Headquarters in Jacksonville
Mazon Council No. 93 Pocahontas will relocate its headquarters to the I O O F hall in Jacksonville Ohio and hold weekly Thursday meetings starting January 29.
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Jacksonville
Mazon Council No. 93
Degree of Pocahontas
Ohio
Supreme Court Announces Recess and March Cases
The Supreme Court will recess from February 2 to March 3. Pacific Coast cases are set for argument beginning March 2.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court Today
Pacific Coast
Heavily Burdened Woman Carried to Hospital Dies
New York police spent an hour Sunday carrying Mrs. Hila Jacobson who weighed 5600 pounds down a flight of stairs en route to a hospital but died of heart disease on the second floor landing. The 55 year old had long heart trouble and had not left her apartment for six years.
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New York
Hila Jacobson
Coroner hints at possible re opening of Ellingson murder case
San Francisco coroner E B W Leland spoke after a church address saying the real motive for the Anna Ellingson murder may never be known. He suggested Dorothy Ellingson’s confession could be repudiated and that she might be shielding someone, leaving the case unresolved.
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San Francisco
Cal
Anna Ellingson
Dorothy
E. B. W. Leland
First Congregational Church
Leland
Dorothy Ellingson
Binder Employee Found Dead in Local Hotel
EB. R. Sumanstine, a McBee Bindery employee, was found dead in his Park Hotel room on W. Union Street. Coroner L. W. Sandera ruled a cerebral hemorrhage possibly induced by alcohol poisoning. Sumanstine, who arrived from Columbus about a week ago and registered at the Park, was found by proprietor Mrs. Posey. His daughter Miss Georgia Sumanstine of Columbus arrived to claim the body, transported to the Newsom-Walburn establishment.
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EB. R. Sumanstine
McBee Bindery, Employe
Park Hotel
W. Union Street
L. W. Sandera
Sumanstine
Athens
Columbus
the Park
Sanders
Georgia Sumanstine
Newsom-Walburn
Youth Dies After Fatal Accidental Shooting
In Cincinnati on January 28 William Drummond, 17, lay dying from a gunshot wound caused by friend William List, 15. List said he pulled the trigger unaware the revolver was loaded.
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Cincinnati
William Drummond
William List
William
Prohibition Bureau Split Favored by Sterling Panel
The Cramton bill would create a separate Prohibition bureau independent of the Internal Revenue bureau. The Sterling sub committee reported the measure favorably to the Senate Judiciary committee after investigating prohibition enforcement.
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Washington
Cramton
Prohibition Bureau
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sterling
Robbers Take 2000 From Orpheum Theatre Safe
In Cincinnati on January 26 three men attacked and bound night watch Roy Patton and stole about 2000 from the Orpheum theatre safe. Investigators believe the men hid in the building after Sunday’s show.
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Cincinnati
Orpheum Movie Theatre
Roy Patton
Wave of Cold to Hit Ohio Tonight. Temperatures Dip
Columbus report says another cold wave is due to hit Ohio tonight with fair weather Tuesday and moderating temperatures by Wednesday as the Weather Bureau notes.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States Weather Bureau
Four Slain in Last Outbreak of Klan War
Herrin Illinois community shaken by renewed Williamson county Klan violence on Saturday night. Coroner opens inquest into deaths of Klansman Glenn Young Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas and others Forbes and Warren as Illinois National Guard maintains quiet presence. Widows mourn in stunned town as investigation faces claims of bias and a grand jury set for February 4 in Marion.
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Herrin
Glenn Young
First Baptist Church
George Bell
Ora Thomas
Forbes
Omer Warren
Williamson County
Illinois National Guard
Arilon Boswell
Thomas
Young
Warren
Marion
Titnois
Gien Young
Mra
Omer Wat
Mar
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