Union Miners Urge Rail Unions To Unite For Wages
An invitation from the United Mine Workers to the sixteen major U S railroad unions seeks a pooled economic alliance to resist wage cuts. John L Lewis says rail workers have faced inequitable reductions amid a broad wage attack. the move comes as miners face wage disputes that could affect coal production.
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Indianapolis
Ind
International News Service
United States
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Naval Five Powers Treaty Ends Naval Arms Race
Secretary of State Hughes announced a five powered treaty that sharply limits naval armaments for fifteen years, declaring the pact ends naval competition and marks a major step toward world peace. French leader M Albert Sarraut defended France’s stance, blaming German propaganda for criticisms as the conference progressed.
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Geo. R. Holmes
I. N.S. Staff Corr
Continental Hall
Washington
Secretary
State Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Hughes
Albert Sarraut
France
Casket Change Case in Ohio Probate Court
Chas Schroer and Son undertakers sue Mrs Abbie Bentz in Common Pleas Court for 354.50, claiming they buried Elizabeth McElroy on January 10 and later learned a transfer company returned the casket and wreaths. The daughter allegedly had the body exhumed and reburied in a special order casket after objecting to costs. Witnesses were reportedly invited.
Lost hay barn on Sand Ridge destroyed by fire
A fire of unknown origin leveled the barn and adjoining structures on the old Southerton farm on Sand Ridge owned by George W. Wash Brown early Tuesday evening. Loss, including hay and farm tools, about 2000 dollars, partly insured. County Prosecutor Bartels to send deputy state fire marshal to investigate. Brown says hunters and dogs have threatened him after sheep losses, prohibiting hunting on the farm.
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Southerton
Sand Ridge
George W. “Wash” Brown
Bartels
Brown
Meigs County Official Dies Suddenl y in Pomeroy
Meigs County Commissioner F E Smith died suddenly at the Prode Brady livery stable in Pomeroy about 9 PM after spending the day in town and with family. Doctors attributed the death to paralysis. He was about 45, survived by a wife Florence Russell and five children. He had just begun a three year term as county commissioner and previously served as sheriff. Vacancy on the board to be filled by county auditor, treasurer and recorder.
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Pomeroy, O
F. E. Smith
Prode
Goins
Mr. Smith
Smith
Florence Russell
D. A. Russell
Meigs County
B. F. Knight
Board of Commissioners
Corder
Child Drowns After Ice Break On Lake Erie
Martin Sorn an eight year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Martin Sorn, slipped through the ice on Lake Erie and drowned late yesterday. The body was recovered.
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Lake Erie
Martin Sorn
Not Safe at Home Robbery Claims $30,000 From Husband in New York
Mrs Max Gidtemacher, wife of Harlem druggist, was robbed of 30000 dollars she was to keep safe. The money had been drawn from the Bank of the United States by her husband and entrusted to her for safekeeping.
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New York
Max Gidtemacher
Harlam
Bank of the United States
Machinists to discuss UMWA plan on wage dispute
Washington February 1 plan of the United Mine Workers to strike a wage dispute with rail union is to be discussed by the International Association of Machinists board of directors today. President William H Johnston said machinists have not yet received the invitation from the miners.
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Washington
International News Service
United Mine Workers, of America
International Association of Machinists
William H. Johnston
Johnston
Relief Wout SUNK AT DOGK Relief Wout SUNK AT DOGK
The United States Shipping Board steamship Eastern Dawn, allocated to Black Diamond Steamship Co., loaded with grain for Russian relief, sank at her moorings beside the Western Maryland grain elevator in Port Covington Baltimore harbor. One sea cock opened mysteriously, flooding engine and boiler rooms and forward compartments. The ship listed badly, and the crew abandoned ship, reaching shore safely.
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Baltimore
United State Shipping Board
Eastern Dawn
Black Diamond Steamship Co
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Port Covington
Bero
Ohio milestones from 1821 to 1895 in Cincinnati and Cleveland
Chronology notes key events in Ohio history including the 1821 incorporation of Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati the 1852 State House fire in Columbus which destroyed records the 1869 death of Samson Mason a prominent figure from Springfield the 1877 dedication of Wooster's new opera house and the 1895 Deaconess Hospital fire in Cleveland detailing notable births deaths and institutions involved.
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Ohio Medical College
Cincinnati
Old State House
Columbus
Samson Mason
U. S
Springfield
Fort Ann
N. Y
Wooster
Euclid Avenue
Opera House
Cleveland
Deaconess Hospital
Farm Bloc Holds Steady After Kenyon Retirement
Washington reports Republican members of the agricultural bloc discount talk that Sen at or Kenyon Iowa leaving weakens the group. Capper Kansas declares the bloc will continue with plans for farm legislation including push for early passage of co operative marketing law. The bloc remains split over a proposed federal minimum return plan for staple crops with administration leaders opposing it as economically wrong.
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J. Bart Campbell Washington
Kenyon
Iowa
Senator Capper
Kansas
Harding
Cummins
Capper
Ladd
North Dakota
Training School Graduates Shine in Class Operetta
Fourteen eighth grade pupils at the Training School completed their work with a fine program from Mrs. Tilley’s room. The operetta Yanki San played to large audiences in both afternoon and evening performances, reflecting excellent classroom and auditorium training across rooms.
Hatfield Widow To Marry State Guard Man In Huntington
Mrs Sid Hatfield widow of Matewan massacre figures and Slyvester Pettry Raleigh county state constabulary man were issued a marriage license in Williamson and plan to wed tonight in Huntington. Pettry was to guard Mrs Hatfield during the Welch trial following Sid Hatfield’s assassination in 1921.
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Matewan
Hatfield
Testerman
Welch
W. Va
Pettry
Bomb Attack on Fiume President Sparks Bitter Reactions
Milan Feb 1 An unsuccessful assassination attempt targeted President Zanella of the Fiume provisional government as a bomb was hurled at his automobile. Fascists and nationalists in Fiume are vigorously assailing President Zanella amid the incident.
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Milan
Fiume
Zanella
Fascista
King George Seeks Path to Calm Egyptian Crisis
In London on February 1 King George summoned Foreign Secretary Marquis Curzon at Buckingham Palace and questioned him on the government’s likely steps to settle with Egyptian nationalists. The king appears to be urging conciliation.
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London
George
Ireland
Marquis Curzon
Buckingham Palace
Congressman Tinkham criticizes Washington crime wave
In a late Tuesday House speech, Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts cited more murders in Washington in the past year than in London and accused the city government of fostering a wave of crime.
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Washington
London
Tinkham
Massachusetts
House
Woman 104 credits Dowie with saving her life
Mrs. Deliah King of Zion City, now 104, recalls being given up for dead from a mouth growth. She says Dr. Dowie laid hands on her and prayed, and she recovered fully. She has remained a staunch Zion movement supporter since.
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Deliah King
Zion City
Dowie
Zion Movement
Soviet Rejection of Army Cuts Sparks Debate in Moscow
A Moscow dispatch reports Nicolai Lenin urged halving the Soviet army to appease the United States, but the central executive committee rejected the plan. Leon Trotsky warned that disarmament would invite attack, while opposing Genoa as a trap. Washington conference aims on naval limitations near completion as five powers prepare to sign a treaty in open session.
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Copenhagen
Nicolai Lenin
United States
Central Executive Committee
Moscow
Social Demokraten
Leon Trotzky
Russia
Trotzky
Genoa
Flu Spreads Rapidly in New York Center
New York on February 1 reports influenza cases rising to 812 from 332 and pneumonia cases up to 186 from 96. Twelve flu deaths and 91 pneumonia deaths occurred Tuesday asHealth Commissioner Copland cautions it is not yet an epidemic.
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New York
Board of Health
Copsland
Odd Fellows to Convene for Funeral of Bro R H Reid
All members are requested to meet in the Lodge Room at 9 30 Thursday morning to attend the funeral of Brother R H Reid.
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Oddfellows
Order
Bro. R. H. Reid
Drowning of 12 Year Old Blamed on Leaky Police Boat
Columbus reports the drowning of 12 year old Howard A. Fries of 486 West Sixth Avenue. Partly blamed on a leaky boat used by police attempting the rescue in the Olen tangy river.
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Columbus
Howard A. Fries
Weat
Sixth Avenue
German railway workers vote for general strike
London reports that on February 1 the German railway workers union voted in favor of a general strike and proclaimed the strike, according to a Reuters dispatch from Berlin.
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London
German Railway Workers’ Union
Reuter
Berlin
Cannibalism Exposed in Volga Famine by Soviet Pravda
Soviet Pravda confirms cannibalism tales from the Volga famine zone with reports of people eating corpses and even children. Quaker relief workers describe authorities detaining eaters, local executions, and grisly discoveries in villages like Andreyefka and Loubimofka amid ongoing mass starvation in the Samara district.
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Volga
Russia
Ernestine Evans
U. S
Moscow
Berlin
Pravda
Volga Valley
Samara
Bouzolok
Loubimofka
Andreyefka
Treasury to open talks on funding world debt with Great Britain
The treasury department plans negotiations with foreign governments to fund their 11 billion dollar indebtedness to the United States after the senate passed the debt bill. A funding commission led by Secretary Mellon will conduct talks, with Britain the first debtor nation. England’s representatives are expected to pledge regular interest payments in the last quarter of the year, under the bill’s terms.
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Washington
International News Service
Treasury Department
United States
Senate
House
Congress
Great Britain
Althe
England
Funding Commission
Conclave Delayed By Rome Instructions
Cardinals at Rome have been told to delay ceremonies until Thursday evening, shifting from Thursday morning. The Vatican seeks reimbursement from Italy of 20 million lire tied to church-state separation since 1870. A remark notes critics often chase their own deceitful games.
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London
Rome
Apostolic Chancery
Vatican
Italy
How Much Coal Do You Waste In Heating
Government guidance helps homeowners cut waste in heating. The Washington Information Bureau offers a free booklet on furnace selection, performance, and sealing gaps. Readers may request by sending name, address, and two cents to cover return postage.
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Washington Information Bureau
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