Ohio University Memorial Drive Opens With $41,785 Pledge
Alumni and faculty in Athens rallied behind the Alumni Memorial Auditorium campaign. A dinner announced $41,785 in subscriptions, with faculty oversubscribing their $32,600 quota and alumni pledging $21,518. The three year drive aims to raise $300,000 by June 9 to fund the new auditorium, sparking pledges of loyalty across Ohio.
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Athens
War Memorial
Ohio Union
A. A. Atkinson
Fred W. Bush
Ohio
United States
Henry Zenner
Bryan
Ohio University
T. W. Craig
C. E. Stailey
Fred W. Busa
Mune
California
Sch'ca
Dr. Bryan
E. J. Jones
Charles Bryson
Chamber of Commerce
W. B. Dickinson
Federated Women’s Clubs
Fred Lee Tom
Ohio Glee Club
Crisis in London as Commons defeat halts pension tax plan
London May 17 The cabinet met after a Commons defeat that blocked discussion of the government tax on teachers salaries for the educational pension. Lloyd George received a telegram from Genoa and Downing Street said resignation is unlikely before The Hague conference. A commission will study the Russian situation.
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London
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Genoa
Downing Street
The
Hague
Court Drops Southern Ohio Power Floodwood Case
In Columbus on May 17 the state utilities commission, over objections by complainants counsel, dismissed the Floodwood unit of Southern Ohio Power Co Athens county from a case brought by House Mining Co Hocking and other Sunday Creek Valley coal firms. The commission ruled Floodwood not a public utility under Ohio law, while remaining actions target Hocking Power Nelsonville Athens Electric and Southern Ohio Power for alleged unjust discriminatory rates.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Southern Ohio Power Company
Floodwood
Athens County
House Mining Co
Hocking
Sunday Creek Valley Coal Companies
Hocking Power Company
Nelsonville
Athens Electric Company
Athens
Ohio
Cork Barracks Destroyed by Early Morning Fire
Fire swept through Cork in the early hours today, destroying the barracks and nearby buildings. The barracks were to be taken over by Irish free state troops, and the blaze could be seen for miles.
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Cork
Dublin
Platform men accept 10 percent wage cut in Cleveland
Platform workers from the Cleveland Railway and Light Company agreed to a 10 percent wage reduction rather than risk an arbitration over an open shop. The announcement came from company officials in Cleveland on May 17.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Railway and Light Company
Kiwanis Join Pomeroy and Middleport for Charter
Leaders from Pomeroy and Middleport form a joint Kiwanis club and receive a charter from the International Kiwanis in Pomeroy. Judge Roy H. Williams of Sandusky delivers the address, urging service to the community and unity across the river.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
International Kiwanis Club
Wyatt Plantz
Wr. Reed
Mr. Reed
Roy H. Williams
Sandusky
Judge Williams
Sandusky Kiwanis Club
Supreme Judge of Ohio
M. D. Hartinger
Wilhelm
Point Pleasant
Harry L. Biddle
West Virginia Club
Pomeroy-Middleport Kiiwanian
C. E. Peoples
Fred Foss
Frank Will
Thede Bengal
Carl Woodward
Mildred Beaver Fowler
New Steps Taken by Chinese Chief
General Chang Tso Lin defeated the northern army commander who declared Manchuria and Mongolia independent and himself dictator. He ordered seizure of salt supplies and the customs duties and other revenues. Indications point to renewed hostilities within days.
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Pao Ting FU
China
Chang -Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Mongolia
Flood Threat as Rivers Rise in Winnipeg Area
Floodwaters from the Assiniboine and Red rivers threaten Winnipeg with two feet daily rise after a Minnesota cloudburst. City fears a wholesale flood as rainfall and overflow push water levels higher, endangering homes and streets.
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Winnipeg
Man
Assiniboine
Red Rivers
Minnesota
Red River
Notable temperance and political events in Cincinnati era
May 17 1874 excitement over arrest of leaders of the women's temperance crusade for disturbing peace. 1876 prohibition convention in Cleveland nominated Gen Green Clay Smith. 1888 United Labor Convention in Cincinnati nominated Robert H Cowdrey. 1894 Williams County tornado killed seven and damaged property.
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Cincinnati
Women’s Temperance Crusade
Cleveland
Gen
Green Clay Smith
Kentucky
United Labor Convention
Robert H. Cowdrey
Illinois
Williams County
Hard Coal Men Still Hopeful
News from New York on May 17 reports anthracite operators and striking miners remain deadlocked with no near breakthrough. Edward W. Parker, representing mine owners, says talks continue and owners are not pessimistic about a final agreement.
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New York
Edward W. Parker
Philadelphia
Government invites nonunion coal field operators to price conference
Washington May 17 Officials said only operators from nonunion coal fields will be invited to a government conference to curb coal price surges. Hoover will chair noting price jumps of 50 to 100 percent mainly in West Virginia with some cases in Tennessee Kentucky and Pennsylvania. No firm date yet until invite responses are in. Also a bogus Salvation Army canvass in Athens prompted police ejectment warnings to residents against fakirs.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Salvation Army
Athens
Pinchot Secures Republican Nomination for Governor
Philadelphia May 17. Gifford Pinchot appears to have won the Republican nomination for governor based on official returns. W Harry Baker at state headquarters said Pinchot leads unless Allegheny county shifts results for Alter, noting Philadelphia and other areas aided Pinchot’s victory.
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Philadelphia
Gifford Pinchot
W. Harry Baker
Allegheny County
Pinchot
Baker
Springfield payroll bandits flee with 326000 loot
Three of five Springfield payroll robbers escaped state guards and deputies near Decaturville Mo with 326000 stolen in hand. They fled in a stolen car toward St Louis after forcing EH A Parrish at gunpoint for a car and supplies. Two gun battles near Bradshaw Flats left two likely dead.
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Decaturville
Springfield
St. Louis
EH. A. Parrish
Bradshaw Flats
Woman Shot by Son in Caudill Faces Arm Loss
Mary Crase, 25, of Caudill near here, was accidentally shot by her five year old son. She is reported to lose her right arm. The incident occurred in the mining town of Caudill, Kentucky, on May 17.
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Hazard
Mary Crase
Caudill
Here
Employers Must Do More for Workers, Ohio Bankers Told
Charles R. Hook of the American Rolling Mill Co voiced at the Ohio Bankers Association convention that many employers are passive, paying a living wage but failing to address workers’ real problems. He urged proactive engagement to create a more interested workforce and a highly efficient business organization.
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Charles R. Hook
American Rolling Mill Company
Middletown
Ohio Bankers’ Association
Nelsonville Faces Immediate Fuel Shortage Amid Coal Ban
The United Mine Workers order forbidding miners to coal for any purpose threatens Nelsonville’s water and light services. City leaders seek reversal while the Hocking Power Co asserts it can power the city if coal runs out, with 70 percent of residents employed by miners.
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United Mine Workers of America
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley Cereal Beverage Co
McCune
Sub District No. 1
Marshall
Lee Hall
Ohio
State Board
Hocking Power Co
Athens
Glouster
Wedesday
Ersonville
50 Years Indoors and Still Smiles
Rutland C May 17 Mrs L T Wright at seventy four has spent forty five years bedridden after childbirth. She has never ridden a railroad train though she heard its whistle since 1882. She cherishes memories of Beach Grove school days and a Civil War era marriage to Lucie P Wright. Now living with Alpha Pluromer she thanks friends and caregivers who supported her lifelong illness.
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Mra i
L. T. Wright
New Town
Ale
Mary Dawkins
Sophrona McKee
Rev
Bolton
Beckley
Stansburys
Nobles Lamines
Humpheys
Beech Grove
Reuben Hawkins
Point Pleasant
Lucie P. Wright
Alpha Pluromer
Myra Forres
Maine
Mary Bolton
Eliza Bolton
Fannie Smith
Adria Logan
Ina Gilmore
Katie Grimes
Alma Wood
Sarah Johnson
Bessie Gilmore
Magele Carpenter
Melissa Devault
Ohio Republican seeks discharge for elections panel on reform bill
Representative Able of Ohio moves in Congress to discharge the house elections committee from further consideration of the measure to close loopholes revealed by a supreme court ruling in the Newberry case. The delay on action prompted the move amid controversy over reform efforts.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Newberry
Able
Rpublican
Ohio
House
House Elections Committees
Swift boats to chase smuggling along Detroit border
Prohibition Director Janes R. Davis of Michigan announced that fast motorboats will be used to prevent liquor smuggling from Canada into the United States at Detroit after a conference with Commissioner Haynes.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Detroit
Janes R. Davis
Michigan
Haynes
Soviet Promises Backed by Trotsky in Exclusive Interview
Moscow May 17 Leon Trotsky says despite Genoa's likely failure Russia will meet all international obligations. He notes desire for a US commercial agreement and calls for economic understanding to counter Japanese expansion and reassure American capital.
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George Popoff
Moscow
Russia
Leon Trotzky
United States
Genoa
Soviet Republic
Siberia
Trotzky
Gifford Pinchot Leads Early in Gubernatorial Nomination Race
Reports from Philadelphia indicate Republican leaders dispute Pinchot's win in the Pennsylvania primary while Alter maintains a lead. both sides predict victory as full counts approach. In Cincinnati, George Remus is sentenced to two years for conspiracy to violate the Volstead act, with co-defendants also sentenced and fines imposed. Remus allegedly profited over 4 million from illegal operations and distilleries.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Chicago
Atlanta
John W. Peck
Remus
Genoa Conference Expected to End Tomorrow
Paris officials said the Genoa conference should conclude tomorrow after ongoing negotiations. The update came from the foreign office as talks proceed on economic and political issues amid international diplomacy.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Building Burned in Wage War as Labor Terror Suspected
Chicago police pursue terrorists tied to wage award protests after a $500000 Sheridan Road building under Landis rules was set afire. The blaze damaged 72 apartments. officials blame Chicago Building Trades Council leaders Big Tim Murphy Fred Madera and Don Shea for orchestrating violence. Guards surround county jail amid fears of inmate rescue by sympathizers.
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Chicago
Landis
Robert J. Crowe
Chicago Building Trades Council
Crowe
Building Trades Council
Ite
Big Tim’ Murphy
Fred Madera
The
Cornelius “Don” Shea
Murphy
United States
Shea
Madera
Mary Corbett
Local Assembly Stated for May 17 at 7 30 PM
A stated assembly is set for May 17 at 7 30 p m. Necessary important business will be conducted. J R Morton and T J M J A Palmer serve as Secretaries.
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J. R. Morton
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Ohio State University
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Epert
Commons
By David M. Church
Hocking Mines
Kiwanis
Bend Town
Pomeroy and
Meigs
Bull
Penrose
Missouri
the Av
By Will Merritt
Rutland, C
Trotsky
Alter
Middle West
Bart J. Campbell
Roosevelt
George E. Alter
Pinchott
Masons
Washington Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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