President Wilson Ill. Officials Judge Rest and Recovery Ahead
United Press reports show officials expect Wilson to return within a month to six weeks and note steady improvement. Senators doubt a six week timeline, caution about possible longer illness, while doctors say nervous exhaustion is the primary risk and rest is essential.
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Hugh Baillie
United Press
Washington
Wilson
White House
League of Nations
Hitchcock
Grayson
Fiume Settlement Lays Out Independent State Plan
Paris dispatch says Italy accepts a Fiume settlement granting an independent state with the port under League of Nations control. The report notes the arrangement places sovereignty with a self governing entity while the league oversees port authority.
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Paris
Petit Pariesiene
Fiume
League of Nations
Famous Man to Speak at Athens Lunch Tomorrow
Athens will host a noon luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce with Dr. C. F. Wishart as guest speaker. Wishart, president of Wooster College and secretary of the national Presbytery education board, is noted for his national reputation. The event is expected to draw a capacity crowd and highlight the luncheon series.
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Athens
Ohio Synod of the Presbyterian Church
C. F. Wishart
Chamber of Commerce
Wishart
D. D
Wooster College
Second Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Board of Education
National Presbytery
Riot of Strikers Shocks Youngstown at Carnegie Steel
One man was shot and several beaten when striking workers clashed with police near the Carnegie Steel Company works in Youngstown Ohio early today. Police dispersed a crowd of men throwing stones as mills in the district try to resume operations amid a severe strike but optimism remains for breaking it.
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Youngstown
Ohio Works
Carnegie Steel Company
Zero Hour Club Formed by Wounded Veterans at OSU
At Ohio State University in Columbus an organization of wounded ex soldiers formed Monday evening at the campus. Named The Zero Hour Club, it operates at government expense with Raymond H. Rogers as president and officers including Ralph C. Hersman as vice president Bryce Briggs as secretary treasurer Carl J. Wallen as executive chairman and other committee members listed.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Zero Hour Club
Raymond H. Rogers
Clarksville
Ralph C. Hersman
Ada
Bryce Briggs
New Holland
Carl J. Wallen
New York
Tariff proposed to bar Japanese bean competition
California bean growers asked Congress to impose a 2 to 4 cent per pound tariff on beans to curb Japanese competition. The plan cites 85 percent of U S beans facing Japanese imports and notes producers struggle as prices drop from seven to six cents to meet cheap Orient product.
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Washington
California
Ways and Means Committee
America
Aaron Piro
Lead Strikers Run Two Centered Steel Districts
National steel strike leadership reorganizes after nationwide walkout. State officials divide the country into credentialed districts with explicit instructions from the national committee. David Williams heads the Buffalo district and W H Young leads the Pueblo Colorado district.
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Sarini
Pacers
Sanett
National
David Williams
Buffalo
W. H. Young
Pueblo, Colomo
Toledo Mayor S Clean Out Undesirables With Officers
Toledo O Oct 14 Almost one hundred men are in the city jail after Mayor Schreiber ordered arrests of all men unable to prove a legitimate occupation. Plain clothes men swept out favorite haunts of undesirables. Louie Wittenberg a bondsman was arrested with twenty five others on gambling charges. The mayor says Toledo must be thoroughly protected and asks the council to add 100 more officers.
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Toledo
Schreiber
Louie’ Wittenberg
Council
Bomb maker linked to 36 devices sought by justice officials
Chicago notices reveal that a suspect who produced thirty six bombs mailed to prominent U S figures last May is held at Gary Indiana. The Gimbel Brothers label was used on the bombs and authorities warn many suspects remain at large. Explosives were traced to Aetna powder works near Gary and the case connects to a Palmer home blast.
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Chicago, Ill
Gary
Ind
Chicago Tribune Today
W. S. Mapes
Gimbel Brothers
Liberty
Tribune
The
Aetna
Department of Justice
United States
A. Mitchell Palmer
Chicago
New York
Warn Miners to Stand by Promise
Washington officials warn coal miners that their contract with the government remains binding and must be fulfilled. Senate plans to avert a November 1 strike include seeking a presidential proclamation to end the war and possible ruling on contract validity.
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Raymond Clapper
United Presse
Washington
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Senate
Labor
Wilson
Administration
Palmer
Hines
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Garfield
Miners Stand Firm as Strike Action Looms
Indianapolis October 14. John L. Lewis acting president of the United Mine Workers declares the miners will not retract. He says the strike order will go out tomorrow or Thursday as miners face distress and must take action.
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Bulleti
Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers OF America
Philadelphia
New Franchise Granted for Ohio River Electric in Pomeroy
Pomeroy council granted a fifteen year franchise to the Ohio River Electric Railway and Power Company at a special adjourned meeting. The ordinance limits freight hauling to non steam methods except emergencies and expands the Pomeroy zone to cover all village roads. Evidence of company reservations emerged as Receiver Hartwell indicated the franchise may hold little value as drafted.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River Electric Railway and Power Company
Pomeroy Council
State
Public Utilities Commission
Harry Hartwell
Hartwell
Wyatt G. Pantz
Bondholders’ Protective Committee
Curtis
Atorney
Philadelphia
English auto builder tests boats in water sealed parts
An English automobile maker focuses on colonial trade by enclosing magnetos and carburetors in water tight compartments and tests cars by driving them through water to prove sealing and durability.
Lettish Troops Hold Riga Against German Assault
London reports Lettish forces still held Riga amid fighting. Germans failed to breach the Dwina defenses. Lettish morale described as high. Letts moved government to Wenden near Riga while Allied cruisers aided defense and Estonia pledged to fight if Von der Goltz advances.
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London
Riga
Dwina
Letts
Wenden
Leidener
Esthonia
von der Goltz
Cleveland Strikes Clash injure police and workers
In Cleveland on October 14 sporadic clashes erupted near steel mills as strike breakers arrived. Patrolman Covinski was stabbed and beaten, with a dozen others hurt and four hospitalized. Police detained two groups of alleged strike breakers from Detroit and Pittsburgh as picketing was ordered to continue.
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Cleveland
Covinski
Cuyahoga
American Steel and Wire Company
Athens Man Hurt Boarding Early Train to Mine Work
John N. Cook was badly bruised after the Hocking Valley train lurched while he boarded to go to Mine 209 Sugar Creek. He was treated at home by a physician who said he would be sidelined for several days.
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John N. Cook
Hocking Valley
Mine 209
Sugar Creek
Welfe St
Mr. Cook
Akron gas rate proposal in new franchise ordinance
Akron council introduced a new gas franchise ordinance proposing rates from 45 to 68 cents per thousand cubic feet, with the present rate at 33 cents. The franchise expires November.
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Akron
Akron, O
Identity of Man Found Murdered Still Unknown
AKRON October 14 Identity of the middle aged man found murdered in a dense wood near Swartz Corners remained a mystery to authorities today. The body was found hanging from a tree with a bullet hole through the heart and had been mutilated. A laundry mark on the shirt is the sole clue police will pursue to identify the deceased.
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Akron
Swartz Corners
Billow’s
Apple grower reaps rich harvest near Williamstown Ohio
Hal Thorniley of near Williamstown markets about 3000 barrels of Rome Beauty apples from his West Virginia side farm above the Ohio River. After retiring from Thorniley Brothers Company Thorniley improved orchards by pruning spraying and leasing others. last spring a late freeze damaged nearby orchards while his run of Rome Beauties sold well at favorable prices.
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Marietta, O
Hal Thorniley
Williamstown
Thorniley
Thorniley Brothers Company
West Virginia
Ohio River
Thornsley
Jack Frost
Rome
War time passport restrictions eyed for postwar era
The committee reviewed consular reports showing foreign agitators and others at foreign ports awaiting entry to the United States. Plans aim to frame permanent restrictions before the wartime ban expires, targeting aliens and undesired entrants as Washington acts to keep thousands out pending postwar policy.
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Washington
Countrie House
Seer of State
Lansing
United States
First Meeting of Family in Many Years Held Sunday
COOLVILLE Ohio Oct 12 Mr and Mrs F L Root hosted a family dinner for Mrs W A Humphrey and Gibner Nebraska kin The gathering marked the first reunion in thirty six years with five siblings present Those attending included J M Root and daughter Fannie Hiram Root and daughters Bernice and Clarice Shepard Caries E J Daugherty and Eileen Arlo and Elbert Root plus Charles Hayden and Ward Humphrey and the hosts.
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Coolville
F. L. Root
W. A. Humphrey
Gibner
Nebraska
Theight
Humphrey
California
J. M. Root
Fannie
Hiram Root
Bernice
Clarice
Shepharn
E. J. Daugherty
Eileen
Arlo
Elbert Root
Charles Hayden
W. A. Humphrey and Son
Ward
No Phone Service Shuts Camp Sherman After Skunk Incident
Telephone service in Camp Sherman, Ohio, was suspended for several hours last night after someone threw a skunk through a camp window. Operators suggested the event may have been the work of perpetrators at the Yeon post.
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Camp Sherman
W' Yeon
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