Clara Phillips Returns Aboard Copan Waits California Prison
On May 29 Clara Phillips the so called hammer slayer of California sailed aboard the Copan from Puerto Cortez en route to New Orleans then to California to serve life imprisonment. Authorities fear a renewed attempt to free her and she promises a sensational statement to prove innocence and expose accomplices in one of America's famed jail breaks.
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Puerto Cortez
New Orleans
Clara Phillips
California
Copan
Mississippi
Phillips
Hammer
America
Zii
Whitfield Escape Baffles Cleveland Police In Slaying Case
John Leonard Whitfield, accused killer of Patrolman Donnie Griffin, has escaped. Authorities doubt he will be found soon, with tips based on guesswork rather than evidence. Some fear he fled to Chicago underworld, Canada, or the Northwest, after a prior escape in Madison Wisconsin a week ago.
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Cleveland
John Leonard Whitfield
Donnie Griffin
Chicago
Canada
Madion
Wis
Turks Plan to Retain Troops
Constantinople May 29. Despite Lausanne terms Turkey will keep its large army and maintain troops in current strategic positions until a Near East peace treaty is signed. Allies expected to evacuate Turkey in two weeks and Kema lists to reoccupy Trace to the Maritza river.
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Constantinople
Lausanne
Turkey
Europe
Maritsa River
Angora
Maritza
Greece
Balkans
Railroad Worker Killed by Train Near Center of Town
Steubenville reports the death of 45-year-old railroad employee Joseph Perenzo who was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train near the heart of the city late at night. The incident occurred during a period of low visibility and remains under investigation by local authorities.
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Steubenville
Joseph Perenzo
Pennsylvania
Heart of the
Uncle Lou Nominated by Democrats in Meigs Scene
May 20 report says Louis Horwitz of Pomeroy a leading Meigs Democratic figure has been named for a spot on the National Democratic Campaign Committee. The text notes a proposed tie between Uncle Henry Ford and the party and suggests Uncle Lou would not speak if Henry is adopted by Democrats.
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Pomeroy
Louis Horwitz
Pomeroy Merchant
Meigs
National Democratic Campaign Committee
Henry Ford
Lou
Henry
Debt Clearing Drive Set for Homecoming at First Christian Athens
The First Christian church of Athens plans a homecoming and rededication service next Sunday to raise 15 000 in cash and pledges to clear indebtedness on church property. About 9 900 remains due on the parsonage at 64 North Congress, with repairs and interest adding to needs. Campaign runs through June 25 1923 24 25 and 1925 with hopes of full payment by 1926. Dr C W Cauble will lead a prep meeting at 7 pm Wednesday and three services are scheduled for Sunday with a noon basket dinner.
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First Christian Church
Athens
North
Congress
M. E. Chatley
C. W. Cauble
Correction: Ruhr miners strike figure was 200000
A Berlin report clarifies that the claim of 2,000,000 Ruhr coal miners on strike was erroneous. The Vossische Zeitung corrected: the figure should read 200,000, not two million.
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Berlin
United States
Ruhr
Vossische Zeitung
World Court not a cureall says Copeland at NC college
Senator Rogal Copeland of New York told the North Carolina State College graduating class that world needs work and economic effort before any court or remedy can heal nations. He warned the world court cannot alone restore prosperity or feed the hungry and urged President to mobilize work and business as the true cure.
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Raleigh
N. C
Rogal
Copeland
New York
North Carolina State College
Imen
Auto Taxes on Car Sales Rise in Washington April
About $10 million of April treasury revenue came from taxes on automobile and accessory sales the internal revenue bureau said. The tax equals five percent of purchase price on autos and parts, with $200 million spent on cars in April. Taxes are collected from manufacturers who pass them to buyers. April taxes from this source rose 30 percent year over year.
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Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Chiropractors Prepare Amid Quake News In Port City
Local chiropractors O. L. Knechtly Hazel Knechtly and D. D. Owens in Portsmouth Ohio prepared today to serve the community as reports from London say thousands have died in Persia from a major earthquake. Dispatches quote Allahabad authorities and note fines and convictions in unsettled conditions.
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Portsmouth
O. L. Knechtly
Hazel
D. D. Owens
London
P. D. Parks
Allahabad
Prosecu
Rum Fleet Pursued As Istar Gun Signal Draws State Dept Action
Federal authorities report the steam yacht Istar mounting a gun, possibly six pounds or a three inch rifle, and tied to British registry. The rum fleet remains at sea with ships sighted fifteen miles off the Capes as authorities trace cargo cached across the coast and near Bermuda. Rex D. Sheldon, known as Mr Fixit, is jailed on $10,000 bond awaiting bond terms as investigators say much of the cargo was diverted or cached to rush to the capital once the uproar subsides.
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Norfolk
Rum Runners
State Department
Washington
Coast Guard
Mascoutin
Capes
Istar
Bermuda
Atlantic
Rex D. Sheldon
Sunday Attacks Theories At Columbus Rally
Billy Sunday denounced Darwinian theory and liberal biblical interpretations, and Methodist Bishop Fagar's views, in a revival at Memorial Hall Columbus. The event drew about 5 000 capacity crowd with hundreds turned away.
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Columbus
Darwin
Fagar
Blake
Billy
Memorial Hall
Talks Begin on Amity Treaty with Turkey
May 28. Preliminary negotiations for a treaty of amity and commercial relations between the United States and Turkey are under way. Joseph C. Grew, American representative at Lausanne, has been authorized to proceed after the Turkish delegation led by Timut Pasha suggested the need for such a treaty.
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Washington
United States
Turkey
State Department
Joseph C. Grew
Amercan
Lausanne
Timut Pasha
Grew
Safety Week Ends With Two Deaths in Charleston
Charleston, May 28. Funeral arrangements were made today for two accident victims marking the end of Safety Week. Ivan Bernard Chandler, 11, died while swimming in Elk River and Wayne Bogges, 16, perished when an auto driven by his father plunged over a 10 foot embankment.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ivan Bernard Chandler
Elk River
Wayne Bogges
Road Chief Wins In Court Battle
Common Pleas Judge D C Thomas of Marietta exonerated State Highway Director Herrick of charges of collusion and favoritism in awarding four Lorain county road contracts totaling 580000 to the Highway Construction Co of Elyria. A temporary restraining order blocking work was dissolved.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
D. C. Thomas
Marietta
Herrick
Lorain County
b|Highway Construction Co
Elyria
Masked Klanswomen Hold Grave Service in Middleport
In Middleport Ohio on May 29 six masked women emerged from Beech Grove cemetery woods to perform a Klansmen burial rite at the grave of Mrs Ralph Sayre. They burned a small cross at the head of the grave marking the service. The Klan is said to have a strong women’s auxiliary in Middleport and the deceased likely belonged to it with her sisters helping to bury her.
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Middleport
Ralph Sayre
Beech Grove Cemetery
Beach Grove
Egypt Credits Disease to the Pharaoh Curse
Paris May 29 A pestilence is said to spread through Egypt since the Tut Ankh Amen tomb opened in the Valley of the Kings An Alexandria dispatch reports Lord Carnarvon and George J Gould died from symptoms of the pestilence The death of Lord Carnarvon has led some to blame the Pharoahs curse
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Paris
Egypt
Valley of the Kings
Alexandria
Lord Carnarvon
George J. Gould
Use Airplanes to Carry Food in Oklahoma Floods
Oklahoma City on May 29 reports the North Canadian river recession but two days from full bank clearance. About 1000 homes in flood zones with one unidentified death during livestock rescue. Planes will carry food between the city and the affected district today.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
North Canadian
Captol Hull
Packingtown
Weather Bureau
Etta
Boy is struck by bullet on Sandusky riverbank
Clifford John, 12, of Bucyrus, was struck in the lower lip by a partly spent rifle bullet while walking along the Sandusky river. He removed the missile himself, the wound being minor.
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Bucyrue, CO
Clifford Johnson
Sandusky River
Johnson
Knights of Pythias to hold Hocking county convention
Murray City hosts the annual Knights of Pythias convention for Hocking county on Thursday evening May 31 starting at 6 30. Grand Chancellor Ford G Hunker of Milford and state officers will attend with drill teams from nearby lodges and the Dokkie team from El Kaj Temple invited. A street parade will precede a banquet in the I O O F Hall with speakers and entertainers planned.
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Murray City
Order of Knights of Pythias
Hocking County
Ford G. Hunker
Middleport
el Kaj Temple
Knights
Grocery Bills Trigger Tragedy in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati William Jones aged 68 shot his wife in the abdomen after a 24 hour dispute over grocery bills and then killed himself with a pistol. He died at General Hospital while Mrs Jones remains critically ill. The couple lived with three stepchildren aged 18, 16 and 14 who witnessed the events.
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Cincinnati
William Jones
General Hospital
Traffic Busters Fined by Mayor
Two traffic law violators appeared before Mayor Gill Mondy on a Tuesday evening to enter pleas of guilty and to be fined five dollars and costs each. Frank Christman of Busy Sea Restaurant was arrested for driving a machine with license plates issued to another person. Krivusti of The Plains was arrested for spending on Lower East State Street.
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Gill Mondy Evenning
Gailty
Frank Chriatman
Busy Sea
Maples
Krivusti
the Plains
Parker
Lower East State Street
Motor Order Loses Court
The state supreme court affirmed the Cuyahoga county common pleas court conviction of Abraham Auerbach of Cleveland for involuntary manslaughter. Auerbach, now in Atlanta federal prison, was speeding when signalled to stop. his car swung into an intersecting street, striking a woman with a child and killing the woman’s father."
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Abraham Auerbach
Cleveland
Auerbach
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Chinese Air Patrol Tracks Shantung Bandits Near Pao Suku
From ShanghaI dated May 29 two Chinese army planes hovered over mountains near Pao Suku to spy on Shantung brigands who seized foreign prisoners including Americans from the Shanghai Pekin train. Brigands feared encirclement as officials and bandit chiefs parleyed with no result.
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Shanghai
Pao-Suku
Shantung
Shanghai-Pekin
Lin Cheng
Tali Shan
Aerial Center Fixed in Dayton World Aircraft Hub
Dayton officials hailed a plan to make the city the greatest aerial center. Frederick B. Patterson of National Cash Register announced at Memorial hall that the War Department would acquire four thousand acres west of Wilbur Wright Field for aviation uses. The statement capped a testimonial dinner honoring John A. MacReady and Oakley G. Kelley.
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Dayton
Frederick B. Patterson
National Cash Register Co
Dayton Aviation
Lanu
John A. MacReady
Oakley G. Kelley
Memorial Hall
Patterson
War Department
Wilbur Wright Field
No Paper Tomorrow May Recognition
Brief item notes a pause in publication on Wednesday May for recognition events. Limited readable text mentions Secor and eccrine but lacks clear context or full details.
Peace Order of Dei Van Te ee Rebels To Form Their Own Parts
Dublin reports a peace order after years of war as Eamon de Valera urges republican followers to stop fighting. Free State forces vow to maintain control while de Valera remains at large near Dublin. Home Secretary O'Higgins declares no political claims from armed rebels. The nation hopes for unity and a new era of prosperity despite tensions.
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Daniel O'Co
Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Ra Jcahy
Trish Free State Army
Free State
de Valera
County Wicklow
O'Higgins
Adultery Convictions Sparked By Warrant in Chauncey
Judge Johnson issues habeas warrants in Athens County Probate for Lewis Morrison and Mrs Lyons of Chauncey. Each faces 90 days in jail and $200 in costs for adultery alleged by attorney J. J. The couple was jailed after a brief seizure near a wooded area. they pleaded no crime as adultery is not a crime under Ohio law.
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Morricon
Mra. Lyone
Woody, Near
Ohio
Bulgarian minister urges Turkish missioner over Thrace tensions
In Constantinople the Bulgarian minister requested action from the Turkish missioner as Bulgaria seeks resolution to ongoing frictions in Thrace. The dispute centers on cross-border tensions and diplomatic efforts to ease the strain between Bulgaria and Turkey.
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Constantinople
Thrace
Bulgaria
Indictment in Logan County Grand Jury Case
A Logan Ohio report notes a grand jury calling at 9 for an indictment charging a defendant with manufacturing. An arraignment followed a guilty plea with a sentence of one year in prison and a $500 fine. The case list includes George Lucas and multiple local residents.
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Logan
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
George Lucas
Tenwaldt
John Selb
Streats
W. B. Zeigier
Stewart Johnson
June
Lou Shaw
Seibert
Kate Becker
Thomas and
Frank Hamilton
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