Attorney General England Witness in Wilburn Trial
Charles Town W Va June 17 the mine guard system in Logan county coal fields remains a bone of contention in the Wilburn trial. Attorney General England testified he received a formal summons and stated residents of Blair held no love but not hate for deputies. Witness Luther Mosteller said Blair residents were not hostile to deputies though their reputation was unsavory. The defense sought testimony about past operations and attitudes toward the United Mine Workers. State witnesses described Blair as unsavory but not deeply hostile. fighting steps and killings near Blair Gap were recounted as miners moved toward the clash.
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Associated Press
Charles Town
W. Va
Logan County
Rev. J. Wilburn
John Gore
J. M. Woods
E. T. Eusland
Logan
Wustis
Blair
United Mine Workers
Luther Mosteller
Mali
England
Charlies Town
Kanawha County
Dingland
Don Chatin
Soon
Waller ‘Thurmond
Logan Coal Operators
Chafin
Wingo
Ike Wilburn
Blair Gap
Gore
Figh
J Porter
Subdistrict 2
District 17
Miners Union
hKeengy
George Parry
Alva Roe
John Wilburn
Blair Cap
Two Men Dead in Nevada Mine Fire Near Searchlight
Berkley California reports two men dead with three or four others feared buried in a mine fire at the Quartermine near Searchlight Nevada. A rescue car leaves Coalinga tonight as investigators note timyorg burning in the mines.
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Berkley
Cal
Quarter Rine
Searchlight
Nev
United States Bureau of Mines
Coalinga
Califf
Ectertes
Timyorg
Quartet
Collapse of South China Government Reported
General Chen Chiung Ming announced Canton’s government has been terminated and Canton will unite with the north to recognize the old republican parliament. Dispatches say Sun’s forces crushed, the former Canton president a fugitive, and Canton’s government is described as completely collapsed.
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Associated Press
Peking
Chen Chiung Ming
Kwantung Province
Canton
South China
Sun
Separate wage agreements signed in mining fields
Springfield June 17 charges by John Young member of the United Mine Workers executive board that nearly all mining fields outside the central competitive district including Illinois Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania have signed separate wage agreements with operators and are producing coal sold in the central district.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
John Young
United Mine Workers
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Vintondale Back in America Sparks Coal Strike Meeting
In Vintondale Pennsylvania on June 17 the United Mine Workers and the American Civil Liberties Union tested free speech with a rally opposite the Vinton Collieries Company. A court injunction limited meetings on company property and the organizers, led by Arthur Garfleid Iays and John Brophy, denounced oppression by armed state police and urged miners to organize amid alleged autocratic conditions.
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Associated Press
Vintondale
United Mine Workers
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Vinton Collegies Company
Cambria
Ebensburg
Arthur Garfleid Iays
New York City
Liberties Union
John Brophy
Hays
Wintondale
State Lire
Coal and Iron
Russia
Coal Company
Brophy
Mel Colemen
Citizens Coal Committee
Stars and Stripes
America
Busch Is Praised and Lasker Is Denounced
Wilbur F. Crafts of Washington, D. C. criticizes A. D. Lasker for allowing sale of intents on United States shipping board vessels outside the three zone. He praises Adolphus Busch III of Anheuser-Busch for enforcing prohibition on these ships and calls for a more gentlemanly manager.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Adolphus Busch Ill
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company
States Shipping Board
A. D. Lasker
Shipping Board
Wilbur F. Crafts
Washington, D. C
International Reform Bureau
Neering
Mr. Lasker
Busch
Harding
Mr. Busch
Kaiser
America
Dr. Crafts
Lasker
Heavy rains swell Rio Grande threatening floods
Torrential rains last night over the Rio San Juan watershed near Matamoros Mexico are expected to swell the Rio Grande to unprecedented proportions. The National Lines of Mexico suspended trains between Matamoros and Monterey due to washouts.
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Brownsville
Texas
Rio San Juan
Matamoros
Mexico
Rio Grande
National Lines of
Monterey
Twenty Four Crew Missing After Liner Capsize
Hamburg June 17. Twenty four men of the Avaree liner crew and shipyard workers remain missing after the vessel capsized while being hauled from drydock. One casualty reported, a colored stewardess, is known.
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Associated Press
Hamburg
Avaree
Shipyar
Wisconsin Socialists Endorse La Follette
Wisconsin socialist convention adopts resolution favoring a clear ballot for Governor Robert M. La Follette in the fall election and votes down proposals to place a socialist on the ballot.
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Milwaukee
Wis
State Socialist Convention Center
Ceanter
Obert M. LaVollette
Swedish Steamer Swardia Sinking After Collision
Hamburg June 17 The Swedish steamer Swardia is reported sinking after a collision with the American steamer Westcaddo in the Kiel canal.
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Hamburg
Swardia
Westcaddo
Kield Canal
Wage Reduction Withdrawal Averts Strike Threat
Cincinnati June 7 Rail and miners union officials say withdrawal of wage cuts and contracts outsourcing shop work could avert a July 1 strike. Seven unions report a 98 percent vote for walkout. final rate unlikely to exceed 95 percent. John L. Lewis says leaders will meet Tuesday to discuss cooperative action amid what they call outrageous board reductions.
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Lewis
Action Labor Board
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Railroad Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United States Railroad Labor Board
BM. Jewell
Kennedy statement on withdrawal from wage conference invitation
D C Kennedy secretary of the Kanawha Coal Operators Association says the four state agreement among operators is impossible under present conditions and will not occur. He argues union leaders mislead members as many mines return to work and more men seek mining jobs. Frank Farrington of Illinois United Mine Workers disputes any secret central pact and notes miners ready for talks if John L Lewis suggests a conference.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers of America
Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
D. C. Kennedy
Kanawha Coal Operators Association
Tl Am
Mr. Kennedy
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Frank Farrington
Ilinois
President Harding Hosts Mayflower Weekend Cruise
President Harding led a Mayflower weekend trip with Attorney General Daugherty, Lasker, Speaker Gillette, Mrs. Gillette, Senator Kellogg, Mrs. Kellogg, Chas. Dawes and Mrs. Dawes, and Jesse Smith aboard as a thunderstorm hit Washington. The yacht planned no landings and would return Monday morning.
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Washington
Harding
Daugherty
Lasker
Shipps Board
Gillett
Kellogg
Chas. G. Dawes
Dawes
Jesse Smith
Department of Justice
Potomac
Compromise On Army 125000 Enlisted Men Reached
Washington June 17 house and senate conferees agreed on an army of 125000 enlisted men for the next twelve months. The final figure cuts 8000 from the senate plan and raises by 15000 the size set in the house bill.
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Washington
Miners Decry Free Speech Rights in Greene County
John O Leary United Mine Workers board member telegraphed the AFL convention in Cincinnati alleging Greene county sheriff has denied miners and citizens the right of peaceful assembly and free speech. He said striking miners cannot raise meeting hall windows and called conditions worse than Mingo county West Virginia.
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Brownville
Greene Eans
Mingo County
John O'Leary
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
Phillips
Greene County
W. Va
Heated two hours in Senate over Muscle Shoals deal
Senate members clashed over Henry Ford's offer to buy and lease the Muscle Shoals projects as lawmakers debated peace time operation. Alabama Democrat Underwood and Nebraska's Norris opposed the deal while McNary and Heflin weighed in on alleged promises and fertilizer interests.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ala
S.enator Underwood
Alabama
Ford
Detroit
Congress
Norris
Nebraska
Agriculture Committee
Ori Sears
Coulsselle
McNary
Oregon
Labor federation to move convention date and form
Cincinnati June 17. The American Federation of Labor held a short Saturday session voting to change the convention date from June to October. The executive council condemned the Coronado coal decision. Leaders planned moving the meeting to Newport Kentucky next week amid a steel mill strike.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor Convention
Executive Council
Supreme Court
Coronado
Ohio River
Newport
John L. Lew
The
United Mine Workers
Mr. Gompers
Federation
Miner Pursued Fires Into Crowd Wounding Two Men
Opha Weaver a 26 year old miner at a wagon plant near McWhorter was released on $500 bond to answer charges of feloniously shooting and wounding Harry Casto and Nick Ussie in Clerksburg West Virginia. Weaver says he fired when stones and taunts from a pursuing crowd began hitting him. Ussie was shot in the leg. Casto was among the crowd.
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Clerksburg
W. Va
Opha Weaver
McWhorter
Harry Casto
Nick Ussie
Lace Young
Weaver
Ussie
Casto
Noares
House and Senate to decide ship subsidy amid liquor amendment
Washington reports a compromise plan proposed to President Harding by House Republicans to delay action on the ship subsidy bill until after the Senate finishes the tariff bill. The plan allows free amendment and may include liquor sale prohibitions on ships visiting American ports, with a separate bill to impose fines on vessels selling liquor at U.S. ports.
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Washington
Harding
House
Senate
White House
Campbell
Rules Committee
Representative Mondell
Paeasee
Edmonds
Pennesylvania
Labor unions plan law to shield funds from strike damage suits
Cleveland June 17 the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and other unions announce a bill to protect union funds from suits for damages caused by strikes. The measure responds to the Coronado decision holding unions liable for strike damages and aims to preserve industrial harmony and trust in the justice system.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotivgineers
Bro Cxhead
Brotherhood
Warren 8. Stone
United States Supreme Court
Death of N P Whittaker Shocks Ohio Valley
In Wheeling West Virginia the Amalgamated Association mourns the death of N P Whitaker former general manager of the taker tresoner Co. He died after an operation despite initial signs of recovery. Whitaker previously served on the state road commission and the state capitol commission.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Amalgamated Association of Ion, Steel and Tin Workers
N. P. Whiter
taker+tresoner Co
Whitaker
State Road Commission
State Capitol Commission
Ex Service Man Bodmer Found Dead From Starvation
The body of Bodmer, 38, an ex service man and baker by trade, was found in a vacant house near Yellow Creek. Coroner T H Kirk ruled death by starvation after an inquest. He had been missing meals for about a week and was ill clad. Remains taken to the morgue.
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Bodmer
Yellow Creek
James Cecil
T. H. Kirk
Army Air Service Officials Cremated After Air Circus Crash
Louisville readers witnessed the death of First Lieutenant Robert K. E. J. Hanley of the seventh photographic section 88th squadron and Sergeant Arthur Heyme of the same unit near a crowd at a benefit air circus. Both were stationed at Camp Knox Kentucky when their aircraft fell and burst into flames.
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Louisville
Army Air Service
Fiers
Robert KE. J. Hanley
Arthur Heyme
Camp Knox
Minister W. W. Culp Charged With Desertion
In Xenia Ohio June 17 a warrant was issued for Rev W W Culp pastor of Spring Valley M E church on a desertion charge. He eloped with Miss Esther Hughes an eighteen year old music teacher leaving his wife and nine children. State police were notified and a Dayton firm filed a mortgage offense. Culp urged officials to not seek him saying he would only add to misery.
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Xenia
W. W. Culp
Methodist Episcopal Church
Spring Valley
Here
Esther Hughes
Dayton Automobile Company
Culp
Harold F McCormick Undergoes Minor Operation
Harold F McCormick chairman of the executive committee of International Harvester was treated at Wesley Memorial hospital. Dr Victor D Lespinasse said he is a patient under his care and there was a minor operation aimed at rest for both mental and physical health.
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Harold F. McCormick
International Harvester Corner
Wesley Memorial Hospital
McCormick
Victor D. Lespinasse
Lespinasse
Working majority for Free State forces in Ireland
Dublin reports no definite Dail Eireann results yet with projections suggesting Republicans about forty representatives and pro treaty forces around sixty, plus twenty eight new comers. If all new comers back the treaty a working majority favors the Free State on treaty issues.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Dail Eireann
Sinn Fein
Fatal shooting witnessed by wife and children in Ohio road
Huntington West Virginia June 17 Dillon a 38 year old from Chesapeake Ohio was shot dead by Frank Bryson 24 while Dillon drove along a road between Proctorville and Brodrick. Bryson halted the car and ordered Helene Wease 16 to leave before Dillon was killed. Bryson surrendered two hours later to police in Ironton Ohio.
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Huntington
W. Va
Orville Dillion
Chesapeake
Frank Bryson
Dillon
Bryson
Proctorville
Brodrick
Ohio
Helene Wease
Dillion
Ironton, O
Boy Drowns Bathing in Ohio River
Monndeville West Virginia reports Austin aged youth, son of Mr and Mrs Wills, drowned while bathing in the Ohio River. The body was recovered.
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Monndeville
W. Va
Austin
Techie
Vr. Wills
Cis City
Ohio River
Senate Battle Over Soldier Bonus Ends With Assured Passage
Washington June 17 The soldiers bonus fight flared in the senate as Democratic senators attacked a Republican plan to postpone action until after the tariff bill. Senator McCumber said the president would sign the measure if passed and that it would surely be approved before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
Harding
Congress
McCumber
Senate Finance Committee
Walsh
Massachusetts
Ashurst
Arizona
Pointblank
Borah
Tdaho
Murderous Attacks on Householders in South Armagh
Belfast reports four men and one woman killed in attacks on homes in Altanaveigh and Lisdrumliska on the south Armagh side of Newry. Several farmhouses burned, with reprisals believed tied to killings at Lislea. Thomas Crozier and his wife were among the dead. Crozier shot at the door and his wife later died of a chest wound.
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Associated Press
Belfast
Altanaveigh
Lisdrumliska
Mick
Croizer
Willie
Bituminous coal output expected to dip. Kentucky rail congestion cited
The United States Geological Survey warned that southeastern Kentucky rail yards and sidings congestion may reduce coal production for June 12 to 17 below the prior week’s 5,091,000 tons. Week car loadings were 16,590 on Monday, 16,735 on Tuesday, 14,947 on Wednesday, and 16,023 on Thursday, with few changes in strikers.
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Washington
Kentucky
United States Geological Survey
Senate approves probe of alleged fertilizer monopoly
Washington June 17 a senate resolution directs the federal trade commission to investigate and report whether production or sale of fertilizers is controlled by a combination monopoly or unlawful conspiracy by which fertilizer prices are raised.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
The
Senate
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Mine Workers
Wisconsin
Lafollette
Kennedy
Kanawha Operators Association
Heflin
M'Nary
Republican Party
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Fertilizer Trust
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Arie
N. P. Whittaker
Pactor
Free State Forces
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