Safe Blowers Loot Unicorn Club at Meyer Home
Three masked intruders entered Joseph Meyer’s Covington home on Madison Avenue and blew open a small safe after taking $40 from Meyer. The safe held $15 for the Unicorn Club and papers from Gus Lichtwacht. Meyer recovered his watch, police were summoned, and the suspects were described as 5 to 30 years old in dark clothes with slouch hats.
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Joe
Joseph Meyer
Covington
Madison Avenue
Gus Lichtwacht
Grand Hotel
Cincinnati
Mr. Meyer
Unicorn Special Club
Unicorn Club
Meyer
Yeggs
Burglars Scare Off Abandon Dynamite In Cincinnati Safe
Nighttime burglary at Ernst Freund beef packing office 1215 West Liberty street disrupted by John Taylor private policeman. Burglars fled after lights revealed torn safe lock, leaving nitro glycerine dynamite caps tools torch and a sweater. about $100 in the safe.
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West End
Cincinnati
Ernst Freund
Mr. Taylor
West Liberty Street
Taylor
Liberty Street
Freund
Playful Auto Ravages Ice-Cream Sunday in Covington
A powerful car rumbled through Covington Kentucky last night hitting a telephone pole and an ice cream wagon owned by Gus Sheehan. The driver fled north on Scott Street over the Suspension Bridge as bystanders watched the chaos.
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Covington
Kentucky
Seventeenth
Greenup
Gus Sheehan
West Covington
Scott Street
Suspension Bridge
Coffee Bottles Sell for 15 Dollars in Marion
A mysterious motorist sold fifteen bottles of black coffee for 15 dollars each in Marion Ohio. Customers met him at a hotel and after the sale the pair fled quickly, leaving no trace of identity or motive.
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Marion, O
Prowler with Revolver Disarmed After Ten-Minute Struggle
Colerain avenue morning encounter ends with George Keating 25 of 4204 Florida avenue arrested for carrying concealed weapons and drunkenness. Officer Louis Doench pursued, wrestled, and disarmed the armed man who attempted to shoot. Keating claimed to be a yardmaster. Doench avoided firing unless necessary.
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Colerain Avenue
Louis Doench
Tenth District
George Keating
Florida Avenue
Doench
Keating
Florida
Oench
Reform group pushes blue law for Ohio town
East Liverpool officials and clergy prepare Sunday closing push as four National Reform Association speakers urge enforcement of blue laws. The Ministers Association plans to press police to cooperate in enforcing Sunday observance rules.
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East Liverpool
Pittsburg
National Reform Association
Ministerial Association
Wellsville mayor defers Sunday business ban impact
Wellsville Ohio reports that cigar stores confectioneries and ice cream parlors reopened after Mayor George D Ingram postponed a proposed Sunday closure order. The move allows non essential shops to operate as usual for now.
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Wellsville
George D. Ingram
New U C Requirements In Full Effect In 1925
A misprint in Sundays issue of The Commercial Guardian stated the University of Cincinnati new high school entry rules would take full effect in 1922. The article explains the rule becomes only partially effective in 1922 with full effect in 1925.
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U. C
Nso
University of Cincinnati
Nettuno Fire Tragedy Aboard 6000-Ton Italian Ship
The Italian steamship Nettuno towed into Jacksonville after a sea fire that raged twenty hours. Captain Bersini credited fuel oil tank failure for snuffing the blaze. Lifeboats were lost or destroyed, crews battled to seal gasoline holds, and engineer Joanna and two firemen were badly burned. The ship, four days out from Port Arthur, is heavily damaged and weeks from service.
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Fla
Nettuno
Port Arthur
Tex
Brindisi
Italy
Coast Guard
Bersini
Florida
Bermuda
Tnd Crosa
Sandi Joanna
Joanna
Brancalaone
Losito
Kremlin
Newport News
Italian State Railways
Palmera
New York
Three Nettuno crew burned taken to Newport News for care
Three members of the Nettuno crew were landed at Newport News by the Belgian steamer Kremlin after a fire in the Nettuno engine room off Florida. One man, Landi Vioganni, third engineer, is not expected to live. The Kremlin answered the distress call and ferried the injured to Hampton Roads for hospital treatment.
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Newport News
Kremlin
Florida
Landi Vioganni
Vioganni
Galveston
Hampton Roads
Nettuno
Neighbors Search Pacific Hills for Missing Woman
In Los Angeles on January 30 detectives report near solution to the disappearance of Mrs. Gladys Witherell wife of investment firm president O S Witherell. Over 100 neighbors organized into area squads with city police led search of Hollywood mountains but found nothing. Prayers were said in Hollywood churches as pastors urged aid. Under Sheriff A L Manning said an arrest was expected within hours.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gladys Witherell
O. S. Witherell
Witherells
Hollywood
Witherell
A. L. Manning
Wilson urged by students over refused article fee
Washington Jan 30 President Wilson refused $150000 for a magazine article prompting 500 Wilson College students at Chambersburg Pa to petition him to reconsider and donate the sum to aid the college endowment fund. No White House decision was announced.
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Washington
Wilson
Wilson College
Chambersburg
White House
Streetcar Crash and Injuries Hit Cincinnati Tour
A sightseeing trip in Cincinnati ends in a streetcar collision when Isadore Huidt's truck skids into a Clark street car at Cutter and Clark. Huidt and his wife suffer facial injuries while another passenger sustains head injuries. Several other crashes follow as vehicles skid on slick streets, with multiple injuries and hospitalizations reported. The report also quotes Theodore H Price on foreign exchange trends and European financial developments.
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Cincinnati
Russia
Isadore Huidt
David Street
Clark Street
Cutter and Clark Streets
Bertha Butchkes
Pike Street
Covington
Hurdt
Fred Hoerst
Trevor Place
Bloody Run Boulevard
Gilpin Avenue
Thomas Moats
Clarion Avenue
Albert Mauntel
Section Avenue
Norwood
Albert Riegert
Lane Avenue
Hamilton
Mauntel
General Hospital
Riegert
Mr. Mauutel
George Rettig
1611
Elm Street
Vine Street
Clifton Avenue
Deaconess Hospital
Margale Geiser
Riddle Road
Wilder
Warsaw Avenues
Florence King
Carlisle Avenue
Ninth and
Race Streets
Anna Roach
Race Street
William Rohrmeier
Queen City Avenue
Rohrmeier
Prohibition Orders Extend Liquor Warehouse Withdrawals
Washington January 30 Officials said orders prohibiting liquor withdrawals from bonded warehouses will be extended as needed by local conditions. The new rules apply to New York New Jersey Connecticut Maryland Pennsylvania Rhode Island and Massachusetts with limited exceptions for industrial alcohol sacramental wine and five cases per retail druggist.
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Illinois
Ohio
Kentucky
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Congress
Breadline serves thousand on second day amid shortages
Doors to the soup kitchen at 1214 Walnut Street closed four times yesterday as lines of jobless men formed for bread soup and coffee. Machinists Union officials said at least a thousand men were fed on day two, with many women begging for bread for children. Supply held up but demand remains high. at least four thousand loaves needed in the next two days.
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Wanut Street
Machinists’ Union
Continued Rise Noted in Foreign Exchange
European markets show renewed optimism after a dull February as exchange rates firm and investor confidence grows. Analysts see abroad currencies stabilizing with potential gains for trade and inflation trends in focus.
Eleven Burned to Death in Hoboken Hotel Fire
Fire trapped guests in rooms of a Hoboken hotel, leaving eleven dead. The blaze prompted authorities to inspect building safety and investigate cause, with early reports focusing on rapid spread through upper floors and potential evacuations.
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Hoboken
Last Chance Tariff Bill To Speed Congress Action
Washington January 30 Congress enters peak session with 28 working days left and major money bills, army and navy supply, and rivers and harbors funding queued. Fordney emergency tariff bill deemed last chance. Penrose seeks unanimous consent for a February 15 vote amid expected opposition.
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Congress
Senate
House
Fordney
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Post Office
Greece seeks U S aid to guard Turkish treaty terms
Athens reports Premier Rhallis says Greece will resist changes to the Sevres accord at London talks starting February 21. He cites a Greek mandate over Smyrna and hopes U S recognition of Constantine and a further $50 million loan will bolster Greece as it faces a fragile financial position and a pivotal alliance stance with the United States shaping the verdict on treaty revisions.
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Athens
Associated Press
Greece
London
Rhallis
Smyrna
United States
Constantine
America
M. Rhallis
Turkey
Serres
Sevres
Lloyd George
Supreme Council
Paris
House of Commons
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Mr. Lloyd George
Ity
Mustapha Kemal
Icati
Eleven Die In Hoboken Hotel Fire At Colonial Hotel
A blaze at the Hotel Colonial in Hoboken early today killed eleven and badly burned four others. Investigators probe hotel management while fire officials cite delayed alert and fire hazards as factors, with numerous victims identified by jewelry and personal effects.
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Hoboken
N. J
E. G. Snyder
Brooklyn
Snyder
Frank Logan
Mary Schumacher
Jersey City
William Smith
Daisy Grey
Hester Peterson
Josia Rider
Richard Dierksen
Disher
Diérksen
Bernard M. McFeely
Public Safety
George Grol
Gilday
Croll
Naval Officer Shot for Not Halting at Sentry
Norfolk, Va. Jan 30 Lieutenant C S Taylor a naval medical officer was shot and killed by a sentry at the naval operating base while entering East Camp in a closed car He reportedly failed to heed the halt order piercing the car and striking him in the head Taylor 28 a Greenville N C native had a pass granting access to all reservation areas and friends offered explanations for the missed command.
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Norfolk
C. S. Taylor
Naval Operating Base
East Camp
Taylor
Greenville
Liquor and Crooks Won’t Touch Baseball Says Landis
Chicago January 30 Federal Judge K M Landis Baseball Commissioner warned that liquor and crooks helped ruin other sports but will not spoil baseball He vowed to use any means to penalize any offender and keep the game clean during his Evanston church address and firm stance against corruption.
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Chicago
K. M. Landis
First Presbyterian Church
Evanston
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