Rail policy debate shapes Coolidge era consolidation
Washington coverage outlines how Coolidge faces congressional pressure on regional railroad consolidation. Opposition from railroads and western senators complicates a compulsory scheme, with administrators preferring voluntary steps under the Transportation Act and resisting a broad rate overhaul amid looming freight-rate reform debates.
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Washington
Dent Coolidge
The
Rathrems
Pew Admin
Harding
Kansas ‘City
Béw P
Congress
Coolidge
Lafollette
Brookhaert
Mate Ters
Special Session Sought as Coolidge Weighs Farm Aid
Washington reports say President Coolidge considers calling Congress in a special session to tackle farm distress. Senators Frazier Harrison Norbeck urge action citing desperate western agriculture and high railroad freight costs hindering farmers.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
West
Lynn J. Frazier
North Dakota
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota
Departments of Commerce and Agriculture
Jewry
Frazier
Borah
Ettuati
Senator Borah
Norris- Sinclair
Harrison
Senate
Norbeck
Contempt charge arraigned as sheriff faces trial question
In Wheeling West Virginia on September 21 1928 Harry T Clouse of Clio County pleaded not guilty to contempt. His counsel moved to quash the charge claiming the sheriff who permitted a federal prisoner to seek release in Washington Pennsylvania should be tried before a federal judge. The case runs amid other delays including objections by 87 defendants indicted for conspiracy at the May term alleging improper federal indictments beyond the acts of the sterner federal government.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Harry T. Clouse
Chionty
William Lias
Ishington
Fairmount-Clarksburg
Gasoline Explosion Claims Four Bureau of Standards Engineers
Washington Sept 21 The death toll in the gasoline explosion at the government bureau of standards rose to four as James E Kindig an electrical engineer from Salunga Pa died from injuries The other victims were Urban J Ryke of Washington Logan L Ler of Lower Salem O and Mathew M Lee of New London Conn all engineers connected with the bureau
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Washington
Government Bureau
James E. Kindig
Salunga
Urban J. Yk
Logan L. Ler
Lower Salem
M. Lee
New London
Bureau
Death notice for Paul Ferrell and unrelated fragments
Fragmentary obituary and notices show Paul Ferrell aged 33 found dead at home with funeral planned by Rev. Edwin Kirby at Wood Cemetery Lorain. Also scattered lines mention HL Ferrell 8 IED and a Thursday reference with addresses on Fourth Street and a Lorain area burial.
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Paul Ferrell
John Fos
Fourth Street
Bellaire
Bouss
Fourth St
Saturn
Edwin Kirby
Wood Cemetery
Lorais
New York Papers To Ignore Union Suspend Charter
New York publishers consider Major George L. Berry proposal to dissolve local 25 amid a strike. The International union would arbitrate disputes and operate presses, while local 25 is suspended.
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New York
George L. Berry
International Printing Pressmen’'s and Assistants' Union of North America
Local No. 25
Berry
International Union
Trials Set for Dollings Officers in Ohio Indictments
William G. Benham and Dwight Harrison, Columbus officers of the defunct R. L. Dollings Company, entered not guilty pleas as indictments in Franklin and Preble counties were handed up. Harrison's trial is set for October 15, Benham's date undecided, with a separate Preble county trial on October 8.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Duncan
William G. Benham
R. L. Dollings Company of
Ohio
Dwight Harrison
Dollings Company
Franklin County Grand Jury
Bentham and Harrison
Harrison
Benham
Crabbe
Preble County
Franklin County
Harrigan
William G. Pickerel
Dayton
Dayton Recording Devices Company
Dollings
Picketel
Auto deaths rise in Ohio six months of 1923
Columbus Ohio September 21 Automobile accidents in Ohio caused 362 deaths in the first six months of 1923 an increase of 64 over the same period last year. Deaths from auto collisions with trains and street cars numbered 60. Infant death rates in rural districts in August were .65 per thousand and in cities .72 per thousand per health department statistics.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Health
Health Department
Democratic Party Leader Thomas Taggart Seriously Ill
Thomas Taggart former chairman of the Democratic National Committee is seriously ill at his Hyannisport summer home and will be moved to Boston. Once Indiana senator and three time Indianapolis mayor, his children have been summoned to his bedside.
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Hyannis
Mass
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
Hyannisport
Boston
Taggart
Indiana
National Senate
Indianapolis
Youngstown Phone System Consolidation Price Revealed
Ohio Bell testimony estimates the Youngstown area merger of physical properties at about 1.506 million dollars. Unified service would cost 16 dollars monthly, with 20 percent higher rates than Bell and 40 percent higher than Ohio State rates. Separate business lines would cut total existing rates by 27 to 43 percent. Finance director Baker reportedly ill with pneumonia in Presque Isle, Mich.
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Columbus
Ohio Bell
Ohio State
Youngstown
Co. P. Cooper
Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
State Utilities Commission
Bell
Baker
Pheumonia
Presque Isle
Mich
Domahey
Oklahoma Klan Leader Denies Flogging Charge
H C Jewett grand dragon of the Oklahoma Ku Klux Klan denies taking part in flogging in a military court. He says the charge is a deliberate falsehood. The city under military rule remains quiet as fair visitors arrive and the exposition is reinstated after initial cancellation.
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KLAN
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
Walton
H. C. Jewett
Oklahoma Ku Klux Klan
A. A. Maupin
Jewett
J. C. Walton
Former Governor Cox to Testify in Ohio Conspiracy Trial
In Cleveland on September 21 former Ohio governor James M Cox testified as a defense character witness in the conspiracy trial of four prominent Ohioans. Senators Willie and Fess and Governor Donahey were set to follow with further testimony as others testified questions over paper affidavits and possible typing similarities arose during cross examination of A Frank Counts.
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Cleveland
James M. Gox
Ohio
Amar
Fess
Hoskins
A. Frank
Bernsteen
Samuel Selker
Counts
Westerhaver
Dury
Donahey
Shearer
Sovernor
Disorders in Bulgaria Quelled by Government Efforts
Sofia reports that disturbances across Bulgarian quarters, blamed on communists, were not serious and initial fears were exaggerated. Quiet returns in Stara Zagora and Nova Zagora after several hours of battles. Chirpan villages formed a “sorjat” taare, but no new developments follow.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Stara’ Zagora
Nova Zagora
Chirpan
Taare
Kindergarten to be Formed in Ely City
Elyria will host a free public kindergarten at Ely School on Gulf Street this school year. Miss Mae Simmons from Oberlin Kindergarten Training School will oversee the program with observation by trainees and afternoon teaching duties at Oberlin. The venture is largely funded by the Oberlin institution and opens Monday morning September 24 at 8 30 with capacity for forty children aged five and six. A waiting list will be kept. enrollment is first come, first served and regular attendance is required.
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Ely School
Miss May
Oberlin
Gulf Street
Mae Simmons
Ober Ln
Oberlin Kindergaren Training School
Elyria
Kindergar
Superintendent of Schools
Elyria Woman May Be Nation's Greatest Gold Star Mother
Governors nationwide select a mother who sacrificed the most sons in World War I. Elyria Post No 12 adjutant Carl F. Wolf oversees the local search inviting Elyria mothers to call 2141 or 37681. Ohio's top mother will attend the American Legion national convention in San Francisco the week of October 15.
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Elyria
Siates
American Legion
Carl F. Wolf
San Francisco
Veteran Congress Clerk Hollingeworth Dies at 34 Years' Service
Washington Sept. 21 John H B Hollingeworth chief clerk of the house of representatives died today at his Riverdale Maryland home He had served the capital 34 years after starting as a page in Richland Missouri
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Washington
John HB. Hollingeworth
House of Representatives
Riverdale
Maryland
Richland
Liquor Hearing Set After Lorain Couple Arrested
Joe Krawczyk and his wife were arrested by state prohibition officer Frank Klady in Lorain for illicit liquor possession and sale. They are jailed and face a hearing before Judge Webber tomorrow morning.
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Joe Krawczyk
Elyria Avenue
Lorain
Frank Klady
Webber Tomorow
Delis Brothers sue for 390.50 over furniture sale
The Delis Brothers Furniture Co of Lorain sues C. C. Vandecar to recover 390.50 claiming a bill for furniture sold. A chattel mortgage on the furniture is asked to be foreclosed by the court.
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Delis Bro.’s Furniture Co
Lorain
C. C. Vandecar
Ward Admits Killing Peters in May 1922 Shooting
Ward testifies in Rye murder trial that he shot Clarence M. Peters after a car ride with Pete and two men named Jack Rogers and Charlie Rose. Sheriff Werner described the scene at the Rye residence the night Ward surrendered. Coroner Fitzgerald quoted Ward about a blackmail claim and Ward admitting the Colt revolver used.
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White Plains
Walter
Ward
Rand
Clarence M. Peters
Haverhill
Mass
George Werner
Rye
Allen R. Campbell
Werner
Campbell
Port Chester
Jack Rogers
Charles
Pete
Peters
Charlie
Jack
Piet
Fitzgerald
Charlie Rose
Miss Worlda Weller Succeeds Richwine in Glerk's Office
County clerk deputy Arthur Richwine resigns to join Ohio Public Service Co. next Monday. Miss Marsh, the county clerk, says she accepted the resignation with regret and has appointed Miss Worlda Weller to succeed him. Weller is already on the job.
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Arthur Richwine
Ohio Public Service Co
Richwine
Miss Marsh
Ee Weller
Woman Dies After Auto Plunge At Edgewater Park
Irene Cathcart died in a Cleveland hospital from injuries after an auto she rode in with Henry Goddells crashed over an embankment at Edgewater Park and struck rocks below. Goddells escaped by jumping as the car overturned and she was pinned beneath the wreckage. A separate note reports a garage theft where Sylvester Barry says someone stole an engine head from Claude Dimter’s barn on Furnace Street.
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Cleveland
Irene Cathcart
Henry Goddells
Edgewater Park
Sylvester Barry
Claude Dimter
Furnace Street
Barry
Lexington grounds on sand bank off Providence coast
New York reports say 150 passengers aboard the Colonial Line steamship Lexington were taken ashore after it grounded 13 miles south of Providence Rhode Island. The vessel is not in immediate danger and is expected to refloat at high tide. A steam lighter is removing passengers. there is fear the ship could break up.
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New York
Colonial Line
Lexington
Providence
R. I
Narragansett Pier
R. 1
Narragansett Bay
Bandits Steal Relief Funds From Southern Branch
Bandits took a safe with 2288 dollars intended as a relief fund for Berkeley University students left destitute by last Monday's fire. They failed to steal a second large safe containing 2600 dollars.
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Southern Branch
Berkeley
Fiume Dispute Settlement Near, Italy to Take Fiume
Rome reports both Messaggero and Corriere d Italia say a settlement is imminent. Proposed terms give Italy control of Fiume and Yugoslavia sovereignty over Porto Baros, with no frontier change at Belgrade per Messaggero.
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Rome
Messagero
Courriere d’ Italia
Fiume
Italy
Jugo Slavia
Porto Baros
Belgrade
Messagerio
Niles Dedicates New Masonic Temple In Ohio Parade
Four thousand Masons from West Virginia Pennsylvania and Ohio descend on Niles for the dedication of a $210000 temple billed as the finest between Pittsburgh and Cleveland. A Masons only attendance plan plus matinees for families and three banquets accompany a 2 PM parade with five bands. Grand master B Frank Thomas of Youngstown leads the ceremonies.
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Niles, O
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Niles
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
B. Frank Thomas
Youngstown
Death of Eugene Diedrick Leads Memorial Hospital Tragedy
An obituary reports Eugene Diedrick age 18 died Thursday night at Memorial hospital. He was the only child of Mr and Mrs Frank Diedrick of 108 Riverdale Court. The cause of death is listed as heart trouble. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at St Marys Church with burial in St Marys Cemetery.
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Eugene Diedrick
Frank Diedrick
Riverdale Court
Memorial Hospital
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Government to collect about half a million in fight taxes
The internal revenue bureau announced the Dempsey Wirgo bout will yield roughly $500000 in taxes. Admissions taxes reached $108054.80, with further income taxes expected from principals promoters and others who profited from the event.
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Washington
Dempsey Wirgo
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Lewis Lacounte Injured by Truck Crossing Street
Lewis Lacounte, 315 Clark Street, was struck by a truck yesterday afternoon while crossing Olivert toward the General P ny graph Co plant. The truck sped on. the driver is a known person. He was taken to Far Hospital with injuries to his arms and shoulders, then released to go home.
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Lewis Lacounte
Clark Sty
Olivert
General P' Nygraph Co
Far
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LaGrange
G.J. Kelton
HL Ferrell
Jim Hamlin
Sidnor
Cleveland Street
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Tony Trotta
Dollings Co
Anson IK
Inter
News Service
Sation
Maupin
U.S
Millionaire
Wileda Weller
Glerk
Masonic
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