Miners End Strike Endorsement Won 1639 to 221 in Columbus
United Mine Workers of America in Columbus ratified a wage basis plan proposed by President Wilson's three man commission ending the coal strike. The stormy meeting saw radicals clash with officials over the vote while Lewis defended the union's leadership and urged endorsement before adjournment.
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Columbus
United Mine Workers of America
Wilson
William Green
Frank Farrington
Illinois
Green
Farrington
Credentials Committee
Lewis
United States
Defeat for radical UMWA factions at closing convention session
In Columbus on January 7, Secretary William Green urged endorsement of the government terms ending the coal strike. Delegates pressed for an immediate vote to accept the commission’s awards, while Lewis urged reserved remarks. Green attacked opposition and warned public sentiment would back government actions.
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Columbus
United Mine Workers of America
William Green
Green
Lewis
Wilson
Secretary Green
Government to pressure operators over coal price awards
The speaker expressed confidence that the government will compel operators to accept the commission's awards without raising coal prices for consumers.
Lord Cunliffe Dies Sudden in London Dining Route
Lord Cunliffe, first baron of Headley and longtime leader in British finance, died suddenly on the way to a dinner in London. Born in 1855, he served as Bank of England governor starting in 1913.
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London
Lord Cunliffe
Baron of
Headley
Walter Cunliffe
Bank of England
Cunliffe
Wilson signals third term push at Jackson Day in Washington
President Wilson, improved physically, prepares a message for 800 Jackson Day diners. He is expected to declare his position on a third term, while nominations for diplomatic posts and a Democratic national committee meeting frame the week. Bryan’s possible reservations stir party leadership talk.
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Washington
Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
White House
Jackson Day
Italy
China
Denmark
Greece
Switzerland
Finland
Siam
Grayson
Democratic National Committee
W. J. Bryan
Wilson-Bryan
Assembly Suspends Five Socialist Members
In Albany on January 7 the state assembly voted almost unanimously to suspend five socialist members elected last fall. The suspended lawmakers will be allowed to appear for examination before a committee at a later date.
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Albany
N. Y
State Assembly
Census Enumerators Listed for Athens County
A January 7 list names census takers in Athens County including Guy Stotts in Alexander, H M McKinley in Alexander part, Howard L Goodwin Ames, Albert O Rink Athens township part, Fahye S Pierce Athens part, Chas J Smith Athens State Hospital, Mrs Willis L Gard Athens city wards 1,2,3,4 and others in Bern, Canaan, Carthage, Dover, Chauncey, Lee, Lodi, Rome, Trimble, Glouster, Jacksonville, Trimbie, Troy, Coolville, Waterloo, York, Buchtel, Nelsonville and more.
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Frances J. Cooksey
Athens City
Bertha D. Conner
Dewey M. Goddard
Bern
James A. Walsh
Canaan Township
F. J. Caldwell
Carthage Township
Aylmer Ackley
Chas. H. Slaughter
Dover Township
F. P. Phillips
Chauncey Village
S. E. Searle
Jacksonville Village
Chas. F. Danford
Trimbie
Elias A. Gaskins
Troy Township
S. T. McBride
Coolville
Ruth C. Parker
Waterloo Township
Elmus L. Wilson
Fred J. Burt
Dorothy V. Covert
York Township
Pearl PD. Carr
Carl A. Brooks
Bucht
Objections At Hung Becoming More Frequent
Paris January 7 Germany protests the idea of an allied tribunal trying German officers who scuttled the fleet at Scapa Flow and objects to surrendering five light cruisers to France. Berlin denies selling marine material since November 1919. Germany says it has no objection to the absence of American representatives on peace commissions. Hungary arrives to work toward peace with the Allies.
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Paris
Germany
Scapa Flow
France
Hungary
Explosion Burns Three at Parish and Bingham Plant
Three men were seriously burned in Cleveland at the Parish and Bingham Company plant when attempting to locate a short circuit. They were in the power house using a lantern when a terrible explosion occurred.
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Cleveland, O
Parish and Bingham Company
Governor urges referendum on prohibition repeal in annual message
Albany, January 7. Governor Smith urged the legislature to rescind its ratification of the prohibition amendment and submit the issue to a referendum this year. He argued that whether the eighteenth amendment was legally adopted remained an open question and called for a resolution urging ratification of the peace treaty as another major feature of the address.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Covington Jail Ordered Closed Over Prison Shortage
The Covington Kentucky jail across the Ohio River from Cincinnati was ordered closed today due to a lack of prisoners. Prohibition is cited as the cause for the slump in jail business, despite the jail being one of the largest in northern Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
Covington
Kentucky
Fox offers 550000 dollar purse for Dempsey Carpentier fight
William Fox head of Fox Film Company announced this afternoon a purse of 550000 dollars for the Dempsey Carpentier boxing match. He said the offer aims to secure the bout and bring the event to New York.
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New York
William Fox
Fox Film Company
Murder of Amie Ganay Otart Trgable Riot Claim
Washington reports Gabriel Porter an American employee for Penn Max killed by a Mexican federal army officer at Tuxpam on December 21. The state department will press Tampico authorities to arrest and punish the guilty. Earlier killings of two International Petroleum Company workers at Port Lobos may affect U S Mexican relations.
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Washington
Gabriel Porter
Penn-Max Company
Tuxpam
State Department
Tampico
International Petroleum Company
Port Lobos
Porter
Carranza
Explosion tears through Newark home as gas leak hunt fails
In Newark Ohio on January 1 a residence owned by Conrad Gockenbach in Hebron was almost leveled by an explosion set off while a plumber searched for a gas leak with a torch. Mrs Gockenbach, her daughter and the plumber escaped injury as nearby windows shattered.
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Newark
Conrad Gockenbach
Hebron
Democratic peace treaty proposals split with Lodge group
Senate debates a Democratic plan for a peace treaty compromise with reservations by McKellar Kendrick and Swanson. Lodge followers reject the form citing Article 10. Bryan’s involvement cited as hindering cross party support. 64 votes needed for ratification remain uncertain.
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Washington
Jan
Lodge
McKellar
Kendrick
Swanson
Wilsons
Hitchcock
Underwood
Reed
Kendrick-McKellar
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Senate
White House
Frank Kramer Dies Amateur Athlete Of Columbus
Frank Kramer aged 49 a well known amateur athlete born and raised in Athens died in Athens yesterday after a long illness. He umpired many university baseball games in years past.
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Frank Kramer
Columbus
Athens
Kramer
Fire crews mobilize to battle Laughlin mine blaze
Martins Ferry Ohio January 7 Deputy State Mine Inspector Lot Jenkins requested the federal car from Pittsburg assist in extinguishing the Laughlin mine fire. Ohio equipment from Columbus is en route. A fall of state early today halted flooding the mine and inspectors plan to wall in the fire to smother the flames.
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Martins Ferry
Pittsburg
Lot Jenkins
Laughlin
Ohio
Columbus
Draft evader Bergell seized by justice officials in Philadelphia
Grover C Bergell alleged draft evader was arrested at his mother's home in Philadelphia by justice department officers. A revolver was taken from Mrs Bergoll during the arrest. Bergoll, son of a wealthy brewer and once an auto racer, may be sent to Governor's Island for court martial after an earlier 1917 draft disappearance and long manhunt across the U.S. and Canada.
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Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland Bergell
Department of Justice
Bergoll
New York
Governor's Island
Grover C. Bergell
United States
Canada
Old campus injury at Central Building injures Mrs Hatch
Mrs Henry A Hatch slipped on an icy walk in front of the Central Building on the college campus and sustained severe injuries to the right hip. Doctors had not completed a diagnosis by press hour. She was taken home to Mill Street.
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Henry A. Hatch
Mill Street
Japan Moves in Siberia to Crush Bolshevik Push
Washington Jan 7 Japanese forces in Siberia are advancing east of Lake Baikal in an effort to stem Bolshevik advances. About 25,000 troops have been sent to Cikutsik to quell uprisings. Bolshevik forces lie 50 to 100 miles west. Japan totals near 100,000 troops, with Britain and France having withdrawn. A decision on reinforcements and talks with the state department await a result.
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Washington
Siberia
Lake Baikal
Japan
Great Britain
France
United States
Shidehara
State Department
Athens county to naturalize graduates at court house tests
Athens county students will meet at the clerk of courts office in the court house next Tuesday at 9 for naturalization exams. Thirty-nine applicants were scheduled but only twelve will take final tests due to a ban on Germany and Austria Hungary. There are hundreds of Austria Hungarians in the county's coal mining districts.
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Athens County
Clerk of Courts
Court House
Morgan
Germany
Austria-Hungary
United States
Cleveland Wins Grand American Handicap Trophy
Cleveland earned hosting rights for America's premier trap shooting event the Grand American Handicap Tournament at a meeting of the American Trap Shooting Association. No date was set to avoid conflicting with Grand Circuit races in Cleveland.
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New York
America
Cleveland
American Trap Shooting Association
Ohio City
National Banks Report Call For December 31
The controller of the currency issued a call for the condition of national banks at the close of business Wednesday December 31. The report details banks’ assets liabilities and reserves as of year end for regulatory review.
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Washington
Ohio Farmers Defense League urges tax reform in Ohio
The executive board in Columbus calls the legislature to tax reform by exposing hidden property on the duplicate and re valuing all real estate at selling value. It argues such steps would lower the state tax rate to under one half of one percent and let money in banks at three percent cover taxes.
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Columbus. O
Ohio Farmers’ Defense League
Ohio
Aggie Agents Placed in Sixty Nine Ohio Counties
Agricultural agents are now employed in sixty nine Ohio counties. The hires include workers in Hardin Perry and Holmes counties.
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AGGIE
Ohio
Hardin
Perry
Holmes
France approves exhumations of American war dead
Paris reports the French government has authorized exhumations of 20 000 American dead outside the army zone. Exhumations will begin in March under Colonel Rebhers with bodies placed in lead coffins and packed in wooden boxes.
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Paris
Rebhers
Spanish society offers cash prizes for industrial inventions
A Spanish society announces substantial cash prizes to encourage new inventions, processes or improvements in electrical or mechanical lines that promote the progress of national industries.
Cuba to aid US in contracting rest of 1920 sugar crop
Cuba has contracted only about 2.25 million tons of its 1920 sugar crop with half unsold. Secretary Montero told Senator McNary that the Cuban government will assist US purchases of the remainder to stabilize prices. He said earlier offers to sell the full output were not met with response. Senator Smoot cited beet sugar market data as he discussed pricing factors.
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Washington
United States
Rafel Montoro
Cuba
McNary
Oregon
Wilson
Montero
Smoot
Utah
Senate
Quake Toll Rises Amid Ongoing Aftermath Reports
In late dispatches the Mexico City seismograph logged three further tremors while death estimates from Saturday's quake climbed to about 2,000. Casautlan, Chilcotla, Saltillo, and nearby towns suffered collapse, floods, and fires as rescuers recovered bodies and residents fled fearing aftershocks and further volcanic activity.
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Mexico City
Secretary of War
Casautlan
Chilcotla
Vera Cruz
Pescado
Saltilla
Barranca
Teccelo
Saltillo
Frangua
Jalapa
Amapazapa
Jacomulco
Tlaxtacaya
Tuxpam
Earthquake Toll Rises in Vera Cruz Regions Casaultan Vicinity
General Francisco Urquize said official reports show at least 300 dead in Barranca Grande and Chicothle with Casautlan deaths over a thousand. Widespread destruction in Jalpa district and surrounding areas. floods fires and rail disruption hinder relief. Authorities fear exaggerated figures due to poor communications. Bandit plunder reported amid the crisis.
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Mexico City
Francisco Urquize
Casautlan
Vera Cruz
War Department
Barranca Grande
Chicothle
Jalpa
Iowa Soldier Sought by Parents in Chariton
Chariton Iowa parents seek Sergeant First Class Clarence E. Lowe serial 14894 missing since discharge from Camp Dodge October 12 1919. Lowe enlisted in Des Moines and Vera Cruz service. returned to the United States with Casual Company October 1 1919. Information to father W S Lowe or Red Cross chairman John H. Darrah.
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Chariton
Fiest
Clarence E. Lowe
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Vera Cruz
Saturn
Cosne
France
Treves
Germany
United States
W. S. Lowe
North Main Street
Chariton, Ja
John H. Darrah
American Red Cross
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