Substantial clue points Withem toward Portsmouth bound train
Authorities pursue Jay Withem the Athens county outlaw in a murder case. Sightings place him at Marshfield and Zaleski on a Portsmouth bound B and O train. Constable Hunter and others corroborate a possible westward flight toward Ohio or West Virginia as agents seek to confirm and follow the lead. Si Withem is jailed for questioning as family mourns Sarah Withem.
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Jay Withem
Athens County
Sarah Withem
Sand Ridge
Marshfield
Zaleski
Portsmouth
D. E. Brungs
Constable Hunter
Brungs
Hunter
Blaine Hunter
Withem
J. F. Shannon
Marshfeld
F. A. Grate
Grate
Shennon
Hamden
Cincinnati
West Virginia
Si Withem
A. J. Penrod
Chauncey
Plan A Huge Strike In New York With 20 000 Hotel Workers
June 13 report says twenty thousand hotel workers including cooks waiters chambermaids and porters met in secret discussions to plan wage demands. A second item from Akron announces Ada Hartmann ended a 200 hour dance at 4 40 am to claim marathon world title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Akron. O
Ada Hartmann
Demand for drastic steps on China action
The American Association of China and the American chamber of commerce in Shanghai cable Secretary Hughes demanding decisive U S action to end intolerable conditions in China. They blame Washington for inaction, warn American lives are endangered and business prestige harmed, and urge rapid measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
American Association of China
American Chamber of Commerce
United
Hughes
United States
China
Washington
Toledo Man Elected In Cleveland Convention
Harold M. Harter of Toledo was not elected mayor in the convention here. The report from Cleveland notes uncertainty about the election outcome and references the Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, D
Harold M. Harter
Toledo
Old Tax Receipts Linked by Long Friendship
Ben Brown of Woodbury New Jersey left Athens about forty years ago and stayed in touch with Col. Clay McLean. A letter to McLean included tax receipts: one for 160 acres in 1824 signed by C Morris Clerk of Athens county, and another for 1850 on a 100 acre farm valued at 1093 with tax 9.50 signed by William Golden, grandfather of W B Golden Bank of Athens vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Brown
Woodbury
N. J
Athens
Col. Clay McLean
Col. McLean
Wm. Brown
C. Morris
Athens County
Wm . Brown
Wm. Golden
W. B. Golden
Bank of Athens
FTC orders halt to re issuing old films by Fox Film Corp
The Federal Trade Commission issued a cease and desist against Fox Film Corporation for re issuing old pictures under new titles. The agency said Fox supplied exhibitors re issued films with titles changed from the originals and did not disclose prior showings in advertising. The commission urged ads and contracts to state the film was re issued and to provide the original name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Motion
Fox Film Corporation
New York
Fox Corporation
Nations edge toward sealing liquor imports at U S ports
Washington June 13 The United States contemplates an international pact with major maritime nations to allow liquor into American ports under seal if they agree to extend the territorial sea from three to twelve miles, easing enforcement of the dry seal ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
United States
New troubles in Porto Rico roil politics
Washington reports fresh political strife in Porto Rico as bitter attacks on Territorial Governor Horace M. Towner surge. Socialists and Republicans oppose him, reviving the unrest that forced E. Mont Reily to resign. President Harding may intervene when visiting San Juan this summer.
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Washington
Porto Rico
Horace M. Towner
Territorial
Harding
San Juan
Alaska
E. Mont Reily
Towner
Alumni worker sent to observe Eastern methods
Clark E. Williams Ohio University alumni secretary left for Princeton University New York en route to observe the Princeton method during commencement week. The trip aims to gain ideas to improve Ohio University events and extend his work with new features and methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark E. Williams
Ohio University
Princeton University
Princeton N. J
New York City
Princeton
Bryan
Williams
Cleveland at Last to Have a Union Station
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Cleveland Union Terminals to issue 15 million dollars in five percent first mortgage sinking fund gold bonds to fund a new union station. The bonds will be guaranteed by the New York Central Big Four Georgia Nickel Plate railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cleveland Union Terminals Company
Union Station
New York Central
Big Four
Jena Nickel Plate
British cabinet stalls on German reparations plan
London reports no final decision on Germany's reparations yet. Baldwin refuses to bow to French demands as Britain seeks explanations from France and Germany. French rejection of Hughes plan and growing British press hostility to France deepen the crisis.
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F. A. Wray
I. N
London
Paris
Rome
Berlin
Great Britain
France
Germany
Foreign Office
United States
Hughes
International Commission of
Stanley Baldwin
Daily Express
W.l
Ruhr
Suspects Arrested in Zenner Co. Safe Robbery Case
Two men identified as Henri Bourbon and Perry Knowlton were arrested in Athens by Police Chief Parker on Tuesday after noon. They are from Columbus, Georgia and have been under suspicion since the Zenner Co. safe was blown last Wednesday. Assistant County Prosecutor Wells aids the probe while Marietta police seek identification, noting possible liquor running ties. The pair were detained as a precaution with no solid evidence yet against them.
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D. Zenner Co
Athens
Parker
Henri Bourbon
Perry Knowlton
Columbus
Bourbon
Knowlton
Arch Knowlton
Marshfield
Wells
Marietta
Pomeroy Road to Be Sold in State Highway Plan
Columbus June 13 Road maintenance and 98.7574 miles of highway with an estimated cost of 4,235,334.56 and 87.5494 miles of road construction costing 3,093,036.56 will be left on June 23 by State Highway Director Herrick. Projects include the Athens Pomeroy road in Athens county with estimates for brick concrete and bituminous shackle dam types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Herrick
Athens-Pomeroy
Athens County
Picnic for East Liverpool area children at Rock Springs Park
About 5000 school children from East Liverpool Chester and Newell attended the annual picnic at Rock Springs Park in Chester. Each child received a free streetcar ticket and park amusements admission.
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East Liverpool, O
East Liverpool
Chester
Newell
Rock Springs Park
Well Meaning Persons Aid Radicals in Coal Mine Drive
Cincinnati report from June 13 quotes Franklin Bache of Philadelphia president of the Correlated Coal Company of Oklahoma at the American Wholesale Coal association convention. He says well meaning but misguided reformers serve radicals by backing government regulation of mines, with radicals using reformers as pawns in a broader revolutionary program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
United States
Franklin Bache
Philadelphia
Correlated Coal Company
Oklahoma
American Wholesale Coal Association
Balkan Powers Mass Troops Around Bulgaria To Avert War
In Athens on June 13, Bulgaria is encircled by armies as Jugo Slavia Greece and Roumania mass troops along the Bulgarian frontiers. After talks among Bucharest Belgrade and Athens a neutral stance was adopted pending the revolution’s final effects.
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Athens
Bulgaria
Balkans
Jugo-Slavia
Greece
Roumania
Bucharest
Belgrade
Fifty seventh fatal auto accident in Hamilton County
The fifty seventh automobile death in Hamilton County occurred last night in Cincinnati. Walter Dix an 8 year old boy died from a fractured skull after being struck by a taxicab at Fifth and Broadway while playing in the street. The driver was released as the accident was deemed unavoidable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Walter Dix
Mary Miles
Fifth and Broadway
Court expands workmen compensation rulings in Ohio
The Ohio Supreme Court, in a four to three ruling, overruled three prior decisions and broadened avenues for injured workers to file independent suits. The court also defines a lawful act under the act as including general duties of care, and says whether a machine is dangerous is a jury question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Athens Elks Flag Day Celebrations Set for Thursday
The Athens Lodge of Elks hosts Flag Day events on the West State street lot at 7 pm with Bremen band of 28 pieces and floral Liberty Bell ceremony. If rain, events move to First Christian church. Congressman Foster to read The History of the Flag. Mayor Gill urges display of flags. West State street traffic will be restricted before and during the concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Lodges of America
Athens
Athens Elks Lodge
Elks Clab
West State Street
I. M. Foster
Gill
Parker
Congress
Court Streets
Turks Refuse Damages to Foreigners in Near East Talks
LAUSANNE June 13 The deadlock at the Near East peace conference continued as the Turks refuse to pay war damages to foreigners, contending Greece bears responsibility for the Turco Greek war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausanne
Greece
Civic group leaders urged strong civic service in Athens speech
Walter Jackson of Lima as governor of the Kiwanians of Ohio delivered a robust address to the Athens Rotary club and guests L N Armstrong and Prof T N Hoover. He warned civic organizations are keystones against bloc politics and paternalism and urged Rotarians to back principles for a lasting republic.
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Walter Jackson
Lima
Kiwanians of
Ohio
Athens Rotary Club
L. N. Armstrong
Rawlings
Wyoming
Rotary Club
T. N. Hoover
Ohio University
Athens Kiwanis Club
Armstrong
Athens
Jackson
Fire at Defiance lumber yards sparks $21,000 blaze
Investigators probe arson after a blaze at H. B. Tenzer Co lumber yards in Defiance. Police follow a tip from Mrs. William Essex who reported a torch thrown from a car shortly before the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
H .B. Tenzer Company
William Essex
Mass Meeting of Athens Masonic Bodies Tonight
A mass meeting of the Athens Masonic bodies is set for this evening at 7 o'clock in the Masonic temple. A large attendance is urged as the financing problems of the new temple will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Masonic Temple
Mafia kills Bronx ice cream magnate Michael Niccolozio
Two unidentified gunmen shot and killed Michael Niccolozio a wealthy ice cream manufacturer in the Bronx on June 13 in a New York City incident that police are investigating as a possible Mafia targeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Michael Niccolozio
Bronx
Prohibition Agent Faces Court Hearing for DWI
Warren Eckenrode a Stark county prohibition enforcement agent had a probate court hearing before Judge L D Slusser in Canton Ohio on a charge of driving an automobile while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Warren Eckenrode
Stark County
Prohibition Enforcement
L. D. Slusser
Leader killed in revolution in southern Bulgaria
Duparinoff, a former Bulgarian minister, was killed and Oroff captured in a clash between revolutionary forces and armed peasants in southern Bulgaria. Forces backing former Premier Stambulinsky reportedly surrounded near Slavovice, while peasant attacks were repulsed and Sofia regained calm. Rail and telegraph communications were being restored.
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Perlin
Duparinoff
Oroff
Bulgaria
Sofia
Stambulinsky
Slavovice
Norminal
Ohio State to Build Dormitory for 275 Men Students
Columbus architects draft plans for a three story dormitory at Ohio State University to house 275 male students. The 90 by 150 foot structure remains unbuilt after several similar projects were proposed in the past three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State University
Food shortage warning from Senator Caraway urges action
Senator T H Caraway of Arkansas warns that emigration from farms will trigger a severe food shortage within five years. He proposes two remedies: admit enough emigrants to farm and provide a living wage for farm workers. He notes five million will leave farms this summer and three million last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Hutchinson
Washington
America
T. H. Caraway
Arkansas
Caraway
Debs Lecture Protest Stirs Cincinnati Music Hall
In Cincinnati on June 13 a protest against Eugene V. Debs lecture at Music Hall June 21 was filed. The Robert E. Bentley post of the American Legion passed resolutions urging denial of the hall use, deeming Debs un American. Army and Navy Union pledged support to legion actions amid rumors of a possible picket if the city allows the lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Eugene V. Debs
Music Hall
Robert E. Bentley
American Legion
Debs
Robert W. Smith
Gilbert Bettman
Alfalfa Hay Condition Is Good in Ohio
Columbus report shows alfalfa hay at 86 percent in Ohio while clover and timothy around 75 percent. Statistician West of the state federal crop reporting service released the figures noting last year’s alfalfa at 94 percent and other hay crops slightly lower than this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Statistician West
Federal
Allen county fair canceled after 72 years
Lima Ohio reports the Allen County Fair will not run this year for the first time in 72 years. Secretary G D Cremean says attempts to lease the grounds failed and the fair association will close at a June 16 meeting under state lease laws. The rest of the text notes fashion butterfly bows on summer frocks.
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Lima. O
Allen County
G. D. Cremean
The
Fair Association
Fiery Ford Fueled by Quick Deputies Rescue
Co A. Smith and Samuel Osbun Lima deputy sheriffs drove a burning Ford known as Henry of Detroit from Bluffton to Lima. Osbun felt heat on his hand, realized a sting, and found the rear seat ablaze. They sheltered the vehicle at a farm house, used a garden hose to extinguish the fire, then drove the car to Lima.
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Henry
Detroit
Co. A. Smith
Samuel Osbun
Lima
Bluffton
Tima
Osbun
Chinese Chief Quits the Jod in Pekin
Li Yuan Hung fled Pekin aboard a special train to Tien Tsin after military pressure and a threat from Feng Jui-Liang. He was accompanied by the vice minister of war and 200 soldiers as guards. General Feng’s troops are poised for full occupation while the city remains quiet.
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Pekin
Li Yuan Hung
Tien Tsin
Feng Jui-Liang
Feng
Insanity Plea Accepted in Baldwin Case
In Cincinnati the Hamilton County court acquitted Charles Baldvin of Bellevue Kentucky on the sole ground of insanity. The jury deliberated five hours and Baldwin will be examined by alienists before possible transfer to Lima State Hospital for the criminally insane if found presently insane. He testified he killed Louis Hamerick after daily abuse at the factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hamilton County Common Pleas
Charles Baldvin
Bellevue
Baldwin
Lima State Hospital
Louis Hamerick
Bucket Shop Owners to Take Their Medicine
Edward M. Fuller and William F. McGee of KF. M. Fuller and Co. pled guilty in New York to operating a bucket shop. The partners faced their fourth trial in the general sessions court for a scheme that cost customers more than 65 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward M. Fuller
William F. McGee
KF. M. Fuller and Co
Court of General Sessions
Funeral Held For 13 Year Old Drowned At McBeths Lake
Funeral services were held for Samuel Baxter a thirteen year old boy who drowned in McBeths Lake Lima Ohio after sinking in twenty feet of water twice and failing to warn companions he was in danger. Residents demand lifeguards be stationed at the lake if swimming is allowed.
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Lima
Samuel Baxter
McBeths' Lake
Baxter
Ohio grad advanced to supervise extension work
Columbus June 12. B fh. Spohn, assistant supervisor of extension in northwestern Ohio, is appointed supervisor in charge of all extension in the territory, succeeding O M Johnson who resigns for graduate work in rural economics. Spohn, born in Perry county, taught in a one room rural school and later attended Ohio University class of 1913. He has 14 years of township supervisor and teaching experience in Perry, Licking and Madison counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
B. Fh. Spohn
Ohio
O. M. Johnson
Spohn
Perry County
Ohio University
Athens
Perry
Licking
Madison
Turmoil in Bulgaria as revolutionary forces clash near Sofia
Reports from Bal today say revolutionary troops, guarding former Alexander Stambulinsky, faced skirmishes near Pazardzhik and Sofia. Conflicting dispatches note arrests, possible peasant army movements toward Sofia, and a government pledge to Balkan peace amid suspended papers and gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David M.I
Paris
Sofia
Zankoff
Balkan
Vienna
Pazardkil
Pelm Fofia
County Grange to Meet with Romeo Stewart on Saturday
The Athens county grange plans a June 26 meeting at 9 30 a m with Romeo Stewart. Troy grange will confer Pomona class. program includes songs and talks on farming values by Mrs C BE and W Hy Goddard. Amesville and Stewart granges also scheduled.
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Athens County Grange
Romeo Stewart
Troy Grange
Pomona
Song
America
Mra. C
Stewart Grange
W. Hy Goddard
Amesville Grange
Bulgarian Peasants Split Over New Movement
BELGRADE June 2 Bulgarian peasants show resistance to a new movement as private Sofia reports indicate the peasant party remains strong. In some circles speculation grows about a new Sofia government formation.
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Belgrade
A Sofia Today
Bulger
Ae la
New Sofia
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