Eighteen Roanoke rioters indicted as court sessions proceed
Roanoke Virginia July 17 grand jury indicts eighteen men for participating in last Saturdays riots when Greek restaurants were smashed. Indictments keep the court in session and trials expected to start immediately.
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Roanoke
Belmont
The
Phoenix
John Petros
Tom Loumios
J. D. Johnston
New York
Woods
Corporation Court
Cutchin
Forty Bands Play Same Music At Elks Parade
A massed Elks band parade in Philadelphia features over 40 bands and 1,500 members performing The Twenty first Reunion March plus other tunes. Spectators packed reviewing stands along a two mile route as parks host further entertainments and a drill contest. John D. O'Shea, chairman of the Grand Lodge trustees, suffered heat prostration and is reported seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Elks
Road Street
Court of Honor
South Street
Broad Street
John D. O'Shea
Lynn
Mass
Grand Lodge of Elks
West Virginia Weather Outlook for Thursday
Partly cloudy in West Virginia with a chance of showers Thursday. Friday is expected to be fair with decent conditions.
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West Virginia
Record Time in Kidnappers Case at Hahnville
In Hahnville Louisiana on July 15 the prosecution closed its case in the Walter Lanana kidnapping murder trial with little direct link to Mrs Campisciano. The husband and Gendusa faced strong circumstantial evidence while Tony Costa’s role was only that he kidnapped the boy and aided the gang. The defense began rebuttal and the jury may hear the case tomorrow with three defendants to testify.
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Hahnville
Tony Costa
New Orleans
Campisciano
Simon Altizer Dies After Drinking Carbolic Acid
Huntington West Virginia July 17 Simon Altizer a 63 year old former Democratic nominee for congress and prominent local businessman drank carbolic acid thinking it was whiskey and died shortly after the incident authorities reported no foul play suspected and the death is being treated as accidental.
Cloudburst and Heavy Rains Hit Western Maryland Rail Line
Cloud bursts and heavy rains damage the Western Maryland railroad between Thomas and Elkins making operation impossible for at least 24 hours. Telegraph lines are down Parsons to Elkins and Douglass to Thomas. Tracks were washed out for a quarter mile and rain continues, officials fear worse.
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Ilkins
W. Va
Western Maryland
Thomas and
Elkins
Parsons
Douglass
Thomas
Official Returns Of The Grand Lodge Election
The complete official returns of the Grand Lodge of Elke election held yesterday in this city list John K. Tener of Charleroi Penn as Grand Exalted Ruler Edward Leach of New York as Grand Treasurer W T Leickie of Dowagiac Mich as Grand Esteemed Loyal Knight Hayard Gray of Frankfort Ind as Grand Esteemed Lecturing Knight John D Shea of Hartford Conn as Grand Esteemed Leading Knight C K Robinson of Dubuque Iowa as Grand Secretary Trustees are Thomas B Mille Superior Wis T F McNulty Baltimore and Mayor C C Schmidt Wheeling Also Ward and Tyler James Foley Grand Inner Guard A M Taylor
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Grand Lodge of Elke
John K. Tener
Charleroi
Edward Leach
New York
W. T. Leickie
Dowagiac
Mich
Hayard Gray
Frankfort
Ind
John D. Shea
Hartford
Conn
Old Man Fitz Knocked Out by Negro Pugilist
Jacob Johnson stopped Bob Fitzsimmons in the second round of a six round bout at the Washington Sporting Club. Fitzsimmons showed diminished form and could have been stopped earlier. A light right to the jaw sent him down and he did not rise, prompting the referee to halt proceedings as spectators voiced unusual compassion.
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Philadelphia
Jacck Johnson
Bob” Fitzsimmons
Washington Sporting Club
Fitzsimmons
Johnson
Fitz
Novel submarine bell system warns ships near danger zone
Washington reports a new method to alert captains approaching danger zones. Submarine bells placed on the sea bottom emit coded signals heard five to ten miles away, guiding vessels in fog or night when they have receiver gear. The Lighthouse Board plans to add signals to all lightships not yet equipped.
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Washington
Light House Board
Second Days Session of Pure Food Convention in Norfolk
Second day proceedings of the Pure Food Convention in Norfolk list diverse papers on adulteration in confectionery milk and dairy sanitation milk inspection city supply, quality standards, drug trade effects on USP requirements and artificial coloring restrictions with many state and university officials presenting findings.
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Norfolk
Association of State and National Food and Dairy Departments
C. B. Cochrin
Pennsylvania
A. H. Wheaton
Dairy and Food Commissioner
South Dakota
Washington
P. M. Harwood
Massachusetts Dairy Bureau
Colorado
B. G. D. Bishop
H. E. Barnard
J. H. Beal
Ohio Dairy and Food Department
A. L. Winton
Chicago Food and Drug Laboratory
United States Bureau of Chemistry
J. O. LaBach
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
Floyd W. Robinson
Michigan
Julius Hartvet
Minnesota
R. M. Washburn
Missouri
E. H. 8. Bailey
Kansas
Cloudburst Causes Three Deaths in Zanesville Area
A cloud burst and electrical storm in Zanesville County Ohio today left three dead and caused extensive property damage. Taylor Davis drowned fording Museville Creek, Miller died fishing in Adams Mills basin after his boat overturned, and John Kline a miner from Con eleville was killed by lightning at South Zanesville.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Taylor Davis
Museville
Miller
Adams Mills
John Kline
Coneleville
Prosecution rests in Haywood trial
Idaho prosecutors declare they have presented enough evidence that William D. Haywood conspired to murder former Governor Frank Steunenberg. The defense may rest without further witnesses as Judge Wood weighs instructions and potential rebuttal.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Steunenberg
William Haywood
Haywood
Wood
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Steve Adams
Couer dAlenes
Hermane
Telluride
Col
Negro Who Shot Brakeman Hanged in Telegraph Pole
In Osage Oklahoma on July 17 a mob of about 150 men and boys lynched Frank Bailey a Black man who had shot and mortally wounded Frank Keeley a brakeman for the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad Keeley ejected Bailey from a train earlier that afternoon Bailey was captured an hour later and a mob overpowered the arresting officers then hanged Bailey from a telegraph pole at the crime scene.
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Osage
Okla
Frank Bailey
Frank Keeley
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Keeley
Bailey
Government Begins War on Greek Peonage System
Chicago July 17 The government has opened its war on the alleged Greek peonage system. Owners of Greek shoe shine parlors ice cream parlors and restaurants accused of bringing boys from Greece to America and keeping them in slavery will be called to account.
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Chicago
Shoe Shine Variors
Greece
America
Orphans Attended Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk
Hundreds of orphans were guests of the Jamestown Exposition company in Norfolk Virginia during Orphans Day. The event highlighted charitable outreach as part of the exposition program.
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Norfolk
Exposition Company
Automobiles Do Deadly Work in Massachusetts
Nine pedestrians killed and thirty four injured in Massachusetts automobile accidents over 26 days. Safe Roads Automobile Association reports ninety two collisions in this period.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Safe Roads Automobile Association
Detention of Woman Sparks Jewish Massacre Fear
In Teheren on July 17 authorities intervened as the alleged detention of a Mussulman woman in the ghetto nearly triggered a riot. Twenty Jews were injured in the clashes.
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Teheren
Mussulman
Settlement of Telegraphers Strike Seems Probable
San Francisco July 17 The conference between Labor Commissioner Neil and President Small of the Commercial Telegraphers Union brings the end of the telegraphers strike into sight. Hints from telegrapher headquarters in Oakland suggest a settlement may be near.
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San Francisco
Neil
Small
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Oakland
Conflict in union talks delays strike spread
Friction arose between Small and three executive committee members who traveled west with Commissioner Neill. One insider warned there would be no expansion of the strike to other cities regardless of outcomes. Influences are expected to push operators to accept company terms, while unionists insist on reinstating all members currently on strike.
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Small
The
National Union
Neill
Operors
Fifteen Years Prison Served By Mistake
Reno Rivers of Alabama was sentenced to twenty years in prison due to a clerk’s error that changed twenty months to twenty years. The girl, age twelve at sentencing, served fifteen years before dying. Judge R H Walker introduced a bill in the legislature for compensation to the mother, hoping for swift passage.
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Montgomery
Ala
Reno Rivers
R. H. Walker
State Criminal Department
Wxirl
Walker
Bishop Attacks Public Libraries and Endowments
In Denver on July 17, Bishop N. C. Matz of the Colorado diocese denounced public libraries as “inks of corruption.” He criticized Carnegie and Rockefeller for expanding libraries for self-glorification, arguing alms to the widow are more acceptable to God than princely college endowments. He warned libraries expose the ill to Voltiare and sensational dime novels, aiding moral decay.
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Denver
Colo
N. C. Matz
Colorado
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Voltaire
Tenth Anniversary of ill fated Expedition
Stockholm marks the tenth anniversary of Andre’s ill fated North Pole ascent with a memorial by the Stockholm Geographical Society. Eric Kindberg designed the bas relief showing Sweden personified and a departing party while a patriarch scans the horizon. The border lists Andre Fraenke and Steinberg.
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Stockholm
Andre
North Pole
Stockholm Geographical Society
Eric Kindberg
Sweden
Fraenke
Steinberg
Exhibit Women’s Work in Agricultural Field
A unique display at the Royal Botanical Gardens promotes women’s roles in farming and garden tasks. Organized by the Women’s Agricultural and Horticultural International Union, the show features farm produce dairy products landscape gardening and home decoration. Exhibits include representations from Germany France and regions across the United Kingdom.
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London
Royal Botanical Gardens
Women's Agricultural and Horticultural International Union
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Monument to Memory of Fitz Lee Proposed in Richmond
A movement seeks to use leftover Confederate reunion funds to create a monument for Gen. Fitzhugh Lee in Richmond Virginia. Old soldiers favor the plan and many contributors have offered their funds for this purpose, expecting it to be done.
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Fitz Lee
Richmond
Fitzzhugh Lee
Chicago Names Biggest Baby Fred Busse Ross
Chicago's biggest baby born Monday morning weighed eighteen and a half pounds and stood nearly two feet tall. The child bears the name Fred Busse Ross, linking to his father Harry Ross and mother Ida Ross, as Mayor Busse of Chicago is set to attend the christening.
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Chicago
Fred Busse Ross
Harry Ross
Ida Ross
Bk. A Busse
Prosecution halted in Southern Railway ticket case
Associated Press dispatch from Asheville reports state authorities halted prosecutions of Southern Railway for selling passenger tickets at old rates. Habeas corpus actions were dismissed as cases set for hearing in police court were dropped. Judge Pritchard to Raleigh to pursue habeas corpus in Agent Green’s case.
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Asheville
N. C
Southern Railway
Pritchard
Raleigh
Agent Green
Bug Day in Oyster Bay as Roosevelt Era Pranks Reported
April 19 news notes odd visitations and a mock devil declaration near the presidential grounds. Secretary Latta wards off a financier seeking 11 million dollars while Roosevelt enjoys a hayfield ball game between engine room and deck forces, with rumors of a deck victory but no official umpire action.
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Oyster Bay
Loeb
New York
Roosevelt
Latta
Nowa Seaman
Bessie Criswell Burton Again in the Lime Light
Bessie Criswell Burton, famed for a prior acquittal in a $3,000 diamond theft from Harry Hillman, is jailed in Washington, Pennsylvania for stealing diamonds from Charles F. Gilmore. She allegedly pawned them to fund legal fees, then retrieved them with Gilmore in Wheeling and disappeared before police nabbed her.
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Bessie Criswell
Burton
Wheeling
W. Va
Bessie Criswell Burton
Harry Hillman
Hillman
Washington
Charles F. Gilmore
Gilmore
Gilmoore
Try Blue Ribbon Next Time and Learn to Dance Ad
An assortment of 1921 era ad blurbs promotes Blue Ribbon flavoring, a dancing academy signup, and a weekend display of full suit fabrics from Storrs Schaeffer & Co. Cincinnati. Also touts DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers with druggist availability. Local stores W. P. Hawley and Sublette Barnes advertise goods and remedies.
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Storrs, Schaeffer & Co
Cincinnati
W. P. Hawley Merchandise Co
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Daily Telegraph
Island Ford
Rockingham County
Starless Grear
Rear
Babbitt Metal
Superior Supply Co
Bluefield, W. VA
Remington’s
Smith's
Bluefield Typewriter Company
Grand Lodge
Chicago Grain Market
Associated Press Disputch
Simon Altizer
Huntington
Simon
Congress
Flat Top National Bank of
Bluefield
United States
E. Trernsy
H. Thomas
R. KE. Bourne
Cahter
W.B. Hicks
Bowimmann
W.O
PoLioex
L. A. Hooper
First National Bank
Princeton Avenue
R. L. Speal
Busse
Nott’s
Dancing Academy
Sohn
DeWitt
Sublette & Barnes
DeWitt's
Mt, Vernon
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