Republic To Be Set Up In Ruhr Crisis
A Berlin telegram from Essen reports that isolation of the Ruhr via coal and iron shipment bans into unoccupied Germany could lead to an autonomous Rhineland Republic under France and Belgium. Paris sources say France yields to Belgium for stricter German terms as France and Belgium mass troops and extend military support. Paris telecom operators, all women, depart for Essen to monitor exchange amid upheaval. Miss Wider Riger, M C A physical director, recovers from grippe as Lincoln banquet postpones classes.
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Berlin
Ruhr
Germany
Rhineland
France
Belgium
Essen
Paris
Iranier Poincare
Rhuneland
Trance
Russia
Harding Denies NY Coal Export Embargo Request
President Harding refused Governor Smith of New York’s plea for an embargo on anthracite coal exports to Canada to ease New York fuel shortages. Secretary Hoover attributed New York’s coal crisis to transportation issues, stating it is unrelated to US coal shipments to Canada.
One Dies In German French Soldiers Clash At Gelsenkirchen
A Central News dispatch from Berlin says one person was killed in a clash between Germans and French soldiers at Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr. No further fighting details were provided.
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Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
Berlin
Three to Pen for Death of W M Striker
John E Salmon Charles Stratton and Clifford Salmon of Chambersburg must serve from 18 months to two years for the death of J Reed Smith Western Maryland Railway watchman. Smith died after a Christmas morning fight and drinking bout with the men. Reed was carried home dead after an automobile party. Defendants claim Reed attacked party members and died in self defense. prosecution says Reed was beaten. Verdict: guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a jury Saturday morning.
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John E. Salmon
Charles Stratton
Clifford Salmon
Chambersburg
J. Reed Smith
Western Maryland Railway
Reed
Read
U S Must Export Gold Soon Says Crissinger
Comptroller Crissinger, before joining the Federal Reserve, warned Congress that the United States which now holds about half the world's gold must become a large exporter to restore global economic balance. He cautioned that halting gold imports would disrupt monetary stability and urged readiness to return gold to other nations as conditions require.
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U.S
W. H. Atkins
Steff Coreanoniont
Washington
Crissinger
Congress
Federal Reserve System
United States
Jer Crissinger
King Helps Fight Fire at National Theatre in Sofia
King Boris of Bulgaria aided police and firemen in rescue work as a fire broke out at Sofia's National Theatre. Two killed and ten injured in the blaze. L. R. Nichols of the Pennsylvania Railroad sprained ankle while making a jump stop in the local yards Sunday morning.
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London
King Boris of Bulgaria
National Theatre
Sofia
L. R. Nichols
Pennsylvania Railroad
Navy Pigeon-Holed Edison Inventions
In a birthday interview at West Orange on February 12 Thomas A. Edison disclosed that he supplied the United States Navy with 45 inventions during World War I, all of which were pigeon-holed.
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International News Service
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
United States Navy
Youth Dies After Ice Fall at Pinesburg
Emmett Guessford a 19 year old Pinesburg youth employed at Keystone quarries died this morning following an operation for injuries from a fall on the ice ten days earlier. He bruised a knee, the bone became infected, blood poisoning developed, and despite transfer to the local hospital he did not survive. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Robert L Guessford and was unmarried.
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Emmett Guessford
Pinesburg
Keystone
Robert L. Guessford
Man and Woman Arrested After Robbery Case
Goldie Coleman is under arrest charged with stealing 60 dollars from Harry H. Butts. James Beamer is charged with conducting a disorderly house after investigation prompted by Butts’s complaint. Bail set at 400 and 300 dollars respectively for a hearing before Justice Halim Wednesday night. The alleged victim was lured into the Jalilaley residence near Jonathana Treat and robbed of cash while intoxicated.
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Goldie Coleman
Harry H. Butts
James Beamer
Nade
Butts
Justice Halim
Jalilaley
Jonathan A Treat
Deputy Chases Autos Ten Miles in Pursuit
Deputy Sheriff Albert Crampton chased three automobiles owned by Gerald Fitzgerald & Co. from the city to Boonsboro to seize debts owed the firm. He stopped the vehicles and ordered their return to Hagerstown. Crampton traced the road tractor and two trucks with equipment first to Washington and then pursued the convoy toward Boonsboro, finally overtaking the party near Boonsboro. Miss Susan Garberson, Home Demonstration Agent, was recovering from an acute indigestion attack.
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Albert Crampton
Gerald Fitzgerald & Co
Franklin Street
Boonsboro
Hagerstown
Crampton
Washington
Susan Garberson
Turky’s New Ultimatum At Smyrna Reported
London Feb 12 British foreign office awaited confirmation from General Harrington on a Turkish demand that foreign warships leave Smyrna harbor within three days. Telegrams from Constantinople suggested the Turks would conciliatorily yield to the Allies and close with a peace posture despite Anfala extremists stirring trouble. Mustapha Kemal Pasha and allies aim to keep peace. illness postpones a Presbyterian Missionary Society meeting tonight.
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Stam
London
Harrington
Constantinople
Smyrna
Foreign Office
Anfara
Lausanne
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Kemal
Missionary Society
Presbyterian Church
Mule's Kick May Cost Eye
Sprigg Hedges a Baltimore and Ohio yardmaster at Brunswick Md near Martinsburg suffered an eye injury after a mule kicked loose a plank from a freight car and struck him in the eye in an unusual accident reported by International News Service.
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Sy International Newa Service
Martinsburg
Sprigg Hedges
Baltimore and Ohio
Brunswick
Hedges
Clara Phillips Nemesis Catherine Uribe Claims Capture
Mrs Catherine Uribe claims she holds Clara Phillips in Mexico and offered to deliver Phillips to American authorities if her husband and his brother are released from a California jail. Uribe says credit for capturing Phil Alquin, deported from Mexico, who was wanted in Los Angeles on a detective murder charge.
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Catherine Uribe
Clara Phillips
Hammer
Mexico
Clara
Uribe
California
Farm Bloc May Save Ship Bill
The administration ship subsidy bill nears final action as supporters rally to save the American merchant marine. Test votes loom in the next two or three days to clear remaining hurdles and ensure passage this session.
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Washington
Administration
Congress
Uncle Joe Reflects on Lincoln Birthday Debates
Former Speaker Joseph G. Cannon recalls Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas debates and Lincoln’s 1860 presidential bid. The living congressman, nearly 87, cites two debates at Sullivan and Charleston, praising Douglas’ strength and Lincoln’s height.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. “Douglas
Illnois
Lincoln
Joseph G. Cannon
Congress
Cannon
United States Senate
Douglas
Joe
International News Service
Sullivan
Charleston
Fire Companies Receive Checks from Local Resident
Local fire companies received checks this morning from M. Fingley Seibert of 45 West Franklin Street, whose house near the Mungon apartments was recently destroyed by fire. The gifts express appreciation for their work in checking the nearby blaze and thank Solbert for his role.
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M. Fingley Seibert
West
Franklin Street
Mungon Apartments
Mr. Solbert
Whiskey carried to inmates reported at Washington County jail
Circuit Court opened with Judge Doub recounting a report from a reliable source that inmates at the Washington County jail were found drunk and liquor brought in from an unknown source. Sheriff McClintic denied jail conditions, calling for investigation to confirm or deny the claims as the Grand Jury is urged to act.
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Doub
Grand Jury
Sheriff Kline
Washington County
Nde al Ort A. Doub
Cumberland
Frank G. Wagaman
WSI
Hagerstown
Scott McCcline
Kline
Fourth Judicial Circuit
United States
Gas main disaster kills six in Pitman town
Six people die and a dozen others are overcome when a gas main ruptures in Pitman, New Jersey. Firemen and volunteers succumb amid deadly fumes as an emergency hospital is set up in the town center. William Bucel’s family is among the dead.
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International News Service
Camden
N. J
Pitman
Here
William Bucel
Ex Major Connor Accused of Hidden Double Marriage
Milwaukee Wis Feb 12 Ex mayor and overseas major Robert Connor wealthy lumberman faces arraignment on charges of maintaining two families nine and three children with Bertha Gertler Roberta 7 Betty 6 Gretchen 17 months who lived on the Milwaukee gold coast Connor vanished authorities expect surrender Lydia Witt a former neighbor told the Milwaukee Federation of Church Women and the district attorney was notified This item notes his Marshfield wife and two children and the alleged split lives without detailing ongoing proceedings.
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Milwaukeeh
Wis
Robert Conor
Marshfield
Bertha Gertler
Robert H. Brown
Connor
Mrs. Brown
Roberta
Betty
Gretchen
Milwaukee
Gold Coast
Gertler
Lydia Witt
Milwaukee Federation of Church Women
Mia Connor
Late News Bulletins From Dublin and Washington
Dublin reports Dr Thomas O Higgins won a nag sinated today and is brother to Heaven O Higgins, Free State minister. A White House telegram asks President Harding to lift the coal embargo on shipments to Canada. Publisher Cormick, famed poet Yale S7, dies of pneumonia in Reading. Irish irregulars continue warfare in the Free State with bands active in the southwest. Mortimer J. Lantman, missing Pittsburgh dealer, located in a mental sanatorium. arrest order not served.
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Dublin
Thomas O'Higgins
Dr O'Higginns
Heaven O'Higgins
Free State
Reading
London
Arma
Ruyvet
York
Heb
Mortimer J. Lantman
Kauffman Brothers Department Store
Pittsburgh
Mnnanatorium
Birth Control Measure Aims To Replenish Turkish Population
An Ankara dispatch reports a compulsory military bill in the Turkish national assembly requires men aged 25 to marry and obliges families to have at least one child every three years to repopulate Turkey, aiming to bolster population growth.
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Constantinople
Turkish National Assembly
Angora
Turkey
Black robed bandits kill one and rob Eagles Club
In Charleroi Pennsylvania on February 12 heavy armed men wearing black robes entered the Eagles Club and killed 35 year old William Hope on sight. They forced 18 members to sit as they looted the club, taking jewelry and cash totaling about $5,000 before escape.
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International News Service
Charleroy
Eagles Club
William Hope
William Urban
Poor Railway Service Cause of Shortage in New York
Washington February 12. Secretary Hoover told President Harding that New York State’s coal famine stemmed from poor transportation, not coal shipments to Canada. He opposed a coal embargo to Canada and urged by Governor Smith of New York. In a telegram to Mr. ...
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Washington
Harding
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
New York State
Canada
Solth
War York
Mragidoss
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