Train Wreck Kills Three. Twelve Hurt in Illinois Collision
A fast Michigan Central freight crashed head on with an Illinois Central suburban train in Chicago area, killing three railroad workers and injuring twelve, as investigators say a switch may have been left open. Firemen and rescuers climbed wrecked embankment to reach victims.
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Chicago
Michigan Central
Illinois Central
Otto Nitsche
William Cunningham
Thomas A. Greiger
Fe.be. Benjamin
Ollen Nelson
Wheaton
Richard Dykstra
Harvey
M. C. Tobin
Willis Chapman
Jackson
Mich
John Rute
Detroit
Van Sweringen group stocks slump in early market
New York reports a sharp opening drop in Pere Marquette stock of the Van Sweringen group, with the Erie and Chesapeake and Ohio also down as market values collapse amid heavy selling. Industrials and rails lead losses, while some stocks such as Nickel Plate system edge higher on merger news signals.
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New York
Mar
Pere Marquette Railroad
van Sweringen Group
Erie
Chesapeake and Ohio
Wall St
United States Steel Corporation
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
IWA
Canton Industrials
New York Stock Exchange
Supreme Court
United Alley
Timken
Central Steel
New Merger Plan to Be Filed With I C C
New proposal to be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, announced by Nickel Plate consolidation interests. Brown predicts an entirely new plan to meet requirements, with amended petition likely insufficient, and much original detail not repeated. The Van Sweringen brothers face a decision after the commission denied merger of five railroads, with experts saying a revised financial structure could gain approval.
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New York
Mar. J
Nickel Plate
Interstate Commerce Commission
KE. N. Brown
Pere Marquette Railroad
Brown
Washington
van Sweringen
Cleveland
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
Col. W. A. Colston
Inquirere
O. P. Vin Sweringen
Lippert Fined $1250 and Costs in Liquor Charge
Former sheriff candidate Frank A. Lippert pleaded guilty to two liquor law affidavits after police raided a vacant house at 1422 Tuscarawas Street West. Judge A Talmadge Snyder imposed 1000 to the city and 250 to the state, plus costs, and Lippert was committed to the workhouse until paid. Lippert contended his wife was not present during the raid.
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A. Talmadge Snyder
Frank A. Lippert
Lippert
Sergt
John “Jiggs” Wise
Tuscarawas St
Earle Shadrach
Crabbe
W. L. Quinn
Quinn
Snyder
Tuscara
Si W
Buryat Gallants Ordered To Stop Stealing Wives
In the Buryat republic near the Mongolia border, a new criminal code clause imposes three years imprisonment for any bridegroom who steals his wife by force. Local women protests say the practice remains common and defend it as honorable, deriding those who would ask a woman to marry.
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Moscow
Mongolia
Akron Woman Sentenced to Four Months in Canton Workhouse
Mrs Bea trice King 35 of Akron was found guilty of violating the Harrison Narcotic Act and sentenced by Federal Judge Paul Jones to four months in the Canton workhouse after being arrested November 13 for possessing smoking opium. Wilbur Cooper, who was also arrested, pleaded guilty and received 61 days in the Dayton workhouse.
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Cleveland
Mar
Beatrice King
Akron
Canton
Paul Jones
Wilbur Cooper
King
Dayton
Lake cargo coal case reopened by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission decided to reopen the Lake cargo coal case relating to freight rates on bituminous coal from Pennsylvania West Virginia Virginia Kentucky Tennessee and Ohio mines to Lake Erie ports for trans shipment by vessel.
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Washington, Mar
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lake Cargo
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Lake Erie
Mitchell in Columbus advocates single defense chief
In Columbus William Mitchell former brigadier general in the United States Army Air Service told about three thousand listeners that the United States is defenseless under an oligarchy in Washington. He called for a single federal defense chief and warned the next war will be fought in the air with planes and poison gas. battleships and infantry will be useless.
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Columbus
Mar
United States
Washington
William Mitchell
United States Army Air Service
Mitchell
Wagering on Smith Roosevelt Help Governors Race
Overnight bets reported by betting commissioners show $2,000 to $4,000 on Gov Smith’s reelection and $1,000 to $6,000 on Theodore Roosevelt as the next governor. Separate items note a baby carriage slump in New Haven due to autos and birth control, and the arrival of old silver valued at $259,000 belonging to two titled Britons aboard the Berengaria for sale in New York.
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New York
Gov. Smith
W. L. Darnell and Company
Theodore Roosevelt
New Haven, Conn
Frank Adama
Mountain Slides Block Western Maryland Railway
Excavation crews race to clear the Cumberland division right of way after one of the state’s largest mountain slides halts train service between Hendricks and Thomas. A smaller slide earlier Monday was nearly cleared when another massive collapse caused casualties.
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Elkins, W. V
Western Maryland Railroad
Cumberland
Hendricks and
Thomas
Court Laughs at Bond Forfeiture Framing of Grant Kirk
Deputy Grant Kirk bungles a bond forfeiture ritual when the prisoner Earl Troup vanishes after arrest for liquor. Assistant Prosector Aungst expands the form and the judge and crowd share a laugh as the deputy stumbles through the archaic ritual.
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Grant Kirk
Earl Troup
Death Curve
Emil Miller
James M. Aungst
Aungst
Kirk
Miller
Agler
Robbery at Mid Continental service station prompts police search
A man robbed the Mid Continental Oil filling station at Beldenar and Waynesburg roads at 11 30 am on Tuesday. The culprit described as a white man 36, wearing a light overcoat and hat, fled in a car after taking 85 dollars. Canton Daily News referenced for more details.
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New Chester
Bonar
Mid-Continental Oil Company
Beldenar
Waynesburg Rd
Sir Bonar
Jewett Touring Oer
Pennsylvania
Cheste Bonar
Lowett
Atendant
Canton Daily News
Becaunee
Beldenav
Fienorey
Atterbury Announces Penny Railroad Plans for Canton District
Gen W W Atterbury outlines three major improvements for the Canton district of the Pennsylvania railroad. A low grade line from Chicago to Allegheny Foothills will replace the Massillon hill between Ganton and Massillon and eliminate the Wooster hill grade. Bayard cutoff opening also planned.
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Gen. Atterbury
Penny Railroad
Massillon Hill
Ganton
Massillon
Wooster Hill
Bayard
Canton District
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wgs
W. W. Atter
Interesting Bits From Speech Of Gen. Atterbury
The Bayard cutoff is due for completion by August or September and will carry larger trains between Canton and the east. It should not adversely affect Alliance. Proposals include low grade lines around Massillon and Wooster to enable a Chicago to Allegheny foothills route. Gar plas of employe presents a method to promptly and reliably adjust grievances. He asserts the nation has not had such control and potential for economic stability and cultural progress.
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Bayard
Canton
Alliance
Massillon
Wooster Hills
Chicago
Allegheny Foothills
Atterbury Favors Low Grade Rail Route Expansion
Gen. Atterbury told about 300 Pennsy employees at the sixth annual Pennsylva nia railroad Y M C A. dinner that a proposed multi million dollar project would give a low grade route from Chicago to the Alleghenies, cutting freight costs and boosting rapid transit efficiency. He opposed governmental control of railroads and criticized political bosses he encountered after WW I.
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Gen. Atterbury
Pennsy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Courtland Hotel
Child Abandoned On Doorstep Sparks Adoption Hope
In Lima Ohio on March 3 Police seek the person who left a three week old baby boy on Charles Dimond's doorstep. The well dressed infant wrapped in Dayton newspaper from Feb 24 cried out to theDimond family, who consider adopting the child. they already have one adopted daughter.
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Lima, CO
Charles Dimond
Dayton
Dimond
Van Hamel Takes Up League Job
Amsterdam reports Prof. Van Hamel assumes duties as commissioner for the League of Nations at Danzig succeeding MacDonald. The German press criticizes the appointment due to his anti German stance in the war, but Hamel says he aims to prevent disputes rather than merely arbitrate them.
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Canton Daily News
Amsterdam
van Hamel
Danzig
League of Nations
Hamel
MacDonald
Dry Head Denies Salary Raise
State Prohibition Commissioner McDonald rejected claims by H. Gibson of Columbus that he raised Gibson salary from 150 to 200 dollars and pressed Gibson to help his bid for the attorney general race. McDonald said he is not a candidate and did not discuss politics with Gibson.
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Columbus
Mar
McDonald
Gibson
Akron group pleads guilty in federal liquor case
Four men and a woman from Akron pleaded guilty to violating the national prohibition act in federal court. Judge Paul Jones sentenced Nick Colas to 300 dollars and 90 days in the Dayton workhouse, Marvin Bell to 300 dollars and 80 days in the Canton workhouse, Fred Karnuth 509 dollars, Fannie Thomas 560 dollars, and Richard Oser 300 dollars.
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Cleveland
Mar
Akron
Paul Jones
Nick Colas
Dayton
Marvin Bell
Canton
Fred Karnuth
Fannie Thomas
Richard Oser
State Supreme Court Overrules Review in Johnson Case
The Stark County appellate court motion to certify records for review in the case of Charles F. Johnson against Annie Johnson and others has been overruled by the state supreme court, announced today.
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Columbus
Mar
Stark Co Aporate
Charles F. Johnson
Annie Johnson
State Supreme Court
Fat Man Skips Meeting Because Shoes Tied Incur No Help
In Boston on March 3 G Everett Stackpole failed to attend the United States fat men's club annual meeting. He inability to tie his own shoes kept him from going out with untied footwear, prompting questions about his absence.
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Boston
Mar
G. Everett Stackpole
United States
Fat Men'a Club
Stackpole
Apartments Needed in Japan
In Tokyo the housing shortage prompts talk of apartment houses as the solution. Foreigners in Japan wonder why builders do not invest in apartments with high demand. Some Japanese returnees from abroad see apartment living as especially appealing.
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Copright
Canton Daily News
Tokyo
Japan
Boy Shot Father in Accidental Revolver Shooting
Lawson Dickerson a Zanesville High School sophomore shot and killed his father Harry Dickerson during a gun cleaning at their home. The weapon discharged unexpectedly, hitting the 55 year old in the chest. Coroner L. E. Grimes ruled the death accidental.
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Zanesville
Lawson Dickerson
Sopehmore
Harry Dickerson
Dickerson
L. E. Grimes
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