Governors seek northwest coal rate support in interstate case
Ohio Governor Donahey and West Virginia Governor Gore press five Northwestern state leaders to back their fight at the Interstate Commerce Commission hearings on coal rate differentials. They argue Ohio and Pennsylvania rates favor southern coal and aim to restrict Northwestern access to markets and keep consumer prices from rising.
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Columbus
Howard M. Gore
West
Virginia
Donahey
Ohio
Minneosta
North
South Dakota
Great Lakes
Gore
Tate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wee
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Wih
West Virginia
Northwest
Ohio coal mining committee holds first meeting
Columbus Oct 22 The Ohio coal mining committee appointed by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce to study the industry’s downturn meets at noon today at the Columbus Athletic club. Chairman Samuel S Wyer outlines the scope of activities as a pickup in Ohio coal mining is noted, though investigation remains necessary.
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Columbus
Ohio Coal Mining Committee
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Columbus Athletic Club
Samuel S. Wyer
Student Delivers Peace Offering to Teacher
A 17-year-old girl in Chauncey carried a bouquet of dahlias and a large rosy apple to her schoolteacher as a peace offering for missing lessons. She explained she would make the teacher scold less by presenting the gift, and reportedly the plan succeeded.
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Chauncey
Bodies of Michigan game wardens found near Spear's dock
The bodies of Jemil Skoogland and Arvid Erickson, game wardens missing for weeks, were recovered from Lake Superior at Spear's dock after Roy Nunn pointed to the site. Nunn confessed after Joe Tontois implicated him during an intensive search. Nunn has a long criminal record, including a 1898 murder.
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Marquette
Mich
Michigan
Spear
Nunn
Joe Tontois
Tontois
Body of Beulah Purvis Identified Near Cincinnati
The corpse of Beulah Purvis a 19 year old girl from Lawrenceburg Indiana was identified today after being found in the Big Miami river near Cincinnati Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Big Miami River
Here
Beulah Purvis
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Note To Mexico Protest Land and Oil Laws
The State Department prepares a formal note protesting retroactive and confiscatory Mexican land and oil provisions. It sharpens tone beyond prior communications but avoids the Mexican Catholic dispute. The note aligns with Ambassador Shef field’s firmer policy while the President maintains a cautious stance.
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Washington
State Department
Coolidge
Mexico
James R. Sheffield
Girl in Bolton Car Tells No Shots Fired
Coroner to question officers charged with manslaughter in Lawrence Bolton death after the Farley girl said no shots were fired from the Bolton automobile. She described the car pulling up to a school grounds, a turn toward Albany, and Bolton slumping after a bullet struck him as witnesses saw a man ahead in a light overcoat. The touring car, recovered in Athens, shows several bullet marks.
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Lawrence Bolton
Sanders
Bolton
Frank Barnes
Eli Bratton
Bratton
Marshal Barnes
Finsterwald
Albany
Gladys Farley
Farley
Athens
Gallipolis
Albany Man Guilty on Intoxication Charge in Albany
R P D Hall of Albany pleaded guilty to intoxication in Magistrate Pearl Helwig's court and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. A trial date for the possession of intoxicating liquor charge remains undecided. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Howard Gilson near the Albany school house while intoxicated. A squor whisky found during a raid at the Hall Bratton home was alleged to belong to Hall.
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R. P D. Hall
Albany
Pearl Helwig
Hall
Howard Gilson
Eli Bratton
Hall-Bratton
Earthquake Shocks Hit San Francisco Early Morning
Two tremors were felt in San Francisco within minutes of each other just after 4 35 a m. The second震 lasted about ten seconds and partially crippled telephone service.
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San Fancisco
Cal
Frenchy Balanescu Found Guilty in Dorothy Kirk Killing
Emil Frenchy Balanescu was found guilty by a Cleveland jury for the murder of Dorothy Kirk his sweetheart. The verdict came after testimony and evidence presented yesterday in the local court.
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Frenchy
Cleveland
Emil “Frenchy” Balanescu
Dorothy Kirk
Cleveland Woman Charged With Auto Theft
Mildred Sulesky 22 mother of an 18 month old girl was in police custody today charged with stealing an automobile in Columbus. She says she did not steal it but borrowed it from a Columbus friend.
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Cleveland
Mildred Sulesky
Columbus
Hurricane devastates western Cuba many feared dead
Havana dispatch says initial counts place dead in a 20 mile radius at 250 with estimates up to 1000 across three western provinces. Sugar mills and fleets suffer heavy losses while infrastructure including power and water systems are badly damaged.
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Havana
U.P
United Press
Return To Normal After Florida Storm Hit
The storm that struck the southern tip of the Florida peninsula caused widespread disruption as the region began efforts to return to normal. Officials reported weather damage and power outages, with residents assessing affected areas and restoration work ongoing.
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Miami
Federal Building
U.R
Florida Peninsula
Norway to legalize liquor with controls for criminals
Oslo reports the cabinet plans a liquor trade bill allowing free sale to all over 21 while banning sales to individuals with crimes while intoxicated. Special legitimization cards will regulate the traffic and private shares in the vine monopoly will be redeemed to a total of 20 million kroner, directing the trade through the state monopoly.
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Oslo
Norway
Warships Prepare to Protect Lives in Shanghai
Twelve American warships and three foreign vessels are in port to safeguard foreigners. Shanghai faces threat from Shantung and Canton forces while Marshal Sun Huan Fang drives the Chekiang army thirty miles from the city.
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Shanghi
Shantung Province
Canton
Sun Huanfang
Shanghai
Chekiang Province
Ohio Collieries Problems Viewed
Miners officials and Ohio Collieries company representatives met in Glouster on Thursday to review conditions that led to miners being called out. Both sides discussed issues, clarified misunderstandings, and hope for fewer future disputes. G. S. Jones of Toledo attended for the company, with miners represented by District Vice-President Watkins and local officers Oral Daugherty and Conrad Wein.
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Glouster
Ohio Colleries Company
Jones
Toledo
Watkins
Provisional
Oral Daugherty
Conrad Wein
Mercer Held For Court Action In Mental Case
The father of James Mercer from Steubenville traveled to visit his son who is jailed on a loitering charge. Mercer, acquitted in the murder of G Harvey Geist of Zanesville, was arrested at the county fairgrounds muttering vengeance toward the Zanesville court. Police expect Mercer to be sent to a state hospital once Zanesville officials act on his sanity.
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James Mercer
Steubenville
Mercer
Zanesville
G. Harvey Geist
Herb Parker
May Indict More In Hall Mills Case
Summerville New Jersey October 2 UP Senator Alexander Simpson special prosecutor marshalled additional evidence for the grand jury to seek accessory indictments against three or more persons in connection with the 1920 murder of Rev Edward W Hall and Mrs Eleanor R Mills. Nine witnesses have testified regarding obstruction of justice in the Hall Mills case.
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Summerville
N. J
Alexander Simpson
Hall- Mills
Grand
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor R. Mills
Northern Vermont goes cut off by snowstorm
Boston report says a snow and sleet storm isolated Northern Vermont from wire communications yesterday, disrupting outside world contact across the region including northern New England.
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Boston
Vermont
New England
Services Held for Eugene Debs in Terre Haute
Eugene V. Debs is laid in a gray coffin in Terre Haute awaiting funeral services at 2 PM officiated by Rev. John Hayes Holmes of New York. After the rites the body will be cremated in Indianapolis.
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Terre Haute
Ind
U.P
Eugene V. Debs
John Hayes Holmes
New York
Indianapolis
Indiana Politics Inquiry Reopened In Indianapolis
The inquiry into Indiana politics is reopened as Senator Reed travels to Methodist Hospital to hear Watson's testimony.
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Indianapolis
Senator Reed
Methodist Hospital
Watson
Reed hearing on Indiana politics moved to hospital
The Indiana slush fund inquiry reopened at Methodist Hospital as James A. Reed took testimony from James E. Watson. Watson, recovering from automobile injuries, had been scheduled for a Chicago hearing at his request after a physician ordered rest. Hugh Mimons testified that Watson’s candidacy was endorsed by the Klan and that Hiram Evans planned to promote him for the 1928 presidential nomination.
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G. P. Overton
United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
James A. Reed
Senate Slush Fund
Methodist Hospital
Reed
James E. Watson
Chicago
Watson
Hugh Mimons
South Bend
Hiram W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Anti-Saloon League Spends on Dry Referendums
The Anti-Saloon League of America reports spending $6,035 to fight wet referendums and elect dry congressmen this fall. Ten states received $500 each to circulate dry literature, including Colorado, Washington, Maryland, Arizona, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Oregon, with Montana $660 and Nevada $400.
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Washington, D
U.R
Anti-Saloon League of America
Senate
National Organization
Colorado
Washington
Maryland
Arizona
Missouri
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Oregon
Montana
Nevada
Queen Marie to Broadcast Message Tonight from New York
Queen Marie will personally address the people of the United States by radio tonight. She will broadcast from New York through twenty one stations east of the Rocky Mountains from 6 30 to 9 p m.
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New York
Queen Marie
United States
Radio Tonight
Rocky Mountains
Miami Survives Second Twisting Tropical Storm
Miami battled a second tropical storm from the Caribbean, enduring 50 mph winds and torrential rain that damaged property, flooded streets, and scattered 6,000 to 7,000 refugees across city buildings and halls. Residents braced as the system skirted offshore then moved toward the Florida coast, with the storm easing after midnight and leaving Miami with cautious relief.
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Robert T. Small
Consolidated Press
Miami
Florida
Gulf Stream
Masonic Hall
Prohibition Officer Faces Manslaughter Charges in Albany Shooting
Prosecutor Finsterwald files manslaughter against State Prohibition Officer H 4 iines Joe Jonas Constable Harry Dalton and Deputy Sheriff J M Cady in Albany court for the Wednesday night killing of Lawrence Bolton. Gladys Farley 17 Albany was the sole occupant with Bolton in the auto. Coroner Sanders and Finsterwald identify the rider as a form seen fleeing the vehicle amid a raid on Eli Bratton property.
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Prohibition
H. 4. Iines
Joe Jonas
Harry Dalton
J. M. Cady
R. W. Winsterward
Pearl W. Helwig
Finsterwald
Gladys Farley
Albany
Bolton
L. W. Sanders
Pinsterwald
Sanders
Howsard
Winesterwald
Queen Marie of Romania draws fire over public smoking
Steubenville dispatch reports public reaction to Queen Marie smoking at a New York chamber luncheon. The local WCTU discusses the issue and Florence R. Richards of Columbus blocks a resolution, saying the group should focus on domestic matters.
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Steubenville
Queen Marie of
Rumat
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Indy
Woman Mayor of Ohio Town Dies at 52
Miss Clara L. Marrow of East Palestine, 52, died of heart disease at her home. She was the town’s first woman mayor and in the first year of her term. Although East Palestine was nominally Republican, she ran for mayor on the Democratic ticket.
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East Palestine
Clara L. Marrow
Miss Marrow
Marrow
Friends
Athens High Senior Class Officers Election Held
An election of officers for the senior class of Athens High School was held yesterday afternoon in the senior rooms. All votes have not been counted and the outcome remains in doubt.
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Athens High School
Weather data shows two day temperature changes
The report lists barometer trends and two hour interval temperatures for Thursday and Friday. Temperatures range from 42 to 62 degrees with brief notes on barometric fall and calm readings.
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Verreene
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Heidelburg University Commons Club
Chester Badescher
Lima
the Commons
States
Davy Crockett
West India
Weather Bureau
Lines
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Dalton
Cady
Vale
Mareshal
Queen
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