Senate Votes to Regulate Packers to Curb Profiteering
In Washington on August 5 1919 the Senate Agriculture Committee voted to begin August 18 consideration of the Kenyon and Kendrick bills to license and regulate meat packers. The bills aim to prevent profits over a set limit amid rising living costs.
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United Press Association
Athens Messengert
Messenger
Telegraph
Athens
Ohio
Senate
L. C. Martin Washington
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kenyon and Kendrick
Kenyon
Kendrick
Gronna
Washington
House
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Trade Commission
TRYING TO SETTLE SHOPMEN STRIKE
Chicago Aug 5. Conferences today aimed to settle the railway shopmen strike affecting about 250000 workers, including 30000 in the Chicago district. Six grand lodge chairmen met with railroad executives, with a second group engaging the U S department of justice. Railroads sought an investigation into the strike as unauthorized and illegal amid union leadership disputes.
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Chicago
Ill
Railway Department
The
American Fed
United States Department of Justice
Haver
Grand Lodge
Union Central Council
Ransom Demanded in Abduction of 7-Week-Old Baby
New York Aug 5 a kidnapper demands 100 dollars for seven week old Arthur Wentz stolen from his carriage during his mother Elsa Wentz shopping. The anonymous caller, signing with a feminine hand, threatens to kill the infant if the mother tells police.
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New York
Arthur Wentz
Elsa Wentz
Austria’s Proposals To Be Presented Tomorrow
Dr. Carl Renner, head of the Austrian peace delegation, said Austria would deliver counter proposals to the treaty terms to morrow at the peace conference. He will then depart for Vienna and return to St. Germain on August 12.
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Paris
Carl Renner
Austria
Vienna
St. Germain
Kimberly Father Held on Incest Charge in County Jail
Jasper Kyle of Kimberly faces an incest charge regarding his seventeen year old daughter Libbie Kyle who is in a delicate condition. Kyle was arraigned before Justice Helwig Monday, pleaded not guilty, and was bound over to the grand jury. Bond set at 1500 dollars remained unfurnished. Libbie Kyle placed in the county infirmary.
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Jasper Kyle
Kimberly
Kyle
Helwig
Libbie Kyle
Hocking Sunday Creek Traction meeting postponed
Stockholders of the Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Company learn the meeting planned for Wednesday August 6 has been postponed. Officials will announce the new date when determined.
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Nelsonville
Hocking-Sunday Creek Traction Company
New Electric Motor Drives Washing and Drying Machine
A new electric motor powered washer uses a revolving drum to wash clothes and a centrifugal dryer to spin out water, offering a compact two stage laundry solution.
Profiteering Allegations Threshold Ohio Retailers
Ohio Attorney General John G Price and Governor Cox announce a publicity driven probe into food price hikes. Letters from citizens accuse retailers of inflating costs at meetings of grocers associations with cereals and by products selling well above wheat values.
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Columbus
Ohio
John G. Price
Cox
Price
Cheaper Bread Will Solve The Price Problem
State Auditor Donahey endorses a plan for the government to pay farmers 2.26 a bushel for wheat and undersell to consumers, arguing it would lower living costs. He cites wheat as the key to food prices and urges stopping grain gambling beyond wheat. Attorney General Price drafts a uniform price survey for prosecutors.
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Columbus
Donahey
Price
Coast Guards Hunt For Traces Of Two Men
Coast guards searched for Frank Williams and Jack Soll after they started to cross the lake in a canoe bound for Port Stanley near Cleveland. A note from Williams to his mother said he would "play it safe all the time" before the storm last night. Relatives, friends, and coast guards pressed the hunt on Aug. 5.
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Cleveland, O
Coast Guards
Frank Williams
Lake Shore Boulevard
Jack Soll
Shelby
Port Stanley
Italian Killed in Central Ohio Stabbing and Shooting
Patsy Manecini, 38, a prominent Italian in central Ohio, was killed in Marion last night. He was stabbed five times and shot five times, and police say the death appears to be part of a Blackhand plot.
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Marion
Manecini
Ohio
Dailey Reunion Set for Sunday August 10 in Albany
Albany Colorado August 5 The Dailey reunion will be held Sunday August 10 in the Dailey grove south of Albany. A picnic dinner will precede a literary program and a business meeting.
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Albany, CO
Albany
Danger of coal famine worries U S senators
United Press reports Sen Hitchcook and Sen Pomerene warned the coal supply crisis could worsen with autumn. They cited coal producers unable to ship and miners facing layoffs, risking mill shutdowns and higher living costs as railcar shortages bite Ohio and West Virginia.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
Hitchcock
Pomerene
Ohio
West Virginia
Pomerone
New England
Businessmen before jury in Cleveland on high cost of living
Fifty businessmen from eggsellers to dry cleaners testified before a special grand jury in Cleveland as prosecutors battle rising prices. County Prosecutor Doerfler will share secret evidence from food producers merchants and consumers on price manipulation and profiteering. He plans to summon hundreds of additional witnesses as the probe widens. A Hungarian local government plans a pumpkin seed oil factory.
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Cleveland
Doerfler
Cotton market slides on surplus fears in New York
The Cotton market softened again in New York on August 5 as traders weighed rumors of a large crop surplus from last year. Futures fell to about 7.50 dollars per bale amid broader stock market softness.
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New York
Can You Name It A Green Jointed Apple Tree Bug
E. V. Wolf of Factory brings a large green jointed bug to Athens after finding it on an apple tree. The insect is described as lign, green with pink yellow and blue spikes and caterpillar feet. The specimen is later identified as Samia cecopia.
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E. V. Wolf
Factory
Athens
Samia Cecopia
Storms Cause Fire and Disruptions in Northern Ohio
A lightning sparked a $3,000 blaze razing a Citizens Ice Company barn in Toledo. The Ringling Brothers circus could not move to Fort Wayne on schedule, and interurban electric service was halted for several hours due to the night storm.
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Toledo
Citizens Ice Company
Ringling Brothers Circus
Fort Wayne
Interurban
York Wife Takes Lead in Care of Eight Children
Sheriff Parker arrested Mack Oliver near Nelsonville for non support and returned him to Nelsonville. Oliver previously sought probate court intervention for his children as a caretaker crisis, while eight youngsters awaited guardianship. His wife has since assumed the effort to care for them and accuses him of neglect.
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Mack Oliver
Parker
Millfield
Nelsonville
Oliver
Pierson
New York Named Most Law Abiding Community
Judge Wm. H. Wedhams told grand juries in general session that New York is the most law abiding community on earth.
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New York
Wm. H. Wedhams
Whiskey Find Shocks Dry Town of Barnesville
In Barnesville Ohio on August 5 nineteenth century style report notes two half pints of whiskey found sealed in a corner stone of a downtown building. Citizens debate ownership and proper disposal as the dry era is challenged.
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Barnesville, CO
Immediate League Pact Vital Says Baron
Baron D Estournelles De Constant declares ratification of the league covenant essential to prevent war during a visit to ex Ambassador Myron T Herrick and other friends in the United States.
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U. K
Baron
Baron D’ Estournelles de Constant
Myron T. Herrick
Regular meeting tonight at seven thirty
A notice announces a regular meeting this evening at 7 3 0. Secretary F A Ferguson requests attendance for important business items on the agenda.
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F. A. Ferguson, Bec'y
Special rail rates for veterans gathering in Columbus
The United States Railroad Administration announced cut rates for the National Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Columbus on September 7. Thickets go on sale August 15 and remain valid thirty days. stop overs are allowed both ways. A one cent per mile rate applies to old soldiers, likely drawing many attendees from southern Ohio.
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National Grand Army of the Republic
Columbus
United States Railroad Administration
Ohio
Athesian Banker Wins Pants Loss Mental Anguish Suit
James Wilkin of Oklahoma City, once a native of Athens county, sued the railroad after waking in a Pullman car without pants en route to Texas. He was awarded $150 for mental anguish and, after buying new pants, continued to his destination. Captain Si Allen confirms Wilkin as his cousin and notes his banking prominence.
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James Wilkin
Oklahoma City
Texas
Si Allen
Captain Allen
Athens County
Wilkin
Railroad Administration
Foster unveils three bills to curb food prices
Representative I M Foster in Athens outlines three bills to cut living costs and punish profiteers. He urges federal price caps on staples, a penitentiary offense for price gouging, and manda tor y release of half the nation’s cold storage within five months. Foster supports League ratification but doubts President Wilson’s quick recognition.
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I. M. Foster
House
Foster
Athens
Wilson
Congress
Woodrow
Secretary of ‘War
House of Representatives
Republican Steering Committee
America
Amerca
League
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Atlantic
Pacific
Europe
Washington
Aviator Charles Myers Forced to Land Near Toledo
Charles Myers, an aviation school flyer from Lorain, was forced to land his plane three times near Toledo due to engine trouble. He traveled from Chicago in a motorized plow project and arrived muddy and grease stained at Bayview Park after aiming for Toledo but veering toward Detroit.
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Toledo
Charles Myers
Bayview Park
Michigan
Detroit
Myers
Lorain
Chicago
Windy City
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Russell C. Leffingell
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Uncle Sam
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United Press Staff
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