Athens County Dry Raids Net Wide Arrests in 24 Hour Sweep
A county wide prohibition crackdown led to 27 warrants served with 26 arrests in Athens County. Officers from the sheriff’s office and police, led by Sheriff McKinley and Prohibition Officer Mariner, seized nine Athens victims and others from Canaanville Nelsonville Jacksonville and more. Arraignments were scheduled through the week in common pleas court with various defendants facing charges of selling liquor and second offenses.
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Athens County
Athens
HN Cers
McKinley
Cady
Parker
Barrows
Mariner
R. v. Finsterwald
Common Pleas Court
Canaanville
Nelsonwie
Jacksonville
Freedtown
Giouster
New Floodwood
the Plains
Sugar Creek
Turaday
Eda Mack
Steubengile
L. G. Worstell
N Pleas Court
Ralph
Mike") Slaughter, Sons
Maye
Ross
Okey Hall
Helwig
Lewis Coss
Charles Palmer
Redtown
Helwig Esling
Willard Darnell
Canaonville
Common Pleas
Dayton
Fie
Slaughter
Cass
Palmer
Darnell
Advance crude oil prices rise across grades
In Pittsburgh on January 30, Joseph T. agency and Standish buyers announced advance prices for selected crude grades by 15 to 25 cents. New rates include York Transit 4.50, Bradford Southwestern 4.00, Eureka 4.00, Buckeye Pipe 4.00, Somerset medium 2.35, and related grades. Rumors also circulated that Locklyn may become the next Greek envoy.
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t _ ITTSBURGH
Joseph “Th Agency
Stand‘il Co
York Transit
Bradford
Southwestern
Eureka
Buckeye
Somerset
Somerset, Light
Coolidge Announces Move to Reclaim Teapot Dome Leases
President Coolidge begins steps to recover Teapot Dome oil leases amid Senate probe. In Aurora Illinois a concrete block in a city dump reveals grisly evidence as heads of Mrs Arthur Lincoln and Byron Shoup are found embedded. Warren Lincoln, husband of the deceased, is held for double murder.
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Coolidge
Senate
Aurora
Mure
Arthur Lincoln
Byron Shoup
Pete Fatten
Warren Lincoln
Davis signals 1920s governor bid at Republican rally
Cleveland former governor Harry L. Davis, a GOP stalwart, hinted at another bid for Ohio’s governorship during the Tippecanoe club McKinney-day banquet. He assailed Governor Donahey’s pardons and road promises, praised his own administration, and suggested a formal campaign would follow.
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Cleveland
Harry L. Davis
Ohio
Tippecanoe Club
A. V. Donahey
Davis
MacDonald Pursues AnglоFrench Entente Renewal
Premier Ramsay MacDonald moving swiftly on domestic issues and foreign policy as he renews efforts to restore the entente with France. He exchanges letters with Premier Poincaré signaling possible Anglo French talks to resolve trade debts reparations and European tensions.
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David M. Church
1. N
London
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
France
Europe
Russia
MacDonald
Poincare
United States
Army Salvation Army plans Athens advisory board
A Salvation Army advisory board is formed in Athens with Judge H. T. Phillips as president and Carson Sanders as secretary. The group invites local citizens to supper at the Windsor Inn at 5:39 p m Thursday to discuss expanding local services and carrying out postwar relief work.
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Salvation Army
Athens
H. T. Phillips
Carson Sanders
W. B. Jgolden
F. W. Bush
Alex Moore
F. D. Forsyth
Russell Rupp
Carl Beasley
O. F. Rowland
Carl H. Porter
L. W. Roberts
J. J. Schmidt
Rafael R. Johnson
M.D. Hughes
Windsor Inn
Jake Sienke Strives to Swallow Knives in Vaudeville Dare
Jacob Sienke of Chicago lies seriously ill in a city hospital after attempting to swallow ten butcher knives inspired by a vaudeville sword swallower he saw. He bought the blades at a five and ten store and wrote a note for a nurse while hospitalized.
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Jake Chicago
Jacob Sienke
Sienke
Wage Issue Dominates United Mine Workers Convention
In Indianapolis the United Mine Workers vote 263 to 2196 on constitution changes amid a wage debate. President John J. Lewis retains appointive power after a long roll call, as Frank Farrington leads a wage scale committee and signals support for a longer contract term.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Committee On Constitution
Indiamapolts
Jan. B
United Mine Workers’ Convention
John J. Lewis
Frank Farrington
Iiness
Farrington
Doctor Emery Named Chief Of State Juvenile Research Bureau
Dr FE J Emery superintendent of the state institution for feeble minded in Columbus was appointed executive physician in charge of the state bureau of juvenile research in Columbus. He will receive an annual salary of 4900 dollars plus maintenance.
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Columbus
FE. J. Emery
State Institution
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
Secret divorce granted to Mrs Louise Harriman in Bedford Hills
White Plains N Y Jan 30 facts of a secret divorce granted to Mrs Louise B Harriman of Bedford Hills from Oliver Carley Harriman son of Oliver Harriman millionaire New York banker became known today.
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White Plains
N. Y
Louise B. Harriman
Bedford Hills
Oliver Carley Harriman
Oliver Harriman
Milionaire
New York
Labor Rule May Sway Ulster To Free State
W McMullan told Belfast labor supporters that a British Labour government would end Tory subsidies to the Belfast parliament, likely driving Sir James Craig and Ulster leaders to join the Free State to fund unemployment relief and avoid supporting an “artificial boundary.” He warned Labour could skip the boundary issue, prompting northern politicians to seek entry into the Free State.
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Ulster
Free State
Dublin
Sir Jas. Craig
W. McMullan
Belfast
McMullan
Great Britain
Labor Party
Wister
Prosecutions sought in Teapot Dome oil leases case
President Coolidge named Silas Strawn and Thomas Gregory to lead the federal case over Doheny and Sinclair oil leases. Strawn arrived in Washington and Gregory traveled from Austin as Congress debates Walsh and Denby resignations. Denby defended the leases as beneficial while the White House backs his cabinet.
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Washington
Jan
Teapot Dome
Congress
Denby
Daugherty
Coolidge
Doheny
Sinclair Naval Oi
Silas H. Strawn
Ity Publican
Chicago
Thomas Watt Gregory
Whilson
Strawn
Gregory
Austin
Tex
Senate
Walsh
Sinclair
Department
Lenroot
Wisconsin
House Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
White House
Robinson
Arkansas
Wheeler
Montana
Spur
LaFollette
Smith
South Carolina
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Lands Committee
All
Fall
Miami
Pia
Dawes Committee Arrives in Berlin With Police Guards
Extra guards protect the Dawes commission on reparations as it arrives in Berlin from Paris. General Dawes begins work outlining a memorandum while Germany faces pressure over the February occupation costs. Public sentiment ranges from hopeful to cautious amid a propaganda push and nationalist criticism.
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Allied Debt Board
Berlin
Charles G. Dawes
Paris
Deutsche Zeitung
Dawes
Germany
Divorce Court Drama Ends as Alienists Decide Truthfulness
In Oak Park Illinois, final court scenes open as Judge Foot weighs Mrs Charlotte Leland’s mental competence and truthfulness in her romance tale with Rev Dr Carl Case. Alienists split with two deeming diseased imagination and one finding truth. Albert F B Leland and son Harold closed rebuttal witnesses as onlookers packed the courtroom.
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Chicago
Tif
Leland
Foot
Lrs
Charlotte Leland
Carl. Case
First Baptist Church of
Oak Park
Llosely
Albert FB. Leland
Harold
Attorney General Daugherty deflects senate ouster talk
In Washington Attorney General H M Daugherty, secluded in a local hotel and guarded by DOJ personnel and his secretary, refuses comment on senate attempts to oust him from the cabinet, saying there is no necessity for any statement. He takes walks as his sole exercise while under guard.
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Washington
H. M. Daugherty
International News Service Today
Department of Justice
Senate
Daugherty
Department
Truck Rescued After Ferry Standoff in Mud
An Ohio River ferryboat aided a stuck transfer truck abandoned on riverbank mud. After failed tow attempts a block and tackle connected the truck, railroad track, and ferry, finally pulling the truck onto the roadway.
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Penlapre
Ohio River
Second Columbus hotel man passes
Nicoho las A. Court, 66, longtime Chittenden hotel manager since 1960, dies at home from complications after a nervous breakdown. His passing follows the earlier death two weeks prior of Ben Harmon, another prominent Columbus hotel man, which shocked Court and led to a steady decline until his death.
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Columbus, O
Nicoholas A. Court
Chittenden
Columbus
Ben Harmon
Court
Earthquake Shocks Zara Dalmatia Sparks Panic
A severe earthquake shock was felt at Zara in Dalmatia today causing panic and refuge seekers in fields. Some buildings were damaged though no loss of life was reported.
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Rome
Zara
Dalmatia
Argentina Leads South America in Auto Fuel Use
Argentina remains the largest automobile fuel consumer in South America, reflecting strong vehicle use and demand. Local energy data show continued growth in both private and commercial transport sectors across major urban centers.
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Argentina
South America
Aliens Smuggling Into U S Viewed as Organized Trade
Secretary of Labor Davis warns in Washington that alien smuggling has grown into an organized industry, rivaling bootlegging in revenue. He cites vast coastal and border gaps, outlines criminal networks, and notes prosecutions and deportations as efforts continue.
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Washington
Jan
United States
Tequer
Davis
Congress
Immigration Service
Davia
Europe
Cuba
Canada
Mexico
Coke King in Courts Again
In Atlanta on January 26 Asa G. Candler the coca cola king faced a breach of promise suit filed by Onezima DeBoucher of New Orleans seeking 500 600 for a broken heart after she alleged marriage plans failed in 1922. Candler recently married a widow with two children and now resides in his palatial Atlanta mansion.
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Atlanta
United States
Asa G. Candler
Onezima DeBouchel
New Orleans
Beauty
DeBouchel
Palatina Mansion
Bank Robbery Report From South Chattanooga
Robbery occurred at The Farmers Bank in Janper Tennessee as two white men followed the cashier inside to open the doors and stole about $16,000. Police pursued leads but details remain sparse.
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ROB Bank
South Chattanooga
Tenn
Farmers’ Bank
Og Janper
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Jack Wickham
James Gibbs
Glouster
John Enix
Tom Guess
Pete Coss
Jim Frix
Andy Thompson
Bruce Russell
John Hevner
John Naughton
Nelson“ls
Pat Naughton
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Donahey
Ipmen
George B. Harris
Republican State Committee
Theodore Burton
England
Ramsey MacDonald
Lieves
Army” Committee
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Gomes
Murray City
Anna
Kearns
Smallstown
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