Passive resistance in the Ruhr provokes disaster and German policy debate
An 1923 dispatch reports that Ruhr passive resistance worsens conditions, with Berlin pressuring heavy burdens on workers. Mayence, Wiesbaden, and other Rhine cities meet with industrialists and officials to discuss relief and possible Rhineland autonomy, amid calls that passive resistance weakens morale and risks a Rhineland republic.
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S Bd. Weyer
Oblenz
Germany
Ruhr
Broerk
Tirard
Rhineland
Toe International
Berlin
Mayence
Wiessen
Crefeld
Nreves
Cole
Isxa Commission
Kheinisa Represe
M. Tirard
Prance
Ireneh
Ianda
Thespaper
Hichtenblatt
Eding
Ives
Beautiful Argentine Woman Survives Five Days Buried in Japan Earthquake
Maria Luisa Del Corrill, famed as the Argentine minister’s daughter, recounts a five day entombment under debris after the Yokohama station collapse near Tokyo. She and her parents endured starvation thirst and suffocation fears while awaiting rescue aboard a relief ship in Tokyo Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osaka
Japan
Maria Luisa del Corrill
Alh
Yokohama
del Corvill
Bay of Tokio
Tragic Arc of Fatal Shock at Pelco Plant
In Dayton Ohio on September 12 George Noble 22 died instantly at the Pelco Manufacturing plant while assisting electricians near an electric furnace. Noble touched two exposed wires after being warned and collapsed, prompting witnesses to note a reckless lack of caution among workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
George Noble
Pelco Manufacturing Company
Noble
Balch Dies After B&O Train Collision at Teewartsville
Leslie Balch, 55, of Teewartsville, was killed when struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train while crossing near the end of a tie on a road project. Balch had been employed on a road contract in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tewartsville
Eslie Balch
Saenean
Cc Balch
Battle of Angel Alley Ends in Armed Truce
In the mayor and magistrate courts a chaotic clash over a fence on a porch escalates into a bloodless truce after Mrs. Minnie McCray and the Cable family clash with rivalry over property in Angel Alley. Mrs. Cable and Margaret Cable plead guilty to assault and battery. Wash Cable awaits arraignment as witnesses fill the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helwig
Angel Alley
Minnie McCray
Laura Cable
Margaret
Marie Brooks
Verdun
Magistrate’s Court
Cable
Mont Ruth
Dal Southerton
Japanese Death Toll and Reconstruction Efforts In Tokio Yokohama
Shanghai reports show 97 000 cremations in Tokio and Yokohama, with 47 200 dead in Tokyo and 60 000 in Yokohama. Over 316 000 houses destroyed. fire insurance reaches about 2 billion dollars, hampering full payment. Rehabilitation work starts as debris removal and rebuilding plans proceed with intercountry aid praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokio
Yokohama
Shanghai
United States
Kyoto
Mussolini vows Corfu stand until Greece meets Allied demands
Premier Benito Mussolini told his cabinet that Italy will not evacuate Corfu until it is formally decided that Greece has carried out the demands in the allied ambassador's note issued last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corfu
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Greece
Springfield Holds Contested Klan and Legion Convention
Springfield resumes daily routines after a hectic half week of parades and demonstrations by the Ku Klux Klan and the American Legion. General Chauncey Laker elected department commander, with William Houklee East Liverpool named junior commander and Shailee Thomas Springfield as second vice commander. John Taylor Cambridge re-elected treasurer. Zanesville chosen as site for 1924 convention by southeastern district delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ku Klux Klan
American Legion
Cos Rg
Tha Siste Arcerican le
Chauncey
Laker
Department of Oho
Gibert Bettraan
Cincinnati
E.ker
Ves Commanier
William Loulkee
East Liverpool
Sine Rasnder
Shaileee Thomas
J- 3
Goodman
Ashtabula
Johns&. Teylor
Cambridge
Zanesville
Deleestes
Tankinal
Madden ill with heart trouble risks GOP leadership
Washington reports Representative Martin B. Madden, 68, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, ill with heart trouble but improving. His absence affects a committee that handles the federal budget as veterans of the panel depart and new members must fill crucial roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Madden
Congress
Patrick Kelley
Michigan
Bascom Slemp
Virginia
President Coolidge
James W. Husted
New York
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
House
Four Men Drowned in Fog in Eastern Harbor
New York dispatch reports four men believed drowned when their rowboat was struck by a ferry between Tottenville Staten Island and Perth Amboy New Jersey in dense fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Harbor
New York
Tottenville
Staten Island
Perth Amboy
N. J
Dentist Senator to Address Convention
Senator Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota the only dentist elected to the U.S. Senate will address a general session of the American Dentists association at Public Hall on Scientific Man as a Citizen. About ten thousand dentists from the United States and Canada attend sectional conferences all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Henrik Shipstead
Minnesota
United States
Senate
American Dentists’ Association
Public Hall
Canada
France orders ships to sail for Greece for apology
Turbulent dispatch from Toulon reports the French ministry of marine plans sending Lorraine and Joan Bart with five hours to Greece to deliver a formal apology for a diplomatic incident. The move aims to repair relations after a deadly confrontation involving Albanicat and other parties.
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Toulon
France
Marine
Erasers
Lorraine
Joan Bart
Greece
Gove
Methodist ministers pick 12 delegates for 1915 General Conference
Cleveland September 12. Ohio conference selects 12 ministerial delegates to attend next year’s General Conference in Springfield Massachusetts. Vote on limiting district superintendents to six-year terms will signal conference stance. Dr Frank Wadesmith of Oberlin led devotions this morning. Stith Wilson, former Berkeley mayor, to speak at 4 pm on the coming spiritual renaissance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Methodist Episcopal
Ohio
Springfield
Mass
Frank Wadesmith
Oberlin
Stith Wilson
Berkely
Cal
Clash on Moritza River Leaves Turkish Troops Killed
Istanbul informants report Turkish forces suffered fatalities and several wounded in a clash with Greek troops along the Moritza river near Salonika. Kingdom of Greece reported tense border activity as forces engaged in combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Loir
Moritza
Salonika
Governors Conference to Address Immigration and Narcotics
The White House announced that President Coolidge will host a Washington conference of state governors soon. The gathering will cover law enforcement topics beyond prohibition, including immigration and anti narcotic regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
White House
Court lifts injunction in Valley Products case
Valley Products of West Virginia and Consolidated Fuel of Pittsburgh settled in Athens County Common Pleas Court removing the injunction that barred removal of machinery from mine leases in Athens County. Plaintiff objected to equipment removal claiming machinery secured lease royalties. defendant argued no mineable coal remained, making removal necessary.
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Locking Valley Products Company
West Virginia
Consolidated Fuel Company
Pittaburg
Athens County
Ambassadors Adjourn Without Decision on Greek Italian Tension
Paris dispatch reports the inter Allied council of ambassadors meeting at noon to discuss the Greek Italian situation but failing to reach a decision. They adjourn to reconvene later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Council of
Ambassadora
Record rifle matches at Camp Perry progress amid large entrant lists
In Camp Perry Ohio on September 12 the national rifle matches advance slowly due to record breaking shooting and unusually large entrant lists.
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Camp Perry
Largaye
Mayor Hylan Reports Comfortable Night in Saratoga
Saratoga Springs New York September 12 Mayor John F Hylan of New York City passed a very comfortable night his temperature was reported normal this morning by physicians at his hotel in Saratoga Springs He is staying there for rest and recovery after recent travels.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
John F. Hylan
New York
Catadonian separatists clash wounding twenty in Parcelonia
Twenty people were seriously wounded in Parcelonia as Catadonian separatists demonstrated before the Casa Novo monument. Police dispersed the rioters.
Five Gossards Safe After Japan Earthquake aboard Madison
Dr. J B Gossard his wife and five children escaped injury in the Japan earthquake. The Gossards were aboard the liner President Madison which reached Yokohama the day of the disaster according to a cable from Lima relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
J. B. Gossard
Gossard
Refugees recount harrowing escapes from Japan earthquake
Shanghai dispatch details desperate tales from Yokohama and Tokyo refugees. Mrs. Carroll and two children survived Temple Court collapse by sheltering in a doorway. O R Murphy, buried in debris at the Imperial, escaped unharmed. Fires and panicked crowds followed as thousands fled toward Yokohama, with bandit robberies reported along roads out of Tokyo and Yokohama.
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Japan
Lloyd Lehrbas
Shanghai
Yokohama
Tokio
F. R. Carroll
Goodrich Rubber Co
Temple Court
J. PP. D. Mollison
Mollison
Athens County Faces Rising Debt From Road and School Projects
Athens County auditors report shows total debt rising to 1,990,058.46 excluding cities as of June 30, 1923, up from 1,589,?9 last year due to road improvements and new school buildings. Township debt declined, county and village liabilities grew with city schools adding 400,071 for construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Cornwell
Athens
Nelsonville
City to Install Oil Burning Engines for Light and Water Works
Nelsonville council approves contract with Fairbanks Morse for oil burning engines and electrical and pumping gear for municipal light and water plants. Resolution 66 authorizes mayor and service director to sign and lease or pay for equipment monthly. Four months of debate end with majority yes two no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Fairbanks-Morse Company
Cotton
Stewart
Spencer
Owens
Stover
Krieg
Qluest
Council
England and Italy clash over Corfu evacuation date
London officials said Britain would not press Mussolini for a definite evacuation date of Corfu. The allied council of ambassadors faced disagreement on the Italian occupation of Greek soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Allied Council of Ambassadors
Foreign Office
England
Mussolini
Corfu
Cabinet at White House Filled as Daugherty Returns
All seats at the cabinet table were filled in the White House for the first time in weeks. President Coolidge gathered his full official family including Attorney General Daugherty returning to Washington from Columbus, Ohio.
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Washington
White House
Mr. Coolidge
Daugherty
Columbus
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Louis Auerbach
Frank Counts
Fred Counts
Samuel A. Hoskins
State Civil Service Commission
Joseph Shearer
Prohibition
D. C. Westenhuwer
Federal District Court
Benjamin A. Schwartz
Auerbach
Schwartz
Selker
William R Day
Auerbach Brothers
Samuel Rembrandt
Abe Limbert
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Apnegunengene
Lakehurst
Martin Madden
Oho
Methodists
Clevelar
Pase
O. R. Murphy
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