State Moves to Avert Renewed Coal Mine Violence
Ohio officials deliberate precautionary steps as eastern coal regions brace for non union labor and potential clashes. Jerome Watkins says guards will monitor non union sites while federal orders loom. incidents flare in Jefferson and Cadiz areas amid open shop threats.
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Ohio
Jerome Watkins
Bureau of Mines
Department of Industrial Relations
Frank Henderson
National Guard
Winston-Dear
Jefferson County
Cadiz
Watson
Belmont
Jefferson
Harrison
Miners Freeze Smithfield Strip Mine Amid Labor Tension
Col Robert Haurich reported to Adjutant General Frank Henderson that fist fights helped union sympathizers force Bituminous Collieries to close its Smithfield strip mine. Henderson called the event a serious development in the union activity.
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Harmon Creek Coal Company
Cadiz
Winston-Dear
Smithfield Junction
William T. Allison
Jefferson County
Adena- Smithfield
Neut
Don Caldwell
Robert Haubrich
Belmont County
Frank D. Henderson
Columbus
USP
Robert Haurich
Vic Donahey
Frank Henderson
Smithfield
Haurich
Henderson
Union Men May Ruin Own Plan
Colonel L S Conelly reports mine union officials urge restraint to avoid drawing troops into strike areas. He notes violence stems from a minority among union sympathizers and would jeopardize the unions' cause in Belmont county and beyond.
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Cleveland
U.P
L. S. Conelly
Donahey
Belmont County
Conelly
Two Die After Political Row in Williamson WV
In Williamson West Virginia two men D W Deerfield and Harvey McGuire were shot dead in the street after an argument with Julius Lawson and James Kirkpatrick over displaying a light on a milk track. The victims were new appointees to the police department. The two assailants were former police officers.
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D. W. Deerfield
Harvey McGuire
Julius Lawson
James Kirkpatrick
Department
Former Spy Claims 30 Major Operations in Seven Months
Carl Elfes alias Dr. Ernest Flemke says he performed more than 30 major operations in Detroit without a license and admits serving as a French spy in Germany during the war.
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Carl Elfes
Ernest Flemke
Detroit
Germany
Home From Trip Rekindles Logan Native’s Historic Tour
Mr and Mrs Karl Scott and son John of Racine return from an extended tour visiting Virginia West Virginia Maryland DC and Pennsylvania. They explored historical and scenic points of interest along the way.
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Racine
Karl Scott
John, Racine
Logan
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Daring jailbreak as two convicts escape Allegheny jail
Intensive search underway across western Pennsylvania for Paul Jaworski and Jack Vasbinder after they, aided by a visitor, escaped from Allegheny county jail. The pair wounded two guards and seized keys, exploiting a downed alarm system while the warden and district attorney were away.
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Pittsburgh
U.R
Pennsylvania
Paul Jaworski
Jack Vasbinder
Allegheny County
Pomeroy Woman Granted Divorce After Twenty Three Separations
Mrs. Anna M. Vernon was granted a divorce from Charles H. Vernon in common pleas court and restored to her maiden name Anna Dill. She testified they were married 24 months and she forgave him 23 times, with separations lasting up to two weeks, despite repeated beatings including an incident that broke two ribs.
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Pomeroy
Anna M. Vernon
Common Pleas
Charles H. Vernon
Anna Dill
Oral Daugherty Urges General Coal Strike at Union Meeting
Oral Daugherty president of the United Mine Workers Hocking district spoke to idle coal miners in Corning urging unity and a general national strike to press wage demands. Sam Newman reviewed union history as Owens missed the program and Prent Daugherty called for steadfast support and elders guiding the future.
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Lewis
Hocking
Daugherty
National Miners’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Hocking Field
Sam Newman
United Mine Workers
Hocking Valley
Moon Flower Bright Blue Blooms Near Athens Home
An unusual moon flower plant with deep blue blooms grows beside Carmen Church's home at 77 South Court Street. The blossoms open after nightfall and last until about 9 o'clock in the morning, standing out among Athens varieties.
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Carmen Church
South Court Street
Athens
Child of Clifford Wilson Dies in Bugar Creek
Harry Thomas Wilson ten month old son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Wilson died this morning at Bugar Creek. Funeral services are set for 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon with burial planned in the Augustine.
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Bugar Creek
Harry Thomas Wilson
Clifford Wilson
Augustine
Paws
Supreme Court denies retrial in Sacco and Vanzetti case
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denies the retrial bid by Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti after 48 hours of deliberation. The decision upholds earlier denials of motions for a new trial and stays of execution, with the pair facing death in Charlestown unless an eleventh hour federal appeal interrupts the sentence.
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Henry Minott
United Press
Boston
Supreme Court Today
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
George A. Sanderson
Webster Thayer
United States
Supreme Court
Braley
Arthur P. Rugg
Sacco
Vanzetti
Bacco
Cherry Hill
Charlestown
Hendry
Alivan T. Fuller
Hearing continues in Richland avenue condemnation suits
The third day of hearings in condemnation suits brought by the state highway department against Richland avenue property owners continued in probate court. Witnesses for appellants testified while the state had not yet called any witnesses. under twenty witnesses have testified so far. Evidence is being taken across all cases and will finish before verdict. The state seeks a right of way to widen and straighten the Richland avenue section of the Athens Mechanicsburg road now under rebuilding.
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State Highway Department
Richland Avenue
Athens-Mechanicsburg
Detroit man blamed for attempting to pass bogus checks
Austin C. Liston, 24, of Detroit, said to have sought money to satisfy an extravagant fiancee, blamed for attempts to make bogus checks pass in Toledo on August 19 as reported by United Press.
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Toledo
U.P
Austin C. Liston
Detroit
Union Miners Defy Court Injunction at Rose Valley Mine
Federal authorities were set to act on alleged violations of a court injunction protecting the Rose Valley mine. Pickets and union miners reportedly stopped cars and searched pedestrians while a flashlight blinded a driver, and George Bratton was arrested on suspicion of blocking the motorist and carrying concealed weapons.
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Cadiz
U.R
Rose Valley
Helen Holmes
John Quigley
George Bratton
Miss Holmes
Bratton
Suspect Arrests Connected to Grimms Landing Postmistress Death
Gallipolis Aug 19 Suspects under surveillance will be arrested for questioning in the death of Mrs Florence Buck postmistress of Grimms Landing West Virginia. Harry Bolles 40 of Point Pleasant was the latest held for questioning by state police and Gallia county authorities. Bolles attended a party with Mrs Buck and Mrs Loyal A Wright sister of Mrs Buck at the home of Mrs Elizabeth Wright Point Pleasant Saturday night. He admitted to being in Gallipolis Sunday but said he returned to Point Pleasant Sunday afternoon.
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Gallipolis
U.R
Florence Buck
Grimms Landing
W. Va
Harry Bolles
Point Pleasant
Gallia
Bolles
Buck
Loyal
Boy Fractures Leg After Wagon Fall in Reedsville Area
Aug 19 Camden-Clark hospital treated 9 year old Abner Congrove son of E Congrove of Reedsville Ohio for a broken leg after alighting from a wagon and stepping into the path of a passing automobile.
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Parkersburg
Abner Congrove
E. Congrove
Reedsville
Ohio
Camden-Clark Hospital
Search for Miss Doran Widens as Air and Sea Forces Join
A vast Pacific hunt for Miss Mildred Doran, her five companions, and two Dole planes escalates with ships, submarines, airplanes, and radio coordinating the 2400 mile search from California to Hawaii. Navy carriers Langley and Aroostock head the effort while submarines push from Honolulu and a hopeful flight by Dallas Spirit aims toward Tokyo.
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Mildred Doran
Flint
Mich
Miss Doran
H. R. Ekims
United Press
Honolulu
T. H
U.P
Michigan
Cole
California
Golden Gate
Hawaii
Mathiku
Oliviera
Army
Navy
Fleming
Hana
Maui
Hanamanu Bay
Langley
San Diego
Pacific
William “Lone Star
Bill” Erwin
Oakland
Dallas Spirit
Tokyo
Erwin
Sania
George Hearst
San Francisco
Golden Eagle
James PD. Dole
William Malloska
Dole
San Hawaii
Hopolulu
Stroyers
Fornia
Aroostock
Miral R. H. J Search
Misa Doran
Doran
Eagle
Farallon Islands
Jackson
Financial Matters To Be Discussed By Coolidge Today
RAPID CITY Aug 8 Political and financial items of the Republican party are to be presented to President Coolidge with Dwight Morrow of New York a key figure. Morrow, connected with J P Morgan and Co, is known for shaping policy and his views are awaited as Coolidge contemplates the 1928 candidacy.
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Rapid City
U.R
Dwight Morrow
New York
J. P. Morgan and Company
Morrow
Guards in New York tightened as Sacco and Vanzetti face execution
From midnight until after nightfall, authorities ringed New York with heavy guards ahead of the scheduled execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Local reports note heightened security and patrols as the case nears its final act.
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New York
Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti
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Wilson Infant
Supreme Courts
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Michel Angelo Musmanno
Washington
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William C. Wait
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Edward P. Pierce
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Tenino
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