Ohio League of Women Voters Condemns Bosses at State Convention
The Ohio League of Women Voters passed a resolution at its Columbus convention condemning the forthcoming Free Primary Republican State convention. It urged enforcement of the direct primary law and supported measures to remove the Department of Public Welfare from political turnover. President Coolidge was endorsed for world court entry. New officers include Sybil Burton as president and Grace Peters as Columbus treasurer.
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Columbus
Ohio League of Women Voters
League
Sneies
Department of Public Welfare
Coolidge
Laura V. Hendershott
Tiffin
Byron Larue
Panesville
W. W. Pierson
Girard
E. Scott Connell
Cleveland
Missile Sessions
Amy Maher
Toledo
J. E. Barnett
Republican Split Aims at Cleveland Leader Maurice Maschke
Republicans in Cleveland face an insurgent bid to unseat Maurice Maschke as voter leader. George Harris Uber, George Ben, Le Johnson, James Holcomb, and Frank Genter back a county ticket to challenge the party’s control and set new field candidates.
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Republian
Cleveland
Repubn
Maurice
Sehke
Lopg
Ted
George Ts. Harris Uber
State Central
Uty
George Benstate
Ohio
Manroef le Johnson
James W. Holcomb
Tron
Darver Era
Frank Gsenter
Johnson
Mae
Bender
Port Green Mine Wage Increase Accepted
The division reached a fair vote on a contract for another year. About 48 cents per hour for three months and five cents for the next nine weeks are stated, with later increases possible after talks in Cleveland with railroad officials.
Multiple May 16 News Briefs From Across the United States
Reports from New York Springfield and Washington dated May 16 cover medical recovery from advanced cancer at Montefiore Hospital, a heated antiwar stance in Springfield, wealth affecting crime in New York, immigration bill fate at the White House, a Broadway robbery arrest lineup, Coolidge veto of a soldiers bonus-insurance bill in Congress, Tammany Hall leadership questions, a judge delaying a forgery sentence, and a new livestock credit line via the National Livestock Producers Association across several states.
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New York
Wm. H. Livingston
Montefiore Hospital
Springfield
Mass
Wm. H. van Renchoten
America
Hendrik van Loon
Washington
United States
White House
Coolidge
Louise Juanson
Dorothy King
Harry Lesser
Howard Johnson
Alamac
Congress
Tammany
Chas. Er. Murphy
James A. Foley
Johan F. McIntyre
Mra
Myrtle Hayes
Charles M. Schwab
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Iowa
Arkaleas
National Livestock
Producers
Associatios
Local Youth Injured While Working in Yard
AYSUTE Led SHGHT me SAWING ORAIN, O., May 16. A youth was blinded yesterday while sawing wood in his backyard and is at St. ph's hospital where doctors are puzzled by the loss of sight. Police began cleanup of traffic stors in Elyria May 16 as travel increases. John Chamberlain was fined 5 dollars and costs for speeding on Broadway.
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Orain
Avon
St .Ph’s Hospital
Phgins
Elyrians
John Chamberlain
Ely
Broadway
Veterans Split Over Women's Peace Parade in Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 16 a sharp split emerged among ex service men over the planned women’s peace parade. A chamber of commerce protest joined by the Cuyahoga Council of the American Legion opposed the parade. J. W. Merriam urged signatures on a circulated protest while women pressed ahead with permits from Safety Director Edwin D. Barry who joked he might march too if pace stayed safe.
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Cleveland
Cuyahola Council of the American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Merriam
Signal Woros
Edwin D. Barry
Arrest of Emherstite On Liquor Charge
Joe Savina of Hennes Road Amherst Township was arrested by Sheriff Underhill on illegal liquor charges. A gallon of liquor and fifty gallons of mash were seized. He appeared before Justice S J George, pled not guilty, and posted a $1000 bond for trial next Wednesday.
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Joe Savina
Hennes Road
Amherst Township
Underhill
S. J. George
Gertrude Blaser 72 of Sugar Ridge Dies at Home
Gertrude Blaser 72 of Sugar Ridge died this morning at three o clock at her home. Survived by two sons E J Blaser Frank Blaser and three daughters Mrs Josephine Wagner Mrs William Kelling and Miss Hemera Blaser. Grandchildren and many friends mourn her loss. Longtime Ridgeville resident respected. Funeral Monday at St Peter's Church 9 30 a.m. Interment Ridgeville.
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Gertrude Blaser
Sugar Ridge
E. J. Blaser
Frank Blaser
Josephine Wagner
William Kelling
Hemera Blaser
Wait Ag
Ridgeville
Erzerum Earthquake Deaths and Destruction Reported
Earthquake shocks in Erzerum district reportedly killed or injured 140 people. Shocks reached Kars and Massankale as many villages were destroyed. The report came from the region with ongoing tremors and casualties noted in the area.
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Constan Iaunl
Erzerum
Kars
Massankale
Woman Banker Teaches Thrift to Bloomington Children
A Bloomington banker teaches local schoolchildren thrift with a focus on saving. The article notes two thirds of students have bank accounts and highlights the importance of saving habits for the youth.
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Bloomington
Javieoon
Aia
Peg
Ac Gt Saihdren
Tari
Potomac Flood Waters Threaten White House Area
Flood waters from the Potomac reach within a mile of the White House causing extensive damage in Washington and Virginia. Potomac Park is flooded and Bolling Field is underwater. Virginia losses exceed $2,000,000 as Harper's Ferry depopulates due to the flood.
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Potomac
White House
National Capital
Potomac River
Potomac Park
Washington
Bollingfield
Army Air Station
Virginia
Harper’s Ferry
John Brown
Rewhsat
Harper's Ferry
Ohio churches urge nonprofit board for public welfare reforms
In Columbus Ohio the Local Conference on Community Cooperation urged the Department of Public Welfare be reorganized under a nonpartisan board, centralized executive authority, and continuity of policy. Dr Charles W Lathrop and Homer E Wickenden spoke on farm population decline and public welfare costs. The resolutions called for moving welfare from political control to a nonpartisan body.
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Charles W Lathrop
New York City
Ohio Council of Churches
First Congregational Church
Re Frazer Metzger
College Chaplai
Pennsylvania State College
America
Country Church
Homer E. Wickenden
Associated Charities of
Cleveland
State of
Ohio
Wickenden
Churches of Ohio
Board of Public Welfare
Conference On Community Cooperation
State of Ohio
Department of Public Welfare
Lo- Tain
WOUND CARD PLAYER HELD UP. TWO BANDITS LOOT COLUMBUS
In Columbus two masked bandits shot and probably wounded Alfred Wyndon 23 and looted a card game of cash and jewelry worth over 106 dollars. The attackers fled. An insanity warrant was issued for Chas Knapp near Oberlin village after threats to kill his wife and children. A grand jury probe of alleged shortages in Michigan Ingham county electric light and water departments was to be sought. Evelyn Nesbit seeks a new trial in Thaw case in Philadelphia. Ogden Reed received the Rosetta of the French Legion of Honor in Paris.
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Columbus
Alfred Wyndon
Charles Knapp
Chas. Kapp
Oberlin Village
Underhill
Knapp
Xlansing, Mich
Eectric Light and Water Department
Bernard Pierce
Ingham County
Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw
Common Pleas Court
Defective Engine Blamed for Pennsylvania Derailment
A joint Interstate Commerce Commission report cites defective engine condition and excessive speed as causes of a passenger train derailment near St George, Pennsylvania, killing three and injuring 48. The report was prepared by the Bureau of Safety and the Bureau of Locomotive Inspection.
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Washington
Pennsylad
St. George
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Fety
Bureau of Locomotive Inspection
Vania Rai
Hendrixson cited for contempt in alimony case
Roy Hendrixson ordered to appear in court for contempt over failure to pay $25 per month to Lela Hendrixson for child support. The case concerns ongoing alimony obligations and child welfare.
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Roy Hendrixson
Lela Hendrixson
Boyhood plan drives youth into court battle over play
Harold A. Fondler of New York vows to study law to fight for his mother. He sues producers Richard Walton Tully and Oliver Morosco over The Bird of Paradise, claiming it copies his mother's play In Hawaii submitted to the Stee guesses before they pat Bird of Paradise.
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Harold A. Fondler
New York
Itichard Walton Tully
Oliver Morosco
Hawaii
Steegues
Paredes
Remus Testifies About Protection Money and Distilleries
Washington May 16 Expenditure of nearly 3 000 000 for protection and liquor withdrawal permits was admitted by George Remus to Wheeler Brookhart committee He said he paid 200 000 to 230 000 to Jesse Smith and denied jail privileges claiming isolation ward cell blocks near Black inmates He owned several distilleries and plants including Fleischmann Cincinnati Squibb Indiana Edgewater Distillery Cincinnati Old Lexington Pogue Rugby Clifton Springs Greendale He acknowledged medicinal liquor orders and illegal withdrawals as a perversion of law Remus said he met Smith in New York Indianapolis Columbus and Chicago paying cash for favors with a cold business stance He insisted he never touched liquor himself and blamed lax medicinal use for hindering prohibition enforcement.
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Washington
Wheeler-Brookhart
George Rema
Jesse Smith
Harry Daugherty
Remus
Atlanta
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Fleischmann
Cincinnati
Squibb Co
Edgewater
Old Lexington
Pogue
Rugby
Clifton Springs
Greendale
Jens Smith
Wheeler
Montana
New York
Elijah Zoline
Smith
Hart
McConnel
Pennsylvania
Daugherty
James M. Linton
Columbus
Harry M. Daugherty
Jess Smith
Commodore
Ansonia
Zoline
Thomas B. Felder
Felder
Claypool
Indianapolis
Deshler Hotel
Ottiehoma
Nebraska
Pennaylvania
Uinoa
Missourt
Court of Appeals
Ama
Atisata
Tete
Ed Wheeler
Cleveland
Pat. J. Scanlon
Youngstown
ST. Clairsville
John Dean
New Athens
Harrison County
Frank Martinek
Duncanwood
Dean
Wheeling
Martinek
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Donahey
Indictments for misuse of mails hit seven OEAEN directors
Federal grand jury indicted seven former directors of the American Finance and Investment Company in Dayton Ohio on nineteen counts. The charges include eighteen counts of mail fraud and one of conspiracy. An accounting of assets totaling about 990 000 is requested in common pleas court.
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American Finance and Investment Co
Dayton
Federal Grand Jury
American Finance & Travestment Company
Edward Watcher
Uunton Storage Co
Lincoln Storage Company
Milton ©. Stern
Exry Register Co
Charles ¥. Slagle
Brint
Commion Pleas Court
Hawk of Broadway and wife indicted in jewel robbery
New York May 16 Harry Lesser known as Hawk of Broadway and his wife were indicted by the grand jury for first degree robbery in slugging and robbing Mrs. Howard Johnson of 5500 worth of jewels. Lesser, a seven time convict, faces another indictment for an apartment robbery of Mrs Mildred Monroe seeking 2500 in jewels. A separate filing requests alimony modification for Arthur Taft who reports 110 monthly earnings and 76 alimony payment. The hearing is set for Saturday.
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New York
Harry Lesser
Hawk
Broadway
Howard Johnson
Lesser
Mildred Monroe
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