Ohio University trustees move to resign for reorganization plan
The board of Ohio University weighs resignations to enable Governor Davis to overhaul the university’s administration effective May 15. Key members including Timothy Hogan and Arthur Johnson back the plan, while plans to build a new gymnasium and reorganize staff are approved, along with hiring new treasurer and building superintendent.
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Ohio University
Goyfor Davis
Timothy S. Hogan
Davis
Board of Trustees
Arthur Johnson
The
Columbus Dispatch
J. Perry Wood
Athens
H. M. Coultrap
McArthur
C. D. Hopkins
T. R. Biddle
BE. R. Lash
Henry O’bleness
Hamblin
Davidson
McVay
Kinnison
Crow
Eikenberry
F. B. Bryan
Vernon
Riegel
Director of Public Instruction
O. Ked
Board of
Gein
H. H. Haning
University
Haning
George C. Parks
L. J. Addicott
Bryan
14Th
General Assembly
Quiet Republican move to kill Johnson Woodruff probe
A quiet organized effort among Republicans aims to defeat the Johnson Woodruff resolution for a special investigation of war contract frauds and attorney general Daugherty actions. The measure has a favorable Rules Committee report and privileged status, with pressure to delay.
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Hayward
Washington
House
Johnson-Woodruff
Daugherty
House Rules Committee
Campbell
Rules Committee
Mondell
Resolution
Blackhand letter threats Mrs Hathaway son
In Bellaire Ohio on May 5 a note from a blackhand gang threatens Mrs Frank Hathaway wife of a local garage proprietor to pay ten thousand dollars at a Rose Hill spot to spare her twelve year old son.
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Bellaire
Frank Hathaway
Rose Hill
Here
Building Nest for Rich Bride
Zurich May 6 Major Max O ser engages to 16 year old Mathilde McCormick of Chicago granddaughter of John D Rockefeller The couple plan a future home in the Alps and courtship continues according to Oser’s lawyer notes
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Zurich
Max Oser
Mathilde McCormick
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Oser
Alps
Food costs rise in many cities says BLS
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports higher living costs across the nation with food prices up in 21 cities from March 15 to April 15 and slight drops in nine others Kansas City shows the biggest gain at two percent
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kansas City
Chang Tso Lin in flight from Manchuria war
Shanghai May 6 General Chang Tso Lin military governor of Manchuria and ally of the republic of South China was reported to be fleeing on a Japanese gunboat from Taku after his army was defeated by General Wu Fei Fn. Fears arise of disorder like the Boxer uprising as war aftermath spreads to the Tien Tsin region with defeated Fentien troops moving toward Laofao.
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Shanghai
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Republic of South China
Wu Fei-F’n
Taku
Tien-Tsin
Laofa
Fentien
Chang
Pay Revision Delays Army and Navy Appropriations
The army and navy appropriation bills totaling 520 million dollars await pay revision in Congress. Administration leaders say neither measure will advance until the pay revision passes both houses. The current drafts would cut soldiers and sailors from wartime to peacetime pay, lowering monthly rates from 30 to 15 dollars when the current higher pay expires June 30.
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WM. K. Hutchinson
Washington
Army
Navy
House
Coast Guards
Public Health Service
Congress
America
Weather outlook for next week across Ohio Valley
The weather bureau issued a forecast for next week stating considerable cloudiness and occasional showers in the Ohio Valley with temperatures near normal.
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Washington
Weather Bureau Today
Ohio Valley
Igtor Stays Out of Peking After Battle
General Wu Fei Fu rejects invitation from President Hsu to visit Peking. He sends his chief of staff to call on the president the acting premier and the chief of police instead.
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Peking
May
Wu Fei Fu
Hsu
Cal Jewell seeks divorce over wife wearing men's clothes
Calvin M Jewell of Penfield asks divorce and custody of their two adopted children in an answer and cross petition to his wife's divorce suit. He claims Mrs Jewell promenaded about the farm in men's clothes against his wishes.
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Cal
Elyria
Calvin M Jewell
Penfield
McCumber tariff bill attacked by Senator Simmons
Senator Simmons of North Carolina charged that the McCumber tariff bill would raise annual taxes and prices, benefiting a few profiteers and increasing profits for monopolistic interests. He argued the measure would place the American people at the mercy of profiteering to fund private gains.
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J. Bart Campbell
Washington
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Today
Treasury
Senate
Teachers Apply To File For Schools In Troy Township
Teachers desiring to file applications for rural schools in Troy Township Athens county Ohio for the 1922-23 school year should mail them to the clerk before June 5 1922. The district operates a two room school at Torch and Hocking Port and four one room schools with state salary schedule F B Tidd Clerk Coolville Ohio.
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Troy Township
Athens County
Ohio
Torch
Hockingport
F. B. Tidd
Coolville
Traction Line Ordered to Implement Joint Coal Rates
The Ohio state utilities commission ordered the Hocking Valley Railway and the Hocking Sunday Creek Traction to set joint through coal rates from Nelsonville to Ohio destinations by July 1. Rates must not exceed eight cents per ton above contemporaneous Hocking district group rates, per the Ewing Coal Company complaint alleging failure to publish joint rates.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Hocking Valley Railway Company
Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Company
Nelsonville
Athens
Ohio
Hocking Valley Railroad
Hocking
Hocking Valley
Tax changes to be voted on in Ohio November election
Columbus May 6 The attorney general announces certification of the synopsis for proposed taxation and debt limitation amendments to the state constitution. Efforts will seek 10 percent of Ohio voters to sign petitions to submit the amendments at the November election.
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Columbus
Price
Ohio
French Troops Urged to Aid Syria Amid Near East Tensions
General Gourard, commander of French forces in the Near East, has requested reinforcements for Syria after threats of unrest. The appeal came via an exchange telegraph despatch from Cairo dated May 6.
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London
Gourard
Near Fast
Syria
Cairo
Mayor Oles Stays In Governor Race On Independent Ticket
Youngstown report notes Mayor George J. Oles announces he will remain in the governor race on an independent ticket after mature consideration.
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Youngstown
George J. Oles
Dope Fiend Shot in Covington Store Robbery Killing
In Covington Kentucky May 6 Joseph Jansen proprietor of a soft drink shop at Pike and Russell streets faces murder charges after fatally shooting Chris Donnelly a six year old drug addict who had entered the store and fired at Jansen. Donnelly died an hour after the exchange and Jansen surrendered posting a five thousand dollar bond.
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Covington
Joseph Jansen
Pike and Russell Streets
Chris Donnelly
Donnelly
Jansen
Weilder
16 Year Old Girl Attempts Poison Over School Grade
Anna Cooley aged 16 daughter of George Cooley of Millfield attempted suicide after being forced to attend the third grade. She collapsed in the street on the way to school and was carried home. Doctors treated her and she is expected to fully recover.
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Anna Cooley
George Cooley
Millfield
Famous Banker Dies in New York
Henry F. Davison renowned banker and J. P. Morgan & Co. partner died during brain tumor surgery in New York. Surgeons had assured minimal risk and no complications before the operation.
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New York
Henry F. Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
Davison
Fulton Announces Candidacy for Democratic Secretary of State
Former Secretary of State W. D. Fulton of Newark filed his declaration of candidacy with the secretary of state for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state in Columbus on May 6.
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Columbus
W. D. Fulton
Newark
Secretary of
Tate land a telling point against union
In Charleston May 6 1931 the prosecution through Thomas E Richards of Opperman Coal testified the armed miners planned to seize Logan and Mingo counties saying the governor and state government failed. He described a miners army with ex service men and nurses uniforms prepared to cut down state troops, aiming to control coal fields and “kill to carry out their plans.”
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Warren W. Wheaton
Charleston
W. Va
Logan County
Thomas E. Richards
Opperman Coal Company
Blatr
Blatr Mountain
Richarda
Floyd Totten
Harnshaw Kanawha
United States Army
Richards
Logan
Mingo
United States
T. C. Townsend
Defense Counsel
Violence Surges in Ireland Amid Truce Breakdowns
In Ulster province violence rose despite a truce. Armed bands raided National and Ulster banks in Bailie Borough Kilnaleck and Kingscourt, County Cavan, with thousands of pounds stolen.
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Belfast
L'leter
National
Bailie Borough
Kilnaleck
Kingscourt
County Cavan
Masquerade Dance at K P Hall with Bradfield Orchestra
The May 10 masquerade dance at K P Hall in Chauncey features Bradfield's Orchestra providing the best in music. Park Plan is listed with a 643 designation.
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K. P. Hall
Chauncey
Bradfield
Park Plan
Chicago Building Trades Prepare Open Shop Strike
Chicago May 6 union leaders vote to strike on May 22 if contractors do not drop the open shop program. About 65 000 workers would be affected by a walkout in the building trades industry.
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Chicago
Chicago Building Trades Council
Gunfight Near Bristow Leaves Two Dead in Oklahoma
A shooting near Bristow Oklahoma killed Preston Fleming of Dallas Texas and Andy Paine of Bristow. Lee Flourney of Bristow was seriously wounded and hospitalized. No motive or reason for the shooting was given.
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Bristow
Okla
Preston Fleming
Dallas
Texas
Andy Paine
Lee Flourney
Agreement On Race Not Reached In Columbus
Democratic leaders held talks in Columbus as T. J. Duffy of East Liverpool did not meet yesterday with former Congressman Geo. White of Marietta. White hopes to seek the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and plans to issue a statement after today’s anticipated conference.
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Columbus
T. J Duffy
East Liverpool
State Industrial Commission
Geo. White
Marietta
Democratic National Committee
Duffy
White
Battle of Oberlin Woods Ends Gang Pursuit
Cleveland Pittsburg and Canton police seek the bandit’s identity after a battle in Dobrin woods north of Canton. Eddie Stevens’s sister says the slain man is not William Mitchell. George Brainer of Buffalo identified as a wounded bandit named Andy Kapter of Pittsburgh, an indicted killer and robber. A large reward awaits capture as authorities believe the Jiggs Losteiner gang is wiped out.
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Canton
Oberlin’s Woods
Cleveland
Pittsburg
William Mitchell
J. KE. Mitchell
Eddie Stevens
Mitchell
Ohio Penitentiary
Mfdala
Dobrin Woods
Special federal probe body to investigate coal industry
A resolution favorably reported to the House by Chairman Nolan of the labor committee would create a special federal commission with extraordinary powers to probe the nationwide coal strike and industry in the United States. The panel aims to investigate causes and effects of the coal stoppage and report findings to Congress.
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United States
House
Nolan
House Labor Committee
Second Attempt to Wreck Home in West Virginia
Samuel Hill reported a second attempt to blow up his home in Moundsville West Virginia four sticks of dynamite hurled at the house failed to explode. Last Sunday a nearby garage with its contents was blown to pieces amid ongoing mine strike tensions.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Samuel Hill
Hill
Two Cents Is the Only Charge Information Bureau
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington DC offers readers access to direct government and educational resources at no service cost besides two cents for return postage. Send name and address with two cents in stamps for return postage, Frederic Haskin, Director.
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the Messenger
Washington, D D. C
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Frederick Haskin
Three Negroes Executed by Lynch Mob in Kirvin Case
In Kirvin Texas 560 residents witnessed a daylight lynching of three Black men for the murder and rape of 17 year old Bula Aussey. The confessor Snap Terry led the mob, as Jones and Cornish were burned next to a plow while the crowd cheered. Authorities hurried to Fairfield to prevent further unrest.
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Kirvin
Tex
International News Service
Southern “Justice
Bula Aussey
Terry
Mose Jones
John Cornish
Jones
Cornish
Harry
J Spence
Apence
Mayo
Fairfield
Thera Terry
Miss Austey
Abandoned Baby Found Beside Railroad Tracks
In Columbus a seven hour old baby boy was found in a burlap sack near West Broad Street and Glenwood Avenue. The mother Mrs Helen McElwee 29 of 88 Cypress Avenue said she thought the infant dead at birth and that she separated from the father Bernard McElwee last August. Doctors expect the child to live.
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Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio
West Broad Street
Glenwood Avenue
Helen McElwee
Cypress Avenue
George W. Rose Seeks Republican Candidacy in Athens County
George W. Rose announced to the Republicans of Athens County that he will run for Representative at the primary on August 5th.
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George W. Rose
Republicans of Athens Co
Chauncey Faces New Straits Ville At Sunday Ballpark
Baseball matchup set for Sunday May 7 at 2 40 PT with Chauncey hosting New Straits Ville at 652 stadium. Team names appear in readable listing.
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Chauncey's New Ballpark
New Straitsville
Chauncey
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