Ohio University Memorial Drive Campaign Exceeds Early Goal
One fifth of the Ohio University Alumni Memorial Fund was raised in the first fifteen hours, totaling 73750 dollars toward a 300000 dollar goal. Dinners across the state and in Chicago boosted pledges as Athens reports 21518 dollars and planners urge wider support from businessmen and citizens.
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Ohio University
Ohio
Allen County
Cuyahoga
Franklin
Chicago
Bryan
Police impose martial law style order in Chicago strikes
Chicago police set deadlines and station guards at building sites under the Landis wage award to deter bombings and fires by alleged factions of unions. Police threaten lethal force for resistors as Miller's confession names suspects in the earlier killings. A raid in Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, nets an arrested man connected to Ukrainian Workingmen's Association activity.
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Chicago
Landis
John Miller
Miller
Charles Dandzausky
Floater
Stanley
Charley
Wilkesbarre
Penna
Workingmen’s Association
Tim” Murphy
Fred Madera
Con” Shea
Day urges early bonus fund audit for Ohio compensation
Senator H Day, Republican nominee candidate for Ohio governor, told the International News Service in Cleveland that an immediate check of bonus payment funds and a precise tally of pending claims is needed. He warned that if funds are short, a special session may be called to add amendments before the August primary to prevent two year payment delays. Day noted many requests for action on state compensation applications.
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William J. Huske
Cleveland
H. Day
Mblican
Govern
Ohio
International News Service
Senator Day
Bryan May Be Moderator Candidate At Presbyterian Assembly
William Jennings Bryan emerges as a potential moderator candidate as the 134th general assembly of the Presbyterian church opens in Des Moines Iowa. The piece notes the confectionery industry employs about 300 000 people and represents an investment near two hundred million dollars.
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Bryan Des Moines
William Jennings Bryan
The
Presbyterian Church
134Th General Assembly
United States
Genoa Ends With Truce Accepted For Europe
The international economic conference in Genoa accepted a truce plan operative in Europe during the Russian investigating commission at The Hague and four months after. Premier Lloyd George led the successful negotiations over the nonaggressive pact. The final plenary is set for tomorrow, with a Hague meeting on June 15 and testimony from Russian experts to begin June 26.
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Genoa
General Commission
International Economic Conference
Europe
Hague
Lloyd George
England
The
Russia
Government to Avoid Muckraking in War Fraud Probes
Washington May 18 Attorney General Daugherty declares the government will not alter its war fraud policy despite criticism. He says delays in prosecuting grafters stem from serious mistakes by government accountants discovered in thousands of cases.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Justicc
Daugherty
Alumni Memorial Auditorium investment urged at Ohio University
Ohio University graduates and ex-students are urged to invest in the Alumni Memorial Auditorium as a state benevolence that funds higher education. The appeal frames contributions as a solid investment, noting more than a million dollars yearly flows into Athens from the university and its students, with benefits to the town and institution.
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Ohio University
Alumni Memorial
Athens
Everybod
Athenian
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Ohio University Alumni Memorial
Hinton Battle Promised For Shoe Workers
Cincinnati May 18 Six thousand shoe workers in Cincinnati will walk out Saturday after the International Shoe Workers Union executive council granted a strike. Eleven local unions voted against a 10 percent wage cut, while two factories will continue current pay. Benefits of five dollars weekly will be paid to strikers as employers pledge to fight to a finish.
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Cincinnati
International Shoe Workers’ Union
Advises Europe to Stop Quarrels
MASSILLON OH May 18 Congressman D. Fess Republican candidate for US senator told the local women’s club that the United States has no concern with Europe’s political quarrels except to urge them to settle them among themselves. He said the nation would help Europe once she puts her house in order.
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Massillon, O
Europe
D. Fess
United States
Woman's Club
Dance Chauncey K of P Hall Saturday Night
A social dance at P Hall features Chauncey K and guests on Saturday night May 12 with music and dancing slated into the evening. Attendance expected from local community members and visitors.
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Chauncey K. of
P. Hall
Hoover proposes Garfield price scale to curb coal prices
Government urged 40 major non union coal producers to form clearing house committees to restrain bidding and keep prices at normal levels. Hoover announced the plan after a conference, seeking self government in the industry and support for maintaining stability during the national strike emergency.
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Elyria Machine Co Builds Gasoline Railroad Car
Elyria Ohio May 17 The Elyria Machine company is constructing a gasoline railroad passenger car for steam road branches and Interurban lines. Production is expected to expand significantly in the long term.
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Elyria, C
Elyria Machine Company
Ohio Banks Claim National Prosperity Dawning
Cincinnati May 18 N E Scott state superintendent of banking tells Ohio Bankers association that Ohio has turned the corner with deposits up about 50 million in four months while bankruptcies have not occurred in 18 months. He argues national improvement will follow Ohio's lead as money loosens.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
N. E. Scott
Scott
Ohio Bankers’ Association
Belfast Violence Claims Seven Lives In City Wide Clash
In Belfast and its suburbs during the last 24 hours seven people were killed and more than twenty wounded as armed men in police uniforms attacked the Musgrave bar racks. One constable died, causing panic as pedestrians fled to stores and homes. Two men were shot dead while en route to work.
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Belfast
Musgrave
Pinchot Victory Rocks Old Guard in Pennsylvania Politics
The Pinchot win over the Penrose machine shakes Pennsylvania GOP. Old guard leaders concede the rise of Gifford Pinchot to head the state government reshapes national prospects and inspires progressive Republicans while strikes and unrest heighten pressure on the party.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Penrose
Ty Keystone State
Gifford Pinechot
Theodore Roosevelt
Pinchot
Sharpa
Harry S. New
Harding
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Pinechot
Old Guard
Wark
Sproul
Gerard” Jeaders
United States
George Wharton Pepper
William J. Burke
Pittsburo
Senate
Trotzky Faces Accusation Of Misusing Soviet Funds
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says Leon Trotzky skipped a Moscow meeting after new charges that he misappropriated Soviet funds. He reportedly left the hall by a rear door as uproar followed the accusation.
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London
Leon Trotzky
Moscow
Copenhagen
Daily Telegraph
Trotzky
New England Pair To Go Back To Nature In Maine
In Maine a 27 year old man and his 22 year old wife announce they will live six weeks in the woods without food or weapons. They plan clothing from tree bark and crude tools to catch fish and game. They choose an uninhabited, rugged area to prove man can revert to primitive living.
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New England
Boston
Maine Woods
Carl A. Sutter
Sutter
Maine
Nursitis Spreads to Middle Class Homes Says Health Chief
New York health commissioner Dr. Royal Copeland warns that nurs itis, caused by overreliance on nursemaids, endangers middle class children. He cites charts showing higher illness in children near Central Park and Fifth Avenue and argues motherly care, not expensive nurses, keeps children healthy and bright.
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Hazel Blair
I. N
New York
New York City
Royal
Copeland
International
Central
East Side
Yesterday's in Ohio May 18 1845 notable events
Events include birth of Rt Rev Boyd Vin cent Episcopal bishop of Southern Ohio in Erie 1876 Samuel F Cary nominated for VP on Greenback ticket 1879 death of former Congressman John Berry in Upper Sandusky 1833 born Wyandotte County a fire caused by a overturned footlight in Alliance opera house with casualties 1888 William McKinley speech in Congress replying to Samuel J Randall on the Mills tariff bill.
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Boyd Vincent
Southern
Ohio
Erie
Samuel F. Cary
John Berry
Congress
Upper Sandusky
Wyandotte County
Issa
Opera House
Alliance
William McKinley
Samuel J. Randall
Riot at Baltimore Saloon Shakes City After Prohibition Raid
Quiet returned after a six hour riot near Joseph F. Kelley s Green Mount Avenue home. A Washington enforcement officer and a Baltimore police sergeant were injured. Trucks carrying liquor valued at 500000 were attacked as dry agents battled bricks stones and bottles while seizing contraband.
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Baltimore
Joseph F. Kelley
Green Mount Avenue
Eager Street
Washington
Prohibition Enforcement
Valtimore
Lorain Shipyard Workers End Strike Over Wages
The 306 Lorain shipyard workers, on strike since May 1, will return to work Friday after accepting a five percent wage cut, ending a labor dispute at the Lorain yard.
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Lorain, O
Lorain Shipyards
Explosions Hit Three Nearby Coal Mines in Turtle Creek Area
Three mine tipples were blown at Speelman Bros Silvia Bros and Good Hope mines near Turtle Creek four miles above Pittsburgh. Matthew Patterson, a United Mine Workers leader, reportedly under arrest as Sheriff Woodside warns more arrests imminent. Explosions followed a miners strike that began April 1.
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Pittsburg
Turtle Creek
Matthew Patterson
United Mine Workers
Woodside
Speelman Bros
Silvia Bros
Three Escape With Loot In Missouri Bank Robbery
Three of five Springfield payroll bandits slip past state guards and deputies near Decaturville with $20,000 in loot and a stolen car. They obtained a car and three days of food from farmer E. A. Parrish at gunpoint. Two gun battles near Bradshaw Flats may have left their missing companions dead.
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Decaturville
Springfield
St. Louis
E. A. Parrish
Bradshaw Flats
Youngstown Mayor Confident After Court Ruling
Mayor George L. Oles dismissed a Columbus ruling threatening removal as legal technicalities. He says he was elected by the people and will serve as mayor until fall when he becomes governor. Local politicians see the move as political fodder for fall campaigns.
Naval Scrapping Measure Passes in House Without Vote
The naval scrapping bill passed the House on Wednesday without objection or a record vote. It authorizes the president to scrap naval vessels under the armament conference treaty and provides for converting two 60 percent complete battleship cruisers into naval airplane carriers.
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Washington
House
Ohio Mayors Not in Danger of Ouster After Court Ruling
Columbus May 18 Ohio mayors elected as independents including Mayor George L Oles of Youngstown are not at risk of removal due to a state supreme court ruling. The court said officials elected without primary nomination cannot be voted for in large municipalities unless charters allow petition nomination. Justice Ben W Hough said the ruling does not affect current officeholders while the decision drew mixed opinions among justices.
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C. H. Haddox
IL N.S
Columbus
George L. Oles
Youngstown
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Ben W. Hough
Delaware
Hough
Jones Mathias
Robinson
Marshall
Wanamaker
Johnson
Fire safety instruction for youths urged by national board
The Athens Messenger promotes fire prevention education for children urging citizen responsibility. It notes a fire in the U S occurs each minute and resources a free Fire Booklet from the National Board of Fire Underwriters via the Washington Information Bureau, with a two cent return postage request.
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Losa
United States
National Board of Five
Washington Information Bureau
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