Miner Leader Urges Federal Board Over Coal Industry
John Brophy, miner leader and president of District No. 2 in central Pennsylvania, testified before the House labor committee proposing a temporary federal commission with half operators and half miners. The panel would study profits shortages overdevelopment and unemployment to curb waste and prevent excessive mine openings and higher prices for the public.
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Washington
John Brophy
House Labor Committee
Brophy
Pennsylvania
Congress
Pittsburg
National Coal Association
St. Michel
Southern Ohio Declines Interstate Coal Conference
Southern Ohio coal operators will not join the interstate conference with the United Mine Workers of America but will meet district representatives to negotiate a wage scale and working conditions. They cite low coal demand and cost pressures, and note public interests and court challenges to interstate wage pooling.
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Southern Ohio
Interstate Coal Conference
Columbus
W. D. McKinney
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
Wired
Nolan
Congressional Labor Committee
Central Competitive
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
McKinney
Nineteen Twenty One
United States
Home Coming Concert for Paul Parks Big Affair
Nelsonville will host a home coming recital by Paul Parks on Tuesday April 11 at 8 p m in the Stuart opera house under the American Legion. Seats are selling fast in Nelsonville Athens and Logan as fans anticipate a rising baritone. Parks is the son of Mr and Mrs W H Parks of Nelsonville and the event is billed as a major musical highlight of the season.
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Nelsonville
Apr. T
Paul Parks
Stuart Opera House
American Legion
Athens
Logan
W. H. Parks
Dance at Circlehill Features Athens Orchestra
A big dance at Circlehill is set for Saturday night April 8. A four piece orchestra from Athens will perform and admission is 10 cents with ladies admitted free.
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Circlehill
Athens
Cyclone Kills Mrs Will Tierman in Woodward Area
A cyclone swept through Woodward Iowa last night killing Mrs Will Tierman wife of a farmer and causing about 200000 in damage. The storm damaged homes and farm property across the region as residents assessed the wreckage today.
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Woodward
Iowa
Will Tierman
Sheridan Ford Dies at 55 in Petroil after Illness
Sheridan Ford author, art critic and statesman died at 55 after a long illness following a nervous collapse in Petroil. Ford, a former state representative, had been a noted figure in cultural circles.
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Sheridan Ford
Petroit
Ulster frontier remains tense despite no clashes
Belfast reports the border area stayed tense with no hostile moves by either the republican or orange forces as of April 7. local observers cite continued patrols and uncertainty in the frontier region.
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Belfast
By _ International News Service
Ulster Frontier
Republican Army
Orange Army
Baseball Fans to Get Messenger Pink Extra
The Messenger announces Baseball Pink, a special edition with leased wire scores from all big league games. The pink paper will reach readers two to four hours before city papers, printing inning by inning updates and full game details. First issue lands April 12 with no price increase, three cents.
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Hocking Valley
The
Messenger
Diamonds
the Messenger
Messenger Pink
City
Big City
Trip to Genoa by David M Church
Premier Lloyd George departs London for Genoa to attend the international economic conference as chief sponsor. He hopes to return by month’s end, accompanied by his family and key ministers Sir Robert Horne and Sir Laming Worthington-Evans. He denies plans to meet Poincaré in Paris.
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David M. Church
London
Lloyd George
Genoa
Robert Horne
Laming Worthington-Evans
Paris
Poincaire
Premier Delivers Calm Message Ahead of Conference
The premier, typically careless about dress, appeared sharply attire today and helped arrange a group photo with colleagues. Asked for a forecast, he replied with a smile that it is too early to discuss the outcome of the conference.
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United States
Rebels Loot Dublin Custom House Whiskey Stash
Irish Republicans raided the Dublin custom house and wrecked thousands of cases of whiskey and wine bound for Belfast. After the raid the premises were literally floating in whiskey and wine.
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Dublin
International News Service
Belfast
Meeting Set for Monday at Chauncey K of P Hall
A meeting is scheduled for Monday at 7 p.m. at the K of P hall in Chauncey. The purpose and agenda are not specified in the notice.
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P. Hall
Chauncey
White Woman Rescued After Seven Years In Negro Home
A 45 year old white woman identified as Charlotte Whee was rescued by police from the Washington home in Georgia where she had been held prisoner for seven years. She endured beatings abuse and starvation during captivity and had attempted escape multiple times.
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Charlotte Whee
Henr
Irene Washington
Miners Join Union Ranks as Strike Expands in District 17
About two thousand non union miners have joined the strike in District 17, with Frank Keeney predicting daily increases. In New River district 33 mines are closed, 52 idle for lack of market, and 34 operating. Kanawha district reports 18 mines running and 26 car loadings yesterday. Meetings set for Rodell Sophia and Cooktown next Sunday amid no reported disturbances.
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Charleston
W. VA
International News Service
Frank Keeney
United Mine Workers
T. L. Lewis
New River Coal Operators Association
New River District
Kanawha
Rodell
Sophia
Cooktown
Michaels Denies Condemnation Statement in Messenger
Ed Michaels refutes a claim in Thursday's Messenger that a new school building would be condemned soon. He says he never made the statement and had not even considered such a notion.
Diplomatic Pouches to Travel by Air on Millerand Tour
Paris April 7 report that for the first time diplomatic pouches will be carried by airplane during President Millerand's Algerian and Moroccan journey. Pouches will land in Spain to reach the French Embassy. A thirty-car escort will accompany the President for five weeks visiting key points in the two colonies.
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International News Service
Paris
Millerand
Algeria
Morocco
Spain
Cole
Tornado Hits Poodle Lovers Of High Life
Rev Dr J Franklin Norris the Texas tornado denounces society women who carry poodles in place of children during a Calvary Baptist revival in New York He warns that divorce has become a passport to high society and that the sanctity of marriage is essential to welfare.
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New York
J. Franklin Norris
Calvary Baptist Church
Dr. Norris
Athens merchants to close for Arbor Day WWI dead
Announcement states all Athens Retail Merchants Association stores will close Friday afternoon from 1 to 3 o'clock to honor the Arbor Day exercises dedicated to the Athens dead of the world war.
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Athens Retail Merchants Association
Athens
H. V. Announces Schedule Change In Train Service
Important changes to the Hocking Valley passenger train schedule take effect Sunday April 9. Ticket agents will provide details. G P A W H Fisher signs the notice. Aviators say that every city and
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H. V
W. H. Fisher
Hocking Valley
Hope to end coal strike at joint conference
Washington April 7. The house labor committee renews efforts to bring operators and striking miners together after Attorney General Daugherty pledged no prosecution of participants in any joint conference to fix a new wage and end the strike. Chairman Nolan sees hope of operators agreeing to general meetings instead of group conferences as talks continue.
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Washington
International News Service
Daugherty
House Labor Committee
Nolan
Iivery
Ohio fruit crop prospects depend on late frosts
Columbus reports that Ohio faces one of its biggest fruit crops if frosts stay away. Buds and blossoms are vulnerable in the coming weeks, with possible heavy harvest if weather remains favorable. Some damage is noted near Toledo and along the lake shore, while southern areas show advanced budding and frost risk.
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Columbus
Ohio
C. J. West
Federal Crop Reporting Service
Toledo
Ohio university to build 200000 gymnasium on President street
Architect Frank L. Packard of Columbus completes plans for a $200000 gym on the Golden lot. The 156 by 196 foot structure will feature three basketball courts on the main floor and a 6 foot 6 inch wide running track serving as spectator gallery. Collapsible chairs will replace bleachers to clear the floor after games. $50000 appropriated to start construction once plans are approved by the university board, with steps to Mulberry street in the rear.
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Ohio University
President Street
Frank L. Packard
Columbus
University Board
Golden Lot
Mulberry Street
Notable Ohio Deaths and Political Nominations
In Ohio notes from the era, former congressman Moses Corwin of Urbana dies. born 1796 in Kentucky. Joseph M. Root, ex congressman born 1817 in Brutus, dies in Sandusky. Prohibition State convention at Columbus nominates John Holliday for governor. Mrs Elizabeth Blake of Coryville, declared dead, unexpectedly returns to life four hours after physicians' pronouncement.
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Moses
Corwin
Urbana
Kentucky
Joseph M. Root
Congress
Sandusky
Brutus
Columbus
John* Holliday
Elizabeth Blake
Coryville
Lloyd George aims Genoa talks at land armament curb
London dispatch says Premier Lloyd George seeks Genoa conference to push general limits on European land armaments modeled on Washington. He argues large standing armies fuel peace risk and economic stagnation and would help him regain leadership at the next British election.
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London
Lloyd George
Genoa
Europe
Great Britain
Pope to urge Zita family choice on future residence
Milan April 7 Pope Pius XI will address a communication to the Genoa conference powers urging that former Empress Zita of Austria and her children be allowed a free choice of their future residence.
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Milan
International
Pope Pius XI
Genoa
Zita
Austria
West Virginia Credit Men Meet in Huntington
West Virginia credit men gathered in Huntington for the state convention with large delegations from Wheeling Clarksburg Charleston Parkersburg and other cities attending.
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Credit
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Charleston
Parkersburg
Masons Notice for Tara Matia Lodge Special Communication
Special communication Tara Matia Lodge No. 25 F and A M on Friday April 7 with Work in M M degree at 6:00 pm led by W M W W Lee and Sec J A Palmer. In early English railway travel car seats bore numbers corresponding with the pump.
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Taramathia Lodge No. 25
W. W. Lee
W. M
J. A. Palmer
Norris calls for abolition of federal judiciary
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska urged ending the federal judicial system arguing life tenure breeds corruption and indifference. He criticized Taft for social ties to the idle rich and warned against annual pilgrimages by federal circuit judges, saying the Cummins bill would weaken courts.
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WM. K. Hutchinson
I. N
Washington
William Howard Taft
United States Supreme Court
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Norris
Cummins
Norvis
Jury Frees Killer in Ellis Kinkead Case
Olivia M P Stone, acquitted by a twelve member jury in New York, vows to devote her life to nursing. She plans to return to Cincinnati General Hospital and seeks reinstatement in the graduate nurse association. The verdict sparked cheers outside the Queen's County Supreme Court as the audience reacted to the acquittal.
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New York
Ellis Guy Kinkead
Cincinnati
Ohio
Olivia M. P. Stone
Service of Humanity
Graduate Nurse Association
Miss Stone
Cincinnati General Hospital
Queen's County Supreme Court
Dalton's to Host Beginners Class in Danging School
A beginners class is planned at Dalton's on Tuesday April 1 with introductory sessions. The notice invites residents to enroll, outlining a friendly learning atmosphere and basic skills for newcomers.
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Dalton's Voemy
End of Irish War Near as Ulster Frontiers Tense
International news reports chaos in Ireland with Michael Collins said to be besieged in Dublin. A provisional government and republic are feared to be declared soon as armed factions fortify Ulster border areas and clash along barricades and sandbags.
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London
International News Service
Ireland
Dubug
Morning Post Today
Michael Collins
Dublin
Fermanagh
I Uister
Belcoo
Ulster
Child Drowned After Fall Into Post Hole
Ralph Glass age 3, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Glass, fell head first into a post hole on a farm west of Newark Ohio. The hole contained about four inches of water and the child drowned. His body was wedged tightly and had to be pried free.
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Newark, O
Ralph Glass
Albert Glass
Dean McIntire Ill at Home Leaves Duties Open
Dean W. W. McIntire of the normal college is confined to home with a serious illness but improving slowly. He will not resume duties for weeks as Prof. R. L. Morton covers classes and Dr. Gard heads the department and office.
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Dean McIntire
Herg
W. W. McIntire
Normal College
Dean McIntre
R. L. Morton
MelIntire
Gard
Department of Education
Sir William Sutherland Named Chancellor of Duchy in Cabinet
Sir William Sutherland, a former secretary to Premier Lloyd George, was appointed chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and given a seat in the cabinet.
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London
International News Service
William Sutherland
Lloyd George
Duchy of Lancaster
Tiny Bronx Baby Dies After 12 Hours
The smallest newborn in New York hospital records weighed two pounds one ounce and lived only 12 hours due to extreme underdevelopment and inability to feed. The infant was born to Mrs. Lucille George of the Bronx.
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New York
Lucille George
Bronx
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