Former Matewan Chief Hatfield Killed in Welch Courthouse Fight
Sid Hatfield former Matewan police chief and Ed Chalmers were killed in a courthouse yard gun fight in Welch McDowell County. Private detective C EB Lively and four others were arrested in connection with the shooting tied to the Matewan 1920 mine war violence. Hatfield recently faced charges over the Mohawk mining village incident.
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Welch
W. Va
Sid Hatfield
Matewan
Ed Chalmers
C. EB. Lively
Lively
Aoi Oe
Hatfield
Whitenme
C. C. Testerman
Stone Mountain Coal Company
Bluefield
Mattewan
Wingo County
McDowell
Williamson
Mohawk
National League Scores From Cincinnati and Pittsburgh
In Cincinnati New York defeated the Reds 5 to 4 with Toney Sallee Barnes and Smith and Markle Wingo supporting. In Pittsburgh Boston beat the Pirates 7 to 4 as MacQuillan Fillingim O Neill Adams and Schmidt contributed.
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Cincinnati
R. H. E. New York
Toney, Sallee
Barnes and Smith
Markle
Wingo
Pittsburgh
Baseball Scores From A Triple Header
In Boston the St. Louis team lost 4 14 to 4 20 000 DO 25 0 while Boston posted 4. In New York the New York club won 5 10 1 over avn ooo 100 010 00 with 28 runs. In Philadelphia Chicago defeated Philadelphia 5 12 3 1 with Wilkinson Schalk Naylor and Perkins noted on both sides.
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Boston
RH. E. St. Louis
Bush
Ruel
New York
RH. E. Avn
Ooo
Bagby, Uhle and
O'Neill
Hoyt and
Schang
Philadelphia
RE. H. E
Chicago
Wilkinson
Schalk
Naylor
Perkins
Road report updates across counties after recent rains
Road conditions vary with rainfall. Grant Neb line to Shawnee largely good then fair with some mud. Yellowstone shows heavy rains Sunday with potential for good travel if no more rain. Shoshoni to Riverton reported good with fair patches Hudon to Lander. Casper Sheridan route very muddy today but expected to improve tomorrow.
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Grant Highway
Nebraska Line
Shawnee
Fair Worm
Yellowstone Highway
Platte County
Caoper
Casper West
Walton
Shoshon
Riverton
Hudton
Lunder
Casper-Sheridan Road
Allied council to settle row over Silesians
Paris set for next Allied Supreme Council session to consider Upper Silesia. The meeting begins August 8 to allow Italian Premier Bonomi to attend, following Lord Curzon's request for accommodation in Paris.
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Paris
Allied Supreme Council
Upper Silesia
Lord Curzon
Bonomi
Italy
London
Briand
France
Lloyd George
Loral Curzon
Lord D'Abernon
Berlin
Germany
Siesia
Silesia
President Harding Joins Plymouth Pilgrims Observance
In Plymouth Massachusetts President Harding and an official party join ceremonies marking the Pilgrims landing. Thousands line streets and descendants of early settlers attend as a sea of spectators fills the scene across Plymouth Rock. Harding delivers a single speech at the event with a grand stand for 10 000 spectators.
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Plymouth
Mass
Ual
Bringine
Harding
Indiana
Warding
Biic
Plymouth Rock
Russian relief authorized by Hoover for Riga negotiations
Secretary Hoover directed Walter Lyman Brown to go to Riga to negotiate with Soviet officials for food relief in Russia. Instructions followed a cable from Maxim Gorky in London confirming the Soviet acceptance to fight famine among children. details to be continued on page 5.
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Hoover
Riga
Wahington
Walter Lyman Brown
American Relief Administration
London
Russia
Maxim Gorky
Lloyd George aims to secure just Upper Silesian settlement
Prime Minister Lloyd George announced in London that a meeting of the supreme council in Paris will consider whether reinforcements are needed in the plebiscite issue. He said Britain seeks a fair deal for both Poles and Germans and adherence to the plebiscite result.
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London
Reeks
Lloyd George
Fime
Annou
Ane Rowe
Commons
Paris
France
Great Britain
Cotton Crop Estimate Cut In July Forecast Decline
Washington August 1 The Agriculture Department cut its July forecast for the cotton crop by 230000 bales bringing total production to 8 203 000 bales down from 8 433 000 bales a month earlier The crop condition also fell by 4 5 points reflecting the July decline.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
International situation promising, says Harding speech at Plymouth
President Harding in Plymouth Mass expresses hope that the disarmament conference may usher in a new era of peace and freedom. He lauds religious freedom and New England heritage, urges limits on centralized power, and affirms faith in democracy and national resilience despite war’s scars. The address links three centuries of liberty to contemporary world peace.
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Plymouth
Mass
United States
Preecegs Harding
Harding
New England
Washington
Virginia
Old South Church
Seven Die As Severe Storms Ravage Regions
At least seven people die and many are injured as severe electrical and wind storms hit across the country including New England. Lightning strikes cause building damage and crop losses while hail accompanies the rain in several eastern states. At Travers Island, 30 New York Athletic Club members narrowly escape serious harm, knocked down by a bolt.
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New York
Iear
Travers Island
New York Athletic Club
Promoters Held for Fraud in Lander Wyoming
Lander residents LH W. Ackland and son Reginald faced federal charges after pleading guilty to fraud linked to a gambling scheme. They are held as prosecutors pursue steps on the case.
Casper Man Held Up in Park
Casper man Balups of Casper, Wye, was robbed of 60 and other valuables by two highwaymen who stopped his automobile on a lonely weed road brake at pastil. The robbery took 6 and arrest of the MeN Romple expected. Park officials issued orders that there shall be no carers taio the park al a night except on the main highways.
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Cody
Wye
Casper
To Be Republic in All but Name in Dublin Advices
Dublin reports the Irish question will be settled by a formal announcement. De Valera and his cabinet are said to accept a larger British offer that would make Ireland a republic in all but name. Plans include releasing Irish parliament members from prison and granting powers surpassing Canada’s.
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Republic
Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Great Britain
Ireland
Canada
Irish peace talks near secret move as O Brien sighted
Reports from Lontion say Lloyd George and Irish Republicans may announce developments soon though officials keep secrecy. Art O Brien, Gaelic League head, arrived in Dublin amid unverified rumors of delivering Sinn Fein reply and of De Valera possibly returning to London. In Prague, Irish demand recognition as a separate nation at the Teiferanto congress with 41 nations present. De Valera in Dublin denies plans to visit London this week after addressing the Irish Labour party congress.
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Lontion
Lloyd George
Dublin
Art O'Brien
Gaelic League
London
O'Brien
Sinn Fein
Eamonn de Valera
Prague
Ireland
Great Britain
Dole. Gates
Associated Press
j—Eamonn de Valera
Irish Labor Party
Liberian Loan Payment Sought by President Harding
President Harding sent a letter to the Senate requesting authorization to make payments on the $5 million loan to Liberia. Secretary Hughes noted a moral obligation on the United States to fulfill the loan as arranged.
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Pres. Harding
Washington
Leagiala Uan
Liberis
Harding
Senate
Hughes
United States
King of Greece Trails Army to Capture in Asia Minor
King Constantine of Greece entered Sk-Shehr, the rail hub in western Asia Minor recently seized by Greek forces from Turkish Nationalists. Dispatches say Turkey and Greece may press to halt hostilities with Allied mediation. Turkish Nationalists report posts east of Sivrihisar awaiting 30,000 reinforcements to decide actions with the Greeks.
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Greece
Asia Minor
Paris
Constantine
ski-Shehr
Turkish Nationaliata
Athens
The
Journal Today
Turkey
Thea Supreme Allied Council
Constantinople
Ndt
Anatolia
Sivrihissar
Shehr
Cilicia
Mesopotamian
Wallecasus
Man Shot After Being Forced to Sign Card in Train
In Nebraska, K Wells, address unknown, was shot and killed at Jansen after being forced with other men to sign I W W cards on a Chicago Rock Island train. About twenty transients arrested at Plymouth, Fairbury dispatch says. Wells, about 20, was found on the tracks near Danville. a slip bearing the name David P Conner of Eufala, Ghia was found with him.
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Omaha, Neb
K. Wells
Jansen
Neb
Plymouth
Fairbury
Wells
Janden
Danvwen
David Ireland
David Dp, Conner
Eufala
Ghia
Deputy Kills Thermopolis Youth in Street Shooting
Thermopolis Wyoming August 1 Randolph Peterson son of a respected family was shot to death presumably by Deputy Sheriff Crocker during a street disturbance. The youth fire his pistol promiscuously and confronted the deputy in a pool hall doorway before being fatally wounded.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
Randolph Peterson
Crocker
Thermopo
Hopewell Hospital
Defense Portrays 1919 World Series Fix as Burlesque
Opening its final argument in the baseball trial, the defense depicted the scandal as theatrical and denied conspiracy to defraud. Henry Berger of the defense labeled Johnson and Comiskey as villains while asserting the state failed to prove intent to defraud. The case nears verdict with two defendants discharged and the judge signaling likely acquittals without further evidence.
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Chicago
Johnson
Charles A. Comiskey
W. Barrett
Perma
Byron Daneportehneon
Man Johnson
Comiskey
Mr. Berger
Noorime
Tate
Cincinnati
Henry Berger
Cart Zork
St. Louis
Mage Friend
Defense Opens Ten Hours of Argument in Chicago Baseball Case
In Chicago on August 1, prosecutors and defense attorneys faced a lengthy session as ten hours of argument aimed at convincing the jury in a baseball related case. The proceedings began with opening statements and continued into late hours, seeking to sway jurors on key charges.
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Chicago
Altorneye
Spaniards Win Bic Victory
Spanish troops moving south from Meilla Morocco defeat tribesmen near Montarruitt and retake Gourougue Alalayot Sidi Hamid El Hadji and Nador. Tangier dispatch to Daily Mail notes the victory under General Cavalcand succeeding the late General Silvestre who died after a prior defeat.
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London
Meilla
Morocco
Navarro
Montarruitt
Tangier
Daily Mail
Bnanish
Cieneral Cavalcand
Silvestre
Bpanieh
Gourougue
Alalayot
Sidi Hamid
el Hadji
Nador
Society Belle Dies of Drugs in New York Hotel
The body of Sarah Cowen a former Baltimore society beauty and daughter of the late John K Cowen ex president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was found in a New York hotel room and remained unclaimed in the morgue authorities said Mina Cowen died of alcohol and drug poisoning the medical examiner reported Miss Cowen who in 1900 eloped with Charles Monson de of New Conn later divorced his ceate af Mena police sought a man tied to her hotel registration Detected details reflect a sensational society tragedy with ongoing police inquiries.
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New York
Sarah Cowen
Baltimore Society
John K. Cowen
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mina Cowen
Ers
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Roosevelt
Emma K. Burkett
Gunoolf
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Mattie M! Berry
North Carolina
Goodenon
America
Walag
Casper Man
Hellenes
Supreme Council
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Cominkey
Klindy Jane
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