Miners warn of nationwide coal strike if Illinois pact altered
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, says any Illinois settlement that changes the central field wage agreement will trigger an immediate shutdown of all bituminous mines. He cites commission flaws and transportation breaks, accusing operators of profiteering and urging national action to protect workers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Lewis
United States
Bituminous Coal Commission
Wilson
United Mine Workers
National Union
Harding outlines road and truck strategy for future transport
Warren G. Harding urges expanded highway use and motor truck development to supplement railroads. He argues for improved roads, highway maintenance, and stable petroleum supplies, saying the upcoming administration must address these transport needs to ease rail congestion.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Marion
Warren G. Harding
National Association of Motor Truck Salesmen
Chicago
Gas surge halts Pittsburg mine No 9 work at old salt shaft
Circle Hill July 26. New Pittsburg mine No 9 shut for eight to ten days after gas flooded an entry from the old salt works mine north of Chauncey. State mining experts aided by veteran miners built a barricade and kept gas contained. The old shaft once produced sixteen to twenty tons daily, a sizable output in its era.
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Circle Hill
Pittsburg
Chauncey
State Mining Department
Two Killed in Auto Accident Near Universal City
Los Angeles July 26 Ashley H Keeney broker was killed and Miss Constance Roberts motion picture writer severely injured in an automobile accident near Universal City last night. Keeney son of S A Keeney former owner of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle was almost instantly killed when his car overturned after a front wheel collapsed.
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Los Angeles
Ashley H. Keeney
Constance Roberts
Universal City
Keeney
S. A. Keeney
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Professor Complements Painter After House Job
Mr. J. G. Moorman of 151 Mill Street finishes wall painting tinting hardwood finishing and wallpaper hanging for Professor Mardis at 196 East State Street. The professor reports satisfaction with the work.
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J. G. Moorman
Mill St
Mardis
E. State St
Robbers Escape With 11000 At Union Credit Bank
Five masked men robbed the Union Credit Fran chise Bank on Fales St central Falls R I. They held up cashier Omar Colette at gunpoint, bound him, and fled in a car with about $11,000 in cash Liberty bonds and endorsed checks. The bank is near the business district.
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Central Falls
R. L
Union Credit Franchise Bank
Fales St
Omar Colette
Colette
Fales Street
Cox to push public campaign finance scrutiny in Ohio
Governor Cox announced in Dayton that Democratic nominees will demand weekly reports of all campaign expenditures and contributions. He plans to reconvene the Kenyon committee to probe state and national funds, aiming for a large public notification at the county fairgrounds.
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Herbert W. Walker
United Press
Dayton
Fenven Senatorial Committee
Cox
Pomerene
Ohio
Senate
Kenyon Committee
Pomerone
County Fair
Trails End
Democratic National Committees
French Forces Enter Damascus End Resistance in City
French troops under General Gouraud entered Damascus on Sunday after a battle on the outskirts. A native envoy said there would be no further resistance to the French occupation. Emir Feisal fled to the hills. Gourod’s troops occupy the foreign quarter and control the Damascus Cilicia railroad.
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Paris
Gouraud
Damascus
Emir Feisal
Gourod
Aleppo
Cilicia
Foreign Office
Officers Hunt for Hunkerford After Escape
Chief Graham and Officer Cady pursue Herbert Hunkerford a federal fugitive believed seen near Athens last week. A man found resembled him but proved to be his brother. Hunkerford escaped Fort Leavenworth and is the subject of a local lookout.
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Graham
Cady
Herbert Hunkerford
Athens
Hunkerford
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Tatum Released After Trunk Murder Probe
Allan A. Tatum a Birmingham linotype operator was released by police in Birmingham Alabama after police said they believed he had no connection to the New York trunk murder mystery and he agreed to keep authorities informed of his movements.
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Tatum
Birmingham
Ala
Allan A. Tatum
New York
George Lyona
Detective Department
Stock Sale Near Alfred on Huffman Farm
Auction on the late Oliver Huffman farm one mile east of Alfred features 90 head cattle 2 general purpose horses a Shetland pony and farm outbuildings. Sale Thursday July 29 at 10 am with lunch on grounds. terms cash. W. C. Hall.
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Oliver Huffman
Alfred
Minshull Named Head of Knights of Pythias Convention
Thomas W. Minshull of Cleve Ohio aged seventy six may read the Knights of Pythias order as it prepares to hold its national convention in Cleveland He is a major general of the Pythias and commands about 4000 members.
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Thomas W. Minshull
Cleveand
Ohio
Knights of Pythias Order
Cleveland
Minshull
Pythias
Illinois and Indiana coal strike widens as wages eyed
Illinois miners prepare to appeal to President Wilson to reestablish the federal bituminous coal commission and open wage talks. Federal conciliators set hearings as 90 percent of Illinois mines strike continues. Indiana reports 2500 walkouts as union leaders cite lower commissions and John L. Lewis threats to spread a uniform rate.
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Chicago
Illinois
Wilson
Federal
Bituminous Coal Commission
Frank Farrington
Miionis
Farrington
Frank O. Lowden
Clinton
Ind
Indiana
Federal Coal Commission
John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
Man Brands Suspect as Wife Recalls Incident
In Vancouver Washington Alvin Steigewald a dairyman chose branding with a red iron and a horsewhipping as punishment for Walter Groth an employee he accused of trying to violate his home. He then sent Groth away from the state after admitting to plans to kill him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Wash
Alvin Steigewald
Walter Groth
Steigerwald
Groth
Farmer held on charge of shooting berry pickers
Lancaster July 26 Van Gadd a Berne township farmer was held to the grand jury under bond of 1000 dollars on a charge of shooting Charles Miller 20 who was picking berries on Gadds farm with a younger brother Miller may lose an eye according to physicians
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Lancaster
van Gadd
Berne Township
Grand
Charles Miller
Gadd
Miller
Bandits Shoot Two Near Columbus After Robberies
Columbus reporters say J. A. McDowell aged 42 and Mrs. Petty I McCormick aged 21 were shot and severely wounded by auto bandits operating south of Columbus after robbing two other couples earlier Sunday night. McDowell received five wounds and Mrs McCormick three.
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Columbus
J. A. McDowell
Petty I. McCormick
McDowell
McCormick
British committee seeks controls on patent medicines
A British government committee has been appointed to recommend legislative and administrative measures for the control of patent medicines offered for public sale.
Loops of Nate Ting Match Today
The fifth and deciding race for the America's Cup began after delays from light winds. Shamrock and Resolute started amid shifting breeze, drifted along the Jersey coast, with Resolute taking an early lead and the finish far to the south.
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Coldsborough
United Press
Shamrock
Regatta
Ambrose
Resolute
Harry G. Lytle
Eammons
Jersey
Monmouth Beach
Belfast Calm After Night of Clashes Amid Guarded Streets
At Last Belfast July 26 the city was quiet with a constable dead and three Sinn Feiners wounded after gunfire. Brigades of British troops patrolled roads, tanks and lorries guard buildings as a civilian shot by a sentry was mortally wounded after ignoring the halt order.
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Belfast
Electric stove heats leather tools with minimal power
Knives and flat tools used in leather crafts can be heated quickly in a new electric stove that requires no more current than a lamp.
Candidates Keep Printers Busy
Dayton dispatch notes that both Warren G. Harding and James M. Cox rely on presses to print speeches. Cox’s acceptance speech is being distributed to newspapers nationwide, just as Harding’s was, highlighting active campaign dissemination.
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Dayton
Warren G. Harding
James M. Cox
Cox
Harding
Allies Will Surrender Anti Bolshevik Leader
London reports indicate the Allies will agree to surrender General Baron Wrangel the anti Bolshevik commander in southern Russia as a prerequisite to peace talks in London. Soviet guarantees of Wrangel's safety accompany a proposal for a Moscow led conference with all Allied nations to settle the Russian Polish conflict through armistice negotiations and renewed trade relations.
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London
Baron Wrangel
Russia
Moscow
Wrangel
Warsaw
Grodno
Niemen
Budnia
Leon Trotsky
Poland
Poverty and Illness Force Mother to Sell Child
New York report details Katherine McNulty, a 29 year old widow, advertising for $250 to part with her two and a half year old daughter Margaret due to poverty and illness. The mother, recently widowed, fought to raise Martin and Margaret but illness worsened, prompting the sale notice and bids from the public.
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New York
Third Avenue
Katherine McNulty
Margaret
Second Avenue
Martin
Prosperous Doctor Turns to Dishwasher in New York Death
New York dispatch reports the death of Dr Henry E Campbell once a leading Pittsburg physician. He lived in a rooming house for three years except during the 1918 influenza epidemic when he returned to Pittsburg for eight weeks to aid the fight. His family, including a daughter said to be a concert singer in New York, have not been heard from since leaving for Europe.
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New York
Henry E. Campbel
Johanna Hunting
Campbell
Pittsburg
Europe
Manchester
Real Estate Savings and Trust Company
Federal Street
Ridge Avenue
North Side
Grafton
Eleanor Corcoran
Dr Harry E Campbell Resigned from Pittsburgh Firm
In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on July 26 report notes Dr Harry E Campbell formerly of a local firm and now involved in a new professional arrangement. The brief item records a career move without further context.
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Pittsburgh
Harry E. Campbell
Tombaugh Divorce Case Seeks Custody In Coolville
Audrey Tombaugh a Coolville native sues John C. Tombauch in common pleas court alleging desertion and gross neglect since 1912 marriage in 1915. They have a four year old son and request divorce and custody.
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Audrey Tombaugh
Coolville
John C. Tombauch
Athens
Bulgarian peace treaty ratified by Chamber of Deputies
Paris July 26 The Chamber of Deputies fully ratified the Bulgarian peace treaty.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Toduly
Millen cleared in trunk murder case in New York inquiry
In Detroit on July 26 Roy Millen ex-flyer was dismissed as a suspect in the New York trunk murder mystery. Police say the murdered woman may be Katherine Jackson of Starkville Miss known as Mrs Eugene Leroy and focus on identifying clothing linked to Leroy.
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Chicago
Roy Millen
New York
Michael Trumbull
Detroiit
Millen
Eugencé Leroy
Detroit
Katherine Jackson
Starkville
Miss
Eugene Leroy
Trumbull
Leroy
A. Tatum
Birmingham
Ala
Tha Leroy
Jackson
Mystery surrounds identity linked to trunk body in NYC
Wheeling police could not identify Helen Lorrain Smith wife of Roy Millen or alleged daughter of a local coal operator tied to a trunk body found in New York City. Coal operators report no Smith in the area.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Helen Lorrain Smith
Roy Millen
New York City
Smith
Detroit Detective Investigates Nude Woman Found in Trunk
New York police say a Detroit detective is en route with a full description of Mrs. Eugenie Leroy of Starksville Mississippi. Carey of the homicide bureau believes the trunk victim is Mrs. Leroy formerly Catherine Jackson of Nashville Tennessee. Dismissal of Leroy by Chicago police shifts focus away from him.
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New York
Oukee Arthur Carey
Homicide Bureau Today
Detroit
Eugine Leroy
Starksville
Miss
Troit
Carey
Leroy
Catherine Jackson
Nashville
Maeve Leroy
Chicago
Earthquake Jolts Los Angeles Nighttime
Earthquakes struck Los Angeles with shocks at 4 12 and 4 14 am. Reports say no damage occurred though many residents fled in night attire amid slight confusion.
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Los Angeles
Banquet Planned for Coal Thief Ira Bell
Ira H. Bell, a West Mansfield coal dealer, is to be the chief guest at a hometown banquet after his jail term. In federal court he was fined 200 dollars and costs and given 25 days for taking coal from an interstate shipment. Bell says the fuel administration had confiscated three carloads from him and he informed the consignor he would take the coal to aid West Mansfield citizens without fuel.
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Columbus
Ira H. Bell
West Mansfield
Pell
Bell
Federal Fuel Administration
New York Ticket Endorsement Rule For Gi Wing Trip
A New York item states all tickets for the Gi Wing heat excursion must be endorsed by a reputable member of the decadiairy men’s organization. The note recalls a prior incident when 57 China men owned watches were reported missing.
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New York
Decadiairymen
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W. C. Hall
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Nate Ting
Henry L. Farrell
Senator Harding
McKinley
Mariot
American Ang
Fremont
David Creager
Lake Shore Electric Line
Carl Setzler
Clyde
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