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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1921
Page
11
Sinn Fein Leader Rejects British Terms for Ireland Split
De Valera tells Dail Eireann that Ireland cannot accept Lloyd George terms. He warns Ireland would be divided and asserts no enmity toward Britain while urging external arbitration and safeguards for the south. He says more arms have been ordered but Ireland seeks peace through negotiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
de Valera
Dail Eireann
Sinn Fein
Lloyd George
Ireland
Great Britain
Britain
Japanese Prince Yamashino Graduates Naval Aviator Rank
Prince Takehiko Yamashino, aged 23 and head of the Yamashino line, has graduated from the Japanese naval aviation school at Oppawa near Tokio with the rank of second lieutenant. He belongs to one of the five Go Seki families with succession rights if the emperor’s line fails to produce direct issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takehiko Yamashino
Japan
Oppawa
Tokio
House of
Yamashino
Anglo French split leads to Silesian question refer
Henry Wood reports Briand says Anglo French differences forced the Silesian issue to the League of Nations. The League council will decide but not act as arbitrator. final authority remains with the Paris supreme council per Versailles. Substantially the League will arbitrate for the supreme council’s acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Rome
League of Nations
Briand
United Press Today
Supreme Council
Paris
League of Nations’ Council
De Valera Speech Fails to Undercut British Optimism
London report notes De Valera’s fiery Dail Eireann address demanding full independence did not shake confidence in a possible Dominion home rule settlement. Officials await Sinn Fein signals on the British terms as anxiety mixes with hope for peace and renewed support for peace negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinn Fein
ED L. Keen
United Press
London
Eamon de Valera
Dail
Eirann
Ireland
de Valera
Trial in October for McArdle murder case set
In Cleveland on August 17, the October 3 trial date for Marion McArdle in the Dan Kaber homicide was announced after her mother Eva Catherine Kaber was convicted and sentenced to life at Marysville Reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Marion McArdle
Dan Kaber
Eva Catherine Kaber
Marysville Reformatory
Rent profiteers still held down extend Ball act
The Senate extended the Ball act to curb rent profiteering to May 1922. The measure, passed as wartime emergency, goes to the House after being upheld by the Supreme Court despite lower courts ruling unconstitutional. New York State has a similar anti profiteering measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
United States Supreme Court
New York State
Thousands join Ku Klux Klan rite in rain near Lake Zurich
Chicago reports that hundreds of men were initiated into the Ku Klux Klan at a mystic ceremony near Lake Zurich. More than two thousand stood blindfolded for hours in a dawn rain storm and took the oath led by William J. Simmons, founder of the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ku Klux Klan
Lake Zurich
William J. Simmons
Anta
Mussel Shoals Nitrate Plant Second Bid Reported
Secretary Weeks received the second bid on the Mussel Shoals Alabama nitrate plant by telegram from Birmingham Alabama. The sender of the message was not disclosed and details remain limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mussel Shoals, Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Home Brewers Win Victory in House Debate
Home brewers secured a victory in the house on Tuesday by adopting amendments to the anti-beer bill as passed by the senate. The house rejected a provision that would have allowed warrants to search any home for home brew outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Northwest disturbance moves east with showers
The Weather Bureau reports a northwest disturbance moving rapidly eastward. It is forecast to bring showers during the next few hours as it continues on its path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
Million Dollar Blaze Destroys Brooklyn Block
A fire in Brooklyn on Diamond Street destroyed nine buildings of a wooden factory block. The blaze caused about a million dollars in damage but no lives were reported as residents fought the flames for three hours and the fire was brought under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Diamond Street
Goutrok
Union Leaders Rally Over Erie Shops Transfer
Washington report notes rail union leaders voiced concern as Erie Lines plans to move shops. The piece outlines the broader tax bill debates with Fordney proposing revenue cuts totaling about 1.18 billion for 1922 and 1923, aiming to ease business strains and cut government expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RAIL
Erie Lines
Trick schemes find no favor with Harding a
President Harding opposes various schemes for stabilizing world finance and favors slower natural methods to return to normalcy. He will not call an international financial conference unless demanded at the upcoming disarmament talks, despite pressure from economic scholars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Harding
King
Congress
White House
Infirmary Superintendent Position Draws Many Applicants
Thirty five people apply for the Athens county infirmary superintendent role. Civil service examination details set for the upcoming date at the court building, drawing strong local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Infirmary
Why Trotsky Can Have Way
By Eda Treat O Neill Reval Aug 17. A Moscow peasant reflects on blame for the Russian famine. He recalls water carried from a well and river, and when the well went dry the water from the river did not help. He answers God as the one to blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eda Treat O'Neill Reval
Moscow
Ohio leads state plan to market grain cooperatively
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation outlines the Ohio Plan linking state and national marketing efforts. It calls for local cooperative elevators, possible takeover of existing ones, and creation of the Cooperative Union Elevator in Cleveland with $300,000 capital, a third subscribed, plus a state sales agency. Farmers sell at market price and may receive advances against stored grain through the elevator system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
U.S. Grain Growers, Inc
Co-operative Union Elevator
Cleveland
U. S. Grain Growers, Inc
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Cooperative Union
Search For "Other Woman" In Kennedy Murder Case
Los Angeles August 17 officers search for the unnamed other woman in the murder of J Belton Kennedy. Information in the hands of the prosecution and defense on Madalynne Obenchain and Arthur C Burch indicates another woman exists and both sides seek her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United Press
J. Belton Kennedy
Madalynne Obenchain
Arthur C. Burch
Belgrade to Honor Late King Peter of Serbia
In Belgrade on August 17 funeral rites for King Peter of Serbia will proceed with full royal honors. The nation entered mourning by order of Prince Regent Alexander after the king died yesterday from a lengthy illness. During life he faced derision, yet stories now praise his valor and wisdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Peter
Serbia
Alexander
Rail labor talks near clash with possible strike outcome
Chicago dispatch says a yearlong stalemate between railroad executives and employees nears a decision in less than three weeks. Railroads discuss shifting shops to private organizations to avoid labor board jurisdiction, aiming for piecework pay and open shop, mirroring Marion Ohio actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rail Labor Board
Erie
Marion
Ohio
United Press
Doubts on appointing a woman to the disarmament committee
Mrs. Alice Robertson of Oklahoma, the only woman member of Congress, questioned today whether a woman could fill a seat on the disarmament committee. She said, show me a woman qualified for such an important position, but doubts finding one with the exact requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
Congress
County Board considers Shade AAD 16 final hearing
County commissioners met in special session to discuss the estimated 19000 cost to property owners for Jerseyville road improvements. The hearing set to approve bonds for the project marks the final step before funding. The board also agreed to continue Glouster road work to completion and share culvert costs near L Woolley in Ames township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerseyville
Corporation of
Jacksonville
Mrs Burns Becomes Columbiana County Deputy Clerk
In East Liverpool Ohio on August 17 Mrs John T Burns is named Columbiana County’s first woman deputy clerk of courts. Her husband a former city auditor here resigned after serving one year and seven months of his second term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
John T. Burns
Columbiana County
Elimination of the Russian demand hits tea trade hard
The withdrawal of Russian demand has seriously hurt the tea trade, sending prices and shipments into uncertainty and leaving merchants to adjust supply lines and markets amid reduced orders from a key buyer.
Railroad unions plan protest over Erie shop transfer
Chicago Aug 17 unions prep protests to the railroad labor board over Erie railroad shops at Marion Ohio moving to private nonunion control. About 600 workers refuse to join the private operator. officials warn a broader strike is not yet planned as the board delays ruling on overtime and working agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Erie Railroad
Marion
Ohio
Railway Service Company
WU. M. Jewell
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Erie
United Press
Labo Board
New York Central
C. M. Markham
Illinois Central
Railroad Labor Board
Timothy Shea
Brotherhood of Lcomotive Firemen
Ohio Selects Prohibition Director E Russell
E Russell of Sidney Ohio has been chosen as Prohibition Director of Ohio. He is a lawyer and former member of Congress. No formal announcement on Ohio’s dry director is expected for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Russell
Sidney
Ohio
White House
Russell
Congress
Liberty bonds par value bill introduced in House
Washington August 17 a bill to raise liberty bonds to par value was introduced in the house by Representative Harrick Oklahoma. It permits any holder forced to convert a bond into cash to receive its par value from the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Harrick
Oklahoma
Treasury
Hudson Cuts Prices at Hudson Essex Motors
HUDSON CUTS AGAIN DETROIT August 17 officials of Hudson Essex Motor Company announce price reductions for 1923 models ranging from 420 to 70 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Detroit
Hudson- Essex Motor Company
Elver Porter Faces Bankruptcy After Bedford Bank Raid
Elver W. Porter, hailed for helping fend off a Bedford Trust branch robbery, filed for bankruptcy in federal court in Cleveland. He lists debts of $10,160.03 and assets of $1,500. Porter, a World War I veteran and former Ohio University student, played a key role in stopping gang leader “Jiggs” Losteiner and his crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Elver W. Porter
Porter
Senate approves August to September recess
The Senate adopted a resolution by Senator Lodge to take a recess from August 24 to September 21 by a vote of 88 to 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lodge
Western Roads to Reject Union Conditions
In Chicago on August 17 representatives of the Big Four brotherhoods met western lines to discuss wages hours and other working terms. Union leaders repeated the same proposition given to eastern roads, which was rejected. Indications pointed to a Western rejection as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Potatoes Expected to Slump as Ohio Michigan Crops Hit Market
In Cleveland on August 17 commission men forecast a price drop for potatoes within two weeks as Ohio and Michigan crops enter the market. The recent week saw a ten cent rise per bushel amid reported scarcity while hog prices fell 75 cents per hundredweight due to heavy receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Commission
Ohio
Michigan
Tax Revision Ahead of Tariff Bill in Senate
Washington Aug 17 The senate finance committee likely to finish the tax revision bill before the tariff measure. Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, chairman, has indicated the order of action and timing for the two major pieces of legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Finance Committee
Japan to Seek Direct Talks on Shantung Before Conference
Japan will renew efforts to settle the Shantung question via direct negotiations with China ahead of the Washington disarmament conference, according to official circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Washington
Shantung
China
Rain to Spread Across East Tonight
Showers will be general in the eastern territory tonight. The Wisconsin storm is moving rapidly eastward toward the middle Atlantic states, bringing rainfall to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Showlers
Middle Land
Atlantic
Wisconsin
Will Stand Together In Ken nedy Murder Trial
Mada Lynne Obenchain and Arthur C. Bureh will be tried together for the alleged murder of J Belton Kennedy and will be defended by the same lawyers, it was revealed here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Madalynne Obenchain
Arthur C. Bureh
J. Belton Kennedy
Private shops for repair 10 mean a waste
Washington august 17 passenger fares and freight rates could rise nationwide if railroads privatize repair shops as the Erie Railroad did. Davison of the International Association of Machinists says private shops cost three times more to repair locomotives and cars, risking millions in waste and challenging the Esch Cummins law jurisdiction. Six hundred thousand railroad shop workers are considering a protest to the Interstate Commerce Commission to oppose privatization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph F. Couch
United Press
Washington
United States
Davison
International Association of Machinists
Interstate Commerce Commission
Erie
Visits Old Home After 32 Years
Charles T. Graham returns to Athens after a 32 year absence spending a week with his brother Chiefs of Police Lewis Graham. He formerly worked for Jacobler in a tailor shop near today’s Church’s novelty store and later joined the railway mail service in Columbus. He now travels a Indianapolis to St. Louis run. He notes Athens has many paved streets and fewer trees along Court street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Charles T. Graham
Lewis Graham
C. T. Grasham
Jacob Ler
Church
Athena
Graham
Columbus
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Court Street
Nomination of Frederick J. Cox to Interstate Commerce Commission
Frederick J. Cox of New Jersey was nominated to serve as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Interstate Commerce Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Washington
Frederick J. Cox
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Interstate .Commerce Committee
Auto Stolen Near Here Tuesday
A Ford toy car was taken from in front of mine 210 by an unknown person Tuesday. Owner Mr Alfred Whetlow of The Plains returned at one o clock to find his car missing and no trace of the stolen vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Whetlow
the Plains
Mr. Whetlow
Fire prevention booklet offered to schoolchildren
The national board of fire underwriters promotes a 94 page manual "Safeguarding the Home Against Fire" with home fire prevention tips and Red Cross first aid guidance. Free copies are available from the Washington Information Bureau for pupils and teachers, request by mail with two cents postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Maine
Louisiana
National Board of Fire Underwriters
America
American Red Cross
Washington Information Bureau
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Ciety
le of
Ation & Upking
England
Clyde D. Beals
Loyd George
Prince Takehiko Yamashino
Henry Wood
Safety House
Fordney
Herbert W. Walker
Ways and Means Committee
Trotsky
Ontde
Peter of
United States Railroad Board
Big Four Brotherhoods
Switchmen’s Union
Association of Western Railroad
Ory
Sidney Man
Man
Rockefeller JR
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
N York
Vancouver
Salis
Reticd Union Medical College
China Medical Board
Kefeller Foundation
Elver Porter
Chief of
Rail Machinists’ Union
Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Suen
Washington, D. C
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