Robbery Motive in Ill-Fated Death of Dick Arnold
Police believe robbery motive in the shooting of C. H. Dick Arnold on Bland street near Adams street Monday night. Arnold died at St Luke’s Hospital after making a deathbed statement naming an alleged assailant whose name is withheld pending investigation. He had been at the fair grounds and planned to visit his mother in Roanoke, carrying substantial money from winnings before the fatal encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H
Dick) Arnold
Bland Street
Adams Street
Arnold
St. Luke's Hospital
Fair Ground
Bikefield
Roanoke
No. 16
Dillon
Pillow
Oakhurst Circle
Morris Watts
Oakhurst Avenue
Chief Dillon
Mullens
Bluefield
Garrett
Jamerson
Fair Grounds
Baker
Mother of former War Secretary Baker Dies
Mrs. Mary Duke Hart Baker, 78, mother of former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, died in Cleveland after eight weeks of illness. Body to be sent to Martinsburg West Virginia for burial Thursday. survivors include sons Harry of Cleveland and Julian and Frank of New York. Funeral in Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Newton D. Baker
Paker
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mary Duke Hart Baker
Ohio
Unemployment Conference Lists Collected for Hoover
Data from the labor department and cost of living figures are being gathered for the Hoover led unemployment conference. The president will receive proposed representative lists from labor, commerce and other groups and a program on Thursday. The meeting date is expected around September 15 or 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Washington
Hoover
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States Chamber of Commerce
Commerce Department
Armed miners in Hardin county strike zone quiet in Illinois
Elizabethtown Illinois Sept 6 county officials report a quiet strike zone after patrols. About forty miners armed with rifles are said to be camping in woods three miles from Elizabethtown. Sheriff D N Cox keeps thirty five deputy sheriffs on duty tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Ill
Hardin County
Clarence Forward
D. N. Cox
Minister Stephenson Charged with Murder in Priest Death
An indictment in Birmingham Alabama charges Edwin R Stephenson a Methodist minister with second degree murder in the August 1 death of Father James E Coyle. Bail likely tomorrow after his arrest following the late night shooting at the priest's home. The coroner's inquiry notes an altercation between the two clergymen over Father Kage Mecatts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Edwin R. Stephenson
James E. Coyle
Stephenson
Coyle
Kage Mecatts
De Valera Says Peace Cannot Be Built on Make-Believe
Dublin reports Eamonn De Valera declares peace with England impossible if built on pretense and threats. He asserts England has no right to demand from Ireland and warns war would follow if ultimatums are imposed. British cabinet actions and Sinn Fein responses frame a tense Inverness moment with a time limit looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ireland
Lloyd-George
Associated Press
Dublin
Inverness
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
Sinn Fein
Robert C. Barton
Bireann
Barton
London
Daily Mail
Lloyd George
MacReady
Sein Fein
No trace of escaped post office prisoners
Federal and county officers hunted more than fifty miles around Toledo for three convicted post office inmates who escaped from the county jail. Judge John M. Killits barred other prisoners from receiving visitors. The fugitives Joe Urbaytis Chas Schultz and George Lewis alias Rogers beat two deputies with a jail buckle on a string and vanished. Police sheriff and investigators denied a Cleveland dispatch that the men were surrounded in a house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
John M. Killits
United States District Court
Joe Urbaytis
Chas Schultz
George Lewis
Rogers
Cleveland
Supreme court docket in Charleston marks 18 cases
Sept 6 at Charleston W V the supreme court docket lists 18 cases for the regular term to convene at 10 tomorrow morning. among the called cases are H F Van Zenden versus Raymond H Kerr Monongalia and Mildred Bobbs versus Morgantown Preses Company Monongalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocket
Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
H. F. van Zenden
Raymond H. Kerr
Monongalia
Mildred Bobbs
Morgantown _Prese Company
Mysterious Porch Shooting Near Evanston Injures Five
In Evanston Illinois on Lovers Lane a porch shooting left two women and three young men wounded. A later exchange of buck shot and bullets occurred between the women and occupants of a touring car roadside. The five were hospitalized with no clear motive or inside information given by those involved. The women are designer Miss G B Dow and Chicago teacher Miss Minnie Hahecek. The men are Harold and Warry Cohrs and William Hesketh, all Evanston residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Ill
Lovers’ Lane
G. B. Dow
Minnie ©. Hahecek
Chicago
Harold and
Warry Cohrs
William Hesketh
Quiet Returns as Federal Troop Withdrawals Begin
Charleston W Va Sept 6 Federal orders direct the 26th Infantry to Camp Dix while the 88th Aero Squadron and the chemical warfare service return to their bases. Bandholtz plans to stay in Charleston as calm returns to Boone Logan boundary and Logan coal fields. Mines resume as governors report quiet with no disturbances and positive troop impact in Mingo County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
War Department
Twenty-Sixth Infantry
Camp Dix
Bandholtz
Kanawha
Contver Fields
Mingo County
Logan
Eighty Eighth Aero Squadron
Lane's Field
Chemical Warfare Service
Hdgewood Arsenal
N. J
West Virginia
Army
Boone-Logan Boundary
Coal River
Logan County
Morgan
Mingo
CORP HAZLETON IS NOT OUT OF DANGER
Corporal Alexander Hazelton sole survivor of a five man army bombing crew in a Nicholas county crash remains in serious condition at Montgomery hospital. Doctors report loss of left leg control with no leg broken and possible spinal injury amid severe internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Alexander, Hazelton
Army
Nicholas County
Montgomery
Hazelton
Ben Hughes
Wade
Baeeer
Mount Vernon Hosts Lafayette Marne Day Celebration
At Mount Vernon on Lafayette Marne Day, officials from France and the United States united to honor Lafayette’s birthday and the Marne battle. James M. Beck presided as messages from Harding Briand Joffre Foch Pershing Briand Hughes and Denby were read, with Marine Band and uniformed officers present along the procession to the tomb.
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Mount Vernon
George Washington
Lafayette
The
Marne
LaFayette Day National Committee
James M. Beck
United States
Harding
Millerand
Marshal Joffre
Victor
Marshal Foch
Pershing
Briand
Hughes
Denby
Marine
Navy
Washington
France
Marshal Joffrey
Englad
Beck
Maurice Leon
New York
Prince de Bearn
John H. Finley
la Fayette
America
Interstate panel grants rehearing on Cleveland terminal plan
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted a rehearing on the New York Central and other lines application to build a 60 million dollar terminal station in Cleveland. The hearing was scheduled for September 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Central
Cleveland
Judge McConnell Dies After Finishing Jury Charge
Greensburg Pa Sept 6 Judge Alexander D McConnell president judge of Westmoreland County common pleas died in his chambers after completing a jury charge in the murder case of Ernest W Kellar a New Kensington policeman Nichols death occurred after an illness interrupted his instructions and an apoplexy proved fatal He was 72 and appointed to the bench in 1895 by Governor Hastings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Alexander
McConnell
Common Pleas Court
Westmoreland County
Ernest W. Kellar
New Kensington
Hoyt Nichols
Hastings
Eastern North Carolina tobacco markets open with strong demand
Winston-Salem September 6 reports eastern North Carolina markets opened with strong demand. Wilson sold 300000 pounds at 10 to 15 cents per pound, while Winston-Salem moved flaky tobacco at around 15 cents. Prices exceeded growers expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N. C
North Carolina
Wilson
Winston Tiean
Retroactive Repeal of Excess Profits Tax Debated
Senate finance committee moves to make the excess profits tax repeal retroactive to last January 1 rather than January 1 next year. Chairman Penrose notes committee will finish initial review of the house bill tomorrow. Secretary Mellon may urge retroactive repeal when testifying on government funding needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Penrose
Mellon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Government Sets Forth Mandate Position With Safeguards
Washington notes the American government has clarified its stance on mandates in a new note to Britain France Italy and Japan. The memo argues for equal treatment in trade residence and concessions across all mandate classes A B and C and urges safeguards for American missionaries and business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Assembly of the League of Nations
Geneva
State Department
Hughes
Mandate
Mesopotamia
Yap
Central Africa
Southwest Africa
Southern
Pacific Islands
Serious Wounds Wife and Self Kill in Altoona Scuffle
In Altoona Pennsylvania George Stewart twenty two recently discharged from the army shot his wife Genevieve eighteen during a quarrel this afternoon and then shot himself in the head. He died two hours later. Doctors say the wife will recover. Jealousy is given as the motive. Stewart served in World War I and re enlisted later with the coast artillery in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Gieorge Stewart
Genevieve
Stewart
Coast Artillery Service
New Orleans
Village Saved From Destruction By Cider
In L Orient France on Sept 6 firemen used hogs heads and tanks of cider to fight a blaze threatening Moustoir Memun gel turning back the flames after eight houses were destroyed and the fire spread while water ran short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L/Orient
France
Moustoir-Memungel
Four Die As Strasbourg Paris Express Crashes
Four passengers perished when the Strasbourg Paris express airplane crashed during landing at Le Bourget airport. The pilot was severely injured and died later in a hospital.
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Paris
le Bourset
Veniremen Drawn in Motive of Motive Case Trial Moves
Forty-six of fifty veniremen from Pocahontas county answered rolls for a Mingo county case arising from the Matewan clash. Indictments target Keeney and Mooney, officials of the United Mine Workers, tied to death of two guards during May fighting. Prosecution aims to call a jury this term as cases against Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers face related charges. A security presence guards the court as Keeney and Mooney remain sought by authorities in Huntington and Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Mingo County
Mingo
8. D. Tonight
Huntington
C Keeney
Fred Mooney
United Mine Workers America
Intion
Dan Ambrose Gooslin
Harry
Tug River
Char
Keeney
Sidreassil
Ed Chambers
Anse Hatfield
Sid Hatfield
Matewan
Chambers
Welch
Mohawk
C. Lively
Ezra
J. J. Coniff
Matewan Fendants
Stokes
Court House
Thomas Davis
W. Va
Frank Keeney
Mooney
W. A.liams
Cabell
D. Stokes
William
Moorey
Edward Gault
Gault
J. H
John T. Graham
Williamson
Oil firms accused in bid to crush independents
Chicago Sept 6 United States district attorney Charles P. F. Clyne promised to investigate a complaint by 150 independent oils against Standard Oil and Sin Clair Oil alleging conspiracy to crush small competitors and control petroleum and gasoline at corners nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles FP. Clyne
United States
Standard Oil Company
Sin Clair Oil Company
Coun
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Dick Arnold
Illinois
Onys
Evanston, Il
Boone Logan Boundary
Martin
Lafayette-Marne
Alexander D. McConnell
George Stewart
Capiages
Moone
W. J. F Son
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