Peace conference consider Turkish mandate plan
The conference debates Turkey's fate with outlines for mandates over Constantinople, Armenia, Smyrna, and Mesopotamia while Anatolia remains a remnant empire. Proposed maps show the US may oversee Constantinople and Armenia, Greece to Smyrna, Italy coastal strip, Britain to Mesopotamia, and Syria under French protection.
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Turkey
America
Constantinople
Armenia
Anatolia
Black Sea
United States
Smyrna
Greece
Italy
Palestine
League of Nations
Syria
Mesopotamia
Hedjaz
R-34 Transatlantic Dirigible Nears America After Atlantic Passage
The R-34 was about 1,500 miles from Britain on July 3 reporting 52:50 N 34:30 W while flying above fog. The Megantic relayed its position at 52:30 N 32:00 W with the craft at 2,000 feet. Authorities expected landing on Long Island the next day as ships aided by weather reports and radar kept watch.
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London
Greenwish
New York
Air Ministry
Cape Race
Megantic
Greenwich
East Fortune
Scotland
Mid- Atlantic
America
Ireland
Scott
Ponta del Gada
St. Johns
Clifden
Tiger
Renown
ST. John
N. F
New Foundland
Long Island
Hogs Hit Record Opening Price on Chicago Market
Hogs on the Chicago market opened at 22.20 dollars, 20 cents above yesterday’s high. Packers predicted prices would climb to 23 dollars in coming sessions.
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Chicago
Ill
Packers
Light lunch prepared for British airship B-34 arrival
The British dirigible B-34 is due at Roosevelt Field Mineola after a 2.9 million dollar flight. The airship will use 1.6 million cubic feet of hydrogen stored in 8,000 tanks, 6,000 gallons of gasoline, 500 gallons of oil and water for the crew and systems.
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Mineola N. Y
Naval Aviation
Roosevelt Flying Field
H. W. Hoyt
Charles G. Little
Akron
Ohio
New York
Roosevelt Field
Mineola
Bill to Stop Reds Advances in Senate Omnibus Plan
Washington July 3 A sweeping omnibus bill is being prepared to eliminate radical agitation in America. Senator Knute Nelson Minnesota chairman of the judiciary committee says Bolshevism in the United States will be destroyed by the comprehensive measure. The act would be virtual against the reds and combine features of a dozen or more pending bills.
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Washington
America
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Judiciary Committee
United States
Senate
America Faces Day Fourth Without Strong Drink
Washington reports America faces Independence Day without hard liquor for the first time. Light beer remains sold in many cities as the Justice Department pledges no broad crackdown. Attorney General Palmer says enforcement will continue while Congress plans to adopt stricter laws after the Fourth.
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America
Washington
County 3 Board Promises Public Detour Fixes
Engineer Fawcett of the State Highway Department pressed the Floodwood road project contractor on delays near the Lewis home. Commissioner Porter pledged immediate action including cindering rough detour sections, bridging muddy spots, and dragging remaining areas after rains to ease travel for the public.
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Fawcett
State Highway Department
Fred Porter
Lewis Home
Porter
Lewis Farm
County Road Repair Gang
New York Coal Company
State tax official resigns to join Pittsburgh vein group
Emerson Campbell, a special accountant for the state tax commission, resigns effective August 1 to become tax representative for the Pittsburgh Vein Operators Association. Campbell previously served as Bel motrt county auditor.
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Columbus
Emerson Campbell
State Tax Commission
Pittsburgh Vein Operators Association
Campbell
Belmont County
Promotions Offer 125000 Purse For London Fight
Promoter Cochran wired Willard and Dempsey a $125000 purse for the winner to meet either European champion George Carpentier or British title holder Jim Breckett in London in November or December. The bout would be twenty rounds with sixty percent to the winner and forty percent to the loser.
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England
London
Cochran
Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
George Carpentier
Jim Breckett
All Day Meeting at Chauncey Mine Chapel
The cool woods behind the Chauncey mine will host an all day meeting on the Fourth with forenoon and afternoon sessions at 110 and 2. An evening service starts at 7 at the chapel. Everyone is invited for a pleasant and profitable day led by Pastor B. F. Timmons.
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Chauncey Mine
B. F. Timmons
Coshocton Elks Plan World War I Homecoming
Coshocton Elks announce a homecoming celebration tomorrow for Coshocton county men who served in the world war. The event marks a local tribute to veterans and is set to honor those from the county.
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Coshocton
NO PAPER THE FOURTH NO PAPER ISSUED ON JULY 4
The Messenger will not publish on July 4 due to the National Holiday. The office and shop close all day and employees including carriers will have the day off. Press staff work 307 days a year with five holidays: Christmas Decoration Day July 4 Labor Day and Thanksgiving.
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The
Messenger
Vas
Lake Erie fish trust profits eyed by state auditor
State Auditor Donahey charges the Lake Erie fish trust profiteers, noting state subsidies for hatcheries and low license revenue of 18 124.75 last year while fish cost consumers over 600 a ton. He urges a fish commissioner to take over if profiteering continues.
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Columbus
Ohio
Donahey
Lake Erie
Fish Trust
Good Lake
Mining Engineer Fell Twenty Stories at Commodore Hotel
Arthur S. Raymond a Joplin Missouri mining engineer was killed today after falling or jumping from the roof of the Hotel Commodore in New York. He plunged twenty stories to the street in the July 3 incident.
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New York
N. Y
Arthur S. Raymond
Joplin, Mo
Commodore
Minnesota Raises Minimum Wages for Women and Minors
The state minimum wage commission voted unanimously to set new wage floors for women and minors. The minimums are $11 per week in cities of 5,000+ and $10.25 in smaller towns, with a 48 hour work week and overtime at 23 cents per hour, replacing prior weekly ranges of $8.50 to $9.00 regardless of hours.
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ST. Paul
Minnesot
State
Boy injured by stray cannon cracker in Mechanicsburg
A five year old boy, son of Joe Barnhart of Stella Avenue, put a large cracker in his mouth during Wednesday fireworks misplay. The powder burst, breaking several teeth and tearing mouth corners. four stitches were required. He is expected to recover. Residents complain as fireworks are sold across the South Bridge on Richland Avenue.
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Mechanicsburg
Joe Barnhart
Stella Avenue
Richland Avenue
Athens
Keene’s Wild Minnows Refuse Bass Lure
Keene stored live minnows in a cherry wine barrel to keep them. He complained the liquor soaked out and made the minnows too wild for bass to catch.
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Dallas
Tex
Keene
Peace Celebrations Parade Brings Plaster Trumpeting Angels
Chicago officials offered for sale plaster statues described as angels used in Victory Way peace celebrations. The sale featured many decorative figures as part of a special wartime sale in Chicago.
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Chicago
Ills
Drunken French Soldiers Parade in Fiume
Fiume reports drunk French troops roamed the streets shouting "Long live Jugo-Slavia, Death to Italy." Italian police reportedly blocked trouble, and Gen Graziato lodged a protest with the French command.
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Rome
Fiume
The
Messagero
Italy
Graziato
Peace Treaty To Be Considered By Danish Assembly
The Wei mar national assembly will begin consideration of the peace treaty on Saturday. Ratification is certain, the Politiken reported today.
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Copenhagen
Weimar National Assembly
Politiken
Wheelchair “Package” Flown Home From Camp
John Barry, a Toledo TB patient in the camp hospital, arranged to be sent home in a wagon labeled as a package. Denied permission to go alone, he requested an express shipment and was placed aboard an express car bound for Toledo, smiling as he traveled in his chair.
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Sherman
Toledo
John Barry
Camp Hospital
Barry
Express Company
Kaiser to be tried in London by allied tribunal
Lloyd George announced in the house of commons that Wilhelm II is to face trial in London by an Allied tribunal for war crimes. He cited the peace treaty provisions and said other officers committing appalling crimes would also be tried.
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London
Wilhelma Hohenzollern
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Wilhelm
Holland
The
Hague
Amerogen Castle
Germany
German Officers’ Association
Exkaiser
Commons
Britain
Treaty Will Go Before England
London July 3 Premier Lloyd George planned to present to the house of commons the peace treaty and the defensive alliance treaty among France Britain and the United States. He would spend an hour and a half detailing the conference. The tripple alliance treaty was expected to seek parliamentary approval.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
France
Britain
United States
Detai
Forty Two Executed in Budapest Certify Revolutionary Court
A Budapest report states that forty two people were executed and thirty six imprisoned after revolutionary court martials. About a thousand additional persons await trial.
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Budapest
Willard Dempsey Fight Bet Tide Shows Even Money
New York reports even betting on the Willard Dempsey bout with little action on the street. A single wager of forty thousand dollars favored Willard against thirty five thousand on Dempsey.
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New York
Willard-Dempsey
Willard
Dempsey
Famous Leader of Women Dies in Moylan
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, honorary president of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association, dies at 71 in Moylan near Media Pennsylvania after a pneumonia relapse. She led the national defense council women's committee and received the Distinguished Service Medal for wartime work. Her secretary Lucy E Anthony and two nieces were present.
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Media
Anna Howard Shaw
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Moylan
Here
Shaw
Springfield
Ill
Council of National Defense
Lucy E. Anthony
Congress poised for busy session after peace treaty
Congressional leaders expect a record busy start with the peace treaty from President Wilson next Tuesday. The House will take up the prohibition bill while the Senate reviews the treaty and Congress pursues tariff reform, railroads, merchant marine policy, shipbuilding, peacetime army reorganization, anti red law, and the soldiers land bill. Investigations into war department expenses and other agencies will run through the summer. Budget actions total $3 billion after $800 million in cuts.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
House
War Department
Post Office Department
Victor Bergers
Congress
Mondell
Where Former Athens County Folkowave Gone
Analysis of the Messenger foreign subscription list shows the Athens county paper circulated in thirty two states outside Ohio and in Canada. Numbers indicate readers in states including West Virginia California Illinois New York Indiana Michigan Massachusetts Florida Texas and more, reflecting migrations and new homes across the country.
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Athens County
Messenger
Ohio
France
Kentucky
Washington
Georgia
Kansas
West Virginia
Iowa
Arizonas
Massachusetts
Indiana
Maryland
District Columbia
New Jersey
Missouri
N. Carolina
S. Carolina
Michigan
New Mexico
Wisconsin
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Illinois
Canada
Florida
Colorado
Texas
Alabama
Nebraska
New York
N. Dakota
Virginia
California
Plan Cala Day at Athens State Hospital
A gala Field Day for patients at the Athens State hospital is set for July 4 on the hospital grounds near the South lake. Nineteen events include sack and wheelbarrow races, egg race, 100 yard dash, and high jump with prizes of candy cigars and other items. The Athens High School band will play as staff and patients enjoy lemonade peanuts and cookies from 2 to 5 or 6. This event closes July celebrations in Supt. Fordyce's administration.
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Athens State Hospital
Athens High School
Hospital
South Lake
Supt. Fordyce
Ohio Governor Grants Fourth of July Pardon
Governor Cox pardons Ben Adkins of Scioto county for second degree murder. Convicted in 1916, the crime stemmed from a quarrel, with new evidence indicating self defense.
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Columbus
The Band to Meet at High School Friday Morning
The High School Band will meet at the High School at 9 o'clock Friday morning. P. F. McCormick An Australian engineer has invented an engine that is run by sewer gas.
Auto Runs Wild On South High Without Driver
A Buick touring car, owned by Fred Langenberg of Beverly, ran down South High street near Athens Wednesday around 4 30 PM. The driver left the vehicle. it sped toward Union Street, crashed into a house and porch, flipped and landed on its top after an embankment, badly damaging the car and top equipment. No serious injuries were reported.
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South High
South High Street
Fred Langenberg
Beverly
Athens National Bank
Mr. Langenberg
Athens
Pickering
South H Street
South High 1
United States Contemplates War Pact With France
Paris reports that the United States is bound to aid France in case of unprovoked German aggression under a proposed wartime treaty. Negotiations mirror BritainFrance assurances as the pact awaits Senate ratification and League of Nations approval.
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Paris
United 8
France
Germany
Ica
Britain
American Senate
League of Nations
McAdoo to Speak at Columbus July Fourth Program
Former treasury secretary William G. McAdoo is scheduled to address the July Fourth audience at the Methodist centenary exposition in Columbus Ohio. The program today centers on national unity themes and an afternoon talk on the League of Nations follows tomorrow.
Record Potato Harvest At J. T. Dailey Farm Albany
Thirty one potatoes from a hill at the J. T. Dailey farm south of Albany yield a fine crop. Mrs. Dailey reports another hill containing 45 potatoes, with most large enough to eat. Prospects look bright for a banner yield this year.
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J. T. Dailey
Albany
County Not to Blame for Lynching of Man
Toledo July 3 District court of appeals affirmed the Sandusky county court ruling that Wood and Sandusky county commissioners were not liable for the death of John Willey found hanged near his Wood county home. Willey’s administrator sought 5000 from each county claiming a mob hanged him over murder charges. The Sandusky county court had held the commissioners not responsible.
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Toledo
District Court of Appeals
Sandusky
Athens Stores to Close Thursday Afternoons This Summer
Athens retailers vote to close on Thursday afternoons from July 10 through September 15. The decision, made at a city merchants meeting, sets Thursday closures starting at noon.
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Athens
Rural Mail Carrier Qualifies for Mackinac Trip Through War Stamp Drive
Rural mail carrier Al O. Sloane of this city surpassed the $15,000 quota needed for a free Mackinac trip and has raised $16,340 in War Stamps from county farmers. He will next canvass the county to win a granite monument for Athens for leading in War Stamp sales.
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al O. Sloane
Mackinac
State War Stamp Organization
Carrier Sloane
Athens
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