Two-Man Senatorial Probe Opens Mingo Visit With Keeney Mooney Jailed
Senator Kenyon's two man investigation into Mingo mining trouble tours Matewan and Williamson visiting battle sites and hearing conflicting testimony. Keeney and Mooney remain jailed as the panel weighs causes of long running grievances and violence.
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Mingo
Keeney
Mooney
Matewan
Ten Mile Battle Line
Williamson
Tom Davis
Borderland Coal Corporation
Marvin Lambert
Lambert
Tug River
Kentucky
Page Bight
Fatty Arbuckle Reunites With Wife in Prison Visit
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle and wife Mrs Minta Durfee reunite in prison visitors room as murder trial for Miss Virginia Rappe continues. Grand jury probes includes Dr Ruemer Miss Joyce Clark Dr Gabor Kingstone and Reginald Morely with subpoenas issued for witnesses.
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San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
City Prison
Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Minta Durfee Arbuckle
Flora
Reginald Morely
Miss Clarke
Mathew Brady
Lowell Sherman
Los Angeles
Chicago
Brady
Sherman
Miss Rappe
Bombings and arrests inside Chicago strike amid labor war
Chicago police seized fourteen hundred sticks of dynamite and 100 sticks of TNT after five men were captured while bombing the shoe repair shop of David Kremen. William G. Smith confessed to planting and exploding more than sixty bombs, tied to rivalry between shoe repair unions. Richard Burke was shot fleeing as police surrounded their target. In West Virginia, C F Keeney and Fred Mooney, United Mine Workers leaders, surrendered in Charleston and claimed governor Morgan promised them protection to face murder indictments in Mingo county. They vowed to continue the strike until district 17 is organized.
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Chicago
William G. Smith
David Kremen
Hughes
International Brotherhood of Shoe Repairmen
United Shoe Repairmen
Kremen
Richard Burke
Burke
Smith
John Barry
Charles Young
Levinson
United Shoe Repair Association of Iliots
Leo Levinson
Association
Williamson
W. Va
F. Keeney
Fred Mooney
United Mine Workers of America
Matewan
Charleston
Mingo
Mingo County
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Huntington
State Federation of Labor
Sid Hatfield
Wd Chambers
Court House
Welch
C. F. Keponey
Increases in Workers in Nine Major Industries Reported
Washington reports August employment gains across nine principal industries with iron and steel up to 102,698 from 97,002, hosiery and underwear rising to 28,200, men’s clothing to 34,813, and boots and shoes to 63,200. Automobile industry leads declines from 78,008 to 74,283, with bituminous coal mines falling to 21,754. wages rose in eleven industries, notably 15.4 percent in iron and steel and 12.7 percent in men’s clothing.
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Washington
Department of Labor, Iron and Steel Industries
Special Study Made Yellowstone Park Expedition
Beavers and trout in Yellowstone Park become focal study objects for an expedition from the Roosevelt Wildlife Forest Experiment Station at Syracuse New York. The project aims to document species behavior and ecosystem dynamics within the park margins.
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Yellowstone Park
Roosevelt, Wild Life Forest Experiment Station
Syracuse
Miss Virginia Rappe Buried in Hollywood
Funeral services were held in Los Angeles for Miss Virginia Rappe the motion picture actress linked to the Roscoe Arbuckle murder case. Burial followed at Hollywood Cemetery with an Episcopal service and a large crowd, including actors and producers serving as pallbearers.
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Los Angeles
Virginia Rappe
Roscoe C. Arbuckle
San Francisco
Hollywood Cemetery
National unemployment conference invites 35 leaders
Secretary Hoover announced 35 men and women, including Hoover and Davis, Gompers, Schwab, and Lewis, plus three women Ida Tarbell Mary Van Kleek and Elizabeth Christiman, will attend the Harding appointed gathering in Washington to craft plans for relief. The conference will form committees to propose concrete actions with labor employers and civic groups.
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Washington
Harding
Hoover
Davis
Julius Barnes
Duluth
Minn
Samuel Gompers
Chas. M. Schwab
John L. Lewis
Ida Tar
Tax Revision Bill Sent to President by October End
Senate Finance Committee approved the house measure as amended and expects to send the tax revision bill to the president by late October. Penrose said the bill would be taken up promptly with aim for final action, though profits tax repeal and surtax reductions may face opposition. The Smoot sales tax and Calder liquor tax on nonmanufacturing withdrawals are not included but may be offered on the senate floor.
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Washington
Penrose
Senate Finance Committee
House
Calder
Senate
Jury Hung in Matewan Battle Trial Ends Night Delayed Verdict
A jury in the Matewan battle trial of Fred Burgraff and Reece Chambers on charges of killing Baldwin Felts detective W J Ferguson failed to reach a verdict by nightfall. The panel, drawn from Mingo county, remained deliberating as court officials and lawmen held the room. The case follows the May 1920 Matewan conflict and earlier trials in Williamson West Virginia. A separate venue panel of fifty Monroe county men arrived to hear the case of Calvin McCoy and David Phillips connected to the Staton killing.
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Associated Press
Williamson
W. Va
Matewan
Fred Burgraff
Reece Chambers
W. J. Ferguson
Baldwin- Felts
Little
Bailey
Tom Davis
Mingo County
J. R. Brockus
Brockus
Judge Bailey
John S. Marcum
Huntington
Thomas West
John J. Coniff
Sam B. Stokes
Monroe County
Calvin McCoy
David Phillips
Harry Staton
Mingo
Plan to auction unemployed abandoned by Ledoux in New York
Urbain Ledoux known as Mr Zero announced dropping his plan to hold a slave auction of the unemployed after police dispersed his followers in Bryant Park. He had distributed buns in Cooper Square before police ordered him to move on and a crowd of over 5 000 gathered before officers cleared the streets.
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New York
Urbain Ledoux
Mr. Zero
Bryant Park
New York City
Cooper Square
Park
Ledoux
Submarine U-111 equipment used at Portsmouth yard
Part of the gasoline engine from the German submarine U-111 is being used at the Portsmouth navy yard to charge batteries for American submarines.
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Portsmouth
N. of
Navy Yard
Brother of Cork Mayor Visits Bluefield Tonight
Peter MacSwiney, brother of the martyred Cork mayor, arrives in Bluefield to speak at 8 pm in the Masonic building. He plans to establish a Bluefield branch of the Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic and speaks to liberty and Irish rights.
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Bluefield
Peter MacSwiney
Cork
Ireland
Terrence
MacSwiney
Cluefield
Association For the Recognition of the Irish Republic
West Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Building
Prohibition Chief Rules Home Brew Illegal in Tax Clarification
Washington announces that home production of intoxicating wine is illegal under national prohibition. Non intoxicating fruit juice may be made tax free by a registered head of family, but the 200 gallon exemption does not apply to intoxicating beverages.
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Washington
Prohibition
Haynes
Internal Revenue
Police Superintendent on Trial in Contempt Case
Charles Fita morris, general superintendent of police, faced a contempt hearing before Judge Davis in Chicago for newspaper interviews criticizing hearings to determine the sanity of Carl Wanderer, who was convicted for killing his wife, her unborn child, and a ragged stranger used to stage a fake hold up.
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Chicago
Charles Fitamorris
Davis
Cerl Wanderer
Stormont to House Ulster Parliament in Belfast
Stormont estate at East Belfast owned by Charles Allan near Workman Clark shipyard sold for 10000 dollars to serve as the Ulster Parliament seat. The British treasury will cover the construction costs for the new parliament house.
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Irish Bay
Belfast
Ireland
Stormont
Charles Allan
Workman Clark Shipbuilding Firm
Parliament
Sinn Fein Rejects Precondition Demand for Conference
Irish Republican leader Eamonn De Valera, after cabinet talks, told Premier Lloyd George Sinn Fein never sought conditions for a conference and proposed a treaty of accommodation and association to settle the dispute. He warned open diplomacy risks, calling for representatives to meet to negotiate terms.
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London
Eamonn de Valera
Lloyd George
Sinn Fein
de Valera
Irish Republic
Ireland
Beardslee Telegraphed Return To San Francisco In Arbuckle Case
Dr. Arthur Beardslee, St Francis house physician and Arbuckle witness, telegraphed he would be in San Francisco tomorrow. Grand jury to review evidence. actor Lowell Sherman subpoenaed. District attorney seeks federal aid to probe liquor served at the party before the murder case proceeds.
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San Francisco
Arthur Beardslee
St. Francis
Roscoe
Fatty
Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Brady
Bridgeport
Mionon County
Beardslee
Arbuckles
Miss Rappe
Milton U'Ren
Lowell Sherman
U'Ren
Sherman
Chicago
Robert H. McCormick
Unt States Attorney-General
Prohibition
Francis
McCormick
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Romits
C. F. Keeney
Windy City
Morgan
Hollywood
Smoot and
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Venire
Staton
AU Swiney
Chamber of Commerce Hall
The
DR. Geardslee
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