Do the people rule or an oligarchy governs policy
Washington reports a heated debate on whether citizens influence lawmaking or if professional politicians dominate. A Senate resolution to investigate public opinion provokes concern about intimidation of voters and the integrity of democratic process. The piece critiques limits on citizen persuasion and questions the detectability of the Bok peace plan.
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David Lawrence
Canton Daily News
Washington
Congress
Senate
United States
Masons Move Temple Site On Market Avenue
Canton Masonic association announces purchase of the H M Geiger property at 840 Market and Dr C F Portmann land adjoining for a new temple. Judge Harvey F Ake says relocation from 633 705 Market to larger site reflects need for space. Large Canton real estate deal completed with cash purchase, minimal commissions.
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H. M. Geiger
Market
Dr. C. FE. Portmann
Canton Masonic Association
Harvey F. Ake
Masonic Association
Market An
Ake
Canton
Masonico
H. M. Gaiger
Quick Action Fools Robbers Near Dayton
In Dayton on Brandt Pike a filling station robbery ended quickly when Charles Reible his wife and son captured two bandits within 10 minutes. The men aged 27 alias James Welsh and 47 named Frank Williams confessed after fleeing in a coupe with $42. They were from Springfield and will be examined today.
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Dayton
Charles Retble
Brandt Pike
Ohio
Springfield
Robert Rowland
James Welsh
Frank Williams
Reible
Bo Y
Dirt farmer to sit on shipping board from interior states
Washington dispatch says President Coolidge plans to appoint J. R. Howard of Iowa a member of the United States Shipping Board to represent Interior states. He will replace Edward Farley of Chicago after Senate commerce committee ruled Farley geographically ineligible. The post pays 12000 annually and Howard’s candidacy faces little opposition, with his name submitted by Senator Willis of Ohio.
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Interior States
Coolidge
J. R. Howard
Iowa
Shipping Board
Edward Farley
Chicago
Senate Commerce Committee
Howard
Wiis
Onto
Trotsky Arrest Rumor Is Discounted In Helsingfors
Advices from Helsingfors discount a report that Leon Trotzky was arrested. The Russian party leadership feud intensifies as heavy troops are moved to Moscow amid fears of trouble.
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Copenhagen
Helsingfors
Leon Trotzky
Moscow
Mary Mickerwavana Fined $100 in Illicit Possession Case
Mary Mickerwavana of 1417 Wayne Ave NE was fined $100 in a Friday criminal court ruling on a charge related to illicit possession.
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Mary Mickerwavana
Wayneavy
Illici
American Naval Action Debated Over Tampico Crisis
Washington discusses a possible dispatch of U S naval vessels to Tampico amid Mexican revolutions. Officials note consent of Texas governors matters but fear a crisis near Vera Cruz as Obregon advances with 10 000 troops.
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San Antonio
Davidson
Obergen
Texas
State Department
Neff
Washington
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Obregon
de la Huertistas
Vera Crus
Naco
Ariz
Arizona
New Mexico
Sarragosa
United States
Department
de la Hurria
Renewal of Rescue Effort For Chief Wawa Crew
A new attempt was to be made to rescue thirty men aboard the ferry Chief Wawa frozen in the Straits off Mackinaw City Michigan. Blizzard delays halted efforts earlier, but a lull allowed plans to resume with provisions for three days. Mackinaw City and St Ignace faced crowds of travelers blocked from reaching destinations.
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Wawatam
Upper
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Mackinaw and
St. Ignace
Youthful heir chooses work over luxury in Boston
William H. Vanderbilt, 21, heir to a 20 million dollar fortune, works as an eight dollar a week messenger at Lee Higginson Co. He says the salary brings no real satisfaction and cannot support his bride. The Vanderbilt household employs a butler and five other servants. He is the late Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's son, lost with the Lusitania, and married Miss Emily O Neill Davis in November.
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Boston
William H. Vanderbilt
Lee, Higginson Co
Vanderbilt
Butler
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Emily O'Neill Davis
Lovers choose death by gun in Philadelphia tragedy
In a Philadelphia rooming house a man and woman were found dead, a revolver with two exploded shells beside them. Investigators believe a suicide pact linked to financial marriage obstacles led to the deaths of Helen Brunner, 31, of Crisfield Maryland, and Robert Findley, 43, of Lock Haven Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Helen Brunner
Crisfield
Robert Findley
Lockhaven
Turkish Prohibition Law Struggles With Enforcement
Continued ill luck shadows Turkish prohibitionists as repeated delays and weak penalties hinder the new law. Delinquents evade punishment due to faulty statutes while enforcement finally begins, amid rising public opposition to bootlegging penalties.
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Constanople
Soviet Officials Commuted After Trial in Moscow
General Semantovsky and Inspector Milkiah, former Siberian jail supervisors under the old empire, were sentenced to death by a Soviet tribunal but commuted to 10 years. Both inmates begged forgiveness, tearful, saying they repent for past hostility toward prisoners and the committee people.
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General Semantovsky
Milkiah
Siberian
Siberian Moutain
Ohio Governor declines call for special legislative session
Columbus Ohio January 18 Gov Don ayhe says he will not call a special session of the state legislature to pass emergency tax relief for needy municipalities. He says the body is merely recessed and only a joint committee can reconvene them, despite urging from city officials.
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Columbus
Donahey
Ohio
Capital Cleanup in Columbus Nets Early Arrests
The reorganized police force began operations in Columbus with ten Black suspects arrested on vagrancy charges seven suspicious persons nabbed and fifteen others seized on prohibition violations during a night of sweeping arrests.
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Columbus
Ita
Warren Fire Off Shanghai Aboard Lumber Laden Transport
The former American army transport Warren now owned by Chinese in Manila is afire in the afterhold 20 miles below Shanghai. Fireboats and tugs attempt to extinguish the blaze and tow the vessel to Shanghai.
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Canton Daily News
Shanghai
Warren
Manila
Hangman's Rope Breaks in Iowa
Fort Madison Iowa January 18 Roy Maupin condemned for the killing of Joseph Haynes faced execution today at the penitentiary. The rope broke as he was hanged but his neck reportedly snapped and the body fell to the floor.
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Fort Madison
Roy Maupin
Joseph Haynes
Carney Miner
Canton Phone Case Nears End
Arguments before the state utilities commission in Canton over unified service rates for the Canton exchange neared a conclusion as final cross examination of city witnesses by Ohio Bell Telephone Co. took place. The three day hearing, now adjourned to a future date, involved City Solicitor Thomas Miller and J. B. Kinnison for the city and Karl Burr for the company.
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Canton Telephone
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Telephone
Canton Exchange
Thomas Miller
J. B. Kinnison
Karl Burr
Veteran dies after 42 years with C and C railroad
Charleston West Virginia January 18. Death today ends 42 years of service of C W Wash with the C and C railroad. Wash began work at age 30 as a section hand and served as foreman for 25 years. He was 72.
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W. Va
C. W. Wash
C. @& C. railroad
Wash
Inspectors Backed Washington Rail Orders On Bad Locomotives
Federal inspectors are justified in ordering locomotives from the Pennsylvania and other railroads out of service due to poor condition. A. G. Paek, director of the bureau of locomotive inspection, stated today. He said reports of inspector orders are arriving daily from Indianapolis, Harrisburg and other cities.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
A. G. Paek
Bureau of Locomotive Inspection
Pack
Indianapolis
Harrisburg
Democrats and insurgents force new house rules compromise
Washington January 18 The insurgent and Democratic coalition won a rules battle certifying 160 members can vote on any bill and forcing committees to act in 37 days or risk bringing the measure to the floor. Wisconsin’s John M Nelson defended the pact saying he remains in the Republican party while denying a party switch. The split Democratic ranks and Longworths bid for party control failed by 20 votes.
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435
House
John M. Nelson
Wisconsin
Nelson
Legislative
House Rules Committee
Garrett
Longworth
Yale Students Oppose Measure on Prohibition Vote
Yale-Daily News reports a student referendum showing 47 percent favor modification of the Volstead act, 28 percent for rigid enforcement, and 25 percent for repeal. The tally among 2,092 ballots includes 682 for modification, 685 for enforcement, and 628 for repeal.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale-Daily News
Davis to Speak at Miners Meet
Secretary of Labor Davis will address the United Mine Workers annual meeting in Indianapolis on January 31 with President Coolidge’s approval. He is expected to say bituminous mines are overmanned, many mines are shut or part time, and a wage dispute could trigger federal action.
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Washington
Coolidge
Davis
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Crew Rescued From Tacoma After Reef Stranding
Part of the crew of the cruiser Tacoma, stranded two days on Blanquilla reef in the Gulf of Mexico, has landed at Vera Cruz. The rest remain aboard. The cruiser Richmond is due to arrive off Vera Cruz tomorrow to assist the Tacuma off the rocks.
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Tacoma
Blanquilla Reef
Gulf of Mexico
Vera Cruz
Navy Department
Richmond
Tacuma
Plan for Cleanup Prompts Breakup of Canton Klan in Ohio
H A Lutz representing Col Joseph H Simmon of the Ku Klux Klan predicts an open rift in Canton Klan No 1 Ohio as about 2000 members may depose leaders or secede to form a separate group He denounces current Kleagles as unworthy and claims authority is rotten and needs reform to prevent the order’s ruin
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Ohio
H. A. Lutz
Joseph H. Simmon
Ku Klux Klan
Luis
Lutz
Klan
Eitver
Miners Close Annual Meet in Columbus
The 84th annual convention of the Ohio United Mine Workers closes in Columbus with todays session focusing on proposed wage scale changes. Proposals include a six hour day while preserving basic pay, open contracts to allow district adjustments, and elimination of the wartime penalty clause for contract violations.
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Columbus
Ohio United Mine Workers
Creasy Testifies in Own Defense in Double Murder Case
In Minpola New York on January 18, L. I. police court Creasy, charged with killing his school teacher sweetheart Miss Hadith Lavoy, testifies he did not shoot her. He claims Lavoy killed herself, and notes a previous conviction was overturned granting a new trial.
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Minpola
L. I
Withiam M. Creasy
Hadith Lavoy
Creasy
Ohio sees drop in industrial accidents in December
Columbus reports a sharp December decline in Ohio industrial accidents. J H Lamneck, head of the division of workmen's compensation, notes 64 fatal accidents in December versus 78 in November. Year end totals show 14 110 cases pending for first hearing by the commission.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. H. Lamneck
Division of Workmen's Compensation
State Industrial Commission
Playwright Divorced in London Over Infidelity Claim
London January 18 Mrs John S rinkwater wife of the famed playwright obtained a divorce today charging her husband with infidelity. There was no defense. Rinkwater’s best known work is Abraham Lincoln.
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London
John S Rinkwater
Playwrest
Hushbana
Ardon Sought Madrid Appeal in Shaky Transcript
The mother and sister of Miguel Mateu appeal to Primo Rivera for clemency as Mateu condemns assassins of Premier Dato. The brief note from Madrid dated January 18 references requests for action and payment.
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Madrid
Miguel Mateu
Ate
Dato
Ten
Primo Rivera
Paidva
Ohio Tax Body Fails to Resolve State Tax Dilemma
After a two day session the Ohio Tax Association could not craft a plan for the state's tax difficulties. A seven member committee will draft a constitutional amendment to present to voters likely in November. Forney elected president amid close vote. Griswold law tied to bond limits and current expense restrictions.
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Ohio Tax Association
S&. BH. Forney
Ohio Tax Commission
Forney
Association
John KB. McCrehen
Columbus
Ohio Real Estate Board
Resolutions Committee
Ohio
Baker declares not a candidate for president
Jan 18 in Cleveland Newton P D Baker secretary of war in Wilson's cabinet denied reports he planned to seek the Democratic nomination for president. He said nothing could be further from his thoughts and noted he prefers private life, surprising his friends.
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Cleveland
Newton PD. Baker
Wilson
Baker
Man Commits To Prison Alone On Manslaughter Charge
Tony Schmidt of Hampton arrived at Ohio Penitentiary without police escort to begin a term of one to twenty years for manslaughter. He handed over his commitment papers to Warden Thomas, the first inmate to come alone for such a serious offense after his car killed Lucille Sweringen in Hamilton.
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Columbis
Tony Schmidt
Hampton
Ohio Penitentiary
Thomas
Schmidt
Lucille Sweringen
Hamilton
Four wounded as French troops disperse cheering crowd in Kaiserlauer
Four persons were wounded when armed French troops dispersed a crowd in Kaiserlauer Germany near the Bavarian capital. The cheerers supported British Consul Clive of Munich who has been probing relations between the French and Bavarian palace separatists.
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Kaiserlauten
Germany
Clive
Munich
Palatinate
Fathers receive medals for boy deaths in Chillicothe
In Chillicothe on January 18 the hero medals went to the fathers of Arthur Sheridan Harold Richards and Russell Evans who drowned two years ago while trying to save one another. The fathers of Sheridan and Richards also received an extra $500 while Russell Evans’ father did not. Evans was recently badly burned at work in the Baltimore and Ohio shops.
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Chillicothe
Arthur Sheridan
Harold Richards
Russell Evans
Evans
Baltimore and Ohio
Cabinet Resigns as Egyptian Government Steps Down
A Cairo dispatch to the Daily News reports the Egyptian cabinet has resigned on January 18. The move follows political unrest and signals a major shift in governance amid ongoing tensions and potential new leadership.
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Cairo
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