Reed summons Indiana leaders in Klan scandal probe
Senator James A. Reed, authorized to expose corrupt practices in Senate nominations, today called the chairmen of Indiana party committees to testify. The inquiry centers on Thomas Adams’s charges that the Ku Klux Klan controls state government via D C Stephenson contracts. Illinois remnants may also be examined as witnesses appear.
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United Press
Chicago
James A. Reed
United States Senate
Indiana
Reed
Pennsylvania
Illinois
United States
Hoosier
Thomas Adams
Ku Klux Klan
Adams
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana Klan
Ilinois
Moonshine Prices Rising After Purmco Jail Raid
Pomeroy officers raid the local jail with three stills and a prisoner. They confiscate 140 proof liquor, 25 barrels of mash, a half barrel of sugar, 52 gallons of cracked corn, coils, a liquor tester, and breast. Sheriff Harry Rice and Deputy Tracey lead the operation. several men escaped across the Ohio River toward West Virginia. Frank Miller, a cripple, identified as a local character, is noted among those found.
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Tracey
Pomeroy
Petre Davis
Frailer
Gallipolis
Sefticers
Ohio River
West Virginia
Death of Broadway photographer Maria Jose Maria shocks New York
One of Broadway's most eccentric fixtures Maria Jose Maria died in a hospital as guardians were appointed to manage his hoarded wealth and care for him. The former fashion photographer reportedly did not bathe for 20 years despite $16,000 in the bank and survived on 160 cent meals in a tiny room. He believed bathing washed off the spark of life. He lived alone with memories and his photographs of famous personages.
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New York
U.P
Broadway
Maria Jose Maria
Maria
Ohio six month accident report shows 103,112 incidents
The industrial commission of Ohio released a report for the first half of 1926 noting 103,112 accidents with over 55 percent being minor and not causing time loss. Machinery caused more accidents than any other factor.
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Columbus
Det
Industrial Commission
Ohio
How to Remove Eighty Light Stains
An old guide explains twelve common clothing and linen stains and offers a four cent postage paid booklet with illustrations. Readers are asked to send name and address with a coupon to receive the pamphlet.
Husband Loses When Wife’s Inheritance Vanishes
Seattle couple faced a twist as Mrs. Mary Victoria Sawden inherited a $160,000 estate in Australia two years ago but the divorce and share were not known to her husband Harry Sawden. Upon learning of the estate, she returned to Seattle to share it, only to discover there is nothing to divide. The husband’s thoughts remain unrecorded.
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Harry Sawden
Seattle
Mary Victoria Sawden
Australia
Afl
Sawden
Mr. Sawden
Modern music will junk ninety nine percent says professor
Professor Clarence G. Hamilton warned that ninety nine percent of modern music will be junked and only one percent may shape a new epoch. He traced sixteenth century German and late nineteenth century national styles and described impressionistic and expressionistic aims. He questioned enduring value but urged that improving sound with repeated listening signals quality.
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Clarence G. Hamilton
Ewing Auditorium
Hamilton
France
DeBussy
Sugar Creek Mine Ready To Start By November First
Sugar Creek Mine 210 at Sugar Creek of the Ohio Collieries company is set to begin operation about November 1. Cleaning up work started today and the plant should be ready for operation by the first of the month. Full capacity could reach 2000 tons of coal daily and employment may reach 400 to 500 workers.
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Sugar Creek
Ohio Collieries Company
Marie of Romania Visits Annapolis and Baltimore
Queen Marie arrives in Annapolis for a brief stay before returning to private life. She plans to review the Naval Academy midshipmen and visit Baltimore, after a day that included the Washington tomb and ceremony with President Coolidge.
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Marie
Romania
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Severn
Baltimore
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Tomb
Potomac
Guards Assigned to Protect John Coolidge at Amherst
Senator Colonel Edmund Starling of the Secret Service dispatched to Amherst Massachusetts to accompany and guard John Coolidge son of President Coolidge and an Amherst College student.
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Edmund Starling
U. S
Secret Service
Amherst, Mass
John Coolidge
President Coolidge
Amherst College
Typhoid Epidemic Dying Down In Ohio Counties
Columbus reports the typhoid fever outbreak in Wellington and Lorain counties is rapidly subsiding, with 12 deaths attributed to the epidemic as of today.
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Columbus
Wellington
Loraine
State Department For Health
Weather Forecast From A Damp North Day
Today's weather notes a low barometer and little promise of fair skies. One fourth inch of rain fell last night with temperatures recorded in two hour periods from Tuesday into Wednesday, showing a range from the mid forties to the low sixties.
Tariff Clash Sharpens As Republicans Hold To Protection
Washington reports that the Republican party will cling to protective tariffs despite a growing international push against tariff barriers backed by bankers and economists including J P Morgan. Democrats vow to use the manifesto to support free trade while President Coolidge frames the issue as favoring protection for industry.
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U.R
Republican Party
J. #. Morgan
New York
Coolidge
Wang Protection
Morgan
America
European economic change predicted by Reichsbank head
Berlin reports Reichsbank President Schacht says a manifesto against trade barriers signed by American and European business leaders including J P Morgan will trigger vast economic changes in Europe. He says American signatures show influence but simply emphasize US role in revival.
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Berlin
U.P
Schacht
Reichsbank
Europe
J. P. Morgan
Munich
United States
Escaped youths sought after break from Cincinnati juvenile home
Five boys and two girls who escaped from a juvenile detention home during the night were being sought by court officers today. The escape was confirmed in Cincinnati and authorities urged any witnesses to come forward.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Democrats Would Open U S to Foreign Goods and Join League
Nicolas Longworth charged Democrats would open U S markets to foreign goods and join the League of Nations. He said Republicans restored fiscal sanity after war. criticized caucuses. cited debt growth under Democrats and debt relief after Republicans took power. urged shipping aliens back abroad and warned against entangling alliances.
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League
Longworth
United States
League of Nations
Nicolas Longworth
Armory
House of Representatives
Nicholas
Mr. Longworth
Florida in Panic as Hurricane Threat Looms Today
Miami, Fla. residents rush to plan for another hurricane as Weather Bureau warns of strikes today. Police on continuous duty, reserve ambulances ready, schools closed at noon, and rail options limited. West Coast residents grim as warnings spread. Havana reports a hurricane hitting Cuba around 11 AM with possible $3 million damage and few deaths. Key West chatter notes the hurricane moving toward Florida after blasting Havana.
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Weather Bureau
Florida
Fla
H. Wharton
Florida East Coast Railway
West Palm Beach
Red Cross
Cuba
Havana
U.P
Key West
New York
U.R
Machine gun bark may silence stool pigeons in Chicago bootlegging war
In Chicago a new Prohibition program hires stool pigeons at five dollars a day to combat bootlegging. Yellowley expands the staff with railroad detectives and yard workers, claiming fast arrests and large seizures. Gangland fears the new method may deter informers.
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Chicago
Prohibition
E. C. Yellowley
Prohibition Department
Yellowley
Chesapeake and Ohio to Build 63 Mile Line Valley Crossing Gregg
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved Chesapeake and Ohio building a 63 mile line from Gregg to Valley Crossing as part of the Nickel Plate consolidation dispute. The approval requires Chesapeake and Ohio to gain control of Chesapeake and Hocking Valley within thirty days.
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Chesapeake and
Wealthy Wichita bachelordonates to evangelist fund
James Cooper, a affluent Wichita bachelor, gives away nearly all his income to the Aimee Semple McPherson fund in Los Angeles and vows he would never trust another woman if she is found guilty of the charges.
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James Cooper
Wichita
Kas
Aimee Semple Mer Herson
Los Angeles
Woman to Speak on Primary Repeal in Athens County
Cleveland attorney Genevieve R. Cline will address the repeal of the party amendment at the Athens county courthouse at 2 30 Thursday afternoon. She will discuss other political issues and speak at events in Amesville Buechtel Chauncey and Coolville with Congressman T A Jenkins. Cline leads the Federation of Womens clubs and heads the Republican women in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.
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Genevieve R. Cline
Cleveland
Athens County
Miss Cline
Ohio
T. A. Jenkins
Amesville
Buechtel
Chauncey
Coolville
Seal Chairman Attends Ohio Conference on Seal Sales
Ethel J. Brown executive secretary of the local seal sale attends a two day meeting of chairmen from across Ohio. The seal sale campaign begins November 29 with a county organization to run the drive against tuberculosis sponsored by the seal sale.
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Ohio State Board of Health
Ethel J. Brown
Ohio
Reward Paid For Recovery Of Missing Child Body
Floyd Congdon of East Orwell received a $500 county reward after locating Isabel Zaworski's body 22 days following her disappearance. The payment, approved by county commissioners, recognizes his role in the recovered remains.
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Jefferson
Floyd Congdon
East Orwell
Isabel Zaworski
Congdon
Pennsylvania Railroad workers in Columbus win 3 cent hourly raise
More than 4000 Pennsylvania railroad employees in Columbus receive a 3 cent per hour wage increase after negotiations between company officials and union representatives over several days.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania Railroad
Stover Case Set For November 5
Motion of Orval Stover against A Steck et al for 10268 damages set for hearing November 5 by Common Pleas. Plaintiff alleges Steck was an agent for repair Casualty and caused an automobile accident on the Avondale road July 27 injuring the boy. Divorce action of Stevers against Bryan Stevers set for trial October 22 by Judge L G Worstell.
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Orval Stover
Eal
Ben Stover
Signature Expert Links Aimee Semple McPherson Signatures
Mil ton Carlson, handwriting expert, testified identifying the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson’s signatures on Carmel by the Sea grocery slips. He also linked signatures of Kenneth G. Ormiston found on hotel registers telegrams and receipts to the disappearance case.
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Los Angeles
Milton Carlson
Aimee Semple McPherson
Carmel
Carlson
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Debs Illness Sparks Fears of Death While Hospitalized
In Elmhurst Illinois on October 20 Eugene V Debs renowned socialist lies seriously ill in a local hospital. Dr H O Wiseman said his condition remains grave but alive as the day begins.
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Debslingers
Elmhurst
Ill
Eugene V. Debs
H. O. Wiseman
State probes Hall Mills case graves in Somerville
Officials continue efforts to locate the gravesite of the Hall Mills murder victims in Somerville New Jersey as investigations mark four years since the bodies were buried.
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Somerville
N. J
U.R
Hall- Mills
President Coolie Thompson Departs for Shanghai
Le Thompson, acting as personal representative, leaves Peking in a hurried departure to dodge a massive radical movement aimed at sweeping reactionary militarists from power, as tensions rise across China.
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Peking
le Thompson
Cool
Shanghai
State Supreme Court Rejects Mandamus on Lodge Tax Status
State supreme court refuses to compel the tax commission to tax property held by Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges. Ruling limits government compelled taxation of fraternal organizations and clarifies property assessment scope.
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Odd Fellowa
Dover Moves to Paint City Vehicles for Joyride Control
Dover city council orders all city trucks and police cars except the red tire truck to be painted orange and labeled city property to curb joyriding in city owned vehicles. The measure targets preventing theft and unauthorized use of municipal vehicles.
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Dover
Marie Must Pay Tax Decree Against Queen Marie
Internal revenue officers unofficially rule that Queen Marie is subject to American income tax for every nickel she earns in the United States. The ruling notes the taxability of Marie versus athletes Georges Carpentier and Suzanne Lenglen, drawing a line between royal prerogatives and earned income.
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Internal Revenue
Marie
United States
Georges Carepentier
Boxer
Janne Lenglen
Queens of Tennis
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