Americans Rush Aid as Japan Disaster Mobilizes Relief
Washington reports a vast relief effort for Japan with 50 American naval and merchant vessels en route or loading supplies of food medicine and clothing. The Red Cross launches a nationwide drive authorized to accept money and goods with an initial 110000 from reserve funds and more expected as needs are assessed.
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Shipping Board
Philippines
Meigs
Merritt
America
United States
Red Cross
Japan
American Red Cross
Mussolini Defies League Over Italy's National Honor
Rome dispatch reports Premier Mussolini asserting the League of Nations has no competence to meddle in Italy's affairs and hints at withdrawal. Public opinion backs him as censorship hides naval and military moves. Venice notes the Greek yacht Aclio fled after an attack. claims cite Greek and Armenian casualties at Corfu and Italian blamelessness per a British vice consul report.
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Italy
League OF Nations
Guglielmo Emanuel
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Venice
Aclio
Leros
Corfu
Pomroy Bend Auto Crash Begins Labor Day Night Tragedy
Pom eroy Bend records another weekly violent death as a car wreck on Carr's Run near Dark Hollow hill ends in Mrs. Virgie Alms 35 dead and Ada Marie Mace 15 injured. H H Byers 49 severely hurt as Jesse Munsey and others rush to Pomeroy for aid. All involved had come from West Virginia amid labor strife.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Virgie Alms
Ewing
H. H. Byers
Ada Marie Mace
Alms
Worker Denies Insurance Then Demands Reimbursement
A tall imported worker at a Steubenville mill told his boss he did not want any insurance. After payday he learned $2.75 was deducted for an insurance policy. He went to police with Sergeant Reidy and vowed to reclaim the money, threatening violence if not returned.
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Steubenville
Thomas’ Reidy
Earthquake Disaster Strikes Japan as Cities Wrecked
News reports from Tomioka and Tokyo describe massive casualties and destruction after a powerful earthquake, with half a million dead or missing and Yokohama and Tokyo engulfed in fires. Relief work begins on a large scale as refugees crowd relief stations. martial law and military control tighten amid riots for food. Many towns are reported wiped out including Kamakura and Odawara.
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Tomioka
Japan
Radio Corporation of America
San Francisco
Tokio
al One
Yokohama
Yohio
Imperial Palace
Imperial Guard
University Hospital
Ryoguku
Azuma
Mumayasa
Disaster Strikes Japan City as Wires Fail and Fire Rages
Unconfirmed reports describe Tokio and Yokohama devastation with Bank of Japan buildings destroyed, massive fires, and thousands in fear as authorities bar entry. Radio links rely on liner Korea Maru while US Asiatic fleet sails to deliver aid including food and medical supplies to millions in need.
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Osaka
Japan
Tokio
Yokohama
Bank of Japan
Martini Tw Tn
Mai
Toyo Kinen Kaisha
Fujiyama
Tokorozawe
Borie
Steward
Barker
Whipple
Tracy
John D. Edwards
Smith
Thompson
Nagasaki
United States to Raise 60000 for Red Cross in Japan
At the White House a conference with President Coolidge and Secretary Hoover discussed a nation wide appeal to raise sixty thousand dollars for American Red Cross relief in Japan. The fund will be gathered nationwide with the president overseeing steps to ensure the drive succeeds.
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Washington
Red Coss
Japan
White House
Coolidge
Hoover
Treasury
Consulates Reported Destroyed in Yokohama
An unconfirmed report from London September 4 claims British and American consulates at Yokohama were destroyed. No details on the consuls' fate were given and a Dutch foreign office dispatch from Kobe did not mention any destruction.
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London
Yokohama
Foreign Office de‘D'tch
Kobe
New York Bonds Open Mixed as Japanese Government Debt Slides
On September 4 in New York bonds of Japan slipped at the open as five per cent government issues fell about three and a half points to 90. The market for Japanese securities showed light activity with significant downward movement at the start of trading.
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York
Japan
Ned
New Stock Exchange
Escape from Meigs jail by Ed Motley and Frank Ray
Ed Motley and Frank Ray escaped Meigs county jail early Tuesday. They tunneled through a wall using a window weight and fled. Motley faced charges of stealing bonds from Prosecutor Davis while Ray had recently been brought back from South Bend Indiana to answer auto theft charges. The escape went undiscovered until daylight by Sheriff Reeves.
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Meigs County
Ed Motley
Davis
Frank Ray
South Bend
Ind
Reeves
Mechem & Sons Buy Athens Murphy Shoe Store
Nelsonville firm A. G. Mechem & Sons acquires Murphy Bros shoe store on South Court in Athens. Roy Hawa of Nelsonville and George Farhar of Athens will manage the Athens shop under the Mechem banner. Murphys have run Morenes lives score for many years. future business not announced.
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Nelsonville
Athens
A. G. Mechem
Driver leaps to safety in hill crash near Courtney Hill
Haan Hale of Urbana escaped injury when a Nash touring car skidded on cement along Courtney Hill Monday. Hale leaped to safety as the car careened over a steep embankment and into a tree, smashing the front of the vehicle at the local Nash agency. No other occupants were present.
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B. H. Hale
Urbana
Courtney Hill
Nash
Ride on Bike Fatality Claims Youth Near Guysville
George Bartlett aged 20 son of Mr and Mrs John Bartlett living on John Butts farm near Guysville was killed in an accident while riding an experimental bicycle with no brakes. He lost control while descending toward the mill and collided with Henry Reed’s automobile, being thrown through the windshield and dying of internal injuries two hours later.
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Guysville
George Bartlett
John Bartlett
John Butts
Bartlett
Henry Reed
Darniett
Rural Ohio schools reopen for winter session blues
Hundreds of Athens county students face the first day back as rural schools resume the long winter term. The poemish blues lament the end of summer days and outdoor swimming while classes begin with math, reading, spelling replacing play and sport.
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Athens County
Canaanville Food Club Team Shines at Ohio State Fair
Athens County and Canaanville residents take pride as Busy Bee Food Club, led by Mrs. A. P. Linsecott, earns fourth in 55 entries at the Ohio State Fair. The team scored 92 in muffins and graham bread, with eight members traveling to Columbus to watch. Clover Leaf clothing club also competed, led by Mrs. Charles Mansfield, but final ranking not yet announced.
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Athens County
Canaanville
Busy Bee Food Club
R. M. Pavey
Columbus
Busy Bee Club
Clover Leaf Clothing Club
Charles Mansfield
Denounces Taft Tax Law Change at Wooster Kiwanis
Former Congressman Charles L. Knight Akron charges the Taft act will shift Ohio taxes to real estate while untaxing intangible wealth. He spoke at a Wooster Kiwanis luncheon on September 4 stating Ohio has the worst taxation laws in the United States and the act would perpetuate them.
District 17 UMW Opens Special Convention in Charleston
A special convention of District 17 United Mine Workers opened in Charleston with about 204 delegates from all sections in attendance.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Massive Pacific tsunami hits Japanese coast reports flood
Enormous waves sweep Resorts and Islands of Enoshima and nearby areas with Ronin Oshima reportedly vanished. Kamonayama Nogeyama Iseyama mountains crumble as Yokohama and Osaka brace for disaster. Trans Pacific Liners President Jefferson and Canadian Pacific ship remain unaccounted. Korea Maru reported safe in Yokohama with refugees aboard. US Asiatic Fleet under Rear Admiral Anderson assists Japan. US air vessels offered for relief and police duties. Empire capital moved from Tokyo to Osaka.
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Trans-Pacific
Jefferson
United States Shipping Board
Theimpress
Australia
Canadian Pacific Line
Yokohama
Asiatic Fleet
A. FE. Anderson
Japan
Far East
United States
Empire
Tokio
Osaka
City of Yokohama Left With Two Recognizable Buildings
In Yokohama only two buildings remain recognizable the Mitsui Bussankaishal and the Yokohama Specie bank. The relief bureau reports 469000 houses destroyed and casualties in Yokohama likely to exceed 136000. Empire wide deaths may approach half a million with Tokyo damage pegged at about 590906600 men.
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Yokohama
Mitsui Bussankaishal
Yokohama Specie Bank
Bureau of Relief
Tokio
Adrift in Lake Erie In Canoe Without Oars
Coast guards searched Lake Erie for William Taylor after campers near Cleveland reported a canoe adrift with no paddle. The unidentified passenger was seen drifting along the eastern lakeshore prompting the rescue effort.
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Lake Erie
Cleveland
United States Coast Guards
William Taylor
Fearful Balkan Tensions Rise Over Italian Greek Struggle
Athens reports Italian landings and fortifications at Corfu as tensions soar between Italy and Greece. Corfu proclaims a state of siege while Admiral Bellini demands surrender of arms within 24 hours. Jugo-Slav fears Italian moves threaten Adriatic access. Entente mulls united action if Greece is forced to yield costs and indemnities.
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London
Athens
Santa Quaranta
Corfu
Tellini
Allied Boundary Commission
Bellini
Entente
Greece
Mussolini
Cyprus Island Shaken by Trio of Violent Earthquakes
Athens report states Limazos on Cyprus was hit by three violent earthquakes today causing tremors across the island in the Mediterranean. Local observers report noticeable shaking and fear of aftershocks, with no immediate reports of casualties.
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Athens
Limazos
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Devastating Tokyo Fire Burns City to Ruins After Earthquake
Shanghai dispatch reports Tokyo’s great fire has burned out after raging since Saturday. Not a single structure remains as the disaster leaves a heap of smouldering ruins. Wireless messages confirm the total destruction and extensive loss.
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Shanghat
Tokio
Japan
Shanghai
American diplomats unharmed as Tokyo quake destroys embassy
An official dispatch from Iwaki reports Ambassador Cyrus E. Weods and all staff uninjured after the Tokyo earthquake though the U.S. embassy was totally destroyed. John K. Davis in Shanghai says Consul Max D. Kirjassoff and his wife were killed. first American casualty officially reported.
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Washington
Cyrus E. Weods
Tokio
United States
Iwaki
John K. Davis
Shanghai
Max D. Kirjassoff
Yokohama
State Department
Weather outlook for September 4 1923 period
Unsettled start with showers at the outset over Washington region and Ohio Valley and Tennessee. Then generally fair weather with normal temperatures prevailing.
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Washington, D. C
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Woman Dies in Cincinnati From Wound Tetanus After Tack Injury
Mrs Georgy Girty of Se nate Kentucky died in Cincinnati after tetanus developed from a wound when she stepped on a tack a week earlier. The tack was rusty and caused infection leading to death.
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Cincinnati
Georgy Girty
Senate
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