Open shop plan for Cincinnati on January 1
Industrial Division of the Chamber of Commerce plans to implement an open shop in Cincinnati starting January 1 following unions' wage dispute with Dr David Philipson. 3 000 copies of the policy statement and 2 000 pledge copies have been printed to secure employer support as conferences with carpenters and bricklayers falter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce
L. H. van Matre
David Philipson
Building Trades
Philipson
Gibson
van Vatre
Master Builders’ Association
Carpenters’ Union
Carpenters’ District Council
Carpenters
Four Men Arrested in $50,000 Gem Theft at Procter Residence
Detectives arrested three men at Kenyon Avenue after a tip linked them to the Glendale jewelry theft from the William Cooper Procter home last Monday night. Police expect early recovery of the jewels and plan further questioning with victim witnesses and a $10,000 reward in play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Procter
William Cooper Procter
Glendale
Hill
Brink
Thomas
Kenyon Avenue
Mary Johnnson
Rolf
Cal Crim
Paul Ryan
Hidden whisky tunnel system unearthed by officers raid
State prohibition officers and Fifth District police uncovered a labyrinth of cellars tunnels and subcellars beneath a Findlay Street home linked to Walter Myer as a still and two barrels of mash were seized. The raid traced rubber hose lines to secret doors and a 75 by 150 foot subterranean complex. Police also searched a Dixie Inn tied to the case and questioned proprietor Lester A. Rensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Prohibition
Fifth District
Albert Venn
Wright and
Dixon
Walter Myer
Findlay Street
Myer
Freda Hornberger
Dixie Inn
Cheviot Pike
Lester A. Rensing
Index to Advertisements Amusements and Services
A fragmented catalog lists items like Art Dry Cleaning Baldwin Piano Co Fifth Third National Bank and various services. It notes advertisers such as Baldwin, Cunard Line, Eagle Savings and Loan, Louisville & Nashville Railway, Master Builders' Association, and Shillito's among others with page references and product categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seeeens
Baldwin
Sceesseeees
Cunard Anchor
Ei. R. Page Co
Eagle Savings and Loan Aéssn
Last Hills Coal and Supply CO
BOR Dhio
Copacetes
C. Oude
Bbauld
National Bank
Financial— Cincinnati Automobile Cor
Cscs
Ae Weil, Roth & Co
Ebaine
Chbecskpovdsioas
Féiabeneenan Hece
Lavery Club Cigars Coi
Hak Socukeede Aa
Louisville & Nashville Railway
Ee Eg Inn Co
Sddsceceseagace
Vecesns Neccesenca Oe
Master Builders’ Association
Ll Meine
Ence Cree Seneess
Caues
Richard
Caknee Nkiwe Schaefer Rubber Co
The
Geo. Ast Candy Co
John van Range Co
Esierman-Verkamp Co
Testimony Sought From IRT Directors on 1917 Transactions
The State Transit Commission issued subpoenas to seven Interborough Rapid Transit directors who declined voluntary testimony on top company transactions from 1917. Belmont Vanderbilt Berwind O'Brien among those summoned for tomorrow’s session, with others delaying due to travel or illness. Justice Shearn said directors would be asked to waive immunity at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
State Transit Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
August Belmont
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Edward J. Berwind
Morgan J. O’brien
James N. Quackenbush
Interborough
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler
F. de Courcey Sullivan
Daniel G. Reid
Cuyler
Washington
Sullivan
Connecticut
Quackenbush
Commission
Clarence J. Shearn
Supreme Court
Landau Found Guilty of First Degree Murder in Landru Case
Henri Landau was convicted of murder in the first degree in the Assizes Court here after a three week trial for the deaths of ten women and a boy. He was sentenced to die by guillotine as defense counsel argued caustically about evidence and missing persons cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Associated Press
Henri Landau
Assizes
Landru
M. Moro-Giafferi
Gilbert
Mme. Cochet
Sandra
Telephoning from Moving Car Demonstrated in Schenectady
In Schenectady New York a carrier current telephone test on Schenectady Railway lines showed talking from a moving trolley car to a point over three miles away. The demonstration used the trolley wire to carry the telephone signal, signaling advances in electric train operations under General Electric.
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Schenectady
N. Y
New England Storm Sets Damage Record
Boston reports the first sun after four days as New England thaws revealing damage in the millions. Fallen trees and poles disabled electric lighting, telephone, telegraph and street railway services, with unprecedented difficulties for electric and telephone companies.
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Boston
New England
Lost Battalion Leader Whittlesey Leaps Overboard at Sea
Havana aboard the Toloa Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey reportedly leaped to his death just after midnight on the voyage from New York. Friends and crew note premeditation as nine unsent letters remain unused on his bunk. Captain Grant and consular officials coordinated a late statement after heavy seas delayed arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
Charles W. Whittlesey
Toloa
United States
Grant
Toioa
New York
Tre
Whittlesey
A. Maloret
Colonel Whittlesey
Jose Armand
Powders To Put Kick In Soft Drink Seized
A truckload of German mailed powder packages claimed to convert drinks into an intoxicating beverage was confiscated at the Philadelphia post office. About 5,000 packages were sent as samples to businessmen, with orders sought for larger quantities. Powder samples were sent to chemists for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Germany
Aviation Tragedy Claims Four at Ft Sill Drill
Four army aviators two officers and two privates were killed at Ft Sill Oklahoma when two attack planes collided during combat drills at about 2000 feet. The crash followed a midair collision as the planes tried a difficult maneuver. Fire engulfed the wreckage and rescuers could not reach the charred bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Okla
Army
Post Field
Ft. Sill
John L. Loomis
J. T. Lanfalg
Tubbard
B. A. Smith
Irish crisis threatens Irish conference and peace
London reports say government and Sinn Fein fear collapse of the Irish talks as Britain faces a Newark of wartime policy. Sinn Fein reiterates commitment to Irish unity and crown allegiance while Dublin delegates warn against a Boundary Commission. Lloyd George travels to Washington, signaling possible renewed tensions and a return to open conflict if talks fail.
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London
Associated Press
Otir Walter Rathenam
Lord Birkenhead
Liverpool
Lloyd George
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Ulster
Washington
Downing Street
United States
Theinn Fein
Sinn
Japan Presses 70 Per Cent Fleet Demand In Naval Talks
Washington reports Japan has formally proposed a 70 per cent fleet for national security, challenging Secretary Hughes's 65 35 plan. American and British experts back the 5-5-3 ratio and reject a 70 per cent basis, while talks may shift to bases in the Pacific as a condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Shantung
United States
Great Britain
Japan
China
Hughes
Arthur J. Balfour
Telone
Oly
Walington
Greea Anig
America
Far East
Pacific
Pilot L H Scott crashes in Curtiss near Marietta Ohio
Marietta Ohio November 30 L H Scott a reserve army pilot formerly of Dayton crashed to earth in a Curtiss plane during a trip with passengers Jacob Kuntz and his son Harold Kuntz The machine was wrecked but none of the occupants was injured
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Marietta, O
L H. Scott
Dayton
Passohgers
Jacob Kuntz
Harold Kuntz
Lima man faces first degree murder charge in Kershaw death
Harold Nieren garten of Lima is jailed in Auglaize County on a murder charge for the slaying of World War II hero Joseph Scott Kershaw aboard a Baltimore and Ohio box car between Lima and Wapakoneta on November 20. He denied firing the shots and claimed a Toledo associate named Whitey killed Kershaw to seize eight pounds of opium. Nieren garten’s confession followed a prior statement to a local paper and investigators are probing possible opium gang links with names and addresses. A gun with Nieren garten’s fingerprints was found at his Lima home after the statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Harold Nierengarten
Lima Hellboy
Auglaize County
Wapakoneta
Joseph Scott Kershaw
Baltimore & Ohio
Robert Ewing
Nierengarten
Kershaw
Whitey
Toledo
Cridersville
Lim
Return of $100 Purse Netted After Sunday Robbery
Mrs. Margaret Frey of 1507 Chapel street heard footsteps on her porch and found the stolen purse at her feet. The purse contained $100 when taken and remained intact when returned, following a whispered conscience.
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Margaret Frey
Bank President Vanishes After $87,500 Stock Fraud
Mont Berg, president of Sierra Valley Bank and Indian Valley Bank, disappeared after the fraud was uncovered. San Francisco and Sacramento banks were defrauded of 87,500 through raised and forged stock certificates, announced by State Superintendent of Banks Jonathan S. Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mont Berg
Sierra Valley Bank of
Loyalton
Indian Valley Bank of
Greenville
Plumas
Sierra Counties
Sacramento
Jonathan S. Dodge
Two Auto Blankets Found On Price Avenue Porch
Police investigated last night after John C. Libbert of 3447 Price Avenue Price Hill found two expensive automobile blankets on his rear porch. He heard knocks at the door around 9 pm Tuesday but saw no one as two men fled the scene while he inspected the yard.
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John C. Libbert
Price Avenue
Price Hill
Association of Nations not to interfere with League says Schanzer
Senator Schanzer, Italy’s delegate, told newspaper men at the Italian Embassy that the proposed Association of Nations would not challenge the League of Nations. He said the covenant allows cooperation and that a Washington conference is unlikely to decide land-armament limits, noting Italy would subscribe to naval reductions in line with other Mediterranean powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Association of Nations
League of Nations
Schanzer
Italy
Abdul Baha Abbas Dies in Persia Leader of Bahai Movement
Abdul Baha Abbas known as Abbas Effendi and Abdul Baha, born May 23 1844 in Teheran, died last Monday in Haifa Persia. He led Bahaism advocating world religious unity and universal peace through harmony of religions. He visited the United States in 1912 and spent years imprisoned by Turks and Persians.
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London
Abdul Baha Abbas
Haifa
Persia
London Times
Abbas Effendi
Abdul Baha
Teheran
United States
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Les
Belmont
Grien
Vanderbilt
New York Transit Commission
Landau
Bluebeard
Lagt Guard
Saya
Amy Flier
Britain
Hughes and Balfour
Manihara
Rankow
U. S
And
England
Tangle
Admiral Kato
Tokyo
Eearth
Aeromaw
Hellboy Lotory
Chapel Street
Raffles
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