Final chapter in Alsop romance ends with death and divorce
Edward B. Alsop, 86, retired steel magnate, dies in Washington after a life filled with romance and wealth. His wife Effie Hill Alsop, 17 at marriage, now impoverished in New York fighting alcoholism, veronal poisoning, and courtship scandals. The couple wed in 1912. divorce followed in 1915 amid disputes over income and property.
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Washington
Edward B. Alsop
I Fie Pope Hill Alsop
Alsop
Pittsburgh
New York
Effie Hill
Harold
Edward H
Harvard
Jitsburgh
Bellevue Hospital
Legion leaders clash over New Orleans convention chaos
In Paris and Indianapolis reports clash over alleged mob rule at the American Legion convention in New Orleans. Dr. Edmond L. Gros blasts the Legion and prohibition, while Alvin G. Owsley defends the event as orderly with young veterans seeking camaraderie.
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Paris
Edmond L. Gros
Department of Continental Europe
American Legion
New Orleans
Legion
The
Gros
Indianapolis
Ind
Alvin G. Owsley
Edmund L. Gros
Chilean Calamity Toll From Wave and Quake
In Chile a disaster swept through a coast area killing hundreds after a powerful tidal wave and earthquake. Rescue crews aided survivors as officials reported extensive damage to towns and infrastructure.
Constantine says he will retire from politics for life
In Palermo on November 14 Constantine former king of Greece says he will never return to the Hellenic throne or stand trial in Athens. He rejects living near the former German Kaiser at Doorn and will lead a quiet isolated life at Vila Igea in Palermo. His brother Prince Christopher is married to Mrs. William Leeds.
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Louise Bryant
Palermo
Italy
Constantine
Greece
Athens
Asia Minor
Doorn
Kaiser
Vila Igea
Prince Christopher
William Leeds
Aiset
New York
Leeds
Rum Runners Lose Appeal in Highest Court
The U S Supreme Court refused to review lower court convictions of Ben Rudner Morris Rudner and Charles Nauman for violating the Volstead act by running whiskey from Pittsburgh into Canton and other Ohio points and selling it.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Ben Rudner
Morris Rudner
Charles Nauman
Pittsburgh
Canton
Ohio
Turks Take Rodosto and Adrianople in Western Thrace
Allied forces in western Thrace have handed Rodosto on the Sea of Marmora to Turkish nationalists and will deliver Adrianople on Sunday. The moves give Turkey a diplomatic victory and a stronger European position before the Near East peace conference.
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London
Thrace
Rodosto
Sea of Marmora
Adrianople
Constantinople
Turkey
Europe
Allis
Naval Finance Will Be Start of New Battle
The opening of the navy supply bill for fiscal year 1923-24 in the House Appropriations Committee pits the big and little navies against each other. Rep Kelley leads the effort for a smaller navy, while Secretary Denby and naval experts push to fund a larger fleet within armament limits. The battle is expected to move from the committee to the House floor.
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Washington
Congress
House of Appropriations Committee
Kelley
Michigan
Naval Appropriations Committee
Denby
General Appropriations Committee
Extra levy for Cincinnati schools wins under Taft law blunder
In Cincinnati on November 14 an extra tax of one half mill for schools seemed defeated under the Taft law requiring a 60 per cent majority. A county prosecutor’s ruling that both the Taft law and the older statute are operative now assures the levy’s passage and a victory for the lost cause.
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Cincinnati
Board of Education
Teacher Draws a Long Term for His Crime
Thomas Sebree aged 21 was sentenced to 16 years in the Kentucky penitentiary by Judge F M Tracy in Covington. The case involves a statutory offense against Zelma Clemons, a former pupil at the Bracht school, who died last May from complications related to an illegal operation performed by a Covington physician.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Sebree
Zelma Clemons
Bracht, Ky
Frankfort
F. M. Tracy
Covington
50-Year Toll of Quakes and Tidal Waves Across Regions
A compilation of historic seismic and tsunami disasters lists cumulative death and injury figures across multiple events. It references earthquakes and accompanying waves in places including Sunda Strait, Sab Kiru district Japan, Galveston Texas, Formosa Japan, San Francisco California, Valparaiso Chile, Kingston Jamaica, Messina Italy, Cartago Costa Rica, Turkey, Central Italy, Guatemala City, Orizaba Mexico, Kansu China, and the Chilean coast, with deaths ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands.
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Bengal Coast
Sunda Strait
Sab Kiru
Japan
Galveston
Tex
Formosa
San Francisco
Cal
Valparaiso
Chile
Kingston
Jamaica
Messina
Italy
Isle of Sicily
Cartago
Costa Rica
Turkey
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Orizaba
Kansu
China
Chilean
Fourteen Indicted in Nationwide Alcohol Theft Ring
Dayton Ohio November 14 Fourteen men are indicted on charges of conspiring in a major alcohol theft ring tied to 24000 gallons stolen from the Old Hickory powder plant in Hermitage Tennessee. The alcohol allegedly moved to Dayton Ohio and to several cities then stored and partly shipped to Columbus and other locations. Estimated value runs around 204000 at bootleg prices.
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Dayton, O
Hermitage
Tenn
Dayton
Chiengzo
Covington
Cleveland
Wheeling
W. Va
Columbus
Xenia
Zeke Rose
Cecil H. Kearns
Rose
Kearns
Chester A. Browning
Tony Sadd
Nashville Industrial Corporation
Sharps
Suicide at Y M C A hotel stairs ends life of Samuel Garfinkel
In Chicago on November 14 Samuel Garfinkel aged 28 leapt from an eleventh floor hotel window in the YMCA. Witnesses report he cried Here goes nothing as he jumped.
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Samuel Garfinkel
Fortune Waiting in Canada For Cincinnati Man
A search in Cincinnati for Amza Starks who lived here in 1890 continues after word that a fortune of 15009 dollars awaits in Canada.
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Cincinnati
Amza Starks
Canada
Chilean towns struck by Friday night quake and tidal wave
The dispatch describes Chilean towns from Antofagasta to Concepcion affected by the Friday night quake of November 10. Coastal cities Caldera Coquimbo Talcahuano and Valparaiso faced significant damage, with tidal waves blamed for much of the destruction. Ports lack harbor protection, forcing ships to ride exposed shores during storms. The Andean barrier limits earthquake impact to coastal and southern regions.
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Chile
Tropic of Capricorn
Concepcion
Cabler
Caldera
Guasco
Chanar al Copiapo
Vallenar
Coquimbo
Talcahuano
Conceycioun
Victoria
Valparaiso
Chilan
Bantiaga
Win
Missing Water Department Funds Probe in Cuyahoga Falls
Deputy State Auditor Donald Bacher reports $4000 belonging to the water and light department is missing and seeks William Price 24 a department clerk as police investigate the embezzlement in Cuyahoga Falls.
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Cuyahoga Falls
William Price
Department of Water and Light
Donald Bacher
Man Crushed in Brewery Fly Wheel Accident
Edwin Sprague a 48 year old fireman was killed at the Belmont brewery in Martins Ferry when a fly wheel crushed him this morning.
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Martins Ferry
Belmont
Edwin Sprague
Girls Vote to Face Youth in a Liquor Case
Akron judge cites the 17 women present in court as a jury panel. Sixteen vote for acquittal while one says guilty if more proof. Prosecutors oppose more female jurors in liquor cases after the moonshine evidence.
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Akron
A. F. O'Neil
Rudolph Kalain
Kalain
O'Neill
Aircraft Ring Charged With a Serious Crime
The Aero Club of America accuses an aircraft ring of pressuring the army navy and marine corps and selling faulty planes that caused 40 fatalities among fliers in the last year. Representative Roy Woodruff announces a congressional investigation into the matter.
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Washington
Aero Club of America
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Roy Woodruff
Michigan
Elks Minstrel Seats Reserved in Nelaotville Event
Reserved seats for Elks minstrel show at Nelaotville Wednesday night can be booked at Square Deal Grocery. Alex Moore secretary.
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Nelaotville
Square Deal
Alex Moore
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Wanamaker to Speak in Athens
Athens business community lines up for noon forum with R. M. Wanamaker associate justice of the Ohio supreme court. He arrives Tuesday evening and will lecture at Athens high school and the university Wednesday morning. Wanamaker likens the judiciary to the legislative Borah and La Follette comparison, advocates swift, businesslike justice, criticizes red tape, and promotes the idea that law as a spirit should guide judgments. His writings in the Saturday Evening Post on crime and justice have drawn national attention.
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Athena Chamber of Commerce
Forum Inneheons
R. M. Wanamaker
Ohio Supreme Court
Athens
Athens High School
Wanamaker
Borah and
Labolelte
Judge Wanamaker
Saturday Evening Post
Justica
German Chancellor Faces Cabinet Collapse Over Reparations
Berlin reports Chancellor Wirth confronts a cabinet crisis as allied reparations commissioners reject his plan to stabilize the mark and balance the budget. The financial strains threaten coalition support and the path forward remains uncertain.
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Berlin
Wirth
Stated Assembly Athens Council Election Evening Meeting
Athens Council No. 15 Rh. and M. Wednesday November 15 at 7 p m election of officers for the ensuing year J L Morton T I M J A Palmer Recorder 11-122
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Athens Council No
J. L. Morton
M. J. A. Palmer
Recorder
Park Plan For Webster’s Colored Orchestra Dance
A notice lists a dance event by K Dance at P Hall featuring Webster’s colored orchestra. Park plan referenced with date 11 13 2.
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P. Hall Music
Webster's Colored Orchestra
Danclog
Park Plan
Mother of Two Slays Friend of Husband in Home Struggle
Chicago report says Hattie Stewart, mother of two, grabbed a revolver and killed Olden Bryant during a scuffle at her home early today. She claimed Bryant attacked her while her husband Joseph Stewart was away. Dryant was described as her husband’s friend.
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Chicago
Hattie Stewart
Olden Bryant
Bryant
Joseph Stewart
Sherard Dryant
Colleges urged to weed out unprepared students
National Association of State Universities leaders rally to Hopkins plan for trimming college enrollments. Some presidents warn against rigid caps, promoting selective admission and stricter enforcement of scholastic standards to ensure higher quality education and financial access for those academically prepared.
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Kenneth W. Clark
I. N
Washington, Navy
America
Ernest Martin Hopking
Darthmouth
National Association of State Universities
Hopekink
Hopkins
David Kinley
University of Tinos
Kinley
Local miner laments car shortage in Hocking Valley rail service
C H H Bryson of the Athens Chamber of Commerce cites good coal demand but poor car availability across the district. An investigator notes Hocking Valley Railroad loses tonnage due to traffic handling for Chesapeake & Ohio and other lines, boosting concerns over government supervision and freight discrimination.
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Hocking
C. H H. Bryson
Athens
Mr. Bryson
Hiysen
Chesapeake & Ohio
Columbua
Columbus
Sta Hine
Nelsonville
West Virginia
Hocking Valley
Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Charleston
W. Va
Sunday Creek Valley
Cons Nots
Speng
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
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