Tornado Toll Mounts Across Oklahoma and Louisiana
March 14 reports from McAlester to Gulf coast states describe multiple tornadoes. Nine dead and five missing at Gowan near McAlester with over twenty injured. ten dead and nearly a hundred injured across south Oklahoma, including Sulphur. Florida and Iberville parishes report injuries, deaths, and extensive property loss. Relief efforts planned for stricken towns.
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Mcalester
Oklo
Gowan
Heartshone
Heartshorne
Wilberton
Oklahoma City
Okla
South Oklahoma
Sulphur
Hampton
Agei-Mai
Contractors Demand General Wage Cut Sparks City Tie Up
In Lorain on March 14 contractors threatened wage cuts across all crafts after paying brick layers only 1.00 per hour instead of 1.12. Officials expect a wage scale reduction soon and a building tie up may ensue. Separate dispatches discuss Britain facing a political crisis with Lloyd George likely to fall and Asquith potentially succeeding.
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Lorain
Washington
Britain
Lloyd George
Asquith
Margot Asquith
Two Wellington Burglaries Solved
Marry Williams, former Ohio National Insurance agent, is jailed after surrendering and confessing to burglaries at Wellington and Brighton depots. Goods valued at about 750 dollars were traced to a home in Wellington and to Mrs Ja Caroniti who faces receiving stolen property charges. Williams says he roamed Ak ron and Cleveland with Seton Hs during the crimes.
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Marry Williams
Ohio National Insurance Co
Elyria Block
Williams
N. D. Backas
Backus
Cowle
Wellington
Brighton
Wiliams
Billiams
Akron
Cleveland
Seton Hs
Miners Threaten Strike If No Conference With Operators
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers reports that bituminous miners may strike April 1 unless a joint conference with operators is arranged. He and Secretary Davis meet in Washington to push talks as Lewis heads to New York for the anthracite conference. Operators challenge the 1920 agreement and decline to join.
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Washington
Davis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Labor Department
New York
$5,000,000 Yeomen Lodge School May Locate in Ohio
A. N. Farmer announced at a Fellows hall meeting that the American League of Yeomen may locate a $5 million orphan home site in Ohio, with Lorain county among candidates. Wooster Springfield Canton Youngstown and Oberlin were named as possibilities, and local groups urged mobilization with the Chamber of Commerce Rotary and Kiwanis to win the project.
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School of the Yeoman Lodge
This
County
Ohio
Lorain County
American League of Yeomen
A. N. Farmer
Children's Home Department
Couritier
Id Fellows Hall
Farmer
Wooster
Springfield
Dayton
Canton
Youngstown
Oberlin
Moose Heart
Loyal Order
Moose
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary and
Kiwanis Club
J. L. Dumar
Early Peace In Building Expected In Cleveland
March 14. With both sides firm employers seeking 13 to 35 percent wage cuts and workers demanding 1921 scale or higher, negotiators close to a settlement say a compromise is near in the building trades dispute. A 340.9 million construction program hinges on the outcome. Several large structures including the Union Trust building may be delayed unless costs fall and restrictive union rules are eased.
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Sai
Railroads Ask Commission to End Its Probe
Railroads operating in Ohio jointly petitioned the state utilities commission to stop further investigation of prevailing freight rates for shipments of grains and grain products. The commission took the request under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Ohio
Commssion
Fence ownership disputed in Columbia suit over osage orange hedge
Peter Kloos of Columbia sues neighbor Paul Dienes claiming decades of care and maintenance of an osage orange fence between farms. He says Dienes began cutting and taking fence posts, valuing loss at 375 dollars and seeking injunction to stop further destruction.
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Peter Kloos
Columbia
Paul Dienes
Senators rally for four power treaty in Senate
Administration senators urge not to nullify the armament conference works by rejecting the Pacific pact. Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin leads the defense, warning rejection would wreck the conference and bring the United States closer to war.
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Washington
Administration
Senate
Lenroot
Wisconsin
United States
Sheriff Finds a Stolen Car Near Cider Mill
Sheriff N. D. Backus answered a 1 am call about a car set on fire and abandoned near the Amhersty Lorain road cider mill. A motorist extinguished the blaze with pyrene, leaving the vehicle only lightly damaged. License numbers showed the car was stolen yesterday from Ila Weaver of 2098 East 100th Street, Cleveland.
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N. D. Backus
Amhersty Lorain Road
Ila Weaver
East 100Th St
Cleveland
Accident Victim Mrs Clark Improves After Ridgeville Crash
Mrs J N Clark of Medina remains seriously injured after her husband was killed by a green line car in Ridgeville. Her condition is reported as improving and recovery is believed possible. Mr Clark's remains were taken to Medina last night, with funeral arrangements not yet made.
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J .N. Clark
Medina
Ridgeville
Clark
Soldier Fatally Shoots Comrade at Newport Mill
Newport Ky March 14 Frank Crone of Covington a soldier on strike duty at the Newport Rolling Mill was shot and killed when an automatic pistol discharged from the hand of John Yates another soldier late Monday This was the second fatal accident of its kind at the mill following Corporal Robert Beaton of Barboursville in December.
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Newport, Ky
Frank Crone
Covington
Newport
John Yates
Robert Beaton
Barboursville
Man Shoots Self After Officers Disarm Suspect
John Heaton a 54 year old railroad worker died by his own hand after being disarmed by two officers called to his Cincinnati home by relatives. He had threatened to end his life and, after the officers left, obtained another weapon and killed himself. Worry over illness is cited as a likely cause.
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Cincinnati
John Heaton
Heaton
Fire hits Adams street home of Clarence Fek
Fire damaged the residence of Clarence Fek on Adams Street after an explosion. Neighbors say the home remains largely unchanged and his condition has not improved as hoped.
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Clarence Fekeproad
Adams Street
Hopeti
Zea
South African Riots Challenge England With Daily Crowds
Tense scenes as crowds gather in the market square to hear updates on the strikes. Cer San Smuts, ex Boer leader and former premier, narrowly escaped death when his car was shot at during a battle between strikers and police en route from Johannesburg to Booysens.
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San Smuts
South Africa
Sailles
Johannesburg
Booysens
Widow testifies in Brunen murder case amid funeral vigil
Mrs Jhon Brunen widow of a circus man slain in a similar fashion to William Desmond Taylor speaks near her husband’s coffin. She recalls quarrels and a pistol wound, insists she will seek the killer, and questions motives while defending her late spouse. Separately Isaiah Moore faces bigamy and embezzlement charges, recounting marriages across multiple states and seeking to recall names of his eleven or more wives.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Jhon T. Brunen
William Desmond Taylor
Los Angeles
Mrs. Brunen
Surbury
Indianapolis
Ind
Isaiah Moore
Stara Wenahar Sock
Igader
Moore
Ahas
Flora Doif
Wyoming
Amelia Werner
Detroit
Mich
Sue Harris
Houma
Bessie
Wilson
N. C
Gertrude
Findlay
Laura Shields
Spokane
Wash
Florence Johnson
David City
Neb
Publishers Seek Lower Postal Rates in War Revenue Bid
The American Publishers' Conference representing about 20 000 newspapers and magazines appealed to Congress for relief from high postal rates in the 1917 war revenue bid. They argued the existing rates were wartime only and remain discriminatory and unjust to readers.
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Washington
American Publishers’ Conference
Congress
Amt
Bonus Bill Delayed Again by House Democrats
Washington dispatch reports a fresh delay on soldier bonus legislation. Democrat Garner of Texas won a committee vote to invite Treasury Secretary Mellon and Comptroller Crissinger and Fed chair Harling to testify in open session at 2 p.m. to oppose the bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Garner
Texas
the Treasury
Melton
D. R. Crissinger
W. P. G. Harling
Federal Reserve Board
Tegue
Massachustts
Carew
New York
Fordney
Mellon
Hardins
Crissinger
Cleveland men charged with mail fraud in home business scam
Three Cleveland men Fitzhugh Cook J L Jones and Tred C Sherman were arrested by postal Inspector H K Cochrane on charges of operating the mails to defraud. The scheme offered women $35 for writing 1090 letters of 100 words each after a $3 good faith deposit and material costs. Letters claimed to promote a new rheumatic cure but were meant to be destroyed. About 1000 locals were said to have joined the scheme.
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Cleveland
Fostoffice
H. K Cochrane
Cochrane
Fitzhugh Cook
E. 33Rd Streets
J. L Jones
90Th Street
Tred C Sherman
26Th Street
Universal Advertising Agency
P. O. Box
Johannesburg labor conflict shutters Rand mine fields
A South Africa report notes marches and attacks in Johannesburg area as rebels siege Ford and Fordsbury, with labor forces defending works. Rebels reportedly aim to force evacuation of children and bomb the town. frontline clashes shift as authorities tighten siege and seek to end hostilities within 48 hours.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Rand
Ford
Jment
Fordsbu Place
Inter-Ghat Goal Stirs Interdenominational Inquiry in Detroit
Report outlines an interdenominational inquiry linked to a church denomination in Detroit. Bishop Williams and a vice committee discuss plans to appoint a single mission leader and begin immediate actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Episcopal
Bankers Charged in Embezzlement Case in Raleigh
R G Allen, once with the Central Bank now in the hands of a receiver, appeared in court on embezzlement charges. He allegedly misappropriated $98 of bank funds and was fined $3 in a preliminary hearing.
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Raleigh
N. C
R. G Allen
Central Bank & 7
Police arrest trio in Stealing case at Ada
Three people were arrested yesterday afternoon in Ada on charges of stealing a suit, a ring, and eight dollars from Tiebert Walters. The incident involved Mrs. Roy Thornsby and Copas, with a hearing scheduled this afternoon.
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Dlrmond Ring
Tiebert Walters
Roy Thornsby
Ada
Copas
Meuse Argonne Exhibit Maps Co B WarMa Casualties
An exhibition at a Cheapside store window shows Major R. E. B. Hultz’s Meuse Argonne battle map. The original guided Co B 145th Infantry through Argonne forest and marks where each casualty occurred. The relics include several maps identified as casualty records from the fight.
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Cheapside
R. EB. Hultz
Heinie
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