FASTER PASSES WITHOUT ANY DISORDER IN IRELAND
Reports from Dublin on Easter Monday six years after the 1916 uprising describe ongoing clashes. Michael Collins and his party were fired on near Naas, Arthur Griffith’s Sligo speech defies the mutineers, and a republican was killed with two wounded in Sligo. Strategic positions remain contested as free state troops appear better equipped.
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London
Ireland
Dublin
Michael Zollins
Naas
Fyacter
Athur Griffith
Sligo
Free State
Grifith
Rural church survey shows county gain only 15 percent
Findings from the rural and village survey report a 15 percent net gain in Protestant church membership in the county near Athens and Nelsonville. The full report will be discussed April 24 at the Methodist Episcopal church in Athens with three representatives from each church. The conference aims to develop a cooperative rural church program and intensify evangelism, including a model house-to-house survey and community assignments to churches.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ohio Federation of Churches
Delaware County
Churchh
Knights Templars meet in Athens for Easter services
Members of Athens Commandery No 15 K T will meet at the Masonic Temple in full uniform for Divine Services at the Episcopal Church led by Rev A H Marshall. Visitors and sojourners are invited. Com Millican and Reed Palmer act as officers.
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Athens Commandery
France Opens Reparations Topic in Any U.S. Participating Conference
A high French official said on Saturday France is ready to discuss reparations in any international conference that includes the United States. The remark signals willingness to engage in negotiations amid ongoing Allied talks.
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France
Genoa
International News Service
United States
Delegation Seeks Recognition from Allied Powers
A delegation representing the White Asian government left Genoa on April 17 to obtain recognition from the allied powers.
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Mbellingfors
Genoa
Three Children Lost In Flood At Findlay River
Bodies of Samuel Meeks 11, Flo Meeks 9, and Harry Newhart 12 drowned when their canoe hit a submerged stump in the Blanchard river. Search continues as rescuers work through swollen waters and bad conditions from recent rains.
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Samuel
Flo Meeks
Harry Newhart
Prosecutor Aims Fast Trial for Red Holt in Kentucky Shooting
Cincinnati April 17 Chauncey Pichel city prosecutor vows to break speed records in meting out justice to put Noble Red Holt in the chair quickly Holt 28 of Somerset Ky shot and killed Detective Frank Hueftlein and wounded Albert Guethlin He was captured after the incident by Lt Charles Wolsefer and traffic officers Pichel conferred with County Prosecutor Louis Cappelle to plan a swift court proceeding
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Cincinnati
Red Holt
Chauncey Pichel
Noble
Red” Holt
Somerset
Frank Hueftlein
Albert Guethlin
Piehel
Louis Capelle
Holt
Charles Wolsefer
Paper Workers to Vote on Wage Cut Strike
After a six hour executive board meeting J T Carey announces a strike vote will be held across the United States and Canada on April 23. Union leaders say workers will refuse a ten percent wage cut for contract labor.
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New York
The
Paper Makers Union
J. T. Carey
United States
Canada
Mead trustees sued over death in flood washed road
Shadyside Ohio April 17 Mead township trustees have been sued for twenty five thousand dollars in damages for the death of Elmer Coventry. He was killed when his auto went over an embankment on a road washed out by a Wegee Creek flood two years ago. Nine persons were drowned in the flood which damaged homes of two miners and remained unrepaired for nearly two years.
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Shadyside
Mead Township
Elmer Coventry
Free State Troops Attack Four Courts in Night Assault
Irish four courts siege continues as Free State guards report several night attacks on the mutinous IRA stronghold. Chief of Staff Lymph of the insurgent troops surrendered to Free State forces amid widespread gunfire in Sackville Street. Mrs Herbert Hoover leads the Girl Scouts as national president.
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Dublin
Free_ state
Four Courts
Irish Republican Army
Lymph
Free Staters
Sackville Street
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Girl Scouts
Notable Ohio Historical Dates from 1849 to 1899
April 17 marks: William R. Day born in Ravenna, 1849. 1851 notes Robert G. Wilson death in South Salem. 1853 Cleveland police court held first session. 1883 Scott Law taxed liquor traffic. 1899 Rt. Rev. John A. Watterson died in Columbus. Born in Bairds Town Pennsylvania May 27, 1844.
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William R. Day
Supreme Court of the United States
Ravenna
Robert G. Wilson
Ohio University
South Salem
Lincoln County
N. C
Cleveland
John A. Watterson
Columbus
Bairdstown
Barthou Leads Clash Over Russ Plans At Genoa
Louis Barthou stood as the conference anchor amid early Genoa talks. He clashed with Russian delegate George Tchitcherin over disarmament ideas, and Premier Facta of Italy, as conference president, intervened to avert a split.
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Barthou
Russ
Genoa
Louis Barthou
George Tchitcherin
Premier Facta
Italy
Tragic Driving Accident Near Sugar Creek Crossing
At Sugar Creek crossing on the Athens Nelsonville road a Buick touring car backed off a ten foot embankment after driver C C Van Dyke pressed the wrong pedal. Two Ballenger children were swept into the Hocking river while four others survived with injuries. A F Ballenger received facial cuts as he helped rescue the youngsters. The car and occupants were later moved under their own power.
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Hocking
C. C. van Dyke
Sugar Creek
Athens
Nelsonville
Ballenger
Hocking River
A. F. Ballenger
Cemetery Street
Mr. van Dyke
Dorrs
van Dyke
Free employment bureau for teachers in Ohio
Columbus April 17. W J Bie bether, director of the labor division, state department of industrial relations says no teacher should pay a fee to teach in Ohio and announces a free employment bureau for teachers as part of the division.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. J. Biebesheimer
State Department of Indusrial Relations
Premier Lloyd George May Resign After Genoa Meeting
Rumors from Genoa say Prime Minister Lloyd George plans to resign after the Genoa conference and has signed a contract to write a book titled Tragic Hours Wars and Peace with a publishing house. The dispatch notes the claim as unconfirmed gossip in Paris.
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Paris
Genoa
Lloyd George
Chang Tso-Lin Seeks Peaceful Unification For China
General Chang Tso-Lin, war lord of Manchuria, tells Edna Lee Booker he opposes civil war and aims for unification of China without bloodshed. He pledges to protect foreigners, notes troops massing for war near Peking, and says he will die to secure unification while denying presidential ambitions. Wu Pei Fu moves troops toward Peking as tensions rise.
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Edna Lee Booker
International New Service
Mukden
China
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Chang
Peking
America
Canton
Wu Pei Fu
Northern
Wellington Club to Use Pond for Fish Hatchery
The Wellington Sportsman's Club and the state fish and game department will convert a pond at the electric light and power plant into a fish hatchery for stocking local waters.
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Wellington
Wellington Sportsman's Club
State Fish and Game Department
Electric
Akron Rubber Firms See Prosperity Return Amid Stable Demand
Akron rubber factories report business at normal levels with a near term boom anticipated. General Tire and Rubber American Rubber India Tire and Marathon say output near capacity, while Goodyear Firestone and Goodrich approach 12 000 units below full capacity. Mason plant advertises for workers as Kent plant fills with orders. A women run taxi service starts in Vancouver.
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Akron
Rubber Men
General Tire and Rubber Company
American Rubber Company
India Tire and Rubber Company
Marathon
Goodrich
Firestone
Goodyear
Mason Company
Kent
Youth Drowns After Boat Fall in Kentucky River
Carson Smithers aged 16 fell from a small boat while fishing on the Big Sandy River near Catlettsburg Kentucky. His body was recovered about a half hour later.
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Cattlesburg
Carson Smithers
Smithers
Big Sandy River
Special communication Athens Chapter No 39 Royal Arch
Attention Masons announces a Monday April 17 meeting at 7 PM with a large class of candidates in the Royal Arch degree. Officers Bechtold Palmer and James listed with James as secretary.
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Masons
Athens
R. A
W. H. Bechtold
H. P. James
A. Palmer
Flood Waters Recede After Hocking River Peak
Floods crest at 22 feet in Hocking valley as Athens rail lines resume service. Water nears 1913 levels near East Bridge and Richland Avenue, boosting flood protection calls. Post office overwhelmed with mail as traffic returns and roads dry. residents discuss dredging and channel straightening proposals.
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Hocking
Hocking Valley
Athens
East Bridge
Richland Avenue
Sunday Creek
Nelsonville Road
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mill and
Stewart Streets
Point Pleasant
Columbus
Union Station
Nelsonville-Avens
Charles IL. Creamer
Creamer
Hocking River
Herrold Bridge
Herrold Place
Big Town Was Small Winner in Easter Attendance Contest
The Brotherhood class of Ashtabula Christian church defeated Higley class of Athens Christian church 64 in a three month attendance contest ending on Easter. Easter Bible School attendance reached 810 with a $37.57 collection. Higley reported 226 women and 313 men with 272 men in the Higley class and $17.55 collected. Major Johnson's class had 63 boys and Miss Skidmore's class had 44 girls.
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Brotherhood
Ashtabula
Major Johnson
Supreme Court Rules United Shoe Restraints Violate Clayton Act
The United Shoe Machinery Company is found to restrain competition in the shoe machinery industry through tying clauses in leases, violating the Clayton anti trust act, as ruled by the U S Supreme Court.
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Washington
United Shoe Machinery Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court Rules No Imprisonment at Hard Labor Without Grand Jury
The Supreme Court today held that no person may be imprisoned at hard labor without presentment and indictment by a grand jury as that punishment places the crime among infamous offenses.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Des Perce Flood Rescues Dozens in St Louis
Forty seven people were rescued from homes in southern St Louis as the Des Perce river overflowed its banks. About a hundred families moved to higher ground while water reached ten feet in some streets.
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International News Service
ST. Louis
Des Perce
Wets fail to file accounts, Anti Saloon League says
The Anti-Saloon League of America defends its compliance with federal reporting laws on receipts and expenditures for congressional elections. Officials James White and Wayne Wheeler insist the law exempts state anti-saloon leagues and criticize congressman Tinkham for accusing drys of violations. They cite public records showing many national groups spent millions to defeat dry candidates without filing reports.
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Columbus
Anti-Saloon League of America
United States
James White
Anti Saloon League
Wayne B Wheeler
Washington, D.D. C
Dry Organization
Tinkham
Drys
House of Representatives
Washington
White
Wheeler
National
National Congressional Campaign
House
Prohibition
Refuses to Tell on Assailant
Steubenville Ohio April 17 Julian De Felix Italian mill foreman was stabbed near the heart by an unknown assailant in front of his home. He is in a hospital in a critical condition. De Felix refuses to talk concerning the assault. Police suspect a Black Hand mystery.
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Steubenville
Julian de Felix
de Felix
Tle
Europe rivalry ends in economic treaty with Russia
Germany and Russia announce a sweeping economic treaty closing all war claims and resuming friendly relations with a clean slate. The accord includes immediate formal recognition of the Soviet government by Germany.
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D. Weyer
Genoa
Germany
Russia
Rivers Recede as Pittsburgh Sees Minor Flood Damage
The Allegheny Ohio and Monongahela rivers were slowly falling today in Pittsburgh. Lower Allegheny was partly submerged Sunday but damage was slight.
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Upper Ohio
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Ohio
Monongahela
Lower Allegheny
Woman Dies After Poisoning Baby in Spirit Quest
Mrs. Maude Fancher of Newark drank poison last Thursday after killing her infant to enter the spirit land and influence her husband’s future acts. She died early today in a city hospital after changing her stance on spiritualism during her final hours.
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Newark
N. J
Maude Fancher
Spirit Land
City Hospital
Cooley Named Distributor for Matthews Engineering Co
J. M. Cooley, known for handling Doolee Brothers automobiles in Athens county, is appointed distributor for Matthews Engineering Co of Sandusky makers of the Matthews tull automatic electric light plant. Plants range from small residences to village power. Cooley's territory covers Fairfield, Hocking, Athens, Meigs and Gallia counties with plans to set up a distributing center in Athens and appoint dealers across the region.
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J. M. Cooley
Doolee Brothers Automobiles
Athens County
Matthews Engineering Co
Sandusky
Matthews Tull
Cooley
Fairfield
Hocking
Athens
Meigs
Gallia
Harding policy shift seen from Lenine message
Ex Governor James P. Goodrich, in Russia with relief duties, carries a Lenine message to President Harding. Moscow says Lenine agreed to transmit the views of the American administration, and Washington awaits confirmation of the communication's content.
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George R. Holmes
1. N.S
Washington
Russia
Nicolas Lenine
Harding
United States
James P. Goodrich
Indiana
Moscow
Goodrich
Lenine
Cannot Bring Diplomat In
Washington reports the state department affirms Boris Bahmeteff remains accredited Russian ambassador and enjoys diplomatic immunity shielding him from any senatorial investigative committee jurisdiction.
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Washington
State Department
Boris Bahmeteff
Russia
Ku Klux Klan Members Enter Pittsburg Church
Six masked Klansmen in robes entered the Sharpsburg Presbyterian church during Easter services in Pittsburg on April 17. They handed a sealed envelope containing Easter greetings and a $10 bill to Pete Barney, prelate of Allegheny Commandery No. 35, Knights Templar, who then passed it to Rev. Arthur W. French, the pastor.
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Pittsburg
Ku Klux Klan
Sharpsburg Presbyterian Church
Maine
Pete
Barney
Allegheny Commandery No
Knights Templar
Ku Klux
Arthur W. French
Templars
Judge Denies Alimony Suit In Detroit Hearing
Detroit April 17 Judge Barton refused Mrs. Jeanette Richter alimony of 25 dollars a week after she claimed hardship. George A Richter testified he suffered and disagreed with the request, while the wife denied the hair bobbing accusation.
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Detroit
George A. Richter
Jeanette
Barton
Cyclone Sweeps Irvin ton. Town Mourns Several Dead
A broad cyclone struck Irvin ton, Illinois, early today killing three people and injuring 35. Debris filled streets as homes and farms were destroyed, with two children found dead and a man’s body located three miles northeast. Relief teams assisted victims as communication to Irvin ton collapsed.
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Irvintey
Irvinton
Illinois
Tiviaton
Valemtine Schufeler
Emai
Centralia
Schufeler
J. Baindridge
John Rapps
Irvington
Memorial Sunday Plans at Presbyterian Church
Outlines for Memorial Sunday observance at Presby terian Church in Hebbardsville with plans for an all day event under church collaboration. Activities include children's exercises in the morning, a patriotic service in the afternoon, and a picnic at noon around the church and cemetery. Committees named for executive music speakers decorations and child activities. Sunday school attendance reached 128 and the service honored the late Clarence S. Johnson.
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Hebbardsville
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian
Tinker
C Wakefield
Emil Parker
H .A. Theney
Charles Whaley
Potter
H. A. Matheny
Nora Whaley
Elsie Braley
Ellsworth McKnight
Grace Potter
Roy Radford
Ralph Ladd
Frank Davies
Dorothy Parker
Lamile Onpeal
Otis Morris
Perry Coe
Matheney
Sunteay
Clarence 8. Johnson
Concrete Has A Thousand Uses
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau offers a free booklet titled How to Make Concrete and How to Use It. Send name address and two cents for return postage to receive a copy with simple home project directions.
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Washington Information Bureau
Maine
Deanetta J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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