Steinmetz Sees Electrification Solving Rail Way Problems
Dr Charles P Steinmetz says electrification of American railways would cut costs raise speeds and increase safety and cleanliness. He notes fuel savings from central power plants and turbines and warns of high initial costs and public confidence needed before large-scale adoption. Sweden and Brazil railways have consulted GE on electrification plans.
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United States Railway Labor Board
Chicago
Charles P. Steinmetz
Steinmetz
United Press
Harold D. Jacobs
Schenectady
N. Y
United Press Today
Dr. Steinmetz
Sweden
Brazil
General Electric Company
Bills Rise in Ohio Legislature Amid Proposals
Columbus, Feb 8 The Hopley resolution to abolish the state highway advisory board was set for House action. Other measures include Wenner's bill requiring physical education in all Ohio schools and bids for more election judge pay and two additional common pleas judges. The Senate considered a gas solution inquiry, Stark county Norwood's drunk and disorderly jurisdiction, Homer township lease deeds, and a Brand bill exempting farmers’ organizations from antitrust provisions.
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Columbus
Hopley
State Highway Advisory Board
House of the General Assembly
House
Wenner
Ashtabula
Ohio
Spidel
Montgomery
Boylan
Summit
Common Pleas
Bender
Senate Public Utilities Commission
Norwood
Stark County
Senate
Justice of the Peace
Lefever
Athens County
Homer Township
Morgan County
Senate Agricultural Commission
Negro Population of Columbus Grows Significantly
The 1920 census shows Columbus Ohio with 22 091 Negro residents making up 9 8 percent of a total population of 237 031. Ten years earlier 12 739 Negroes accounted for 7 percent of a 1910 total. The white population rose 27 3 percent while the Negro population increased 73 4 percent. The city’s male count is 118 827 and female 118 204.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Columbus
Ohio
Milwaukee
Wis
Beilis Said to Journey to the United States
Mendel Beilis, linked to the infamous ritual murder trial in Russia, is reported en route from Java to the United States and plans to reside here for life. The case shocked world opinion as anti Semitic groups sparked the trial over a boy's murder and alleged Jewish blood libel. Beilis was acquitted.
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Mendel Beilis
Russia
U. S
Java
Beilis
Beet growers face lower prices and higher costs in Continental Ohio
Beet growers in Continental Ohio were offered six dollars per ton for this year's crop, down from nine dollars last year. Labor cost per acre today is twenty four dollars, compared with two hundred six dollars last year.
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Coninental
Public Loan Hearings Prompt Senate Clash Over Allies
U.S. Senate battles over disclosure of Allied loan negotiations with the treasury. Secretary Houston, ill, was to testify confidentially before the Foreign Relations Committee as Reed and allies press for full public information on European obligations and loan dealings.
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Ralph H. Turner
United Press
Washington
United States
Senate
Houston
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Reed
Missouri
Treasury Department
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Walsh
Massachusetts
Overman
North Carolina
Gas Prices Drop at Local Standard Oil Station
The Standard Oil agency on Elliott Street announces price cuts effective Wednesday February 9. Refined oil drops to 18 cents and gasoline to 28 cents, each down one cent.
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Standard Oil Agency
Elliott Street
Jury selection begins in Hatfield murder case in Williamson
In Williamson West Virginia February 8 twenty tentative jurors sit as the trial of Sid Hatfield and twenty others for the killing of seven private detectives moves to choosing a dozen jurors. Judge Bailey orders witnesses to court for the afternoon session. The court upholds that remote relationships do not disqualify salesmen from service.
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United Mine Workers of America
Em Becover
C. Onperatora
Pigeons Cause Clock Malfunction in Courthouse Tower
Courthouse custodian C. C. Millikan reports pigeons are alighting on the big clock hands, disrupting the mechanism. Officials may remove the raised figures and reposition the hands to eliminate roosting space.
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C. C. Millikan
Anglo American relations strained amid drift toward breach
An off the record official in the British foreign office told All American correspondents in London that relations with the United States are more strained than they appear. He warned that commercial disputes can be settled through diplomatic channels and said the two nations are drifting apart due to mutual misunderstandings, though war would be a calamity of the first magnitude.
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London
Infant Jamison dies at home after illness
Harold Edward Jamison two year old son of Mr and Mrs Wiley Jamison of Central avenue died at 6 this morning after whooping cough and bronchial pneumonia Funeral services set for Thursday at 1 30 pm at the residence with burial in West Union street cemetery
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Jamison
Harold Edward
Wiley Jamison
Central Avenue
West Union Street
Ohio teachers seek licensing for all dance halls
Ohio State Dancing Teachers Association members depart a two day mid season convention in Akron calling for stricter municipal and state supervision of dance halls. They plan to lobby for a bill licensing venues and penalizing managers and teachers for immoral dancing. The toddle shimmy and jazz are banned and replaced by three new dances shown by leaders.
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Akron
Ohio State Dancing Teachers’ Association
W. D. Lynch
Ohio Organization
National Association
F. L. Christison
Cleveland
L. F. Schueller
Mansfield
Mystery of Sea Still Unsolved
Norfolk readers learn of the missing five masted schooner Carrall A Deering after it struck Diamond Shoals on January 30. All sails were set but no life signs were found except a parrot aboard. Relatives urge the government to determine the fate of the 11 crew and Captain Wormwell.
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Norfolk
Carrall A. Deering
Diamond Shoals
Wormwell
Elk Club Dinner Planned This Evening
A brief notice notes a gathering at the Elk Club tonight with an initiation event mentioned in passing. The exact details are sparse but point to a social occasion tied to the club.
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Bill
McDonald admits false Mooney testimony in 1916 dynamite case
John McDonald, witness for the prosecution, confesses his Mooney identification was false. He says he was pressured by San Francisco District Attorney Fickert and promised a share of a $17,500 reward. McDonald also claims other witnesses were coached and the case was a frame up.
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New York
John McDonald
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
Frank P. Walsh
Walsh
McDonald
Mooney
Fickert
Wilson
Warren K.billings
Billings
Uranium and Radium Deposit Found in Chihuahua State
A deposit of uranium and radium was discovered in Chihuahua. The government granted a concession for its exploitation.
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Chihuahua
Formality at Noon Lunch Gets Turned Into Get Together
Word reached the Chamber of Commerce that the out of town speaker cannot attend and a local speaker could not be secured. The Wednesday noon luncheon becomes a informal get together with no formal addresses. Smoker after lunch and opportunities to speak. Bring a friend for fellowship.
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Chamber of Commerce
Labor leaders cite Pittsburg strike to challenge Kansas court
Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor says about 200 miners in Pittsburg Kansas quit despite a no strike order. He argues the Kansas industrial court cannot compel work by arbitration and urges constitutional methods to abolish the court. The investigation seeks whether United Mine Workers officials issued written orders to stop work, potentially violating an injunction with penalties. Labor leaders warn a jail or fine could spark nationwide action by unions.
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Washington
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor Today
Pittsburg
Kansas
Kansas Industrial Court
Morrison
United Press
Labor
United Mine Workers Union
United States
Jury Selection To Move Swiftly In Kagy Slaying Case
In Cleveland on February , Judge William H. McGannon faces a second trial for Harold C. Kagy's May slaying. Four men and a woman juror appeared today as court opened, with Judge Homer G. Powell ordering strict tamper protections. The five jurors were confined under guard overnight, and a woman bailiff was sworn to oversee the female juror.
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Cleveland
William H. McGannon
Harold C. Kagy
Homer G. Powell
Income Tax Expert Arrives in Athens for Tax Returns
Postmaster Lash announced that an internal revenue department income tax expert will be in Athens from February 16 to 26. The official will be at the post office to assist residents and nearby communities who have not yet received tax blanks or filed their returns.
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Lash
Internal Revenue Department
Athens
Pajamas Sold Back To Americans From War Effort
Red Cross officials testified before a House war committee that 40 000 American made pajama suits supplied to French troops after the armistice were sold off to French and American speculators. The suits, valued at 2 45 per set, were diverted from Red Cross surplus and sold with insignia removed, then marketed in the United States.
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Washington
France
L. B. Bicknell
The
Red Cross
A. B
House
Army
Liquidation
Buchtel M E Church Reopens After Cyclone Damage
The M E church of Buchtel in York township, wrecked by a cyclone and condemned, has been repaired and remodeled at about two thousand dollars. The building will now be known as the Central M B church with services drawing larger crowds. An evangelistic effort is planned for February 20 with Nelsonville group ministers leading an all day rally for area Christians.
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Buctel. O
Athens County
York Township
M. E. Church of
Buchtel
M. B
Nelsonville
Obregon Speech Shapes Mexico United States Ties
President Obregon opened congress with a twenty minute address urging petroleum banking and agrarian reform and calling for moral government. He suggested safeguards for both Mexican and foreign capital and urged gambling law reform and a new army code as key priorities.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Obregon
Congress
Prince of Wales May Testify in Police Court
London report says the Prince of Wales could testify in police court over an attempted approach by former Scotland Yard inspector Syme. The indication notes the prince would be asked to testify about the incident and its context in his diplomatic career.
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London
Prince of Wales
Syme
Scotland Yard
Britton Beats Lewis in Madison Square Garden Bout
More than 12 000 spectators watched Jack Britton defeat Ted Lewis at Madison Square Garden. Attendance included 11 700 paid admissions with gross receipts of 60 231 dollars. Britton earned 20 126 dollars and Lewis 11 443 dollars, the largest purses of their careers.
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New York
Jack Britton
Ted Lewis
Madison Square Garden
Britton
Lewis
Athens Encampment Notice for Feb 8 Meeting
Athens Encampment No. 175 will meet at 7 o'clock Feb. 8. All members requested to be present. Royal Purple to be conferred. Frank Gooding, C. P.
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Athens
Frank Gooding
C. P
Greeks Prepare Major Offensive Against Turks at Broussa
General Viachopoulis says Greek forces about 25 500 will launch a swift drive to wipe out Kamalists in Broussa area within ten days if London conference stalls action. Anti Constantinist officers loyal to Venizelos expect Constantine's abdication as troops mass and weather favors attack before March first.
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Broussa
Unitea Press
London
Viachopoulis
Mustapha Kemel
Venizelos
Constantine
Ohio business leaders to be recruited for state administration board
Governor Davis called a February 17 meeting of Ohio’s leading businessmen to enlist volunteers for the state administration board amid an upcoming re organization. He urged using the best brains in Ohio to advance fundamental public interests.
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Columbus
Davia
State Board of Administration
Ohio
Davis
Explosion Kills Teacher and Seven Pupils at School
In Lawrenceville Illinois an explosion of a nitroglycerin can in a brook near a school killed one teacher and seven students. The can, believed to have floated downstream after an oil prospector discarded it following a well shot, caused clothes to be torn and bodies blown apart.
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Lawrenceville
Miners complain of crowded Sugar Creek train cars
About 300 Athens men employed at Sugar Creek mines ride the early Hocking Valley passenger train to work but say car space is insufficient. They estimate nearly 400 Athens workers ride to the mine each morning with others from Nelsonville joining the train. Some say one coach was removed to cut costs, leaving two cars for about 850 men. The union plans to file with the state utilities commission while workers continue riding the train rather than work.
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Athens
Sugar Creek
Mount Hocking Valley
Hocking
Nelsville
Lic Utilities Commission
Cleveland Millionaire's Son Files for Divorce and Fund Seek
Danwell Caswell 21 son of the late Daniel Caswell of Cleveland travels to New York with attorneys to pursue divorce and funds. He claims he inherited 600000 and has spent 16000 to 20000 during marriage with much spent on entertainment for the Fol chorus.
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Cleveland
Dan * Well
Daniel Caswell
New York
York
Ork
Caswell
Informer Slain by Bootlegger in Toledo Raid
Toledo, Feb. 8. Three men and a woman were held in connection with the killing of Fedchenia during a raid on a dry shanty outside city limits. Fedchenia said a still was operating there as agents approached, and he was mortally wounded when fire opened. Four prisoners were taken after the clash.
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Toledo
P Fedchenia
Lmits
Feddenia
Wanderer in Cincinnati Hinted by Amnesia Clue
A man about 28 with amnesia is being identified in Cincinnati. A New York hotel unit numbered 359 is the clue, with a key strapped to his leg as the lead to his true identity.
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Cincinnati
New York
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