Slaughter Case Offers $2000 Reward in Belmon t County
Belmont county commissioners in St Clairsville offered a $2000 reward for arrest and conviction of the slayers of Mrs Augusta Burkhart and her daughter Lillian. Investigators hold a suspect as murder details reveal two theories robbery or revenge with a safe emptied and money scattered about the house. Police noted the victims were beaten and found in the Burkhart home with an open second floor bedroom door. Nearby clues include a open safe and signs the killer lingered, even eating a lunch. The case links to the Burkhart grocery business shut two years ago.
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Martins Ferry
Augusta Burkhart
Lillian
Belmont County Commissioners Meeting
St. Clairsville
John Burkhart
Burkhart
Mney
Steel chief Gary defends open shop at U S Steel meeting
Judge Elbert Gary of United States Steel argues government control of labor and defends open shop policy at the annual stockholders meeting in New York. He cites recent Supreme Court decisions on the Sherman antitrust law, notes ongoing price policy set with the industrial board, and announces directors elected for 1923 with vote totals for common and preferred shares.
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New York
Elbert Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Supreme Court
Industrial Board
W. J. Philbert
Samuel Mather
Thomas Morrison
John S.S. Phipps
Daniel G. Reid
Students Adopt Overall Dress From Local Trend
Washington court house April 19 High school boys wore overalls or cast off clothing in class today. High school girls plan calico and gingham outfits. Businessmen form an overall club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Glouster Man Dies in Ohio Hospital
William J. Chambers, 68, of Glouster, Ohio, died Sunday at Bethesda hospital from typhoid fever after a stay since April 1. He is survived by his brother George Chambers and sisters Mrs. Mary Mingus and Mrs. Martha Burtnett of near Glouster. The body rests in the Hearing morgue and will be taken to Glouster Monday morning.
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Zanesville
William J. Chambers
Glouster
Bethesda Hospital
George Chambers
Mary Mingus
Martha Burtnett
Morgan County
Razor Fight Leaves Man Wounded In Amesville
In Amesville Ohio on Sunday Harry Goins and Clarence Sephus a colored pair fought with a razor leaving Sephus with a six inch facial gash from nose to ear and knife wounds on the leg and wrist. A physician sewed the injuries and Goins will be taken to Athens for judicial attention.
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Amesville
Lathrop
Harry Goins
Clarence Sephus
Goins
Sephus
Athens
Albany Opera House Notice for April Twenty Evening
Public notice invites attendance at Albany Opera House Tuesday evening April 20 and urges attendees to bring friends. Issued by committee.
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Albany Opera House
Prosecution of Profiteers Promised Within 30 Days
Howard Figg told a Senate sub committee that extensive actions against profiteers will begin within thirty days if investigations by the department of justice reveal sufficient evidence. Investigations into shoe prices are underway.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Howard Figg
Senate
Supreme Court to adjourn early after April 30 term
Washington April 19 The Supreme Court said no more arguments will be heard this term after April 30 and no petitions for Certiorari will be received after May 31, signaling an early June adjournment.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Mines Show Better Freight Outlook in Athens County
A morning survey of Athens county coal fields reports improved freight activity. Mine No 209 on Sugar Creek and several others ran some cars, while Bailey Run and Beaumont faced idle periods. Encouraging signals come as Canaanville strike nears settlement and Bern township fields report activity at Black Diamond and Jennings Coal Company.
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Athens County
Sugar Creek
Athens
Canaanville
Bailey Run
Poston
Modoc
Beaumont
Bern Township
Black Diamond
Jennings Coal Company
Storm Devastates Arkansas Leaving Multiple Deaths
Two people are dead with additional deaths feared after a severe storm swept Johnson county Arkansas. Wires were down and Belleville suffered heavy damage as reports from Cabin Creek and Howe Creek confirm casualties. Further details awaited.
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Little Rock
Ark
Johnson
Belleville
Charles Zachary
Cabin Creek
Johnson County
Howe
Howe Creek
Logan County
Harding to Speak Here Friday in Athens and Nelsonville
Warren G. Harding will arrive in Athens Friday at 10 30 AM and speak at 1 PM. He will also address an audience in Nelsonville at 3 30 PM the same day. The Harding organization will release further engagement details.
State Should Bar Burden On Society Says Hoover
President Hoover urged that when parents cannot provide proper schooling and living conditions for children, the state must shoulder the duty. He warned that early industrial entry harms the race and drains a county’s human resources, and no single state should bear the responsibility alone.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Child Hoped to Reach Movieland on Thirty Cents
An eleven year old girl named Josephine Bruce from Cleveland wandered Toledo streets with 30 cents and a suit of clothing seeking money to reach California movies. She planned to sell her watch to ride toward the west, and asked Helen Gould to buy the watch as she left a pawn shop.
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Toledo
Josephine Bruce
Cleveland
California
Helen Gould
Selection of Chairman Faces Big Problem at Republican Convention
The selection of a permanent chairman for the Republican national convention in Chicago is hotly debated among presidential candidates and party leaders. The choice will influence committee control and platform drafting as delegates contest seats, with 17 contested Georgia delegates and 2 from Minnesota, and Southern states possibly contributing 66 more.
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New York
Chicago
Uanes
Resolutions Committee
Georgia
Minnesota
Turkish delegate blasts treaty as British plot in San Remo
Chailb Kamaly Bey of the Turkish delegation in San Remo says Wilson’s principles are violated by the peace with Turkey and accuses the world of prejudice against Turkey. He denounces the treaty as a British product, cites Armenian massacres and Carnegie findings, and claims Armenians killed 400,000 Turks after Trebizond evacuation.
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Camillo Cianfarra
United Press
San Remo
Italy
Wilson
Turkey
Chailb Kamaly Bey
Trebizcoud
Athens citizens seek Mill street improvement relief
A committee of Athens citizens appeared before the county commissioners requesting permanent improvement of Mill street from the B and O tracks to the Hast Bridge. High spring floods wash away temporary fixes, and other county committees will present later. The commissioners planned to inspect the Finsterwald road north of Athens before evening.
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Athens Citzens
Mill Street
Hast Bridge
Finsterwald Road
Athens
REPORT TWO KILLED IN BLAST AT PIER
Ambulances rushed to the Bush docks after a fire at Pier Five in New York at 2 p m two explosions were reported with two persons said to be injured authorities said
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New York
Bush Docks
Pier Five
Senator Dial Praises Simple Living Amid Cloth Revolt
Senator Dial of South Carolina praised the broad movement against the high cost of cloth in a Senate speech. He urged wearing old clothes and avoiding unnecessary purchases to help the country recover, echoing a former secretary of the treasury’s advice to patch and half-sole shoes.
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Washington
Dial
South Carolina
Senate
Dia
the Treasury
Freighter E. A. Morse Sailed to Cenoss Safe After Sinking Report
The freighter E. A. Morse, reportedly sinking 280 miles east by southeast of Sandy Hook, is said to be safe and able to reach port without aid. It departed for Cenoss last Friday. Coast Guard had no details on the trouble. The wooden steamer William O'Brien also requested assistance last night with no further information available.
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New York
E. A. Morse
Sandy Hook
Coast Guard
Morse
Cenos
William O’brien
Bank stock improves as clerk vanishes and 80 in "strong box"
In Chicago John Radowicz warns his chief clerk about keeping money in banks saying he stores funds in a cigar box. He fears losing the box but cannot replace the missing clerk who vanished with the valuables.
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Chicago
John Radowicz
Radowicz
Nebraska primary contest narrows choices for president
Lincoln Neb April 19 voters face three candidates Wood Johnson and Pershing in the race for president. Johnson campaigned vigorously stumping the state while Wood spoke in Omaha and elsewhere. Pershing is a favorite son candidate. The Democratic leadership clash between William J Bryan and Senator Hitchcock is expected to be intense with Bryan seeking delegate at large and Hitchcock aiming for the party’s preferential vote.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Wood
Johnson
Pershing
Omaha
William J. Bryan
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Hitchock
Bryan
Hitchcock
Premature Blast Kills Several at Lehigh Portland Plant
Allentown report says a premature explosion at the Lehigh Portland Cement Company plant in Omegrad today killed several men and injured others.
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Allentown
Lehigh-Portland Cement Company
Omegrad
Blizzard Brings Colorado Rail Silence and Hardship
A two day blizzard halted all steam railroads in Colorado and swept into Nebraska and Wyoming. Dozens of trains stalled, thousands face food shortages, livestock losses mount, and passengers endure days without meals. Three ministers marooned on a Union Pacific train near Longmount conducted services in the coaches.
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Denver
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Long Mount
Supreme Court Yet to Rule on Prohibition Question
Washington reports no decision on national prohibition today by the supreme court. The earliest possible final decree on the issue will be announced next Monday, with publication of the ruling expected then.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Outlaw Strikers Denied Hearing Before Labor Board
Jersey City based outlaw railroad strikers were denied a hearing by the railroad labor board under a rule requiring grievance discussions with employers first. The rule, tied to the Esch Cummins act, sidelines nonunion workers and makes a closed shop for unions on U.S. rail systems. The first case filed sought wage increases totaling 1.1 billion dollars annually.
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Ralph F. Couch
United Press
Steff
Washington
Jersey City
Railroad Labor Board
United States
Brotherhoods
Baby girl found slain near river bank in Lancaster
The body of a newborn baby girl with her throat cut was found last night hanging in lower branches of a tree beside the Hocking river bank near Lancaster. Prosecutor J. H. Fultz leads the investigation.
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Lancaster
Hocking River
J. H. Fultz
Council Seats to Be Vacated Tonight
Lorain mayor expects four new councilmen to be elected as three seats are declared vacant. Charles Heinman was unseated for holding two city jobs as deputy sheriff, a violation of law. The other three retiring council members are also deputy sheriffs.
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Lorain
W. F. Grail
Charles Heinman
Flatiron Attack Leaves 3YearOld Ruth Fury Near Death
Ruth Fury aged 3 in Cleveland hospital near death from a skull fracture after a flatiron hurled at her father struck her on the head. Harry Young held on assault charges. Rudolph Fury, the father, gave him a severe beating when Ruth fell.
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Cleveland
Ruth Fury
Harry Young
Young
Rudolph Fury
Ruth
Take Man Back for Arraignment in Lathrop Case
Harry Goins, enjoed, was arrested by the Amesville marshal for his part in a cutting scrape at Lathrop. He will be taken to Bern township for arraignment before Squire Wes. He is charged with cutting another young colored man in a terrible manner during a fight on Sunday.
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Harry Goins
Amesville
Lathrop
Bern Township
Squire We
S. Goins
Supreme Court Orders West Virginia Gas Case Consolidation
The Supreme Court ordered consolidation of Ohio and Pennsylvania cases over West Virginia law barring gas exports until local needs are met. Levi Cooke of Washington was appointed to take testimony in the dispute.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Levi Cooke
Report Denies Killing Arrest In Cincinnati Incident
A city report claiming Bryan Dusty Steevers aged about twenty and a Hewitt & Boden driver was arrested in a Cincinnati fatality was denied by James N Boden president of the firm. Boden and attorney S M Johnson went to Cincinnati to investigate after a local paper said Steevers struck a man Saturday afternoon causing fatal injuries. The wire from Boden said Steevers had not been arrested and had started for home with the company truck loaded Saturday.
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Bryan
Dusty) Steevers
Hewitt & Boden Company
Cincinnati
James N. Boden
Boden
S. M. Johnson
Bryan Stevers
Athens
Stevers
State sheep shearing contest set at Ohio State in Columbus
A state wide sheep shearing contest will be held at the judging pavilion on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus on April 28 starting at 9 30 in the morning. The event welcomes professionals amateurs and students and will feature both hand and power shears.
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Ohio State University
Columbus
Supreme Court ruling finds Simpson violated day law
The supreme court held that Everett Simpson of Denver violated the Reed Bone Dry amendment by transporting liquor from Cheyenne Wyoming into Colorado in his car for personal use. Judge Clark dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Everett Simpson
Denver
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Colorado
Clark
French Premier Poincare outlines disarmament and Versailles enforce
In San Remo Poincare argues for a twofold French policy at the premier’s conference. First complete German disarmament and second strict execution of all Versailles clauses, including reparations. He advocates close Franco British cooperation and cites Rhine occupation as justified.
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Paris
France
Germany
Council of Premiers
San Remo
Poincare
Versailles
Texas Opposes Mexican Troop Movements Through Its Territory
Texas Governor HobbyTelegraphs Secretary Colby to express unalterable opposition to any contemplated movement of Mexican troops through Texas. In Agua Prieta four hundred Yaqui troops and 400 Sonora cavalrymen arrived, bringing total to 1500 troops opposing Carranza forces. Local commandant National Pina said Matlan Sinaloa is expected to be taken soon by Sonora state army invading Carranza territory to the south.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Hobby
Colby
Agua Prieta
Mex
Sonora
Carranza
National Pina
Mzatlan
Sinaloa
Caranza
Engineers Hear Address by Wood in Steubenville
General Wood spoke to engineers from Ohio Valley manufacturing plants in Steubenville on April 19. A reception committee met him as he arrived and the address was delivered from in front of city hall due to space limits. He discussed industrial policy universal military training and the economy and planned to speak in Youngstown that evening.
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Steubenville
RE. E. Erskin
General Wood
Ohio Valley
Wood
Youngstown
Beatty summoned to San Remo for fresh blockade talks
The London press says Earl Beatty, hero of Jutland, traveled to San Remo for a premiers conference urged by Lloyd George. Reports stress the conference opening and focus on enforcing disarmament under the Versailles treaty amid fears of renewed German blockade.
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London
Earl Beatty
Jutland
Council of Premiers
San Remo
Germany
Beatty
Lloyd George
Rail strike near end as workers return to jobs
The New York district sees a near end to the rump strike with most outlaw workers back on duty. J. J. Mantell and railroad managers report service on all lines nearly normal and replacement crews filled for those not yet returning. Embargoes on freight remain until traffic clears.
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Chicago
Mason
Harold Reading
Clyne
John Grunau
Association of Western Managers
Middle West
New York
J. J. Mantell
Mantell
Cleveland Backing In Freight Strike Falls Back
Freight movement in the Cleveland district rose to 70 percent of normal with strikers returning to work at major yards. Nickel Plate reports 50 percent of its yardmen back while other lines see growing numbers. About 2,100 yardmen were on strike at the peak, led by the striking yardmen's association.
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Cleveland
New York Central
Erie
Nickel Plate
F. J. O'Rourke
Striking
Dempsey Trials Postponed in San Francisco
Trials of boxing great Jack Dempsey and his manager were postponed in San Francisco on Saturday. Proceedings were rescheduled with no immediate verdict given.
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San Francisco
Cal
Jack Dempsey
Attempted Lynching of Jenkins Sparks Kentucky Turmoil
Ju cien Jenkins a 25 year old Black man is held in Lexington county jail after a mob stormed the Danville court house in an attempt to lynch him. He is accused in the abduction and attack on William Trimble a seven year old boy who remains in critical condition. Keith Phillips sixteen is also held in connection with the assault.
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Danville
Jucien Jenkins
Lexington County
Danville Court House
Jenkins
Wm. Trimble
Lexington
Keith Phillips
Trimble
Overalls Worn in Boston Sermons by Two Pastors
In Boston last night Revs. Rollans Tupper and Louis L. Dinnington preached on "Economy in clothing" while both wearing work overalls in the pulpit. The unusual attire highlighted thrift and practical simplicity amid the era's economic concerns.
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Boston
Rollans Tupper
Louis L. Dinnington
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