Mild reservationists in Senate win over Republicans
In Washington Aug 1 Democratic overtures sought to win mild reservationists to the peace treaty debate The plan hinges on twenty Republican votes for reservations covering withdrawal from the league and Article Ten The aim is to push the compromise through the Senate while avoiding a full rejection of the treaty by the opposition
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Senate
L. C. Martin Washington
Lodge
McNary
Kellogg
League
Hitchcock
Curtis
United States
Borah
Shantung
Doyle Batted For Frisch In Rally Play
Chase singled scoring Burns as Baird ran for Doyle. One run on three hits and no errors.
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Doyle
Frisch
Baird
Chase
Burns
Cin and St Louis Split Doubleheader in 4-4 Tie and 4-4 Tie
National League action shows Cin and St Louis games ending in tied 4-4. Pitching exchanges note Doak Clemons Packard Adams for Phila and Alexander Killifer Smith Miller for Cin. Umpires Oday Quigley McCormick Harrison. Batteries listed and scoring lines summarized from the doubleheader.
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National League
N. Y
Ring
Wingo
Toney
McCarty
Oday
Quigley
St. Louis
Phila
Doak
Clemons
Packard
Adams
McCormick and Harrison
Chicago
Brooklyn
Alexander
Killifer
Smith and Miller
Klem and
Enslie
Children Terribly Injured In Parkersburg Wreck
In Marietta Ohio on August 14 a B and O yard engine crashed into a Reno Sunday school special near Parkersburg resulting in 30 to 40 injuries and severe scalding among riders. W R Anderson died of heart failure while aiding the injured.
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Marietta
Christian Sunday School of
Reno
Parkersburg
W. Va
W. R. Anderson
Extended reinstatement window for service insurance rules
The Treasury Department will allow service members to reinstate government insurance after a lapse up to eighteen months from discharge by paying two months premiums and stating health is good. Red Cross Attorney Hughes plans a September drive to encourage reinstatement, noting rates are about one third of old line companies. No physical exam required for reinstatement or policy conversion.
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Attorney Hughes
Red Cross
Treasury Department
Hughes
Sugar thieves busy in state
Governor Cox handed evidence of sugar buying profiteering to federal authorities after state operatives gathered data across communities. Investigators report retail sugar sells for sixteen cents a pound and wholesalers seek twelve and a half cents, with a seasonal spike blamed on housewives’ increased need.
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Colum S. C
Ith
Department of Justice
Cox
Ugar
Ate
Gove@or Cox
Price
Ohio
Barbers Face Extinction Says Columbus Shop Owner
Aug. 13 report from Columbus cites Virginia hotel barber Dick Grabe predicting the barber trade will vanish as high living costs push barbers from the market. He notes forty chairs sit empty with no new barbers willing to hire, signaling an industry decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Dick Grabe
Virginia
Grabe
Railway Shopmen Strike Threatens Starvation in Coal Region
More than 100000 people including thousands of children face starvation in Coal River Cabin Creek and Logan counties due to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway shopmen strike. State officials report freight is halted and food supplies cannot reach the southwestern state mining district, with starvation expected within days unless relief arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. VA
Coal River
Cabin Creek
Logan
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Bitter charges against Republicans in league fight
Representative Heflin of Alabama charged in the house that Republicans use money from German interests to oppose the league of nations. He said opposition comes largely from districts that benefited from munition manufacture.
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Washington
League of Nations
Representative Heflin
Alabama
Old Clock Ready for Service in Court House Tower
The town clock, in use forty years in City Hall, is now running in the court house tower after installation by C. C. Millikan. Hands will be placed on the faces today and lights added. The clock, by Seth Thomas, remains in near perfect condition after decades of service.
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City Hall
Court House Tower
C. C. Millikan
Millikan
Seth Thomas
New England
Red Cross Sale Of Working Outfit Saturday
With sewing completed and items ready for use in World War efforts the county chapter will place machines and equipment on sale Saturday. Details are in another column of this edition.
School levies pass in Athens county in Tuesday primaries
In Athens county all two mill school levies except in Happy Hollow carried. Fred Bougher, county election board clerk, announced districts with levies: Nelsonville Glouster Trimble township York township Buchtel Luhrig Chauncey Lee Lodi Alexander and Bern township.
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Athens County
Happy Hollow
Fred Bougher
Nelsonville
Glouster
Trimble Township
York Township
Buchtel
Luhrig
Chauncey, Lee
Lodi
Alexander
Bern Township
Carnegie viewed life from poverty to wealth with optimism
Andrew Carnegie faced extreme poverty and vast wealth, yet remained an optimist. He told friends earth is a heaven never want to leave and welcomed any man who could give him a new lease on life. He chose Lenox Massachusetts for his final days over his Scotland home at Castle Skibo.
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Andrew Carnegie
Lee Carnegie
Scotland
America
Lenox
Mass
Castle Skibo
Mrs. Carnegie
Steel Investigating Committee
Washington
Ohio Increases Workmen's Compensation Awards
Sweeping amendments to the Ohio workmen's compensation act take effect. The max weekly award rises to 15 dollars, partial vision loss gains two thirds pay for 100 weeks, and death benefits adjust to 15 dollars weekly with a 5000 dollar cap. Minors receive full compensation and travel expenses for medicals may be covered.
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Columbus
Ohio Workmen's Compensation Act
State Industrial Commission
Indictments Charged Rock Island Butter Co in Price Fixing
Lucas county grand jury returns indictments against the Rock Island Butter Company and seven others for fixing oleomargarine prices below 32 1 2 cents per pound in violation of Valentine anti-trust laws. S. J. Bailey of the Rock Island company named. other defendants include F. A. Hoffin Co and several grocers. County prosecutor Allen J. Seney expects more indictments in a few days.
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Toledo
Ohio
Rock Island Butter Company
Lucas County
Valentine
S. J. Bailey
Rock Island Company
F. A. Hoffin Company
James P. Klotzi
Benjamin
Samuel Benman
Elmer Warner
W. F. Stevens
Allen J. Seney
Cleveland man breaks leg after horse kicks him
David Ellien is badly hurt after his horse kicked him while he shooed flies away. He suffers a broken leg and a cracked rib in Cleveland on August 14.
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Cleveland
Ohio
David Ellien
Captain Pedigo Returns to Marshfield After A E F Service
Captain 8. BU. G. Pedigo arrives in Newport News aboard the U S 53 Mercury after a year overseas with the A E F. His wife Mia and children join him. Pedigo previously practiced medicine in this territory for years.
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New Marshfield
BU. G. Pedigo
Newport News
U. S
Mercury
Mia
Pedigo
Cotton consumption dips in July report
The commerce department reports July cotton consumption at 509 793 bales, down from 541 457 bales in July 1918, highlighting a reduction in usage while providing the monthly comparison and official data.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Hooper Home Robbed In Night
Burglars entered via kitchen window at the 8. F. Hooper residence on North Lancaster Street after a wire screen was left in place. They unlocked sleeping rooms and stole two diamond rings, a ladies wrist watch, another watch, a pocket book with $14 and a pocket knife. The screen was replaced after departure and the family discovered the break later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. F. Hooper
Lancaster Street
Gompers Accused Of Bolshevism By Senator Poindexter
Samuel Gompers advocacy for railway nationalization drew sharp attack from Senator Poindexter at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Poindexter blamed rising living costs on wage demands and government policies while overseas.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
United Press
Poindexter
Washington
Waldorf-Astoria
Europe
America
Two Bank Bonds Missing With Disappearing Messengers
Police seek Benjamin H. Pinkowitz 23 and Harry William 21 who vanished as $178000 in Liberty Bonds owned by Whitney and Company and $45000 in Liberty Bonds for Simmons and Slade also vanished.
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New York
Benjamin H. Pinkowitz
Whitney and Company
Wall Street
Harry William
Simmons and
Slade
Sugar pricing set at eleven cents a pound for retail
Washington August 14 United Press. Assistant Attorney General C W Ames announces eleven cents a pound as a fair retail sugar price with ten cents wholesale. Consumers urged to report overecharging. Convictions already secured in Pittsburg and Binghamton. The Sugar Equalization Board controls all sugar from production to refinery pricing. Congressmen seek board to fix wholesale prices and strip noncompliant wholesalers of licenses.
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Ralph F. Couch
United Press
Washington
Department of Justice
C. W. Ames
Ames
Palmer
Pittsburg
Binghampton
N. Y
United States
United States Sugar Equalization Board
New York
Sugar Equalization Board
Reds Surge Toward First Pennant Under Present Regime
New York Aug 14 The Cincinnati Reds led the Giants by six and a half games as they appeared to clinch the first pennant under the current Reds setup. They twice outplayed and out lucked the Giants and are favored to win the crucial series with two doubleheaders left. Pat Moran planned to start Hod Eller and Jimmy Ring in today’s games while John McGraw countered with Rube Benton and Fred Toney.
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Polo Grounds
New York City
Reds
Giants
Cincinnati
Rath
Daubert
Groh
Rousch
Magee
Wingo
Ring
New York
Burns
Young
Fletcher
Frisch
Chase
Kauff
Zimmerman
McCarty
Toney
O'Day
Quigley
Kopf
Neale
Mce- Carty
Ruff
jRing
Cincinnati Reds
McGraw
Pat Moran
Hod Eller
Jimmy Ring
Ohio Electric strike ties up Zanesville street cars
Zanesville Ohio August 14 street car service to be tied up tomorrow by a strike of Ohio Electric Railway employees. Workers seek ten cent hourly raise and time and a half overtime while current pay is forty two cents an hour. Local superintendent Ahlborn says no operation and a long strike likely. Mayor Evans weighs veto of a city council ordinance raising fare to six cents to fund wage demands. Ohio Electric operates from Zanesville to Dayton and in Newark and Springfield. all lines may remain idle while dispute continues.
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Zanesville
Ohio Electric Railway
G. H. Ahlborn
Evans
Ohio Electric
Dayton
Newark
Springfield
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West Virginia
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Labor
Wilson
Federal
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