Strikers Fail to Unionize Lorain Mills Amid Tense City Unrest
In Lorain a failed push to organize National Tube Co and U S Steel plant workers leaves 8900 employees without a strike action. Riots and clashes linger from last September as authorities move to suppress labor meetings while indictments and arrests unfold involving local sheriffs and Elyrian residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torain
Nunotal Trie
Wade
Ajay Chateau
U.S. Steel Corporation
National Lube Co
Shaer- Wnd Backus
Wow
Treble
Lotain
Lefig
San Anselea
National Tube Co
Tir Incal Steel Milla
Nemeles
Foramen
Dorsin
Vike Ragher
Wike O- Kovin
Baw
Suttly HH
Cook
Stern Mile
George Snyder
Elyria
Fred Jack
Falkce Juege
Daffy
Elyriens
Latith
Fo Henty
Flint Johnson
Elstia
Senate to Close Steel Strike Hearings Next Week
Washington October 16 The Senate Labor Committee will close its steel strike investigations next week with final witness examinations focused on radical activities in the siriie. Principal witnesses are to testify Monday and Tuesday as Chairman Kenyon announces the panel will draft its report afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cy Associated Press
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Kenyon
Auto Stolen From Garage On East Bron Street
Thieves entered a Buick garage on East Bron street during the night and stole a 1913 model passenger car. Entrance was gained by breaking a rear window, with thieves inspecting several cars before selecting one to take. the theft was not discovered until morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buick
East Bron Street
Varios
Registration Open Friday and Saturday for Voters and Transfers
Voters may register or transfer wards Friday from 2:30 to 8:30 PM at the booths. Saturday is limited to transfers only. Fremont polling timetable and a line about an incident at Perch Lake involving George Moore, chief electrician, with injuries described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cay
Fremont
Tim
Perch
Lake Shore Electric Power House
George Moore
Surgeon claims he can make old age young again
Dr. Serge Voronoff, a Russian surgeon and noted authority, asserts that an eighty year old man could be rejuvenated by grafting ape interstitial tissue to restore a failing gland, a method that sparked widespread interest in his theses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serge Voronoff
Voronoff
Five Big Packers Face Monopoly Claims Across Food Trade
Chicago Associated Press reports that the five large packing companies, led by Swift Armour Wilson and Cudahy, are accused of controlling substantial portions of the wholesale grocery market. The federal commissions note extensive involvement in poultry, dairy substitutes, canned vegetables, and even soda fountain supplies, with varying local dominance and broad underhand methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Lewis F. Swift
Swift & Co
Country Watchere
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Imany Gz
Armour & Company
Swift
Wilson
Armour
Cuda
Armour Grain Company
Lorain residents named in local listing
Frank Martin a 27 year old baker and Io sephine Marine aged 19 both of Lorain appear along with Louis Nemith a 24 year old helper and Elizabeth Toth a 19 month old clerk all of Lorain in the same local notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Martin
Baker and Io
Sephine Marine
Lorain
Louis Nemith
Helper
Elizabeth Toth
Factory Building Contract For New Lorain Plant
Elsrfa Steel Products Co and Flyria enter a plan to start a new Slant facility. The Henry Schen Co of Erie Pennsylvania won the contract to headline the main structure 80 by 160 feet. Building to be brick steel and concrete, ready for occupancy by January 1, next year. Twenty five acres of land south of the city near Elyria Tron and teal Co plant purchased for stamped goods including automobile accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schen ¥’Co
Erie
Elyria Tron and Teal Co
Roosevelt Memorial Proclamation Sealed by Governor Cox
A. L. Garford, chairman of the Ohio Roosevelt Memorial Association, received the original Roosevelt Memorial proclamation from Governor Cox. The document proclaims October 27, 1926 as Theodore Roosevelt Birthday Week, urging schools to observe and promote Americanism during the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Garford
Ohio Roosevelt Memorial Association
Cox Hag
Roosevelt Memorial Fund
Cox
Garrord
America
Western Hemisphere
Washington
Ohio
Commonwealth
Republc
State of
Columbus
James M. Cox
Stark acquires Northampton block on Cheapside in deal
A. L Stark has become owner of the Northampton block on Cheapside, built and formerly owned by H. J. Eady. The purchase price is reported at 6000 dollars. The building houses Reed Bros. shoe store on the first floor with two upper floors of apartments. Stark has not announced plans for the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L Stark
Northampton
Cheapside
H. J. Eady
Reed Bros
Stark
Next Census Enumerators Call for 400 Openings in Ohio District
Director Sam L. Rogers calls for about 400 census enumerators for the upcoming count. Work starts January 2 and lasts two weeks in cities and longer in rural areas. Pay varies by locality, with 1910 averages around 70 dollars. this year will be not less than that. Active, intelligent men and women at least 12 years old are urged to volunteer, stressing public service and national needs in wartime and peacetime. George Cummins, district supervisor for the Fourteenth District of Ohio, says Akron area will need about 400 enumerators. applications due by October 136 to Court House Akron Ohio. A fitness test requires completing a sample schedule, with accessible test locations chosen where feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam. L. Rogers
Rogers
George Cummins
Fourteenth District
Ohio
Lorain
Medina
Portage
Summit
Court House
Akron
Army nurses in overseas service during the war
Washington reports on army nursing abroad shows 10,245 nurses served overseas between May 8, 1917, and May 31, 1919, from a total of 21,480 enlisted. Three were wounded in action and 264 died on duty.
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Washington
Activities Corps
Julla C. Stimson
Army Nursing Service
Machinist Receives 1077 for Back Pay
Delmar Ross, a machinist in Rock Island shops, received a check for 1077 dollars as back pay from January 1913. He is among eighteen Rock Island drill press operators granted machinist pay by a recent ruling, reflecting the wage difference from the start of last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hortenans
Delmar Ross
Rock Island
Ross
Tig Rock
Letter Held Key To Missing Dansey Bay Case
After a weeklong search investigators pursued a lead from a letter postmarked Newark New Jersey and signed A P claiming to have kidnapped three year old Billy Dansey by mistake. The note, written by a woman, sought to guide authorities and kept the case unresolved. A correction appeared in the Lewis Mercantile Co sales ad noting a peanut sheet price of 195 cents instead of 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
W. J
Billy Dansey
Newark
N. J
Lewis Mercentile Co
EcyrUans in Long March at Norwalk
Norwalk observers a three day celebration for the fiftieth anniversary of Norwalk commandery No. 18 Knights Templar. More than 2 000 marched in the parade with fifteen commanderies and twelve bands in line. Thorpe of Cleveland, the sole surviving charter member, was present. A ball at the state armory closed the festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Knights Templar
Elyria
Clark MM. Thorpe
Cleveland
Norwalk Commandery
Premont
British Labor Delegates Named for Washington Conference
George Nicoll Barnes, British minister without portfolio and principal representative of the British government at the international labor conference, will attend the Washington meeting. John Robert Clynes, vice president of England's labor party, follows Barnes in importance and has played a key role in wartime food control and current labor disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nicoll Barnes
Washington
England
John Robert Clynes
Labor Party
Lenks
Barnes
Four Meetings Explain Dry Amendments in Ohio
A series of meetings to discuss four dry amendments is set across Elyria Wellington and South Amherst. Speakers include Attorney D. A. Baird of Elyria and J. F. Burke of the Chronicle-Telegram. Don Thomas will illustrate songs in Lorain. Voters are urged to attend.
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Carlisle Center
R. P. Vaughn
Elyria High School
South Amherst
al Church
D. A. Baird
Elyria
Ohio
Wellington
J. F. Burke
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyra
Wellington Township
Sheffield Township
Don Thomas
South Lorain
A. W. Cinniger
Lorain
Vincent M. J. Church
Austrian to die in Ohio penitentiary chair
Austrian Zenelch, 30, sentenced to electrocution at the Ohio penitentiary after midnight for the murder of 60-year-old Nicholas Chambers. The killing occurred last spring in Tuscarawas during a home-coming soldiers celebration.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Zenelch
Ohio Penitentiary
Nicholas Chambers
Tuscar
Oras
Bryan to Speak in Lorain County on Saturday
William Jennings Bryan will tour Lorain County on Saturday under the Anti-Saloon League banner. He will speak at Glynn and Oberlin in the afternoon and at Lorain in the evening, with Dr Toward H. Russell accompanying him.
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Lorain County
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Mr. Bryan
Glynn and
Torain
Oberlin
Clyria
First Congregational
Lorain
Larain County
Toward H. Russell
AntiSelian League
Obéilin
Samuel Gompers Reported Improved but Resting in Bed
Washington October 16 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor is reported somewhat improved today from nervous exhaustion but his physicians have ordered him to remain in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bolshevik Fate Seen From Four Fronts As Russia War Deepens
Old World wires report the Soviet government fighting on four fronts with Denikine’s Cossacks, Polish forces, and northern banners converging near Moscow’s rail hubs. Yudenitch advances toward Gatchina threaten Petrograd while Denikine pushes toward Orel and Tula, with Ukrainian units split over allegiance.
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London
Russia
Denikine
Bulshevik
Upper
Petrograds
Yudenitch
Gatchina
Qnega
Archangel
Dvina
Kovno
Denikle
Orel
Tula
Moscow
Urals
Admiral Kolchak
Gena
Denikie
Yndenited
Classified Ad Page Reorganized for Easy Search
A newspaper urges readers to use a newly reorganized Classified page with an indexed system. It explains subjects are numbered at the top of columns and directs readers to the corresponding item in the ads. The paper offers assistance for writing ads and promotes daily real estate bargains and property sales.
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Gale
Memorial Hospital At Rheims Aims To Endow Each Bed
Dr. Mary Louise Le Forte medical director of the American Memorial Hospital at Rheims has returned to France after securing medical equipment in New York for the winter hospital. She says the aim is to have every bed in the hospital endowed in memory of an American soldier.
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Mary Louise le Forte
American Memorial Hospital
Rheims
France
New York
Winter Hospital
le Forte
SPECIAL CAR DISTINGUISHED VISITORS HERE
The Wallya Overland plant welcomed 2u dealers traveling representatives and staff on a special tour to study the Overland 4 before market release. They praised the local plant after visiting Toledo, with a large group of attendees from Oklahoma City London Petrograd St. Louis Greece Bulgaria Turkey Oklahoma City Memphis San Antonio New York City San Francisco Toledo Mobile Jackson Hoboken Sioux Falls and other points in the U S and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallya-Overland
Overland
Toledo
K. K. Slack
Oklahoma City
F A. Fegge
London
England
EH. Prince
Petrograd
A. H. Goette
St. Louis
Ig. Trachsel
Greece
Bulgaria
Turkey
C B Smith
W. T. Robinson
Byron
S. D
B. R. Patterson
FL. Grant
Memphis
Tenn
R Charlton
San Antonio
Texas
J. W Trleté
New York City
L. L. Everley
Dan Crowley
San Fransco
A. Northrup
H R. Reed
Mobile
Ala
J. L. Baker
Jackson
H R, McCutcheon
Holden
W. J. Raerdon
Slouz Walls
Industry meet spar s for time meet spar s for time
Washington October 16 The time industry conference continued with no final action on major issues. Debates over steel striker arbitration were postponed with a new chance for proposals on collective bargaining. Employers urged delay while labor delegates held a majority against immediate action, and Samuel Gompers’ absence unsettled some.
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Waatington
Genera
Aother
Wes
Samuel Gempers
Lorain Bank Incorporated Forms in Columbus
Columbus notes the incorporation of The First State Bank of Lorain for 50009 dollars by George Oroszy. The event was announced on October 16 with Lorain listed as the city of incorporation and the bank's status as a new financial institution.
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George Groszy
First State Bank OF
Taurain
Columbus
Lorain
George Oroszy
Million Dollar Sale Week Kicks Off Monday
The Mitchien Dollar Sale starts next Monday and runs all week as Better Business Club members in Doria offer bargains to boost local commerce. Max Goldstein leads the push to reach a million dollars in sales, with winter clothes and essentials offered at reduced prices despite late-year difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchien
Max Goldstein
Better Business Club
Doria
Armed Army Stops Fifty Organizers in West Virginia
Huntington Oct 10 Union organizers attempting to enter Logan County to organize coal miners were halted by armed men. Report says several hundred gunmen stopped a train carrying organizers near Logan County and forced them to retreat to Huntington. United Workers of America promises state officials an investigation. Small party then returned toward Logan County line before being forced back.
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Huntington
W. Ve
Loge County
United Workers of America
Sharleston
Ize Ig
Logan
Logain County
Point Msar
President Wilson Rested After Illness, Bulletin Says
Washington October 18 President Wilson shown relieved from glandular fever fatigue after days of suffering and has two good nights of rest according to a bulletin issued by his physician at noon.
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Washington
Wilson
Thich
Noel Way
Mayor Asaph Jones Delivers Kiwanis Meet in Elyria
Columbue Oct 16 Kiwanis gathering featured delegations from Cleveland Cincinnati Toledo Elyria and Chicago. Mayor Karb opened the session praising Kiwanis service as J Binet and Samuel Cusuming spoke on civic engagement and youth programs. Birch reported Ohio has 2900 Khranians. organizers urged greater community work.
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Columbue
Kivants Clap
Olio
Clevelagi
Cmeinusti
Toledo
Elyria
Designy
Ciy
Karb
Raspones
Tunde Dy J. RK. Binet
Clevelaind
Samuel Cusumings
Chicago
Inge Mates
Kiwanis
J. Bheh
Birch
Ohio
Asaph Jonea
Daylight Burglar Captured After Long Cross Country Chase
A daylight burglar was captured after a nearly mile long chase. Police say the suspect entered Mrs. Carl Friday’s West Bridge Street home and ransacked it. Neighbor William Sadro alerted Patrolman Hill and Officer WRO who pursued the fleeing man to West River Street. The suspect, identified as Fred Debey, a Canadian soldier, was captured and taken to the police station. items stolen include Mrs. Friday’s watch, a Kodak, and other articles. Await grand jury action by Mayor Jeavs RP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Friday
West Bridge Street
William Sadro
Bris
West River
Wincek
Hill
Fred Debey
Mr. Fridey
Howte
Jeavs RP Eerie
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Lorain Mills
Diaike Gili
TE Eno
Packers
Tanuary 4
Elsrfa Steel Products Co
Flyria
Ures
Dansey Bay
State Armory
LABOR
Wey
Carlisle
South
South Ambersy
WM J. Bryan
Oberlin and
Tech
Memorial Hospital
Lorain Bank Incorporated
Pres. Wilson
Asaph Jones
Skorr Maviun
Lraeateho
Larue
Mie
Mage ‘Vurn
Hardin County
Ryn
MHS
Ryn Pronk
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