Campaign finance clash over Cox in Senate probe
United Press reports Governor Cox charges of a Republican slush fund are denied by Will H. Hays and Fred Upham. The Senate committee opens hearings into raised funds, joint state national appeals, and alleged contributions amid charges of falsehoods and libel.
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LC. Martin United Press
Chicago
United States
Cox
Ohio
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
United States Senate
Hays
George T. Carroll
New Jersey Federation of Liquor Interests
Anti-Saloon League
National Committee
Republican Party
America
Upham
Senate Committee
Grr
Kenyon
Reed
Fred Upham
James W. Good
Iowa
Good
Wilbur Marsh
Washington
Poor Paper Costs Press Publication Hardships
The Messenger’s unreadable appearance stems from the terrible paper quality, not printers. Readers face illegible print on cheap wrapping paper as publishers must pay high prices for newsprint, with costs rising from around two cents to twelve cents per pound.
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Messenger
New York
Est News
Capper Claims War Spending Had Graft and Waste
U S Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas accuses the U S government of graft waste or extravagance in the wartime total of 26 billion dollars He says the war cost is crippling the people and calls the government broke President Wilson bears responsibility for a sugar shortage raising costs to millions daily Capper warns of 90 dollars per person in federal costs and 2 million dollars an hour in government spending
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Minocqua
Wis
U. S
Arthur Capper
Kansas
United States
Capper
Washington
Wilson
Senator Capper
Belfast Restores Order After Rioting
United Press reports that after four days of rioting between Orangemen and Catholics in Belfast, soldiers and police restored order on Monday. Casualties rose to fifteen killed and about 100 wounded, with three men and a woman killed today. A Dublin dispatch notes Sinn Fein sympathizers killed many police, soldiers, and civilians in Ireland from January 1 to August 21, as Cardinal Logue condemns warlike acts against uniformed police.
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Belfast
United Press
Dublin
Sinn
Cleveland Seeks Fuel as Winter Demand Rises
At an interstate commerce hearing C A Allenright said northern Ohio will need about 1 500 000 tons of coal this winter to cover heating needs after a natural gas shortage. He noted growing coal demand and recalled 1918 shortages that forced gas users to prove need.
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Cleveland
Greater
C. A. Allenright
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio
Allenright
Rate hearings in Columbus yield coal freight relief for Ohio
Secretary Bryson of the Chamber of Commerce and James Ginnan returned from Columbus where they spent weeks at freight rate hearings before the Public Utilities Commission. They, along with I. M. Foster, urged uniform and just increases to aid railroads while protecting Ohio coal consumers, highlighting savings of millions under the commission's order.
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Bryson
Chamber of Commerce
James Ginnan
Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Federated Boards of Trade
Mr. Ginnan
I. M. Foster
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
W. D. McKinney
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
Public Utilities Commission of
Fairmont
Thacker
Kenova
Herland and Hazard Fields
Toledo
Nelsonville
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Nelsonvilll
Akron
Mansfield
Bellefontaine
Caion City
van Wert
Co. H. Bryson
Co. H. Bryson, Mr. McKinney
Oye
No Place for Babe Ruth in Milwaukee
Milwaukee baseball row ends with lawsuit over a ball valued at 2 dollars after it went over the fence. Max Brummer allegedly kept the ball, while Babe Ruth could not play in the game.
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Milwaukee
Babe Ruth
Max Brummer
Prisoners Escape After Zemora Battle in Mexico City
A private message to President de la Huerta says American and British captives of bandit Pedro Zemora escaped when he was defeated by federal soldiers Saturday. War Minister Calles has not confirmed the reports as he leads the search for Zemora.
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Mexico City
de la Huerta
Pedro Zemora
Calles
Zemora
Ohio coal miners win $1.50 daily wage increase
After an all day session in Columbus on Saturday, Ohio coal operators and miners reached an amicable settlement. The agreement raises day pay to 7.50 dollars a day for about 26 000 men and increases other workers' pay by 82 cents daily effective August 16. Illinois Indiana and Ohio have similar terms, with Pennsylvania expected to follow. The contract extends to March 31 1922.
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Columbus
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New Wage Award For Ohio Miners Settles Inequities
A new wage agreement between Ohio coal miners and operators raises day and monthly wages by 1.50 dollars per day with the increase tied to days worked. Trappers and boys receive 0.82 more per day. Powder price set at 2.20 dollars delivered for the contract period.
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Ohio
Soft Coal Commission
T. R. Biddle
Columbus
Big Strike Era Ends Says Engineer Leader
Columbus August 30 W S Stone president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers told a Sunday meeting that the era of big strikes is over. He said laboring men and women must elect representatives of the majority to safeguard rights, opposing the Esch-Cummings railroad act which he claimed guarantees a return on private investment unprecedented in U S history.
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Columbus
W. $. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Stone
United States
Man Slaughter Charge in Maples Heights Motorcycle Death
Fran Gerbasi, 31, faces man slaughter charges after Maple Heights Marshal John Vapenik was struck on a patrol motorcycle while pursuing speeders. Cleveland police report the collision occurred yesterday as Gerbasi’s car hit the officer. A separate notice notes Dora Sande Bachman, longtime Columbus attorney, as an independent candidate for common pleas judge in Franklin County.
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Cleveland
Fran
Gerbasi
John Vapenik
Maple Heights
Vapenik
Columbus
Franklin County League of Women Voters
Dora Sandee Bachman
Feas
Grape Dealers and Grose Coal Co sue for sums
In Columbus on August 30 the Grape Dealers' Company of Steuben ville seeks $10 000 with W T Monti Gorio L Digesualdo named among others The Grose Coal Company of Nelson ville seeks $25 000 with W T Grose George M Merritt J Dewhurst among others listed as respondents
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Columbus
Grape Dealers’ Company
Steubenville
W. T. Monti
8. Gorio
L. Digesualdo
Grose Coal Company
Nelsonville
W. T. Grose
George M. Merritt
J. Dewhurst
President approves coal commission wage increase for miners
President Wilson approved the majority report of the anthracite coal commission granting miners about a 17 percent wage raise.
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Washington
Wilson
Anthracite Coal Commission
Labor Leaders Urge Prime Minister Over Cork Mayor
London August 30. Terence MacSwiney lord mayor of Cork collapsed at Brixton prison. Doctors say he has only hours to live on the eighteenth day of his hunger strike. Labor leaders wire Lloyd George urging reconsideration to prevent his death and risk worsening the Irish question.
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London
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton
Lloyd George
Organized Labor
MacSwiney
Spaulding Family Reunion Set for Fair Grounds
The Spaulding family selects Sunday September 6 for their reunion at the fair grounds. All relatives are welcome to join the event at this family gathering.
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Spaulding
Fierce Fighting in Belfast City Sparks Civil Unrest
Rioting between Orangemen and Catholics in Belfast's York Street area leads to gunfire bricks and clubs injuring several as death toll rises to eleven and damage reaches 3.5 million. Thousands of Catholics are displaced or expelled from Lisburn Banbridge Ballymacarret and shipyards face mass departures.
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Belfast
York Street
Lisburn
Banbridge
Ballymacarret
Red armies forming as Bolsheviks plan major offensive
In Warsaw August 30 preparations move armistice talks from Minsk to Riga while Russia and Poland plan a Brest Litovsk meeting. A Polish briefing cites a fresh Bolshevik encirclement attempt near Lemberg and says new Galician army formations and a grand offensive are under way with about fifteen divisions mobilized in eastern Galicia.
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Warsaw
Minsk
Riga
Latavia
Esthenia
Tchitchern
Russia
Brest- Litovsk
Lemberg
Roziedowski
Poland
Galicia
Troops Deployed to Coal Fields Amid Rising Tensions
More than 400 U S infantry troops moved from Camp Sherman to the Kermit Delarne coal district following sporadic clashes between miners and mine guards in Williamson West Virginia. Authorities fear possible uprisings ahead of the Matewan trial of Baldwin Felts detectives. Troops patrol the area with riot guns and will remain on guard indefinitely.
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Matewan Mines
Baldwin-Felts
Testerman
Mingo
Guards Call Fourth Infantry Company L Ohio National Guard Meet
Members of the 4th Infantry Company L Ohio National Guard will gather at the Armory Monday and Tuesday nights at seven o'clock. Captain William V. Walsh urges attendance for drill and organization.
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4Th Infantry
Company
Ohio National Guard
Meng County Youth Freed on Confession
Olen Michaels twenty of Meigs County was arrested at the railroad station Friday night for stealing 125 dollars and two watches from former employer H. C. Baker of Athens County. He was released Saturday after his parents settled with Baker. Baker declined to prosecute. A tip led to his depot arrest before leaving town. Michaels denied the crime but confessed during cross examination. Watches and money were found. two checks and more watches were found in the Baker farm barn.
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Olen Michaels
Meigs County
H. C. Baker
Athens County
Parker
Baker
Fair Grounds
Sister
Baker Farm
Divorcing Couple Dispute Service Notice Published in Yiddish Paper
Dennis O'Brien says he did not see the summons in Bridget O'Brien's divorce case though he reads papers constantly. Bridget explains the notice appeared in a Yiddish publication.
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San Francisco
Dennis O'Brien
Bridget
Messenger fund update amid collection drive
The latest appeal lists many small contributions from local residents including Sarah Lively and Mrs. David Johnson totaling 68 dollars. It notes only 32 dollars more are needed to reach the 100 dollar goal and that the next report should reflect this amount.
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Messenger
Sarah Lively
New Marshfield R. D
David Johnson
Brooklyn Transit Strikes Tie Up City and Subways
Brooklyn surface car lines were paralyzed as about 12 000 BRT employees walked out in a strike. Thousands rode improvised jitneys or walked while the interborough subway system faced crowding and police warnings. Arbitration demand centers on wage increases 33 to 47 percent amid dispute over court approval.
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New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Interborough
B. R. T. Subway
Masor
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
Howver, Co
Sambal Rte
Lindley M. Garri
Garrison
Building Airships in Germany for America
Two giant Zeppelins are under construction in Germany for American interests to operate freight and passenger service between Berlin and San Francisco via New York. Aeronautical expert John R. Gammeter says a prominent U.S. automaker and Hamburg American Line finance the project, which is expected to begin within four months.
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Aeron. O
Germany
Berlin
San Francisco
New York
John R. Gammeter
B. F. Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company
Hamburg American Steamship Compar
Coal price cuts predicted after ICC rule on open top cars
Ellis Searles editor of the United Mine Workers Journal said the interstate commerce commission order requiring no open top cars for mines without tipples will reduce coal prices. The statement came from Indianapolis on August 30.
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Indianapolis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ellis Searles
United Mine Workers Journal
Election strain as women’s suffrage expands Athens county
Proclamation by Secretary Colby sets a four hundred voter cap per precinct. Athens county’s sixty precincts would need doubling to fit the limit, hiking election costs as funds are unavailable. Election officers are paid eight dollars daily amid the growing workload and expense.
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Colby
Athens County
Protests Over ICC Coal Cartage Cuts Hit Ohio Mines
Washington dispatch reports that the Interstate Commerce Commission orders suspending wagon mine coal shipments until tipples or elevating cars are installed threaten supply in Ohio. Protests warn of widespread shortages as wagon mines, created during wartime price surges, face car restrictions while larger mines gain efficiency from standard cars.
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Washington, D. C
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Germany
Neepeed Epitntade Tien
Genediete
Sion
Immigration records shatter weekly ETA at Ellis Island
New York sees 18 691 aliens admitted in the week ending Saturday, the highest since the war began. About 3 263 are still to be processed, and congestion swells as over 2 000 will need housing and feeding. Commissioner Wallis warns the next week may bring even larger totals with ships arriving full of steerage passengers.
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New York
Ellis Island
Wallis
Europe
America
Swine Breeders Hold Year Meeting At Athens County
The Athens County Dukoe Jersey Swine Breeders Association held its annual meeting at the fair grounds late last week electing officers President Frank Pugh Vice President W L Martin Secretary Treasurer Elmer Finsterwald and executive committee Frank Pugh Elmer Finsterwald Charles Cranmer W C Mulligan and W T Martin. Members for the next year include Frank Pugh Harry Pugh Charles Cranmer W T Martin Thomas Foster W C Mulligan and Elmer Finsterwald urging all breeders of registered Duroc Jersey swine to join.
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Athens County
Thomas Foster
W. C. Mulligan
Elmer Finsterwald
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