Washington charges against Hines over coal distribution
The American Wholesale Coal Association sues in the District of Columbia supreme court charging legal interference by Walker D. Hines, former United States fuel administrator, under the Lever Act. The petition seeks an injunction to stop alleged unlawful coal allocations to favored parties and questions the legality of transfer chains from President Wilson to regional fuel committees and managers.
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Washington
Walker D. Hines
United States
Wilson
American Wholesale Coal Association
District of Columbia
Newrgh
American Blerl Wire Company
Cleveland
Wickwire Sin Company of
Buffalo
Enel
H. A. Garfield Garfield
Hines
Chevill
Fura Mi
Hungarian minister Karl Payer holds key safety post
Karl Payer serves as minister of safety in Hungary's cabinet. The position is recognized by the Allies as part of the government. The report notes his formal role and the international acknowledgment of the cabinet.
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Hungary
Karl Payer
Stetson Elected Head Health Board In City Reorganization
The Board of Health restructured for the coming year choosing R. Stetson as temporary head with Dr. G. E. French as commissioner. I. H. Wills becomes sanitary police, George Say as food inspector, and G. E. Curley as chemist. Three physicians Dr. H. J. Aus, Dr. James Reesa, and Dr. Oscar Maend were engaged to supervise nec ry cages in city areas.
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Board of Health
R. Stetson
G. E. French
I. H. Wills
George Say
G. E. Curelly
EH. J. Aus
James Reesa
Oscar Maend
Elty
Fire at Camp Sherman destroys community house with $80,000 loss
Fire at Camp Sherman totalled $80,000 in damage and left the community house a total loss. Sixteen workers were inside at the time with no injuries reported as occupants escaped. A charred body was recovered from the wreckage and private investigators traced origin to a blaze.
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Hillscothe
Est Wagner
Robert Willams
Manity House
Willcothe
Camp Sheroar
Senate Passes Two Modified Reservations
Washington March 5 The Senate adopted two modified reservations to the peace treaty the Shantung settlement and the article on league representation qualifications. The Shantung change drew near unanimous support while the other faced acrimonious debate and passed by a solid Republican vote. The Walsh sponsored qualification reserves states no person shall represent the United States or be eligible as a member of any body under the treaty except by act of Congress defining appointment powers and duties.
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Washington
Shantung
Senate
Walsh
United States
Germany
Congress of the United States
Adkorys Urges Dry Candidates at Coming Primaries
Columbus Ohio March 23 An appeal to church members and supporters across denominations to vote for dry candidates at the coming primaries was issued by the Anti Saloon League of America The group says liquor interests seek to repeal or weaken prohibitory laws and to back candidates opposed to prohibition
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Columbus
United States
Nera
Antisatoga League of America
Russ Revolution Leader Executed in Moscow
Khrustaleff Nossar, chief organizer of the 1905 Russian revolution, was executed by order of Soviet authorities for authoring How Trotzky Sold Russia. He was a Petrograd activist arrested during a general strike, exiled to Siberia in 1906, escaped in 1807, and surfaced in 1917 advocating autonomy for the Perya-Olay district.
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London
Khrustaleff Nossar
Trotzky
Russia
Moscow
Kiev
Khrustaleff
Nossar
Petrograd
Ito
Siberia
Perya- Olay
Lit Rusala
Postoffice Chief backs McAdoo fuels Democratic push
Washington March 5 Burleson supports McAdoo as the postmaster general wields vast influence over 1009 post offices and 100000 postal workers. The administration expects his backing to mobilize officials and labor for McAdoo at the San Francisco convention while Palmer lingers as a rival in the race.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Wilson
Burleraon
McAdby
Treasury Department
Public Health Service
Federal Reserve and Farm Loan Boards
McAdoo
Post Office Department
San Francisco
Palmer
William J. Bryan
Aukleson, & Texan
Congress Holds Key to Problem of Prohibition
Cardinal Gibbons says Congress can ease the prohibition unrest by liberalizing what counts as an intoxicating beverage while keeping the ban. He urges treating foreign residents as future citizens, not dictatorial rulers, and warns against meddling with spiritism.
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Congress
New Orleans
United States
Cardinal Gibbons
America
Cardinal Gibbona
Nalla
Head of Revenue to Quit April First
Daniel C. Roper, commissioner of internal revenue, will retire from office April 1. He told his staff he expected the resignation to take effect then after the 1919 tax first installment problems are largely met. A successor was not named, but Secretary Houston was to make a recommendation next week.
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Washington
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
Houston
Michigan Battled By March Blizzard Across the State
The Associated Press reports Michigan faced a March blizzard with heavy snow and high winds. Temperatures near zero were logged in several areas, with Muskegon at two degrees. Travel halted as snowfall paralyzed traffic and eastern Upper Peninsula cities faced major disruptions.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Michigan
Muskegon
Four Insane Cases Toll In Two Days
Sheriff Backus reports four insane cases in two days, with three in one day from Lorain and Oberlin and another the next day. All were sent to the Massillon asylum as a flock of cases suggests a surge.
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Backus
Lorain
Oberlin
Alo
Massillon Asylum
White list of the movies contemplated
The Presbyterian Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare announced a white list of approval pictures to be issued periodically. The list aims to condemn pictures seen as a menace to child welfare and a cause of juvenile delinquency.
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Associated Press
New York
Presbyterian Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare
Wilson Sends New Note on Adriatic
The final note from President Wilson to the French and British on the Adriatic crisis was distributed to cables and is now in the hands of American diplomats in Europe. It will be decoded and presented to the premiers. Holland reiterates refusal to surrender Wilhelm but agrees to guard Alm and to safeguard world peace.
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Washington
Wilson
Adriatic
Close I. W. W. Defense At Centralia Trial
Montesano Washington March trial report states the defense plans to close its case in a murder trial. Special Prosecutor W H Abel says Tebattal witnesses will testify Saturday. Defense lawyer Vandervear abandons efforts to introduce threats by Centralia business interests against the I W W before the jury.
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Montesano
Wash
W. H. Abel
Vandervear
Centralia
I. W
County Older Boys Conclave Set by Lorain Y M C A
The Lorain county older boys conference organized by the Y M C A will be held Saturday March 20 in Elyria. The event includes three sessions with lunch at noon and a dinner at the close with speakers. Delegations from all county high schools and clubs are expected.
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Lorain County
YMC. A
Elythin
Wall Ag
Cleat Schoois
Russell Baker
Amherst
Fred Rolling
Penfield
James Orr
Oberlin
Ivan S. Juntlee
Loraine
Old Ladies Home Applauds Chest Campaign Support
The Old Ladies Home Association records thanks for the successful and unprecedented community service campaign in Elyria. It praises the Community Service Council the Chamber of Commerce secretary E J Howenstine and Mayor Aspah Jones, and notes pledges and subscriptions widened aged care ministries. William F Grall is named as convention delegate with H M Redington as alternate for the June San Francisco gathering.
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Old Ladies Home Association
Old Ladies’ Home Association
Community Service Council
Comunity Service Council
Chamber of Commerce
J. Howenstine
Aspah Jones
Elyria
Wm. B. Winters
Mra
Nettie Johnson
William F. Grall
Lorain
IH. M. Redington
San Francisco
Indiana Papers Favor Wood for Republican Nomination
The Indianapolis News favors Leonard Wood as Indiana’s top choice for the GOP nomination, though Harding will contend for second place. Columbus Dispatch editors criticize the “favorite-son ambush” tactic and say a secret roundtable choosing the nominee after late ballots would fail.
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Columbus
Leonard Wood
Indiana
Indianapolis
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Harding
News
New York
G. Oo. P
Columbus Dispatch Today
Columbus View
Kansas City Star
Indianapolis News
Washington
Forty Million Steel Plant Planned for Gary Indiana
Gary Ind March 5 Work on a huge tube plant costing 40000000 dollars will be started immediately according to a National Tube Co announcement. Construction of four large blast furnaces will begin next week followed by tube mills shops offices and other structures. When completed 10000 men will be employed.
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Associated Press
Gary
Ind
National Tube Co
Bone Graft Rebuilds Elyria Girl's Arm
Miss Kathryn Seabrook sustained serious injuries in an automobile accident near Lorain. At Mr Sinai hospital Cleveland doctors removed a small bone from her leg and grafted it into her broken arm. Her condition shows marked improvement.
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Kathryn Seabrook
Lorain
Mr. Sinai Hospital
Cleveland
W A Pittinger 77 Former G A R Commander Dies
Canton reports the death of W A Pittinger aged 77 at his Denison home from paralysis. A former departmental commander of the Ohio G A R and former newspaper editor and publisher, he founded the Urichavilla Chronicle and later the Paragraph at Denison after the war.
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Canton
Mar
W. A. Pittinger
Ohio G. A. R
Denison
Urichavilla Chronicle
Paragraph
Wage talks set to begin for railroad workers
Washington March 5 preliminary arrangements by railroad employees and executives point to wage and working condition negotiations opening early next week. Director General Hines plans to issue a call for the meeting for today or Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hines
Crane appointment may spark fight in capital
The recent naming of Charles R. Crane as U S minister to China may provoke a disturbance in Washington. Crane was appointed by Taft in 1909 but recalled before reaching Japan, with Philander C. Knox involved in the 1909 recall and now Knox as a senator may oppose the current appointment.
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Charles R. Crane
U. E
China
Washington
Crane
Taft
Japan
Philander C. Knox
Knox
Senate
Mount Union Profs Get Salary Raise
Trustees of Mount Union College approved a ten per cent salary increase for all faculty to begin this semester. The board plans to boost the endowment fund to sustain higher salaries. A donor contributed five thousand dollars to the professorship endowment, announced President W. H. McMaster.
Days Win Test on Prohibition Repeal
Washington March 5 Speaker Gillette’s ruling forces a roll call on repeal of the Volstead act and sets a precedent for annual votes. The repeal motion failed 254 to 85 with Ohio delegates split 15 to 8. The appropriation bill for enforcement carried 4.5 million dollars as the vote considered a repeal rider ruled in order by the speaker.
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Washington
Gillette
House
Ohio
Eagan
New Jersey
Nicholaa Longworth
Cincinnati
Coal famine grips city as winter hits hard
Mayor Jones reports the coal supply is almost exhausted with another cold spell approaching. Two carloads were sent to Lorain County Electric for emergency users, and only a few tons remain for emergency cases. He seeks railroad help from New York Central and rushes to Cleveland, warning residents to conserve coal as relief appears unlikely. Statewide reports mirror the crisis.
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Jones
Lorain County
New York Central
Cleveland
Cleland
House bill proposes $500 service bonus for veterans
Washington date says the House Ways and Means Committee backed a bill to pay a lump sum of $500 to each U S military veteran. Marvin G Ty national president of the American Legion spoke on the proposal to aid servicemen and their families.
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Associated Press
Washington, Mar
United States
House
Ways and M Committee
Marvin G. Ty
Bevate Soldiers and Sailors Legion
Union Miners Rule Citizenship Not Sufficient
Columbus edition reports the Mine Workers of Ohio will admit only citizens for union membership. A worker who had declared citizenship remains ineligible until he becomes a citizen by official naturalization. The miners gathered to discuss and approve compulsory membership under the union constitution.
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Associated Preas
Columbus
Hercelter Larationa
Eigner
Mine Workers of Ohio
Citisen
Mrs. Baker to Christen Barque on Launch Day
Mrs. N. O. Baker wife of Ben Baker will christen the vessel named Trarsa a lawn launch. The ceremony occurs with the shipyard event as noted in the clipping, detailing the christening act and the vessel’s launching.
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N. 0. Baker
Christen Trarsaa
Aseecinte
Asbingten
Ben
Ivarieg
Loleed Sarend
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