Canton Rail Growth Signals Prosperous 1925
Canton's 1925 industrial year shows record freight and rising rail activity. Tonnage inbound and outbound reached about 4 500 000 tons with more than 20 percent wage growth on Pennsylvanian routes. Car loadings totaled roughly 9 871 inbound and 6 204 outbound with significant Michigan and Ohio line shipments and preparations for even larger business in 1926.
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Lloyd H
Canton
Pennsylva Railroad Co
Cantonbary
L. O. Frederick
Iet
Ansylvania
Fredk
Barre and Ohio Railroad Co
Baltimore and Railroad
Feling
Lake Erie
Frank Smith
Cel P
Comang
Ompany
Organizan
Ohio Starts New Year With Fund Shortage
Ohio’s state exchequer opens 1926 with weaker cash balance. The treasury shows $18,557,000 now versus $24,650,521 at start of 1925, with general revenue at $8,888,000 compared to $17,126,000 last year and bonded debt rising to $879,000,000. experts cite repeal of direct state tax levies as the main cash shortfall factor.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Revenue
Death of Hart Triggers Army House Cleaning
Washington report says Maj. Gen. William H. Hart’s death starts a broad army reform. Secretary Davis plans court martial actions to end feuds and insurgency across the service, focusing on the quartermaster corps and other factions.
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Hart
Washington
William H. Hart
Army
War Department
Davis
Missouri
St. Louis
Quartermaster Corps
Harry S. Rogers
Department
Mart
Department of Widespreadll
Air Service
General Staff
Amos Fries
Chemical Warfare Division
William Mitchell
Davis Office
Cabinet quits as Romanian prince flees
London January 2 The Romanian cabinet resigns amid a political crisis sparked by Prince Carol eldest son of King Ferdinand renouncing his succession rights. He says he will return to Romania within six years and only with royal and parliamentary permission thereafter. His location remains uncertain with reports placing him in Milan or en route to Sweden.
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London
Berlin
Rumania
Prince Carol
Ferdinand
Romania
Carol
Milan
Italy
Sweden
Woman Aids In Wooer's Death
Cleveland police investigated a deadly incident at a Balak residence where Mary Balak and neighbor August Huttera aided in the death of George Gizardh. Gizardh, 30, intruded late at night, provoked harassment, and was killed after a struggle. Balak, 26, and Huttera faced no charges yet as inquiries continue.
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Cleveland
Mary Balak
August Huttera
George Gizardh
Justice Department aluminum trust probe yields no charges yet
Washington officials say the Justice Department inquiry into the alleged aluminum trust has not yet produced evidence of anti trust law violations. The investigation is incomplete and no official report will be issued for some time.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Bulldog Attack Delays Raid at Powhatan Point Home
At Powhatan Point a bulldog pup fought officers during a raid on a home. Chief Charles Hamilton and Deputy Sheri ff J G Poulton were injured as the dog bit and tore clothing and legs. The raid ended with the seizure of a still, six barrel mash, and a keg of whiskey.
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Woodsfield
Charles Hamilton
J. G. Poulton
Powhatan Point
Two Take Lives on New Year’s Day
Cincinnati residents Mamie Stumps aged 41 and Julius F. Brown aged 21 ended their lives as 192* began. Stumps was found with a gas hose in her mouth in a room on Oregon Street. Brown, ill for two years, left letters saying his shooting was the chosen end.
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Cincinnati
Mamie Stumps
Oregon St
Julius F. Brown
First Canton Baby of 1926 Born at 2 45 in Canton
John William Laird born to Mr and Mrs Louis J Laird at 2 45 New Year’s Day 1926. He arrived a few hours before five other babies and will receive gifts from local merchants and sponsors as Canton's 1926 baby.
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John William Laird
Louis J. Laird
Saylor
Canton
John
Canton Daily News
Stork
Coal miners insist on arbitration stand in wage strike
New York January 2. 158000 anthracite miners in strike since September refuse arbitration on wages and conditions. Operators likewise oppose arbitration and want to drop the checkoff system. both sides face a potential breakdown if Tuesday shifts do not occur.
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New York
Lewis
Two Held for $1,600 Copper Theft in Barton Ohio
In Barton Ohio two suspects were arrested after 16 coils of copper wire valued at 600 dollars were stolen from a mine of the Ohio Coal Company. The theft occurred at the company's office with an automobile belonging to a company clerk involved.
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Barton
the & ©. Coal Co
Coolidge to Seek Backing for Geneva Disarmament Plan
President Coolidge plans to ask Congress next week for about 50 000 to fund American participation in the Geneva disarmament conference. He may have United States diplomats abroad represent the country, with William Phillips Hugh Gibson and Alagon B Houghton among those considered. Some foes of the League prefer to wait and see the Geneva program before committing.
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Washington
Congressional
Geneva
League of Nations
League
Coolidge
United States
William Phillips
Belgium
Hugh Gibson
Switzerland
Alangon B. Houghton
Great Britain
America
Hospital Board Defers Action on Thayer Contract
Final decision on the contract between the tuberculosis hospital building commission and architect A L Thayer was postponed at Saturday’s meeting. Thayer cited time to submit drafts to lawyers and will meet Friday to finalize terms. The commission plans a site visit and Thayer’s prepared plans, approved by state authorities, will guide construction with some changes expected.
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Tuberculosis Hospital Building Commission
A. L. Thayer
B. F. Weybrecht
Thayer
Stag
Louisville-Alliance Rd
Bank robber admits theft in Huntington case
Detroit reports Tom Wesley aged 38 confessed to robbing a Huntington West Virginia bank of 7999 dollars on October 18. He allegedly boasted he would shoot the first officer to arrest him and was found with two revolvers.
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Detroit
Tom Wesley
Huntington
W. Va
Wesley
Vault blown at Euclid Theater in Cleveland robbery
Cleveland Jan 2 safe robbers using high explosives opened the Euclid Movie theater vault and escaped with 750 dollars.
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Cleveland
Euclid
Paris Painter Harry H. Moore Dies at 91 in Paris
Paris report states Harry Humphrey Moore, renowned American painter, died tonight at age 91. Born in New York, he studied at the Institute for Deaf Mutes in Philadelphia and lived in Paris for many years.
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Paris
Wharry Humphrey Moore
A Moore
New York
Institute For Deaf Mutes
Philadelphia
Explosion Toll Rises in Florida Rosin Plant Blast
The Newbert Rosin and Turpentine Co plant explosion in Pensacola raises death toll to 11 with 11 more seriously injured. Victims include Warren Eldridge Edwin Biridge D M Raggett M B Daniels R H Hammac R L Calhoun and others. Faulk and Moran died in hospital.
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Prhnsacola
Fla
Newbert Rosin & Turpentine Co
Warren Eldridge
Edwin Biridge
D. M. Raggett
M. B. Daniels
R. H. Hammac
R. L. Calhoun
Charles Stunter
Tariff tinkering eyed for later, Washington notes
Washington observers expect tariff revision to fail this session as President Coolidge campaigns to keep tariff tinkering from disrupting business. Although agitation tops from Republican sources, the House origin and Coolidge’s leverage shape the outcome. The president emphasizes stable policy in a regular Congress setup.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Senate of the
United States
House
Aged Man Dies From Gas Fumes in Columbus
John Sauer, 76, died after gas fumes from a 848 stove and a gas jet filled his home. Neighbors reported he had not been seen since Tuesday. police forced entry, found him unconscious on the floor, and he died at a hospital.
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Columbus
John Sauer
Sauer
Father Held On Girl's Charge
Susan An dear Fifteen was taken to the state juvenile research bureau for observation after charges of improper relations led to the arrest of her father and her uncle. A divorce suit has been filed by Susan’s aunt Mrs Harry Andear based on the charges.
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Barton
Susan Andear
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
Susan
Harry Andear
State Legislator Herman Fox Dies Suddenly
Dayton reports Herman Fox 70 state legislator from Montgomery County and longtime president of the Montgomery County School Board died at home in Brookville after a heart attack. He was elected to the state legislature last November and had led the school board for years.
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Dayton, O
Herman
Fox
Montgomery Co
Brookville
Storm Hits Samoa and Honolulu in January Despatch
A great hurricane struck American and British Samoa leveling bridges paralyzing communication destroying power lines and injuring hundreds of people according to wireless despatches received in Honolulu late tonight.
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Honolulu
American
British Samoa
Assassination Rumor Tars Shah Riza Khan in Persia
An Baghdad despatch reports a rumor of a Teheran blast aimed at Riza Khan the newly installed shah of Persia. The alleged explosion is said to have blown off both his legs, with Riza Khan described as the dictator and dominant figure of the Persian state.
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London
Bagdad
Teheran
Riza Khan
Persia
Conviction of Forbes Upheld by High Court
Chicago Jan 2 The U S Supreme Court was urged to review the two year sentences and $10000 fines imposed on Charles R Forbes and John W Thompson after an appellate court upheld their conspiracy to defraud the government convictions. The decision cites errors minor and a six day trial adjournment as not prejudicial while criticizing Elias H Mortimer as a lobbyist and go between though his account is largely undisputed.
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Chicago
Supreme Court of the
United States
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
John W. Thompson
St. Louis
George A. Carpenter
Elias H. Mortimer
Forbes
Thompson
Mortimer
Agant
Federal agents crack large Ohio rum ring arrest in Cleveland
Federal prohibition agents arrested 23 year old Morris Weiss of Cleveland in a case spanning major Ohio cities and extending into Michigan. The ring, centered in Columbus, dealt mainly in aldhol and operated in Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo and Detroit with warrants issued for several others. Bond set at 20090 for a January 13 hearing.
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Cleveland
Prohibition Department
Morris Weiss
Ohio
Michigan
Willam Walker
Columbus
Bli Peterfield
United States
Weiss
Walker
Toledo
Detroit
Middles town Opens Ice Skating at Municipal Courts
Middles town residents flocked to the flooded tennis courts on January 2 for skating as winter sport grows. More than 200 people took advantage of the opening night at the Middles town Municipal courts.
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Middletown
Trcee
Middlestown
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