Government attack on rum business draws union miners meeting
Nelsonville date May 13. Subdistrict No 1 of District No 6 calls a mass meeting of United Mine Workers in Wilson's grove for Saturday at 1 30 PM. Several hundred miners are expected and subdistrict officials led by President Robert Marshall of Glouster will attend. Details of speakers are not announced.
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Nelsonville
Hocking
Wilson’s Grove
United Mine Workers Organization
Hocking Field
Robert Marshall
Glouster
Poison Widow Martha Wise Found Guilty of Murder
Medina Ohio May 13 Martha Wise 40 poison widow was found guilty of first degree murder after a ten day trial. The jury recommended mercy and life imprisonment at Marysville women's reformatory. Prosecution argued sanity while defense urged insanity as motive. The case labeled one of the strangest in state history.
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Medina
Martha Wise
Marysville Women’s Reformatory
Common Pleas Court
Sophia Hasel
Fred Gienke
Marysville Reformatory
Lima State Hospital
Joseph Pritchard
Seymour
Gienke
Pritchard
Cleveland
Fred Roshon
Today Old City, Same Men. What Is The Worst Vice?
Arthur Brisbane reflects on ancient Mesopotamia and compares it to modern times. He argues human nature remained similar despite progress and science, noting powerful rulers, their wives vanity, and children's playthings as enduring features.
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Old City
Germany
Marshal
Fertile
Mesopotamia
Spoonful of brains may be clue to murder mystery
William F. Lynch, 27, auditing clerk at Union Trust, was released on $15,000 bail after arrest on embezzlement charges. The sum alleged missing amounts to $11,524.23. Lynch allegedly used funds to gamble on the stock market and said he would repay the bank when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
William F. Lynch
Unio
Trust Company
Lynch
Goolville Road Project Delayed By Brick Transport
Daniel Davis, state highway engineer, says the four mile Coolville to Torch road halt is temporary due to brick delays. Only about 1000 feet remain, on the Torch side. When brick arrives, completion and opening follow in a few days. County shares half of the costs on this state project.
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Coolville-Torch Road
Daniel Davis
Torch
H. C. Sherman
Davis
A. E. Falloon
Athens-Albany
Fisher Oil Field
County Boards Proceed With Road Assessment
The final hearing on Athens- Pomeroy Road I C H No 159 Section M-1 was held in the county commissioners office at 10 am Monday. John J Woolley and Emmett Keenan represented abutting property owners. The board heard evidence and decided to leave the original plan and proceed with the assessment.
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Athens- Pomeroy Road
County Commissioners
John J. Woolley
Emmett Keenan
Board of County Commissioners
Leading Surgeon William M. Gillette Dies in Toledo
Toledo on May 13 reports the death of Dr. William M. Gillette, a prominent Ohio surgeon, at his home due to heart disease.
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Toledo
William M. Gillette
Ohio
Blood at Sunday Creek fuels murder mystery near Redtown
Coroner J W Sanders and Sheriff P H McKinley investigate a suspected homicide after a shotgun wound is found near a bridge by Doty, with brain tissue, a hair, and a shell recovered. Blood trails vanish on the bridge as high mudded waters hinder search. authorities await lab results to determine if the remains are human or canine while locals remain tight lipped.
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Sunday Creek
Doty Bridge
Redtown
J. W. Sanders
P. H. McKinley
Corning
Bayliss
Welsh
McKinley
Athens
Hindenburg Inauguration Spurs German Democratic Debate
Berlin May 13 A Democratic plus nationalist tug of words follows the inauguration of Paul von Hindenburg as president. Democratic papers hailed him as an ardent Republican while nationalist outlets softened their reaction, noting his oath to the republic and Eberts controversial legacy. Observers say the day marks consolidation amid mixed loyalties.
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Berlin
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
German Republic
Hindenburg
Editoria Re Democratic Press
Republic
Ebert
Homeopaths End Annual Session in Columbus
Closing sessions of the Ohio Homeopathic Medical Society were to be held in Columbus with the election of a 1926 president. Reports cited progress in immunization against scarlet fever and diphtheria and in tuberculosis control, and the claim that state medicine poses no threat to the medical profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Homeopathic Medical Society
Pugh Charges Against Chief McClellan Move Pending
Visiting staff physicians filed charges against Dr. N. H. McClellan, superintendent of the Dayton State hospital, as state officials hesitate until John E. Harper returns from a fishing trip. Welfare officials and Governor Donahey await Harper’s consultation before any action. Civil service officials say only Harper can act, with his return anticipated today.
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Columbus
N. H. McClellan
Dayton State Hospital
John E. Harper
Pt. Pelee
Ont
Welfare Department
Harper
Donahey
James M. Huffman
Civil Service Commission
Illiday
Striking Miners Arrested in Granttown West Virginia
In Fairmont West Virginia on May 15 state police and county officers arrested 136 striking miners at Granttown thirteen miles north of here. Some were on picket duty while others marched in the streets in alleged violation of a court order issued by Judge L. S. Schwenck. Twenty eight were jailed in the city lockup and others in Mason county jail.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Granttown
West Virginia
Here
Traction cars collide near Sugar Creek injures Huntington residents
Mrs. Minnie Cray of Huntington West Virginia suffered a fractured arm and severe bruises and her 8 year old son Louis was sent to bed from shock after a head on collision of two Hocking Sunday Creek traction cars near Sugar Creek just after 11 am. The northbound car was empty while the southbound carried Mrs Cray her son and one man. The motorman of the northbound suffered facial cuts and bruises. Sheltering Arms hospital received Mrs Cray by a passing motorist and first aid was given by Je Blaine Goldsberney.
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Minnie Cray
Huntington
W. Va
Louis
Sunday Creek
Sugar Creek
Cray
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Je. Blaine Goldsbersmey
Defense Eloquent as Northern Ohio Case Nears Verdict
Lucille Jones 20 faces either freedom or a Marysville reformatory sentence after ten days of trial for allegedly arranging meetings between Ethel Kun 16 and Elyria tinsmith William Monschien. Closing arguments urged jurors to spare the girl from a “sea of hate” surrounding her father Rev T Howard Jones.
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Elyria
Marysville Reformatory
Lucille Jones
T. Howard Jones
The
Peoples Church of
Lorain
Miss Jones
Ethel Kun
William Monschien
C. F. Adams
Jones
Lucille
Vandemark
Misa Jones
Titanic disaster narrowly averted on Avrania voyage
Montreal May 13 Captain Peel of the liner Avrania skillfully navigated to avoid a collision with a looming iceberg. Passengers crowded the decks as the engines reversed to avert disaster while the ship arrived in Liverpool from Montreal.
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Montreal
Peel
Avrania
Berg
Liverpool
Ohio farm bureau to act on Japanese colony plan
Columbus May 13. Directors of the Ohio State Farm Bureau federation in session here are expected to act today on the scheduled importation of a colony of Japanese farm laborers from Imperial Valley California into the Willard Marsh district in Northern Ohio. They will also discuss methods for proper property revaluations in the legislature ordered first real estate reappraisal.
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Columbus
Imperial Valley
California
Willard Marsh
Ohio
Ohio State Farm Bureau Federation
Interstate rail rates hearing delayed to June 2
The interstate commerce commission postponed the hearing on the plan by eastern railroads to raise newspaper rates in baggage cars from May 8 to June 2. The action affects freight and passenger services across multiple routes.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Amy Lowell, Eminent Poet, Dies at 51 in Brookline
Miss Amy Lowell famed American poet and critic died at her home Sevenela in Brookline Massachusetts. She published her first book at twenty eight and wrote mostly at night. She was sister to Harvard president A Lawrence Lowell and to Mrs William Lowell Putnam.
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Brookline
Mass
Amy Lowell
United States
America
Sevenela
Lovell
Miles Lowell
Miss Lowell
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
William Lowell Putnam
Unknown Slayer Kills Craneman Near Canton Plant
Coroner T C McQuate cites revenge for job loss as motive in the murder of Nick Bagu 29 a craneman from Louisville near the Superior sheet steel plant restaurant. Bagu was attacked from behind with an iron bar then shot twice by a presumed Albanian assailant who fled.
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Canton
T. C. McQuate
Nick Bagu
Louisville
Superior Sheet Steel Plant
Bagu
Four Traffic Victims This Week In Columbus
Columbus report shows four local traffic casualties for the week. The latest death is Mrs Edith Lauder, 34, killed Tuesday after being struck at a street intersection by James Hutton, who coroner Murphy says tried to avoid hitting Mrs Wander who stepped into the path of his car.
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Columbus
Edith Lauder
James Hutton
Murphy
Hutton
Wander
Liquor fines may not be remitted in Ohio ruling
In Columbus on May 13 the Attorney General Crabbe ruled that county auditors cannot remit liquor law fines or discharge convicts or non payers. The decision, sought by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney D H Schaffner of Summit County, states one half of each fine goes to the state and cannot be remitted by county officials.
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Columbus
Attoney
Train Hits Coupe Killing Two Men in Canton
In Canton this morning at 7:46 a wheel of a Ford coupe carrying Joseph Pickett Harry Faner and WWbur Porter collided with a Wheeling and Lake Erie train at Market Street crossing. Pickett and Faner died instantly while Porter, severely injured, was rushed to Dr H F Myers’s office with a prognosis of hours to minutes.
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Canton
Joseph Pickett
Harry Faner
Dover
Wwbur Porter
Market Street
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Pickett
Faner
Porter
H. F. Myers
Howard University Strike Over Military Drill Disrupts Classes
Police reserves intervened at Howard University as Black students protested compulsory military drill. Meetings were broken up and classes halted while picketing the campus.
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Washington
Goverment
Howard University
Coast Guard Probes Rum Row In New London Cruise
Coast Guard commander Stephen Yandle leads a three day inspection from the cutter Pequot with Washington reporters aboard to determine shifts in Rum Row. He will report to Admiral Hellard with recommendations on further actions to curb dry navy smuggling.
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New London
Conn
Coast Guard
Stephen Yandle
F. C. Bellard
Washington
Pequot
Yandle
Hellard
Rotary Hear Judge Sayre on World Court and U S Participation
Judge E D Sayre spoke to the Athens Rotary Club about the permanent court of international justice explaining origin jurisdiction and organization. He urged U S participation noting the court is approved by the League of Nations and endorsed by most major nations, with only Russia Germany and the United States lagging in recognition.
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E. D. Sayre
Athens
Court of Appeals
Athens Rotary Club
Hotel Berry
World Court
Permanent Court of International Justice
House
Senate
Sayre
United States
League of Nations
League
Russia
Germany
Assembly and
Council of the Nations League
Suata Kose & Elon
Governors Pledge Help as Prohibition Drive Expands
Washington reports say several governors vow to boost enforcement of local liquor laws, signaling broad cooperation with federal actions. Coast guard boosts patrols on the Great Lakes and Pacific while talks with Mexico and Canada aim to curb smuggling. no new ships anticipated from Europe this season.
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Washington
Treasury
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Eee
Ba Haynes
Uss Cess
Coast Guard
Great Lake
Pacific
Cialis
el Paso
Texas
Canada
Europe
Forum Row
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Goolville Road
Sanders
Henry Ford
Warren J. Hinkley
Gerease County
Michigan
Ford
Vers
Coupe
Rotary
Department of Agriculturel
Wil Ae
Bae Close
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger
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