Campaign for Equal Rights Now Launched in Colorado
Colorado Springs opened to host feminist campaign activities after a Sunday pageant celebrating the 75th anniversary of the first rights convention. National council members led by Mrs. O H Belmont met to push an equal rights amendment and secure congressional pledges for next December action. Over 30 000 spectators witnessed the Garden of the Gods pageant depicting early women’s life with figures portraying Susan B Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mott and other pioneers.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Ion of the Gods
O. H. P Belmont
National
Woman's
United States
National Council
America
Ual
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucretia Mott
Coal prices show 34 percent drop in past year
Washington reports U S Department of Labor wholesale coal quotations averaged across the nation show a 34 percent decline in the last 12 months. August prices stood 78 percent above 1913, and 171 percent above prewar levels in 1922, indicating a reduction of just over one third from that base.
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Washington
United States
United States Department of Labor
Department
Man Slaying Near Rossi Home Stuns Steubenville
Police in Steubenville Ohio report an oral confession from Louis Rossi after they found the mutilated nude body of Nick Ferrio aged 34 near Rossi’s residence. Rossi was arrested and admitted to killing Ferrio in a dispute over a prior slur.
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Steubenville
Louis Rossi
Nick Ferrio
Rossi
Ferrio
Reds Willing to Pay American Debt
Senator Burton Wheeler reporting from Moscow says the Soviet government will liquidate the Russian debt to the United States amounting to 285 million dollars. Wheeler relayed assurances from Russian government officials to President Coolidge.
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Washington
United States
Coolidge
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Russia
Wheeler
Moscow
Rioting in Dresden Overtakes Berlin Police Efforts
Police and rioters clashed in Dresden with violence spreading as mounted officers were overpowered while trying to restore order. Casualty reports confirm one killed and many wounded amid the unrest.
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Berlin
Dresden
Earthquake Shakes Kerman Persia Cause Noted Damage
A severe earthquake struck Kerman Persia reported from Simla on September 24. Five shocks were recorded and caused heavy property damage but no loss of life.
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Persia
Simla
Kerman
Appropriation to catch bootleggers set at ten cents per boot
The plan to curb bootlegging proposes a reward of about ten cents for each bootlegger caught. Authorities aim to fund enforcement through this per offender bounty to deter illegal whiskey trade.
Balloon tragedy halts James Gordon Bennett cup race near Nisbrode
The US Army balloon S-6 struck by lightning near Nisbrode Holland killed pilot Lieut Olmstead of Boston and assistant Lieut Shoptow of Kansas. Five men dead and one seriously wounded among the Americans after a violent storm. Other entries landed safely near Cutten while Ralph Honeywell’s balloon did not start.
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Brussels
United States Army
Nisbrode
Holland
Lieut
Olmstead
Boston
Shoptow
I Kansas
Cutten
Lieut. Lawrence
Ralph Honeywell
Belgian Aero Club
Nislerode
Former Spanish Foreign Minister Alba Sees Madrid Regime Temporary
In Brussels on Sept 24 former Spanish foreign minister Alba says he expects to return to his post as Madrid’s government is a temporary phase. He criticizes the Morocco Gibraltar exchange plan as a Primo Rivera policy and recalls a Brussels interview with the American ambassador.
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Brussels
Alba
Spain
Madrid
Senor Alba
England
Gibraltar
Primo Rivera
Alexander P. Moore
America
Oklahoma Impeachment Move Amid Intimidation Report
Oklahoma legislators face intimidation as 25 or more assailants including paroled convicts are said to threaten members planning to convene to impeach Governor Walton. McBee asserts 73 House members will assemble to hear impeachment and public access will be allowed. The military court met in a downtown hotel with charges against four others tied to a cross whipping case.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Secret Service
J. GC
Crow Jack Walton
Legisalors
W. Mebee
Walton
Mcbee
House
Senate
Oklahoma
Ku Klux Klan
N. C. Jewett
Grand Dragon
Oklahoma Klan
Jewett
E. R. Merriman
United States
J. H. Smitherman
Tulsa
Bonus Backers Forecast Large Government Surplus
Washington officials estimate a fiscal year surplus of 400 million dollars propelled by rising revenue and economy measures. Tax reduction plans are under study with a December a Treasury report due, as lawmakers press for cuts to moderate incomes while debating surtax reductions for high earners. Analysts also project spending can be trimmed to about 2.5 billion within a year from the current 3 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Treasury Department
Mellon
Illness of Sheriff May Halt Liquor Conspiracy Probes
Wheeling West Virginia September 24 As opening of the United States court approached to consider wet conspiracy indictments against 87 defendants from four states rumors spread that proceedings might be interrupted by Sheriff Harry T Clouse illness His temperature reached 102 and bronchitis afflicted him according to his doctor at midnight.
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Wheeling
W. Va
United States Court
Harry T. Clouse
Destruction of Polar Balloon in Heyst Flames
In Brussels on September 24 the Spanish balloon Polar after a lightning flash at 1200 meters fell from the sky. The pilot dumped ballast to rise but the craft burst into flames and crashed to earth, becoming a twisted burning mass as bystanders rushed to the scene and overturned the charred basket.
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Brussels
Heyst
Swiss Balloons Suffer Fatal Crashes In Aerial Race
Reported in Beverlee and Heyst Geer two Swiss lieutenants Von Croningen and Wheren died when the Geneva balloon was struck by lightning and fell. Pilot Lieut Penaranda of Spain was killed and assistant Lieut Gomez injured when another Spanish balloon crashed. Seventeen balloons started, including two Americans, as Lieut Olmstead predicted US victory.
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Olmstead
Shoptow
Geneva
Beverlee
von Croningen
Wheren
Heyst-Geer
Lieut
Penaranda
Hissistant
Plan Winter Poultry Show
At a special meeting of the south eastern Ohio Poultry Association plans were perfected for the annual winter show. Officers include Prof. I. E. Ash president H. O. Atkins secretary and Dr. John Sprague Thor Olson H. L. McDonald and C. E. Nichols directors. The Armory show runs December 27 to January 8 with prizes nearly doubled and an estimated 1000 to 1560 birds on display.
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Southeastern Ohio Poultry Association
John Sprague
I. E. Ash
H. O. Atkins
Thor Olson
H. L. McDonald
C. E. Nichols
Armory
Leaps to death after car crash near Covington
A Cincinnati chauffeur Albert Evans drowned after leaping from a car that crashed into a bridge abutment near Covington Kentucky. Mrs John Morgan of Newport Kentucky escaped drowning by leaping into a creek and was rescued by her husband who later recovered Evans body from the creek.
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Covington
Albert Evans
Cincinnati
John Morgan
Newport
Roamers To Take Jail Care Says Sheriff McKinley
Sheriff McKinley warns that roamers will be jailed for evading capture after being tipped off near Sugar Creek and other areas. He says the habit of fleeing to avoid arrest will not be tolerated and that suspects who come to Athens to surrender will be handled decisively.
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McKinley
Sugar Creek
Athens
Ford Replies to Muscle Shoals Offer for Coolidge
Secretary Weeks has received Henry Ford's reply to President Coolidge's request for a revised offer on the nitrate properties and waterpower project at Muscle Shoals Alabama. Weeks met the president at the White House to decide policy on disposition of the Muscle Shoals property but would not discuss the Ford reply.
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Washington
Weeks
Henry Ford
Coolidge
Detroit
Muscle Shoals
Ala
War Department
White House
Ford
Capt Tom Jones Named Legion Delegate for National Convention
Capt Tom W Jones of Middleport was chosen as Ohio's representative to the American Legion national convention in San Francisco. The trip spans 17 days with en route dinners and entertainment, honoring his World War Spanish American War service and two overseas years.
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Tom W. Jones
Middleport
The
American Legion
Springfield
Ohio
San Francisco
California
Jones
Spain
Moonshine Distillery Uncovered in Cincinnati
police uncovered one of the citys largest distilleries guiding solely by the odor of moonshine. They confiscated two stills a large quantity of moonshine material. An arrested 41 year old man said he worked for another man and earned seven dollars weekly plus a commission on all sales. Police estimated the setup cost fifty thousand dollars and could produce over 2000 gallons of liquor weekly.
Assigned Car Report Urged for Enforced Use by Foster
Congressman J M Foster of Ohio raised the interstate commerce commission's majority report with President to curb coal car assignments. The plan aims to stop abuses and ensure fair distribution, reducing mines where some operate three times others.
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Foster
Washington, T. C
J. M. Foster
Ohio
White House
Taxes Grow Washington Sept 24 Yearly Revenue Figures
The article estimates individual income tax at about 700 million dollars and corporation taxes near 600 million, roughly double last year. It notes back taxes from Internal Revenue Service cleanups could reach 300 million with miscellaneous revenue expected to exceed 1 billion.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Riots and Deaths Reported Across Germany
Riots and violent deaths were reported from multiple regions. Five killed and eleven wounded in clashes between police and communists near Wiedritsch. Six workers and two policemen seriously wounded at Gleiwitz. At Lorrach unemployed men overpowered police, locking them in the town hall until reinforcements freed them.
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Berlin
Germany
Wiedritsch
Gleiwitz
Lorrach
Local quarrel spurs multiple charges in county
John Bradley of Sugar Creek faced arraignment after a charge of intoxication filed by his wife. He pleaded not guilty and was released on his own recognizance with trial set for Friday night. Elizabeth Whaley of Glouster responded to an assault charge from daughter in law Grace Whaley after a September 21 family clash. Elizabeth waived a plea and was bound over to common pleas court.
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John Bradley
Sugar Creek
Helwig
Elizbeth Whaley
Glouster
Martinez
Grace Whaley
Angel Alley
Whaley
Elizabeth Whaley
Common Pleas Court
Riot in Treves as Rhineland separatists clash with foes
Thirty persons were hospitalized after a violent battle in Treves between Rhineland separatists and political opponents. The attackers used sticks umbrellas canes stones and lead pipes, while the fight left many injured. The report notes a unusually mild winter with few deaths so far.
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Berlin
Treves
Rhineland
Ambassadors to review Tellini inquiry at council meet
Paris reports the inter allied council of ambassadors will convene to study the mixed inquiry commission's majority finding on the Tellini murder in Greece. The majority absolves Greece of blame and dismisses Italy's indemnity claim while Italy endorses a minority report accusing Greece.
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Paris
Inter-Allied Council of Ambassadors
Janina
Tellini
Foreign Office
Greece
Italy
Ohio conference to announce new pastor appointments
In Columbus the annual Ohio conference of the M E church closes as it names pastors for new positions and selects the site of the next meeting. Bishop William F. Oldham urged greater American leadership in world affairs and the uplift of mankind through evangelism, wealth, and intellect.
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Columbus
Ohio
M. FE. Church
William F. Oldham
Military Intelligence topic anchors Ohio Reserve Officers meet
Columbus hosts the second annual convention of the Reserve Officers Association of Ohio on September 28 and 29 with Colonel W. K. Naylor of the War Department in Washington delivering a lecture on Military Intelligence.
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Columbus
W. K. Naylor
War Department
Washington
Reserve Officers’ Association of Ohio
Bulgarian crisis deepens as justice minister resigns
Belgrade reports a Bulgarian government ministerial crisis with Justice Minister Smiloff’s resignation. Jugoslavia deploys two divisions on the southern frontier to deter Macedonian raids as Bulgaria mobilizes reserves. Isolated disturbances noted. border troops to stay until calm returns.
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Belgrade
Bulgaria
Smiloff
Jugoslavia
Velgrade
Girls Fill High School Jobs At Glass Factory
In Martin's Ferry Ohio a local glass plant replaces summer male workers with a crew of girls. The boys had done carrying in and carrying over tasks, and with school resumption the company used classified ads to hire female workers for the positions.
President Coolidge Addresses Red Cross Convention
President Coolidge told the American Red Cross convention that real progress depends on moral force over armed might. He framed the Red Cross as a spiritual beacon guiding human relations beyond armies and navies, urging reliance on unseen values.
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N. S
Washington
Kent Coolidge
American Red Cross
Constinental Memorial Hall
Newlywed Fires at Serenaders in Ohio and Virginia
William Carey a 50 year old pottery salesman married five weeks ago is jailed in East Liverpool Ohio after allegedly firing at serenaders in Newell Virginia near here. The shot wounded 12 year old Russell Manson in the lower body. Carey fled to East Liverpool and was captured as a mob surrounded his home.
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East Liverpool
William Carey
New Cagile Beriand
W. Va
Newell
Russell Manson
Carey
East Livéke Pool
Ohio lawmakers to gather for Cincinnati legislative reunion
More than 250 members of the Ohio general assembly and state officials arrive in Cincinnati for a legislative reunion. A varied program includes sightseeing trips. The party departs by train Wednesday for Chattanooga Tennessee and spends Thursday in the nearby mountains.
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Cincinnati
Ohio General Assembly
Chattan
Tenn
Weather outlook for end of September 1923
Washington weather forecast notes unsettled conditions and showers midweek for the period ending September 29 1923. Temperatures expected to run near normal with middleweek rain. Office forecasts indicate changes in the pattern and possible showers in Tennessee and Georgia regions.
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Washington, D. C
Sepe
Chfteley
Tennessee
Photographer Suffers Amputation After Powder Explosion
In Bellaire Ohio a powder can exploded while James Bresnaham 28 a Pittsburgh photographer and his brother Leo Bresnaham were photographing a garage crew causing James to lose a limb and Leo to be wounded while both men received medical care.
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Bellaire
James Bresnaham
Pittsbugg
Leo
Reds Beaten in Balkan Revolt Amid Fighting Near Sofia
Reported clashes between communists and government forces southeast of Sofia as authorities claim to have crushed the revolt. Rebels flee to the hills. numerous arrests noted. A communist raid killed Guicheff, a young architect and brother of the minister’s wife.
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Sofia
Guicheff
Byjan
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