Coroner Starts Investigation In Mining Disaster
Coroner L. C. Fitzhugh with a sworn jury began questioning survivors and Jamison Coal and Coke officials as Part of an inquiry into Mine No 8 deaths. State mine chief R M Lambie plans next week probes while company investigators move in after gas is pumped out. Forty miners were on level seven when the blast occurred, with seventeen in the nearest group dying.
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Jamison Coal and Coke Company
L. C. Fitzhugh
R. M. Lambie
State Department of Mines
West Virginia
Federal Prohibition Staff In Washington To Be Slashed Soon
Washington officials announce a new staff cut at prohibition headquarters reducing the Washington force to 250 as the dry re organization continues. Since nine months ago over 400 personnel have been dropped, shifting enforcement focus to field officers and administrators under Gen. L. C. Andrews.
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Prohibition
Washington
J. E. Jones
Andrews
G. H. QO
Agreement Reaches Resume on Stadium Classrooms Work
After an hour and a half meeting in New Castle, the Building Committee and Trades and Labor Assembly reached a pact. All prior repair work is declared fair for union labor. stadium classroom work will resume immediately. The board will compare painting by contractors versus janitors for cost before next summer’s let.
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New Castle
Trades and Labor Assembly
Franklin Stadium
Assembly
T. J. McMichaels
John Swan
Alvah Glitch
James Bryson
Robert Robinson
T. J. McMichaela
W. L. Campbell
Queen Elizabeth of Greece to Make Florida Home
Former queen consort Elizabeth of Greece and her husband George, the deposed ruler, plan to settle in Florida as their future home.
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Qahneen
Elizabeth
Greece
Florida
George
New turn in East Liverpool minister death case
Police questioned a hospital patient in hopes of new evidence in the arsenic murder plot surrounding Rev. William Christy of the United Christian Missionary Association. His widow Lauree Christy is jailed in Lisbon after a nine day marriage. she admits giving arsenic but offers no details.
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East
Liverpool
International News
East Liverpool
William Christy
United Christian Missionary Association
George Crawford
Lauree Christy
Crawford
Christy
Beaver
News Hero Award To Be Made At Tuesday Meeting
Tuesday afternoon in the mayor’s office the Hero Medal Award Committee will decide the 1925 Hero Award winner for a $190 prize. Former Judge S Plummer Emery chairs with Mayor Dunlap and Mrs Charles H Greer. claimants may present evidence at this session.
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William H. Dunlap
F. L. Rentz
The
S. Plummer Emery
Dunlap
Charles H. Greer
Rentz
World Court Opponents On Defense In Senate
Senators and administration leaders clash over the World Court resolution as irreciliables seek to delay voting until after the 340 million tax reduction bill. Cloture commands potential, with Senate Rule 22 allowing a two day vote and limiting debate to one hour per senator.
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Senate
World Tribunal
Friends of the Court
Dawes
Rev Crooks to Speak Before Ministers
Rev K A Crooks pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian church will address the Ministerial Association meeting in the city Monday morning January 18 at 10 o clock He will read a paper on Spiritism and speak on the topic to attendees
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K. A. Crooks
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Ministerial Association
This City
Crooks
Dry Pennsylvania Scrutiny as Alcohol Flows to Bootleggers
Governor Gifford Pinchot informs Secretary Mellon that thousands of gallons of industrial alcohol are diverted into bootleg channels in Pennsylvania. He cites a Philadelphia firm granted 20 000 gallons monthly with only 600 used industrially, the rest sent to gin and whiskey makers, while Frederick Baird in Pittsburgh fights illicit traffic.
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International News Service
Washington
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Gifford Pinchot
Gov. Pinchot
Pinchot
Philadelphia
Melton
Frederick Baird
Pittsburgh
Delaware Bridge tolls topic spurs joint meeting
Delaware Bridge Committee will meet January 22 to harmonize Pennsylvania and New Jersey laws on toll collection for the Delaware River bridge linking Philadelphia and Camden. The move follows Pinchot's toll support and directs the commission to study submitting tolls to both state legislatures.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware River
Camden
Joint Commission
Samuel S. Lewis
Gifford Pinchot
Motorist crackdown on main thoroughfare rules eases
Motorcycle Officer Ray Richards said violations of the main street stop regulations are becoming scarce as drivers learn it benefits them to observe the rule. The worst offenders are a few operators in the passenger transport business.
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Ray Richards
Difficulty Ahead For Governor Pinchot Coal Plan
At Harrisburg Pennsylvanias public service commission clash over Gov Pinchots refusal to renominate John L Stewart signals trouble for the coal bill that would make anthracite a public utility under PSC supervision Opponents say the governor has not aligned with the departments approach and the Senate may debate the move when the session resumes Stewart could be renominated automatically if the governor does not name a successor
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International News Service
State Capitol
Harrisburg
Public Service Commission
Pinchot
John L. Stewart
Senate
Stewart
Commission
Motor Federation Official Dies in Mechanicsburg
J Clyde Myton age 56 secretary of the Pennsylvania Motor Federation died of pneumonia at his Mechanicsburg home after falling ill last Friday He helped organize the Motor Club of Harrisburg and was active in expanding the state federation and involved with national motor and roads groups.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
J. Clyde Myton
Pennsylvania Motor Federation
Mechanicsburg
Myton
Motor Club of
Detroit Names leroy Bonnell and Marguerite Foran
Detroit figures Leroy C Bonnell and Marguerite T Foran appear in a public notice or social entry with brief personal identifiers. The fragmentary text lacks context but preserves the named individuals and place Detroit.
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Leroy C. Bonnell
Detroit
Marguerite T. Foran
Anderson Backs Bill to Require Criminal Intent Proof
William H. Anderson announces a bill to bar conviction for felony without proof of criminal intent beyond a reasonable doubt. Anderson, ex state anti alcohol official and current American Protestant Alliance secretary, cites past injustice and urges safeguards against wrongful convictions.
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American Protestant Alliance
New York
Anderson
Fire damages Shenango plant carpentry shop
A fire at the Shenango plant of American Sheet & Tin Plate caused about 3 000 dollars in property loss and damaged tools in the carpenter shop. Firemen responded after a P and L E yard crew reported flames at 6 30 pm. Cause unknown. alarms from boxes 711 and 712. No further loss reported.
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Shenango
American Sheet & Tin Plate Company
American Can Company
Briand averts crisis as he wins cabinet time
Aristide Briand, France's master politician, defies critics and convinces the finance commission to consider a compromise on the Doumer financial plan. The chamber's debate on the program is postponed until Tuesday while log rolling and backroom deals unfold, keeping Briand's threat to call an election in play.
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Harry R. Flory
International
No Tee
Paris
Aristide Briand
France
Briand
Finance Commission
Chamber of Deputies
Doumer
Chamber
New Castle Free Public Library Opens in New Hoyt Building
The New Castle Free Public Library opened today in the old Hoyt property at Jefferson and North streets. About 15 000 volumes fill the reading rooms with adult stacks on the first floor and a children’s section on the second floor. Patrons quickly visited to borrow books and inspect the new home.
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New Castle
Berlin And Bride Confirm Report Of Fathers Aloofness
The Berlin couple Irving and Ellin confirm that Clarence Mackay has not forgiven their daughter’s marriage to the composer of jazz tunes. They say they are happy and keeping to a hotel for seclusion. Radio officials hope Berlin will broadcast over the station 2LO.
Death Notices and Infant Records in East Side Area
Death records list Mary Barbati infant of East Side and 4 month old Nicholas Sabino at 501 Friendship Street. Christina Fiella age 20 of 309 Phillips Street, and Gerald Stuart Boyd 19 of Pulaski. Mary F Hall 68 of Hubbard Ohio also listed in notice.
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Mary Barbati
East Side
Nicholas Sabino
Friendship Street
Christina Fiella
Phillips Street
Gerald Stuart Boyd
Pulaski
Langley Heads to Atlanta Prison for Two Year Term
Ex congressman John W. Langley of Kentucky begun a two year sentence for conspiracy against the prohibition law. He boarded a train from Cincinnati with his nephew and planned to meet U S Marshal Roy B. Williams in Lexington for the remainder of the trip. Langley declared his innocence, denouncing the conviction as built on corrupt testimony from a confessed conspirator.
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Insarrational
Cincinnati
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Atlanta
Grand Central Depot
Federal Penitentiary
Roy B. Williams
United States
Lexington
Langley
January Resolutions Break in Loud Mirth at Moor
Arthur Mometer laments the annual New Year collapse as many boys and men abandon resolutions after two weeks. He notes the familiar gag of a spotless page turned to a broken year while weather sits at thirty four.
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R. M. Brooks
William K. Hutchinson
Delaware Bridge Committee
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