Collapse Of Bolsheviks Seen As Allied Forces Close In
News from London and Washington reports Petrograd and Kronstadt fallen and Deniken Yudenitch and Kolchak forces advancing on multiple fronts. The bolsheviks face encirclement with large allied-backed armies moving toward Moscow and Petrograd, prompting speculation on a possible collapse of bolshevism.
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Russia
Moscow
Deneken
Yudenitch
Gatchina
Petrograd
Kolchak
Siberian
War Office
United Press
North Russia
Murmank
Archangel
Vologda
Lake
Ladoga
Ohio Labor Defies Radicals at 36th Federation Convention
In Zanesville 175000 unionists assert anti radical stance as the Ohio State Federation of Labor nears adjournment after a week long session. Delegates reject a May 1 wage agreement expiry proposal amid May Day strike fears while conservatives push back against May 8 actions. Hayes of Cleveland forms National Labor Party ties despite convention opposition.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Reds
Ohio State Federation of Labor
T. J. Donnelly
National Labor Party
Hayes
Columps
Eleven Men Shot in Battle at Steel Plant
At Andrew's Steel Company plant in Newport Kentucky and Cincinnati Ohio a strike raged on since July. About 100 men attacked workers as they left. eleven injured by buckshot rifles and stones, one seriously. Sheriff Dietz said military aid unlikely. Nimmo wounded while protecting a warehouse.
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Cincinnati
Andrew's Steel Company
Newport
Joseph Dietz
Campbell County
William Nimmo
Woman Fined in Canton for Keeping Liquor Shop
Mrs. Lillian Crossland was fined $200 and costs after pleading guilty to the charge of keeping a lot where intoxicating liquors are sold.
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Woman's
Canton
Lillian Crossland
Police orders curb begging in Kansas City scene
Officials announce new orders banning mooching panhandling and begging in Kansas City. Police will enforce the rule as part of a crackdown to reduce street solicitation and public nuisance.
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Kansas City
Sereno Lodge Holds Regular Meeting with Two Candidates
O F Regular meeting of Sereno Lodge No 479 I C O F Friday evening at 7 oclock Two candidates for first degree All members urged to be ro Visiting brothers welcome
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Sereno Lodge
Miners Strike Talks End in Washington
Secretary Wilson's conference with coal miners and operators adjourned after over two hours. A second meeting is set for this afternoon as general discussion of the November 1 strike call continues. Officials remain optimistic.
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Washington
Wilson
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
Thomas T. Brewster
Department of Labor
Caught at Last Canton Police Capture Moskey
Philip Moskey who shot his landlady at Brewster Monday night was captured by the police. He had lived three days in a boxcar on a siding without food or drink.
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Canton
Philip Moskey
Brewster
Moskey
Athens County Best in Ohio Campaign Ties
James A. White of the Ohio Anti Saloon League announced Athens County leads Ohio in anti alcohol organizing. White secured campaign literature compiled and mailed to every campaign manager in the state. The unit built by Chief Porter spans districts towns and hamlets across the county.
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Athens County
Ohio
James A. White
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
White
Porter
Cleveland Man Voices Support for Labor Bargaining Plan
Paul L. Feiss of Cleveland argues for collective bargaining based on business experience not theory. He says employer groups can give workers a real voice in wages hours and conditions and urges all employers to help organize.
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United Press
Paul L. Feiss
Cleveland
Feiss
John D. Rockefeller
United
Washington
Oct
Canton Enacts Progressive Natural Gas Rates
Canton Ohio announces a new city ordinance applying stepped rates to natural gas users. The schedule charges 48 cents per thousand cubic feet for the first 5 000 feet, 53 cents for the next 6 000, 58 cents for the next 5 000, and 63 cents for usage over 15 000 feet. The ordinance is the first of its kind in the United States, with no expected trouble from East Ohio Gas.
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Canton
United States
East Ohio Gas Company
United States Would Send Brigade to Lithuania
Washington reports that a brigade of American troops may be sent to Lithuania with a Senate statement from Senior McCormick claiming reliable authority. He provided no further details.
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Russia
Washington
Lithuania
McCormick
Ilineie
Senate
More Reds Suspects Are Taken in Gary
In Gary Indiana the U S Army reduced at Gary to 800 troops with 500 withdrawn by order of Major General Woods. Raids continued last night. fifteen suspects were taken into custody and questioned, with several later released. Paul Glazer, attorney for steel strikers, said a thousand march to Colonel Mapes to press for the facts behind a claim Mapes denied.
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Gary
Ind
United States
Woods
Paul Glazer
Strik
W. 8
Mapes
Glazer
Jury Finds Roy Sharp Sane In Last Trial
The jury returned 11 to 1 verdict that Roy Sharp is sane after defense failed to prove insanity. Evidence closed at 3 pm with physicians testifying he is insane due to flu related behavior. Sharp opposed by prosecutor, admitted making notched knives and claimed ownership of two miniature saws.
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Roy Sharp
Sharp
Bartels
Worstell
Baby on Visit in Spring Field Illinois
John Alves, 80, the youngest of five siblings aged about 90 on average, visits his oldest sister aged 108 for the first time in sixty years in Spring Field Illinois.
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Spring Field
Ill
John Alves
Republicans Will Not Change the Treaty in Text
Washington reports that the defeat of the Shantung amendment blocks any further textual amendments to the peace treaty. Administration senators say Republicans opposed changes late in the process, while Democrats backed the Lodge and Johnson amendments amid a 66 to 35 vote. Reading of the treaty before the league assembly comes next.
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Washington
United States
League Assembly
Austrian inmate dies as Ohio abolishes last statement ritual
Frank Seinick an Austrian, 30, was executed at Ohio Penitentiary for the May murder of Civil War veteran Nicholas Chambers on a train. For the first time the last statement from the electric chair was not allowed. Father Delly and four priests accompanied him as witnesses.
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Columbus, CO
Frank Seinick
Ohio Penitentiary
Nicholas Chambers
Seinick
Senrick
Father Delly
Warden Thomas
Sennick
Flying Parson Resumes Transcontinental Air Race
Lieut. B. W. Maynard and mechanic Cline rebuilt their bomber after a forced landing at Wahoo. They transferred a motor from Captain Francis Martin’s plane and continued toward Mineola. Maynard expects to reach Mineola by Saturday afternoon.
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Omaha
Neb
B. W. Maynard
Wahoo
Des Moines
Maynard
Cline
Francis Martin
Mineola
Widow seeks husband by writing to license bureau
A Los Angeles widow declares she can brew and writes to the marriage license bureau to find a husband. In Akron, sixty seven holdups burglaries and house breakings are reported to police in ten days.
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Los Angeles
Akron
Canton Struggles With Acute Sugar Shortage
Canton Ohio faces its worst sugar shortage with bakers stopping cake production and grocers nearly out. Retail limits of 100 pounds per customer and hoarding by some residents trigger investigations by the federal sugar administration.
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Ing
Canton
Federal Sugar Administration
Detour Squabble Settled and Road Reopens
County Engineer Baker announced settlement of the detour dispute at the Lee Lewis property. Ashes were spread over muddy sections to improve the substitute road while brick sections await targing after rain. Heavy traffic will resume as weather allows.
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Lee Lewis
Lewis
Baker
Lieutenant Maynard Leaves Rock Island for Chicago
In the Middle West Rock Island Alabama on October 17 Lieutenant Maynard departed Rock Island for Chicago at 12 47 4.
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Middle West
Rock Island,al
Maynard
Rock Island
Chicago
Drive on Cigaret Is Under Way
In Cincinnati on October 17 1500 people greeted Dr Clarence True Wilson general secretary of the board of temperance of the M E church. He proclaimed that the cigaret must go and urged world prohibition as a goal now that state and national bans are assured. He called for withdrawing protection of the flag from outlawed industries and condemned pro German beer makers seeking passports to sell abroad.
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Cincinnati
Clarence True Wilson
Board of Temperance
M. E. Church
Wilson
United States
St. Louis
Uncle Sam
China
Mexico
Japan
Dr. Wilson
Labor Opposes Classification Move Wins in Ohio Labor Hall
Labor delegates at the Ohio Federation of Labor convention in Zanesville voted down a resolution to enforce classification by 170 to 84. The Columbus dispatch notes jubilant opposition to the proposed property classification amendment. A stray line mentions a Swedish law requiring wood alcohol to be colored to distinguish it from grain alcohol.
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Columbus
Ohio Federation of Labor
Zanesville
President Wilson Status Update From White House
A late afternoon bulletin from Washington reports President Wilson is comfortable and in good health. Attendants say his temperature and pulse are normal and his gland swelling is being evaluated. Dr Grayson and Dr Ruffin declined to assess seriousness, noting exam results were incomplete. A visit by Dr Young and other physicians was planned.
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Washington
Grayson
Ruffin
Young
Wilson
Dr. Young
Athens HI Football on Foreign Field Faces Mountain Challenge
Athens HI football opens the season away on Saturday afternoon with coach guiding sixteen players. Star halfback Fetch is out ill, his absence leaves Oldfield’s son to fill the backfield. Conner McKinstry Witt Judd Faubion Griffin Edgar Brooks Foraker Collins Johnson Oldfield Jones listed as starters. next week Athens hosts Zanesville at home.
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Athens Hi
Feth
Fetch
Son of Oldfield
Conner
McKinstry Witt
Judder
Faubion
Griffin
Edgar
Brooks
Foraker
Collins
Johnson
Oldfield
Jones
Athens
Zanesville
Colonel House Ready to Address Paris Negotiations
Washington October 17 Colonel E M House through a personal representative informed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee of his willingness to testify on negotiations at Paris. He said he would appear before the committee to discuss the talks with Allied powers and the status of peace efforts.
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Washington
E. M. House
Chai Lodge
Senate Foreign
Paris
New Members Join Troop One as Tests Are Given
At Troop One meeting two new members Graves and Edwin Mills joined. Tests were conducted last evening and the group announced that at the next meeting Alonzo Ridgeway will bring one of his buckets of famous cocoa.
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Graves
Edwin Mills
Alonzo Ridgeway
Call on Palmer for statement on radical agitators
Washington October 17 bulletin says the act adopted the Poind extortion seeking a statement from the attorney general about alleged radical agitators.
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Palmer
Bulletin
Washington
Poind
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