War Games 10 Showdown in Kanawha County Court
West Virginia industrial war escalates as over one hundred Mine Workers of America officials and miners from Kanawha and surrounding fields are arraigned in Jefferson County Circuit Court on charges from treason to assault. Key defendants include Frank Keeney Fred Mooney William Blizzard and Lawrence Dwyer. Pleas of not guilty to be entered. Colonel Eubanks and Mrs. Ed Chambers attend as witnesses. Dwyer vows to push union drive in southern coal fields despite prosecutions.
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Robt. Starr Thornburg
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Mine Workers of America
Kanawha
One County
J. N. Wood
Jefferson County
Frank Keeney
District 17
United Mine Workers of America
Fred Mooney
William Blizzard
Lawrence Dwyer
District 29
Isaac Scott
Frank V. Snyder
West Virginia Federationist
William Eubanks
Logan
Ed. Chambers
Welch
Sid Hatfield
International Organiz
United Mine Workers Toun
Dwyer
Logan County
Exservice group backs house bonus bill pass
American Legion chief Hanford MacNider and Veterans of Foreign Wars representatives told Senate finance committee Republicans that exservice men would be satisfied if the soldiers' bonus bill is approved by the Senate. The meeting occurred in Washington on April 24 with J B Campbell noted as the reporter.
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J. Bart Campbell
Washington
House
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Senate Finance Committee
Hanford MacNider
Republican Committee
Senate
Evidence on Judge Orr Citizenship Claim Presented
Evidence was presented today to the House labor committee investigating the mine tie up to show that Federal Judge Kes P. Orr of Pittsburgh voted to grant citizenship papers to Western Pennsylvania coal miners because they were on strike.
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International News Service
Ashington
Kes P. Orr
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
House Labor Committee
Peace army plea sparks Senate debate in Washington
In Washington on April 24 Miss Mary G Kilbreth of Baltimore presented to the Senate army appropriations committee a militant mothers of America plea for a peace army of 150000 to defend the nation. She denounced the Pan American conference of women in Baltimore as bolshevist in principle and undermining U S defense while reading resolutions from Baltimore and Boston.
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International News Service
Washington
Mothers of America
Senate Army Appropriations Committee
Mary G. Kilbreth
Baltimore
Kilbreth
Pan-American Conference of Women
United States
Boston
Regular Guy Canaanville Sets Road Drag Example
Charles Klingenberg a farmer on the south bank of the Hocking river dragged the dirt road after recent rains. The improved section reaches almost to Harmony gravel, making the road usable like the main pike with only a few bad spots noted yesterday.
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Canaanville
Charles Klingenberg
Hocking River
Harmony
Ohio Debt Looms Over 700 Million by July 1
C A Dyer of Coalton, Ohio, warns debt will top 100 million this year and exceed 700 million by July 1. He cites a stagnant grand duplicate and rising local taxes, calling for better taxation, less duplication, and prudent public oversight to curb future debt.
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Columbus
Ohio
C. A. Dyer
Coalton
Ohio Home Protective League
Dyer
Radio to broadcast LWV third annual convention
Baltimore April 24 The proceedings of all sessions of the League of Women Voters third annual convention opening tomorrow will be broadcast nationwide by radio.
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Baltimore
League of Women Voters
Inherited Millions Draw Teen From Tulsa Train
Thary McCoy, 15, a printer's devil, left Tulsa with ink on his apron and boarded a train to Greenwood, South Carolina after a telegram from his mother said they had inherited more than two million dollars.
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Tulsa
Okla
International News Service
Thary McCoy
Greenswood
S.C
Thary
Akron Attorney Predicts Kent Murder Arrest This Week
Attorney Blake Cook for Mrs. Art Carlisle said an arrest is expected within the week in the Kent murder case, pointing to a man as the suspected killer. The statement comes days after the fatal shooting at the Carlisle home.
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Akron. O
Blake Cook
Art Carlisle
Kent
Prison escapee flees near West Virginia penitentiary
Ernest Terry, 27, escaped from a prison road gang a mile south of the state penitentiary early this morning in Free Wheeling.
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Free Wheeling
W. Va
Ernest Terry
State Penitentiary
Akron strike wage stance from traction officials
Northern Ohio traction officials announced no change in the wage scale for men on city lines in Akron and Canton and on interurban lines to Cleveland. The statement, issued this afternoon, outlines maintenance of existing pay levels as talks continue.
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Akron. O
Northern Ohio Traction
Canton
Cleveland
County Church Survey Reveals Overchurched Areas in Athens County
Interdenominational county conference at the Methodist church in Athens discussed the county church survey under the Ohio Federation of Churches. The study found 105 churches outside Athens and Nelsonville, with 98 Protestant churches serving about 35 000 non-Catholic residents and a total enrollment of 6 006. It noted a net 15 percent gain and widespread lack of resident pastors, urging consolidation in overchurched areas like Guysville Stewart The Plains Albany and Coolville region to enable full time pastors and better facilities.
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Athens County
Methodist Episcopal Church
Athens
Ohio Federation of Churches
W. H. Thompson
Ohio Baptist Convention
Nelsonville
Ohio
Thompson
Guysville
Stewart
the Plains
Albany
Coolville
Frost, Lottridge
Torch
Hockingport
Trio acquitted in Hatfield murder case in Welsh
C PR Lively Buster Pence and William Halters were found not guilty by a jury in Welsh W Va. on charges of killing Sid Hatfield. The trio were acquitted on the December 17 killing of Ed Chambers as well.
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Welsh
W. Va
Indefinite Delay Hits Iowa Gun Fire Tests
Washington April 24 The Atlantic fleet gun fire tests using the radio controlled Iowa as a target planned for May 1 off the Virginia capes have been postponed due to a shortfall from congress cutting appropriations.
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Washington
International News Service
Atlantic
Iowa
Virginia Capes
Congress
Ol John May Be Dead But He Talks Back to Volstead
Party leaders and congress members read recent primaries and local elections as showing dissatisfaction with prohibition policy. In Illinois two veteran congressmen were defeated by lesser knowns on a wet platform. Prohibition leaders say city voters dominated, harming the dry cause.
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Ol’ John
Volstead
Congress
Hlinois
Dys
Irelandwide strike paralyzes Ireland over military tactics
April 24 London reports say Ireland is cut off from all communications after a general strike by the Irish labor party in protest against military tactics of both loyal and mutinous factions of the Irish republican army. Telegraph service to the Emerald Isle was halted as Dublin reports suggest Michael Collins faced travel delays. A possible truce between warring factions is unconfirmed. Arthur Griffith may seek to dissolve the Dail and call an election when it meets Wednesday.
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London
Treland
Irish Labor Party
Irish Republican Army
Emerald Isle
Dublin
Michael Collins
Tralee
New Castle
South Ireland
Labor Party
Dail Eirenan
Arthur Griffith
Griffith
Two Children Burn to Death in House Fire
Youngstown April 24 Margaret seven and Helen two daughters of Mr and Mrs Yagas Vargo were burned to death when an undetermined origin fire destroyed their home. The parents had gone to a barn and found the flames too late to save the children. A passing motorist rescued a four year old son.
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Youngstown
Margaret
Helen
Yagas Vargo
Notable Ohio historical births and events listed
Yesterday's in Ohio notes births of William Edwards Moravian missionary in 1724 and Henan Ely founder of Elyria in 1775, plus 1813 first issue of The American Friend in Marietta. 1877 cornerstone laid for Cincinnati government building. 1494 lower house votes school suffrage for women.
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William Edwards
Ohio
England
Tuscarawas County
Hennan Ely
Elyria
West Springfield
Mass
Marietta
Cincinnati
Louise Perrin Charged After Feathers Found In Skirt
Louise Perrin a 23 year old stewardess aboard the liner Paris is on leave in New York. A search found 100 strands of bird of paradise feathers packed inside her skirt valued at about 5000 dollars. They violate the plumage act and may lead to formal charges.
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New York
International News Service
Louise Perrin
Paris
Bank Robbery Mystery Near Bruceton Mills
Morgantown West Virginia April 24 Officials of Bruceton Bank Bruceton Mills near here reported they could not determine whether the bank was robbed of more than 300000 during the night until a Pittsburgh expert could open the bank this afternoon. The vault held 300000 in bonds and 10000 in cash.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Bruceton Bank
Bruceton Mills
Here
Pittsburgh
War should be outlawed by disarmament league group
Baltimore April 24 War should be outlawed not regulated declares a resolution adopted today by the disarmament conference of the League of Women Voters.
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Schould
Baltimore
League of Women Voters
Fruit Ruin Report From Tronton After Cold Spell
Orchardists say peaches cherries plums and berries were totally destroyed and early apples a near total loss after a 28 degree Saturday night freeze in the Tronton area.
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Tronton
Ape Attacks Walbridge Park Keeper in Narrow Escape
Louis Sherer, the Walbridge Park zoo peeker, was bitten and clawed by a giant ape named Tony in a ferocious life threatening encounter last week and remains in critical condition at a Toledo hospital today.
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Toledo
International News Service
Louis Sherer
Walbridge Park Zoo
Peeker
Tony
Tariff Bill Seen Reducing Upheavals in Revisions
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah argued in the Senate that empowering the President to adjust tariff rates up or down would make commercial and industrial upheavals caused by tariff revisions less frequent and less violent as debate on the measure resumed.
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International News Service
Washington
Reed Smoot
Utah
Senate
Court to Take a Rest
Washington April 24 The supreme court of the United States announced a recess from May 1 to May 1.
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Washington
International News Service
Supreme Court of the United States
Heavy frost disrupts early fruits across district
A heavy frost Monday morning damaged early fruits and gardens across the region. Grapes strawberries cherries pears plums and peaches suffered, with apples affected in some areas. Meigs County reports use of smudge pots to raise orchard temperatures, though full extent of damage will take days to assess.
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Diifer
Meigs County
Attendance and giving at First Christian Sunday School
Fifty attended the Sunday school with a total collection of 25.08 dollars. The primary department had 86, junior 56, and intermediate 1384 with 70 in Major Johnsons class and 47 girls in Miss Skidmore’s class. There were 380 adults, 131 men in Higley’s class, with the adult gender split of 19 men and 190 women.
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First Christian
Major Johnson
Skidmore
Higley
Cafeteria Supper Tuesday at M. E. church
Missionary Society hosts a cafeteria supper Tuesday evening at the M. E. church. Dining runs until 7 o clock with proceeds aiding society activities.
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M. EF
Missionary Society
D A R President Decorates Grave of Unknown Hero
Mrs George Maynard Minor, head of the Daughters of the American Revolution, laid floral tributes on the unknown soldier’s grave in Arlington Cemetery during the D A R national convention, gathering wreaths from across the country.
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George Maynard Minor
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Arlington Cemetery
The
D. A. R Or
Carbondale Approves $7,000 School Bond Issue
Carbondale voters overwhelmingly support a 7000 dollar bond to expand the local school building. About 80 ballots were cast with only five against. The funds will finance construction of one or two new rooms to relieve crowding at the current schoolhouse.
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Carbondale
Entire Forge Called Out By Murder Story
Five machine loads of officers answered a 6:50 pm call about a murder scrape on Columbia avenue during a boxing show. Clifford and Clinton Thompson argued, threats flew, and both pleaded guilty to fighting with a $5 fine plus costs.
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Athens
Columbia Avenue
Parker
Clifford
Clinton Thompson
McKinley
Art Wolf
Chief Roush
Charley Maple
Harry Cunningham
J. M. Cady
Thompson Brothers
Trial of Len Small Delayed Again in Waukegan
Court at Waukegan Illinois awaits the start of the Len Small trial on embezzlement charges. Predictors expect further delays though both defense and prosecution say they are ready. A new 100 member jury panel from Lake County is on hand as the long running case resumes after primaries and state conventions.
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John D. Mueller
I. N
Court House
Waukegon
Len Small
Ilinois
Springfield
Lake County
Wife Held After Shooting of Husband in Steubenville
Mrs. Carrie Abel, 55, is under arrest in Steubenville after she shot her husband Alexander Abel, a mine foreman, at their home following a long separation. Abel was wounded in the right chest and right arm.
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Steubenville
Carrie Abel
Alexander Abel
Death note links Conan Doyle to Toronto suicide
A chilling clipping found beside Percy Brown's body on Alexander avenue quotes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle declaring death beautiful. Brown, 79, blind or nearly so, left a note referencing Doyle and spiritualism before taking his own life, matching the lecture theme of the famed author.
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International News Service
Toronto
Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Percy Brown
Alexander Avenue
Brown
Sherlock Holmes
Genoa Conference Sees Crisis Subside Amid Back Door Diplomacy
Genoa April 24 The Russo German treaty dispute that threatened the conference appears to ease as back door diplomacy guided by Lloyd George leads to a memorandum from the allies noting the incident is closed. The sole path to reopening hinges on a formal notice that provisions conflicting with Versailles may be suspended.
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Genoa
Lloyd George
France
Germany
Russi
Veresailles
Premier Poincare Threatens Conditional Genoa Withdrawal
Premier Poincare spoke to constituents at Bar Le Duc claiming France will withdraw from the Genoa conference if concessions to Germany or Russia are demanded. He defended France’s Genoa stance aligned with Cannes decisions and attacked Lloyd George’s accusation of trying to wreck the talks.
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Poincare
Genoa
Germany
Russia
Cannes
Lloyd George
England
France
Steubenville Farm Tragedy Ends in Shootings and Suicide
John Helt a 66 year old Rush Run farmer in eastern Ohio shot and killed his wife Ethel and seriously wounded his daughter Virginia before turning the gun on himself. Police report he fired 19 shots with a 22 caliber revolver and later used a 32 caliber gun, inflicting fatal wounds on his wife and daughter and self. The article also notes an unrelated claim about a gold nugget weighing 2217 ounces sold for 52500.
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Steubenville
John Helt
Rush Run
Here
Ethel Helt
Virginia
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Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messengernformation Bureau
Ashington, D. C
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