Ohio law enforcement plea from state official in Columbus
Dan V. Parker Ohio prohibition commissioner urged cooperation from all law levels to back enforcement. He said Ohio is 95 percent for enforcement, with five percent opposing. He predicted fewer violations and said county law enforcement organizations will unite to fight liquor law violators. His department has investigated 3000 cases and resulted in 1500 prosecutions and fines.
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Columbus
Dan V. Parker
Ohio
Parker
Wild Women Force Miners Out of South Kansas Mines
In Girard Kansas on December 13 the so called Amazon Army of 1500 to 2000 wives and daughters mobbed Jackson Walker Mines 45 48 and 51 and drove 300 workers from shafts. Women organized in three groups attacked with bricks stones and pepper boxes while miners fled. The incident follows yesterday’s actions and ties to Alexander Howat and the United Mine Workers dispute with Howat jailed.
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Girard
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Jackson-Walker
Jackson- Walker
Milt Gould
Franklin
Gould
Alexander Howat
United Mine Workers of America
Amazon Army
Howat
Ulster’s Vote Affects Ireland Free State Role
Under the treaty the island becomes a free state with dominion government. Ulster may accept or reject the freedom and remain within the British empire. Britain will keep coastal defenses until the new government can assume control.
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Irish Republic
Great Britain
Ulster
Ireland
Britain Opposes France Italy Fleet Rise in Naval Talks
The British delegation opposes any upward naval allocation to France and Italy warning that France gaining a fleet equal to Japan’s could disrupt the Hughes naval ratio plan. Britain seeks to keep a fleet comparable to the next two continental navies and fears a potential entente raising France and Italy’s strength to threaten Britain.
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Carl D. Groat
United Press
Washington
France
Italy
Japan
Britain
America
Fairbanks and Pickford Return to New York Hungry for Real Food
Doug Fairbanks and Mary Pickford arrived aboard the Paris from Harve exhausted and eager for American fare. He jokes about ranch cows and hens while she notes she is off her feed though not sick. Doug adds a camel bite story from Algiers.
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Doug Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
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Paris
Harve
Beau Drummel
Algiers
Ohio Bell seeks permission to buy Sandusky Home Tel Co
Would buy out rival Ohio Bell Telephone Company today applied to the interstate commerce commission for permission to purchase the property of the Sandusky Home Telephone Company.
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Washington
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sandusky Home Telephone Company
Regular meeting of B. P. O. E. Tonight at 7:30
The B P O E chapter calls a regular meeting for this evening at 7 30 focusing on business matters and member attendance.
Hocking Coal Threatened by Inferior Product Crowding Market
United States Geological Survey figures for the week ending December 10 show Southern Ohio's Hocking district producing only 14.3 percent of its capacity while national output runs 46.8 percent and West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, and Pennsylvania exceed Hocking. Ohio coal, when properly mined, equals or surpasses rivals, yet local production lags markedly behind.
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United States Geological Survey
United States
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
West Virginia
Hocking
United State
Kansas
New River
Masons to Install Officers at Regular Meeting
Regular communication of Para mathia No. 25 F and A M to day at 7 PM. Officers for the coming year will be installed. Fred M. McKay W M Lappalmer Secretary.
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Fred M. McKay
W. M. Lappalmer
Grange to Celebrate Forty Seventh Anniversary
Grange No. 905 in Coolville Ohio will host an oyster dinner December 17 at 10 a m to mark the organization’s forty seventh anniversary with members and their families attending.
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Coolville
Troy Grange No. 905
Armament talks near breakthrough as Yap pact signed
Washington reports rapid strides in the arms conference with optimism high about finalizing the Hughes naval ban and ratio limits this week. A formal Yap agreement between the United States and Japan is announced as the Big Three reconvene and pressure grows to scrap older ships while preserving newer ones.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Harding
Labor group votes to reject wage cuts seek raise via board
Representatives of 35,000 maintenance of way and railroad shop laborers nationwide voted in New York to reject wage reduction proposals by railroad companies and to appeal to the railroad labor board on December 19 for increases starting at 17 percent.
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New York
Railroad Labor Board
Ohio Buckeye Stat: Conference Sets Two Meet Dates
Ohio conference officials announce two northern and southern division meets on May 20 in Cincinnati and May 20 in Cleveland. Top three in each event advance to the Big Six meet in Columbus May 26 and 27. Ohio State must reach 15 points to win.
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Cleveland
Ohio State
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Wittenberg
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Michigan Aggies
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Athens
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Otterbein
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Masquerade Dance Next Tuesday at Bailey's Hall
A masquerade dance is scheduled at Bailey's Hall on Tuesday evening. The event is listed in the community notice under WEG er 4212-2.
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Bailey’s Hall
Bailey's Dance Hall
Morse Affair Shapes Grand Jury Probe in Washington
Shipbuilder Charles W. Morse arrived in Washington and met with attorney Wilton J. Lambert as the grand jury likely prepares to probe Morse ship contracts with the Shipping Board. Morse asserts no dishonesty and says the government owes his enterprise.
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Washington
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Wilton J. Lambert
Lambert
Gordon
Shipping Board
Taber Declines Grange Master Post for Next Year
Cincinnati Ohio December 13 The Ohio State Grange convention heard L J Taber master of the Ohio Grange and state director of agriculture say he will not seek another year as grange master as he plans to enter politics next year He offered his resignation six months ago but it was not accepted Friends of G R Lewis Hancock county deputy are pushing him as a candidate if Taber declines
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Cincinnati
Ohio State Grange
L. J. Taber
Ohio Grange
Taber
G. R. Lewis
Hancock County
Early Athens gym class ends for rest of year
Thor Olson announced the early morning class of Athens business men will be discontinued after today until January 1. It is the first vacation in five years for this class. A new term begins January 1.
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Thor Olson
Business Men of Athens
Whiskey Profits Seen From B C Liquor Sale
Government liquor sale in British Columbia is expected to yield about $40,000 in weekly profits. The estimate reflects a robust demand and ongoing revenue stream for the province’s alcohol sales program.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Treaty Goes to Nations for Ratification
A notable event sees the pact advance to multiple nations for ratification as delegates prepare formal submissions. Key signatories and dates remain in flux while governments await parliamentary action.
Hart Weds Winifred Westover in Hollywood Church
William S. Hart, famed film star known as the he man of westerns, married Miss Winifred Westover. The ceremony was held at an Episcopal church in Hollywood California with Westover, long a member of Hart’s company, as bride.
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William S. Hart
Dan Cupid
Hart
Winifred Westover
Holywood
Cal
Hughes First to Affix Name in Pacific Peace Pact Signing
United States Secretary of State Hughes led the four powers in signing a treaty that ends the Anglo Japanese alliance and commits the signatories to Pacific peace. The ceremony in Washington included Balfour Viviani and Admiral Kato, with Eddie Savoy and Sidney Smith assisting, and ratifications to follow. President Harding would not submit the pact to the Senate until after further actions.
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A. L. Bradford
United Press Staff Corres
Washington
Pacific Ocean
State Hughes
Hughes
United States
Balfour
Viviani
Admiral Baron Kato
Pacific
Congress
Eddie
Eddie Savoy
State Department
Sidney Y. Smith
White House
Harding
Senate
Dry up New York campaign reveals liquor raids and jail threats
The dry up New York drive reports raids on four exclusive Broadway and Greenwich Village cafes. Federal Judge Hand says violators of the Volstead act face prison, not fines. Rum smuggling indictments may expose a large plot and possibly former prohibition officers.
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Broadway
Greenwich Village
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End of Arms Conference Signed by Key Delegates
The treaty was drafted in English and French with parallel texts. Elihu Root and Senator Lodge signed with an American eagle quill. Rene Viviani signed alone for France. Sarraut and Ambassador Jusserand could not attend and left space for later signatures.
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Senator Lodge
Rene Viviani
Sarraut
Jusserand
Viviani
Automobiles boom in Canada from 67 thousand to over 400 thousand
Ottawa reports wartime mobility surge as Canada moves from 67 415 vehicles to more than 400 000 in use, with total registered value near 600 million dollars, reflecting rapid automotive growth.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Fear grows Dail may reject Anglo Irish treaty
Dublin December 13. Fear marked the last minute scramble as Dail Eireann considered the Anglo Irish treaty. Observers shifted from expected large ratification to a narrow majority or possibly a plebiscite delay.
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United Press
Dublin
Dail Eireann
Gresham
Collins-Griffith
Dall
Dail
Vaiden Charged in Brutal Murder of Insurance Agent
Columbus reports 26 year old John Valden Vaiden arrested for the assault and murder of Charles D. Baker, an insurance agent, after a visit to Vaiden's home to collect money. Police say Vaiden struck Baker with an iron bar multiple times and planned to hide the body under a wood pile.
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Columbus
John Valden
Charles D. Baker
Baker
Vaiden
Soldier Driver Killed in Crash Near Norwich
Private Boone Duncan 24 of Henderson Kentucky, assistant truck driver in the Army Motor Transport Corps, was instantly killed when an army truck plunged over an embankment and turned turtle on the National Road one mile west of Norwich. Privates Glenn A Blakley and J D Stanley of Camp Knox Kentucky were injured.
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Cambridge
Boone Duncan
Henderson
Kentucky
United States Army Motor Transport Corps
Glenn A. Blakley
J. D. Stanley
Camp Knox
Kentuckey
Norwich
Antis TQ Open Treaty Battle in the Senate
Washington December 13. The treaty of Washington to scrap the Anglo Japanese alliance and preserve Pacific peace was to be signed today by plenipotentiaries from the United States Great Britain Japan and France. Senator Borah mounts a senate fight though ratification is expected. President Harding campaigns for ratification with White House conferences. Lodge to guide the measure through Congress after liaison with the president.
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United Press
Washington
Pacific
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Senate
Borah
Harding
White House
Lodge
Ohio investors favor safe places for savings
Dayton report notes Ohio investors turn from wildcat promoters to secure institutions. John E Waitman of the Ohio Building and Loan League says loans will finance only ninety percent of next year’s building as Ohioans keep funds local. James A Devine of the Ohio Buildings Association predicts double home building next year.
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Ohio
John E. Waitman
Ohio Bulenc Jation’s League
Waitman
OTT
James A. Devine
Ohio Buildings Association
Gangsters Busy At Work In Brooklyn Slaying
A man believed to be Garry Barry was killed by a “Jack the slasher” on a Brooklyn street corner in the early hours. Police arrested two men and two women after following a blood trail to a doorway, suspects tied to a gang feud.
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Garry Barry
Jack the
Brooklyn
Barry
Is Your Child Physically Fit
An offer for a free booklet titled The School Child's Health outlines methods to test a child’s eyes and hearing, address flat feet, regulate appetite, forestall tuberculosis, and manage contagious diseases. The flyer invites readers to send two cents for return postage and provide name and address to Frederic J. Haskin, Director.
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