Allied troops mobilized as Reds push toward Warsaw
In SPA Belgium July 12 Marshal Foch orders mobilization of available Allied forces to back Polish troops if Moscow refuses armistice terms with Bolsheviks. Aid to Poland hinges on Soviet withdrawal to armistice line, with expectations Moscow may halt at Polish boundaries amid trade-related condition.
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Spa
Belgium
Marshal Foch
Moscow
Poland
Warsaw
Russia
Red
Five Thousand Draft Evaders Are Sentenced
Washington reports 5000 draft evaders convicted in federal courts and sentenced to 30 days to one year. About 27000 cases remain to be investigated as progress is made, excluding deserters handled by the military. Of 318,314 delinquents, 10,000 failed to register and 10,000 filed false questionnaires.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Aged Miner Hurt In Canaanville Mine Fall
Hoyt Mansfield about 61 suffered serious injuries when a top fall trapped him at the Canaanville mine. He, with Alva Forbes, was crushed at the back, rushed by Walburn ambulance to Cherryton hospital. L. V. Brown also injured at the same mine, fracturing an arm after a fall near a building.
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Hoyt Mansfield
Canaanville
Walburn
Cherrington
Logan
Mansfield
Alva Forbes
South Canaan Pike
L. V. Brown
Canaan Coal Company
Athens
Merwin
Bean
U S Response On Poland Aid Clarified
Washington July 12. The United States cannot officially concur with allies to aid Poland against Bolshevist Russia if Polish forces withdraw within the peace conference boundaries. The U S says its league participation prevents binding itself to Poland's aid.
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Washington
United States
O.cially
Poland
Russia
Social Service Sermon Series Delayed At First Christian
The continuity of the social service sermon series at the First Christian Church is disrupted by commencement exercises and city church life events. Rev. Murch promises to continue the series through the summer, with announcements about the next service. The next talk cannot be held next Sunday due to Chautauqua Sunday, and a union outdoor service is planned the following Sunday at the athletic field.
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First Christian Church
Murch
Union
Governor Cox Arrives in Columbus Faces Warm Welcome
Governor Cox lands at Union Station in Columbus from Dayton and receives a friendly reception. He shakes hands with local travelers and yardmen in overalls before being escorted to the capitol for the official welcome.
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Columbus
Cox
Union Station
Dayton
Capitol
Warren Drugan
Capital
Situation on Polish Front Improves Says Dispatch
London reports a Warsaw wireless communiqué stating Poles retired from Cerestia line and Horyn while Reds held Sarny and Snolwicz. detachments counter attacked at Rovno and reoccupied the village, all Polish materiel removed from Rovno. Despite setbacks morale remains excellent and retreat is orderly. UN dispatches stress Poland's grave plight but warn victory is not impossible.
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London
Warsaw
Cerestia
Snolwicz
Minsk
Pripet
Horyn
Sarny
Rovno
Poland
Masons Call Regular Meeting of Paramathia Lodge No 25
Regular meeting of Paramathia Lodge No 25 F A M is set for Tuesday evening July 13 at 7 30 o clock. Members are urged to attend and conduct routine lodge business.
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Paramathia Lodge No. 25
Joint outdoor church service draws 2500 in Ohio Field
A large July gathering at Ohio Field drew more than 2500 people for a joint outdoor church service led by Dr. B D Evans of Franklin Avenue Methodist Church. The event, with music from a university band and glee club, announced a repeat in two weeks with Dr. T L Lowe addressing.
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Ohio Field
B. D. Evans
Franklin Avenue Methodist Church
Columbus
Athens
University Glee Club
Evans
Jesus
Plan to Remedy Coal Shortage Proposed by Operators
Washington July 12 A national advisory committee to handle soft coal distribution was proposed at a meeting of mine operators from across the country. The panel would implement production and distribution measures developed by the operators before adjournment. The general meeting opened this afternoon on call of the National Coal Association with President D B Wentz of Philadelphia presiding.
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Washington
National Coal Association
D. B. Wentz
Philadelphia
Express Firms Seek Consolidation Across Agencies
Washington July 12 Amer ican Railway Express Company asked the interstate commerce commission to authorize a consolidation of the express transportation business Consolidation would include Adams American Wells Fargo and seven express companies C H Thomas president of the American Express Company told the commission the express companies needed 31 000 000 dollars to carry on their business
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Washington
American Railway Express Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Adams
American
Wells Fargo
7 Express
C. H. Thomas
American Express Company
Flames Destroy Willows Town Business District
Willows California plans to rebuild after a blaze that reduced the business district to ashes. Damage is estimated at $2,000,000 with twenty seven firms left out of business.
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Willows
Cal
Victory in November: Cox Predicts Democratic Win
Governor James M. Cox told a Columbus crowd that democracy’s record will be vindicated in November. He said the Socrats are ready for a hot fight in Ohio and nationwide and thanked Ohio for past support as he gears up for a vigorous campaign.
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Columbus
Democracy
James M. Cox
State House
Cox
Socrats
Ohio
Spa Conference Leaders Voices and German Indemnity Debate
Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain and Premier Millerand of France head the allied delegation at Spa. Chancellor Fehrenbach of Germany presses for a reduction in Germany's indemnity as talks focus on postwar reparations and restoration.
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Spa
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Millerand
France
Fehrenbach
Germany
Folkestong
Evaterahes
Daredevil Goes Over Falls in Barrel. Dies at Niagara
Charles G. Stephens of Bristol England died after going over Niagara Falls horseshoe in a stout oak barrel. The craft broke on rocks. his body not recovered and watchers fear surface may be days away. Stephens, 58, barber, served in France and planned a lecture tour. He was preceded by Annie Edson Taylor and Bobby Leach, both living, who also attempted the feat.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Charles G. Stephens
Bristol
England
Horseshoe Falls
Stephens
Stephen
France
Bobby Leach
Leach
T Falls
Goat Island
Annie Edson Taylor
Miners Enjoy Largest Payday in Years Across Athens Area
Reporters say miners in Athens and nearby territory received record paydays on Saturday with some showing two week envelopes totaling about 225 dollars. Day labor wages have surged to five dollars per eight hour shift while mine work varied by days. Coal prices rise with bidding among operators and consumers, and New England demand amid high figures from West Virginia and Virginia exports at Norfolk piers.
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Athens
New England
West Virginia
Virginia
Norfolk
Indictment Against Murderer Wanderer Voted in Chicago
Former Lieutenant Carl Wanderer faces a two count indictment for the murder of his wife Ruth Johnson Wanderer and an unknown man. The jury rejected Wanderer's partial identification of a man named J J Maloney.
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Chicago
Carl Wanderer
Ruth Johnson Wanderer
Wanderer
Hoolup
J. J. Maloney
Rhode Island
Youth Held on Burglary Charge In Nelsonville
Lawrence Davis, soon to be eighteen, appeared before Probate Judge Phillips on burglary charges. Bound over to the next term of common pleas court, he may stay in the county jail for months if bond is not posted. Davis is accused of breaking into Cable hardware store at Nelsonville and stealing items. officers say he confessed.
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Lawrence Davis
Phillips
Common Pleas Court
Davis
Moore
Nelsonville
Canning Without Sugar Is Urged
Washington July 12 sugar less canning is a department of agriculture suggestion to housewives. Canning need not be taboo by sugar shortages as fruits and vegetables may be canned without sugar and sweetness added later. It advises canning the usual amount this year even if parts are sugar free.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
McCulloch Campaign Swing Through Southern Ohio Arrives Tonight
Congressman Roscoe McCulloch of the 16th district and Republican gubernatorial hopeful will land in Athens this evening with his publicity manager H. B. Hoover and Frank Norwood. He will tour Circleville Lancaster Logan and other towns, outlining a plan to cut state expenditures and streamline state government. The campaign stop is at Hotel Berry over tonight.
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Roscoe McCulloch
16Th
Ohio
Athens
H. 8. Hoover
Frank Norwood
Stark County
Chillicothe
Circleville
Lancaster
Logan
McCulloch
Cong
Berry
Bight
Two Crewmen Lost After Steamer Lake Frampton Sinks
The Lake Frampton with 37 crew aboard sank after a head on collision with the Comus off Atlantic City. Two crewmen are reported lost while the Comus, carrying 136 passengers and 73 crew, was only slightly damaged and bound New Orleans to New York.
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New York
Lake Frampton
Southern Pacific
Camus
Atlantic City
Norfolk
New Orleans
Three Killed When Car Is Struck By Interurban
A Jackson Michigan report states three people died when a car carrying Lyman B. Trumbull city attorney, Robert H. Barnard music dealer, and Fern Eastman of Parma was struck at a crossing five miles west of Jackson by a Michigan Railway interurban car. The group was en route to attend Trumbull's mother’s funeral.
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Jackson
Mich
Michigan Railway
Lyman B. Trumbull
Robert H. Barnard
Fern Eastman
Parma
Interurban
Greeks Execute 1000 Turks After Dalikessra Victory
London reports details of the Dalikessra victory in Asia Minor. Greeks allegedly executed 1,000 Turkish prisoners as bandits under international law, with several hundred more held for trial on similar charges.
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London
Dalikessra
Asia Minor
Post
Third Party Plans Drawn In Chicago Today
At Hotel Morrison Chicago delegates from the committee of forty eight welcomed a conference report urging amalgamation of liberal groups into one general convention. Arthur G. Hays announced a five member committee to work with the labor party and others joined in. The convention unanimously adopted the report and a second motion created a committee to locate a suitable convention hall for all delegates in one gathering.
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Chicago
Labor
Morrison
Committee of Forty-Eight
Conference
Arthur G. Hays
Labor Party
League of South Dakota
Constitutional Party
Single Tax
Bomb explosion at Rathmore barracks during Sinn Fein attack
A bomb at Rathmore barracks killed one Irish sergeant and wounded two constables. Sinn Fein guerrillas had earlier attacked the barracks but were repelled. The country waits for results of the Orange order anniversary events amid rising tension.
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Dublin
Rathmore
Murderer Tries Death by Own Action in Jail
MARION July 12. David M. Griffith under arrest for the shooting death of his 16 year old daughter at Prospect made a suicide attempt in the county jail by slashing himself with a penknife hidden in a cork leg. Physicians say he will recover.
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Marion
David M. Griffith
Prospect
Griffith
Reeves Die as Dover Tycoon Founder of Steel Industry
Jeremiah B Reeves aged 70 of Tuscarawas County dies of apoplexy in Dover. He founded the steel industry in New Philadelphia and Dover thirty years ago, becoming the area’s only millionaire.
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Dover
Jeremiah
Reeves
Tuscarawas County
New Philadelphia
Water delays search for boy's body
The Hocking river remains at a semi flood stage delaying recovery of Edwin Biggs who drowned a week ago. Authorities have no identity of the companion boy and plan an immediate riverbank search once water falls. A 225 reward is offered and may be increased to aid the search between Athens and Harmony, possibly toward Canaanville or downstream.
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Hocking
Edwin Biggs
Biggs
Alon
Athens
Canaanville
Watter
Governor declines special session for woman's suffrage ratification
Rutland Vermont July 12 Governor Percival W Clement issued a proclamation declining to call a special session of the legislature to enable ratification of the federal amendment for woman suffrage.
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Rutland
Vermont
Percival W. Clement
Harding's Outlook Emphasized By Republican Attendee
The report notes a Republican pairing with Harding focusing on forward plans and railroads. L J. Master of Ohio State discussed agriculture and rural development, praising the nominee’s recognition of farming needs and the farmer’s independent vote based on ancestry and records.
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Cumpains
Harding
L. J. Master
Ohio State
Tabor
Car shortage taken up by operators in Washington
Bituminous coal operators met in Washington to discuss methods for coordinating railroads to maximize car supply to mines. They proposed extending the interstate commission's priority order and directing all available open top cars to mining operations to ease the transportation bottleneck.
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Washington
Interstate Commission
Minous
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Pilsudski
Cleveland
U.S
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Daredevil
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