Thousands of U S Troops Return from Overseas
New York May 22 United Press More than 30,000 soldiers are due in New York before night aboard ships Imperator Leviathan and others racing from Brest. The report lists troops aboard including 89th 33rd 58th and 82nd divisions with brigadiers and generals aboard as casuals.
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New York
United Press
Imperator
Leviathan
Atlantic
Brest
Sandy Hook
Levianthan
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
355Th Infantry
129Th
354Th Infantry
177Th Infantry
Johnson Hagood
108Th Field Artillery
107Th Field Artillery
126Th Infantry
322Nd Field Artillery
130Th Infantry
125Th Infantry
147Th Field Artillery
110Th Infantry
Peter Harris
Wm. A. Snow
Tiernan H. Horn
Alfred A. Starbird
Ohiolan
M. 328Th Infantry
Manchuria
58Th Infantry
New Jersey
104Th Engineers
Frank S. Cohen
58Th Field Artillery
Charleston
108Th Engineers
324Th Field Artillery
Seattle
Ohio
Pennsylvania
311Th Infantry
Delaware
Ohio Near-Beer Tax Heads to Drug Stores and Confec tionaries
May 22 Columbus Ohio drug stores and confectionaries that sold near beer before or after May 27 face a $1000 tax under state law, according to Frank S. Evans chief inspector of the state liquor license commission. Evans says enforcement may vary and some commission members disagree with his interpretation. Legal experts split on the issue.
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Columbus
Ohio
Don Aiken
Frank S. Evans
State Liquor License Commission
Evans
State Liquor Commission
Alice Brady Marries Actor James L Crane in Ceremony
New York May 22 Alice Brady stage and screen star wed actor James L Crane son of Rev Dr Frank Crane. Ceremony performed by the bridegroom’s father. William A Brady and Mrs Brady formerly Grace George sent congratulations from London.
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New York
Alice Brady
James L. Crane
Frank Crane
William A. Brady
Brady
Grace George
London
Coal Association warns of famine as mines resume
J D Morrow, general secretary of the National Coal Association, warned Chicago readers that further delays in coal buying could trigger famine and higher prices in coming months as consumers deplete reserves. He noted that many of Athens county's mines have begun operation.
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Chicago, Ill
J. D. Morrow
National Coal Association Today
Athens County
Stores to Close in Hot Season
Athens grocers will close Thursday afternoons from June 1 to August 31. Other merchants plan Thursday closures July 10 to September 15. All stores will close Memorial Day May 30.
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Athens Retail Merchants’ Association
Pay Checks For Families Soon
Washington May 22 The bill carrying 39 million dollars for payment of family allotment and allowance checks will be reported out this afternoon by the House appropriations committee chairman Good. He urged passage of the bill immediately upon presentation.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Good
Uniforms Arrive for Athens Hi Band Members
New navy blue and gold uniforms arrived for the Athens High School band members. The outfits are described as heavy but attractive in design.
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Athens Hi Band
Flight Across Atlantic Delayed By Wind in Azores
In Ponta Delgada Azores Lieut Commander A C Read takes command to finish the trans Atlantic flight after NC 4 was unable to depart due to stiff winds and a choppy sea. The Lisbon leg was postponed again as the NC 3 remains wrecked and the mission shifts completion plans to Read.
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Ponta Delgada
Azores
A. C. Read
John H. Towers
Read
Lisbon
Inter Church Move Backed by Assembly
The Presbyterian General Assembly, meeting in St. Louis, selects Philadelphia as the 1920 meeting place. It endorses labor rights and the inter church world movement, supporting workers participation in decisions affecting prosperity and happiness. The executive commission report notes church agencies favored empowered action during wartime if advised.
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ST. Louis
Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
Executive Commission On Inter-Church Movement
Fake Salvation Army solicitor cornered in Athens
Chief Porter detained a portly man in a Salvation Army uniform who claimed to collect subscriptions for returning soldiers. The faker admitted he was not a Salvation Army solicitor and said he would speak at the courthouse corner tonight after being ordered from Pomeroy.
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Salvation Army
Porter
Athens
S. A
Pomeroy
Court House
Frank "Dutch" Rose Arrested On Drunk Charge
Deputy McKinley arrested Frank "Dutch" Rose on a drunkenness charge at the fair grounds. An officer said Rose may be held in jail until the end of the wet season.
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Frank
Rose
McKinley
Germany’s Final Counter Proposals At Versailles
Germany backs Wilson’s principles and seeks plebiscites in eastern and western provinces. It would accept disarmament with 200 000 troops for internal order, and retain merchant ships after abolishing the navy. Indemnities to be fixed as a single lump sum.
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Carl D. Groat
United Press
Berlin
Germany
Wilson
Versailles
Saar
Cadet Units Formed for Centenary in Columbus
Methodist Centenary celebration officials urge enlistment of 16 to 19 year old youths into a Centenary Cadet regiment to guard and usher at the June 20 to July 13 exposition in Columbus Ohio. Major General Leonard Wood will review the cadets, with 500 khaki uniforms prepared and aviation barracks quarters secured at Ohio State University. Nominations are routed through pastors and district superintendents to Lt Roy M Worley in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States
Leonard Wood
S. Earl Taylor
U. S. Aviation
Ohio State University
Taylor
Roy M. Worley
East Gay St
Small Occupation Force To Remain In France
Army officials say an occupation force not exceeding 100 000 will stay in France but only briefly. After releasing the Fourth and Fifth divisions for early convoy, three regular army divisions remain unassigned: First, Second, and Third. Fourth and Fifth are in Germany and preparing to return home.
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Washington
France
Germany
Millfield Man Pleads Guilty to Beating Daughter
George Shilling of Millfield pleaded guilty before Squire Helwig to beating his fourteen year old daughter. He paid a fine and costs, with a six month suspended workhouse sentence. The victim helps care for four siblings as her mother is dead. Shilling allegedly used a whip leaving blue marks on her back. He was arrested by Chief Porter and Deputy Moe Kinley.
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George Shilling
Millfield
Squire Helwig
Shilling
Porter
Moe Kinley
Real Jobs for Soldiers New U S Slogan
Columbus Ohio May 22 Don't be a Hun cootie Get an honest job A Hun cootie by the way is the name given to soldiers who attempt to commercialize their uniform by peddling about the streets The war department the U S Employment Service and the Soldiers Emergency Employment Committee headed by Colonel Arthur Woods a special assistant to Secretary Baker have issued this appeal to discharged men Every effort is being made to offer honest employment to discharged men thru these agencies said a statement today All they need to do is to register at their local employment office or Bureau for Returned Soldiers No effort will be spared to find them suitable work It s a disgrace to the soldier and to the community to permit men in uniform to peddle about the streets.
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Columbus
War Department
U. S. Employment Service
Soldiers’ Emergency Employment Committee
Arthur Woods
Baker
Hawker’s Plane Undercarriage Drops Ground Trailer Believed Cause
In St Johns Newfoundland on May 22 the theory emerged that dropping the airplane undercarriage damaged the wireless ground trailer, preventing Hawker from transmitting after his jump to Ireland last Sunday.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Harry G. Hawker
Hawker
Ireland
Orlando in Paris from Bar donecchia cabinet talks
Premier Orlando arrived in Paris from Bar donecchia after meetings with his cabinet. He did not expect to return before tomorrow. European researchers announce lighter and more comfortable rubber artificial eyes, partially pneumatic, than glass ones.
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Paris
Orlando
Bardonecchia
Europe
Charges Fly Over Ohio Liquor Law Interpretations
In Columbus on May 22 J A White challenged L H Gibson head of the Ohio Home Rule Association arguing he errs in court interpretations of liquor laws. White accused the wets of avoiding the Supreme Court ruling on home rule and questioned Gibson’s stance on emergency measures and state jurisdiction. He asserted Gibson aided German propaganda funds and urged lawmakers not to heed his advice.
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Columbus
L. H. Gibson
Ohio Home Rule Association
Ohio
J. A. White
Supreme Court
White
Gibson
Home Rule Association
A. Mitchell Palmer
United States
Officers Hunt Down Auto Thief Louis White Haydenville
Sheriff Parker and Chief Porter arrested Louis White of Haydenville after a seven hour chase through southern Athens county. The stolen car, belonging to Andrew Burns of Haydenville, was recovered at Coolville and the suspect will be held in the county jail in Logan pending a Logan hearing.
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Louis, White
Haydenville
Parker
Porter
White
Porterville
Coolville
Athens County
Andrew Burns
Logan
Miss Frances Jeffries Visits Shade After Grant Hospital Stay
Miss Frances Jeffries arrives to spend time with her mother Mrs. Mary Jeffries at Shade after two years in Grant hospital in Columbus. She prepared for overseas Red Cross duty and expects to sail for France within a few weeks if arrangements are made.
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Frances Jeffries
Mary Jeffries
Shade
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Red Cross
Miss Jeffries
France
Wisconsin Senator Spooner Ill in New York
Former U S senator G C Spooner of Wisconsin is seriously ill in New York on May 22 with details suppressed and visitors forbidden at the hospital.
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Senator Spooner III
New York
G. C. Spooner
Wisconsin
Republicans Welcome Women Voters to Join Party as Equals
Will Hays, chairman of the national Republican committee, declares women voters will join the party as individuals with equal rights, not as a separate group. He emphasizes assimilation, no permanent separate women's organization, and full participation under existing suffrage.
Organized Anarchy Threatens Spain, Warns Correspondent
Paris dispatch reports pessimism from Spain as general unrest grows into strikes and separatist momentum. William Philip Simms cites L Information analysis warning that decades of weak leadership and debt erode public resolve, risking the advance of organized anarchy from Asia toward the Mediterranean.
French Expect German Peace Signage Despite Bluff
Paris dispatch reports French officials believe Germany will sign under protest when faced with a tightened economic blockade and Allied resolve. Brockdorff Rantzau may resist signing in current form, aiming to force concessions and protest reparations. The Big Four address Saar Valley concessions as talks on mandates over former Turkish territories stall. The American delegation shows little enthusiasm for a Constantinople mandate under the current plan.
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United Press
Paris
Germany
Brockdorff-Rantzau
Brockdorff- Rantzau
Brockdorff
Rantzau
France
Saar
Constantinople
Wilson
Saar Valley
American Commission
Rough Seas Delay NC-4 Lisbon Jump Off
May 22. Rough seas and a stiff wind across the Atlantic swelled by ocean tempests at the Azores postponed the NC-4 departure for Lisbon. Admiral Jackson’s 4.10 am report from Ponta Delgada said the start would not occur today due to rough seas. Commander Read and crew likely to continue to England without changes. Towers sought Plymouth by boat to avoid moving the crew.
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Washington
Azores
Lisbon
Admiral Jackson
Ponta del Gada
Navy Department
Ponta Delgada
Read
England
Commander Towers
Towers
Plymouth
Work Increases In This Country
Slight improvement in unemployment conditions is shown by weekly telegraphic reports of the United States employment service. Of 87 cities reporting, 15 show shortages, 10 in the south. 33 report equality. 39 show a surplus. New York has 125000 to 200000 out of work, Cleveland 20000, Pittsburgh 20000. Akron Ohio and Charleston W V also reported shortage.
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Washington
United Press
United States Employment Service
South
New York
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Quu
Akron
Ohio
Charleston
W. Va
Wilson Not Satisfied With German Peace Treaty
Paris May 22 President Wilson and his friends say the German peace treaty is the best possible under the circumstances though many American commission objections persist. They note changes after printing and acknowledge hours of effort to align terms with Wilson's principles and the league of nations goal.
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Paris
Wilson
American Commission
League of Nations
Irish Leader Rejects Any Treaty Through British Delegates
Paris May 22 Ed ward De Valera sends a letter to Premier Clementeau stating the Irish people will not accept any treaty made on their behalf by British delegates. The disclosure came from United Press sources outlining Ireland's stance.
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Paris
United Press
Clementeau
Edward de Valera
Anti-Saloon League Set to Form Dry Campaign Plan
Washington May 22 The nineteenth convention of the Anti-Saloon League of America will meet June 4 8 to plan enforcement of constitutional prohibition and a worldwide dry campaign announced by dry officials.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League of America
Arrest of Joseph Edwards Ends High Finance Experiment
Chicago authorities detained Joseph Edwards today ending a scheme that supported three wives on a $100 monthly income. The case involved financial arrangements and legal scrutiny surrounding the men’s support network.
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Chicago
Ill
Joseph
Edwards
Man Seeks Retention Of New $4,000 Home On Old Lot
Detroit man Charles Anderson visited a lot he previously bought and discovered a new $4,000 house built on it. He now seeks to retain the home despite the redevelopment.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles Anderson
Special communications at Para Mathia Lodge No 25 May evenings
The Para Mathia Lodge No 25 F and A M holds special communications on May 20 May 22 and May 23 for Master Mason Entered Apprentice and Master Mason work with Roy Hinchman W M and J A Palmer Sec 5 19 5.
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Paramathia Lodge No. 25
Roy Hinchman
W. M. J. A. Palmer
Bolsheviki Begin Spring Offensive Across Baltic Front
A Libau dispatch reported the Bolsheviki spring offensive began Sunday along the Baltic front from Schleck to Bauske with large forces. fighting continues. In Copenhagen Ukrainian forces besiege Kieft, with War Minister Trotsky directing defenders.
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Paris
United Press
Agencey Radio
Baltic
Schleck
Bauske
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Whle
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Morocco
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Ferguson
Lowell Mellett
Big Four
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