Senate wrangles over Pacific treaty authorship debate
Washington dispatch reports Senate fights over who drafted the four power Pacific treaty with leaders demanding authorship. Senators Reed Lodge and Underwood acknowledge uncertainty while a resolution to require President Harding to name the author or authors is planned amid secrecy criticism and party vote calculations.
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J. Bart Campbell
U. S
Washington
Mar
Reed
Missouri
Ann
State Department
Senate
Bere
Harding
Lodge
Underwood
Mnen
Aeaine
Hugh
Gmake
Mother and Daughter Form Chicago Law Partnership
Chicago gains a new law firm Downes and Downes with Joanna E. Downes as senior partner and Margaret E. Downes newly admitted to the bar. Joanna resumes practice after years raising a family of three, and she expects her daughter to succeed her after retirement.
Lords Pass Irish Free State Bill on First Reading
London March 10 The Lords formally create the free state by bill on first reading, a measure already sent to the Commons. The chamber approved the motion with routine ministerial conduct as the bill moves to debate.
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LORDS
London
Sh Free State
E of Lords
House of Commons
Parish strike at St. Pauls Episcopal over conduct
Reverend Merton W. gs of St Pauls Episcopal Church in LK Rapids Michigan refuses to officiate after churchgoers attend solely for a social time. He cites hymn book usage and hand clasps by younger members as troubling practices. Parishioners also reportedly pitch horseshoes outside the church delaying services.
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LK Rapids
Mich
Merton W. Gs
St. Paul’s Episcopal
Ross
Siena
Madalynne Obenchain Resumes Cross Examination
Madalynne Obenchain resumed the stand for cross examination as court sessions opened in her trial for the alleged murder of J Belton Gennedy in Los Angeles on March 10.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Madalynne Obenchain
J. Belton Gennedy
Rear Admiral McCook Dies in 1886 and 1851 Rail Charter
Yesterday in Ohio notes the death of Rear Admiral Rodney S. McCook born in New Lisbon who served in the U.S. Navy and died February 13, 1886. The 1851 entries record the constitutional convention adjournment from Columbus to Cincinnati due to cholera and the Franklin and Warren Railroad Company charter to build a line from Franklin in Portage County to the eastern state line. The conventions named Charles Kinney for secretary of state.
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Roderick S. McCook
U. SS. Navy
New Lisbon
Columbus
Cincinnati
Franklin and Warren Railroad Company
Franklin
Portage County
Charles Kinney
Trial of Ferguson Taylor Delayed by Demurrer
The Athens county common pleas court sustained a demurrer to the indictment charging Ferguson Taylor with obtaining money under false pretenses. Attorney M D Hughes argued the indictment failed to specify the transaction, as Taylor allegedly took 60 from Joe Chamenles of Nelsonville for a ring claimed to be valued at 600 but proved virtually worthless. Prosecutor Bartels plans an appeal to the Ohio supreme court and seeks re indictment by the May grand jury. Taylor from Nelsonville faces an additional assault and battery charge not yet scheduled.
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Ferguson Taylor
Athens County
Taylor
Bartels
Ohio Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Nelsonville
Tetlow calls for joint meeting in wage dispute
Percy Tetlow, state director of industrial relations, urged that the government compel coal operators and miners to meet as Southern Ohio operators plan separate wage talks. He noted the 1920 government commission laid groundwork for prior talks and said the operators' position is defensible.
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C. H. Haddox
I. N.S
Columbus
Southern Ohio
Davis
Percy Tetlow
Tetlow
Wilson
New Shotgun Buy Ends in Tragic Self Destruction
W D Gidding aged 72 of Cleveland bought a new shotgun yesterday and early today used it to kill himself. Failing health is cited as the cause.
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Daytona
Fila
W. D. Gidding
Cleveland
End the Money Want of All Europe
Washington report on March 10 states the Harding administration will tighten world credit to force European nations to balance budgets reduce their military forces and return to sound economic theory viewed as essential for a return to world normalcy. The piece notes U.S. control of two thirds of the globe's gold supply as leverage.
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George R. Holmes
I. N
Washington
Mar
Harding
America
Heavy gun lands under surf at Culebra debut
The U S Navy reported a marine expedition landed a 155 millimeter gun from the battleship Florida through heavy surf at Culebra in the Virgin Islands. Infantry backed the gun with rifles and the operation aimed to show a heavy gun can be landed from a battleship in adverse conditions.
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Washington
Mar
Florida
Culebra
Virgin Islands
Navy Department
Guantamo Cuba
Miners Strike Impasse Reported Across States
The 400000 bituminous coal miners face an April 1 strike as operators respond to Secretary Davis. Indiana ready to comply but calls the conference futile. Western Pennsylvania will not meet miners. Ohio will negotiate if others join. Illinois to accept but leaders doubt results. International union pursues watchful waiting.
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Indianapolis
Ind
International News Service
Davis
William Green
United Mine Workers
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Frank Farrington
Illinois Miners
International Union
Green
Senate approves second deficiency bill for government expenses
Washington March 10 The senate committee on appropriations approved the second deficiency appropriation bill carrying 136 895 758 dollars for government expenses during the current fiscal year.
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Washngton
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Susannah Maxwell Celebrates 117th Birthday in Richmond Hill
Canada’s oldest citizen Susannah Maxwell, a Black woman born free in a Pennsylvania colony, marks her 117th birthday in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Her longevity is noted as a remarkable milestone for history and community.
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Clebrate
Toronto
Ont
Susannah Maxwell
Canada
Richmond Hill
Pennsylvania
Ice Industry Seminar Proposes Public Advertising Campaign
In Columbus on March 10 the Ohio Association of Ice Industries concluded its spring meeting at the Deshler hotel. Members unanimously endorsed launching an Ohio wide advertising drive by ice dealers to educate housewives on how the ice making business operates, home refrigeration, and proper food temperatures and icebox storage.
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Columbus
Ohio Association of Ice Industries
Deshler
Ohio
Bananas Seen Better Cooked Than Eaten Raw
The article notes that bananas hold a high starch content and are far more palatable as a cooked food than when eaten uncooked. It highlights cooking enhances texture and flavor, suggesting preparation methods to maximize edibility and nutrition.
Coeds Bare Knee Signal Spring's Onset at Ohio University
Athens residents note the campus sighting of a co ed's bare knee peeking from rolled stockings, seen this week on Ohio University walks. The playful omen suggests winter waning and spring near as lawn care plans begin.
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Athens
Ohio University
Pope Pius XI unlikely to seek Vatican Italy reconciliation
Cardinal Gasparri says Pope Pius XI cherishes Italy and its soldiers but cannot renounce the Holy See rights. Reconciliation with Italy would require surrender of papal rights, a step deemed impossible, creating a deadlock between church and state.
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Edward Strutt
U. S
Rome
Mar
Pope Pius XI
Vatican
Gasparri
Italy
Poland
Milan
Church of
Holy See
Prison Is Filling to Limit Very Rapidly
In Moundsville West Virginia on March 10 thirty six prisoners arrived at the state penitentiary boosting its population to 1368. Most came from a single county, and the new arrivals far exceeded recent discharges.
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Moundsville
W. Va
State Penitentiary
Federal Owned Plans Are Urged in Senate Debate
Senator Norris of Nebraska urged the creation of a government owned corporation to develop the Muscle Shoals Alabama nitrate project in the Senate today. The move aims to accelerate federal control and funding for the nitrate program as part of wartime needs.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Senate Agricultural Committee
Paris Hosts Vast Theater Complexes In City
Paris lists 542 theaters concert halls and motion picture theatres across its urban area highlighting a dense cultural scene with venues ranging from traditional stages to modern cinema houses.
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Paris
Ohio State Students Walk to Athens for Dance
A. K. Beedle and Tom Long of Sigma Pi Gamma chapter left Columbus Thursday at 7 AM and arrived in Athens by 4 PM to attend a fraternity dance. They traveled part of the way by automobile and planned to return on foot and by car Saturday.
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Ohio State University
Columbus
Athens
Sigma Pi
A. K. Beedle
Tom Long
Gamma
Faithful Frank Retires From Athens Laundry Route
Faithful Frank a 25 year old horse famed for guiding delivery wagons at Athens Steam Laundry begins stepping back as a noisy truck supplements labor. He reliably stops at correct stops, once corrected traffic entanglements, and returns to his stable unaided. Owner W A Southerton notes Frank’s 20 years of faithful service and lineage from the Wild Wagoner breed as the automobile era encroaches.
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Frank
Athens
W. A. Southerton
Will Rose
Prank
Peace talks fail between Limerick and Tippary battalions
Rebels from Limerick and Tipperary, seeking rights from the Irish Provisional Government, fail to secure a settlement in Dublin. Envoys return to Limerick admitting talks broke down. no clashes reported and the situation remains stalemate.
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Daniel O'Connell
I. N
Limerick
Irc
Tipperary
Irish Republican Army
Irish Provisional Government
Dublin
Michael Collins
Provisional
Benefits Will Mount High If Coal Strike Hits Ohio
George W. Savage secretary treasurer of the Ohio United Mine Workers says benefit payments for about 50 000 miners could reach $250 000 weekly if a strike occurs next month in Ohio. He doubts operators would run mines during a strike, reducing need for picketing.
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Columbus
Mar
Ohio
George W. Savage
Ohio United Mine Workers
Savage
Not So Funny As It Sounds
Akron Ohio March 10 A basketball player C A Howiler says he would not find it funny for a man to walk home in a barrel He left his clothes in the ballroom during a game then found his gear missing Friends located a rain barrel with its bottom knocked out and Howiler walked home in it The prank drew this humorous but stubborn remark from Howiler about the incident
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Akron
C. A. Howiler
Howiler
Howsler
Balance wheel of watch swings back and forth
The balance wheel of a watch completes numerous swings in a year, totaling 157 680 000 cycles. This oscillation drives timekeeping in mechanical watches and reflects precision engineering.
Knight denounces soldier bonus as tax burden
Akron Ohio March 10 Congressman C L Knight a leading Ohio governor candidate criticizes the soldier bonus bill in Congress. He says the move shifts veterans from hero to laborer and cites debts and taxes totaling over 1 2 billion dollars a year in adding claims the bonus would demoralize business.
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Akron
C. L. Knight
Ohio
Congress
Congressman Knight
Knight
United States
Identity of a Cow in Suit Headlines Ohio Case
Thomas Parker filed suit against A B Hutchinson over the cost of a cow. Trial set for March 13. Both men pastured a cow in the same field. Parker says Hutchinson sold Parker's cow instead of his own and that the remaining cow was inferior.
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Oberlin, O
Thomas Parker
A. B. Hutchinson
Parker
Hutchison
Hutchinson
Nelsonville exhumation probes possible poisoning case
Hancock county Indiana officials recovered the body of Robert M. Gibson from a Nelsonville cemetery and sent organs to a Indianapolis chemist for arsenic testing. Gibson’s wife Clara Green Carl, a former Greendale teacher, is jailed in Greenville charged with murder. investigations link three deaths in the family and possible insurance proceeds.
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Nelsonville
Hancock County
Indiana
Robert M. Gibson
Clara Green Carl
Greendale
Indianspalts
Robert Gibson
W.W. Gibson
Clara Green
Mr Gibson
Huntsville
Missouri
Gibson
Carl
Greenville
Ind
Gibsom
Waldo Ging
Gibbs
Butt
Brattin to Leave Athens for Sasigolis Bakery
James Brattin’s barber shop on South Court Street is sold to Ural and Cecil Weatfall and will be managed by Weatfall. Brattin, a well known local barber for 18 years, will move to Sasigolis to run a New System bakery. assistants Russell Maple and Henry Bolin remain.
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Jim Brattin
Athens
James Brattin
South Court Street
Ural
Cecil Weatfall
Russell Maple
Henry Bolin
Brattin
Sasigolis
PrisonersEscape From Ironton Jail After Patch Found
Robert Finley an confessed auto thief and Ellis Collins accused of burglary and larceny escaped from the county jail in Ironton last night after workers found a patched hole in the floor.
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Ironton
Robert Finley
Ejlis Collins
Coalgrove
Mathias files suit for seven years wages against Hegedus
Sigmund Mathias of Cleveland sues John Hegedus of Avenging for $2,100 claimed as seven years of farm hand services at $25 per month. European debt to the United States cited stands at $11,000,000,000.
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Elyria
Sigmund Mathias
Cleveland
John Hegedus
United States
Free Panama Canal map offer from Washington Information Bureau
Readers can obtain a free four bird's eye view map of the Panama Canal by sending two cents in stamps and providing name address and reason for wanting the map to Frederic J. Haskin Director the Athens Messenger Information Bureau Washington D C.
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The
Panama Canal
Panama
Washington Informatt
Psama Canal
Fin
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D
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