Ohio coal crisis prompts industry actions and warnings
Officials warn a nationwide coal strike could spike prices as Ohio mines struggle. Columbus dealers rush orders for next winter with West Virginia and Kentucky supply contracts. Secretary W B McKinney cites 23 percent normal output in Ohio and says joint talks with miners are the only way to avert losses.
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Columbus
Mar
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
W. BD. McKinney
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
McKinney
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Revenues This Year Slump Hits Federal Taxes
Washington March 23 Treasury officials report that first quarter income tax receipts may be nearly 100 million dollars below earlier forecasts. Complete returns will take a week to tally as only about 350 million has reached Fed banks. Mellon had projected 460 million for the quarter, with full year totals likely 300 to 400 million under expectations.
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Washington, Mar
Treasury Department
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Mellon
Jury Fixers Ring Uncovered in Chicago Evidence
Chicago reports a confessed case tying an organized ring of jury fixers to the acquittal of William Quesse and nine other flat janitors union officials accused of bombing outrages. State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe announced the revelation based on the confession and evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mar
Robert E. Crowe
William Quesse
Flat Janitors Union
Steamship West Caruth In Distress Off Cherbourg
The American steamship West Caruth was in distress off the French coast near Cherbourg, issuing SOS calls for aid. Assistance was dispatched as the vessel’s position was stated as 17 miles west of Cherbourg.
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Marseilles
France
International News Service
West Caruth
S. O
Cherboug
Bootleg ring leaders arrested near Ohio fraternity houses
Federal agents seized about eleven gallons of bonded whiskey and confiscated Patterson's car after arrest of Herbert Patterson John Krumpoltz Sebastian Voit in Delaware Columbus. They face Volstead Act charges as officers moved in at Fifteenth Avenue and Summit Street while men allegedly carried liquor into an Ohio State or Ohio Wesleyan fraternity house.
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Columbus
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Ohio State University
Prohibition
Russell
Herbert Patterson
John Krumpoltz
Sebastian ‘Voit
Patterson
Fifteenth Avenue
Summit Street
United States
Wright
Mississippi River rises near Vicksburg crest forecast
The Mississippi River at Vicksburg stands at 42.1 feet after a four‑tenths foot rise in 24 hours. A crest above fifty feet is now predicted, with areas outside the levee system increasingly submerged.
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Vicksburg
Miss
International News Service
Mississippi River
Death at Armour Home Grips Chicago
Gwendlyn Armour six year old daughter of Phillip D Armour II died at her father's home in Chicago after doctors and surgeons used every available facility to treat septicemia triggered by a throat infection. Ten of Chicago's noted physicians aided by extensive resources could not save her.
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Chicago
Gwendlyn Armour
Phillip D. Armour II
Margaret Powell Receives High Honor at Ohio Wesleyan
Margaret Emily Powell daughter of Rev Powell Methodist minister and former Athens resident has the highest point average among 16 seniors elected to Beta Phi Kappa national scholastic society at Ohio Wesleyan University. A Athens high school graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Emily Powell
Powell
Athens
Ohio Wesleyan University
Beta Phi Kappa
National Scholastic Society
Miss Powell
Miners Meet Starts Friday in Cleveland Conference
The advance guard of miners leaders from across the nation arrive for a meeting in Cleveland to plan a nationwide coal tieup starting April 1. John L. Lewis and Frank Farrington are expected, with Farrington aiming to secure district agreement talks, likely facing opposition.
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Cleveland
International News Service
John L. Lewis
New York
Frank Farrington
Unon
Farrington
Athens County native G W Bowers dies after Columbus hospital stay
G W Bowers of Middleport born and raised in Athens county near Coolville died Thursday in a Columbus hospital after a surgical operation Monday. Mrs Ellen Bowers of Athens, a sister in law of the deceased, received word.
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G. W. Bowers
Middleport
Athens County
Coolville
Columbus
Ellen Bowers
Athens
Indiana Republican to seek coal industry inquiry in House
Representative Bland of Indiana announces a plan for a House Labor Committee inquiry into coal conditions and to summon both operators and miners to present their cases as a possible 600000 miner strike looms for April.
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Washington
Mar
Bland
Indiana
House
House Labor Committee
Richland Pastor Not Arrested
NEW MARSHFIELD, Mar. 23. Late Hawk, a leading member of the Marshfield M P Church, said Rev Bert Shepard, named as pastor of Richland Avenue and Marshfield M P Churches and arrested for drunkenness, is not their pastor. He visited once and did not preach here. pastoring duties belong to Rev Ignatius Lee, appointed by the Ohio Conference president. Shepard is not a member of the M P Church.
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New Marshfield
Hawk
New Marshfield M. P
Bert Shepard
Richland Avenue
Marshfield M. P
Shepard
Altho
Ignatius Lee
Ohio Conference
M. P
Cotton brokers Sheppard and Gluck fail in New Orleans
A near panic hit the cotton exchange in New Orleans as news spread that brokers Sheppard and Gluck had failed. Prices dropped about ten points within two minutes, triggering rapid market unease among traders.
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New Orleans
Mar
Cotton Exchange
Sheppard and Gluck
Fear for Future in Dealings with Mikado's People
Randolph Bedford of the Australian parliament warned that Australia fears a future Pacific alliance of white and yellow races. He said Australia desires a reciprocal trade with America to counter Japanese influence and decrease reliance on British goods. He cited US oil field development and upcoming mine strikes as factors shaping Australia’s economic outlook.
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William K. Hutchinson
Washington
United States
Pacific
Australia
Randolph Bedford
Bedford
India
America
Japan
Government Revenues Expected Short of Budget by Over 100 Million
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon announced that government revenues for fiscal year 1922 will fall more than 100 million dollars below the budget estimates to Congress due to business depression last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Congress
Saloon Men Arrested in Newport Again
State troops on duty at the Newport rolling mills arrested 25 Newport saloon keepers on charges of selling beer with too much alcohol after raids across the area. Owners of places selling intoxicating beverages were placed under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Newport Rolling Mills
Newport
Athens Seeks Low Cost Seeds for Arbor Day Planting
City Federation civic department will canvass by committees to supply seeds bulbs and plants for Arbor Day planting on April 7. Chairmen appointed per street with groups of women aiding. Stock bought in 1000 lots to sell at about half catalog prices. canvassers carry price lists for item by item costs. This offers Athens residents a chance to beautify homes cheaply.
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Athens
City Federation Civic Department
City Federation
Federation
Brooke County Officials Face Grand Jury Probe
In Wellsburg West Virginia a special grand jury will convene Monday after Prosecutor Wilkins accused Brooke County officials of profiting through illegal relations with bootleggers and other schemes. In Chicago bandits robbed the Berger Loan Bank stealing diamonds and jewelry valued around 29000 dollars.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Wilkins
Brooke County
Chicago
Mar
Berger Loan Bank
Ohio Historical Dates and Notable Births Dying Events
Yesterday's in Ohio highlights several 1818 to 1919 events. Gen Don Carlos Buell born near Marietta and died in Kentucky. 1850 Vinton County formed from Gallia Athens Hocking Ross and Jackson. 1891 Rufus King Cincinnati born Chillicothe May 30 1817. 1899 Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry mustered out at Augusta Georgia. 1919 Ohio troops welcomed at Hoboken on their return from France.
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Don Carlos Buell
Marietta
Rockport
Vinton County
Gallia
Athens
Hocking
Ross
Jackson
Rufus King
Ohio Bar
Cincinnati
Chillicothe
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Augusta
Spain
Ohio
Hoboken
France
Oklahoma Governor Robertson Arrested in Bribe Case
Governor J B A Robertson submitted to arrest in Okmulgee on a charge of accepting a bribe tied to the Guaranty State Bank case. He said he would rely on his attorneys and expected the indictment to be unsurprising. Fred G Dennis, former state bank commissioner, also faces bribery charges of 25000 dollars to aid the bank’s operation during insolvency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okmulgee
Okla
International News Service
J. B. A. Robertson
Oklahoma City
Robertson
Fred G. Dennis
E State Bank
Guaranty State Bank
Miner Leaders Warn of Nationwide Coal Strike
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, accuses coal operators of repudiating pledges and vows a national strike of about 600,000 workers in both anthracite and bituminous fields. He says AFL support strengthens the effort and says he has no information on government intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John L. Lewis
Whiited
Mine Workers of America
Lewis
International News Service
Federttion
Harding
Pact Will Pass the Pacific with Brandegee Proviso
Four power Pacific treaty expected to be ratified tomorrow with a Brandegee proviso that it does not bind the United States to an alliance with Great Britain France and Japan. Senators Lodge and Underwood predicted ratification despite opponents claiming to need two or three more votes for a 33 vote blockade. Leaders admitted only a bare prospect of success. A well yielding asphalt was found in the Arbuckle mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bart Campbell
U. S
Washington
Mar
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Henry Cabot Lodge
Oscar W. Underwood
More candidates seen for Ohio governor primary
Senator Arthur Day and Judge Harvey Smith signal strong interest in the August Republican primary for governor. Projections list four to six likely entrants including Colonel Carmi A. Thompson, Congressman Charles L. Knight, Senator Day, Judge Smith, and Speaker Rupert R. Beetham, with Roscoe McCulloch as a possible contender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Huske
N. S
Cleveland
Mar
Arthur Day
Ohio
International News Service Today
Harvey ©. Smith
Charles L., Knight
Akron
Carmi A. Thompson
Charles L. Knight
Harvey C. Smith
Zanesville
Arthur H. Day
Rupert R. Beetham
Cadiz
Harrison County
Columbus
Roscoe McCulloch
Canton
Davis
McCulloch
Unique stills and liquor apparatus seized in Nelsonville case
George Baynham and Dana Nagh arrested Guy Bryan of Sugar Creek on a two tub still with a molasses can nozzle and 30 gallons mash. Bryan pleaded guilty before Magistrate Pearl W. Helwig. He was fined $1000 plus costs and committed to Dayton workhouse until paid.
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Pearl W. Helwig
George Baynham
Dana Nagh
Nelsonville
Guy Bryan
Sugar Creek
Bryan
Helwig
Dayton
Fined men freed after posting bonds in liquor case
Ira Jones and Walter Androvich of Sugar Creek were found guilty of liquor law violations in Magistrate Helwig's court. They avoided Dayton workhouse by posting $500 fines plus costs and giving security for the balance, then were released.
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Ira Jones
Walter Androvich
Sugar Creek
Helwig
Dayton
More typewriting machines used in the United States
A note states that more typewriting machines are used in the United States than in the rest of the world combined. The remark highlights the predominance of US office equipment usage and suggests a leverage for industry growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
World
British Sub H42 Lost With Entire Crew in Gibraltar
The admiralty announced today that the British submarine H42 sank after a collision with a destroyer in the Strait of Gibraltar during naval maneuvers, resulting in the loss of twenty three lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mar
Strait of Gibraltar
Admiralty
Shipping Point for Real Beer Raided
Prohibition officers seized a south side Wheeling bottling plant carload of beer last night. The beer, reportedly shipped from a Pittsburgh concern, used Wheeling as a distributing point and was dispersed through the Ohio Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
South Side
Pittsburg
Ohio Valley
Athens traffic rules violators cited by city police
Fourteen violators of Athens traffic rules were summoned to police court after a police tagging of cars Wednesday night. Police Chief Roush warned that second offenses will bring fines and stressed no parking near fire plugs, restrictions on parking on Court street west side, and headlights at night.
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Athens
Roush
S. M Johnson
McKinley
T. N. Hoover
BR. L. Morton
Ohio University
Harry Butcher
W. W. Miller
Harold Mardis
Wilson Carr
Louis Shirley
P. H. McKinley
Fred Lee Tom
R. J. Morton
M. Johnson
Fred Moorman
Arthur Wolf
William Coe
Charles Kircher
Court Street
One Killer to Escape Death Penalty in Ohio
Columbus March 23 Edward Moffett Akron convicted of killing his wife is to be confined in the Lima State hospital for the insane if Governor Davis accepts Judge Bostwick’s recommendation. A second inmate Roy Chamblin of Portsmouth faces electrocution tonight for the murder of two Sunday school workers. the governor will not grant clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mar
Edward Moffett
Akron
Davis
Lima State Hospital
Bostwick
Roy Chamblin
Portsmouth
John Newman
Louise Doyle
Chamblin
Australia Eyes Pacific Coal Trade Fight
Randolph Bedford of the Australian parliament told the Senate agriculture committee that state owned coal mines in Australia plan to enter the Pacific coast coal market. He argued cheaper freight rates would let them compete with private Eastern American mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Australia
Randolph Bedford
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bedford
Divorce Ring Busted in New York Arrest
A divorce ring that supplied false testimony to help break marriages is exposed with the arrest of Jack Berkowitz of 224 West 37th Street. District Attorney ubey d. Bantoa leads the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jack Berkowitz
West 37Th Street
Attoy Ubey d. B. Bantoa
Germany defies Genoa talks amid reparations push
Berlin reports Germany may refuse to attend the Genoa conference over inter allied reparations terms. Chancellor Wirth faces a choice between resignation or a sharp note rejecting allied demands as Uprisings at home spark debate over France's Poincare and Rhine ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Weyer
Berlin
Mar
Germany
Genoa
Chancellor Wirth
Chanccellor
Wirth
Poincare
France
Isaid
Rhine
Middleport Legion Flour Campaign Seeks Funds
Middleport men and friends run a flour order drive to raise funds for the American Legion. Orders for a popular flour brand are placed through solicitors and delivered via local grocers, with a portion of each sale benefiting the legion. A market of flour based products will be held at Grim's Novelty Store on Saturday March 25 to support the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Mar
American Legion
The
Legion
Legion Fund
Florence Barry
Grim’s Novelty Store
the Legion
Free booklet on annual flowering plants for home gardens
The article promotes a government booklet on annual flowering plants and their uses in home gardens. It explains how these plants brighten surroundings when other blooms are scarce and invites readers to request a free copy by sending a two cent stamp and providing name and address to Frederic J. Haskin at the Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington, D C.
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Department of Agriculture
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens
Messengernformation Bureau
Washington, D. C
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