12 Feb 1925
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
1
A Dortmund mine explosion near midnight killed 131 miners with 188 trapped. seven survivors were pulled from the shaft alive as rescue workers faced gas, explosions, and dangerous conditions. The disaster sparked public outrage, a government condolence, and ongoing efforts to reach all sections of the mine.
Twelve renowned handicap specialists gathered for the Tia Juana winter race meet to pick winners across 512 races. Collectively they forecast 6,144 firsts, yet the record shows experts fail to outperform the ponies in this test of skill and odds.
Weather as melting snows push rivers in New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania toward flood stage. Susquehanna nears overflow threatening factories and homes while Sayre Pennsylvania reports rising temperatures offer hope of relief. Delaware River levels hold near flood thresholds in New Jersey amid cold, worsening conditions.
In New York on February 12 Eddie Garvie commanded the line in Hells Bells as Clifton Self pressed his role and a pistol fired wounding Self. Shirley Booth cried out as the bullet missed her and the curtain fell. It was later revealed Garvie had borrowed a loaded pistol from a stage hand when he could not locate his own.
A mysterious bomb wrecked a local grocery and damaged a neighboring dwelling in Niles Keb today. Police suspect a recurrence of a Klan and anti Klan hate war that caused serious disruption here in November. This marks the fourth bomb outrage in 18 months.
In Cave City Kentucky on February 12 officials say the shaft to reach Lloyd Collins will reach the level where body retrieval can begin within sixty hours. A bulletin from H T Carmichael states rescue must proceed at dawn Sunday with the team confident of getting him out alive or dead. The operation continues amid the perilous digging as crews press toward Collins.
Chicago report details John V. Clark of Pittsburgh admitting participation in tong wars as Hip Sing agent. He says murders pay $1,000, wounds $250, and “shooting up a place” $50. Clark was pursued nationwide before being captured in Chicago.
A Soviet delegation demanded Copenhagen's Russian church be handed to the Soviet state. The Danish Russian community refused, saying the church belongs to the local community and not to any government. The court ruled the church must be handed to the Soviet authorities despite the community's lawyers arguing no precedent exists.
Twenty five workers were injured today when a vat of gun cotton and ether exploded in the chemical room of the engraving plant at the Chicago Evening American building. Fire followed, dense smoke filled offices on upper floors, and many people fled via fire escapes to safety.
Washington diary item notes President Coolidge favors a mechanical iron horse to avoid nasal irritation from dust and horse hair. Illusion of secrecy surrounds the three-speed electro mechanical pacer, gifted after a doctor recommended indoor exercise, with staff uncrating it at the White House and press leaks revealing the secret.
Officials urge contestants to persevere as the rules will be posted daily from tomorrow through Friday February 26 and to mail answers by noon that day. With only three silhouettes today, participants should check every answer by phone or in person and prepare for the final stretch of the contest.
At a joint Stark and Columbiana county meeting at Fairmont Children's Home, superintendent EF Webb refused to resign after trustees quit in protest of Governor Donahey's pardon. Commissioners moved to fill vacancies with N J Frazier, noted deaths, and potential Ohio Civil Service action may target Webb.
New York reports show theater crowds and police incidents rise as Helen MacKellar refuses to continue in the play A Good Bad Woman. She objects to the onstage obscenities while audiences have jostled between nudity and provocative lines in recent productions.
Meigs county gains its first woman county official as Mrs Cora Roberts former teacher takes office as probate judge. She is mother to several children and ran a clever campaign against competing male candidates last fall for the position.
Columbus feb 12 reports of narcotic use among students during exam time prompted investigation by school and civil authorities after strychnine poisonings at Ohio State university. John J. Chester said students admitted using caffeine codeine and strychnine in small doses to stay alert. Dr. W O Thompson called drugs a national menace. Federal records show campus area narcotics traffic. tea room proprietor near campus faces trial for morphine sales to students, with a senior student named as accomplice.
Fifty thousand Catholics attended the Pope Pius III anniversary celebration at St Peters Rome the first since the Sistine chapel ceremony. Cardinal Locatelli led high mass and received the red hat from the pope. Royal and noble guests including Princess Josephine of Belgium Princess Mathilde of Saxony and princes from Saxony Bavaria and Austria were seated for the event.
Two young residents Verna Gehring aged 20 and Melvin Kremenacker aged 18 died after their car was struck by a New York Central train at a crossing. In a separate incident, 14 year old David Agee and 8 year old Alberta Agee drowned when their vehicle tipped into a two foot ditch near Booth.
In Athens County on February 12 a rural mail carrier rides horseback on routes as the first warm weather thaws dirt roads. Mud is so deep that mail carts cannot be drawn through the mire.
In Judge Samuel Ian Curran's stately home six people sit around a heart shaped planchette, awaiting a move that unsettles the room. Outside a Sawbridge rainstorm rages while Emma, Bobby, Nancy, and Lizzie tend to daily routines. A hush falls until a single voice proclaims movement.
Washington February 12 1925 President Coolidge narrows choice for secretary of agriculture to John Fields of Oklahoma and William M Jardine president of Kansas State Agricultural College. Jardine favored though Fields has strong backing and both are praised for experience in marketing cooperatives and public affairs.
Passaic New Jersey, February 12. Mrs Julia Candor and her children Helen eight Anna seven Louis five were found dead in their beds as illuminating gas escaped from jets in the parlor and kitchen. The night watchman Candor, who found the bodies, suspects an accident.
Population in Belmont ecoine infirmary falls to 126 residents from a peak of 146, including 30 foreign born. County remains home to a sizable foreign population despite the decline.
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