World Powers Called Into A Conference For Disarmament
Washington moves toward a disarmament conference set for November 11 Armistice Day. Secretary Hughes sent identical invitation notes to Great Britain Japan France and Italy with China offered but without armament limitation arguments. The call highlights burdens of productive labor and armament costs as the core reasons and seeks pacific and Far Eastern solutions. Paris reports Col George Harvey says the United States will stay aloof from strictly European questions and welcome league action on the Silesian issue.
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A. L. Bradford
United Press
Washington
Hughes
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
China
America
Paris
George Harvey
United States
Allied Supreme Council
League of Nations
Harvey
Harding
Supreme Council
Mrs Adalynne Obenchain linked to Kennedy murder case
Mrs Adalynne Obenchain, indicted with Arthur C. Burch for John Belton Kennedy’s murder, faces her trial and reveals she sent for Burch to help in business before the tragedy. She claims a three way affair with Belton and Burch and says she had no role in the killing as she seeks to clear Burch.
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Los Angeles
Adalynne Obenchain
Arthur C. Burch
John Belton Kennedy
Chicago
Obenchain
Burch
Ls Angeles
Arthur Burch
Belton
Bel
Glenn
Cincinnati Nurse on Trial for City Murder of Husband Claim
Olivia M. P. Stone, a Cincinnati nurse, awaits trial in New York City on a murder charge. She says Ellis Guy Kinkead, a lawyer she calls her common law husband, prompted the fatal shooting and that she does not regret the act.
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New York City
Ellis Guy Kinkead
Olivia M. P. Stone
Cincinnati
League to Tackle Silesian Dispute Moves to League Council
Paris August 12 The Allied dispute over Upper Silesia was referred to the League of Nations for settlement after a hurried supreme council session chaired by Premier Lloyd George. Lloyd George urged quick disposal so he could return to London for Sinn Fein replies. Britain said only a recess was needed while France pressed for action.
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Paris
Upper Silesia
League of Nations
League Council
Supreme Council
Liyod George
London
Sinn Fein
Silesia
Lloyd George Rea
Upper Silesian
Council of the
Poor Road Costs Most in Windup
In Columbus on August 12 Rev John W Gorrell of Carroll county headed the highways committee in asking Director of Highways Herrick for state aid. He argued that paying more per mile yields cheaper long term roads and that Carroll will take funds others reject. He joked he came to get the money Senator Brand’s county does not want.
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Columbus
John W. Gorrell
Carroll County
House of Represenatives
Herrick
Brand
Weather Clears After Rain Mess, City Outbreak Clean
Weather report notes rain ending tonight or tomorrow with clearing skies. Streets show mud from hours of precipitation as autos arriving in the city are decked with mud and chains.
Albany Detour Opens From Paving Wet Weather Hazard
Report notes Albany has a detour caused by paving on the principal street. In wet weather the route is notably difficult to travel while Nelsonville favors a different detour.
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Albany
Nelsonville
U.S. Tops Global Copper and Iron Production
The United States leads the world in copper output, exceeding all other nations combined, and also produces more iron than any country. This reflects its dominant role in the global metals market and industrial capacity.
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United States
Lloyd George to Attend Washington Armistice Conference
London reports Premier Lloyd George will join the Washington armistice conference if domestic affairs permit. He seeks to build personal ties with President Harding and Secretary Hughes, with home problems as the only possible obstacle.
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London
Lloyd George
Washington
Harding
Hughes
Five Gehring brothers jailed for bootlegging in Sigourney
Sigourney Iowa August 12 Five Gehring brothers and their hired man remained in jail after arrest for bootlegging following a dispute. Officers found evidence of large scale brewing including forty gallons of corn whiskey nicknamed TNT, stills, jugs and bottles across the Gehring barn.
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Sigourney
United Press
Gehring Brothers
Gehring
Notable Ohio dates and figures from yesterday
Brief chronology notes historic events and biographical details tied to Ohio. Highlights include Elphraim Ball born in Greentown, John Lovett founder of Perrysburg, Gen William Sherman promoted, Edwin M Stanton removed from cabinet, and Jacob Coxey’s 1897 People’s Party governor nomination.
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Elphraim Ball
Greentown
Canton
John Lovett
Perrysburg
Fort Meigs
Connecticut
William Sherman
U.S. Army
Edwin M. Stanton
Johnson
Jacob 8
Coxey
People’s Party
Woman to be arraigned in death of five year old stepson
Mrs Hilda Marie Lowe 29 faces probate court arraignment in Akron Ohio for the death of her five year old stepson Ralph Lowe. A sanity hearing before Judge Slusser will determine if she stands trial for manslaughter before Judge Pardee. Coroner Kent ruled murder after autopsy noting the boy was blue all over and unable to determine if beating or repeated whipping caused death.
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Akron
Hilda Marie Lowe
Ralph Lowe
Slusser
Public Utilities to Probe Farmer Rates
The Public Utilities Commission announced a September 20 start date for an investigation into railroads rates charged to Ohio farmers for hauling agricultural products.
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Columbus
The
Public Utilities Commission Today
Ohio
Public The Brick Fund Details Revealed
J L Murphy president of the Ohio Paving Brick Manufacturing Association released a summary today in Columbus. He disclosed itemized expenditures from a promotion fund backed by 35 plants in the state and challenged railroads to disclose public utility commission dealings. The revenue illustrated promoters’ funds and asserted there is nothing to conceal.
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Columbus
Ohio Paving Brick Manufacturing Association
J. L. Murphy
Nelsonville
Murphy
Public Utilities Commission
Harding's Dad Elopes With Marion Nurse
Dr. G T Harding sixty two year old bride Alice Severns a Marion nurse and father of President Harding eloped to wed after a spontaneous plan. They traveled from Marion to Detroit Canada Monrow Michigan Toledo Waldbridge Ohio before returning home to Center Street. The ceremony was simple and the couple planned to settle at the Harding home.
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J. F. Beaman
United Press
Marion
G. T. Harding
Harding
Alice Severns
Detroit
L. B. Sanborn
Alice
Canada
Mr. Sanburn
Monrow
Mich
Toledo
Sanborn
Waldbridge
Ohio
Center Street
Elopers
F. G. Lee
Dr. Harding
Daisy Harding
County School Board to Meet Saturday in Athens Ohio
The Athens county board of education will meet in the office of the county superintendent in Athens Ohio on Saturday evening August 13 1921 at 7 30 for the Plains school district and any other business before the board. Guy Dinsmore County Supt.
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County School Board
Athens County Board of Education
Edu
Athens
Ohio
Plains
Guy Dinsmore
Tortelier Credited as Early Proponent of General Strike
The passage attributes the first idea of a general strike to Tortelier, a noted Spanish socialist, noting his prominence in early labor movement thought.
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Tortelier
Rats Strike Back A Plan To Drive Athens Rats
Captains Charles DeMolet and Alex Moore outline a drive to rid Athens of rats. Legal to kill rats by any method, Dr. John Berry backs weekly poison, cites rats as disease carriers and plague spreaders, urges rat proofing and city cleanup to reduce rat numbers.
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Charles DeMolet
Alex Moore
Athens
John Berry
Athens State Hospital
Dr. Berry
Back Tax Drive to Speed Revenue for Treasury
Washington reports a $1.2 to $1.5 billion back tax total due, with Mellon projecting $3.35 billion for the year. House leaders and Treasury agree on immediate start of collection efforts, adjusting rates to boost receipts under a new revenue bill provision.
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Herbert W. Walker
United Press
Washington
Treasury
Republican House
Treasury Department
Mellon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Melion
Second Stage Reached Today in Irish Peace Talks
Irish peace negotiations moved to the second stage as Premier Lloyd George returned from Paris to consider Sinn Fein counter proposals. Secrecy surrounded the message from the Irish president’s representatives, with amendments to the peace terms suspected to involve Ulster recognition. Sinn Fein says the note is not an ultimatum nor a threat to end negotiations.
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ED L. Keen
United Press
London
Lloyd George
Paris
Sinn Fein
Ulster
Wilson Plans History of His Administration
Ray Snard Baker, magazine writer, works with Woodrow Wilson on a history of the Wilson administration.
Ways and Means to Complete Tax Revision Bill Monday
Republican Leader Mondell said the house ways and means committee will finish the tax revision bill Monday and call a Republican conference at 1 PM. If the party approves, the measure will be rushed through the house next week.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mondell
Ice Cream Exports From Vancouver To China Rise
Thousands of gallons of ice cream are shipped monthly from Vancouver to China. The product is forwarded in specially constructed containers holding about 600 gallons each.
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Vancouver
B. C
China
Tourist Dies From Wreck Injuries Near Columbus
Roscoe Warner died at a Columbus hospital from injuries suffered in an early morning automobile collision that involved three other men from Fairmont West Virginia. The four on a pleasure tour crashed into a freight train near Kirkersville and were hospitalized.
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Columbus
Roscoe Warner
Fairmount
W. Va
Kirkersville
Walnet
Curious coal custom among English miners wives
The passage notes a practice where wives of English coal miners place small coal bits in their clean bedsheets. They believe omitting this ritual may lead to an accident for their husbands before the sheets are changed.
Prisoner Describes Soviet Famine Prison Conditions
Emmet Kilpatrick, freed from a Moscow prison, says Soviet prisoners of many nationalities face daily death, torture, and hungry rations. He details overcrowded cells, filth, scarce medicines, and transfers to Tocheka, urging U.S. collaboration to secure releases and relief for his fellow inmates.
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Riga
America
Emmet Kilpatrick
Moscow
United Press Today
Kilpatrick
hUle
Petrograd
Hoover
Eee
Motorists Told to Learn Laws and Focused Headlights
State Highway Director Leon C. Herrick says motorists have 30 days to learn the Pence law before strict enforcement begins. Public guidance aims to teach proper headlight focus after anti glare lenses are installed with Sun Ray Lens Company instructions.
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Leon C. Herrick
Sun
Match Delayed to Monday Eve in Nelsonville
Promoter C H Sisson postponed the Kotsonoras and Paulson wrestling match in Nelsonville to Monday evening due to changes. Al Hart of Columbus could not attend tonight because of a major match there, but pledged to attend Monday and join a double bill.
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Nelsonville
C. H. Sisson
Kotsonoras
Paulson
al Hart
Columbus
Mr. Sisson
Weather forecast positive for eastern region this weekend
The weather bureau predicts generally fair weather tonight and Saturday across the eastern territory. Local thunder showers are probable in southern Florida and parts of the east gulf states with cooler temperatures expected in the Middle States and North Atlantic States. Elsewhere in the east, conditions should remain steady over the next 36 hours.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Florida
East Gulf States
Middle States
North Atlantic
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Big Parley
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Pershing
Edwin A. Craft
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Tocheka
Red Cross
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