Naval Leader Protests More Guts in Funds
Admiral Coontz and Rear Admiral Washington testified before the house naval affairs committee opposing further cuts of 100 million dollars from a 3506 000 000 Navy appropriation. They argued deeper reductions would leave the fleet unfit for battle amid wartime constraints and an armament conference backed ten year naval holiday and ship scrapping.
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A. O. Hayward
Washington
Coontz
House Naval Affairs Committee
Congress
Weeks
Denby
Civil War Tensions Grip New Irish Free State
Belfast dispatch reports intensifying clashes between Orangemen and Sinn Fein ers, with two killed in street fighting this morning. Civilian casualties include a woman and four children among 17 dead in 48 hours, as British troops remain in Cork to quell unrest.
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Belfast
Orangemen
Sinn Fein
Miners Readjust Demands To Sway Public Opinion
In Indianapolis, leaders of the United Mine Workers prepared to tell 2,300 delegates that they will soften wage demands in soft coal and back the anthracite push for a 20 percent raise. They seek eight-hour shifts underground, overtime at 1.5x, weekly pay, and retained union check-off and bargaining rights.
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Indianapolis
International News Service
United Mine Workers Today
Violent clashes in Belfast kill fifteen and wound dozens
In Belfast over 48 hours fighting between Orangemen and Sinn Feiners leaves fifteen dead including a woman and four children. Bombs and rifle fire across streets. twenty wounded, policemen among the injured. William Waring, a leading unionist, was wounded as Sir James Craig presided at a cabinet meeting.
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Belfast
International News Service
Ulster
Monahan
Ulster-Free State
Score
Catherine Kennedy
Eliza Avalon
William Waring
James Craig
Fear of Revolution in Dublin as Extremists Plots Outbreak
Irish provisional government in Dublin takes vigorous steps to stop a rumored revolutionary surge by extremist republicans. Factional hostility within Sinn Fein and Ulster frontier clashes raise fears of internal revolt or civil war while Britain weighs troop withdrawals and keeps forces in Cork.
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London
International News Service
Irish Provisional Government
Dublin
Irish Republican Army
Arthur Grifith
Michael Collins
Sinn Fein
Dail Eireann
Ulster
Free State
South
Ireland
Cork
Bonus Checks in Ohio Start Today
Columbus announces warrants totaling 3.35 million dollars for Ohio ex soldiers will be mailed today to 25 000 veterans. The warrants can be cashed Wednesday with a plan to issue 2000 warrants daily starting now.
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Ohio
Columbus
St. Valentine’s Day
Cleveland to pursue $800000 in unpaid city claims
Creditors of the city of Cleveland prepared to press collection today after Mayor Fred Kohler announced to council that current revenues would not cover last year’s unpaid claims totaling about $800000.
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Cleveland
Eity of
Fred Kohler
Council
Ohio branch backs independent Ireland in closing convention
Delegates at the Ohio branch convention of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic urged a free and independent Ireland, praised De Valera, and called for defeating the four power treaty from Washington while pressing Harding to pardon Irish labor leader James Larkin in Custody at Sing Sing.
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Columbus
Ireland
de Valera
Washington
Dail Eireann
Ohio
The
American Association For
Harding
James Larkin
Comstock
New York
Foreign Office denies Genoa conference postponement move
The foreign office in Rome stated that no decision has been made to postpone the international economic conference or to relocate it from Genoa to Rome.
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Rome
Foreign Office
Genoa
Murray City Eagles Push Old Age Pension Bill
Murray City Ohio February 14 the Murray City Eagles directing a five member committee promote an old age pension bill for Ohio. The committee will meet Tuesday evening at Eagle Hall to outline a program and sub committees will be appointed by unions fraternal orders churches and other groups to back the bill.
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Murray City
Eagles
Ohio
Eagle Hall
Charles Seidenfeld
Thomas Gears
Frank Brown
Thomas Bell
Findley Hurd
Gold fishes should fast one day a week
A brief note suggests gold fishes practice a weekly fast as a health or care guideline. It mentions a single practice idea without additional context or supporting details.
Must Live in Order to Die
Chicago reports Harvey W. Church remains on hunger strike for 30 days as he awaits execution by hanging next Friday. Jail physician forces saline feeding to keep him alive for the sentence.
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Chicago
Harvey W. Church
Church
Borah Urges Care For Disabled Ex-Service Men
Senator Borah Republican of Idaho urged in the senate that the government first care for disabled and helpless ex service men amid rising neglect complaints. He said hospital and related needs could conservatively reach at least 1.5 billion dollars annually for medical and hospitalization costs as numbers grow.
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Washington
Senator Borah
Idaho
Senate
Borah
Vogue Reopens Under Lentz and Brooks Management
Mrs Adrian Lentz and Miss Eva Brooks take over the Vogue with new equipment and the capacity to serve both longtime patrons and newcomers in the neighborhood.
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Adrian Lentz
Eva Brooks
Vogue
Pershing Guest in Cleveland to Lunch with Chamber
General John J. Pershing chief of staff and commander in chief of the AEF is a guest in Cleveland. He will have luncheon with the chamber of commerce and then visit the American Legion club.
Watch Dog column marks first anniversary with booklet
The Messenger honors McKinley Sauer and The Watch Dog on its first anniversary with a Valentine Day booklet featuring over 70 prose and verse pieces. The collection, sold at The Messenger office in Athens and other points, reflects Sauer’s popular kennel musings from the Hocking valley.
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Hocking Valley
the Messenger
Messenger Watch Dog
The
Messenger
Watch Dog
McKinley Sauer
Sauer
Athens
Southern Ohio Coal Operators discuss freight rate probe
The Southern Ohio Coal Operators association met in Columbus to discuss evidence for the state utilities commission as it probes alleged excessive interstate coal freight rates. The commission plans hearings starting February 28, with Hocking Valley operators arguing that lower rates would boost mining. J P D Morrow of the National Coal Association spoke on matters affecting coal operators.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Southern Ohio Coal Operators Association
Hocking Valley
J. PD. Morrow
Washington
National Coal Association
Landru Denied New Trial by French Supreme Court
Paris reports Henri Landru known as the Bluebeard had his final appeal rejected by the chief justice of the French Supreme Court. He was condemned on November 30 for the murder of ten fiancées and a boy. The ruling ends his bid for a retrial.
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Paris
Henri Landru
Supreme Court Appeals
Bluebeard
Civil War Veteran Sentenced to Ohio Penitentiary
Dr. W H Black aged 89 a Civil War veteran was convicted of an illegal operation and sentenced to serve one to seven years in the Ohio penitentiary announced from Cleveland on February 14.
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Cleveland
W H. Black
Ohio Penitentiary
Harding to present shipping board subsidy plan to Congress
Washington officials expect President Harding to lay the government ship subsidy plan before Congress next week. The White House confirmed the plan as a key item of his forthcoming message.
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Congress
Washington
International News Service
Harding
Shipping Board
White House
House Ways and Means
Smoot
Utah
Senate
House
Mellon
Treasury
Cleveland to cut streetcar fare to five cents by July
Cleveland Traction Commissioner James F. Holcomb announced a fare reduction starting July 1, lowering streetcar fares in the city by one cent to five cents.
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Cleveland
James F. Holcomb
Juniors to Have Full Schedule of Club Work in June
Athens county juniors will enjoy a June all day picnic as more than 140 farm boys and girls have registered for 1922 junior club activities. Ohio State University official O C Cray urged diverse club work while the Athens county fair board pledged cooperation for a strong premium list at the fall fair.
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Athens County
Raymond
O. C. Cray
Ohio State University
J. ©. McClannahan
Amos Driggs
Effie Watkins
P. G. Coe
Athens County Fair Board
Brewster to address Chamber luncheon on Red Cross work
Dr. S. B. Brewster of Cleveland will speak at this week’s Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday. He is linked with the Lake Division American Red Cross and has traveled in Europe and Africa researching tropical diseases. His talk will cover present nationwide Red Cross activities and their relevance to Athens County.
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S. B. Brewster
Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce
Brewster
Lake Division
American Red Cross
Europe
Africa
Lyceum
Athens
Red Cross
Sinn Feiners Freed from Jail in Amnesty Grant
Sixty Sinn Feiners convicted of political crimes on English soil were released from English prisons today under a general amnesty. The decision was announced by Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill on the preceding Saturday.
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London
Winston Churchill
Fiume Battle Reopens as Troops Reassert Control
Italian regulars patrol Fiume after night of street firing. Police strike, seize barracks held by Fascisti, then deploy to restore order. Tensions run high between Fascisti and local police amid accusations of sympathy toward Yugoslavs. note about Minnesota lakes follows.
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Turin
Italy
Fiume
Fascisti
Federal coal board proposed to stabilize mining disputes
A bill introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Kenyon proposes a national coal mining board with nine members representing the public, labor, and employers to avert mine disruptions. It envisions an industrial code, six day eight hour work week, child labor limits, equal pay, and a fund of 100000 for operations.
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Federal Coal Board
United States Senate
William K. Hutchinson
Washington
United States
Senate
Kenyon
Republican
Iowa
National Coal Mining Board
Coal Public
West Virginia
Labor Board
United States Railway Labor Board
Britain and France clash over Genoa conference date
London reports an unresolved standoff between Britain and France over when to hold the Genoa economic conference. Britain demands an immediate expert meeting to set the agenda for March 8, while France seeks postponement and proposes delaying until after nations set their own programs. The Little Entente backs a preliminary gathering with smaller nations represented.
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International News Service
London
Genoa
Poincare
France
M. Poincaire
Dr. Benes
Great Britain
Foster Declines Lincoln Day Banquet Invite
Hon. I. M. Foster was invited to speak at Akron February 12 Lincoln Day banquet by Summit County Republican Club. Pressing business prevented his acceptance. The club is one of the largest Republican organizations in Ohio.
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Foster
I. M. Foster
Summit County
Republican Club
Akron
Ohio
Rat Menace and Call for a Government Rat Booklet
A public appeal warns that rats and mice cause vast agricultural losses and threaten human health. It urges denial of food and shelter to pests and offers a free government booklet via the Washington Information Bureau to help combat the infestation.
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Washington Information Bureau
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Clara Sielcken
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