Ohio Guards Mobilized Over Rail and Coal Tensions
Nearly 300 Ohio National Guard troops are mobilized across Circleville Columbus Delaware and Zanesville in response to a railroad strike and coal mine unrest. Governor Davis says forces will rush to threatened areas if needed and orders cover infantry machine gun motor trucks and repair units with Captains Drake Clifford Smith Durfee and others in command.
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Columbus
Davis
Ohio National Guardsmen
Circleville
Delaware
Zanesville
Florence
Robert H. Drake
Joseph M. Clifford
David R. Smith
Francis M. Durfee
Ned J. Boggs
Harold W. McDonald
Carl Loezz
Governor Davis
Consolidated Coal and Coke Company
New Starisville
Perry County
Crestline
Ohio National Guard
Big Four
Pennsylvania Railroad
Miners Likely to Reject White House Proposal
Secretary of Commerce Hoover convened a conference with senators to review the coal strike, as the United Mine Workers policy committee prepared to decide on President Harding's plan. John L. Lewis indicated acceptance was out of the question, favoring only a broad investigation without binding arbitration that excludes non union miners.
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Webster K. Nolan
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Harding
John L. Lewis
Presider Harding
Lewis
Rail shopmen strike faces deadlock in third week
United States labor board efforts under Ben Hooper fail to bridge gaps as railways suffer deteriorating conditions. Union demands include abolition of contract system, working rule changes, wage scale revision, and a national adjustment board. Troops stand by in several states amid disorder reports.
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Ben W. Hooper
United States Labor Board
Hooper
Jail Break Fails at Mount Joy Jail in Dublin
An attempted mass escape from Mount Joy prison in Dublin is thwarted by guards. The plan targeted rebel prisoners including Rory O Connor, with more than 1,000 inmates believed housed there.
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Dublin
Mount Joy
Rory” O'Connor
Irregular Army
German Held After Note-Taking At Paris Review
A German man about 30, name withheld, was arrested for taking notes at the French military review at Long Champs. He remains detained as police investigate the incident.
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Paris
Long Champs
Factions Fight Again Rome Cremona Clash Wounds
Advices from Cremona report 24 hours of fighting between fascists and socialists left many wounded and several buildings burned.
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Rome
Cremona
Beckler Hearing Set for Wednesday in Athens
The case of Fred Beckler, Athens contractor, is scheduled for next Wednesday at 1 p m in Justice Hedge's court. An inspector from the State Department of Industrial Relations accuses him of violating the eight hour work limit on public works, with Beckler pleading not guilty at arraignment. Attorney Rowland will represent Beckler on the matter arising from the Athens Pomeroy road project south of Jersey.
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Fred '. Beckler
Athens
Justice Hedge
Beckler
State ‘Department of Industrial Relations
Pomeroy Road
Jersey
Rowland
Becker
Hedges
Knight Charges Federal Aid To Opponent In Ohio Race
Akron congressman Charles L. Knight, seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination, released three affidavits supporting his claim that federal aid was being steered to Colonel Carmi A. Thompson of Cleveland. The affidavits, signed by Paul A. Russell, William Reed, and Rev. J. H. Dobbin, were forwarded to Secretary Melton and name local officials Carl F. Routzahn and Frank E. Schemidel as directing subordinates to aid Thompson.
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Akron
Charles L. Knight
Carmi A. Thompson
Cleveland
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Internal Revenue
Carl F. Routzahn
Mansfield
Frank E. Schemidel
Thompson
Melton
Paul A. Russell
Harding Club
William Reed
Kent
Rev
J. H. Dobbin
Not Suitable Survey Note
The sentence depicts a biased stereotype about a racial group and contains offensive language. It should be revised to remove demeaning generalizations and avoid perpetuating prejudice.
Striking railroad shopmen clash with breakers in Carbondale
In Carbondale Lackawanna County, police and deputies responded to a strike at the Delaware and Hudson shop area. A 27 year old citizen Joseph Walker was seriously wounded by strike breakers. A later mob of strikers attacked the state armory hoping to seize firearms as dawn approached.
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Scranton
Lackawanna County
Carbondale
Joseph Walker
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
State Armory
Protest Plans To End Strike From Non-Union Mines
A telegram from officials of non-union mines in Kentucky Pennsylvania and West Virginia producing over 250 million tons of coal a year protests President Harding's idea to return to the March 31 scale as unfair to non union mines and the public Local operators warn the plan could cancel existing agreements with Hoover and push coal prices to 10 a ton
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Cincinnati
Harding
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Building boom and coal shortage threaten 1922 recovery
Cleveland Trust Company notes six months of revival with thawed loans and easy money for industry. A strong building boom, high bond activity, and rising iron steel and auto outputs buoy optimism, but a coal shortage and railroad car congestion loom this autumn, risking revived industry.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Trust Company
The
Bulletin
Administration keeps hands off in railway strike stalemate
Washington officials say the railway labor board in Chicago must exhaust all peace efforts before the administration intervenes. President Harding calls the board an agency of government as cabinet members watch Chicago and prepare for emergencies including troop readiness and an army inspector general being sent to Texas.
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1. N
Washington
Railway Labor Board
Chicago
Harding
Jones Fires 70 To Tie For Second At Skokie Club
Bobby Jones the Atlanta amateur shot a 70 at Skokie Country Club in Glen Coe Illinois achieving par for 18 holes at 2 pm and tying with William E Melhorn of Shreveport Louisiana for second place in the tournament.
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Skokie Country Club
Glen Coe
Ill
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
William EE. Melhorn
Shreveport
Mail by motor trucks begins in rail strike region
The post office department announced that transportation of United States mail by motor truck has at least begun in a section of the country during the railroad strike.
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Washington
United States
Post Office Department
Designer James Horn and wife dead in Dayton tragedy
Dayton police say Mr. and Mrs. James Harry Horn, about 60, were found dead after neighbors heard three shots at their home. Authorities believe they died by a self inflicted pact. Horn, famed as a leading car designer, spent 31 years with Barney and Smith.
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Dayton, O
James Harry Horn
Horn
Barney and Smith Company
Steel plants curb output as strike hits Youngstown mills
Effect of the coal and rail strike on the Youngstown district deepened as Republic Iron and Steel truncated operations and banked two blast furnaces today, reflecting widespread curtailment across the local steel industry.
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Youngstown
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Bridge Contract Near Athens Solo
Columbus July 16 The state highway department announced the low bidders for road improvements statewide totaling $2,757,001. Athens County bidder list includes C H 1 55 See E c J M and R C Kouch Kent awarded the Athens Nelsonville road project for $13 732.62.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Athens County
C. H
R. C. Kouch
Kent
Bride
Athens-Nelsonville
Senate panel votes against Ford Muscle Shoals lease
The senate agriculture committee approved an unfavorable report by 9 to 7 on Henry Ford proposed lease of the government nitrate plant and water power project at Muscle Shoals Alabama.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Athens Rail Strike Keeps Some Trains Off Schedule
In Athens, two trains from Baltimore and Ohio were removed from service and will not resume until the strike ends. Hocking Valley officials may cut some services, but specifics are not announced. About 25 stationary engineers and oilers from Athens yards will strike Monday, with replacements and efforts to maintain schedules. No strikes disturbances in Athens. the Hocking Valley train due at 9:45 am arrived over two hours late due to a Nelsonville breakdown.
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Athens
Baltimore and
Ohlfo
Hocking Valley
Nelsonville
Germany pays 50 million gold marks indemnity installment
Paris reports Germany completes the fifty million gold marks installment due today to the inter allied reparations commission. Berlin notes it could pay to improve its finances, while French representatives insist on full payment regardless of consequences. About 12.5 million dollars was settled in gold through the Reichs Bank.
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Paris
Germany
Inter Allies
Reichs Bank
Battle in Limerick Kills Four Rebels and Wounds Twenty
Four people are reported killed and twenty wounded in a clash at Limerick between State troops and Republican rebels. Casualty figures arrive from Dublin this afternoon.
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Dublin
Limerick
Lerty
Priests Ask Pope for Marriage Allowance
Roman Catholic priests have submitted a petition to Pope Pius XI seeking a papal edict permitting marriage. The document, signed by priests, cardinals and bishops, argues that celibacy is an impossible obligation and calls for life purity through natural liberty.
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Rome
Epoca
Mayor McCune Beaten in Nelsonville Assault Case
Nelsonville reports a premeditated attack on Mayor ER S McCune by coal operator Clel Douglas and accomplices. Douglas Hallett and Dupler were jailed as investigators pursue charges while the mayor recovers from serious but non fatal injuries.
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Nelsonville
ER. S. McCune
Clel” Douglas
McBride
Douglas
Cleve Hallett
Slick” Dupler
Columbus
Miss Duncan
McCune
Missa Duncan
Smite
Hallett
Dupler
Mr.Cune
Ostrich Lifespan and Feather Yield in Captivity
An ostrich typically lives about thirty years. In captivity the bird yields two to four pounds of feathers per year on average.
They Obeyed Union Orders Yorkville miners strike
William Spoonhaitz owned a small idle mine as of July 15 during a strike. Two miners agreed to mine 1000 bushels for Spoonhaitz in exchange for equal shares for themselves. The coal was mined and staged for hauling to Spoonhaltz. Union officials then ordered the miners not to haul the coal to their homes, and the men obeyed.
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Yorkville
William Spoonhaitz
Spoonhaltz
Union
Yesterdays in Ohio July 14 1796 to 1916
Chronology of notable events in Ohio history includes the first occupation of the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1796, a Farmers and Mechanics Bank charter in Steubenville, Jackson supporters’ state convention in Columbus in 1824, Foraker enlisting in 1862, and John H. Clarke’s 1916 appointment as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Connecticut Western Reserve
Farmers’ and Mechanics
Steubenville
General Jackson
Columbus
Joseph B. Foraker
Eighty-ninth
Ohio Infantry
John H. Clarke
Cleveland
Supreme Court of the United States
Harding Likely Declares National Coal Emergency
Washington July 14 President Harding is expected to issue a presidential proclamation declaring a national emergency to cut off the coal supply if miners and operators refuse the proposed settlement. Advisers say delay tactics by both sides will not be tolerated as White House talks resume Monday and a plan calls for miners to return to work under the old wage scale pending arbitration.
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Washington
Harding
White House
Harold Silent on Marriage Rumor with Opera Star
Harold McCormick of Chicago sails for Europe on the Olympic amid reports he may marry Polish soprano Madame Ganna Walzka. Walzka is said to be obtaining a divorce from Alexander Cochran.
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Harold
New York
Madame Ganna Walzka
Alexander Cochran
Harold F. McCormick
Chicago
Inter
National Harvester Company
Europe
Olympic
Paramathia Lodge Attends George Green Funeral
Special communication of Paramathia lodge No. 25 F and A M held Saturday July 15 at 12 30 PM to attend the funeral of George Green Chauncey Ohio at 2 PM W W Lee W M J A Palmer Secy
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Paramathia Lodge No
A. M
George Green
Chauncey
Hold Arrested Men in Prigun Hold Arrested Men
Eight men arrested by state police in Boone county were charged with implication in the dynamiting of a Mordue Colliery truck train. One man was killed and nine injured. The prisoners were moved to Cabell county jail for safety. Bloodhounds tracked them to a house where dynamite and other evidence were found.
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Charleston
W. Va
Boone County
Mordue
Cabel County
Troops Guard Rails as Strike Spreads Across States
July 15 dispatch reports state troops deployed in Kansas, Missouri, West Virginia, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan during the third week of a railroad strike. Authorities protect property as disorder grows. Texas troops hold readiness and the War Secretary directs predeployment preparations.
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Chicago
Kansas
Missouri
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Texas
Rail unions push for seniority despite strike action
Unions demand restoring full seniority to all men who struck. Railroads accept ending the contract system and creating regional adjustment boards but refuse to restore strikers’ seniority, insisting wage and work rule issues go to the labor board.
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Labor Board
Railroad strikers to join craftsmen on Monday
Cleveland officials announced that more than 1,000 additional railroad employees, members of the American Federation of Railroad Workers, will join the shops crafts men on Monday in the ongoing labor action.
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Cleveland, O
American Federation of Railroad Workers
Ministers Asked to Meet Earlier Monday
Rev. M. Bond, student pastor at Ohio University, will read a paper on Browning the Poet of Faith at the Athens County Ministerial Association meeting in the First Presbyterian church. Because the reader has a 2 o'clock engagement, members are asked to attend at 1 15 instead of 1 30 for the usual start.
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M. Bond
Ohio University
Browning
Athens County Ministerial Association
First Presbyterian Church
Associatio
Heat Rises as Athens County Sees Warmer Weather
Athens county records a cool spell with a 79 degree high on Thursday and a 63 degree low that night. By Friday morning temperatures climbed past 80 degrees with 10 o'clock readings the warmest yet, and fair weather is predicted as the heat trend continues.
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Athens County
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