Coal Operators May Soon Request Meet With Unions
Rebels in South Africa suffer setbacks as government forces close in on Rand mine fields. Fordsburg held but attacked. 2,500 rebels captured. casualty toll rising toward 2,000. Smuts reports satisfaction and plans to return to Capetown. Berlin endures dry strike with pumps overtaxed and municipal plant paralyzed.
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Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Rand
Fordsburg
Pretoria- Germiston
Dover
Nussey
Smuts
Capetown
Berlin
Fire chief resigns after Athens bank blaze as state investigator due
Safety Director Johnson announced a state fire marshal investigator will arrive to determine the blaze origin at the old First National Bank building. Bert Carscaden was dismissed for drunkenness and fined. Ed Laughlin named fire chief with Harry Dalton as assistant.
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First National Bank
Raphel Johnson
State Fire Marshall
Athens
Johnson
Dykeman
Millikan Jewelry
Bert Carscaden
Ed Laughlin
Harry Dalton
Carscaden
Roush
Bartels
Helwig
Fd Walker
Mariner
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Walker
Foster
Walter Foster
Worstell
W. E. Riley
Southern Ohio coal wage stand off driven by market survival
Columbus, March 14. Southern Ohio Coal Exchange members say the wage dispute in Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys is an economic crisis. Operators back higher pay and a six hour day, while miners seek a wartime style deal. A meeting between miners and operators may be planned to negotiate the wage scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, CO
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Miners’ Union
First Vote On Area Treaty Amendment Reported By Senate
Washington March 14 The Senate rejected the Robinson amendment to the four power Pacific treaty as modified it would bring China Siberia and Asiatic mainland within the pact and require a conference among signatories and other interested nations Senator Lodge led the move to defeat saying the change would destroy the treaty's purpose and effect The vote was a procedural rejection not a final decision on ratification
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J. Bart Campbell
Washington
Senate
Lodge
Robinson
Arkansas
China
Siberia
Pacific
Far East
League of Nations
The
Orient
Senator Lodge
Ulster Unionist Powers Expanded to Suppress Disorder
In Belfast on March 14 King George reading parliament opened, the unionist government of Ulster province received extra powers to suppress disturbances. The announcement was made as the northern parliament convened.
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Belfast
Mar
By _International News Service
Ulster
King George
Pope Pius XI Not Ill Says Vatican Officials
Vatican officials deny reports that Pope Pius XI is ill. The pontiff received several visitors in his absence on Monday. Rumors originated in Milan and were dismissed as untrue.
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Rome
Mar
International New Service
Pius XI
Vatican
Milan
Lloyd George Returns to Simple Life to Restore Health
Premier Lloyd George, away from political turmoil, spent part of the day planting potatoes in Criccieth Wales as he seeks to regain health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criccieth
Wales
Lloyd George
Sir John Burke Dies in London After Illness
Sir John Burke of Belfast, a representative of Irish American cargo lines under the U S Shipping Board, died this morning in London after an illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Burke
Belfast
United States Shipping Board
Discloses New Mighty Ray Claim From Pasadena Scientist
San Francisco reports Edgar L Hollingshead, a Pasadena scientist and electrical engineer, announcing a radioactive ray able to cure disease or destroy ships and cities. He claims it alters weight of metals, penetrates steel, renders rocks transparent, and disintegrates substances at high speeds, with controllable direction unlike radium.
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San Francisco
Mar
Edgar L. Hollingshead
Pasadena
Hollingshead
Ohio Farmers See Corn and Wheat Storage Levels Decline
Columbus March 14 Corn stored by Ohio farmers totals 63.7 million bushels, down from 64 million two years ago and below last year. The average price is 55 cents per bushel, wheat stored is about 7 million bushels, oats 14 million, with prices for wheat at 1.29 and prior years higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mar
Ohio
C. J. West
West
Pajama Fashion Debate Becomes Town Teasing Topic
An elderly resident quips that pajamas are worn only by actresses sparking light town banter. The remark draws amused reactions from neighbors and underscores playful views on sleepwear norms.
Ohio railroad charter grant and notable 19th century figures
The item notes a 1836 charter for the Cleveland Warren and Pittsburgh railroad. It records the 1846 birth of Gaylord M Saltz Gaber, Van Wert mayor and U S Pension Commissioner, in Shelby. It mentions 1864 Sherman assuming command of the Mississippi military division and 1881 Stanley Matthews of Cincinnati being renominated by President Garfield to the U S Supreme Court.
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Cleveland, Warren and
Pittsburgh
Gaylord M. Saltzgaber
van Wert
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions
Shelby
William T. Sherman
Mississippi
Stanley Matthews
Cincinnati
Garfield
Supreme Court of the United States
Girl’s Pursuit Psychology Seems to Swirl in Deep Emotions
The remark notes that when a girl resolves to win a man, she first stirs his emotions into a turbulent state. It reflects dated dating logic emphasizing emotional manipulation as a tactic in courtship.
Love in Cottage Proving Happy for Fife Widener
True love runs smoothly in the same threads preferred by Mr and Mrs Carter Leidy Their modest Berwick cottage hosts their union while Leidy advances from machinist helper to full machinist at the American Car and Foundry Co in November Mrs Leidy formerly Fifi Widener tends the home amid steady changes toward a fuller life
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Leidy
Leidy
American Car & Foundry Co
Berwick
Fifi Widener
Democrats Delay Soldier Bonus Legislation Again
Washington March 14 with the house ways and means committee delaying the soldier bonus bill as Democrats force another temporary postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Storm Toll Grows in Oklahoma and Texas
A wind storm with lightning and rain swept southeastern Oklahoma and the northern edge of Texas, dissipating over Louisiana today. It left eleven dead and caused nearly a half million dollars in property damage. An estimated hundred or more were injured.
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McAllister
Okla
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Famous Pilot Killed in Fall at McCook Field
Lieutenant Frederick W. Nidermeyer of Columbia Mo died when a Fokker monoplane crashed at 430 pm yesterday in the North Dayton bottoms during an aerial combat test. Lieutenant John A. MacReady, who witnessed the crash, learned of the accident after seeing the wreck. Nidermeyer, a renowned daring student flyer, had served in France and taught at several fields during the war. The aircraft tore loose its motor and buried it in the ground.
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Dayton
McCook Field
Frederick W. Nidermeyer
Columbia
Flyer
John A. MacReady
MacReady
North
Nidermeyer
France
St Patrick’s Dance at Eagles Hall Friday
Notice invites all Eagles and companions to a St Patrick’s dance at Eagles hall on Friday March 17 from 8 to 11 30 pm Admission is 25 cents per person.
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St. Patricks
Eagles Hall
Publishers Appeal Relief From War Tax Postal Rates
The American publishers' conference representing 20,000 newspapers and magazines appealed to Congress for relief from excessive burdens due to high postal rates in the 1917 war revenue bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Publishers’ Conference
Congress
United States Readies Vigorous Diplomatic Pressure
Washington officials announce a new round of tough diplomacy after allies split a billion gold marks and pass over US reimbursement for the army of occupation. They stress America will press its rights under the Versailles treaty despite Senate nonratification and hint at broader congressional reaction on Rhine costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Holmes
Washington
America
Roland W. Boyden
Reparations Commission
Germany
United States
Senate
Congress
Harding bids veto on soldier bonus bill as drawn
President Harding told vacation party members he will veto the soldier bonus bill as currently drafted. A telegram to Fordney was reported as he weighs the measure against administration aims. Officials say the house may pass it but a senate override seems unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Stetson
Palm Beach
Fla
Harding
Congress
Presidential House
Fordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
Senate
Cyclone Hits Gowan Oklahoma. Nine Dead Nine Missing
Nine people died and five are missing after a cyclone ripped through Gowan a mining town near Heartshorne. The storm flattened the southwestern portion of the town during the night.
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Mcallister
Okla
Gowan
Heartshorne
Whitaker Glassner Mills Reopen on Open Shop Plan
The Whitaker-Glassner Company a Wheeling Steel subsidiary reopened two mills in Wheeling West Virginia after a several month suspension adopting an open shop policy officials announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Whitaker-Glassner Company
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Fine Feathers Mean Nothing To This Court
In Huntington West Virginia on March 14 a federal court jury was instructed that clothing and appearance should not influence their verdicts in Volstead act cases. Judge McClintic told jurors that well dressed or seemingly intelligent defendants are not automatically acquitted, and the conviction of J W Lyons a business man for possessing moonshine liquor was upheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
McClintic
J. W. Lyons
Rambo Joins Dunbar Opera School Talent in Chicago
Jacksonville tenor George J. Rambo已加入 Dunbar American School of Opera 在芝加哥的艺人阵容 其自法国归来在 Cincinnati College of Music 任教并与芝加哥剧院乐团每晚演出 即将举行电台演出 Athens县的接收站若调至芝加哥电台即可收听此音乐会
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
I .C
George J. Rambo
Middle West
Dunbar American School of Opera
Chicago
France
College of Music
Cincinnati
Rambo
Athens County
Threat to blow up Polish consulates in US and Canada contained
A letter signed American Ukrainian Black Hand warned of exploding Polish consulates in the United States and Canada. The envelope bore Cleveland postmark and arrived today to Senator Willis Republican of Ohio.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Willis
Ohio
Cleveland
Flood Remembered as Athens County Reels From Rain
The fifteenth anniversary of the March 1907 flood brings memories of horror across the Hocking Valley. heavy rains swell creeks like Federal Creek at Amesville and a rise in the Hocking River is expected. The weather forecast calls for rain tonight and tomorrow followed by colder air.
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Athens County
Hocking Valley
Federal
Amesville
Hocking
Shriners Leader Ellis Garrettson Dies at 72
Ellis Lewis Garrettson imperial potentate of the Shriners in 1921 died at his Tacoma area home from heart disease. Garrettson was an attorney and a member of the Shriners imperial council.
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Seattle
Wash
Ellis Lewis Garrettson
Imperial Potentate of the Shriners
Tacoma
Garrettson
Imperial Council of the Shriners
Wooden Pocket Puppet Characters Delight Young Readers
A new children's book features wooden characters with movable parts that fit into pockets in the pages. These tactile figures invite interactive play as stories unfold, blending storytelling with hands on exploration for youngsters.
Lenin Still Recovers at Moscow Retreat as Party Holds Conference
Nicolai Lenin heads the Soviet government from a countryside estate outside Moscow recovering from insomnia and a nervous ailment. He continues work on a book outlining the Third International plan to unite workers, while a party conference looms to address corruption and discipline amid famine.
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Moscow
Nicolai Lenine
Russia
Third Internationale
Lenine
Communist Party
Tle
Trainees to Miss Maintenance Pay Across Six Cities
Fifteen thousand veterans bureau trainees in vocational schools in Boston New York Philadelphia Atlanta Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis will not receive tomorrow’s maintenance checks due to Congress not acting on the deficiency appropriation bill. Colonel C R Forbes bureau director announced this afternoon.
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Washington
International News Service
Veterans Bureau
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Congress
C. R. Forbes
Bankruptcy petition filed against Gerard and Company
In New York on March 14 creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition in U S district court alleging liabilities of 20000 against assets estimated between 5000 and 7090. Gerard and Company are listed as dealers in investment securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States District Court
Gerard and Company
What Use Do You Make of Oranges
Readers are invited to request a free booklet of orange and lemon recipes. Clip the coupon, enclose two cents in stamps for postage, and mail to Frederic J. Haskin, Director, The Athens Messenger Information Bureau, Washington, D. C. The booklet promises numerous serving ideas for citrus fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty. Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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