Bonded liquor glut poisons warehouses after Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court upheld wartime prohibition, leaving millions of gallons of bonded liquor in warehouses. Carrying charges reach about three and a third million dollars monthly as owners seek a path to reclaim investments. Export or non beverage use options are limited and costly, delaying any relief.
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Supreme Court
Ralph F. Couch
Washington
Wilson
Ures
Kramer
Cleveland Blizzard Claims Two Lives and Disrupts City
A thirty six hour Cleveland blizzard abated after paralyzing interurban traffic and city services. Archibald Dunbar, 29, was killed by a New York Central train hidden by snow, and Sarah Wright, two, suffocated in a home fire. The blaze destroyed the Detroit and Cleveland building on the Cuyahoga river. several stove fires flared as crews fought to contain damage.
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Cleveland, CO
Cleveland
Archibald Dunbar
New York Central
Sarah Wright
Detroit
Cuyahoga River
Peace By Christmas Hope Of The Allied Diplomats
Monday evening's concert at the First Presbyterian church supported Troop One Scouts. Supt. Morgan led with readings and a gripping performance of Robert of Sicily. The quartet Miss Allen Mrs Tompkins Prof Hoover Mr Schaeffler impressed the crowd. Miss Allen sang three solos and Miss Ruggles added a violin obligato. Mr Kresge on the organ accompanied. More than $60 was cleared.
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First Presbyterian Church
Troop One
Supt. Morgan
Robert
Sicily
Krabill
Ohio University
Lady Chio
Quartette
Miss Allen
Tompkins
Prof. Hoover
Schaeffler
Peccini
Ware
Cowen
Miss Ruggles
Mr. Kresge
Robert of
G. Rossiter Cole
Federal judge suspends date for UMWA contempt case
In Indianapolis Judge A B Anderson indefinitely continued hearings on contempt of court charges against United Mine Workers of America officials. The pause follows a request by UMWA counsel arguing leaders are urging miners to return to work, with Government attorneys agreeing except for Alexander Howatt whose case is set for next Monday to address keeping Kansas miners on strike.
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Indianapolo
Ind
United Mine Workers of America Today
A. B. Anderson
United States District Court
Anderson
United Mine Workers
Alexander Howatt
Kansas
Supreme Council Sets Huns Offer For Review Today
London reports peace talks near Christmas as German economic experts may offer docks dredges and materials to meet allied reparations. Gersman reply to the peace protocol will be taken up by the supreme council. Laborites hail a victory for organized labor in foreign affairs and plan a push to end the blockade of Soviet Russia.
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ED. L. Keen
London
Foreign Office
Special Commission
Paris
Scapa Flow
Gersman
Supreme Council
Russia
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Laborites
Great Britain
France
Italy
Soviet Russia
School Fire Destroys Urbana Building in South District
Overheated furnace caused a blaze that destroyed a south district school in Urbana. Loss estimated at eighty thousand dollars with extensive damage to structure and contents.
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Urbana
South — District
Probing Gambling in Lawrence County Grand Jury Session
Special session lawman convened a Lawrence County grand jury to probe gambling. Prosecutor said he has names of more than 3,000 alleged gamblers, including both men and women.
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Ironton
Lawrence County
Gas shortage blamed for worst Lancaster suffering
A report from Lancaster cites a severe gas shortage causing widespread suffering, described as the worst in the city’s history. The piece notes impact on residents and daily life amid ongoing scarcity.
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Lancaster
Southern Ohio Coal Output Rebounds Toward Normal
In Columbus Ohio on December 16 reports from southern Ohio show all mines operating and most miners back to work. W D McKinney secretary of the Southern Ohio Coal Exchange estimates today’s production at about 75 percent of normal, up 15 percent from Monday, with a similar rise expected Wednesday and by week’s end output near normal.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. D. McKinney
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
McKinney
Uranus
Mine Operators Tie Return to Renunciation of Union
Telegrams from head quarters report Alabama Tennessee and Kentucky operators will not allow miners to return unless they renounce the United Mine Workers. Officials said the reports will be turned over to the government.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers Today
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Restaurant owners plan in house grocery and laundry to cut costs
New York restaurant owners proposes to run grocery market centers and a large laundry to lower meal prices. They aim to amalgamate four existing restaurant associations into one group to tackle costs and labor pressures.
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New York
Banker protests probing of accounts in tax bill hearing
Don Willis of the Cleveland federal reserve testified before the legislative joint taxation committee that granting powers to examine bank deposits would drive money from the state. He argued banker depositor relations are confidential like attorney client.
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Columbus
Don Willis
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
Legislative Joint Taxation Committee
Wills
Strong brothers pursue robber but lose him in alley light
Cincinnati report says Richard and Charles Strong chased a robber for three blocks before a flashlight blinded them and the thief escaped. The brothers stood watch but interfered without capturing the suspect.
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TOO
Cincinnati
Richard
Charles Strong
Miners Reinstated After 99-Year Suspension Stand
Nine miners employed by Pennsylvania Coal and Coke at Amesbury were reinstated after a union decision followed a firm threat to close operations and abandon the town. The suspensions arose when the workers heeded a federal court order to return to work during wage dispute talks.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corporation
Amesbury
Train schedule changes announced by J H Gross agent
Effective 12:01 A M December 15 trains 3 and 4 return to former schedule. Trains 1 and 6 will not run south of Athens. Train 5 making all stops is annulled.
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Athens
Man feeds money to horse on Wells Street in Chicago
In Chicago a traffic officer stops George Egan after he is seen giving ten dollar bills to a horse on Wells Street. Egan claims he fed forty dollars to the animal as the country faced a dry spell.
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Chicago
George Egan
Wells Street
Egan
Russia Would Offer Refuge To Goldman Berkman Reds
Ludwig Martens sends a letter to Emma Goldman promising safe refuge for the several hundred Russian Reds held in New York awaiting deportation. They may be returned to Russia aboard the U S Army transport Eufort under secret sailing orders.
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New York
Russia
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
United States
Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
Free Political Prisoners Committee
Peace in Light Paris Averts Resumption of Hostilities
The supreme council ruled the German reply to the allied note on the peace protocol conciliatory and promised a rapid dispatch to Berlin. Officials plan for Germany to sign the protocol and have the treaty take effect before Christmas. This ends fears of renewed invasion to enforce terms.
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Paris
Germany
Supreme Council
Baron von Leisner
Berlin
Miners Resume Work at Amesville Mines
Miners in Ames and Bern have returned to work at Lathrop Carbon and Little New York mines near Amesville Ohio. Day shift began Friday and Saturday of last week with most workers back on site as operations resumed.
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Ames
Bern
Amesville
Lathrop, Carbon
Little New York
Harding to Enter Republican Nomination Race Soon
Washington dispatch reports Senator Harding of Ohio will announce his entry into the Republican presidential nomination race within 24 hours. The rumor centers on a formal declaration expected from Harding as the party contends for the White House.
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Washington
Harding
Ohio
End of the World Rumor Echoes Through New York
Rumor mill spreads as Supreme Court ruling dampens hopes of a wet Christmas and a sensational solar end of the world instruction debates arouse public curiosity. Skeptics dismiss the alarm while weather offices warn of seasonal blizzards amid the confusion.
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New York
Supreme Court
Rebel Poet Withdraws From Fiume After Occupation
Gabriele D'Annunzio withdraws from Fiume following an accord with Premier Mussolini as Italian regulars occupy the city. General Caviglia commands the Italian forces, who faced initial resistance from the poet-aviator-dictator and his adventurers after occupying Fiume on September 12.
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Paris
Gabriele D‘annunzio
Fiume
Rome
Mitti
Caviglia
D‘annunzio
Italy
Phone Directory to Be Published Early in 1920
The Home Telephone Company will publish a telephone directory in January 1920, about 4000 copies by The Messenger Printery Company. Manager C L Jones urges Athens subscribers and business people to ensure correct data on street numbers initials and other details as the directory will serve all needs while city directories may be scarce.
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Home Telephone Company
Messenger Printery Company
Messenger
C. L. Jones
Athens
Jones
Athens City
Robber shot by patrolman in Cleveland clash
In Cleveland Ohio a man believed to be Arthur Cameron a former taxicab driver was shot and killed by Patrolman William T Takacas after an attempted robbery and shooting of John Vanikis a restaurant proprietor Vanikis may die with the assailant fatally wounded after the incident early today
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Cleveland, O
Arthur Cameron
William T. Takacas
John Vanikis
Vanikis
Robbery at Citizens Bank in Johnstown Ohio
Cit izens Bank in Johnstown Ohio was held up by a gang of safe crackers who fled in a car with about $3 000 and bonds. Cash Brown was abducted at gunpoint, bound to a table, and later freed after the robbers cut a vault door with acetylene torches. The gang, believed to be headed south toward Newark, cut a dozen telephone cables but did not sever long distance lines. The bank is owned by Congressman William A Ashbrook.
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Johnstown
Citizens Bank
Cash Brown
Brown
Newark
William A. Ashbrook
Back Water and Lakes Provide First Skating Pair
The Hocking River fell from flood stage after topping its banks Sunday and nearing the Thanksgiving high. No losses were reported as the water subsided by Sunday night. Upstream floods from rains and snow swelled the river while Athens contributed little run off. The cold froze a thick surface, enabling extensive skating, with hospital lakes also frozen.
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Hocking
Athens
Mrs Esther Blake Accused in Boy’s Disappearance at Sea
United Press report from Atlantic City details accusations against Mrs Esther Blake, charged with murder in the disappearance of her five year old son W Blake Jr. Prosecutors say she plotted to gain her husband's love by killing the boy, with detective Souder stating the evidence traces her movements to the pier and into the water.
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Miles W. Vaughn
United Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Dee
Esther Blake
Dr. Louis County
Benjamin Newsbaum
Masons Gather For Purbeauthie Lodge Meeting
Columbus Ohio attorney general Price asks Senator Whittemore to introduce amendments making workmen’s compensation law compulsory for all employers with five or more workers. Price cites $90,000 in delinquent premiums and proposes state seizure of noncompliant businesses to recover back premiums and ensure worker protection.
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Columbus
Price
Whittemore
Akron
Senate
Higley Study Circle Hosts Christmas Program
Mrs. J. J. Richeson of 35 Park Place will host the Higley Study Circle on Wednesday at 2 PM. A Christmas program featuring a group of musical numbers is planned for the gathering.
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J. J. Richeson
Park Place
Higley
Cleveland Teachers to Receive 20 Percent Pay Increase
Cleveland officials allocate one million dollars for raised salaries in the public schools. Most increases are retroactive to September 1, 1919, excluding staff with under one year of experience, with new minimums set for that group.
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Cleveland, CO
Cleveland Public Schools
Miners Refuse to Start Work in Massillon District
Massillon district miners refuse to rework as President J. Price of sub district 3 advised. A large meeting was held at noon and a second is planned today. Meanwhile every Massillon mine remains shut down.
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Massillon, CO
J. Price
Massillon
Congress rebuffs bid to repeal wartime liquor ban
Washington report says the House Agricultural Committee voted 16 to 3 against repealing wartime prohibition. Representative Gallivan of Massachusetts introduced the bill, but the measure will be permanently pigeonholed by the committee.
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Washington
Congress
House Agricultural Committee
Gallivan
Massachusetts
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M. M. Dea
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