Ginnan cites causes of coal demand loss in Hocking valley
James Ginnan of the Athens Chamber of Commerce presents a partial report on the downward demand for Hocking valley coal. He cites inferior coal quality and high production costs, plus unfair freight rates, as key factors. He urges rules to ensure loading of clean coal and suggests reducing the number of miners to balance supply with demand.
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West Virginia
James Ginnan
Hocking Valley
Ginnan
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Mine disaster toll and regional coal trade issues noted
The piece cites a deadly mine explosion and discusses eastern Ohio and West Virginia coal costs, plus distribution via Columbus and Cincinnati. It also covers Athens County relief efforts, Elks relief committee activities, and a proposal to allocate War Chest funds through court action.
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Eastern
Ohio
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Columbus
Board of Control
Athens County War Chest
Charles Newton
Harry Kelley
Nelsonville
James Sharp
W. H. Vorhees
E. 8. McCune
Elks Lodge
Athens County
The
Red Cross
WAR Chest
Hocking coal praised as best in market by operator
James Ginnan credits Hocking Valley coal with top quality, rivaling West Virginia coal when properly mined and cleaned. He cites a major operator's view that one acre of Hocking vein coal is preferable to an acre of any other coal in the country.
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Hocking Valley
United States
James Ginnan
West Virginia
Ginnan
Ginnan cites high costs and market loss for Hocking coal
Mr. Ginnan argues the solution is to dismiss workers who depress markets and to foster harmony with operators to cut production costs without reducing miners' pay. He says Hocking coal miners have high living costs due to good wages and standards, and that favorable local conditions raise costs 10 to 15 percent versus other unions. He blames long-haul freight and lower rates for competing coals in states like Illinois Indiana and Pennsylvania for weaker markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginnan
Hocking Valley
United States
Union Oiis
Mir. Ginnan
Illinois
Indiana
Rogith
Enneylvania
McAdoo Defends Federal Rail Control in Congress
Former railroad head William Gibbs McAdoo testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Commission that federal control saved the U S railroads during World War I. He praised workers, denied industry claims of ruin, and argued control reduced wasteful competition, cut costs, and improved passenger service.
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I. N
Washington
William Gibbs McAdoo
United States
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
McAdoo
Allenby resignation report denied by Lloyd George office
London report says Field Marshal Allenby has not resigned and still enjoys cabinet confidence. Premier Lloyd George's office denies the resignation claim and reinforces Allenby's standing in the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Field Marshal Allenby
Egypt
Lloyd George
Groundhog’s shadow seen, Springlike weather arrives
Martins Ferry reports a ground hog sighting at 8 am with sunshine and mild air. The notice recalls ancient Greek weather lore linking wind directions to weather sequences.
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Martins Ferry, CO
Armament conference sought end in a week at Washington
Washington Feb 2 The lagging armament conference faced renewed pressure to finish within a week. Secretary Hughes and leaders aim to adjourn by week’s end or early next week with another plenary session possible on Monday or Tuesday. Progress was reported on two Far Eastern treaties stabilizing Chinese questions, one on tariff increases and the other consolidating sovereignty restorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Holmes
Washington
Hughes
China
Tetlow urges miners and operators to confirm wage talks
Columbus Feb 2 Percy Tetlow state director of industrial relations urged Ohio miners and operators to meet to set a new wage agreement to avert a coal strike. He said the state is willing to aid negotiations and asked who will not hold the conference before the current wage agreement expires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Percy Tetlow
Director Tetlow
Attempts to Kill Two Then Shoots Self
In Cleveland on February 2, George Lakins 32 fired on his wife Ruth Lakins 27 and her sister Lenore Zupnick, then shot himself. The bullet killed him instantly. the women were wounded but not seriously. Police say a recent divorce suit by Ruth Lakins preceded the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
George Lakins
Ruth Lakins
Lenore Zupnick
Lakins
Editor Charles Lee Dies at 45 in Wheeling Hospital
Charles Lee editor of the Barnesville Ohio Enterprise died in Wheeling West Virginia hospital from pneumonia after a period of illness beginning January 22. Remains were sent to Barnesville for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Charles Lee
Barnesville Ohio Enterprise
Barnesville
Harding Nominates Arthur G. Froe for D C Recorder
President Harding sent to the senate a nomination for Arthur G. Froe of Welch West Virginia to be recorder of deeds for the district of Columbia. Froe is the district candidate named in the February 2 message.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
Recorder of Deeds
District of Columbia
Arthur G. Froe
Welch
W. Va
Court Declares Dry Act Void In New Jersey
The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals declared the Van Ness state prohibition enforcement act unconstitutional, reversing a prior state supreme court ruling. The decision was 8 to 4 in favor of voiding the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Court of Errors and Appeals
New Jersey
State Supreme Court
Ford offer to develop Muscle Shoals project presented
Secretary of War Weeks sent Henry Ford's proposal to Congress urging immediate consideration. He described changes in Ford's contract as strengthening good faith and valuable to the government. Ford would continue fertilizer plant operations, cap profits at eight percent, and keep the plant ready to produce explosives in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren W. Wheaton
Washington
War Weeks
Congress
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Ford
Weeks
Mill Worker Killed At Brier Hill Plate Mill
Samuel Lankovich aged 48 was instantly killed when he fell into a coal crusher at a Brier Hill plate mill in Youngstown Ohio on February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, CO
Samuel Lankovich
Brier Hill
Athens Lassie Heads South On Freight Car Flight
Three 15 year old Dyer high school girls Nellie Cope of Athens Ohio Alberta Simpson and Elizabeth Roberts of Cincinnati fled by hopping a freight car in Erlanger Ky to Florida pursued by a sister and brother of Alberta Simpson. The note adds a February etymology reference to Februs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Dyer High
Florida
Erlanger
Alberta Simpson
Nellie Cope
Athens
Ohio
Elizabeth Roberts
Mine Explosion Claims Eighteen Bodies at Gates Mine
Eighteen bodies have been recovered from the Gates mine of the H. C. Frick Coke Co. near Gates Pa after an early morning blast. Officials say about 50 miners were in the mine. 24 escaped by rope and cabling down a 250 foot shaft. One identified victim is Mike Yoursinsky of Adah Pa. Eight miners remain unaccounted for, believed dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Gates
H.C. Frick Coke Co
Mike Yoursinsky
Adah
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Explosion at Gates mine claims many lives
Rescue efforts at the Gates mine of H. C. Frick Coke Co. in Gates, Pennsylvania, face mass debris as 9 bodies are recovered and authorities fear the rest of the 20 to 29 victims entombed 250 feet underground. Sam Brown directs the operation as state troopers assist amid difficult communication and dangerous conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Brown
Boston Braves
Brown
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Divorce Petition Alleges Cruelty Against Jesse Mc Henry
Harah McHenry files for divorce in Athens county common pleas court against her Jacksonville husband Jesse Mc Henry. She seeks alimony and custody of their 11 year old child Tulu, alleging extreme cruelty including striking and driving her from home. They wed September 22, 1900 and he is a miner.
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Jesse McHenry
Jacksonville
Harah McHenry
Athens County Common Pleas Court
McHenry
Tulu
Sudbury Inn Burned, Dickens Connection Noted
The Rose and Crown Inn at Sudbury, known as the Town Arms in Dickens Pickwick Papers, was destroyed by fire. The referenced Eatonswill election locale is cited in the 19th century literary tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
Rose and and Crown Inn
Sudbury
Dickens
Eatonswill
Pickwick
Giant industrial tie up feared as unions plot
Washington officials warned of a possible nationwide strike by railroad workers and coal miners who plan to coordinate to resist wage cuts. The move could paralyze transportation and threaten food and fuel supplies, with talks of a three way rally including steel workers.
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Washington
International News Service
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Indianapolis
Railroad, Labor Board
Department of Labor
Labor Board
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Directors of the Traction Company to Be Selected
Regular annual meeting of Hocking Sunset Creek Traction company stockholders at 2912 West Columbus street Nelsonville on February 8 1922 at 1 oclock for election of directors and other business. Bondholders are cordially invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Company
Columbus Street
Balloting for next pope begins in Rome
In Rome 62 cardinals assemble in the Vatican secret conclave to elect Benedict XVI successor. The first ballot expected Friday. two absent prelates Cardinal O Connell and Cardinal Dougherty may arrive in time. Two thirds majority required for election.
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Frank SS. Mason
Rome
Vatican
Benedict IV
Soverign Pontiff
Church of
Cardinal O'Connel
Boston
Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter
Oxford Pastor to Preach at First M E Church Sunday
Rev. Chas. E B Turley of Oxford Ohio will preach at both morning and evening services at the First M E church this Sunday. He has won the favor of Miami University students with about three hundred affiliated with his church and began his ministry nearby, likely drawing a large local audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. EB. Turley
Oxford
Ohio
Turley
Miami University
Athens County
Chicago official dies from Quickerbocker Theatre disaster injuries
Edward H. Shaughnessy second assistant postmaster general of the federal government died in Garf ield hospital after injuries from the Quickerbocker Theatre disaster the previous Saturday night. He lived near the theatre in Culbertson apartments and had gone with his wife and daughter Ruth to the show. his wife was hospitalized with broken ribs and his daughter sustained a broken arm.
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Washington
Edward H. Shaughnessy
Chicago
Garfield Hospital
Shaughnessy
Culberton Apartments
Ruth
Italy's Premier Forced Out Over Vatican Row and Genoa Conference
Italian officials in Washington cite two main causes for the Bonomi ministry’s downfall in Rome. The Genoa economic conference’s failure and Catholic dissatisfaction with policy toward the Vatican are named as the decisive factors.
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Washington
Bonomi
Rome
Genoa
Vatican
Pomeroy Man Breaks Out Of Columbus Workhouse
John Hedrick aged 25 of Pomeroy escaped the Columbus workhouse by breaking a gate lock with a pick. He had two years and nine months left on a $500 fine plus costs for illegally making liquor. Hedrick entered the workhouse last October. his brother Ross Hedrick, 23, is serving time for similar charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John Hedrick
Pomeroy Miner
Hedrick
Ross Hedrick
Miner
Bank growth record marked by cooperative fund
Warren S. Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Cooperative National Bank announced a January 31 1921 resources total of 11 141 016 43 dollars with savings deposits 38 631 879 52 dollars and loans 786 397 higher than the previous month. Depositors include 14 percent members and 86 percent non members.
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Ft. N. S
Cleveland
Warrens. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Co-operative National Bank
United States
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Government vows to crush railway strike in Berlin
Berlin officials announced that the general railway men strike began last night would be crushed ruthlessly. Full obedience to the strike order would affect about 600 men though exact quitter counts were unclear this morning. Military police would be used to prevent disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Strik
Coal River Collieries Opens Office in Huntington
The Coal River Collieries, a $1,000,000 corporation with stock held by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, has opened an office in Huntington. Warren S. Stone, president of the brotherhood, heads a company with operations in Deoresamity West Virginia and Prestonsburg Ky. Chief offices are in Huntington while retail yards will be set up in Cleveland. William B. Prenderds serves as vice president.
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Huntington
W. VA
Coal River
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Warren 8S. Stone
Brotherhood
Deoresamity
West Virginia
Prestonsburg
Cleveland
William B. Prenterds
Clinic at City Building Nurse Office Friday
A baby clinic will be held at the nurse's office in the City Building on Friday. Hours are 2 to 4 p m.
How Much Coal Do You Waste
Free government publication offers guidance on reducing coal waste in home heating. Readers can request the home heating booklet by sending two cents for postage along with name and address to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elan
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Basse
Lee Fo
Dan Ae A
Hocking
T. R. Biddle
War Chest Board
Common Pleas Court
Biddle
YM. K. Hutchinson
Tetlow
Froe
Workman
Pennsylvania
Brown IN
Newport
Kentucky
Newport, Rolling Mill Company
Morrow
Ian
Case Thomasson
Eyonomous
TI. W. W
United Mine Workers
Kenyon
Triparte Federal Board
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers of
Amerea
Italy
Stone
William J. Huske
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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