British Labor Party Loses Ground in English Election
London reports early returns show Conservatives expanding gains to 165 seats, Labor 73, and Liberals 23. Asquith defeated, Lloyd-George eyed to lead Liberals as disintegration looms. women voters mostly yielded two Labor wins, while Tory plans for a Baldwin cabinet emerge.
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London
England
Conservative Party
Ory
MacDonald
Labor
Laborites
Liberals
Laborite
Asquith
Lioyd-George
Lloyd-George
Lady Astor
Ellen Wilkinson
Plymouth
The
London Chronicle
Lloyd- George
Daily News
London Daily Herald
Wile
Theabiner
Tores
Stanley Baldwin
Commons
Stanley
Aldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Lord Birkenhead
Anston Churchill
Austen Chamberlain
Theabinet
Stuffed Indian buffalo and pigmy rhinoceros arrive in America
The American Museum of Natural History unpacks the first stuffed specimens of the Indian buffalo and the pigmy rhinoceros in good condition. The animals were shipped from the Malay peninsula and are now on display for the public.
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York
America
Malay Peninsula
American Museum of Natural History
Civic Biology Aims to Benefit State and Society
Ohio University professor W A Matheny promotes civic biology as practical education for teachers and students. The course emphasizes real world issues like sanitation, disease prevention, parasite control, water quality, and insect threats, with lab work centered on field collection and mounting specimens.
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Ohio University
W. A. Matheny
College of Education
Matheny
Teo
Athens
Through Freight Service Expanded Between Athens and Columbus
The Ath ens Chamber of Commerce and Hocking Valley Railway Co announce through freight trains between Athens and Columbus. Train No 90 departs Columbus at 12 91 Sunday morning arriving Athens 5 30. No 91 leaves Athens 19 00 reaching Columbus 4 30. Through service seven days a week with through merchandise to Nelsonville and Logan. Local freight No 13 from Athens 9 00 to Logan 11 50. No 14 returns 3 30 from Logan to Athens 1 00. Crew layovers shift to Athens. roundhouse operates 24 hours. ten extra workers will reside in Athens.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Hocking Valley Railway Co
Athens
Columbus
Nelsonville
Logan
M. Q. Wasson
R. F. Pierce
Hocking Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Lorain inquest opens into grade crossing tragedy
The coroner's inquest into last week's grade crossing crash near Lorain opened this afternoon. Four children were killed and nineteen injured when an interurban struck a school bus. Ten witnesses have been summoned by the county prosecutor aiding Coroner Myles Perry.
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Lorain
Here
Myles Perry
Tariff Comes in for Sound Rating by John W. Davis
John W Davis denounces the Fordney-McCumber Act as a robber measure and labels tariff laws a cause of financial panics. He pledges tariff reduction if elected and endorses a league referendum alongside Democratic ticket support with Roosevelt aiding the campaign.
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John W. Davis
New York
John W Davis
Davis
League of Nations
Franklin D. Roosevelt
al Smith
Roosevelt
State troops eyed for Klan parade showdown in Ohio
Warren Ohio October 50 Sheriff John C Thomas undecided on requesting state troops for Niles parade to curb potential bloodshed between Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and Flaming Circle. He focuses on identifying bombers of Mayor Kistler home as no arrests expected today. Deputies and neighboring police may handle events if no outrages occur.
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Kistier
Niles
Thomas
Special Program For Ames Folks At Community Club
At the Amesville Community Club meeting next Monday evening women are specially invited. A pot luck lunch replaces the regular dinner. Superintendent McVey will discuss the school levy on Tuesday and county Farm Bureau agent Mr. Johnson will speak.
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Amesville
Commmuunity Club
McVey
Johnson
Farm Bureau
Frances Hodgson Burnett Dies at 75 in New York
Frances Hodgson Burnett longtime author of Little Lord Fauntleroy died after months of illness at her home in Plandome Long Island. Born in 1849 she wrote numerous novels plays and edited The Children's Book Her classic Little Lord Fauntleroy appeared as a serial in St Nicholas in 1886 and sparked a nationwide craze for Fauntleroy curls and collars.
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New York
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Plandome
Long Island
St. Nicholas
Fauntleroy
Can women influence politics in this race
Governor Smith of New York touts his daughter Emily who campaigns with a single eight word line. She says vote for father and her simple jab may have won more votes than longer speeches. Six days until the election as candidates hype the contest amid bets on Coolidge. Continued on Page Four.
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Smith
New York
Emily
Fath
Coolidge
Page Four
Yankee money pours across into old world debts
Washington reports U.S. investments abroad will total near 10 billion dollars by end of 1924, with annual returns over a billion. Principal investors include a 150 million Japanese loan, 110 million to Germany, 30 million to Sweden, and a possible large loan to France. Return on foreign capital exceeds the interest owed on foreign investments here.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
America
Germany
Sweden
France
Italy
Belgium
United States
Europe
Davis Accused of 1920 Campaign Role
Washington, Oct. 36. James B. Reynolds, head of the Republican national committee office, charged Democratic nominee John W. Davis with taking part in his party’s 1920 campaign while serving as ambassador to Great Britain. The charge responded to Democratic claims that diplomats on leave aided Republicans.
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Washington
United States
James B. Reynolds
Republican National Committee
John W. Davis
Great Britain
Borah Committee to Resume Chicago Slush Funds Probe
The Borah investigating committee prepared to resume Chicago sessions on October 30 as barbed questions threatened an open break amid tensions over alleged slush funds in presidential campaigns.
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Chicago
Borah Investigating Committee
Freshmen Ducked at Ohio University Lake Ceremony
Ohio University freshmen ignored green toque and smoking rules. ten were rounded up by the sophomore vigilance committee and dunked in Athens State hospital lake. Automobiles provided light while the ceremony unfolded. Beta Theta Pi hosted the first serenade of the year moving through dormitories.
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Athens State Hospital
Ohio University
Hoyi
Beta Theta Pi
Dawes Garners Large Ovation on Missouri Swing
General Dawes, Republican vice presidential nominee, appeals to Missouri Democrats to back the national ticket as a duty to prevent chaos from electoral deadlock. In St Louis he denounces Ta Kollette's Progressive platform and warns that third party influence threatens the nation, citing Washington and urging support for conservative governance.
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Albert F. Brenziger
N.S
General Dawes
Missouri
Charlie G. Dawes
St Joseph
Dawes
St. Louis
Robert M. Ta Kollette
Washington
Ohio Western seeks approval of large gas deal
The Ohio Western Gas Company of Lima asked the State Utilities Commission to approve a 3.5 million dollar transaction acquiring all assets and liabilities of five Lima area gas firms including Lima Natural Gas and Lima Gas Light. The plan also seeks permission to issue about 3.43 million dollars in bonds to fund the purchase.
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Columbus, O
Ohio Western Gas Company
Lima
Lima Natural Gas Company
Lima Gas Light Company
Wapakoneta Natural Gas Company
St. Marys Gas Company
Celina Gas Company
State Utilities Commission
Jury Deliberates in McDonald Murder Trial
In Ellsworth Maine on October 30 the jury began deliberating the fate of Roland McDonald seventeen who is charged with murdering his teacher Louise Gerrish nineteen. Judge Dunn told the jury the defendant would face punishment if found guilty and would not be sent to an insane asylum. The defense argued McDonald is mentally underdeveloped.
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Ellsworth
Roland McDonald
Louise Gerrish
Dunn
McDonald
Wealthy architect and widow wed after elopement
New York architect Thomas H. Seaman and Mrs. Julia Stratton Hoyt of Norwalk, widow, were wed after Seaman tried to confront his son and Hoyt's daughter Julieta about their elopement. Seaman traveled to Norwalk, met Hoyt's mother-in-law, found her charming, and married her. the couple then eloped to Baltimore.
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New York
Thomas H. Seaman
Julia Stratton Hoyt
Norwalk
Baltimore
La Follette Attacks Tax Publication Policy On Train
On Oct 30 in New England, Senator Robert M. La Follette renewed his attack on the Coolidge administration over efforts to block publication of income tax returns. He pressed Secretary Mellon and Attorney General Stone, arguing Congress intended publication in the revenue bill and recalling Mellon’s dispute with Senator Couzens over tax rates.
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LA Follette
Boston
New England
Robert M. la Follette
Coolridge
Mellon
Congress
Couzens
Michigan
Senate
Melion
Fog and smoke halt Great Lakes shipping. freighter Glenorien crew saved
Dense fog and forest fire smoke choke Lake Erie and Huron and the Detroit River halting traffic. Coast Guard at Harbor Beach reports rescue of Captain Fred Burke and twenty crew members, most from Detroit, aboard the freighter Glenor eny.
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Detroit
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Detroit River
Coast Guard
Harbor Beach
Fred Burke
Women’s Intercollegiate Tin Cup Swims At 22 Colleges
Women swimmers from 22 colleges and universities across the United States compete for the tin cup in a national intercollegiate event. Teams vie for top positions as heats unfold at multiple campuses this season.
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United States
What Happens to Athens High School Class of 1924
The Megaphone staff reveals post graduation paths for Athens high graduates. The 1924 class of sixty sent two thirds to college with forty as freshmen and thirty eight in Ohio University. Three have married, while seventeen pursue jobs in local offices and businesses.
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Athens High
Megaphone
The
Ohio University
Denison
Ohio Wesleyan
Attorney General to Bring Cases Against Newspapers
Attorney General Stone said he asked several U S attorneys to prepare charges over publishing income tax lists in violation of law. He plans to pick the first ten representative cases, with no action before the upcoming election and no district named for immediate prosecutions.
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Washington
Stone
United States
Department of Justice
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Ohio Coal Is Governor's Slogan Urges Use
Columbus, Oct. 80. Governor Donahey proclaims Ohio coal is unexcelled and urges residents to meet fuel needs with Ohio mined coal. He appeals to county commissioners boards of education mayors and officials to use Ohio coal for public purposes and to follow the state’s example. Manufacturers and public utilities are urged to join the movement.
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Columbus
Ohio
Donahey
Boards of Education
Republicans Move to Disprove Campaign Breakfast Claim
Washington October 30 the Republican national committee issued a statement aimed at refuting the Follette supporters claim that a group of actors was paid 60000 to come to Washington for breakfast with President Coolidge as a campaign stunt.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Senator Follette
Washesington
President Coolidge
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