Harvey seeks influence on early GOP choice after resigning
London dispatch reports Colonel George Harvey resigns as ambassador to the Court of St James with aims to influence pre convention jockeying for the Republican nomination. He may back President Coolidge, warns of a party split, and plans to return to writing after private business. The report notes his impact on Harding’s 1920 selection and describes London reaction as calm with frost expected tonight.
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Harding
Harvey
Hays
Collidge
Chicago
London
Ambassador Harvey
Walter Hines Page
United States
Ohio University Music and Lecture Course Set for Year
One combined course at Ohio University under university and Woman's Music Club opens October 11 with harpist Alberto Salvi. Notable guests include Percy Grainger, Raymond Robins, Alice Gentle, W. T. Grenfell, the Flonzaley quartet, and a final program by the Woman’s Music Club. A committee led by Clarence C. Robinson oversees it. success may lead to a future major feature such as a symphony orchestra or Kreisler as centerpiece.
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Ohio University
University
Woman's Music Club
Alberto Salvi
Percy Grainger
Raymond Robins
Alice Gentle
W. T. Grenfell
Flonzaley Quartet
E. B. Bryan
Clarence C. Robinson
School of Music
KE. W. Chu
Mechanicsburg rural school makes steady progress
The Mechanicsburg rural school reports teachers and students working industriously with strong interest in practical teaching. Principal Charles E. Mil leads the staff, with Mrs. Westfall and Miss Bean in the lower grades, signaling an efficient and successful training year.
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Mechanicsburg
Charles E. Milprincipal
Westfall
Miss Bean
Ohio University enrolls 1564 students for 1923 24 term
This college year 1923 24 opened with 1564 students an increase of 52 over last year. Enrollment figures from 1917 to 1922 show steady growth. Women comprise 50 percent this year and 633 men to 931 women, with Liberal Arts up 103 students and Education slightly down.
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Perecent
College of Liberal Arts
College of Education
Arts and Sciences
Ohio University
England to accept 12 mile coast limit for smuggling search
London reports Britain will back Washington's plan to extend the three mile coast boundary to twelve miles to aid searches of ships suspected of smuggling whiskey. The decision, disclosed by a semi official source, is on the imperial conference agenda.
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London
Great Britain
Washington
Hare hides in gamekeeper's daughter's lap during hunt
In Ballater Scotland grouse hunters chased a hare until it leaped into the lap of the gamekeeper's daughter where it remained during the hunt. The incident shows the unusual calm of the animal amid the pursuit.
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Ballater
Eng
Marshal Taso Kun Elected President in China
Peking reports Marshal Taso Kun, a Chinese military overlord, elected president by parliament with 480 votes. The vote occurred today as factions align under his leadership.
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Peking
China
Taso-Kun
Oklahoma impeachment push as Walton martial law grips state
Oklahoma reels from Governor Walton under martial law aimed at quashing the Kuixtux Klao fight and blocking the legislature. within 24 hours a decisive move toward impeachment was expected as officials face ouster and probes into election corruption. Norman and Cleveland County vote tallies shown amid impeachment debate.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
J. C. Walton
Walton
Tucetay
Sovermoer Walton
Cleveland County
Norman
State University
Alleged Robber of Yankee Home Shot in France
Alphonse Mourey, shot yesterday at Gournay Sur Maine while resisting arrest on a charge he robbed the Shattuck home in New York, spent the night comfortable and is out of danger today. Two policemen were at his bedside. an X ray was made in the morning in preparation for an operation to remove the bullet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Alphonse Mourey
Gournay Sur Maine
New York
Klan Plans Two Demonstrations In Athens County Next Week
Two Ku Klux Klan demonstrations are announced for Athens County next week. The larger event will be at the Athens county fairgrounds Thursday with a robed parade, ceremonies, music, and a fireworks display. A second open meeting is slated for Blake hill near Albany on Tuesday evening with robed leaders presenting a lecture.
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Athens County
Athens County Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
Wlansmen
Blake Hill
Albany
Empress Zita Aims Otto for Hungarian Throne
Reports from Paris say Empress Zita widow of Karl of Austria-Hungary left exile in San Sebastian for Munich. In Munich she plans to seek help from Crown Prince Rupprecht to place her son Otto, still a youth, on the Hungarian throne.
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Paris
Zita
Karl
Austria-Hungary
San Sebastian
Munich
Rupprecht
Otto
Grand jury hears only Marion county acts tied to Governor McCray
Judge James A. Collines instructs jurors that only acts occurring in Marion county linked to financial dealings of Governor Warren M. McCray are admissible as the county grand jury convenes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County
Warren M. McCray
James A. Collines
Football Weather Prevails in Southeastern Ohio
The fall’s low reached 30 degrees at Amesville Thursday night, a light frost noted but not enough to harm vegetation. By 7 am Friday the temperature was 32 degrees, with forecast calling for fair, cool conditions and possible heavy frost Friday night.
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Fk. W. Gibson
Amesville
Riot at City Hall as 3000 await George arrival
About 3,000 people gathered near City Hall to see David Thord George. A delegation of roughly 50 women carrying printed signs attacked the premier and British policy. Police seized signs and dispersed the crowd after a melee left several people bruised. The placards identified the women as members of American Society Freedom.
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New York
City Hall
David Thord George
American Society
Freedom
Siege at Eddyville Prison as Guards Die in Gun Battle
Governor Morrow sends more national guard to Eddyville Kentucky in a third day siege against three felons barricaded inside the state penitentiary. Machine gun fire Riddles the building as one felon reportedly holds out while two companions are believed dead.
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Mayfield
International dairy trade influences milk price, says Swiss official
Syracuse October 6 Dr Ek Laur director of the Swiss Rural union said at the fifth World Dairy Congress that global trading in butter condensed milk and cheese has strongly affected milk prices and will shape policy discussions.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Ek. Laur
Swiss Rural Union
Dairy Congress
Poison mystery clears up in Webb Goroa affair
New York Oct 6 A toxicology report says Mrs Gertrude Gorman Webb died not from mercury poisoning in her estate dispute. Dr Gettler finds bi chloride in viscera but insufficient to cause death while relatives plan a court fight over the will and Charles Webb administers the estate.
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New York
Gertrude Gorman Webb
Charles Webb
Wall Street
Alexander O. Gettler
Belle- Vue Hospital
Westchester County Grand Jury
William J. Meyer
Webb
Sr. Meyer
Stokes Indicted in Digging Up Wife’s Name Plot
W E P D Stokes a rich New York traction and hotel power man and six others were indicted in Chicago on charges of conspiring to defame Mrs Helen Elwood Stokes. The group including Stokes lawyer Daniel Nugent faces warrants and extradition steps.
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Chicago
W. E. PD. Stokes
New York Traction and Hotel Power
Helen Elwood Stokes
Caverly
Stokes
Daniel I’. Nugent
Nugent
Small
Canton Unified Business Telephone Rate Upheld
The state utilities commission ruled the Canton exchange area rate of 32.59 per month for unified business telephone service is legal. The decision was issued in a letter to Mayor Curtis of Canton and released today in Columbus.
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Columbus
Canton Exchange
Curtis
Canton
State Utilities Commission
German Communists Back Reparations Settlement Plan
Clara Zetkin, longtime German revolutionary leader, says Germany should pay reparations but from capitalist wealth rather than starving the people. She stresses government capitulation and end to Ruhr resistance as key, and warns against capitalist interference while urging world workers to resist exploitation.
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Moscow
Germany
Clara Zetkin
Ruhr
Zetkin
France
Poland
Czzecho-Slovakia
Stresemann Presses Errand Coalition Amid Political Rift
Chancellor designate Gustav Stresemann moved to form a non partisan government as Socialist leaders accuse the German People's party of backing a directory style rule. They warn such a move could undo industrial reforms of the revolution and mirror Spain's dictatorship.
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Perlin
Gustav Stresemann
Socialista
German Peoples S Party
German People’s Party
Spain
War Returns Stir London Erie Crowd With Welcome Home
Two regiments returning from the Near East are greeted by cheering crowds in London Erie. The homecoming underscores ongoing European troubles as soldiers receive a rousing reception.
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London
Erie
Europe
Steal His Steed Stuns Witeeling Court District
Federal prohibition agents suspect bootleggers after a Columbus agent’s car is stolen from in front of the United States court building in Witeeling West Virginia. Authorities are investigating as a possible bootlegging theft.
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Witeeling
W. Va
Federal Court
N. & Clark
Federal Prohibition
Columbus
United States Court
Prohibition Rules Allow Home Fermentation of Cider
Columbus Ohio October 5 Prohibition Director B F McDonald said cider fermentation cannot be prevented and cider vinegar production is not to be interfered with even if the cider becomes alcohol between pressing and vinegar. Home ownership and consumption are allowed but sale or gift is barred.
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Columbus
B. F. McDonald
Freshman Initiation Drenched in Ducking Festivities at Athens
Freshmen at Ohio Ante 1e to a close with a smoker pajama parade and serenades after pledges joined fraternities. A vigilantes committee dunked five forgetful yearlings in the asylum lake at Athens hospital grounds as punishment for the grass cap edict. The day featured campus marches dormitory rounds and a final snake dance with band music and cheers.
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Ohio
Oho Fraternity
College
Hfe
Athens
Athena Aute Hospital
Lambda Chi Alpha House
South Congress Street
Bryan
Lambda Chi
Court Street
Hospital Lakes
Ewing Hall
Atheletic
Lloyd George Lands in East New York
Hon David Lloyd George M P, a distinguished tourist, landed at noon and was greeted by large crowds along Broadway from the Battery to the city. The welcome was enthusiastic as police and escorts cleared the way for the motor procession through streets filled with cheering residents.
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New York
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
Stree
Soviet Demands 500,000 Rubles for Murder Head of Frontier
London report says the Soviet government asks Finland to pay 500000 rubles for the murder of M. Lavro, head of the Russian frontier commission. Russia also seeks a mixed commission of inquiry like the one used after Italian officials were killed on Greek soil.
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London
Russia
Finland
Fuller Advances to Brigadier General Command at Quantico
Washington October 5 Colonel Benjamin Fuller of Big Rapids Michigan is to be elevated to brigadier general and placed in command of the Marine Training station at Quantico Virginia as learned at the navy department today Some women even go to church for their husbands.
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Fuller
Washington
Benjamin Fuller
Big Rapids
Mich
Marine Training Station
Quantico
Navy Department
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