New Ohio Governor Outline Tax Plan and Home Rule
Governor A V Donahey, addressing the General Assembly, urges tax reform with home rule and direct popular vote on levies. He promises a second message outlining a full taxation program and signals repeal of current rates, while pledging honest enforcement of existing laws.
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Associated Press
Columbus
A. V. Donahey
General Assembly
House of Representatives
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Ohio
Bly
Donahey
State Tax Commission
Oklahoma Celebrates Walton Inauguration With Mass Barbecue
Oklahoma City Jan. 9 Gov J C Walton is sworn in by Vice Chief Justice Johnson and greeted by a crowd of over 100000 at the State Fair Grounds. A lengthy parade precedes a giant barbecue serving beef buffalo bear and reindeer meat and endless coffee as supporters pledge a people’s inaugural. The governor’s pledge of a square dance and barbecue is fulfilled as the city marks the fifth state chief executive.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
J. C. Walton
State Fair Grounds
Capitol
Johnson
State Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Fair Grounds
State University
Black Hooded Klansmen Tied to Kidnap Slayings in Louisiana
Testimony in Morehouse Parish court links black hoods and deportations to the chieftain of the Ku Klux Klan cell in Morehouse. Prosecutors name Captain J. K. Skipwith as the orders sender while witnesses describe raids and intimidation surrounding Watt Daniel and Thomas Richards disappearances.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Ku Klux Klan
Watt Daniel
Thomas Richards
J. K. Skipwith
Morehouse
Gd. F. Norseworthy
Norseworthy
A. V. Coco
Louisiana
Daniel
Richards
Reparations Debate Shocks Paris Session
Paris January session of the Reparations Commission featured a sharp American critique of the Versailles Treaty. Roland Boyden called for revision to aid Europe's economic recovery while Germany faced scrutiny over coal delivery defaults. British estimates suggested transport issues and strikes reduced the gap to 11–16 percent. The commission planned to address a German moratorium request at the next meeting.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Reparations Commission
Roland W. Boyden
Commission
Boyden
Europe
Mr. Boyden
James A. Logan
John Bradbury
Barthou
Chamber Seeks Merging City County Government
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce board urges amalgamation of city and Hamilton County government to ease municipal finances. The plan includes moving courts, shifting services to the county, and pursuing a commission form of government with further budget and charter reforms.
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Chamber OF Commerce Board
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Chamber
Henry Bentley
Commercial Tribune
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Charles L. Harrison
Gerson J. Brown
A. Julius Freiberg
George F. Dieterle
Edwin C. Gibbs
James A. Reilly
Chamber of Commerce
Harrison
City Hall
County Court House
Chamber * of Commerce
French requisition cars for military use in Essen region
In Düsseldorf on January 9, French authorities under General Simon order requisition of all passenger autos and heavy delivery trucks. The Ober Burgomaster will help select suitable vehicles for French use, with noncompliance liable to military court action.
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Associated Press
Duesseldorf
Simon
Man Survives Five Days in Ship Captured Box to Hawaii
Ira Culver Sparks of Peru Indiana shipped a box 81 cubic feet to Honolulu aboard the Tayo Maru. He sealed himself inside at San Francisco after sending the box by freight, surviving five days on tins and water before ending his voyage. Officials expect return to San Francisco.
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Honolulu
Ira Culver Sparks
Peru
Ind
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Lyland
Upshaw accuses bootleggers among Washington officials
Representative Upshaw of Georgia in the House charged that bootleggers operate among public men in Washington and that some high officials have drank illegal liquor. He said he would provide evidence to authorities but would not name individual offenders in the House, citing constitutional limits. Upshaw cited a letter alleging the House office building provides bootleg customers and called for careful action on liquor shipments to embassies and legations.
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Upshaw
Georgia
House Today
Congress
Upshawn
House
Justice Court
Mr. Upshaw
State Department
Padlock Tactics under Volstead Act Considered in Cincinnati
Assistant U S Attorney R T Dickerson says individuals found toting illicit liquor on their person may be declared public nuisances and enjoined from further activity under Section 23 of the Volstead act. The district seeks temporary injunctions against saloons at Court and Walnut streets and 2162 Florence avenue, aiming to close them for one year for multiple violations. Judge Peck will hear the petitions Saturday as authorities push a novel enforcement approach in Cincinnati.
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United States District Attorney
United States District Court
Dickerson
District Attorney’s
Cincinnati
Case
Snow
Court
Walnut Streets
Florence Avenue
Court and
American Soap Company
Crown Brewing Company
David A. Luke
Henry Thompason
Antonio Colletta
John
Don Colletta
Peck
Sharon Em
Sharonville
Early Morning Fire Damages the Mansion Dancing Hall
A fire at 2625 Gilbert Avenue damaged the Mansion Dancing Academy owned by Miss Alice K Bott. Three alarms were issued and firefighters controlled the blaze before 2 am. Estimated damage reached about 25000 dollars, with the second floor heavily affected. The origin is believed to be an overheated furnace in the basement.
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Gilbert Avenue
Mansion Dancing Academy
Alice K. Bott
Pilot Sows 276 Acre Ranch Field From Air
Tracy California January 9 A pilot in an airplane began sowing a 276 acre field to grain on the Agrunauer ranch three miles west of town. The plane stayed about one hundred feet high releasing seed in a fifty foot swath. Each acre required a half sack and the estimated cost was one dollar per acre.
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Tracy
Cal
Here
Agrunauer
Friendship with France at Low Ebb
Special Correspondent David Lawrence analyzes the frayed U S French relationship in January 1923. He notes widespread disappointment over France occupying the Ruhr despite U S protests and says governments see the move as a mistake with global consequences while the United States asserts no legal right to intervene.
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David Lawrence
the Commercial Tribune
Washington
Jan
France
United States
Ruhr
Germany
Mitti the Akron terrier saves family from fire
A three month old brown terrier named Mitti woke Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wilkins and their seven children as a fire started in their Akron home. The couple and their son George evacuated the children to a neighbor, while Mitti searched for the mice inside the home. Fire damage is estimated at 3,000 dollars.
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Akron
Mitti
W. C. Wilkins
Wilkins
Smyrna refugees accuse American vice consul of forcing escapees into streets
Survivors arriving on the King Alexander tell D. D. Shepard of alleged misconduct by Maynard Barnes American vice consul at Smyrna during the burning. They say theater refugees were driven to streets where Turks slaughtered them and that one man with a expired passport was cast out. Other refugees recount aid denial and peril as fires raged.
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New York
D. D. Shepard
State Department
King Alexander
Maynard Barnes
Smyrna Theater
Barnes
Alexander Kassemis
Bay Point
Cal
Kassemis
New
Hall
United States
Litchfield
Bay’ Point
Spiropoulos
Washington
Nicolas Kyros
Waterbury
Conn
Two Kroger Robberies Trigger Citywide Dragnet
Police hunted two highwaymen after three hold-ups yesterday afternoon and evening. The pair stole $25 from Kroger at 2137 Colerain and over $100 from another Kroger on Dayton Street, then fled in a stolen car marked 365199. An additional street robbery yielded $35 as officials linked the incidents to the Kroger thefts, noting careful planning and a same‑pair pattern.
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Kroger
West End
Henry C. Degarmo
Freeman Avenue
Kroger Grocery and Faking Companys
Colerain Avenue
Degarmo
Colergin Avenue
Bank Street
Krieger
Dayton Street
Western Avenue
William Moore
Baymiller Street
Poplar
John Streets
Hy. Moore
Scroger
France Ready to Seize Ruhr as Occupation Looms
Paris reports France prepared to occupy Essen at daybreak with tanks and air support. The government holds detailed plans secret while informing Britain and the United States of the move. Paris aims to demonstrate resolve and press Germany to terms, with Parliament to be briefed on plans.
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France
Ruhr
Essen
Krupp
England
London
Brussels
Reparations Commission
Germany
M. Madginot
Poincare
Poincaré
Chamber
Liament
Foch
United States
Great Britain
Essery
M. Poincare
Cuno Denounces France Over Ruhr Occupation Move
Berlin reports Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno declares forceful action by France in the Ruhr would breach the Versailles treaty and defend German sovereignty. He criticizes Paris for cloaking coercion as justice and notes reparations talks stalled after Paris conference.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Wilhelm Cuno
France
Ruhr
Germany
Herr Cuno
Paris
Cuno
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