Newberry Seat Fight Tightens Amid Senate Debate
Senate leaders report a tight struggle over Michigan Senator Tru man H Newberry s seat with Ford challenging the 1918 election results. Votes range from four to seven in favor of Newberry or three to five against seating him as speeches oppose the resolution and a potential recommitment to the Privileges and Elections Committee is discussed.
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Washington
Newberry
Senate
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Henry Ford
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Mr. Newberry
Ator Crow
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Kendrick
Wyoming
Weller
Maryland
Lenrogt
Wisconsin
Johnson
California
Walsh
Montana
Heflin
Alabama
Borah
Idaho
Robinson
Arkansas
Ashurst
Arizona
Watson
Indiana
la Follette
Norris
Nebraska
Woman fatally self strangulation after husband’s death
Mrs Elizabeth E Morris 42 of Highlands Ave Blue Ash Ohio was found hanging from a steam pipe by her uncle William Lang after failing to answer supper. She had recently mourned the death of husband Walton Morris and had placed her children in an orphanage. Coroner D C Handley ruled death self inflicted.
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Elizabeth E. Morris
Highlands Avenue
Blue Ash
William L. Lang
Robert Eckmeyer
Montgomery, O
D. C. Handley
Lang
Mt. Auburn
Cincinnati
Handley
Troops Remain in Newport as Sheriff Says Peace Unheld
Governor Morrow and Campbell County Sheriff Tieman clash over Newport unrest with troops at Newport Rolling Mill. Tieman says he cannot control the violence and requires soldiers. civil authorities must prove they can handle the situation or request continued military support.
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Sheriff
Morrow
Newport
Edwin P. Morrow
Kentucky
Louis Tieman
Campbell County
Newport Rolling Mill Company
Tieman
Tiem
Commissioners of Public Safety
City of
Commissioner of Public Safety
Joseph Hermann
Thomasson
Tieran
Home Brew Narcotics Found by U S Agents
Federal agents report a new kind of narcotic made from herbs labeled home brew. D. H. Leiss pleaded guilty to Harrison Act violations after 2500 grains of morphine found in his possession were homemade and sentenced to six months in jail. Herman Root of Lisle LIL was indicted for Harrison Act violations. drugs analyzed as grown nearby.
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Chicago
D. H. Leiss
Seneca Fall
N. Y
George A. Carpenter
Leiss
Herman Root
Lisle
Lil
Flora A. Lost Schooner From Georgetown to Harbor Buffett
The seventy ton schooner Flora A of Harbor Buffet N F with six crew members is presumed lost after leaving Georgetown P L for Harbor Buffett. No further word has been received, maritime circles report.
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Halifax
N. S
Flora
Harbor Buffet
N. F
Georgetown
P. L
Harbor Buffett
Appendicitis Fatal To Secretary Miller Of National Committee
Clarence B. Miller of Duluth Minnesota secretary of the Republican National Committee and former congressman died in St. Paul after an appendicitis operation. He had been ill during Christmas visits and faced a weak heart throughout his hospitalization. Born in Goodhue Minnesota in 1872 he graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1900.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Clarence B. Miller
Duluth
Republican National Republican Committee
Mr. Miller
Goodhue
University of Minnesota Law School
Bat Interrupts Opera Act At Academy Of Music
A bat disturbed by unfamiliar air waves emerged from backstage during the second act of Lalo's Le Roi d Ys at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. It menaced principals as it swooped over the audience while performers continued singing, and frightened women who clutched their hair.
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Philadelphia
The
Academy of Music
Edoard Lalo
Metropolitan Opera Company
Bat
Neok
Cullen Named Budget Supervisor by Governor Davis
Charles W. Cullen of Cincinnati was appointed Assistant Director of Finance and Superintendent of the Budget System by Governor Davis. A longtime Savory Hotel resident, Cullen will organize the state budget program. He is brother of James K. Cullen of the Nines Bennett Pond Machine Tool Co in Hamilton and has prior Army medical service and Cincinnati Board of Education service.
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Cincinnati Board of Education
Coal Firms in Hazard Hit by One Telephone Line Failure
Cincinnati coal firms reliant on a single Hazard district telephone line faced shut downs after a Monday night fire caused house walls to collapse onto cables. With lines down, orders are sent via telegraph, pony express and other older methods as crews race to restore communications.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Hazard
Blue Grass
Pony Express
Showing bogus roll blamed for murder
Montreal police linked the display of counterfeit currency to the murder of Raoul Delorme a 14 year old Ottawa student shot in a suburb. Delorme was seen with two strangers after showing a roll of bogus bills in a restaurant and later accompanied them to a theater and a road house. He had recently insured his life for 25000 dollars.
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Montreal
Raoul Delorme
Ottawa
Delorme
Raid at Montgomery club leads to arrest of owner
State prohibition inspectors with city detectives raid Thomas A Goodwins cabaret on Montgomery and Blair avenues arresting owner Ray Lind 31 and bartender Charles Mueller 45 for unlawful possession of liquor. three pints of liquor found and moonshine beer and whisky seized as patrons cleared from the scene amid a crowd outside.
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Thomas A. Goodwin
Montgomery
Blair
Mr. Goodwin
Goodwin's Hall
Eugene Weatherly
William Cleary
William Edward McCorkhill
Joseph Weis
Harry Bohlke
Ray Lind
Norwood Avenue
Norwood
Charles Mueller
Fairfield Avenue
Weatherly
Bohrke
McCorkhill
State Chemistry Department
State Prohibition
Goodwin
Agaim
Weight of Pennies Halts Brooklyn Robber
In New York on January 10 a Brooklyn confectionery heist ended when Joseph Ramsey fled with 665 one cent pieces. He was captured after a short chase as the coins proved too heavy to carry. Ramsey later quipped that he mistook the coins for real money.
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New York
Joseph Ramsey
Brooklyn
Poison Liquor Deaths Ring Citywide In Hoboken Jersey City
Hoboken authorities report six deaths from poisonous liquor linked to whisky tapped from barrels on steamship piers and smuggled ashore in hot water bags. Victims include Emil Lange Rudolph Bicberle Paul Schmidt Henry Orsen William Bergen and James Sheehy plus two young men Edward Dehn John Smith George Audhio.
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Hoboken
N. J
Jersey City
Emil Lange
River Street
Rudloph Bicberle
Paul Schmidt
Lange
Henry Orsen
International Lodging House
William Bergen
Park Avenue
James Sheehy
Edward Dehn
John Smith
George Audhio
Manhattan
New York
Griffiths Role in Sinn Fein and Prisoner Amnesty
Arthur Griffith, a Sinn Fein founder and leader, was jailed in Mountjoy in 1920 for seven months. He helped direct Sinn Fein activities, aided in negotiations with De Valera in London, and chaired Sinn Fein missions during the treaty talks culminating December 6.
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Dublin
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fein
Mountjoy
de Valera
London
Griffith
Irish Cabinet establishes new government under Griffith
Dublin reports a negotiated amnesty for political prisoners and the new Irish cabinet led by Arthur Griffith secures treaty implementation. De Valera withdraws temporarily but remains in opposition. Dail adjourns to February 14 as debates over republic versus Free State continue amid tense exchanges.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Dail Eireann
Arthur Griffith
Griffith
Dail
Viva Voce
Michael Collins
George Gavan Duffy
Eamon J. Duggan
William Va. Cosgrave
Bryan O’higgins
Richard Mulcahy
Tone Treland
Eden de Valera
de Valera
London
Mr. Griffith
Jekyl
Hyde
Republic
Erskine Childers
Birthday of the League of Nations passes practically unnoticed
Two years after its birth the League of Nations remains a living entity though US membership remains uncertain. The piece notes shifts in Democratic and Republican views, Harding Administration stance, and potential future inclusions of Russia, Germany, and Ireland, with Balfour likely to report to the League. It highlights cautious but ongoing engagement and restraint in Washington.
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League of Nations
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
League
America
Association of Nations
Wilson
United States
Cordell Hull
Democratic National Committee
Europe
Hull
Congress
Harding
Senate
Oscar Underwood
Harvey
Supreme Council
Genoa
Hughes
Great Britain
France
Boithe
Arthur James Balfour
Council
Germany
Russia
Ireland
League Assembly
Canada
Australia
South Africa
New Zealand
India
Court Petition Seeks Legal Death of Laura Lund
Mrs Susan Land widow of August Lund Covington files in Kenton Circuit Court to declare Laura Lund legally dead after she vanished in 1912 at age 94. Authorities failed to locate her and seven years absence suffices for legal death under Kentucky law. Land seeks title to Miss Lunds Covington west end property as sole living relative.
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Covington
Kenton
Susan Land
August Lund
Main Street
Laura Lund
Miss Lund
Vyington
Cincinnati
Newport
Kentucky
West End
Youthful bandits rob Covington oil station in bold home invasion
Police hunted three young robbers after they held Edward Kitin at gunpoint at the Kentucky Oil Station on Madison Avenue. The trio fled in a high powered car with about $50 from the cash drawer after looting the station. Witnesses saw two well dressed men exit the car to enter the building while a third stayed with the vehicle. Authorities scoured Covington and nearby areas for the criminals.
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Covington
Edward Kitin
West Twenty-seventh Street
Kentucky Oil
Twenty-sixth Street
Madison Avenue
Klein
Kieth
Milk wagon drivers oust union officials over strike leadership
About 1,800 Local Union No. 684 milk wagon drivers, on strike since November 1, voted to remove their officers at an indignation meeting in New York. They blamed George W. Briggs and his puppet officers for mismanagement and suspending by laws and constitution, saying their interests were jeopardized and demanding accountability.
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New York
George W. Briggs
Tile Trust Is Charged In Federal Antitrust Suit
The Tile Manufacturers' Credit Association and 37 firms across Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia New Jersey New York Kentucky Indiana and Massachusetts face a federal suit seeking dissolution of the Tile Trust. The government alleges price agreements uniform practices consolidation and barred sales to non dealers with plans to buy rival plants and limit competition. The case was filed in Columbus Ohio by District Attorney J R Clark under direction of Attorney General Daugherty.
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Columbus, CO
United States
Daugherty
Tile Trust
United States District Attorney’s Office
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New Jersey
New York
Kentucky
Indiana
Massachusetts
Tile Manufacturers’ Credit Association
Federal District Court
J. R. Clark
American Encaustic Tiling Company
Mosaic Tile Company
Zanesville, C
Cambridge Tile Manufacturing Company
Covington
Perth Amboy
N. J
Beaver Falls
Zanesville
Washington
Denver
Cement Securities Company
Cement Manufacturing Companies
Rocky Mountain
Cement Securities Company of
Colorado Portland Cement Company
Union Portland Cement Company
Three’ Forks Portland Cement Company
United States Portland Cement Company
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
Nebraska Cement Company
Colorado
Utah
Montana
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Purpera to Die in Electric Chair for Cleveland Robbery Murder
Samuel Purpera will die in the electric chair February 10 for his connection with the Big-Fanner payroll robbery and murder in Cleveland. The State Supreme Court over ruled a motion to file a petition in error, affirming his first degree murder conviction in Common Pleas Court.
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Columbus
Samuel Purpera
Cleveland
State Supreme Court
Purpera
Common Pleas Court
Boy Finds Mother Slain on Return From School
In Toledo Ohio on January 10, police believe robbery is the motive in the murder of 45 year old Mrs Francis Marvin. Her son Virgil found the body when he came home from school. The throat was cut and a butcher knife remained in her breast. Room furniture was wrecked and her purse lay on the floor.
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Toledo, CO
Francis Marvin
East Side
Virgil
Quick capture of bandits in Chicago bank robbery
Two bandits robbed a Chicago bank messenger of 2750 dollars and fled by car but were captured with the money ten minutes later. Police were notified of two men carrying suspicious sacks into a nearby house and captured them without a fight.
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Chicago
Nashville Industrial buys Tennessee Central Railroad
C M Hovey assistant manager of the Nashville Industrial Corporation today purchased the Tennessee Central Railroad at an upset price of 1 500 000 dollars in Nashville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Railroad
Nashville, Tenn
C. M. Hovey
Nashville Industrial Corporation
Tennessee Central Railroad
Landslide Devastates San Fratello. Ora Burned, 200 Homeless
A landslide destroys San Fratello leaving five thousand residents homeless. Nearby Ora in Trent area is burned, rendering about two hundred people homeless.
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Rome
San Fratello
Ora
Trent
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Bon-Opto Eye Remedy
Charles E. Smith & Sons
Claremont Dansant
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Cincinnati Morris Plan Bank
Raetonal
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Isco
Econ Cite & CO
Western & Southern Life Das, Co
French Bros.-Bauer Co
MOG
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Si Cocchbek
Greater Shoe Co
Ides
Wadasbinn
Harry W. Smith—Clothing
Louisville & Nashville Railway
Sckdines
Cinoes
POBUC
Wabundedart Manasae
Dades Sanvidhos Southern Railway System
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Mason Towle Co
Queen City Share Brick Co
Wallingford
Sa Etweeg
Ill
Wii
Miller
National Committee
Ance
C.W. Cullen
Davis
PonyExpress
Cadaret
Goodwin’s Hall
Polson Liquor
Sinn Feiners
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Danl Eireann
Mr. Childers
Lloyd George
Countess Markievicz
David Lawrence
Laura Land
Tile Manufacturers’ Association
Department of Justice
Cement Securities Co
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