Justice Department Opposes Palter Decree Modifications
In Washington on September 30 the department of justice argued in district court that private citizens or groups such as the Ku Klux Klan or the Southern Wholesale Grocers Association have not participated in conferences to modify the Pal mer consent decree. The decree limits big packers to the meat industry.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Southern Wholesale Grocers Association
Palmer
District Supreme Court
Galloway
Department
Ku Klux Klan
Fire thwarted at Dayton Public Library
Dayton Ohio September 30. A planned library fire was thwarted when the janitor found two burning boxes of rubbish and records at three am. The blaze was under lead water pipes and melted them. Loss judged nominal after investigators found coal oil had been used.
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Dayton, O
Dayton Public Library
Eighteen Paroled at Ohio Prison Board Meeting
Eighteen prisoners at the Ohio state prison were granted paroles at the board of paroles and pardons second meeting in Columbus. Of twelve eligible for September, one was paroled. nineteen of 93 cases were continued but given favorable action for September hearing.
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Columbus
Ohio Pen
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Toledo Mayor blocks auction of unemployed workers
Toledo Sept. 30 Mayor Schreiber announced he would not permit the auction of unemployed here. Urbain Ledoux, who recently sold workers on the auction block, was expected to arrive from Washington to arrange similar sales. Schreiber called it unlawful and said there is no reason for unnecessary trouble such a sale might bring about.
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Toledo
Schreiber
Urbain Ledoux
Washington
West Hungary Declares Independence Amid Tension
West Hungary, referred to as Burgen land, proclaims itself an independent state after seizing disputed territory between Austria and Hungary. Hungarian forces have defied Paris peace decrees and show no sign of returning the land to Hungary.
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Vienna
Burgenland
Hungary
Paris
Austria
Sinn Fein Cabinet Weighs Peace Conference Message
The Sinn Fein cabinet met in Dublin to consider a message to Lloyd George regarding his invitation to a peace conference in October.
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Dublin
Sinn Fein
Lloyd George
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples in Floodwood Nelsonville and New England
Ivan Dolman the truck driver and Nellie Peach both of Floodwood. Patrick W Nickham mine superintendent and Elizabeth Flanagan both of Nelsonville. Edwin Goodin miner and Audry Bennett both of New England.
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Ivan Dolman
Nellie Peach
Floodwood
Patrick W. Nickham
Elizabeth Flanagan
Nelsonville
Edwin Goodin
Audry Bennett
New England
Notable 19th Century Ohio Military and Legal Highlights
Entries note events from September 30 across years: 1832 cholera appears in Cincinnati. 1862 J Warren Keifer commissioned colonel of the 110th Ohio Volunteers. 1891 a fatal train wreck involving four leaders and twenty four saved. 19th century Ohio Supreme Court holds Federal prohibition amendment must be put to a state referendum.
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Cincinnati
J. Warren Keifer
One Hundred and Tenth
Ohio Volunteers
Ohio Supreme Court
Divorce Action Ends Mme Ganna Walskas Third Marriage
The American in Paris notes Mme Ganna Walska files for divorce from Alexander Smith Cochran of New York and Paris. It questions if the suit rests on the classical artist temperamental incompatibility and signals the end of Walska's third marriage.
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Paris
Mme
Ganna Walska
Alexander Smith Cochran
New York
Grand Opera
Mme. Walska
Grievance Committees Weigh Railroad Strike Action
Chicago Sept 30 Grievance committees of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen on sixty lines began assessing whether to strike. In ten days their decision goes to President William G Lee who will present facts to the executive committee. Officials expect the committees to follow the majority’s wish after a 91 percent strike ballot.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway
William G. Lee
Lee
Brotherhood
The
United Press
Reichstag Ratifies Peace Treaty With United States
Berlin Sept 30 The reichstag today passed the bill ratifying the peace treaty with the United States. Communist members opposed the measure. Germany has completed her part in ratification and the treaty now awaits debate in the United States senate.
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Berlin
Reichstag
United States
Germany
United States Senate
Smoot Proposes Tax Plan with 3 Percent Sales Tax
Senator Smoot introduces amendments to repeal key Republican tax provisions and replace them with a 3 percent manufacturers sales tax. He says income tobacco liquor and duties stay unchanged and estimates the sales tax would raise 729 million dollars in 1922 to cover revenue lost by repeal.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Idaho
Anti-Beer First Blocks Senate Vote on German Peace Treaty
The senate blocked an anti-beer bill today, delaying a vote on the peace treaty with Germany. Leaders and lawmakers debated the measure as it stalled the legislative calendar and risked postponing the treaty’s fate.
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Washington
Senate
Germany
Beer Talk Quieted For Treaty Parley
Washington notes that Senator Sterling will not block the peace treaty vote after receiving assurances the measure will not be sidetracked. The plan calls for a October 11 decision and for Senator Lodge to re-submit the agreement at 5 PM.
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Sterling
Senator Lodge
Irish to Send Delegates to Peace Meeting
Dublin today reports Eamonn De Valera accepted the British invitation to a peace conference set for October 11. The Dail cabinet, after a long session, announced it would send plenipotentiaries to discuss peace terms with Britain.
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Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Lloyd George
Dail
Britain
Strikes Rise Across Nation Amid War Era Labor Tensions
Reports show 69 strikes active nationwide, surpassing postwar levels though below wartime peak of 80. Labor official Davis notes the wave fuels unemployment as employers press to cut centers reports to the department, with widespread walkouts attributed to wage and policy disputes.
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Dggis
Cenete
Department
Progress Report on Athens Golf Links Construction
Chairman J Cline reported rapid progress on the Athens Golf and Country Club course. Greens seeding underway with greens at various growth stages and all tees seeded except two as completion nears despite dry spells and reliance on natural rainfall.
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Athens Golf and Country Club
J. 41. Cline
Greens
Cline
Mr. Cline
Athens
Glouster Man Praises Shirt Recovery Ads
M M LeFavor of Glouster reports successful results from recent ads and urges trying another. A T Lawhead, master printer, placed a Wednesday ad to recover a lost shirt package. the paper circulated briefly before the shirts arrived, with the cost described as small. Call 61 or 70 to place a want ad.
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Glouster
Lawhead
M. M. LeFavor
A. T. Lawhead
Brumbaugh's Body Sent Home for Greenfield Funeral
The body of Clement H. Brumbaugh former congressman from the First District died here Wednesday night from complications. It was sent to his former home in Greenfield today for funeral and burial services.
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Columbus
Clement H. Brumbaugh
First
Greenfield
Chauncey Ball Park Sunday Game in Key-New Straitsville
Chauncey hosts Key-New Straitsville on Sunday at the ball park in Chauncey with schedules set for a daytime game. Local fans expected a competitive matchup as teams prepare for upcoming league play.
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Chauncey Ball Park
Chaum Key
New Straitsville
Scouts Take On New Life In Athens Troop
Scout meeting at the Presbyterian church featured Rev. Arthur Marshall discussing army chaplains and wartime experiences. Harold J. Paul leads Troop 1 with plans for a new city scout headquarters supported by the Elks, as Principal Rupp and others outline coming-season activities.
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Athens
Harold J. Paul
Presbyterian Church
Arthur Marshall
Marshall
Camp Taylor
Chaplin
Atlantic
Ireland
Rev
Russell H. Rupp
Mr. Smith
Ohio University
City
Elks
Yesterday's in Ohio highlights historical figures and events
An 1812 party of twenty two led by Joshua R. Giddings was attacked by Indians near Sandusky Bay. 1816 James Backus, early Marietta settler and first frame-house builder in Ohio, died. 1858 Dr. Charles Howe, Case School of Applied Science president, born Nashua NH. 1867 Edwin C. Binwid, Anti Saloon League official, born Springfield IL. 1900 Samuel F. Cary, ex congressman and Greenback VP nominee, died Cincinnati born Feb 18 1814.
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Joshua R. Giddings
Sandusky Bay
James Backus
Marietta
Ohio
Norwich
Conn
Charles’ §. Howe
Case School of Applied Science
Nashua
N. H
Edwin C. Binwiddie
Anti- Saloon League of America
Springfield
Samuel F. Cary
Greenback
Cincinnati
Grand jury returns nearly two hundred indictments in miner insurrection
Madison West Virginia September 30 nearly two hundred indictments were returned by a special grand jury against participants in the miners insurrection in August Prosecuting Attorney Mullens said charges include treason insurrection pistol toting stealing and other crimes Frank Keeney and William Blizzard had not been indicted yet Mullens said evidence ties United Mine Workers to the Logan county invasion and the grand jury will adjourn Saturday
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Madison
W. Va
Mullens
Frank Keeney
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers
Logan County
Senate Accepts Time Agreement on German Treaty Debate
Washington Sept 30 The Senate adopted a time agreement by Underwood and Lodge to end debate on the German treaty by October 14 The tax bill will yield to treaty talks when needed but may be considered when no treaty debate runs The pact is hailed as a victory by both treaty supporters and Republican leaders who want to avoid a long fight into November and the disarmament conference negotiations.
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L. C. Martin
Washington
Senate
Underwood
Lodge
Ledge
Sugar freight rate attacked by railroad counsel
Washington court brief argues high freight rates do not cause current Ohio sugar beet industry difficulties. Counsel contends reductions would hurt carriers. They blame low prices on competition from western factories west of the Mississippi and imported Cuban sugar.
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Washington
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
Mississippi River
Teacher Ruth Bunker Reported Missing in Akron
Police search for 19 year old Ruth Bunker a school teacher who vanished after cashing her paycheck at a downtown Akron store last Saturday. All theories pursued by investigators have yielded no trace of her.
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Akron
Ruth Bunker
Mirror Telescope Aims to Photograph Mars in 1924
In Chile a cine shaft will house a giant telescope with a massive bottom mirror to reflect light for Mars imaging. Astronomer David Todd predicts a magnification of 25 million times and a near distance of about a mile and a half, hoping to prove life on Mars.
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Chile
Mars
David Todd
Chicago murderer Wanderer dies on scaffold at dawn
Carl O Wanderer was hanged at Cook County Jail for the murder of his wife and her unborn child. His last moments included singing, a prayer, and a calm, defiant stance as the trap door released at 7:21 a.m. The prison staff called him the gamest man ever hung there.
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Chicago
Carl O. Wanderer
Cook County
Wanderer
Hughes chosen as Red Cross delegate for Columbus convention
Athens county Red Cross executive selects M D Hughes as delegate to the national Red Cross convention in Columbus October 4 to 8. The meeting notes the event gathers 3600 chapters, with speakers including President Harding and General Pershing. The convention highlights the Red Cross program and overseas war worker reunions. The Week includes The Pageant of the Red Cross closing events on October 6 and 7.
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Athens County
Red Cross
Harding
John Pershing
Denby
Hoover
Weeks
Farrand
Frank B. Willis
Eleven Candidates File for County School Board
Eleven candidates filed petitions for Athens county board of education. Named are Charles Williams Jacksonville Leo Williams Lodi township C O Bryson Rome William Ossman York Clarence McCafferty Chauncey Howard Bingman York Clyde White Coolville P D Hill Dover Mack Braley Athens township Howard Cline Albany George Rose Trimble township. Three members are to be elected in November.
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Athens County Board of Education
Charles Williams
Jacksonville
Leo Williams
Lodi Township
C. O. Bryson
Rome
William Ossman
York
Clarence McCafferty
Chauncey
Howard Bingman
Clyde White
Coolville
P. D. Hill
Dover
Mack Braley
Athens Township
Howard Cline
Albany
George Rose
Trimble Township
County Board of Education
Ku Klux Growing Rapidly in State
In central Ohio over the last two months the Ku Klux Klan has shown steady growth, says Dr. Charles L. Harrod organizer for Franklin and twenty adjacent counties. He claims membership rising by five thousand daily, with many university students among new adherents.
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Columbus
Ku Klux Klan
Ohio
Charles L. Harrod
Franklin
Harrod
American Legion Dance and Jubilee at the Armory
Members invite all to a two night dance and jubilee at the Armory this Friday and Saturday evening. A 60 cent ticket admits for both nights. Event promotes community gathering and Legion activities.
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American Legion
Road Work Not To Start This Year In Ohio
Columbus Sept 30 Reductions in freight rates for road building materials will not trigger new highway work this season says L C Herrick director of public works. Little time remains for construction before winter. Work will begin immediately on the Lincoln highway final link from the state line to Ashland including 2200 feet of brick near East Canton.
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Columbus
Ohio
L. C. Herrick
Public Works
Herrick
State Line
Ashland
East
Canton
Akron built baby blimp destroyed by lightning explosion
The baby blimp built at Akron and towed to McCook Field in Dayton was completely destroyed by a lightning caused explosion at 3 30 this afternoon.
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Dayton
Akron
McCook Field
Cooper executed for Columbus detective's murder
John Cooper, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at the state prison in Columbus for murdering C. E. B. Tiller, a local detective, in a crime finalized early today.
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Columbus
John Cooper
C. EB. Tiller
Want to Rejoin Army for Regular Meals at Camp Perry
Camp Perry Ohio reports over 100 unemployed men, many former soldiers, seeking enlistment information as the army’s size drops toward 150,000 under the army appropriation act. Recruiting rules tighten, incentives fade, and men must enlist at official centers or pay their own travel. A land survey may decide how much camp acreage to retain for drill and veterans aid use.
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Camp Perry
Farrar
Secretary of War
Veterans Bureau
River Freight Cut Is Announced
The Liberty Transit Company announced a 20 percent reduction in freight rates effective October 1, covering packet boats between Pittsburg Charleston Zanesville and Cincinnati. The move signals lower shipping costs on the river routes and could affect regional commerce and transportation pricing.
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Gallipolis
Liberty Transit Company
Pittsburg
Charleston
Zanesville
Cincinnati
Richland County Officials Face Graft Charges
Sept 80 Mansfield Richland County officials charged in state examiner report with pay roll padding forgery and irregularities. William F Fisher county auditor now in state pen Charles Huber and Boyd Wier man under indictment Vern Swisser and others named. T R Robinson county prosecutor arraigned for failure to prosecute graft cases. Harvey Impoff former county infirmary superintendent charged with withholding funds. Report by Irvin Young from State Auditor Tracy's department notes prior grand jury action with convictions and indictments.
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Mansfield
Richland
Port of State
William F. Fisher
Charles Huber
Boyd Wierman
Vern Swisser
T. R. Robinson
Harvey Impoff
Examiner
Moyzige
Irvin Young
Tracy
Free Booklet on Milk Health by Harvard Expert
The Milk Booklet by Dr. Milton J. Rosenau explains milk as a food source and its health impact. Readers can obtain a free copy by sending two cents for return postage along with their name and address to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington.
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Milton J. Rosenau
Sor
Giene
Harvard University
United Sates Public Health Service
Mit
Washington Information Bureau
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