Break in Big Four railroad unions ends nationwide strike threat
Cleveland reports that W. G. Lee and Warren S. Stone announced end to joint action. Trainmen and conductors will negotiate separately with railroads while engineers and firemen may renew contracts, starting with the Pennsylvania line. Public fear of a nation-wide strike is defused as independent bargaining begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qleveland
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Railway Labor Board
Pennsylvania
Stone
International News Service
Lee
Railroad Labor Board
Both Parties Short of Cash in 1922 Campaign Fight
Washington reports point to lean campaign finances for both parties in the 1922 election. Officials say organizational funds are low with slow collections and old deficits remaining. High taxes, voter apathy, and discontent with Congress are blamed for scarce donations and lingering debts from 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. S
Washington
Iit
Congress
Parety
Ohio labor pushes impeachment and workers party idea
Resolutions calling for the impeachment of Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty were presented at the Ohio Federation of Labor convention in Canton. The resolutions were referred to the legislation committee. A proposal to establish a workers party seeks labor's candidate for every office next year to avoid reliance on either major party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Harry M. Daugherty
Ohio Federation of Labor
Committee On
Workers’ Party
Organized Labor
Leena Owen Divorce Action Switched To Desertion Grounds
In Los Angeles on October 11 the course of Leena Owens divorce suit changed. Charges against actress Estelle Taylor will be dropped and Owens divorce action against actor husband George Walsh will proceed on the simple ground of desertion.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Leena Owen
Estelle Taylor
Leena Owens
George Walsh
Free Mail Delivery Commences Preparations for Wellington
Wellington Oct 11 Work began to number houses and install street signs in preparation for the inauguration of free mail delivery around December 1. This local effort aims to organize addresses for efficient postal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
International News
Plymouth
Eng
Denin de Valera
British debt fund mission head to US delayed departure
Sir Robert Horne chancellor of the exchequer, who will lead the British debt funding mission to the United States to arrange payment of the war debt, will not sail next week as reported and will leave later in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Robert Horne
United States
Britain to deposit 50 million to settle war debt
London reports Great Britain will place 50 million dollars with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as partial payment on back interest for the 4.277 billion dollars borrowed from the United States during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
United States
Missing Funds Probe Focuses on Embezzlement Case
State Attorney says missing money linked to embezzlement may be traced. Susan Kraus, 63, jailed on charges for taking over 400000 from investors in Pomeroy Ohio and other cities. Grand jury witnesses include three elderly women as probe widens across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Susan Kraus
Columbus
Kraus
Zanesville
Springfield
L. Crarg Davis
Burden on Debt Talks Tied to US Gold Control
Representative Theodore E Burton says complete readjustment of the 11 billion dollar Allied debt cannot occur while the United States holds half the world s gold supply. He notes gold would return to Europe as loans float and Europe goods and securities are paid for in gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
American Debt Funding Commission
International New Service Today
Burton
Europe
Fess to Speak in Athens Thursday Oct 19
S. D. Fess of Yellow Springs republican nominee for U S Senate will speak in Athens on Thursday Oct 19, announced by the Athens county republican executive committee. As former chairman of the republican national congressional committee, Fess is a strong Ohio orator and will counter statements by Senator Pomerene. Sheriff Herb Parker said campaign visit plans are not yet final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. D. Fess
Yellow Springs
United States Senate
Athens
Athens County
Republican Executive Committee
Fess
Republican National Congressional Committee
Ohio
Pomerene
Herb Parker
Japan Ready to Accept Bid to Arms Meeting
Tokyo officials said Japan is prepared to accept an invitation to an economic and land disarmament conference if President Harding calls for such a meeting. Informal talks have progressed to this point and Japan stands ready to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokio
Harding
Britain Denies Turkish Straits Blockade Claims
London October 11 The British government sent a note to Russia denying a blockade of the Turkish straits. Moscow had filed a formal protest ten days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Moscow
Villa to form bank in Parral mining town
Francisco Villa announced plans to establish a bank in Parral Chihuahua in the near future. The former Mexican bandit and rebel leader disclosed the move from El Paso Texas on October 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Parral
Chihuahua
First Snow Reported in Muncie Night Observers Say Snow Fell Briefly
In Muncie Indiana residents on the streets at 11 36 last night report snow fell for five minutes melting as it touched the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Year Apart Earthquake Shocks Rancona Again
An earthquake struck Rancona at the same hour as a year ago, shaking the population into panic and causing considerable damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Rancona
Dickenses Welcome Eight-Pound Son
Mr and Mrs Bruce Dickens of Congress street are the parents of an eight pound son born on Monday October 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Dickens
Congress Street
Pomerene Defends Ballot On Tariff in Athens Campaign
Senator Atlee Pomerene of Canton opened the Democratic campaign in Athens county with a speech to a packed courtroom. He condemned the Anti-Saloon league leaders and argued the tariff law raises prices, predicts higher costs for woolen clothing and food, and cites McKinley on foreign markets as he campaigns for re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Saloon League
Atlee Pomerene
Canton
United States
Senate
Athens County
Athens County Common Pleas
Pomerene
Athens
Marieta
Frank Phillips
Democratic Executive Committee
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Middleport
Congress
Ohio
Wheeler
Kano
U. S. Supreme Court
Wayne B. Wheelers
Purley Bekers
Labor Board
McKinley
McCumber
Fordney
Dancer of Phall Chaun cey Thursday October 12
A dancer named Phall Chaun cey is listed with an event dated Thursday October 12, referencing a historical notice. Intended as a brief society item in a local paper. The fragment provides a name and date with no additional context or location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phall Chauncey
Infant bourjaily to be named Vance in Ohio honor
In Cleveland on October 11 a claim is made that the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Bourjaily will be named Vance Bourjaily. The name honors Governor Vance of Ohio, the infant's great great great grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Cleveland
Ohio
M. J. Bourjaily
Vance Bourjaily
Vance
Greeks Ordered to Evacuate Thrace East of Maritza
London reports the allied plan to evacuate all Greek forces east of the Maritza River begins immediately. Turkish acceptance of terms is noted, and Near East peace moves proceed with Scutari talks in view. Prime Minister Lloyd George leaves for home as news is deemed positive.
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David M. Church
1. N
London
Thrace
Maritza River
Mudania
Sir Charles Harrington
Constantinople
Near East
Lloyd George
Scutari
Athens
Rail Labor Leaders Tell President of Unsafe Railroad Equipment
Oscar J. Horn and Thomas Stevenson, counsel for the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen and Enginemen, told President Harding that railroads are disregarding safety laws and using defective equipment. They urged action to force compliance and protect the traveling public. The pair said executives misrepresented conditions during the strike, leading to many bad order locomotives and cars and increasing deaths and injuries among engine and train crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Oscar J. Horn
Thomas Stevenson
Lostro Moves Family to Columbus Ohio Headquarters
Mr John Lostro moves his Durant and Star agency to Columbus Ohio city capital due to 23 county territory and executive offices. He will maintain Athens and Nelsonville agencies with weekly plant visits and a new modern home on Franklin avenue. He regrets leaving Athens but cites business needs and preserving home life for his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lostro
Ohio
John Lostro
Columbus
Durant and Star
Athens
Nelsonville
Franklin Avenue
Coal stove ads surge as cold season begins
With the first real cold spell, Messenger want ads fill heating needs. Coal stoves are in high demand district wide as buyers and sellers rush to place and answer two bit and other ads.
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Messenger
Sid Sherrard
Athens
Frank Tidd
Cooloille
U S Criticized for Not Helping Europe Rebuild
Washington reports widespread criticism that America is doing nothing to ease Europe's distress. Officials insist billions in aid have been spent since the armistice, including relief work and business investments, though critics blame partisan sources and foreign propaganda for the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Europe
Tommuret
America
Sensation Is Sprung by Big Cincinnati Jeweler
Herbert W. Oskamp former vice president of the Oskamp Jewelry company filed for divorce from Louise Oskamp in Cincinnati on October 11 charging she ridiculed him before friends refused to live within his income and was guilty of gross pefect in refusing to take proper home he furnished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Herbert W. Oskamp
Oskamp Jewelry Company
Louise Oskamp
Goodyear To Build Largest U S Army Dirigible
Goodyear Rubber officials announced plans to start work soon on an army semi rigid dirigible. The craft will be the largest ever built in America and is slated to advance Akron Ohio activities in military aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Akron
Judge E. T. Dixon to Speak in Athens on Columbus Day
Cincinnati judge E. T. Dixon will address an Athens audience Thursday evening under the Knights of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Dixon
Cincinnati
Athens
Knights of Columbus
Bill Hart Is Better
Improvement in the condition of William S. Bill Hart two gun man of the screen suffering from typhoid fever and complications was reported today by the physician in attendance in Los Angeles California on October 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hart
Los Angeles
Cal
William
Bill) Hart
Bloodstained basket tied to Hall Mills murder case
In New Brunswick New Jersey a bloodstained basket found near the Hall Mills murder scene fuels expectation of arrests. Authorities consider Clifford Hayes charged with first degree murder amid claims by Raymond Schneider that the teen acted mistakenly. The basket contained stained paper and rags and lay near the Phillips farm under a stunted apple tree.
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New Brunswick
WN. J
Oct. l
Edward W. Hall
James Mills
Clifford Hayes
Raymond Schneider
Phillips Farm
Real Crossing Put in on the Courtney Hill
The Athens Chauncey road on Courtney Hill gains a model crossing as State Highway Engineer Eugene Davis installs a traction line crossing. The rail is laid on a grade and surrounded by eighteen inches of solid concrete tied to the roadway with reinforced concrete, promising smoother automobile passage in the future.
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Eugene Davis
Athens
Athens-Chauncey
Four Athens women granted divorces in common pleas court
Four women and mothers of young children were granted divorces this week in the Athens county common pleas court by Judge Worstel on grounds of extreme cruelty neglect of duty and adultery. Only one plaintiff received alimony as only one husband had proper notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Florence A. Wallace
Athens
Lawrence Wallace
Goldie G. Hamilton
Samuel N. Hamilton
Belva Moore
Wilbur Moore
Groves
Negro Population Moves Northeast for First Time
Washington report shows the national center of Negro population shifting to the extreme northwest corner of Georgia. The center is about 9.4 miles east and 19.4 miles north in 1920 compared with 1921, reversing former southwesterly movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Georgia
LW VV Opens Push to Free 72 I W W Political Prisoners
In Chicago on October 11 800 LW W members in cities nationwide urged action to free 72 I W W members jailed under espionage and war laws. The group called for defeating incumbents opposing clemency and accused President Harding of breaking a July pledge to review cases within 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
LW. W
Congress
Harding
Cathedral Fire Damages Sacred Heart Cathedral
Fire at Sacred Heart Cathedral on First avenue and Hamlet street caused about 2500 in damage. Origin unknown as of early today. Local fire crews battled the blaze in Columbus.
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Columbus
Sacred Heart
First Avenue
Hamslet Street
Home Drying Guide Promises Food Preservation Tips
Department of Agriculture offers a 60 page free booklet on drying vegetables and fruits at home. Readers may request by mailing coupon with two cents for return postage to Frederic J. Haskin and the Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agris Culture
Washesington Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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Republican National Committee
Federation
Daugherty
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Men's Union
Masonic Temple
Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Felton
Thomas Watson
Cartersville
Newark
N. J
Orange
Arthur Nettele
Villa
TU BK
Phillips
Howard Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Reinhardt Mills
Joseph Stricker
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Gray
Worstell
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