Condemnation Ordered for Clifford Street Theater Building
City officials vote to condemn E. T. Oliver's three story Clifford Street structure as a public meeting place. A fire escape installation and safety upgrades are required before it can be used for dwelling purposes. Architects and inspectors cite weak framing and insufficient bracing as reasons for the ruling following a lengthy review.
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E.T. Oliver
Clifford
Oliver
Eday
Richey
Yester
K. T. Oliver
Ford Street
Oc 4
Bailey
Martin J. Garry
Garry & Sheffey
Edward Ritz
Rvutherford
Harris
Dillon
Clifford Street
E. T. Oliver
Dlifie
Iit
Ube
Girl Wife is Shot as Officers Seek Husband in West Virginia
Sistersville West Virginia December 27 Mrs Leon Smith fifteen year old wife of Elvin Smith was shot and seriously wounded at her father Sam Galloways Wick home late Monday Deputy sheriffs with warrants for Elvin Smiths arrest left for Wick. The information says Smith fired three shots one at his mother in law another at a visitor named Peters and the third at his wife the bullet struck her breast just above the heart Squire George Robinson who investigated the case said there was no motive found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sistersville
W. Va
Leon Smith
Elvin Smith
Sam Galloway
Wick
Smith
Peters
Squire George Robinson
Senators accuse rail interests of secret rate pact
Washington charges by Senator Lafollette claim a December 9 secret meeting in Washington saw railroad coal steel and lumber leaders press farmers to halt efforts to repeal the guaranty section of the transportation act and to keep state control of intra state rates The report lists attendees from railroads steel and lumber firms and farm groups and warns of a plan to perpetuate current transportation provisions next March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
J. R. Howard
W. W. Atterbury
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific
W. J. Hanrahan
Chesapeake and Ohio
W. B. Storey
Atchison
R. S. Binkert
Association of Railway Executives
Iron and Steel Industries
J. A. Campbell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Youngstown
C. B. Bement
Lansing
Mich
Novo-Engine Co
A. B. Johnson
Railway Business Association
Philadelphia
Frank W. Noxon
Lammber
Charles Hill
Southern Pine and Sales Corporation
A. B. Hammond
Hammond Lumber Co
San Francisco
J. H. Browne
Pacific Lumber Co
R. C. Marshall
Munsey Building
Washington, D. C
E. T. Trigg
National Industrial Traffic League
W. H. Chandler
Boston
J. H. Beck
Cignen E
National Association of Manufacturers
J. W. Emery
Gray Silver
H. C. McKenzie
Ralph Snyder
Kansas
O. B E. Bardfute
Chicago
Tariff Talks Hint at Chinese Revenue Increase Plan
Washington reports that a tentative draft for revising China's tariff proposes an initial five percent import duty with a later seven and a half percent rise. A commission would study needs to reach a twelve and a half percent ultimate tariff, amid Japanese British and Chinese deliberations. Chinese delegates seek tariff autonomy restored fully in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Underwood
China
Atl
Far Eastern Committee
Wellington Koo
Koo
Man From Columbus Found Shot Near Jacksonville
The body of W. M. Allison, about 23, neatly dressed, was found in bushes near the Florida Country Club. He carried keys with his Columbus address and gasoline store receipts from West Palm Beach. Allison had left his wife and two daughters to seek work as a mechanic, traveling with Eimer Broom.
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Jacksonville
Fla
W. M. Allison
Moeller Street
Columbus
Ohio
Florida Country Club
West Palm Beach
Eimer Broom
Riviera
Allison
Bloom
Two Bodies Riddled With Bullets Found in University City
Bodies of two men, identified by police as Joseph Cipollai of St. Louis and Everett K Summers of Toledo, Ohio, were found riddled with bullets in a weeded area near University City. Cipollai had prior arrests in Toledo and was detained in St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Joseph Cipollai
Everett K. Summers
Toledo
Ohio
University City
Cipollai
Man 79 to wed widow in fifth marriage
Charleston license office records R. Newhard of Kanawha County obtaining a license to marry Flora Patrick widow aged 59. He said the union would be his fifth marriage. Newhard is seventy nine years old.
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Charleston
W. Va
R. Newhard
Kanawha County
Flora Patrick
Additional Kentucky Guards Sent to Newport Over Mill Strike
Newport Kentucky December 27 two more companies of Kentucky national guard are to be ordered to Newport for duty related to the strike at the Newport Rolling Mill. Colonel H H Denhardt announced after a conference with Governor Morrow. Work at the mill resumed today after a two day holiday with only slight disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Kentucky National Guard
H. H. Denhardt
Edwin P. Morrow
Frankfort
Southern Ohio coal operators resign from wage talks
In Columbus on December 27 the Hocking Valley operators said they will not meet further with miners union officials to negotiate wages and working terms. They informed John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers that the four-state central agreement is being withdrawn due to economic distress and market realities. Ohio operators will negotiate separately, aiming to fix wage scales for local workers as industry conditions worsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Southern Ohio
Miners’ Union
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Hocking Valley
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
Lewis
Pittsburg
Gordon Savage
Ohio Miners’ Association
Southern
W. D. McKinney
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
McKinney
Escaped convict Holly Starcher nabbed in Parkersburg
Parkersburg West Virginia December 27 Holly Starcher alleged by local police to be wanted in Columbus Ohio as an escaped convict from the Ohio penitentiary was arrested today as he alighted from a train and is being held. Columbus Ohio December 27 Ohio state penitentiary officers left for Parkersburg after telling that police had arrested Starcher the convict who recently escaped from the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Holly Starcher
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio State Penitentiary
Murders in Chicago Reach Near Daily Pace in 192? Report
An annual coroner report shows Chicago had 852 homicides in 366 days and 3,804 investigated deaths. The study notes 57 deaths from bad whiskey as part of alcohol related fatalities.
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Chicago
Peter Hoffman
Moving pictures face tariff debate and Kodak monopoly charge
The Senate Finance Committee heard that Americans spend 750 million to 1 billion dollars yearly on movies and that 250 thousand people are employed in the industry. Witnesses argued for and against a high tariff on foreign films and accused Eastman Kodak of monopoly control over raw film materials. They urged duties of 50 to 60 percent vs the Fordney bill’s 30 percent and warned higher tariffs could provoke retaliatory laws.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Paul M. Turner
New York
Actors’ Equity Association
Mr. Turner
John Hmersot
D. W. Griffith
Turner
Germany
Saul H. Rogers
National Association of Motion Picture Industry
Eastman Kokak Co
Rogers
William A. Deford
International Film Service Co
Frederic R. Coudert
Pathe Exchange, Inc
Fordney
Williamson Negro Rescued From Mob Near Library
County detectives rescued two men identified as John Hutchinson of Williamson West Virginia and John Adams of Monongahela Pennsylvania from a mob at Library near Pittsburg. Shots were fired, and the men were said to have been treated roughly before capture and later held as suspicious persons in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
John Hutchinson
Williamson
W. Va
John Adams
Monongahela
Library
Hutchinson
Adams
Thousand American Soldiers Coming Home Tonight
Coblenz Dec 27 Nine hundred seven soldiers twenty two officers and an overseas casual detachment of thirty eight men and sixteen destitute former soldiers left here tonight for Antwerp. They will sail for the United States on board the transport Crook tomorrow. All the men are from the second brigade. They regret leaving as the exchange situation is favorable and the holidays are on.
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Coblenz
Antwerp
United States
Crook
New Lease of Life for Briand Government
Paris chamber of deputies grants Briand government strong support with a 177 vote margin after a two day debate. The confidence vote rejects a commission to probe alleged irregularities linked to the Industrial Bank of China, while court proceedings continue.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Industrial Bank of China
States urged to cooperate with federal law enforcement
Attorney General Daugherty asked state attorneys general to cooperate with federal authorities. He said joint action would improve uniform enforcement of all statutes, notably prohibition and food and fuel supply laws, while denying any intention to shift responsibility or avoid duties.
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Washington
Daugherty
Debs Reprimanded For Speech At Union Station
Eugene V. Debs, freed from Atlanta prison, was reprimanded by union station police for speaking without a permit before leaving Washington for Terre Haute. Debs defended free speech and urged peace and love as forces to redeem humanity, addressing several hundred admirers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Eugene V. Debs
Union Station
Terre Haute
Debs
Fourth Exstate
Jefferson
Thomas Paine
United States
Indianapolis
Theodore
David Karsner
Celia Trotter
Bertha White
Debs Freedom League
Peter
Submarine row widens at arms talks in Washington
Naval Committee resumes sessions as France and Japan persist in objections to the American plan. Talks touch Shantung, Pacific treaty interpretation, and possible status quo on submarine strength with a European peace pact proposed. Washington awaits concrete proposals and continued subcommittee work on tariffs aviation and tonnage standards.
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Harding
Japan
France
Naval Committee
Shantung
Tokio
Tsing-Tao
United States
Great Britain
Paris
Pacific
Italy
Germany
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MR. Ridley
Agtion
Kentucky
Eastman Kodak Company
MOB
Opeegh
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