McCoy Convicted of First Degree Murder in Mingo Disturbances
In Williamson West Virginia on September 24 jury verdicts in the Sprigg shootings near the May 12 unrest yield J C McCoy a first degree murder convict tied to Harry Staton the prohibition officer. Parliament Parsley’s case dismissed while Dave Phillips awaits October 3 trial. sentence deferred pending motions and potential unconstitutionality challenges.
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Dave Phillips
McCoy
Robert D. Bailey
Ecourt
Sprigg
Staton
S. D. Stokes
Lant R. Slaven
Thomas West
Harold W. Houston
C. J. van Meet
United Mine Workers of America
David Phillips
Lee
Phillips
Monroe County
Tom Nene
Sebee
Inspector Harbert Transferred to Bilis Island Duty
Washington Sept 24 John G Harberg inspector of immigration at Boston was transferred today by order of the department of labor to duty at Bilis Island.
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Harbert
Washington
John G. Harberg
Boston
Department of Labor
Bilis Island
League of Nations backs bid to settle Vilna dispute
The League of Nations assembly unanimously supports the council in its effort to resolve Poland Lithuania tensions over Vilna. Delegates avoid taking sides, with M Bourgeois of France stressing impartiality of both bodies.
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Assembly League of Nations
Council
Associated Press
Geneva
Assembly of the League of Nations
Council of the League
Poland
Lithuania
Vilna
M. Bourgeois
France
Assembly
West Virginia real estate fuels most property value rise
West Virginia’s 1921 total assessed property value stands at 1.6926 billion dollars, up 113.05 million from 1920. Real estate led gains with 75.78 million, followed by personal property 24.15 million and public utilities 113.14 million. Boone Mingo Wyoming Marion counties show major increases while twelve counties drop.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Walter S. Hallanan
Iar Bastante
Combane
Boone
Mingo County
Wyoming County
Marion County
Boone County
Doddridge County
Mexico Supreme Court affirms non retroactivity of article 27
Justice Benito Flores announced the Supreme Court has definitively laid down the non retroactivity of article 27 in the Texas Company amparo case. The final text, described as comprehensive, will be published Monday. The ruling, though centered on Texas Oil, sets broad legal principles for similar amparo cases.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Supreme Court
Amparo
Benito Flores
Flores
Texas
Obre
Snipers Active in East Belfast District
Snipers fired from side streets in the Newtownwards Road area of East Belfast this afternoon. Soldiers responded with machine guns, gaining the upper hand and silencing the attackers.
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Belfast
Associated Press
Newtownwards Road
Step toward an effort to break up miners union
Indianapolis September 24 1500 delegates at United Mine Workers of America vote to resist an injunction suit described as striking at the mine workers union. Will Green calls the suit a bid to dissolve the union, which covers 75 percent of US coal. Samuel Gompers and John L. Lewis clash over the issue as the legal case proceeds with a court date of October 18.
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Indianapolis
Mine Workers’ Union
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Will Green
International
West Virginia
Kentucky
United States
Mr. Green
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
John
M. Gompers
A B. Anderson
John H. Walker
Illinois Federation of Labor
Theory Links Tragedy to Miss Hanan and Mrs Laws
New York reports consider a theory by John Borland that the divorce and financial withdrawal by Miss Mildred Hanan triggered Grace Laws to kill the shoe maker and then commit suicide. Borland cites the end of friendship, monetary loss, and alcohol as factors in the alleged homicide frenzy.
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John S. Borland
Mildred Hanan
New York
Grace Laws
John 8
Borland
Dartmouth
Miss Hanan
Laws
Watson
Mrs. Laws
Brooklyn
Welch Chamber Adopts Resolutions Backing County Volunteers
The Welch Chamber of Commerce in Mc Dowell County commends 1,229 citizens for defending the laws, condemns attacks on state and national authorities, and urges prosecution of insurrectionists. The resolutions were signed by Graham Sale and William A. Mills and sent to Governor Morgan and President Harding.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chamber of Commerce
Welch
McDowell County
Anch
Graham Sale
William A. Mills
Morgan
Harding
Eight Lives Lost in Squale on Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie Mich September twenty four eight people perished when a berry picking party's sail boat capsized in a squall off the Michigan shore. Only survivor Adam Lewis said the craft foundered about a mile from shore near Shell Drake. The victims include John and Mrs Lewis Simon Lewis George Field and three children.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Superior
Adam Lewis
Shell Drake
Here
John Lewis
Simon Lewis
George Field
Harry Brooks
Garden River
Sault Ste Marie
Ont
Chicago Police Chief Says Half Of Force Involved In Liquor Sales
Chicago September 24 Chief Fitzmorris General Superintendent asserts in letters that he believes fifty percent of the police department are involved in illegal liquor sales and transportation. He promises drastic action once evidence is obtained and says he will bring guilty officers before the civil service commission. He also plans a district shake-up and seeks federal guidance on prohibition enforcement.
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Chicago
Charles C. Fitzmorris
John H. Alcock
Charlies F. Clinin
Chicago Police Department
Fitzmorris
City Civil Service Commission
Department
Police Department
Fitamorris
Alcock
Sen
Derr wife waives hearing in Akron murder case
Attorneys for Mrs Minnie L Derr charged with second degree murder waived preliminary hearing in police court and she was bound over to the grand jury under a $20000 bond. Derr died from inhaling poisonous fumes of acid thrown into his face while asleep at home.
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Walves
Akron
Ohio
Minnie L. Derr
A. K. Derr
Derr
Arbuckle Case Witness Refuses Verbal Testimony At San Francisco Hearing
Alfred Semnacher testified in San Francisco on September 24 that he wrote details of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle's party behavior for the lawyers and police instead of repeating them aloud. He described the St Francis Hotel revel, Arbuckle's remorse after Miss Virginia Rappe's death, and noted no impropriety in Arbuckle's conduct. The defense later questioned him to elicit limited responses as the investigation moved toward the murder complaint.
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San Francisco
Alfred Semnacher
Roscoe
Fatty
Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Sylvain Lazarus
Lowell Sherman
Fred Fishbach
Harry McCulloch
Hotel St. Francis
Semnacher
Miss Rappe
Sherman
Fishbach
Los Angeles
Frank Dominguez
Clarke quits Ku Klux Klan Imperial Kleagle
Atlanta on September 24 Y Clarke announced his resignation as Imperial Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan and said his action would sever ties with Elizabeth Tyler, his assistant. He stated he could not continue the work without her, claiming he was not physically or financially able to carry on.
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Atlanta
Y. Clarke
Imperial Kleagle
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Mra
Elizabeth Tyler
Long-Serving Army Major Turner Recalls Four Wars
Washington notes Major Janus Thomas Turner United States Army retired has just celebrated his ninetieth birthday. He served as Lincoln’s bodyguard on one occasion and recalls witnessing Washington’s growth from a muddy village to a celebrated city. Turner claims to be the only living man to have participated in four wars including the Mexican War of 1846 48 the Rogue River Indian War 1853 and the Civil War from start to end while he declined the Congress title of colonel for not earning it in battle.
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Washington
Janus Thomas Turner
United States Army
Lincoln
Turner
Oregon
Congress
Robbery Believed Motive In Dowagiac Tragedy
Dowagiac Michigan September 24 authorities deepen belief robbery sparked the killings of William Monroe his wife Mary and 17 year old Neva as they slept in a rural Dowagiac house A letter from Mehick Michigan the Monroes former home supported the robbery motive cited by Sheriff Sherman Wyman.
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Dowagiac
Mich
William Monroe
Mary
Neva
Sherman Wyman
Mehick
Michican
Monroes
Senate committee revises house tax bill for 1922 revenue
The Senate Finance Committee reports a tax revision forecast shrinking income and profits tax by more than a billion dollars for the current year. It estimates total internal revenue at 3.324 billion for the year ending next June 30, with a safety margin to offset business low mood and other factors.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Uges
Centennial Coin Design Approved for Alabama Admittance
The federal commission of fine arts announced approval of a centennial half dollar design to celebrate Alabama’s 100th anniversary in the union. The coin will feature busts of Governor Bibb and Governor Kilby on the obverse and the state seal on the reverse, with 100,000 minted.
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Washington
Congress
Alabama
Federal Commission of Fine Arts
Bibb
Kilby
Stat
Cashier Dead in Glenview Bank Mystery
Fred Christian senior, 24, cashier at Glenview Bank in Glenview Illinois, was found dead on the floor near the vault entrance with a bullet wound in his side. He clutched a revolver in his hand but no cartridge had been fired.
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Chicago
Fred Christiansen
Glenview Bank
Glenview
Illinois
Echoes of Versailles Treaty Fight in Senate
Senate opened debate on a peace with Germany as Lodge presented Harding’s letter urging prompt action. Borah and Reed signaled opposition while Lodge defended the treaty's harmony with Knox Porter steps. Discussion covered reservations, reparations, and U.S. troop withdrawal.
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Washington
Senate
Germany
Lodge
Massachusetts
Borah
Idaho
Harding
Reed
Missouri
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
Meréne
Ohio
United States
Pomerene
Lusitania
King
Utah
Senator Lodge
League of Nations
War Democrat
Georgia
League
America
Robert Toland Dead with Bullet in Head
Robert Toland a wealthy retired banker was found dead at his Philadelphia home from a bullet wound to the head. Authorities say he suffered six months of despondency due to severe headaches and possible deafness. Family members watched over him until last night. a revolver lay beside him. Toland was sixty and unmarried.
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Philadelphia
Robert Toland
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Mercy
Judge Bailey
William Parsley
Mingo
Doddridge
Hallonan
Semnacker
St. Francis Hotel
Aleagle Clarke
KU Klux Klan
Sarinkage
Ceshler
Reparations Commission
Knox
Gettes
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