Local man Shohl dies by suicide after note found
Richard Shohl 36 a resident of 714 South Crescent Avenue Avondale killed himself yesterday morning at Sixth Street by shooting himself in the mouth and taking poison. He registered under the name Richard Shohl at 11 East Sixth Street and left a farewell note saying he was tired and going to take a long rest. The coroner ordered the body removed to an undertaker. Judge Walter Shohl, his brother, is in Toledo and was notified by telephone.
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Fichrd S. Shohl
South
Crescent Arene
Avondale
Imaett
Sixth Street
Shohl
Charles Sholl
Walter Shohl
Tronio
Cal Crim
Shon
Hirin
Hb Shohl
East Sixth Street
Richard Shohl
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Crim
Sheh
Sieis
A. C. Bader
Dorpher Bauer
Walter Sholl
Hahline Court
Toledo
Saranac? Lake
Towers
Rockaway
NC-1
Long Island
Vineyard
Chatham
Seal Island
NC-4
McDermut
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Baltimore
Trepassey
Canadian Air Station
Haifax
Singer Company Tax Case Denied by Court Ruling
Judge Hollister in the United States Court rejected Singer Sewing Machine Company's objections in a tax dispute with County Treasurer Cooper over installment sales. The ruling holds credits are taxable, finding the company tried to dodge taxes by misrepresenting ownership and balance claims, applying the unclean hands doctrine.
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Judge Hollister
Hollister
United States
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Cooper
Ohio
Singer Company
Wilson Not Fearful Of Bolshevism In U S
Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson told a United War Work League luncheon in New York that Bolshevism cannot foothold in the United States. He said America’s democracy far outpaces Europe and that progress can come without force unlike autocratic nations. He noted two years of labor department efforts against I W W and Bolshevism, which are allied in his view.
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New York
William B. Wilson
United States
United Warst League’ of America
Europe
Department of Labor
Germany
League of Nations
Wilhelmstrasse
Italy
Great Britain
France
Family reunion after Civil War era separation in Ohio
William Howard Hamilton of Eagle Station Kentucky located his 86 year old father Jeremiah Hamilton in West Mansfield Ohio, reuniting after decades apart since the father served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
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Bellepfpontaine, O
William Howard ‘ Hamilton
Eagle Station
Jeremiah Hamilton
West Mansfield
Weather Summary From Ohio to Kentucky and Beyond
Cloudy conditions persist across Ohio West Virginia Indiana and Kentucky with Tuesday and Wednesday showers possible in some states. Temperature readings from multiple stations show highs in the 60s to upper 70s and varying precipitation amounts. A May 12 1919 Cincinnati record notes a high of 74 and a low of 42 with cloudy conditions across the day.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Kansas City
Thoston
Esses
New Orleans
Omaha
Galveston
Denver
Nashville
San Francisco
Memphis
Winnipeg Sooge
Cincinnati
Villa retakes Parral. captures 260 garrison
Reports from Parral say Francisco Villa retook the city on Thursday and imprisoned the 260 man garrison led by Colonel Gomez who had held Parral for two days. Villa led the assault in person and freed prisoners directing them to resume work. Casualties were light. Gomez escaped.
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EL Paso
Tex
Parral
Francisco Villa
Gomez
Villa
Dry and Wet Bill Debate Set by Ohio Legislators
Representative C C Crabbe of Madison County and Senator Rowell Wright of Cleveland will debate this Saturday before the County Club of Cleveland. Crabbe defends his pending dry bills while Wright argues their injustice.
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Columbus
C.C. Crabbe
Madison County
Rowell Wright
Cleveland
General Assembly
County Club
Crabbe
Wright
Enthusiasm Marked In Opening Session Of Convention
The tenth annual convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Freight Handlers and Station Employees opened at Emery Auditorium with about 2 500 delegates in attendance. Mayor Galvin welcomed them to Cincinnati as Grant Hurdle praised the city and noted the zone mileage system for delegates from all states.
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The
Brotherhood of
Iemery
Galvin
Grant Hurdle
Cincinnati
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Quinlam
Galvin J
Progressives Fight Penrose Warren in U S Senate Reorganization
Republican Senators debated plans to organize the new Senate with Progressives opposing Penrose of Pennsylvania and Warren of Wyoming as chairmen of Finance and Appropriations. Senator Borah vowed to oppose Penrose, while others hedged on floor votes. Progressives favored Smoot for Appropriations but withheld support for pro tem, with Johnson and Lenroot named as acceptable for the post. Formal notice of the attitude followed a meeting but no final decision was announced.
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Penrose
Warren
Smoot
U. S. Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Borah
Idaho
Pen
Rose
Utah
Appropriations Committee
Johnson
California
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Moses
New Hampshire
Lodge
Navy reports C-5 transatlantic dirigible flight plans
The Navy announces the C-5 airship test flight from Montauk to St. Johns will inform future transatlantic aims. Commanded by Commander K. W. Coil, the 178 000 cubic foot twin engine craft carries six crew and reserves fuel for longer range.
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St. Johns
Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
Navy
Naval Air Station
Montauk
New York
Newfoundland
Ke, W. Coil
J. W. Lawrence
M. H. Easterly
D. P. Campbell
Mateg
T. L. Moorman
S. N. Bigckburn
Entente Proletariat Appeals Amid German Peace Debate
In Berlin and across German cities protests grow against the armistice terms. Leaders like Mueller and Traub denounce imperialism while Kautsky urges acceptance as inevitable, and calls for a workers congress to decide stance against the entente peace proposal.
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Mueller
Kautsky
Traub
Natred
Berlin
Gustav Stresemann
People’s Party
William
Independent
Socialist Party
Richard Weller
Workmen’s Councils
Greater Berlin
Germany
Entente Proletariat
Herr Mueller
France
Belgium
Karl Kautsky
Die Kresheit
German Counter Treaty Offered to Allies by Brockdorff-Rantzau
Frederick Stampfer editor of Vorwaerts complains at Versailles about German press status as prisoners of war and laments the peace terms, fearing German subjugation and a potential loss of American ideals. He doubts whether Germany should accept terms, questioning U.S. involvement.
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Brockdorff-Rantzau
Berlin
Associated Press
Frederick Stampfer
Vorwaerts
Versailles
Herr Stampfer
United States
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Council of Four
France
Germany
Journal Des Debats
Councilman Ends Radical Meeting With Tearing of Tablet
May 12 in South Bend Indiana Maurice Vennet city council member interrupted a Washington Hall radical gathering tearing down a tablet bearing the inscription These men died for the fatherland killed by U S bullets He swung the picture over the speaker and threw the canvas in his face Police restored order no arrests were made
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Associated Press
South
Bend
Ind
Maurice Vennet
Washington Hall
U. S
Vennet
William Cassiday
Ballon attack on Navy officers near Baden raises search
Pennsylvania State Constabulary and county detectives join Pittsburg police in pursuing gunmen who shot at a balloon carrying Navy lieutenants Robert Howarth and Ensign William White from Akron. The gas bag was punctured but the craft landed safely near Baden after the crew opened safety valves.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania State Constabulary
Allegheny
Beaver Counties
United States Naval
Baden
Robert Howarth
William White
Akron (D
Naval Reserve Training Station
Akron
Atlantic Coast
Geaver
Ensign White
Naval Bureau
Washington
Akron Station
Howarth
Toledo Fights Prolonged Wage Dispute at Willys-Overland
May 12 Toledo sees ongoing labor troubles as Mayor Cornell Schreiber and a workers’ committee from the Willys-Overland plant press for a 44 hour week and a 10 to 25 cent hourly raise. Ten thousand nine were locked out last week, with talks continuing tomorrow and both sides signaling a lengthy clash if talks fail.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Cornell Schreiber
Willys-Overland Company
Ours
Overland
Overland Company
English First for Immigrants At Washington Conference
Washington opening of a four day Americanization conference under the Interior Department urged English in all schools for foreign born residents. P P Claxton said language knowledge is essential to becoming American. Towne emphasized oral English, Willson cited phonograph in teaching songs, Rickard noted stereopticon use. Night schools discussed. Boston official urged morning noon and evening classes to aid workers and women. Cincinnati Social Unit and Kalamazoo industrial English program cited as models.
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The
Interior de
P. P. Claxton
Charles F. Towne
Massachusetts ‘Bureau of Education
W. A. Willson
New York
H. D. Rickard
Syracuse
N. Y
America
F. W. Thompson
Boston
Social Unit Organization
Cincinnati
Kalamazoo
Purdoo Student Impersonator Hailed as Our Hero by Crowd
Harry T. Weinshank of Indianapolis, a Purdue University student, was driven from Lafayette by irate students after impersonating an officer on Indiana Welcome Home Day. He led a veterans parade in Indianapolis, was ducked into a tank, chained to the Purdue bell, and escorted to the interurban station where he was sent back to Indianapolis.
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Eset Press
Lafayette
Ind
Harry T. Weinshank
Indianapolis
Purdue University
Weinshank
Indiana
Sqgan
Purdue
Dry agents indicted for killing bootleggers in Virginia
A Virginia special grand jury returned indictments against four state prohibition officers W C Hall W B Dunleavy H F Sweet and J A Sullivan for the murder of bootleggers Raymond Shackleford and L D Hudson on March 26 as they drove whisky from Baltimore. Militia guarded the officers at arraignment.
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Woodstock
W. C. Hall
W. B. Dunleavy
H. F. Sweet
J. A. Sullivan
Prohibition
Raymond Shackleford
L. D. Hudson
Virginia
Baltimore
Columbus gas representative found dead in hotel
Day in Dayton reports W. J. Rogers age 60 of 2442 North Fourth Street Columbus a representative of the Ohio Cities Gas Company was found dead today in a hotel bathroom. He is reported to have died of heart trouble.
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Dayton
W. J. Rogers
North Fourth Street
Columbus
Ohio Cities Gas Company
Slayer of Lover Sentenced to Life in Prison
Marion Ohio May 12 A man who was found guilty by a jury of murdering his former sweetheart Miss Dora White was sentenced today to life imprisonment and committed to the Ohio State Penitentiary at Columbus A motion for a new trial was overruled.
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Marion
MiHer Herman
Dora White
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Peace conference: Austrian treaty nearing completion this week
Paris May 12 reports the Council of Four largely finished defining Austria’s terms after a long session with foreign ministers. Leaders deem the Austrian treaty likely to be completed this week. The German counter‑proposal and League of Nations ideas were discussed but set aside in favor of the Allied plan.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Copenhagen
Wolff Bureau
Clemenceau
League of Nations
League
Germany
Breslau
Danzig
Koenigsburg
Cassel
Bochum
National People’s Party
Paris
Council of Four
Wilson's May 19 Message to Congress Promised
Paris dispatch says President Wilson will cable his message to Congress on May 19. The report notes anticipation that the address will be exceptional.
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Paris
Associated Press
Wilson
Congress
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