Dry issue drifts toward war over prohibition enforcement
New York July 2 A retired U S Navy admiral warns that prohibition international enforcement could spark a global crisis as the four major powers split over the Volstead Act America versus England France and Italy stand pat and the admiral recalls past wars as warning signs while urging a course correction to avoid another conflict
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New York
Bradley A. Fisk
Fiske
America
Ore
England
France
Italy
Spain
Maine
Farmer slays wife then kills himself in Big Run tragedy
Munn Phillips, 65, a well known Big Run farmer, attempted to murder his wife by striking her with a wash tub and axe threats, then slashed his throat with a butcher knife and died at his home. A daughter aided Mrs. Phillips, two sons worked in a field, and the coroner and Sheriff McKinley investigated.
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Amfesvile
Munn Phillips
Big Run
Phillips
Saunders
Iowa
McKinley
Washington
S. C
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
New England Man Faces Court On Black Jack Charge
William Stone of New England was arrested Saturday by a constable and sheriff on charges of menacing and carrying black jack weapons. He pleaded not guilty to both counts, was arraigned before Judge Helwig, and bound over to common pleas court under bonds of 590 and 200 dollars respectively, and returned to county jail until bond can be raised.
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William Stone
New End
Muari
Mecxinley
Star
Ji Stone
Istrate Helwig
Common Peers Court
Slipping of Ventilator Pin Caused Williamson Fire Losses
Newport R I July 2 The death of Anthony Rock a fire man lifted toll aboard the U S destroyer Williamson from Saturday's engine room explosion to six. A navy board said a slipped ventilator pin caused the fire room cover to fall and seal off the blower depriving the room of air.
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Newport
R. L
Anthony Rock
United States
Williamson
Navy
Hat Thief Incident Reported in Elyria
John Kiady told police he was held up by colored men, but the only item taken was his hat. The brief downtown incident prompted a police inquiry into the suspects and motives.
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Elyria O
John Kiady
Klan denounced at Columbus G A R post meeting
At the Columbus Golden Post No 89 G A R meeting the hooded Ku Klux Klan was sharply condemned as un American and un patriotic. The post endorsed the state encampment at Columbus and heard post commander Joe L Pickering report on it. Seventeen veterans attended the session with ages from 75 to 83.
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Ku Klux Klan
Columbus Golden Post
Armory
Post
Columbus
Athens Post
Joe L. Pickering
G.A. RR
American Legion
John Kale
Marion Tippie
Tobacco farmer takes poison over worm infestation
William Bennett, 63, a tobacco farmer near Cincinnati, killed himself last night after drinking three pints of poison. He believed he was infested by long green tobacco worms and that illness drove him to the act.
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Cincinnati
William Bennett
Here
Nine Injured In Rail Accident At Niagara Falls
Nine people were injured when an International Railway Co two car train on the Niagara Falls high speed line toppled from the track and overturned into a field near Niagara Falls New York. Four were seriously hurt and were taken to De Graf Memorial Hospital. The crash followed an open switch at high speed.
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Nadwanda
N. Y
International Railway Co
Niagara Falls
de Graf
Tag day for Athens playgrounds raises 125 dollars
The Saturday tag day for Athens playgrounds netted 125 dollars with few workers. Robert Clark gave 25 dollars and Dorothy Drake 21 dollars, earning them a baseball and candy respectively as rewards.
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Athens
Robert Clark
Dorothy Drake
Clark
Miss Drake
Stoppered Traffic After Show Plight on Athens Albany Road
Charges of obstructing traffic and damaging a state highway filed by Division Engineer K W Davis against the Spain family show manager and three drivers after a motor caravan stuck on Hibbard hill. A cleated tractor tried to pull overloaded trailers, tearing base on the repaired pavement. The road was cleared by unloading trailers, warrants to be served in Middleport, and hill repairs to finish by early next week.
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Gill
Kk. W. Davis
Spain
Athens-Albany
Davis
Middleport
Protestant ministers alarm on Roman Catholic influence in politics
Dr. Daniel McGurk spoke at First M. E. Church Sunday evening urging Protestants to wake to what he called the Roman ecclesiastical political machine. He argued immigration and education threaten democracy and claimed the Ku Klux Klan upholds law and Americanism.
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Daniel McGurk
M. FE
McGurk
Wealthy Young Woman Is Slain in Harlem River
Police believe the woman was murdered as scars on her throat and wrists indicate violence. Her rings valued at $1,500 were on her fingers and she wore expensive clothing. The body drifted in the Harlem river, likely in the water for at least two weeks.
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New York
Harlem River
Young bandits shot down in Cleveland gun duel
Two alleged bandits, Earnest Powers 24 of Terre Haute Ind and Walter McDonald 20 of Akron Ohio, were dying in a Cleveland hospital after a Sunday confrontation with police. Police say the youths attempted a gas station robbery when Patrolman August Hruska fired, and the gunmen returned fire.
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Cleveland
Earnest Powers
Terre Haute
Ind
Walter McDonald
Akron
Ohio
August Hruska
Hruska
County Officials Consider Bond Financing for TB Hospital
Columbus Ohio county commissioners may borrow funds in anticipation of revenues to cover operating costs of the county tuberculosis hospital. Attorney General Crabbe issued an opinion to Clark County's prosecuting attorney regarding the move.
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Colmbus, CO
County
Crabbe
Clark County
Texas Jack Sullivan Paddles 58 Miles Across Lake Erie
Rocky River resident Texas Jack Sullivan completed a 58 mile paddle across Lake Erie from Rondeau Ontario to Cleveland Ohio in 24 hours. He arrived at the Cleveland Yacht Club where he ordered a steak after registering. Local lake men call him the first white man to achieve the feat.
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Cleveland, O
Lake Erie
Rondeau
Ont
Cleveland
Jack” Sullivan
Rocky River
Sullivan
Cleveland Yacht Club
No New Retrial Granted in Croker Will Case
Dublin reports that Richard Croker Jr. announced he would not seek a new trial in the contest over his father’s will. He leaves the entire fortune to his second wife Mrs. Bula Croker.
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Dublin
Richard Croker, Jr
Bula Croker
Two Strangers Rob Hughes After Offer to Cool Off
At Central Union Station two men invited Emery Hughes to take a walk and cool off. After Hughes produced 52 dollars they grabbed the money and ran.
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Cincinnati, CO
Central Union Station
Emery Hughes
Jarvis
Hughes
Harding tour urges middle ground against unrest in West
President Harding, en route to Alaska, rests in Yellowstone then prepares four speeches across the West. He urges conservatives to ignore radicals, touts remedial federal action, and appeals for a middle course on the court and prohibition while addressing reclamation policy in Spokane.
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SN. S
Gheorghe KR. Holmes
Harding
Spokane
Wahr
Yellowstone Park
Washington
Alaska
Yellowstone
West
White House
St. Louis
Hutchinson
Denver
Lost valuable ring reported in London
Mrs. I. Carter of Louisville reported to police in London today that she lost an heirloom ring valued at 2569 dollars.
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London
United States Prices Remain Low in World in 1923
The latest monthly labor review shows U S wholesale prices in March 1923 at 59 percent above 1913 levels, with foreign prices ranging from 160 to 424 in various countries. The United States remains low globally, closest to England’s level in the index.
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Uncle Sam
United States
U.S
Canta
Germany
Japan
Sweden
Australia
England
National figures lined up as witnesses in Stannard case
In Columbus Ohio on July 2, the Delaware state civil service commission opened a hearing on Mrs Mae Stannard former chief matron of the Giri Industrial school with eighty eight witnesses subpoenaed by the defense. Attys include Stewart Hoover for Mrs Stannard Dr A M Baechr state juvenile research head Miss Margaret Kieeves Russell Sage Miss Virginia Young national care and training delinquent girls head Dr H S MacAyeal former welfare head Mrs S S Selover Cleveland Federation of Women s clubs president and Mrs Charles Kamilee Dayton among listed witnesses.
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Columbus, O
Jully
Mae Stannard
Giri
Delaware
State Civil Service Commiision
Stewart A. Hoover
Stannard
A. M. Baechr
Margaret Kieeves
Russell Sage Foundation
Virginia Young
National Committee of Care and Training of
H. 8. MacAyeal
Future of the Nation Is With the Fairer Sex
Knoxville a preacher warns that national decline rests on women misusing virtue. Rev. Dr. Bowers of Broadway Baptist laments modern traps targeting girls under the sermon title Girls There Perils. He cites 65,990 young women entering the underworld in the past year.
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Knoxville
Tenn
B. A. Bowers
Broadway Baptist Church
Ir. Bowers
Earth
Garden of Eden
Dr. Bowers
Underworld
Bombing of Prohibition Officer's Home Hints at Steubenville
Officials say the Richmond area bombing of Marshall J. C. McCoy, prohibition officer, Saturday morning may involve residents of Steubenville. Several foreign language newspapers are the only clues found so far. attackers believed to be local residents recently prosecuted for illegal liquor selling.
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Steubenville
J. C. McCoy
Prohibition
Richmond
Stubenville
Uncle Sam to Spend Three Billion in 1923 Budget
Washington reports the new fiscal year starts with a 3.0 billion dollar appropriation to run the government for 12 months. About two thirds funds fixed charges such as pensions and interest, leaving roughly 1 billion for normal operating expenses.
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Uncle Sam
H. K. Reynolds
Washington
Congress
Treasury
Buds
Harding
Budget Bureau
Post Office Department
Veterans’ Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Interior Department
Commerce Department
Department of Justice
Labor Department
Department of State
District of Columbia
Izets
Foreign Office denied separate Ruhr talks with Germany
Paris dispatch says the foreign office dismissed reports that England would seek parallel negotiations with Germany on the Ruhr and reparations if no immediate agreement with France is reached.
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Paris
Foreign Office Today
England
Germany
Ruhr
France
French Extend Lines in the Ruhr Front
Berlin July 2 French troops in the Ruhr were reported to be extending their lines in the eastern end of the Ruhr today.
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Berlin
Ruhr
Rioting at British Empire Steel plant as troops sent
Sydney reports 400 soldiers manned machine guns and repelled a mob of about 4,000 masked strikers in a three hour clash near the British Empire Steel Co. plant. Police were stoned and calls for reinforcements went out as cavalry was en route from Quebec Toronto and Montreal. Rioting followed similar outbreaks Friday and Saturday nights.
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Sydney
British Empire Steel Co
Quebec
Toronto
Montreal
Auto Crash Kills Ohio Woman From Fright
Mrs. Charles Littleton, 67, of Columbus, died of heart failure caused by fright after a car driven by Shirley Bish, 20, skidded and rolled on an embankment near Columbus. The vehicle rolled several times but halted at a creek edge. other occupants escaped injury.
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Columbus
Charles Littleton
Here
Shirley Bish
King Law Tightens Controls on Building and Loan Firms
New King Law expands state supervision of building and loan associations, bans promoters from forming firms, requires consent to organize and prohibits stock sale fees. It mandates first mortgage or stock or government bond loans, mandates bonding of officers, and regular inspections by the state superintendent and auditors.
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King Liaw
Joans
Corps of Auditors
Wolfe Brothers Feed Store Robbery On North Court
The Wolfe Brothers feed store on North Court street was entered between Saturday evening and Monday morning and about 14 dollars removed from the cash drawer. Entry is believed through the front door. Athens police have a definite suspect but seek evidence to prove the case.
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Wolfe Brothers
North Court Street
Athens
Find Dead Body of Slain Man in Steubenville
A partially decomposed well dressed man was found in a Steubenville yard at 7 am with a battered head and nearby broken beer bottles as clues. Neighbors report a quarrel Saturday night near the discovery spot, observed by six year old James Riggs.
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Steubenville
James Riggs
Peace in sight in Greece as Gonatas issues manifesto
Premier Gonatas issued a manifesto in Athens on July 2 expressing belief that peace with Turkey would soon be realized, signaling a hopeful shift in Greek foreign policy.
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Athens
A _ manifsto
Turkey
Gonatas
British Premier seeks direct talks with Germany over reparations
London reports say Prime Minister Baldwin wants direct negotiations with Germany to resolve reparations, signaling pressure from France over Ruhr policies. Foreign Office denial and plans for a Verbal reply from Paris are noted as crucial. Curzon and the French ambassador discuss the issue as cabinet members weigh separate talks with Germany against Paris’s stance.
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London
Jenier Stanley Baldwin
Germany
England
France
Ruhr
Foreign Office
Legland
United States
Premier Poincare
Count de Staulaire
Arts
Lora Curzon
Shot His Girl Through Accident in Ohio Town
Steubenville, Ohio July 2. Miss Theressa Cashiola 17 lies dying after a shooting at a Mingo Junction home. Her fiancé Demente Figo 19 is in custody. Both say the incident was accidental as Siglio manipulated a .62 caliber revolver and fired while showing the gun. The gunshot hit the girl in the back near the heart.
Boris Denies Bulgarian Betrothal in Chronicle Interview
King Boris of Bulgaria tells the Chronicle he is not betrothed and remains wedded to his work. He cites duties to the country and monarchic insecurity as reasons kings cannot wed in troubled times. He notes kings are mortals who suffer with their people.
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London
Boris
Bulgaria
The
Chronicle
Calf Kicks Knife Wounds Lawrence Schachtm
Amherst Ohio reports Lawrence Schachtm severely injured while dressing a calf when the animal kicked the hand holding the knife. He suffered a deep leg wound and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
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Amherst, O
Lawrence Schachtm
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