Claim Collective Bargaining Held As Crucial Issue
CHICAGO February 19 A long dispute over collective bargaining looms as railroads prepare wage reductions for unskilled labor and track workers and unions vow to resist. Executives reject bargaining as a method for settling disputes, while union leaders demand the fundamental right to negotiate conditions and pay. Despite talks, a bitter showdown appears likely, with railroads set to post wage cuts and labor boards poised to adjudicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
B. M. Jewell
American Federation Labor
Jewell
Frank P. Walsh
Railway Labor Board
Individal Road
Dag Trial for Walter Davies Reopened in Elyria
Chief Justice Marshal names Judge Wood to retry Walter Davies in an embezzlement case. The supreme court reversed a previous conviction and took exceptions to the prior judge's charge. Trial set for Tuesday March 8.
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Elyria
Supreme Court
Wood
Gilead
Walter Davies
Supreme
Davies
Lorain Society Sutes Secretary In Trouble With Court
Elyria February report says First Jaguar Confederation of Lorain accuses secretary Takacs of misappropriating death benefit funds. They seek judgment for five hundred fifty seven dollars and twenty cents after alleging $2,567.26 collected and $2,910 disbursed. In separate item, two youths robbed a South St. Louis district woman of two hundred dollars on the way to her husband, a saloon keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Jaguar Confederation
Lorain
Ad Insurance Association
Takacs
ST. Louis
South St. Louis
Anna Ca‘ch
Reward Offered for Clayerd Healy Murderers in Cleveland Case
Cleveland officials post a $10,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of Misses Louisa Wolf and Mabel Foote, two teachers found slain near Parma after a Wednesday evening attack. Police in Springfield detain Leslie Lemon on a Big Four train after he claims a dream implicated him in the Cleveland case. authorities release him as mentally unbalanced. Lemon is given a tag and later sent to a hospital in Cleveland.
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Parma
Cleveland
Louisa Wolf
Mabel Foote
Board of County Commissioners
Parma High School
Springfield
Leslie Lemon
Lemon
O’brien
Bits
Ala
Anna A. Tite Granted Divorce in Elyria Court
In Elyria on February 19 a divorce was granted to Anna A. Tite from Charles C. Tite for gross neglect of duty. She gained custody of their minor child without alimony. In Shadyside on February 19 Mrs Eugene Imhoff died from anemia after six blood transfusions over two years, mother of Lawrence Imhoff Belmont County's clerk of courts.
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Elyria
Anna A. Tite
Chas. C. Tite
Shadyside
Eugene Imhoff
Lawrence Imhoff
Belmont County
Cerk of Courts
Hamon Woman On Trial in Ardmore Murder Case
Clara Smith Hamon faces trial for the murder of oil magnate Jake Hamon as detectives flood Ardmore with officials. Prosecution and defense prepare for a bitter fight amid rumors of warrants, a possible conspiracy, and a New York observer identified as M C Collins who allegedly heard the quarrel above the Hamon suite. The case hinges on circumstantial evidence and expected political scandal.
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Meldred Morris
LN. F
Ardmore
Okla
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake Hamon
Oklahoma Oil King
Republian National
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Ranger
Tex
M. C. Collins
Madison Street
New York
Hamon
Flour Mill Burns At Grove City Near Columbus
A spectacular fire destroyed a flour mill owned by C. L. Besley at Grove City near Columbus. Loss estimated at $80,000 with 4,000 bushels of wheat and hundreds of bags of flour consumed. The village fire equipment proved inadequate and the fire was not controlled until Columbus fire apparatus arrived.
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Columbus
C. L. Besley
Grove City
Here
Cincinnati Woman Killed by Auto in MSHA Incident
Miss El Ya Geoghegan aged 65, aunt of ex Judge William A. Geoghegan, was struck by a car in Cincinnati and died later at a hospital from a skull fracture. The driver said he swerved to avoid hitting her merce when the crash happened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
el- Ya Geoghegan
William A. Geoghegan
Brewing Company Sued for Damages in Lorain
Joseph Chapo of Lorain filed suit in Elyria court seeking 835 dollars alleging a drunken driver employed by Standard Brewing Co. caused a collision on November 20 1920 on twenty eighth street wrecking his automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Standard Brewing Co
Joseph Chapo
Lorain
Chapo
Twenty-Eighth Street
Dies at Home of Her Daughter Mrs Barbara Ishee
Barbara Ishee, 74, formerly of North Ridgeville, died at her daughter Mrs A B Culbertson’s home at 428 East River Street after a period of illness. Funeral services are set for 9 a.m. Monday at St Mary’s Church.
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Elyria
Barbara Ishee
North Ridgeville
A. B. Culbertson
East River Street
St Mary’s Church
Hughes Named Secretary of State by Harding
St Augustine Florida February 19 announcement from President elect Harding that Charles Evans Hughes is appointed Secretary of State. The selection underscores a continuation of Republican foreign policy and places Hughes in the top U.S. cabinet post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine
Fla
Charles Evans Hughes
Harding
Harding Turing to National Attain
President-elect Harding shifted from cabinet vacancies to two major tasks in St Augustine. He discussed international policy with Charles Evans Hughes and domestic taxation and tariff legislation with Rep J W Fordney. A navy nominee emerged, Herbert L Satterlee, former Roosevelt assistant secretary and Navy League head, brother in law of J P Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Holmes
Corre Spondent
ST. Augustine
Fla
Harding
Congress
Charles Evans Hughes
J. W. Fordney
Michigan
House
Ways and Means
White House
Navy
Herbert L. Satterlee
New York
Satterlee
Roosevelt
Navy League of New York
J. P. Morgan
Lloyd George Forsakes War Cost, Hague Trials Rise
London reports Premier Lloyd George says no single nation can bear war costs, citing 50 billion pounds, and vows to press German war crimes trials to the end. He ridicules Horatio Bottomley’s call to dissolve parliament and seeks indemnity from Germany, noting possible Dutch conflict avoidance. Bottomley blasts Wilhelmstrasse’s indifference.
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London
Lloyd George
Horatio Bottomley
M. P
Bottomley
Germany
England
France
Holland
Rengpehiieery
Tenday
Wilhelm Strasse
Old suit revived against Lake Shore Electric Co in Elyria
Feb 19 Abs Coury filed anew against Lake Shore Electric Co for 2385 dollars in damages for personal injuries and auto damage. A prior suit was dismissed last week as Coury was minor at filing.
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Elyria
Abs Coury
Lake Shore Electric Co
Coury
Westinghouse Electric to Cut Wages in Pittsburgh District
Wage reductions averaging 15 percent will apply to all plants of Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing in the Pittsburgh district on March 1. Between 20,000 and 25,000 workers will be affected across the district.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Bread price protest draws Elyria bakers and unions
Elyria officials and a broad coalition including women from Oberlin and local clubs met at the Chamber of Commerce hall to discuss the bread price situation. Mayor Jones urged fair pricing, warned against patronizing out of town bakers, and pledged support for local shops while emphasizing no one would dictate business conduct.
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Elyria
Oberlin
Chamber of Commerce Hall
Tones
Jones
Cleveland
New Loans to Europe Developed After War End
Treasury loans to European governments under postwar credits total $2 billion, disclosed ahead of a Senate judiciary committee briefing. France and Italy led borrowers after the armistice, with England and others also receiving large advances. Data show much loaned funds supported American purchases, tying heavy postwar lending to profiteering waves and revived U.S. commodity demand.
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W. H. Atkins
Washington
Treasury
Europe
Senate Judiciary Committee
France
Italy
England
America
Secretary of the Treasury
Houston
United States
May Not Be Necessary to Adopt an Ordinance
HLYRIA Feb 19 Now that a bill has been introduced in the state legislature to prohibit the use of screens in soft drink parlors the water committee of the council will not be called upon to prepare a local ordinance to remedy the evil Councilman Hazelton announced Saturday that the committee had written to Columbus to secure a copy of the proposed law and if satisfactory to the members of the city council the committee would not be necessary to adopt an ordinance relative to screens as under such a law the police department could handle the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlyria
Hazelton
Columbus
Polices Department
Caruso Shows Signs of Improvement After Relapse
Enrico Caruso, recovering from a relapse last Tuesday, had the best night since the setback. Doctors said there is still danger of another relapse, but if he maintains gains through Tuesday a full recovery seems likely. Mrs Caruso has been at his side, but is now resting briefly.
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New York
Caruso
Arnso
Jury Commission to Choose 9 Jurors for Wife Slayer
Elyria reports the jury commission ordered to prepare a new list of jurors for the age of the common pleas court and to meet February 24 to select a special jury for John Kost of Lorain on charges of murdering his wife. Columbus notes include incorporations like The Port City Mortgage Company of Lorain at 500, ne par, G. i. t Beeg.
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Elyria
the Common Pleas Court
John Kost
Lorain
Columbus
Port City Mortgage Company
President Sent Messenger to Berlin With Offer Says Dr Erzberger
Dr Mathias Erzberger, former German finance minister, asserts the president sent a messenger to Berlin offering inducements for a Versailles Peace Treaty. He claims Germany was promised attention in Washington and T. C credits if a treaty was signed, and that France might curb annexation aims.
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Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Germany
Versailles
Wilson
France
Washington
Germany says Wilson promised American credits for signing peace
Berlin dispatch reports Dr. Mathias Erzberger quoted claims that President Wilson promised Germany credits if it accepted the Allied terms. The account says Wilson sent Ellis Dresel to Berlin in spring 1919 to secure Germany's assent by presenting promises of aid and favorable news on the peace terms.
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Frank E. Mason
Ind
Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Reichstag
Wilson
Germany
Erzberger
Ellis Lorring Dresel
Paris
Diesel
Dragel
Ereberger
Presi- Agnt
Donstand
France
Gount von Brockdorfff-Rautzau
Dr. Erzberger
Dresel
Hat
Mr. Dresel
Clemenceau
Rhine
Clam
Trial testimony ends day in Matewan gunfight case
In Mingo County court at Williamson on February 19 the final chapter of the Matewan gunfight saga focused on witness testimony from Chaplin, aged 67, detailing how the rifle volleys by five defendants carried out the murder of J. W. Ferguson. The defense contends the first shot came from Felts detectives, while a key dentist witness supported the state on the sequence of events before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Weyer
Mingo County
Williamson
W .A
Mate
Chaplim
Matewan
J. W. Ferguson
Elain
Atwood
Chapin
Resce Chambers
Albert C. Felts
Matewan “Battle
W. J. Hill
Feits
C. C. Testerman
J. J. Conan
Hill
Marriage Licenses Granted Amidst Local Names List
The notices record marriage license activity for several individuals. Thodor Opriga, 84, a laborer, and May Werlilen, 46, a waritrens, to rain Albert. Russell Ryge, 22, a machinist, and Thelma Lash, 1%, Elyria. Jas tea Hughes.
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Thodor Opriga
Albert
Russell Ryge
Machinist
Thelma Lash
Elyria
Jastea Hughes
Cabinet canvases attitude upon near east by the French
Paris Feb 19 The French cabinet canvassed its Near East stance as Premier Briand prepare to depart for London for the conference. Bekir Samybey Turkish nationalist minister at Angora told Matin that his government would ignore Constantinople demands and denied supporting Bolshevism. He said Turkey would rely on Tily and France against England if rerevision of the Sevres treaty became necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Near East
Briand
London
Rome
Matin
Bekir Samybey
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Angora
Constantinople
Bekir Samypey
Hospital Notes Elyria Marriage Report
Admittances include Mrs Mell Witter of 236 Boston Ave and Mrs C Stevensarge Jr of Lagrange. Discharges list Mrs John Morrison of 167 Cortland St plus several others. Russell Ray Ryge and Miss Thelma Lash, both of Elyria, wed by Justice J D Hughenk.rmi at the county office.
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Elyria
Russell Ray Ryge
Thelma Lash
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Hughenk Rm
Atteraoem
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DAG
Marc
Lorain Society
Chronicle-Telegram
Corps of Solicitors
Auto Sales Company
East Broad St
Hughes Is
Secy. State
Hughes
Hiyria
Elyrians
Senate
Enrico Caruso
Commission
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