Teapot Dome Probe Sparks Senate Action
The Teapot Dome affair dominates Senate debate as Sen Walsh moves to cancel leases and push court action against Fall and his associates. White House to appoint lawyers to pursue suits while Daugherty supports handling within justice.
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Capitol
Senate
Teapot Dome
Elk Hills
California
Walsh
Montana
Daugherty
Department of Justice
H. F. Sinclair
Learoot Republican
Wisconsin
E. L. Doheny
Elk Hills Reserve
Albert B. Fall
Sinclair and
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White House
Thomas J. Walsh
Sundey
John W. Davis
Henry L. Stimons
Repubican
Taft
Sherman L. Whipple
Boston
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
C. A. Severance
St. Paul
American Bar Association
Coolidge
Miami
Fla
Fall
Department
Finis Garrett
Tennessee
House
Bertside Walsh
Lenine Funeral Draws World Mourning in Moscow
Massive crowds in Moscow and across the Soviet republic mourn Nicolai Lenine. An immense funeral at Trade Union Hall featured frostbound cavalry, Kremlin guards, and a sea of mourners braving freezing weather. Authorities faced crowding as thousands slept in snow near the bonfires.
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Yscow
Nicolai Lenine
Moscow
Republic
Kremlin
Russia
Trade Union Hall
Wagner
Whiskey Loot Robs Hammond Distillery as Bandits Flee
A gang of 20 to 30 men loaded two automobile trucks with whiskey from the Hammond Distilling Company warehouse in Indiana. About $100,900 worth of liquor was taken while three U S government agents guarding the warehouse were found intoxicated. The bandits left an empty truck. authorities arrested the three guards and held them for innocence. Prohibition agents and police pursued the fleeing bandits as dawn broke.
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Wammond
Ind
Hammond Distilling Company
Illinois
Indiana
Prohibition
United States
Hammond
James E. Browning
Browning
Miners Split Over Howat and Myerscaugh At UMW Gathering
The United Mine Workers face a split as Alexander Howat of Kansas and Thomas Myerscaugh of Pennsylvania are expelled. The left wing pushes for reinstatement while the scale committee report will guide talks with operators when they meet in Jacksonville, Florida, February 11. William Z. Foster addressed the radical left urging reinstatement.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Alexander Howat
Kansas
Thomas Myerscaugh
Pennsylvania
Howatt
National Executive Board
Myerscough
Miners’ Progressive Committee
William Z. Foster
Chicago
Trades Union Educational League
Jacksonville
Fla
County to hear re valuation for townships and tax shifts
On Wednesday morning the county commissioners will consider reducing the valuation of several southern townships and raising tax valuations elsewhere including Elyria and Lorain. The meeting is described as exceedingly important for property owners, road officials, and the general public to attend and register opinions.
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Elyria
Lorain
Reality Road Com
Techncials
Ollie Thompson Missing From Elyria Household
Police report the disappearance of Ollie Thompson a 28 year old heavyset Black man of 2912 Chestnut Street He last went to Cleveland last Wednesday and has not been heard from since His brother asks Cleveland police to check hospitals for him and aid in the search.
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Ollie Thompson
Chestnut Street
Thompson
Cleveland
Plan White Way Lorain Broadway Brightway Discussed
Lorain city committee on streets and sidewalks meets with citizens to discuss the proposed Broadway brightway this evening.
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Lorain
City Recuncil Committee On
Confirmation of Ohio Appointment Meets Opposition
Senate insurgents led by Wisconsin Republican La Follette blocked the confirmation of George B. Christian Jr. as federal trade commissioner at 10000 a year. They argued he is unfitted for the post and forced a two week postponement in the commerce committee meeting.
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Ohio
Washington
Senate
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Geo. B. Christian
Harding
Christian
Senate Commerce Committee
Hold Up Postoffice Loot Reaches Up To $35000
Butte Montana January 28 two masked robbers entered the Missoula post office and held two clerks at gunpoint escaping with between 30000 and 35000 dollars consigned to a Missoula bank.
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Missoula
Fox Hunt Invites Elyria Nimrods to Meet Tomorrow
Lorain, Jan 28. The Lorain Sportsman Club arranged a fox hunt for tomorrow morning inviting fox hunters from across the county with Elyria sportsmen especially welcome. About 31 hunters are expected to participate in a five mile circle drive starting at Washington Park at 3 o clock with the probable hunt area near Oak Point.
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Lorain
Washington Park
Oak Point
Elyria
Army recruiters open station at post office basement
Corporals Southam and Brooks U. S. A. have opened a recruiting station in the basement of the post office and seek men to join the regular army. The Ames Tron Works filed a suit against the Highway Construction Co. seeking 81650 as the balance due on the purchase price of two engines and a boiler.
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Southam
Brooks
Ames Tron Works
The
Highway Construction Co
Workman Drowns In Lorain River Incident
Lorain January 28 William Miles aged 45 an employee of the American Shipbuilding Co was drowned today before noon when he fell into the river while working on the steamer D G Kerr on 2 Yadder. He had lived in the city twenty five years and was highly regarded by friends. His body not recovered and he is survived by a wife and child.
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Lorain
William Miles
American Shipbuilding Co
Yadder
D. G. Kerr
Council Meets On Yellow Line In City Budget Talks
This afternoon at 2 39 the council will confer with Lake Shore Electric General Manager Coen about a non franchise. No definite arrangement is expected but Coen may outline acceptable franchise terms. An adjourned council meeting will discuss the six month budget after finance committee work. New York Jan 28 Henry T Mann linked to publicity work for the Anti Saloon League identified by Millard J Bloomer amid forgery charges.
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Coen
Lake Shore Electric
New York
Henry T. Mann
William H. Andersn
New York State
Anti-Saloon League
League
Millard J. Bloomer
Plan for Farm Relief and Bank Stabilization Reached
Washington officials say a plan to stabilize banks in the northwest and aid farmers is agreed by government officers and midwest leaders. The treasury notes the bill will create a government surplus sale and export corporation with initial funding in the hundreds of millions to aid wheat and farming industries.
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Washington
Northwest
Midwest
Treasury Department
Henry G. Dawes
Senate Agriculture Committee
McNary
Oregon
Lorain Woman Awarded 3000 in Damages
Harriet Sommers, a Lorain resident, was awarded 3000 dollars after a court ruling against an unnamed defendant. The elderly Sommers, who worked as a detective on 28th Street, suffered damages described as severe from a sidewalk incident. The award followed a negotiated agreement.
Judgment Against Ke Tire Co. For 783.66
In the court of common pleas this morning J R Bennett sought a judgment of 783 66 against the Ke Tire Co for goods sold and delivered. The defendant presented no verdict other than the appearance.
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Defante
Court of Common
Agaite J
R. W. Bennett
Gooda
Tau
Gas and dynamite blast kills entire Rhode Island family
In Cumberland Rhode Island a tenement owned by Manville Mills collapsed after a leaking gas pipe ignited dynamite found in Adelard Hamel’s home. Fifteen people died including Adelard Hamel his wife Marie and their eleven children plus Michael Conway who died in the ruins. The blast damaged nearby buildings and blew out windows within miles.
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Cumberland
Rhode Island
Manville Mills
Michael Conway
Adelard Hamel
Conway
Manville
Hamel
Conway Tenement
Adelard Hamal
Marie
Antone
Arthur
O'Neil
Rose
Yvonne
Normandie
Jirard
Fariend
Richard
Armandie
Luciane
Fire accident leaves Ridgeville couple severely burned
Mr and Mrs Frank Wend elberg of Ridgeville center suffered serious burns when a gasoline can exploded. Mrs Wendelberg placed the can on the stove and lit it. Mr Wendelberg extinguished the flames and both were taken to Memorial hospital where Mrs Wendelberg held her own but remained in danger.
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Ridgeville
Frank Wendelberg
Ridgeville Center
Oman
Mamorial Hospital
Explosion devastates Cleveland tire shop and nearby homes
The tire shop of Matthew E B Hudak and the Homestead Savings and Loan offices on Superior Avenue were wrecked when tire glodes at a vulcanizing machine exploded early today. Homes for blocks around were rocked and several people were tossed from their positions by the blast.
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Cleveland
Matthew EB. Hudak
Homestead Savings and Loan Company
Superior Avenue
Hudak
Nine Missing After Gas Blast at Shank Town Mine
Nine men remained unaéouated as rising ground water threatened air and shaft fans after a gas explosion at Barns and Tucker Coal Co Mine Number 18 in Shank Town. Forty-nine were inside. 34 bodies recovered, six escaped. Investigators questioned the fire boss over gas accumulation and the disaster timeline. A general funeral service was planned.
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de Cresson
Lancashire
Barnees and Tucker Coal Company
Shanktown
Stafford
Joseph P. Walsh
State Departments of Mines
Diverse 1923 Foreign News Nuggets Report Across Europe
From Copenhagen to London, reports recount drownings at sea near Norway, Greece endures a severe cold wave with hundreds dead, a snowbound Orient Express, and diplomatic moves in Rome Paris and Brussels. Attendant notes mention a hurricane in Norway and a royal engagement in Ireland.
Erin Outbreak Bloodshed Shocks Dublin Officials
A police officer and a magistrate were killed in Dublin during rioting linked to irregular trade raids and a bank looting. The violence marks the year's first outbreak as funerals proceed for Augusta Hardy. In Cincinnati, former judge Louis M. Hosea, a Civil War veteran and Loyal Legion leader, dies after brief illness.
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Cincinnati
M. Hosea
The
Loyal Legion
Ohio
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
American Association For the Advancement of Science
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