British Debt Talks Open Between U S and Britain
Negotiations opened in Washington between the American and British debt funding commissions. Stanley Baldwin outlined a fair business settlement to repay credits. He warned Britain must consider tax burdens and future revenue before agreeing to liquidation terms.
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Washington
Jan
Stanley Baldwin
United States
America
Baldwin
Melten
Harding
Mellon
Smoot
Utah
American Commission
White House
Britshhancellor
Europe
Delars
Call Mailed for New York Meeting
Indianapolis Jan 8 A joint meeting of coal operators and miners in the central competitive field will be held in New York City January 18 to negotiate a wage contract. The call is signed by John L. Lewis UMWA and P H Penna for operators. Eight operators and eight miners from each of four states will attend if the recommendations are followed. The wage agreement expires April 1 1923 and is said to be in the industry’s interest. Penna urged recipients to report action taken.
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Indianapolis
Ind
New York City
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
P. H. Penna
Terre Haute
Lewis and Penna
Ohio
Indiana
Klincig
Pennsylvania
Penna
Van Sweringen interests take control of rail system merger
Cleveland dispatch reports O P and J J Van Sweringen parties have contracted to purchase control of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. If the Interstate Commerce Commission approves, C and O will merge with Nickel Plate Clover Leaf and other Van Sweringen lines to control about 5 200 miles of track from the Mississippi to the Atlantic, with system value over 500 million dollars.
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Huntington
Cleveland
O. P
J. J. VanSweringen
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
O. P. van- Sweringen
Washington
van- Sweringens
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chesapeake and
Ohiio
VanSweringens
VanSweringen
Huntingtons
New York
Chicago and St. Louis
Lake Erica
Los Angeles
Calif
Chesapeake and Ohio Board
Hocking Valey Railroad Company
Claifornia
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
Mansfield mattress salesman found dead at hotel in Barnesville
Herman Foulke, 49, of Mansfield, registered at Hotel Shannon and was found dead ten minutes later with a bullet to the head and a bullet in the chest. Authorities believe despondency over ill health caused the self inflicted death. He left two notes including a $5 bill to his cousin Mrs Waldo Hilles of Barnesville.
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Barnesville
Shannon
Herman Foulke
Mansfield
Waldo Hilles
Barnsville
Martin Burke Sentenced for Volstead Conspiracy in Cleveland
Martin Burke a wealthy Pittsburg cafe owner described as the alleged mastermind in a whiskey deal over 250000 dollars pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Volstead act in federal court. He was fined 2000 dollars and sentenced to thirteen months in a federal penitentiary at age. Burke was linked with officers of the Lynn Company Akron a wholesale drug firm alleged to have perverted prescription use.
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Cleveland, O
Martin Burke
Pittsburg
Kitts. Burke
Lynn Company
Akron
Ohio
Supreme Court Rules Agency Contracts Lawful Under Clayton Act
The Supreme Court overruled the Federal Trade Commission and ruled Curtis Publishing Co. wholesale distribution contracts are lawful agency arrangements, not sale prohibitions under the Clayton Act. Justice McReynolds stated agency contracts were proper and not aimed at unfair trade, with a split on lower-court jurisdiction. Dissenting Justices Taft and Brandeis disagreed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Trade Commission
Curtis Publising Company
Justice McReynolds
Curtis Publishing Company
Taft
Brendeis
Eight Fairmont Men To Face Federal Court
Eight Fairmont men tied to narcotics raids in Fairmont were moved to Parkersburg to be arraigned before Judge W. F. Baker on Harrison Narcotic Act charges in federal court opening tomorrow. Prisoners: Carlisle Shelton Claude Drennan Charles Smith George Davis Peter Fisher Ku Saterfield Steve Hostetter Berry Little.
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Clarksburg
Fairmont
Parkersburg
W. F. Baker
Orrow
Carlisle Shelton
Claude Drennan
Charles Smith
George Davis
Peter Fieher
Ku Saterfield
Steve Hostetter
Berry Little
Ferocious wolves roam Hamilton township countryside
In Hamilton township farmers were warned of roaming wolves after John Gethings’ pigs were attacked, with sixteen pigs killed and a second wolf killed by Gethings following a nighttime commotion at his piggery. The incident underscores a wildlife threat in the area around Trenton New Jersey.
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Trenton
N. J
Hamilton Township
John Gethings
Gethings
French Reaction to American Plan on Reparations Awaited
Paris has yet to give a clear reply to Washington's proposal for a commission of financiers to study German reparations. A preliminary approval reached in Paris is noted, but officials in Washington remain uncertain about France's eventual stance while Allies worry over possible move to economic studies or forcible payments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Paris
Hughes
France
New Haven
Aresuet
Senate
Rhine
Germany
Europe
United States
Ruhr
Three railroad men badly burned in Eaton’s tunnel explosion
A Baltimore and Ohio freight engine exploded inside Eaton’s tunnel eighteen miles east of Parkersburg after water was turned into a red hot crown sheet. Conductor Edward Bowman and engineers Thomas Sweiger and Paul Jordan, all Grafton or Parkersburg men, were severely burned. two are believed near fatally injured. The trio were hospitalized after the blast.
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Parkersburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Eatons Tunnel
Edward Bowman
Thomas Sweiger
Grafton
Paul Jordan
Sweiger
Eaton's Tunnel
Baltimore and
Ohio
Bowman
Trial Interruption Over Sister Plea in Murder Case
In New York the trial of Reuben Norkin, accused of aiding Abraham Becker in the murder and burial of his wife, was halted when his sister appeared crying for permission to see him. She carried her infant daughter and said she had not seen him since their father's grave eight years ago. She lamented discovering the proceedings only yesterday.
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New York
Jan
Reuben Norkin
Abraham Becker
Reuben
Five Free State Soldiers Shot for Desertion
Dublin reports five Free State soldiers executed by order of the government after court martial found them treacherous for aiding irregulars during the Leixlip engagement. Corporals Dowling Heaney and Privates Sheehy O Reilly Brady are among the executed from Curragh Dillontown Braytown Simonstown Wilkinstown.
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Associated Press
Dublin
National Army
Free State
Leo Dowiing
Curragh
Sylvester Heaney
Dillonstown
Louis
Lawrence Sheehy
Braytown
Meath
Anthony O'Reilly
Simonstown
Kildare
Terence Brady
Wilkins
Liexlip
Will Make Second Fight for a Fortune
George Pirocoaco, once a Smyrna tobacco importer and owner of substantial property, arrived in New York with sixty cents seeking a second fortune fight. He fled Smyrna as Turkish forces burned warehouses and his assets, including a yacht, in 1905. He now seeks employment while pursuing new wealth.
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New York
George Pirocoaco
Pirocoaco
Smyrna
Piroconco
Diplomatic Liquor Shipments Under Review by Officials
Washington probes a surge of liquor allegedly reaching embassies on diplomatic consignment. Prohibition authorities weigh possible misuse, with checks at the state department and customs posts in Baltimore New York and Philadelphia to determine if any embassy received excess supplies. Investigators expect a subordinate attache to be implicated if wrongdoing is found.
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Associated Press
Washington, Jan
Washington
United States
State Department
Prohibition Bureau
Baltimore
New York
Philadelphia
Legation
Parkersburg Girl Plans Marriage With Chinese Man
Miss Doris Hahne fifteen and Henry Lee twenty eight were arrested in Pittsburg on Parkersburg authorities orders. The pair planned to wed despite parental opposition. Hahne is said to be fourteen and the daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Hahne. Lee formerly co owned a Parkersburg laundry. A relative was traveling to Pittsburg to bring Doris back amid sensational local reaction.
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Pittsburg
Dores Hahne
Parkersburg
W. Va
Henry Lee
Lee
Miss Hahne
Doris Hahne
French Troops March Toward Essen In Ruhr Crisis
Allied dispatches report French and colonial troops moving from Mainz toward Düsseldorf for a large camp. Berlin backs Chancellor Cuno as Germany fears invasion, while Paris rejects a pre-invasion meeting with Germany’s industrial leaders after the Ruhr seizure.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Mayence
Duesseldorf
Cobseus Tonicht
Berlin
Germany
Cuno
Ruhr
Partes
Paria
Paris
Poincare
Hugo Stinnes
German Capitalists Might Make Peace. Premier Poincare
Woman to Hang in London for Murder of Husband
London, Jan 8. Mrs Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters face the death penalty by hanging tomorrow for the murder of Edith’s husband Percy Thompson. A last hour bid for a stay from Home Secretary William C Bridgeman failed. Bywaters claimed Edith’s innocence but the official denial stood as the first female execution in years looms at 9 o clock.
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Associated Press
London
Edith Thompson
Frederick Bywaters
Percy Thompson
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Duisburghm
Ceolulheom
Gfisséz von
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Frankfort
Army of Occupation
Essen
C. P. van Eweringen
DPAD
Trades Union
Tullamore
Dusseldorf
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