Plans to draft laws of own liking outlined in capital circles
Washington November 27. A tentative program from conferences on both Senate and House sides outlines tax reform benefiting wage earners and broad Esch Cummins act revision. Proposals include rate fixing return to ICC, income tax changes, inheritance tax, excess profits tax, and wheat stabilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Hutchinson
Washington
Senate
House
Capitol
Little Progres
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Craig May Soon Receive a Pardon
Washington authorities indicate President Coolidge may pardon New York Comptroller Charles T. Craig within 48 hours. The White House has signaled the action after receiving the necessary requisites for the move.
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Craig
Washington
Coolidge
Charles T. Craig
New York
White House
Shinkoku Maru Likely Total Loss After Stranding
The Japanese freighter Shinkoku Maru, ashore in Prince William Sound, will probably be a total loss, according to advices received by the marine department of the chamber of commerce in San Francisco today.
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San Francisco
Cal
Prince William Sound
Marine Department of the Chamber of Commerece
Robbery at Cleveland Dry Goods Store Nets Cash and Jewelry
Three armed men entered the John Olderman store in Cleveland and forced the owner to open the safe. They seized 3000 dollars in cash, two diamond rings, and a watch before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John Olderman Dry Goods
Fire destroys cot in Toledo warning by dog
Warned by their dog, Mr. and Mrs. E Harley fled to safety when their cot tent was destroyed by fire in Toledo Ohio. The blaze began late on the night of November 27, prompting neighbors to assist and firefighters to secure the area. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
E. Harley
Tony
Pleasant Pleads Guilty in Lorain Murder Case
James Pleasant, charged with the June 13 murder of Otis Baillue in Elyria Lorain, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty after arguments and received a life sentence in the state penitentiary.
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Elyria, O
James Pleasant
Otis Baillue
Lorain
State Penitentiary
Athens merchants to close for Thanksgiving observance
The Athens Merchants' Retail Association members will close all day Thursday for Thanksgiving. The Chamber of Commerce Wednesday noon luncheon is canceled due to the holiday.
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Athens Merchants’ Retail Association
Chamber of Commerce
Apples Cost High As Pair Charged With Theft
Logan Ohio November 27 A district affidavit accuses George Woods of Nelsonville and his son of stealing apples from an Haydenville orchard. They faced Magistrate Miller and pleaded guilty, ordered to pay 1 fine plus costs totaling 10.75 dollars per case.
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Logan
George Woods
Nelsonville
Woods
Homer Stiers
Haydenville
Miller
Coal Trade War Threatens Southern Ohio Industry
W D McKinney, secretary of the Southern Ohio Coal Exchange, warns that competition from Crescent fields in West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee endangers southern Ohio coal. He cites six months to Aug 31 1923 with 6.0 million tons lost locally against 19.6 million gained by Crescent fields and widespread idle mines.
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Southern
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Crescent Fields
W. D. McKinney
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
Columbus
Athens County
Hocking Valley Railroad
Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
McKinney
Crescent
Michigan
Defiance Man Jailed for Practicing Without License
In Defiance Ohio a man refused to pay fines of 50 dollars and court costs after being accused of chiropractic practice without state licenses. He was jailed as a result of the nonpayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Marlatt
J. G. Klein
David A. Stemen
Cardinals to be named in secret consistory
Rome reports Archbishop Signori who attended Genoa talks died. Osservatore Romano says a secret consistory will be held December 20 and a public consistory three days later. It is likely one or two United States replacements will be named, with Hayes Mundelein or Hanna commonly mentioned.
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Rome
Signori
Genoa
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
United States
Hayes
New York
Mundelein
Chicago
Monsignor Hanna
San Francisco
Ford's Men to Appear on Order Over Railroad Consolidation
Henry Ford and officials of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton agreed to respond to a subpoena seeking reasons why the DT&I should not be consolidated with the Pere Marquette. The Interstate Commerce Commission announced the action on November 27 in Washington.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Detroit, Toledo& Ironton
Pere Marquette
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oldest Mrs. Cornelia Stone Attends UDC Convention
Cornelia B. Stone, 94, of Texas, is the oldest woman at the United Daughters of the Confederacy convention in Washington. She serves as honorary president general of the organization.
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Cornelia B. Stone
Texas
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Washington
Stolen Hudson Sedan Discovered After Car Wreck
In Logan Ohio on Sunday a new Hudson sedan left in front of Hunter Street Lutheran church was stolen. Police pursued leads and found the wrecked vehicle near Canal Winchester with blood evidence suggesting the thief was injured. No arrest or identity yet announced.
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Logan
Curtiss Cole
Hunter Street Lutheran Church
Canal Winchester
Harding Girls Ship 39-Pound Turkey To Mrs Harding
The Harding Girls' club of Wilson & Company engaged an Erie Railroad stateroom to dispatch a 39-pound turkey to Mrs Warren G Harding in Marion Ohio. The club has previously sent turkeys to the late president and former first lady by different travel methods each Thanksgiving Day.
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Chicago
Harding Girls’ Club
Wilson & Company
Erie
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Sheriff heads to Casper to fetch jailbreaker
Pomeroy Ohio reports Sheriff Reevs leaving Monday afternoon to return a late jail breaker, Frank Ray, who escaped from jail after stealing a Maxwell car from Price Burnside months ago. Ray, captured in South Bend Indiana, broke jail again and was tracked to Casper in the wild west before being jailed there. He will be transported back to face the court.
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Pomeroy, O
Reevs
Casper
Wyoming
Pomeroy
Frrank Ray
Price Burnside
South Bend
Indiana
Alleged murderer released from Ohio prison
Antonio Montagnio of Marion was freed after about five years in the penitentiary on a murder charge. Governor Donahue pardoned him, citing innocence. The clemency was recommended by the state clemency board the trial judge and the prosecuting attorney, prison officials said.
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Columbus
Antonio Montagnio
Marion
Donahey
Montagnio
Defiance Mayor Files Bills After Acquittal
Defiance Ohio mayor John C Mariett recently acquitted in probate court of misfeasance charges and removal attempt has filed with the city council bills for 34254 seeking action against opponents.
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Defiance
John C. Mariett
Billions of Uncle Sam’s loans to Europe face uncollectable status
Washington reports to Congress that about 7 billion dollars loaned to Europe remains uncollectible for an indefinite period. France’s ability to pay is viewed as troubled while Germany reparations loom. The commission foresees no quick revenue from foreign sources and notes 3 billion in private debts still outstanding.
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W. H. Atkins
Washington
Sam
Europe
Treasury
Congress
American Debt Funding Commission
United States
American Commission
France
Germany
Treasuries
American Commission of
Ruhr
Great Britain
County Schools to Close for Thanksgiving Holiday
In Athens county, all county school system schools will close Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving in line with resolutions from the township school boards convention. Announcement issued by County Superintendent H. R. McVay states the break applies to the entire county system.
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Athens County
H. R. McVay
Four Women Held in Murder of Chicagoan
Chicago detectives questioned four women in the murder of Freeman Louis Tracy, a former University of Chicago student and expert technician. Three women were remanded to South Clark street station while a fourth remained under surveillance at Lutheran Memorial hospital with unexplained injuries after extended questioning.
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Chicago
South Clark Street
Lutheran Memorial Hospital
Freeman Louis Tracy
University of Chicago
National Literacy Conference Set for January Dates
The Interior Department announced a national conference to plan teaching reading and writing to about 5.9 million illiterate adults in the United States. The event will take place January 11 through 14.
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Washington
United States
Interior Department
Pound Breach Offense draws extreme penalties in trial
Angus McDonald, a Manitoba dairyman, faced charges for taking a cow from the public pound and returning it to his herd. The case noted Canadian law has no penalty for pound breach, while English common law prescribes execution or ear removal and deportation to Australia for the offense.
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Winnipeg
Man
Australia
Angus McDonald
McDonald
Olive Branch Extended to House Regulars
The House progressive group led by Representative John M. Nelson of Wisconsin appointed negotiators to work with the regular Republican organization on liberalizing House rules and the organization of the House and its committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
John M. Nelson
Wisconsin
Injured Auto Driver in Norfolk & Western Collision
Cincinnati article reports Edwin Feilhauer 40 president of Queen City Engineering Co injured when his automobile was struck by a Norfolk and Western train at Murray Road Bond Hill. Feilhauer's condition not specified in the brief dispatch.
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Cincinnati
Edwin Feilhauer
Queen City Engineering Co
Norfolk & Western
Murray Road
Bond Hill
Constable Finn Loses Guns After Wild West Dance Incident
William Finn of York township loses his shooting iron for 30 days as a punishment after an alleged gun waving display at a Floodwood dance. He pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined 50 dollars plus costs. This marks his second such offense since becoming a constable, with a prior case yielding a suspended fine contingent on resignation.
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York Township
William Finn
Finn
Helwig
Mine Driver Killed in Floodwood Mine Accident
James Jones aged 33 of Floodwood, a driver at Manhattan mine No. 23, was killed Monday evening after being struck by fellow driver John Lovsey. Jones, who was hauling men from the mine, was crushed between his car and the entry wall. he was married with several children.
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James Jones
Floodwood
Manhattan
John Lovsey
Jones
Supreme Court blocks United Fuel Gas rate hike
Charleston Nov 27 United Fuel Gas company was denied permission by the supreme court to raise rates by five cents per thousand cubic feet reversing a public service commission approval from last summer.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Fuel Gas Company
Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Athens Red Cross Roll Call Surpasses Expectation
Athens county chapter reports a total of 8347 subscribed at the annual Roll Call chaired by F. L. Alderman. The majority came from special subscriptions to fund the chapter’s work for the coming year, exceeding the campaign budget of 7259 in local funds.
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Athens County
American Red Cross
F. L. Alderman
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Wreck Destroys Train and Signal Tower
The Olympian flyer of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway crashed through an open switch into empty cars near Chicago. Two railroad workers were seriously hurt and over twenty passengers were shaken. A second car was hurled into a 20 foot signal tower which collapsed and knocked Paul Karmeres to the ground. The stove in the tower started a fire, and a crossing signal man rescued Karmeres from the flames after fleeing moments earlier.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Paul Karmeres
Karmeres
Community fund drive reaches final push in Cleveland
In Cleveland on November 27 workers began the last day of a campaign aimed at raising 4.2 million dollars. With about 500 thousand dollars still needed the drive continues until 6 o'clock tonight.
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Cleveland
Stinnes Forms NY Oil Company With $26.6 Million Capital
Berlin reports Hugo Stinnes has organized an oil company in New York with 26.6 million dollars for developing fields in Texas Mexico and Russia in partnership with American oil operator Harry Sinclair. German socialist papers denounce these foreign investments while criticizing Ruhr policy and mass layoffs for lack of capital.
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Berlin
Hugo Stinnes
New York
Texas
Mexico
Russia
Harry Sinclair
Stinnes
Ruhr
Mine rescue car to tour Ohio visiting mining districts
Jerome Watson announces a federal mine rescue car will tour Ohio visiting every mining section before January 1. The itinerary includes Nelsonville Athens Coshocton Avland Adena Dillonvale Amsterdam Gerholz Steubenville and Bridgeport.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jerome Watson
State Division of Mines
Federal Department of Mines
Watson
Nelsonville
Athens
Coshocton
uAvland
Adena
Dillonvale
Amsterdam
Lgergholz
Steubenville
Bridgevort
Dimpled knee poised for summer fashion revival
Atlantic City reports an upcoming fashion trend as the short skirt returns with eight inch hem length predicted by David M. Moussesohn, head of the Associated Dress Industries of America convention. He says Paris advance styles confirm the shift and the dimpled knee could become common by spring.
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Atlantic City
N. Y
Paris
David M Moussesohn
Associated Dress Industries of America
Mosseson
Albert unable to form a new German government
Dr. Heinrich Albert abandons efforts to form a cabinet amid strong opposition from Nationalists. Moscow-linked radicals pressure Berlin as General Von Seeckt dissolves the Communist party, fueling tense cross-border strain with Moscow and sparking anticipated Reichstag dissolution.
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Berlin
Heinrich Albert
Stresemann
Iie
Moscow
von Zekt
Communist Party
Third Internationale
Germany
Karl Radek
Tig Red
Socialist Parlamentary Party
Radek
Reda
Ebert
Deutsche Zeitung
Reichswehr
Albert
Reichstag
Reichswehr Evacuates Saxony Ends Communist Control
Dresden reports the Reichswehr evacuated Saxony after troops restored normal conditions. Communists who controlled the government faced intervention to defy Berlin.
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Dresden
Reichswehr
Saxony
Berlin
Plan to revive Dollings concerns and dissolve receiverships
John A. Bushnell, chairman of the Dollings Stockholders Protective committee, announced a plan to issue first mortgage bonds to pay float debts of subsidiaries and second mortgage bonds to satisfy the parent KR L Dollings Co. Ohio. The move aims to dissolve existing receiverships as county committees of Dollings stockholders meet to decide their position in court actions against Dollings officials.
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Columbus, CO
KR. L. Dollings Co
Ohio
John A. Bushnell
Dollings ‘Stockholders
Dollings
Cleveland Readies Manager Candidate List
Cleveland moves to choose a city manager with nominations due Monday. Among those considered by the council are Henry M. Waite formerly of Dayton and Arthur E. Morgan president of Antioch College.
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Cleveland
Henry M. Waite
Dayton
Arthur E. Morgan
Antioch College
Acelecte
Athens County Automobile Club Revived After Four Years
The Athens County Automobile Club is revived to serve the county with a 2000 member goal. Dr C B Welch leads as president with Nelsonville Glouster and Martin Olinger among officers. Members receive local and national auto club benefits including radiator plates and club services.
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Athens County Automobile Club
Waa
Gleuaster
C. B Welch
Nelsonville
Myr Frank A. Danford
Glouster
Vigin
Original
Automobile Club
Tg Treasury
Athena Go Automobile Club
Athens County
Mgm
Athens Cham Commerce
Nelsonville Vi . A
L. KB. Richardson
Glouster Chamber of Commerce
Athens Coumery Automobile Club
Ohio State Automobile Ne
National Motortion
Ahens County Club
Union Meeting Set For Thanksgiving Service
Middleport Ohio hosts a union Thanksgiving service at the Presbyterian Church at 10 AM Thursday with Rev Skinner delivering the sermon and assistance from Revs Athey Wilson and Giesen. Special music planned and additional union service in Pomeroy at the Presbyterian Church with Rev Lamy in the pulpit at 7 30 PM.
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Middleport
Presbyterian Church
Skinner
Athey
Wilson
Giesen
Pomeroy
Lamy
For Ladies Only: An Inexpensive Sewing Booklet
A booklet titled for women promises clear instructions on hand and machine sewing. It includes patterns, cutting guides, and directions to make rompers, dresses, and children's wear to avoid dressmaker visits and improve home wardrobe.
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IML
Meigs County
Frank Ray
Uncle Sam
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Boston
D. Wever
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Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Eceinera Bureau
Ashington, D. C
Eublose Hess
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