Local Man Sotchkiss Missing Amid Snow Search Wide Area
Missing World War veteran Wade Sotchkiss of 91 East River street has vanished for two days as a heavy regional snowstorm limits search efforts. Widespread foot and road checks follow two slender clues from residents who say he may be seen near Belden or wandering in amnesia tied to his Argonne service. Mrs Hotchkiss fears exposure and exhaustion if not found, with relatives scouring nearby countryside and East Bridge street for a possible sighting.
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Wade Sotchkiss
East River Street
Elgin
Hotchkiss
Belden
Slotchkiss
Argonne
East Bridge Street
Elyria Board of Trade to Present Dr Russell H Bready Speaker
Announcement by president C W Phillips says Dr Russell H Bready civ builder and noted after dinner speaker will headline the Elyria Board of Trade annual membership dinner at 6 p m Thursday February 18 at the Congregational church. Dr Bready, former Pontiac mayor and Morais Commission member, is famed lyceum lecturer and inspirational civic speaker. Phillips will preside. a board progress report and new year program will be outlined. Officer elections will be held later.
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C. W. Phillips
de. Russell H. Bready
Civb
America
Board of Trade
Congregational Church
Bready
Pontiac
Mich
Morais Commission
Grand Rapids
Jie
Dr. Bready
Belgium Ratifies debt pact with United States
The Belgian Chamber of Deputies approved the debt agreement with the United States by a vote of 115 to 6 in Brussels on February 10.
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Belgium
Brussers
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Five Men Injured When Boulder Hits Street Car in East Liverpool
A 59 ton boulder loosened by snow crashed down a hillside and wrecked a street car on the Steubenville East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction line in East Liverpool Ohio injuring five men, one seriously. The victims include Wellsville residents Robert Reehl Robert White Roy Nicholson Donald Glass and East Liverpool resident Fletcher Cowart the most serious. Fifteen other traction workers escaped with minor injuries as traffic on both street car tracks was halted.
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East Liverpool
Tech
Steubenville
East Liverpool and
Beaver Valley Traction Company
Robert Reehl
Robert White
Roy Nicholson
Donald Glass
Wellsville
Fletcher Cowart
Cowart
Traction Company
Reehl
Ten Children Escaped Fire As Parents Rescue Them
In Gibsonburg area Ohio near Toledo on February 19 Mr and Mrs John Brubaker faced a blaze from a defective flue. They saved ten children, carrying some and guiding others from a burning home as flames raged. The parents suffered serious injuries while all children escaped unharmed. The fire caused an estimated $7000 in losses.
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Toledo
John Brubaker
Gibsonburg
Brubaker
Chhildren
Measles Epidemic Fears Grip Elyria
Elyria faces a potential measles epidemic similar to last year with 20 cases reported since February. Sanitary policeman Frank Williams says prompt reporting to the health department can curb the outbreak, noting three times more cases that year than at the same time previously. Six cases of whooping cough have also been reported to the Health Department.
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Elyria
Frank Williams
Health Department
Williams
Thieves Steal Childs Bank At Century Barber Shop
Night robbery at Century Barber Shop ends with a child’s bank and cash register strong box looted. Thieves forced a window, drew nails, and gained about 9 to 10 dollars. Police report nothing else of value missing. proprietors stated the loss this morning.
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Century Barber Shop
Court Rules Champagne Cargo Not Subject to Seizure
Washington two thousand cases of champagne won a legal engagement after a Dutch vessel carrying champagne and liquor was driven into New York harbor. The federal court held champagne could not be charged with attempting to fraudulently enter the United States nor seized. Crew members were acquitted of conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. The craft will be escorted to sea by coast guard cutters.
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Washington
L. C. Andrews
Andrews
Atlantic
New York Harbor
Long Island
Old Turn Row
Prohibition
United States
Coast Guard
Senate Nears Vote On Tax Measure
Washington Feb 10 The Administration Democratic tax reduction bill seeks final approval with a 326 million price tag. A key issue is possible repeal of federal inheritance taxes as House and Senate work through minor amendments and plan a conference to reconcile differences. Expected enactment by late February before March 16 income tax returns.
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Washington
Coalition
Senate
House
Kellogg asked to explain why Karolyi ban stood
Washington Feb 10 Secretary of State Kellogg was summoned by the senate foreign relations committee to justify his reasons for barring Countess Karoly of Hungary and oppose the Borah bill to repeal the exclusion powers. The State Department has not disclosed Karolyi’s causes. Wilbur endorses Morin aircraft bill before House committee to create an independent air service.
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Kellogg
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Karolyi
Hungary
Secretary of State
State Department
Karoly
Wilbur
Morrow Aircraft Board
House Military Affairs Committee
Ponzi and Wife Arrested on Federal Finance Charges
Jacksonvillle Fla Feb 10 Charles Ponzi financier was arrested after indictment on charges of violating state financial laws. Mrs Ponzi also was arrested. Ponzi returned to talk.
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Ponzi
Jacksonyvillm
Fla
Charles Ponzi
Stae
Four Etters Children Die In Coatesville Fire
In Coatesville Pennsylvania on February 10 four children of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Etters died in a house fire of unknown origin. The mother awakened and rescued two children then leaped to safety after flames blocked her path while she attempted to save the others. The father was away at Bethlehem Steel Company in Modena. Firemen could not reach the building due to slow drifts.
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Coatsyville
Benjamin Etters
Etters
Frances
Benjamin
George
Theodore
Coatesville
Hae
Bethlehem Steel Company
Modena
Bequest Allocates Large Gifts to Local Y M C A and Y W C A
Cincinnati February 10 More than 300000 is left to the Y M C A and a similar sum to the Y W C A of Cincinnati by Clifford Dolph of St Louis a nearly unknown figure Dolph formerly lived in Cincinnati until 1877 and became involved through his sister in law Mrs A M Dolph He left an estate valued at over 1600000
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Cincinnati
Cliffordif. Dolph
St. Louis
Dolph
Y'S
A.M. Dolph
Elyria Wins Challenge to Logan Gas Rate Rise
The State Utilities Commission ruled in Elyria favor in the Logan Gas rate dispute, saving Elyria about 35800 and Ohio cities around 550000 in gas costs according to city solicitor Don Myers. Myers and Grant Mouser led the fight, arguing the new rate schedule would have taken effect and raised charges by December 15, with a high initial rate and escalating charges.
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Elyria
State Utilities Commission
Logan Gas Company
Ohio
Don Myers
Grant Mouser
Marion
Myers
Elytia
Myeya
Utilities Commission
Plan Nationwide Campaign to Keep U.S. Out of World Court
Washington Feb 10 A nation wide campaign to withdraw the United States from the World Court is planned by the irreconcilables. The group has held a secret meeting and will press a permanent anti world court bloc in the Senate and a national organization to keep the U S out of foreign entanglements. They would trigger withdrawal under the Swanson reservation and pursue action in both houses of Congress. Continued on Page 2.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Iloc
World Court
Swanson
Congress
Tremendous Gloucester Schooner Wreck Fights for Lives
February 16 Gloucester Mass A fierce northeast storm drives the schooner Ralph Brown onto treacherous offshore shoals near Uber Neck and Good Harbor Beach. Forty to twenty fishermen battle the seas. some reach shore in dories others are saved by coast guard craft. one drowning report and multiple exhausted survivors arrive at a seaside cottage seeking aid.
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Glousester
Mass
Uber Neck
Good Harbor
Cape Ann
Ralph Brown
Heran
Milton Acker
Gloucester Coast
Dorn
Ohio Republicans Discuss Money Raising Campaign
Ohio Republicans gather in Columbus to map a fundraising drive for the coming November elections and to address a 370,000 deficit dating from 1924. Committee members split into groups awaiting word on whether Chairman Fred Warner will present the issue at the pre primary convention plan.
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Ohio Republicans
Columbus
Republican State Central Committee
Davis
Harry L. Davis
Clarence J. Neal
Cleveland
Iit
Tle
Fred W. Warner
Marion
President Coolidge Contemplates Coal Strike Mediation
Congress and the coal regions press the White House as President Coolidge stays silent on a request to act as peace-maker in the anthracite strike. Senators hint at a conference plan to have operators and miners submit to arbitration with the President as arbiter. Senator Copeland says public opinion may drive executive action and a Senate move to intervene gains traction.
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Washington
Congress
Atlantic Seaboard
White House
Coolidge
Ramors
Senate
Pccare
Copeland
New York
Elyria Woman to Speak at Dry Maintenance Conference
Nellie M. Tul president of Lorain County W C T U will speak at the Dry Maintainance League Law Enforcement conference in Cleveland at the Masonite Temple She will join an open forum on Is Prohibition Making Good Her talk Is dL Making Good as a Safety Measure Her luncheon guest list includes national and state prohibition leaders In the program are Mrs Welden Al Green Mrs Arthur Purmort Capt Dorothy Doane Henry Mrs Carrie Lewis and Mrs Clara Wood Derr An evening address by former Gov Richard Yates plus five ministers will discuss the prohibition modification statement Sessions run from 9 45 a m to 2 p m with a banquet at 6 30 p m at the Masonic Temple 3915 Euclid Avenue.
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Nellie M. Tul
Lorain County
Cleveland
Masonite Temple
Welen al. Green
Cleverland Council
Arthur Purmort
Cleveland Federation of Woman's
Cuba
Dorothy Doane Henry
Woman's Police Bureau
Carrie Lewis
Cuyahoga County
W.c. T
Clara Wood Derr
Richard Yates
Illinois
New York City
Masonic Temple
Euclid Avenue
William Mitchell to speak at Carnegie Hall in New York
William Mitchell the suspended army colonel will launch a public campaign with a lecture at Carnegie Hall accusing military officials of mismanaging aviation. He plans a nationwide tour from Boston to the New England states, across the Midwest, to the Pacific coast, asserting $400,000,000 has been spent without productive aviation results.
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New York
William Mitchell
Carnegie Hall
Col. Mitchell
Toston
New England States
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Cpl. Mitchell
Padlock suits filed under dry law in Ohio
In Cleveland on February 10 the United States moved to curb illicit liquor in northern Ohio. Assistant U S District Attorney Howell Lueck filed padlock injunctions in federal court naming places in Akron Barberton and Cuyahoga Falls to be padlocked for one year following conviction or charges of selling liquor.
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Cleveland
United States Grand Jury
Ohio
United State District
Howell Lueck
Federal District Court
Fin
Akron
Barberton
Cuyahoga Falls
Snowbound Cleveland Stages Three Foot Drifts In Snowstorm
Cleveland, February 10. A heavy snowstorm blanketed the city with over three inches of snow and drifts up to three feet. Winds simulated blizzards, temperature dropped to 14 above zero, streetcar traffic hampered, cars stalled, and trains delayed. Wires snapped, mail delayed, two people hospitalized. New York faces a million dollar shovel bill as snow continues.
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Cleveland
New York
Hindu Scholar Dhan Gopal Maker To Speak At Open Forum
Hindu poet and philosopher Dhan Gopal Maker is slated to lecture Sunday at 3 PM on The Present Crisis in the Maat. Born into Brahmin lineage, he studied at Calcutta University, Tokyo, and Stanford, earning honors in both continents. He has lectured at Oxford and Carnegie Hall, blending Oriental thought with American sensibilities.
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Dhan Gopal
Lesture
Calcutta University
Kio
America
Leland Stanford
Oxford
England
New York
Carsnegie Hall
Town Hall
Hig
Auto plunges 200 feet into icy Rocky River injuring two
Two Cleveland men Lewis Taylor 22 and Nicholas Alex 46 fell from a cliff into an ice coated rocky river after their auto crossed a dirt road and broke a fence. Firemen rappelled to rescue them as onlookers Mrs Velen Hogan Earl Court and Mrs Frank Slough Kanter Houlevard aided. Both men survived but in precarious condition with hospitalized status uncertain.
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AUTO
Velen Hogan
Earlcourt
Frank Slough Kanter
Houlevard
Rocky River
Cleveland
Lewta Taylor
Nicholas Alex
Lakewood Hompsta
Sertomstepterion
Block
Tackie
Clarence Z Aon
Jamew
Rod
J. Cote
Cole
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