Corn Whiskey Case Test of Charity and Law in Hollister
Mrs Tony Deveners widow and mother of six was charged with unlawful manufacturing and possession of corn whiskey. Police found eighteen gallons of shine and mash at her home and the justice suspended a $200 fine, ordering payment of $28.35 in costs with a warning that further offenses would bring trouble. The judge helped the mother with food milk and fare home.
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Justice of the Peace
Tony Deveners
Hollister
Officer Mariner
Deveners
Helwig
Glouster
Cleveland Klan under surveillance as council moves to curb
Government Secret Service operatives in Cleveland report ongoing monitoring of the Ku Klux Klan for over two weeks. City council plans to curb Klan activities with measures including penalties for officers and organizers as 274 new members joined in a secret initiation, bringing Cleveland's total to 4,326.
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Cleveland
Washington
Cleveland Ku Klux Klan
Smith
Adam Damm
Herman H. Finkle
Finkle
Fitzgerald
Ku Klux Klan
Nelsonville Boy Is Among the List
Bodies of 51 former Ohio soldiers will arrive in Columbus tomorrow state authorities were advised. The list includes Roll A. Harper Dennison John C. Lair Canton L E B Dwier Dayton T J Murray Lorain Harry Davies and T U Worstall Zanesville Russell H Steward Nelsonville Will McAleer New Straitsville Guy Thomas Niles James H White Sandusky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Roll A. Harper
Dennison
John C. Lair
Canton
L. E B. Dwier
Dayton
T. J. Murray
Lorain
Harry Davies
T U. Worstall
Zanesville
Russell H Steward
Nelsonville
Will McAleer
New Straitsville
Guy Thomas
Niles
James H. White
Sandusky
Appointed Chief of U S Air Service
Col. Mason M. Patrick of the U S Army Engineers Corps becomes director of the army air service succeeding Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher who resigned after friction with Gen. William Mitchell.
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Mason M. Patrick
U. S. A. Engineers Corps
Charles T. Menoher
Army Air Service
Menoher
William Mitchell
Legion Dance and Jubilee at Armory This Friday and Saturday
Members of the American Legion invite attendance at a Dance and Jubilee to be held at the Armory Friday and Saturday evening. A single 50 cent ticket admits both nights, dated 9 26 16.
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American Legion
Armory
United Mine Workers Defense Plan Amid WV Suit
In Indianapolis the United Mine Workers prepared legal defense against a federal suit by sixty three West Virginia mining companies aimed at dissolving the union which counts more than a half million members. President John Lewis and officers met counsel while a convention saw tensions rise with insurgent Kansas leader Alexander Howat over two outlaw strikes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
John Lewis
Borderland Coal Corporation
Union
Miners’ Convention
Lewis
Alexander Howat
Kansas Union
Chauncey Comes for Midweek Game
Coach Doug Torrance of Athens high brings the Red and Black to a midweek clash against Chauncey high on Wednesday at 3 30 p m at Mill Street grounds. The game tests the squad against the former Wesleyan star and precedes the season opener with Wellston on Saturday at Wellston.
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Doug” Torrance
Athens High
Chauncey High
Wesleyan
Wellston
Chauncey
Mill Street
Senate considers revised tax bill amid beer bill delay
Washington Sept 26 The Senate began debate on the revised tax bill aimed at raising 3.3 billion for the current fiscal year. The anti beer measure is set aside for now as Senator Sterling says drys will not obstruct the tax bill but will press the beer bill after treaties are settled.
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Washington
Senate
Sterling
Davis Cheered as Governor Backs State Bonus
Delegates at the state American Legion convention in Toledo cheered Governor Harry Davis after he pledged support for a state bonus for service men in the campaign this fall.
Capital And Labor Must Both Make Sacrifices If Idle Are To Have Work
Chicago faces a booze crisis as Arthur Farwell and Police Chief Fitzmorris reveal widespread prohibition violations. Farwell claims 3,500 of 5,000 Chicago saloons sell liquor openly, and Fitzmorris vows to purge the police from illicit liquor ties. Federal probes into bootlegging and police complicity intensify under District Attorney Cline.
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Carl Victor Little
United Press
Chicago
Harding
Arthur Burrage Farrell
Chicago Law and Order Teague
Fitzmorris
Cal Stuaion
Cline
Farwell
United States
Bloody Belfast Religious War Escalates With Night Attacks
Violence between Catholic and Protestant factions in Belfast continued through the night with armored cars and machine gun exchanges. Eight dead and seventy wounded over the weekend, including four from a bomb that exploded among crowds. crown forces engaged in sustained clashes across York street and Seaford Street.
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Belfast
York Street
Coxey Army to Arrive in Washington for Unemployment Conference
Urbain Ledoux arrives in Washington with about 300 unemployed men from Boston New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. He plans to parade the motor truck army to the White House and seek an audience with the president and a hearing at the unemployment conference.
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Washington
Coxey
Urbain Ledoux
Boston Commons
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
White House
Myrtle Towed In Safe At Staten Island
New York September 26 The fishing schooner Myrtle with 35 people aboard was towed to St George Staten Island this afternoon and all were safe.
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New York
Myrtle
St. George
Staten Island
Poles Form Group to Combat Ku Klux Klan in Toledo
At the Polish Alliance of America convention in Toledo on Sept 26 a new organization of Polish nativity men pledges to fight the Ku Klux Klan.
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Toledo
Ku Klux Klan
Polish Alliance of America
Special convocation for Athens chapter awards degree
Masons hold a special convocation for Athens chapter to confer R. A. M. on eight candidates tonight at 6:30. Officials J. R. Morton, H P. Jas. A. Palmer listed.
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Masons
Athens
J. R. Morton
H P. Jas. A. Palmer
Emma Goldman Plans Return to America From Russia
Emma Goldman, veteran anarchist, told United Press she will return to the United States after reporting less liberty in Soviet Russia. She said she will travel to Berlin for the International Anarchist Congress, then possibly stay in Germany before returning home. She noted no change in her opposition to government and favored violence only in extreme cases.
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Edwin Hullinger
United Press
Moscow
America
Emma Goldman
Russia
United States
Berlin
Germany
Emma
Dinner party honors sister in Millfield
Mrs. William Anderson delighted guests at a Sunday dinner in Millfield honoring her sister Mrs. Callie Holler of Akron. Dinner was served at noon with twenty one at the table. Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Pedigo and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mills of Nelsonville.
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Millfield
William Anderson
Callie Holler
Akron
Pedigo
Ed Mills
Nelsonville
Senate resolution to loan surplus army supplies
Washington September 26. Senator McCormick of Illinois introduces a resolution to loan surplus blankets tents cots and other quartermaster supplies to organizations of ex service men aiding housing and unemployment relief.
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Washington
Senate
Senator McCormick
Illinois
Secretary of War
Ohio foregrounds fight against infantile paralysis
The Ohio state department of health announced an aggressive attack on infantile paralysis after 160 cases reported this year. Plans include supplying the Rosenow serum free of charge to all victims in Ohio, via cooperation with Dr. Rosenow of Rochester Minnesota, assistant director James A. Beauman said.
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Columbus
State Department
He Today
Ohio
Rosenow
Rochester
Minn
James A. Beauman
Found Liquor of Much Pep In Athens County Incident
Sheriff Parker encountered Everett Robison and McKinley Locke riding a machine from Robison with a quart bottle of an unidentified bubbling intoxicant. Locke was fined five dollars plus costs for plain drunk. Robison pleaded guilty to transportation and paid 100 dollars plus costs.
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Athens County
Parker
Nelsonville
Everett Robinson
McKinley Locke
Locke
Robinson
Labor plans armistice day event with disarmament talk
Cincinnati labor leaders said plans are forming for an armistice day celebration tied to a Washington disarmament conference. October will finalize details as Ohio unions cooperate with AFL President Samuel Gompers to show labor’s aversion to war.
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Cincinnati
Washington
Joseph Cullen
Electrical Workers’ Union
Ohio
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Democratic Senators to Decide Peace Treaty Stand
Washington report notes that Democratic senators will determine their position on the peace treaty at a party conference tomorrow. The briefing emphasizes the internal debate and anticipated guidance from leadership.
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Washington
Bandit Captured After Payroll Robbery at Grand Central
Two men were shot by three bandits during an attempted payroll robbery on the second floor of Grand Central station in New York City. One of the bandits was captured.
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New York
Grand Central Station
Harding urges unity as unemployment conference opens
President Harding speaks to the opening session of the unemployment conference. He thanks volunteers, notes the war’s worldwide aftereffects, and says American aid offers hope amid global low spirits. The address emphasizes shared national and international responsibility and the war’s lingering economic strain.
Complaint filed over railroad rates in Ohio Valley case
The Ohio Valley Sand and Gravel Company of Bellaire Ohio filed a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission about Pennsylvania Railroad Company rate changes. The action was announced from Columbus on September 26.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Valley Sand and Gravel Company
Bellaire
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Arbuckle Hearing Focuses on Delmont Testimony
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle faces a pivotal moment as Mrs. Bambina Maude Delmont testifies in San Francisco on Labor Day party events linked to the Virginia Rappe death. She swears to a first degree murder charge and recounts an alleged attack, a key point in the ongoing preliminary hearing now in its fourth day.
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M. D. Tracey
San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Bambina Maude Delmont
Arbuckle
Miss Rappe
Delmont
Harding urges sacrifice to spur jobs as unemployment conference opens
President Harding launches a 51 member conference on unemployment to craft work for millions jobless. The group seeks railroad rate cuts, wage adjustments, faster building, and end to industrial strife while urging capital labor cooperation and use of war claims to aid railroads and housing loans.
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Herbert W. Walker
Washington
United States
Department of the Interior
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Harding
America
League of Nations
Fire safety plea urges care on holidays and common sense
A newspaper feature warns against lax attitudes toward fire risks on Sundays and holidays. It highlights how firecrackers, kerosene, and hot stoves cause injury and property loss, and promotes a 94 booklet from the National Board of Fire Underwriters with tips to prevent fires. The piece offers a free copy via the Washington Information Bureau with a coupon and two cents for postage.
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United States
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Washington Information Bureau
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