Deposed Union Leader Attacks Lewis Policies In Court
Frances Stevens Hall testified in Somerville denying any connection to the Hall Mills murder and the alleged affair involving her husband. Prosecutor Alexander Simpson pressed denials amid ironic questioning as the case unfolded with a crowded courtroom watching the wife defend herself, while miner Alex Howatt recounted his rise in the United Mine Workers and his long tenure as a leader in the Hocking Valley incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hall
Henry
Willie Stevens
Hall
Fashionabie
St. John the Divine
New Brunswitk
Eleanor Mills
Alexander Simpson
Simpson
Mills
Barnyard Rat Indirect Cause of Double Tragedy in Mattapoisett
In Mattapoisett Massachusetts J E Norton Shaw a former Harvard football star killed his wife and then himself after loading a 12 gauge shotgun to kill a barnyard rat. Housekeeper Mrs Catherine Sherman found Shaw over his wife and later shot himself. Police say the deaths were an accident and grief led to suicide. The report also notes a separate reminiscence on miners strikes and tensions with Lewis and the American Federation of Labor with references to 1919 and broader labor conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattapoisett
Mass
U.pr
Harvard
J. E. Norton Shaw
New Bedford
Catherine Sherman
Shaw
Reports that King Ferdinand is dead
A Bucharest telegram reported across Romania that King Ferdinand had died and the death was kept secret to prevent rebellion by supporters of Crown Prince Carol. The Romanian legation in Berlin denied the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.P
Bucharest
Taerxliche Rundschau
Romania
Ferdinand
Carol
Poor to resign from public utilities panel
George T. Poor of the public utilities commission will resign his office soon after January 1, a reliable source said today in Columbus.
Oldest Lodi resident Lucinda Creamer dies at 95
Mrs. Lucinda Wilson Creamer, 95, died at 8:30 yesterday morning at her daughter Mrs. Hiram Mansfield’s Hooper street home after hip injury. A Jerseyville native, she lived most of her life in Morgan county and leaves two children Mrs. Geneva Mansfield and Addison Creamer. Funeral at Jerseyville Methodist Church Monday at 11. Burial in adjacent cemetery.
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Lodi Township
Lucinda Wilson Creamer
Hiram Mansfield
Hooper Street
Jerseyville
Jerseyville Methodist Church
McConnelsville
Morgan County
Creamer
Frank Creamer
Methodist Church
Mike
Geneva Mansfield
Athens
Addison Creamer
Well on Wilkes farm yields strong oil output
A sixth well on the Sher lock Martin Connett and Twist lease on the Wilkes farm north of the Hocking river within city limits was completed yesterday afternoon and is expected to produce more than fifteen barrels a day. It ranks as one of the best of the six wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherlock, Martin, Connett and
Twist
Wilkes Farm
Hocking River
Train Collision Ties Up Traffic In Roseville
New Lexington Nov 27 Homer Milligan coal operator Crooksville collided with a moving Pennsylvania freight train at a Roseville crossing four cars wrecked traffic halted for hours Milligan seriously injured his car was destroyed.
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New Lexington
Homer Milligan
Crooksville
Pennsylvania
Roseville
Milligan
Edison’s Son Undergoes Serious Operation for Peritonitis
The condition of William L. Edison, son of Thomas A. Edison, remained serious today after a Delaware hospital operation Thursday night revealed peritonitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Edi
Thomas A. Edison
Delaware Hospital
Six Convicts Sentenced to Death for Warden Murder
In Joliet Illinois a jury finds six Joliet penitentiary inmates guilty of murder for Deputy Warden Peter Klein's killing last May. Each man received a death sentence. five already serve life terms. The men smiled during the readings and one queried about his $40 seized during capture after a prison break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, Iil
U.P
Joliet Penitentiary
Peter Klein
Miner Dies in Slate Fall at Cambridge Coal Mine
In Cambridge near Senecaville the Cleveland coal mine of the Cambridge Collieries Co. claimed its second fatality when 58 year old William Purdum was killed by a slate fall. Five inspectors had been searching for two weeks for the missing Peter Old Pete Swediski, 70, last seen November 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Cleveland
Cambridge Collieries Company
Senecaville
Peter
Pete” Swediski
William Purdum
Swediski
Victim in Columbus Auto Crash With Traction Car
Charles E. Victor aged 41 of Etna was killed when his car left National Highway, struck a telephone pole, and was crushed by an approaching traction car last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Charles E. Victor
Etna
Vesuvius Shows Marked Activity With Lava Flow
Mount Vesuvius erupted for over twelve hours increasing activity this evening. A northern crater cone split from base to tip allowing molten lava to flow into Hell Valley between Vesuvius and Mont Somma. A glowing lava cataract nearly a half mile long lit the crater area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Italy
U.P
Mount Vesuvius
Crater
Hell Valley
Vesuvius
Mont Somma
Efforts Made To Identify Dead Man
Toledo authorities sought help to identify a man whose head and legs were found near Toledo. Pictures of the head were sent to police departments across Ohio. The search for missing arms and hands continued to obtain fingerprints. Police suspected link to liquor wars and interstate bootlegging rings in Ohio and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Cleveland
Detroit
Ohio
Michigan
Newspaper suit to open Monday in Pomeroy
The Rev. W. H. Wilson sues former editor Ralston Russell of the Pomeroy Daily News for 50000 dollars claiming false articles. The case will be heard Monday before Judge Curtain of Circleville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
W. H. Wilson
Ralston Russell
Pomeroy Daily News
Curtain
Circleville
Wilson
Russell
News
Reserve Funds Rushed to Iowa Banks After Crash
Heavy shipments of reserve funds were rushed to Iowa banks to prevent further bank failures after the greatest disaster in Iowa finance. Nineteen banks had closed yesterday, preliminary figures show, with reliable sources suggesting at least twenty six more closures that day. In total thirty one institutions had closed in the last three weeks per state records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moiness
Iowa
L. A. Andrews
State Banking Department
Banking Department
Shape of His Toes May Win Estate
Kansas City report says Arthur Hansell relies on a foot deformity to prove he is Mrs. Elizabeth Hansell’s son and sole heir. Claude Evans contests the will claiming Hansell is not her son but an orphan raised by her. Hansell’s lawyers plan to show a left foot toe overlap that allegedly matches Mrs. Hansell.
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Kansas City
Kans
Arthur Hansell
Claude Evans
Indianapolis
Elizabeth Hansell
Arthur
Evans
Hansell
Carriage Maker Lyons Dies at 90 in Gallipolis
A. A. Lyons, 90, the oldest carriage maker in southern Ohio, died in Gallipolis after a recent fall downstairs. He had been injured in the mishap shortly before his death.
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Gallipolis
Severe cold and storms kill over eighty, injure many
The Memphis area and five states were hit by Thanksgiving night winds and freak cyclones. Rescue workers report more than eighty deaths, about 200 injured, and property losses exceeding 1 million dollars.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Tornado Routs Heber Springs Residents in Severe Cold
Eight hundred homeless people endure a brutal cold wave in Heber SpringsArk following two tornadoes that killed twenty five. Water has been out since Thursday and fires are banned in remaining buildings. Courthouse serves as medical area while mourners sing at funerals. Survivors search wreckage for belongings as graves are dug.
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Heber Springs
Ark
Cyclonic Storm Ravages Carolinas Causing Major Damage
A cyclonic storm swept parts of North and South Carolina last night causing severe damage. Early estimates project property losses may reach one million dollars across the two states.
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Winston Salem
N. C
U.P
North
South Carolina
Daughter born aboard train shocks Ohio travelers
A Norfolk and Western passenger train arriving in Columbus carried a woman who boarded the moving train between Circleville and Columbus. The 7 pound daughter was born to Mrs Mann McNew of Bluefield West Virginia while en route to Delaware Ohio.
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Columbus
Norfolk & Western
Circleville
Mann McNew
Bluefield
W. Va
Delaware
Bank Teller Sentenced for Embezzling 30 000 in Youngstown
Harold Williams, once a Dollar Savings and Trust teller in Youngstown, pleaded guilty to embezzling 30000 from the bank and was sentenced by Judge George H. Gessner to one to ten years in the Ohio Penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Harold Williams
Dollar Savings and Trust Company
Ohio Penitentiary
George H. Gessner
Queen Marie of Romania Visits America Amid Court Intrigue
Queen Marie traveled to the United States to escape Balkan court politics and to gauge Romania’s future. Royal illness of King Ferdinand shadows the trip as rumors of succession and regency swirl, while Marie seeks influence behind the throne and eyes economic ties with the United States.
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Marie
America
Ki Fredinand
Rumania
Balkans
Queen Marie
United States
John Montgomery
United Press
Washington
Queen Marie of
Romania
Ferdinand
Nicholas
Great Republic
Bucharest
Rain and colder in coming week forecast
Washington, Nov 27. Weekly weather forecast for Nov 39 shows Ohio Valley rains Monday and possibly Tuesday, with rains or snows over north and rains over south on Thursday or Friday. Temperatures rise Monday, fall Tuesday, and rise again by Thursday.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Trial of Joe Wood Opens in Athens Court
Joe Wood, an African American man, faces first degree murder charges in Athens for the September killing of Constable Edgar Mariner during a search of Wood’s shack. A special jury has been drawn. six witnesses for the state and thirty-four for the defense are expected. Wood, in jail since indictment, admitted shooting during the incident and says he believed an intruder entered his shack. Evidence cited includes wine jars found by the police after the shooting.
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Joe Wood
Edgar C.maviner
Athens City
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Wood
L. G. Worstell
Mariner
Willard
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Messenger
Finsterwald
Herb Parker
Shop-O-Scope Opens For 1926 Christmas Season
The Messenger presents Shop-O-Scope as a trusted Christmas shopping guide. Local merchants in the Messenger territory contribute selections to help readers find appropriate gifts during the holiday season.
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Messenger
Messener
Howatt Warns of Unite Crisis as Lewis Faces Defeat
Kansas official Alex Howatt told an Eagles hall audience that if John L. Lewis is re-elected next month a general coal strike could loom. He argued Lewis rules with iron, that unorganized miners risk starvation, and that operators plan to press for arbitration only after a long struggle.
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Lewis
Alex Begsan
American Federation of Labor
United M of America
Internationa
John L. Lewis
Unite
Alex Howatt
Diech
Kansas
Cee Niese
Eagles’ Hall
Howatt
Alsouc Y Ho
Lebar Howatt
Lor
Coaf
Ion Minera
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Paul White
Alex
United Mine Workers of America
Hocking Valley
New Straitaville
Logan
Nelsonville
Jim Elwell
the Messenger
Lodi
Edison's Son
Wilmington, del
Mendig
Atlantic
Negro
Edgar Mariner
R. W. Finsterwald
R. D. Williams
Ling
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