Miners Strike Organizer Arrested in Williamson
A. D. La Vender, a leading organizer in Mingo county since the coal miners strike began, was jailed in Williamson after being arrested by state police. He faces charges of resisting arrest possessing a deadly weapon disrespecting officers and slurring the governor.
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Williamson
W. Va
A. D
Doc) la Vender
Mingo County
la Vender
Walter Asburg
Mohawk
Welch
Asbury
McDowell County
Berman Hatfield
Borderland
Freight traffic in district returns to normal levels
Local B and O official reports freight business is returning to normal after wartime lows. Through traffic and manufactured goods shipments rise while Ohio coal remains weak and lake coal demand shifts to Kentucky and West Virginia fields.
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Athens
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Kntucky
Former Judge Arrington in Critical Condition After Stroke
Cincinnati May 24 John W Arrington 74 former judge of the United States circuit court of appeals was in unconscious at his home today with the entire right side paralyzed following a stroke suffered during a Sunday luncheon.
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Cincinnati
John Warrington
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Investment ruling bars state building loans from foreign trade firm
Columbus May 24 Building and loan associations in the state cannot invest in the stock of the foreign trade financing corporation under a ruling by Frank F McGuire state inspector of building and loan associations.
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Columbus
Theoreign Trade Financing
Stated Conclave of Athens Commandery
Stated conclave scheduled for Wednesday evening May 25 at 7 oclock. Special conclave Thursday May 26 at 2 oclock to confer the Order of the Temple upon nine candidates. Your presence and cooperation is requested. See notice 5-23-2.
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Athens
Secial
Order of E Temple
Ogre
National Farmers Union states press meeting at White House
A. C. Davis secretary of the National Farmers Union led members from thirty six states in urging President Harding to aid in reducing excessive freight rates on farm products. The gathering included representatives from at least one state noted by the press.
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A. C. Davis
National Farmers’ Union
Harding
White House
Arrow
National Farmers
British Spare Lives Amid Egyptian Riots in Alexandria
Alexandria Egypt May 24 British commander proclaims machine guns will be used against houses with sniping. Curfew last night and patrols kept streets quiet. Of 23 killed in the riots none were British soldiers though some Britons were among 130 wounded. The situation remained calm today.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Intoxicated men linked to beer at neighbors’ homes
Frank Rose of North Congress and Wash Cable of North Court street were arrested for intoxication. Rumors alleged Cable had beer at his house and visited Rose’s barn. Mrs Cable showed a 10 gallon jug to Chief Graham and a sample was sent to Ohio University for testing by Dr Bentley.
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Frank Rose
North Congress
Wash Cable
North Court Street
Cable
Graham
Columbus Police Identify Suspects in Crime Wave
Police in Columbus say they have identified those behind a recent crime wave. Three men were arrested after a clash with officers in Lima on Saturday, with other gang members identified as responsible for the Grove City bank robbery and multiple theatre holdups and other crimes.
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Columbus
Lima
Grove City
Fourteen Fire Alarms Hit Columbus in Five Hours
An electrical storm sparked numerous blazes in Columbus causing fourteen fire alarms within five hours. Total damage is estimated at 35000 dollars.
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Columbus
Butter sale at ten cents a pound shocks Hocking County
C J West, agricultural statistician, reports in the Columbus area that country butter is priced at 10 cents per pound in Hocking County, reflecting regional market conditions and farm supply dynamics.
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Columbus
Hocking County
C. J. West
Live Without Pay In Bellefontaine Police Fire Units
Bellefontaine police and fire personnel have been unpaid due to financial turmoil. The city cannot sell bonds to cover the shortfall, leaving essential workers awaiting compensation.
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Bellefontaine
Benka
Band Meeting for American Legion Players Set at Armory
A meeting of American Legion Band players is called for Wednesday at 6 30 PM at the armory. All ex service men eligible should report. Rehearsal for the parade is planned for Decoration Day Monday.
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American Legion
Armory
Smith to Speak at Chamber Lunch Tomorrow
Hon Harvey C Smith secretary of state will address the noon day luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow. He has been postponed twice before and is a longtime state political leader and governor advisor known for his legislative experience.
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Harvey C. Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Smith
B P O E Regular Meeting Tonight at 7 30
The B P O E announces a regular meeting this evening at 7 30 with important business on the agenda.
Clown Tom Onso Heads to Dempsey Carpentier Fight
Onso a former circus clown and contortionist of fifty years is walking to attend the Dempsey Carpentier bout in New Jersey on July 2. He reportedly started his journey earlier than others in the community to witness the big fight.
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Upper Sandusky
Tom Onso
New Jersey
Germany Promises to Close Silesia Frontier and Disarm Forces
Paris reports Germany pledges to close the Upper Silesia frontier and disarm and dissolve regular forces sent against the Poles. The promise follows a French ultimatum and was submitted to the German ambassador just last night.
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Paris
Germany
Upper Silesia
Fiere
German Volunteers Drive Polish Nests in Ode River Region
Armed German volunteers charged Polish machine gun nests and drove Poles from a large area along the Oder river near Oppe lin. Germans seized arms and ammunition, rounded up Poles near Gross Gerschutz, and ranged armed Czecho Sl ovaks on the frontier. An armored German train fired on Polish forces in southern Silesia, as Poles retreated across the Oder and dynamite was planted under a railway bridge. The fighting near Crosstein yielded mutilated German casualties.
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Oppelin
Ode
Gross Gerschutz
Czecho-Slovakia
Silesia
Oder
Los Lau
Crosstein
Harding Calls Slacker Traitor of Peace at Polls Warning
President Harding told an Academy of Political Science luncheon that the war slacker is worse than a peace traitor and urged citizens to engage in politics to keep it clean, saying if politics is unclean it is their duty to reform it. He also defended his speaking style, asserting listeners should understand him.
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New York
Harding
The
Academy of Political Science
Insurgent Senate Push Sees Navy Pay Debate Intensify
United Press reports May 24 as insurgents in the Senate rally against administration leadership on appropriations. The next test is a vote on a naval committee amendment raising navy pay by 15 million dollars, expanding personnel to 120,000 from a house provision of 100,000. Leaders Borah Capper say inland states show new life in defense and finance policy.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Naval Committee
House
Senate Naval Committee
Borah
Capper
Middle West
Former Chief Crozier Accuses Crown Forces of Terror
London May 24 Former Black and Tan chief Crozier alleges crown forces in Ireland murdered Irish people burned looted stores and carried out terror. He says he resigned after looter sentences were overruled by higher authorities and accuses Dublin Castle officials of farming evidence and suppressing three murder cases.
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London
Crozier
Black and Tan Police
Ireland
Daily News
Dublin Castle
Battle in Mayo as police and Sinn Fein clash near Newport
Nineteen police and thirty Sinn Feiners fought for five hours near Newport in County Mayo. The confrontation was reported from Dublin Castle.
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Dublin
Newport
County Mayo
Dublin Castle
Moonshine Destroyed in Springfield Dump Raid
Prohibition agents seized 400 gallons of steam alcohol and white mule liquor plus beer valued at 10 000 dollars at an old dump near Bunn Park in Springfield Ontario? The item notes the moonshine bust and its estimated value.
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Springfield
Til
Bunn Park
Taking Long Hike to Look at Poles
NORWALK C May 23 Fred Isele starts a two thousand mile trip from Maumee to Denver Colorado. He plans eight months on the road inspecting poles and wires for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company with two fellow inspectors.
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Norwalk
Fred Isele
Maumee
Denver
Cal
Colorado City
Isele
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Ohio
Colorado
Corn bread moulds yield eerie ogre-like bone images
Fragmentary text describes corn bread moulds that allegedly produce miniature bone like forms resembling eerie ogres. The passage is unclear but suggests a bizarre culinary curiosity with skeletal impressions.
Athens High to stage A Man's Man play this year
The senior class play A Man's Man at Athens High School will run Thursday and Friday evenings in Ewing hall auditorium. Openings at McKee's Drug Store Wednesday morning for Thursday’s performance and at Thursday noon for Friday's show. Based on The Admirable Crichton by Barrie, the production is described as the school’s most difficult yet.
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Athens High School
Ewing Hall
McKee’s
Crichton
Barrie
Athens High
Shoe repairmen say shorter skirts boost business
Like Short Skirts ZANESVILLE, O May 23 Shoe repair men here are not joining the campaign against short skirts for women. They claim that short skirts have increased their shoe repair business among women patrons 75 percent. Long skirts concealed defective shoes and made women careless about footwear they say.
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Zanesville, O
Mooney Arrives in San Francisco to Seek New Trial
Thomas Mooney reached San Francisco on May 23 to press for a new trial, renewing his long fight amid public attention and legal proceedings.
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San Francisco
Thomas Mooney
Rainstorm Drenches Athens After Week of Heat
After days of dry heat a Monday afternoon storm brought wind and lightning to Athens. The storm raged for an hour or more, toppling trees and tearing limbs before heavy rain fell after darkness. Ground remained soaked for hours as streets filled with debris.
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Athens
High Ground
Taxation as Democratic comeback hope in Bryan address
William Jennings Bryan argued in Columbus that taxation is the Democrats' path to power, predicting a new party leader will emerge from the issue. He urged a firm pro common man stance and proposed disarmament by agreement, starting with a ten percent cut to signal global peace efforts.
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Columbus
Democratic Party
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
New Suspect Arrested in Wall Street Bombing Case
Government disclose first named individual in Wall Street bombing probe. Giuseppe de Filipis, identified as driver of the explosives wagon, was arrested in Bayonne on charges related to attempting or using bombs.
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Giuseppe de Filipis
Wall Street
Giuseppe
Bayonne
Black Sox Risk Park License Over Southside Stars
A Chicago judiciary committee urged Mayor Thompson to revoke Frank P. Conrey’s park license unless he drops the Southside Stars from his roster. The group includes former White Sox Felch, Jackson, Risberg, Williams and Gandil amid 1919 World Series conspiracy charges.
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Ballgcom Crooks
Chicago
Black Sox
Council Judiciary Committee
Thompson
Frank P. Conrey
Southside Stars
South Side
White Sox
Felch
Jackson
Risberg
Williams
Gandil
Ohio University student Masonic club elects officers
The Monday meeting at the campus cafeteria elected Joseph Myers as president, Clarence Grow as vice president, and Lawrence Keller as secretary-treasurer. Forty members attended along with several faculty Masons, and speeches by E. W. Chubb R. L Morton Fordyte Stewart and Homer Cherrington preceded a social gathering praising fraternal bonds.
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Student Masonic Club of
Ohio University
E. W. Chubb
R. L Morton
Fordyte Stewart
Homer Cherrington
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph Myers
Clarence Grow
Lawrence Keller
Fraternity Row Incident Ends with Arrests at Illinois Campus
Fraternity members at the University of Illinois caused disturbances by shouting and parading sorority girls through campus. Police arrested several individuals after a late night disturbance. The jazz band stopped playing when authorities arrived and the station house returned to order.
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Fraternity Ys
University of Illinois
Night Force
Jury to hear McInerny perjury case today
In Cleveland on May 24, the case of Mrs. Julia McInerny charged with inducing Joseph Johnson to commit perjury at the first trial of former city court judge William H. McGannon was set to go to a jury in common pleas court today.
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Cleveland
Julia McInerny
Joseph Johnson
William H. McGannon
Common Pleas Court
Salvation Army Schedules Special Meetings This Week
The Salvation Army will hold special meetings Thursday and Saturday evenings. Thursday evening Rev Genheimer of the Richland Avenue M P church will lead with a noon service at the courthouse corner.
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Salvation Army
Genheimer
Richland Avenue
M. P. Church
O'eh Court House
Lawmakers Have Final Judgment On Reorganization Act
Columbus May 24 Judgment of the state legislature in attaching emergency measures is conclusive says General Price in answer to suits to initiate a referendum on the administrative re organization act Price argues the reorganization bill is sound political economy and that the constitution exempts it from a referendum He asks the court to render a judgment as they stand without further hearing on the matter
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Columbus
General Price
Price
Supreme Court
Cal Economy
Seb
J. F. Republican
MNO State Legislative Committee
Not Our Pat Quinlan Denies Russian Link
Patrick Quinlan, a former Athens boy studying at the American College in Louvain Belgium, writes The Messenger to deny authorship of a United Press piece about Russian Reds. He says his name has been tangled with another Quinlan and he knows nothing of the Soviet story.
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Patrick T. Quinlan
Athens
American College
Louvain
Belgiu
The
Messenger
Ing
United Press
Patrick Quinlan
Belgium
Russia
Patrick Quinland
Riots Mar Polling Day in Belfast Ireland
Seventeen voters were stabbed and beaten in election day riots in Ballymaca ret shipyard district Belfast amid clashes between Labour agitators Sinn Fein supporters and anti-Ulsterites. Voters faced taunts as balloting began while De Valera and Craig spoke urging unity and political aims.
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Belfast
Ballymacaret
Sinn Fein
Saunders Street
Eamonn de Valera
Northern Parliament Union
Sirames Craig
de Valera
Orange
Green
Craig
Lost his battle acquittal in auto theft case
William Loveless of Hubbard Ohio loses his bid for review as the Ohio Supreme Court overruled his motion. The ruling leaves intact his conviction from Trumbull county court for automobile stealing.
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Columbus
William Loveless
Hubbard
Trumbull County
Supreme Court
Telegraph Company Uses Police Messengers at Night
In Martins Ferry authorities report the local telegraph firm employs police as night messengers to handle sensitive dispatches. The move aims to speed delivery and improve security for late shipments. Local residents express mixed views on police involvement in civilian services.
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Martins Ferry — Telegraph Company
DROWNS IN RIVER NEAR ELYRIA
Ben Farrahs, 19, drowned while swimming in the river near Elyria. The tragedy occurred during a recreational outing with friends. authorities investigated the incident and recovered the body from the water.
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Elyria
Ben Farrahs
Here
English clergyman invents motor propelled baby carriage
An English clergyman develops a motor driven baby carriage that uses an automobile self starter for power. The device marks an early attempt to mechanize infant transport using automotive technology.
Local Class Program Honors Graduates Amidsong
Florence Savage leads a class program featuring the song America as five diplomas are awarded. Recipients include Elsie Arnold Gleneski Clyde Vernon Hilt Whitehair Kala McBases Carl Fred Burdéss and others in Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville
Florence Savage
Tory
Clarence
Walter Tarnett
Knight
America
Elsie
Arnold Gleneski
Clyde Vernon
Hilt
Ee Whitehair
Kala McBases
Carl Fred Burdéss
New York Airbase Burglary Suspect Flew a Mile
A burglary charge faces William Dounslard and Stephen Cantarana after allegedly stealing an item from Mitchell Field and fleeing a mile away by plane, according to the article.
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New York
William Dounslard Agg
Stephen Cantarana
Mitchell Field
Ale
Contracts Awarded for $500000 Canton City Improvement
Gamton 18 active Canton reports contracts awarded totaling five hundred thousand dollars for city improvement projects.
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Gamton
Meeting Notice for Encampment Attendance Tuesday
Wanted large attendance at Aji ens Encampment 175 Tuesday evening 24th business of importance F T GOODING C B
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.C. F
Ajiens
Impance
Free Educational Packages for Children Arrive in Bulk
Washington Information Bureau of The Messenger announces additional stock of free educational materials for children. Includes bio calendars bird and animal books and other informative items. First come first served by coupon write plainly and enclose two stamps for return postage free outside the Children's age group.
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Washington Information Bureau of the Messenger
A. J. Hee
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