Monarchist plot in Germany warns of looming revolution
Berlin reports radical leader Emil Barth says Germany may see a second revolution or a royalist counter coup after peace. He accuses the current government of aiding militarists and urges a proletarian dictatorship and harsh reparations to fund destruction payments.
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Germany
Ith
Havenstein
Ichsiank
Uited Press
Frank J. Taylor
United Press
The
Berlin
Emil Barth
United Press Today
Barth
France
Wilson
Danzig
Versailles
No Agreement Made Here for France
White House inquiries about a defense pact among allies for France say no action will violate the league covenant. Paris advices note the covenant allows intergovernmental engagements if registered with the league and not in breach of its terms.
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Washington
White House
France
League of Nations
Paris
League
Victory Loan drive in Athens nets half quota
More than half of Athens city’s Victory Loan quota was raised by noon today, with estimates around 150000 dollars statewide. County Chairman Fred Alderman warned the drive needs renewed effort as many homes were unavailable and some residents had not decided on purchasing bonds. Individual city subscriptions reached up to 25000 dollars. others came in for 10000 dollars. Officials expect county results tonight or Wednesday as solicitors press on. Judge Worstell spoke to Ames and Bern township soldiers urging bonds, while Prosecutor Bartels promoted the drive in Canannville to local crowds.
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Athens
Fred Alderman
Athens County
Teady
Worstell
Ames and
Bern
Amesville
Bartels
Canaanville
America’s share of captured subs arrives in the U S
Paris dispatch reports the United States has brought home its portion of Germany’s submarine fleet. The piece notes the crisis mood easing as Japan and Italy press for wartime concessions and the Chinese demand for territories seized by force. The report frames secret treaties and postwar aims shaping Allied policy.
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U. S
Bushnell
United States
America
United Press
Paris
Italy
Japan
League of Nations Covenant Receipt Delayed for Public Release
The State Department has received the League of Nations covenant but has not yet announced when it will be made public. The document’s arrival was reported today without a firm date for disclosure.
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WII
League of Nations
State Department
Tae
Burial Expense Money Ready for Camp Deaths
M. D. Hughes of the Red Cross announced today that parents or nearest relatives of men who died in camp are entitled to one hundred dollars for burial expenses. In Nelsonville he found two families whose sons died in camp and had not received the burial fund from the government. Others in Athens county whose husband or son died in camp are urged to contact the Red Cross Home Service in Cline Building.
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M. D. Hughes
Red Cross
Nelsonville
Hughes
Athens “County
Home Service
Cross
Cline
School questions occupy district and county superintendents
Various school questions and matters pertaining to the commencement period occupied the attention of district superintendents in their meeting, then the county superintendent Root.
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Root
Filipinos En Route to Navy Visit Athens Canteen
A nine coach Philippine division troop train passed through Athens at 3 40 pm en route to New York for six months navy training. Troopers, youthful in appearance, traveled east five weeks from the Philippines and praised Red Cross acts, offering to serve the navy. Four other troop trains followed, including California troopers of the 40th division, and a late incoming 91st division train from Montana Utah and Idaho headed to Oklahoma for discharge.
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Phillippine Division
New York
Navy
Red Cross
California
40Th Division
91St Division
Montana
Utah
Idaho
Oklahoma
Athens
Deed Secured for New Street Between Depots
At the Monday city council session the deed for right of way on Byard Street between the two depots was secured from the B&O railway after delays from war conditions and changing attorneys. The city will pay assessments for the street improvement in front of the rail line and begin daylight savings time adjusted meetings at 7:30. Poles from Bell Telephone on Court Street will be removed by Home Company and other obstructions on Court Street and in front of W. & Southerton and Junod Milling property will be removed by owners under city orders. Bardin Company urged swift improvement of Home Street with grading and curbing. service department to handle.
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B. & O. Railway Company
Bell Telephone
Athens
Home Company
Court Street
Court St
W. &. Southerton
N. Court Street
Junod Milling Company
Bardin Company
Home Street
Service Department
Decorators Build Most Homelike Jail in Clinton Illinois
In Clinton Illinois April 22 decorators labor to create a jail described as the most homelike in the world aiming to rival the traditional fireside setting. The piece presents whimsical contrasts between prison life and cozy home comforts as part of a novelty project.
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Clinton, Ill
Clinton
Defendants Claimed Eaten by Rats in Flour Case
In St Louis on April 22 the district attorney asked for a continuance in the United States versus 268 sacks of flour, arguing the defendants have been eaten by rats.
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ST. Louis
United States
Second urgent call for farm hands issued in Ohio
The U S Employment Service in Ohio issued a second urgent call for experienced farm hands. At least 700 workers could be placed immediately as farmers face spring labor shortages. Thomas D. Phillips said the situation is more acute than during wartime, urging registration at nearby employment offices.
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Columbus. O
U. S. Employment Service
Ohio
Thomas D. Phillips
U. S
War trophies must be returned to government under army orders
Camp Sherman reports War Department orders require all captured enemy war material brought to the United States to be turned back to the government. Thousands of Ohio soldiers may have to relinquish trophies. Ohio's 37th Division is praised by Major General Eli Hemlick and Brigadier General 8. D. Butler in letters to the War Department.
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Sherman
United States
War Department
Ohio
Brest
Eli Hemlick
8. D. Butler
Senate approves end to German teaching in state schools
Harrisburg April 22 final action in legislating the teaching of German out of public and normal schools was met with a long bitter fight in the senate today but passed 43 to 3 by vote.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Optimism Over Victory Loan Spreads Nationwide
Telegraph summaries from the Treasury show a strong early push for the Victory Loan. Reports from seven Federal Reserve districts claim unprecedented enthusiasm and multi-state oversubscriptions, with Cleveland noting substantial pledges and St. Louis and Boston reporting robust starts. The Fourth District totals about 45 million dollars by noon, toward a 450 million quota.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Frank R. Wilson
War Loans
Federal Reserve
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Federal Reserve District
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Japs Add Hard Labor to Term for American Missionary
Tokyo report says Eli Mowry, an American missionary, had hard labor added to a six month prison term for sheltering Korean revolutionaries during a nationalist demonstration. He appealed the decision and bond was set at 150 dollars.
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Tokyo
Eli Mowry
Mowry
Sutherland Alliance Charter Filed in Newcastle
In New Castle Pennsylvania on April 22 a charter application for the Sutherland Alliance was filed in the county court. Signers include Bert K. Line publisher of the Newcastle Herald George S. Long Quincy McBride lawyers and James A. Gealy coal operator, signaling support for Senator Sutherland of West Virginia as a Republican presidential candidate.
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New Castle
Senator Sutherland
West Virginia
Sutherland Alliance
Bert K. Line
Newcastle Herald
George S. Long
Quincy McBride
James A. Gealy
Red Guard Coup Restores Socialists to Power in Munich
In Munich on April 22 the Red Guard seized control in a coup and ousted the soviet dictatorship. Premier Hoffman then restored the socialist government, marking a second restoration since the initial overthrow by communists.
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Munich
Red Guard
Hoffman
Ancient trade secrets of vermilion and gold?
A fragment notes two lost craft secrets: the Chinese process for a brilliant vermilion pigment and the Turkish technique to fuse gold or silver into the hardest steel, suggesting widespread irretrievability and historical mystery surrounding these arts.
Posts in Orient given more men
Washington April 22. The war department orders a force of 10 000 soldiers to protect American possessions in the Pacific. The troops will reinforce garrisons in the Philippines China Hawaii and the Panama Canal zone. Authorities deny the move is tied to clashes in Korea and say it is to replace forces sent to Siberia and France.
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Washington
Pacific
War Department
Philippines
China
Hawaii
Panama
Canal Zone
Korea
Siberia
France
Submarine Pledge Nets to Aid Loan Drive
Four captured German submarines will arrive in New York Saturday to aid the Loan campaign. After the drive two subs will head to the Gulf of Mexico one will attempt the Mississippi river and another will enter the Great Lakes via the St Lawrence river and stay at a Great Lakes port likely Chicago.
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Washington
New York
Treasury Department
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Chicago
Czecho Slovak Government Buys 25 American Airplanes
Prague dispatch reports the Czecho Slovak government has bought twenty five American airplanes with plans for additional purchases totaling sixteen hundred thousand dollars. The announcement highlights a broader effort to modernize military air power.
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Budapest
Prague
Opening delay shifts Italian parliament start date
Rome reports the opening of the Italian parliament has been postponed from April 21 to May 6. The announcement cites adjustments in the legislative calendar and aims to ensure orderly sessions for the new assembly.
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Rome
Eastbound Mail Departing Athens at 7.02 P M
Athens Daily Messenger announces eastbound mail will now depart on the B A O passenger train at 7 02 P M from Athens, allowing towns along the line to receive papers the same evening. The change returns eastbound mail to the 7 02 schedule after a prior 5 20 departure.
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Athens Daily Messenger
Athens
No. 4
Conference aims and uneasy mood shadow postwar diplomacy
The piece notes a secret treaty context and Paris talk amid a London precedent. It highlights Italian hopes over Fiume and Dalmatia, unrest at home, and coal shortages hurting the economy. Observers warn Bolshevik risk and possible revolution, stressing the fragile Italian position.
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London
Paris
Orlando
Sonnino
Bienattion
Ormatti
Fiume
Dalmatia
Civil Service to Examine Hollister Post Master Applicants
The civil service commission has been asked to hold an examination of applicants for the Hollister post master position in Athens county. The commission will issue notice when the examination date is set.
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Civil Service Commission
HollIster
Athens County
Reverend Elsen to lead Friday earth service at Sugar Creek M E
Reverend Elsen will conduct an earth service Friday at 7 30 p m at Sugar Creek M E Church with Congregation expected to attend.
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Sugar Creek
Elsen
Sugar Creek M. E
Right Off Hoof and Dairy Farm Exposition At Nationee Bar
Holste high balls and cows neck drinks headline the bar at the Nationee and Dairy farm exposition in New York on April 22. A lighthearted scene centers on farm themed beverages drawing visitors and adding rustic charm to the event.
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New York
Prospects for St Johns Flight Start in Wet Weather
Fog and rain hampered plans for a planned airplane flight from St Johns Newfoundland as of April 23, delaying the start of the event and reducing optimism for favorable weather.
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ST. Johns
N. F
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