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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1921
Page
1
The body of Cardinal Gibbons lies in state at Cathedral of Baltimore after arrival from Archbishop residence. Guards stand by day and night as Daughters of Isabella offer prayers. Public viewing hours run from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. today, tomorrow, and Wednesday before the funeral.
An associate press dispatch notes very severe tremors recorded on seismographs at Georgetown University. The quake originated 900 miles from Washington, began at 2 56 pm, and lasted past 6 am with peak activity at 3 01 am.
The Hanna theatre, built by Dan R. Hanna in memory of Senator M. A. Hanna, opens with William Faversham’s company in a dramatization of Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper. The Rialto district house, run by Lee and J. J. Shubert and Cropby Gaige, promises high class productions. Also reported, relief contributions for Chinese famine reach 4,460,359 dollars.
A devastating Tokyo blaze in the Yotsuya district destroyed about 1000 houses and damaged three hospitals a bank and multiple large businesses. The fire displaced thousands, injured 13 percent of residents, and raged four hours aided by four thousand troops as strong winds hampered firefighting until they subsided.
A eastward moving cold wave grips the Mississippi and Ohio valleys with freezing temps 12 to 32 degrees. Severe damage feared to fruit sections in southeastern Missouri and southern Illinois where buds are exposed. Ohio forecast warns of a 20 to 24 degree freeze Monday night, risking further plant injury. One scarlet fever case noted in Mt Vernon with a quarantine card posted citywide.
The Ginn Fein propaganda department at 11 Molesworth street in Dublin was raided Saturday night by police auxiliaries. Authorities recovered seditious literature, office equipment, foreign propaganda files, letters to Sinn Fein agents, British papers, and volumes of clipping circulars. No staff were found on the premises.
Box seats total about 200 additional units bringing Olio Stadium capacity to 600 with 48 par terre boxes placed mid lower deck under upper tier. Bladium founders contributing for life boxes may choose parterre or front boxes for eight-person groups. Officials expect strong demand as the arena nears completion.
London reports a campaign of arson with motor cars and lorries aiding responses. Sinn Fein plots to burn farm buildings near London are cited by the Evening Standard. Special detectives guarded government sites including No. 10 Downing Street and Lloyd George’s home. Twenty six farm buildings burned in Newcastle region with other fires in St Albans Hertfordshire Buckinghamshire and Beaconsfield.
Ohio farmers increasingly use progressive business methods to market crops and manage land. Cost accounting, highlighted by D S Myers, shows wide cost per bushel gaps in Hardin and Madison counties with factors including yields labor and fertilizer. The cost production plan has begun in Franklin County, per county farm bureau reports and OSU extension data.
Dayton March 28 Girl high school students may not wear half hose during classes. The policy will be quietly discouraged by Superintendent Frank W. Miller and the high school principals, with an official announcement forthcoming.
The United States railway labor board denied the appeal by 15 unions seeking higher wages for 67 short lines nationwide. Short lines already on the $600 million wage award last July are not to revert to the old scale, and the board notes the ruling does not affect current increases or wage agreements between carriers and workers.
The government secured a string of victories in income tax rulings by the Supreme Court. The decision holds that increases in value of capital investments are taxable income, while actual losses do not create tax liability. The ruling affects thousands of cases and could force refunds of millions in taxes.
Monticello Ga March 28 two more bodies of negroes were recovered from the Alcovy river bringing to eleven the total found since an investigation into peonage and murder charges against John Williams. The victims were chained and weighted, five buried on the Wil Hama plantation. Clyde Manning, a Williams employee, confessed the killings to a Justice department agent, saying five were killed with an ax on Williams order. Coroners jury said two victims were forced to dig their own graves. Both Williams and Manning are jailed under guard.
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation plans a coat lapel button to identify members. Franklin County headquarters received the button, voting by March 26 will decide adoption. The design features ey and white with A F B initials, a U S map, and an Ohio map with O F B F. Insignias cost eight cents and colors may change yearly to reward paid up members.
Reports say Communist uprisings spread in central Germany with Bitterfeld looting and police disarms. American Provost marshal dispatched to Montabaur to quell disturbance near Ehrenbreitstein. Trains rerouted due to sabotaged tracks as troops reinforce the area amid calls for surrender of forces and munitions.
The Ford Motor Co annual report filed with the secretary of state lists total assets of 384 541 941 68 on December 31 1920. Cash on hand and bank deposits amount to 13 557 244 01 and credits owing total 54 486 633 50. Liabilities of unsecured indebtedness stand at 143 025 330 6. Henry Ford owns 95 331 shares, Edsel B. Ford 911, and Mrs Henry Ford 5418.
Final settlement of the $400,000 estate of Henry Field, grandson of Marshall Field, was filed in probate court. Peggy Marsh, an actress who bore Henry Field's son, had a $100,000 claim that was paid after being assumed by Marshall Field II, though the claim had been withdrawn.
March 28 Cincinnati Gustave A Willey 67 longtime president of PL By Mitchell Co and Brighton bank died after an illness of six months. He served as company president three years and had been an employee since age 16.
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