Ohio passes ball and chain reform bill by legislature
Legislation in Columbus features the Finefrock bill mandating Marysville reformatories for female violators and road labor for men who cannot pay fines, awaiting governor Donahey's approval. Other measures include hotel liability limits, land purchase for the state fairgrounds, and a sundries claim appropriation to settle coal-company claims.
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Ohio
Marysville Reformatory
Senate
Special Committee
House
Director of Agriculture
Donahey
Workmen’s Compensation Division
State Industrial Department
Department
VIC
William A. Hopkins
Cincinnati
Charles C. Marshall
Sydney
Demrat
Stateilsues Commission
Marshall
Dealers in Fake Stock Not to Be Very Easily
Columbus April 6 Attorney General Crabbe asked Norman H Beck head of the state division of securities for names and evidence about two fake stock promoters whose plans Beck and his assistants recently frustrated. Crabbe said caught fraudsters should be dealt with severely and put out of business. He noted that salesmen had disposed of uncertified stock and kept thousands of dollars but were allowed to go free after returning the money.
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Columbus
Crabbe
Norman H. Beck
State Division of Securities
Beck
Securities Division
Pensy Workers Meet With Owners In Philadelphia
Employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad hold a conference with General W. W. Atterbury, vice president in charge of operation, in Philadelphia as officers decline to discuss the subject.
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Philadelphia
Pensylvania Railroad
W. W. Atterbury
Atterbury
Bootleg Paraphernalia Destroyed in Lima Sweep
Lima Ohio police chief Lanker reports destruction of 28 caper stills 10 dozen whiskey bottles 25 jugs and other bootlegging paraphernalia seized over the last six months in Lima.
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Lima
Polce
Lanker
No Escape Wade by Grook
Gerald Chapman the million dollar New York mail robber escaped three times in ten days. He was found by a nurse in the basement of Athens General Hospital after slipping from a guarded second floor room Wednesday night. He remains wounded in the hip from a running gun battle during his first capture at the Atlanta penitentiary.
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Athens
Gerald Chapman
New York Mail
Athens General Hospital
Atlanta
Dayton trio bound over for auto theft in Lima case
Estella Campbell age 20 George Kelley 28 and John Miller 21 all of Dayton were bound to the grand jury under $1000 bond charged with stealing L W Irwins auto. They were arrested in Morehead Kentucky when attempting to dispose of the car for 25 dollars.
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Lima
Estella Campbell
George Kelley
John Miller
Dayton
L. W. Irwin
Morehead
They Spoiled It Bridgeport Arrests and Fines Reported
On April 6 aides who seized a 10 gallon ill at the home of Stenny Venisky near West Wheeling found gallons of mash and 25 gallons of whiskey. Unable to dispose of the mash a gasoline souring method was used. Venisky paid a 409 dollar fine.
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Bridgeport
Stenny Venisky
West Wheeling
T. Venisky
French Roots in English Reach Twenty Thousand Words
A linguistic note explains that English borrows roughly twenty thousand words from French, reflecting centuries of cultural exchange. The count underscores French influence on vocabulary across elite and everyday speech.
Ohio State Students Debate Petting Rates
Prominent male students at Ohio State University claim 50 to 90 percent of coeds pet. Dean of Women Elizabeth Conrad calls such claims unjust and notes not all girls permit intimacies. The Columbus Parent-Teacher Association seeks action to stop interviews on the topic.
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Columbus, O
Ohio State University
Pet
Columbus Parent-Teacher Association
Eiizabeth Conrad
Double Murder of Girls Baffles New York Police
The bodies of two young women, both with bobbed hair and ages around 21 to 22, were found early today in Dongan Hills Staten Island with throats cut. Police think they were murdered elsewhere and dumped from a car. Walter Bonnell, a milkman, found one body at daylight while another lay nearby.
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New York
Dongan Hills
Staten Island
Wal
Capitol removal battle ends in Senate defeat
Charleston April 6 relief spread among legislators after the Marsh bill to move the state capital to Parkersburg was defeated in the Senate. Lawmakers said the two houses can now focus on more important legislation rather than the capital relocation dispute.
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Charleston
W. VA
Senate
Parkersburg
Lecture Postponed in New Marshfield
New Marshfield Community Council announces Friday lecture on April 6 is postponed. Dr. E. B. Bryan, who was to speak, has been called to the Pacific coast on business.
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New Marshfield
E. B. Bryan
Pacific Coast
Plan A Fight On Gas Rates
Petitions circulate in Cleveland for a referendum on the Marshal gas ordinance fixing rates for the next three years at progressive prices starting 40 cents per thousand feet for the first 10 000 feet. The measure, passed despite Mayor Kohler’s veto, responds to East Ohio Gas Co. demand for 50 cents and a six percent return.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Scaeeiines
Kohler
East Ohio Gas Co
Martin B. Daly
US Treasurys Says Business Stable No Rate Increase Likely
Washington officials state that US business and financial conditions are too stable to justify higher rediscount rates. They note near capacity productivity and absorption of output with few speculative cases.
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Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury Department
Legion Seeks 100000 for Care of U S Soldiers Grave Abroad
The American Legion urges a 100000 drive to care for U S soldiers graves overseas funded by US subscriptions. Graves totals include 31400 in France Belgium 488 in England 140 in Scotland 40 in Ireland and one at sea with World War leaders like Woodrow Wilson already giving.
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Paria
American Legion
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England
Scotland
Ireland
Spain
Woodrow Wilson
First Legion
Paduke Oat
Paducah
Kansas City
Kas
Indianapolis
Europe
the Legion
Amer
Athens Church Led Campaign In Pre-Easter Drive
Disciples of Christ in Athens county conducted a seven week pre Easter campaign. County wide attendance rose from 2688 on Feb 18 to 4960 on Apr 1 missing the Easter goal by 46. Athens topped totals with 8177, Nelsonville 7471, Trimble 2892. Largest single Sunday was Nelsonville 1336, Athens 1330. Additions totaled 73 with 35 in Athens and 30 in Nelsonville. Bible reading reached 7427 chapters led by Trimble 4386 Greens Run 2008. Campaign to continue county church reports through Mother's Day.
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Disciples of Christ
Athens County
Athens
Nelsonville
Trimble
Kids Must Stick to School Until Vacation Begins
Magistrate Hedges in Squire Hedges' court heard the case of J M Lowrey of Alexander township for violating school law by not keeping his 15 year old son Lowell in Alexander schools. Lowrey pleaded guilty and was fined $5 and costs.
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J. M. Lowrey
Alexander Township
Squire Hedges
I. P. Tucker
Athens County
Lowrey
Lowell
Alexander
President Harding Buys Old Morrow Farm for Sentimental Reasons
Augusta Georgia April 6 reports say President Harding has bought the Mor row county Ohio farm where he was born. He is not expected to live there, despite stories Marion circulated of him retiring to farm and write memoirs. Friends say the purchase is for sentiment and restoration, not to establish residence.
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Augusta
Harding
Morrow County
Ohio
Marion
War Secretary brands antiwar propaganda as deception
Secretary of War Weeks denounces National Council for the Prevention of War as part of a broad attack on communism and pacifism. He warns Americans against movements he says align with enemies of the republic and highlights misleading cost statistics on defense and the federal budget. He accuses forces preaching revolution of seeking a communist government and says some doubt the necessity of any army or navy.
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Washington
United States
National Council For the Prevention of War
America
Coolidge Predicts Harding Renomination In Formal Statement
Vice President Calvin Coolidge predicted the renomination and reelection of President Harding in a formal statement from Washington. He said he believes the people will demand the renomination and return of Harding for his administration’s record, and he offered no personal plans for the future.
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Washington
Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Engineers Seek Route Cross Point On County Line
Division Engineer E. W. Davis and George Carr of Washington county met in Bartlett to decide where the Athens county line should end the Washington county survey of I. C. H. 157. They aim to cross the line at a spot that avoids handicapping the Sugar Creek-Amesville highway project as it continues into Athens county.
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E. W. Davis
Bartlett
George Carr
Washington County
Athens County
Marietta
Sugar Creek
Amesville
Radical William Z Foster to be freed after mistrial
St Joseph Michigan April 6 State attorneys said no retrial under the Michigan criminal radicalism law is planned after the jury discharged Thursday following 31 hours of deliberation in the Foster case.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
William Z. Foster
Michigan
Railroad to assume liability for 31.59 million in equipment trust
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Pennsylvania Railroad to assume liability for 31,590,000 dollars of equipment trust certificates to be used as part of financing. The move signals regulatory approval for the railroad to back debt tied to equipment purchases and capital investments.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wholesale Murder Reported in Soviet Georgia
Georgian representative accuses Russian communists of wholesale executions in Georgia. He says about 200 were shot and 21 leading citizens were taken as hostages as anti communist sentiment grows in the Caucasus region once part of the Russian empire.
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London
Georgia
Bolshevists
Russia
Caucasus
Moscow
Gas Explosion Injures Five at Pittsburgh Plant
Pittsburgh on April 6 suffered a gas explosion at the Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. plant injuring George Austin, 19, severely, with four others receiving lesser wounds. Local firefighters and police responded to the blast.
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Pittsburgh
George Austin
Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co
Tariff Blamed for Higher Sugar Prices In 1930s Debate
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi reiterated that the Republican tariff rate drives recent sugar price increases. He responded to Senator Reed Smoot of Utah who blamed refiners for the rise, citing Democratic National Committee charges.
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Reed Smoot
Utah
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Democratic National Committee
Swedish cabinet resigns in Stockholm despatch
London report says the Swedish cabinet led by a controversial figure has resigned, per Stockholm despatch issued this afternoon.
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London
Ranting
Stockholm
Conditions in Russia Spark Trials and Executions
Reports from London claim thirty Russian officers were executed at Petrograd after guilty verdicts amid a crackdown on soviet officials. Arrests spread across Russia with depor tions to Siberia and hostages feared for potential execution.
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Petrosgrad
Russia
Moscow
Siberia
Lenine
Kruesian
Leon Nineas
Violence erupts in Warsaw as Jewish districts suffer looting
Heavy cavalry patrolled Warsaw after a violent outbreak that injured 59 or more amid a Jewish demonstration protesting the execution in Moscow. Stores were looted and a crowd of about 100000 pressed toward the Soviet legation before forces dispersed the mobs. The upheaval raised fears of further clashes.
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Warsaw
Ctiea
Father Butkiewics
Moscow
Poland
Education conference schedule crowds Columbus
In Columbus Ohio officials outline day plans for the third annual education conference at Ohio University. Pr Stephen Coleman of Colombian University urged inclusive schooling and denounced exclusive private schooling as harmful to democracy.
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Columbus
Ohio University
College of Educaton
America
Stephen Coleman
Prohibition Charge Leads to Fines and Reformatory Options
Sure Comes High St. Clairsville reports Hanna Herman of Bridgeport appeared in local court on prohibition charges. She faced a fine or alternative sentence at Marysville Reformatory and indicated she would appeal.
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ST. Clairsville
Hanna Herman
Bridgeport
Marysvillen
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