Four-State Joint Session Proposed Between Miners and Operators
A plan for an interstate joint conference involving two operators and two miners from each of four states, plus UMWA international officers, is proposed to discuss wage and contract terms before April 1 1922. A meeting is suggested at the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh on January 6 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers Organization
United Mine Workers
William Penn
Pittsburgh
Oistricts
United Mine Workers of America
McKinney Rejects four state pact in mining talks
Mr. McKinney says the four state agreement is dominated by other districts and that they will consult with the United Mine Workers of America. He frames the stance as a bid to preserve market access and cooperation with the union, aiming for mines to stay open in stress, not shutter first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mr. McKinney
Amerca
McKinney
Southern Ohio Coal Operators Propose New Wage System
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange members in Columbus propose to withdraw from the four state pact and create a separate wage scale for their mines. They seek to abolish the union dues check-off sent to UMWA headquarters and decline joint talks with other districts. The move comes as miners set January 6 for wage-scale talks in the central field, with the current scale due April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Southern Ohio
W. D. McKinney
Lewis Letter to Southern Ohio Coal Operators
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers writes to southern Ohio coal operators. The operators’ reply is printed elsewhere in this issue. The letter recalls an interstate agreement for the central competitive field made in New York and dated March 31, 1920, in effect through 1922 with specified resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Ohio
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
J. H. Pritchard
Mr. Lewis
New York
Holiday Crime Wave Hits New York Streets
New York reports a holiday crime surge with Charles Hayes a Brooklyn salesman beaten to death by three bandits. Bernard Kelly is arrested after a rooftop chase for kicking a shop window and stealing fur coats while a woman is hinted as a leader in the attack observed by a nearby janitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Hayes
Brooklyn
Bernard Kelly
Hayes
Rioting Flareup in Packingtown Triggers Police Reserve Call
Chicago December 28 packing town again turned into an armed camp with sporadic rioting. A man was shot and probably fatally wounded as authorities deployed several hundred police reserves to restore order.
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Chicago
Breach of Promise Alleged in Suit
Miss Bernice Dunfee of Little Hocking seeks 15000 damages from John Clifton of Marietta in common pleas court alleging he promised to marry on August 7 and failed to wed after consent and repeated requests on August 14 and September 25.
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Marietta, O
Bernice Dunfee
Little Hocking
John Clifton
Common Pleas Court
Clifton
Athens county 1922 auto tags sales lag in early rush
Only seventy five 1922 auto tags were issued in Athens county by Tuesday morning. County Agent E R Raymond secured the first tag and Mrs J H Cline the second. With three days left before 1922, the Chamber of Commerce seeks quicker responses to avoid a January rush and heavy workload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Chamber of Commerce
E. R. Raymond
J. H. Cline
Commerce Office
Southern Ohio Operators State Position In Letter To Lewis
The Southern Ohio coal operators, in Columbus on December 27, direct sending a reply to John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers. They refuse to meet as before and promise a new wage scale eliminating the check-off and inequalities, to be proposed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Ohio
Lewis
Southern Ohio
Columbus
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
J. H. Pritchard
Ohio Farm Prices Continue to Fall in State Report
Ohio farm product prices slide further with only Irish potatoes and apples keeping level since mid December. State averages show corn down from 73 to 47 cents per bushel, oats from 50 to 35 cents, and rye from 0 to 79 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
State Division of Markets
Japan May Refuse Ratification Over Home Territory Clause
Tokyo December 27 officials indicate Japan will not ratify the quadrupled Pacific treaty unless reservations exclude home territories of signatory nations. Privy council reportedly rejects any construction that would extend to Japan proper, insisting protection of possessions only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Dubose Tokio
Japan
Privy Council
Ohio miners weigh wage talks as strike loom in April
President Lee Hall of the United Mine Workers says he cannot confirm motives behind a southern Ohio operators plan to meet for a new wage scale. G. W. Savages warns that if operators proceed, all southern Ohio mines will shut on April 1, with about thirteen thousand miners quitting.
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Cambridge, O
Lee Hall
United Mine Workers’ Organization
John L. Lewis
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Lewis
Pittsburg
New York City
G. W. Savages
The
Ohio Minersti
Savage
Ohio veterans aid groups urged to form volunteer organs
County prosecutors receive letters from Attorney General Price urging meetings in their counties to form volunteer organizations to aid in the Ohio adjusted compensation program. He called for representatives of war time organizations with American Legion officials and fraternal groups to meet by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Price
Ohio
American Legion
Judge Marx cites hospital abuse claim at veterans gathering
Judge Robert C. Marx of Cincinnati told a Columbus audience that a veteran report alleges insane Yanks sleep on the floor of Longview hospital. Major Leon Frazer of the veterans bureau confirmed the bureau has received the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert C. Marx
Cincinnati
Columbus
Longview Hospital
Veterans’ Bureau
Leon Frazer
Bureau
Silent Strike Ends Calcutta Prince’s Reception
Ten thousand natives broke the passive strike to give the Prince of Wales a monster reception in Calcutta on December 28, rivalling the 1942 demonstration for his father in grandeur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Prince of Wales
G A R Regular Meeting Set For December 31 1921
Local post reports a Grand Army of the Republic regular meeting scheduled for Saturday December 31 1921 at 1 o'clock. Election of officers to be conducted under Eli Roush P C.
Bailey Run Residents Thank Santa Claus Helpers
Bailey Run citizens thank William Pierce Thomas Pritchard and others who helped make Christmas happy for the district children. Parents and children express deep appreciation for the Christmas acts of kindness in Bailey Run Chauncey Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Bailey Run
Chauncey, O
William Pierce
Thomas Pritchard
East Columbus Police Chief Arrested for DWI
Joseph Gerstner, chief of police of East Columbus, was arrested in Columbus on a DWI charge after driving erratically on High Street and crashing over a curb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Joseph Gerstner
East Columbus
Gerstner
High Street
Christmas Tree Lights Haydenville Lawn Big Community Turnout
A 35 foot Christmas tree on Haydenville Brown House lawn drew about 400 residents Sunday evening. Electrician Walter Peters and assistants lit and decorated it as carols filled the crowd. Santa distributed candy oranges and nuts to 275 children with help from the National Fire Proofing Company. The tree will stay lit all week and is hailed as the county’s most beautiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haydenville, CO
Brown House
Haydenville
Walter Peters
Santa Claus
National Fire Proofing Company
Peters
Kiwanis Women’s Dinner Slated With Ohio Leader Talk
Kiwanis Club members plan a Thursday dinner at the Students Union to honor wives daughters and sweethearts. Dr Wilcox will be toastmaster and T E McElhinney Ohio Kiwanis district lieutenant governor will speak. Other speakers include John Lostro retiring president C E Stailey incoming president and E B Bryan the club’s newest member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Students’ Union
Masonic Temple
Wilcox
Ohio District of Kiwanis
T. E. McElhinney
Zanesville
John Lostro
C. E. Stailey
E. B. Bryan
Ohio University
Salvation Army New Year Drive Reaches City Pot
More than 350 dollars was donated over eight days on Athens streets to aid the needy. Captain DeVol plans basket distributions January 1 as Army officials continue visiting families and aiding the sick with food and supplies. Three donors gave checks totaling over 45 dollars and many new converts have joined the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Salvation Army
Athens Lodge of Elks
DeVol
Army
New York Faces Wood Alcohol Poisoning Scare
A deadly wood alcohol poisoning sweep in New York claims four deaths among holiday drinkers. Two men die within hours after consuming bootleg liquor. a third dies later, leaving a homicide arrest in the case. Others are hospitalized or treated, and customs agents probe a 3000 gallon grain alcohol disappearance from a barge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ritchie Ryan
Frank Tiffany
John Tiffany
Edward Gillece
Gillece
Ben
Ryan
Roran
James Corrigan
Bowery
Free Masons Lodge Forms in Cincinnati and Notable Deaths
A historical roundup notes the first Cincinnati lodge of Free Masons organized yesterday. It records Eleutheros Cooke’s death in Sandusky in 1864, founder of the Mad River railroad protector, born Granville New York 1787. Also mentions the Woman’s Crusade led by Mother Stewart in Hillsboro and the Superior Street Viaduct opening in Cleveland in 1878, and Selah Chamberlain’s death in Cleveland in 1890, born Brattleboro Vermont March 4 1912.
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Lodge of
Free Masons
Cincinnati
Eleutheros Cooke
Jay Cooke
Mad River
Sandusky
Granville
N. Y
Woman's Crusade
Hillsboro
Stewart
Superior Street
Cleveland
Selah Chamberlain
Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railroad
Brattleboro
Ohio preparing to issue adjusted compensation bonds
Columbus December 28 final steps completed for issuing Ohio's adjusted compensation bonds. The Chicago firm handling printing has all materials and aims to complete early. Bids open today for printing 500,000 application blanks for veterans, and bids for $20 million in bonds close tomorrow with awards by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Chicago
State Sinking Fund ‘Commission
Attorney-General Office
Insane Rage Leaves Woman Shot in West Virginia
In Sistersville West Virginia Elvin Smith 19 after an insane rage shot his wife of five months at their home near here authorities say she was probably seriously wounded. The incident occurred December 28.
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Sistersville
W. Va
Elvin Smith
Here
Swiss plan immigration to Canada for farming
Swiss colonies will be established in Canada with a silk plant in Toronto as the first step. Swiss settlers, described as mountain people with strong industry, will arrive to work in the silk industry and later become prairie farmers. They are portrayed as desirable emigrants contributing to Canada’s growth.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Little Republic
Toronto
Switzerland
Ex-President Wilson Marked by Birthday Messages
On December 28 ex-President Woodrow Wilson, aged sixty five, received vast greetings by letters and telegrams. He spent the day in routine activities and reported better health and a clear mind, while remaining detached from current domestic and international policies linked to his wartime presidency.
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Washington
Wilson
Submarine Question Left Open By Arms Conference
An American delegate predicted the arms conference will be forced to keep open the issue of submarines and other auxiliary craft tonnage because of France when the commission met today in Washington.
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Washington
Judge to Take Post as Federal Prohibition Officer
Municipal Judge Carl B. Clark, recently named a federal prohibition enforcement officer, will leave today with his family to assume duties in San Diego California, marking a new assignment after his recent appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Sandusky
Carl B. Clark
San Diego
California
Modern Matchmaking Hastier Than Heaven Saying
A succinct proverb states that contemporary arrangements in relationships happen more quickly than divine timing would suggest. It cautions against impulsive unions lacking thoughtful deliberation or lasting foundations.
Germany fails to meet reparations coke delivery schedule
Paris reports the allied commission was notified that Germany again failed to deliver the 15,000 tons of coke daily to Lorraine and Luxembourg industries. A commission meeting was convened to decide action as Germany also refused January and February installments, complicating the pact.
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Paris
Germany
Allied Commission
Lorraine
Luxemburg
German Cabinet Delays Reply on Reparations Moratorium
Berlin reports the German cabinet postponed sending an answer to the reparations commission after Dr. Walter Rathenau’s London visit failed to secure a moratorium or British relief promise. Financial and political circles grow more pessimistic about prospects.
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Berlin
Walter Rathenau
London
Mysterious Phrase Caps Local Debate on Saintly Child
A fragmentary line reads Everybody else wishes that moth er's angel child were one sparking local curiosity. Readers search for context about a family story or cultural saying in town.
French rebuff edges toward naval arms accord
United Press reports the French rejection of the latest submarine program as details reached the talks. Japan pressed for 54 000 tons while signaling no alliance with France or Britain, seeking autonomy on submarine limits. A mollified French stance might ease the path to a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl D
Groat
United Press
Washington
Paris
Hughes
France
Britain
France Would Accept Submarine Cuts Only for Atlantic Peace Pact
Paris dispatch reports France would agree to submarine reductions only if a four power Atlantic peace treaty is secured, preserving peace in the Atlantic. The statement cites authoritative sources detailing the condition as essential for any concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Atlantic
Train Holdup Loot Small Amount in Missouri
Two bandits boarded Missouri Pacific Train 209 at Kansas City and looted the express safe and mail sacks, injuring L. Holland. They escaped with about $1,000 after forcing Holland at gunpoint during the robbery on a Pleasant Hill bound local.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
L. Holland
Pleasant Hill
Holland
Ousted Lima Chief Still Holds On to Police Post
Lima Ohio December 28 Oscar Roush by court order again heads the Lima police department. Roush has been out of the job three times in six months and twice in the last six weeks. Mayorke hardt, who suspended Roush, promises to have him out again as quickly as legal steps allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Oscar Roush
Roush
Mayorkehardt
Milk the universal food with danger and care
Milk is essential for all ages but can carry deadly germs if mishandled from milking to serving. A free Milk Book booklet warns readers to learn proper handling and protection, available via a coupon for two cents postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
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Grudes
APS
Eli Roush
P. C
Kiwanians
Salvation Army Pot
Mr. Hughes
Rob
Our
Wholesale Grocery & Nation Department
F. C. Stedman Co
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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