Tragic suicide near Princeton ends mother’s life on birthday
Mrs. Josie Clyburn Larew, 44, shot herself with a No 12 shotgun in her home two miles west of Princeton after tying a cord to a bed and pulling the trigger. Her husband was in a field nearby. children saw the gunfire and alerted Ezra Belcher, who helped extinguish a small fire. Letters to husband, parents, and community explained she was tired of living and wanted burial beside her late baby at Sand Lick. Interment planned at Sand Lick cemetery.
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Princeton
Josie Clyburn Larew
Ezra Belcher
New Hope
Helcher
Laren
Belcher
Justice of the Peace
W. T. Bivens
Frank Hale
Paige Shotwan
Virginia
Miss Clyburn
Sand Lick
Prediction of Dawn Assault on Four Courts
Dublin reports at 12 30 a m that Free Staters have surrounded the Four Courts with several buildings held by Republicans. An attack at dawn is predicted as sniping continues and artillery remains inactive.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Federal system proposed for a reunified China
General Wu Pei Fu endorses General Chen Chiung Ming’s proposal for a federal system modeled on the United States. He suggests naming the new republic The United States of China. The statements come from Peking on June 28 as northern and southern leaders back a federation.
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Associated Press
Peking
Wu Pei Fu
China
Chen Chiung Ming
South
United States of America
Wugested
United States of China
Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway Directors Do Not Act
The railway board of the Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis system took no action on a dividend. The last dividend paid was two percent in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Chicago & St. Louis
Bielaski Released as State Dept Receives Mexico City Notice
Washington reported that Bruce Bielaski has been released and is safe and well after capture by bandits near Puenta Ixtla. Officials noted uncertainty about forty American Cortez Oil Company employees held for ransom near Tampico, with no clear word from Consul Shaw or Mexican authorities.
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Washington
State Department
Charge Summerlin
Mexico City
Bruce Bielaski
Summerlin
Puenta Ixtla
Bielaski
Cortez Oil Company
Tampico
Shaw
Consul Shaw
Obregon
Cortex Oil Company
Rates on cattle and meats approved by Senate
Washington reports the Senate approved tariff rates on cattle and meats after a nine week debate. Republicans voted solidly for the first time, while some Democrats supporting committee amendments joined the majority. The initial live cattle rate was 1.5 cents per pound under 1050 pounds and 2 cents per pound over that weight. LaFollette and Norris aligned with Republicans, while Ashurst Pittman and Sheppard backed the Democrats.
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Washington
Senate
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Norris
Nebraska
Ashurst
Arizona
New Mexico
Kendri
Pittman
Nevada
Sheppard
Texas
Train wreck at Lime Rock leaves one dead eighty injured
A Western Maryland train wreck near Lime Rock Elkins W Va logs one death and eighty plus injured. The rear car carrying 106 striking miners derailed on a fifty foot embankment after a rail broke. Miners and guards were treated at Elkins and Parsons hospitals as state police rushed to the scene.
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Associated Press
Elkins
W. Va
Limerock
Mrs Konac
Thomas
Earl Price
Parsons
Chester Plumb
Pete Johnson
Frank Udovich
K. Worturinski
Frank Kailarisch
John Garusky
John Polunas
Roy Smith
Pierce
Waltes
Elking
Blackwater
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Prison labor reform urged by AFL leader at federation meeting
Hugh Frayne, general organizer of the American Federation of Labor, urged industrialization of all prisons and prisoner employment at adequate wages. Speaking to the General Federation of Women's Clubs, he called for government centralization of supply purchases to create standardized, large scale prison production and wage scales.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Hugh Frayne
American Federation of Labor
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Frayne
Four Courts Still Held by Irregulars in Dublin
At ten o clock tonight the Four Courts in Dublin remained in the hands of irregulars. The Irish Labour party is said to disapprove of the provisional government action in attacking the building.
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London
Dublin
The
Times
Irish Labor Party
Mount Hope Man Honored by Bankers Title
West Virginia bankers elected L. Tully of Mount Hope as vice president for the state in the American Bankers Association. His one year term follows H. A. Abbott. Fred Burnell of Indiana spoke on foreign and national banking problems and H. B. Mulford of Ames Emrich and Company discussed fraudulent securities traffic and urged banker public cooperation.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
West Virginia
American Bankers’ Association
L. &. Tully
Mount Hope
National Association
H. A. Abbott
West Vhina Bankers’ Association
Fred 38. Urnell
Indiana
H. B. Mulford
Ames, Emrich and Company
New York
Trotter Resigns University Head
Dr Frank B Trotter resigns as president of West Virginia University Morgantown after eight years in office He asked the state board of education to relieve him after the next university year and discussed completing the building program and broader university goals.
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Charleston
W. Va
F. B. Trotter
West Virginia University
Morgantown
State Board of Education
Trotter
Frank B. Trotter
West Virginia Wesleyan University
College of Arts and Sciences
Thomas B. Hodges
Wage cut figures differ for Pennsylvania system crews
Detroit reports wage reductions on the Pennsylvania system hover just under the labor board’s nationwide scale. Carpenters face a four cent hourly cut, track foremen see a five dollar monthly drop, and section men receive five cents per hour less. Shop craftsmen are cut seven cents, with assistant foremen about six to seven cents depending on job.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Pennsylvania
United Es Railway Labor Board
Unit Brotherhood of Maintenance
Labor Board
Brotherhood
Former Mayor Glen Toole Wins Twelve Cents Damages
In Macon Georgia former Mayor Glen Toole was awarded twelve cents damages by a superior court jury in a libel suit against the Macon Telegraph. He sought fifty thousand dollars claiming defamation from a May 31 1921 article.
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Macon
Glen Toole
Superior Court
Macon Telegraph
Two Avenues Seen To Avert Threatened Shopmen Strike
Chicago June 28 two possible means of averting a 400000 shopmen strike emerged as railroad circles discuss a union ultimatum to the Association of Railway Executives. A truce pending wage talks or a conference leading to a possible jurisdiction action by the railroad labor board were cited as the main options. Ben W Hooper chairman refused to comment and B M Jewell said a statement would be issued tomorrow afternoon.
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Associated Press
Chicago
B. M. Jewell
Association of Railway Executives
Jewell
T. DeWitt Cuyler
Railroad Labor Board
Transportation Act
Ben W. Hooper
Clash at Dublin Four Courts as Free State troops attack
Dublin June 28 Michael Collins ordered an assault on the Four Courts insurgent stronghold. Free State forces in armored cars and lorries pressed the attack after a brief ultimatum, facing heavy fire from inside. Casualties included seven civilians killed and many wounded, while insurgents withdrew and new positions were taken. De Valera remained silent on the fighting.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Michael Collins
Irish Free State
Rory O'Connor
Four Courts
Free State
Suffolk Street
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Nutter Found Guilty in Harrrison Narcotic Act Case
Dr Thomas L Nutter of Clarksburg was found guilty by a jury in United States district court in Elkins West Virginia on the first of five counts in the indictment and acquitted on the remaining four counts in the Harri son narcotic act case.
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Elkins
W.” Va
Thomas L. Nutter
Clarksburg
United States District Court Today
Names Dr Rathenau’s Slayers Announced
Berlin police announced the murderers of Dr Walter Rathenau foreign minister as Ernst Werner Tachow and Fischer alias Vogel and Knauer alias Koener all Berlin and Mecklenberg men. They are said to be members of the monarchist Consul group and former Ehrhardt Brigade members tied to a coup plan and Erzberger’s assassination context.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Walter Rathenau
Ernest Werner Tachow
Fischer
Vogel
Knauer
Koener
Kern
Mecklenberg
Consul
Ehrhardt
Mathias Erzberger
Mine Workers and Operators Asked to Meet Harding
Washington invites leaders of the United Mine Workers and coal operators in both bituminous and anthracite sectors to meet President Harding on Saturday to discuss methods to start negotiations for settling the coal strike. John L. Lewis accepted for the union. the aim is to seek a settlement, not to debate wartime wage scales or district wage contracts.
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Washington
White House
United States
Harding
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Davis
Avinetne
Ogle
National Cont’ Association
S. D. Warriner
Anthracite Operators Committee
New York
Hoover
Three Aviation Cadets Die In Brooks Field Crash
In San Antonio Texas three aviation cadets were killed when their aircraft fell from 200 feet after takeoff at Brooks field. The dead include Waldren R Farrell 24 of Philadelphia pilot William C McCoy 22 of Nashville and George C Thompson of West Philadelphia. Farrell was killed instantly while McCoy and Thompson died before rescue crews could free them from burning wreckage. Thompson had just joined from Carlstrom field Florida on a transfer to Kelley field.
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San Antonio
Texas
Brooks Field
Waldren R. Farrell
Philadelphia
William C. McCoy
Nashville
Tenn
George C. Thompson
West Philadelphia
Farrell
McCoy
Kelley Field
Thompson
Carlstrom Field
Fla
Bluefield Awaits General Response to Strike Order
The Bluefield region braces for a possible railway wage strike as Norfolk and Western workers may walk out over labor board reductions. Merchants fear lasting impact on earnings, living costs, and the local economy while machinists and bodlemakers discuss next steps after meetings with union leaders arriving from Chicago and Williamson.
Harold F McCormick to sue newspapers for libel over gland graft claim
Harold F McCormick head of International Harvester executive committee announced plans to sue every newspaper that published that he bought a gland from another man to graft into his body. He listed libel and invasion claims and noted hospital denial as part of the dispute.
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Chicago
Harold F. Mc Cormick
International Harvester Company
McCormick
Prn
British coal men after Yankee business
Washington reports British coal trade stiffened by interest in American business. Consul John R. Bradley at Cardiff notes inquiries exist though no shipments have occurred, signaling potential future American markets for coal.
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Washington
Commerce Department
John R. Bradley
Cardiff
Wales
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Muzzie
BRUGE
State Police
Rail
Wallo
DR. Rathenau
Slayers
Bluefield
Order of Labor Board
Norfolk and Western
Pinefield
Machinists Woen
E. Louderman
Machinists
Mr. Bias
Bodlermakers’' Union
Williamson
Louderman
Harold F. M’cormick
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