Conductor Wounded In Duel With Hold Up Men
Delos Moretz a 30 year old Massillon street car conductor was wounded in both arms and a leg after he faced two armed bandits near the state hospital. He saved the company funds and wounded one robber before the duo fled toward Navarre. Moretz drove to the hospital, then collapsed. Police pursued possible wound locations and questioned witnesses while Canton officers were alerted. The bandits, both white and aged 25 to 30, escaped.
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Delos Moretz
Massillon City Hospital
Massillon State Hospital
Moretz
C. G. Lang
Navarre
Wis
Canton
Massillon
State Hospital
Rumors of Balkan Plot to Install Transylvania King
London reports rumors of a plan to crown Prince Carol of Romania king in Transylvania. A Budapest dispatch says the scheme, tied to the Hungarian counterfeiting ring revealed recently, centers on establishing a monarchy in Transylvania and spreading through Budapest.
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London
Budapest
Central News
Transylvania
Carol of
Romania
Trumbull Steel Reports 1925 Fourth Quarter Earnings
Trumbull Steel Co of Warren Ohio reports 1925 Q4 net earnings after all charges before federal taxes of 643 890. After federal taxes, net profits are estimated at 563 000. December earnings were 219 722 68 with funded debt interest 94 166. At the February 2 annual meeting in Warren nine directors will be elected.
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Warren, O
Trumbull Steel Co
Warren
Appropriation to be voted on for USA disarmament talks
Washington January 16 with signs of opposition in the Syracuse debate today the House indicated passage on Monday of a 50 000 dollar appropriation for American participation in the preliminary disarmament conference at Evam?
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Washington
Eva, N
Blonde Bandit Goes to Prison
Elmore Reynolds, known as the blonde bandit with a record of 82 crimes, was sentenced to fifteen years at Auburn prison by County Judge Gillette after pleading guilty to grand larceny and assault. He was in custody of deputy sheriffs following his arrest for shooting a taxicab driver.
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Rochester
X. Y
Jan
Elmore Reynolds
Auburn
Centeht
Gillette
Senate Finance Committee Approves Harmony Tax Reduction Bill
The U S senate finance committee endorsed a bipartisan tax relief measure totaling about 365 million dollars. It repeals all inheritance and estate taxes upon enactment and reshapes surtaxes for higher incomes while maintaining core income tax rates. The plan seeks to cut taxes further than the House proposal, with some disputes over exact relief figures.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Ex congressman Langley joins Atlanta prison list
Atlanta ga Jan 18 the distinguished company of former public officials doing time in the Atlanta federal prison tonight welcomes four new members John W Langley former Kentucky congressman now number 21 516 Langley shares distinction with former Governor McCray of Indiana Langley was convicted of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law in Kentucky
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Langley
McCray
Indiana
German seeks confirmation on allied shift of occupation zones
Berlin Jan 16 reports say the German government asked its ambassadors in allied capitals to verify claims that the Allies plan to move armies of occupation from the first zone to the second and third zones without reducing their numbers.
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Berlin
Conference on disarming may prove a dud
Paris dispatch outlines that the preliminary disarmament conference may not yield substantial results. After seven years focusing on security, Europe seeks new paths to prevent future aggression through free agreements and league guarantees, with Locarno pacts cited as a faded optimism.
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Andre Tardiee
Canton Daily News
Paris
Versailles
France
Belgium
Italy
Great Britain
United States
League
Tank Cars Used To Carry Wines In Argentina
Argentina wine output surges prompting railways to use ventilated 10,000 gallon tank cars to move Mendoza wine to Buenos Aires for export and local use. Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway expands runs to cut Mendoza stocks by 1.9 million barrels before the new crop. Mendoza yielded about 2.15 million barrels from 200,000 acres. harvest employs around 10,000 peons.
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Canton Daily News
Buenos Aires
Mendoza
Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway
Reign of Terror Chapter Closes in Pomeroy O Hints
Jesse Muncy pleaded guilty to burglary and larceny as a chapter in a reign of terror that swept Pomeroy Bend ended today. Police say Muncy, Walter Falin, and Clyde Tyree, Ohio United Mine Workers members, were nabbed by Burns detectives while burglarizing the Simpson powder house and stealing dynamite and high explosives.
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Pomeroy, O
Pomeroy Bend
Jesse Miuney
United Mine
Muncy
Walter Falin
Clyde Tyree
Ohio United Mine Workers
Burns
Simpson Powder House
Judgment of $15,000 Sought in Interurban Crash Case
Emil Henrichsen seeks a judgment of 15000 dollars against Lake Shore Electric Co in Sandusky Ohio. The suit follows a 1924 Genoa wreck that killed his wife two children mother uncle and aunt who were passengers in the interurban car. The total sought reaches 120000 dollars.
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Sandusky
Lake Shore Electric Co
Emil Henrichsen
Genoa
Here
Alumni Blamed for Booze Parties at Michigan Games
Alumni of the University of Michigan faced criticism at a January meeting over campus drinking during Big Games. Dr. Clarence Cook Little and Judge Arthur J. Tuttle attended, along with Mason P. Rumney who proposed a controlled social room for alumni. Little rejected any plan resembling sanctioned drinking. No formal action arose from the session.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
University of Michigan
Toent
Clarence Cook Little
Arthur J. Tuttle
Mason P. Rumney
Detroit
University of Michigan Alumni
Dr. Little
State Capitol
Lansing
National Capital
Romney
New York Man Considered for Ganton Church
Dr. Stanley Shaw of Tabernacle church Binghamton NY is being considered for Canton First Methodist pastorate. Shaw met Canton officials Saturday but no appointment was made. Bishop Henderson and Ohio district superintendents met in Columbus to discuss pulpit fillings. no decision reached. Dr. Manchester ministers in place of A. E. Day who resigned. The First Methodist, McKinley’s own church, is a prominent Northeast Ohio conference church.
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Stanley Shaw
Tabernacle
Binghamton
N. Y
First Methodist Church
Shaw
Canton
Bishop Henderson
Cincinnati
Onio
Columbus
C. K E. Manchester
A. E. Day
First Methodist
McKinley
Northeast Ohio Conference
Death Near for Cardinal Mercier
Brussels January 16 Cardinal Mercier, resigned to death, longs to die in Malines where he served and defied the German invasion. Physicians doubt he can be moved to his archbishopric seat as he suffers sinking spells and brief unconsciousness. Queen Elizabeth visited the Cardinal today.
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Brussels
Cardinal Mercier
Malines
Elizabeth
Dog team makes new time record at 40 mile sled race
Poland Springs Maine January 16 Chinook the wonder husky led six mates over twenty two and a half miles of snow bound nine state roads to win the 40 mile New England sled dog club race for his master Arthur Walden of Wohalancet NH in record breaking time.
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Poland Springs
Maine
New England
Arthur Walden
Wohalancet
N. H
Anti Evolution Move Is Started In Atlanta
A new anti evolution movement described as national in scope will be launched at a meeting in Atlanta Sunday afternoon. Its objective is a world wide fight on those teaching the doctrines of evolution and related ideologies in schools and through literature. Roscoe Carpenter of Indianapolis is named national chairman and is described as a close friend of William Jennings Bryan.
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Atlanta
Roscoe Carpenter
Indianapolis
William Jennings Bryan
Political Enemies Hold Conference In Washington
Secretary Mellon and Governor Pinchot met at the Treasury to discuss enforcing prohibition in Pennsylvania. Pinchot urged using full government power to halt diversion of thousands of gallons of industrial alcohol into bootleg channels. The talks produced a sharp personal exchange and widened their rift.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Gifford Pinchot
Treasury
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Marlborough Couple Hurt In Street Collision
Oscar L. Wheeler sixty and his wife Lydia were injured when their car collided with a Boston New York bus in Marlborough Massachusetts on January 16. They were admitted to Marlborough hospital for treatment.
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Marlborough
Mass
Oscar L. Wheeler
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Lydia
Boston New York
Marlborough Hospital
Senator Norris Attacks Coolidge Over Appointing Powers
Senator Norris of Nebraska condemned President Coolidge for alleged manipulation of appointing power to federal agencies including the federal trade commission and Interstate Commerce Commission. He claimed the president sought to secure a restoration from David J. Lewis of Maryland when Lewis received a temporary appointment to the tariff commission during the 1924 campaign.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate Today
OOF
Federal Trade, Interstate Commerce and Tacit
Norris
Nebraska
David J. Lewis
Maryland
Tarif
Tax changes may shield 2.5 million from 1926 taxes
The senate finance committee alters the house revenue bill, likely exempting about 2.5 million taxpayers who paid income taxes in 1925 from 1926 levies, while others with incomes no higher than 1924 face relief compared with last year. The shifts invite scrutiny as senators prepare proposals for action.
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3Ton Daily News
Washington
Senate
House
Uncle Sam
Senate Finance Committee
Four Hurt As Autos Smash On Snowy Canton Road
Miss Helen Paxton, Miss Hazel Kramer, and M. A. Bowers with another injured traveler suffered severe lacerations when a high speed car ditched after side swiping another vehicle on the Canton Howenstine road. Haynes car damaged. icy roads blamed. Injured driven to Mercy hospital.
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Helen Paxton
Allenay SE
Hazel Kramer
7Th St
M. A. Bowers
Catlin Annex
Canton-Howenstiie Rd
North Industry
Howenstine
Bowers
J. E. Haynes
Union Ay Sn
Haynes
Haynes’ Auto
Mercy Hospital
Canton
Major Lanphier Granted Leave for Arctic Expedition
New York January 16 Major Thomas G Lanphier commander to Selfridge Field Detroit and leader of the army pursuit squadron has been granted four months leave by the war department to accompany the Detroit Arctic expedition to Point Barrow Alaska as unofficial observer and adviser Captain George H Wilkins head of the expedition and Technical Sergeant C N Wisely of Cleveland have been released from army duty to join the venture
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New York
Thomas G. Lanphier
Selfridge Field
Detroit
Army
War Department
Point Barrow
Alaska
George H. Wilkins
C. N. Wisely
Cleveland
Week's Weather Outlook for January 18 to 23
Ohio Valley expects rain or snow midweek and again later with a cold spell around midweek and generally normal temperatures. Great Lakes region faces midweek and lateweek snows with consistently cold temperatures overall for the week.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Region of
Great Lakes
Coolidge Stand on Coal Strike Approved by Congress
Congress upholds President Coolidge s refusal to intervene in the coal strike. Debate centers on nationalization and intervention with conservatives opposing federal action. Copeland s plan to seize anthracite mines proposed, debated, and referred as Senate signals reluctance to federalize mines.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Capitol
Senate
Copeland
Pepper
Pennsylvania
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Committee On Labor
Oddie
Nevada
Minea Committee
Heavy storm lashes Oregon coast with 88 mile gale
Astoria Oregon January 14 A heavy storm battered the Oregon coast tonight with an 88 mile gale at several points Shipping was tied up Weather bureau records list the storm as one of the worst in years Additional warnings predicted the disturbance to continue through Sunday Three vessels trying to clear the Columbia River mouth were forced back to docks
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Astoria
Ore
Oregon Coast
Weather Bureau
Columbia River
Warning on Mexican situation prompts Senate inquiry
Senator La Follette Republican of Wisconsin asked the Senate to call on Secretary Kellogg for full information on the Mexico land and petroleum laws dispute warning that rupture of relations between the two nations may follow the controversy.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Mexico
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Kellogg
Veterans meet Lima in annual two day conference
About 300 members of the Forty or Eight Society and the American Legion of Northern Ohio gathered in Lima for their annual two day conference led by Chef de Chemin de Fer Stanley Larry M Doyle of Montana.
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Lima
Stanley
Larry” M. Doyle
Montana
Forty Or Eight Society
American Legion of Northern Ohio
Canton Girl Went on Seattle Heiress Dream
Lilian Clark a 16 year old Canton girl reportedly posed as a Seattle heiress with a $75,000 inheritance. She traveled to Covington Kentucky and Cincinnati to spend mocked wealth on real estate cars and jewelry while authorities traced her tale and her mother denied the allegations. Her mother Cecelia Clark said Lilian had only a minor and returned home after a visit with relatives.
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Lilian Clark
Tees
Cecelia Clark
Coleav
Rod
Canton
Covington
Cincinnati
Seattle
Litany
Wen
Tildan
Covington and Cincinnat
Lillian
Wash
Cinderella
William Bailey
Cassie Meyer
Alyce Westerick
Willian
St. Joseph's
St. Mary's
Dayton
Traveler's Aid Society
Pennsylvania
Miss Converse
Catholi Welfare League
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