Strikers Reject Conditional Proposals and Conference Plan
Leaders of shopcrafts abandon their plan to call White Houses and a conference with Mr Harding is set for 2:30. Non striking union leaders prepare a general strike attitude statement for the president, to be followed by verbal reports. A mail reply from the Machinists’ building leaves the railways seniority dispute to the Railway Labor Board. Helen Kram, a fourteen year old refugee from the Soviet upheaval, journeys 12,000 miles toward Bonn, Germany, to study after fleeing Siberia.
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White Houses
Four Brotherhood
Mr Harding
White House
Machinists
General Labor Conference
Railway Labor Board
Helen Kram
Fiing
United States
Siberia
Bonn
Germany
Six Killed as Cork Fighting Erupts Before Free State Entry
Six irregulars were killed and 20 wounded in Cork as fighting raged before Free State troops occupied the city. Troops entering Cork received a tremendous reception from citizens. Irregulars had terrorized the area, and six barracks and three bridges were abandoned as Free State forces recaptured 60 prisoners.
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London
Cork
Free State
Citiens
Two Killed Five Hurt At Crossing Incident
LaPorte Indiana August 12 Two persons were killed and five others including three children were injured when a Michigan Central Railroad train struck an automobile at a crossing near Porter. The dead are Mrs Louis Cohen and Meyer Pinsof of Chicago. Also described is an unrelated crash where Carl ise Peabody’s car struck a cow on West River Street causing damage and injuries to passengers Tony Price and Brera Becker.
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Laporte
Ind
Michigan Central Railroad
Porter
Louis Cohen
Meyer Pinsof
Chicago
H H. Peabods
Carlisle
West River Street
Tony Price
Brera Becker
Peabody
Police to halt vandalism at old Lake Avenue School building
John Halpin asked police to stop attacks on a watchman at the western Lake Avenue School site where a building is being torn down. He says youths threaten the watchman by throwing objects and have built two fires around the structure.
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John Halpin
Lake Avenue
Halpin
Loop Saloon Raided Again by Local Police
Police Chief A E Stankard and officers raided the Loop Saloon this morning arresting proprietor Frank Slobey for violating state liquor laws. Brown found liquor behind the bar and officers seized several quarts of raisin jack upstairs. A customer was drinking raisin jack at the time. Slobey already has a prior arrest.
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A. E. Stankard
Southam
Sweet
Obitts
Brown
Walton
Loop
Frank Slobey
Slobey
Strike breaker fined after disorderly conduct in railroad dispute
Aug 12 Sam Polcyn was arrested in Lorain and brought to Cleveland federal court for calling a railroad worker a scab. He was sent back without action, while Chief Walker filed a charge of disorderly conduct. He received a $5 fine plus costs.
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Lorain
Sam Polcyn
Cleveland
Divorce Petition Filed Over Wilful Absence Claim
J J Gary files for divorce from Minnie Gary of Elyria alleging wilful absence. He states she left him in 1918 after driving him from the home.
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J. J. Gary Againn
Minnie Gary
Elyria
Mim
Ambassador Wer rick Visits Ambassador County and Reflects on Europe
Myron T. Werrick ambassador to France stopped in the county at noon, escorted by his sister Mrs Smith, en route to Wel lington and Huntington. He spoke of honors from Nancy and Oberlin, praised France yet warned Europe faces a wall, urging united mobilization as in 1918. He plans to return to France in October and anticipates fried chicken at the Huntington farm.
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Myron T. Werrick
France
A. B. Smith
Cleveland
Wellngton
Hunt
Ington
Herrich
Harding
Nancy
Alsace
Lorain
University At
Huntington Farm
Europe
Marshall Foch
Ambassador Herrich
Fire Destroys Decker Farm Buildings
Firefighters battled a blaze at H. O. Decker’s Murray Ridge farm at 2 30 PM. The flames started in the granary and spread to the pig pen, consuming both. Neighbors joined the effort to save the large barn and the house as theGre department responded after an appeal to officials.
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H. O. Decker
Murray Ridg
Kranary
Gre
Bride Murders Husband and Father-in-Law at White Cloud
In White Cloud Michigan Mrs. Mda Hodell faces charges for killing her father-in-law David Hodell and her husband Ronnie Hodell amid a family web of confessions from relatives. A farm hand Robin Bratt is held on related statements while others await state action. A chilling account describes poison in coffee and a subsequent killing followed by body disposal. In Cleveland and Philadelphia reports, coal talks and labor tensions unfold as operators and miners seek wage agreements to avert a winter coal shortage.
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White Cloud
Mich
Mda Hodell
David Hodell
Ronie D Hodell
Hodell
Alice Dudgeon
Lee
Herman Dudgeon
Pole Gay
Robin Bratt
Herman
Bennett
Cleveland
Police hold inner tube vender on Amherst road
Deputy sheriff Jim Kennelly arrested a man named Arthur Ernst who arrived at his home near the over head bridge on Amherst road with four new inner tubes for automobile tires. Ernst was jailed on a charge of suspicion after investigators questioned him about the source of the tires.
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Arthur Ernst
Jim Kennelly
Amherst Road
Jim
Ernst
Slater-McFadden seeks mortgage debt judgment
The Slater-McFadden Coal and Supply Co seeks judgment against Mike Mill and others to recover 332.45 dollars secured by a mortgage on Lorain real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slater-McFadden Coal & Supply Co
Mike Mill Et al
Lorain
Township transfers $2000 from general to road fund
Judge Thompson orders Henri etta township trustees to move 2000 dollars from the general fund into the road fund. The action reallocates municipal revenue under the judge’s directive. No other details are provided about the transaction or effective date.
Trial of Lorain policeman Babcock before civil service panel
Aug 12 Lorain– Patrolman William Babcock, discharged after his wife filed for divorce accusing him of infidelity with a Cleveland woman, testified at the civil service commission hearing. The hotel register at Brown Hotel Elyria was introduced. Babcock denied signing it. His wife admitted smoking and socializing. commission kept decision pending to next Tuesday.
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Lorain
William Babcock
William Klady
Cleveland
Civil Service Commission
Babcock
Brown Hotel
Elyria
Two Alyrea Women Die in Ship Explosion Aboard
Wireless dispatches from the Octan Hinev Adriatic state report an explosion on a ship yesterday. Two crew members were killed and several wounded. A fire followed the blast. Passengers included Mrs. Elizabeth Avery of Fairlawn Avenue and Mrs. Annie McArren of Gates Avenue, booked via John Murbach Steamship agency, returning from England. all other passengers are reported safe.
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Octan Hinev Adriatic
Elizabeth Avery
Fairlawn Avenue
Mra
Annie McArren
Gates Avenue
John Murbach
Farm Fire Destroys Barns North of Toledo
A blaze at Fred Smith’s farm three miles north of Toledo caused about 30000 dollars in damage to barns and outbuildings. Four horses and four calves perished in the fire.
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Toledo
Fred Smith
Divorce decree for Tynats Kordelski and Frances Kordelski
The court granted a divorce to Tynats Kordelski from Frances Kordelski on grounds of extreme cruelty. Custody arrangements for the children were determined, with alimony addressed in court.
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Tynats Kordelski
Frances Kordelski
Jodie Thompseon
Aimony
Arthur Griffith Sinn Fein founder dies in Dublin heat failure
London reports Arthur Griffith, founder of Sinn Fein and key signer of the Anglo Irish peace treaty, died of heat failure. He helped shape the treaty and the Irish republic movement, led Dublin’s Dail Eireann, and served as foreign secretary after the provisional government appointment. Griffith edited United Irishman, Sinn Fein, and Nationality, favored argument over violence, and faced arrests for political agitation.
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London
Arthur GufOith
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Griffith
Michael Colling Ted
Hamonn DalVeiea
Dall Eireann
House of Commons
South Africa
Donblin
United Irishman
Judge Thompson Reports Pocketpocketing Incident
Judge Thompson said he was pickpocketed last Wednesday morning. A thief stole a ledger from his coat, along with unendorsed state papers worth about 100 dollars. He stopped payment on the stolen checks, and the thief escaped with the book from the judge’s pocket.
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Thompson
Mrs Fannie Jago to be buried before Monday
William Jago of 354 Kenyon street reports the death of his mother Mrs Fannie Jago 77 while visiting her son George in Grand Rapids Michigan She is survived by three children Edith Bannister William Jago and George with four grandchildren Her remains will be shipped home and funeral services set for Monday at 2 PM at 354 Kenyon street
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William Jago
Kenyon Street
Haa
Fannie Jago
George Jago
Grand Rapids
Mich
Edith Bannister
Elyria
George
Judge approves $1000 extra for prosecution fund
This morning Judge Thamnon and Judge Redington allowed the prosecuting attorney an additional $1000 for use in the prosecution and investigation of criminal cases as prayed for in an application filed yesterday.
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Thamnon
Judse Redington
General Tie Up Looms as Strike Vote Nears
Fractured national rail action dominates the period with reports of potential walkouts by maintenance workers and telegraphers on the Big Four and Western Pacific routes. Clashes and embargoes threaten transcontinental freight as unions weigh strike action and officials prepare contingency plans amid concurrent political and labor tensions.
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San Francisco
Cne
Western Pacific
Pacific Coast
Indianapolis
Ind
Big Four Railroad
United States Railway For Board
Alimony Orders Set For Parks and Hoffman Divorces
Judge Thompson ordered William Parks to pay Emma Parks 35 dollars monthly alimony pending divorce proceedings and noted her request for support. William Hoffman was ordered to pay Emma Hoffman 106 dollars for expenses of their divorce suit.
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Wiliam Parks
Thompson
Emma Parks
Ngs
e@e
William Hoffman
Emma Hoffman
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Helen Kramgof
SKS
Ambassador County
Wellington
NYRON_T
Decker
Philadelphia
John L Lewis
United Wine Workers of America
Scranton Board of Trade
Sues
Cdrain
Elyria Hotel
PT Tt Fein Ade
Dail
Eireann
Arthur
Ot ‘Griffith
Junge Pigepocketed
Max Oser
Mathilde
Faith Rockefeller McCormick
Chally Lenard Kienn
Sir Krenn
McComich
Drake Hotel
oKrenn
McCormick
Stockton
Mason
Raed
Southern Pacific
Overs Land Limited
Pacific Lime
Ogden
Brotherhood
Fresno
Sam Joaquin
ST. Louis
Dendingys
Big Four
Missouri Pactiac Railroad
Cupe
Witnemeses
Columbus
Ed Weymen
Sipa
Was Men's Union
Roseville
Calif
Sullivan
Waco
Texas
Big Brotherhoods
New York, Ang
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