Debs Praises Bolsheviks in Athens Speech
In Athens on Sunday Eugene V. Debs attacked Samuel Gompers and Haywood, praising Bolsheviks of Russia and Germany as the world’s first real democracy. He cited George Washington and Thomas Jefferson as “real Bolsheviks” of their times, with Alfred Wagenknecht also speaking as state secretary.
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Canton
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Eugene V. Debs
City
Debs
Russia
Germany
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Europe
Haywood
Alfred Wagenknecht
May Head Newest Russian Government
Reports say Alexander Feodorovich Trepoff, premier in 1916, will lead a new Russian government. It would establish its seat in Stockholm until the Bolsheviks are overthrown.
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Alexander Feodorovich Trepoff
Russia
Stockholm
Women Urged to Enter Radio Work in Paris Dispatch
Paris reports urge women to join radio work as the 37th Division of the Ohio National Guard returns from Belgium with heavy German guns to be distributed to Ohio cities. The unit earned a Belgian royal medal and French valor citations, and anecdotes describe crossings into Aachen and a No Man's Land ball game after armistice.
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Paris
Ohio National Guard
Camp Sheridan
Belgium
Ohio
Albert
America
Aix la Chapelle
Brussels
Cleveland
Galbraith
Cincinnati
Toledo
148Th
Dayton
Schaldt
Galbrath
Dvvision
No Man’s Land
Tom Jones
Middleport
Parte
Ohio Senate
le Mans
Breslau
Germany
Walter Wanamaker
Akron
Supreme Court
Rar
Mm, Wanawaker
Chateau Thierry
Ohio Food Administration Lifts Eating Place Rules
Columbus reports all food administration regulations affecting public eating places are rescinded today. Ohio’s 6000 plus eateries are urged to stay frugal and continue food saving while the Food Control Act remains in effect. Croxton will represent Hoover in the state for relief efforts. county volunteers should prepare for future service.
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Columbus
All Food Administration
Ohio
Federal Food Administration
America
Europe
Food Administration
Croxton
Hoover
Donarey Ogureg Farm Board Faces Salary Expense Critique
Ohio State Auditor Donahey criticizes the ten member agriculture board over spending 1 031 058 of state funds last year. He urges a thorough probe and says much could be saved to provide hog serum fungicide insecticide and soil and mineral analysis for all who want it. Half the money goes to salaries and travel.
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Columbus
Ohio
Board of Agriculture
Ford
Vic Donahey
Donahey
Demobilization flow at Camp Sherman increases arrivals
On Saturday December 23, Camp Sherman received 1425 men from other camps for demobilization while 961 are scheduled to depart for home Sunday. Additions included 415 from Camp Grant 276 from Nitro West Virginia 251 from Camp Riley and 483 from Camp Gordon.
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Camp Sherman
Sherman
Camp Grant
Nitro
W. Va
Camp Riley
Camp Gordon
Ohio National Guard 37th Division Not Yet Ordered Home
Washington reports General staff officials deny the 37th National Guard division is en route home from France. Pershing has not ordered its return and no communication has been received by the War Department. General Peyton March says the 83rd division was a depot unit, though some elements may have seen combat as replacements.
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Washington
37Th National Guard
France
Pershing
America
War Department
37Th
Ohio National Guard
Peyton
March
S3rd
83Rd
Statewide dog tag distribution underway with new licenses
About 200000 dog license tags have been produced at the penitentiary and are now being distributed on orders from county auditors. Owners receive certificates to prove ownership if dogs are lost. all dogs will be recorded in county and kennel books. Tags cost 1 dollar for males and 2 dollars for females. untagged dogs after year's start may be captured as stray.
Third Army Opens Occupation of 4500 Square Miles of Germany
Major General Joseph F Dickman leads the Third Army occupying about 4500 square miles in Germany. The American force of 250000 directs administration of hundreds of towns and miles of rail line after a rapid advance of 200 to 390 miles in a month following the armistice. The march began fatigue from weeks of hard fighting.
Ohio Soldiers in Europe May Return Home Soon
Washington December 22 Ohio soldiers held in Europe as part of the army of occupation may be allowed to come home within months if they indicate a wish to depart The War Department plans to ask Congress for legislation on the occupation army General Pershing has not given a firm timeline due to the unsettled peace conference and unknown German situation The general staff believes an American army of occupation will be needed for some time after peace terms are signed
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Washington
Ohio
Europe
Army of Occupation
War Department
Congress
Department
Germany
Pershing
Bloodshed in Essen as Spartacists clash with workers in riot
Dispatch from Zurich reports heavy street fighting between the workmen and soldiers council and Spartacists in Essen. Numerous deaths and injuries followed as Spartacists were repelled after attempting to free imprisoned comrades and attack mines.
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Zurich
Essen
Spartacides
Bottori
Moiller
Retail Merchants Association holiday store hours listed
Next Tuesday evening December 24 dry goods clothing shoe and grocery stores open. On Monday and Tuesday evenings December 23 and 24 hardware jewelry novelty book and furniture stores open. All stores of the Retail Merchants Association closed all day Christmas.
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Retail Merchants Association
All American Divisions Named by War Department
Washington December 23 Location of all American divisions in France on November 28 and commanding officers announced. The 37th Oostroosebeke Belgium Major General C S Farnsworth, 42nd Mersch Luxembourg Major General C A Flagler, 84th Le Mans France 8rd Depot Division Major General E F Glenn.
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Washington
France
War Department
Oostroosebeke
Belgium
C. S. Farnsworth
Mersch
Luxemberg
C. A. Flagler
le Mans
E. F. Glenn
Insurance broker Milo Piper commits suicide in jail
In Muskegon Michigan Milo H Piper a local insurance broker charged with the murder of Chicago's Miss Freda Weichman hanged himself in his jail cell Saturday night guards had placed him within a foot of the guard outside his cell to prevent self harm.
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Muskegon
Mich
Milo H. Piper
Freda Weichman
Chicago
Death of Sarah E. Eddy at Athens State hospital
Sarah E. Eddy aged 70 died Friday at Athens State hospital of pneumonia. She had been a patient there six years. A son in law A. R. Baker from Pittsburg took the remains to her Woodsfield home for burial. Newtom-Walburn Company handled the body.
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Sarah E. Eddy
Athens State Hospital
A. R. Baker
Pittsburg
Athens
Woodsfield
Newtom-Walburn Company
Exiled Kaiser Plans Yuletide Service Vanished by Count
In exile at Count Von Bentinck's castle in Amersfoort the former Kaiser prepared to lead a public Christmas service but the Count blocked it. The event shifts to the castle drawing room, attended mainly by servants, while Wilhelm plans a Santa role, roams cutting trees, and mortifies expectations with a butcher knife for the roast.
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Amerongen
Holland
Count von Bentinck
Wilhelm
Europe
Meat prices may be up for years
British survey says peace will not bring cheaper meat or more of it. Wartime prices likely to continue for years after the war ends as food controllers fade. Global shortages of sugar fats milk and several staples may push prices higher, with postwar price surges feared more than profiteering.
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London
United States
Europe
British Food Ministry
Allied Food Conference
Ohio Valley Weather Outlook Foresees Fair Christmas Day
Rain is forecast for Monday and Tuesday in the Ohio valley forecast issued late Saturday from Washington. Otherwise the outlook calls for generally fair weather in the last half of the week and nearly normal temperatures.
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Ohio Valley
Washington
NYSE Employees to Attend Third Christmas Entertainment
New York Stock Exchange workers and their families will be guests at the exchange close today for the third annual Christmas entertainment. A band and a male chorus will perform as part of the celebration hosted by members of the exchange.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Valuable tips for discharged soldiers on insurance and records
Guidance on keeping war risk insurance active and converting to standard forms, timely premiums, and proper recording of discharge. Advises frequent physician exams for disability, and filing discharge records at the county recorder for future rights.
Officers Leaving Camp Sherman Ohio
Ten captains and 22 first lieutenants were honorably discharged from Camp Sherman on Saturday. Several hundred officers have been discharged with only essential staff remaining to administer the camp.
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Camp Sherman
Sherman
Supreme Court rules against Hearst INS in AP piracy case
The U S Supreme Court sustains lower court injunction preventing International News Service from pirating Associated Press dispatches. The decision asserts news as a commodity with property rights for the disseminating organization and notes news stock in trade for profit. Justice Pitney calls news stock in trade for large news organizations.
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Washington
Associated Press Today
Supreme Court of the United States
Hearst
International News Service
Associated Press
Wilson to address world public on peace plans from Paris
President Wilson plans direct appeals to allied publics from Paris to clarify American aims at Versailles. He will broadcast speeches in English and Italian and continue press interviews to reach millions. He urges self determination while navigating competing factions over smaller European nations.
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Robert J. Bender
Paris
Wilson
Versailles
England
Italy
America
Fuel price limits to stay until February 1
Fuel Administrator Garfield said maximum coal prices and zone regulations on fuel shipments will not be removed before February 1. Earlier reports claimed restrictions might end early next year. A French inventor has created a wide bladed fan to slow or stop speeding motor trucks.
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Washington
Garfield
King George Hosts Wilsons at Buckingham Palace
President and Mrs. Wilson accepted King George's invitation to stay in London. They will be quartered in the royal suite and entertained as is customary for visiting monarchs during their stay.
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London
George
Wilson
Buckingham Palace
Peru approves railroad to head of navigation on the Amazon
The government authorizes construction of a railway from the country’s easternmost terminus to the Amazon river head of navigation. The project aims to connect inland regions with the Amazon basin and spur economic development.
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Government of
Peru
Amazon River
Plans Set for Memorial Hospital in Athens County
A joint meeting of the board of control and executive committee created a seven member building commission to survey sites and study plans for a memorial hospital in Athens County. T. R. Biddle chairs the commission which will oversee site searches, construction plans, operation and maintenance. members to be named soon.
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War Council
Board of Control
Executive Committee
Athens County
Dscuasion
T. R. Biddle
Biddle
Board of Control and Executive Committee
The
Two Destroyers Launched at Newport News
Two destroyers the Semmes and the Satterlee were launched Saturday at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. The Semmes honors Admiral Raphael Semmes of the Alabama and the Satterlee honors Captain Charles Satterlee of the U S S Tampa who died with his crew in Bristol Channel.
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Newport Nfeiws
Semmes
Satterlee
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Raphael Seames
Charles Satterlee
U. S. S. Tampa
Bristol Cannel
Glasgow shipyard completes world’s largest motor vessel
A Glasgow shipyard finished a 10,900 ton dead weight motor vessel powered by Diesel engines totaling 6600 horsepower, touted as the largest and most powerful ship of its kind in the world.
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Glasgow
Payback to Paymaster by Discharged Objectors
Dozens of conscientious objectors at Camp Sherman send back government pay checks after discharge. They had initially refused pay, then accepted vouchers, and later returned cashless checks, likely due to lingering conscience over military service.
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Camp Sherman
Sherman
United States
Auditor condemns Lake Erie fish restocking as fraud
Ohio State Auditor A V Donahéy blasts the Lake Erie fish restocking program as a fraud benefiting a fish trust. He cites license revenue of 18 124 75 and annual catches about forty million pounds, arguing the state should earn at least 250 000 yearly and that fish prices to the public mask the profits to dealers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lake Erie
Fish Trust
A. V. Donahéy
Erie Fish Trust
Donahey
Glen Jones Returns to America From Rainbow Division
Private Glen Jones of Company L 166th Infantry Rainbow Division arrived in Richmond Virginia and is in hospital No 62 and feeling fine his parents Mr and Mrs W C Jones of 33 Richland Avenue were notified by telegram Jones was gassed in October and wrote his parents on Armistice Day saying he was recovering nicely he served with Athens county Guardsmen in the Rainbow Division sourced from local Seventh Regiment units.
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Glen Jones
Co. L
166Th Infantry
Rainbow Division
W. C. Jones
Richland Avenue
Richmond
Jones
Athens County
Flu Drives Flower Shortage and Price Spike in St Louis
Influenza cuts supply of cut flowers nationwide, offset by sharp price rises in St Louis. American Beauty roses, once $15 a dozen on October 1, now fetch $24 as dealers report tighter availability and higher demand.
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St. Louis
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