Woman Accused Shooting Husband Released on Bail
Freeport New York June 26 The case centers on Oscar A Hirsh a wealthy electrical contractor shot on Rene Davis lawn former movie actress Mrs jiazel Hirsh released on bail after aiding her husband home from Mineola hospital. Assistant DA Elvin Edwards notes two revolvers found and unclear details including Mrs Hirsh eye injury and who fired the shot.
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Associated Press
Freeport
N. Y
Oscar A. Hirsh
Rene Davis
Jiazel Hirsh
Mineola Hospital
Misa Davis
Mr. Hirsh
Nis
Hirsh
Elvin PB. Edwards
Davis Lawn
Mr. Edwards
Tabulation of Strike Referendum Begun in Wilkesbarre
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on June 26 the general wage scale committee began tabulating the referendum among 150000 union anthracite miners who have sat out since April 1 Preparations also moved ahead for a public fundraising drive to finance a campaign in eastern cities to push the miners to victory The committee did not confirm replacing suspension with strike pending final results tomorrow as tellers complete certification of the referendum results
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Wilkesbarre
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas Kennedy
Betsy Ann Narrowly Escapes Bear Traps at New Martinsville
The Ohio River packet Betsy Ann broke a propeller wheel pulling from the wharf and, swept by high winds, headed toward the Bear traps near the New Martinsville dam. A rescue ferry tried to assist and a line was anchored to shore to bring the craft to a stop a few feet from the swift current.
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Sistersville
W. Va
Martinsville Dam
London Pays Tribute To Victim Of Assassin
London crowds paid tribute to Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson with a drizzly funeral procession from Eaton Place to St Paul’s Cathedral. Six officers carried medals and baton, the Duke of Connaught and Marshal Foch led, and the widow rode in mourning, amid a halted city and thronged streets.
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Associated Press
London
Sir Henry Hughes Wilson
Eaton Place
St Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul's Square
King Edward
Sir Henry
Duke of Connaught
George
Marshal Foch
Denial Issued Over Herrin Mine Massacre Backers
In Herrin Illinois mayor A T Pace disputes blame on the town for Thursday's mine massacre urging shared responsibility with Williamson and adjoining counties. In St Louis Illinois coal operators associations presidents W Kavanaugh and another official vehemently deny Sneed's claim that Illinois operators backed the mine opening.
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Associated Press
Herrin
Ill
A. T. Pace
Williamson
Til
Southern Illinois Coal Company
United States Steel Trust
W. J. Lester
W. J. Sneed
Sneed
Steel Trust
Illinois
Senator Sneed
Southern Illinois Company
Lester
Williamson County
St. Louis
W. K. Kavanaugh
Coal Operators’ Association of the
400 Shopmen on Loc Strike in Hinton Division
About 400 Chesapeake and Ohio railroad shopmen in the Hinton division at Hinton Thurmond Raleigh and Quinnimont West Virginia are on strike over a foreman’s conduct. After a late night conference officials and representatives reached a settlement and workers will return at 7 am tomorrow.
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Charleston
W Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Hinton
Raleigh
Thurmond
Quinnimont
Charleston Gazette
W. Va
BE. Garretson
Miners Union Holds Unyielding Policy on Wage Scale
Washington reports the United Mine Workers insist on a new wage scale set by national or semi national talks with operators. J L Lewis said no change in policy despite talks with President Harding and Secretary of Labor Davis. No concrete plan was agreed, strike remains, risk of coal shortages and railroad transport disruption.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Davis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Mr. Lewis
White House
Cincinnati
Hoover
Lewis
Labor Department
Wlvde de
Wille Uns
Indus
Reading of Ritual Was Only Service
William Rockefeller brother of John D Rockefeller, one of America's wealthiest men, was laid to rest in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in a simple Episcopal service. The ceremony at Rockwood Hall had no music or eulogy per his wishes, with family and a few friends present. Public stood outside the estate gates as John D Rockefeller and other relatives attended.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
William Rockfeller
John D. Rockefeller
America
Sleepy Hollow
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Wm. Rockefeller
Hartley Dodge
Percy Rockefeller
William G. Rockefeller
McAlpin
Standard Oil
Tomas DeLacca
Bootblack
Theockefeller
Broadway
Parkerburg Man Held in Death of State Hospital Patient
Raymond Baker of Parkersburg was jailed in Wood County awaiting Roane County officers on an indictment linked to the death of a Spencer state hospital patient. Baker says he assisted in subduing an unruly patient while employed as an attendant.
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W. Va
Raymond Baker
Parkersburg
Boice
Wood County
Roane County
Spencer State Hospital
Spencer Institution
Roane
Trial ready for John Wilburn in Logan deputy killing case
In Charles Town West Virginia June 26 both sides readied for the trial of John Wilburn Blair miner accused in the 1921 Logan deputy sheriff killing during the miners march. Prosecutors plan to prove money on his person after the deputy’s murder.
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Charles Town
W. Va
John Wilburn
Blair
Logan
West Virginia
Wilburn
Boone
J. E. Wilburn
John Gore
John
C. W. Osenton
Blair Gap
Gore
Experts Say Edith Lavoy Did Not Kill Herself
Freeport New York June 26 experts from New York declared the schoolteacher Edith Lavoy could not have killed herself. William Creasy of Covington Kentucky, her former sweetheart, is held on the case. The review noted an unfinished letter to Lavoys mother and questioned authorship of other letters cited by Creasy counsel. District Attorney Weeks questioned the letters Lavoy reportedly wrote.
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Freeport
N. Y
Edith Lavoy
William Creasy
Covington
New York
Creasy
Lavoy
Otto Schultz
William Jones
New York Police Homicide Bureau
Elvin N. Edwards
Miss Lavoy
Tupper Lake
Edwards
Raymond Malone
Charles Weeks
Prince Yorihito Higashi Fushimi Dies at 55
Tokio June 26 Prince Yorihito Higashi Fushimi a scion of an old princely Japanese family and admiral in the navy died this morning at Hayama. He is believed to have suffered from cancer complicated by influenza. He was fifty five years old.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Yorihito Higashi Fushimi
Hayama
Jury Flannery case ends in hung jury in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on June 26 the jury in James J. Flannery a prominent local businessman charged with killing his wife on February 13 failed to reach a verdict. The court adjourned at 4 o clock until tomorrow morning as no word came from the jury. The defense contends he shot his wife thinking he was shooting a burglar.
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Pittsburg
James J. Flannery
Flannery
March Women and Children Halted by Frank Keeney
Ninety one miners jailed in Marion county were released on bonds of 500 to 1500 dollars after talks between Prosecuting Attorney Amos and Frank Keeney. Judge Meredith ordered a halt to interruptions at Shamrock Fuel Co. mines and Keeney prevented a planned march of women and children.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Marion County
Frank R. Amos
Frank Keeney
Mine Workers Union
Keeney
W. 8. Meredith
Circuit Court
Shamrock Fuel Co
Amos
Folcher
Court House
Monongah
Twelfth Street
Fairmont Avenue
West Fork River
Pilot Captain Hamilton Killed in Gettysburg Air Crash
Captain George W. Hamilton United States Marine Corps dies when his airplane nose dives near Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Sergeant G A Martin Buffalo New York mechanician fatally injured. Hamilton a DS C recipient and Croix de Guerre holder, famed for Cha teau Thierry bravery and Meuse action.
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Gettysburg
George W. Hamilton
Jyvownh Aab
Marine Corps
G. A. Martin
Buffalo
Hamilton
Quantico
Washington
United States Marine Corps
Charles A. Hamilton
Buffalo Times
France
Chateau Thierry
Palin
Meuse River
Nomination of Vernon W Van Fleet Confirmed
The senate confirmed Vernon W. Van Fleet of Indiana today to be a member of the Federal Trade Commission.
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Washington
Vernon W. van Fleet
Indiana
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Large Increases In Car Loadings Shown
Charleston W V June 26 The former union coal fields in West Virginia showed large increases in loadings last week and a new tonnage record of 1 775 100 tons established by the West Virginia Coal Association The report notes a 72 800 ton weekly rise and 775 100 tons above normal average production New River Kanawha and Fairmont fields gain while Tug River district shows a loss Pocahontas and Logan fields rise 888 mines operate with weekly openings and loading increases expected.
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Charleston
W. Va
Union
West Virginia
West Virginia Coal Association
New River
Kanawha
Fairmont
Upper Potomac
Panhandle
Tug River
Pocahontas
Logan
Two Sides in Herrin Mine Killings Debated in House
Washington reports that on June 26 the House heard two contrasting views from Representatives Goodykoontz and Denison on the Herrin mine killings. Goodykoontz urged UMWA officers to aid prosecutions, while Denison blamed non union workers armed with rifles and machine guns for violations of a union mining agreement, noting press reports often misrepresented events.
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Washington
Herrin
Goodykoontz
West Virginia
Representative Denison
Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
Upton
United Mine Workers Organization
Denison
Ilinois
Marion
Southern
fInels
House of Representatives
Wells Goodykoontz
Sutherland to Seek Senate Seat in West Virginia
Senator Howard Sutherland announced his candidacy to succeed himself as U S senator after attending his daughter Virginia Lyons wedding in Elkins West Virginia on June 26 19. The formal declaration was sent to Secretary of State Houston G Young.
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Houston G. Young
Associated Press
Elkins
W. Va
Howard Sutherland
Washington
West Virginia
United States
Sutherland
Virginiia
George M. Lyons
Huntington
Three Women In Knife Fight Leave One Dead
Moultrie Georgia June 26 Molly Walters twenty six is dead her sister Florence Walters is seriously wounded and Mrs Sarah V Creech twenty six is jailed on murder charges after a knife battle between the three women late this afternoon All participants were white women Creech pleaded self defense claiming the Walters sisters attacked her Authorities say jealousy motive was stated
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Moultrie
Molly Walters
Florence Walters
Sarah V. Creech
Vote in Favor of Walkout Seen by 10 May Be Overwhelming
Early returns from the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers show an overwhelming majority in favor of a strike after a wage cut ordered by the railroad labor board. About forty thousand ballots were counted. exact figures withheld by Grand President E. F. Grable as he confers with other unions.
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Associated Press
Detroit
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
United States Railroad Labor Board
E. F. Grable
Chicago
Grable
Virtual confidence vote on Irish policy in London
The British government won a virtual confidence vote on its Irish policy with a 342 to 76 result. Sir Frederick Banbury’s motion to cut the Ireland chief secretary’s salary failed as Churchill and Lloyd George argued the provisional government has mandate and must act to assert authority. The murder of Field Marshal Wilson was not central to the debate.
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Associated Press
London
Frederick Banbury
Ireland
Marchal Wilson
Winston Spencer Churchill
Ulster
Lloyd George
Marshal Wilson
Largley
Ward's Lawyers to Get Grand Jury Minutes
In White Plains New York Supreme Court Justice Morschauser ordered the district attorney to provide Walter S Ward's lawyers with a copy of the grand jury minutes that indicted him for first degree murder. Weeks protested the motion as an attempt to force trial prematurely and said he would not surrender his rights. The order was filed before closing hour and served the next day.
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White Plains
N. Y
Supreme Court
Morschauser
Walter S Ward
Weeks
Suns Northern Army Marches on Canton
Sun Yet Sen’s northern army estimated at fifty thousand men moves on Canton in three sections. The loyalist forces converge on the city, outnumbering Chen Chiung Ming’s troops who toppled Sun. Observers expect severe fighting with a tilt toward Sun’s restoration.
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Shanghai
Sun Yet Sen
South China
Canton
Sun
Chen Chiung Ming
Chen
Wedding Day Death in Reno Sparks Tragic Choice
An 18 year old woman Williams died by her own actions on her wedding day in Reno Nevada to escape marrying the man chosen by her parents.
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Reno
Nev
Williams
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Southern Illinois Coal CO
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