Ohio House Passes Graduated Auto Tax In Narrow Vote
The Ohio House sent the graduated automobile tax bill to the Senate by a 65 to 39 vote amid party lines. The bill limits license tax by horsepower and adds weight taxes for trucks, with revenue split between the state and issuing locality. The session also advanced a Reynolds measure granting presidential primary voting rights to women and discussed rent profiteering controls and health officer qualifications.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Secretary of State
Reynolds
Ohio
Meyers
Cuyahoga County
Clemenceau Arrives in London as Talks Focus on New Entente
Premier Clemenceau reached Victoria station after a Dover crossing aboard the Temeraire. British officials see two aims: replace the broken supreme council and cement a Franco British entente that could lead to a broader bloc with Belgium and Italy to pressure Germany and guard against Russia, with America excluded from Europe for now.
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London
Clemenceau
France
Victoria Station
Dover
Temeraire
Supreme Council
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Paris
Adriatic
Russia
Germany
Belgium
Italy
America
Foster Leads Ohio Delegation Endorsement for Harding
Congressman I M Foster convened the Ohio congressional delegation in Washington on Tuesday to endorse Senator Harding for president and to offer a formal resolution of endorsement.
Mine Committee Votes to Resume Work Monday
John Wyckoff of Athens secretaries local union No. 1334 mine 210 Sugar Creek received order to resume under a new scale. The mine committee voted to accept the proposition and return to work Monday December 15. A prework meeting will explain the situation to members.
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John Wyckoff
Athens
Sugar Creek
Tsakos arraigned on murder charge in Canton
Canton Ohio December 11 Pete Tsakos is arraigned on a first degree murder charge and held to the grand jury without bail.
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Canton, O
Pete Tsakos
Miners to Resume Work in Pomeroy Bend After Indianapolis Accord
Thomas Thomas, district official of the United Mine Workers in Pomeroy Bend, received orders from national headquarters in Indianapolis to return to work. He said district miners would approve the Indianapolis agreement. Signals indicate whistles tonight or within a day or two, and operations should resume in full.
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Pomeroy, O
Thomas Thomas
United Mine Workers
Pomeroy Bend
Indianapolis
Thomas
I News
West Expects No Relief At Present
In Chicago on December 11 fuel restrictions remained in force across the Middle West with officials saying regulation will be needed for at least a month and no broad lift of the ban on industry and trade is expected soon. Some Illinois mine shipments may reach Chicago next week but major relief isn’t due before Christmas. The railroad administration will rush empties to mines to minimize delays when production restarts. Reports from midwestern fields suggest enough miners will return to work to support a general resumption.
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Chicago, Ill
Middle West
Railroad and Fuel Administrations
Illinois
Chicago
Railroad
Tion
Mid
Miners Prepare to Resume Work in Hocking District
Go to work orders issued as Ohio Collieries and Hisylvania mines set to begin operations after six weeks of strike. Telegrams from national miners’ headquarters prompt restart. local union secretaries await instructions to fire up the mines tonight or tomorrow.
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Glouster
Ohio Collieries Company
Hisylvania
Hocking
Nelsonville
Athens
Coal shortage to hold sway for some time in Cleveland
In Cleveland on December 11 the local fuel committee said fuel restrictions stay in force until coal supply justifies lifting them. A weather break is expected to ease the strain, but manufacturers do not anticipate normalization of coal flow for another week or ten days.
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Cleveland
Apple Pie Contest Opens at Ohio State Apple Show
In Columbus on December 11 University co-eds and local housewives compete in an apple pie baking contest at the Ohio State Apple Show in the University horticultural building. A student judging contest accompanies the event. President W O Thompson will present a loving cup to the winner. Show proceeds support future exhibitions and the event runs through Saturday evening.
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Co-Eds
Columbus Housewives
Ohio State
University Horticultural
W. O. Thompson
Jones bill moves to senate calendar as Americanization measure
The Jones bill requires Ohio aliens aged sixteen to twenty one who cannot read or write English to attend school four hours weekly until passing a sixth grade exam. The house adopted Miller resolution for a six member joint committee to investigate state employee salaries and passed a bill giving township trustees authority to transfer funds to counties to build viaducts over railroad crossings.
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Columbus
Senate
Senate Committee On Common Schools
Ohio
House
Miller Senate
Astronomy Prof dismisses planetary doom predictions
Prof H C Lord of Ohio State University says a recent doomsday forecast tied to an unusual planetary alignment is bunk. He notes no danger to Earth as six planets align with Uranus and Earth at right angles, a pattern seen in history without risk.
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Columbus
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Earth
H. C. Lord
Department of Astronomy
Ohio State University
Prof. Lord
Neptune
Prof. Lard
Marriage of Don Marquis and Eva L McDaniel
Don R. Marquis aged 29 a farmer of Ames ville married Eva L. McDaniel by Rev Strecker in a local ceremony. The couple appears in a public record noting the union and officiant.
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Don R. Marquis
Amesville
Eva L. McDaniel
Strecker
Last American peace delegates depart Paris station
The American delegation led by under secretary Frank Polk leaves Montparnasse for the United States. Clemenceau bids them farewell urging support for the treaty with the League of Nations. Marshals Foch and Cavalleri join high officials in farewells at the platform.
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Henry Wood
United Press
Paris
United States
Frank Polk
Montparnasse
Clemenceau
Polk
America
League of Nations
Marsh Foch
General Cavalleri
Italy
Wallace
President Wilson Seeks Swift Just Settlement of Mine Strike
President Wilson sent a telegram to United Mine Workers head John L. Lewis praising the strike settlement and urging joint effort toward a just, prompt settlement. He noted upcoming White House announcements on a wage and profit commission and that the third member will be a non government appointee. The Treasury Secretary is tasked with submitting 1917 1918 dividend data for coal mining firms in a Senate resolution.
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Washington
Wilson
Jonn L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
White House
Palmer
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
Johnston
South Dakota
Battle over Wilson plan shapes United Mine Workers convention
Indianapolis workers resume output as the United Mine Workers prepare for a national convention to consider the Wilson plan ending the strike. The radical and conservative factions clash as leaders Lewis Green and Palmer ties loom, with a commission to study wages hours and conditions awaited.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Executive Council
Wison
Wilson
Executive Ee
Frank Meadton
Howa
Kansak
Madde
Farrington
Howatt
John L. Lewis
William Green
Lewis
Green
Althe
United States
Palmer
Thomas T. Brewster
William G. McAdoo
Post office orders Red Cross Seals on back of letters
The Post Office Department issues an order requiring Red Cross Seals to be placed on the back of letters during December. Foreign mail with seals on the front will be returned, while domestic letters will not but readers should comply to avoid inquiries.
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Post Office Department
Automobile Wreck Destroys Front in Chauncey Street Incident
A touring car owned by Clyde Love of Chauncey rolled down South Congress street Thursday forenoon and nearly struck the post office front. The vehicle, parked before the Sig house, was tampered with and then moved on its own, failing to make the corner. Only a battered front end resulted from the crash.
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Clyde Love
Chauncey
South Congress Street
Sig House
Captain Riggs Taken to Parkersburg Hospital
Captain J. H. Riggs of Athens and former Belpre resident was brought to St. Joseph's hospital in Parkersburg for treatment. He previously supervised tracks for the Baltimore and Ohio and has been retired for some time. Friends in Parkersburg and Belpre regret his illness.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
J. H. Riggs
Athens
Belpre
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mystery death of Billy Danzey ruled an accident
Hammonton New Jersey December 11 A county official disclosed that Billy Danzey the boy whose skeleton was found in a swamp a month after he vanished was killed accidentally. Several residents with knowledge of the death are believed to be involved but no official confirmation has been given. Authorities say further updates await statements from White Charles and Edith genes the housekeeper.
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Hammonton
N. J
Billy Danzey
Here
White
Charles
Edith Genes
Veterans lead as Don Vorhes tops drill contest in armory
World War veterans Corporal Don ald Vorhes and Sergeant Wheeler Dew won first and second prizes in Company L exhibition drill before a capacity crowd in the armory. The event featured foot movements close order drill and a veteran squad exhibition. Captain Stinchcomb canceled a basketball game citing back to back contests.
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Donald Vorhes
Wheeler Dew
Company L
Armory
Court Street
Stinchcomb
Sam Johnson
Rafel Johnson
Connett
Corporal Vorhes
Dew
Passenger service in east curtailed under fuel program
Curtailment of passenger service on eastern railways became effective Wednesday as part of fuel conservation. Sixty six trains were eliminated on the New York Central and other lines. The two 20 hour fliers between New York and Chicago, The New York Central's Twentieth Century Limited and The Pennsylvania's Broadway Limited, were removed.
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New York
Eastern Railways
New York Central
Chicago
New York Centrals
Twentieth Century Limited
Pennsylvania
Broadway Limited
Teachers pay in probe in Columbus resolution
Senator Miller of Muskingum County filed a resolution to appoint a six member committee to examine claims that state employees and teachers are underpaid.
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Columbus
Miller
Muskingum County
Ohio Fields Reports Ready to Start on Friday
Coal operators in Ohio plan a near full restart by Monday as Nel sonville Toledo and Western and other districts resume limited work. Washington officials expect the mine workers commission on wages and prices to name three panel members within sixty days and to issue a full report to President Wilson.
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Ohio
Washington
Wilson
Washia
Palmer
Miners Await Official Strike Call Across Stark County
In Zanesville Ohio on December 11 miners in sub No 6 await official notice to call off the strike. Stark County COEPE tors and miners expect mines to reopen soon once the motion is received.
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Zanesville, O
Cambridge Mines Ready to Resume Operations
Cambridge Ohio December 11 miners in the district were ready to resume operations Thursday morning but had not yet received official instructions from Indianapolis. Operators expect mine rerams by Friday and ship coal. Daily capacity at Cambridge mines is 40,000 tons.
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Cambridge
Indianapolis
Lees
Michigan Miners Return to Work After Strike Notice
In Saginaw Michigan workers resume labor after a five week coal strike following official notice. About 2400 miners in Michigan go back to work today as the halt ends and production restarts across the state.
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Michigan
Saginaw, Mich
Canaanville Mine Union Plans Work After Meeting
Canaanville C Ohio reports the local United Mine Workers branch will resume work tomorrow in line with national officers orders. William Hier chairs the Canaan local as members prepare to return.
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Canaanville
United Mine Workers
William Hier
Canaan
Elk Charity Ball Fills Baskets for Christmas Families
The Elk charity ball ended at twelve o clock Wednesday after a lively event with many couples dance styles and a large turnout. The gathering will fund baskets of goodies for needy families in the city with items to light the lives of children on Christmas morning.
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Athens
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