Public Tax Returns Publication Sparks Justice Department Review
Federal tax payments of wealthy individuals may be opened for public inspection under a 1924 law, prompting a Justice Department review. Treasury officials say publication may violate the law, while some Internal Revenue experts argue it is allowed under the new public access provisions. Commissioner Blair notes lists are already available in Internal Revenue offices.
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Washington
United States
Department of Justice
Internal Revenue
Treasury
James M. Beck
Stone
Beck
Mellon
Blair
Collectors of
Coolidge’s Last Word Speech Focuses on Prosperity and Economy
President Coolidge’s Eastern business leaders address signals his final campaign effort. He touts prosperity and economy as the core of his policy, contrasts with La Follette’s public ownership stance, and pledges tax cuts and spending restraint if re elected.
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George. R. Holmes
Kn. S
Washington
Coolidge
White House
Hoe
la Follette
John W. Davis
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Secretary Mellon Reports Tax Payment
Pittsburgh reports show Jen W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury, paid income taxes of 1,173,957.86 dollars for the previous year, according to Internal Revenue Office disclosures.
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Pittsburgh
Jen W. Mellon
Easury
Internal Revenue Office
Radical Candidate Fined at Capital
Verne I. Reynolds 40 of Baltimore was fined 5 dollars and costs in Columbus municipal court for obstructing the street while campaigning for the Socialist Labor party ticket for vice president. He denied guilt and seeks a new trial. police say he refused to move from a congested downtown corner where a noon meeting was held with campaign literature visible.
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Columbus
Verne I. Reynolds
Baltimore
Socialist-Labor Party
Reynolds
Passport scam prompts U S reform call in Manila
Manila dispatch reports that special agents of the U S Department of Justice uncovered a fraudulent passport scheme allowing hundreds of Chinese to enter the United States through the Philippines. Governor General Wood cabled Washington recommending changes in passport regulations to stop the practice.
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Manila
United States Department of Justice
United States
Phillippines
Wood
Washington
State to trial road construction experiments near Athens
Ohio will use seven miles of the Athens Marietta road in Washington county for experimental road construction. G F Schiesinger says the test seeks how clays loams and subsoil affect surface and insulating layers. Studies will run over more than a year with additional statewide moisture and porosity tests and weather effects on road maintenance.
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Marietta
Washington County
Athens-Marietta
Ohio
G. F. Schiesinger
Athens- Marietta
Operators Break in Kanawha District Strike Evidence
Yorkville Ohio Oct 24 Twelve thousand West Virginia miners on strike since April due to operators not signing the Jacksonville agreement begin breaking. A R Watkins reports Jones interests of Pittsburgh sign for Horse Creek mines with about 300 men and J B Paisley Cleveland puts 800 men to work at Ward under a union agreement.
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Yorkville
Kanawha
West Virginia
Jacksonville
A. R. Watkins
United Mine Workers
Jones
Pittsburg
Horse Creek
J. 8. Paisely
Cleveland
Ward
Governors address opens Reserve Officers convention in Columbus
Governor Donahey spoke at Representatives Hall to open the third annual Reserve Officers Association convention. The meeting planned reports on the appropriation needed from Congress for Reserve Officers training next year and the number of recruits for the following twelve months.
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Columbus
Donahey
Reserve Officers’ Association of the United States
Representative Hall
Statehouse
Congress
Meeting Called of Local School Men
A major Athens county school meeting is set for next Tuesday afternoon with county superintendent H R McVay. State educator W R Heistand will discuss state aid and school finance with township and village officials. The 1 pm session in the Security Bank building chamber rooms aims to help districts relying on state funds.
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H. R. McVay
W. R. Heistand
Efucation
Columbus
Ohio
Athens County
Athens
Chamber of Commerce
Security Bank
Amesville Road Repair Nears Finish This Week
County Engineer Sands says work between Amesville and Sharpsburg will be completed this week. He does not disclose next week’s project location. Road conditions are excellent due to prolonged dry weather.
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Amesville
Sharpsburg
Sands
Leeper Appeals Judgment in Common Pleas Case
Harry Leeper appeals a judgment secured against him by P. W. Lockhard to the Common Pleas court. Magistrate Nathan C. Townsend of Rome township awarded supplies.
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Harry Leeper
P. W. Lockhard
Common Pleas Court
Nathan C. Townsend
Rome Township
Chimp Joe Escapes Park, Mixes Courtesies With Tour
Joe the chimpanzee, reportedly linked to a tribe named for the Caucasian race, knocked his keeper unconscious during a cage cleaning. He then wandered into the park, saluted an elderly employee named J Barrett, and headed back toward his enclosure before the scene likely continued on Pare Four.
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Joe
J Barrett
Park
Higher Court Rules for Jagers Brothers in Undertaking Case
The Court of Appeals Fourth District prohibits L. H. Baughman from undertaking in Athens for six years from the 1922 sale to John Jagers Co. The ruling enforces the February 4 1922 contract, deeming it still valid after the 1923 dissolution of the partnership with the Jagers brothers. Baughman violated the contract by operating alone in Athens after dissolution.
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Court of Appeals of
Fourth District
Jagers
Jagers Brothers
Baughman
John Jagers Co
L. H. Baughman
Athens
Nelsonville dedicates first American Legion memorial in Ohio
The Glenford Dugan Post No 229 dedicated its new memorial building in Nelsonville with hundreds of veterans and citizens present. Judge Cleverger’s funds ruling enabled the War Chest balance to be used for the project, with a committee planning a Bedford stone and Shawnee brick home, completed in 1924. The ceremony featured E. L. McCune presiding and Gilort Bettman delivering the address, praised for his role in the War Chest case.
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American Legion Memorial
Glenford Dugan
Nelsonville
Occaasion
Accord' Ag
American Legion
Ohio
Legionnaires
Glenford Dugan Post
Logal Post
Brigf
E. &. McCune
Ceremory
Athens County
C. BE. Welch
G. R. Robinson
F. I. Jackson
RR. BR. Stuart
Miller Wilson
Gilort Bettman
Cincinnati
Bettman
Columbus
Ate
Citizen
Dwight Harrison
Ohio Supreme Court
Harrison
R. L. Dol
Kings Co
Supreme Court
Supreme
Ontario Remains a Dry Wedge in Provincial Election
Ontario voters sustained the temperance act with about 450 000 for government liquor control and 491 000 for continuance of the act. Urban areas backed control but farm and village voters swung to the wets, shrinking the 1922 margin and signaling a lasting rural contrast with wet provinces. Women backed drys with a narrow margin, while border regions and cities like Toronto Ottawa London Hawton favored the wets.
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Ottawa
Ont
Ontario
Toronto
London
Hawton
Taxpayers in New York district list notable payments
Publica tion of income tax payments in the New York district reveals amounts for figures such as John D. Rocket Jr. and J. P. Morgan among many wealthy individuals and firm heads. The report notes protests from wealthy residents and lists numerous tallied sums including M. M. Belding and Montagu Glass with varied figures.
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George L. Shearer
Stephen C. Clark
T. W. Lamont
M. M. Belding
Eri. H. Gary
Francis
Sisson
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Frank G. Hedley
Harold I. Pratt
F. P. Delafield
Raymond B. Fosdick
Maybelle I. Corey
Eb, F. Hutton
John T. Pratt
Eddie Cantor
George W. Childs
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Cleveland H
Montagu Glass
Countess of Doncanoughmore
F. R. Stetentus
Arthur
Southeastern Ohio Teachers Meet At Ohio University
The Southeastern Ohio Teachers Association opens its annual convention at Ohio University on the campus in Ewing hall with 11 a.m. sessions. About 2000 attendees are expected today for talks by E. B. Bryan and B. H. Bode, with Strickland Gillilan lecturing tonight and John T. Tigert to speak Saturday morning.
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Southeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Ohio University
A. Y. Wilcox
Presbyterian Church
E. B. Bryan
B. H. Bode
Ohio State University
Strickland Gillilan
M. F
Ewing Hall
John T. Tigert
U. S&s
Fire Sweeps Over Great Coal Docks in Escanaba Michigan
Firemen from Escanaba and nearby towns battled a blaze at Reiss Coal docks last night. Docks 4 and 6 were wiped out and one life lost with losses estimated at 5 million dollars. Firefighters fought to prevent spread to the city as coal piles burned in multiple spots.
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Sscanaba
Mich
Escanaba
Reiss Coal Company
White drove truck that killed boy Paul Frye
Harlen White, driver for L H Stanley, says he was the truck operator when Paul Frye fell from a truck Thursday. He denies giving the name Cline and says his identity was misunderstood by witnesses. White adds the tail gate was fastened and he does not know how the boy fell out.
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Harlen White
L. H. Stanley
Paul Frye
White
Cline
Dawes Heads East for Newark Rally On Campaign
General Charles G. Dawes Republican vice presidential nominee travels to Newark and New York for rallies amid a sore throat. He warns of demagogues, praises Coolidge, and says American women are politically awake in the tense campaign stretch.
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Albert F. Brenziger
Newark
N. J
Dawes
Charlies G. Dawes
United States
New York
Brooklyn
Queen Theatre
Wilmington
Del
Russia
Coolidge
Bridge Chapel at Rotherham Aged Craft Heritage
The bridge chapel at Rotherham England nearly 450 years old has served as an almshouse a gaol and a cigar store reflecting its varied history and adaptive reuse.
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Rotherham
England
Attack on bobbed hair spreads to Paris autumn season
The Paris debate on bobbed hair grows as proponents insist on a stylish look during the interim period while full hair growth returns. Opponents stress the challenge of maintaining an attractive appearance as hair remains partially shortened.
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Paris
Danville
Davis Campaign Tour Focuses on New York State Victory
John Davis energies toward carrying the Empire State with a seven day tour through New York City boroughs and New Jersey. He defends religious freedom against the Ku Klux Klan and cautions that secret orders intrude into politics while noting his own Elks and Masons membership.
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William K. 4
Davis
New York City
New York
John Davis
Empire State
Five Boroughs
Hudson
New Jersey
Metropledia
Tammany Hall
Ths
George Olivany
Olivany
Carneaié Hall
KLAN
Ky Klan
Nomines
Cleveland
Davis Wet
Chaice
Ku Klux Klan
Davie
Su Lan
The
Elks and the Masons
Nazarene
House @ representatives
Japanese Force Deployed for Railway Protection
The Regent approved a war order sending two battalions from Port Arthur to guard Japanese interests along the King-Mukden railroad. Reports from Tientsin mention stringent rules by Wu Pei Fu and arrests of those acting improperly in the area.
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Tokio
Port Arthur
Shanhai-Kuan
King-Mukden
Tien Tsin
Wu Pei Fu
Prince of Wales Arrives by Special Train in Lowell
Special train bearing five Prince of Wales arrives in Lowell at 9 13 this morning. The royal party spent the night dancing after arriving in New York three hours earlier.
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Lowell, Mabs
New York
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Dee
Goolidge
League of W Nations
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Germany
World Court of Justice
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Arthur Brisbane
Co. H. Bartlett Messenger
McCune
Ifle J. Warner
Toledo
Hugh C.clark
Steubenville
Woman's Auxiliary
John D. Rocket
Michigan City
Boy
Tammany
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