Teapot Dome leases under Senate scrutiny prompt Doheny offer
President Coolidge orders bipartisan special counsel to pursue legal action against Teapot Dome leases tied to Harry F. Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny. Doheny’s attorney Cavin McNab offers to surrender Elk Hill California lease to the government as Congress prepares to cancel the leases and probe Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall.
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Washington
Jan
Coolidge
Weil
Naval
Harry F. Sinclair
Edward L. Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Teapot Dome
Congress
Albert B. Fall. Doheny
Fall
Elk Hill
California
Cavin McNab
Senate Public Lands Committee
Doheny
Flames Sweep Capitol Block In Washington Fire
A major blaze swept a capital waterfront block along the Potomac River in Washington driven by strong winds from the Wharf of the Washington & Norfolk teamboat Co. Within thirty minutes a half city block of wooden structures burned while alarms summoned all available fire apparatus.
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Washington
Capitol
Potomac River
Washington & Norfolk
Immigration Act Extension Asked By Representative Cable
A bill introduced in the House by Rep. Cable of Ohio seeks to extend the three percent immigration law to 1930 with a quota of one percent of the 1890 census. The quota would apply to Canada and Mexico, reducing annual admissions from 523000 to about 125000.
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Washington
Representative Cable
Ohio
Canada
Mexico
Interior to Auction Osage Oil Leases in Oklahoma
Secretary of the Interior announced an auction sale of oil leases covering 100000 acres owned by the Osage Indians in Oklahoma. The sale is set for March 18 and 19 offering land in 160 acre tracts.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
Rubber Plant Burns Willoughby
Fire at Buckeye Rubber Mfg. Co. plant in Willoughby caused an estimated 46000 dollars in damage. Firefighters battled strong winds up to 60 miles per hour and zero temperatures.
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Willoughby
Buckeye Rubber Mfg. Co
Woman dies from burns after dress catches fire
Nora Fisher, 21, died in a Charleston hospital after her dress caught fire before an open grate in her home yesterday. The tragedy occurred in Charleston West Virginia on January 25.
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Charleston
W. Va
Nora Fisher
American Thinks Tut's Body Gone
In Luxor on January 26 Adolph E. Elsier, an American explorer and Egyptologist, predicts the Tutankhamen mummy will be missing when the sarcophagus is opened. Howard Carter, lead investigator, believes the mummy remains intact.
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Luxor
Egypt
Adolph E. Elsier
Cairo Press Today
Howard Carter
Beieves
Bernower Home at Edgefield Taken by Fire
Fire destroyed the L A Bernower home at Edgefield Saturday evening around six, with an estimated loss of 25000 and insurance 13000 on the house and contents. Fire started in the basement, likely from the furnace, and engulfed the first floor before discovery.
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Bernower
Edgefield
L. A
Gnau
Company Four
Central Station
North Canton Fire Department
Gnan
Mesnar
Bishop divides modernist and fundamentalist in Colorado
Rt Rev Fred Ingley bishop coadjutor of Colorado called the fundamentalist a fogeyist for denying evolution and the human element in the Bible and the modernist a muddler for failing to decide what is essential in religion during a midwinter Episcopal college students conference address in Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Ku Klux Klan to Unmask at National Congress
Atlanta officials of the Nathan Bedford Forrest Klan announce plans to drop the mask at the national Klansmen congress to be held February 26. They say the mask has brought disrepute and favor its immediate elimination.
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Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Nathan Bedford Forest Klan
National Congress of Klansmen
Eby
England finds government is not discarded this week
England this week has seen a political shift and the stock market respond with a boom as the labor government is welcomed. The article notes cautious, moderate moves by MacDonald, secret ministerial composition, and a cabinet aligned with liberal tradition led by Sidney Webb and Philip Snowden.
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England
A. G. Gardiner
Canton Daily News
London
Niagara
Stock Exchange
Rothermere
Rameau MacDonald
Sidney Webb
Board of Trade
Philip Snowden
30 Blast Victims Held in Morgues
Johnston City Illinois residents mourn as 30 miners lie in improvised morgues after yesterday’s explosion at the Crear-Clynch Coal Co east mine. Two and a half dozen bodies identified. eight more dead or injured feared. undertakers brought in from nearby towns. fundraisers launched for families and burials.
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Johnston
City
Crear-Clvnch Coal Co
U. S. Apologizes for Dry Raids
The United States government issues a formal apology to the Polish legation over a prohibition raid on December 20 targeting Dr. Wladyslaw Wroblewski secretary of the legation. Secretary Hughes expresses regret that diplomatic immunity was not observed.
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Washington
State Department
Legation
Wladyslaw Wroblewski
Hughes
Poincare Wins Victory After Seven-Hour Debate
Paris January 26 After seven hours of stormy debate Premier Poincare secured a unanimous vote to close general debate on government financial measures to halt France's currency decline. At 9:30 the chamber adjourned until Monday as political opponents criticized him.
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Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
France
Chamber
Gale Halts Work in Sandusky Area
Severe weather and heavy gale force kee harvesters to forego work today in Sandusky and Lake Erie islands. Nearly 1,000 men are employed in the kee harvest in the Sandusky area and surrounding islands.
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Sandusky, C
Kee Harvesters
Sandusky and
Lake Erie Island
Venturesome Bark Narwhal Believed Lost With 18 Crew
The Barkenting Narwhal sailing from the Golden Gate last February on a two year adventure cruise with 18 sailors is believed lost between Sydney and Noumea after typhoons. The vessel carried writers, soldiers of fortune, photographers and overseas veterans. Last contact was four months ago at Pango Pango. voyage aimed to recover treasure in the Solomon Islands.
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L. BE
Overman
Canton Daily News
San Francisco
Golden Gate
South Seas
Sydney
Noumea
New Caledonia
Oakland
Solomon Group
Pango Pango
Borneo
Corbra
Pacific
A. C. Wilvers
Charles Arey
Why Canton Daily News Draws Worldwide Attention
The Canton Daily News gains praise for progressive production, Washington and Columbus bureaus, and exclusive foreign correspondents. European writers Gardiner Tardieu Harden contribute weekly Sunday issues, radioed to New York and wired here.
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Canton Daily News
Canton
Washington
Columbus
Foreign Special News Service
A. G Gardiner
London
Henri Tardieu
United States
Paris
Maximilian Harden
Berlin
New York
Wired
F. A. Mackensie
Moscow
Edgar Mowrer
Rome
Paul Mowrer
William B. Nash
Hal O'Flaherty
Daniel O'Connell
Dublin
Europe
Orient
South America
American plan in reparations row big factor
Brig Gen Dawes and Owen D Young, American reps on the reparations commission, plan Berlin talks with proposals. They suggest Germany create two budgets one for normal govt spending and one for reparations, targeting at least 150 million dollars annually to back a 2.5 billion loan at 6 percent with 1 percent amortization. France would receive about 1.6 billion of the loan in cash. Discussions hinge on timing and a possible 1927 start, with France resisting a three-year moratorium.
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William Bird
Canton Daily News
Paris
Brig Gen Dawes
Owen D. Young
Reparations Commission
Berlin
Germany
France
Lincoln Murder Rivals Poe Tale in Illinois Mystery
Warren J. Lincoln confessed to the double murder of his wife Lina Rhoup Lincoln and her brother Byron Shoup in Aurora Illinois. He led police to a cement block at a dump containing the severed heads, saying I couldn't stand it I had to tell.
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Aurora
Edgar Allen Poe
Warren J. Lincoln
Lina Rhoup Lincoln
Byron Shoup
Michels
Lincoln
Lenine Funeral Arrangements Set In Moscow
Final arrangements for Nicolai Lenine’s funeral are announced in Moscow. Troops will march through the city before Sunday ceremonies. The coffin will be buried temporarily in Red Square with 25 gun salutes fired at minute intervals after burial.
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Moscow
Nicolai Lenine
Russia
Red Square
Soviet Republic
Cold wave grips nation from New England to Montana
A zero belt stretches across the United States from New England to Montana with subzero readings along the Canadian border. The freezing spell reaches as far south as Georgia, while the weather bureau forecasts generally fair but cold conditions with moderation coming Sunday.
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Washington
New England
Montana
Canadian
Misssissippi
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Enamel Plant Burns in Bellaire Enamel Co Fire
Fire destroyed the Bellaire Enamel Co factory at Bellaire near Martins Ferry causing about 250000 dollars in damage. The blaze started late in the day and left the plant a total loss. Local crews fought the flames but could not save the building.
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Martins Ferry
Bellaire Enamel Co
Bellaire
Chinese Youth's Life Is Spared
Carson City Nev Jan 36 Hughie Bing 21 American born Chinese will escape death by lethal gas but Gee Jon 31 Tong slayer must die in the air tight cell near the Nevada state prison wall the state prison board ruled tonight.
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Carson City
Nev
Hughie Bing
Gee Jon
Tong
Nevada
Nevada State Prison Board
Woman Slayer Ida Hughes Willing to Die Bravely
Ida Hughes, sentenced to die on March 14 for the murder of her mother in law M C Hughes, declares she would rather have her neck broken than live with a guilty conscience. She supports the death penalty for murder and says she killed after a confrontation with her mother in law and officers.
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Atlanta
Ida Hughes
M. C. Hughes
G. H. Howard
Hughes
Mother Hughes
Dines Shooting Sensation Due
Los Angeles January 26 Preliminary hearing of Horace A. Greer, chauffeur for Mabel Normand, in the shooting of Courtland S. Dinos, wealthy oil man, opened with threats of revelations from the defense and a vow to “drop a bomb shell” if Greer faces prison. Clarence Conlin, attorney for Greer, warned of explosive disclosures if needed.
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Los Angeles
Horace A. Greer
Mabel Normand
Courtland
Dinos
Clarence Conlin
Greer
Greek generals spared after court martial commutations
Death sentences for Generals Leonardospoulos and Gerealidis in Greece were commuted to five years in prison. Four colonels saw similar reductions, while three other officers received three year terms. Eighty officers slated for deportation were liberated.
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London
Leonardospoulos
Gerealidis
Greece
Athens
126 Men Lose Jobs as Sandusky Shops Closed
About 126 workers were laid off when the Baltimore and Ohio box car repair shops in Sandusky were shut down tonight under orders from headquarters. Superintendent Aleshire said operations would not resume for at least a month.
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Sandusky
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
Supt
Aleshire
Gas Explosion Traps Dozens of Miners in Lancashire Mine No 18
A gas blast at Barnes & Tucker Coal Co. Lancashire Mine No 18 near Shankstown Pa traps about 59 miners two miles underground. Thirty to thirty five men believed dead or entombed as rescue crews from Barnesboro and Hellwood race to reach the interior through debris while local miners report initial rescues and ongoing efforts to clear the sixth heading.
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Shankstown
Lancashire
Barnes and Tucker Coal Co
Es Cresson
Barnes & Tucker Coal Company
Barnesboro
Bethlehem Steel Co
Hellwood
Pennsylvania Railroad
Aame
Mussolini Plans Army Reduction in Italy
Premier Benito Mussolini will address the fascist grand council on Monday and is expected to announce a reduction of the Italian army along with budget cuts. He completed the fascist electoral platform and aims to balance the budget next year as a deficit of 2.5 billion lire fades due to economic measures.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Grand Council
Mussolini
Musse- Mini
Two Deaths Blamed on Bootleg Liquor in Los Angeles
Authorities blamed bootleg liquor for two deaths in Los Angeles. Fred Swanson, 55, was found dead in his room with empty bottles and two half filled liquor bottles nearby. Leland Wright was found dead in his Hollywood home, with poison liquor alleged as the cause.
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Los Angeles
Polson
Fred Swanson
Leland Wright Wes
Hollywood
Trial to Resume in Federal Case Against Marineoan Officials
After a six week delay due to a defendant's illness the joint trial of Benjamin and Dwight Marineoan former officials of the R L Dollings Co of Ohio will resume Monday in federal court. They face charges of using the mails to defraud in stock sales.
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Columbus
Wm. G. Benham
Benjamin and
Dwight Marineoan
R.L. Dollings Co
Oho
Dollar from 1845 bank note found for redemption
A paper dollar issued in 1845 by the now defunct Seneca County bank was sent from Virginia to the county auditor for redemption. The finder noted the bill turned up in Piffin and was presented for payment.
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Piffin
Seneca Co Bank
Virginia
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