Green Line Motorman Dismissed After Collision
Superintendent John Nestor of the Cleveland South Western and Columbus railway discharged Burton motorman of the local car after Sunday night’s collision with the limited at Stop 91. Olden Sprunk was killed and ten to fifteen people injured. Geldeman’s handling and actions by Conductor George Deman and Peter Azer are also under review. Sprunk’s funeral is set for Wednesday at 2 PM in Flor. Mrs. Thomas Ate remains in critical condition with a crushed skull. hospital says others improving.
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John Nestor
Cleveland Southwestern & Columbus Railway
Burton
Limited
Olden
Georgedeman
Peter Azer
Geldeman
Thomas Ate
Oberlin
Memorial Hospital
Peace Parley Breaks as Minsk Talks Halted
US and Polish peace negotiations at Minsk are interrupted as Polish delegates move toward Brest Litovsk and Bolshevik representatives head to Moscow. Conference to resume in about a week, likely at Riga, while reports of heavy fighting persist near Brest Litovsk and Galicia with Bolshevik advances inland.
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Warsaw
Minsk
Brest-Litovsk
Moscow
Riga
Nedw
Sondon
Brest-Litk
Bialystok
Women’s Vote Increases Work For Election Board
The County Board of Elections prepares for a bigger fall vote as women gain the franchise. Officials expect about a 60 percent rise in voters, from 16 000 in 1916 to roughly 23 000, prompting enlargements of precincts across the county and Lorain Elyria and neighboring towns.
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County Board of Elections
Jerk Sperry
Lorain
Elyria
Iesofa
Munichfga
End Street youths in deadly shooting dispute
Stanley Lisewsky twenty of 215 17th street lies in Memorial hospital listed in grave condition from a bullet wound to the left lung. Clarence Meyers fifteen of the same address is detained at the county jail after a late Monday afternoon shooting following a quarrel. Meyers reportedly retrieved a 22 caliber rifle and fired several shots. Dr C H Cushing pronounced Lisewsky in grave condition. Walter Lisewsky brother of the injured boy witnessed the incident. The incident prompts calls for expanded precincts and election costs in Lorain and surrounding towns.
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Stanley Lisewsky
17Th Street
Memorial Hospital
Clarence Meyers
Young Mevera
Lisewsky
Young Meyers
Meyers
C. H. Cushing
Jenkin
Walter Lisewsky
Lorain
Amherst
Wellington
Ridgeville
Elyria
Reverend J T Hoak Dies In Elyria At 76
Taps sounded for Reverend J T Hoak 76 at his East avenue home after months of illness. Civil War veteran and longtime North East Ohio M E Conference member, he served rural communities with faithfulness, held posts in G A R, and contributed as a city health official. Survived by widow and five children in Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Funeral at ME Church Thursday 2 PM, with burial at Columbia Cemetery.
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J. T. Hoak
Local Board of Health
J T Houak
East Avenue
Hoak
Third
Pennaylver Light Artillery
Richard Allen Post
G AR
Tia
Board of Health
Masonic Fraternity
Harry G Widow
Flora Hoak
Harry G Hoak
Harry M Fry
Max Hofman
Cleveland
Edward K Hoak
Los Angeles
Cal
Chas. A McKinley
Chica- Es
ME Hurch
Winters
H. C Martindale
C. H. Stocking
Willoughby
G. A. R and Sons of Veterans
Columbia Cemetery
Suffrage Leaders Celebrate Ratification in Washington
A major suffrage gathering in Washington marked the ratification of the nineteenth amendment. Prominent figures include Mrs. Catt, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Miss Hay, longtime New York suffragist and Republican adviser. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Abton, former leader of the Chinese suffragists and current Republican National Committee vice chairman. and Mrs. Park, head of the National League of Women Voters.
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Washington
Republian National Committee
Park Ia
National League of Women Voters
School Opening Set For Sept 8
Public schools announce a delay in the new year with opening moved to September 8 to allow attendance at the fair. Mr Shelton says prospects are good and a full teacher quota is ready. The Garford building addition is not complete, with two months more expected. four rooms of the old section will be used for classes.
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Shelton
Watt Weduescas
Garford
Burglars Break In At Rich Wine Ice Cream Plant
Police were alerted to a burglary at the Rich Wine Ice Cream Co plant after burglars broke a rear window and escaped. Separately The American Crucible Products Co Elyria was authorized at Columbus to raise capitalization from 50,000 to 4100,000.
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Richwine Ice Cream Co
American Crucible Products Co
Elyria
Columbus
City Building Permits See Biggest Monthly Drop in Elyria
Elyria reports the largest monthly decline in building permits for August, totaling sixteen permits valued at £20,176. The permits cover two houses priced at $2,000 and $5,000, a $3,000 factory building, six garages, and remaining funds for remodeling and repairs.
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Elyria
Riots In Ireland Claim 20 Victims in Belfast
Rioting in Belfast raises casualties with twenty dead since the unrest began last Wednesday nine dead in the latest reports and a man killed last night. Wounded from yesterday’s disorders include additional fatalities. Authorities reassess toll as violence spreads.
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Ireland
Belfast
Mayor MacSwiney Ends Self Starvation in Prison Massacre Fears Rise
Reports from Cork say Terence MacSwiney, the lord mayor, is sinking fast as he starves himself in a British jail to become a martyr for Ireland. Belfast sees violent clashes with women among the combatants, Provo g factions clash on Falls Road and Cork Street amid rising unrest and street disorder.
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Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Bottorn
Belfast
Mackie
Kashmir Road
Falls Stead
Royal Avenue
Cork Street
Wile
Falls Road
Coal restrictions hit Great Britain
Washington report says near stoppage of coal exports from Britain due to government limits ahead of a miners strike. A bunker shortage exists and 375 vessels are tied up in British ports. none are American. Dock workers face unemployment as consular sources in London confirm the situation.
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Washington
Great Britain
Department of Commerce
Hollis
London
Campaign by plane to start touring states east of Rockies
Dr. Aaron Watkins prohibition party presidential candidate will begin a campaign tour by airplane on Sept 15 in Indianapolis. The tour will cover all states east of the Rocky Mountains.
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Indianapolis
Aaron Watkins
Prohibition Party
Rocky Mountains
Phonograph Co Cuts 200 Jobs as Plants Shutter Briefly
The General Phonograph Supplies Co laid off 200 workers in the masters department last evening while other phonograph parts and motor horn production continue. The company still employs 400, and officials expect the shutdown to be brief though timing is uncertain. Willys-Overland also reduced activity in its pattern department.
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General Phonograph Supplies Co
Ing Ita
Willys-Overland
Campaign Fund Details Revealed In GOP Treasurer's Oath
GOP treasurer Fred W. Upham testified under oath before a Senate committee that he had no knowledge of a compiled list of campaign quotas. He denied authoring secret bulletins and stated a national total of 1,017,255.32 in contributions from June 14 to August 26 with 12,589 donors averaging 82.11.
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Chicago
Gelia
Coxin
Pittsburg
Fred W. Upham
Republican National Committee
Kenyon
Sonam
Cox
Upham
Ebjeabamets
Republican National
Senate Committee
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Cas
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Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Hawaii
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New Hampshire
Menden
Alabama
Colorado
Maryland
Semanas
Minnesota
New Mexico
North Carolina
Wilson Urges Mineag to Accept Wage Award
President Wilson appeals to Anthracite coal miners to accept and carry in good faith the wage award in the majority report. He addressed threats of a strike if the minority report's higher award were approved, urging acceptance of the 20 percent increase for contract miners and 17 percent for company miners.
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Washington
Wilson
Anthracite Coal Committee
Former resident dies at Akron in brief notice
J. D. McFadden, 35, died yesterday in Akron. His funeral is planned for Wednesday at 2 PM at Friday parlors, conducted by Rev W. B. Winters. A former resident, he worked for Willys-Overland and Western Automatic and was a member of the Eagles lodge. Council Clerk Dan Symons in Columbus today negotiating with the Knox syndicate for a right of way for the second water main through three farms owned by the reparation.
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J. D. McFadden
Akron
W. B. Winters
McFadden
Willys-Overland
Western Automatic
Eagles Lodge
Dan Symonss
Columbua
Knox
Reenparation
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USSO
Uate
County
Tapo
Mary G. Hay
Harriet Taylor Upton
Maud Wood Park
Marjorie Shuler
Carrie Chapman
MacSwiney
Ulster
UPEN
Samuel Beal
W. B. Richmond
Sam Haigh
Toam No. 1
D A Baird
L D. Mamlin
Baird
Hamlin
National
Opnedigy Senators
Mineag
Symons
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