Hoodoo ship Northern Pacific Burning After Fire
The former army transport Northern Pacific, 100 miles north of Sandy Hook, is burning with seventy aboard after leaving Hoboken for Chester repairs. Four Sun Shipyard workers missing. crew rescued count disputed. The vessel, known as the government’s hoodoo ship, has a history of mishaps including shipments under Pershing and a 1919 Brest voyage.
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New York
United States Army
Northern Pacific
Hoboken
Sandy Hous
Sun Shippbuilding Company
Chester
Admiral Line
San Francisco
Herbert G
Herbert G. Wylie
Sun Shipyard
Washington
Army
Sé¢A
Sally Hook
Navy
Brest
Fresland
France
San Juan Kaay
Cuban
John J. Pershing
Navy Department
Alpha
Savannah
Josiah Macy
Norning
Navy Ddd
Federal Prisoners Moved to Leavenworth in 1920s Dry Law Case
United States Marshal George A. Stauffer escorted twenty federal prisoners from a Cleveland transfer to Leavenworth Kansas. The men faced multiple charges with the primary count tied to violations of federal dry laws.
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Cleveland
United
George A. Stauffer
Leavenworth
Aaronworth
Kansas
What drew murder to Taylor’s Los Angeles mansion
A fragmentary account asks what lured an assassin to William Desmond Taylor and his grand home where he met prominent film figures. It notes the host’s fame in moviemaking, the mix of admiration and jealousy among visitors, and hints at a motive rooted in personal resentment.
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William Desmond Taylor
Los Angeles
Italian statesman declines to form cabinet in Italy
HARD TO FIND AN ITALIAN TO FORM CABINET NOME February 8. Lionor Giolitti refused Victor Emmanuel's request to form a cabinet to succeed the restored Bentomt ministry. The king then asked Orlando to attempt a cabinet. Issues include Quirinal Vatican relations Genoa conference labor troubles and financial near panic. In Ulster Tyrone and Fermanagh violence rose with ten unionist leaders and eight constables kidnapped Jocelyn Booth father of economist Markiewicz was seized.
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Nome
Lionor Giolitti
Victor Emmanuel
Benomt
Orlando
Helfast
Ulster
Tyrone
Fermanagh
Jocelyn Booth
Econuntess
Markiewicz
Lo rain County Mortgage and Title elects new board
The annual meeting organized a new board of directors led by D. Troxel and C. H. Cushing with J. F. Burke and Mayor A. Jones among others. Offiers A. H. Babcock remains president and John C. Farach vice president while surplus and a four percent semiannual dividend are noted. The group approved selling stock up to 259000 dollars amid growing business. In Rome on February 8 Americans press Cardinal OConnell for coronation tickets.
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Lorain County Mortage and Title Company
D. &. Troxel
C. H. Cushing
Uabenck
J. F. Burke
A. i. Jones
John C. Farrel
Ralph Murbach
L E. Burener
D. T. Howells
Rome
Cardinal O'Connell
Reverend Kirby Urges Strict Enforcement at Revival
The Reverend Dr. Kirby urged rigid enforcement of all laws during last night’s revival in Elyria. He warned that neglect of civil law breeds contempt for divine law and urged upholding the dignity of law while sympathizing with the innocent. He cited Paul before Agrippa and said the weeklong meetings would continue nightly.
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Kirby
Paul
Agrippa
SAYS HUSBAND CRUEL TO BABY
Stella M. Gage files for divorce alimony and custody against Merle Gage alleging extreme cruelty. She says he refused medical care before birth and later struck at the baby wounding its temple while she blocked the blow. She also cites threats to drown the child and notes her relocation to Carlisle. An Infumation was secured to prevent interference with her and the child.
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Stella M. Gage
Merle Gage
Carlisle
County funds awarded to Lorain banks for depositories
Lorain county commissioners designated eight local banks to hold 1.15 million dollars in fugitive funds until October 1923. Winning bids include Kipton Bank 15 000 at 5 percent, Amherst Park Bank 10 000 at 4? percent, and several Elyria institutions with rates between 2.22 and 2.52 percent.
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Lorain County Besse
Lorain County
Central Bank
Lorain
Kipton Bank
Amherst Park Bank
Stats Savings Bank
Run
National Bank of Onion
Savings Deposit Bank & ‘Trust Co
Elyria
1St National
Syria Savings & Trust Co
la Nes & ‘Trust Co
Simeon Fess to Address Kiwanis Club Thursday
Simeon P. Fess of Yellow Springs, former Antioch Val Jes, will speak to the Kiwanis Club Thursday. He is in demand as a speaker and will discuss side-lights of the Disarmament Conference, tying his talk to current global disarmament issues.
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Kiwanis Club
Simeon P. So
Yellow Surins
Cane
Antioch Val Jese
Fess
Tees
Toledo
Cllind
Nine killed three dying in Ky mine explosion
Twelve coffins were rushed to the Marietta Coal Company mine at Pinson Fork Ky as nine men were reported dead and three expected to die from a dynamite and coal dust explosion. Rescue efforts followed a windy shot and coal dust fire with heavy debris in the mine shaft.
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M. P. Ball
Williamson
Marietta
W. E. Deegans
Huntington
W. Va
Negro Soldier Lynched in France for Beating White Rival
A Black U S soldier was lynched at Is-sur-Tille in France for supposedly beating a white boss's time with a French girl. Philip Bell of Memphis Tennessee testified before a Senate committee examining Senator Tom Watson's charges that American soldiers were illegally executed in the A E F.
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Washington
Is-Sur- Tille
France
Philip Bell
Memphis
Tenn
Senate
Tom Watson
Georgia
Milk tanker held for fine payment delay
A Cleveland driver, Rudy Belahan, was arrested for overloading a truck under Burke State law. He paid a $50 fine after his employers sent funds, keeping milk supply from Cleveland delayed for about three hours.
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Rudy Belahan
Cleveland
Belle- Vernon
Burke
Justice George
Coats
George
Costa
Billings
Belshaw
Undercut at Root Road Crossing Becomes Local Issue
Residents urge an undercut at the Root road crossing of the New York Central line a mile east of Shawville station after eight fatalities at that crossing. Leonard Rothel Irene and Ethel Loeacher were among the latest victims. A Ridgeville Eaton and Columbia petition reached commissioners who have asked railroad officials in Cleveland for action. If refused, an appeal lies to the Ohio Public Utilities Commission. The commissioners note a 1914 effort to move the work, which the railroad declined.
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Root Road
New York Central Railroad
Shawville Station
Leonard Rothel
Irene
Ethel Loeacher
Ridgeville
Eaton
Columbia
Cleveland
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Director's dual life revealed by slaying
A historical obituary style note chronicles William Cunningham Deane Tanner and William Desmond Taylor. It outlines Deane Tanner’s Dublin birth, New York art dealing, marriage to Ethel Harri son, and 1908 disappearance, then details Taylor’s early rail work, Klondike trips, Los Angeles film work, and 1922 murder while a Famous Players-Lasky director.
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William Cunningham Deane-Tanner
Dublin
Ireland
New York
Pete
Ethel May Harrison
Fiorodora
Edward L. C. Robins
Delmonico’s
Murray Hill
N. J
Summit
Ethel Daisy Deane-Tanner
Larchmont
William Desmond Taylor
Canada
Prince Rupert
Pacific Coast
Klondike
Los Angeles
Seattle
Tacoma
British Fusiliers
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Fervent Love Letters of Film Star Decoded
A code love letter found among actor William Desmond Taylor’s effects is published with the deciphered text. The unnamed female writer expresses romantic fantasies set on a hillside cabin, prompting intrigue about the source and context of the correspondence.
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Los Angeles
William Desmond Taylor
Aio
Mary Brezina Mother of Ten Killed in Cleveland Home
Mrs. Mary Brezina, mother of ten, was shot four times and killed in her Cleveland home. Her husband James Brezina was taken into custody by police, charged with murder after he admitted an argument preceded the fatal shot.
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Cleveland
Mary Brezina
James Brezina
Brezina
Yorkville Plant Riot Claims Strike Fallout
In Yorkville, a man 42 year old Elmer Cox was killed as violence erupted at the Wheel ing Steel Corporation plant. One injury reported as a mob of strikers attacked a strike breaker and a machine gun opened fire after the plant reopened following a July strike. Armed deputies and machine guns were brought in ahead of reopening.
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Yorkville
Wheeling Steel Corporation
O'Clock
Elmer Cox
German Labor Crisis Weighs on Berlin Rail Standoff
Despite a conditional settlement of the railway strike, threats of a general strike persist. The danger is seen as serious if radical factions attempt to precipitate a wide walkout, potentially pitting the Fight and Left parties. Conservatives and extremists on both sides are prepared for a broader clash.
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Berlin
Veh
Rocianate
Dry Law Enforcement Convention Set for Columbus
Notices announce a two day Dry Law Enforcement convention in Columbus on February 9 and 10. Leading national and state officials will speak including Judge Guy D. Goff Edward Brunadge John J Price Roy Haynes J E Russell Don V Parker Florence E Allen Mary Davey Florence D Richard and Amy Kaukonen. Senator Frank B Willis and Congressman Barkley will close the event with Elyria residents planning to attend.
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Columbus
Guy D. Goff
U. S
Edward J. Brundage
Illinois
John J. Price
Ohio
Roy A. Haynes
J. E. Russell
Don V. Parker
Pastor Held for Bigamy and Embezzlement in Hicksville
In Hicksville Ohio police charge Rev Holden with embezzlement and bigamy. A woman claiming to be his wife arrived from Fort Wayne to find him with another woman. Holden, 68, says his organization’s headquarters are in Cincinnati. Foreclosure of mortgage for 1475 secured by land in Ridgeville township.
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Hicksville, O
Jony
Holden
Dalrymple
Marion
Fort Wayne
Ind
Helden
Cincinnati
Ridgeville Township
Detectives Probe Missing Letters in Taylor Murder Case
Police press ahead in the William Des biond Taylor murder inquiry as detectives pursue clues linking missing letters from Mabel Normand to possible business ties with two or three cinema figures. Grand jury interest looms while the Sands angle remains under study and Normand denies letter returns.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Desbiond Taylor Mutter Manter
Malnard I. Sunda
Was
Sands
Taylor
Mabel Normanda Taylor
Tha di Rector
Normand
Heteters
Tess
Howard Fellows
Alain Man
Hiper
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