Chauffeur Held in Murder of Covington Theater Manager
Covington police hold 19 year old Charles Williams of Cincinnati on a warrant sworn by Morris Lee’s father for the murder of Morris Lee, manager of the Strand Theater, shot near his Covington home. Detectives say informant Abraham Collier implicated Williams after a Newport garage conversation. Williams denies the killing.
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Morris Lee
Strand Theater
Covington
Garrard Avenue
Charles Williams
West Eighth Street
Cincinnati
Williams
Cincinnat
Bell, Schaffer and Cleary
Abraham Collier
East Third Street
Newport
Collier
Colker
Harry Lee
Mr. Lee
Manson
Sleeping Sickness Death in Chillicothe
Charles Michaels a 50 year old railroad shopman died in Chillicothe Ohio from sleeping sickness the victim had slept in a near-unresponsive state for twelve days except brief periods of nourishment.
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Chillicothe, O
Charles Michaels
Advertisers' Contest and Classifieds Index
Index of advertisers and listings including Cunard Line Fifth Third Bank Hunter Budde Duble Irwin Ballmann De GOS Pomue Shillito's and Wrigley's Gum with page references and reward notices. Includes five hundred dollars reward and various product ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aegiange
OCEON
Cunard Anchor
Dunlap Clothes Shop
Eagle Savings and Loan Assn
Financial— T,t Aon
Icikh Nau Neewneeks
National Bank
Hunter, Budde & Duble
Irwin, Ballmann de Gos Binates Gacces
Provident Lav. Bank and Trust Co
Oasen
Cane
Foley's Pills
Gordon J. A. Hargrave
Greater Shoe Co
Liberal Savings and Loan Assa
Mabley & Carew Co
Boa Milk Exchange
Mother’s Friend
Pinkham
Richard
Ginethensenes BL
Wrigley
Oesseeccarteee of
Moonshine Mash Blocks Butte Sewer System
Butte Montana January 25 City engineers report sewers on the east side blocked by moonshine mash and assorted mash ingredients. Home brewers allegedly use sewers for garbage cans to hide illegal activity with six lines of hose and a swirling nozzle to flush debris.
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Butte
Mont
Henry H. Wiegenstein
Newport Milling Strike Sparks Disorder and Troop Movement
Volunteers report a riot near the Newport Rolling Mill on Ninth and Lowell streets as bricks and rocks fly at striking drivers. Clerk George Bernard, a 30-year employee, is beaten by five men at Ninth and Monmouth. he sustains cuts bruises and a head bump. Governor Morrow commends Colonel Denhardt for handling the crisis as 200 troops remain in Newport and a Wilmington charter allows the mill to operate under a new Delaware name.
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Newport
Newport Rolling Mill Company
Ninth
Lowell
H. H. Denhardt
Patterson Street
Denhardt
George Bernard
Fifteenth Street
Monmouth
Bernard
Morrow
Frank V. Benton
Wilmington
Del
Dover
Benton
Delaware
Newtown deputy marshal fined after concealed weapon case
Willard Witham deputy marshal of Newtown C charged with carrying concealed weapons and pointing firearms in Police Court. He was fined 200 dollars plus costs on the first charge and costs on the second, both fines suspended. A crowd in City Hall corridor protested city methods used by Cincinnati constables as Witham left with friends.
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Willard Witham
Newtown
Witham
Cincinnati
City Hall
Ninth Street
Central Avenue
Main Street
John Doe
Spiegel
Europe Debates Allied Debt Refunding Bill In Senate
Senator Borah argues European policy harms Germany and favors a purely business approach to debt. He contends Versailles remains law and urges army reductions to improve repayment prospects. Senator Walsh questions legality, while Chairman McCumber defends Congress control of refunding obligations.
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Washington
Europe
Senate
McCumber
I Finance Committee
Borah
Idaho
United States
Walsh
Montana
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
United Sites
Finance Committee
Death in New Street Fight After Dance Shooting
Thomas Donovan Jr. 17 died at General Hospital after being shot in the abdomen during an argument with Joseph Sepat 17 at New Street and Broadway Monday night. Sepat, in custody, admits the shooting claiming Donovan provoked him. detectives report Sepat’s revolver found reloaded.
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New Street
Broadway
Thomas Donovan, Jr
Lock Street
General Hospital
Donovan
Joseph Sepat
May Street
Sepat
Guilford School
Grannan
McCorkill
Weis
Cleary
Negro Musicians Beaten By Angry Southerners
Six members of a Negro orchestra employed at a Miami tourist hotel were escorted by police to a train bound for Columbus Ohio after being lured to the city outskirts and beaten by a mob amid complaints they mingled with whites and violated Southern customs. The Columbus group was the only Negro band in the white section and the hotel asked for a white orchestra to replace them.
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Miami
Fla
Columbus
Columbus’ Orchestra
Wolves Prowl Streets Terrorize Spanish Villagers
In Leon Spain heavy snowfall sends wolves from mountains into plain districts. Villagers of Cor niero and Sopena cannot leave homes after dark due to wolves roaming the streets.
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Leon
Spain
Associated Press
Corniero
Sopena
Mrs Rosier Pleads Forgiveness Beside Husband's Coffin
The Philadelphia case reports Mrs. Oscar Rosier kneeling beside her slain husband and his stenographer, crying I didn't mean it, I loved you, and kissing the deceased before being escorted away in custody. She grips her three month old baby as she appeals for mercy. Miss Mildred Reckitt's funeral proceeds with her grieving parents.
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Philadelphia
Oscar Rosier
Daddy
Oscar
Mildred B. Reckitt
Democracy Rally in Dayton Attacks Harding Policy Criticism
At a Jackson Day gathering in Memorial Hall Dayton Ohio Democrats from across the state and beyond praise Andrew Jackson and attack the Harding administration year’s record. Senator Harrison of Mississippi and Senator Pomerene of Ohio join Mrs Gertrude Breslau Fuller in condemning policies and warning of economic danger while praising Cox’s service. The speech cites banking stability averting a panic and critiques Lodge era influence amid global postwar tension.
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Dayton
Associated Press
National Democracy
Ohio Democracy
Andrew Jackson
James M. Cox
Washington
America
Memorial Hall
Ohio
Harding
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Atlee Pomerene
Gertrude Breslau Fuller
Pittsburgh
Harrison
Pomerene
Senate
Newberry
Michigan
Cox
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Cabot Lodge
Shipping Board approves wage cuts on all vessels effective Feb 6
The Shipping Board announced wage reductions of more than 15 percent for officers and men aboard its vessels, effective February 6 through June 30. Deck officers radio men and engineers face a 15 percent cut, while unlicensed personnel including seamen and deck hands see a 25 percent reduction. Union leaders reportedly assented after a week of talks with the board and marine organizations.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Brandegee Pushes Senate Over Foreign Policy Power
Senator Brandegee leads an isolationist charge challenging executive sovereignty in foreign affairs. He argues the United States can only bind itself by treaty or Senate consent, affecting Genoa Conference participation and wartime policy precedent.
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Washington
Jan
Brandegee
United States
Senate
Philander Knox
Harding
Germany
William Jennings Bryan
Congress
America
Genoa
Bradegee
Connecticut
Unof
Foreign Relations Committee
Department of State
United States of America
Coess
Charles Evans Hughes
Repeal of Guarantee Clause Urged by Farm Delegates
National Agricultural Conference delegates considered measures for farming self sufficiency. A sub committee voted 12 to 5 for repealing the guaranty clause of the transportation act and 11 to 6 to return state railway rate control to the State Railroad Commission. Other action included proposed St Lawrence Great Lakes waterway, farm note financing, and crop insurance plans.
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Washington
National Agricultural Conference
State Railroad Commission
General Transportation Committee
St. Lawrence-Great Lakes
Anderson
Wallace
Governor Parker
Louisiana
Harold Powell
California
Frait Crowers’ Exchange
W. L. Wyner
Chicago
Carl Williams
Robert McDougal
Chicago Board of Trade
J. M. Anderson
St. Paul (Minn
Equity Co-operative Exchange A&a
Congress
Presi
Dent Harding
America
Committee On Agriculture, Credit, and Insurance
Incorporated
Livestock Loan Association
Federal Reserve Banking System
War Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Acts
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve Board
Harding Appeals Directly to Chinese to Settle Shan tung
President Harding personally urged Chinese minister Sze to accept a compromise on the Shan tung dispute, aiming to unlock the Washington conference. Japan signaled willingness to concede, while talks focus on returning the Tsing Tao-Tsinanfu Railroad with treasury notes and eventual transfer of possession within five to fifteen years.
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Washington
Associated Press
Harding
Japan
China
Shantung
Peking
State Department
Tsing Tao-Tsinanfu
Treasury
Brooklyn Pastor Charges Censorship Drive By Film Industry
Rev. William S. Chase of Christ Church Brooklyn testifies before a Senate subcommittee urging federal censorship or control of the motion picture industry. He cites Postmaster General Hays and accuses industry leaders of politics and interfering with investigative resolutions.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
William S. Chase
Christ Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hays
Myers
Montana
Lasky
Fox
Zukor
Taemmle
Loew
Dr. Chase
Chase
Republican National Committee
Treasury offers 4 percent notes to raise 406 million
Secretary Mellon announced the sale of about 406 million dollars in 4 percent three year Treasury notes dated February 1 and maturing March 15 1925. The notes will be tax exempt, not callable before maturity, and intended to fund current expenses retire certificates maturing February 16 1922 and assist the program to retire notes due May 20 1923.
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Washington
Mellon
Treasury
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France
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Whiting
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League Lux
Geneva
Jackson
The
Russia
Funda
DUAR
David Lawrence
Commercial
Tribune
Kiaochow
White House
Hughes
Far East
Sze
Far Eastern Committee
Tokyo
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