Labor Federation Rejects One Big Union Idea
At the Denver AFL convention the forty-first session unanimously repudiated the one big union concept and urged coordinated contract timing and joint clauses to aid all crafts. The gathering denounced Ku Klux Klan violence and honored Rev. G S Lackland for his labor faith. Debs sent thanks for amnesty efforts while the federation disavowed the current International Federation of Trade Unions.
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Denver
Colo
American Federation of Labor Today
Committee On
J. L. Pauley
West Virginia
State Federation of Labor
South
Samuel Gompers
William Hutcheson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Klu Klux Klan
G. 8
Lackland
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Organized Labor
Lucy Robbins
New York
Central Labor Bodies Conference
Eugene V. Debs
Gompers
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
Federation
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
International Federation of Trade Unions
European Trade Union Movement
Amsterdam
Oil Land Title at Stake in Naval Reserve Hearings
Washington June 16 Title to about two thousand acres of oil land in naval reserve No 2 California is under review in hearings before the Secretary of the Interior Fall and Assistant Secretary Finney. Honolulu Oil Company seeks to establish its title to lands producing over eight million dollars worth of oil since 1909 when Taft designated the reserve. All funds are impounded pending decision while wells are operated by a trustee.
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Washington
Naval Oil Reserve No. 2
California
Mexico City Press Says Deadlock Persists in Recognition Stance
Mexico City papers report a deadlock in international relations. They note President Obregon's insistence on recognition before treaty signing, a stance seen as aligning with national pride and traditions.
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Mexico City
Obregon
Men’s clothing cheaper in Chicago war-price drop
Men’s clothing and furnishing goods have fallen twenty-five to thirty percent from peak war prices, based on compilations by the National Association of Retail Clothiers. The figures come from seven hundred retailers surveyed.
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Chicago
National Association of Retail Clothiers
Four Family Members Killed in Creek Crash Near Uniontown
In Uniontown Pennsylvania four members of a single family were killed and six others hurt when their car sideswiped another vehicle and plunged into a creek on Dutch Hill road. Mrs Mary Luther was also injured after being struck by an ambulance en route to the scene. The dead are Edna six Leonard ten Wilbur Hallenbaugh eight and Betty Jane Newhouse three, all children of Mamie Hallembaugh of Clarksburg Indiana County.
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Uniontown
Dutch Hill
Mary Luther
Mamie Hallembaugh
Clarksburg
Indiana County
Edna
Leonard
Wilbur Hallenbaugh
Betty Jane Newhouse
Priest testifies threats to give him a pill in jail
In federal court Rev. Anthony Gorek, a Catholic priest from New Chicago, Indiana, testified that threats were made to administer a pill if he testified against co defendants in the February post office robbery. He described handling eighty thousand dollars in bonds placed in his care by Wanda Urbaytis and said he gave up his Polish parish after his May 12 arrest.
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Toledo
Anthony Gorek
New Chicago
Ind
Gorek
Wanda Urbaytis
Harold Frazer
Joe
Chicago
Frazer
Gibson County Protects Foreign Workers After Mine Uprising
Gibson County officials act to shield foreigners in coal regions after a vigilante movement drove about 150 workers from their homes. A grand jury probes indictments as Sheriff Flowers busts a protective force and Adjutant General Harry B. Smith reports conditions to Governor McCray.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Gibson County
Harry B. Smith
McCray
Flowers
Smith
Airplane Crash Destroys the Nectar at Bluefield Club
The 34 Nectar airplane once named the Good Ship Bluefield was nearly destroyed when it crashed on a hillside at Bluefield Country Club late Wednesday. A pilot and an assistant survived, escaping from the wreckage after an engine failure during a trial flight. Golfers feared fatalities as they reached the rock pile, but the two occupants crawled free uninjured.
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Country Club
Ownership of Guns Draws Federal Inquiry in Eastside Case
Federal agents investigate the seizure of 495 machine guns and hundreds of parts found hidden on the steamship Eastside and bound for Ireland. The guns were returned to customs, hearings postponed, and inquiries extend to Norfolk, the factory, and parties accused by Frank Williams of warehouses thefts.
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New York
Eastside
Ireland
Hoboken Pelce
Frank Williams
Hoboken
Federal
Norfolk
Williams
Fallon
Broadway
Hartford
Auto Ordnance Company of
Thompson
Washington
Raisin julep confiscated from Italian homes in raid
Prosecutor H B Lee with county and city officers confiscated over 250 gallons of raisin julep from Italian residents on the north side. Officials said the julep was for personal use, not sale, and no arrests were made. The julep was destroyed.
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H. B. Lee
North Side
Lee
Directors vote to increase Louisville and Nashville stock
Increase of capital stock from 72000000 to 125000000 approved by the company's directors. A stock dividend of much of the 53 million increase may be issued if authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Stockholders will meet July 23 to act on the recommendation.
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New York
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coalition opposes Frelinghuysen coal bills in Washington
The American Wholesale Coal Association led by managing director George H. Cushing submitted a petition to Vice President Coolidge objecting to the Frelinghuysen coal bills. The protest alleged the hearing was not permitted and aimed to influence upcoming Senate business.
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Frelinghuysen
Washington
American Wholesale Coal Association
George H. Cushing
Coolidge
Frelinghuysen Coal
Woman Given Year and One Day In Penitentiary
In Charleston West Virginia Judge Edwin Yates Webb sentenced Mrs Laura Carr of near Montgomery Fayette county to a year and one day in the state Penitentiary at Moundsville for operating a home liquor distillery after pleading guilty at the January term. Trial of C F Osborne for embezzling seventy thousand dollars from the First National Bank of Clendenin was set for tomorrow. C Frank Keeney and others were granted a thirty day extension to decide on appeal.
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Charleston
W. Va
Laura Carr
Montgomery
Fayette County
Edwin Yates Webb
West Virginia
Moundaville
Carr
C. F. Osborne
First National Bank of
Clendennin
Osborne
United States Court
Huntington
C. Frank Keeney
District 17
United Mine Workers
Mingo Court Drags Indictments Over Matewan Killing Case
Williamson officials and Judge R D Batley discussed July term matters for Mingo Circuit Court. Jury drawing was postponed. State counsel indicated plans to summon retirement from other counties under the new law with an early hearing likely on the application.
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Mingo
Williamson
R. D. Batley
Baldwin- Felts
Matewan
Cameron
Organized effort discredit union charges Keeney
Charleston June 16 Kanawha field quiet tonight after rumors of unionist killings in Mingo sparked a proposed miner march. C F Keeney union president says unidentified sources circulated false reports, wires were cut, officials urged calm and miners returned home. He warns of an organized effort to discredit the union and promised an investigation.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha Field
United Mine Workers
C. F. Keeney
Mingo
Kanawha
Mr. Keeney
Keeney
Judge Rules Right to Sue in Liquor Sale Case
Judge Charles P. Orr sustains Kubik right to damages in a United States court suit alleging illegal whiskey sales. Alexander M. Kubik sued several defendants for conspiracy in liquor sales seeking 10000 dollars in damages.
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Pittsburg
Charles P. Orr
United States
Alexander M. Kubik
Kubik
No Reduction Planned in Coal Freight Rates
Secretary Hoover said that no voluntary agreement lowering coal freight rates between the coal industry and railroads is expected this summer. The two sides have not reached any conclusion on such proposals.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate Rejects Committee Bill On Packer Regulation
Washington June 16 The Senate voted 37 to 34 to reject the agriculture committee bill on packing regulation and adjourned. A new Sterling bill and a potential House bill navigate passage as leadership hopes for enough votes to salvage stricter controls.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Committee
House
Sterling
South Dakota
Mason
Illinois
Kenyon
Iowa
Packer Regulation
Federal Trade Commission
Fire damages St Josephs Seminary in Baltimore
A blaze heavily damaged St Joseph's Seminary a Catholic training school for priests for mission work among negroes in Baltimore. Firefighters prevented spread to adjoining St Marys Seminary and the Theological College.
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Baltimore
St. Joseph's Seminary
St. Mary’s Seminary
Catholic Theological College
St. Joseph's
Hocking Valley Railroad Board Elects Director in Richmond
Dividends were not discussed at today's meeting of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company. Action on dividends had been deferred at the May meeting. G. B. Wall of Richmond was elected a director, replacing the late F. H. Davis.
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New York
Hocking Valley Railroad Company
G. B. Wall
Richmond
F. H. Davis
Little Italy rocked by second kidnapping attempt
New York's Little Italy, already shaken by the Giusseppe Varotta case, faced a new scare as two year old Virgen Boggadoff was seized by a man who shouted and dragged him toward a taxicab. Police intervened as the suspect Anatole Zelencky fled. He was remanded without bail to await grand jury action.
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New York
Little Italy
Giuseppe Varotta
Virgen Bogbadoff
Anatole Zelencky
Negro Church Burned in Georgia Mob Violence
A black church in Autreyville Georgia was set on fire by a mob believed to be the same group that last night torched several Black homes and a lodge. The violence followed the murder of Lorena Wilkes, a white girl aged twelve, earlier this week. Several Black residents were whipped and one man shot after firing a shotgun.
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Autreyville
Loyall Elected President of Norfolk Southern Railway
George R. Loyall, former director of operations for the Southern Railway system, was elected president of the Norfolk Southern Railway. The announcement was made in Norfolk and New York on June 16.
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Loyall
Norfolk-Southern
New York
George R. Loyall
Southern Railway System
Norfolk-Southern Railway
Callicoat Acquitted in West Virginia Murder Trial
Golden Callicoat was cleared of first degree murder in the death of 16 year old Clayton Krepps in Point Pleasant. Callicoat testified the shooting was to scare Krepps after discovering him and another boy raiding his onion patch. the other boy Cell Black was wounded in the arm.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Golden Callicoat
Clayton Krepps
Callicoat
Krepps
Cell Black
Funeral Honors for Gen Gomez Begin Cuban Escort
Havana reports the departure of three Cuban warships from Key West at ten o clock tonight with official delegations to honor the late President Jose M. Gomez. The Cuba carries the marine escort and government representatives. Hatuey and Patra carry friends and business groups. The convoy will reach Havana by eight AM Sunday and the cortege will pass to Gomez's home for a period in state before burial Sunday afternoon.
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Havana
Key West
Cuba
Jose M. Gomez
New York
Congress
Castilo Duany
Hatuey
Patra
Gomez Home
Bethany College Holds Commencement Exercises
More than six hundred attended Bethany College’s commencement in Bethany West Virginia as twenty nine degrees and five certificates were awarded. Dr Allan B Philpott gave the class address after an invocation by Rev Karl Wilfly and salutatory by Ruth Leslie with the valedictory by Frederick H Helfer.
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Bethany
W. Va
Bethany College
Allan B. Philpott
First Christian Church
Indianapolis
Ind
Karl Wilfly
Washington, D. C
Ruth Leslie
Frederick H. Helfer
Wheeling
New Wage Scale and Working Agreement Ratified
Washington and New York reports confirm a new wage scale with a fifteen percent cut was ratified by the shipping board and marine engineers, effective June 14 through December 31, with similar terms for radio operators and negotiations pending for seamen firemen and cooks. The American Steamship Owners Association declined to join the ratification, opposing the wage reduction amid strike threats.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Marine Engineers
Secretary of Labor
New York
American Steamship Owners’ Association
The
Witness links threats to slaying of Herbert Zeigler
Edward Nelson, former chauffeur for Herbert Zeigler, testified at the trial of Mrs. Cora Orthwein that she threatened Zeigler with death if he returned to his wife and family. Lieutenant James E. Doherty contradicted earlier police statements and quoted Orthwein as saying she would shoot Zeigler after he forced entry and struck her. Orthwein said she shot twice, claiming she saved him and urged him to go back to his wife.
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Chicago
Edward Nelson
Herbert Zeigler
Cora Orthwein
Ziegler
Billy Sunday Returns to Bluefield Parade and Service
Bluefield expects a large crowds for Billy Sunday on Saturday with a 8:30 a.m. march from the tabernacle to the depot to greet the evangelist. Merchants are urged to close 9 to noon so clerks can attend the service and witness the parade led by the Bluefield Band and Billy Sunday club.
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Billy Sunday Club of
Bluefield
Tabernacle
Depot
Billy
Cincinnati
Norston
Hefield
Evangelist
Billy Sunday Club
F. M. Booth
Hilly Sunday
Billy Sunday
Mr. Sunday
Rody
Mrs. Asher
Bob Matthews
Miss Kinney
Pete
the Tabernacle
The
Woman Admits Giving Medicine in Child’s Death
Mrs. Ermina Colvallo Colavito, indicted for first degree murder in Daniel F. Kaber death, identified as the woman who dispensed a so called medicine to a six year old girl four years ago. She told County Prosecutor Edward C. Stanton she gave the medicine but denied it caused the death. A woman unnamed by the prosecutor identified Colavito.
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Cleveland
Ermina Colvallo
Daniel F. Kaber
Edward C. Stanton
Colavito
Stanton
Reapportionment Discussed In Congress Conference
Washington June 16 The House Republicans at a conference discussed reapportionment and the proposed cutting of southern representation in Congress due to alleged disfranchisement of negroes. No decision was reached and a further conference is slated for next Thursday night to resume consideration of both issues.
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Washington
House Republicans
Congress
Flood blamed for Wreck near Whitney Nebraska
Flood waters from a cloudburst caused a bridge trestle to sag as Chicago and Northwestern train No. 600 and 6 crossed near Whitney Nebraska. The wreck killed five and injured about thirty as cars plunged into a creek. Railway officials blamed the flood for the disaster.
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Omaha
Neb
Whitney
Chicago
Northwestern
Cut in River Freight Rates on Upper Ohio Promised
Wheeling West Virginia June 16 Captain Samuel Williamson of the Wheeling and New Matamoras Packet Helen E announced a second freight rate cut in a month He said labor and materials are falling and steamboat lines on the upper Ohio river should concede to shippers to reflect lower costs.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Samuel Williamson
Wheeling and New Matamoras
Helen E
Williamson
Upper
Ohio River
Murders in Ireland Reach 568 Since 1920
Sir Hamar Greenwood told the House of Commons that murders in Ireland since July 1920 total 568. He said crown forces convicted for murder in that period include none from the military one from the Royal Irish Constabulary and one from the police auxiliaries, the last found insane.
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Ireland
London
Hamar Greenwood
House of Commons
Royal Irish Constabulary
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IOLA
Ku Klux Klan
Andrew Gorek
Indiana
Mrs. Carr
Mingo Court
Bill Packer
Italy
Gen
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