Sinn Fein Parliament in Dublin Demands Absolute Irish Republic
Eamon De Valera delivers a fiery address to Sinn Fein deputies in the Mansion House urging rejection of Britain’s peace terms and recognizing Ireland as a republic before dealing with foreign powers. Troops guard the chamber as a vast, prayerful crowd lines the streets seeking peace in the drizzle.
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Clyde C. Beals
United Press
Dublin
Apg
Eamon de Valera
Sinn Fein Parlia
de Valera
Britain
Ireland
England
Lloyd George
Woodrow Wilson
Sinn
Sinn Fein Parliament Opens as De Valera Demands Full Irish State
Eamon De Valera proclaims Ireland’s claim to complete separation as Sinn Fein’s Dail Eireann convenes at Mansion House. Members sign allegiance to a free Irish state amid fiery rhetoric and calls for peace with Britain or renewed conflict. Large crowds fill Dublin streets.
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Dublin
Ireland
Dail Eireann
Eamon de Valera
Sinn Fein
Dail
de Valera
Lloyd George
Dail Eirann
Public opinion fixed on Irish settlement unlikely to reject British terms
In London officials newspapers and the public shift from pessimism to peace prospects over Ireland. The Sinn Fein Dail is expected to accept or refer the British offer. De Valera defends the reply as just. The session adjourned with further meetings planned to discuss the proposals.
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London
Dail
Sinn Fein
Ireland
de Valera
Starting Early to Stop That Fight
In Jersey City on August 16 the International Reform Bureau plans a campaign to stop the Labor Day boxing match between Wilson and Downey. Dr. Wilbur Crafts leads the effort arguing both fighters intend to knock each other out. the group meets to begin outreach to halt the bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Wilson-Downey
Tex Rickard
International Reform Bureau
Wilbur Crafts
Wilson Downey
Disarming Conference Seen Costing U S At Least Million
United States officials estimate the upcoming disarmament conference will cost no less than 1 million dollars, with the initial 200000 dollar appropriation by Under Secretary Fletcher viewed as a start. They note the total expense will pale beside the cost of a battleship, while Premier Briand’s attendance suggests Lloyd George may join.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
United States
Fletcher
Gallar
Briand
Lloyd George
Invasion of Open Shop Plans Warned by Railroad Board
The railroad labor board probes charges that railroads are using open shop operations to dodge board jurisdiction. Word from Marion Ohio says Railway Service Company took over Erie Railroad shops and rehired workers open shop. Belt Railroad Gibson Indiana reportedly follows suit. Board members threaten action if the Transportation Act is violated. AFL official B M Jewell denounces subterfuge of wage and condition rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Marion
Ohio
Railway Service Company
Erie Railroad
Railroad Board
Belt
Gibson
Ind
B. M. Jewell
Railroad Department
The
American Federation of Labor
Hoax Identifies Rail Victim as John Dougherty
In Des Moines Iowa on August 16 detectives debunk the Ambrose Small finding and reveal the legless cripple claimed to be Small was actually John Dougherty. Dougherty was a victim of a railroad accident and not the Toronto theater magnate.
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Des Moines
Ambrose
Small
Frank Harty
Toronto
John Dougherty
Athens Council to Decide on Masonic Temple Sale
Stated meeting of Athens Council No. 15 R. ants. M. on Wednesday Aug 17 at 7 30 PM will consider selling the Masonic Temple. J Douglas Cooper T ILL M James A Palmer, Recorder.
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Assembly of Athens Council
R.ants. M
Masonic Temple
J. Douglas Cooper
T. Ill
James A. Palmer
French Premier Briand to Attend Peace Conference
Paris August 16 France's official acceptance to join President Harding's disarmament conference was sent to the American embassy for transmission to Washington. Premier Briand himself will attend the conference, the message stated, confirming France's participation.
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Paris
France
Harding
Washington
Briand
Grand Prix de Paris Declared World’s Richest Race
The Grand Prix de Paris is valued at about $80,000 this year, making it the most valuable horse race in the world and drawing top competitors.
Preparation of Auto Ownership Statements By Clerk Opens
Beginning tomorrow evening Clerk of Courts T L Morgan will keep his office open to receive signed and sworn statements of automobile ownership. Sworn statements must be submitted between the 17th and the 20th with both copies provided for certification and filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk of Courts
T. L. Morgan
Farm Bureau Meeting Set for Jerseyville Saturday Evening
Charles Roberts announced at Jerseyville that the farm bureau will meet next Saturday evening at 7 o'clock at Jerseyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerseyville
Charles Roberts
Farm Bureau
Prohibition Crackdown Spurs Cincinnati Prosecution
In 1872 liquor dealers in Cincinnati faced the first prosecution under the Adair liquor law. The item notes tense enforcement amid a citywide focus on temperance measures.
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Cincinnati
Charles G. Finney
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Warren
Conn
Coshocton
Columbus
Soviet Unable To Handle The Business Life
Berlin dispatch reports Foreign Minister Tchitcherin stating the workers government remains, economy shaped by famine and general conditions, with industries leased to cooperative or private groups while the state keeps control of vital utilities. He says the program endures though tactics shift with the situation.
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United Press
Berlin
Tchitcherin
Russia
Tying Can Upon Cox's Appointees Tying Can Upon Cox's Appointees
Thomas P. Kearns, Dayton chief of the state division of workshops and factories since 1909, was dismissed. Fred G. Lang, Columbus safety director of the state industrial commission, tendered his resignation after being told of the move, seeking a week or sooner to depart.
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Columbus
Thomas P. Kearns
Dayton
State Division
Kearns
Fred G. Lang
State Industrial Commission
Tellow
Lang
Lower Rates to Save Business Asked by Farmers
Farmers and grain men urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to cut freight rates on grain and hay to prevent bankruptcy. Clyde M. Reed, Kansas public utilities chief, led four days of testimony supporting the complaint that current rates are prohibitive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas Public Utilities Commission
Fire on Saxon En route to South Africa Controlled
Aboard the steamship Saxon carrying Premier Jan Smuts a fire was brought under control today according to a wireless from the vessel. The incident occurred while the ship was en route to South Africa and Smuts’ safety was reported.
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London
Jan Smuts
South Africa
Wife Still Loyal in Death of Cincinnati Attorney
Mrs. Louise Gormley Kinkead widow of Ellis G. Kinkead the Cincinnati attorney shot dead in front of his Brooklyn home returns to church and plans to go to New York to defend her husband’s name as Olivia Stone the nurse faces questions in the case.
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Cincinnati
Louise Gormley Kinkead
Ellis G. Kinkead
Olivia M. P. Stone
Brooklyn
Kinkead
New York
Nurse Pleads Not Guilty in Brooklyn First Degree Murder
Olivia M. Stone, a Cincinnati nurse, arraigned in Brooklyn on murder in the first degree charges. She says former Ohio attorney Ellis Wade Kinkead was once her common law husband and has entered a not guilty plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Olivia M. Stone
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Ellis Wade Kinkead
Ohio
Famine Looms Over Russians As Winter Fears Grow
American observer Miss Eda Treat O Neil reports in United Press dispatches from Reval that famine shadows Russia. Food scarcity drives barter at Moscow and Petrograd markets as roubles stay scarce. People trade personal belongings for sustenance while authorities ease trade rules and prepare relief. Distress varies by region but Russians brace for hard winter with resolve.
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Eda Treat O'Neil
Russia
Soviet Republic
American Relief Commission
United Press
Miss O'Neil
Eda Treat O’neil
Reval
Volga
Moscow
Petrograd
Power and Light Co seeks $1 million preferred stock issue
The Pennsylvania and Ohio Power and Light Company of Youngstown filed with the Public Utilities Commission for permission to issue $1,000,000 of eight percent cumulative preferred stock to reimburse its treasury for expenditures already made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Pennsylvania and Ohio Power and Light Company of
Youngstown
Davison Condition Rated Satisfactory After Brain Tumor Surgery
New York officials said no more bulletins would be issued on H. P. Davison partner of J P Morgan after brain tumor operation. At Roosevelt Hospital officials told United Press his condition is entirely satisfactory and stable.
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New York
H. P. Davison
J. P. Morgan
Roosevelt Hospital
United Press Today
Akron Man's Escape Under Investigation
An inquiry began into who is responsible for the escape of Daniel Ingersoll a 20 year old Akron man alleged to be an automobile thief from the Homeopathic hospital. Police conducted a city wide search but trace of him is lost. Ingersoll was held awaiting extradition. It is alleged he was not manacled as is the hospital prisoner custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Daniel Ingersoll
Akron
Homeopathic Hospital
Ingersoll
Special Convocation on Aug 17 to Consider Temple Sale
Athens Chapter No. 39 Royal Arch Masons will hold a special convocation Wednesday August 17 at 6 30 P M to consider the proposition of selling the Masonic Temple. Joshua R Morton H P James A Palmer secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Masonic Temple
Joshua R. Morton
H. P
James A. Palmer
Noted Sculptor Completes Bust of Caruso
Onorio Ruotolo, famed for busts of Edison and Keller, completes a bust of Enrico Caruso to be installed in the Metropolitan Opera House New York. The Italian-American Musical of New York funds the gift. An inscription by Gabriele D Annunzio will adorn the base.
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Onorio Ruotolo
Edison
Cardinal Mercier
Helen Keller
Caruso
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Musical of
Gabriele D’annunzio
Enrico Caruso
Love Too Great for Murder Defense View
In Los Angeles on August 16, Ralph U Obenchain will argue that Madalynne Obenchain loved John Belton Kennedy too much to conspire in his murder. He cites her innocence and hints new evidence linking Madalynne and Arthur C. Burch, with a pawn broker identifying a shotgun fragment as sold to a young man.
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Los Angeles
Madalynne Obenchain
John Belton Kennedy
Ralph Uobenchain
Obenchain
Madalynnes
Santa Monica Beach
Burch
Kennedy
Special meeting tonight and upcoming picnic notice
B P O E announces a special meeting at 7 30 tonight and a Thursday picnic. Members are urged to obtain tickets at Jostens or Square Deal Grocery. Alex M Moore serves as secretary.
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Josten’s
Square Deal
Alex M. Moore
Steel Mills Show Gain in Output
Youngstown report shows steel plants starting up with about five percent higher production than last week. Output now at around 55 percent of capacity, with most gains in the sheet and open hearth departments.
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Youngstown, O
Youngstown
Relief Needed in Russia Appalling in Its Entirety
A telegram from the British trade representative at Moscow, Lloyd George said, reports that thirty five million Russians require relief. The note was delivered as he spoke in a Manchester briefing, highlighting humanitarian needs across Russia amid wartime disruption and famine.
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Russia
London
Moscow
Lloyd George
Drys Plan Dry Enforcement League For Ohio
In Columbus on August 16 the Anti Saloon League outlined plans for a Dry Enforcement League to punish liquor law violators. Superintendent James A White and staff led discussions aiming to counter wet propaganda and strengthen state enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League
Dry Enforcement League
James A. White
Parker
Bad
Railroad Shops Turned Over To Private Owners
The Erie Railroad shops in Marion switch to an open shop policy under private management. About 300 workers may stay if they accept new terms while the company advertises for 300 non union mechanics and car repairers. Overtime and Sunday pay remain unchanged.
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Marion
Railway Service Company
Erie Railroad
Mays
United State Railroad Labor Board
Congress Faces Unfinished Business Before Recess
President Harding requires several key measures before a break, including the Capper Tinder anti grain gambling bill the anti medicinal beer bill a 1 million farm credit bill an emergency tariff extension and the deficiency bill allocating 48.5 million for the shipping board and 200 thousand for the disarmament conference The tax revision bill also must pass the house and proceed to the senate.
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Frazier Edwards
United Press
Washington
Congress
Harding
Shipping Board
House
Senate
Start Building New Road Into the Country Club
Work began Monday on grading and building a road from Union Hill pike to Athens Country Club through the Harris Driggs farm near Union Church. A 30 foot strip was bought from the Driggs for the project. The old Bower pike access will be closed when the new road opens. Charles Howell oversees grading and ditching.
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Union Hill Pike
Athens Country Club
Harris- Driggs
Union Church
Driggs
Country Club
Bower Pike
Charles Howell
Negroes Kidnap Birmingham Woman Near Camp McClellan
A posse led by military and police officers searches Anniston Alabama for three black men who abducted Mrs Gail Stormer wife of a Birmingham National Guard member. Stormer said he and his wife were walking when the trio jumped from a car and took her.
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Anniston
Ala
Gail Stormer
Birmingham
Fourth Infantry
Alabama National Guard
Camp McClellan
Stormer
Big Bill Haywood Faces New Legal Troubles in Russia Return
In Chicago on August 16, I W W leader Big Bill Haywood, now in Russia, faces fresh legal peril. District Attorney Clyne reports Haywood is heir to a $500,000 Nevada fortune from his first wife and could serve 20 years for espionage if he returns to the United States. Clyne also says Haywood is charged with bigamy after leaving his first wife 30 years ago and remarrying.
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Chicago
Haywood
Russia
Clyne
Winnemuca
Nevada
United States
Big Bill
Marion Men Lease Erie Shops To Perform Rail Work
Marion business leaders leased the Erie Railroad shops and agreed to handle all repairs once done by Erie employees. The move follows earlier Erie cuts to overtime and Sunday work plus new required medical exams. Union officials warned the controllers may bypass labor rules and Esche-Cummins provisions, risking labor aims.
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Marion
Erie Railroad Company
Railroa
Erie
United States Railway Board
Big Powers Agree on Vital Matters
London reports that on August 16 Lloyd George told the Commons that questions menacing Franco British solidarity have been satisfactorily settled. He noted full alignment on all vital matters.
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London
France
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Fire prevention drive offers free home safety manual
The Athens Messenger reports a national fire danger and urges schoolchildren to obtain a 94 page fire prevention booklet with first aid tips from the National Fire Underwriters and the American Red Cross. Send two cents for postage and provide clear name and address for a free copy.
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North Carolina
Maine
Louisiana
National Board of Fire Underwriters
America
American Red Cross
Washington Information Bureau
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