Crazed Father Kills Wife in Locked Cincinnati Bedroom
Luther F. Violett shoots Bertha Violett in a Westwood home after a delusion of illness and infidelity. He dies from a self-inflicted wound as two of their children, Dorothy and Burton, watch from a bed beside the locked room. Police report barricaded doors and recent purchase of two revolvers.
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Cincinnati
Bertha Violett
Luther F. Violett
Westwood
Violett
City Hospital
Dorothy
Burton
Paris
Mama
Daddy
Ohio moves to seize mines in coal price plan
Ohio lawmakers prepare emergency legislation to ensure adequate coal supply and fair prices. Attorney General Price drafted a bill at Governor Davis's request to possibly seize and operate mines as a last resort, seen as a threat to compel production amid industry opposition.
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Columbus
Ohio
John G. Price
Harry L. Davis
Ims
Fraud Alleged by Candles in Tax Issue
A. P. Sandles of the Uniform Tax League claims new evidence shows petition signatures for the proposed tax classification and debt limit amendment were obtained under false pretenses. He cites cases where signers were told the amendments would restore beer and wine, raise wages, or decrease taxes, with further protests planned.
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Columbus
A. P. Sandles
Uniform Tax League
League
Smith
Sandles
Plan in Coal Crisis tweet Plan in Coal Crisis
Senator Sutherland of West Virginia charged in the Senate that the administration bill to arm the interstate commerce commission with blanket power to distribute coal and curb profiteering amounts to camouflaged price fixing legislation.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sutherland
West Virginia
Senate
Teachers to Meet in Athens High School Rooms
Athens teachers from both grade and high schools will gather Saturday afternoon at 1 oclock in the high school rooms. All teachers are expected to attend as the program for the coming year will be discussed and set.
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Athens
Rail Injunction To Be Modified New Peace Moves Rumored
Police in Brooklyn arrested two women and two men as a broad probe into poisonous gin and whiskey sales continued. The raid targeted multiple Brooklyn locations as five men and two women died and another man was blinded in the tainted liquor case.
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New York
Brooklyn
Arrests in Dual Raids Highlight Speech Rights Ruling
In a Kings County case, Mrs. Irmelinda Vitala a grocery proprietress her clerk Michael Cafiero and Ciro Laura were arrested. In a second raid led by District Attorney Ruston Mrs Adeline Beale was arrested.
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Irmelinda Vitala
Michael Cafiero
Ciro Laura
Ruston
Kings County
Adeline Beale
Fortunes of Texas Oil Magnate Waggoner Ties News Value
New York reports Guy Waggoner and Anne Burnett, Texas oil fortunes totaling about 150 million, wed in New York on Labor Day. They plan a six month Europe honeymoon sailing Sept 16. Waggoner, 38, once a Texas cowboy, and Burnett heiress from Fort Worth ranch wealth control vast oil interests and rail lines.
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New York
Guy Leslie Waggoner
Fort Worth
Texas
Europe
England
Italy
France
Germany
Guy Wageoner
Anne Burnett
Millionaire Ranchers
Mr. Burnett
Anne
Food costs still falling across major cities
Labor department reports a decline in food costs for the period July 15 to April 15 with mixed regional drops from five percent in Milwaukee and Springfield to one percent in Richmond and Dallas. Compared with 1913 levels, August 15 costs show broad regional increases, notably 51 percent in Richmond and 47 percent in Washington. France may restore rights to the Turkish empire amid revision talks on the Sevres treaty.
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Washington
Labor Department
Milwaukee
Springfield
Ills
Richmond
Portland
Los Angeles
Dallas
Indianapolis
Peoria
St. Louis
St. Paul
France
Paris
Sevres
Tiny Victim Buried After Auto Accident at The Plains
Eldon Evans four year old son of Oscar Evans of The Plains died in Russelltown Pennsylvania when struck by a car last Saturday evening around 6 30. The funeral was held Tuesday in this town. He had run across the road to fetch ice and was struck as he returned to the roadside by a Massillon Ohio owned machine.
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the Plains
Eldon Evans
Oscar Evans
Russelltown
Massillon
T. C. Tuttle
Cincinnati
O. Tuttle
City Coal Bins To Open For Winter Fuel Needs
Columbus officials plan municipal coal bins to open October 15 to supply residents during a predicted winter coal famine. Each family may buy up to five tons. a $10,000 appropriation funds purchases.
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Columbus
Drunken Driver Held After Fatal Motor Crash
Newark Colorado report: Mrs. James Catton 69 dies from injuries after a car collision with a car driven by J F Lake Granville arrested for operating while intoxicated and held without bond. Passengers include husband and son in vehicle from Jeanette Pennsylvania.
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Newark, CO
James Catton
J. W. Gault
Jeanette
J. F. Lake
Granville
Lake
Lenine’s Health Improves. Plans Return in November
Berlin Sept 6 Russian sources report Nicolai Lenine head of the Moscow government is improving steadily and will resume official duties on November first.
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Berlin
Nicolai Lenine
Moscow
Morel kids in school on opening day
Columbus reports 32 470 children registered in local schools on opening day an increase of 1 053 from last year reflecting strong enrollment and renewed district effort.
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MOREL
Columbus
Prank Ends in Shooting by Police Near Xenia
In Dayton on September 6 a deadly shooting near Xenia involved Green County Sheriff Lincoln Funderburg and three deputies after a prank by two Nichols brothers and other youths. One teen died, another was seriously wounded, two more injured. officials offered no warning and tensions rose as a Kentucky family pledged retaliation if charges were not filed.
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Dayton
Xenia
Lincoln Funderburg
Green County
Wilmington Pike
Volney Nichols
Dersey Nichols
Warren Littleton
Clarence Keller
Logan Nichols
Kentucky
Officers Shot in Toledo Gun Battle with Bandits
Detective Martin was killed and Patrolman Bach wounded in the leg during a gun battle with three automobile bandits who were to be arrested. All suspects escaped. The shooting machine bore an Indiana license tag.
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Toledo
Martin
Bach
Indiana
Fire near Bellevue Hospital prompts emergency at New York site
Early today a four story loft building fire near Bellevue Hospital, New York, caused $100000 damage and drew almost 300 medical staff to duty. Fire Chief Kenton led efforts as smoke entered the hospital, with two firemen overcome while patients including children and convalescents watched from beds and windows.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Kenton
Germany
Peace moves eyed to end nine week railway strike
Washington reports say B M Jewell Daniel Willard and T De Witt Cuyler seek a new round of talks to restart adjustment machinery as the Daugherty injunction is debated. Government officials deny directing the maneuver while Harding and Daugherty favor limiting enforcement to curb violence. Disorder has declined with fewer deputy appeals since last Friday.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
Daugherty
B. M. Jewell
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & O.io
T. de Witt Cuyler
Association of
Railway Executives
New York
Dougherty
Wilkerson
Chicago
Harding
Final Passages to Buried Miners Blocked in Sacramento Area
Jackson California September 6 hope of rescuing 47 fire trapped miners in the Argo mine faded as rescuers pierced a wall at the Kennedy mine and found muck and broken timbers blocking the drift toward the Argo. The obstruction could delay rescue for two to three days before reaching the final 75 foot barrier separating the two mines.
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Jackson
Cal
Kennedy Mine
Kennedy
Vardaman Confident of Victory in Last Count
In Jackson Mississippi Hubert Stephens led former Senator James K Vardaman early in a run off primary. Vardaman's supporters doubted the early returns as many rural districts had not reported. At that hour Stephens led by about 1090 votes.
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Vardaman
Jackson
Miss
Hubert Stephens
United States
James K. Vardaman
Stephens
Rank and strife cloud Pepper Reed plan in miners revolt
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania insurgency and disappointment unite against accepting the Pepper Reed plan to end a five month strike. International President John L Lewis and district leaders Golden Brennan Kennedy face a pivotal convention opening today amid a fierce internal clash.
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Wilkesbarre
International
John L. Lewis
Chris Golden
W. J. Brennan
Thomas Kennedy
Walking Cases to Be Sent Home for Convalescence
Director Forbes of the veterans bureau ordered 4000 disabled service men now under treatment in hospitals and listed as walking cases be allowed to convalesce at home. The measure will free hospital facilities for additional patients awaiting treatment.
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Washington
Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Uncle Sam Plans New Veterans Hospital
The government will erect a new 1 500 000 hospital at Goshen Virginia or Penn Springs West Virginia for disabled ex servicemen of Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia Director Forbes of the veterans bureau announced today.
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Washington
Goshen
Penn Springs
W. Va
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Firestone son fined for reckless driving in Akron
Russell Firestone, 20, son of H S Firestone, president of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., was fined $10 and costs after running down and injuring an elderly watchman at a railroad crossing. He received a private hearing before Judge March during police court recess.
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Akron
Russell Firestone
Firestone
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Young Firestone
March
Super Hero of War Works to Pay Off a Debt
Sergeant Samuel Woodfill of Fort Thomas Kentucky, hailed by General Pershing as the war’s super hero, spends his three months leave in overalls to earn money for a mortgage. His sergeant’s pay cannot meet payments on their home, so he works as a carpenter on a government dam at Silver Grove Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
Pershing
Samuel Woodfill
Fort Thomas
Superintendent Dismissed at Lancaster Boys Industrial School
Captain R Hastings is dismissed as superintendent of the Lancaster boys industrial school effective September 11. T C Jenkins of Mansfield reform school named temporary head by Director MacAyeal after investigations found inadequate administration and abusive punishment. Ohio Institute of Public Efficiency report described treatment of boys as inhumane and barbarous.
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Columbus
R. Hastings
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Public Welfare
MacAyeal Columbus
T. C Jenkins
Mansfield Reformatory
MacAyeal
Hastings
Trastines
State Reform School
Ohio Institute of Public Efficiency
R. C. Miles
State Department
Many Slain in Last Fighting with Rebel
Dublin reports heavy casualties as irregulars clash with free state forces. An attack at Waterford kills a woman and wounds another while adversaries attempt an ambush at Mitchels Town is thwarted. Adjutant Shinwick of the irregulars is dead and twelve Irregular soldiers are captured. Additional clashes in Cork Leitrim Monegham end with deaths wounds and captures. Free state raids seize propaganda materials including a printing press gelignite and shells.
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Dublin
Waterford
Mitchels Town
Free State
Shinwick
Cork
Leitrim
Monegham
Donegal
Turks Start Massacres as Christians Flee Anatolia
London reports say the Turkish nationalist advance in Anatolia has sparked massacres of Christians as Greek forces retreat. Smyrna sits within 75 miles, Brousa has fallen, and Allied powers prepare to intervene with ships or troops to prevent Turkish entry.
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London
Anatolia
Athens
Smyrna
Brousa
Constantinople
Eskisheher
Royal Palm Limited Wreck Near Jacksonville Suspected Sabotage
The Southern Railway reports the Royal Palm Limited derailed seven miles from Jacksonville when a switch was forced open after a lock tampered with. Five Pullman and five days coaches plus the engine left the rails. no injuries reported. Passengers were moved to Southern’s No. 10 and the wreck is believed to be deliberate sabotage.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Royal Palm Limited
Jacksonville
Fla
Royal Palm
Southern
At- Inta
Jessup
Georgia
Chicago
Southern Railw
Steamer Coltraps Fire Kills One in Pensacola Port
A fire aboard the American steamer Coltraps in Pensacola harbor killed one man and left another believed dying. Fire crews fought the blaze as the vessel burned in port, with authorities investigating the cause.
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Port Pensacola
Fla
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Big Hospital
Yosemite National Park
Uncle Sam
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Christian Church
Department of Agriculture
Pilainly
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
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