Senator Cummins Plans Living Wage Amendment to Transportation Act
Washington dispatch reports Senator Cummins will offer an amendment to the Transportation Act next session to define a living wage for railroad workers. President Harding backs the broader anti strike framework and the farm bloc vows to press for freight relief, arguing farmers also deserve relief from rising costs. The agricultural bloc, including Capper, aims to curb rail rates, shaping a heated winter debate.
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J. Bart Campbell
Washington
United States Railroad Labor Board
Congress
Towa
Cummins
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Harding
Capper
Kansas
Senate
House
Millfield Union Met To Promote Dry Cause
Millfield hosts a union temperance meeting Sunday at 7 PM with Rev. W. V. Harter delivering the address. The M E church and Christian church share music duties and urge all residents to attend and learn about the proposed amendment.
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Millfield
W. V. Harter
M. BE
Christian Church
Rumor of Serb Italian Fighting Denied in London
London dispatch reports the Jugo Slav legation unaware of any Servian Italian clashes and deems reports of hostilities unconfirmed. It is not believed war between the two nations is likely.
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London
Jugo Slav
Woman of the underworld on trial for murder in Cleveland
Mrs. Mabel C. Champion, a Texas woman, faces a first degree murder charge in the Cleveland restaurant death of Thomas A. O’Connell. Prosecution seeks life, defense asks for acquittal. Jury of seven men and five women to decide later today.
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Cleveland
Mabel C. Champion
Texas
Thomas A. O'Connell
O’connell
Walter D. Mears
Courtay hill road paving nearing open after curing
Concrete laying on the Courtney hill improvement is finished and the Athens Nelsonville road will open soon. It will take several days for curing before traffic resumes and detours affect Sugar Creek Amesville residents. Paving continues between Sugar Creek and Chauncey with curbs in place and rapid progress.
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Courtney Hill
Athens
Nelsonvilla
Sugar Creek
Amesville
Athengy
Chauncey
State Highway Department
Fine Country Home Loss in Cedar Point District
Sandusky Ohio November 1 The summer home of Carl F Holzapfel a Sandusky merchant in Cedar Point seven miles north was destroyed by fire at 3 this morning. Holzapfel his wife and two children were saved by neighbors. The house had just been completed a month ago costing 25000 dollars. Origin of the fire is unknown.
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Sandusk, CO
Carl F. Holzaepfel
Sandusky
Cedar Point
Here
Holzaepfel
Lloyd George Too Ill to Continue Campaign
London reports former Prime Minister David Lloyd George is ill with a cold that has settled in the throat and interferes with his campaign tour. He is under Lord Dawson’s care and all upcoming speeches are canceled. The condition is described as not serious.
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London
David Lloyd George
Joey
Lord Dawson
King George
Canned Talk Aids France Senate Nomination in Maryland
Senator Joseph R. France used phonograph records to campaign in Maryland. He distributed 50 000 records bearing excerpts of his speeches and the National Anthem on the reverse side. The campaign cost about 17 500 dollars, part of his 48 000 dollars in expenditures to date.
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Senate
France
Maryland
New Evidence in Miners Battle Murder Trial Emerges
At Wellsburg West Virginia on November 1 new testimony and plans from union miners surface in the trial of John Kaminski Avella Pennsylvania for first degree murder over the Cliftonville mine clash last July. Witnesses describe forced conscription and a meeting at Miners Hall Avella with Anton Salinski presiding.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
John Kaminski
Avella
H. H. Duval
Cliftonville
William White
Joe Finski
James W. Smith
Wabash
Miners’ Hall
Anton Salinski
F. Sexton
Fire at Cincinnati power plant blinds the city
Cincinnati suffered a blackout after the central power plant caught fire from a short circuit. The blaze burned for over an hour causing more than 100000 in damage. Firemen could not fight it with water for fear of electrocution and waited for the power to be shut off.
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Cincinnati
Car Filled with Negroes Makes Leap from Bridge
A Madisonville man Mike Bal jew, 28, was killed instantly and six other Negroes were seriously injured when an automobile crashed through a bridge railing on Bridgetown Pike near Boudinot road and fell 40 feet to the railroad right of way. The group of three women and four men had been returning from a Halloween party. The article notes a separate line about foreign-born farmers being most numerous in the north central states, few in the south, except Texas.
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Cincinnati
Mike Baljew
Madisonville
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Bridgetown Pike
Boudinot Road
North Central States
South
Texas
New Pastor Assigned to Chauncey M E Circuit
Chauncey and nearby towns gain Rev. W. V. Harter of Logan as the new pastor for the Chauncey M E Circuit, replacing the United Brothers church leader. Harter, praised as a strong speaker, comes after five years in Logan. A parsonage has been bought in Chauncey for his family and service.
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Chauncey, O
Chauncey M. E
Chauncey
Millfield
the Plains
Sugar Creek
W. V. Harter
Logan
Methodist Church
United Brothers Church
Chauncey Circuit
Edison, 90, Not Dead Denies Rumor With Quiet Smile
West Orange New Jersey November 1 Thomas A Edison famed inventor has not talked on the telephone for 35 years and hearing is poor His secretary said Edison was alive and “too busy to talk” when asked about a death report He did not reply beyond a smile and a wave of the hand
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Muskegon Girl Found After Brutal Abduction Near Dublin
12 year old Rosalie Shanty known as the diving Venus was found last night near Dublin in a dazed condition after being abducted Sunday afternoon. She was brought home to Muskegon and later rushed to a local residence where she recovered from a coma. Authorities organize posses to catch the attacker, with witnesses noting bruises and signs of strangulation.
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Muskegon, Mich
Rosalie Shanty
Muskegon Beach
Dublin
Mich
Muskegon
Manistee
Lake Counties
Joseph Promosaki
Fred Zink
Zink
Crawford County approves 25 year Cleveland & Southern Electric franchise
Bucyrus Ohio November 1 Crawford county commissioners sign a 25 year franchise allowing the Cleveland & Southern Electric Railway company to operate within Crawford county for a quarter century.
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Bucyrus
Crawford County
Cleveland & Southwestern Electric Railway Company
October traffic crashes kill five in Toledo
Five people died and 95 were injured in October traffic accidents in Toledo, as announced today.
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Toledo
Milk prices rise in Toledo retail
Milk prices were advanced one cent for both pints and quarts here today.
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Toledo
Harding to mark 57th birthday at White House golf possible
Washington November 1 Warren G Harding turns 57 tomorrow and marks the second anniversary of his election as president. He plans to spend most of the day at the White House desk and could play a round of golf in the afternoon.
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Washington
Warren G. Harding
White House
Imperial boy emperor to wed a Manchu bride amid financial strain
The Chinese boy emperor, nearly 17, will marry on November 14 per imperial astrologers after consent from the ex-empress. The lavish ceremony angles for $260,000, while the bride, a highborn Manchu, helps with sewing and even drives a limousine due to poverty and war-time constraints.
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Peking
China
Forbidden City
Japan
Captain Sues for Million Dollar Boycott Claim
Captain B. A. Haagenson seeks 1 million dollars from the United States Shipping Board and the Munson Line alleging he was subjected to a boycott. The filing was planned for the United States district court in Chicago on November 1.
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Chicago
United States Shipping Board
Munson Steamship Line
United States District Court
B. A. Haagenson
Shipping Board
Leaders Meet to Talk of Paige Deal in Ohio Conference
Columbus officials including Governor Davis and Attorney General Price meet with Federal Fuel Distributor Spens and aides E Hepburn and F Wadleigh alongside Michigan and Ohio fuel admins to coordinate a plan to relieve Ohio coal shortages caused by operators shipping coal to higher price states.
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Columbus
Davis
Price
Spens
E. Hepburn
F. KR. Wadleigh
Michigan
W. W. Potter
Ohio
Neal
C. F. Dunn
Wayne County
Detroit
lObio
Bribery Attempt Tangles Double Murder Case
New Brunswick New Jersey November 1 an alleged bid to silence Mrs Jane Gibson an eye witness to the murders of Dr Edward W Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills is under investigation a private detective figure named in the probe visited the farm and offered hush money alleging defense payments Mrs Gibson rejected the proposal and the man left promising to hear from him later
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Joan L. Spivak
New Brunswick
N. J
Jane Gibson
Rey
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor Mills
Nan
Heavy fighting as Dublin rebels seize major wireless station
Dublin reports that Irish Republican forces captured the Cliffden wireless station, one of Britain's largest, marking a second rebel seizure. Free State troops mass near Cliffden to retake it as fighting intensifies in Dundas Cork regions around Dublin.
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Dublin
Cliqden
Great Britain
Cliffden
Dundas
Cork
Ex Kaiserin urged remarriage for Bill after death
In Dresden on November 1, Admiral Rebeur Paschwitz, former aide to the late German emperor, testified that the ex Kaiserin wished her husband to remarry if she died. He said she often spoke of her wish while on her deathbed and relayed it to Doorn.
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Dresden
Kaiserin
Rebeur—Paschwitz
Doorn
Kelserin
Last Real Rebel Leader Taken by Mexican Forces
Mexico City November 1 General Francisco Murgula leader of the last formidable revolutionary movement against the Obregon government has been captured by federal troops under General Abraham Carmona after days of fighting in the north.
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Mexico City
Mex
Francisco Murgula
Obregon
Abraham Carmona
War Department
Federala
Murgula
Arrested After One Wild Ride
Talbot Caven of Cincinnati, 33, was scratched on the face when his car left the Dixie highway near Covington, plunging over a 50 foot embankment into a creek bed. He says a struck obstruction caused loss of control, but he was arrested for reckless driving.
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Cincinnati
Talbot Caven
Covington
Tornado Hits City Leaves One Dead and 60,000 in Damage
A tornado struck City, Missouri shortly after midnight killing one woman and destroying 60 houses with estimated property loss at 60,000 dollars. Six others are hospitalized, searches in the ruins continue for more missing people in a mining town setting. In Cleveland, Costas Arashoglou among sixteen undesirables deported to home lands from Dayton.
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Were City
Cleveland
Costas Arashoglou
Montgomery County
Dayton
Clara Phillips Insanity Defense Draws on Texas Depositions
In Los Angeles on November 1, Clara Phillips defense in the hammer murder case of Mrs. Alberta Meadows introduces Texas depositions. The defense claims inherited insanity and links to Phillips’s father John Weaver and brother Henry Weaver, both alleged to be of unsound mind.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Texas
Clara Phillips
Alberta Meadows
Jpmips
John Weaver
Henry Weaver
Shooting near Marietta doctor injures youth
In Marietta Ohio on November 1 a brick was thrown at the porch of Dr. W. S. Hose a longtime physician. Today 17 year old Jack Riley lies in a local hospital with a serious hip wound and Dr. Ross is held on a shooting with intent to kill charge.
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Marietta
W. 5
Hose
Jack Riley
Ia Marietta Hospital
Need for New Building Emphasized by Athens Educator
W By Itner of St. Louis addresses Athens Chamber of Commerce on a proposed bond issue of 295000 for a new high school to relieve grade congestion and provide space for outdoor physical education. He links health, safety, ventilation, and attractive design to modern schooling and cites plans from other cities. The article notes support for the bond and calendar of votes next Tuesday.
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W. By Ittner
St. Lows
Athens
Thie City
Miebers
Athens Chamber Commerce
Laame
Weat
Istner
Mussolini vows to honor entente amid border tensions
Premier Mussolini sent messages to the American British and French cabinets declaring intent to rule within international norms and to maintain the entente among allied powers. He met with Yugoslav officials and hoped for a quick clearance of the border situation benefiting Italy and Yugoslavia.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Mes
Jugo-Slavia
Prem Mussolini
Italy
Jugo
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