Operators Plan Return to 1917 Wage Cut in Mines
Lee Hall contends operators plan to revert to the 1917 wage scale in union mines, a move not expected to end trouble. The date of offering the scale to miners will be decided at a meeting Tuesday, and whether the scale will take effect before March remains to be determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Hall
Cleveland
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
H. Robbins
Jacksonville
Robbins
Ohio Union Miners’ Organization
Former Canton prosecutor vows more liquor traffic revelations
Norman Clark former police prosecutor was arrested on conspiracy charges tied to liquor law violations in Canton where a grand jury probes the murder of Don R. Mellett. He promised to reveal more before day’s end as witnesses testifying include Louis Mazer and Carl Studer who implicated Clark in taking bribes to recover a confiscated auto. Federal officials plan to focus on bootlegger links to authorities amid the Canton murder inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Canton
Don R. Mellett
Norman Clark
Clark
Tell Plenty
Louis Mazer
Carl Studer
Mazer
Mellett
United States
A. E. Bernsteen
College accused of free love and Sovietism prompts inquiry
In Little Rock the Arkansas American Legion committee opened a thorough probe into charges that a Mena college promotes free love Sovietism and anti American teachings. A convention resolution to shut the college was referred to the executive committee for investigation amid claims the school is operated by the IWW and funded by the Russian government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
U.P
Mena, Ark
American Legion
Executive Committee
May Fight Alone as Miners Boycott Meeting
Ohio Coal Operators Association plans a new wage scale to reopen idle mines after a 1924 agreement. President H Robbins said a meeting will proceed without miners, who oppose attending, with the plan aim to resume operations and address a cut in state mining capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbins
Hall
Ohio
Sheriff’s Posse Chases Two Boys Near Rye Canyon
In Colorado a posse surrounded a narrow canyon near Rye with tear gas bombs seeking Lester and Forrest Gonce ages 18 and 14. The youths, suspected of terrorizing Rye after a YMCA camp holdup, fled after a filling station robbery and later held up the YMCA camp. Their mother arrived from Garden City Kansas to aid authorities in forcing surrender.
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Pueblo
Colo
U.P
Rye
Lester
Forrest Gonce
Garden City
Kas
Sparnon Named Judge in Logan Hocking County
Governor A. V. Donahey appointed Harry E. Sparnon to be judge of the common pleas court in Logan Ohio Hocking county. Sparnon a Democrat succeeds the late Judge E O Pettitt who died recently and was nominated by Democrats at the recent primary election.
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Columbus
U.P
A. V. Donahey
Harry E. Sparnon
Common Pleas Court
Logan
Hocking County
Sparnon
E. 0. Pettitt
Demand a State Police Force Spreads from St Clairsville
An organization formed in St Clairsville to pressure the state legislature to create a state police force. The group arose after the murder of Sheriff Sam Dunfee by bootleggers and plans to expand the association across the state.
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ST. Clairsville
Sam Dunfee
Hocking River Flood Badly Swells Roads Across County
The Hocking River rose past flood stage from 17.05 feet at 8 am to 17.30 by noon and higher later, flooding cornfields and highway routes. Chauncey Amesville Coolville roads blocked with Strouds Run detour bridge washed out. rural mail routes hindered as rain persists and more showers expected.
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East Bridge
Herrold's Dam
Athens
Chauncey Road
Chauncey
Amesville
Coolville
Strouds Run
Canaanville
Guysville
Odin Johnson
Walter Tucker
Federal Creek
Weather Bureau
Witnesses Named in Murder Probe On Phillips Farm
Albert Ehrling testifies he saw the Pig Woman on the Phillips farm the night of the murder while Edward Garrigan a New Brunswick policeman finds a visiting card of Dr Hall under the dead man’s shoe sharpening the investigation with new lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Ehrling
Phillips Farm
Edward Garrigan
New Brunswick
Dr. Hall
Bank clerk held in Michigan case tied to Highland Park robbery
Geo. W. Ford former Highland Park bank clerk in Chicago was held for Michigan authorities over an $8,000 Peninsula State Bank robbery on July 17. He allegedly confessed after seeking help locating two show girls and $5,000 he claimed they took from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Geo. W. Ford
Highland Park
Chicago
Michigan
Peninsula State Bank
Thumb Sucking Threatens Jaw Growth Says Doctor
At the international orthodontic congress in New York Dr. W Stanley Wilkinson of Melbourne warned that thumb-sucking in the first six months can inhibit the growth of the mandible, potentially producing bulking jaws and prominent chins in Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
W. Stanley Wilkinson
Melbourne
Australia
Longworth to Help Wadsworth Campaign in New York
Speaker Nicholas Longworth of Ohio set to visit New York on September 11 to support Senator Wadsworth in his bid for re election. Wadsworth is identified as a wet Republican and Longworth is noted as a potential 1928 presidential candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
New York
Wadsworth
Longworth
Workmen Fund Gets Clean Slate in Ohio
Miles Dawson New York actuary announced to the state industrial commission that the state workmen s compensation fund and the auditing division of the industrial relations department have a clean slate and are in excellent condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPR
State Workmen's Compensation Fund
Industrial Relations Department
Miles Dawson
New York
State Industrial Commission
Dawson
Boy on passing train injures six year old in Troy
In Troy New York Ernest Gildan aged six was badly hurt when struck by a train as a boy passed alongside it. The incident underscores dangers near rail lines in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N. Y
Ernest Gildan
Girl Found Dead in Oak Tree Platform Near Toul
An 18 year old girl was found dead on a platform built in a tall oak tree about three miles from Toul, France. Police say the cause and circumstances are under investigation and no further details were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tree Toul
France
Man Threatens to Shoot Wife and Child Then Flees
Harry Buck of Guysville threatened to shoot his wife and 12 year old daughter then fled into West Virginia about 10:30 last night. Mrs Buck called neighbors who aided them as Buck escaped in a new Ford sedan headed toward Parkersburg. Constable E C Mariner pursued as flood waters blocked further chase. Buck had prior charges for intoxication and tearing up a promissory note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Buck
Guysville
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Buck
Pearl Helwig
Common Pleas Court
Memory Loss Strikes G H Downer in Chicago
G H Downer wandered Oak Park for eight days with memory completely blank, prompting concern over his whereabouts and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oak Park
Dry Elements in New York Weigh Against State Referendum
New York drys show faint interest in the upcoming wet and dry referendum. Prohibitionists worry the nationwide trend favors dry sentiment, while New York City papers skew wet. A traveling correspondent's reports from twenty states bolster the dry view that national sentiment runs dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
New York City
New York Sun
America
Philadelphia To Host Dempsey Tunney Bout In September
Champion declares he will never again defend his title in New York State. The site for the Dempsey Tunney bout is set for Philadelphia in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champion
New York State
Dempsey Plans Wills Bout If Defeat Prized
Jack Dempsey said he would be open for bids for a match with Harry Wills if he remained champion after the September 23 bout with Gene Tunney at Sesquicentennial Stadium Philadelphia. Tex Rickard announced the fight and a potential Wills match by January 1, 1927. Dempsey posted 159000 as a side bet and hinted he would not defend in New York again.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
SesquiCentennial Stadium
Philadelphia
Tex Rickard
Dempsey
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
New York State
Harry Wills
Wills
Pennsylvania
Rickard
Page Eight
Tammany Sees G O P Turn Dry With Wadsworth Defeat
Representative John F. Carew of New York Tammany leader says the Republican party will purge its wet faction by defeating Senator James W. Wadsworth in November. He predicts upstate dry Republicans will finish removing liberal wet elements and make the party officially dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John F. Carew
New York
Tammany Democrat
Carew
James W. Wadsworth
N. Y
Upstate
Wadsworth
Accident delays elopement plan in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on August 16 Andrew Staley 23 was struck by a car while walking with friend Wilbur Hoermle 19 who had just married. Dorothy McCann 17, who planned to elope with Staley in Kentucky, must wait as Staley suffers a badly injured shoulder and legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Kentucky
Andrew Staley
Washington
D. H
Dorothy McCann
Staley
Wilbur Hoermle
Call of Friend Brings Arrest in San Toy
Marshal William Hamrick found Edward Myers running a large still in his home near San Toy. Ten gallons of whisky were seized and Myers jailed after grand jury action bound him over. Mayor C A McIntyre reported the county case proceeds in Perry County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
William Hamrick
San Toy
Edward Myers
Myers
Hemrick
Perry County
C. A. McIntyre
Despondent Amesville hotel owner ends life in room
Frank Moore fifty, proprietor of the Moore hotel, shot himself in the back of the head at 6 am in his Amesville lodging. Witnesses heard the shot. he had been losing sight for weeks and recently feared ruin after floodwater intrusion. He leaves a widow and son Edward. Funeral plans not set.
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Amesville
Frank Moore
Moore Hotel
Moore
Federal Creek
Edward
Catholic boycott grows in central Mexican states
Washington reports the Catholic boycott in Mexico against enforcement of religious laws is becoming more effective, especially in Jalisco Michoacan and Puebla as stated by Acting Commercial Attache George Wythe in Mexico City to the Commerce department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico
Jalisco
Michoacan
Puebla
George Wythe
Mexico City
Commerce Department
Rebel Princes In Cell Capetown Rise Ten-Year Terms
Princes Retshosa and Obedsite of the Bamangwato tribe are jailed in Capetown for ten years each after a revolt against the new chief. The sentencing follows their leadership of the uprising and reflects colonial court action.
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Capetown
Retshosa
Obedsite
British Strikers Authorize Open Negotiations With Mine Owners
Delegates of the British coal miners vote to give union leaders a vote of confidence and authorize open negotiations with mine owners to settle the dispute. They limit the executive to report results to the general conference and district councils, who decide on acceptance of terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. J. Cook
Volcanic Eruption Reported Near Bogasloff Island Alaska
A great new volcanic eruption was reported near the Aleutian region in the Bering Sea centering on Bogasloff Island Cordova Alaska August 19.
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Cordova
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Bering Sea
Bogasloff Island
Arsenal Magazine Explosion Shakes Norfolk
An explosion last night at a storage site in Norfolk is believed to have been triggered by a lightning strike. Eyewitnesses report a bright flash and a loud blast, with authorities assessing damage and inspecting surrounding areas for further hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arsenal
Norfolk
Explosion Ravages Pig Point Arsenal Norfok Va
An overnight explosion at Magazine L-11 at Pig Point arsenal near Portsmouth Va left the building a smouldering ruin. No casualties reported among soldiers or workers though several suffered temporary partial blindness. Lightning was blamed for the blast during a thunderstorm, the second such incident in two months at a US military depots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Pig Point Arsenal
Portsmouth
Army Arsenal
Lake Denmark
N. J
Arsenal
Collector Says He Embezzled Taxes
Edward Selbmann chief deputy field collector in Chicago confessed to embezzling between 12000 and 50000 dollars of government funds. He attempted suicide in the collector’s office but was restrained by Deputy U S Marshal Hal Carr. Reinecke lauded his efficiency improvements while noting the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward Selbmann
Mabel Reinecke
U. S
Hal Carr
Reinecke
Aged widow Sarah Brooks dies in Albany at 82
Mrs. Sarah Mitchell Brooks, 82, widow of Joe W. Brooks, died at her Albany home at 6 p m after a stroke suffered last Saturday. Born August 6, 1844, she lived in Albany for forty years. Survived by daughters Della Larch Columbus and Wel come Becker Cleveland. son Will Brooks preceded in death. Grandchildren Anda j Hoelke Erle Hoelke Donald Brooks and Mildred Becker. Funeral Friday at 3 p m at home, Rev. Howard Warner of Athens officiating. Burial in Hebbardsville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Sarah Mitchell Brooks
Joe W. Brooks
Della N. Larch
Columbus
Welcome Becker
Becker
Reva
Cleveland
Will Brooks
Anda J Hoelke
Erle
Donald Brooks
Mildred Becker
Howard Warner
Athens
Hebbardsville Cemetery
Talks to press Believes Operators Will Quit Central Competitive Field
Columbus Aug. 19 United Mine Workers President Lee Hall criticized wage cuts as inadequate to solve Ohio mining woes. He refused a joint conference with Ohio coal operators before the Jacksonville agreement expires March 3 1927, warning operators may shift to nonunion operations at lower wages. Hall cited nonunion pits in Pomeroy and Rutland showing wage discounts and reduced outputs, arguing such moves threaten the central field's union basis.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lee Hall
United Mine Workers of America
Hall
H. Robbins
Cleveland
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
J. Jones
Jacksonville
Indiana
Illinois
Wester Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Pomeroy
Stalter - Essex Company
Blackstone Coal Com Rutland
Rutland
Paris man killed by car near Westerville
Hugh Brunker of Paris Kentucky was killed when struck by a Mt. Vernon driver, S B Alberts, on the highway near Westerville after Brunker stepped from the car to adjust a tail light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U2r
Hugh Brunker
Paris
B. Alberts
Mt. Vernon
Westerville
Brunker
Mayor Rehan Castro Lynched in Coscomatepec
Unconfirmed reports from Cordova Vera Cruz say citizens lynched Mayor Rehan Castro of San Juan Coscomatepec for closing churches there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
U.phk
Cordova
Vera Cruz
Rehan Castro
San Juan Coscomatepec
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Robert T. Small
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al Smith
Philadelphia City
Jack
Henry L. Fanell
United Press Sports
Tammany
F. W. Gibson
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