Railroad Wage Labor Board Takes Up Fate of Two Million Workers
Hearings on wage demands for about two million railroad workers began as W. N. Doak of the Brotherhood of Trainmen presented the case. Returns to work spread from Pennsylvania, Reading, and B&O lines, with promises of seniority retention and non-discrimination for strikers. Chicago, Cleveland, and Baltimore regions report mixed progress toward settlement amid ongoing strike action and labor board negotiations.
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Railroad
Ohio
Washington
Railroad Labor Board
W. N. Doak
The
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Union Station
Chicago
Pennsylvania, Reading
Baltimore & Ohio Lines
William J. Tracy
Pennsylvania States Bureau of Mediation
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Cleveland
Federal Railroad Labor Board
Brotherhoods and Switchmen’s Union of North America
Raisroad Company
Grand Lodge
Willys-Overland
Toledo
New York Central
Willys-Overland Automobile Company
Overland Company
Young Men's Business Club Meets on Tuesday
The Young Men's Business club gathers at the Andwur hotel for a 6 30 dinner on Tuesday evening and urges full attendance. F C Wilford will show cine views from Yellowstone and present interesting movies. Suds Sortherdon plans to provide music for a lively meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Business Club
Andwur
F C
Wilford
Yellowstone National Park
Suds
Sortherdon
New Cabinet Members Attend First Session With Wilson
President Wilson convened a cabinet meeting on Wednesday the first since his illness last October. Three new faces joined the cabinet replacing E T Meredith Bainbridge Colby and Barton Payne with David Houston taking the agriculture post and others in key roles.
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Wilson
David Houston
E T. Meredith
Sec
Rotary of Agriculture
Bainbridge
Colby
John
the Treasury
Barton Payne
Three Die as Fire Burns Boat House in Port Clinton
A blaze at Matthews Boat Company plant in Port Clinton Ohio killed three visitors from New York City W Gove M J Pearce and L Pearce as they slept in a boat house. Two others were seriously burned. Property loss is not yet known. Leonard Hamilton a child from Fifth Street is ill with chickenpox at home.
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New York
Associated Press
Port Clinton
Matthews Boat Company
W. 2. Gove
M. J
L. Pearce
New York City
Leonard
Fawn Hamilton
Fifth Street
Four More Divorces Filed In Domestic Proceedings
Four divorce petitions were entered in court today. John Spehar accuses Mary Spehar of marrying for money after luring him with a housekeeper ad and then leaving him. Elizabeth Wilhelmy sues John Wilhelmy for gross neglect and reliance on self support. Harriet Law claims Francis Law abandoned her and two children after attempting to enlist in this country and moving to England. Mary Krapco seeks protection against Karl Krapco alleging repeated cruelty and threats to withdraw funds and return to Europe.
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John Spehar
Mary Spehar
Elizabeth Wilhelmy
John Wilhelmy
Harriet Law
Francis Law
England
Mary Krapco
Karl Krapco
Shae
Europe
Woman phones fake news claiming daughter killed
The Chroniele Telegram exposed a caller who claimed her daughter was struck by a car on Broad St and killed. Police knew nothing, the girl was safe at home, and the caller provided a fake number. The paper offered rewards for news but stressed verification and warned against deception.
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Chroniele- Telegram
Broad Stand
Chronicle-Telegram
Woman killed at Dorset sawmill in fatal accident
Mrs Rolin Leonard, 25, died after her dress caught in a belt at her husband and father in law’s sawmill in Richmond township Ashtabula county Ohio. She was dragged to the roof where pulleys mangled her before she could be saved. She left no children.
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Dorset, O
Rolin Leonard
Nearly Thousand Weddings in a Year
Probate Judge Wilcox released his annual report detailing 872 marriage licenses issued and 62 marriages performed by proxy. The record shows 34 guardianship papers for 96 people covering 148 children, and 897 estate settlements under administration.
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Wilcox
Dan Cupid
Reform School
Evangelist Miller Leads Lorain Revival to Elyria Visit
On Monday evening Rev Miller and his evangelistic party continuing at Lorain tabernacle will invade Elyria to hold a service at the ME church. Lorain has been stirred by ten days of meetings with many conversions reported.
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Mr Miller
Lorain Tabernacle
Elyria
Lorain
Referendum on Suffrage at Election in Ohio
Columbus April 17 Women will not be allowed to vote in the April 27 presidential primary in Ohio. Antisuffrage advocates today called for a Reynolds Law referendum to permit women to vote in the presidential preference this year. The referendum would be held at the November election. Antisuffrage supporters have secured sufficient signatures to trigger the referendum.
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Oreted Press
Columbus
Ohio
Antisuffrage
Reynolds
Lorain Man Held for Murder in Cincinnati Case
Requisition papers will be sought to return William Ester alias Jones to Cincinnati from Pittsburg where he is held as a murder suspect. Ester, a Lorain Ohio resident, is accused of fatally shooting Harry Reinear, a traveling teamster, on August 9 1918 during an argument at a construction camp. He denies being the man sought.
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Cincinnati
William Ester
Jones
Pittsburg
Harry Reinear
Reinear
Lorain
Ohio
Kidnapped Boy Struck by Hammer in Kentucky
Willie H Trimble seven year old was kidnapped from his Danville home and beaten with a hammer by a black man and a white man in a corn field He staggered home to a barn patient at Boyle County Hospital with a fractured skull The motive remains unclear and ransom is not suspected per early reports from Danville Kentucky.
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Iy Associated Press
Danville
Willie H Trimble
Boyle County
Wood to Invade Ohio Next Week
Major General Leonard Wood will be in Ohio all next week with speaking engagements in Steubenville and Cincinnati. He opens in Steubenville Monday and concludes in Cincinnati Saturday evening.
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Wood
Ohio
Associated Prasa
Cleveland
Leonard Wood
Steubenville
Cincinnati
Stetson Addresses Grafton Chamber on Bond Issue
The Grafton Chamber of Commerce hosted a largely attended meeting to discuss a proposed bond issue for a water works and sewage disposal plant. Attorney Frank Stetson spoke on the village’s need to modernize and improve infrastructure.
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Grafton Chamber of Commerce
Frank Stetson
Four local residents named in brief notice
Julius Boros 25 shopman Rose Kovath 18 Elyria Elden Radcliff 21 farmer Merle Betts 22 Camden identified in a short community notice with personal details.
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Julius Boros
Shopman
Rose Kovath
Elyria
Elden Radcliff
Farmer
Merle Betts
Camden
Elyria Schools To Reopen On Monday
The town reads that Elyria schools plan to reopen Monday after a Sunday gathering at the M E church. C W Whitehair of Cleveland will address the Mens Class, with business leaders praising him and urging strong attendance to beat Lorain.
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M.E. Church
W. Whitehair
Cleveland
C. W. Whitehair
M. E
W. H. Vanoster
E. Jay Howenstine
Chamber of Commerce
J. L. Vanoster
Chronicle-Telegram
Whitehsir
McKinley and Technical High Schools Reopen After Coal Shortage
Supt F M Shetton says the public schools will reopen Monday as Elyria dealers deliver coal to the McKinley and Technical high schools. Water works director Henry Beck refutes reports of low coal, stating supply sufficient for sixty one days. Dealers expect strike to end midweek and supply to resume in days.
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F. M. Shetton
Elyria
McKinley
Technical
Henry Beck
Cigaret License Tax Is Increased
Auditor Welty announced a new cigarette license law raising fees to 50 dollars for retail dealers and 200 dollars for wholesale dealers from 15 and 30 respectively. The penalty for selling without a license after the fourth Monday in May is 200 for retail and 800 for wholesale. Dealers have not indicated any price impact yet.
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Welty
Rain and Cold Ahead for Great Lakes Week
Weather predictions for the week forecast rain over the southern Great Lakes on Monday and Tuesday, followed by cooler, fair conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Lakes
Carl Shamer Charged With Forging Checks
Carl Shamer, 17, was arrested by Detective Zarnke after forging four checks on Frank Wynne and L. J. Hardy. He admitted guilt after being asked to write the word twelve, and passed checks to business men and a bank. He is to be returned to Lancaster Reformatory by the juvenile court.
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Carl Shamer
Zarnke
Shamer
Frank Wynne
L. J. Hardy
Fort Puller
Albert Linden
Shaniel
Lancaster Reformatory
The
Engineer Harwood Lersch Transfered to Northern District
Harwood Lersch son of Mrs John Lersch longtime division engineer in the State Highway department has been reassigned from the Southern district to the Northern district comprising Cuyahoga Lorain Erie Huron Ashland and nearby counties He visited his mother and plans to move from Washington Court House to Elyria Toledo and Columbus in April Heavy rains recently caused near flood conditions along the Muskingum Scioto and Sandusky rivers.
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Harwood Lersch
John Lersch
State Highway Department
Cuyahoga
Lo- Tain
Erie
Huron
Ashland
Lersch
Ina
Washington Court House
Elytia
Een and
Columbus
Muskingum
Scioto
Sandusky Rivers
State hunting and fishing films shown at Lorain theatre
The Lorain County Fish and Game Club packed Rialto theater for over two hours of state fish and game films. Eight thousand Wellington pheasants are raised yearly for distribution, with demonstrations of breeding, propagation, and the large Wellington farm. The program included stream pollution demonstrations by Travers, who outlined purification methods to protect river fish, noting potential installations by Columbia Steel and Fay Stocking Co. FP Wilford chaired as membership climbs toward 1,000.
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Rialo
Lorain County Fish & Game Club
Wellington
United States
Travers
State Department
Travesa
Columbia Steel Co
Fay Stocking Co
FP. C. Wilford
Wouls Soo
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania Company
Youngstown
Trafic
Buffalo
Brotherhood
Young Men’s Business Club
McRidith, Payne, Baker, Daniels and Colby
Meredith, Payne, Bafler, Daniels and
Clinton
Probate Court Annual
Lorain Mani
Teamster
Rammer
A. Stetson
Grafton Chamber
Elyria Schools
City Water Works
Carl Hamel
Rialto Theater
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