Questioning the 8 Hour Law and Canton License Ordinance
Central Labor Union weighs constitutionality of the 8 hour law with police and fire exemptions. If ruled invalid the matter may be taken to the Ohio State Federation of Labor and Governor Cox for amendment. Unionists oppose the Business Men's Association license proposal for Canton teamsters requiring records of movers. New officers elected include William Horden as president and L G Smith and C S Tamm as vice presidents.
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Legislative Committee
Central Labor Union
Hogan
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Cox
Business Men's Association
Teamsters of
Canton
William Horden
The
Engraver'’S Union
L. G. Smith
Musicians’ Union
C. 8. Tamm
Carpenters’ Union
Fred Schall
Former Judge White Indicted for Forgery
ARREST. FORMER JUDGE ON FORGERY INDICTMENT. The former judge White of Pontiac Illinois, indicted for forging the name of D S Meyers head banker of the Modern Woodmen to a $2000 note, is in custody at Spokane Washington. White intends to resist extradition. The note was cashed by a Fairbury Illinois bank.
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Pontiac, Ill
White
D. S. Meyers
Woodmen
Spokane
Wash
Fairbury, Ills
London coal porters strike over wage increase
Eight thousand London coal porters walked out after wage increase was denied. The strike affected 200 coal supply depots and halted daily deliveries of about 100000 tons of coal.
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United Press
London
Ex-Mayor Turns Boiling Over Rail Rates for Sunday Rally
Ex-mayor criticizes railroad rates as he plans to transport Canton converts to Pittsburg to hear Billy Sunday again. He jokes about Cantonians needing boiling over while Turnbull recalls his own conversion. The plan aims to bring back Sunday’s evangelist message to Pittsburg.
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Kix
Turnbull
Billy
Canton
Pittsburg
Canton Police Short on Manpower For City Needs
Canton faces a staffing strain with only six day shift officers and 37 total in the department. Safety Director Kunkel says more officers are needed but pending council matters hinder recruitment. He notes emergency calls overwhelm the force and a crowded auditorium crowd required Chief Smith to assist on duty.
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Canton
Kunkel
Smith
Insurance suit dropped after husband hidden under alias
Mrs. Mont Shultz of Decatur Illinois sued an insurance firm for 7000 after discovering her husband long missing was living in Sharon Pennsylvania under the name Ek A Boyer. He said he discarded his name to start life anew and wrote the explanation in a local newspaper office.
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Unitedress
Sharon
Mont Shultz
Decatur
Ills
Shultz
Ek. A. Boyer
Nuisance Suit Over Sk Fortified Factory Smoke
Truman A. Cover sues Canton Drop Forge Co in common pleas court for 2500 damages claiming depreciation of his home at 401 12th St due to smoke oil and odors from the factory built in 1903. He seeks damages and abatement of the nuisance.
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Truman A. Cover
Common Pleas
Canton Drop Forge Co
Truman
Welty and
Burt
12Th St
Evans Permits Kidney Operation After Mercury Poisoning
Thomas W Evans, Moody Bible Institute graduate, who swallowed six and a half bichloride of mercury tablets, granted his doctors permission to remove and wash his kidneys. He said the operation, already successful on the Pacific coast, could help humanity if it does not save him.
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United Press
Chicago
Thomas W Evans
Moody Bible Institute
Pacific
Evans
Plan to Erect Twenty Free Hospitals for Radium Cancer
President J M Flannery of Standard Chemical Co told the house mines committee the plan to build 20 free hospitals costing 15 million dollars for radium cancer treatment. Each facility would house five grams of radium and the backers seek broad funding without Rockefeller or Carnegie involvement.
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United Press
Washington
J. M. Flannery
Standard Chemical Co
House Mines Committee
Kkach Institution
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure All Stages
Readers learn of Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed as a constitutional remedy that attacks blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers 100 dollar reward for any case not cured and invites testimonials, with sales through druggists and a note to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Chendy & CO
Toledo
Physicians Recommend Death Over Brain Surgery for Murder Suspect
CHICAGO Jan 22 county jail physicians today urged that no operation be performed to remove a brain bullet from Andrew Olsen alleged wife murderer. Olsen shot himself after the murder and doctors say surgery would likely leave him brain dead. unless Sheriff Zimmer overrules them Olsen will be allowed to die a painless death.
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United Press
Chicago
Andrew Olsen
Olsen
Zimmer
Stuart's Calcium Wafers for Clear Complexions Ad
An advertisement promises rapid skin improvement using Stuart's Calcium Wafers. It touts purifying blood to reduce pimples boils and rashes, claims fast bloodstream circulation and immediate impurity removal, and notes the product sells for 50 cents a box at all druggists.
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Stuart
Practices With Gun Uses It On His Wife
EAST ST. LOUIS Ills Jan 22 Charles Winn purchased a revolver after his wife refused reconciliation He practiced on a target for hours and then shot her through the spine Winn then killed himself.
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East ST. Louis
Ills
Charles Winn
Winn
Spencer divorce suit filed in common pleas court
Ira M. Spencer seeks a divorce from Alanson B. Spencer alleging habitual drunkenness since their marriage in September 1905. The action was filed in the common pleas court.
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Ira M. Spencer
Common Pleas Court
Alanson B. Spencer
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