Chile Earthquake and Tidal Wave Ravage Coast
Nov 13 dispatches report further shocks in northern Chile amid widespread homelessness from a great quake and tidal wave. Officials warn of pestilence and famine while rail and telegraph disruption slows relief. towns like Vallenar and Coquimbo suffer major damage and graves are hurriedly buried.
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Santiago
Chile
Buenos Aires
Tacna-Arica
American Red Cross
Vallenar
Coquimbo
Pacific
Army investigators to probe coal industry nationwide
Washington report says an army of investigators will be dispatched next week to all parts of the country to ferret out facts about the coal industry for the federal fact finding commission. John Hays Hammond announced hearings will begin within a month after data collection over several weeks.
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Washington
Federal Fact Finding Commission
John Hays Hammond
Hammond
Use Corn Meal More Freely in Home Cooking
The article promotes a free government booklet with 50 corn meal recipes for breakfast, luncheon, and dinner. It urges broader use of corn meal beyond the common two methods and explains how to obtain a copy via the Washington Information Bureau by mailing a coupon with two stamps.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington Information Bureau
British Troops Attacked in Near East Riots Amid Conference
Reports from London and Geneva describe clashes in Constantinople with Turkish nationalist guards beating civilians and a martial law proclamation discussed. Dispatches note halted Near East cable service and contested authority between Allied commands and Angora officials as Lausanne talks face delays.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Ismet Pashi
Angora
Aris
Paris
London
Constantinople
Charles Harrington
Near East
Rafet Pasha
Corn liquor sprees land two men in court over weekend
Over the weekend corn liquor fueled two incidents. Earl Metcalf of Guysville fired a shotgun toward his wife and forced his sister-in-law to view a pistol display, then pleaded guilty to drunkenness and paid fines. Bill Warner of Sugar Creek fired at a door, grazing a woman, and was charged with drunkenness and concealed weapons, fined the same amount.
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Lelwig
Earl Metcalf
Guysville
Iva Willard
Metcalf
McKinley
Helwig
Bill Warner
Sugar Creek
Magles
Warner
Jesse Dailey
Employer Duty Under Law for 16 to 18 Year Old Workers
The article explains that employers must ensure working certificates for youths aged 16 to 18, obtainable from Supt. C. E. Stailey of Athens schools, or face fines. It also states that youths not regularly employed must attend school or face truancy enforcement.
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C. E. Stailey
Athens
Rides Reels and Rum Cited as Dangers to Girls
Vincent T. Pisarra of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children warns in New York that modern lures like rum and hip pocket flasks threaten young women. He says liquor is marketed as smart, drawing girls toward drinking as a social asset and a sign of popularity.
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New York
Vincent T. Pisarra
Society For Prevention of
Pisarra
Dorothy Gordon Declares She Is Sane After Eleven Months in Asylum
In Boston on November 13 Dorothy Gordon, kept in Waverly asylum for 11 months by guardian William F. Jardine to block marriage to Willard Newell, says she is sane. She spoke to a reporter in her room the first outside visit since confinement. Attendants say she claimed Jardine pressed for a voluntary confinement by branding her a love child with epilepsy. Doctors differed on care, with state health commissioner criticizing nurse shortages and restraints, while hospital officials denied coercion.
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Boston
Dorothy Gordon
Waverly
William F. Jardine
Willard Newell
Jardine
George M. Kline
State Department of Medical Diseases
Tragic suicide ends life amid domestic troubles
George Radcliff, 52, shot himself Sunday night near his McKenzie Ridge home between Racine and Bashan. Found dead in night clothes, wife away visiting relatives. Survived by four children and many relatives. Coroner Ewing handled the case. funeral arranged for Tuesday in Great Bend.
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Pomeroy
George Radcliff
McKenzie Ridge
Racine
Bashan
Ewing
B. F. Biggs
Great Bend
Bellamy Storer Dies in France Former Ambassador to Arla
Cincinnati reports a cable announcing the death of Bellamy Storer Sunday night in Paris. The 67 year old, a former ambassador to Arla, had been ill for months after a paralytic stroke. His wife Maria Lonrth Storer, aunt of Congressman Nicholas Longworth, was with him. The Storers lived in Paris. last U.S. visit was three years ago. He was a Harvard Law graduate.
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Bellamy Storer
France
Cincinnati
Storer
Hart University
Cincinnati Law
Lafollette Company Forming New Senate Disruptions
A new group named Lafollette & Company plans to stir up a variety of political actions aimed at the Senate. Details on members and agenda remain scarce, but organizers signal broad protests and maneuvering to influence proceedings.
La Follette Set to Lead Fresh Senate Challenge
Senator Robert M. La Follette returns to Washington in a militant mood after insurgent progressives won seats. He aims to back colleagues who favor reestablishing the excess profits tax, publicizing income tax returns, banning injunctions in labor disputes, and curbing Supreme Court power. He vows to renew Teapot Dome scrutiny and press against the old guard on ship subsidies and Esch-Cummins law.
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U.S
Washington
Navy
Senate
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
la Follette
Minnesota
Henrik Shipstead
North Dakota
Lynn J. Frazier
Smith W. Brookhart
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Standard Oil
Motor Makers Lose U S War Contract Appeal
The Duezenberg Motors corporation lost in the U S supreme court its suit for damages under war time contracts. Claims of about £1,400,000 against the United States alleged breach of contract delaying motor engine manufacture and causing profits loss and interest payments.
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Washington
Duezenberg Motors Corporation
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Fairbury Aids British Freighter Hermatite
A wireless message reports the City of Fairbury rushing from Ghent to New York to assist the disabled British freighter Hermatite, 400 miles south of Cape Race, after boiler trouble.
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Halifax
N. 8
Fairbury
Ghent
New York
Cape Race
Fires Displace 1000 as Three Tenement Blazes Sweep NYC
Early today in New York City three dense tenement fires forced about 1000 residents from their homes. On the West Side 20 women and children were rescued from a burning building by firefighters using ladders. A six story lower East Side house drove 32 families to flee as smoke poured from the roof. A laundry fire in the downtown tenement district sent more than 200 people from backyards and sections of the neighborhood.
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New York
Navy
Joy Ride Crimes Costly For Young Men In Lima
Ralph Gregory 21 Eugene Young 18 Leo Walls 18 all of Aca and Bernard Stant 19 of Delphos pleaded guilty in Ken ton court to operating automobiles without the owners consent. Gregory and Young were sent to Mansfield reformatories. Stant got 45 days in county jail and Walls received a suspended sentence to the reformatory due to supporting a widowed mother. They were arrested in Lima for a recent joy ride.
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Lima
Ralph F. Gregory
Eugene Young
Leo Walls
Aca
Bernard Stant
Delphos
Kenton
Gregory
Young
Mansfield Reformatory
Stant
Walla
Reformatory
All on Board Safe Copenhagen Navy Report
Danish American liner Oscar Jr. went ashore off Oksoe with all passengers reported safe according to Navy dispatches. No injuries or missing persons noted and authorities credited with swift harbor arrival.
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Copenhagen
Navy
Jiner Oscar Jr
Oksoe
Patrolman Stabbed During Eviction Incident in Dayton
Patrolman Frank Wiedner of Miamisburg lies near death in a Dayton hospital after being stabbed in the abdomen by Lester Johnson, 19, as Johnson faced eviction from a moving picture theatre.
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Dayton
Frank Wiedner
Miamisburg
Lester Johnson
Lorain Council Rejects Harris Replacements
Lorain officials rejected three of Mayor Grall's recommendations to remove Ben Harris from the board of health. The mayor, a Democrat, has pressed for Harris's ouster for two years without success as two councils opposed him.
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Lorain
W. F. Grall
Ben Harris
Board of Health
Harris
Wae
Massive Tank Farm Fire In Humble Oil Field
A large blaze in Humble Texas tank farm area started by lighting has consumed two 200000 barrel tanks owned by Gulf Production Company and threatens adjacent tanks. Officials say damage already runs into millions as fire rages unchecked.
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Houston
Tex
Humble Oiields
Gulf Production Company
Iahting
Father Killed at Funeral as War Hero Honored
Nick Panayeotu in Wheeling reports the murder of 65 year old George Nista at his son Nicholaa Nista’s funeral in Karpathos Greece. The hero’s body had been sent home for burial, but Italian residents stirred anger as the casket passed, shots fired, and Nista died. A double funeral followed. Karpathos was under Greek mandate, unknown to locals.
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Wheeling
Y. Va
Nick Panayeotu
George Nista
Nicholaa Nista
France
AFB
United States
Nista
Kar Pathos
Karpathos
Panayeoni
Railroad sues Wasco man over undercharged ticket
In Wasco California Santa Fe Railroad filed a civil suit against H G Stover to recover the difference of a one way ticket to Kansas City Missouri sold at 19 05 below the proper price. The railroad alleged Stover refused to pay the shortfall claiming he had paid the amount charged by the agent.
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Wasco
Cal
Kansas City
H. Stover
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Stover
Athens Council No. 15 Rk & 8 M Meeting Announced
Stated assembly of Athens Council No. 15 Rk. & 8 M set for Wednesday November 15 at 7 p.m. to elect officers for the ensuing year. J. L Morton serves as til M. J. A. Palmer as Recorder.
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Athens Council No
oMeers
J. L, Morton, T, Til. M. J. A
Palmer
Recorder
Hanmer Case Goes to Jury After Defense Plea
In Los Angeles Clara Phillips faces the hammer murder of Alberta Meadows. Defense counsel Herrington asks for freedom as District Attorney Frick prepares to close the case and seek the death penalty. The closing is expected to consume about half a day and send the verdict to the jury by Wednesday.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Clara Phillips
Hammer
Alberta Meadows
Herrington
Frick
New Jersey Murder Trial Testimony Splits Witness Accounts
Testimony in the case of Rev. Dy Hail and choir member Mrs. James Milla’s murder shifts as Mrs. Nellie Lowe Russell, a Black eyewitness, repeats seeing a woman in gray with a man near the crime scene while Mrs. Jane Gibson alleges she was at her home that night. Deputy AG Wilbur Molt reviews Russell’s sworn statement while Mrs. Hall’s counsel Timothy Pfeiffer challenges Gibson’s account.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Edward HH. Hail
Protestant Episcopal Church of
Mra. Russell
Wilbur ‘A. Molt
Timothy N. Pfeiffer
Mra. Hall
Mra. Gibson
Capital Court Hocket Grows Over Weekend in Columbus
The Columbus municipal court set a record docket with about 200 cases for disposition over the weekend. Most cases involved vice law violations, drunkenness, traffic and dry law infractions. Police reported more than 100 arrests Saturday night and Sunday. The docket included 131 new cases plus continued ones, exceeded only by events in 1910 during street car strikes and a gambling raid 13 years ago.
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Columbus
Safeblowers rob Pantages theatre receipts in Kansas City
Safeblowers robbed the Pantages vaudeville theatre in Kansas City early today and took $11,000 in receipts from Saturday and Sunday performances featuring heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey.
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Kansas City, Mo
Pantages
Vaudeville Theatre
Jack Dempsey
Gunfight after early patrol stop ends in fatal shooting
Dayton patrolman I. B. Mercia challenged a colored man at 1 30 this morning. The man opened fire with a gun and was killed after 12 shots were exchanged. The victim is not yet identified.
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Dayton
I. BE. Mercia
League Issue Remains Alive Among Democrats in Washington
Democratic leaders weigh former President Wilson’s league of nations remarks as a potential 1924 issue. Pro league senators suffered defeats while anti league figures like Jim Reed gained victories, with tax, tariff, and prohibition voters cited as factors shaping party stance on entanglements.
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George R. Holmes
U.S
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nationa
United States
League
Europe
Hitehcock
Nebraska
Senate
Mr. Wilson
Pomerene
Ohio
Jim Reed
Miseouri
Wilson
Providence
Hrookhart
Frazier
North Dakota
Howell
Chicago Fire Injures Three as Building Is Saved
A West Side apartment fire injures three people, one fatally likely, and saves a dozen women and children. The blaze caused about $15,000 damage and is suspected incendiary, with Fire Commissioner Shirley T. High leading the inquiry amid a spate of recent arson cases.
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Chicago
Chidren
West Side
Shirley T. High
Wrecked Ice Wagon Driver Fractures Ankle at Barn
Nov. 13 report from Bucyrus says W. Hi. Teter, driver for Dostal Products, stepped on his own foot at the company barn on level ground, fracturing the ankle bone.
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Bucyrus
W. Hi, Teter
Dostal Producta Company
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