Nationwide dry law plan moves to White House for approval
Attorney General Palmer to send the sweeping prohibition act to President Wilson with Oct 28 as the effective date if signed, outlining bans on manufacturing and selling liquor above 0.5 percent alcohol, regulation of medical prescriptions, and strict penalties. provisions include industrial alcohol use, denatured products, and search warrants for enforcement.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Palmer
Wilson
Commissioners of Internal Revenue
United States
New York Dock Strike Sparks Army Deployment
Secretary Baker refused Mayor Hylan’s request to withdraw troops from the waterfront amid a longshoremen strike. About 500 infantry arrived to aid cargo movement as ship owners set a deadline for workers to return or face strike breakers loading 108 ships of the trans Atlantic conference.
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Washington
Baker
Hylan
New
New York
12Th Infantry
John H. Riley
Hughes
Philadelphia
Labor
Wilson
F. Paul Vaccarelli
Vaccarelli
James L. Hughes
Frederic Toppin
International Mercantile Marine
Murder Suspected in Youth's Death on Boat Deck
New York police investigate the death of 21 year old John W. Lempke son of iron manufacturer William E. Lempke found on his motorboat deck wearing women's clothes with hands bound and oil cloth over the head. Family suspects murder despite initial police ruling of suicide.
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New York
John W. Lempke
William E. Lempke
Lempke
Conductor Killed in Akron on Evening Train Crash
Charles F. Smith of Cuyahoga Falls, a conductor on the Akron Bedford and Cleveland line, was instantly killed near Silver Lake Junction as his head struck a pole while leaning from a car window. His wife lies near death from typhoid fever. A special communication of Paramythia Lodge No. 25 F and A M is set for October 21 at 6:30 P M.
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Akron
Charles F. Smith
Cuyahoga Falls
Akron, Bedford
Cleveland
Silver Lake Junction
Paramythia Lodge
Sday
Strikers Seek Funds Amid Steel Walkout Rise
Chicago Illinois October reports a fifty percent rise in steel strikers since the five week walkout. Strike leader John Fitzpatrick appeals for organized labor to aid the hungry wives and children. He accuses steel companies of propaganda and notes General Leonard Wood fell for it.
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Chicago
Ill
John Fitzpatrick
Leonard Wood
Palmer threatens prosecutions over beet sugar price requests
Attorney General Palmer warned beet sugar refiners nationwide against seeking prices above the sugar equalization board limits. He cited fixed wholesale prices of ten cents cash less two percent seaboard basis and said the justice department will act to keep beet sugar on the market at fair prices to ease shortages.
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Washington
Palmer
Sugar Equalization Board
Seaboard
Department of Justice
Equalization Board
Wilson weighs lifting wartime dry ban before 18th Amendment
Washington sources say President Wilson may declare peace after the German treaty, potentially lifting the dry ban before January. If proclaimed, whiskey from bonded warehouses could flood markets as the Austria state of war is overlooked and a Justice Department opinion is sought.
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Washington
Wilson
Tojay
United States
Austria
Senate
Department of Justice
Veteran Pena De Matti Dies from Old War Wound
Pena De Matti, 30, a World War veteran, collapsed and died in Newark Ohio from a wound received in the battle of Monastir during the Allied offensive.
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Newark
Pena de Matti
Monastir
Odd Fellows Session Notice With Degree Work
I O O F members are asked to attend a regular encampment session Tuesday evening with degree work and refreshments provided. E A Carpenter C P 10-20-2.
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E. A. Carpenter
C. P
Second Trial of Dewees Underway in Court Today
The second DeWees trial opened with jury selection in the rape case involving Hamilton T. DeWees and his fifteen year old daughter. Twelve jurors were chosen around noon and session adjourned to resume at 1 pm.
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DeWees
Hamilton T. DeWees
C. C. Millikan
Fred van Dyke
George M. Hopkins
G. W. Brown
George Williams
J. D. Lawrence James McHenry
S. S. Shaw
Carl F Beasley
W. BE. Crossen
Ira Sands
H.S. Hoskinson
Woolley
Reds Safer In Jail Says District Attorney
Columbus Oct 20 I W W and Bolshevik disturbers jailed by United States District Attorney Bolin will not receive mercy or leniency. Bolin denied two appeals for commutation of sentences from men he prosecuted during the war. They are safer in jail than at large. Canton masked burglars entered the home of B M Young bound and gagged the housekeeper and ransacked the house but found nothing of value.
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Columbus
United States
Bolin
Canton
B. M. Young
Ohio cold storage law upheld by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court ruled states may seize and sell food in cold storage beyond their storage period. It upholds Ohio's Smith cold storage act limiting storage to six months, ending the packing interests challenge. The case, Columbus Packing Co v Ohio, saw the state court uphold the law and the U S Supreme Court deny review.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ohio
Columbus Packing Company
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Socialist leader beaten and tarred in Hamilton incident
John Steiger, 50, a socialist, was horse whipped and tarred after attending a meeting. Six masked men abducted him from a saloon, blackjacked and chloroformed, then carried him to Middletown pike where he was tarred. Horace C. Shank leads inquiry as Steiger recovers at home.
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Hamilton, CO
John Steiger
Horace C. Shank
Steiger
Middletown Pike
Belmont Extols Russo German Alliance In Russia Reconstruction Call
Colonel Belmont, once known as Princ Avaloff, declares a Russo German union inevitable and urges America to aid Russia’s reconstruction to prevent future war. He cites Baltic Russian territory and German support from Gen Von Der Goltz as pivotal. Berlin reports German cabinet disapproves telegram to Belmont and notes Von Der Goltz has resigned.
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Belmont
Baltic States
von der Goltz
United Press
Unitru
Col. Belmont
Antibolshevik
Russia
America
Germany
Princ Avaloff
England
Baltic
Berlin
Man killed by train near North Lewisburg crossing
Marion Pratt aged 60 a farmer was killed when a Toledo and Ohio Central passenger train struck his stalled automobile on a crossing near North Lewisburg Ohio. He leaves a widow and two children.
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Marysville, CO
Marion Pratt
Toledo and
Ohio Central
Lewisburg
Collision Near Bayside Involving Tanker George H. Jones And Chicago City
American tanker George H. Jones and British cargo ship Chicago City collided off Bayside New York in the lower bay. A large hole tore in the Chicago City port side fender and she headed for the beach while seeming to sink. The tanker’s bow was damaged but she continued on.
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New York
George H. Jones
Chicago City
Bayside
N. Y
Anyiene
Ren
Foster Praised for District Wide Support in Ohio
Congressmen I M Foster of Athens Ohio receives strong backing from Republicans in the Tenth District and veterans from Rock Camp for his first term and pension push. John B Corns notes Foster's activity includes rivers and harbors work and a trip as part of an investigating committee. Civil War and World War veterans at Rock Camp also endorse his pension bill and congressional actions.
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Foster
Congress
John B. Corns
Tenth
Switzer
I. M
Ironton Register
I. M. Foster
Athens
Ohio
Rock Camp
Washington, D. C
Akron horseshoe kingfall bid ends in first game loss
Akron notables George Mays and Charles Bobbitt met in a horseshoe match. Bobbitt from Lancaster won the first game, then Mays captured six straight to finish with Mays 324 points and 185 ringers to Bobbitt 273 points and 160 ringers.
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Akron
George Mays
Charles Bobbitt
Lancaster
Mays
Bobbitt
Ohio river stages fall at various points with price note
Ohio river stages at Point Bridge 5.2 feet Herrs Island 5.6 Davis Island 6.7 Beaver Dam 10.7 Parkersburg 15.4 Point Pleasant 19.7. Potatoes advertised at 2 dollars a bushel and 5 dollars per bag for 2 1/2 bushels across from Lostro Garage. Number one potatoes.
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Ohio Rver
Pittsburg
Point Bridge
Herr’s Island
Davis Island
Beaver Dam
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant
Sullivan
Lostro Garage
Real story from Cap Lowry on unusual autumn apple blossoms
Cap Lowry a noted small farm expert says autumn blossoms are not unusual. He recounts finding an apple tree on Herrold Place that bloomed and produced a second crop, a claim farmers note as rare and noteworthy.
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Cap. Lowry
Alex Cochran
Lowry
Herrold Place
Labor and capital clash over collective bargaining at conference
Public representatives face a fight to keep the national industrial conference in session as a vote on representation and immediate talks with professional labor leaders looms. Labor leaders push for a quick vote while the central committee prepares a report without a recommendation. Judge Gary of United States Steel returns to read a prepared statement at the morning session.
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Ralph F. Couch
United Press
Washington
National Industrial Conference
Central Committee
Think
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Story of Killing Told by Officer
Cleveland coroner inquest hears Patrolman Meng recount the shooting of Robert Crawford by Police Lieutenant John Dewar. Meng says Dewar, allegedly drunk, was found asleep in a soft drink shop before Crawford invited them to ride in his car and Dewar woke, drew his revolver, and fired.
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Cleveland
Robert Crawford
John Dewar
Fred C. Meng
Meng
Dewar
Crawford
Three craps shooters arrested after city dice raid
Acting Chief Bolin broke into a box car and arrested three craps shooters with a pile of $10.75. The men were jailed to await a hearing before Mayor Wood-Beal.
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Bolin
Wood- Beal
Jamen ‘Straus
Wilson vows to keep industrial conference intact at White House
President Wilson declares the national industrial conference must not break up. He says no member will quit or be named to cause a collapse and that the conference will be seen through as directed by the executive. Stakes are high and the effort must not fail.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Enten
Conf
Former M. and Minister W. W. Dick Dies in Marietta
Friends report the death of W. W. Dick at Marietta Gate after an illness. He was a former minister and long headed Marietta church activities. Dick led the Safe-Cabinet business and was a prominent Se Ohio figure of his era.
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W. W. Dick
Marietta Gate
Marietta
Ohio
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