Early Decision Sought On Merger Plan By C and O
Washington June 22 A final attempt to force a quick ruling by the Interstate Commerce Commission on the Chesapeake and Ohio merger was made as hearings closed. The C and O seek a ruling before July 1 on options on 174000 Pere Marquette shares held by Nickel Plate, which could yield about 5 million more than the exercise price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio
Herbert Fitzpatrick
C, and O
Kenry W. Anderson
Fitzpatrick
Ghricken
Eere
Pere Marquette Ark
C. and O
Erie
Pere Marquette
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
Cleveland
Nickel Plate Company
Nickel Plate
Scott Wins Right for New Hearing
Chicago June 22 Russell T. Scott, condemned for murder, gains a new trial after the state supreme court remands the case criticizing Judge Kavanaugh and Cook County State’s Attorney Crowe. The ruling notes unfair trial conduct and prejudiced jurors and prosecutors and confirms Scott will be retried for the 1920 drug store murder of Joseph Maurer near City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Russell T. Scott
State Supreme Court
Marcus Kavanaugh
Robert E. Crowe
Cook County
Scott
High Court
Kavanaugh
Criminal Court of
Springfield
Robert
Joseph Maurer
City Hall
Wine Seized From Box Labeled Electrical Apparatus
In Galveston a package marked electrical apparatus and consigned to Ty Cobb via the Philadelphia American club aroused customs suspicion. Eleven bottles of white table wine were found inside two broken. Shipped by Wilson Lubricating Co of San Francisco by rail to Galveston, destined for New York by water. Seizure followed and an investigation began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Ty Cobb
Philadelphia American Ball Club
Philadelphia
Wilson Lubricating Company
San Francisco
New York
Rail chiefs reveal Wheeling stock control plan
At a interstate commerce hearing Washington officials such as W L Ross of Nickel Plate and A H Harris of New York Central describe a joint 51 percent Wheeling and Lake Erie control by Nickel Plate, New York Central, and Baltimore and Ohio. They say 1924 decision aimed to create a four trunk line system in the eastern region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. L Ross
Nickel Plate
A. H. Harris
New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Ross
Wheeling
M. J. van Sweringen
Cleveland
Harris
Rockefeller
Wheeling Corporation
Wheeling Company
Eastern
Posse Recaptures Seven Convicts in Texas Escape Hunt
Huntsville Texas June 22 an all day hunt of officers and citizens recaptured seven of thirty five long term convicts who escaped last night from Ferguson prison farm. The remaining twenty eight fugitives were pursued by Walker Sayle as acting manager of the state prison system aided by bloodhounds and other units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Texas
Madison County
Ferguson
Walker Sayle
Scientist Plays Hide and Seek With Birdmen
Pittsburgh June 22 A Carnegie Museum representative Gustave A Link was sent into Labrador Newfoundland and Nova Scotia to search for missing French trans Atlantic birdmen Nun gesser and Coli. He hid whenever a search plane appeared to avoid distracting aviators and returned with several eider duck specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Labrador
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Nungesser
Coli
Carnegie Museum
Gustave A. Link
Link
Gray-Snyder Appeals To Be Heard Next October
New York June 22. Records and briefs in the appeals of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray, convicted of murdering the woman's husband, are being prepared and will be ready for the next term of the court of appeals in October. The prisoners, confined in Sing Sing, were to be executed the week of June 20, but the sentences were stayed by the appeals. Mrs Snyder's appeal was filed with her first sentencing, while Gray's was filed June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Court of Appeals
Sing Sing
Tilson Pushes Immediate Tax Reduction Action in Congress
Rep Tilson of Connecticut urges tax relief first at the next Congress session, opposing immediate flood relief plans. He favors limiting tax cuts to about 300 million dollars despite a 600 million dollar surplus, warning of potential business backlash. Governor General Leonard Wood plans to arrive in Rapid City at 2 42 p m as President Coolidge's party engages with local events. Mrs Coolidge shops and purchases a “snuggle pup” pocketbook dog for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S. C
Congress
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
House
Colidge
Tilson
Tilcon
Leonard Wood
Philippines
White House
Coolidge
Green Warns No Large Tax Reduction Likely
Washington June 22 Chairman Green of the house ways and means committee said a large surplus at the end of the next fiscal year is unlikely and revenue shortfalls require funds for flood relief. He noted the second deficiency bill failed in the senate and must pass, with potential cuts limited to sources like corporation tax admission and personal income taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Green
House
Ways and Meane Committee
Senate
Wage talks stall as Central Pennsylvania miners dig in
Philadelphia June 22 A joint conference between operators and United Mine Workers miners failed to reach a wage accord replacing the Jacksonville contract which expired March 31. Miners refuse pay cuts while operators push for a lower basis of discussion. sub-committee adjourns until tomorrow with optimism from Charles O Neill and firm stance from James Mark on higher pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Jacksonville
Central
Pennsylvania
Charles O'Neill
Central Pennsylvania Bituminous Operators Association
James Mark
United Mine Workers of America
Seaplane Crash Off California Claims Two Sailors
Bodies and survivors emerge from the wreck as searchers comb the Laguna Beach area for two missing seaplane crewmen. Charles Robbins of San Diego is identified ashore at New Beach while Lieutenant William Hactor remains missing. Lieutenant Thomas Fisher, the pilot, survived. The aircraft sank five miles offshore after fog and a sudden dive from Seattle to San Diego route.
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Laguna Beach
Cal
Charles Robbins
San Diego
New Beach
William S. Hactor
Thomas G. Fisher
Naval Forces of
Hactor
Robbins
Fisher
Leutenant Hactor
Seattle
Wash
Crescent City
Unusual Interest In Routine News Reports
A Daily Telegraph reader notes widespread reader interest in market pages and local data. The Princeton page reports no real estate transfers for years while noting 110 prisoners in the county jail and ongoing federal court involvement in Bluefield under Judge MacClintic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Europe
Telegraph
Princeton
Welch
Bluefield
MacClintic
Naval conference aims at parity with Japan and Britain
Geneva talks indicate Americans seek a balanced cruiser ratio with Japan while Britain pushes to reopen Washington treaty terms. U S may propose a non prejudice pledge to Geneva agenda and postpone second Washington conference, with Britain seeking larger warship powers and Japan resisting fixed ratios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Tripartite Naval Conference
United States
Japan
Washington
Hugh 8. Gibson
Admiral Saito
Saito
Great Britain
France
Italy
Britain
Gibson
Weather Still Delays Flight From Roosevelt Field
Weather conditions at Roosevelt Field New York delay Byrd’s anticipated flight with winds fog rain and low pressure. Forecasters limit 24 hour outlook and warn a Friday departure is unlikely. Byrd earns a master of arts from Yale in New Haven then returns to the hangar to await better conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Field
New York
Weather Bureau
Richard F. Byrd
France
Byrd
New Haven
Yale
Pacific Coast Leads in Death by Own Action Rates
Dr. Frederick I. Hoffman reports in the Spectator that self inflicted deaths are higher in Pacific coast cities than in eastern and midwestern centers. He notes 1926 saw a rise of 1.0 per 100,000 and cites Sacramento and San Diego as top cities with rates of 46.3 and 41.8 per 100,000, Atlantic City as a notable eastern outlier at 35.3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pacific Coast
East
Middle West
Frederick I. Hoffman
the Spectator
Hoffman
Sacramento
Cal
San Diego
Atlantic City
N. J
Dayton Hails Lindbergh in Welcome Home Parade
Dayton, June 22. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, trans Atlantic flyer, was welcomed as aviation’s cradle city crowds roared Lindy-Lindy. He arrived from Scott Field Illinois landed at Wright Field and paraded through downtown before departing for Washington. Lindbergh may delay book publication while revising technical details with experts in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Scottfield
Belleville
St. Louis
Washington
New York
Wright Field
Filer
Army
Navy
Department of Commerce
Thomas N. Dysart
Lindbergh Welcome Home Publicity Committee
Memphis
Lindbergh Receives Wide Range of Honors Listed
A partial inventory of honors and lifts bestowed on Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh since his New York to Paris flight was completed in St. Louis today. The list includes approximately 100 articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Pari
McClintic sentences federal cases in Bluefield docket
The United States district court here yesterday handed severe punishments in a white slave case and multiple probation violations. Tom Sloan got eighteen months in Atlanta Federal Prison. Walter Noonan two years. Henry Varana eighteen months. Walker and Morrison saw a case continued with bonds renewed. Court staffing delays and nearing adjournment framed the docket as sixty additional cases were called bringing total to 144.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Tom Sloan
Atlanta
Walter Noonan
McClintic
Henry Varana
Beckley
Fayette County
J. Tracy Walker
Forest Morrison
United States Court
Bluefield
Congress
McChatic
Demetrus K
Zacaris
W. Va
New Piedmont and Northern Route Aims to Link Coalfields
North and South Carolina businessmen urged the interstate commerce commission to allow Piedmont and Northern to extend electric lines from Charlotte to Winston-Salem and close the gap between Gastonia and Spartanburg. The plan would connect with Georgia and Florida railway at Greenwood and Norfolk and Western at Winston-Salem, creating a Virginia coalfields to Florida corridor. Southern Railway opposed the duplication, warning of calamity, but witnesses argued the extension could eventually benefit all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
South Carolina
Interstate Commerce Commission
Piedmont and Northern Railway
Winston-Salem
Gastonia
Spartanburg
Georgia and Florida Railway
Greenwood
Norfolk and Western
Virginia
Florida
Southern Railway
Southern
Motion Picture Salaries Cut Amid Industry Economy
Los Angeles June 22 The Paramount Famous Players Lasky group led by Jesse Lasky announced a ten percent salary cut for all workers earning more than $50 a week. The move flags broader economies as costs rise and net income from films falls, with executives saying the industry cannot continue at current spending levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jesse L. Lasky
Paramount - Famous Players - Lasky
Lasky
Tie
Paramount
Father shoots man as assault trial starts in Duncan
Arch Gilbreath, father of a complaining witness, shot and killed B. F. Cox in a Duncan district courtroom as jury questioning began. Cox faced assault charges involving three young women from April 14, with other similar charges pending in Lawton and Ardmore. Gilbreath surrendered his revolver and was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Okla
Arch Gilbreath
B. F. Cox
Cox
Lawton
Ardmore
Oklo
EB L. Richardson
Gilberath
Gilbreath
Boy dies saving brother under locomotive wheels
Terre Haute Indiana June 22 194? An 11 year old Robert Harth of North Terre Haute sacrificed himself to save his 7 year old brother Glen from a passenger train on a Big Four bridge. Robert died beneath the train while Glen jumped into a creek and was rescued by the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Robert Harth
North
Koya
New York
St. Louis
Robert
Glen
Tragedy Strikes Fire In Levering Farm Home
In Levering Michigan on June 22 Joseph Winn and his mother Mrs Sophoria Winn perished in a deadly blaze that trapped them as he tried to carry his invalid mother from a second floor room. Mrs Winn had a recent paralysis stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levering
Mich
Joseph Winn
Sophoria Winn
Mutinous convicts at Kansas Penitentiary demand to talk to wives
Mutiny in the Kansas Penitentiary coal mine leaves 328 prisoners underground after 34 hours as they press for cigarettes and contact with wives of guards. Deputy Warden Hudspeth suppresses riot. he refuses surface talks and vows no concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Kas
Kansas Penitentiary
R. H. Hudspeth
Hudspeth
Arettes
Federal men get fags at Leavenworth prison store
Inmates at Leavenworth federal penitentiary may purchase cigarettes under Kansas law, with smoking restricted to pipes and cigars previously. Cigarettes and papers are sold at the prison store, while state penitentiary inmates at Lansing strike over bans on cigarettes and coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kas
Lansing
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Kansas
Coal Company Moves to Evict Miners in Avella Housing
The Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation filed eviction proceedings against five union miners living in company houses at Avella in Washington County near the West Virginia line. Union officials call the action a step to reopen No 9 mine on a non union basis and will push the case to superior court after filing in Allegheny County to reclaim housing at Coverdale Castle Shannon and Mollenauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
Avella
Washington County
West Virginia Line
Allegheny County
Coverdale
Castle Shannon
Mollenauer
Kinloch Mine Evictions Tied to Valley Camp Action
Westmoreland county officers evicted the families of two union miners at Kinloch after Greensburg court action by Valley Camp Coal company. The families removed were those of Andy Shultz and Pete Laverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Kensington
Westmoreland County
Kinloch
Greensburg
Valley Camp Coal Company
Andy Shultz
Pete Laverty
Protest Against Ambassador Exchange With Turkey
James W. Gerard, vice-chairman of the American committee opposed to the Lausanne treaty, renewed his protest to President Coolidge against exchanging ambassadors with Turkey. He disputed the 1927 modus vivendi and asserted the 1830 treaty as amended remains the legal basis of relations, criticizing state department actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kellogg
James W. Gerard
American Committee
Coolidge
Turkey
Gerard
Illinois Coal Losing Trade Says Miners at Conference
Chicago June 22 miners told representatives at a conference that coal operators have lost a large portion of their trade territory to non union fields over six years due to lower production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Representa Illinois
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Gray-Snyder
G. O. P. House
Pennsy
al Smith
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U. S
Atlantic
Lindy
Slash
Boy
Brother
Warden
Striker
Coal Company
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