Coal Price Probe Focuses on Dealers and Fake Sales
Federal Watch urged as bogus independent operators and fake wash sales are blamed for rising coal costs. Gaskill of the FTC testified before the House labor committee calling for government supervision of coal production and distribution. Davis asked the Justice Department to halt unjustified price boosting after a cabinet conference agreed on an immediate investigation into possible coal operator conspiracy to keep prices high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren W Wheaton
U. S
Washington
Nelm B .Gaskill
Federal Trade Commission
House Labor Committee
Gaskill
Davis
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Senator Arthur Day Backed by Ohio Italian Republicans
Robert Gucciardo president of the Warren G Harding Italian Republican club endorsed Senator Arthur Day as the strongest Republican standard bearer for the state election. He cited solid sentiment for Day in Cincinnati Columbus Hamilton Dayton Canton Akron Youngstown and other Ohio cities. Day also won endorsement from his former 830th U S infantry 83rd division comrades who served with him in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Arthur Day
Robert Gucciardo
Warren G. Harding
Italian Republican Club
Gucciardo
Senator Day
Cincinnati
Columbus
Hamilton
Dayton
Canton
Akron
Youngstown
Ohio
830Th U. S. Infantry
France warns Germany as Russia declines debt talks
The report cites Russia refusing to recognize czarist and Kerensky debts while Paris quotes Prime Minister Poincaré urging Britain and the Allies to enforce sanctions to compel Germany to make practical amends. Separately, unrest hits the East Boston colliery as strikers attack the Luzerne area. A note ends with a quirky item: Norway passes a law barring ridiculous baby names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Poincaire
Marie Hutin
Echo de Paris
Genoa
Great Britain
Golf Etiquette Meeting At Athens Country Club
The Athens Country Club holds a meeting Friday at 7 pm in the Athens Chamber of Commerce hall to discuss golf rules and etiquette. Members planning to play this season or with an interest in golf are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coli
Athens Country Club
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Fierce Battle Rages Through Dublin As Mutineers Clash
Dublin reports a night long clash as Irish Republican Army mutineers attack free state posts. Firearms explode in O Connell Street injuring Commandant Dalton while armored cars bar seizure of the telephone exchange. Casualties rise with eight dead in two days, amid renewed clashes in East Belfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel O'Connell
I. N.S
Dublin
Irish Republican Army
Free State
Free
O'Connell Street
Dalton
Ireland
O'Neil
Belfast
Seeds distributed by Athens City Federation
Between 7000 and 8000 seed packages were sent to the City Federation of Athens by Congressman I M Foster for city distribution. The seeds include garden and flower varieties and are available at City Hall from the Federation delivering the second shipment of shrubbery. the earlier arrivals will be served first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Federation of
Athens
I.M. Foster
Federation
Trainmen Out Thru Strike Hit Dillonvale Freight Crews
In Dillonvale on April 20 the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad laid off eight of ten freight crews due to a coal trade slump from the suspension. The car inspector's force was reduced to the foreman and one worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillonvale
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Nurses Sue for Handsome Sum
Jessie L. Dawson, nurse, sues Henry Goodloe of Bellaire for $25,000 alleging a March 14 1922 promise to marry on April 30 next. She states he broke the vow and that the claim totals the largest in six county court years. She says she has been ready to marry since the proposal.
Big Dance at FP Hall Chauncey with Four Piece Orchestra
A Friday night event at FP Hall Chauncey features an all round dance by a four piece orchestra titled Dark Plan. The program is set for Friday, April 21, with music and dancing plans announced for the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Chauncey
Orcheatra
Dark Plan
Wheat King Patten predicts higher US wheat prices this spring
James A. Patten, the so called wheat king, says Russia is out of the world market for years, making the May June period likely for higher prices. He notes large US exports and US farmers selling off, with May wheat around 1.41 dollars and Europe dependent on American supplies for a year and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Kilgallen
Chicago
Russia
James A. Patten
United States
Patten
Blackboard
Germany
Austria Hungary
Europe
America
Drunk and Disorderly Arrested Local Employee
Samuel McGee, an employee of a local physician, was arrested Tuesday night by Officers Cady and Maples on a drunk and disorderly charge. He was placed in city prison to sober up before trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel McGee
Cady and Maples
Genoa Conference May Spell End of Wirth Reign
Observers at the Genoa economic conference see little hope for Chancellor Paul Wirth and the German delegation to win relief from reparations terms. Failure to achieve results at the meeting is seen as a sign that Wirth may soon fall from power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GENOA
Wirth
Huge Salonika munitions blast claims thousands
International News Service reports a devastating munitions explosion in Salonika killed and maimed thousands. The blast at a depot near the railway station destroyed barracks and a church where children were buried. Most casualties were Greek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
International News Service
Salonika
Constantinople
Greece
Arrests Co-eds For Tooting Auto Horn
Cincinnati April 20 Miss Dorothy and Miss Eleanor Gano prominent in the younger social set were cited to police court to answer charges of unlawfully making a noise with the horn of an automobile. Dr. S F E Gunkel charged the girls, members of Kappa Alpha at the University of Cincinnati, stopped their car in front of his home each midnight and pressed the horn. Eleanor called the charge silly and said they only sounded the horn to summon the night man at their garage. About half the university enrolment expressed intent to attend the trial Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Dorothy
Eleanor Gano
S. FE. Gunkel
Gunkel
Kappa Alpha
University of Cincinnati
Eleanor
Frida
Force Reading of New Tariff Bill in Senate
Washington April 20 The new tariff bill was called up as unfinished business in the Senate today. Reading of 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 dispose of the procedure by unanimous consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Ita
Liner Zero Sunk in South American Waters
A 3045 ton liner Zero sank after collision with the Munson liner Aeolis in South American waters. All aboard the Zero were saved, according to a cable from Buenos Aires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Zero
Munson
Aeolis
Mason Line
Buenos Aires
House Labor Panel Opens Broad Coal Inquiry
The House labor committee launched a sweeping deep inquiry into the coal industry. It aims to centralize information, study industry troubles, and consider creating a federal agency to oversee reforms and publicize all aspects of coal business. The panel may impeach Federal Judge Orr if his actions denying miners citizenship are borne out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren W. Wheaton
A. N.S
Washington
House Labor Committee
Chaiman Nolan
Charles P. Orr
Pittsburg
Nolan
Pennayivania
Internal, Revenue Bureau
Revenue Bureau
Nonunion mine workers seized by crowd in Renwood West Virginia
About 100 men captured five local mine workers on the way to work in Renwood. The captives were marched through Bellaire with signs reading I am a dirty scab. A patrolman intervened and the crowd promised to release them after marching to the eastern Ohio miners temple where they dispersed. Several captured near an Ohio river ferry landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Renwood
W. Va
Ohio Miners’ Temple
Germany to Reply From Genoa On Rapallo Treaty
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Genoa says Germany and Russia will not withdraw from the Rapallo treaty. British salmon fisheries are estimated to produce food worth about $5,000,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Genoa
Russia
Treaty of Rapallo
What It Costs in Red Money
A Crimea letter from Herman Luckoff’s father says 30 000 rubles are needed for stamps in a sheet, equating to about 16 000 US dollars in pre bolshevik money. He laments inflation as a display at Luckoff’s store shows the stamps and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Luckoff
Chauncey
Crimea
Russia
Luckoff
Akron Poet Candidate Turnd Sheriff In Election Stunt
Akron Ohio April 20 a rhyming ex service man Harry O Neil runs for sheriff hoping to stir voters by poetry and urging turnout or abstention via quirky ballot verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Harry O'Neil
Flood Suffering Across Mississippi Valley Brings Relief Efforts
Relief agencies race to aid thousands homeless as floods spread along the Mississippi and tributaries. A midwest cold spell worsens conditions with levee breaches and stranded families in Illinois and Arkansas towns. A Cairo relief steamboat resumes operations while Chicago endures a damaging gale injuring multiple people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
International News Service
Mississippi Valley
Middle West
Mississippi
Red Cross
Hllinois
McClure
Cairo
John Chambers
Naples, Til
Beardstown
Moline
Govenor MecGrae
Arkansas
Natural alliance emerges as Russia and Germany unite
Senator Borah argues the Russian German pact is a natural outcome of allied policy since the armistice. He cites Genoa and the four power treaty as predicting interwoven economic interests and interdependence between Germany and Russia, and suggests this alliance could stabilize Europe and aid debt resolution and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. Willam
Borah
I. N. Sy
Washington
Russia
Germany
Japan
Genoa
Lloyd George
France
Gera
China
Jefferson Day gathering in Mansfield endorses Pomerene run
Five hundred Richland county Democrats met at the Elke home in Mansfield to celebrate Jefferson Day. Senator Atlee Pomerene announced his bid to seek another term in the Senate. A. V. Donahey pledged a general house cleaning in Columbus as governor in 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Richland County
Elke
Atlee Pomerene
George White
Marietta
Democraic Party
A. V. Donahey
Bernice Pyke
Lakewood
W. W. Durbin
Kenton
Pomerene
Senate
Donahey
Columbus
Buckeye
Rescue crews free trapped workers after basement fire on 57th Street
In New York on April 20, Fi and patrolmen used an aerial ladder to rescue more than a dozen girls employed at Tapper ing on 57th Street near Fifth Avenue. The workers were trapped when the basement fire broke out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
57Th Street
Fifth Av ‘Nue
Charleston church reports dep effects on finances at conference
In Charleston West Virginia on April reports to the district conference of the Episcopal Church indicate that general depression in the coal fields is affecting the financial condition of churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Chion District Conference
Mepiscopal Church
Free Government Booklet on Flowering Plants and Care
The Department of Agriculture issued a booklet titled A Flowering Plant to help home gardeners with planting times transplanting and cold frame use. It offers practical guidance and is available free by writing to Frederic J. Haskin Director The Athens Messenger Information Washington DC with a small postage stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger
Washington, D. C
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