Miners and Operators Clash Over Arbitration Plan
Scranton reports W. W. Inglis claims John L. Lewis forced a wage conference break. He warns higher coal prices and ruined living standards if miners’ demands are met. Lewis defends miners’ right to a decent living, cites 500 coalfield deaths and 25,000 injuries as proof of risks and underpayment.
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Scranton
W. W. Inglis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Atlantic City
Inglis
Lewis
John L. T
United Mine Lewis
Workers of America
United Minerkers of America
Publicity stunt tied to Mary Pickford kidnapping trial
In Los Angeles on August 7, Mrs Pauline Stephens wife of C Z Stephens testifies her husband returned home drugged after a meeting with police informer Louis Geck. Claude Holcomb, accused with two others, backs Geck as organizer of a publicity tied plot at a downtown hotel. He says he attended Geck's party not a kidnapping plan. Court adjourns until Monday.
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Los Angeles
Pauline Stephens
C. Z. Stephens
Mary Pickford
Louis Geck
Geck
United States Army
Claude Holcomb
Stephens
Eck
Awntown
National Guardsmen Depart Fort Sill for Troubled Area
Oklahoma City August 7. Thirty national guardsmen left their Fort Sill encampment abruptly, presumed headed to Henrietta where iron miners have been on strike for months. No word yet on their arrival. Government officials and Okmulgee County officials held talks as Henrietta conditions deteriorated, prompting the move.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
National
Fort Sill
Henrietta
Trappe
Okmulgee County
Adopted girl 10 goes home today in confusion
A statement from Edward W. Browning's secretary said Mary Louise Spas would be sent back to her parents and that Browning would void the adoption. Browning denied issuing the statement. Dorothy Sunshine Browning, now 17, cried that she wants to return home. Mrs. Anne St John asked for guidance on canceling the six year old adoption, citing doubts about Browning's guardianship. Turn to Page Two.
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New York
Edward W. Browning
Mary Louise Spas
Bird
Coler
Public Welfare
Cinderella
Kew Gardens
Mary Louise Spns
Anne St. John
Rye
N. Y
Dorothy Sunshine Browning
Dorothy
St. John
Byrd
Browning
Queens County
Mob Averts Jail, Lynches Black Man in Excelsior Springs
A mob of about a thousand stormed the Excelsior Springs city hall by a false fire alarm, dragged Walter Mitchell from a jail cell, and hanged him at an oak tree outside town. Police, including Chief J F Craven, could not stop the crowd as bystanders, including women and a local attorney, watched and pleaded for mercy.
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Excelsior
Walter Mitchell
Elms Hotel
D&eonard Utt
Utt
Mitchell
J. F. Craven
Binchell
Charles Holt
Clay County
Missour
Cummins
Holt
Liberty
Craven
Bilms
Samuel J. Rowell
Excelsior Springs
Excelsior Springs Junction
Russell Scott Faces Sanity After Murder Conviction
Chicago August 7 Russell Scott a former Canadian financier declared he is sane as any mother's son amid an insanity verdict after murder conviction He will be moved to the asylum but insists his innocence will be proven He lamented persecution by Canadian interests and said he will not perform the nut act as his case unfolds in open court.
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Russell Scott
Chicago
Scott
Cockenty
Ows
Joseph B. David
Sanity Hearth
Chester
Explosion at Schwartz Lab In Walnut Creek Implicates Inventor
Mrs Schwartz identifies a body found in the ruins of Charles Henry Schwartz lab as her husband after an explosion at Walnut Creek California. Police suspect a plot to commit a perfect crime and fled with $180000 insurance. Night watchman Walter Gonzales claimed Schwartz ordered him away on the night of the blast.
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Charles Henry Schwartz
Walnut Creek
Calif
Schwarts
Walter Gonzales
Schwartz
Barbe Identified as Man Found in Explosion Debris
Martinez California August 7 identification of the body found in the Walnut Creek plant of the Pacific Cellulose Company as G W Barbe was made by a former Barbe employee today The body was found under conditions suggesting Charles Henry Schwartz chemist died in an explosion The undertaker Creel Barker Placerville showed a photo and described bedding and a cord found with the body The handwriting matched a Barbe letter from Los Gatos California July 20 local authorities believe it may be a murder plot to collect over 100000 in insurance Mrs Schwartz owned stock in Pacific Cellulose and was named beneficiary
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Martinez
Calif
Walnut Creek
Pacific Cellulose Company
G. W. Barbe
Barbe
Charles Henry Schwartz
Creel Barker
Placerville
Clarence Morrill
Bureau of State Identification
Schwartz
Barker
Oas Gatos
California
Ralph Harrison
Contra Costa County
Barke
el Dorado County
Ison
San Francisco
Colect
Mrs. Schwartz
Pope Pius Addresses American Naval Cadets at Rome
In Rome on August 7 Pius XII received a party of thirty sailors from the Annapolis naval school ship. The pope urged them to answer their country’s call, perform their duty, and maintain discipline under all circumstances. He pressed patriotism and religious zeal as guiding virtues.
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Rome
Annapolis
American Naval Academy
Cigarette startles a cache of seized liquor blaze
In Philadelphia on August 7 a careless flick of a cigarette into a barrel of confiscated alcohol touched off a fire. Deputy U S marshal Charles Mink was severely burned as flames leaped through a stack of sixty three barrels. Spectators fled as the blaze erupted and Mink was caught in the flames.
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Philadelphia
Charles Mink
United States
Fames
Mink
Advance Guard of Ku Klux Arrives in Washington
Washington August 7 An advance guard of Ku Klux Klansmen and their families about 20000 strong gathered in Washington awaiting arrival of the main contingent to march from the Capitol to the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue starting at 3 PM and possibly continuing into tomorrow night. Police prepared for traffic disruption and provided flank and rear guards while leaders cautioned the local Black population to avoid trouble. A mass rally at Sylvan Theatre followed and Sunday service planned across the Potomac with a fiery cross ceremony and a large oil-soaked 80 foot tree as cross support.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
White House
Grant
Thely
Thomas L. Avaunt
New Willard Hotel
Sylvan Theatre
Mall
Virginia
Potomac
July steel ingot output at 3,087,590 tons
New York reports July steel ingot production at 3,087,590 tons, the lowest monthly total this year but higher than July 1924. Seven months total 26,493,750 tons vs 21,914,823 a year ago. Approximate daily output across 181 working days was 140,049 tons, up from 118,763 in 1924 over 182 days.
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New York
American Iron and Steel Institute
Oil price cut at Bellevue crude in Louisiana
Shreveport Louisiana August seventh 40 The Standard Oil Company of Louisiana reduced the price on Bellevue crude from 190 to 166 a barrel effective today There were no other changes The move follows the companys usual pricing adjustments and aims to align with market conditions
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Shreveport
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Bellevue
George Gray dies after long health fight in Delaware
George Gray 85 longtime Delaware Democrat and former United States senator died after a prolonged illness in Wilmington His career included a stint on the U S circuit court of appeals and repeated consideration as a Democratic presidential candidate He played key roles in international arbitration and served as an ambassador to the Hague and to Britain and was a long time Smithsonian regent He was born May 4, 1840 in New Castle Del and spent a life in public service ending with his death following a bout of grip and pneumonia
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Wilmington
Del
George Gray
Delaware
United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Gray
Thomas F. Bayard
Senate
Meniley
Paria
Spain
United States Court of Appeals
Third
Philippine Islands
Joint High Commission
Quebec
International Permanent Court of Arbitration
Roosevelt
John M. Wilson
Bishop Send
Illinois
Edward W. Parker
Mas H. Watkins
Edr
EB. Clark
Carroll D. Wright
Alabama
North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration Court
The
Hague
United Oe
Great Britain
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
New Castle
Air Mascot Misrouted Plane Journey Ends In Cleveland
The air mascot was first seen at Cleveland’s air field on August 7 and later appeared at Hadley field in New Brunswick, then Bellefonte Pennsylvania. Pilot Paul Collins recovered the bird and returned it to Cleveland. Officials said the mascot curled up in plane compartments for naps and rode the wrong route by taking the first available flight.
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Cleveland
United States Air Mail
Hadley Field
New Brunswick
Bellefonte
New York
Paul Collins
H. B. Shaver
Eastern Mall
Wage Agreement 9 Not Discussed Swampscott Aug. 7
Indications were given today that President Coolidge does not intend to become involved in the anthracite wage dispute at least for the present. Efforts to obtain comment on the situation from the executive failed and the inference was that negotiations may continue with a government hand not yet needed. Attorney General Sargent visited White Court during a Washington trip, Hoover planned a San Francisco jubilee invitation, and officials suggested no immediate coal action.
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Swampscott
Mass
White House
Coolidge
Autlantic City
White Court
Sargent
Hoover
Commerce Department
Washington
Vermont
San Francisco
Debt Commission
Deputy Sheriffs Held On Perjury Charge
Jim Doss and John Creig Mercer county deputy sheriffs waived preliminary hearing before Squire H B Kitts and posted 500 bond to appear before the grand jury on perjury charges A complaint by George BE Bue former state traffic officer and J W Deshazo cites a city court trial dispute over a traffic violation as the basis for the alleged false testimony The time of the alleged offense appears to be tied to that suit against Doss and Greig
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Jim Doss
John Creig
Mercer County
Squire H. B. Kitts
George BE. Bue
J. W. Deshazo
Doss
Creig
Tennessee Anti Evolution Law Attacked in U S Court
Knoxville Aug 27 A bill filed in federal court attacks Tennessee s anti evolution statute as unconstitutional under the fourteenth amendment. Plaintiff J R Wilson claims more than 3000 in dispute and names Governor Austin Peay and state officials as defendants. The suit seeks equity relief and arrives amid broader national debate following the Scopes trial. Federal agents seize opium in Norfolk raid. one man charged after arrest and mail shipment of the drug.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
United States District Court
J. R. Wilson
Rhea County
Austin Peay
Frank M. Thompson
A. T. Stewart
Ahea County
John R. Neal
Sattanoons Claret
Ce Darrow
Chicago
Inbridge Colby
New York
Frank B. McElwes
Rockwood
Connant
Norfolk
Huse Oun
Tragic shooting by minister's son in Parkersburg
Warren Vandervoort, seventeen, confessed to fatally shooting his father Rev R J Vandervoort and injuring his mother in their Parkersburg Iowa home after a string of family quarrels. He told sheriffs he woke to find himself in the act and gave details of the two shots with a 22 caliber rifle. He was charged with first degree manslaughter and jailed for the October term.
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Allison
Iowa
R. P. Vandarvoor
Parkersburg
Warren Vandervoort
Henry W. Burma
Sherif
Butler County
Vandervoort
Cornell College
Warren
Minnesota
R. J. van Gervoort
James Mitchell
Mitchell
James Spain
American aviators depart Barcelona for Morocco mission
The flying escadrille from the United States left Barcelona this afternoon after a brief rest en route to North Africa to join operations against rebel tribesmen in Morocco.
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Barcelona
Spain
Flying
Escadrille
Morocco
Nee
Continu
North Africa
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John Lewis
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Titoe
Toye
Charles H. Schwartz
Pope Pius
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KU Klux
Democratic Party
Herbert Hoover
John Sargent
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Noah Evans
Miner
Chris Davis
McClainsville
Belmont County
Evans
U. S
Dayton
Scopes
Wilson
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