Hope of Peace in Coal Talks as Strike Deadline Looms
Atlantic City August talks between United Mine Workers and Anthracite Operators resume for a September 1 contract. John Lewis demands wage hikes and union recognition via check-off. Samuel Warriner insists current wages are fair. Both sides seek to avert a possible hard coal strike amid mounting public pressure to avoid winter disruption.
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Atlantic City
United Mine Workers’ Union
Anthracite Operators’ Association
New York
Miners’ Union
Samuel D. Warriner
Oth Lewis
Warriner
Iite
Interstate Commerce
Jon
Fxing
Thor Hoard
Tnrs
Massachusetts
T of Columbia
Armed man shotgun rampage on Covedale road ends arrest
Aug 20. Charles Weis, 50, armed with a shotgun, fired at motorists on Covedale road, panicking two automobile parties. He was stopped by police after citizens flagged reports. The weapon was found unloaded as detectives questioned Weis.
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Innaty
Charles Weis
Covedale Road
Lan
Uth
Weis
Klan Leader Offers Authority to Induced Officer
Atlanta Aug. 20. William J. Simmons emperor of the Ku Klux Klan telegraphed Kawara Young Clarke in Indianapolis offering full executive control over the Klan and the Kamelia if Clarke returns to Atlanta. Simmons claimed the order’s progress has stalled and disintegration spreads due to leadership weakness and inactive programs.
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William J. Simmons
Ku Klux Klan
Kawara Young Clarke
Indianapolis
Klan
Clarke
Atlanta Journal
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Mr. Clarke
Knight
Preme
Knights of
Miss Mary Evans 17 Dies In Car Wheel Tragedy
Miss Mary Evans 17 of Welchtown dies after being crushed by the rear wheels of a Nash car she blocked with a chunk to stop it on a hill near Sugar Run school house. She died the same day after local physicians pronounced the injuries fatal.
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Pomeroy
Mary Evans
Thomas Evans
Welchtown
Miss Evans
Nash
Sugar Run School House
Zweifel
Holzer
Gallipolis
Heavy casualties in Morrogo front reported
Dispatches from Melilla report 590 losses in the latest attacks by Rif tribesmen on the Moroccan front. Both sides reinforce, Spain orders all army corps to field readiness. General Echague directs Spanish forces near Melilla while Abdul Krim leads rebel forces in person.
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Melilla
Echague
Abdel Krim
Peson
Steeplejack Bolm Delights Onlookers At Courthouse Tower
Curious spectators on Court street watched Athostinner Harry Bolm repair the tin roof and coping of the Athens County courthouse tower. His fearless movements on the perch drew admiration from the crowd Monday as he worked high above the street.
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Court Street
Harry Bolm
Athos Tinner
Athens County Court House
Bolin
Kidnaping by flogging gang shocks Macon readers
In Macon Georgia on August 29 excitement rose as a second man was kidnaped by flogging gangs. A negro victim remained missing while three white brothers were arrested without bond. An escape by another negro led to the arrests and a pursuit ending with the flogging squad returning to jail.
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Macon
Foresters of America Open Biennial Convention
In Cleveland Ohio on August 206 resolutions were discussed to create a national home and hospital and to establish an old age pension fund during the opening of the biennial convention of the Foresters of America.
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Cleveland, CO
the Foresters of America
Feeble infant kidnapped. city wide hunt in force
Thousands of New York public servants join a city wide search for a feeble three month old baby abducted from a carriage in front of a store. Police broadcast a general alarm across the region and three dozen detectives pursue any lead. Dr Stowell urges print notices detailing feeding instructions to save the child’s life and police warn of homicide charges if the infant dies.
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New York
Peter McKenzie
David Dudley Stowell
Ohio Governor Hears Port Town Fine Case Over Whiskey
In Columbus on August 20 Governor Donahey met with Mayor E.F. Johnson of Trimble and enforcement officers to review a $400 whiskey fine against Coes Stack of Millfield. Stack and his son-in-law contended the penalty was excessive and indicative of commercial motives. The governor urged fair enforcement and hinted at refunds if justice could be restored.
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Tonahey
EF. A. Johnson
Trimble
Athens County
Coes Stack
Stack
L. Hi. Nash
Joe Jonas
Nelsonville
Othe
Chauncey
Merocenay
Ohio
Nash
Prohibition
FF. S. Evans
Johnson
Evans
Average family food spending changes across major cities
A report shows food costs rising in many cities with varied percentages. Cities like Boston Chicago and Fall River show five percent increases, while several others trend around two to four percent. Los Angeles Louisville and others report around one percent or less.
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Boston
Chicago
Fall River
North
Milwaukee
Peoria
Springfield
Detroit
Portland
Providence
Rochester
Buffalo
Hutte
Denver
Indianapolis
New Recent
Bridgeport
Tineinnatt
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Lake City
Savannah
Scranton
Ohio farmers to use co operative elevators for direct fruit orders
Columbus Aug. 29 Ohio fruit growers plan direct cooperation via co operative associations to buy supplies of apples and peaches. Farmers lacking local fruit will place orders through their co operative and receive carload shipments from apple and peach regions in Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
C W. Ward
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Waid
Re opening talks with Mexico nears with return of envoys
Washington learns that John Barton Payne and Charles Beecher Warren arrived to report to President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes on their talks in Mexico City. The emissaries are to brief on restoring diplomatic ties and advancing negotiations.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
John Barton Payne
Charles Beecher Warren
President Coolidge
Hughes
Mexico Cities
Big hotel blaze prompts mass flight in Ohio region
Fire drives numerous Ohio residents to flee a large hotel in Steubenville area as authorities search for John Miller who allegedly sold his wife and seven children to Michael Davis. Davis, jailed in Wellsburg, says Miller claimed he paid Davis to take the family due to marital strife.
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Ohio
Might
Michael Davis
Breech Bottom
Davis
Wellsburoh
J. W
Federal action urged after mob violence across four states
President Coolidge weighs an anti mob bill to make mob violence a federal crime. The Dyer bill may be reintroduced to cover masked organizations and acts such as lynchings, whippings and deportations blamed on groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
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Washington
Coolidge
Dyer
Senate
Ku Klux Klan
Three Men Drawn Near Queen City
Cincinnati Aug 29. Bodies of Edward Beck 26 and Frank Muenich 19 drowned in the Ohio River yesterday remain missing. The third victim Joseph Less 21 was recovered after he fell from a Fernbank dam pier but pulmotor efforts failed.
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Cincinnati
Edward Beck
Frank Muenich
Ohio River
Joseph Less
Fernbank Dam
Belmont County Sees Far Fewer Inmates Sent To Asylums
In St Clairsville Ohio Belmont County reports a drop in lunacy related admissions with 54 persons sent to state asylums this period versus 63 previously.
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ST. Clairsville
Belmont County
Steubenville Faces Klansmen Clash and Antis Rally
Steubenville residents brace for potential clashes as Klan members from three states reportedly plan a meeting. City leaders push an ordinance banning Klan gatherings without mayoral approval amid recent injuries from a riot last Wednesday. Antis meetings and rumors of new anti Klan groups surface in small Jefferson County towns.
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Steubenville
Blaine Carter
Ihs
Ralph Levinson
Frank Hawkins
ANTIS
Dillonvale
Amsterdam
Jefferson County
Knights of the Blazing Cross
Lucas
Steam line explosion injures seven at Baltimore laundry
A steam line blast at the Arch laundry in Baltimore today injured seven workers, three of whom were believed fatally hurt, causing panic among more than twenty employees.
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Baltimore
Archer Jjaundry
Weather outlooking for late August in Ohio Valley and Tennessee
Weather outlook for the period ending August 28 1923 shows generally fair conditions across the Ohio Valley and Tennessee with normal temperatures. The forecast predicts steady skies and no significant storms into this span.
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Washington, D. C
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Fire devastates Wawa hotel killing nine near Toronto
A fire at the Wawa hotel near Toronto killed nine and left about 260 guests, many Americans, stranded. The blaze caused $300,000 in damage as guests fled in night clothing with limited firefighting resources. An inquiry is underway as refugees are brought to Toronto.
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Misa Klovers
Cleveland
Elizabeth Cregan
Cincinnati
Mien Kitty Carroll
New York
Pormer Athentan
Carbondale Road Open After Weeks of Work
The two mile Marshfield Carbondale road segment built by James Patrick of Logan was completed and opened to traffic Saturday. County Engineer Baker announced the opening and said the road features bituminous macadam with brick over hills at Marshfield. County commissioners planned to accept bids Friday for an additional half mile of pavement.
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Carbondale
James ©. Petrick
Logan
Baker
German Policy Leader Warns Extremists as Ruhr Tension Rises
Solmann declares any move toward monarchy or soviet rule will be crushed. He says Stresemann’s government upholds a democratic republic and seeks an understanding with France on reparations, while promising to defend sovereign rights and curb violence by Ruhr region extremists.
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Stresemann
German People's Party
Strosermann
Germany
Sollmann
Sferr Cuno
Frances
France
German Republic
Ruhr
Black Belt Riot Erupts After Patrolman Klump Death
In Cincinnati Aug 20 riots broke out in the Black Belt after the murder of Patrolman Lawrence M Klump. A dispute over $10 led to Orrville Vaughn 25 being fatally wounded across from the hall where Klump died as police clashed with John Lawson Hunter now under murder indictment.
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Lawrence M. Klump
Sattan
Black Belt
Orrville Vaughn
Krump
Jonh Lawson Hunter
Huntington Woman Dies In Brunswick Center Car Crash
Mrs. David Fox, 27, of Huntington West Virginia, was killed instantly near Brunswick Center when a car driven by Dr. Oscar Viera, 40, struck an obstruction, rolled over twice, and hit a telephone pole. Dr. Biern and Miss Olga Biern, both of Huntington, suffered only minor injuries as they traveled to Cleveland to visit friends.
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David Fox
Huntington
W. Va
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Oscar Viera
Bucyrus Day Adds Rain Insurance for Fair Events
The Bucyrus Chamber of Commerce advertising committee has secured rain insurance for Bucyrus Day at the county fair grounds on Wednesday August 22. The program includes sports vaudeville events dancing and fireworks in the evenings.
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