Rescue Nears for Victim Floyd Collins in Sand Cave
Reports from Cave City and Band Cave Kentucky confirm Floyd Collins remains alive after twelve days trapped in Sand Cave. Radio tests show silence and a flickering diometer earlier, while banana oil tests detected odor and cave crickets pointed to potential rescue progress as diamond drill tests continued.
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Band Cave
Floyd Collins
Collins
Cave City
Sand Cave
W. D. Funkhouser
Theottom
Boys Thought Caught in Cave Near Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on February 11 two boys, Adam 7 and Martin Jaclejesk 11, reportedly went into a cave with Albert Kleinhofer 8 to “play Floyd Collins.” Albert later escaped and told detectives that the pair were imprisoned inside an old deer vault. Authorities began a cave search.
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Pittsburgh
Albert
Martin
College Girl of Today Defended by Ohio Professor
Professor Trumbull G. Duvall of Ohio Wesleyan University defends today’s college woman. He argues students are not worse than 20 years ago and that the woman of today is franker than her mother. The remarks address the flapper image and broader youth conduct.
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Delaware
Trumbull G. Duvall
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ehick College
DuVall
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio Briefs From Across the State
The Cleveland Diocese charters the steamship Pittsburgh for a Rome pilgrimage. North Lima reports two hotels burned in a $30000 loss. Toledo notes eight inches of floodwater on river road after thaw. Ada awaits Adjutant General Wenderson for a new $26000 armory. Akron cites four jurors seated in a fraud case against contractor McShaffrey over road contracts.
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Akron
McShaffrey
Edison 79 Today And Going Strong
New York February 11 Edison marks his seventy ninth birthday and shows no sign of slowing as he continues to work whenever inspired. The famed inventor laughs at time and clocks and keeps pushing new projects with energy and focus despite advancing years.
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New York
Thomas Alva Edison
Edison
Coolidge Opposes Display Foiling March 4 Inaugural Parade
Washington reports President Coolidge resists public splendor. Inaugural ball organizers fail to secure support after his refusal to permit a mammoth parade. Merchants disband the promotional committee and return contributions leaving the ball as the sole major attraction alongside capitol ceremonies. About 7000 regular army troops and governor escorts will join the inauguration procession.
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Washington
Coolidge
Capitol
Fourteenth Street arrestee faces murder charge
Dorothy Ellingson a 16 year old self described jazz maniac will answer today to the murder of her mother Mrs Anna Ellingson in San Francisco. She said she shot her mother because she was weary of being nagged after returning late from a party.
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San Francisco
Cal
Dorothy Ellingson
Anna Ellingson
Irl
Ohio Plumbers Wives Reception Planned in Columbus
Mrs. Vic Donahey will host a reception at the executive mansion on February 26 for the wives of Ohio Master Plumbers. Musicians from the state penitentiary will assist in entertainment as several hundred guests are expected at the event during the plumbers association convention in Columbus.
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Columbus
Vic Donahey
Ohio
State Association
Warren Fight May Be Cause of Filibuster
Washington reports show opposition to Charles B. Warren’s nomination as attorney general has grown, with threats of a filibuster. Critics cite his ties to sugar interests and past roles at Michigan Sugar Co and Michigan and Toledo Sugar companies as the basis for opposition. Senators Couzens and Ferris join in opposing the appointment.
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Washington
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Senate
Capitol
Coolidge
Warren
la Follette
American Sugar Refining Co
Michigan Sugar Co
King
Utah
Couzens
Ferris
Rosina Crew Rescued After Ship Goes Ashore
In heavy gales lasting two days shipping disrupted. The ketch Rosina of Plymouth ran ashore near Clacton Sussex. Life savers mounted a rescue, bringing the crew safely ashore. For a time distress signals were believed to come from a liner due from South Africa.
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London
Plymouth
Eng
Clacton
Sussex
South Africa
February Fog Threatens Frost in May Fears
Fear May Frost Athens reports several fogs over the past several days raising concern about the old saying fog in February frost in May as orchards in the state endure unsettled weather.
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Athens
Woman seeks lower street car steps in indecency protest
Mrs. L. D. White filed a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission in Washington asking for shorter street car steps. She argued the current height creates a hideous exposure of extremities, indecent and mortifying if not ludicrous. The commission took the matter under advisement.
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Washington
National Capital
Public Utilities Commission
Return of German property tangled in U S politics
President Coolidge faces hurdles in promptly returning German seized property. Senator Borah introduces a bill for 60 day return after passage, amid fears the assets could be diverted to the allies or used to satisfy American war claims totaling about 600 million dollars.
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Canton Daily News
Washington
Coolidge
Senator Borah
Committee On Foreign Relations
Borah
Paris
America
White House
Germany
United States
Congress
Ohio Ranks Third in Education Merit
Ohio holds third in U S educational merit per state department of education. A 1920 Ayres system survey placed Ohio twelfth for attendance and costs. a revised method by Frank Phillips of George Washington University now ranks Ohio third with Washington first and California second.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States
State Department of Education
Ayres
Frank Phillips
George Washington University
Washington
California
Canton student freed after rigid questioning in OSU poisoning case
Louis Fish of Canton admitted obtaining capsules linked to the David Puskin death and was released after 24 hours. Nelson Rosenbergs and M. W. Schenstin, OSU students, were questioned and released as investigators seek a clue in the strychnine poisonings at Ohio State University. Dr Henry H Goddard found Fish mentally normal.
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Louis Fish
Canton
David Puskin
Nelson Rosenbergs
Cleveland
Chester
Wip
Dan
Fish
Puskin
Henry H. Goddard
Coolidge and Dawes Proclaimed Elected in Joint Session
In Washington on February 11 Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes will be proclaimed President and Vice President after Congress convenes a joint session at 1 p m to canvass the electoral votes. The proclamation alone authorizes their assumption of office as no further certificate is required.
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Calvin Coolidge
Charles . Dawes
United States
Congress
House
Senate
Bevis Calm On Scaffold In Halifax Hanging
Lewis Marshall Bevis faced execution in Halifax County jail yard smiling and calm. He walked to the scaffold without quiver, puffed a cigarette, waved goodbye and was hanged after the black cap covered his face.
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Halifax
N. S
Lewis Marshall Bevis
Fire Threat Grips Loop Five Story Building
A fierce fire raged in a five story Loop building on State Street near The Fair department store. The blaze began at 5 am and by 7 am firefighters had not gained control amid strong winds and dense surrounding structures.
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Chicago
Loop
State St
Fair
Catholics, Communists clash in Avignon riot standoff
In Avignon on February 11, about two thousand Catholics exiting a meeting protested government moves to abolish the Vatican embassy. They faced roughly the same number of Communists, halting the riotful scene.
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Avignon
France
Vatican
Prelate Sails To Visit Pope
George Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago sails from New York on the S S Berengaria to take part in Holy Year ceremonies at the Vatican in Rome reported from New York February 11.
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New York
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
S. S. Berengaria
Vatican
Rome
Longworth Leads Bid to Become Speaker of the House
Ohio representative Nicholas Longworth appears set to win the speakership of the 69th Congress after at least 25 of Pennsylvania’s 86 Republican congressmen pledge support. Madden campaign managers refuse to concede and seek to swing wavering members despite the Delaware delegation's stance.
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Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Longworth
Martin B. Madden
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Madden
Chinese Quit Opium Confab Stuns Geneva Negotiations
The Chinese delegation withdrew from the opium conference, following the American example, undermining the effort to regulate the opium issue. Japanese spokesman B. Sugamura said China’s absence jeopardizes Japan’s ability to sign the protocols.
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Geneva
China
B. Sugamura
Japan
Death after trolley and auto collision in Bridgeport
John Matto, 65, died after being knocked unconscious by a street car then reanimated, and later struck and dragged by an automobile. The trolley crew had moved Matto to the roadside awaiting a doctor when a speeding car crashed into the street car, swerved, and dragged him a short distance before he died.
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Bridgeport
John Matto
Matto
National Road
Reds Fire on U.S. Attache in Prague Protest
A bullet aimed at Ernest Power, secretary of the U.S. consulate, missed him during a communist demonstration over high prices in Prague. One woman was killed and several people were injured. Police guarded streets to prevent further outbreaks.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Ernest Power
United States
One Killed as Airplane Falls in African Expedition
Paris reports an air crash involving a Pel etair D Oisy expedition plane. One person died and three were seriously injured when the aircraft fell today.
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Paris
McClintock Urges More Police Protection in Stark Cities
Canton Massillon and Alliance should boost police forces per McClintock who says new law allows city funding, fines fund police, and that protection is a financial investment. He cites Canton Alliance Massillon and Stark county as under protected with tiny current forces.
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McClintock
C. B. McClintock
Canton, Massillon
Alliance
C. W. Kirk
First National Bank
MoetCintock
Cidies
Safety Department
Stark Co
Lengel
Canton
Massillon
Greek Premier seeks League of Nations intervention
President Michalakopoulos of Greece demanded League action to resolve Graeco Turkish tensions. In Athens the Greek note on expelling the Ecumenical Patriarch from Constantinople was forwarded to the League as announced by the administration.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League Today
Michalakopoulos
Greek Council of Ministers
Athens
Ecumenical Patriarch
Constantinople
League
Three Molins Arrested for Fraud Ties in Gem Robbery Case
Dr Samuel B. Molin of Detroit and his two sons Fred and Harry were arrested in Los Angeles on fugitive warrants for conspiracy to defraud a casualty company related to a fake gem robbery. They are also held for Detroit diamond robbery and for irregularities in writing insurance policies.
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Los Angeles
Samuel B. Molin
Detroit
Fred
Harry
Bandits Captured After Payroll Heist and Shootings
Two Chicago men Harry Mitchell 21 and William Lewis 35 pleaded not guilty in Uhrichsville before Mayor F M Davis on highway robbery charges. Bonds set at 10000 each after officers recovered about 9800 in cash and 10000 in securities alleged from the coal mine payroll robbery. Police pursued for eight hours over 20 miles before farmer near Bakersville halted the pair and awaiting common pleas court for further action. J A Waisner 50 payroll officer of New Pocock Coal Co was walking toward his car when the incident occurred.
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William Lewis
Harry Mitchell
F. M. Davis
Urichaville
Common Pleas Court
Uhrichsville
Chicago
Uhrichaville
Bakersville
J. A. Waisner
New Pocock Coal Co
Masauilon
$25,000 Here for Ohioan
In Columbus Ohio on February 11, a Chicago bank holds 25000 awaiting an heir of the late Enog J Walker. Executors seek proof of relation from an Ohio claimant, believed to live somewhere in Ohio, after other methods failed.
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Columbus
Chicago
Enog J. Walker
Walker
Ohio
Polar planes tested for Amundsen polar flight
Captain Amundsen has tested his first flying machine for the polar expedition and found it satisfactory. The second plane will be ready in a fortnight. Both planes will be packed and shipped to Spitzbergen for real experiments beginning in June.
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Bjorn Bunktoldt
Oslo
Amundsen
Spitzbergen
Chicago Daily News
Silhouette Contest Heads Into Shorter Round
The Silhouette contest reduces the field from twelve to nine silhouettes to help players catch up. If complaints persist, organizers may skip silhouettes altogether to give everyone time to verify answers. The contest ends Sunday with prize winners announced in the following Sunday section.
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Silhouette Edi
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