Miners Union Effort Clashes With Florida Special Train Crash
Norfolk Virginia February 1 A Seaboard Air Line Florida Cuba Special plowed into the rear of the Mid South Special near Hagood Va 83 miles south of Richmond engineer J M Fields of Raleigh N C was killed instantly five other and two passengers injured the private car of S Davies Warfield president of the road was demolished The accident blamed on failure of a block operator to hold the rear train until clear.
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Norfolk
J. M. Fields
Raleigh
N. C
Seaboard Air Line
Hagood
Richmond
S. Davies Warfield
Seaboard
Legal Move Seeks Injunction Against Logan County Sheriff
Federal court in Charleston West Virginia hears the United Mine Workers seek an injunction against Don Chafin Logan county sheriff and Logan Coal Operators association to stop interference with miners in the Logan field. Plaintiffs accuse operators of running a de facto government and paying deputies to harass union organizers with tens of thousands of dollars in deputy salaries reported for 1920 and 1921.
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Charleston
W. Va
Don Chafin
Logan County
Logan Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers
Logan Field
West Virginia
Chafin
Signalmen Denied Wage Increase Gain Eight-Hour Day
Chicago February 1 Railway Signalmen of America about 15,000 workers lose a wage increase in a United States railroad labor board decision but win an eight hour day. The eight hour day with overtime at time and a half applies from now, seen as a reward for not joining last summer's shopmen strike. A dissenting member argued wages should rise with living costs.
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Rail Board
Signalmen of America
United States Railroad Labor Board
A. W Horton
Livestock man killed at Galion depot platform
Colonel Brand Woodmansee aged 41 of Highland Ohio died from injuries after a Cleveland and Southwestern electric car crushed him against the depot platform in Galion Ohio late last night He was a widely known livestock auctioneer in Ohio and nearby states.
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Galion, CO
Brand Woodmansee
Highland
Ohio
Cleveland & Southwestern
Windsor resident uncovers bundle with deadly germs
A Windsor man found a large bundle in his garage containing 24 small tubes. Laboratory tests identified deadly disease germs in each tube, with the source of the germs remaining unknown.
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London
Windsor
Rent Hogs Take Salary Share of Working Girl
Washington February 1 Senator McCumber Republican of North Dakota charged in the senate that many Washington girls live in poverty due to high rents under the cost of living debate. He cited cases where women pay a large portion of their salaries for shelter and nourishment is scarce.
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Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
Palmer Named Federation Leader for Farm Bureau
Columbus Ohio February 1 L B Palmer Pataskala Licking County was elected president of the Ohio Farm Bureau federation succeeding O F Bradfue Xenia the new president also heads the Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers association and serves on the state board of agriculture as an active farmer and sheep raiser.
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Columbus
L. B. Palmer
Pataskala
Licking County
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
O. FE. Bradfue
Xenia
American Farm Bureau Federation
Palmer
Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers' Association
State Board of Agriculture
Pa sha Holds Off In Final Round For Better Treaty Terms
Lausanne February 1 Ismet Pasha head of the Turkish delegation has been told by Angora to sign the Near East peace treaty but will defer until the last moment hoping for concessions from the allies an authoritative source said today.
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Lausanne
Ismet Pasha
Angora
Swiss Soldier Boidevaux Decorated After War Wounds
Jean Boidevaux, a Swiss soldier who served with the French Foreign Legion, receives the Legion of Honor after enduring 50 major surgeries and losing all limbs due to war injuries.
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Jevey
Switzerland
Jean Boidevaux
Foreign Legion
Latvian Police Seize Clowns Amid Political Remarks
Latvian police during a circus performance seized clowns Nipsi and Lipsi accused of including anti government utterances in their acts. The incident occurred in Riga with authorities citing political content as the charge.
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Riga
Latvia
Nipsi and
Lipsi
Britain to Pay US War Debt on American Terms
London reports that Britain will meet its wartime debt to the United States on terms set by Washington, regardless of government change. Ramsay MacDonald and George Bernard Shaw affirm the obligation, while bankers note the 3 percent rate is a favorable bargain amid U S payouts of 4 percent to lenders.
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N. S
London
United States
Ramsay McDonald
Labor Party
House of Commons
George Bernard Shaw
Great Britain
France
Tarantula Bite Kills Woman in Bergholz Banana Case
Steubenville, Feb 1 A tarantula bite proved fatal for Mrs. Cleveland Wilson 46 of Bergholz after she purchased a bunch of bananas last Saturday containing the giant spider The bite caused poisoning and paralysis authorities report
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Steubenville, CO
Cleveland Wilson
Bergholz
Here
Miners Die in Explosion at Beuthen Coal Mine
Rescue crews removed 116 bodies from the Hein itz coal mine near Beuthen, while 200 miners remained entombed after yesterday’s blast.
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Berlin
Heinitz
Beuthen
Rockefeller home hit by early morning fire in New York
Mrs William G Rockefeller and her 15 year old daughter Almira escaped from their Madison Avenue residence as a fire damaged three floors of the building. They left in their night clothes, authorities reported.
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New York
William G. Rockefeller
Almira
Madison Avenue
Elyria Children Play While Groundhog Forecast Looms
In Elyria Ohio on February 1 youngsters spin tops and play marbles as city firemen start outside activities ahead of tomorrow’s groundhog forecast.
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Llyria
Elyria
France prepared to occupy all Germany if Ruhr plan fails
Despatches to Washington report France ready to seize Berlin and control Germany should Ruhr occupation fail. Premier Poincare and experts outlined steps for complete subjugation, with Berlin recognizing the plan.
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Washington
France
Berlin
Germany
Ruhr
Asus
Poincare
Free State Troops Beaten by Irish Rebels at Leitrim
Dublin reports a three hour battle at Leitrim in which Free State soldiers were defeated and the garrison captured by Republican irregulars. Rebels seized a train with prisoners, blew up the Leitrim railway terminal, and are driving into the mountains. Martial courts busy, many leaders arrested, possible executions tomorrow. Ensuing clemency offers noted if Senator Bagwell is released. Tralee gas supply cut, town without bread, industries idle.
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Dublin
Free State
Leitrim
Bagwell
Tralee
Driver charged after fatal streetcar crash and fire
Frank Lamb, a printer from Akron, died in a Cleveland crash when a car collided with a trolley pole on East 34th Street and Pittsburgh Avenue. Driver Earl Furnell, 25, was burned and held on manslaughter charges as bystanders rescued the other two men. The collision sparked a gasoline tank explosion and Lamb was trapped beneath the vehicle.
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Cleveland, O
Frank Lamb
Akron
East 34Th Street
Pittsburgh Avenue
Earl Furnell
Lamb
Whistles Issued to French Traffic Police
Paris traffic authorities distribute shrill whistles to police nationwide to summon motorists' attention for traffic violations.
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Paris
France
Action on law sought over wage bill delays
A trio of Ohio women's leaders urged lawmakers not to defer the Burke minimum wage bill by creating a fact finding commission. Wilma S. Ball, Florence D. Richards, and Amy Grace Maher warned that such a move would be seen as unfriendly to the measure and an evasion of the issue.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Wilma S. Ball
Cleveland
Consumers’ League of Ohio
Florence D. Richards
Ohio W. C. T. U
Amy Grace Maher
Toledo
Ohio Council of Woman In Industry
Ohio Northern University President in Serious Condition
Lima Ohio February 1 Dr. A S Smith president of Ohio Northern University Ada is reported in serious condition after a nervous collapse last night following funeral services for the university founder Dr H S Lehr text.
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Lima, O
A.&. Smith
Ohio Northern University
Ada
H. S. Lehr
Man Impersonating Congress Member Indicted in Postal Scheme
Washington February 1 Robert L VanNoy indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of impersonating a member of Congress He sent letters to rural mail carriers claiming he served on a post offices committee and that the government was selling cars to carriers at 59 each He allegedly collected substantial funds from those deceived.
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Washington
Robert L. VanNoy
Congress
VanNoy
Non-union miners target Logan County again in push
District 17 of the United Mine Workers with the American Civil Liberties Union seeks a federal injunction to enter Logan County West Virginia to organize non union miners amid a history of armed guards and deadly feuds. F F Keeney and Fred Mooney are under murder indictments linked to prior clashes. Don Chafin admitted coal operators paid for armed guards.
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New York
Logan County
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
American Civil Liberties Union
District No. 17
America
F. F. Keeney
District 17
Fred Mooney
Logan
Mine Workers’ Union
Civil Liberties Group
Charleston
W. Va
Don Chaffin
United Mine Workers
Logan County ‘Coal Operators’ Association
Chaffin
Don Chafin
Congressionz
Coal Operators’ Association
Lawmakers Abandon Plan To Abolish Utilities Board
Peb 1 George Tehitcherin, foreign affairs commissar for the Soviet government, announced that Russia rejects allied peace terms on the Turkish straits. Russia seeks to bar foreign warships from the straits, while the Allies would not consent.
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Utilities
Russia
Lautsanne Peb
George Tehitcherin
People's Commissar
Hussia
Mussia
Ohio Senate backs Bender abolition bill amid lone fight
Columbus Feb 1 Senate Public Utilities Commission action follows Bender Republican of Cuyahoga County who says he stood alone against abolition while many urged the commission. House passes Bender measure on second-degree murder penalties for liquor violators and prohibits suspending sentences under prohibition laws. The volume includes the padlock bill under Volstead Act provisions giving courts power to shut down illicit liquor premises for a year with bond remedies.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Senate Public Utilities Comemission
Bender
Republican
Cuyahoga County
Senate
House
Britain debt settlement opens path for soldiers bonus
Washington reports Britain will liquidate its war debt to the United States, a plan that could bring at least 175 million dollars annually to the U S treasury for 50 years and spur renewed efforts for an adjusted compensation bonus for World War veterans. Bonus advocates cite this as a lever to win approval from President Harding and Congress despite treasury concerns raised by Secretary Mellon.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Treasury
Harding
Congress
Senate
House
Treasury Department
Mellon
Miners Seek injunction against intimidation of union agents
Chafin as deputies. The miners contend it is illegal for public officers to be paid by private companies. The injunction to be sought targets intimidation, harassing beating and assaulting union agents exercising their rights in Logan county.
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Chafin
Logan County
Ohio Good Roads Federation Adopts Wide-Ranging Resolutions
At the closing session of District No 12 the Athens chamber heard resolutions praising State Highway Director Herrick for gap rebuilding and 1923 road work. They urged county highway policy in Montgomery County and endorsed marking main roads, a two cent gasoline tax, and funds for road maintenance. The group supported transferring highway funds from general revenues and favored reenacting the levy plan to complete the state system.
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Ohio Good Loads Federation
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Leon C. Herrick
E. Thomas
Marietta
Montgomery County
Parker W. Bookwalter
Washington
Meigs
Hocking
Athens
Vinton
Perry
State Highway Department
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Good Roads Federation
Edwards
State Highway Improvement Fund
State governments ready to aid federal prohibition effort
Commissioner R A Haynes says state officials will relieve federal authorities of minor enforcement duties. He asserts religious enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment is widespread and officials show respect for law and the Constitution as they focus on smuggling conspiracy cases and illegal withdrawals from warehouses. He speaks after tours of the West and Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
R. A. Haynes
Henry Clews Funeral Set for Saturday
Henry Clews renowned banker dies of bronchitis on February 1. funeral services to be held Saturday in New York per official notice.
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New York
Henry Clews
Army confessions deepen payroll post office robbery case
Corporals John Wood and James Harvey confess to holding up the post office payroll of 43 000 at Langley Field Virginia. Army officials say the confessions leave undecided whether to hand the case to civil authorities or try the men before a military tribunal. The admissions suggest wider involvement beyond the two corporals.
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Langley Field
John
Wood
Jamess
Harvey
Rhineland Railroad System Split Aims at New State
Paris Feb 1 Allies France and Belgium plan to separate Rhineland and Ruhr railways from Germany forming an autonomous organization. Officials say this may mark the first definite step toward creating a new state in the Rhineland.
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Paris
France
Belgium
Rhineland
Ruhr
Germany
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