Griffis Granted Release From German Prison Today
Corliss H. Griffis ex army officer was released from a German prison after 21 months for taking part in the Bergdoll kidnapping attempt. Berlin authorities say pardoning credit goes to Hearst newspapers campaign, with berlin representatives continuing coverage.
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International News Service
Washington
Corliss H. Griffis
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Départment
Ameran
Berlin
Germany
Hamilton
Mosbach
Baden
Griffis
Hearst
United States
Dawes Leads Probers Into Berlin Club Liquor Trials
Officers from several clubs including Moose, Saxenheim and Roumanian faced liquor law charges after hearings before Alderman H. G. Coates. Bail set at 1500 dollars for T A Dunn Evan Evans Frank W Myers E J Guckert John Schuster and John Oprea with Verde Hoover and John Bender days later. Myers appeared and furnished bail.
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H. G. Coates
T. A. Dunn
Evan Evans
Frank W. Myers
E. J. Guckert
Loyal Order of Moose
John Schuster
Saxonheim Club
John Oprea
Roumanian Club
Verde Hoover
Fraternal Order of Eagles
John Bender
German Beneficial Union
Moose Rlub
Corp. Brosky
State Police
Moose Club
Exhume Ellwood Baby’s Body for Post Mortem
In Ellwood City Pa a six week old infant son of Mr and Mrs Gus Prenois was disinterred and examined by Dr C M Iseman at Porter and Vangorder morgue. The coroner’s autopsy found no evidence of violent death and supported natural causes noted by Dr Helling.
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Ellwood City
J. P. Caldwell
Gus Prenois
Wayne Township
C. M. Iseman
Porter and Vangorder Morgue
Prenois
Helling
Anderson To Appeal Forgery Conviction In Dry Fight
Wm H Anderson a NY dry leader plans to take his forgery conviction to the highest court with immediate appeal after a jury found him guilty. Clergymen and dry workers rally while Broadway salutes the verdict as prosecutors weigh remaining larceny and extortion indictments.
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International News Service
New York
Anti-Saloon League of
Wm. H. Anderson
Anderson
Ging Sing
Banton
Broadway
John T. King
League
Germany assigns special guards to committee members
Berlin January 30. The German government provided police bodyguards to members of the Dawes committee on reparations arriving from Paris to assess postwar claims. The move followed warnings from reactionary papers against the group and fears of fanatical attacks at their hotel and meeting place. General Dawes began work outlining a memorandum of needed facts for the committee.
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D. Weyer
International
Ondert Correso
Berlin
Charles G. Dawes
Paris
Deutsch Zeitung
Dawes
Oil Lease Prober Takes Up Task At Washington
The Coolidge administration begins action to recover the Doheny and Sinclair naval oil reserves leases and prosecute possible wrongdoers. President Coolidge names special prosecutors Silas H. Strawn and Thomas Watt Gregory to prepare the government case as Strawn remains in Washington and Gregory travels from Austin.
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Kenneth Clark
International News Service
Washington
Teapot Dome
Congress
Denby
Daugherty
Coolidge
Doheny and
Sinclair Naval
Silas H. Strawn
Chicago
Thomas Watt Gregory
Wilson
Strawn
Gregory
Austin
Funeral Directors Of Four Counties Meet Thursday
Members of the Lawrence County Funeral Directors Association will gather Thursday evening with undertakers from Mercer Butler and Beaver counties. Dinner is at 6:30 in the Guild room of Trinity Episcopal Church followed by a business meeting.
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Lawrence County Funeral Directors Association
Mercer
Butler
Beaver Counties
Trinity Episcopal Church
Harry Long Opens New Realty Office
Harry Long leaves the Long Wirsing partnership in Washington street and opens his own real estate office in the Johnson Building on Neshnock Avenue after retiring from the firm.
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Harry Long
Long-Wirsing Company
Washington Street
Mr. Long
Johnson Building
Dollar Savings Association
Neshannock Avenue
New Schedule Set by P.O. Electric Transportation Chief
Coulthard, superintendent of the local division, announced a proposed new transportation schedule to the South Side. The plan, currently being finalized, would take effect this coming Sunday.
Forty-Two Degrees Note in A Humble Verse
The speaker writes a brief verse about weather and hesitation to craft a poem. It notes the weather being forty two degrees and reflects on imperfect lines and the difficulty of rhyming. The piece remains a personal, informal musing.
Alien Smuggling Ranked Just Behind Bootleg Liquor
Secretary of Labor Davis stated that alien smuggling into the United States has become an organized industry, second only to bootlegging liquor. He warned Congress of the urgent need to address the situation amid vast unguarded borders and limited immigration resources.
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International News Service
Washington
United States
Davis
Congress
Immigration Service
Marriage Licenses for Mike Lega and Mary Gerrich
Public records show marriage licenses issued for Mike Lega of McKees Rocks and Mary Gerrich of Pittsburgh, and Promtig Wilts of Akron with Martha F Lawrence of Akron. The notices reflect applicants from Ohio and Pennsylvania for civil ceremonies.
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Mike Lega
McKees Rocks
Mary Gerrich
Pittsburgh
Promtig
Mine Explosion Victims Buried in Pennsylvania Services
Funeral services were held for 36 victims of the Lancashire Mine No. 18 gas explosion at Shanktown and nearby towns, attended by hundreds. The Rev. C I Irvin led Methodist services and Rev Dr Greshner presided at Catholic rites. Inspectors arrived to inspect the site as a board of inquiry is planned. hearings on workers compensation are scheduled for next week.
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C. W. Harris
International News Service
Starford
Lancashire
Barnes & Tucker Coal Co
Shanktown
St. Elizabeth
Clymer
Little Methodist Episcopal Church
C. I. Irvin
Greshner
Httle
Stafford
Thomas F. Lowther
Indiana
Joseph J. Walsh
State
Sinclair Leaves Paris For London
Harry F Sinclair the millionaire American oil producer tied to the Teapot Dome leasing scandal has gone to London on business. He telegrammed Senator Learoot to say he will return to the United States as soon as he can wrap up his affairs and disclose his knowledge of Teapot Dome.
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International News Service
Paris
Harry F. Sinclair
Millionair
Washington
London
Sinclair
Learoot
United States
Commission to Review Minnish Mental Condition
Judge Emery names a three member commission Attorney H A Wilkison Dr Harry Wilson and Dr H E Zerner to inquire into the mental condition of Roscoe Minnish The panel will meet this afternoon Minnish was released from the county jail this week and later found concealed in an automobile He claimed he had no home and sought re incarceration authorities consider him not mentally sound.
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Emery
H. A. Wilkison
Harry Wilson
H. E. Zerner
Roscoe Minnish
Minnish
Holland Steamer Papyrus Missing
HALIFAX hopes fade for the Holland steamer Papyrus formerly the Susquehanna. The 3,000 ton vessel, loaded with alcohol and sailing under the American flag from Antwerp December 8, has not been heard from. Gales off the Nova Scotia coast are blamed for possible sinking with all aboard.
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International News Service
Halifax
Papyrus
Susquehanna
Antwerp
Nova Scotia
Disposition Of Muscle Shoals Being Decided
Henry Ford leads bidders for the Muscle Shoals plant as Congress weighs sale options. A House military affairs panel reviews a private lease plan offering 100 years of operation with 100 million dollars rent and fertilizer production guarantees. Southern Power Companies seek a 50 year lease with profit sharing and price assurances. Hooker proposal favors continued government ownership with private operation and profit split.
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A. O. Hayward
International News Service
Corres
Washington
Muscle Shoals
House Military Affairs Committee
Henry Ford
Associated Southern Power Companies
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Elon H. Hooker
Niagara Falls
Hooker Electric Chemical Company
Ford
Southern Power Company
Federal Power Commission
Hooker
Butler Threat To Quit Worries Philadelphia Officials
General Smedley Butler warned he would resign as Philadelphia safety director if political interference continued, saying he would quit only when his hands are tied. Officials visited him to support his anti corruption drive as city Hall and police reforms faced political pressure and intrigue.
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George T. Hookeeeeeee Saan
Philadelphia
Smedley D. Butler
Meyer Kendrick
Quantico
General Butler
Cost of Operating City Poor Farm in New Castle 1923
City records show New Castle spent 6622.83 dollars to run the municipal home in 1923. Expenditures totaled 5602.83 dollars for two employees' salaries, with Warden Snyder's 1020 dollar salary raising the overall cost to 6622.83 dollars as stated by Councilman Bes Lusk.
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New Castle
Bes Lusk
Snyder
Negro Voodoo Man Sentenced To Die For Girl's Murder
In Pittsburgh on January, Lorenzo Savage a Black voodoo practitioner was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of Elsie Barthell. The victim was found murdered at an abandoned East End mansion in October with a concrete block used to crush her skull.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Lorenzo Savage
Elsie Barthell
Board of Trade to Convene at Elks Club Thursday
Com missioner P. K. Stevenson announces that board of trade doctorate members will meet at noon Thursday at the Elks club.
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Board of Trade Doctorate
Elks Club
P. K. Stevenson
Married by Alderman Mantz in Akron ceremony
Francis White and Martha Lancaster of Akron Ohio were married by Alderman Mantz at his office on Tuesday afternoon.
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Francis White
Martha Lancaster
Akron
Alderman Mantz
Death Notices for Several Local Residents
Death records list Mrs Joseph Penner 62 of 113 East Clayton Street and Mrs Eloise Scott Taylor 32 of 686 South Bay Street. Also listed are Mrs Hattie Warner 79 of 78 South Lee Avenue and Samuel Isaac 38 of 90L North Liberty Street. Donald Eugene Fletcher 2 of 839 Almira Avenue and Mrs Jessie R Morris Kimmel 43 of Youngstown. Mrs J Russell Ralph 2511 Highland Avenue and Mrs Lizzie Zanlilic 25 of Bessemer.
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Joseph Penner
East Clayton Street
Eloise Scott Taylor
South Bay Street
Hattie Warner
South Lee Avenue
Samuel Isaac
North Liberty Street
Donald Eugene Fletcher
Almira Avenue
Jessie R. Morris Kimmel
Youngstown
J. Russell Ralph
Highland Avenue
Lizzie Zanlilic
Bessemer
MacDonald Moves Toward New French Entente
Premier MacDonald of Britain seeks to renew the Entente Cordiale with France amid domestic labor turmoil. He and French Premier Poincare exchange letters signaling openness to a conference to settle differences and advance cooperation on housing, unemployment, reparations, and other issues.
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London
MacDonald
Great Britain
France
Europe
Russia
Poincare
Daugherty downplays oil lease probe in Miami stay
In Miami on January 30 Attorney General Daugherty said the Teapot Dome affair does not worry him. He remained in a guarded hotel, refusing to comment on Senate efforts to oust him from the cabinet and taking short walks under protection.
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Miami
Fla
International News Service
Teapot Dome
Washington
Daugherty
International News Service Today
Department of Justice
Senate
City Describes Fatal Shootout Portrait in 40 Officers Siege
In Chicago Isaac Cain, a 40 policeman siege ended with his death after an hour under fire. O B Clifton, Coshocton schools chief, resigned amid board threats of misconduct charges. A Franklin High pupil, 17, burned by sulfuric acid in a lab blast. Stella Peterson, 19, awoke from a dream of burglars and fled in night clothes. Local circle attendees witnessed Kibosh conferrals in Connellsville. John Locher and Peter Kelly, 20 and 18, badly hurt in a Johnstown coast crash. Locher injured when sled hit a fence.
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John Locher
Peter J. Kelly
Johnstown
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Myers
Ellwood Baby
Anti-Saloon League
Friends and Dry Workers
Oil Lease Prober
T. W. Gregory
Presi
Dent
Probe
Arthur Memeter
Secretary of Labor
England
Holland
Cyclops
Marine General
David M. Church
International News Services
Isaac Cain
O. B. Clifton
Coshocton
Pester Dale
Franklin High School
Stella Peterson
Erie
Protected Home Circle
Connellsville
Fixty
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