Trial of Hatfield group heard grim battlefield account
Irene Smith wife of Stone Mountain Coal Company superintendent described the aftermath after ten private detectives and citizens were killed in the Matewan battle. She identified M. H. Hatfield and Hallie Chambers at the scene and cited clashes as families were evicted. Martha Hoskins testified she faced threats for grand jury testimony.
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United Press
Williamson
W. Va
Irene Smith
Stone Mountain Coal Company
Sid Hatfield
Matewan
Edward Chambers
Ed Simpkins
Anse Hatfield
R. D. Bailey
Hatfield linked to Matewan battle in defense interviews
Prosecution introduces newspaper clippings in the Matewan bullet battle trial as Sid Hatfield faces questions over interviews in which he supposedly took responsibility for the deadly clash with Baldwyn Felts detectives last May. Witness Martha Hoskins recalls threats against witnesses and identifies several defendants with weapons near the railroad yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Hoskins
Reece Chambers
Ezra Fry
Troy Grange Meeting Plan in Coolville Ohio
Troy Grange will gather February 26 with an hour of songs and talks. Mrs. Ben Davis presents Economy, (round 1 in four parts) and a thrift-focused roll call. Sisters present Ways in Which Thrift Would Thrive in Our Homes. brothers offer In Our State. Closing song The Plow Spade and Hoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Grange
Coolville
Ben Davis
John W Bennett Dies in Nelsonville at 72
John W Bennett former Athens County commissioner died at about 3 a m in Nelsonville Ohio He was 72 and survived by seven sons Funeral arrangements are pending He had lived with his son Clarence E Bennett for three years since his wife’s death He owned a farm near Connett and another in northern Ohio A Democrat Bennett was well known and held various public offices
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Nelsonville
John W. Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Clarence E. Bennett
Connett
Ohio
Athens County
Actress Laurine Friend to Wed Belgian Viscount
Miss Laurine Friend of Oakland California a young actress and dancer will marry Viscount von Metzger a Belgian nobleman aged twenty one in Southern California. Friend attends Notre Dame convent and speaks several languages. She is seventeen and a descendant of English nobility. The couple plan marriage in San Francisco.
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Laurine Friend
O. Cal
Viscount von Metzger
Von
California
Iss
Notre Dame
Earl of Angels
England
San Francisco
Athens County Bonds Keep Interest High on Long Term Debt
Athens county owes 190000 in bonds with 100000 raised in 1896 for road work. Interest totals include 125000 on that issue and about 40000 more before principal starts. An additional 90000 bonds from 1895 cost over 100000 in interest. 1904 infirmary bonds were also paid off. Bonding during hard times produced high long term costs and worn roads.
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Athens County
Japanese and Chinese Students Plan Columbia Drinking Party
Japanese and Chinese students at Columbia University will hold a drinking party to prove their fellowship. Tea will be served as part of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia University
Woman sues for divorce over alleged beating during cold foot
Mrs Jacob Sorenson files for divorce from her husband alleging he assaulted her after she placed her cold feet on him one night in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jacob Sorenson
Hope Yet Bright for Caruso Amid Illness Crisis
New York reports say Enrico Caruso remains in unchanged condition with no clear improvement. Doctors say the crisis from pleurisy and heart trouble could come today, though officials hold some hope for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Enrico Caruso
Bruno Zirato
Francis Murray
Caruso
Antonio Stella
Stella
Pull About Saloon Robbers Nets $110
Two men showed their pull in a New York saloon last night pulling guns from pockets and making off with $110 in cash. Police say both suspects fled, no injuries reported.
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New York
Labor urges immediate wage dispute boards for railroads
Chicago February 17 Labor’s spokesman B M Jewell pressed the United States railroad labor board to form immediate adjustment boards to settle wage disputes between railroads and employees. He urged collective bargaining and a faster resolution of the railroad controversy, accusing railroad representatives of delaying actions and pushing minor cases.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Jewell
W. W. Atterbury
Railroad Board
Tariff Measure Passes Senate
The emergency tariff bill clears the Senate after numerous amendments. The House had previously passed the measure, and both chambers plan to name conference committees to resolve differences before presenting the bill to President Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Wilson
Parliament blamed for Ireland conditions in De Valera letter
London February 17 Members of the British parliament are charged with responsibility for Ireland’s conditions by President De Valera in a circular letter to them.
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London
Ireland
de Valera
British Firms Shift Business to Canadian Lines
British business circles report typhus scares in America and delays in European liner docking. As a result several firms announce transfers of work to Canadian lines. Visitors traveling to New York plan to go to Canada first and transfer to rail there.
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London
America
New York
Canada
Logan Clay Works Fire Totals Major Loss
The Logan Clay Products Company plant burned Wednesday night and Friday morning, a total loss with its machinery and drying room. About 200 workers idled as flames, aided by a westerly wind, consumed a half century old wooden building. estimated losses reach 150000 dollars with insurance details undisclosed.
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Logan
Logan Clay Products Company
Cole
Kaynes
Wellman
Ohio lawmakers seek delegation to Harding inauguration
Columbus Feb 17 Representative Schrimper of Cincinnati introduced a bill to send a committee of four state senators and four representatives to the Harding inauguration in Washington March 2 as official Ohio assembly representatives. An appropriation of 5000 dollars is requested to cover expenses or 625 dollars per person.
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Columbus
Schrimper
Cincinnati
House
Harding
Washington
Ohio Assembly
Wholesale prices fall sharply in January across commodities
Washington reports a 6.13 percent average drop in wholesale prices for January from the labor department based on 327 commodities. House furnishings lead declines at 18 percent, building materials 10 percent, farm products clothing and food each about 5 to 12 percent, with many items down from a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Ohio House considers coal profit cap and Sunday films
Columbus reports two bills before the Ohio legislature. Representative McCoy pushes a bill to limit retail coal dealer profit to 30 percent over mine cost plus transport, requiring licenses for wholesalers and retailers. A separate bill by Representative Taylor would place moving pictures in the same category as other theatricals to allow Sunday restrictions by local authorities if public sentiment calls for action.
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Columbus
McCoy
Adams County
Taylor
Huron County
Detroit Robbery Suspect Claims Urgent Job Quest
Harry Payne of Detroit was arrested for robbery after allegedly breaking a store door to be first in line for work. He argued he acted quickly as a thinker but station officials regard the act as unlawful.
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Cleveland
Harry Payne
Detroit
Closing Argument In Murder Case
In Cleveland on February 17 the defense urged the jury to reach a quick not guilty verdict in the second trial of Judge William H. McGannon for the murder of Harold Kagy. The defense said it would not accept a compromise verdict. The case was expected to go to the jury before night.
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Cleveland
William H. McGannon
Harold Kagy
MecGannon
Bishop Farrelly Buried in Cleveland Cathedral Crypt
Bishop John Patrick Farrelly was buried at St. Johns Cathedral in Cleveland in a ceremony attended by about 200000 mourners. He died of pneumonia last week and rests beside his three predecessors in the diocese while Monsignor John E. Burke led the Benedictus as the coffin was lowered.
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Cleveland
John Patrick Farrelly
St. Johns Cathedral
Farrelly
Bishops Council
John E. Burke
New York
Taxing Law Actions Move Through Ohio Legislature
Columbus Feb 17 Clerks of courts of common pleas added to county officials with four year terms proposed by Sen Atwood of Franklin County. Bills extend term lengths for county surveyors and prosecutors and curb city debt while six hour police shifts are debated. House passes mine inspector bill and Hastings strikebreaker rule citing a past tragedy.
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Columbus
Courts of Common
Atwood
Franklin County
Senate
House
Jones Senate
Hastings
Holmes County
Lefever
Athens
Hopley
Rowe
Cleveland
Davis
Butler County
Good Roads Meeting Reviews Amesville Delegation Urges Immediate Paving
A good roads meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms heard Amesville and other delegations push for urgent maintenance on the old pike between Amesville and Sharpsburg hill. County officials discussed a rolled foundation at 4000 to 6000 dollars per mile and maintenance on main market road No. 24 along the river.
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Chamber of Commerce
W. A. Carpenter
County Council
Amesville
Glouster
Coolville
Nelsonville
Sharpsburg Hill
Main Market
Liberty Bonds Par Sale Marks First Rise in Over a Year
On February 17 in New York par value was reached for both first and second 4/4 Liberty Bonds on the stock exchange the first time in over a year. The issue had previously traded as low as 86 in May 1920 and peaked at 102.06 in October 1919.
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New York
Liberty
New York Stock Exchange
Women Jurors Held Under Guard in 1920 Murder Trial
Three women sit on a Cleveland municipal court murder jury trying Judge William McGannon for killing Harold Ka after a May 1920 car ride. They are kept under constant guard for days, cut off from families, as the trial proceeds after a prior hung jury.
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Illiam H. McGannon
Cleveland, O
Harold Ka
McGannon
Double Murder as Bandits Loot Lenox Card Game
Two armed masked robbers burst into a Lenox hotel card room in Jacksonville and killed George Alexander Goodrich of Atlanta and Walter Burden of Taccho New York after they resisted the attempt to seize valuables. Mrs Burden and her daughter Miss Florrie Burden witnessed the shootings as the burglars fled in a waiting car.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lenox
George Alexander Goodrich
Atlanta
Walter Burden
Tatcho
N. Y
Burden
Fair Board to Meet at Chamber of Commerce Rooms
The Athens county fair board will meet in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at ten o clock Saturday morning. Business of extreme importance will be discussed and a full attendance of the board is requested.
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Athens County Fair Board
Chamber of Commerce
Burglars Flee After Storekeeper Fires Shots
John Suamanda of Had Right Idea ERIK Pennsylvania slept above his grocery store when burglars entered. He woke, opened a window, and fired three shots. The would-be burglars panicked. he did not alert police.
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Erik
John Suamanda
Judge Backs Abrams Method in Paternity Case
Superior Judge Graham approved Dr. Albert Abrams of San Francisco method for determining parentage and ordered Paul Vittori to pay $25 monthly for his wife's baby. Vittori had denied paternity and Abrams compared electronic vibrations of Vittori’s and the child’s blood, reporting they matched.
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San Francisco
Calif
Graham
Albert Abrams
Paul Vittori
Vittori
Abrams
Dr. Abram
Three M BE ministers lead services in Buchtel Ohio
In Buchtel Ohio on February 17 three sessions will be held by the Nelsonville group of the M E church. Morning speakers include Rev. S J Bishop Dr F M Evans and Dr F I Johnson. Afternoon and evening sessions feature Rev Ahlibrand Rev Lineberger and Dr Evans in charge and Rev Donnally Rev Penne and Dr Evans in the evening.
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Buchtel Buchtel
M. FE
Nelsonville
M. BE
Marietta
S. J. Bishop
F. M. Evans
F. I. Johnson
Ahlibrand
Lineberger
Evans
Donnally
Penne
Two Parma Center teachers found slain near Cleveland
Miss Mabel Foote aged 24 and Mrs. Louise Wolf aged 38, teachers at Parma Center high school, were found beaten to death with a fence rail on Bean road about three miles from Cleveland. A 14 year old boy found the bodies. two bareheaded men were seen nearby and police search the countryside.
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Cleveland, O
Bean Road
Cleveland
Mabel Foot
Louise Wolf
Parma Center
Gladys Green
Miss Jeen
Ridge Road
Miss Foote
J. l. Foote
Tramps
Woman Helps to Rob Lorain Man
Charles Isaia of Lorain reported he was robbed of 350 dollars by two masked men and a woman in Cleveland early today. He said they were armed and while one man pointed a revolver at him the trio went through his pockets.
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Cleveland
Charles Isaia
Lorain
Double Season in Football May Be the Next Thing
Wittenberg College plans a spring football season replacing baseball. Coach Godfrey says the program will include fundamentals, scrimmage and real games, aiming to two football seasons nationwide as the sport grows in popularity. He notes small colleges cannot sustain high standards in all athletics.
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Springfield
Wittenberg College
Godfrey
Ohio
Wittenberg
Toledos Early Morning Mail Robbery Shocks City
Federal officials hunt five bandits after a post office heist in Toledo. Six pouches of registered mail valued up to 1 million dollars were stolen from an express truck. Three suspects arrested nearby, no trace of the mail yet. drivers and clerks forced to lie on the driveway. Police warn incoming mail from New York and Cleveland may be involved. investigation continues.
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Toledo
Cleveland
New York City
Auto
Pouncey
Stolen Auto Tied to Mail Clerks Robbery In Toledo
A stolen car used by bandits who held three railway mail clerks at Toledo main post office was recovered. Police pursue city county and federal leads but have no solid trace of the robbers as investigators work to identify the suspects and recover the car valued between $100 000 and $600 4.
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Toledo
TAXI SERVICE PROMISES PROMPT PICKUP
A taxi firm advertises quick service inviting customers to call for prompt transportation. The notice emphasizes reliable pickups and mentions the company name Taxis.
Sinn Fein Disruption at Carnegie Hall Lecture
A Sinn Fein group disrupted a lecture by Sir Phillip, shouting insults at Gibbs and Ireland. The disturbance grew until police reserves arrived and removed the demonstrators from the gallery.
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Sir Phillip
Carnegie Hall
Gibbs
Irela
Free Government Calendar Offered By The Messenger
Frederic J. Haskin announces Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington provides a free government calendar. The Navy element calendar carries a service message to American youth and is mailed upon coupon request with postage paid. Respondents are urged to act quickly to receive the calendar.
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Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Navy
America
Washton
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