Athens Mayor Proposes Police Judge Reform to Cut Salary
City leaders in Athens debate replacing the mayor with a police judge role under Ohio law. Mayor C M Gill suggests salary cuts to 75 or 100 dollars a year for the mayor and 75 dollars a month for the police judge, funded by the police court. Council votes to have Representative George Rose push a bill creating the police widgeship and to seek early passage. Leading locals favor the plan to reduce petty politics in mayoral races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Gill
Athens
Ohio
Council
George Rose
Too Many Coal Mines Miners’ Woes voiced in Cleveland
The Pittsburgh Vein Operators’ Association says there are too many bituminous coal mines and miners in the United States. Transportation is inadequate to move coal. vast road and rail improvements are needed to avoid fuel famines. The group also opposes the unions’ check-off system, arguing it strengthens unions and raises coal prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
United
Pittsburgh Vein Operators’ Association
Association
White House: Daugherty Ill but President Expects Quick Return
Washington Feb 20 official word says Attorney General Daugherty is ill but the White House reports no plan to replace him. President Harding is quoted as believing Daugherty will recover soon and resume duties at the Department of Justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daugherty
White House
Mtard
Department of Justice
Air mail to cut transit time to New York San Francisco
First class mail from New York to San Francisco will be delivered in 28 to 30 hours. Paul Senderson, second assistant post master general, said the department backs night flying after five months of experimental work. Air mail carriers cover about 1,800,000 miles yearly with a route of 2,680 miles one way and 5,360 miles round trip, run daily except Sundays and holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ula
New York
San Francisco
Paul Senderson
Henderson
Distress Signal Reported for German Steamship Otto Vischer
London dispatch says the German steamship Otto Vischer is in distress north of Cape Vilano and has sent an alert with assistance dispatched per Lieyds Ma Fine agency report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Otto Vischer
Cape Vilano
Lieyds Ma Fine Agency
Governor retires. Porto Rico head resigns effective April
Governor Fe Mont Reil of Porto Rico resigns, effective April 1, after President Ttardinge accepts the move. Announcement comes from the White House this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retey
Washington
Presient
FE. Mont Reil
Porto Rico
Thele House
Faster Ohio election returns bill seeks rapid unofficial results
Representative Spidel introduces a bill from Ohio newspaper publishers to keep precinct officials in session after polls close. It requires prompt counting and telegraphic or telephonic relay of results to county boards and the secretary of state, with removal power for noncompliant officials. Newsrooms hope for complete unofficial results by noon the day after elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Spidel
Montgomery County
House Elections Committee
Ohio
County Election Board
Germans Mourn Departure of Yankee Commander at Coblenz
In Coblenz on February 20 Colonel W W Uartz took command of the few Americans remaining after Major General Henry T Allen left the area. A large send off was held with British and French occupation forces present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblenz
W. W. Uartz
Henry T. Allen
Suburban Fire Departments Refuse Call at J toamer Inn Blaze
Chicago February report says two suburban fire houses stayed idle and did not answer a blaze at the J toamer Inn. The resort burned for a $25,000 loss as 380 scantily clad occupants watched from the snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jtoamer Inn
Fire destroys Brunswick Ball Plant in Muskegon
Firemen battled a blaze at the Bruns wick Balke Callendar ball plant in Muskegon Michigan after an unexplained first floor explosion. The fire caused about 100000 dollars in damage with hazardous celluloid stocks and scattered burning brands across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon
Mich
Brunswick-Balke-Callendar Company
Navy Prohibits Disposal of Material From 12 Battleships
Secretary of the Navy Denby issues orders restricting disposal of material from the twelve old battleships doomed under the Washington naval treaty. The directives were sent to all bureau chiefs and commandants of naval yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ders
Secretary of the Navy
Denby
Bloc Formed In Senate In Fight Over Ship Subsidy
The senate confrontation over the administration ship subsidy bill intensified into a filibuster with a planned continuous session. Senators Brookhart and Fletcher formed a “death battalion” vowing day and night talks to delay or defeat the bill, while Senate leaders countered with a round-the-clock session to force a vote. Cots were reported to be brought into the chamber for comfort as both sides prepared for an extended showdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. K. Hutchinson
Washington
Senate
Brookhart
Town
Fletcher
Florida
Jones
Congress
Sheppard Democrat
Texas
League of Nations
McKellar
Tennessee
Smooth
Fremont Man Arrested in Jewelry Theft Charge
Defiance patrols arrested 23 year old Oren Stewart of Fremont while he visited a Defiance woman. He was returned to Fremont on a jewelry theft charge from a relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Oren Stewart
Fremont
Tragic Ice Burial Claims Dr T C Greist
The body of Dr. T. C. Greist of Tut-in-Bay was recovered from Lake Erie near Port Clinton after an automobile they were riding in broke through the ice, trapping him and nurse Sylvia Schultz on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Clinton
T. C. Greist
Tut-in-Bay
Sylvia Schultz
Lak Erie
Athens Rotary hears new physical director outline city plan
L J Cunningham, Athens city schools physical director, spoke at the Rotary lunch about citywide PE programs, school leagues, and a Sunday school basketball league. He outlined year round plans, urged a city swimming pool, and summer Scout camps for all Athens boys. The charter for the Athens Rotary Club was to be formally presented March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Js. Cunningham
Athens
Rotary Club
T. W. Craig
J Orsythe
Athens Rotary Club
Cunningham
Ohio
Socialists push to abolish Wisconsin National Guard
Madison, Feb 20. The assembly voted 65 to 14 to abolish the Wisconsin national guard. All rules were suspended and the bill rushed to the senate. House socialists voted as a bloc to abolish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Assembly
Wisconsin National Guard
Senate
House
Governor Donahey Opens Vogt Inquiry in Columbus
In Columbus on February 20 the hearing before Governor Donahey on charges against Massillon Mayor Herbert H. Vogt began in the governor’s office. Citizens alleged the mayor failed to properly enforce laws, and Vogt’s suspension last month remains under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Donahey
Herbert H. Vogt
Massillon
Fire destroys Hintley’s honey house in Bay Village
A furnace overheated causing a blaze that wiped out the honey business of Attorney Hintley of Bay Village in Elyria. Loss is estimated at 12009 dollars. The quip about swallows hints at an early fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria, O
Hintley
Bay Village
Reverend Theis Accepts Call in Monroeville
The Rev William Theis longtime pastor of St Anthony s Catholic Church Columbiana Grove has accepted a call in Monroeville after ten years in Lima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
William Theis
St. Anthony's Catholichurch
Columbina Grove
Monroeville
Striking German Officials Ousted From the Rhineland Port
The article reports the ousting of German officials in the Rhineland port area amid renewed efforts by Put-In-Bay residents led by Mayor Alexander to locate the body of Dr. Theodore Greist after Sylvia Schultz’s death. The search used grappling gear to reach the lake floor, but darkness and the river’s cold waters thwarted progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port
Sylvia Schultz
Toledo Nuree
Theodore Greist
Put-In-Bay
Lake Porre
Put-tn-Bay
Alexander
Miss Schultz
Mins Schutz
Dr. Greists
Germans expel customs officials amid Ruhr unrest
German customs officials ordered expelled from the Rhineland by the Rhine Island commission as German troops prepared to meet disorders. French authorities granted Massen civilian police up to 600 residents of Essen to carry pistols with permits. Weather worsened Ruhr strikes and kept workers indoors while reports of French force movements and strikes circulated from Berlin to Dusseldorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MSSEN
Gereman
Rhineland
Rhine-Island Commission
Coblenz
Ruhr
Cgierman
Dan
Berlin
Hamm
Raves
Rail labor leader presses family negotiations in Chicago
William G. Lee president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen urged a return to family negotiations between railroads and employers during a Western Railway club appearance in Chicago. He called for abolishing the railroad labor board and rejected government regulation and Harding’s idea of a new ICC division to settle labor disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroads
Lee
Western Railway Club
United States Railroad Board
Harding
Interstate Commerce Commission
Germany buys large American grain imports after Ruhr crisis
Washington reports Germany has increased American food purchases as France occupies Ruhr. Since January 1 Germany bought 1,897,000 bushels of corn with 277,000 more last week. Wheat buys total 2,842,000 bushels, with 596,000 added in the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
Ruhr
Germany
America
Department of Commeres
Ex-Mayors Named in Suit Over Municipal Garage
Cleveland February 20 two former mayors ex Governor Harry Davis and ex Mayor William S Fitzgerald face suits over use of the municipal garage. City law rector Paul J Lamb announced the action based on a uniform accounting report. Davis allegedly owes about 826 846 and Fitzgerald about 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Harry Davis
William S Fitzgerald
Law
Paul J. Lamb
Bureau of Uniform Accounting
Davis
Fitzgerald
Explosion guts Toledo auto top plant in tar kettle accident
An explosion caused by a defective wire dropping into a tar kettle gutted the auto top department of Hettrick Bros. Manufacturing Company in Toledo Ohio at noon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, O
Hettrick Bros. Manufacturing Company
Baltimore writer forced to quit Russia departs for London
Mrs Mar guerite Harrison of Baltimore, a newspaper writer, was released from custody with orders to leave Russia by Thursday and said she would depart for London tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
Marguerite Harrison
Baltimore
London
Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Klan Receivership Victory
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan won all its challenges in the fight against receivership as Georgia Supreme Court issues a decision on February 26. The ruling upholds the Klan’s position in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
Knights of the
Swtu Klux Klan
Georgia Supreme Court
France to negotiate with Germany without third party says editor
Paris Feb 20 The political editor of the Techo de Paris declares that France will deal directly with Germany when Franco German talks begin. He adds that Britain or any other nation should not act as intermediary in the negotiations on the Ruhr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Germany
Lingland
Rome to Ban Public Kissing for Public Hygiene
Rome authorities prepare a ban on kissing in public places to protect public hygiene and maintain order, with the measure expected to be announced by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Two Canadian Women Face Gallows Over Crimes
Canada debates clemency as Florence Lassandra and Irene Christians, Alberta residents, await execution for killing a police officer and their husbands. Public opinion splits over applying the death penalty to women amid calls to abolish and end discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada
Florence Lassandra
S. O. Lawson
Irene Christians
Alberta
Dominion
Irish Free State to Pay Over 1 Million Pounds to England
In the House of Commons an official statement announced payments totaling more than 1,060,000 pounds from the Irish free state to England for the current year. The figure reflects ongoing financial settlements between the two entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Girl awarded 59000 in Brooklyn Rapid Transit suit
A 12 year old girl, Emily Hesseman, won a 59000 verdict in Brooklyn Supreme Court against the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company for an injury when struck on the forehead by a bolt from a repair truck. Doctors said she will likely be handicapped for life due to brain pressure and bone removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emily Hesseman
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Emily
Victim Identified in Snow Grave Murder Case
Chicago residents learned Samuel Floyd Hawkins of Chicago is the victim in the so called snow grave murder near Ifoneva Illinois. Hawkins was identified by three friends as the man found nude and mutilated in a hollow a week ago. Police had feared the case unsolvable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
iFoneva
Til
Samuel Floyd Hawkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
NCH
S. S. Mongolia
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Vasar
Hoboken
N. J
North River
Federal
Uncle Sam
Rhine
Michigan
Brunswick
Jtowan
Borah
Idaho Ciuzens
Latollete
Wisconsin
Todd
North Dakota
Norris
Nebraska
P Brookhart
Dy Couzens
State of the Union
Couzens
Ladd
Union
la Jollete
Aileen Asta Peters
W. W. Clark
Cherryvale
Kas
Clark
A. Kt. F
Milo Peters
Zurich
Guard OF State
Lake Erie
AENGH
Essen
Dusseldorf
Ryan
Header
Great Rail
Erman IH
Will Ballegt
Harare
KLAN
RANGE
Ganade
Ted
Welk
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!