Dowager Queen Margherita of Italy Dies at 74
Dowager Queen Margherita, mother of King Victor Emmanuel III, died in Bordighera Italy at eleven this morning after a relapse. Born November 20 1851 she married Umberto in 1868 and was famed for charity and democratic tastes influencing royals and marriages within the Italian royal family.
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Italy
Margherita
Victor Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Selena
Price Ferdinando of
Timberto
Italian Alps
Rivera
Queen Mother
Yolanda
Mafalda
Alleged booze ring probe opens in Columbus
A federal grand jury convened in Columbus to investigate a Detroit Cleveland Columbus liquor running operation. Two former state prohibition agents R F E McCullough and Lee Brooks are alleged to be implicated along with two Columbus men as ring leaders. Officials say over twenty Ohioans are involved as the jury may take two or three days.
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Columbia
Detroit
Columbus
McCullough
Brooks
Woman is chosen as grand jury foreman in county
A special grand jury convened this morning elected Mrs Leon Underhill as foreman. It marks the first time a woman has held the position in the county. Underhill has served on the grand jury this term and participated in all major cases heard so far.
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Deave
Leon Underhill
Arind
Underhill
Expert Airs Views At Open Forum On Crime
Captain Owen O. Wiard, famed detective and former minister, spoke at the Methodist church forum on crime. He cited his experience in arresting and convicting 18,000 offenders and warned of two fears: biological fears around assimilation and the harm from books. The talk was introduced by Judge David J. Nye of Elyria.
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Owen O. Wiard
Methodist Church
Elyria
Greece Plunged Into Dictatorship Under General Pangalos
London reports Greece is under General Pangalos authority with a formal decree expected by army officers. A Daily Express dispatch says General Pangalos announced his intent to take the dictatorship, citing weariness with politician maneuvering.
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London
Greece
Pangalos
Athens
Exchange Telegraph
Daily Express
Pan- Ralds
Coral man charged in fatal shooting in Chicago
Feli Stamitti of Lorraine Street is jailed by Chicago police after confessing to shooting and killing Bernard Gentile 24 uncle of Stamitti s teenage daughter s mother Gentile faced betrayal accusations and drew a revolver before the shooting in Chicago The suspect s alibi places him in Virginia before the incident while he visited relatives in the city
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Lorain
Feli Stamitti
Hwighth Street
Chicago
Bernard Gentile
Stamitti
Gentile
Yace
Virginia
Floods Wreak Death and Disruption Across Countries
Belgian floods claim lives and wreck property with Mons and Marines still flooded. about a quarter million workers displaced. King Albert and Queen Elizabeth donate two million francs plus 100000 from personal funds for relief. In England, hundreds of families displaced as Thames, Severn, Avon and Wre rise after two weeks of rain. In Russia, Kharkov region floods submerge 700 farms and livestock losses mount.
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Brussels
Mons
Marines
Brussells
Jan
Albert
Elizabeth
Frances
London
England
Thames
Severn
Avon
Wre
Thames Valley
Ohio legislature to convene special session January 15
Decision to issue a call for a special session of the Ohio legislature was reached after a leaders conference in Columbus. The session, set for 9 a.m. EST Friday January 15, will focus on emergency measures to aid financially distressed municipalities counties and other taxing authorities.
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Abullete
Columbus
Ohio
Congress urged to create vast U S air armada and cut armed forces
A coalition of aerial enthusiasts and military economists pushes Congress to establish a dedicated national defense department with separate Army Navy and Aviation bureaus. The plan aims to strengthen the air forces, reduce land and sea armaments, and defer new projects pending a League of Nations disarmament conference. Senator Smoot supports increased aviation funding.
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Congress
United States
Friends
William Mitchell
League of Nations
Coolidge
Department
Army Navy
Aviation
America
Army
Smoot, R
Utah
Wreck of Fast Train Injures Several in Chicago
In Chicago a sixth section of the Twentieth Century Limited crashed into an empty fifth section backing into yards. The engineer likely fatally injured and a woman passenger seriously hurt. three cars of the empty train smashed. others shaken by broken glass. Hospital reports pending.
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Chicago
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
Mellon Warns Against Further Tax Cuts Before Senate Panel
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon told the Senate Finance Committee hearings on the new revenue bill that tax cuts beyond 330 million dollars would threaten the nation’s finances. He faced sharp questioning from Democrats pushing deeper cuts in the income tax brackets.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Mellon
House
Senate
Democratic Committee
Fine man succumbs to liquor fines in local run
Pagan obtained a soft drink license ahead of opening a soft drink parlor. Officers visited Saturday and found an A and A barrel of moonshine buried in the cellar with a faucet. Pagan forfeited the liquor and paid 300 dollars in costs. John Shinnon pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined one dollar plus costs.
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Pagan
Southam
Zarnke
Mike
A&a
John Shinnon
Broadst
Arrest Made in Lorain Murder Case
Lorain police arrest Bert Major in the New Year’s Eve murder of George Fefezaris. His wife Mary Major, already confessing to the crime, faces second degree murder charges. affidavits from Mike Raferejo and his son accuse Major of firing the shot. Major to be arraigned in municipal court tomorrow. both spouses may be held. A car stolen from Broadetree was recovered on Second Street, owned by Lon Tucker of Graph ton.
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Lorain
Jan
Bert Major
George Fefezaris
Mary Major
Major
Mike Raferejo
Fefezaris
Mia
Lon Tucker
Grafton
Second Street
Broadetree
Approach crisis in negotiations in coal strike escalates
New York January 4 officials labor leaders urge Gov. Smith and Mayor Walker to push for a rapid settlement of the anthracite coal strike in a tense moment of stalled talks. Analysts predict a breakthrough or a closure within 48 hours as operators and miners meet to resolve arbitration demands amid potential federal or Pennsylvania intervention.
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New York
Union Workers of
New York and
Goy
AL Smith
James J. Walker
Crisia
Operatora
Minera
Pennsylvania
Scranton
W. W. Taglis
A. M. Fine
New York City
Inglis
Thieves burglarize Laundon Bicycle Store in burglary
Two burglars entered Laundon Bicycle through a window glass cut in the west wall and fled with three revolvers including a .26 automatic, a .22 target, and a .32 revolver. Local police describe the suspects as two colored men. one about 5'8" and 160 pounds, the other darker and wearing a sheepskin coat. The act followed a church service disturbance reported by Harvey Dunningham.
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First Baptist
Harvey Dunningham
Usher
Laundon
Mr. Laundon
Oberlin
Hungry mobs loot shops for food in Nova Scotia
Jialifan Nova Scotia January 4 mobs of unemployed Cape Breton coal miners numbering over a thousand looted and burned food shops in Glace Bay and New Aberdeen. They battered doors emptied shelves and cellars then set the buildings on fire while constables watched. Looted goods in New Aberdeen totaled several thousand dollars.
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Jialifan
N.S
Cape Breton
Glace Bay
New Aberdeen
Morethan
Two Sentenced to Mansfield Reformatory
Judge W. B. Thompson sentenced two men this morning. Joe Wagner of this city pleaded guilty to a statutory charge and was sent to Mansfield Reformatory. Arthur Gilmore also pleaded guilty to stealing Frank Billings automobile. parole was denied and he was sent to Mansfield.
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W. B. Thompson
Joe Wagner
Mansfield
Arthur Gilmore
Frank Billings
Three Italians Cleared After Knife Charge Search
Three Italians accused of drawing a knife on a New York Central conductor at the coal docks were searched by police on Abbey road a short time later and discharged after officers found no weapons.
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New York Central
Abbey Road
Police Seek Help to Catch Robbery Suspects
Rocky River police asked Ely officers Saturday to watch for two men in an open Ford who held up and robbed a gas station in Rocky River about five o clock that afternoon.
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Rocky River
Elytla
House Approves Treasury and Post Office Funding
The House passed the $867,? million appropriation for treasury and post office operations with $34,848,825 earmarked for enforcing prohibition. A bid to boost rural mail service funding by $406,000 failed 205 to 129. The bill grants $143,615,805 more than last year for the coast guard’s rum running enforcement.
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Treasury and Post Office
Coast Guard
Fire ruins three story storehouse in Lawrence
Fire destroyed the wooden three story storehouse of P H Brothers hardware dealers in Lawrence causing about 80000 in damage. The blaze gutted the heart of the business district today.
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Lawrence, Masa
Ph] Brothers
Woman sues over unpaid loan in Lorain court action
Action filed by Luela Schabbing of Lorain against George Lutz alleges she loaned him 680 dollars and he has not repaid the money.
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Luela Schabbing
Lorain
George Lutz
Negro Holdup Man Shoots Victim in Newark
Newark police yesterday questioned an unidentified negro after a Saturday night shooting left Cyrus Nevins 60, a prominent resident, wounded when he refused to raise his hands during a hold up. Two bullets struck Nevins and he was hospitalized in stable condition.
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Newark
Dpolice
Cyrus Nevins
Nevins
Burke to study affairs in Europe and Havre visit
J F Burke of the Chronicle Telegram and Mrs Burke with son John Franklin depart Saturday for New York and Havre France. Burke travels abroad to study political economic and industrial conditions in Europe and may meet leading financiers industrial and political leaders during several months away.
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J. F. Burke
The
Chronicle
Telegram
Burke
John Franklin
New York City
Havre
France
Europe
Russia
Five Plead Guilty in Murder Case in Chicago
Five defendants John Walton Winn Marion Stringham Edwin Goff Mrs Deliah Martin and Mrs Eliza Nusbaum face possible long prison terms after indictments for complicity in the murder of Albert Nusbaum. Winn admitted guilt while claiming Goff wielded the hammer and Nusbaum kissed him before urging disclosure.
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Crigago
Jen
Winn
Goff
Nusbaum
Hail
Rhodes Heads Lorain County Commissioners
The Lorain County Commission elected George Rhades president to succeed Charles Murray. The Lorain County Bar Association met and set trials for this week before Judges Thompson and Webber. The January term of court begins January 11 with one final meeting this term.
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Lorain County
George Rhades
Charles Murray
Lorain County Bar Association
Thompson
Webber
President seeks funds for Geneva arms conference delegates
President Coolidge sent a message to Congress requesting an appropriation of 50000 to cover the expense of American delegates to the Geneva International Conference opening February 15. The request seeks Congressional sanction and anticipates swift approval. Opposition will appear only after a program is drafted and the League of Nations aims are clearer.
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Washington
Dan
Coolidge
Congress
Geneva
Secene of Nations
Sage
Laague
League
Congress returns with battles foreseen in Coolidge era
Washington January 4 Congress resumes work amid expected factional clashes and potential embarrassment for President Coolidge. Farm relief bills rise from western pockets while fights surface over Woodlock of New York and Richard V Taylor of Alabama for the Interstate Commerce Commission. Appropriations work continues as the session opens. continuous coverage on page 2.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Coolidge Congress
Corti Bett
Richard V. Taytoy
Alabama
Woodlock
Renunciation by Crown Prince Carol Reported Accepted
From Bucharest and Milan reports say Parliament would accept Crown Prince Carol's renunciation of rights to the throne and name his son Prince Michael as heir. A governing council for Prince Michael would include Prince Nicholas General Pieson and the Bucharest Patriarch.
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Bucharest
Vienna
Carol
Prince Michael
Michael
Nicholas
Pieson
Milan
Prinee Carol
Romania
Ferdinand
Stroke Fatal to Legislator Edward Cooke Dies
Charleton West Virginia January 4 Funeral arrangements were made for Rep Edward K Cooke a 40 year old member of the West Virginia legislature from Jefferson County who died from a stroke. He served on several house committees and the widow survives. An electric light fault sparked reports after a complex from the Victeity was received by the light company.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Edward K. Cooke
West
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