Coal Prices Rise As Bogus Sales And Boosting Suspected
Federal Trade Commission chairman N B Gaskill testified to a House labor committee that bogus independent operators and faked wash sales are driving coal prices higher. Secretary Davis asked the Justice Department to act against unjustified price boosts following a cabinet meeting, with a broad probe into possible coal operator conspiracies to keep prices elevated.
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Warren W Wheaton
Washington
Nelam B .Gaskill
Federal Trade Commission
House Labor Committee
Gaskill
Davis
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Day Endorsed as GOP Standard Bearer in Ohio Race
Robert Gucciardo president of the Warren G. Harding Italian Republican club endorsed Senator Arthur Day as the strongest Republican standard bearer for the upcoming Ohio state election. Gucciardo cited support in Cincinnati Columbus Hamilton Dayton Canton Akron Youngstown and other cities. Day also received endorsement from his former buddies of the 330th U. S. infantry 83rd division.
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Cleveland
Arthur Day
Robert Gucciardo
Warren G. Harding
Italian Republican Club
Gucciardo
Senator Day
Cincinnati
Columbus
Hamilton
Dayton
Canton
Akron
Youngstown
Ohio
330Th U. S. Infantry
France Threatens Action Over War Debts and Versailles
Genoa dispatch notes Russia refuses to recognize czarist or Kerensky debts and cannot meet allied demands. Paris reports Premier Poincare vows not to settle at Genoa and to enforce sanctions to force Germany to honor the Versailles treaty with practical amends, calling on Britain and the Allies to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Mason
Genoa
Russia
Kerensky
Soviet
Paris
Germany
Poincaire
Manuel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Great Britain
Strikers Attack East Boston Colliery in Luzerne
In Wilkes Barre on April 20 strike action breaks the peace as miners attack the East Boston colliery in Luzerne County. The crowd stoned buildings fired several shots and turned back mine firemen en route to work. Norway passes a law banning ridiculous baby names.
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Wilkesbarre
East Boston
Luzerne
Golf Etiquette Meeting At Athens Country Club
The Ath ens Country club will hold a Friday 7 oclock meeting in the Athens Chamber of Commerce hall to discuss golf rules and etiquette. Members planning to play this season or interested in the game are urged to attend.
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Athens Country Club
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Fierce Night Battle in Dublin Shocks City
Mutinous Irish Republican Army troops attacked free State posts in Dublin as armored cars and machine guns clashed with Free State forces. Commandant Dalton survived an attack, while casualties rose among both sides over 48 hours, with a truce conference reconvening and battles extending to East Belfast.
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Daniel O'Connell
Dublin
Irish Republican Army
Free State
Free
O'Connell Street
Dalton
Nason
Ireland
O'Neil
Belfast
Seeds distributed in Athens via city federation drive
Between 7000 and 8000 seed packages have been sent by Congressman I M Foster to the City Federation of Athens for citywide distribution. The garden and flower seeds are available at City Hall, with the federation noting the first come, first served rule as the shrubbery shipment arrives.
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City Federation of
Athens
I.M. Foster
Trainmen Out Through Strike In Coal Slump
Dillonvale April 20. Due to the coal trade slump caused by the suspension the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad has laid off eight of the ten freight crews based in Dillonvale. The car inspector's force was reduced to the foreman and one man.
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Dillonvale
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Nurses Sue for Handsome Sum in Martins Ferry
Jessie L. Dawson, a nurse, sues Henry Goodloe of Bellaire for 25000 dollars alleging breach of promise to marry after a March 14, 1922 proposal. She claims damages for loss of affections and seeks jury compensation. the suit marks a large claim in the county court.
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Martins Ferry
Jessie L. Dawson
Henry Goodloe
Bellaire
Goodloe
Miss Dawson
E ®Mont
Four Piece Orchestra Performs at Park Plan Dance
Chauncey K of P Hall hosts an all round dancing event featuring a four piece orchestra. The Park Plan dance is set for Friday night April 21 with music to accompany the dancing.
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P. Hall
Chauncey
Higher Wheat Prices In States Are Expected By Speculators
Chicago April 20 James A Patten the wheat king says Russia is the major factor shaping world wheat prices and will stay out of the market for years He forecasts May or June shortages in U S wheat keeping prices high and notes heavy U S selling by farmers as they need cash and markets tighten with Russia sidelined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Kilgallen
Chicago
Russia
James A. Patten
United States
Patten
Germany
Austria Hungary
Europe
America
Local Physician's Employee Arrested for Disorderly Conduct
Samuel McGee and a physician's employee were arrested Tuesday night on drunk and disorderly charges. They were placed in the city prison to sober up before trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel McGee
Cady J and
Maples
Genoa Conference May Spell End of Wirth Reign
Observers at the Genoa economic conference see little hope of Chancellor Paul Wirth and the German delegation securing relief from reparations terms. Failure to accomplish anything at the meeting is believed to threaten the fall of his government.
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GENOA
Wirth
Massive Salonika munitions blast carves toll of lives
London reports an enormous explosion in Salonika at a munitions dump near the railway station. thousands killed or buried. hundreds of children buried in a church. 1800 soldiers said buried in destroyed barracks. city of 100000, diverse residents flee in terror.
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London
International News Service
Salonika
Constantinople
Greece
Arrests of Co-eds Over Midnight Car Horn Incident
Miss Dorothy and Miss Eleanor Gano of Cincinnati face police court on charges of unlawfully making noise with an automobile horn. Dr. Gunkel alleged the sisters of Kappa Alpha stopped before his home each midnight and pressed the horn. Eleanor says they only summoned the night man at their garage. many students plan to attend the Friday trial.
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Cincinnati
Dorothy
Eleanor Gano
EF. Gunkel
Gunkel
Kappa Alpha
University of Cincinnati
Eleanor
Senate Debates New Tariff Reading as Unfinished Business
Washington April 20 The new tariff bill was called up formally in the senate today and made the unfinished business. Reading its thousands of provisions by senate clerks was expected to consume most of today and part of tomorrow as Democratic opponents showed no willingness to dispense with the customary procedure by unanimous consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Liner Zero Sunk in South Atlantic Collision
The 3045 ton liner Zero sank after colliding with the Munson liner Aeolis in South American waters. Officials confirm all aboard the Zero were saved. A second item notes potential U S involvement in an international central banks meeting linked to Genoa conference conditions, and a Presbyterian Brotherhood gathering in Indianapolis with speaker Dr Don T Tullis.
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New York
Zero
Munson
Aeolis
Mason Line
Buenos Aires
House Labor Committee Opens Sweeping Coal Inquiry
The House labor committee launches a broad probe into the coal industry seeking to centralize information, propose a federal agency to remedy industry troubles, and make all coal business aspects public. The panel also slated hearing on Judge Orr's alleged denial of citizenship to striking miners and may pursue impeachment if warranted. Revenue and Trade Commission witnesses testified, with calls to disclose operator profits.
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I. N.S
Washington
House Labor Committee
Nolan
Charles P. Orr
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Federal Trade Commission
Internal Revenue Bureau
Revenue Bureau
Five Benwood mine workers seized by mob in Bellaire
In Bellaire Ohio on April 20 a mob of about 100 forced five Benwood West Virginia non-union mine workers to march the streets with signs reading I am a dirty scab. A patrolman intervened and the men agreed to proceed to the eastern Ohio miners temple where they disbanded. Some captives were taken from an Ohio river ferry landing and others from street cars.
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Bellaire
Benwood
W. Va
Eastern Ohio Miners’ Temple
Germany to reply on Rapallo treaty at Genoa
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Genoa says Germany will tell the allied states that Germany and Russia will not withdraw from the Rapallo treaty. The dispatch also notes British salmon fisheries are valued as a food source at about five million dollars annually.
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London
Germany
Genoa
Russia
Treaty of Rapallo
What It Costs in Red Money
Herman Luckoff, a Chauncey merchant, received a Crimea letter from his father describing 30 000 rubles needed for stamps. The note notes hyperinflation under bolsheviks, claiming 16 000 current dollars would not buy the stamps, and prices like forty pounds of flour at one million rubles. The Luckoff letter and stamps are on display at his store.
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Herman Luckoff
Chauncey
Crimea
Russia
Luckoff
Akron poll stunt uses rhyme to push sheriff bid
Akron Ohio April 20 a former service man Harry ONeil runs for sheriff with a poetry inspired campaign urging voters to stay home or vote by marking an X on the ballot. He argues voters are fatigued by loud rallies and crude appeals and seeks to connect through rhyming verse.
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Akron
Chio
Harry O'Neil
Relief Efforts Intensify as Mississippi Flood Clamps Midwest
Widespread flooding in the Mississippi valley leaves thousands homeless as a cold spell prolongs distress. Relief agencies and the federal government appeal for aid. levees hold but many smaller dykes fail, inundating Illinois towns like Beardstown and McClure while a Cairo relief steamboat races to reach the stranded. In Chicago a wind storm injures several and causes property damage.
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Chicago
Inter ‘National News Service
Mississippi Valley
Middle West
Mississippi
Red Cross
Illinois
McClure
Cairo
Ths
John Chambers
Naples
Beardstown
Moline
Enor MecGrae
Arkansas
Politicians Rally Democrats in Mansfield Jefferson Day Event
Five hundred Democrats from Richland county gathered at the Elks Home in Mansfield to celebrate Jefferson Day. Senator Ailee Pomerene announced his candidacy to seek another senate term backed by national chairman George White and state figures A V Donahey and W W Durbin as well as Bernice Pyke and others. Donahey spoke of a general house cleaning in Columbus as he aims to govern in 1923.
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Mansfield
Richland County
Elks
Ailee Pomerene
George White
Marietta
Democraic Party
A. V. Donahey
Bernice Pyke
Lakewood
W. W. Durbin
Kenton
Pomerene
Senate
Donahey
Columbus
Buckeye
Russo German Treaty Seen as Natural Alliance in World Policy
A Washington column argues the Russo German treaty reflects the natural alliance of powers after Genoa and the four power treaty. It says Russia and Germany will align to pursue intertwined economic interests, ease debts, and boost European stability amid postwar tensions.
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Sen. Willam Fr. Borah
Ln.s
Washington
Russia
Germany
Japan
Russian
Genoa
Powe
Lloyd George's Oil
Grmany
Allia
Cermal
China
Alila
Europe
Lloyd George
Fire traps girls as basement blaze blocks street
New York dispatch reports Fi and patrolmen using an aerial device rescued several girls trapped on 57th Street near Fifth Avenue when a fire broke out in a basement.
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New York
57Th Street
Fifth al Nne
Coal field strain hits church finances in Charleston district
Reports at the Chess ton district conference of the Methodist Episcopal church show that general dep ty affects the coal fields, reflecting the financial condition of churches.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chesston
Method Episcopal Church
Free government booklet on flowering plants and care
The Agriculture Department offers a free booklet with guidance on when to plant different varieties, care for thermo and other conditions, and using cold frames and hotbeds for flowering plants. Readers can request a copy by mailing a coupon with two cents postage and stamps for return mail.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Itef
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