Road Engineer Harman Dies In Wyoming County Accident
John H. Harman county road engineer for Wyoming county died when his car left a road near the Meade Poca Coal tipple and rolled 50 feet down an embankment. He was 36, native of Montgomery Virginia, survived by siblings and others. Funeral planned at Christiansburg with Masonic service.
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John H. Harman
Wyoming County
Meade-Poca Coal Company
Harman
Mullins
Tralee
Durant
Mr. Harman
Gyan River
Wyoming
Logan
Mercer
Elliott
Montgomery County
Christiansburg
Luther Harman, Jr
Gaynor
A. P. Harman
T. H
R. C. Harman
Vicars, Va
J. B. Harman
Dennison
Ohio
H. L. Parish
Wavie Harman
Wayne Harman
Pineville
Bluefield
Masonic Lodge
J. A. Saunders
Northwestern President calls for banning class rushes
Chicago June 15 Northwestern University President Walter Dill Scott said he is convinced class rushes must be prohibited. He condemned recklessness calling it college pranks and urged that abduction by force cannot be tolerated while urging spirit and loyalty be channeled toward university aims.
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Chicago
Louis Aubere
Leighton Mount
Northwestern University
Walter Dill Scott
Northwestern
Scott
Miners elect insurgent Cappellini president of district
Ri naldo Cappellini of Pittston wins the insurgent faction’s bid for president of United Mine Workers district No 1 in Scranton with a reported lead of more than 10 000 votes over administration candidate William J Brennan Brennan says he has not conceded and remains hopeful as votes from other districts come in
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Scranton
Rinaldo Cappellini
Pittston
United Mine Workers of America
Wm. J. Brennan
Cappellini
Woman Killed In Auto Smash Near Waverly Ohio
Wheeling report says Mrs. Harry A. Simpson, 45, of Wheeling, was killed when the car her husband drove plunged twenty feet over an embankment near Waverly Ohio. Her husband escaped uninjured and is an aide to James H. Stewart, head of West Virginia agriculture. They were en route from Wheeling to Charleston.
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Wheeling
Waverly
Harry A. Simpson
Water Shortage After Ada Reservoir Break Hits Bluefield
Bluefield faced water shortages after a reservoir break at Ada on Wednesday and reduced pump capacity. Many high level areas lacked pressure Friday until pumps ran at full speed, improving supply by night. Officials expect no lasting shortage today.
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Bluefield
Water Works Company
Ada
Women Urge Smith to Reconvene Legislature for Prohibition
New York June 15 The national committee of 100 for law enforcement telegraphed Governor Smith at French Lick Ind asking him to reconvene the legislature to pass a prohibition enforce ment measure to align New York with other law abiding states The group urged prayer that Smith recognize his duty and called for tougher action against the rum fleet and bootleggers The press was not admitted to the meeting but a statement said enforcement of the Volstead act would be central to an election eve 1924 campaign with grand marches in major cities
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New York
National Committee of 100 For
Smith
French Lick
Ind
Fifteen Rules for Display and Use of the U S Flag Adopted
Washington reports the American Legion led conference approves a fifteen rule code for proper civilian flag usage. resolutions urge teaching the Star Spangled Banner in schools and juveniles groups and call for uniform state flag laws over schools parks and public buildings. the document details flag display rules and salutes and urges national anthem recognition.
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Washington
Conference of National Organizations
American Legion
Harding
Code Committee
United States
Tent for Home and Industrial Show Erected in Bluefield
The big Home and Industrial Exposition tent is being erected at College Avenue and Dearborn Streets in Bluefield. Officials plan a grand Monday 7:30 opening with a festival atmosphere, decorated streets, parking for autos, taxi and car services, police crowd control, and a dancing platform with a celebrated orchestra.
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Bluefield
College Avenue
Dearborn Streets
South
Professor Raleigh C Minor Dead at Charlottesville
Charlottesville Va June 15 Professor Raleigh Colston Minor fifty four years old and long time member of the University of Virginia law faculty died today after a year of illness He was son of the late John B Minor and lectured on conflict of laws at Georgetown University He authored many jurisprudence books and belonged to the American Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar He is survived by his widow Miss Natlie Venable and two children
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Charlottesville
Raleigh Colston Minor
University of Virginia
Georgetown University
Washington
American Bar Association
Virginia State Bar Organization
Natlie Venable
Charles 8. Venable
Robert E. Lee
Joe Tichnell Accepts Three Years Sentence
Parkersburg West Virginia June 15 After days of deliberation in Wood County jail Joe Tichnell abandoned an appeal of his Wirt County shooting case and accepted a three year penitentiary term served at Elizabeth. He will be transported to Moundsville for imprisonment after earlier conviction for shooting and wounding Dont Saltkill during a Straight Creek dispute in Wirt County last spring. He was held in secure custody in Parkersburg pending appeal.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Wood County
Joe Tichnell
Wirt County
State Supreme Court
Elizabeth
Irt
Moundsville
Saltkill
Straight Creek
Dortmund and Other Big Towns Isolated
Paris dispatch reports French troops occupied railroad stations from Dortmund to Kray severing all rail links between industrial areas and unoccupied Germany. Langendreer and Bochum junctions fall, leaving traffic only via electric tramways as Dortmund and other large towns become completely isolated with entry or exit restricted to French permits.
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Berlin
Dortmund
Kray
Langendreer
Bochum
Germany
Confidence Vote in Poincare Government by Chamber
Paris June 15 The chamber of deputies approved the government by a vote of 380 to 200 in support of its poonentic policy. The result marks a strong confidence for the administration amid ongoing political tension.
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Poincare
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Citizen Training Quota Exceeded in Several States
Applications from civilians to join the citizens' military training camps this summer already exceed the quota in several states. War Department announced that total applications show an increase over last year and states that have gone over their quota request additional allotments.
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Washington
War Department
Department
President Harding Meets With Cabinet Before Western Trip
Washington June 15 President Harding holds a cabinet session for the last time before his western tour. No Tuesday meeting will occur due to predeparture business. Hoover Wallace and Work will join him to Alaska. others may meet in Washington if needed. Hoover and Mrs Hoover depart for Palo Alto for two weeks and will rejoin the party in the Northwest.
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Washington
Harding
Hoover
Wallace
Work
Alaska
Ashington
New Detro it Prohibition Tactics Test Padlock and Conspiracy Charges
A new enforcement wrinkle may join padlock actions against near beer saloons with conspiracy prosecutions. District Attorney Davis would argue owner tenant collusion in excessive rentals to violate the prohibition law, a combo not yet tried, in Detroit proceedings.
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Washington
West
Haynes
Detroit
Davis
Lightning sets tank of oil afire at Atlantic Refining plant
A lightning strike at the Atlantic Refining Company refinery in Pittsburg ignited an oil tank and sparked a major blaze. Three large tanks were destroyed and a fourth burned as firefighters battled the flames amid soaring heat. Nearby families fled residences while firemen suffered minor injuries from burning oil and a falling wall.
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Pittsburg
Atlantic Refining Company
Lincoln
United Engineering and Foundry Company
President to push alien bootlegging curb in next congress
Washington reports President Harding plans remedial legislation to curb the growing bootlegging of aliens and illegal liquor entry. Secretaries Davis and labor chief warn of thousands of Chinese in New York and the high cost of deportation, backing an alien enrollment bill for the next session.
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Washington
Harding
United States
White House
Davis
New York
No special session to deal with liquor, says White House
President Harding rejects talk of a special session to amend the Volstead act and address ship liquor issues. Canadian officials tell American enforcement chiefs they can offer little help blocking liquor flow into Michigan as cross border shipping remains legal.
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Michigan
Washington
Congress
White House
Harding
Senate
State Department
New York
George Washington
Europe
Treasury Department
United States Line
Shipping Board
Headquarers
Preside Harding
Daugherty
Treasury
Windsor
Ont
E. C. Yellowley
United States
Einstein
Moe” Smith
Alleged Counterfeit Ring Faces Hearing in Pittsburg
Five men suspected by the Department of Justice as members of a counterfeit ring facing a federal commissioner hearing in Pittsburg. Four were held for court, one to be heard again next week. The case follows the Cleveland capture of Alex M. Tereshko, an amateur photographer alleged to be the ring’s chief.
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Pittsburg
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
West Virginia
Cleveland, O
Alex M. Tereshko
Manicurist Peggy Le Beaux Held in Tesmer Slaying
Peggy Le Beaux a Chicago manicurist was arrested for the June 5 killing of Richard C. Tesmer wealthy insurance man. She matched the description of a girl bandit and was to face Mrs Tesmer for possible identification after a prior suspect Bertha Sechillo failed to be identified by Mrs Tesmer.
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Chicago
Peggy le Beaux
Richard C. Tesmer
Terrazas Family Prepares Big Celebration After General Luis Terrazas Dies
El Paso reports General Luis Terrazas dies at his Chihuahua City home aged 94. His family planned a lavish July 24 birthday celebration as expropriation battles over his vast estates unfold. The government’s six million acre holdings face repartition to small farms and ranches amid disputes and relocations of wealth.
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el Paso
Luis Terrazas
Chihuahua City
General Terrazas
Former Bulgarian Premier Stamboulisky Killed Near Home
Alexander Stamboulisky former Bulgarian premier 1918 to 1920 was shot while being escorted toward his Slavovitsa birthplace after guards abandoned him during a peasants led pursuit near Vetren. Reports describe brief fighting as villagers blocked the road and soldiers attacked. London officials lament his death noting his role in Balkan peace efforts and Bulgaria's wartime indemnity settlement.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Alexander Stamboulisky
Vetren
Slavovitsa
Stamboulisky
Golak
London
Lord Curzon
Genoa
Hague
Lausanne
Balkans
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Gode
R. C. Minor
Bullet
Mexico
General Luis Terrazas
Chihuahua
Francisco Villa
Villa
Terrazas
Texas
A. B. Fall
Los Angeles
Juan
Alberto Terrazas
Luis Terrazas, Jr
Banco Minero
Terrazas Bank
Luis Chico
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