Federal Judge Delays Trial Over Palmer Connection Probe
Indianapolis Ind Nov. 8 Federal Judge A B Anderson delayed the trial of 125 coal miners and operators charged with conspiracy to violate the Lever law as special assistant United States district attorney L Ert Slack sought a continuance while probing Attorney General Palmer's involvement in alleged evidence suppression.
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Indianapolis
Ind
A. B. Anderson
Palmer
L. Ert Slack
United States District Attorney
United States Department of Justice
Mitchell Palmer
Washington
Anderson
Dan W. Simms
LaFayette
Simms
C. B. Ames
L. Ert Stack
Justice to Scrutinize Suppression Claims in Coal Case
In Indianapolis the trial of nine coal operators opens amid scrutiny of government actions regarding evidence elimination. Attorney General Palmer may be summoned to explain why facts were removed, as judge Anderson probes Palmer's ties to the case stemming from the soft coal strike a year ago.
New Outbreaks in West Virginia
In Williamson West Virginia on November 8 the Thacker Coal Mining Company tipple at Rose Siding in Mingo County was destroyed by dynamite the first violence since federal troops withdrew. No injuries reported but property damage is heavy.
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Williamson
W. Va
Mingo County
Thacker Coal Mining Company
Rose Siding
Charge Pastor With Death Of Roadhouse Man
Windsor Ontario November eight. Rev J O L Spracklin a sandwich minister liquor sleuth stands charged in the death of Beverly Trumble road house keeper shot Saturday morning while Spracklin conducted a raid. Inquest to resume with threats of violence surrounding the case. No Methodist Church action taken yet. The minister vows to keep his post if acquitted.
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Windsor
Ontario
J. O. L. Spracklin
Sandwich
Beverly Trumble
Spracklin
Border Cities
Methodist Church
Chatham
Here
Trumble
Undie Season Arrives With Fall Chill and Wardrobe Shift
A light air signals fall arrival as overcoats reappear and women retrieve furs from cedar chests. Children head to school with red noses and upturned collars while georgette waists come out for cooler days, marking the start of the heavy underwear season.
Bolsheviks claim Wrangel cut from Crimea base
In Kovno on November 8 Bolshevik authorities announced the severing of General Wrangel from his Crimea base. They said Soviet troops drove Wrangel back from a seven mile neck of the peninsula and surrounded large groups of his army. The statement claimed capture of much booty and thousands of prisoners and that Perekoh Hisil kovo and Novo Alexandrovski had fallen to the Reds.
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Kovno
Wrangel
Crimea
Seven Mile
Perekoh
Hisilkovo
Novo Alexandrovski
Wrangel Forces Retreat After Crimea Narrow Neck Stand
General Wrangel’s anti Bolshevik troops advanced into southern Russia about 100 miles before Soviet reinforcements from the Polish front forced a rapid retreat. Wrangel said he would reposition to strategic posts and made a stubborn stand at a fortified isthmus into the Crimean peninsula. The Bolshevik communique suggested the position began to crumble.
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Wrangel
Russia
Crimean
Mechanicsburg School Night Game Ticket Prices
First number at Mechanicsburg school tonight seven o'clock. Adults season tickets are 1.35 dollars, single tickets forty five cents. Children season tickets 1 dollar, single tickets twenty five cents.
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Mechanicsburg
Absolute Divorce Sought in Minnie Tabler Case
Minnie Tabler filed for an absolute divorce from Clarence Tabler in common pleas court. Married September 1913, they have a seven year old child. She accuses him of gross neglect while she supported the family. he works in a mine and is able to provide support, she seeks temporary and permanent alimony.
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Common Pleas Court
Minnie Tabler
Clarence Tabler
Minnie
Clarence
Tabler
Salem Faces Typhoid Epidemic Strain Seeks Aid
Salem Ohio reports over 1 000 typhoid cases about one seventh of the population with fifty new cases daily and one recent death. Mayor J W Post calls for 100 more nurses as doctors and supplies are rushed in from neighboring cities. Fraternal groups and churches convert buildings into temporary hospitals.
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Salem
Cox
J. W. Post
Auto hobo king travels Chicago to New York in $7500 car
Richard Lonsdale tells how he bummed his way across the nation from Chicago to New York using auto cushions, claiming he joined the “Sons of the Road” as a modern wanderer. He says he avoided work and relied on charm, noting hobos are largely passed over by drivers.
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Chicago
Richard
Lonsdale
New York
Sheriff Killed by Wife Slayer in Hopkins County
Madisonville Kentucky November 6 Sheriff Scott Hunter age 40 head of Hopkins County the Kentucky racing commission member Major R W Hunter is the slain lawman. He was shot while attempting to arrest Lee Ellison on a murder charge Ellison fled after gunfire from deputies and bloodhounds are tracking him. Lynching threats have been issued if Ellison is captured.
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Madisonville
Scott Hunter
Hopkins County
R. W. Hunter
Kentucky, Racing Commission
Lee Ellison
Ellison
Europe 15 Now Puzzled About Harding Stand
Paris reports Europe unsettled by Warren G. Harding’s evolving stance on the league of nations and American policy toward postwar Germany. Observers await his Geneva speech to gauge whether the United States will join, remake, or stay outside the league. France leans on clear signals amid high stakes for German policy and global diplomacy.
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Henry Wood
Paris
Europe
Warren G. Harding
United States
League of Nations
Harding
Geneva
America
League
France
Germany
Senate
Foreign Office
Dempsey Carpentier Bout May Cost Five to Forty Dollars
New York reports the Dempsey Carpentier fight may be held July 4 near New York in a 100000 seat stadium. Promoters Charles B Cochrane and Tex Rickard expect ticket prices between five and forty dollars, far below prior expectations of two hundred dollars.
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New York
Charles B Cochrane
Tex Rickard
Miss Alice Robertson Wins Oklahoma Seat
Miss Alice M. Robertson congresswoman elect from Oklahoma's second district received a telegram of congratulations from Mrs. Warren G. Harding on her victory.
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Muskogee, Okla
Alice M. Robertson
Oklahoma
Warren G. Harding
Booze Makers of County May Tremble
Athens county bootleggers face escalating penalties as Justice P. W. Helwig raises fines from 200 to 500 dollars and costs. Sheriff Herb Parker Deputy Sheriff P H McKinley and Constable Edgar Mariner enforce the crackdown with stronger measures. A new Crabbe county law kicking in Thursday allows fines up to 2000 dollars to stop illicit operations.
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P. W. Helwig
Athens County
Herb Parker
P. H. McKinley
Edgar Mariner
Helwig
Man Dies at Wife’s Grave in Ohio Cemetery
C. E. Herbold aged 65 collapsed and died on his wife’s grave at Oakwood Cemetery in Warren Ohio. His wife had died 13 weeks earlier and he had visited daily to place flowers. Officials suspect a broken heart caused his death as he lay across the grave clutching the flowers.
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Warren
C. E. Herbold
Oakwood
Mr. Herbold
All-American Higgins Visits Athens Beta House
Robert A. Higgins former Penn State captain and Walter Camp first team end visited the Beta house in town. Higgins is a champion wrestler, served as a first lieutenant overseas, and currently coaches at West Virginia Wesleyan University. He belongs to Beta Theta Pi.
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Robert A. Higgins
Penn State University
West Virginia Wesleyan University
Beta House
Higgins
Walter Camp
Beta Theta Pi
Hoopers Ridge Grower Wins Big Apple Contest
George Linscott of Hoopers Ridge wins first prize in Athens county for the largest Rome Beauty and Starke apples. Each fruit is described as unusually large with dimensions unbelievable and five apples of each variety weighed four and a half pounds. The produce is noted for perfect form and color.
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George Linscott
Hoopers Ridge
Athens County
Rome
Angel from Paradise Applies for Army Enlistment
In Kansas City a husky youth proclaims he is an angel from paradise and meets Lieut. Erskine at the marine recruiting office. The officer jokes and questions his real name, Abbott Angel of Paradise, Kansas. Two others from Missouri seek enlistment as Erskine ends the office visit, wary of further applicants.
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Kansas City
Noy
Paradise
Marine Recruiting Office
Erskine
St. Peter
Abbott Angel
Kansas
Pick
Nixon
Missouri
Wilson plans after March 4 1921 include travels and writings
Washington reports outline Woodrow Wilson's rumored post presidency plans. He may cruise, move to California, seclude in Virginia mountains, become a Maryland farmer, join the League of Nations post, and write books. Tumulty says the details are private and health may keep him near Washington Virginia or Maryland.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Wilson
California
Virginia
Maryland
League of Nations
J. P. Tumulty
Tumulty
Versailles
Treaty would shield Japanese land rights from state laws
Washington reports a proposed treaty to exempt Japanese from U S discriminatory laws in a bid to satisfy protests against California land ownership limits. Negotiations involve Roland S Morris and Ambassador Shidehara, aiming to guarantee Japanese subjects equal land rights in the United States.
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A. L. Bradford
United Press
Washington
State Department
California
Roland S. Morris
Tokio
Shidehara
Minkado
Wanderers Here For Brief Stay
Four wagons carrying a detachment of Knights of the road passed through Athens this afternoon en route to Dayton. One roving rider offered to sell a mule to the Messenger reporter for 80 dollars but took five when another bystander offered. The mule proved too bony and unsuitable, so the other fellow backed out. The leader claimed their destination, but another member questioned the inquiry about their origins.
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Knights of the Road
Athens
Dayton
Sheriff raids Luhrig man for illegal liquor operation
Charles Silvia of Luhrig in Athens county faced a raid by Sheriff Herb Parker and Constable Edgar Mariner on Saturday night. They found him asleep amid illicit corn whiskey still preparations. Silvia fled as officers poured out the mash. He pleaded guilty Monday to keeping a place where intoxicating liquors were made and sold, and was fined $500 plus costs or jailed.
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Charles Silvia
Luhrig
Athens County
Herb Parker
Edgar Mariner
Silvia
Ohio
Mariner
Justice of Peace
P. W. Helwig
College youths build giant bonfire near Santa Clara
College students in California prepare a massive bonfire ahead of a Stanford game. They gathered railway ties from miles around to fuel the blaze, which grew to a towering pillar of flame that lit up the county.
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Santa Clara College
California
Stanford University
Final Message of Wilson Now Being Prepared
New York November 8 President Wilson is preparing his final message to Congress for the last session of the sixty sixth congress starting December 6. He has been at work some time and discussed portions with cabinet members but has kept the exact contents confidential.
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New York
Wilson
Congress
Candidate Penzel Promises Marriage to Win Women
Emil Penzel a 58 year old bachelor ran for state senate in Poplar Bluffs Missouri by courting women at many meetings and even promising to marry if elected and take his bride to Jefferson City. He won by a large majority and now female voters question the binding nature of such pledges. He said he is looking around.
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Poplar Bluffs
Emil Penzel
State Senate
Jefferson City
Penzel
Sinn Fein Sympathizers March Around White House
In Washington on November 8 crowds of Sinn Fein supporters began silent processions around the White House. Police expect no disturbance as long as the marchers remain peaceful and imitate Terence Mac Swiney’s hunger strike duration. The first demonstration drew several hundred participants from the outset.
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Washington
Sinn Fein
White House
Terence MacSwiney
Foster Heads East Overnight for Washington and New York
Congressman I. M. Foster leaves for Washington D C and will stay in the East for several weeks. He will join his family in Washington tomorrow then travel to New York City for at least two weeks. In New York he joins the Walsh congressional committee investigating wartime shipyard conditions.
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I. M. Foster
Washington
D. C
East
Congress
Mr. Foster
Mrs. Foster
New York City
New York
Walsh Congressional Committee
New Window Ventilator Rises When Sash Is Raised
A window ventilator sits flat on the sill when the sash is closed and automatically rises into position for use as the sash is raised. The device remains hidden when not in operation, providing controlled airflow without protruding fixtures.
Coal Sedalina Jump Prompt de Very
R A Dalton advertises coal services and prompt delivery with contact at phone 6391.
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R. A. Dalton
Workers Sent to Help Fight Typhoid Fever in Salem
In response to Salem mayor J W Post appeal the Ohio state health department sent W H Dittoe chief engineer and Dr S G Boudreau to assist doctors. The department had traced the epidemic to polluted water and purified the supply. Freeman said thirty new cases likely involved people exposed before purification and that new cases may appear briefly while safeguards hold.
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Columbus
J. W. Post
Salem
W. A. Freeman
State Department of Health
W. H. Dittoe
8. G. Boudreau
Assest Lo
State Department
Freeman
Oberlin students cautioned against betting on game
Oberlin College students were warned by President King not to bet on the Reserve Oberlin football game in Cleveland. He said bets could lead to expulsion and noted many students had placed bets on the Oberlin Wooster game, stressing betting violated college rules.
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Oberlin, O
Oberlin College
Cleveland
King
Labor Accepts Cut in Wages to Reopen Mills
Uncasville Manufacturing Company resumes operations after employees agree to a twenty percent wage cut. E. D. White, the manager, said the plant had been closed two weeks and that broader industry reductions may follow as dealers refuse to buy at high prices.
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Uncasville
Conn
Uncasville Manufacturing Company
E. D. White
White
President-Elect Harding to Rest Ten Days at Point Isabel
President-elect Warren G. Harding, after 48 hours of travel, will reach Browns ville Texas and then Point Isabel for a ten day rest focused on fishing and golf. He plans to avoid political talks, inviting only his immediate party, with secret service on hand.
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Harding
Point Isabel
Lexas
Warren G. Harding
Texas
Brownsville
Laguna de la Madero
Gulf of Mexico
Isabel
Secret Service
Senator Harding
Poplar Bluffs
Marion
Wilson
World Association
Obregon
Mexicoy
Dent Wilson
Two Jacks Clash in Leavenworth Bout
Jack Johnson, imprisoned in Leavenworth for Mann act violation, fought today in a six round bout against opponent known as Topeka Jack, while still serving his sentence in Kansas.
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Leavenworth
Kaz
Jack Johnson
Fed
Topeka
Jack
Public Health Official Visits Salem To Combat Typhoid
General Cummings of the Public Health Service visits Salem Ohio amid a raging typhoid epidemic. The action follows a request from the Ohio health commissioner to investigate conditions and start control measures.
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Washington
Cummings
Publi Health Service
Salem
Ohio
Free Map Of Europe Today From United States Survey
The article promotes a free map of Europe showing postwar changes. It notes Germany’s territorial trimming and Austria’s fragmentation, calling the map official and authoritative. Distributed by the Washington Information Bureau, requests two cents postage for a copy.
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Europe
Sch
Germany
Austria
United Stat Geological Survey
Washington
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Frederic J. Haskin
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