Fight for control of Wheeling and Lake Erie continues
Hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission opened on the bid by P. E. Crowley and others to place members on the Wheeling and Lake Erie board as Van Sweringen interests claim they gained control and transferred shares to New York Central Baltimore and Ohio and Nickel Plate. Officials outlined traffic interchanges and warned that rivals may try to curb Wheeling's competition, potentially drawing in the Pennsylvania system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
P. E. Crowley
New York Central
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
W. L. Rows
Nickel Plate
Wheeling
Oo. P. van Sweringen
Cleveland
The
Eastern
Taplin
Frank E. Taplin
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
George Durham
van Sweringen
Pennsylvania
State Police Guard as Mine Is Opened
Washington Pennsylvania June 20 report says state police guard Daisytown as miners gather while Vesta Coal prepares to reopen non union. Washington Gas Coal plans to resume operations within city limits non union on July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daisytown
Vesta Coal Company
Washington County
Washington Gas Coal Company
England Cracks Open First Native Gold Rush
Chester, June 20. England’s first native gold rush erupts after a boy discovers gold coins in a canal bed. Prospectors swarm the emptied canal using improvised tools. some find as much as twenty pounds. Officials suspect the coins came from an old mattress burned and discarded after a woman hoarded treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
England
Stillman’s Son Seeks Medicine Career After Phi Beta Kappa Honor
Princeton June 20 James Bud Stillman son of New York banker James A Stillman was elected to the Princeton chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and will receive his BA with high biology hours. He plans to practice medicine to be of service. He will marry Lena Wilson, daughter of a Canadian farmer near the Stillman summer home in Quebec, in a July date to be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
James
Bud”) Stillman
James A. Stillman
New York
Phi Beta Kappa
Young Stillman
Lena Wilson
Stillman
Province
Quebec
Anti-Snake Venom Cures Scientist After Bite at Zoo
Washington reports a new anti venin serum showed success after Maurice K Brady a Washington naturalist was bitten by a European sand viper at the zoo last Thursday. Immediate serum treatment led to practically full recovery by today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maurice K. Brady
Washington Zoo
Prohibition’s Moral Test For Doctors Sparks Debate
Philadelphia June 20. At the Alpha Zetary convention Simon Sless argued prohibition has made “hypocrites” of doctors and druggists. He urged two remedies including evolving prohibition or government control of liquor distribution.
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Philadelphia
Simon
Sless
Alpha Zetary
Lindbergh enjoys private return as crowds ignore hero status
St Louis residents overlook Charles A. Lindbergh as he parks his silver roadster in the business district. He reviews offers after his Atlantic flight and endorses a national air derby from New York to Spokane September 19 to 21, with Spokane promising $50,000 in prize money.
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Hero
Charles Lindbergh
St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Harry Knight
St. Louie County
Spirit of
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Knight
United States
New York
Spokane
Wash
John T. Fancher
National Air Derby Association
Major Fancher
Abducted Man Clears His Four Kidnappers
William E. Sullivan motion picture operator and his wife Florence Sullivan were abducted by four armed men in Tampa Florida. Sullivan said the incident was a misunderstanding and that he did not know his captors. He sustained minor bruises from being forced into a waiting machine before being released. Richard Nosti was knocked down when trying to intervene.
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Tampa
Fla
William E. Sullivan
Florence Sullivan
Sullivan
Motion Picture Theatre
Richard Nosti
Nosti
Former Policeman Fires on His Mates in Harvey
In Harvey Illinois three policemen and a former officer fought on Main Street after Fred Poe a 30 year old ex policeman who had been discharged by Chief Edward M Harris arrived by car and fired at the chief and officers. Poe reportedly intoxicated. The exchange left all pistols empty with no injuries and Poe surrendered as bullets flew.
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Chicago
Ill
Harvey
Tonievht
Main Street
Fred Poe
Edward M. Harris
Harris
Poe
Motorman Indicted in Death Street Car Crash
Fairmont West Virginia June 20 E K Towles motorman of the Monongahela West Penn Public Service interurban car which ran away here May 36 crashed and killed one woman and injured several others was indicted today by the Marion county grand jury Towles is charged with manslaughter Sixteen other indictments were returned by the jurors today
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Fairmont
W. Va
E. K. Towles
Monongahela-West Penn Public Service Company
Marion County Grand Jury
Towles
Coolidge Welcomes Yankton Chamber of Commerce Chief as Guest
President Coolidge spends the day at the Black Hills summer White House in Rapid City with Opie Chambers, secretary of the Yankton chamber, as the first guest. Chambers notes South Dakotans now admire the Coolidges, while Mrs Coolidge fishes and the president to Ardmore for a farmers picnic invite. Rear Admiral Bristol resigns as high commissioner to Turkey to assume command of the Asiatic Fleet.
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Rapid City
8. D
Coolidge
White House
Black Hills
Opie Chambers
Yankton
Chambers
Washington
Ardmore
Bristol
Turkey
Mrs Coolidge Fishes in Rain Near Black Hills Lodge
In Rapid City South Dakota Mrs Coolidge braved rain to fish for about ninety minutes in Squaw Creek near the state game lodge. Accompanied by James Haley secret service man she paddled through wet brush to reach the pool carrying her own rod reel and basket and baited the hook herself while the president often has others handle those tasks.
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Rapid City
S. C
State Game Lodge
Mrs. Coolidge
Black Hills
Squaw Creek
Mr. Coolidge
James Haley
Secret Service
Court Holds Bank Stockholders Liable in Failure Case
Boston June 20 The United States circuit court of appeals ruled that stockholders who transfer holdings within 60 days before a bank failure are personally responsible for the bank's contracts debts and engagements even if transfers were in good faith. The decision upholds a lower court ruling in the First National Bank of Warren receivership case against Worcester residents.
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Boston
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court
First National Bank of
Warren
Worcester
Misplaced Heart Wins $25,900 in Rail Crash Suit
Victor Fowler Thompson of Pleasantville was awarded $25,900 damages against West Jersey and Seashore railroad company and Atlantic City and Shore railroad company after a jury found his heart had been pushed to one side in a crossing crash. Dr James Morgan of Philadelphia corroborated the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Victor Fowler Thompson
Pleasantville
Supreme Court
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company
Atlantic City and Shore Railroad Company
Thompson
James Morgan
Philadelphia
Upton Sinclair to Test Boston Book Ban Over Oil
Upton Sinclair began proceedings by selling a copy of Oil to a police clerk in Boston as a warrant is to be issued for him. The novel is among titles recently banned for violating statutes against material corrupting youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Upton Sinclair
Massachusetts
Court Action Seeks Alimony From Rose Brinkman
Walter Brinkman petitioned the court in Chicago on June 20 to compel his wife Rose Brinkman to pay him alimony and legal fees. He alleged she earns 36 dollars weekly, receives alimony from a first husband, collects railroad compensation for a second husband’s death, and is attempting to divorce him, her third husband.
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Chicago
Walter Brinkman
Rose Brinkman
Wage boosts for southern railway workers approved
Washington June 20 INS Wage increases for firemen hosts and helpers on twelve southern railroads were granted by the arbitration board. Firemen gain about 40 cents a day others 35 cents. The award signed by Judge Grafton Green and W J Jenks, with dissent from C J Goff. Engineers had received roughly seven percent earlier. The boosts take effect June 1 and affect Norfolk and Western Virginian and Chesapeake and Ohio systems among others.
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Washington
INS
Board of Arbitration
Grafton Green
Tennessee Supreme Court
W. J. Jenks
Norfolk and Western
Rcade
Cc. J. Goff
United States Transportation Act
Labor Board
Virginian
Chesapeake and Ohio
W. J. Jenke
Hie T
Une
Flares Seen May Signal N Code in Missing Flyers Case
A Belle Isle Creek resident in New Brunswick reported a yellow two minute flare signaling the letter N in the international code. John C. Graham observed the light near Lake St. John on Sunday night and checked the code book. The flares are linked to the disappearance of French aviators Nungesser and Coll.
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Quebec
Belle Sele Creek
New Brunswick
Parliament House
John C. Graham
Lake St. John
Graham
Nungesser
Coll
Disputed flare signal misinterpreted by John C Graham
In New York on June 20 observers questioned John C Graham's reading of a flare as the letter N in international code. Mitchell Field aviation officers stated there is no code for such signaling and noted the N code is a dash and a dot in the telegraph system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John C. Graham
Graham
Mitchell Field
Hydroplane to Search Chicoutimi for Lights Linked to Missing Airmen
At Chicoutimi Quebec on June 20 a hydroplane will be sent to explore the Peribonka and Trinity rivers to determine the nature of lights seen in the district. Price Brothers timber officials said the aircraft will supplement two men already up the rivers in a motor boat searching for clues related to the missing airmen Nungesser and I. Flares have been reported as the lights prompting the operation.
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Chicoutimi
Quebec
Peribonka
Trinity Rivers
Nungesser and I
Price Brothers Company
Future Naval Arms Talks Shape US Security Stakes
At Geneva a tri power naval conference opens with estimates on scrapping tonnage and limits on battleships cruisers and submarines. The American plan calls for 60 000 tons scrapped now and 80 000 later with Japan at 44 000 and Britain about 60 000. Bridgeman and Gibson push for Washington treaty limits and potential rearmament if no accord is reached.
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Geneva
United States
Great Britain
Japan
British Empire
Washington
State Department
Bri
Gibson
W. G. Bridgeman
France
Italy
Bridgeman
Continental
W. C. Bridgeman
Admiralty
Gune
Hugh
America
Far East
England
A. Point
Weir Admits Beating Aged Patient to Death
Herbert W. Weir, 28, former U S consular service member and hospital orderly, admitted guilty to second degree murder in the death of 76 year old patient Henry Wetzel at Philadelphia General Hospital after a student nurse testified about the assault. Sentencing awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Herbert W. Weir
U. S. Consular Service
Philadelphia General Hospital
Henry Wetzel
Weir
Papers Suspend In Butte And Anaconda Strike
The Butte Miner the Butte Daily Post and the Anaconda Standard suspended publication with today s edition after printers in Butte and Anaconda demanded higher wages and shorter hours, ending normal news output.
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Butte, Mont
Butte Miner
Butte Daily Post
Anaconda Standard
Butte
Anaconda
Boston bids for 1928 Democratic convention says Shaver
Clem L. Shaver chairman of the Democratic national committee announced Boston has bid for the 1928 Democratic convention. He listed Indianapolis Cleveland Detroit Miami San Francisco Washington and Atlanta as other cities seeking the event. The committee will meet in January to set the time and place.
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New York
Boston
Clem L. Shaver
Fairmont
W. Va
Woman Gets Pocketbook After Lapse Of Years
Columbus Ohio June 20 a purse belonging to Mrs J D Conrad former resident now living at St Petersburg Fla lost at the Ohio State fair grounds in 1919 has been returned It contained $16 two rings one a diamond engagement ring and numerous objects she had almost forgotten The purse was received by Mrs Conrad Tuesday by registered mail but the long absence was not explained
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
J. D. Conrad
St. Petersburg
Fila
Ohio State Fair Grounds
OTORM PREVENTS BYRD DEPARTURE
Roosevelt Field New York June 20 A storm center off the Virginia capes acted as a barrier to hold the giant monoplane America on earth for at least another day before taking wing for Paris Weather official James Kimball said takeoff tonight or tomorrow morning is impossible and clearing cannot be predicted. Commander Richard E Byrd in charge of the America expedition spent the day at Tufts College where he received an honorary degree. The plane remained in its hangar as crowds viewed it.
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Roosevelt Field
New York
Virginia Capes
America
Paris
James Kimball
Weather Bureau
Richard EB. Byrd
Tufts College
Radio to Aid Byrd Flight Messages From America On 60 Meter Wave
Radio fans who can tune to a 60 meter wavelength and decipher letters will catch messages from Commander Richard E. Byrd’s monoplane America on its trans Atlantic flight. The 100 watt transmitter will broadcast its call letters continuously to indicate the plane’s safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard E. Byrd
America
America designated official mail carrier for trans Atlantic flight
Postmaster General New designates the tri motor monoplane America as official mail carrier for the Paris flight. Lt Commander Richard Byrd to be sworn in as air mail pilot tomorrow as mails to Paris close tonight at 10 p.m. A possible 24 hour hop-off window is discussed.
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Roosevelt Field
New York
America
New
United States
Paris
Grover A. Whalen
American Trans-Oceanic Company
Whalen
John Kiely
Richard K. Byrd
Byrd
Air Mail Pilot Plans Flight to Honolulu Within Ten Days
Ernest L. Smith, an air mail pilot in San Francisco, said he expected to hop off for Honolulu within ten days after installing a new motor and gas tanks in his monoplane. He may beat an army plane slated to fly to Hawaii before July 15. Rogue reports mention Hollywood aviator Richard Grace and the ship Manukai with an aircraft aboard, though official word is unclear.
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San Francisco
Ernest L. Smith
Air Mail
Honolulu
Smith
Hawaii
Pacific Ocean
Richard Grace
Steamship Company
Wright Matrimonial Troubles Near End
Madison, June 20 The matrimonial troubles of Frank Lloyd Wright and Miriam Noel Wright may end after two years of national attention. Attorneys for Mrs Wright sent terms of a peace proposal to California where she has been, but no reply had been received by evening. Wright arrived in Madison Saturday with his lawyers for the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Frank Lloyd Wright
Miriam Noel Wright
Wright
Dual death by own action causes death of third man
In New York on June 20 a triple tragedy unfolded as Henrietta Kuser 70 and Henry Kuser 73 were found dead seated hand in hand with gas hoses in their mouths. Their death prompted the suicide of their brother Charles Kuser who died of heart attacks upon hearing the news.
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New York
Henrietta Kuser
Henry Kuser
Bors
John Kuser Dabos
Charles Kuser
Charles
Tate Insurance Agents Open Two Day Session Here
The twenty eighth annual convention of the West Virginia Association of Insurance Agents convenes in Bluefield with more than 100 agents and 25 special agents expected. Highlights include talks by Sam T. Mallison and E B Stanley, a firefoam demonstration, and an evening banquet with toastmaster Dr M Cartwright. The event runs today and tomorrow with elections to close the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Association of Insurance Agents
Bluefield
West Virginian
Covention
State Association
A. J. Stewart
FE. H. Easley
A. W. Werninger
Huntington
C. A. Staats
Trammer
Joseph Williams, Jr
West Virginia
Firefoam Sales Company
Pittsburg
Bluefield City
Williams
Norfolk and Western
Do. M. Cartwright
Chicago
National
V. King
West Virginia Inspection Bureau
W. E. White
Peance
C. W. Thornburg
A. L. Stewart
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company
Conrad Brevick
Blyfield Chamber of Commerce
R. P. DeVan
Charleston
Vance Committee
Na Association of Insurance Agents
Paul H. Eastham
Kentucky Association of Insurance Agents
Ashland
James T. Catlin, Jr
Danville
National Association of Insurance Agents
Funeral Coach Crash Kills Two in New Jersey
In North Arlington New Jersey a funeral coach carrying nine mourners from Holy Cross cemetery crashed into a tree. Two women from Kearny died en route to hospital and hours later. The victims were Mrs Albert Schultz 60 and Mrs Josephine Casper.
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North Arlington
N. J
Holy Cross Cemetery
Albert Schultz
Kearny
Josephine Casper
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Stock River
Goolidge
TATE
South Dakota
Hiram W. Johnson
Husband
Heport
U. S
Navy
Hope
Tate Insurance
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