Relief Shipments Reach Nome as Diphtheria Crisis Grows
Alaska dispatch reports anti-toxin arrival to Nome amid a diphtheria scare. Leonard Sephella, famed dog derby racer, travels from Kaiug toward Nome with hopes to aid the stricken city. Authorities impose quarantine as teams push to break a record crossing the 1090 mile trail from Nenana to Nome.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Nome
Leonard Sephella
Sephella
Kaiiag
Nenana
Five Die in Chicago Threshery Apartment Fire
Five persons were killed in a Chicago fire that swept a threshery apartment building early today. Several others were injured, some seriously, as flames destroyed the structure.
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Chicago
Wilson did not write the fourteen points claim
A Sidney Nova Scotia dispatch quotes New York banker Hirch Helmray saying President Wilson told him he did not write the famous fourteen points of the Versailles treaty but received them from a group of American professors.
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London
Sidney
Hirch Helmray
New York
Tahd Presiden
Wilson
Dallas preacher cites Bible against women in office
Rev Earl Anderson of Dallas dresses in women's attire and quotes scripture to oppose women holding public office. He faces a rebuttal from a woman who counters with her own quotations from the Bible to prove him wrong.
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Earl Anderson
Dallas
Tex
Ma” Ferguson
Anderson
Vagrants John J. Young and William Ward Found Guilty
John J. Young and William Ward, both colored, were tried on vagrancy charges by Justice J. Scott Bower in city court this morning. Both were found guilty and sentenced to five days in jail.
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John J. Young
William Ward
Jusice J. Scott Bower
Charlie Chaplin romance falters amid rumored divorce talks
Los Angeles January 31 A schoolgirl dream of romance with Charlie Chaplin seems to end as attorneys for Lita Gray Chaplin two months after a colorless romance pursue a financial agreement with Chaplin. Edwin McMurray San Francisco lawyer confirms talks but denies they stem from a divorce. Speculation grows over potential effects on Chaplin and Gray's expected baby. Mrs Chaplin reportedly unhappy with Chaplin's absence and limited public outings, with only occasional shopping outings with her mother to break monotony.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Lita Gray Chaplin
Edwin McMurray
San Francisco
Mra. Chiplin
Chaplin
Alan Rifo
Mia
Empalla
Mexico
Hollywood
Hevarly Hills
Quail in Snow Prompt Local Help From Sportmen
Reports from farmers across the county warn of quail coveys dying in deep snow. Hawks, crows and cold weather threaten the birds, with several found dead or starving. Hagerstown sportsmen led by W. Cook plan a feeding mission to save remaining quail and urge others to assist tonight and tomorrow.
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Anai
Hagerstown
Tomorow
Stager W. Cook
Cook
Gas Price Up Another Cent in Hagerstown
Gasoline rose again by one cent in Hagerstown, lifting wagon price to 20 cents and retail to 22 cents per gallon. The increase totals five cents locally over recent weeks, with Maryland-wide moves and anticipated one-cent hikes planned for Pennsylvania and New Jersey today.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New Emanuel Church To Be Dedicated Sunday Here
After more than a year of work the Emanuel U B Church on Howard Street will dedicate services Sunday. The 2:30 dedication features Rev Dr A B Statton with special music by the Friara Club and solos by Milas Chaney. Morning 9:45 Sunday school led by W A McCune. evening community service at 7:30 with Dr Statton preaching.
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Hale
Emanuel U. BR
Howard Street
Rev. Mundis
W. A. McCune
A. B. Stacton
Friara Club
Charles Cassell
Maryland
Cumberland Valley
Statton
Milas Chaney
W. 8. Miller
H. L. Moser
H. L. Long
F .B. Renner
D. A. Buckenstaff
Mias
Evelyn Capper
Eugene Myers
W. A. McCuna
Fears Charge Ends His Life in Baltimore
Harry W. Knouss, 35, shot himself at his Baltimore home rather than face traffic court for the fourth time on reckless driving charges. He had been arrested yesterday by a motorcycle officer on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and, after being released, reportedly muttered he would not appear in court. He was taken unconscious to Colonial Hospital, where doctors held no hope for recovery.
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Baltimore
Harry W. Knouss
Knouss
Phyalclana
Colonial Hospital
Smallpox Fatal To Capital Man
Boyd Biser, 34, once of Berkeley Springs, died of smallpox as the epidemic grows in Washington. He had lived in the capital about two years. A policeman also died and another woman may have spread the disease from her aunt who visited Washington. Eight smallpox cases were in the quarantine hospital in the capital.
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Boyd Biser
Berkeley Springs
Washington
Biser
Auater
Quaranina
Turkey Ousts Greek Church Chief Sparks Athens Outrage
Jan 31 Greece protests Turkey expelling the Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople a move Greece regards as an affront to church and nation. Greek deputies shouted down with cries against Turkey as a cabinet meeting convenes to decide retaliation.
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Athens
Greece
Turkey
Constantinople
T Urkey
Rungalosima
Invite Followers Of LaFollette To Return To Fold
In Washington on January 31 Republican Longworth in the House issued a general invitation to followers of Senator Robert M. LaFollette to rejoin the Republican fold. The appeal was aimed at 13 Wisconsin and other western Republicans who were dropped from the Republican rolls the day before.
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Washington
Robert M. LaFollette
House
Longworth
Wisconsin
Poultry Club Distributes Chickens Under County Agent
County Agent Moore distributes 86 chickens to ten members of the Brownsville Poultry Club to meet a two year flock standard. Each member must own ten pullets and a cockerel, with birds secured from Sidney Carr of Hancock for distribution.
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Wickens
Moore
Brownsville
Forbes to Appeal to Highest Court
Chicago Jan 31 Col Charles R Forbes and John W Thomas found guilty in federal court of conspiracy to defraud the government will carry their fight to the Supreme Court if necessary Their attorneys announced Forbes once led the Veterans Bureau and was a friend of the late President Harding Thompson a wealthy St Louis and Chicago contractor was visibly moved
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Chicago
Charles R. Forbes
John W. Thomas
Supreme Court
Forbes
Veterana Bureau
Harding
Thompson
St. Lonia
Gray
France to Pay War Debts, Says Ambassador Daeschner
Washington January 31 administration officials expect France to soon present a concrete proposal to discharge its 4 billion dollar war debt. Ambassador Emile Daeschner told President Coolidge France is firmly willing to pay. Coolidge replied the statement gave him deep satisfaction.
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Washington
France
United States
Emile Daeschner
Coolidge
M. Daecadiner
Tourists Marooned as Roads Blocked by Heavy Snow
Heavy snows left travelers stranded along National Old Trails road between Connellsville and Wrestburg and roads through Uniontown Oakland Rouse Ridge Grantsville Frostburg blocked. Drifts up to nine feet halted auto parties while plows and workers battled to free vehicles.
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Contellsville
National Old Trails Road
Uniontown
Oakland
Rouse Ridge
Grantsville
Wrestburg
Connellsville
Frostburg
Taken to Pen for Assault to Kill Patrolman
Roy Burger of Middleburg was taken to the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania yesterday to serve a ten and a half year sentence imposed by Judge Gillan at Chambersburg. Burger, well known locally, was found guilty of assault with intent to kill Patrolman Bowman by driving his car into him in a crowd on the highway.
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Roy Burger
Middleburg
Pennsylvania
Gillan
Chamberaburg
Burger
Bowman
Tragedy in Paradise Village A jealous husband murders family
Mrs. Russell Martin aged 23 and her two children aged four and eighteen months are dead in Paradise Village after authorities say a jealous rage drove her husband to kill. Martin, held in Cumberland jail, fought police and allegedly tried to destroy evidence by washing the knife. The bodies were found in a snow buried mine shaft and in a blood soaked bedroom. The scene shocked neighbors as investigators pursued the motive and sequence of the brutal crime.
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Russell Martin
Cumberlind
Maryland
Walter Winters
Martin
Crimea
Martin R
Tie
Allegany County
Hartman Fate To Be Known This Evening
The Hartman case in Abbotstown near Chambersburg was given to the jury at 12 30 this afternoon after a morning of defense and state arguments. The defense rested with no witnesses. By evening a verdict is expected with emphasis on Hartman s World War record and alleged lack of intent to kill Trooper Haley. Road bill news from Charleston reports Governor Morgan signing a $20 000 000 road bonds emergency measure.
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Philip A
Hlartmian
Abbotstown Munk
Francis {. Haley
Chambersburg
George Kenner
Hartman
Butt
Commonwealth
Benner
Swope
Haley
Fitaal
Lytin G. Adams
State Police
John Campbell
Sane Outfit
Reading
IL W W. Stoble
H Hartman
Charleston
W. Va
Jan
Morgan
Copeland Denounces Coolidge Influence on Postal Bill
Senator Copeland of New York condemned President Coolidge's influence on legislation in the Senate, attacking the Moses Comromise Postal Rate Bill as unfair. He urged a vote free of White House pressure, noting support for postal worker pay but opposition to higher newspaper rates and parcel post increases as a separate measure.
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Washington
Jan
Coolidge
Senate
Copeland
New York
White House
Copekind
Treasury
Japyhlan Party
Gece Beennge
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Mel
Mannnes
Cumberland
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