FIGHT FOR MARKETS DRIVES COAL LABOR CONFERENCE
Cleveland August 12 Operators and miners meet at an interstate conference to set a basic wage to end the nation wide coal strike and avert a winter coal famine. They warn against profiteering and market capture while aiming for quick agreements to resume tonnage and coal shipping. The Illinois miners and Farrington are cited but pledge to obey conference terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Huske
Cleveland
International News Service Today
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Northwest
Frank Farrington
Illinois Miners
Farrington
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Old Sinn Fein Leader Griffith Dies Suddenly
Arthur Griffith founder of Sinn Fein and signer of the Anglo Irish peace treaty died of heart failure in Dublin. He helped lead the fight for the treaty and the Irish Free State, served as foreign secretary, and chaired the delegation that negotiated the treaty in London.
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London
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Griffith
Michael Collins
Free State
Eamonn de Valera
Dail Eireann
House of Commons
Bomb Railroad Yards on the Pacific Coast
Five bombs exploded simultaneously at the Southern Pacific roundhouse in Roseville California early today wounding Special Deputy U S Marshal J P Sullivan. Windows were shattered and sections of the surrounding stockade were torn down as authorities investigated the blasts.
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Roseville
Cal
United States
J. P. Sullivan
Southern Pacific
Sullivan
McCormick Heiress Plans February Chicago Wedding
Edith Rockefeller McCormick will wed Edward Kreun a 25 year old Swiss architect in Chicago in February. Kreun has worked on plans for the zoological gardens funded by Mrs McCormick and has lived at the Drake Hotel since arriving in the U S The marriage follows her separation from Harold F McCormick and coincides with her daughter Mathilde McCormick's forthcoming wedding to Max Oser in the near future.
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I. N
Chicago
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Edward Kreun
McCormicks
Krenn
Unite States
McCormick
Drake Hotel
Ganna Walska
Paris
Mathilde McCormick
Harold McCormick
Max Oser
Mathilde
Strikes Hit Western Pacific Rail Lines in California
In San Francisco on August 12 walkouts by trainmen and yardmen disrupted service at Oakland yards where several hundred employees left work. Similar actions occurred at Stockton and Nevada points as railroad officials warned the disruption would be evident for hours.
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San Francisco
Cal
Western Pacific
Oakland
Oakland Yards
Stockton
Nevada
Allen Resigns Election Post
Captain J. B. Allen resigned as county board of elections clerk after the official ballot count. Emmett Riley of Athens was elected to succeed him, citing workload and upcoming departure to a hay fever retreat.
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J. B. Allen
County Board of Elections
al Jen
Emmett Riley
Athens
Culet Held To Stand Jury In Big Run Gun Duel
Earl Niece and Henry Jackson, principal participants in a Big Run gun duel, faced charges of shooting with intent to kill. Niece was arrested by Sheriff Parker and Deputy McKinley. Jackson lay wounded with bullet holes in both legs. Prosecutor Bartels swore out warrants, Niece released on $1500 bond, and both await October grand jury.
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Earl Niece
Big Run
Parker
McKinley
Henry Jackson
Broadwell
Jackson
Nice
Athens
W. B. Bartels
Helwig
Dyer anti lynching law urged by African Knight council
In Columbus the national grand council of Ancient United Knights and Daughters of Africa passed a resolution urging swift passage of the Dyer anti lynching law by the United States Senate. The action was taken at the closing session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
United States Senate
National Grand Council of Ancient United Knights and Daughters of Africa
Woman Not Concerned at All Over Arrest
Cincinnati Aug 12 Arrested by private detectives and charged with shoplifting in three warrants Mrs Virginia Cherrington 52 widow of an Ashland by attorney with a comfortable income seemed not perturbed. She asked to use a telephone and canceled a speaking engagement for Friday night before a Cincinnati women's club saying she was unavoidably detained.
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Cincinnati
Virginia Cherrington
Ashland
Labor fearfully awaits court ruling on conspiracy
Washington Aug 12 The railroad strike talks widen as six shopcrafts refuse to return to work pending the railway labor board decision on seniority. Unions plan to press for stronger action while fearing the Coronado ruling that could expose unions to damages in court.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Railway Labor Board
Supreme Court of the United States
Coronado
Supreme Court
Four Brotherhoods
Davis to attend James family reunion in Youngstown
Secretary of Labor Davis flies from Washington to Youngstown Ohio for a James family reunion tonight.
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Davis
Ohio
Washington
Youngstown
James
Five Injured as Drag Boat Boiler Explodes Near Chile Ohio
Word from Cincinnati reports five men injured in a drag boat No. 10 boiler explosion at the U. S. government dam near Chile Ohio. Three are expected to die. The accident occurred yesterday about 40 miles upriver.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Government
Chile
Ohio
Freight Fire Destroys $100000 Goods On NYC Pier
A four alarm blaze at the New York Central freight pier and adjacent yard at West 65th street on the North River destroyed more than 100000 dollars of freight. Ten cars were damaged as the fire began in a car at the pier end awaiting transfer to a barge. Three fire boats rushed to the scene and directed water onto the bursting cars.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
West 65Th Street
North River
Pacific Fruit Growers Panic Over Rail Tieup
The national transportation system faces disruption as railroad strikes spread with crews from major unions walking out. Officials and labor leaders in Washington report growing solidarity among unions while executives show conditional acceptance of Harding’s settlement plan, soon countered by union rejection.
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Pacific Fruit Growers
George R Holmes
Washington
White House
Standard Railroad
New York
Harding
W. S. Stephens
Western Pacific
South Pacific
Union Pacific
The
Santa Fe
Harding Holds Key To Future Tariff Rules
Washington Aug 12 President Harding holds the key to future tariff laws as senate leaders prepare for a final vote on the McCumber tariff bill within ten days. Administration aims for enactment before the November election, with Democratic opposition expected as Republican leaders deny any delay. The McCumber-Lenroot plan grants the president power to revise rates to reflect changes in production costs between U.S. and foreign producers.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
McCumber
North Dakota
Hooper Convenes With Harding Over Rail Strike Crisis
Chairman Ben W. Hooper of the railroad labor board was summoned to the White House for another conference with President Harding on the railroad strike crisis.
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Washington
Ben W. Hooper
Railway Labor Board
White House
Harding
Coal production rises by half a million tons
The Geological Survey estimates U S bituminous coal output for the week at 4 800 090 tons, up about 500 000 tons from the prior week, reflecting continued higher production levels across coal fields.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Hundreds Stranded as Big Four Walkout Hits Desert
In Needles and Arizona points hundreds of train passengers suffer heat and delays as the Big Four walkout paralyzes service. Santa Fe promises efforts to move travelers to Los Angeles while talks consider truck transport to San Bernardino. Union leaders claim troops and faulty equipment must be addressed before workers return.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Big Four
Needles
Arizona
Santa Fe
San Bernardino
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railway
Compromise Plan Proposed on Rail Strike By Rail Executives
A committee led by DeWitt Cuyler will present a compromise to President Harding in Washington at 4 30 p m arguing the plan preserves railroads control while offering an armistice. The plan would allow strikebreakers to be kept with seniority above veterans unless the labor board orders otherwise.
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New York
Harding
Washington
Dewitt Cuyler
Association of Railway Executives
Grand Central
Toto
Railroad Labor Board
State Board Approves Hospital Cottages and Soldiers Home Work
Special funds in Columbus August 12 show the state board of control approving $7500 to add two cottages at Mount Vernon state tuberculosis hospital and $5000 for plumbing and other finishing work at Sandusky soldiers home. The zebra shark of the Indian Ocean reaches fifteen feet.
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Columbus
State, Board of Control
Mount Vernon State Tubercular Hospital
Sandusky’s Soldiers’ Home
Indian Ocean
Women admit poisoning death of kin in White Cloud case
Mid Aug 12 reports Mrs. Meda Hodell is held on murder charges for killing her father in law David Hodell after allegedly poisoning his coffee. Her husband Ronnie Hodell is jailed as an accomplice. mother Alice Dudgeon and brothers Lee and Herman Dudgeon also held. A farm hand Robert Bennett is connected. Confessions reportedly identical.
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White Cloudmid
Meda Hodell
David Hodell
Ronnie D. Hodell
Flo
Mra. Hodell
Mra. Dudgeon
Hodell
Idle Missouri Pacific workers demand guard removal
In St. Louis on August 12 three hundred members of the big four brotherhoods including engineers firemen conductors and brakemen idle pending a decision by Missouri Pacific officials on the demand to remove armed guards around railroad property.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Tragedy in Lockland as man kills granddaughter attempt suicide
Albert Ackles, 62, a Lockland contractor, shot and killed himself after attempting to murder his 15 year old granddaughter Ruth van Hecht in Cincinnati. He claimed a long journey and lured the girl before the fatal shot.
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Cincinnati
Albert Ackles
Ruth van Hecht
Ruth
Ackies
Rail Walkouts Endanger California Fruit Crops
California fruit growers face severe losses from a combined shopmen strike and big sisterhood walkout. Rail embargoes and delivery restrictions by Santa Fe, Western Pacific and Southern Pacific threaten to ruin a record San Joaquin valley crop worth about 50 million dollars.
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Ellis H. Martin
San Francisco
Cal
California
Brotherhood Mem
Santa Fe Railroad
Judge Johnson Goes on Two Week Vacation
Major Sam Johnson probate judge of Athens county leaves Athens Sunday for St. Clair Michigan to spend a two week fishing vacation. He travels with Mrs. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. C W Gross to a cottage at the resort to battle mosquitoes. Alderman probation officer and Miss Davis deputy clerk will oversee the judge's office in his absence.
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Sam Johnson
Athens County
Athens
St. Clair
Mich
Johnson
C. W. Gross
Judge Johnson
Alderman
Miss Davis
Weather outlook for Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region
Next week brings considerable cloudiness across the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes with normal temperatures and scattered local showers. A separate note mentions a young New York society woman selling her ward robe for charity, promising proceeds to her favorite cause.
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Ohio Valley
of Great Lakes
New York
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