Union miners face limits as Mingo fields stay under martial rule
In Huntington West Virginia April 19 officials dispute a United Mine Workers claim that 22000 non union miners have joined in Mingo Logan and eastern Kentucky fields. Operators say only about 5500 in Mingo and 12600 in Logan exist with no sign of a mass strike. The governor’s edict restricts assembly while relief work continues in tent colonies under David Fowler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Lawrence Dwyer
United Mine Worker
New York
Mingo County
West, Virginia
Mingo
Logan
Eastern
Kentucky
Big Sandy
Logan Fields
Harry Olmstead
Williamson Operators’ Association
Dwyer
Williamson
Tom B. Davis
David Fowler
United Mine Workers
Cossack Chief to Testify Before U.S. Senate Panel
Gen Gregory Semenoff ataman of all the Cossacks faces a senate panel in Washington to defend himself. He is currently jailed in New York, awaiting access to testify if jail doors can be unlocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory Semenoff
Senate Committee
Washington
New _ York
Fess Plans Senate Run Amid Ohio Candidate Field
Congressman Simeon T. Fess formally announces for the Republican nomination for U S senator from Ohio. He faces Walter F. Brown of Toledo and notes his record since 1913 as proof of fitness while Theodora Burton will seek re election to the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Cleveland
House
Fess
Senate
Oate
Ohio
Congress
Ittee
Republican Congress
Antiocheal
Department of Law
Ada
Hays Order Drops Fatty Arbuckle Films in New York
Moving picture producers estimate cancellation of 10000 showings of Roscoe Arbuckle pictures will cause cinema losses of one to two million dollars. The order, issued by Will H. Hays, follows talks with Famous Players-Lasky representatives and cites a aim to uphold high moral and artistic standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International News Service
Moving Picture Producers Today
Roscoe
Fatty
Arbuckle Pictures
Will H. Hays
Moving Picture Organization
Hays
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Hay
Two More Arrested for Dry Law Violations in Dayton
John Brown of Happy Hollow pleaded guilty after officers found a 50 gallon barrel of corn mash at his home. He was fined 300 dollars plus costs 380.40 and jailed until paid. John Christian of The Plains admitted possessing an eight gallon keg of corn and barley mash and three gallons of home brew. He was fined 300 dollars plus costs 825.35 and expected to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl W. Helwig
John Brown
Happy Hollow
Baynham and Nash
Dayton
John Christian
Plains
Ambassador Houghton Arrives in Coblenz to Meet General Pa
April 19 in Coblenz Allanson B. Houghton new U S ambassador to Germany arrived for talks with General Henry T. Pa commander of United States forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblenz
Flood Surges Destroy Peoria Stores For 78 Years
Five hundred families are homeless after flood waters inundate Peoria and nearby districts. Fifteen thousand acres of farmland submerged as business district floods for first time in seventy eight years. Grocer Sam Woodruff, in Florida, learns his stock floated from store windows upon return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Sam Woodruff
Florida
Messenger Pink Football and Baseball Extra Promises Superior Coverage
The Messenger Pink reports more complete scores and game accounts than rivals and delivers news hours earlier due to late press and local distribution. It asserts dominance over big city extras and invites readers to buy Pink for timely baseball news during the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger Baseball Pink
Hocking Valley
Messenger
Baseball Extra
The
Messenger Pik
Big City
Messenger Pink
Germany rejects Allies charges over Versailles treaty
A Genoa dispatch to L Information quotes Germany denying disloyalty and breach of the Versailles treaty. The dispatch says Berlin likely to return if the Te sup committee bars their admission.
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Paris
Germany
Berlin
Te Sup-Committee
Irish Lad Killed by Sniper in East Belfast
A fifteen year old boy, Jack Scott, was killed by a sniper in East Belfast early today. Casualties in yesterday and last night’s fighting in North Belfast were reported as one dead and eighteen wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Scott
East
Belfast
Leaders in Congress pressed to speed ship subsidy and farm bills
President Harding met with Republican senators and representatives to push a leg islation program this session. Officials hope to pass the ship subsidy bill and tariff and soldiers bonus measures though a summer delay is possible. Senator McNary and Senator Capper advocate final action on the $250,040,000 reclamation bill and pending farmers bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prident Harding
Congress
Senator McNary
Oregon
White House
Capper of Lagsas
Senate Agricultural Bloc
Senate
Bold Portuguese Aviators Near End of Transatlantic Flight
Lieutenants Countinho and Sacadura rest at St Pauls Rocks 800 miles from Brazil after choosing the 900 mile leg from the Cape Verdes over the 1400 mile route. Their hydro aero planes carry fuel for about 100 hours, making the last 500 miles to Fernando Noronha and then 60 miles to Brazil the remaining stages.
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Lisbon
Countinho and
Sacadura
St. Paul's Rocks
Brazil
St. Pauls
Cape Verdes Islands
Fernando Noronha
Fernanda Nerenha
Irish Rebels Lose Peasant Support Amid Dublin Mutiny
In Dublin on April 19 mutinous Irish Republican Army members attacked Wellington barracks wounding a sentry and capturing six attackers. Attacks on free state posts continued as nightly alarms rang from midnight to 4 am. The Four Courts remained in mutineer hands but loyal troops showed steady gains while peasant support shifted toward the provisional free state government. Commandant Roderick O Connor works to discipline troops amid supply seizures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Irish Republican Army
Wellington Barracks
Free State
Four Courts
Michael Collins
Arthur Griffith
Hamonn de Valera
Roderick O'Connor
Tragedy in Akron a man shoots self after telephoned farewell
At Exchange and Spicer streets in Akron Ohio Charles Williams telephoned Detectives and asked for an ambulance saying he would kill himself. He fired a 32 calibre revolver to his breast as emergency responders arrived. Doctors report one chance in ten of recovery and say motive involved marital troubles and a spiritualist mother in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron. O
Walsh
Charles Willams
Exchange and
Spicer Streets
Self
Williams
Managers Back the Hays Order in Cincinnati
Cincinnati movie-house owners express unanimous approval of Will Hays action ordering cancellation of all Arbuckle contracts. An old Arbuckle Keystone comedy was halted at a lower-tier theater following the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Motion Picture Managers’ Association
Will H. Hays
Motion Picture Producers’ Association
Arbuckle Pictures
Arbuckle Keystone
Hays
Ruling Stirs Push to Organize Winding Gulf Field
Charleston April 19 Judge Knapp’s action in setting aside parts of the McClintie injunction opens the way for the United Mine Workers to organize the Winding Gulf coal field. Organizers are en route, previously barred under the injunction, signaling an intensive campaign to mobilize miners in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Knapp
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District
George W. McClintie
Borderland Coal Corporation
United Mine Workers
Winding Gulf
Attorney General Names Special Counsel in Lincoln Motor Suit
Washington April 19 Attorney General Daugherty decided to assign special counsel to prosecute the government's claim of about $9 000 000 against Lincoln Motor Co arising from over payments on war contracts and related disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daugherty
Lincoln Motor Co
Harding press seeks funds for soldiers bonus
President Harding told the Senate that funds must be found to finance the soldiers bonus or he will vote the bill himself. He pressed for a plan to cover the cost, urging quick action on a solution to the funding issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Senate
Ohio notes and obits from early U S history
Historical timeline entries include John G Jungeman Moravian missionary born in Palatinate died in Bethlehem 1808. 1784 failed measure to ban slavery in Northwest Territory. Lucretia Garfield born Hiram died Pasadena 1918. 1832 Oberlin founded. 1842 Ohio Supreme Court Justice William W Irvin died in Lancaster.
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John G. Jungeman
Ohio
Palatinate
Bethlehem
Northwest Territory
Lucretia R. Garfield
Hiram
Pasadena
Calif
Oberlin
William W. Irvin
Ohio Supreme Court
Congress
Lancaster
Virginia
Schiff urges US to accept duties as creditor nation
Mortimer I. Schiff of Lahn Loeb & Co returns from Europe aboard the Olympic. He says the United States must accept responsibilities that come with being a creditor nation and notes European leaders regret America’s absence from Genoa and seek more American involvement. He also critiques the League of Nations as harmlessly ineffectual and praises the Washington conference results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International News Service
Mortimer I. Schiff
Lahn, Loeb and Company
Europe
Schiff
England
France
Germany
America
Genoa
League of Nations
Washington
Want Ads Tell Story Of Gas Engine Sale
Two city friends, editor F. W. Bush and watchdog Mack Sauer, celebrate a good turn that earned the editor $25. An unused Fairbanks Morse gas engine with gear and a brass two inch pump is advertised for sale at Bush’s Athens residence, asking $26 for quick sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Bush
The
Messenger
Mack Sauer
Messenger Watch Dog
Watch Dog
North Hill
Ife
Fairbanks- Morse
Athens
Thief Robs Governor Davis Home in Columbus
The governor's residence at Fast Broad street and Champion avenue was broken into around noon today. A white male thief escaped with a diamond studded wrist watch worth 750 dollars and a purse containing about 4 dollars, shocking Mrs Davis who alerted authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, CO
Davis
Fast Broad Street
Champion Avenue
Woman Slays Two Children In Sudden Madness
Mrs Arnold Holt in a fit of insanity at Russell Springs Kentucky killed Maxine 12 and an infant, tried to kill a third, drowned the infant and left a boy six weeks old safe in a barrel. Her aged father witnessed the tragedy and cried for help. She is under sentence in divorce proceedings in local circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Arnold Holt
Russell Springs
Here
Maxine
George Harris
Prominent Cincinnati Bankers Linked to Whiskey Schemes
A circulated report in Cincinnati federal circles alleges that leading local bankers financed whiskey transactions by George Remus, who has been indicted by Cincinnati and Indianapolis grand juries for conspiring to evade the Volstead act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
George Remus
Indianapolis
Freight wreck delays westbound traffic near Hurricane
A freight wreck near Hurricane caused long delays on the C and O main line as two gasoline tanks caught fire and flames spread to adjacent cars. Fire spread halted traffic for hours and crews worked through the day to control the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Trafic
Hollis Bulgarian divorce deemed irregular by Sofia officials
An official Sofia notice states that the divorce secured in Bulgaria by former U S senator Henry F. Hollis of New Hampshire was irregular and illegal. The notice was received at the Bulgarian legation in Washington today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bulgaria
Henry F. Hollis
United States
New Hampshire
Sofia
Masons Attention Athens Council Regular Meeting Tonight
Athens Council No. 15 calls a regular communication tonight with fourteen candidates listed and J R Morton and T L as officers noted in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masons
Athens Council
J.R. Morton
T. L
Shrubbery Arrives for City Hall Sale After Delay
The long awaited shrubbery ordered by the City Federation has arrived and will be sold at City Hall at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning. Demand is lower than expected and buyers will be served in order of arrival. Plants must be arranged before sale begins.
Germany Bars From Rusato Talks But Seeks Avoidance of Break
Walter Rathenau, head of the German delegation in Genoa, says Germany will try to avoid a break but will not accept the Allied note’s duplicity. A German reply is expected late today. France pressed to bar Germany from further participation, a move blocked by Italy’s Facta. The Italian delegation reportedly had no objection to the Russo German treaty but thought it should not be made at the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Weyer
U. S
Genoa
Walter Rathenau
Germany
Rusata
Premier Facta
Aly
Bers
Hughes
Herbert Hoover
United States
France Faces Syrian Revolt Across stolen territories
Cairo reports indicate disturbances against French control in Syri a have grown large scale. French evacuate Zor province as Bedouins mass for attack. nomadic bands roam several quarters causing unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Syria
Zor
Cossack Ataman Semenoff Remains Jailed After Court ruling
General Gregory Semenoff known as ataman of the Cossacks will stay in a New York jail at least two more weeks after Supreme Court Justice Colahan refused to overrule last week’s arrest order issued by Justice Delehanty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gregory Semenoff
Supreme Court
Colahan
Delehanty
Belfast Rioters Arrested as Mutiny Suppressed
Crown forces seized 26 persons after Northern Ireland riot. Free State troops attacked mutinous strongholds and captured Minor Hamilton, barricade leader, amid ongoing clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Crown
Northelfast
Free State
Frogs and Toads Prefer Live Food Says Scientist
A historical note explains that frogs and toads will eat only living prey. The observation highlights their hunting behavior and reliance on movement to trigger feeding.
Russo German treaty viewed as ineffective by Harding
Washington reports the Russo German treaty, linking 250 million Mus covite and Teutonic peoples, is seen by President Harding and key advisers as not affecting US health or welfare. The administration treats Germany as a sovereign peacetime power free to sign any pact not violating existing US treaties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Holmes
1. N
Washington
Harding
United States
Second Trip to States Is Quiet
Joffre, Levo of the first battle of the Marne, arrived in Washt early this morning. This visit marks a return trip to the capital since his 1917 triumphal tour of the country. The reception is quiet compared with the cheering crowds five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beyrredagy Vine
Marshal Joffre, Levo
Marne
Washton
Huge Convent Devastated by Fire Near Montreal
A major fire destroyed the Notre Dame convent at Point Au Trembles outside Montreal causing about 150000 in damage. The 1619-founded Quebec institution housed 422 pupils who were away at post holiday when the blaze struck. An abrupt end to a historic building with a long religious legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Congregation Notre Dame
Point Au Trembles
Province of
Quebec
Havin
Marguerite Bourgeois
Panama Canal View Map Offered Free Copy
Citizens can obtain a free bird's eye view map of Panama showing the canal's scope and traffic. The National Geographic Bureau is directing production with color prints and return postage required. Send name and address with two cents for postage or two one cent stamps.
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Panama Canal
Werathen
Tatmos
Panama
Nationalleograhlphie Boelots
Canal
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messengernformation Bureau
Washington
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