United States to Observe Near East Peace Conference
Washington officials say the United States will likely send an unofficial observer to the coming Near East peace conference in Europe. The decision reflects U S interest in keeping the Straits open for free shipping and avoiding direct participation in Turco Greek war disputes.
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George R. Holmes
U.S
Washington
United States
Europe
Rome
Venice
Seven Seas
Prohibition Raid Nets Arrests in San Toy Near New Lexington
Five men including town marshal Luther Reed were arrested in San Toy after a Prohibition Department raid led by F K Norwood. Three stills paraphernalia and alcohol were seized, with two detainees found in a soft drink shop and three others held on illegal possession charges. The operation followed complaints from Sunday Creek Coal company which funds Reed’s salary.
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Sunday Creek Coal Company
Marshal Reed
Debt payment faster after veto stuns refunding plan
Washington reports that the defeat of the soldier bonus bill after President Harding's veto clears the way for quicker debt payments. Treasury officials say the department will have less difficulty refunding short term public debt as it finances government needs.
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Washington
Harding
Treasury Department
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Lake Pollution Debate Underway in Ohio
Health authorities from multiple counties meet in Cleveland to devise plans to prevent further Lake Erie pollution and reduce existing contamination. The Lake Erie watershed stretching to Lima Ada Mansfield and Crestline is involved in the conference outlook.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Lima
Ada
Mansfield
Crestline
Donnenwirth challenges Coxey Senate petition in Crawford County
Frank P. Donnenwirth, longtime Crawford County Democratic leader, filed a protest with the Ohio election board against General Jacob S. Coxey's petition to run as an independent U S senator. He alleges duplicate handwriting on signatures and missing signer addresses as required by law.
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Bucyrus
Frank P. Donnenwirth
Democratic
Crawford County
Board of Elections
Jacob S. Coxey
United States
Ohio
Donnenwirth
General Coxey
Athens Votes on Harding Veto of Soldiers Bonus
Random interviews show mixed views but overall approval of President Harding for vetoing the soldiers bonus bill citing insufficient funding. Citizens note political motives behind Congress action and stress the need for future consideration when funds are available.
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Harding
Athens
Congress
John Finsterwald
L. G. Worstell
Nianceer
Robert Wood
C. J. Hayden
Forty Year Prison Term Is Given an Officer
ASHEVILLE N C Sept 21 Walter P Brooks a former special deputy sheriff was sentenced to 49 years in the state penitentiary after being convicted of killing Laurens West and Emory Lance on July 15 Two sentences totaling two score years were imposed.
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Asheville
N. C
Walter P. Brooks
Laurens West
Emory Lance
England Provides Funds for Payment of Debt
The British government has established ample credits in the United States to draw on for interest due October 15 on the five billion dollar British war debt. Officials at the treasury department stated today.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Union Miners Plan Push to Unite West Virginia Fields
Cincinnati dispatch reports coal men discussing a United Mine Workers bid to unionize all West Virginia coal fields. A seven million dollar war chest is planned to fight operators when the next wage agreement expires in April. Details emerged from Huntington meetings showing a shift from open aggression to diplomatic campaign.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Ing
England Amass Protests Against War in Near East
A labor delegation of 6,000,000 workers urged Prime Minister Lloyd George to avoid hostilities while Britain readies forces for the Turkish straits. Miss Margaret Bondfield and J. H. Thomas led the protest, warning women and workers will not tolerate another war. Downing Street received widespread peace messages from church and feminist groups as the Evening News urged British withdrawal from Chanak citing potential disaster.
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David M. Church
London
Paris
All England
Near East
Lloyd George
Downing Street
J. H. Thomas
Margaret Bondfield
Thomas
Miss Bondfield
Great Britain
The
Evening News
Northcliffe
Chanak
Hamid Bey
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Constantinople
Kemal
Thrace
Fire To Wire Trouble At State Fair
State Fire Marshal Dykeman attributes the $500000 state fair fire of August 4 to faulty wiring and equipment. He cites the transformer room in the Administration Building as the source, notes lightning struck grounds causing fuse failures, and says repairs were completed about five and a half hours before the blaze.
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Colmbus
State Fair Ground
Dykeman
Marshal Dykeman
Fair Ground
Railroaders in Cleveland Return to Jobs After Settlement
Striking workers at the Collinwood shops of the New York Central are going back to work today after an agreement reached in New York. Big Four employees are expected to return tomorrow as the settlement extends to that railroad.
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Cleveland
Collinwood
New York Central
New York
President Harding proclaims Fire Prevention Day observance
President Harding issues a proclamation urging all citizens to observe Monday October 9 as the anniversary of the great Chicago fire of 1871 and a day for fire prevention awareness.
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Washington
Harding
Chicago
Oakland Woman Accused in Seattle Millionaire Slaying
Clara Sharin Winborn, arrested in Oakland, is accused of killing Ferdinand Hoehbrunn, a 70 year old Seattle realty magnate. Police allege she posed as the victim, signed his letters, forwarded mail, and ran his affairs while the corpse lay nearby.
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Oakland
Calif
Clara Sharin Winborn
Ferdinand Hoehbrunn
Seattle
Wash
Clara Winborn
Formal warning issued to Turks in neutrality zones
Constantinople Sept 21 Formal warning to Turkish nationalists not to violate the neutrality of the allied zones along the straits was issued today by General Sir Charles Harrington commander of the British forces. The warning, in communiqué form, carried the force of an ultimatum. Harrington said any violation will react upon the authors. Angora reports sixty thousand Greek prisoners of war captured by the Turks.
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Constantinople
Charles Harrington
Charles
Angora
Beer amendment not heading to federal court for ballot
Columbus dispatch notes that no appeal will be taken to the federal supreme court from a state supreme court ruling ordering the beer wine amendment onto the November ballot. Secretary of State Smith considers whether to appeal. dry leaders will not pursue one. In Cleveland the 110th Masonic conclave ends with 1,800 members attending a banquet at Hotel Hollenden. Canadian officials Cameron and Gibson urge unity for peace. Former Vice President Marshall warns against attacks on officers while supporting free criticism of policy.
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Columbus
Federal Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
State Smith
Smith
Price
Cleveland. O
Masonic Order
Supreme Council
Hotel Hollenden
Alexander Cameron
Foverign
John Gibson
Thomas R. Marshall
Republican state committee to meet at Neil House
The Republican state executive and advisory committee will meet at the Neil House in Columbus on Friday at 1 o clock. The meeting was announced Thursday.
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Neil Cincinnati
Republican State Executive and Advisory Committee
Neil House
Columbus
Britain seeks Greek army aid for straits defense
London dispatch reports the British minister in Athens advised the Greek government that Britain may require Greek military assistance to defend the straits. The note underscores growing wartime coordination between Britain and Greece amid tension in the region.
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London
Athens
Britain
Turkish council to decide war vs Britain in Smyrna
Turkish leaders meet under Mustafa Kemal Pasha to decide whether to wage war on the British Empire. Britain demands restraint near the neutral zone around Constantinople and guarantees for Christians in Asia Minor as Near East peace talks loom. French Commissioner General Belle counsels restraint while some Kemal officers push for a prearmistice push toward European Thrace. The pro war faction hopes red Russia and Muslim populations in India and Egypt will aid, aiming to gain European foothold before the conference.
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Athens
Smyrna
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Angora
Kemal
Europe
Constantinople
Britain
Asia Minor
General Belle
Russia
India
Egypt
Harding orders probe into treatment of veterans
President Harding ordered Colonel Charles R. Forbes, head of the veterans bureau, to immediately investigate charges that wounded war veterans in state insane hospitals were railroaded into asylums by subordinates using office orders rather than due legal processes. The probe aims to establish the truth of claims that veterans suffered inhumane treatment.
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W. H. Aikins
Washington, D. C
Harding
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Farm Work Progresses Nicely All Over Ohio
Weather and crop report notes late crops and pastures responded to showers last week but moisture remained uneven for growing crops and plowing. Corn has ripened well despite cool spells, and corn and tobacco cutting proceeds under favorable conditions with silos filling. Sugar beets and potatoes show general improvement though some areas suffered from prolonged dryness.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate votes to sustain veto on soldiers bonus bill
Washington reports a 44 to 28 Senate vote against the soldiers bonus bill after President Harding veto. The result confirms opposition to the measure and maintains the veto.
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Senate
Washington
Harding
Quality Wool Gets the Call in Columbus Market
In Columbus Ohio Mark Smith of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federa tion says cooperative wool marketing rewards farmers who produce quality clip. Ware house inspectors report most wool graded and prepared for sale with over two and a half million pounds received. fine wool grading finishing as season ends after a quiet period with few sales.
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Columbus, O
Ohio
Mark Smith
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Columbus
Harding signs tariff act of 1922 and anti grain gambling bill
President Harding signed the tariff bill known as the Tariff Act of 1922 at the White House at 11 10 this morning with Senator McCumber and Representative Fordney present. He said the measure aims to make elastic provisions effective and mark a major advance in tariff history. He also signed the Capper Tinder anti grain gambling bill to regulate futures trading after the supreme court struck down the earlier act.
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Washington
Harding
White House
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate Finance Committee
Fordney
Michigan
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Supreme Court
Greek Church Pleading for Aid from States
The holy synod of the Greek Catholic church at Athens sent an urgent appeal to the Greek legation in Washington asking American churches to aid Christians surviving the Kemalist scourge in Asia Minor. The request was received today.
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Washington
United States
French Turkish entente risks U S disapproval, warns senators
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Senator Gilbert Hitchcock railed against France and Kemal Pasha for a so called open understanding. They argued the alliance would embolden Turkish threats to Constantinople and hinder France's aim to dominate Europe as a military power.
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J. Bart Campbell
Washington
France
Europe
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Mohammendan Kemal Pasha
Constantinople
Destruction of Nitro Pencil Co main plant in Nitro
Fire swept the Nitro Pencil Co main plant in Nitro early today causing about 100000 dollars in losses. Local firefighters battled flames for hours with no immediate reports of injuries. The blaze damaged surrounding facilities and disrupted production.
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Charleston
W. Va
Nitro Pencil Co
Nitro
Near East peace talks test Turkish demands and Russian participation
London outlines key issues in the Near East peace conference. Turkish nationalists demand eastern Thrace for now, allies refuse Russia invitation, British resist Greek troop withdrawals, and Britain insists French and Italian troops stay as a defensive force. Russia seeks a seat and may approve outcomes before ratification.
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London
Easternhrase
Russia
Thrate
Bri
Britain
France
Paris
Asiation
Turk Straits
Hastings appeals state panel over Lancaster School removal
Captain R A Hastings appeals the recent removal from the Lancaster State Industrial School for Boys superintendency. The state welfare director and investigators cited indecency and neglect of duty as the basis for dismissal. Hastings calls the investigation unfair and the charges false.
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Columbus
State Civil Service Commission
R. A. Hastings
State Welfare
MacAyeal
Hasti
Lancaster State Industrial School
Enos Mills Dies in Estes Park at Long's Peak Inn
Denver report says Enos Mills renowned naturalist and outdoor author died this morning after a brief illness at Long's Peak Inn Estes Park. He was famed as the father of the Rocky Mountain National Park system.
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Denver
Colo
Enos Mills
Long’s Peak Inn
Estes Park
Mills
Rocky Mountain National Park System
Wooster Crude Oil Drops Price In Ohio
Wooster crude oil fell cents a barrel today as Ohio Oil Co set new price at 1.90 per barrel. A petition to the House of Lords was reported to be a mile long with 78 105 signatures.
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Wooster
Findlay
Tl Ohio Oil Co
House of Lords
Is Your Child Physically Fit
A Yeo booklet offers the best vision and health guidance for school children. It explains how to test eyes and hearing, detect flat feet, regulate posture, prevent tuberculosis, and handle contagious diseases. Request the free copy by mailing in with your name and address and two cents for postage.
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Red Cross
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