Congress Now Hears Plenty About Incomes
Washington lawmakers debate earned versus unearned incomes as widows orphans invalids and pensioners demand equal 25 percent relief. Senator Smoot anticipates amendments to protect those hurt by unearned income rules as letters from an 80 year old woman illustrate public sentiment on the Mellon plan.
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David Lawrence
Canton Daily News
Washington
Congress
Mellon
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Hostetter Child Slowly Improves After Crash
Esther Hostetter three year old child seriously injured when a car she rode in with her mother Mrs Dan Hostetter was struck by a Wheeling and Lake Erie train at Hartville. Mrs Hostetter and her son Paul were killed. The girl was in grave condition at Mercy Hospital with a fractured skull and internal injuries. By Saturday morning her condition had improved and authorities said she will probably recover.
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Esther Hostetter
Mercy Hospital
Dan Hosteter
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Hartville
Hostetter
Paul
Bank Agent Fatally Shot in Cleveland Robbery
January 12 article reports Anthony Bublo, a Union Trust Co. special agent, shot and likely fatally wounded during a grocery store holdup in Cleveland. After the bandits escaped with $150, Bublo tried to seize a fugitive and was shot as he screamed for help. Police hunt for three suspects.
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Cleveland
Athony Buble
Union Trust Co
Bublo
Death sentences for four Chinese in Shanghai robbery
Four Chinese convicts in Shanghai were sentenced to death by shooting for robbing tank messengers of negotiable securities valued at 400,000. Public reaction targeted foreign police for failing to protect the settlement, while the court blamed the Chinese bank for entrusting unregistered papers to a poorly paid messenger boy.
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Canton Daily News
Shanghai
British locomotive engineers threaten day strike over wage talks
London dispatch reports British locomotive engineers threaten to strike as negotiations over wage increases break down, signaling possible industrial action amid stalled bargaining.
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London
Bonds Recovered In Canton Bank Robbery Case
Canton police Captain Ben F. Clarke tracked a man selling stolen $500 and $17,000 in bonds from three Ohio banks. Bonds were buried near Canton after thefts in 1921 1922. Suspects linked to Norman Warden Willie Stevens and other gang members.
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Ohio
Ben FE. Clarke
Canton Police Department
Clarke
Canton
Thomas PD. Swarner
Ohio Bankers’ Association
Dalton Bank
Wayne Co
Meyers Lake
Schwarner
Columbus
State Department
Ohio Penitentiary
Norman Warden
Willie Stevens
Paris
Dollings Co Officers Sued in Federal Suit
Telford Linn auxiliary receiver for the R. L. Dollings Co of Pennsylvania filed a federal suit in Columbus for 377 428 89 against Dwight Harrison William G Benham and other former Dollings officers. The action mirrors a Pennsylvania filing withdrawn because authority was lacking. Linn, appointed ancillary receiver for Ohio, alleges company funds were distributed among seven subsidiaries as dividends.
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Columbus
Telford Linn
R. L. Dollings Co
Pennsylvania
Dwight Harrison
William G. Benham
Dollings
Linn
Ohio
Sater
Venizelos Cabinet Sets To Begin Work In Athens
In Athens on January 12 ex Premier Eleutherios Venizelos formed a new Greek cabinet expected to start today. He urged a national plebiscite to decide the future of the Hellenic dynasty and said preventing civil war is the government’s greatest obligation.
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Athens
Elatherios Venizelos
Venizelos
Wreckage of British Submarine L-24 Examined
Heavy seas hinder renewed examination of the L-24 wreck off Portland. A brief inquiry said the bow chain was cut in two and the hull damaged beyond salvage, with 48 crewmen aboard deemed beyond hope of survival.
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Portland
Eng
Rivers
Fall loan mystery in Tea Pot Dome inquiry
The source of a $100000 loan Albert B Fall used to buy a New Mexico ranch remained unexplained after testimony from Edward B McLean and Fall. Senator Walsh will report findings to the Senate committee investigating Tea Pot Dome oil deals and may summon Fall again.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Albert B. Fall
New Mexico
Edward B. McLean
Washington
Fall
Walsh
Montana
McLean
Senate
Tea Pot Dome
Sinclair
Five May Be Babies Victims in Rabies Case
In Cleveland on January 12 former Governor Harry L. Davis Mrs. Davis and their son Harry Jr. serta maid and a veterinary surgeon sought Pasteur treatment after a collie puppy died of rabies. The dog had been a Christmas gift for Harry Jr. and another dog previously died. The puppy died after showing odd behavior. all handlers were treated and dog handlers exposed to potential scratches were observed. The Animal Protective League ordered stray dogs collected for observation amid fear of a mad dog on the loose.
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Cleveland
Harry L. Davis
Davis
H. K. Ferry
The
Animal Protective League
League
Colorums to See US Navy Demonstration in Mindanao
Manila January 12 Governor General Leonard Wood said he has asked US naval authorities to send the cruiser Sacramento to the island of Surigao to demonstrate American authority to the colorums a fanatical sect living in the mountains The group killed 17 constabulary officers and abducted two school teachers earlier this week
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Manila
Leonard Wood
United States
Sacramento
Suriga
Constabulary
Badge Bandit Beats Tom Mix
Hollywood Calif January 12 One of California s biggest man hunts failed as Capt Home of the Los Angeles police and film star Tom Mix reported that Harry Dunlap the badge bandit escaped the net. Dunlap used a deputy badge to stop autos rob men and assault women for months. Because of a threat Dunlap made against Douglas Fairbanks armed guards have watched the Fairbanks Pickford estate near Laurel Canyon for weeks.
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Hollywood
Cal
California
Los Angeles
Tom Mix
Laurel Canyon
Santa Monica
Harry J. Dunlap
Dunlap
Douglas Fairbanks
Fairbanks-Pickford
Fairbanks
Mrs Pinchot Likely to Seek Pennsylvania Congress Seat
Washington reports say Mrs Gifford Pinchot wife of Pennsylvania governor may run for Congress next fall in the 15th district now held by Louis T McFadden of Canton a veteran lawmaker. Pinchot has long been a prominent leader among Keystone State Republican women.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Congress
Louis T. McFadden
Canton
Bandits Rob Bank in Detroit Branch Heist
Three young bandits held up the Continental bank branch at Chene and Catherine in Detroit, forcing the manager, cashier, and a lone female depositor to the floor. They rifled cash drawers, netting between 3000 and 4000 dollars, then fled the scene.
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Detroit
Continental Bank
Chene and
Catherinesis
Man confesses in murder and bank robberies case
William Baron of Cleveland confessed to killing Gus Phillips, a confectioner, on December 20 after being arrested in Canton and brought to Youngstown. Detectives say Baron also admitted complicity in two Elm Street Dollar Savings and Trust bank robberies nearby, yielding about 5000 dollars.
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Youngstown
William Baron
Cleveland
Canton
Gus Phillips
Baron
Elmst
Dollar Savings and Trust Bank
Booze War on Glouster Boots Fines Share 25 Percent
Jan 12 report says the new village council will give the village marshal a 25 percent share of all fines from bootlegging cases. A broad district cleanup is announced as part of the effort.
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Glouster
U. S. Moves to Mobilize Philippines Brigade in Canton Case
Washington ordered the army department of the Philippines to mobilize a fully equipped mixed brigade within four days for Canton, then cancelled when the crisis passed. The report comes from Shanghai dated January 12, 1924, in the Canton customs controversy context.
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Army Department
Philippines
Canton Daily News
Shanghai
Canton
Washington
Army Department of the Philippines
Farmer Lewis Taylor Fatally Ends Life at Bainbridge Home
In Chillicothe Ohio on January 12, Lewis Taylor a 690 year old prosperous farmer killed himself at his Bainbridge residence after his wife answered the doorbell. He shot himself in the temple ending his life.
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Chillicothe
Lewis Taylor
Bainbridge
Prisoners Released From Mansfield Reformator y
A list of 39 inmates granted parole from Mansfield Reformatory includes Stark County prisoners Albert Miller sentenced December 12 1922 for stealing an automobile to be released March 1 and George Muscan sentenced October 10 1922 for robbery to be freed.
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Stark Co
Mansfield Reformatory
Albert Miller
George Muscan
Amott
Coup Against France Sparks Bavarian Fear in 1924 Germany
In an exclusive interview Bavarian justice minister Hans Guertner warns that Germany faces a growing coupist movement led by Hitler allies. He links anti French sentiment to Versailles burdens and Ruhr occupation, urging full German sovereignty for the Rhineland and Ruhr and support for a foreign loan. He condemns scapegoating Jews and notes anti Jewish bias among some Bavarians though not official policy.
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Berlin
Jon
France
Germany
Hans Guertner
Herr Guertner
Herr Hitler
Guertner
National Socialist Party
Hitley
Ruhr
Rhineland
Bavaria
Paris
Kresges Divorced After Cruelty Allegations
Detroit January 12 Judge Adolph F. Marshner grants Anna A. Kresge divorce from Sebastian S. Kresge charging cruelty. She wins custody of two minor children Catherine 15 and Anna 12 and sole possession of the Kresge residence after an out of court settlement. Marriage began in Memphis in 1887 and the couple separated in December 1922.
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Detroit
Sebastian S. Kresge
Anna A. Kresge
Adolph F. Marshner
Kresge
Morristown Mayor Tennant Keeps Office After Election Loss
In Morristown Ohio Mayor R L Tennant remains chief executive after the village council refused to accept the bond of John T Shepherd. Shepherd’s six month absence in California led the council to declare the office vacant and Tennant to hold over, an action deemed unprecedented in Ohio.
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Morristown
R. L. Tennant
John T Shepherd
Tennant
Shepherd
California
Ohio
Griffith Wife Declares Husband Innocent In Murder Case
Mrs Mary K Griffith wife of Louis BE Griffith Canton manufacturer asserts her husband was with her the night Ruth Hunter 19 was killed she claims an alibi from 8 55 Wednesday to 8 Thursday and attended the Valentine theater after church denying sensationalism in her remarks while police pursue the death investigation and a sheriff is asked to be contacted.
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Louis BE
Griffith
Canton
Little Old New York
W. Kirk
Girl 14 Fined $100 For Selling Liquor
UNIONTOWN Pa Jan 12 A 14 year old bootleger appeared in local court this morning and was fined 100 dollars on a charge under the Volstead act for selling two pints of moonshine to Daniel Buschak 11 for 160 dollars each The boy George Roy Jr was given his hearing after his father and brother Joseph had been tried on similar charges and each fined 100 dollars.
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Uniontown
Daniel Buschak
George Roy, Jr
Joseph
Atlanta Not to Lose Klan Seat
National Ku Klux Klan headquarters will stay in Atlanta despite rumors of relocation. Spokesmen in Washington cite Edwards Clarke and William Simmons as formerly influential founders, noting Evans remains active in the capital as the factional power shifts.
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Atlanta
Washington
Capital
Ku Klux Klan
Edward Young Clarke
Wm. J. Simmons
Evans
Suit Files Against Massillon Savings & Loan Co
Attorney General Crabbe filed suit in supreme court to halt sale of memberships by Massillon Savings & Loan Co. The action seeks a test of the King Law prohibiting membership and initiation fees for stockholders. The petition says the association earns one dollar from a five dollar membership fee with the rest paid to a stock firm.
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Columbus
Crabbe
Supreme Court
Massillon Savings & Loan Co
King
Massillon Loan Association
Jury Acquits Woman in Columbus Murder Case
In Columbus on January 12, Mrs. Anna Albanese, 27, color ed, was acquitted by a jury of second degree murder for shooting and killing her white husband Michael P D Albanese on June 19 last year. She testified self defense after a heated dispute. The jury deliberated 45 minutes.
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Columbus
Anna Albanese
Michael PD
Albanese
Steamer Conchita Wrecked Off Gijon in Gale
The steamer Conchita was wrecked today near Gijon Spain after a severe gale. Heavy storms continue to lash the sea as rescuers search for survivors and assess damage to the vessel.
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Gijon
Spain
Conchita
Prohibition Faces Test in Capital as Dry Washington
In Washington officials set a harsh test for enforcement on the eve of the constitutional prohibition anniversary. Antisaloon leagues and temperance advocates gather to push for a truly dry city despite costs. Leaders warn that failure here would signal weak Volstead Act enforcement nationwide.
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Canton Daily News
Washington
Tts
France would drop debts if Britain recognizes Soviet Russia
London dispatch reports that Paris would consider canceling France war debts if Britain recognizes the Russian Soviet government, aligning Anglo French policy. Ramsay MacDonald writes Renaudel urging unity to settle European issues, signaling Labour foreign policy if they replace Baldwin’s government.
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Britain
Russia
France
London
Great Britain
Paris
Daily Express
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
Renaudel
Europe
Laborites
Stanley Baldwin
Morgan Halts Death Sentence In Clampdown Beheading Case
Gov. E. F. Morgan ordered a life term for Jim Alello of Clarksburn after he was condemned for killing his brother in law and beheading the two children with an axe. Alello, drunk at the time, faced death when his wife and six children visited the prison.
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Wheeling
W. Va
E. F. Morgan
Moundasville
Jim Alello
Clarksburg
Alello
Salvage Vessel Sent To Aid Grounded liner Mantar o
Panama canal authorities dispatched a salvage vessel to assist the Peruvian liner Mantar o which ran aground on Salmadina bank off Cartagena Colombia. Passengers and crew of the stranded steamship were rescued.
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Panama City
Panama Canal
Salmadina Bank
Carategna
Colombia
Border tensions rise between India and Afghanistan
India reports the border situation with Afghan authorities alleged to harbor roving bands of murderers and bandits, signaling renewed strain on January 12 in Lahor e.
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Lahore
India
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