Lewis Defeats Howat in Mine Workers Convention Vote
John L. Lewis wins a tight test of strength over Alexander Howat at the United Mine Workers convention by unofficial returns 2059 to 1956. Mother Jones appeals for unity as absent voters 150 addressed later and Lewis pursues broader support from Illinois and other delegates.
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George W. Williams
Indianapolis
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
Alexander Howat
Kansas
Howat
Jones
Lewis
John L. Lewis
Farrington
Traction Bus Delayed Ahead of Athens Route
A new traction bus will not be ready Monday for its Athens run. Initial notices said it would arrive Sunday and run between the traction depot and the courthouse on Monday. A late wire on Saturday said the bus was not quite ready and would not be here Monday with no firm arrival date, though a week early arrival is hoped.
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Athens
Court House
Air
Monay
Princess Mary to Renounce Income on Royal Marriage
London reports that upon her marriage to Viscount Las Cellettes on February 28, Princess Mary will give up her annual personal income of 50 000 dollars from the state.
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London
Mary
Viscount Lascelles
Wireless telephone outfit to be installed in Athens office
The Home Telephone Company orders a receiving set of a wireless telephone outfit with amplifier and equipment. It will be installed in the Court street offices and prepared to pick up speeches news events and market reports. Manager Jones has not fixed use yet but commercial use may follow, benefiting Athens county as wireless tele grows.
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Home Telephone Company
Court Street
Jones
Athens County
Border Warfare About to Cease
Dublin reports the Ulster border situation improving as moderate Irish leaders express confidence civil war and revolution dangers will rapidly vanish.
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Dublin
International News Service
Ulster
Genevieve Cline to Speak on Women in Politics in Athens
Miss Genevieve Cline a Cleveland lawyer and national women's club figure will lecture on Women in Politics in Athens at the First Presbyterian church Monday at 2 30 pm. She will luncheon at The Windsor then proceed to Nelsonville for a 7 pm talk at the Presbyterian church. A return car departs Nelsonville at 10 pm with an informal reception planned at Mrs Nathan Hill's home.
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Genevieve Cline
Cleveland
Athens
Nelsonville
Highley
City Federation
First Presbyterian Church
Miss Cline
Cuyahoga County
Republican Women’s Club
Women’s Republican Club of
National Women’s Republican Organization
Ohio Women’s Federated Clubs
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
Windsor
Presbyterian Church
Athens Club
Hyperion Club
Nelsonsville
France cannot pay its war debt, senators hear
In Washington on February 18, senators divided over Loucheur's flat claim that France can never repay the United States war debt. The former French minister suggested bartering French and American goods as liquidation, noting his role in the Weisbaden accord with Germany. His remarks, tied to his European financial prominence, drew keen attention amid Briand’s fall and the armament talks.
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B. J. Bart Campbell
International News Service
Washington
Senate
France
United States
Paris
Louis Loucheur
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Loucheur
Germany
Akron Dirigible Test Set After Goodyear Handoff
All arrangements are complete for the test of the new dirigible recently completed at the Goodyear plant in Akron. The test will occur Monday with a flight planned over the city.
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Akron
Goodyear
May pick Borden to head Ulster boundary panel
The Times reports that Sir Robert Borden former Canadian prime minister may be asked to accept the chairmanship of the Ulster boundary commission. The suggestion centers on his experience and stature in public affairs.
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Borden
London
Robert Borden
Canada
Ulster Boundary Commission
the Times
Dollar Day to debut in Athens with $1 bargains
Athens merchants plan a series of Dollar Day sales starting next Wednesday with further events on the third Wednesday each month. Stores will offer astonishing $1 values with multiple items per bargain and a full list announced in The Messenger.
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Athens
the Messenger
Athens County
Co op Marketing Bill Signed At White House
Washington February 18 Leaders of the senate agricultural bloc and Secretary Wallace will attend a 11:30 AM ceremony at the White House for the signing of the cooperative marketing bill by President Harding. The act lets farmers join to distribute and sell products and influence prices without anti trust penalties and will be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
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Washington
International News Service
Senate “Agricultural Bloc
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
White House
Harding
Secretary of of Agriculture
Good Roads Leaders Seek Unified Ohio Road Movement
In Columbus on February 18 an informal conference at the Deshler Hotel gathered the Ohio Good Roads Federation the Ohio State Grange and the Ohio Farm Bureau to discuss a joint cooperative effort to secure better roads across the state through a unified federation plan.
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Good Roads Boosters
Columbus
Ohio Good Roads Federation
Ohio State Grange
Ohio Farm Bureau
Better Roads Federation
Ohio
Bonomi Fails To Secure Confidence Vote In Rome
Premier Bonomi and his cabinet faced a second defeat in less than three weeks as the government failed to win a confidence vote in the chamber of deputies. The resignations now rest with King Victor Emmanuel III.
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Bonomi
Rome
International News Service
Victor Emmanuel
Chamber of Deputies
Lenine Ill With Suspected Cystitis In Moscow Report
Reports from Moscow today indicate Nicolai Lenine is ill and believed to be suffering from cystitis. Information came via members of the Soviet Russian trade mission in London.
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Lenine
London
International News Service
Nicolai Lenine
Moscow
Memmbers
Woman Failed to Hold Tongue Brings Moonshine Raid to Court
Charleston West Virginia February 18 The tale tells how a fake stork visit thwarted a moonshining operation in Norton and led to the miner's arrest after his wife and neighbors discussed the ruse. Colonel Jackson Arnold described the incident. The miner faces distilling charges as state police raid tonight.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jackson Arnold
Norton
W. W. White
Prosecutor Promises Full Probe Of Buckets Shops In Cleveland
Prosecutor Edward C. Stanton says complete disclosure of methods used by bucket shops in northern Ohio will come from the ongoing probe. The investigation has closed six brokerage offices in Cleveland and led to seizure of records.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Edward C. Stanton
Bulgaria Nears War With Greece as Frontiers Tense
Exchange Telegraph reports Bulgarian troops moving toward the Greek frontier amid rising Balkan unrest. In Ohio, Forest Guest and Byron Hughes, both 13, were killed when a car driven by Delbert Smith struck a bicycle, two other youths injured. Smith released after brief jail detention.
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Summit Street
Fifteenth Avenue
Delbert Smith
Smith
Forsythe Avenue
Young Guest
Hughes
Alleged Slayer Is Freed After Long Pen Term
John A. Johnson, who served eleven years in a Wisconsin prison for the 1907 murder of Annie Lemberger, was released by order of Governor Blaine. He had claimed innocence despite an earlier confession later repudiated as an escape from lynching. An investigation led to the arrest of Martin Lemberger, father of the victim, though the charge was outlawed and he will not be tried.
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Madison
Wis
John A. Johnson
Annie Lemberger
Blaine
Johnson
Martin Lemberger
Lemberger
Incubator Sale Dispute Between Nagles Settled
The charges against Ed and John Nagle by Charles Glenn in Mayor Roush's court over a disputed incubator sale have been withdrawn. Both brothers faced obscene language counts and Ed Nagle faced assault. Glenn remains bound over to the grand jury on a separate charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, but the case will not be pressed.
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John Nagle
Charles Glenn
Roush
Nagle Brothers
Glenn
Ed Nagle
Grand
Diamonds Missing En Route Between Chicago and St Louis
Sidney Krengel of New York reported the loss or theft of unset diamonds valued at 150000 dollars while traveling in a sleeping car between Chicago and St Louis. Police in St Louis opened an inquiry into the incident.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Sidney Krengel
New York
Rockefeller consent sought on McCormick granddaughter engagement
John D Rockefeller must approve any announcement of the engagement of Miss Mathilde McCormick to Max Oser the 48 year old riding master of a Swiss academy whose consent is to be obtained before public word. The grandfather's stance on the match is not known.
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Chicago
International News Service
John D. Rockefeller
Mathilde McCormick
Harold F. McCormick
Max Oser
Switzerland
Plains Good Roads Association Forms for Grosvenor Crossing Road
A town meeting in The Plains discussed building a hard road from Grosvenor Crossing to Beaumont to serve about 1500 residents over five miles. A 12 member petition committee was named and a Feb 27 meeting set to organize with county commissioners.
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the Plains
Grosvenor Crossing
Beaumont
Plains Good Roads Association
Elmer Coon
Alex Bow
Harry Tipton
Charles Daugherty
W. A. Finney
A .C. Porter
Harry Moore
Will Nichol
Mer Coon
John Cline
Ed Terrill
William Hamer
Joe Slater
Lawrence Olson
Judge Landis Quits Bench to Return to Baseball Work
CHICAGO February 18 Judge Ken esaw Mountain Landis the best known jurist in the United States resigned his post as judge of the United States district court today He will relinquish his office on March 1 and devote his entire time to his baseball work
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Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
United States
United States District Court
ILO TRADITION VOT FORGOTTEN BY WILLIE JR
Berlin February 18 ex crown prince Frederic Wilhelm authorizes excerpts from a letter to a German general denying he broke with tradition. He says history is a relentless wheel and Germans must reinject old Prussia guiding principles such as duty honesty thrift discipline and national consciousness into new Germany.
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Berlin
Germany
Hohenzollern Empire
Friederick Wilhelm
Prussia
Akron to revive spelling bees in schools statewide
County Superintendent Flickinger announced notices to district directors to restart old-fashioned spelling bees to boost spelling interest. A general Akron contest is planned for April.
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Akron
Flickenger
Flickinger
Immigration quotas limit flow from Europe and Asia
Washington reports 200,121 immigrants admitted in the last six months of 1921. Secretary Davis notes the three percent immigration law capped arrivals and hypothesizes higher numbers otherwise. Italy leads European entrants with 36,829. Poland 26,225. Czechs 10,728. Hebrews 36,852. Chinese and Japanese entries counted, with emigration figures also listed.
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Washington
United States
Department of Labor
Davis
Europe
Asia
America
Congress
Italy
Poland
Bonus tax plan gains footing as house weighs sales and production taxes
Washington February 18 Republican members of the house ways and means committee set aside the soldier bonus issue until Monday and shift to a “painless” tax to fund the bonus. A sales tax was under review with President Harding reportedly favoring a production tax and several alternative funding ideas rejected.
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T. O. Hayward
International News Service
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Harding
Frear
Wisconsin
Treasury
Waya and Means
Fordney
Turks Report Rampage Reported in Samsun Region
A Constantinople dispatch to the Telegraph states Turkish nationalists have massacred about one thousand Christian women and children near Samsun, according to reports received today.
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London
Samsun
Constantinople
Sands offers to reveal Taylor murder mystery
Hidward F. Sands, ex secretary valet to William Desmond Taylor, writes to District Attorney Woolwine claiming innocence and stating he can name the killer. Woolwine replies with a grant of immunity on an embezzlement charge if Sands surrenders and assists in solving the case.
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Ellis H. Martin
Los Angeles
William Desmond Taylor
Hidward F. Sands
Woolwine
Taylor
Sands
Masons Notice For February Meeting And March Inspection
Special communication at Para Mathia Lodge No. 25 F and A M Tuesday February 21. Work in Master Mason degree at 6 p m. All members urged to attend as annual inspection on March 7 with Grand Master present. J A Palmer secretary. February 17 3
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Paramathia Lodge No
New River Miners Accept Wage Compromise Agreement
Coal operators in the New River district report that voluntary wage scale concessions by miners enable meeting all requirements and anticipate rising demand as markets improve. The update came ahead of a New River coal association meeting in Charleston on Friday.
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New River
Charleston
W. Va
New River District
New River Coal Association
Sauerkraut Death Reported In Fairpoint
In Fairpoint on February 18 11 year old Robert Conley McGary died from ptomaine poisoning blamed on canned sauerkraut. His parents Mr and Mrs Albert McGary reportedly escaped illness by eating little of the cabbage.
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Fairpoint
Robert Conley McCy
Albert McGary
Rice Booklet Promises Ways to Use Rice Economically
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau offers a government booklet on rice as food. Readers may request the Rice Booklet by mailing a coupon with two cents for postage and providing name and address to J. Haskin, Director, Washington Information Bureau, Kingston, D. C.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington Information Bureau
J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Kington, D. C
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