Italians Urged For Fiume At San Remo Concert
At a concert honoring allied delegations in San Remo Italians protested the Adriatic settlement. Crowds shouted for Fiume to Italy while Lloyd George and Millerand smiled. Italy seeks a large economic zone and anti Greece gains amid council talks on Turkey and Armenia.
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Camillo
Lloyd George
Miller
Fiume
Adriatic
Greece
Athens
Millerand
Smyrna
Turkish Asia Minor
Wilson
Washington
Italy
Intola
Heraclea
Ereage
Komeish
Adana
Turkey
Armenia
Germany
Ruhr
San Remo
Nitti
Anton Trumbich
Paris
Call Issued for National Liberal Convention in Chicago
The committee of 48 announced a national convention to form a new party in Chicago from July 10 to 13. They denounce Republicans and Democrats as beholden to monied interests and vow to contest November elections. The gathering aims to determine if a new party will nominate a candidate, with focus on congressional representation.
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Chicago
Committee of 48
Committee of
Congress
St. Louis
Embargo on Main Lines Holds Amid Rail Strike
Freight embargoes on major lines persist amid a switchmen strike that halts through shipments. Passenger trains and mail services operate, while Ohio’s Cleveland remains under embargo. Parcel post volume grows nationwide as firms use parcel service to move goods.
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Athens
Ohio
Cleveland
Uncle Sam
Suspect to be released in Vera Schneider murder case
Alfred Webb a laborer held in the Vera Schneider murder probe in Pontiac was expected to prove an alibi today and likely be released. Webb had been taken to Detroit for protection after a mob of 200 surrounded the jail threatening lynching. His wife backed the alibi.
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Pontiac
Mich
Alfred Webb
Vera Schneider
Webb
Detroit
Americans Leave Mazatlan On Senator for San Pedro
All Americans who wished to depart left Mazatlan on the Steamer Senator on April 23. The vessel is due at San Pedro California tomorrow, the State Department advised.
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Washington
Mazatlan
Mexico
Senator
San Pedro
California
State Department
Bolshevik Spring Offensive Hits Khararovsk City
Japanese war office reports strong Bolshevik bombardment of Khararovsk, damaging railroad lines north of Nikolsk. The city, seat of Amur governance and Littoral Province capital, lies at the Amur Ussuri junction on the Trans Siberian line, 200 miles north of Vladivostok.
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Tokio
Khabarovsk
Japanese War Office
Nikolsk
Khararovsk
Amur
Littoral
Ussuri
trans-Siberian Railway
Vladivostok
Supreme Court Dissolves Reading Coal Co in Antitrust Ruling
Presiding actions against antitrust cases continue with vigor after the Supreme Court dissolved the Reading Coal Company for clear violations. Plans in the Lehigh Valley coal combine and other suits remain unsettled, while government prosecutions against Eastman Kodak and Keystone Watch proceed or await new directions. Justice Clark announces the Reading decision as the court highlights strict enforcement of antitrust laws.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Reading Coal Company
U. S. Steel Corporation
Department of Justice
Reading
Lehigh Valley Railroad Coal Combine
Clark
Eastman Kodak Company
Keystone Watch Company
Voters Rally in Summit County As Rain Suppresses Turnout
Akron April 27. An all day rain kept turnout low in Summit County for a busy election with bond issues including hospital and new city hall favored. Harding backers report strong enthusiasm despite the weather.
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Akron
Summit County
Harding
Hospital
New City Hall
Perth Amboy Votes In Two Time Systems
Residents face daylight saving time for daily life but elections must follow Eastern Standard Time. Officials warn confusion at today's presidential electors primaries as rail lines use Standard Time while factories and shipyards run on new time. City Attorney Goldberger advised that elections must use the old time.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Goldberger
Have Plan to Curb Sugar Profiteer
Washington April 27 A new plan to curb sugar speculation is being drafted by Justice Department attorneys and several members of Congress. Representative Howard Oklahoma intends to present the measure once the Justice Department conference results are known.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Congress
Howard Oklahoma
Light turnout in Athens county presidential primaries
Voters turnout was light at noon in Athens and surrounding towns as rain and Ohio voting restrictions reduce participation. Precinct officials will report totals to Clerk Fred Bougher as polls close. statewide results expected by morning and early Wednesday.
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Athens
Ohio
Glouster
Nelsonville
Fred Bougher
Athens County
Election Extra from The Messenger Announces 9 AM Results
The Messenger will issue an election extra at 9 o clock Wednesday morning with results from Ohio New Jersey Massachusetts Washington and Idaho. Due to paper shortages the two page sheet will sell for 3 cents and include the latest information up to issue time via its own telegraph wire.
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The
Messenger
Ohio
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Washington
Idaho
Senate passes deficit bill for railroad control costs
Washington April 27 The senate approved an urgent deficiency bill providing 3300,000,000 for expenses during federal control of the railroads and 9,000,000 for other purposes.
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Washington
Senate
Pfeifer to Lead Ohio Effort to Curb Living Costs
John Pfeifer, newly named Ohio fair price commissioner, continues talks with justice department leaders on methods to lower living costs in Ohio. He took the oath of office and received plenary powers, aiming for broad citizen cooperation and statewide committee appointments in major cities after reestablishing Columbus offices.
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Washington
John Pfeifer
Ohio
Department of Justice
Buckeye
Pfeifer
Pfeffer
Columbus
Post Alien Deportation Controversy Faces House Panel
The House rules committee opened an investigation into Louis F. Post assistant secretary of labor over accusations he blocked deportations of radicals. Rep Hock charged Post canceled hundreds of orders and released 38 radicals before hearings. Critics blamed Secretary Wilson for Post decisions and questioned Post authority and actions amid protests in New York and New Jersey.
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Washington
Louis F. Post
Secretary of Labor
House Rules Committee
Representative Hock
Kansas
Post
Labor
Wilson
Johnson
South Dakota
Hock
Tincher
John Dudinsky
New Jersey
New York
Department of Justice
Dudinsky
Siegel
Labor Department
Former Athens star denies link to liquor case
Frank Barney Oldfield, now a Gloucester businessman and former Athens high school athlete, refutes a Messenger report linking him to Shotgun Brown in Glouster. Brown claims Oldfield helped with illicit intoxicants but Oldfield says the story is false and they barely know each other. Brown, jailed Sunday, echoed that Oldfield had no involvement. Oldfield expresses humiliation over the report.
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Frank
Barney) Oldfield
Glouster
Athens High School
Athens
Brown
Oldfield
Detroit
Old Clothes Club meeting in Columbus outfits freshmen
Five hundred Ohio State freshmen met in Columbus to decide on wearing old clothes and lisle stockings for a campus event. The decision reflects a coordinated student activity among the freshman class.
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OLD Clothes
Columbus
Ohio State
Miner Killed in Coal Fall at Keystone Mine
Nelsonville April 27 Rosser 32 married was killed by a fall of coal in the Keystone Coal Company mine near here about 9 30 this morning. Fellow workers found the body shortly after. Rosser leaves a wife and two young children. Family home is on Monroe street.
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Nelsonville
Les Rosser
Keystone Coal Company
Rosser
Monroe Street
Athens to Hold Patrolman Competitive Exam
The Athens city civil service commission announces a patrolman exam set for Friday evening April 30 at 7 in the mayor's office. Applications may be obtained from Attorney Emmett Keenan, secretary of the civil service commission, as vacancy follows Chief Bolin's promotion to police chief in the safety department.
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Athens City Civil Service Commission
Emmett Keenan
Day Civil Service Commission
Porter
Bolin
Safety Department
Ohio raises funds in Interchurch drive with slow reports
Huron county reaches 160000 after two days with only 27 counties reporting statewide totals. Ohio ranks fourth behind New York Massachusetts and Pennsylvania as the Interchurch World Movement of North America plans a Cleveland meeting on May 10 to decide future programs, announced by state secretary William K. Anderson.
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Columbus
Huron County
Ohio
Interchired
United Financial
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Interchurch World Movement of North America
Cleveland
William K. Anderson
Local Problems to be Discussed at Athens Chamber Lunch
Athens chamber members will discuss local interests at the noonday Wednesday lunch. The forum aims to tackle community problems and many vital city issues are before the group, with a large attendance expected.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Bolshevist Revolution Reported in Jugo-Slavia
A Rome News Agency dispatch quoted by the Trieste correspondent claimed a Bolshevist uprising in Jugo Slavia with hundreds killed. Belgrade protected by machine guns. 20 killed in Zagreb. 18 in Lubin and unrest cited as delaying Adriatic settlement talks at San Remo.
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London
Jugo- Slavia
Rome
Trieste
Messagero
Belgrade
Agram
Lubinnene
Jugo-Slavia
Adriatic
Council of Premiers
San Remo
Copeland Resigns from Athens Board. Addicott Named Clerk
In a called meeting the Athens city board of education elected Prof. L. J. Addicott to the board and as clerk and treasurer for two years, replacing Prof. C. M. Copeland who resigns after eighteen years of service. Copeland’s tenure saw major school growth including new buildings and a training school. the current budget rose from about 10,000 to 55,000–60,000 dollars.
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City Board of Education
C. M. Copeland
L. J. Addicott
Copeland
Prof. Addicott
Ohio University
Ashtabula
Athens
Board of Education
Athens Board of Education
Methodist Church
Dreamer Jumped From Window Fatally Hurt
Columbus reports 83 year old Alexander Hempstead civil war veteran died from injuries after dreaming he was on a tipping lumber wagon and leapt from a second story window. He suffered a fractured hip and internal injuries.
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Columbus
Alexander Hempstead
Hempstead
New Jersey Voters Choose Delegates in Presidential Primary
Voters in Trenton elect national convention delegates as they weigh presidential choices for Hughes Wilson style in 1916. Democratic Gov Edwards faces little opposition while Republican Wood and Johnson clash intensely with delegates in multiple districts and four at large.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Hughes
Wilson
Edward S. Edwards
Leonard Wood
Hiram Johnson
Wood
Johnson
Sylvester L. Carrothers
Isaac H. Nutter
Walker Elge
Joseph Frelinghuysen
Thomas Tymond
J. W. Griggs
William N. Runyon
Edward ©. Stokes
Mulford L. Ballard
Thomas Leyden
Law's Hand Closing On Murderers
Turtle Lake North Dakota April 27. Authorities expected the arrest of two men believed guilty of murdering eight members of Jacob Wolfe's family. The suspects mingled with crowds at the Wolfe home where eight were killed. one baby survived. Evidence points to others killed to silence witnesses. The two men aided in removing bodies and locating shells.
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Turtle Lake
N. D
Jacob Wolfe
Wolfe
Carranza Plans West Coast Offensive Against Rebels
El Paso report says a complete Carranzista division will march on Sonora and Sinaloa rebels before rains. General Manuel Dieguez will lead, with Rafael Buelna commanding a brigade. Naval support and eight attack aircraft at Guadalajara are expected details. Martial law declared in Pachuca after rebel plot.
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EL Paso
Tex
Sonora-Sinaloa
Manuel Dieguez
Mexico
Guadalajara
Rafael Buelna
Dieguez
Pachuca
Hidalgo
Browns Top Cleveland in Southpaw Showdown
Cleveland’s new left handed pitcher impressed with diverse strengths as the Browns won 4 to 1 while Speaker’s men struggled on offense and defense throughout the game.
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Cleveland
Browns
Speaker
Delayed Land Appraisal Due to Copeland Accident
Athens County National Farm Loan Association postponed land appraisal work after Mr. Copeland of the Louisville Land Bank suffered an accident requiring amputation of his left foot. A new appraiser will be sent to complete the task.
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Athens County National Farm Loan Association
Copeland
Louisville Land Bank
Athens County
Chamber of Commerce
Correction on Elmer Brown assault case naming
A correction clarifies that Mrs Samantha Riley of Glouster should be named in the Elmer Brown assault case from the Magic City. The Messenger earlier used Mrs Andrew Riley per a morning telephone call from Glouster.
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Samantha Riley
Glouster
Elmer Brown
Magic City
Messenger
Riley
Andrew Riley
General Wood Faces Field in New Jersey Ohio and Massachusetts Primaries
Major General Leonard Wood challenges the field in three pivotal Republican primaries as voters in New Jersey Ohio and Massachusetts head to the polls. Wood faces Hiram Johnson in New Jersey and Warren G Harding in Ohio while contests in Massachusetts include an uninstructed delegation with Coolidge potential support. Democratic races anticipate Edwards endorsement in New Jersey and Cox in Ohio with McAdoo backers sensing momentum in Massachusetts.
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Harold D. Jacobs
United Press
New York
Leonard Wood
New Jersey
Wood
Hiram Johnson
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Johnson
California
Illinois
Lowden
Harding
Hoover
Washington
Poindexter
Michigan
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Edward S. Edwards
James M. Cox
Wm. G. McAdoo
Masachusetts
Sugar ration plan urged to avert famine in Chicago
Wholesale grocers proposed one pound of sugar per household weekly until relief, warning a sugar administrator may be needed. Retailers cap purchases, urging fair allotment for regular customers as crop overestimation and surging use push prices toward 82 cents in Chicago.
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Chicago
Machinists Boon Strike Over Discharge Fight
Lima April 27 One hundred twenty five machinists at the Lake Erie and Western railway shop walked out in protest of the discharge without justification of Henry Mc Greeley president of the local machinists union. A strike vote threat looms with a committee set to meet local officials to press for settlement.
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Lima
Lake Erie and Western Railway
Henry McGreeley
Brotherhood of Railroad Machinista
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