German ambassador urged to form new German ministry
Berlin reports indicate President Ebert asked Herr Mayer-Kaufbeuren to undertake forming a new ministry to replace the Fehrenbach-Simons cabinet. Mayer-Kaufbeuren, a Centrum party member, takes the offer under advisement while weighing the impact of signing or deferring the allied ultimatum on Germany's future.
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Berlin
T of
Mayernsbeuren
France
Paris
Ebert
Fehrenbach-Simons
Mayer-Kaufbeuren
Centrum
Herr Kaufbeuren
Navass
Railroads Improve Shown in Upcoming ICC Reports
Washington May 7 Reports to be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission next week indicate better railroad condition and earnings. March earnings are expected to show a net operating income around 26 million dollars versus a February deficit of about 7 million. Car loading rose from 666 642 to 704 527 in late April and may rise further. March operating revenue was about 403.06 million, near March 1920 levels.
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Ashington
Upe
Interstate Commerce Mission
ap_mately
De Valera to Parley at Home Amid Cabinet Crisis
Subline reports Sinn Fein says Eamon de Valera remains in Ireland and rejects peace overtures. Chancellor position remains unfilled as Mayor Kaufbeuren is advised to refrain from action. May 8 caucus discussed cabinet crisis and potential reshuffle with a solution hoped before Wednesday.
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Sublin
Sinn Fein
Eamonn Dera
Ireland
Judge McGannon Mere Shadow of His Former Self
Ex Cleveland jurist William H. McGannon, once atop the judicial ticket, faces two Cuyahoga county charges this week for allegedly false testimony at his murder trials and for obstructing justice. Doctors describe him as a physical wreck confined to a Rest-Cure Sanitarium, unable to leave soon.
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W. J. Huske
International News Service
Cleveland
William H. McGannon
Cuyahoga County
Harold C. Kagy
MecGannon
Moritz Lowenthal
Settlement Near in Green Line Wage Cut
Cleveland officials of the Cleveland Columbus and Southwestern Electric Co and the union carmen’s executive committee plan a Monday meeting to settle a dispute over a 20 percent wage cut. Neither side feels hurry as the first pay under the new scale isn’t due until May 25, and the union, while ordering rejection of the cut, favors compromise and may seek arbitration if needed.
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Elyria
Cleveland, Columbus and Southwestern Electric Co
Union Carmen
Cleveland
Union
Carrien
Cabaret Singer Said To Cause Marital Trouble
Mrs. Frederick Levee of Los Angeles, formerly of Cleveland, shot and killed her husband in a busy New Orleans street after accusing a cabaret singer Inez Farnham of Manila of taking him away. Levee cried she would rather hang than be called felon for losing her husband to the singer.
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New Orleans
Frederick Levee
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Manila
P. I
New York
Levee
Robert W. Kemp
Northern Ohio Traction seeks permission to issue stock
On May 8 in Columbus an application was filed with the state utilities commission by the Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company seeking authority to issue 4,672,200 in seven percent preferred stock to exchange for on hand and outstanding 7 percent preferred stock unsold.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company
Lemp Taken Home From Hospital to Residence
Mrs. Thomas Lemp and her daughter Mildred were removed from St. Joseph's hospital to the Lemp home at 1121 9th street. Both are convalescent and were moved yesterday by the George Wickens invalid car.
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S. Lemp
Thomas Lemp Wamp
George Wickens
St. Joseph’s Hospital
9Th Street
Mildred
United States Reaffirms Allies Role in Postwar Settlement
The United States renews participation in postwar settlement and signals alignment with former allies. Washington stresses no support for Germany to evade reparations, guiding ambassadors Wallace in Paris and Royden in London for the upcoming council of ambassadors and reparations talks.
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United States
Europe
State Department
Germany
Alliens
Waillace
Paris
Roland W. Royden
London
Council of Ambassadors
Victory for Senator Burke Over Refusal to Size Petition
Columbus May 7 The refusal of Secretary of State Smith to set petition size for the Dunn Emergency measure referendum is a decided victory for Senator J Frank Burke Elyria and allies The action is essential to bring mandamus proceedings in State Supreme Court and affects both supporters and opponents of the measure as they seek to challenge the emergency legislation.
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Columbus
Smith
L. D. Hamlin
Elyria
J. Frank Burke
Dunn
Burke
Secretary of State
State Supreme Court
Divorce Court Docket Packed With Davis and Smith Cases
Columbus May 7 The Franklin county divorce docket features numerous Davis and Smith couples. Allegations include gross neglect in suits by Jacob H Davis against Dorothy L Davis and by Robert Davis against Vandelia Davis along with Mayme A Davis from Alexander Davis Clepha Smith from Grace D Smith and Clarence J Smith from Martha A Smith.
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Columbus
Smiths
Forty Thousand Take Part in All American Parade at Cincinnati
Forty thousand Americans marched in an all American day parade in Cincinnati with hundreds of thousands watching. Grand Marshal Milton D Campbell led, with John R McQuigg and veterans from Fort Thomas at the head. Notables including Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Charles G Dawes spoke at the tabernacle about disarmament and naval policy.
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International News Service
Cincinnatti
Milton D. Campbell
John R. McQuigg
Ohio Department
American Legion
Naval Reserve
Fort Thomas
Culver Military Academy
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Navy
F. W. Galbraith Jr
Charles G Dawes
Pershing
the Tabernacle
Senator Borah
United States
Anniversary of Lusitania Sinking Opens War Horror Memory
New York observes the sixth anniversary of the Lusitania sinking. The liner was torpedoed by German submarine U-39 off the Irish coast on May 7, 1915, with 1,154 lives lost, including 114 Americans. The International News Service previously published the U-39 commander’s log.
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New York
International News Service
Destruction of creameries impoverishes Irish farmers
Five thousand Cork residents face semi starvation and 16 000 farmers are impoverished after the closure of fifty five co operative creameries. Shipyard closings in Belfast worsen the crisis with 30 000 more in dire straits. The American committee for relief in Ireland plans a US campaign to raise 10 240 000 dollars.
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New York
Cork
Ireland
American Committee For Relief
Belfast
American Committee For Relief In
Ireland seals hope as De Valera Craig talks loom
Sir Hamar Greenwood says the De Valera and Sir James Craig conference is the most hopeful event in seven centuries of Irish history. The Irish secretary spoke briefly in the grounds of Dublin Castle to an International News Service reporter before leaving.
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Innternational News Service
Diblin
Eamonn de Valera
James Craig
Ireland
Hamar Greenwood
Hamar
Dublin Castle
International News Service
State Medical Society Meets At Capital City
The Ohio Homeopathic Medical Society plans its 57th annual conven tion at the Deshler hotel in Columbus on Tuesday and Wednesday with talks by Dr Tr N Plank of Chicago on cancer authority Dr Roy Upham of Brooklyn on pathology and Dr I D Metzger of Pittsburgh on eye and ear work. Governor Davis Brig Gen C E Sawyer and Dr H H Swigers will speak and the Ohio State University quartet will entertain at Tuesday's banquet. Officers will be elected at the Wednesday morning session.
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Columbus
Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio
Hotel Deshler
Tr. N. Plank
Chicago
Authority of Cancer
Roy Upham
Brooklyn
I. D. Metzger
Pittsburgh
Davis
C. E. Sawyer
Harding
H. H. Swigers
Knio State University
Memorial to Veterans Killed in World War II? No, 37th division memorial
Columbus May 8 Adjutant General Florence sent Lieut Colonel J S Shelley Major E F Lawler and Captain John J Saslavsky to New York City to represent Ohio and the 37th division at memorial services for 184 late veteran members of the division killed in France whose bodies have arrived from overseas.
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Columbus
Florence
J. S. Shelley
E. F. Lawler
John J. Saslavsky
New York City
Ohio
France
Contractors and Unionists Seek Settlement in Lorain
Union officials announce preliminary plans for meetings in Lorain between building crafts committees and contractors. They hope to reach agreements before Lorain Employers' Association opens its open shop plan on May 14.
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Lorain
Railroad chiefs ask halt to Lauck wage exhibits
Six railroad presidents in Chicago urged the United States railway labor board to discontinue further hearing of W. Jett Lauck's exhibits supporting the current railway wage scale. They contended Lauck's materials were not evidence and were untrue and misleading.
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Lauck
Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
W. Jett Lauck
Mad Marie's Fatal Last Voyage in Boston
Boston May 7. "Mad Marie" a youthful adventurer and stowaway who traveled from Tacoma to Boston via New York Liverpool London Berlin Vienna Budapest Bosnia Dalmatia Venice and Constantinople died of pneumonia. She used the names Marie and Frances Scott and sought world travel and study of music.
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Boston
Mad Marie
Tncoma
Washington
New York
Liverpool
London
Berlin
Vienna
Budapest
Bosnia
Dalmatia
Venice
Constantinople
Mateika
Marie
Frances Scott
Hungary
America
OMINOUS QUIET OVER TREATY
Republican senators opposed to the Versailles treaty show silent hostility to entangling alliances and President Harding's plan to seat American envoys with the allied councils. Mild reservationists support the president’s action, while irreconcilables denounce mixed participation in European affairs.
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J. Bart Campbell
International News Service
Washington
Crary
Harding
Supreme Council
Conference of Ambassadors
Reparations Commission
Wilson
Man Attempted Fight With Bears In Park
Akron on May 17 Blory Nichols, stripped to underwear, was found in a city park determined to stage a finish with two bears caged there. He faced a police court fine of 10 dollars plus costs for intoxication after officers seized a distilled concoction from him.
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Akron
Nichols
Bears
Canton Cars Remain Idle After Akron Conference
Canton strikers refuse to return to work amid arbitration talks. Motormen and conductors were set to vote on obedience to the union order when a report from Akron instructed them to abstain and convene in Akron for a conference with Pat Shea, signaling no immediate work resumption.
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Canton
Yunfay
International
Mahon
Pat’ Shea
Akron
B W. Saxton
Waa
Engineers Vote on Compromise Today Across Ports New York
Members of the American Marine Engineers Beneficial Association will vote at ports nationwide on wage proposals from a Washington meeting of steamship owners and employees. Three proposals have already been rejected by the steamship owners. One plan asks men to accept a 10 percent wage cut. Strike leaders are confident of a successful walkout, while H. H. Raymond of the owners group says the strikes are breaking up.
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New York
American Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
United States
Washington
Then
Steamship Owners Association
H. H. Raymond
War Department to apologize for draft evader list errors
Secretary of War Weeks said the War Department will publish a public apology if any name is wrongly included in the draft evaders list being released. He noted every effort has been made to ensure accuracy.
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Washington
War Department
Bemg
Secretary of War
Weeks
Thief Steals Chandler Auto From Front Door in Elyria
Jack Hugh reported a new Chandler automobile was stolen from in front of his Gracecourt home after he returned from Cleveland. He left the car briefly and found it missing upon his return.
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Elyria
Jack Hugh
Gracecourt
Cleveland
Dykeman Pushes Safe Sane Fourth of July Rules
Columbus May 7 State fire Marshal Dykeman urged city and town officials to enact safety regulations for the Fourth of July to protect life and property He also proposed phasing out shingle roofs over a 12 year period allowing dealers to adjust purchases and sales toward that goal.
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Columbus
April Weather Not Very Good for Farm Work
In Ohio only the southeast had satisfactory farming weather last week. Cool and wet conditions slowed crop growth though pasture and hay stayed favorable. Farmers buy little new machinery due to lowered incomes and high prices, with implements prices down 5 to 10 percent. Plowing averaged 3.75 dollars per acre statewide with fuel provided by the operator. The season fly appeared in some areas while oats sowing neared completion in the south and advanced in the north. Hay and pasture remained favorable and 75 percent of spring plowing was done.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Agricultural Department
Frances Moehle Sues for Divorce Over Neglectful Husband
In Elyria Frances Moehle files for divorce citing repeated neglect by husband William Moehle. She alleges he attends parties nightly and at one point called home drunk. She seeks restoration of her maiden name Frances Brown.
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Elyria
Frances Moehle
William Moehle
Frances Brown
President of White Company Resigns. Brother Elected Successor
Windeor J. White resigned as president of the White Motor Company at a stockholders meeting in Cleveland. His brother Walter C White was chosen to succeed him as head of the company.
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Cleveland
Windeor J. White
White Motor Company
Walter C White
E. W. Milesia
War in Upper Silesia Expands Into Full Conflict
Berlin reports a full scale war in upper Silesia as Polish insurgents with 100000 troops, artillery, and air support overrun much of the region. Germany seeks allied military aid to restore order while Polish leaders form a cabinet and mobilize recruits amid widespread panic.
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International News Service
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Poland
Germany
Pper Silesia
Adelbert Korfanty
Martinity
Oppeln
Italy
Reichswehr
Cologne
Upper Shear
Bresleau
France
Landtag
An Cappeln
Kosel
Gross-Strehlitz
Guttentag
Rosenburg
Krensburg
Die Rote Fahne
Communists
Reiehewehr
Mrs Stillman Calls Conspiracy Over Divorce Battle
New York May 1 Mrs Fifi Potter Stillman denounces a vicious conspiracy against her and her baby Guy. She vows to continue the fight in court and attacks the published Fred Beauvais letters as the last straw in the multimillionaire divorce suit.
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New York
Fifi Potter Stillman
Fifth Avenue
Guy
Fred Beauvais
Beauvais
Robber Steals Cash Drawer From A. J. Carlan Store
A masked bandit entered a rear room at A. J. Carlan, robbed the cash drawer of several thousand dollars, and fled. Earlier the suspect contacted staff about buying trousers, then returned masked prompting a police search.
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A. J. Carlan
Hog Price Trends Rise Amid Week Start Despite Strike
Chicago reports show hog prices edging higher at week start as livestock handlers strike, with buyers noting cautious demand and tentative gains in early trading across major markets.
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Chicago
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