Miners threaten April work stoppage over 20 percent raise
A tri district hard coal convention at Shamokin Pa votes to suspend all anthracite mine work beginning April 1 unless operators reach a new accord with the United Mine Workers. The scale committee's 19 demands include an average wage increase of twenty percent, to be accepted without radical changes or a strike will ensue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Williams
Shamokin
United Mine Workers
Tri-District
Scaie
Death of Pope Benedict XV at Vatican After Brief Illness
Pope Benedict XV died in Rome at age 68 after a five day illness due to pneumonia and heart weakness complicated by bronchial catarrh and influenza. Doctors noted rapid decline and coma before death as Vatican officials and cardinals gathered, with prayers and vigils held across St. Peter's.
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Edward Strutt
Rome
Benedict XV
Vatican
Pietro Maffi
Pisa
Cardinal Gasparri
Papal
Cardinal Merry del Val
Papal Chamberlain
Cardinal Gasquet
Vannutelli
Pompili
Caggiano
Dice
Cardinal di Bonzo
di Lal
van Rossum
Cardinal Lili
Cardinal Marini
St. Peter’s
Holy Father
Battiatini
Pompeii
Eastern Ohio Miners Lose Fight Against Leaders By A Large Vote
The Ohio United Mine Workers convention voted 137 to 22 endorsing President John L. Lewis and opposing the Kansas industrial court act. Delegates urged compliance with contracts and supported Lewis, while dissidents attacked Lewis and called for resignations of international officers. The report also includes long notes on Pope Benedict XV’s life and peace efforts during World War I and a separate census on Ohio tractor use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cool Sargent
Ohio United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
International Organization
Kansas
Kansas Industrial Court
Lewis
Union
Press Lewis
Pope Benedict
Germany
Belgium
Lusitania
America
Wilson
Washington
United States
Vatican
Vultures Preying on Crippled Vets Allege Officials
Washington report cites an army of bootleggers drug dealers and other undesirables flocking to hospital areas on pay days. Officials and lawmakers plan measures to curb the spread of predatory activity endangering disabled war heroes amid alleged failures by prohibition authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. K. Hutchinson
Washington
America
Congress
Two Men Hurt At Indoor Golf Practice
Dean E. W. Chubb and William B. Golden were badly injured during indoor golf practice when a rebounding ball shattered glasses and struck near the eye. Crabb also suffered a similar accident as balls did not stop in the net.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean E. W. Chubb
William B. Golden
Mr. Golden
Dean Crabb
Railroads and workers seek closer relations in Chicago meet
In Chicago on January 21 executives of the American Railwaymen’s association discussed ways to ease tensions between railroads and employees. After talks with Secretary Hoover they aim to cut litigation with the US railway labor board and foster peaceful relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
International News Service
American Railway
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
United States Railway Labor Board
Bankers to aid Washington in Ohio farmer relief efforts
Eugene Meyer Jr director of the War Finance Corporation said that members of the Ohio Bankers Association want to cooperate with the government to extend necessary financial assistance to Ohio farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Wan Finance Corporation
Ohio Bankers Association
Ohio
Promoter Tex Rickard Arrested on Serious Charge
In New York promoter Tex Rickard manager of Madison Square Garden was arrested on a serious charge brought by an 11 year old girl. He was arraigned in West Side police court and held on $1000 bail for a hearing next Wednesday.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Madison Square Garden
West Side
Window peeper admits escapes from reformatory
Elyria Ohio January 21 Joseph Bodner confessed to window peeping and said he had been sentenced to the reformatory three or four times, escaping each time. He claimed the army was the only place that held him, later receiving a dishonorable discharge after ten months for desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Joseph Bodner
Hays Plans Moral Purge of Salacious Films
Washington January 21 Will Hays who leaves the Harding cabinet March 4 to head a new association of film producers and distributors promised a genuine spring cleaning of motion pictures. The plan aims at a real moral cleansing not censorship extension and would pay him 150000 dollars a year after his resignation as postmaster general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
International News Service
Will H. Hays
Harding
Association of Motion
Hays
Japanese delay at arms conference irks delegates in Washington
U S and other powers grow frustrated as Japan blocks decisions in the arms conference. The Senate debates surface over exempting Bonin and Oshima Islands from fortification limits. Far East committee moves to compel disclosure of Chinese treaties, seeking agreement from Japan to drop opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Holmes
U. S
Washington
United States Senate
Senate
Bonin
Oshima
Far East
Japan
Secret DOJ probe checks Columbus living costs
A federal inquiry led by Charles Scott and Earl Conelly from the Cincinnati Data office surveys Columbus price levels for food clothing fuels and other essentials to assess profit levels. Similar investigations are reported in many other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, CO
Charles Scott
Earl Conelly
Federal Department of Justice
Cincinnati
Department
Vatican Telegrams Report Pope Benedict XV Dying
The Vatican sent telegrams to all papal nunciatures at seven this morning announcing that Pope Benedict XV was dying.
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Rome
Vatican
Benedict XV
United States ship Schoodie runs aground off Dungerness
The 5784 ton steamship Schoodie of the United States Shipping Board went aground today off Dungerness. Tugs were rushed to her assistance as the incident prompted an emergency response from naval authorities and salvage crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Shipping Board
Schoodie
Dungerness
Ohio Highlights From Yesterday in the 1800s
The Ohio record notes the 1822 state canal board creation, births and deaths of notable figures in Fremont and Mentor, including jurist Edward F. Dickinson born there and died in 1891, banker Sardis Birchard of Fremont, Garfield’s mother’s death near Mentor, and a 1893 Steubenville train collision that killed three people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Dickinson
Fremont
Sardis K Birchard
Wilmington
James A. Garfield
Mentor
Steubenville
Arbuckle Manslaughter Trial Heads To Hostile Witness Move
San Francisco January 21 A second bid to declare Zey Prevon a hostile witness could halt Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle’s manslaughter trial. If successful the state may cross examine and introduce contending testimony. Detectives Mathewson Treffis Vernon stenographers are expected to testify. The DA said four to six state witnesses remain.
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Ellis H. Martin
San Francisco
Zey Prevon
Roscoe
Fatty” Arbuckle
Brady
Miss Prevon
Arbuckle
Duncan Mathewson
Walter Treffis
Howard Vernon
Maccabees Host Entertainment and Oyster Feed
Chauncey hall hosts a big Maccabees entertainment and oyster feed on Tuesday night January 24. ER Young speaks. Maccabees from every tent invited. Hal Osborne serves as Com, William Myers as R K. 1-21-2.
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Chauncey, K
Hall
ER. L. Young
Hal Osborne
William Myers
R. K
Cadiz Dedicates First Catholic Church St Cecelia’s
Cadiz Ohio will dedicate St Cecelia’s Catholic Church tomorrow the first Catholic house of worship in the city Steubenville Catholics will participate in the service and ceremonies expected to draw regional attendees.
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Cadi. O
St. Cecelia’s Catholic
Cadiz
Steubenville
Venice Hotel Hold Up Ends in Fatal Shooting
Three bandits burst into a room at the Venice hotel in Kansas City during a card game. Christ Stathes, 38, resisted and was shot dead. Robbers escaped with $500.
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Kansas City
Venice Hotel
Christ Stathes
British Premier Urges Real Peace and Armament Cut
London dispatch reports Lloyd George calling for true peace through understanding and armament reduction. He praised the Washington conference as a step toward peace and urged face to face talks at Genoa with all nations invited, opposing exclusion by the league. He noted Germany would ultimately pay indemnity, referencing prior Cannes talks.
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David M. Church
London
Lloyd George
Washington
Poincaire
Genoa
League
United States
Germany
Cannes
Zita Warned Against Austrian Monarchy Plot
French, British and Italian ministers at Berne asked Swiss authorities to notify former Empress Zita that any attempt to restore her husband Charles to the Hungarian throne would lead to remove her and him from Madeira to a more isolated exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zita
London
Berne
Austria
Charles
Madeira
Glasses as Protection for Water Dials in 1620
The article notes the introduction of glasses as protective measures for water dials dating to the year 1620. It discusses the purpose of shielding dials from damage and external interference during that period.
Mrs Vesta Braun Fights Husband Over Astor Street Home Siege
Court action surrounds the Astor street residence as Mrs Vesta Braun resists her husband George F Braun in a divorce case over custody of the home He has attempted to sell the property and move furniture out while she occupies a third floor room with her sister amid a guards cordon and lack of utilities Her legal battle continues with a hoped for injunction.
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Chicago
International News Service
Troy
Vesta McFatrich Braun
George F Braun
Braun
Astor Street
Mra. Braun
Ambassador Hotel
Last Day of Hunting Season Across United States
The document notes January 31 as the final hunting day for migratory game birds including wild ducks and geese coots gallinules and Wilson snipe or jacksnipe under Federal law that sets hunting seasons nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ironton Man Appointed Federal Prohibition Director
Sam Bowman of Ironton Ohio has been named federal prohibition director for the state of New Mexico according to the prohibition bureau announcement today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton Man
Washington
Sam Bowman
Ironton
Ohio
New Mexico
Prohibition Bureau
Three Infirmary Workers Charged With Fraud
Mrs M A Muse and her daughters Jeannette and Mary, employed at the Harrison county infirmary, were arrested on charges of obtaining goods under false pretenses. They allegedly purchased items charged to the infirmary and sent them to their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helg
Cadiz
M. A. Muse
Jeannette
Mary
Harrison County Infirmary
High share of U.S. farmers own automobiles
A historical note states that nearly one in three farmers in the United States possess an automobile, reflecting widespread rural vehicle adoption and transportation access among farming communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Free list offers 800 books from American Library Action
The American Library Action catalogs 800 authoritative books across topics from business to petroleum. Readers can receive a free booklet titled Hundred Useful Books by mailing the coupon with two cents for return postage. Send name and address to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington, D. C.
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American Library Action
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