Riots in Herrin end with uncertain death toll
Springfield June 22 Associated Press reports agree the Herrin riot stemmed from a sudden flare up of mob spirit. General Black says militia unlikely needed unless further violence. reports vary on deaths with figures around twenty to twenty five.
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Springfield
Ills
Associated Press
Herrin
Black
Hunter
Eneral Black
Blackalee
Halrevilion
Iinalemimerce Commission
Herrin News
Joe Barnes
Merrin Ian
Mr. Barnes
Ir. Trevillon
Massacre at Mine Sparks Civil Disorder in Waukegan
Twenty four men are reported slain in clashes between striking miners and non-union workers at a mine in Waukegan. General Black and Colonel Hunter relayed word to Governor Small about a mob attacking the non-union camp, breaking a truce as workers were to quit. The incident involved home-made liquor and gunfire at daybreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Errin
Carlos Black
Ereral
Illnels
Nor Len Small
Overnor
Uwlack
Hunter
Verrin
Coronel Junter
Former parson held on bigamy charge in California
Donald B Stewart the unfrocked clergyman sits in entry jail awaiting Boston officers on bigamy grand larceny and conspiracy charges. His companion Mrs Ethel Turner Osbaldeston is charged with conspiring to marry Norma Ehrenseher and thefts totaling about 2 500 dollars. Stewart known as Donald Allister Stewart and Robert Allan Melaren Browne faced multiple marriages from 1918 to 1921 and alleged frauds including check endorsements and car thefts.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Donald B. Stewart
Boston
Stewart
Ethel Turner Osbaldesto
Norma Ehrenseher
Ethel Turner Osbaldeston Stewart
Marrioss
Mis. Mhreseller
Tertha Ellen Grannis Stewart
Norma Ehrenseller Stewart
Gertrude van Lopik
Detroit
Scotland
California
Maude Hendricks
Hayward
Oakland
Donald Allister Stewart
Robert Allan Melaren Browne
Dundee Lake
N. J
Paterson, N. J
Sanderson
Texas
Douglas, Ariz
Chico, Calif
Detro ition Suspect May Face Conspiracy Charge
Detroit reports that a conspiracy to defraud may be brought against Donald D Stewart who is held in Los Angeles on a fugitive warrant. Massachusetts New York and Indiana authorities likely have first claim, according to a private detective agency.
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Detroit
Mich
Donald Bd. Stewart
Los Angeles
Massachusetts
New York
Indiana
Bruce Grannis
Stewart
Construction of Cuba district railroad to start in sixty days
Rotary club leaders and Bernalillo businessmen announce plans for a railroad into the Cuba district within sixty days. They pledge to obtain right of way and build a 100 acre lumber mill with 250 000 board feet daily capacity to spur copper mine reopening and a 60 ton paper plant. The project may make Bernalillo a 6000 population city with gypsum and sulphur resources aiding wall board and paper production.
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Bernalillo
Cuba
Sidney Mell
Rotary Club
Sterdar
Philip Jaegers
Julius Seligman
Sigfried Seligman
Weil
MckKinley Lands and Thumber Company
Southwestern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Denver
Arizona
Well
Denver Weather Forecast for June 22 1920
Weather outlook for Denver Colorado shows Friday and Saturday partly cloudy with possible showers in the northeast. Warmer conditions are expected in the southeast on Friday while the north part cools on Saturday. Arizona also reports dry Friday and Saturday with showers in the east portion. Local report notes 24 hour conditions ending 6 p.m. with ghost temperature and humidity readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Arizona
Ballots Arrive at Chicago Shop Union Headquarters
Mail brings stacks of ballots into the Chicago shop union headquarters as workers prepare for ongoing union activity and leadership processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ten General Chairmen Arrive to Weigh Strike Vote
Ten general chairmen reached Chicago and began tabulating the railway shop union strike ballots. Officials predicted a canvass by Sunday with about 98 percent in favor of a walkout. Delays were blamed on parcels marked and returned for postage.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
John Scott
Railway Employes Department
American Federation of Labor
Senate adopts army bill conference report firing underused officers
The Senate approved the conference report on the army appropriation bill setting the next year’s force at 12 000 officers and 125 000 enlisted men with 7 500 000 for Muscle Shoals work. A six month halt on promotions below colonel is included pending House action, and a reviewing board will rate officer efficiency for possible discharge or retirement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Muscle Shoals
Sultan's Friday ride may switch to closed limousine
Anxiety over the sultan of Turkey's safety prompts Constantinople officials to consider replacing the open barouche with a closed American automobile for the weekly Friday prayer procession from the Yildiz palace to his private mosque. The public ceremony draws thousands and foreign visitors, with guards watching for threats.
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Associates
Constantinople
Turkey
Yildez Palace
Mohammet
Europe
Atah
Pasadena school fire escapes redesigned for safety
The Pasadena board of education ordered that all school fire escapes be hung on pulleys to lower with weight, preventing access from below. The change aims to ensure safer evacuation and compliance with the new mechanism during emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Pasadena High School
Board of Education
Mystery surrounding Sailor's Death May Fade at Ward's Trial
Clarence Peters, a former sailor, was killed by Walter S Ward a millionaire baker. Ward is indicted for first degree murder and his trial may clear up the mystery. Authorities also consider charging George S Ward the slain man's father for obstructing justice. The fate of Marguarite Mellen, who once sued Ward, remains undecided. The younger Ward is jailed under Sheriff Werner.
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Sailor
Ward
Clarence Peters
Walter S Ward
Baker
George 8S. Ward
Tion
Marguarite Mellen
Werner
Walter S. Ward
New Rochelle
Margarite Kendall Meten
George S. Ward
Woodruff Urges House Probe of Alien Property Office
Rep Woodruff Republican Michigan demands congressional inquiry into the alien property custodian. He says the latest report shows a deficit nearly a quarter of a billion dollars from expected value due to depreciation maladministration and possible gifts to officials. He files a resolution asserting widespread charges demand scrutiny to protect the nation's good name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Office of
House
Woodruff
Republican
Michigan
Transylvanian Men Still Wear Skirts Despite Reforms
In Predeal Transylvania dated June 22 Romanian authorities push modern attire but men resist, preferring hand embroidered shirtwaists and lace trimmed petticoats. Women also dress extravagantly with garments of gold coins as heirloom symbols of wealth and social status.
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Associated Press
Predeal
Transylvania
Romania
Balkans
Conditional pardons granted in New Mexico
Special correspondence reports two executive orders by Governor Mechem granting complete conditional pardons. James A. Wiley’s conditional pardon from January 20, 1922 becomes complete after six months’ county sentence. J H Lindsey’s March 1920 five year sentence is suspended on conditions. Lindsey must leave New Mexico with his family.
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Journal
Santa Fe
M. C. Mechem
James A. Wiley
Wiley
Grant County
J. H. Lindsey
Eddy County
Lindsey
Tandg[aes
New Mexico
Labor fears court rulings as unions form defense council
The American Federation of Labor plans a Washington based labor defense council of lawyers to shield unions from lawsuits inspired by recent Supreme Court rulings. It backs four constitutional amendments and new laws on child labor and labor rights, with a lengthy campaign ahead. The convention also reinstates the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes effective July 1 after a dispute settlement, while carpenters and electrical workers resolve roles in railroad maintenance and traveling cranes.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Associated Press
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Labor Defense Council
Supreme Court
Defense Council
Joseph A. Franklin
Boilermakers' Union
Daniel Tobin
Teamsters” Union
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Homes of 2 Miners Damaged by Dynamite
Uniontown Pennsylvania June 22 The homes of two miners at Fairchance were damaged by dynamite explosions early today No one was injured The first blast struck the home of Charles Fisher a dynamite bomb in the yard broke windows A short time later an unidentified man set a bomb in the yard of J M Smiley near the Fisher residence Windows were broken The state police are investigating Fisher and Smiley worked at the Wynn plant of the H C Frick Coke company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Uniontown
Fairchance
Charles Fisher
J. M. Smiley
Fisher
Smiley
Wynn
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Denver Heat Wave Hits 96 Degrees and Prostration
Denver in a hot wave as the weather bureau thermometer rose to 96 degrees by 12 48 pm. The first heat prostration was reported when W A Gratz a city collector collapsed on a porch in the residence section of the city.
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Denver
Colo
Weather Bureau
W. A. Gratz
Harding Denies Filipinos Liberty Yet
Washington reports President Harding told the Philippine parliamentary mission that the time is not yet for independence. He said U S policy would follow precedents of McKinley, preserving the bond under which the Philippines gains liberty at its own pace. The president pledged aid and continued unselfish devotion to Philippine domestic affairs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Philippines
Harding
Phiippine
White House
McKinley
Spain
Possibility of Dempsey and Wills Bout Discussed
In New York on June 22 the possibility of a bout between world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and challenger Harry Wills was discussed by Tex Rickard Frank Flournoy and Jack Kearns. The outlook was hopeful and Rickard would consider selecting a venue for the fight.
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Associated Press
New York
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
Tex Rickard
Frank Flournoy
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Rickard
Fall from Windmill Fatal to New Mexico Farmer
Special Correspondent reports Lee Smith, a farmer 11 miles northwest of Clovis, died after falling from a windmill while attempting to oil it. He ruptured an artery on Cedar Post impact and died before help arrived. He is survived by a wife and two children.
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Clovis
N. M
Lee
Smith
Missionaries at Taiho in Kiangsi Face Peril as Mutineers Advance
A telegram from Taiho Kiangsi reports mutinous troops besieging Lazarist mission refugees in Kianfu. The church school burned, 600 converts seek aid amid fears for foreign missionaries as gunboats move toward central Kaingsi. Local reports claim mass killings and property destruction by mutineers.
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Peking
Taiho
Shanghai
Associated Press
Lazariet
Kiangsi
Kianfu
Kaingsi
Mexico Finance Minister Holds Parleys in New York
Mexico's Finance Minister Adolfo de la Huerta met in New York with banker Thomas Lamont to seek clarification on debt readjustment terms agreed last week. He sent a reply to President Obregon and hinted at an upcoming important announcement. He also discussed oilfield development with lawyers for five oil companies.
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Associated Press
New York
Obregon
Adolfo de la Huerta
Thomas W. Lamont
International Committee of Bankers On
Mexico
de la Huerta
Lamont
Finance
Miners Fight Near Lester Strip Mine Amid Casualties
Eye witness accounts describe a 6000 strong strike force attacking the Lester strip mine near Ferrin. Wounded workers claim miners did not injure their own until surrender as imported labor faced gunfire and a pumping station blast. Guards, hired by a Chicago agency, fired as miners surrounded the sieged group.
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Associated Ress
Ferrin
Associated Res
Associated Press
Lester Strip
Here
Suarda
Joseph O'Rourke
Chicago
Bertrand Commissary Company
Citizen Advisory Committee to Assist City Fathers on Coal Avenue Viaduct
Twenty Albuquerqueans met as an advisory committee to aid the city commission on the Coal Avenue viaduct project. They will study old and proposed structures, coordinate Santa Fe railway cooperation, and plan steps to ease traffic congestion with a new main crossing. The group includes Gladding, Ross, Simms, Hebenstreit, Calkins, Reid, Tingley, and Carr, with a July assembly planned with Santa Fe engineers.
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Coal Avenue
Santa Fe Railway
A. &. Hebenstreit
James N. Gladding
Santa de
W. C. Reid
Santa
Fe Legal Department
Edmund Ross
A. St. Hebenstreft
Bert H. Calkins
Reid
Guy L. Rogers
Ivan Grunsfeld
William R. Walton
Albert G. Simms
Frances Be, Wood
O. N. Marren
William A. Keleher
Hf. B. Jamison
Clyde Tingley
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Herrin Roo
Donald D. Stewart
Stewart Brars
Husband
Nobel Weed
AAI
Arnt Gurengt
Woodruff Raka
GHEE
Federation
Bureau of Lawyers
The
United States
Wills
Dod Chaotiang
China
N.Y
Highlands
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