Round table conference eyed by labor leaders with Wilson
Labor leaders plan a series of formal talks to press for the right to organize and bargain collectively. They expect President Wilson to convene an informal White House meeting to mediate between labor and capital and pave the way for a broader industrial congress.
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Ralph F. Couch
United Press
Washington
Willison
John Scott
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Post Office
Gilbert M. Hyatt
Postoffice Clerks Union
James E. Egan
A. F. of L
Unite States
White House
Industrial Congress
Kahn Proposes Tax Reform to Ease High Living Costs
Otto S. Kahn of Kahn Loeb and Company urged a non political expert panel to study wartime and postwar taxation effects on prices. He argued excess profits and income taxes fuel profiteering and extravagance, and blamed them for housing shortages and high rents. A federal salvage bureau was suggested to showcase material reuse and promote thrift.
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New York
Otto $. Kahn
Kahn, Loeb and Company
Kahn
Congress
Federal Bureau
Salvage Bureau
Foreign Woman Slain by Accident Near Cleveland
A foreign born woman about 45 was found in the outskirts of Cleveland with two bullets in her head. Police said she had been dead for hours and could not identify her. They believe she may have been accidentally shot by hunters practicing with rifles nearby.
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Cleveland
Theolice
Vernon elected district superintendent in Jackson County
Supt. A. H. Vernon is elected district superintendent in Jackson County at a salary of 1700 dollars per year. He views the return as a personal compliment to his former services as teacher and superintendent, while his family remains to finish college and high school studies.
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Supt
A. H. Vernon
Jackson County
Érnon
Christmas Snowden dies in Albany at 60
Preston H. Snowden aged 60 died at his Albany home Sunday after a three year illness. Funeral services were held at 1 PM this afternoon. He is survived by four children: Mrs. Elsie Underwood of Trimble Guy M of Long Acre WV Mrs Nellie Brown of Meade WV and T A of Dana WV.
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Albany, O
Preston H. Snowden
Snowden
Elsie Underwood
Trimble
Guy M
Long Acre
W. Va
Nellie Brown
Meade
T. A
Dana
Scouts Head for Buckeye Lake Weeklong Trip
A party of Athens Boy Scouts of Wroop One left Athens Monday for a week at Buckeye Lake. Supt. Morgan led as scoutmaster with Alonzo Ridgeway as chef. They hired a motorboat, will have a regular time, and return after the trip.
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Athens
Boy Scouts
Wroop One
Buckeyeke
Supt. Morgan
Alonzo Ridgeway
Circuit picnic set for Asbury Ridge on Sept 7
The New Plymouth circuit picnic will be held at Asbury Ridge this Sunday September 7. Rev. Thompson leads the event which is expected to draw a large crowd starting at 9 o'clock.
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Carbondale
New Plymouth
Asbury Ridge
Thompson
Carranza Warns Nations on Mexican Freedom and Diplomacy
Mexico City report of President Venustiano Carranza addressing Congress asserts sovereign liberty no foreign limits on Mexican citizens. He cautions foreign diplomats to warn their nationals against clashes. Carranza cites improving conditions and promises to fulfill obligations, indemnify foreigners harmed by incidents.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Carranza
Congress
Speculators Corner the Nation's Food Stuffs
Paris September 2 Herbert Hoover testified before the American congressional committee on war expenditures blaming Allied failure to lift the Central European blockade for rising U S food costs. He said United States stocks are at their highest since 1913 and that delays in lifting the embargo allowed speculators to corner foodstuffs.
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Paris
America
Europe
Herbert Hoover
Congressional Committee
United States
Hoover
Potatoes Wart Watch Campaign Hits Athens County
Lee Bonar of the U S Department of Agriculture is conducting a potato wart disease prevention campaign in Athens County with field visits and literature. County Agent DeLashmutt accompanies him as they urge farmers to inspect dug potatoes for wart signs and report suspicious cases to the farm agent.
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Lee Bonar
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Athens County
Mr. Bonar
DeLashmutt
England
Ireland
Europe
Ohio Supreme Court Challenge to German Teaching Ban
Suit soon to be filed in the Ohio Supreme Court to test the validity of the law passed last winter prohibiting the teaching of German in Ohio schools. The move marks a challenge to state education policy and interstate cultural issues.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Airliner Speeds From Toledo to Cleveland Flight
The twenty six passenger airliner reached Cleveland at 6 45 PM after leaving Toledo at 5 40 PM covering 107 miles in one hour five minutes with a tail wind. Nine passengers joined the pilot on board as the craft planned a San Francisco to New York corridor. The next stop was Buffalo. A reporter slept during the landing while a fellow journalist tapped a story on a vest pocket typewriter.
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Cleveland
Toledo
San Francisco
New York
Buffalo
Glenn L. Martin Field
Elks Call Meeting Tonight at Eight Oclock
Elks announce a meeting this evening at 8 oclock with important business on the agenda. Secretary F A Ferguson signs the notice.
Austrian Delegation Receives Remaining Peace Provisions
The Austrian delegation was handed the final provisions of the peace treaty in Paris this afternoon. Chancellor Renner will depart for Vienna to present the treaty to the national assembly.
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Paris
Renner
Vienna
National Assembly
Laundry Girls Strike Over Pay Increase at Athens Steam
Ten girls at the Athens Steam laundry walked out for higher wages asking 1.50 more per day instead of 1.00. Manager W S Southerton denied a strike and said operations would resume with a full force by Wednesday. Three women remained at work with two interested in the business. Canton high school boys camping at Turkeyfoot Lake.
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Athens
W. 8
Southerton
Italy's King Relinquishes Land To Peasants and War Victims
Milan September 1 The King of Italy announced to Premier Nitti he will relinquish crowd lands across Italy for peasantry and unity combatants. Public property will be donated to charitable organizations to ease postwar suffering. The king also said his private property will be taxed like commoners.
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Milan
Emanuel
Nitti
Italy
Miss Catherine Chubb Elected to Teach in Athens High
At the September Athens board of education meeting Catherine Chubb was elected to teach in the high school replacing Miss Lucile Henry who resigned. Chubb is an Ohio University graduate and the daughter of Dean Edwin W. Chubb. She has taught in other cities for several years.
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Athens Board of Education
Catherine Chubb
Lucile Henry
Chubb
Ohio University
Edwin W. Chubb
Millfield Labor Day Meet Ends With Big Platform Dance
Millfield Ohio marks Labor Day with a boys’ baseball event led by students. The day opened with a defeat of the second team, then a doubleheader sweep of Carbon Hill 8-0 and 5-3. George W. Savage of the Ohio miners union spoke urging loyalty and unity amid labor gains in recent laws.
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Millfield
Millfields
Baseball Boys
Carbon Hill
George W. Savage
Ohio Mineworkers Organization
Undertakers' chauffeurs strike planned after pay dispute
In Cincinnati undertakers' chauffeurs announce a strike for next week after rejecting a proposed pay raise. The action aims to pressure funeral homes to offer higher wages amid rising costs.
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Cincinnati
Prince's Periscope American Trophy Captured at Verdun
A monster portable periscope nicknamed Prince's Periscope was built for the town prince to view Verdun from a safe distance. It was captured by the Third division near Mont Faucon and is now at West Poin.
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Verdun
Mont Faucon
Poin
Athens Boys Sent to Camp Meade for Demobilization Aid
Athens youths in Army service at Camp Sherman will transfer to Camp Meade Maryland to assist in demobilization of the First Division. Raymond Davis Edwin Chubb Joseph Basom Mac Bobo Martin McVay and Clark Williams are slated to depart for Camp Meade with an expected release around October first and plan to return to study. They will travel through this city on a special train September sixth.
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Athens
Camp Sherman
Army Field
Camp Meade
Maryland
Raymond Davis
Edwin Chubb
Joseph Basom
Mac Bobo
Martin McVay
Clark Williams
Ad for 2.75 dispenser ends as fake
In Flushing on Sept 2, over a thousand bartenders answered a job ad promising a 2.75 dispenser for a case. The notice proved to be a cruel prank with no real offer or employer.
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Flushing
L. L
Curtain on Finish Tony Scarpuli Falls After Rooftop Chase
Tony Scarpuli, five, attempted a rooftop chase described as movie like. The filmlike incident ended when he fell to the ground, ending the stunt.
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Tony Scarpuli
Tony
Police hunt woman seen with man in fatal park shooting
Elyria Ohio detectives seek a woman who is believed to have been with Arthur Scholtz a returned soldier when he was shot in a park. He was found dying with a broken watch chain and missing money, and investigators think the shooter searched him for papers.
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Elyria, CO
Arthur Scholtz
Scholtz
Schlotz
Season Opens Wednesday After Printing Error
The Messenger corrects a misprint stating the squirrel season opens tomorrow. The season actually begins on Wednesday, September 3, not Tuesday as previously printed, with prior issues having given the correct date.
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the Messenger
The
Messenger
Dry Mass Meeting at Court House Tonight
Dry Mass holds a meeting at the Court House at 7 30 this evening to discuss the November election and the challenges facing their side.
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Court House
Rys
Packers blamed for sudden drop in stock prices
Washington reports Senator Capper blames packers for a ten day market fall, citing five markets under packer control. The National Consumers' League says packers with bulging warehouses can halt purchases as Kenyon and Kendrick bills move in Congress. Farmers and hog buyers press Congress to intervene while packers stockpile meat for winter.
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United Press
Washington
Capper
Kansas
Kendrick
Congress
National Consumers’ League
Senate
League
Kenyon
Millerport Boy Scouts Mail Handling Update
Mail matter for the Boy Scouts of Troop One now at Buckeye Lake on a camping trip may be sent to port care of the Boy Scout This address will suffice to reach any of the party.
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Boy Scouts
Troop One
Buckeye Lake
Boy Scout
Silk stockings case at railway station sparks theft charge
R. M. Dearing of Louisville Kentucky is charged with receiving stolen property after suitcases were allegedly switched at a railway station in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Silk Stockings
R. M. Dearing
Louisville
Wedding at the Butcher Shop Draws New Yorkers
In New York on September 2 William Goldman and his bride Miss Gertrude Mee wed in a ceremony held above a butcher shop saving them the cost of renting a hall. The couple tied the knot amid a frugal, homey setting that reflected practical New York life.
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New York
Goldman
Gertrude Mee
Pershing to Lead First Division Parade on Fifth Avenue
General Pershing and the first division with full war equipment will parade down Fifth Avenue on September 10. Major General E McGlachlin is arranging details as officials finalize plans. The 18th Infantry earns a Fourragere citation from the French government.
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New York
Pershing
Fifth Avenue
E. McGlachlin
18Th Infantry
Fourragere
Brest
Busy Bee burglars net $1425 in two store robberies
Seven holdups and two store robberies occurred within an hour in Minneapolis during fair week. Police said the burglars known as the busy bee escaped with $1425.37 from multiple shops as dawn broke.
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Minneapolis
He Didn’t Lie: Carlinville Tea Mystery
In Carlinville Illinois on September 2 residents bought seventeen bottles of tea at high cost and sought a quiet spot to sample it. They felt disappointment when the tea proved ordinary.
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Carlinville
Ill
Indianapolis Officials Indicted Over High Cost of Living
Five cold storage house officials three loading packers and five commission men in Indianapolis were indicted by the Marion County grand jury in its first report on the high cost of living.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County Grand Jury
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