Bold Ritz Carlton Robbery Stuns New York City
Arm ed bandits robbed the Ritz Carlton Hotel in early morning, forcing the night manager and porter into an elevator and stealing a jewelry showcase worth 6000 dollars. Diamonds and stones remained partly untouched with a 50000 dollar gem cache left behind as a witness reports chaos. Charlie Chaplin was identified among awakened guests.
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New York
Ritz-Carl
Uaree
Paralle
George Gradley
Harry Bailey
Frank Devlin
George Weller
Yigg Confederate
Charlie Chaplin
Cleveland fullback dies after choking on chew
Chester Mares a 23 year old fullback for the Klesch Sports team in Cleveland died while being moved to a hospital in Painesville after swallowing a wad of tobacco. He collapsed after a forward pass and the tobacco lodged in his throat.
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Cleveland, O
Chester Mares
Klesch
Cleveland
Painesville
Knights of Columbus honor visiting chapters in Buchtel
Members of the Athens Council Knights of Columbus hosted brothers from Athens Chauncey Nelsonville Murray City and Glouster. The gathering began with a high mass at St. Patrick's Church in Buchtel followed by a chicken dinner and a speaking program led by Father Creley.
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Buchtel
Athens
St. Patrick's Parish
Father Creley
Charles DeMolet
J. Schmidt
Je. H Gallagher
Depuy
J. H. Tuderretdon
Hugh King, Sr
James McNamee
King
America
Mase
Fatmer Creley
Mine blast kills six at Palasades Colorado
In Palasades Colorado a gas explosion Sunday at a Mid west Coal mine killed superintendent R P Scott and five miners George M McKee J B Keyes and his three sons Howard K B and W B Keyes. A runaway car chain shot into the mine wreckage and the air fan was torn from its position. About 25 men normally worked there.
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Colorado
Denver
Colo
R. P. Scott
Midwest Coal Company
Palasades
George M. Mckee
J. B. Keyes
Howard
K. B
W. B. Keyes
Kentucky Senator Ernest Narrowly Escapes Car Tragedy
Senator Richard Prendell Ernest of Covington, a junior United States senator from Kentucky, escaped serious harm when his car slid down a steep embankment between Oxford and Hamilton, Ohio after a side collision with P R Kennedy of Ashtabula. Guard rails failed and the vehicle stopped short of the slope. Ernest was taken to Mercy hospital Cincinnati with minor injuries. the chauffeur was revived.
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Cincinnaty
Richard Prendell Ernest
Covington
United States
Kentucky
Oxford
Hamilton
Ohio
Western College For
P. R. Kennedy
Ashtabula
Ernest
Mercy Hospital
Cincinnati
Ohio State University President Ill at Home
William Oxley Thompson, president of Ohio State University, is seriously ill with an intestinal derangement. He is slightly improved and resting at home, where he has been in bed since Wednesday. Dr. E M Parrett ordered all engagements cancelled for three weeks and noted the condition will likely keep him bedridden.
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Columbus
William Oxley Thompson
Ohio State University
E. M. Parrett
Thompson
Hundredth motor death recorded in Hamilton County
The hundredth traffic fatality of the year in Hamilton county was logged today. Nine year old Charles Arthur died after a Big Four passenger train struck a motor car at a St Bernard crossing. his father mother and two brothers were injured in the incident.
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Cincinnati, CO
Hamilton County
Charles Arthur
St. Bernard
Parlor Car Debut Tour by Ohio City Officials
Delaware officials from Delaware Marion Worthington Prospect and Columbus toured the Columbus Delaware and Marion traction company property to mark the new Parlor car entering service.
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Delaware, O
Delaware, Marion, Worthington
Prospect
Columbus
Columbus, Delaware and Marion Traction Company
Four Bechtel sons bound by will to lead "model lives"
The four sons of the late Joseph N. Bechtel of Knox County face a strict condition in his Mt. Vernon will. They must refrain from smoking drinking and using profane language to receive their inheritance.
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Joseph N. Bechtel
Knox County
Mt. Vernon
Reduces Cost of Living Cutting Drunks' Fine
Mayor Charles F. Picking in Bucyrus Ohio lowers drunken driving penalties to 15 dollars plus costs after a state auditor objected to a 20 dollar fine without costs. The change keeps total payment near the prior amount.
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Bucyrus
Charles F. Picking
Kept Head Above Water After Car Plunge in Maumee River
Defiance Ohio October 3 Walter Reylea and Oscar Partee escaped death when Reylea driving a car plunged 25 feet into the Maumee river. Reylea was trapped under the car in shallow water but kept his head above the surface until Partee waded to help. Both men allegedly were under the influence of liquor.
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Defiance
Walter Reylea
Oscar Partee
Sherwood
Reylea
Maumee River
Partee
Ford promises to cut price of his motors to still lower point
Henry Ford announced Ford interests bought the Johannson Gauge Co of Sweden with a U.S. plant in Poughkeepsie New York. The firm makes precision instruments measuring to one ten billionth of an inch and is hailed as among the finest. Ford says friction elimination will extend life and lower car costs. He notes close control of manufacturing across all inputs to drop prices and eliminate false profits.
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George Harvey
Court of St. James
Harvey
Warwick Castle
England
Will Elays
Czar
New York
Hays
Republican National Committee
United States
FORD
Grahway Campbell
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Johannson Gauge Co
Sweden
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Johannson Company
Ford Company
Ford Motor Co
Retail cost of food jumps again in September
The department of labor reports September’s food prices rose across 18 cities from 1 percent in Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Savannah and Washington to 4 percent in St Louis and Los Angeles. Baltimore Fall River New Haven New Orleans up 3 percent while Chicago Kansas City Norfolk Providence Richmond Rochester N Y and St Paul rise 2 percent.
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Washington
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Savannah
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Baltimore
Fall River
New Haven
New Orleans
Chicago
Kansas City
Norfolk
Providence
Richmond
Rochester
N. Y
St. Paul
Fannie Bureh Flees Gun Oust Then Falls From Window
In Wheeling West Virginia on October 8 Fannie Bureh 35 chased by Oscar Wooliff brandishing a gun fled to a second story then through a window. She landed on Charles English's face from above but was unhurt. Wooliff was arrested and received six months in jail.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Fannie Bureh
Oscar Wooliff
Charles English
Terra Firma
Wooliff
Riot at Annabel mine kills three near Boshum
Two Germans and a Frenchman were killed in a riot at the Annabel mine near Boshum early today. Police guarded the scene as investigators probed the cause of the unrest and casualties.
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Dusseldorf
Annabel
Boshum
Interstate Commerce probes steel freight rate changes
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an investigation into proposed changes in freight rates on manufactured iron and steel articles in western Pennsylvania western New York West Virginia and Ohio. The plan could raise some rates and lower others for railroads in central freight associations and trunk line territories.
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Washington
Oct
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Ohio
Wolfe Family Reunion At Athens Fair Grounds
The George Wolfe family held its annual reunion at the Athens Fair Grounds on Sunday October 7 with 189 sharing a picnic dinner. Attendees came from Ohio West Virginia Michigan Kentucky and Wyoming including living sons Frank S Albert Riley and Emery. One death was noted Dr A C Wolfe of Columbus and two births Alice Jean Kinny and Lois Adevan Kinny. A motion picture was made of the gathering and next year’s reunion is planned for early October.
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George Wolfe
Athens Fair Grounds
Wolfe
Ohio
West Virginia
Michigan
Kentucky
Wyoming
Frank S
Athens
Albert
Columbus
Riley
Ames
Emery
Cozy Corners
Mary Wolfe Howard
A. C. Wolfe
Alice Jean
Will Kinny
Lois Adevan
Fred Kinny
W. P. Roberts
Howard Lynn
Robert Brookins
C. C. Wolfe
William Wolfe
Merrit Wilson
It Is Easy To Catch A Man With Booze
A concise old saying notes the ease of catching a man with alcohol if the alcohol is already in hand. The remark reflects caution about tempting situations and personal accountability.
German Ruhr Miners Rebel Over Longer Work Hours
Report says Ruhr miners resist extended shifts as the miners central union rejects Berlin's plan to pay by production. Government signals possible Ruhr funding halt as 46 voted for the authorization and 17 against. Bavaria Mecklenburg and Thuringia abstained.
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Nefchsrat
Ruhr
Bavaria
Mecklenburg
Thuringia
Berlin
Prominent Men Bought In Custody Battle Over Stokes Heirs
New York observes the start of a sensational trial in the W. H. D. Stokes divorce case. The 70-year-old millionaire faces charges of defaming his wife Helen Klnood Stokes while seeking custody of their two children. Stokes claims her unfitness. Mrs. Stokes counters with evidence and a demand for her share of the family fortune. The case highlights accusations of intimidation bribery and witness tampering as the hearing may run for weeks.
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New York
W. Hb
DD. Stokes
Dlvorce
Helen Klnood Stokes
Stokes
Chicago
Supreme Court
Charles Fibbstein
Samuel Untermeyer
James A. Stillman
Tex Rickard
Whiskey dump shocks Delaware courthouse crowd
In Delaware Ohio a chaotic scene unfolded as 140 quarts of supposedly bonded whiskey were released into a courthouse refuse run way by Judge W W Aldrich and Sheriff Fred Har ter causing a surge of drunks hangovers and headaches among attendees.
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Delaware, O
W. W. Aldrich
Fred Harter
Boy Swallows Nickel in Bellefontaine Incident
William Leveck, five, during play at home in Bellefontaine, accidentally swallowed a nickel that lodged in his windpipe. He endured several hours of severe distress before medical aid.
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Bellefontaine
William Leveck
Building of Huge Airship Delayed
The dirigible ZR-2 being built by Zeppelin at Friedrichshafen for the United States Navy will not start its trans Atlantic flight until spring. Commander Halsey naval attaché announced that work has been retarded so trial flights cannot occur for about five months.
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Berlin
Zeppelin Company
Friedrichshafen
United States Navy
Halsey
Football Man Dies of Hurt in Kentucky Game
Price McLean a 20 year old Lexington Kentucky student and Kentucky football center died after suffering injuries from Saturday's game against Cincinnati University at Carson Field. He had complained of a headache at halftime and did not play in the third period. He became unconscious at home and died after an operation was started.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Lexington
Price McLean
University of Kentucky
Kentucky
Cincinnati University
Carson Field
McLean
Kentuckians
Jack Winn
Federal Probe Opens on Hard Coal Strike in Scranton District
The department of labor ordered a formal investigation into the strike of 22,000 hard coal miners employed by Hudson Coal Co. in the Scranton district. Commissioner Thomas Davis was directed to survey the situation and report to the department. he is currently in Scranton.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Hudson Coal Co
Scranton
Thomas Davis
President Obergon Improves, May Attend Affairs at Home
Mexico City reports President Alvaro Obergon, previously ill, showing improvement. Doctors say he may handle some state matters from home but caution against resuming full duties.
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Mexico City
Mex
Alvaro Obergon
Vatican Bans Women from Using Perfume
The Vatican prohibits women from wearing perfume citing Pope Pius XI as susceptible to headaches and stating fragrance can cause harm. Rome dispatch reports the ban issued as church policy.
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London
Vatican
Rome
Pius XI
Charm pay tragedy ends in Pittsburg woman murder
Lorenzo Savage alleged voodoo healer is charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Miss Kitsie Barthel 23 a nurse and secretary at Dr Marshall's East End clinic. Savage says Barthel attempted a ritual payment scheme using playing cards and 30 percent share before a fatal struggle at the deserted mansion scene. Detectives seek a third man linked to the case.
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Pittsanorgh
Blorenzo Savage
Kitsie Barthel
Lussey
Hast End
Savage
Saveage
John Hickey
Barthel
Miss Raythel
Savege
Miss Barthel
Oberlin Graduate Wins Eastman Scholarship
Donald McGill, Oberlin Class of 1919, earns a scholarship covering free tuition and 1060 for expenses at the Operatic Training department of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester New York.
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Don Mgilus
Oberlin, O
Donald McGill
Oberlin
Eastman School of Music
State Trooper Killed by Bootleggers Near Glens Falls
State Trooper Roy A. Donovan 27 of Troy was shot and killed while investigating a holdup ten miles south of Glens Falls. Troopers pursued the fleeing high powered car, then fired on another car near Latham's Corners. A man named George Haupt, wounded with two bullets, was brought to a Watervliet doctor’s office where he was dying. two accomplices escaped.
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Troy
N. Y
Roy A. Donovan
Glens Falls
Donovan
Latham's Corners
Here
University Girl to Speak At a State Conference
Miss Esther Warver a student at Ohio University will speak on Our Class at Play at the Young Peoples conference of the Ohio Sunday school association in Greenville on October 24 25 and 26. Every Sunday school in Ohio is asked to send delegates with Athens county delegates appointed by Mr Gilbert Courtney Chauncey.
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Westerville
Esther Warver
Ohio University
Young Peoples
Ohio Sunday School Association
Greenville
Ware Vel
Ohio
Athens County
Gilbert Courtney
Chauncey
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