United States Withdraws From Opium Conference in Geneva
Washington reports the United States has withdrawn from the international Opium Conference in Geneva. Stephen G. Porter, head of the American delegation, announced the move saying the United States cannot continue participation. A reconcilation committee failed to find a compromise. The president granted permission for the delegation to return home. A divorce notice appears for Mand L. Nichols.
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Washington
United States
Geneva
State Department
Stephen G. Porter
Porter
America
Lor Ce
Deladier
France
Sugmura
Japan
Tolvola
Pinlatd
Marter
Cacil
Congress
Sir Porter
Agi
Couldge Kimwell
Berauge
England Faces Flu Epidemic With High Death Toll
London reports an influenza outbreak with 202 deaths and 2600 cases in the last week. Physicians note the disease is often mild, hoping to curb it quickly. In Madrid the epidemic was officially confirmed by the city directory.
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London
England
Algo
Spain
Proposal Rejected by City Council in Electric Contract
The Potomac Edison Company proposal to supply electricity to Hagerstown was rejected 4 to 1 at last night’s regular Mayor and City Council meeting. Councilman W T Chinmoy of Ward 1 opposed the contract, while officials had anticipated the outcome per a Daily Mail forecast. Continued on page 10.
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Potomac Edgan
Hagerstown
Furnlatt Electric
Dailly
W. Ts. Chinmoy
Potomac, Edison Company
Cleaning Streets Across Washington Area Cleared
Weather in the capital area prompts street crews to clear ice and snow. Washington streets near Potomac and Jonathan avenues were cleared yesterday, while today crews work along the Western Maryland Railroad corridor to ensure safer travel.
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Washington Street
Jon
Western Maryland Railroad
Frankin
Boys endure bitter cold after alleged family expulsion
In Shanktown, Dr. Harry Long and housekeeper Mary Kline faced charges after two boys, ages 12 and 10, said they were driven from home in freezing weather. Court heard witnesses as Mazel, 6, stayed. Judge Courtée suspended the sentence and allowed temporary return to the Long home.
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Five Life Court
Harry Long
Mary Kline
Charles A. Barnhart
Vourtée
Ishn
Raymond
Slater
Mazel
Hancock
Yourlee
Long Home
Canal Trustees Report Shows Heavy Losses Three Years
A canal Trustees report details the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal finances and condition. Surviving officers Colton and Praston note waterway losses over the past three years but project revival with limited expense, detailing 1922 1923 and 1924 earnings and deficits and the canal’s assets and seven years.
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Canal Trustees
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
George A. Colaton
Herbert
Praston
Potomac
Message From Deep Cave Risks Hope For Trapped Man
In Cave City Kentucky on February 6 a voice whispered alive through a radio microphone from Band Cave wall. A rescue team using a simple phone amplifier tapped the cave to transmit a signal, sparking renewed hope for Floyd Calling Ives trapped seven days behind a seven ton rock as crews outside haggled with the stubborn obstacle and awaited any sound from within.
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Cave City
Band Cave
Floyd
Ives
W.H. Riley
Howling Green
Morton Weldy
Glasgow
Riley
Snowbound Rural Mail Boxes Spark Protest Action
Rural residents vent protests as heavy snow leaves mail boxes blocked. Penologists report carriers forced to use horse and buggy on routes, while some neighbors fail to clear paths. Police court records note multiple drunks in court defending the department’s move to add two new racers for the collective base.
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Penongsylvanis
Deflanas
Colle
Barher
Predicted End of World Today by Religious Leaders
Mrs Margaret Rowan Propletess and Dr FE Pullmer editor of the Reformed Seventh Day Adventist Church in Los Angeles claim the world will end today February 6. They predict 144000 will be saved while the rest perish in fire hailstones and earthquakes. They claim widespread following among nearly 1000 parsons in the United States and Asia.
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Margaret Rowan
FE. Pullmer
Edior Diseintel
Reformed Seventh Day Adventirist Church
Los Angeles
Luntean
Asia
Rowan
Vivian
Await End of World Patchotoe Siege In New York
A crowd gathers in Patchogue Long Island as a group led by Robert Roldt and about 26 followers, including four children, prepare to ascend to heaven at midnight amid beliefs of apocalyptic pestilence and a divine stair. Police and state troopers monitor the scene while religious fervor leads to heightened tension and warnings.
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Patchoote
N.Y
Long Island
East
Los Angeles
W. A. Snyder
North Toeast
Hollywood
San Grego
Cal
Irlenia Jupiter J
Chambersburg
Derother
Willard Downy
Yuplank
Reidta
Bax
Reidt
Becausy
Trwllans
Daughter Faces Spanking Claim Amid End of World Talk
Mrs Mathilde Wright, mother of Margaret Rowan a leader of a Californian reformist Seventh Day Adventists group, asserts her daughter, a public proponent of a new religious cause, is still a child too old for spanking though she predicts the world may end tonight. Weight lives with her son John Plummer on a farm and says if the world ends tonight she will be the most surprised person in the country.
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Conshohocken
Mathilde Wright
Margaret R. Rowan
Mollywood
Cailf
John Plummer
Bomb Theatre in Labor War in Kansas City
Bomb blast rocks a downtown Kansas City theatre in a yearlong conflict between theater and motion picture operator. Police link the bombing to an earlier shooting of Wade Rolls and a suspect’s boarding place. owner Blok Roavaback faces the investigation as officers seek motive and connection.
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Kansas City
Iit
Mario
Tarly
Helleva
Naion
Polles
Wade Rolls
Stephens
Bloh
Roavaback
Ha Theatre 8
Reads Mail In Far-Off Africa
A. Downe, from Has seratown, aboard the U S Pale off Algeria, says he reads the Daily Mail and keeps in touch with home via a letter recelled by Sergeant Chop. He asks for more mail blanks as soldiers await them.
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Africa
A. Downe
Hasseratown
U. S. Pale
Algeria
North Africa
Daily Mail
Chop
Hagerstown Daily Mall
Await Verdict on Mint Slot Machines Here
Local authorities seek a ruling on whether to discontinue and regulate mint slot machines after incidents of illegal operation. Officials in Baltimore and state authorities consider permanent measures to prevent configuration of machines that have siphoned money from patrons.
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Atvorary
Robinson
Efyll Cautta i
Baltimore
Wickel
Agearng
Elines Cive
Larceny Hearing for Johany Stevens Scheduled Tonight
Johany Stevens, described as a negro man, faces larceny charges in Braxton Miley. A witness says money was taken from a rent-book intended for a purpose, and Stevens allegedly confessed to stealing the funds and damaging the book. Police report two prior arrests. Also noted is an eye injury to Miss Ananda Bell, Kemp’s Williansport student, struck in the eye by another student, with non serious damage to the eyeball.
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Johany Stevens
Braxton
Miley
Tustice Bower
Toeluck
Stevens
Poolice Sey
Douk
Tatrolmien Wekard
Whiteington
Ananda Bell
Kellar B. Bell
Kemp's
Williimspart
Milliamsnore High School
Repia
Pia
Three Die In Auto Accident Near Latrobe Station
Three men en route to work died when their car was struck by a belching freight train at Latrobe station near Pittsburgh. The crash occurred as the vehicle crossed the tracks, authorities said, with the victims identified as local workers from Pittsburgh.
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Pittiburga
Sual
Hay
Fie Velroll Tu Mitta
Burgh Flyer
Pensylvani Rail Lrond
Laotwdele Station
Woman Heads Hospital Where Girls Illegally Operated On
Pittsburgh detectives probe a country hospital run by Mary C. B. Morgan amid reports of illegal operations on girls. Death of 20 year old Adettoa Podvaanik linked to an operation spurs wider inquiry into Morgan and partners Maurice Happort and 14 others who face accessories charges. A river corpse, said to be from the operation victim, intensifies the case as investigators trace the alleged network to the city’s lodging and hospital sites.
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Pittsburgh
Mary
C. B. Morgan
Country Hospital
Pearch
Black
Ciusegle
Patton
Adettoa Podvaanik
Ohio
Woman Heads Hospital
Maurice Happort
Trother David
Hon
Pitt
City Hingpla
Ted
Mrs. Morgan
Dr. Black
Delactivex
Cerlatn
Pedrasoth
Atomie
Pitebed
Williamsport to Host Major Power Plant Expansion
Williamsport will become the hub of a northeast power system with a planned huge addition to the Williamsport plant. A report by Potomac Edison Co. and American WaterWorns officials concludes adding new units at Williamsport now is cheaper than building a new plant on the Caengan river, with work possibly starting late this year. Page 104.
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Williamsport
Baltimore News
Mutomwelise Peat
Willteasport
Wag
Wesermadd
Qoilay
Cork
Ubely Vl
Wiltiwatsport
Haneorl Kuedrs
Potomte Edison Co
Diam Ser
Caengan
Poison mystery at Ohio State University linked to curred strychnine on campus
Police traced a bottle containing about 400 grains of strychnine found on a shelf in the Ohio State University College of Pharmacy to a year old stock from the general chemical store room. Investigators said the poison helped explain deaths of two students, with three others seriously affected, though the motive remains unclear. Professors Keyser and Willan, and student In the College of Pharmacy, testified as the probe continued.
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G. Peb
Othe
College of Pharmacy Laboratocy
Ohio State University
Mala
Irrof
Willan i Keyser
Asteuctar
College of
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Mand L. Nichols
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