State President Orders Illinois Miners to Work
Springfield Illinois July 31 Without waiting for President Lewis Illinois State President Frank Farrington ordered all 80 000 striking miners to return to work Monday He hailed the move as a great victory and said Wilson pledged a joint wage scale conference with miners and operators The telegram to Labor Secretary Wilson stated officials should notify members to return to work as soon as possible Railroad services faced coal shortages and reduced freight and passenger traffic nationwide Indianapolis July 31 Indiana district officials reported encouraging responses to the order with most mines expected to resume Monday Washington July 31 no White House action on inviting the coal commission until miners show good faith and resume work East Liverpool Ohio July 31 two workers survived a sixty foot fall from a blown coal tipple in West Virginia with minor injuries
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Springfield
Ill
International
John L. Lewis
Illinois
Frank Farrington
Farrington
Wilson
Ilinois
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Indiana
Edward Stewart
Evansville
Washington
Illlnois
White House
Bituminous Coal Commission
United Mine Workers
Railroad Labor Board
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountain
Mountain Pacific
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Commission
Eastman
Wooley
McChord
Chicago
W. L. Park
United States Railway Labor Board
Colonel Henry Haymond Noted Historian Dead at 81
Colonel Henry Haymond, 81, Civil War veteran and Harrison County circuit clerk, died at his West Main Street home after a three day illness. Born 1837, he was wounded at Stone River and later served against the Sioux. He authored Haymond's History of Harrison County and was a cited authority on Monongahela Valley and central West Virginia history. He is survived by his widow Mary Haymond and daughter Mrs. Benjamin Blackford Parkersburg. granddaughter Mrs. J. E. Watson of Fairmont. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Clarksburg
Henry Raymond
Harrison County
Haymond
West Main Street
Northwestern Virginia Academy
Eighteenth
United States Infantry
Lincoln
West
Stone River
Johnson
United States Military Academy
Monongahela Valley
West Virginia
Mary Haymond
Benjamin Blackford
Parkersburg
J. E. Watson
Fairmont
Hungarians Raid Austrian Arsenal Seize Weapons
More than 800 Hungarian troops crossed into Austria at dawn and overpowered guards at Furstenfeld arsenal. They seized 2,000 rifles 2,000 uniforms and 21 machine guns before retreating to Hungary with the booty loaded on motor trucks.
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Austria
Vienna
Furstenfeld
Hungary
Dorsey Enters Race for U.S. Senate in Georgia
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey announces his candidacy for the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate in Georgia challenging incumbent Senator Hoke Smith and former populist presidential candidate Thomas F. Watson.
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Dorsey
Atlanta
Hugh M. Dorsey
United States
Hoke Smith
Thomas F. Watson
Harding Porches Speech Opens Front Porch Campaign
Senator Harding steps off his porch with Mrs Harding after a formal campaign opening in Marion Ohio where he urges unity across regions and classes. He addresses wartime tax questions while welcoming Mansfield delegates and a large cheering crowd as Ohio Republicans line up for the November race.
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Mrs. Harding
Marion
Ohio
Harding
Congress
Mansfield
Ohio County
E. B. Capeller
Richland County
Nation
Cox completes acceptance address amid campaign plans
Governor Cox finishes a 10 000 word acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination and mails copies for August 7 publication. He Relaxed on golf with Dayton chamber president and met officials as he prepares for next week's campaign events, debates and tours.
Prohibition Officers Seize Stills and Rifles in West Virginia Raids
Seven officers returning from raids in Logan and Boone counties report capturing three stills 200 gallons of mash eight rifles and other small arms. At Jeffery Boone County they found three high powered rifles five guns and a hound near the abandoned still.
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Charleston
W. Va
Logan
Boone
Jeffery
Boone County
Six Hurt in Auto Accident Near Pittsburg
Six persons were injured when an automobile skidded and overturned on the Homestead Duquesne road near Thompson. Four were thrown from the car and two pinned beneath it. None suffered serious injuries.
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Pittsburg
Homestead-Duquesne Road
Thompson
Judge Dayton to be buried at Philippi
The body of Judge Alston G. Dayton who died Friday at Battle Creek Michigan is being shipped to Philippi. The funeral will be held there Monday at three o clock. Mrs Dayton and son Arthur accompany the body. The funeral party travels via Detroit and Pittsburg, with Judge G Robinson of Grafton reporting the details.
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Wheeling
Alston G. Dayton
Battle Creek
Mich
Phillippi
Detroit
Pittsburg
G. Robinson
Grafton
Chicago
Tragic Streetcar Accident Kills Six-Year-Old Felix Reardon
A six year old, Felix Reardon, died after being struck by an Appalachian street car on Adams Street near Wythe Avenue in Bluefield. Eyewitnesses say the children were playing on tracks. motorman and conductor say they did not see him until after the impact. He died at St Luke’s Hospital shortly after being rushed there. The funeral is set for this afternoon at the parents’ Rockbridge Street home, with interment at Walnut Grove cemetery.
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Felix Reardon
F. M. Reardon
South Bluefield
Adams Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Wythe Avenue
O. W. Hefner
Richard Alley
Sarver's
Rockbridge Street
Jennings W. Hobson
Christ Episcopal Church
Walnut Grove
C. A. Lilly
F. D. Lazenby
H. M. Jarrett
R. L. White
O. C. Phelps
S. G. Rogers
R. T. Peters
Howard Barlow
H. B. Lee
J. J. Penn
S. S. McNeil
Wilson retires from the sheep business
Washington reports President Wilson will sell the White House flock of forty eight prize sheep after three summers of lawn care. Wool proceeds supported charity this year with the Salvation Army. in 1918 Red Cross sales raised over 52000 dollars. The original eighteen head flock came from William Woodward of New York, who farms near Bowie Maryland.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Salvation Army
Red Cross
William Woodward
New York
Bowie
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Farm Purchased for Colored Insane Asylum
Charleston West Virginia July 31 The board of control announced it has bought the Long farm six miles above Point Pleasant on the Ohio river to establish a colored insane asylum as authorized by the 1919 legislature The 640 acre tract costs 100 dollars an acre with 325 acres of valuable land the rest hill land with blue grass About 75 acres lie above coal The board faced farms across the state with an advisory group before deciding the purchase The colored insane of the state are cared for at the hospital at Wea-
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Charleston
W. Va
Board of Control
Long Farm
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
West Virginia
Wea
Fights At Irish Farewell On Liner Baltic
Daniel J. Mannix archbishop of Melbourne and Eamonn de Valera faced a tense sea farewell as Irish flags clashed with British aboard the Baltic. A taunt sparked riots on deck with detectives rescuing a protesting Englishman amid a dramatic departure toward Ireland.
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New York
Daniel J. Mannix
Melbourne
Baltic
Ireland
Rome
Eamonn de Valera
Hudson
Olympic
Great Britain
England
Méennix
Belief Trunk Victim Is Daughter in Cleveland Case
Mrs. August Strunk of Westbrookfield near Massillon believes the New York trunk murder victim is her daughter Mrs. Laura Vandecar alias LeRoy, not Mrs. Eugene LeRoy of Starkville Mississippi. She cites identical clothing and the couple's circusy travels and aliases including Vandecar LeRoy.
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Canton
Ohio
New York
Laura Vandecar
LeRoy
Eugene LeRoy
Starkville
Miss
August Strunk
Westbrookfield
Massillon
Strunk
Vandecar
Cleveland
Mrs. Strunk
Detroit
Postal Clerks Threaten Strike in Chicago
Four thousand Chicago post office clerks threaten to resign if their union head P. Keuler and ten others charged from Washington are dismissed without hearing. The action is described as a practical dismissal. Clerks have called a meeting for tomorrow.
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Chicago
P. KE. Butler
Washington
Roosevelt Completes Speech Draft in Maine Visit
Eastport Maine July 31 Frankline Roosevelt Democratic nominee for vice president announced he had completed the first rough draft of his acceptance speech.
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Roosevelt
Eastport
Maine
Franklin D Roosevelt
Speculators Blamed for Exorbitant Coal Prices
National Coal Association issued a statement blaming speculators for high coal prices as FTC figures show April bituminous mine sales at 3.26 per ton with costs around 2.76. The group argues rail car shortages and reconsignments fueled price spikes while noting priority orders may ease the shortage and avert a fuelless winter.
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National Coal Association
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Lakes
New England
Railroads to raise freight charges by about one third
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted railroads authority to boost revenues by about 1.5 billion dollars. Freight rates will rise roughly 33 percent, passenger fares 20 percent, and Pullman charges 50 percent, with variations by region and a February to March 1922 validity window.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
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John Kenney
Chester
John Sharp
Michael Cummin
Kerry Coal Company
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Lee Warren James
Dayton Chamber of Commerce
Irving Fistie
Vandyke
Pennsylvania Democratic Committee
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P. P. Christensen
Salt Lake City
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Eugene V. Debs
Truailsend
Tennessee Antisu
George White
Democratic National Committee
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E. H. Movwie
Youngstown
Harrison
Mississippi
Wilbur W. Marsh
Iowa
League of Nations
Fisher
America
Bert Acosta
Philippi
Gar
Colored Insane Asylum
Mannix
Colorado
Trunk
Commerce Commission
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