Capper Warns Yellow Race to Rule If War Continues
United Press report from Washington quotes Senator Arthur Capper urging disarmament. He warns that if militarism persists a new world war could lead to dominance by yellow-skinned peoples and the white race would be forced to yield. He cites wartime allocations and debt, calling for peace and reduced armaments.
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United Press
Washington
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Capper
Treasury
Harding
Party Members Accused of Abusing Clerk Hire Funds
Washington report accuses Democratic members of the House of paying their wives and relatives from clerk hire rolls. The piece notes Southern members especially used the system to enrich themselves, recounting past abuses during Democratic control of committees and salaries.
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Snell Smith
Washington
House of Representatives
House
Congress
Italian Reds Enraged Over Their Plight
In Rome the Italian socialist leadership moves to topple the Giolitti cabinet amid a week of turmoil. Debates by about 30 deputies expected to run through the week as Premier Giolitti faces a strong confidence vote. Socialists accuse the government of failing to curb fascist violence and threaten mobs outside the chamber.
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Henry Wood
United Press
Rome
Giolitti
Chamber
Men Will Take Lower Wages to Work Regularly
Cincinnati January 29 The Newport Rolling Mills Company and Andrews Steel Company allied concerns of Newport Kentucky with over 2000 workers are testing a plan to give all employees work instead of about half. President A K Andrews says the idea follows a worker vote to accept lower wages if it yields more hours.
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Cincinnati
Newport Rolling Mills Company
Andrews Steel Company
Newport
A. K. Andrews
Divorced Wife Casts Ring Away After Court Grant
In Cleveland Ohio on January 29 Mrs Ann Toker threw her wedding ring from Judge Neffs court after being granted a divorce from Stephen V Toker a Pennsylvania clergyman She accused him of champagne parties during her absence and said she found a picture of a girl in his suitcase.
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Cleveland, O
Ann Toker
Judge Neff’s Court
Stephen V. Toker
Pennsylvania
Kidnaping ends in desert rescue near Corona
Mrs Gladys Witherell who was abducted Tuesday night from her Los Angeles home was rescued early this morning from a desert ranch east of Corona. A.J. Carr and Lloyd Carr, cousins, were arrested after a cordon raid. Floyd Carr is named as the mastermind behind the sensational kidnapping tied to revenge against Allen J. Witherell, the broker’s father in law.
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Los Angles
Cal
Gladys Witherell
Corona
California
A. J. Carr
Lloyd Carr
Carr
Mrs. Witherell
Floyd Carr
Carrs
Priest Is Given Three Year Prison Term
Dublin January 31 Father Dominic chaplain to the late Lord Mayor McSwiney must serve three years in a military prison per a court martial decision. The sentence was for five years with two remitted. Father Dominic was accused of possessing seditious literature.
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Dublin
Dominic
McSwiney
Easiest Way Cleveland Police Force Safe Open
Police in Cleveland forced open a safe after a raid by dropping it from the third floor window when the gambling house proprietor refused to unlock it. The move followed a raid and confrontation with the owner over access to the strongbox.
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Cleveland
Britain had a hand in the Navy talk warning
A Washington report from the navy general board will soon warn against suspending battleship construction. Secretary Daniels asked for conclusions on the strongest navy amid debates with Britain over submarines and aircraft reducing battleship value. Naval officers suspect British propaganda aims to halt American naval build.
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A. L. Bradford
Washington
General Board of the Navy
Daniels
General Board
Great Britain
Congress
United States
Thirteen Die in Hoboken Hotel Fire
Police say a blaze swept the Colonial Hotel in Hoboken New Jersey killing 13 and badly burning six. Six victims were men and seven women. Eight bodies have been identified and identification of the rest is unlikely due to severe charring.
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Hoboken
N. J
Colonial Hotel
New Harvesting Machine Cleans Beans Between Corn Rows
A newly developed harvester, narrow enough to pass between corn rows, enables efficient gathering of beans planted in corn fields, promising improved yields and reduced labor.
Zionist Invasion Prompts Sabbath Blue Law Campaign
Zion City leader Wilbur Voliva plans a New York tour to press a national blue laws push to curb Sunday amusements. In Zion’s march on Broadway 400 robed followers vow to drive sin from Manhattan, part of a larger plan echoed by Voliva’s advisers and linked to Dowie’s 1903 blitz.
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Carl Victor Little
United Press
Zion City
Ill
Army of Zion
Broadway
Zion
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Voliva
Church of Zion
New Yor
Manhattan Island
Helen Buchmann
Belle Schelthorn
New York
Law Giver of
Theodore Forby
Kansas
John Alexander Dowie
Metropolis
Pope Denounces Immodest Dress
In Rome on January 29 Pope Benedict issued an encyclical to all bishops condemning dancing and immodesty in women's dress. He warned against an insatiable desire for possessions and an unquenchable thirst for pleasure as the era's greatest evils.
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Rome
Benedict
Two Persons Are Burned to Death in Ohio Fire
In Youngstown Ohio on January 31 an explosion likely caused by oil poured on a fire to speed an early breakfast at Bessemer near the state line burned five people. Mrs Jacobson and her daughter Victoria died. Dustin Jacobson and a son and Mathew Sandsten, 30, a boarder, were severely burned.
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Youngstown
Bessemer
Marion official's books show $15,000 shortage linked to Forry
Marion Ohio prosecutors report a short age of 15 000 in the accounts of former county treasurer Harry Forry. The shortage adds to a prior 14 300 he is accused of stealing from the treasury. Forry confessed to the shortages, with alleged acts spanning more than five years starting when he was assistant treasurer.
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Marion, O
Harry Forry
Marion
Fred W. Warner
Forry
Warner
Ferry
Students Fail Final Exams at Ohio University
Rumor says a number of Ohio University students were given the official gate on Saturday afternoon for deficient work. Those who failed half or more of their hours were asked to depart with university authorities. New students arrive as registration continues through Tuesday noon.
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Ohio University
Talbot dies on golf course in Miami Beach
Harold E. Talbot Sr a prominent Dayton Ohio manufacturer with a winter home in Miami Beach dropped dead of heart failure on the golf links shortly before noon. He leaves three children all of Dayton and Mrs A P D Hilton. the family is here.
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GOLF
Miami
Fra
Harold E. Talbot
Dayton
H. E. Talbot
Nelson Talbot
A. PD. Hilton
Talbot
Germans Declare They Cannot Meet Demands of the Allie
Wall Street chatter grows that Henry Ford must surrender control of his business. Dow Jones reports Ford has reached his limit and struggles to raise funds. It notes resignations from Ford's organization and firings of key executives, including a $75,000-a-year general manager and the chief auditor.
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New York
Wall Street
Henry Ford
Dow-Jones Financial Ticket Service
Detroit
Manifold Enterprises
John D. Rockefeller
Ford Motor Company
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Ford
Prizes For Cargo Plane Designs At Various Weights
Substantial cash prizes are offered for the best airplane designs capable of carrying 50 100 150 and 200 tons of cargo.
Three Bandits Escape After Robbery at Detroit Brokerage
In Detroit on January 31 three bandits burst from William T. Martin's brokerage office carrying 13 000 in bonds. Three police detectives entered and were shot and wounded as more than two hundred cops pursued in 25 autos with riot guns. Wounded: Detective Lieutenant Philip Enstein David Morris and Detective Sergeant Joe Haskin.
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Detroit
William T. Martin
Philip Enstein
David Morris
Seregant
Joe Haskin
Thy
Train Wreck Near New Comerstown Shakes Passengers
In New Philadelphia Ohio on January 31 a passenger train derailed between Dover and New Comerstown, two coaches overturning. One person, 17 year old Rebecca Wadelin of Wolf, suffered serious back injuries. others escaped with light injuries and continued their trip.
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New Philadelphia
Dover
New Comerstown
Rebecca Wadelin
Wolf, O
Wadelin
Social session of Pythians at K. of P. Lodge No 104
An important meeting of K of P lodge No 104 is planned for this evening. No degree work will be conducted but a large attendance is expected for business. Refreshments and a smoker will follow, and all members and visiting Knights are urged to attend.
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Pythians
K. of P. Lodge No
Cars as traveling kitchens roll through English city streets
In an English city, vehicles are used as mobile kitchens cooking meals on the go and serving the public along busy streets.
Hope for Elderly Women Through Simple Rays
Vienna January 31. Professor Holznecht of the Roentgen Institute reports a rejuvenation treatment for aging women. He says faint rays clear blurred voices restore complexion and vitality, aging is banished, and 30 percent of his experiments succeed.
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Vienna
Holznecht
Roentgen Institute
Cave Man Signs of Young Love Say Schoolboy Fondness
In Philadelphia on January 31 Miss Gladys G He director of special education argues that early love shows in school. A psychologist notes that kindergarten and later grades reveal rough play hair pulling pin placement and other minor annoyances as signs of affection among pupils.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Public Schools
Gladys G. He
Ide
Two surprise names likely for Harding cabinet posts
Authentic sources say two dark horse figures will join President-elect Warren G. Harding's cabinet, possibly in commerce and labor, with formal announcements due around March 4. Other names mentioned include Hughes for secretary of state and Dawes or Mellon for treasurer, amid shifting speculation.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Cocolobo
Charles FE. Hughes
Senator Fall
New Mexico
Interior
Henry C. Wallace
Hughes
Washington
Elihu Root
Harry M. Daugherty
Department of Justice
George Sutherland
Utah
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Andrew W. Mellon
Pittsburg
Wallace
Iowa Farm
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Harry A. Wheeler
Lowden
Illinois
Commerce
Jas. Duncan
Boston
Nolan
California
Labor
Woman Found Dead in Spring Near Columbus Township
Miss Lovina Bobo aged about fifty was found dead in a spring near her family residence in Columbia township Carpenter Ohio. She lived with her father F. M. Bobo and had suffered poor health. Death is considered an accident. She leaves an aged father three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were held this afternoon.
Governor Parkhurst Dies in Maine Mansion
Governor Frederick H. Parkhurst of Maine died of pneumonia in the executive mansion in Augusta on January 31. He had served as chief executive of the state and his death marks a sudden end to his administration.
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Augusta
Frederick H. Parkhurst
Maine
Jury pool forms for Matewan gun battle trial in Hatfield case
Weatherbeaten men from across Oudar County answer jury summons for the Hatfield and 20 co defendants in the Matewan killing of seven Baldwin Felts detectives. Deputy sheriffs seek veniremen. 239 names drawn, ten jurors seated amid security.
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Williamson
Wa. V
Bid” Hatfield
Baldwin-Felts
Matewan
Veniremen
R. D. Bailey
Sunshine Hotel
Hatfield
Snow Storm Delays Mrs. Warren G. Harding Visit to New York Shops
Snow delayed the first lady to be, Mrs. Warren G. Harding, shopping in New York. She dined at the Ritz Carlton with Mrs. Harry S. New and Mrs. Edward B. McLagan while crowds gathered outside hotel entrances. Fifth Avenue shopkeepers watched from snow blurred windows as displays of "Harding blue" drew attention.
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New York
Warren G.pon
Ritz Carlton
Harry S. New
Indiana
Edward B. MclLagan
White House
Fifth Avenue
Harding
Five Firemen Die in Providence Blaze
Five Providence firefighters were killed and nineteen injured when a fire swept a business district bowling alley into a wall collapse. The blaze began in a bowling alley on Washington and Plymouth streets and spread across the block. Three died on the spot. two died while being taken to the hospital.
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Providence
R. I
Washington
Plymouth
Germany Refuses to Pay Reparations Denial Signals Loom
Berlin reports say Germany will not accept the $55 billion indemnity demanded by the Allies. Berlin sources indicate plans to fund reparations through taxation while Allied inspectors monitor commerce and loans. The Allied Supreme Council dissolved with Lloyd George and others returning to London. next talks set in London.
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Berlin
Reday
Ger
Paris
Bergmann
Sion
Tente
Allied Supreme Council
Lloyd George
Sir Geddes
London
Germany
Ftantes Army
Germans Reject Allied Demands in Berlin Report
A German dispatch from Berlin cites newspapers rejecting Allied demands as impossible to accept. It quotes public outrage over consequences for future generations and accuses the Entente of resorting to pure force.
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Berlin
Kreus Zeitung
Teglische Red
Taxicab Hit Kills Woman and Man in Fog in Cleveland
In Cleveland on January 31 a taxicab struck Carrie Noble, 40, and a man named A mons, 40, as they crossed a street in dense fog. Pach, the taxicab driver, said the victims stepped into the path of his car and he could not avoid the collision. The woman died instantly. the man died hours later.
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Cleveland
Pach
Carrie Noble
Amons
Tee
Athens Messenger Information Bureau Address Note
Frederic J. Haskin directs The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington D C with guidance on filling out forms and providing names and addresses.
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Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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