Coal Prices Expected to Drop Amid Industry Conditions
Washington reports indicate coal costs in the United States may fall for the coming winter. The present spot price per ton of soft coal is 2.04 dollars, down from 2.21 a year ago, with production up and labor conditions easing. The British strike boosts exports, while car congestion poses some districts' risks.
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Paul R. Mallon
Washington
United States
Prth
Bureau of Mines
Witness Heard Fatal Shots In Hall and Mills Murder
Somerville New Jersey police say Ralph V. Gorsline admitted he was on Phillips Farm and heard shots and screams the night Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills were murdered four years ago. Gorsline gave a full statement after extensive questioning. A prior report named Mike Catherine Rastall as present with Gorsline on De Russey's Lane the night of the crime.
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Somerville
N. J
United Press
Ralph V. Gorsline
Phillips Farm
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor Mills
John W. Underwood
Jersey Police
Gorsline
Mike Catherine Rastall
de Russey
Methodists Seek Reappointment of Pastor and District Official
At the quarterly Methodist meeting, church voters approved sending requests for Dr Daniel Mc Gurk to be reappointed pastor and H J Holcomb to serve as district superintendent to Bishop T Henderson at the Ohio Conference session in Gallipolis next week. Yearly reports were given by Dr Mc Gurk the Sunday school superintendent and the missionary society presidents. Officials were elected for the coming year and standing committees appointed.
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Daniel McGurk
Geal Methodist Church
H J. Holcomb
T. Henderson
Ohio
Gallipolis
Methodist Church
Marshall Appeals Removal From Leadership Of Miners
Robert M. Marshall of Glouster, recently removed as president of the Hocking sub district UMWA, says he is innocent of charges of malfeasance. He has petitioned international president John L. Lewis for a review and asks members to await the international board's decision with patience and cooperation.
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Robert M. Marshall
Glouster
Hocking
Columbus
Messenger
Marshall
International Executive Board
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
International
International Board
United Mine Workers Organization
Wild Antics By Modoc Hollow Man Ends in Arrest
Jimmie Nutter, 22, of Modoc, was jailed awaiting arraignment before Mayor Park after a drunken spree in Modoc Hollow. He allegedly chased his father with a rifle, fired twice at Mike Nusad, resisted Marshal Williams, and was subdued after a struggle that stirred the hollow for hours.
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Gglouster
Jimmie Nutter
Modoc
Mayor Park
Modoc Hollow
Nutter
Richard Nutter
Mike Nusad
Mike
Jimmie
Marshall Williams
William
Marshal Williams
Williams
Robbers Loot Grand Trunk Mail Train Near Harvey
Two bandits held up a Grand Trunk mail train near Harvey Illinois and escaped with registered mail valued between 140000 and 350000. A pouch with 250000 remained undisclosed as police and postal inspectors investigated the heist and traced shipments from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to the First National Bank of Harvey.
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Chicago
United Press
Grand Trunk
Harvey
Ill
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
First National Bank of Chicago
First National Bank of
Grant BR. Miller
Nichols families attend funeral in Athens and The Plains
Mr and Mrs Harry Nichols of Athens and Mr and Mrs F G Nichols of The Plains traveled to Logan yesterday for the funeral of Mrs George Ford, mother of Harry Nichols.
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Harry Nichols
Athens
F. G. Nichols
the Plains
Lorgan
George Ford
Family seeks aid locating boy who disappeared
A thirteen year old boy Wilford Grimes from near Beebe disappeared Wednesday night prior to dark. His parents report he left home and may be headed toward Frost or Columbus. a boy matching his description was seen hopping a westbound freight at Frost and later in Canaanville. Police in Athens Columbus Parkersburg and nearby towns were notified.
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Wilford Grimes
Beebe
Messenger
Athens
Columbus
Parkersburg
W. S. Grimes
Frost
Canaanville
Elevator Fall at Cline Ice Cream Plant Shocks Workers
Noise from a three story elevator collapse at the Cline Ice Cream Company plant drew a crowd this morning. The loaded car plunged to the pit on the first floor, injuring no one reported but disrupting operations as repair crews work to restore the lift by tonight.
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Cline’s
French swimmer breaks Channel record in eleven hours
Georges Michel, 45, a veteran French swimmer, set a new world record by swimming the English Channel in eleven hours and six minutes at St Margaret's Bay, surpassing Ernst Vierkotter's August 30 mark by one hour and thirty six minutes.
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ST. Margaret's Bay
Seng
U.P
Georges Michel
Michel
Ernst Vierkotter
Michel Breaks Channel Crossing Record In 30 Seconds
Georges Michel completed the English Channel swim today, his 30 second crossing making it the fourth crossing this year. Earlier swimmers include Gertrude Ederle with a 14 hour 31 minute record, Mrs Clemington Corson returning to New York, and Ernst Vierkotter whose 12 hour 42 minute mark was surpassed by Michel by one hour 36 minutes.
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London
Georges Michel
English
Gertrude Ederle
New York
Clemington Corson
Ernst Vierkotter
Michel
French swimmer Michel misses 7 30 deadline at sea
Michel reached Cape Gris Nez eight minutes late for his planned English coast arrival. He prepared at the Green Man hotel and set out by car to Folkestone to register witnesses at the French consulate while crowds cheered his swimming feat and recounted how champagne aided his effort.
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United Press
Cape Gris Nez
Green Man
Folkestone
Swimmer
Michel
Enthusiasm Mounts as Delegate Leads Cheers for Germany Visit
Enthusiasm runs high as a delegate leads cheers during Germany's arrival. Stressman and Briand urge equality for all nations of the universe in a public display of international unity.
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Germany
Stressman
Briand
Germany Joins League of Nations Amid Peace Pledges
In Geneva Germany joins the League with France welcoming the move. Foreign Ministers Stresemann and Briand speak on universal peace and disarmament while Sir Austen Chamberlain leads a historic handshaking procession. The assembly cites unity and equality as core goals.
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Geneva
Germany
League of Nations
France
George Foster
League
Stresemann
Briand
Mintchitch
Assembly
Austen Chamberlain
George
Record Time Set by French Sailor Amid Hard Voyage
The French navigator reported an official time of eleven hours and five minutes for a demanding voyage. He fell ill twice, first seasickness at about 1 a.m. and later cramps and cold at 3 a.m. He drank champagne and sugar soaked in cognac to cope, ate nothing else, and remarked on the record for France and his wartime artillery service near Vier ikotter.
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France
Vierikotter
United States Wealth Holds 11000 Ordinary Millionaires
Actuary Joseph McCoy of the U S Treasury cites at least 11 000 ordinary millionaires in the United States with New York hosting the richest, followed by Detroit and Chicago candidates. He notes the tax system undercounts wealth and predicts more millionaires as corporate prosperity grows.
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United States
Joseph 8
Wasney
United Press
Washington
America
Joseph McCoy
U. S. Treasury
New York City
McCoy
Detroit
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
New York State
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Massachusetts
Daugherty Trial Ironies Highlight Old Fashioned Image
The Daugherty trial piece sketches Harry M. Daugherty as a stoic old-guard politician accused of selling influence. It notes spittoon use and antiquated phrases as prosecutors allege a $391,000 bribe to speed a legal claim, framing the case with ironic, period-tinged detail.
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Gene Cohn
NEA
New York
Harry M. Daugherty
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Briand’s Vision for Peace Through Economic Exchange
Briand called for an open world economy free of barriers where nations bridge gaps in trade rather than erect limits. He spoke of peace achieved by mutual respect for diverse peoples and using courts to settle disputes without heroic demonstrations.
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Briand
France
Germany
Peach picker seeks court ruling on fruit over public road
Steubenville dispatch reports John Hatfield 30 claims he was picking fruit from a farm when buckshot from Fred Wilt 60 struck him as he drove by. Hatfield asks the court to decide whether fruit laden boughs over a public highway are public property. Wilt is charged with shooting to kill, Hatfield contends he was not trespassing.
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Steubenville
John Hatfield
Fred Wilt
Wilt
Hatfield
Former Mariner associates to serve as pallbearers at funeral
Five Athens county officials closely linked to Edgard C. Mariner when he was a fearless constable will be pallbearers at the funeral set for tomorrow morning at 10 30 in the Methodist church. Magistrates H Porter and Pearl W Helwig sheriff P H McKinley and prosecutor R W Finsterwald are among the pallbearers. W B Johnson and R P Imes, close friends and Masons, also named as pallbearers. Masons will handle services at West Union street cemetery. United Mine Workers of America, of which Mariner was a member, will be represented. Respect was paid at his bier today from 2 to 4 at his West Carpenter street residence. home open tonight 7 to 9.
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Athens County
Edgard C. Mariner
H. Porter
Pearl W. Helwig
Mariner
P. H. McKinley
R. W. Tfinsterwald
W. B. Johnson
R. P. Imes
Masonic Lodge
Imes
Masonic Order
West Union Street
United Mine Workers of America
Mr. Mariner
Ouster Hearing Ends Without Defense for Lengel
The civil service commission adjourned after completing testimony in the ouster case against Sejanus A. Lengel suspended chief of police. Lengel’s attorney announced no defense witnesses would be called.
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Canton
Sejanus A. Lengel
Civil Service Commission
Lengel
Star witness details alleged recovery scheme in Daugherty Miller case
Richard E. Merton testified about an agreement with John King or Jesse Smith tied to profits from American Metals assets seized from German owners during World War I. He described paying 50000 dollars up front and receiving 2.5 to 7 percent of recovered value depending on timing, with approvals by the property custodian’s office.
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New York
Richard E. Merton
Harry M. Daugherty
Thomas W. Miller
American Metals Company
John King
Jesse Smith
Daugherty
King
Stroke Contributed to Death of Schloss Hospital Timer
A paralytic stroke two weeks before contributed to the death of Frank Schloss a 77 year old resident of 53 Franklin Avenue at 8 30 last night He had undergone an operation in Columbus Augusta and was recovering when the stroke struck He came to Athens a few days later Schloss had worked fifty five years at the Athens State Hospital as a tinner and made all the hospital tinware He was born in Bavaria Germany in 1849 came to the United States at 17 and to Athens in 1871 He was a member of St Pauls Catholic church He leaves a widow and six children Services will be held at St Pauls Catholic church Saturday at 9 a m with mass burial in the Catholic cemetery
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Frank Schloss
Schloss
Franklin Avenue
Columbus
Augusta
Athens
Athens State Hospital
St. Paul’s Catholic Bu
Francis Lavelle
Phillip Schloss
Edward
This City
Curt Leben
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Flarity
Finnati
Michael Champaign
Illinois
St. Paul's Catholic Church
J. W. Byrne
Former Solon Seeks Freedom From Prison
Former Kentucky Congressman John W. Langley, imprisoned for conspiring to violate the Volstead Act, appeared before officials in Atlanta as he pursues a clemency or freedom bid. Langley, long associated with the publication Good Words, continues serving as editor amid the proceedings.
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Atlanta
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Federal
Langley
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