Stormy Senate Clash Over Soldier Bonus Bill
Washington July 15 The administration won its battle as the senate recommitted the soldier bonus bill to the finance committee amid stormy clashes. Senator Pittman vows weekly motions to revive it while McCumber Reed exchanged insults and tempers flared during the lengthy debate and stormy session.
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Congress
Senate
Harding
Finance Committee
Pittman
Nevada
McCumber
North Dakota
Reed
Missouri
Watson
Georgia
Capitol
Robinson
Arkansas
Mr. MecCumber
Wilson Wins Decision Over George Robinson in Ten Rounds
Johnny Wilson world middleweight champion defeated George Robinson of Cambridge by decision in ten rounds in Boston. Robinson, overweight and aggressive early, pounded Wilson in round one and briefly hurt him, but Wilson recovered and dominated most rounds, including the ninth, to reclaim the win.
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Boston
Johnny Wilson
George Robinson
Cambridge
Robinson
Wilson
Three Men Dead and Four Wounded in Lynch Shootout
In Lynch Kentucky on July 15 a pistol fight left three men dead and four seriously wounded. Deputy sheriff William Holcomb and mine foreman Carl Fulton were killed while attempting to arrest three armed men whose identities were not released. The assailants were being rushed to the Italian jail under guard to prevent disorder.
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Lynch
William Holcomb
Carl Fulton
Itarian
Former Kaiser Pays Poll Tax Under Protest
The former German emperor has paid a 5,000 guilder poll tax to Doorn under protest. He argued he did not establish residence there of his own free will, according to Amsterdam dispatches quoted by Central News.
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London
Doorn
Amsterdam
Central News
Lightning Sets Tidewater Oil Tank Ablaze in Bayonne
Lightning struck a Tidewater Oil Company refinery tank in Bayonne on July 15 causing a fire with an estimated loss of 200000 dollars. The entire plant was threatened as flames and smoke rose for miles. Firemen worked in relay to prevent buckling and oil leakage. Tank capacity was 16000 barrels. Five drained tanks were destroyed. No injuries reported.
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Bayonne
N. J
Tidewater Oil Company Tode
Free Hides Bow To Fordney Tariff Battle In House Vote
The House voted 152 to 97 to tax hides on the Fordney tariff free list, with eight Ways and Means Republicans supporting the tax. Strong party splits delayed amendments and the chamber adjourned after five hours, ending Democratic hopes for broader debate. In Aberdeen, South Dakota, 103 alleged I W W members were expelled by citizens’ posses near Brown County, marching in two groups to the east and north.
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Ways and Means Committee
Representative Garner
Texas
Hawley
Burton
Ohio
Senate
Garrett
Tennessee
Aberdeen
S. D
Elliott
Brown County
West Virginia Metal Products ships first camload
The West Virginia Metal Products Company began shipping finished product from its new 2,000,000 dollar Fairmont plant. The plant uses materials sourced from the battlefields of France as it starts operations.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia Metal Products Company
France
Martial Law Officers Ordered Exiled From Mingo County
The Supreme Court denial of bail leads Major Davis and August Kerr to announce that David Robb, a financial agent for the United Mine Workers, and two other union leaders must leave West Virginia by Monday night. Governor Morgan backs Davis, as a conference follows the court ruling.
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W. Va
David Robb
United Mine Workers of America
Mingo County
International Union of Miners
Mingo
West Virginia
W. Kerr
Chicago
International Miners’ Union
Tom Davis
Morgan
Davis
FE. F. Morgan
Rainbow Division vets condemn Harvey over self interest claim
At Cleveland on July 15 the Rainbow Division Veterans' Association denounces Col George Harvey for remarks made in London claiming U S war motives were self serving. They condemn the eighteenth amendment and call for Colonel Harvey to be stripped of his lieutenant colonel title and dishonorably discharged, while leaving the bonus issue for tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Ohio
London
George Harvey
England
United States
Rainbow Division Veterans’ Association
Harvey
South Carolina
Court of St. James
Two Former German Destroyers Sunk Off Virginia
On board the destroyer Concard, ions route to Norfolk July 15, the former German destroyers V-43 and S-132 were sunk this evening by shell fire from destroyers Leary and Herbert and battleships Florida and Delaware of the Atlantic fleet. They went down seventy five miles off the Virginia capes, selected as the slaveyard for vessels turned over after the world war.
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Associated Press
Concard
Norfolk
Leary
Herbert
Florida
Delaware
Virginia Capes
United States
Labor Troubles in Mingo Coal Fields Amid Martial Law Talks
Senate hearing hears C F Keeney of the Mineral District Union and operators’ counsel discuss casualties and staged confrontations in Mingo West Virginia mines. Witnesses claim strikers were urged into battles to force martial law. Page Four continuation noted.
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Washington
Mingo
West Virginia
C. F. Keeney
Mineral District Union
Senate
Keeney
Mingo County
B. Avis
R. H. Kirkpatrick
Burnwell Coal and Coke Company
Keighley Cure Charms Raleigh Street Audience At Chautauqua
Broadway Players directed by W. J. Keighley stage Nothing But The Truth a three act comedy drawing nearly two thousand from all ages to the big timber building on Raleigh street. Politicians talk too much according to Redpath Jones as Chautauqua makes a big hit drawing crowds and praise.
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Keighley
Redpath
Jones
Keeley
Raleigh Street
Chautauqua Schedule and Stage Readings at Billy Sunday Tabernacle
Morning program features Children’s Hour with Miss Rausch and climbing to the Sun set by Mr Serl. Afternoon offers a New York Brass Choir concert. Evening presents Traitors to Justice lecture by Hon. Marcus A. Kavanagh and a stage adaptation Nothing But the Truth directed by William J. Keighley. The Redpath Bureau troupe performs for a third time, with Rob ert Bennett and E M Ralston in the cast.
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Rausch
Mr Serl
New York Brass Choir
Miss Reusch
Marcus A. Kavanagh
Frederick Isham
William J. Keighley
Redpath Bureau
Robert Bennett
Edwin Evans
E. M. Ralston
Louis
Chautauqua
Billy Sunday Tabernacle
J. W. Huffman
Missouri
Brotherhood of Navy Holds Ground in Eviction Clash
In Brooklyn a deputy city marshal faced a widow and her three children as he attempted to evict Mrs Nowaki, widow of John Jacob Nowaki a LINCOLN torpedoed sailor of 1918. The officer claimed his buddy was a "square a god" and retreated ending the eviction attempt.
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Lincoln
New York
Brotherhood of the Navy
Brooklyn
John Jacob Nowaki
John Hagen
Car Crash Kills Two in Fairmont July Evening
Patrick Harris died when the automobile skidded and plunged over a hillside near Fairmont West Virginia. Frank Campbell was severely injured and remained hospitalized with poor prospects for recovery. Chester Smith, the driver, escaped with minor injuries.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Patrick Harris
Frank Campbell
Campbell
Chester Smith
Carbide Can Explosion Seriously Burns Fairmont Boy
In Fairmont West Virginia on July 15 a seven year old, Clifford Conley, son of C H Conley, was severely burned and cut by glass when a can of carbide exploded after he lit a match while playing near the can. The incident occurred in the yard of his home.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Clifford Conley
C. H. Conley
No Hitch Yet in Irish Problem Talks Across London
Ulster premier summons cabinet members to London signaling possible Ulster concessions as Lloyd George meets De Valera and Craig. Early signs suggest a conference among Lloyd George De Valera and Craig may occur next week amid ongoing Belfast rioting and calls for restored order.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Southern
Northern Ireland
Eamonn de Valera
James Craig
Ulster
de Valera
James
Belfast
Ulster Cabinet
Nevil Machteady
Ireland
New Lodge Road
United States seeks full Japanese participation at disarmament talks
Washington officials, citing Japan’s reluctance to engage in unrestricted Far Eastern discussions, outline the plan to assemble a council of powers for frank talks. The approach aims to invite Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan and China, with no pre judged subjects, to foster global peace through open dialogue.
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Associated Press
Washington
Japan
United States
Tokio
Great Britain
France
Italy
China
Higher Passenger and Freight Rates Ordered
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered Kansas railroad passenger fares and freight rates raised by August 24 to match interstate levels. Petroleum products are exempt. Testimony showed crude oil and fuel oil rates rose sharply, with nearly all crude moving within pipelines and little interstate movement.
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Washington
Kansas
Brady Coal completes merger of Abrams Creek holdings
Morgantown West Virginia July 16 in line with the plan of the Brady Coal Corporation to merge all its coal mining interests into one company deeds have been filed conveying the property of the Abrams Creek Coal Company Osage Coal Company and Monongalia Coal Company to the Brady Coal Corporation The companies are listed at 221 000 while Brady Coal Corporation holdings are valued at more than 6 000 000 The merger has been completed under the direction of Samuel D Brady of Fairmont who is president Holdings include all coal veins under more than 8 000 acres in Bakerstown Sewickley Pittsburg and Freeport Brady interests extend through Grant and Cass districts with valuable holdings in Abrams Creek district of the Upper Potomac Valley in Maryland.
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W. Va
Brady Coal Corporation
Abrams Creek Coal Company
Osage Coal Company
Monongalia Coal Company
Brady Coal Coorporation
Samuel D. Brady
Fairmont
Bakerstown
Sewickley
Pittsburg
Freeport
Brady
Grant
Cass
Abrams Creek
Upper
Potomac Valley
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