Judge Gary Calls For Government Control Of Labor Unions
In New York April 18 Judge Elbert H. Gary chairman of United States Steel urged government regulation to curb labor unions warning they would lead to control of shops management capital and government. He criticized union aims and favored universal laws applying to all economic bodies with open shop support. He warned unions could bankrupt production through inefficiency and high costs and pressed nonpartisan public oversight and equal rights for workers.
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New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
United States
Supreme Court of the
Republic
Steel Corporation
British Industry Struggles as Miners Strike Bites Output
The miners strike severely hampers British industry with no clear conclusion. Company leaders and officials favor abolishing the eight hour day to reduce hours and boost weekly pay, hoping to cut working time in the near term amid public sentiment.
Toledo style appoints mine workers leader in state role
Columbus April 18 Percy Tetlow of Columbiana county a leader in the United Mine Workers has agreed to accept as director of the department of industrial relations under the administrative reorganization bill Governor Davis is expected to announce the appointment. EF C Shaw of Akron has refused the post of director of public welfare from the state board of administration.
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Columbus
Percy Tetlow
Columbiana County
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Department of Industrial Relations
Davis
EF. C. Shaw
Akron
State Board of Administration
Equipment inspection at Athens armory
Sergt. Frank Phillips of Columbus, inspector for the Fourth Regiment Ohio National Guard, arrived in Athens this morning to inspect the rifles of Company L for fitness for use this summer. He will remain two or three days to complete the examination.
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Armory
Frank Phillips
Columbus
Ohio National Guard
Athens
Baltimore men seek review of wartime prohibition convictions
In Washington on April 18 seven Baltimore men asked the Supreme Court to review their convictions under the wartime prohibition law. They contend the statute is unconstitutional or improperly applied and seek reconsideration of their cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Baltimore
Thirteen Dead in Great Blow Thaw Across Alabama
Late reports place the Alabama cyclone death toll at thirteen after Saturday’s storm. Ralph near Tuscaloosa suffered four fatalities while Birmingham workers cleared debris and wrecked houses, with hundreds of uprooted trees blocking streets and severing utilities.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Ralph
Tuscaloosa
Skit Show Repeated This Evening at Ewing Hall
The Skit show will be repeated at the Ewing Hall Auditorium this evening at 7 30. The Friday performance drew a large crowd and the show aims to give Athens residents involved in college activities another chance to see it.
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Ewing Hall
Athens
Printers Stand on Rights in 44 Hour Week Dispute
In Columbus Ohio the second state conference of the printing trade unionists resolved to stand on their rights against employing commercial printers opposing a 44 hour week. They declared the 44 hour week follows a solemn national agreement among employers. The meeting reaffirmed their commitment to the cause.
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Colembus
Hurricane tail flies over Athens with minor damage
The storm's tail end crossed Athens Sunday around 3:30 AM as residents huddled in bed fearing the worst. Though fear and a fierce gale were felt, little material damage was reported, with hills nearby credited for shielding the city.
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Middle West
Athens
Ohio Legislature Adopts Most Bills as Session Closes
Columbus April 18 Senate and house members reassembled for final adjournment. Administrative reorganization tax and finance bills loom. Forty seven of seventy seven passed by both branches cleared the governor and filed. Davis signed forty seven measures, vetoed one Spider bill. Norwood criminal minimum sentence law enacted. Six emergency measures became law Mill er prohibition enforcement Wenner deputy auditors sign bonds Hopley highway board repeal Taft municipal relief Pence-Farls whiskey tax storage.
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Columbus
Senate
House
General Assembly
Davis
Norwood
Miller
Wenner
Hopley
Highway Advisory Board
Taft
Doctors Merwin and Goldsberry Move Offices
The offices of Drs Merwin and Goldsberry relocate this evening from the Alderman building on East Washington to their new building on West Washington opposite the Messenger. Workmen have prepared the new site for weeks. Dr and Mrs Goldsberry will reside on the second floor of the former Morris home.
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Drs. Merwin and Goldsberry
Alderman
East Washington Street
West Washington Street
Messenger Building
Mrs. Goldsberry
Morris
Movie Pictures in Colors in London
Women may study film fashions in natural colors after a Palais de Luxe exhibition. The Russian scientist Professor Gorsky demonstrated a color process showing clothes hues and natural backgrounds, promising a revolution in movie methods and stylish display opportunities.
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London
Palais de Luxe
Picadilly
Professor Gorsky
Gorsky
Harding Endorses Ole Swimmin Hole Campaign
President Harding endorses the Ole Swimmin Hole project in Caledonia Ohio. He tells John D. Wackerman 12 he hopes a fundraising ball can raise the needed money and offers to buy tickets or attend if possible. Harding recalls swimming pools in his time and expresses interest in supporting the pool for Washington boys.
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Washington
Harding
Caledonia
Ohio
John D. Wackerman
John
White House
Warren G. Harding
Hotel man held on charge of shooting at Cincinnati hotel
Sidney Mund hotel proprietor Sharohville is held on $5 000 bond charged with shooting to kill Clifford Clark 28 after Clark was hit in the chest as he tried to enter Munds hotel a glass door was shattered Mund says he did not shoot and was in another part of the hotel
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Cincinnati
Sidney Mund
Sharohville
Clifford Clark
Clark
Mund
Death ends sentence of Nelson Barger in Ohio prison
Nelson Barger of Hamilton died of tuberculosis in the state penitentiary hospital at Columbus while awaiting execution for the murder of a patrolman a year ago. The death prevents the planned electric chair sentence.
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Columbus, CO
Nelson Barger
Hamilton
State Penitentiary Hospital
Parger
Hance Announces Sterner Steps as France Prepares Ruhr Advance
Orders recalling the classes of 1918 and 1919 to colors were issued in Lille. The remobilization of the first army corps follows, seen as France’s plan to move into Germany’s Ruhr valley if Versailles terms are not met by May 1. Marshal Foch and officials finalized plans to proceed into Germany to collect dues.
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Lille
France
Ruhr
Germany
Marshal Foch
Is All Sewed Up Columbus Fight Wound Ends
Physicians set twenty five stitches on a colored man named Thomas Pirez after a fight in Columbus. The incident details indicate medical treatment followed the wound.
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Columbus
Thomas Pirez
Hundreds of Small Business Places Are Forced to Close
United Press report from London April 18 details how Britain’s economy suffers as coal shortages deepen. Gov ernment defense calls continue while miners’ strike lingers, with wage talks unclear and many firms shuttered. Authorities eye alternate coal supplies as negotiations lag and discontent grows among Welsh and Scottish miners.
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United Press
London
Great Britain
Triple Alliance
Robbers Batter Store Safe But Failing Heist Ends
In Columbus a pair of thieves battered a store safe door with sledge hammers and a crow bar but gave up before reaching the $1,000 inside. The failed break in ended without theft or injuries.
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Columbus
French plan for patent clearing house in Brussels
The French government plans to establish an international clearing house for patents in Brussels. This move aims to streamline patent filings and disputes across borders, signaling France's active role in shaping European intellectual property governance.
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Brussels
State Cottage Fire at Soldiers Home in Sandusky
Fire damaged Mack Cottage at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors home as state fire marshals arrived to investigate. Defective wiring is suspected. forty seven Mansfield Reformatory trusties were sleeping inside and leaped from 20 foot windows with four slight injuries reported.
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Sandusky
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Columbus
Mack Cottage
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home
Mansfield Reformatory
Forty autos destroyed as garage fire erupts in Warren
Fire of unknown origin swept the Max White Auto Sales garage on West Market Street and damaged the adjoining Thomas Carriage Company garage in Warren Ohio. About forty cars valued at $60,000 were in White’s building. only one car was saved in poor condition. The upstairs furniture store suffered loss. fire departments contained the blaze within an hour. The incident damaged inventory and papers, with insurance partially covering White’s loss.
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People’s Furniture Compan
Thomas Carriage Company
His Last Laugh
Chicago on April 18 Carl Vanderer was sentenced to be hanged on June 17 for staging a fake fire alarm and rioting. Judge David announced the sentence.
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Chicago
Carl Wanderer
David
Community meeting at Long Run school house
A gathering is planned for Wednesday evening April 20 at Long Run school house in Canaan township. Speakers will discuss Consolidation of Schools and Good Roads. Pies and edibles will be sold and Beatty's orchestra will provide music. An cordial invitation is extended to all.
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Long Run
Canaan Township
Beattty
Car Theft Repeats as Stolen Auto Reappears in Columbus
Mrs. John Davis reported the theft of her auto a week ago and bought a replacement. Yesterday she located the stolen car on a street corner and learned it had been there a week.
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Columbus
John Davis
Former Emperor Wilhelm at Berlin Castle Seclusion
With the former Kaiserin's body en route to Potsdam and the ex-crown prince alongside, Wilhelm and his son remained in seclusion at the castle near Berlin. He appeared bent and dejected as he assisted Victoria Louise into her coach under a searchlight. The royal family and Dutch representatives accompanied the journey.
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Doorn
Berlin
Wilhelm
Kaiserin
Kaiser
Victoria Louise
Potsdam
Sinn Fein Route for Safe Travel Overseas Revealed
Two Cork sisters Anna and Susanna Walsh tell United Press of an underground Sinn Fein route linking the United States and Ireland. They describe letters, messengers, and trips by Sinn Fein leaders like De Valera, noting Cork connections and ties to the slain Cork lord mayor.
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United Press
Chicago
Cork
United States
Ireland
Anna
Susanna Walsh
Sinn Fein
North
Erin
New York
Underground Railroad
Harry J. Boland
Scent Valera
de Valera
Susanna
Thomas MacCurtain
Black and Tans
Germany-Aid Talks Quietly Move Toward Debt Token
April 18. Germany continues negotiations with the United States over turning part of its debts to aid reparations. The plan envisions a temporary American loan to help re create wealth by speeding up German industry. Negotiations are conducted quietly through government agents, with no official confirmation from either side.
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Carl D. Groat
United Press
Lin
Germany
United States
America
State White Ribbon President to Speak at Athens Institute
Florence Richard, state president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, will deliver an address before the W C T U Institute on Thursday April 21 at the First Presbyterian church in Athens. The public is urged to attend morning and afternoon meetings.
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Florence Richard
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
W. C. T. U. Institute
First Presbyterian Church
Athens
Fostoria Citizens Push Daylight Saving Ballot
Fostoria Ohio residents favoring daylight saving plan arrange a public ballot via both local papers. Ballots will be mailed to the chamber of commerce and placed in a ballot box for counting on April 23.
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Fostoria, O
Fostoria
Council
Chamber of Commerce
Soldiers clash in Castle Connell barroom riot in Limerick
In Castle Connell county Limerick two armed groups of British soldiers in civilian dress sparked a bloody barroom shootout killing three people and wounding several others before realizing neither side was Sinn Fein. The single lamp was shattered as civilians fired at supposed enemies. The hotel proprietor was among the first shot. The melee subsided after a soldier shouted a battle cry.
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Dublin
Castle Connel
County Limerick
Sinn Fein
Sinn
Japan-U S Yap mandate exchanges reveal stance
Washington publishes five notes between the United States and Japan over Yap as a proposed mandate. The records show U S claims Yap should be internationalized as a cable landing station and that Japan opposes revocation of the mandate, with notes from Colby Lansing Davis and Hughes through early 1921.
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United Press
Washington
T ‘Ate
United States
Japan
Yap
Colby
Yap Shoul
Kent Wilson
Lee State
Lansing
Supreme Council
Alg
Denie
Supreme Coumem
U S Reveals Surrender of Yap Island Details
A State Department note outlines a six month evidence trail showing United States negotiations over Yap Island. The document stresses access for landing and asserts a secret arrangement affecting other powers. The dated February claim is presented in a cautious tone.
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Washington
Pan
Yaped
United
State Department
Op vi
Ayres Seeks 10 000 Acre Timber Planting Plan
Ph Ayres of New Hampshire intends to appeal to Ohio authorities to back a plan to plant 10 000 acres of timber annually. He argues for state initiative and private cooperation to address a timber crisis and notes floods in Cinch during six years as associate charities superintendent. He cites 5 to 6 million idle acres as potential forest land and says regulation could control mountain water flow.
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Columbus
Ph Ayres
New Hampshire
Ayres
Dec Ayres
Cinch
Ohio
Ayers
Suspect Held in murder of Mrs Margaret Cooke
Police hold a suspect in connection with the murder of 52 year old Mrs Margaret Cooke whose body was found in a hallway a ago.
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Helg Cleveland
Margaret Cooke
Last Call for Gov t Garden Books
The note urges readers to order a government garden book by mail. It promises a free copy if the attached coupon is returned with two cents in stamps for postage. Readers are to write their name and address clearly on the coupon.
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Last Call
Gov't Garden Books
Anoe
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