Eight Die In Early Morning Fire At Six Story Philadelphia Building
The Columbus fire at 75 1 2 West Broad Street killed eight people with several others seriously burned or missing. Dozens escaped or leaped to escape and a baby was saved by a fireman after being hurled from a fifth story ledge. Origin of the blaze unknown. building suffered about 50 000 dollars in damage. fire escape limited to rear of structure.
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Columbus
Philadelphia
West Broad St
Carl Stergwalt
Chas. C. Speakman
George Raysnider
Charline Whittlesley
Louis Evans
Frank Frederick
Elsie Nettleton
Charles Speakman
Bernard Tomquist
Huns Must Sign Peace Treaty or Face Blockade
Paris May 6 German acceptance of the peace terms is urged with a threatened economic isolation if refused. Blockade plans were drawn as a last resort while financial aid to Germany may be relaxed pending treaty acceptance. Italy's rights were formalized as credentials were submitted and the allied delegation prepared to present a united front in Versailles.
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ED L. Keen
United Press
Paris
Supreme Economic Council
Germany
Berlin
Italy
Versailles
Orlando
Sonnino
Travel Pay for Discharged Soldiers At Five Cents Per Mile
District court orders War Department to justify why discharged soldiers should not receive five cents per mile for mileage home instead of three and a half. The Private Soldiers and Sailors Legion wins a key battle in a fight to obtain about 40 million dollars in extra allowances. Congress authorized the higher rate and the War Department plans to pay the difference as soon as possible.
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Washington
War Department
District Supreme Court
McCoy
Congress
Aviation Fields In South Abandoned
Washington May 5 The War Department announced the abandonment of multiple aviation fields including Barron Carruthers and Taliaferro Fields at Fort Worth Texas Call Field Wichita Falls Ebberts Field Lonoke Love Field Payne Field West Point Rice Field Waco Taylor Field Montgomery and Gerstner Field Lake Charles Louisiana and Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Texas and Louisiana facilities listed with no longer active status.
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Washington
War Department
Barron Field
Carruther Field
Taliaferro Field
Fort Worth
Texas
Call Field
Wichita Falls
Eberts Field
Lonoke
Ark
Love Field
Dallas
Payne Field
West Point
Miss. Rice Field
Waco
Taylor Field
Montgomery
Ala
Gerstner
Lake Charles
Masons Meet Tuesday at Paramuthia Lodge No 25
Special communication of Paramuthia Lodge No 25 F at A M set for Tuesday May 6 at 2 PM. Eleven E A candidates expected. Roy Hinchman W M J Palmer Sect. 5 5 2. Fibres from water hyacinth of Indo China extracted by a French inventor for textile and cordage use.
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Masons
Paramuthia Lodge
No. 25
E. A
Indo-China
Old Operators End Work At Home Telephone After Morality Complaints
Former Home Telephone Co operators told the Messenger reporter they quit after learning Mrs. J A Fuller would return to the office amid a Bell and Home merger. They claimed Mrs Fuller had made damaging remarks about their conduct and capability and that manager Jones urged cooperation before they walked out May 2.
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Home Telephone Co
Messenger
Manager Jones
Bell and Home Telephones Consolidated
J. A. Fuller
Fuller
Italy's chiefs head for Paris meet in 1909 dispatches
May 5 Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino left for Paris on a special train at 10 pm. Lebanico reports that mass meeting resolutions led by Mayor Lombardi annex the city to Italy. Lebanico is the second Dalmatian city to declare annexation. Sara reportedly did so yesterday.
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Rome
Orlando
Sonnino
Paris
Lebanico
Lombardi
Italy
Sara
Athens County Grand Jury Completes May Term Deliberations
The grand jury for the May term finished its labors shortly before noon after hours of closed session reviewing crime incidents in Athens County. The official report will be released later today.
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Athens County
War debts tally to Kaiser Wilhelm link to World War
Washington reports that world debts total about 175 billion dollars from the great war with 153 million owed to the Kaiser’s actions. Officials cite Kaiser’s personal debt of 35.85 billion and Austrian Hungarian burdens of 26.2 billion, while listing the Big Four allies’ totals: United States 24.83, United Kingdom 36.18, France 28.46, Italy 12.17 billion.
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Washington
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
International Bar of Justice
Kaiser
United States
England
France
Italy
Brazil’s President-Elect Plans U.S. Stopover and Study Tour
Epithia Pessoa, Brazil’s president elect, will fly home after signing a peace treaty and will pass through the United States. He intends to study cotton ginning and irrigation techniques during the stopover to apply new ideas in Brazil.
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Paris
Epithia Pessoa
Brazil
United States
Shipbuilding venture to improve after peace
Washington May 5 Officials say reorganization of the United States Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation is under way for peacetime work. The policy to avoid new construction for foreign nations remains, with no change until peace is signed. Officials expect foreign contract bans to lift after ratification of the peace treaty.
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Wilson
Army to establish air terminals in 32 U. S. cities
Major Horace M. Tickan announced at the Southern Aeronautical Congress that the army air service will set up a chain of landing fields in 32 cities to foster commercial aeronautics. Cities include Boston New York Richmond Raleigh Augusta Macon Atlanta Kissimmee Mobile New Orleans Baton Rouge Beaumont Ilatonia Tucson Phoenix Yuma Bakersfield Fresno Buffalo Syracuse Albany Kansas City Oklahoma City Uniontown Daytona Chicago Columbus NM and more. South Dakota harvested 3,282,000 tons of wild hay last year.
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Macon
United Estates
Army Air Service
Horace M. Tickan
Southern Aeronautical Congress
Boston
New York
Richmond
Raleigh
Columbia
S. C
Augusta
Macon Atlanta
Kissimme
Fla
Mobile
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Athens County Lags in Victory Bond Subscriptions
In the second week of the Victory Loan campaign Athens County has only 57 percent of its quota with one week left. Town quotas include Athens 80 percent Nelsonville 18 percent Amesville 55 percent Coolville 52 percent Albany 69 percent Marshfield 31 percent Glouster 48 percent. Rural solicitors are slow to report returns to township chairs, leaving unclear overall progress. The drive requires 43 percent more, and early payments are urged to finalize subscriptions.
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Athens County
Athens
Nelsonville
Amesville
Coolville
Albany
Marshfield
Glouster
Alderman
Allies to Submit Peace Terms to Germans Wednesday
Paris dispatch reports final plenary session set to present the peace pact to German delegates tomorrow afternoon. Wilson leads the American delegation with House, Lansing, White, and Bliss among officials. Hungarian and Austrian envoys expected by May 15 as work continues.
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Paris
Orlando
Sonnino
Rome
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Brazil
Greece
Poland
Portugal
Rumania
Serbia
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Wilson
Colonel House
Lansing
Henry White
General Bliss
St. Germain
Marquis Imperiali
Organization Committee
The
League of Nations
Pichon
Eric Drummond
Imperiali
Winds Delay Start Of Navy Planes To Halifax
At Rockaway Beach on May 6 the three American navy seaplanes scheduled to fly to Halifax were delayed by a 30 mph northeast wind. The crews prepared to launch as repairs from a fire in the hangar were completed, with Comander J H Towers slated to fly NC-3. The plan calls for a Rockaway to Halifax leg then on to Trepassy Bay Newfoundland and the Azores.
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Rockaway Beach
N. Y
Halifax
Rockaway
Beach
N. S
Comander J. H. Towers
Trepassey Bay
Newfoundland
Azores
Thieves Break Into Chicago Liquor Shop Leave Sarcastic Note
In Chicago on May 6 thieves broke into Wang Lein, Meyers and Son liquor shop, sampled the stock and left a note saying You keep darn poor Bourbon there. No further details on arrests or motive were provided.
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Chicago
Ill
Wang Lein, Meyers and Son
Heavily Guarded Suspects After Latrobe Murder Arrest
Greensburg police report James Crawford 37 and John Ray 17 held under guard after arrest for the murder of Emma Austraw 19 near Latrobe. State troops and volunteers faced a lynch threat as a crowd gathered. details allege the pair abducted, assaulted, then killed the Latrobe teacher.
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Greensburg
James Crawford
Emma Austraw
Latrobe
John Ray
Here
Crawford
Ray
J. L. McClaughlin
McClaughlin
Roanes
Argary
Butchery Tale Declared True
The 137th in Athens today echoed Governor Allan of Kansas who accused the 35th division of ruthlessly slaughtering men. The War Department branded the charge a lie. Officers from the visiting unit claimed the 35th faced murderous attacks and suffered heavy casualties in many companies.
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137Th
Athens
Allan
Kansas
War Department
35Th
Loss of New York Coal Co funds near Amesville
Leonard Kearns reported losing 128 dollars in cash and about 1400 dollars in checks of the New York Coal Co between Amesville and the Little New York coal mine. He dropped the money and letters from his hip pocket while en route to deposit at a local bank. Two men followed him but no trace of the money or assailants was found. Gould Jennings tracked the strangers but failed to locate them.
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Amesville
New York Coal Co
Leonard Kearns
Here
New York
Kearns
Gould Jennings
Athens
Young Kearns
New York Coal Company
County Victory Loan drives gain in county
Reports today show a three percent countywide gain in the Victory Loan drive since Saturday night. Nelsonville lags with about thirteen percent of its quota of 235000 while other towns perform better, despite Nelsonville’s past strong responses to campaigns.
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Alderman
Nelsonville
Dr. Welch
Uncle Sam
Community Pie Sale Draws Crowds at I C O F Hall
The I C O F hall hosted a social evening with couples dancing to light music and a bake sale run by the Maccabees ladies. The event served pleasure and profit, with proceeds going to charity and club funds.
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I. C. O. F. Hall
Navy dispatches force to Azores for Atlantic scouts
The destroyers Kaleb Meredith Bush Cowell and Maddox prepared to sail from Passey Bay N F toward the Azores to join a wide line of ships to escort American planes across the Atlantic. Foote was driven ashore by a gale and may be refloated at high tide. Three destroyers dragged their pans in the storm.
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Sprairie Tre
Passey Bay
N. F
Kaleb
Meredith
Bush
Cowell
Maddox
Azores
Atlantic
Halifax
Foote
Surprise Athens Parade by 137th Infantry Draws Crowds
An unannounced morning parade through Athens by the 137th Infantry, en route to Camp Funston Kansas, greeted by cheering crowds. Soldiers described as battle hardened from Argonne fighting, with bandages on heads and a strong show of patriotic reception.
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Athens
137Th Infantry
Camp Funston
Kansas
Smith Street
Washington Street
Court
Union
Washington
137Th
Rowan
Guigley
Bart
France
St. Argonne
Vosges
Vidun
Barr
Argonne
Athena
America
Boz
187Th
Sas National Guard
United States to seize German ships for war claims
Washington reports say Germany’s ships will be transferred to the United States as part of settling claims with Germany. Officials cite the peace conference decision adding about 89 percent of German vessels to U S ships and aiding the U S damages bill. Shipping board says 664000 tons may go to the United States with Brazil receiving about 200000 tons. Ships named include the George Washington America President Grant President Lincoln and Leviathan.
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Washington
United States
Germany
America
Shipping Board
Brazil
George Washington
President Grant
President Lincoln
School Kids to See the Parade
Uniform rules were sent to school buildings by Morgan to apply tomorrow when the circus is here. All grades will be dismissed at 10 am to witness the parade on Court street. Afternoon sessions proceed normally. only pupils with written parental requests may be excused.
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Morgan
Court Street
Cleveland Returns to Standard Time After DST Reversal
Cleveland voters approved a move to end daylight saving time as clocks move back one hour at 2 a m next Sunday. The reversal follows strong opposition to the daylight saving schedule adopted March 30 and returns the city to its pre change time.
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Cleveland
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