Athens council approves salary boost for service director Williams
At the first meeting of the new Athens council on Monday, an ordinance raising the service director’s salary from 2000 to 3600 was passed. Mayor Roush confirmed Williams will remain in the post at the higher pay. The council debated the increase with opposition from Blackwood who warned of a bad precedent. Totman shifted after hearing business community support. The tally ended with Connett Totman Fenzel Stocklein Warren voting yes and Blackwood Maxwell voting no. The meeting also approved a semi-annual appropriation and discussed attorney fees in the gas case and fuel costs for city buildings. The next session is set for January 19.
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Roush
Williams
C. M. Gill
Blackwood
Loring Connett
Fred Fenzel
George Maxwell
M. P. Totman
Sam Warren Jr
Ed P Stocklein
C. H. Harris
Maple Street
Athens
Mr. Blackwood
Totman
Wiliams
Besneak
Mr. Williams
Council
Maxwell
Evon
Connett
Totman Fenzel
Stocklein
Warren
State Public Utilities Commission
Hogsett
Meveland
J M. Ward
Radcliffe
Johnson
Redcliffe
Councilman Blackwood
Rehfield
Central Avenue
California
Onera
Shane
Connell
Night raids boost bootleg whiskey supply in county jail
In Roseburg Oregon on January 6 local bootleggers increased their marketable whiskey by conducting systematic nighttime raids on captured stock stored in the county jail.
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Roseburg
Ore
Republican motor tuned up for 1920 campaign in Chicago
National chairman Wil Hays and speakers Governor Lowden Major General Wood and women leaders addressed a banquet in Chicago marking Roosevelt's death anniversary. They urged law and order, pro labor leadership, strong anti red measures, balanced taxation, extended debt payments, and close capital labor ties while avoiding federal ownership.
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Chicago
Republican National Organization
Wil H. Hays
Frank O. Lowden
Leonard Wood
Theodore Roosevelt
Revolu
Deportation Hearings Grow as Reds Suppressions Expand
On January 6, Justice Department operatives added over fifty prisoners to deportation hearings seeking alleged reds. Oscar T. Tyzerowski, NY Communist Party leader, hid under the name Smith. Ellis Island hearings faced overcrowding with about 1,200 radicals awaiting processing. Camp Upton was designated as a concentration camp. About half of arraigned prisoners waived hearings and expressed willingness to return to Russia.
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New York
Department of Justice
Oscar T. Tyzerowski
New York State
Communist Party
Smith
William J. Flynn
Ing Made
Ellis Island
Byron Uhl
Immigration
War Department
Camp Upton
Uhl
Russia
Italian Adriatic Question to be First Topic at Allied Talks
Jan 5 Rome report says Premier Nitti told Paris correspondents the Adriatic issue will be the first item at the coming allied leaders meeting. He said a settlement of Italian aspirations there would be reached by January 10, amid nervousness in Fiume over the situation and D'Annunzio's stance. Former Deputy Oosseinach resigns from the national council after the council backed the government proposal.
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Rome
Adriatic
Tribuna
Paris
Nitti
London
Fiume
Republicans of Ohio Honor Mr Harding
Ohio Republicans gathered in Columbus to send leaders to New York for Warren G. Harding’s speaking engagement before the Ohio Society of New York. Delegates include Ralph D. Cole Clint Cole Harvey Smith E L Taylor H M Myers Frank Ransbottom C A Ward and F H Carnahan.
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Columbus
New York
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Ohio Society of New York
Ralph D. Cole
Clint Cole
Findlay
Harvey Smith
E. L. Taylor
H. M. Myers
Frank Ransbottom
Zanesville
C. A. Ward
Dayton
F. H. Carnahan
Akron
Heiress Jean Anna DeKay Sought by Chicago Police
Police begin searches along the Chicago River banks for 20 year old heiress Jean Anna DeKay who vanished from Hull House after arriving from Switzerland. Disappearance followed reports of clues without solid leads and concerns over her acid burn and smallpox marks. Her parents live in Lucerne.
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Chicago
Ill
Jean Anna DeKay
Hull House
Jane Addams
Switzerland
Lucerne
Babe Ruth Demands Boston Return Despite Yankee Sale
Babe Ruth telegram says he will not play anywhere but Boston and is leaving for California. The star, in Boston, wants to stay to tend business interests and reportedly will focus on playing only in Boston if allowed.
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Babe Ruth
Boston
Mass
Yankees
California
John Igoe
Ruth
Pie cart drivers to earn up to 90 a week in Chicago
In a new Bakers' Union agreement pie cart drivers in Chicago can earn as much as 90 dollars weekly. The deal sets wages for these mobile bakers and reflects bargaining gains for street vendors in the city.
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Chicago
Bakers’ Union
Deportation Delay Hangs on Army Transport Return
J W Abercrombie, legal adviser for the bureau of immigration, says further deportations of radical aliens depend on the war department loaning an army transport. The Buford, carrying 249 Russians including Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, is missing after leaving port. If the Buford returns, more deportees may be landed. otherwise delays loom as its fate remains uncertain.
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Washington
War Department
J. W. Abercrombie
Bureau of Immigration
Abercrombie
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Azores
Radicals clash as UMWA delegates debate officials action
At the United Mine Workers convention in Columbus Ohio on January 6 radicals pressed motions while President Lewis urged extended discussion. Officials foresees a late vote on endorsing or rebuking union officials with debate continuing and questions about Washington commission authority on wage differentials in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Frank O'Neil of Dawson Illinois faced heckling for opposing the government settlement terms.
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Columbus
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Frank O’neil
Dawson
Ill
O’neil
United Mine Workers
District 17
West Virginia
Green
C. F. Kenney
Charleston
W. Va
Frank Bender
Cambridge
Washington
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Moore
Murray
Washington Commission
Nine Candidates Speak at Jackson Day Banquet
Nine men considered candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination will address the Jackson Day banquet in Washington following a Democratic national committee meeting. The list includes W. J. Bryan Senator Owen Secretary Daniels Senator Underwood Governor Cox former Ambassador Gerard Champ Clark Attorney General Palmer and Senator Pomerene.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
W. J. Bryan
Owen
Daniels
Underwood
Cox
Gerard
Champ Clark
Palmer
Pomerene
CREDIT CUTS Ad Forgast By Uncle Sam Credit Cuts Ad For Gas
Washington January 6 Governor Harding of the federal reserve board warned noted bankers that a further increase in discount rates is a contingency to reckon with. The move would signal contraction of government credits and a brake on speculation, aiming to restore peacetime conditions and curb inflated currency. Harding stressed the board will not adjust discount rates to match bank deposit rates, noting New York banks raise rates in response.
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Washington
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
New York
Federal Reserve Bank
Pie wagon drivers win wage deal with bakers
In Chicago on January 6 the pie wagon driver and master bakers reach a new agreement. The scale sets a minimum wage of 32 dollars per week plus commissions averaging over 60 dollars.
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Chicago
Ill
No Noon Luncheon Adjusts Schedule for Wednesday
No noon luncheon will be served tomorrow. The regular noon luncheon will be held on Wednesday January 14. The speaker for that date will be announced later.
Justice Department to Seek Jail Terms for Brewers and Dealers
Washington January 6 the justice department will demand jail sentences for brewers who manufactured and dealers who sold 2.75 percent beer Assistant Attorney General Frierson announced. The move follows the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Volstead wartime prohibition act which defines an intoxicating drink as one half of one percent or more alcohol. Suits are pending against many brewers and dealers across the nation.
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Washington
Justice Department
Frierson
United States Supreme Court
Freison
Supreme Court
Living Costs To Go Higher
Dow Jones reports higher living costs and wages for the year ahead after interviews with manufacturers. Shortages in steel, iron, machinery, textiles and other products persist, with labor shortages cited as the main obstacle to relief and profits. Steel mills run at about seventy percent capacity amid strong demand.
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New York
Dow Jones
Financial News Service
Bolsheviki Gain Ground in Siberia Amid Supply Seizures
Moscow wireless dispatches report Bolshevik troops occupying Berezov northwest of Tobolsk seizing three flour laden steamers. Another capture lists Yanversky with 125000 tons of coal. Ninety engines and munition stores were claimed at Taga Station as Siberian rail operations expand.
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London
Moscow
Siberia
Berezov
Tobolsk
Yanversky
Taga
Siberian
London Times
Warsaw
Pskof
Prison Bond Stand Still In Mexico Case
The Puebla criminal court denied William O. Jenkins a request to revoke bail and return him to the penitentiary. The judge ruled that Mexican law does not allow revoking an order granting liberty on bail.
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Ralph H. Turner
United Press
Mexico City
Puebla
William O. Jenkins
American agent Jenkins freed on bail in kidnap case
William O. Jenkins, a former popular agent at Puebla, was released on bail after arrest on charges of colluding with bandits who kidnapped him for ransom. He said the release was without his knowledge and he seeks remand to the penitentiary to avoid delays that could lead to dismissal of the charges.
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William O. Jenkins
Peubla
Jenkins
Frigid Start to January with Subzero Temperatures
OH BOY Saranac Lake New York reports a temperature of 33 degrees below zero marking a bitter start to January as residents face extreme cold and wind.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
More Chicago girls enter films than teaching
Chicago report shows a larger share of high school girls choose careers in movies or as actresses rather than becoming teachers. The finding came from a teachers committee advocating higher salaries for instructors.
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Chicago
Lord Cunliffe Dies Suddenly in London
Lord Cunliffe first baron of Headley died suddenly on the way to a dinner in London. Walter Cunliffe longtime British financial figure. governor of the Bank of England in 1913. Born 1855.
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Lord Cunliffe
London
Baron of
Headley
Walter Cunliffe
Bank of England
Cunliffe
Treaty conflict nears solution as negotiations advance
Washington January 6 mild reservationists say a definite point in treaty talks is in sight and by Friday negotiations will reach unprecedented clarity. They pledged Senator Underwood to delay action on a treaty conciliation committee so the conference can proceed without the committee being needed.
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Washington
Underwood
Athens School Board Opens Year With Salary Rise Talks
The Athens city school board reorganized and discussed raising teacher salaries. New members George Whipple and Prof. C. M. Copeland joined officers Harry Z. Foster president and Prof. Copeland clerk. Bids will be sought from banks for school funds. A committee urged a 25 percent raise for grade teachers. another proposed 33 1/3 percent for high instructors.
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Athens City
Athens
George Whipple
C. M. Copeland
Harry Z. Foster
Mra. T. R. Biddle
Prof
East Side
Misses Dickson
Stockfein
Devitt
Miss Grover
Anna Pickering
Mr. Wible
Morgan
Dr. C
Beyond Depth: Col J A Tops H C L With Strong Finish
Col J A moves beyond the opening round with a decisive win over H C L by beating his rival’s bid. The contest features sharp exchanges and a clear late surge securing the victory.
Earthquake Death Toll Rises as Debris Is Cleared
A Jalapa dispatch reports the number of fatalities from Saturday night’s quake increasing as rescuers uncover more bodies buried in wrecked homes and buildings. The dispatch says Te colo near Jalapa is the only town reported completely destroyed, while earlier losses may be overstated.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Fional
Jalapa
Aaid Tonight
Tecolo
Three of three radicals arrested in Cleveland freed
In Cleveland on January 6 police released two of three arrested radicals as American citizens. One alien remained in custody for deportation proceedings.
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Cleveland, CO
Jones Names Horse Wee Alcohol in Bizarre Kicking Incident
ST PAUL Minn Jan 6 R H Jones announced his horse Wee Alcohol. The animal reportedly reacted to a water trough with a powerful kick, sending Jones to a hospital with injuries.
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ST. Paul, Minn
R. H. Jones
Jones
Ohio University Opens Hard Schedule With Stiff Contest
Ohio University lines up with four letter men as it hosts Capital University in a tough Friday night game. Capital lost to Wittenberg in overtime, while Ohio barely beat Witt enberg. The schedule lists Kenyon Heidelberg Denison as upcoming foes with Mt Union in January. Captain Stockdale leads the squad as Newman, Van Sickle, Earich, Loomis, Davis, King, and Starr compete for positions.
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Ohio University
Capital University of Columbus
Capital
Wittenberg
State
Ohio
Mt. Union
Kenyon
Heidleberg
Denison
Granville
Stockdale
Newman
Ahther Jetter
van Sickle
Willam Earich
Bob Loomis
Davis
King
Starr
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