Kansas district turmoil as United Mine Workers suspend leadership
The Kansas district No. 14 of the United Mine Workers is suspended by international president Josn L. Lewis. Alexander Howat and district officers are removed and George L. Peck named acting president. Miners seek work as legal moves loom, with about 12,000 affected and some leaving for Missouri and nearby states.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
United Mine Workers of America
Josn L. Lewis
International
Alexander Howat
George
L. Peck
International Board
Lewis
Peck
Thomas Harvey
Kansas District
Howat
August Dorby
Columbus
Dean and Reliance
Kansans
Flemming
Alstriet Board
Fiemming
August Dorcy
Industrial Court
John Fleming
Missouri
Colorado
Tiinois
Oklahoma
W C T U Asks Clemency In Bootleg Case
Waukegan Illinois October 13 The Woman's Christian Temperance Union requests clemency in a bootleg case involving alcohol distribution. Leaders urge mercy while stressing temperance principles amid local public interest.
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W.C.T.U
Waukegan, IL
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Orioles Jump Out In Lead
Baltimore report shows early scoring burst as Orioles take the lead in a game at Baltimore Maryland with final line showing runs hits and errors. Details are incomplete but the lead appears decisive with strong hitting. No further context available from the fragment.
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Giants
Daker
Burns
Bancroft
Frisch
Pipp
Young
Moyt
Peckinpaugh
Kelly
Hoyt
Menusel
Yankees
Fewster
Miller
Mousel
Mouse
Feckinpaugh
Hancroft
Rawlings
Ward
Orioles
Samuel G Shove Held in Check Forgery Case
Samuel G Shove, an officer of the Spanish American War veterans group, is jailed on a charge of attempting to defraud the local post of $250. The accused was a leading figure in the Caspar district encampment held early in July and awaits a hearing in the county jail.
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General Bliss
Samuel G. Shove
Casper
Shove
Tasker H. Bilas
General Tasker
Bilas
Two Killed and Three Hurt in Car Crash Near Durham
A U S truck en route from Jackson to Camp Bustle Virginia turned over an embankment near Durham North Carolina killing two enlisted men and seriously injuring three. Details show a check for 250 dollars diverted to pay for speakers including General Tasker H Bilas and General Bliss with a preliminary hearing planned for the afternoon.
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Durham
N.C
United States
Jackon
Camp Bustle
Confusion at Columbus Day fete in Baltimore
In Druid Hill park city and state leaders clashed during Columbus Day ceremonies. Mayor Broening and Governor Ritchie led rival Italian groups while police wrestled with the monument and a crowd as both sides sought to honor Columbus with wreaths and flags.
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Baltimore
Columbus
Druid Hill Park
Broening
Ritchie
Columbus’ Monument
Leity
Opposition to gold subsidy voiced by Mellon
Secretary Mellon sent a letter to Senator Oddie of Nevada stating opposition to any subsidy for newly mined gold. The reply came in response to a resolution signed by 22 western senators backing a house measure that would provide such a premium.
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Washington
Mellon
Oddie
Repulican
Nevada
Fire wipes out Texas oil town in Eliasville blaze
Fire began on the second floor of a furniture and hardware store in Eliasville Texas and destroyed more than two thirds of the oil town. The blaze caused an estimated $500000 in damage and burned 26 buildings including seven hotels the post office and the Guaranty State bank. Several residences were also destroyed.
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South Bend
Texas
Eliasville
Guaranty State Bank
California field strikers ask state troops to expose Klan fraud
A congressional hearing in Washington featured Imperial Wizard Simmons denying Klan mercenary aims and claims of forged checks tied to Wright. He asserted no authority over field agents and defended clan governance as benvolent, while rejecting allegations of destroying records and press links. The testimony highlighted graft fears in robe sales and power over clan periferalia.
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Klan
Simmons
Washingtom
Mae Witerd
Ku Klux
Anderson
Conny En Ieer
Rodenburg
Jonathan B. Prat
Frost
Harding
Death Strikes Senator Philander Knox in Washington
Washington mourns Philander C Knox Pennsylvania senator dies suddenly from a stroke. Funeral services planned at Valley Forge memorial chapel with President and cabinet members attending. Knox served twenty years in public life and his death interrupts ongoing peace treaty considerations bearing his name.
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Washington
Philander Ceaee
Pennsylvania
Counter
Valley
Knox
Valley Vergo
Valles Jorge Memorial
Harding
Senate
House
Uri
Moon
Germany
K Street
Know
W. W. Martin
Philander Chand Knox
Bloodshed Narrowly Averted in Row With Workers
In Bakersfield on October 13 leaders of striking workers ask Governor Stephens to deploy state troops to Kern River oil fields after an altercation between the workers' law and order committee and armed men said to be brought in by the Associated Oil company. Bloodshed was narrowly averted.
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Bakersfield
Case
Stephens
Law and Order” Committee
Associated Oil Company
T. W. Powell
Kern River
Here
Wife Slayer Admits Crime in Detroit Murder Case
Herman F. Redemacher a former policeman pleaded guilty to murdering his wife Gertrude by throwing her into the Detroit River. He declined counsel and said he faced the maximum punishment of life imprisonment as the prosecutor's office moves to docket the case for final disposition.
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Detroit
Herman F. Redemacher
Gertrude
Lfe
Fears Mounted As Posse Pursues Bank Robbers
Word reached Pownsville California that a relief party will depart to chase bandits who looted the Siberia Valley bank at Loyalton of more than 20000 dollars. Posse members have little food and fear ambush or loss in the woods near Webber Lake.
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Pownidville
Cal
Waleas
Bandita
Siberia Valley
Loyalton
Webber Lake
Leader of Jap Women Pleads Disarmament
Madame Yajima, 89, a longtime figure in Japan and in exile here, carries an unofficial plea from Japan for world peace and abolition of armaments. She founded the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Japan and has championed Japanese women’s rights for decades.
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Battle
Washington
Japan
Ma Kali Yojima
Madame Yajima
Women's
Christian Cemperance Union
Jengae
Zion Chooses Gum Clamp On Shiloh Choir
Zion church overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva posts a warning that any choir member at Shiloh Tabernacle caught chewing gum will be expelled and any woman in the audience chewing gum will be escorted from the church following reports of gum sales in Zion.
Submarine R-6 Raised After Sinkage at San Pedro Harbor
The submarine R-6 attached to the Pacific fleet was raised near Los Angeles after sinking at San Pedro harbor on September 26 with two crew missing. The hull appeared intact but engines and batteries likely damaged by salt water. The lift used a large air tube attached to the conning tower to pump air into the hull.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Fleet
San Pedro Harbor
Counterfeiter Arrested Again
Federal authorities requested the rearrest of Dr. George Rowerts under $5,000 bail for publishing and presenting counterfeit money. New disclosures from other cities led officials to seek Rowerts’ custody again as three men and nine women are already arrested in southwestern states in connection with the passing of notes allegedly made in Kansas City.
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Kanbas City
Lato
George Rowerts
Rowerts
Officuila
Kanenas
Windom to Burn Corn for Fuel at City Power Plant
In Windom Minnesota on October 18 officials announced corn will be used as fuel at the municipal power plant as a coal replacement. Farmers plan widespread corn burning this winter to heat and power homes and facilities.
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Windom
Minn
Windorn
German Cabinet Faces Resignation Over Silesia Split
Berlin reports the German cabinet may resign as the League of Nations likely caps Upper Silesia repartition. Officials show reluctance to accept separation of German towns if the League enforces the decision, with a decisive afternoon ruling anticipated.
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Berlin
Council of the
League of Nations
Upper
Siesta
Cinela
League
Boyden Named Head of Harvard Alumni Association
William C. Boyden, Chicago lawyer and former Harvard overseer, chosen as president of the Harvard Alumni Association by its directors. Frederick Roy Martin of New York and Wellington Wolla of Boston elected vice presidents, James W. D. Seymour of Cambridge as general secretary, and William T. Reid Jr. of Brookline re-elected treasurer.
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Cambridge, Mars
William C. Boyden
Chicago
Haorverd University
Harvard Alumni Association
Association
Boyden
Eliot Wadsworth
Frederick Roy Martin
New York
Associated Press
Wellington Wolla
Boston
James W. D. Seymour
Cambridge
William T. Reid, Jr
Brookline
Arbuckle pleads not guilty to new charge in miss Rappe death
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle, the motion picture star, enters a not guilty plea to a new charge related to the death of Miss Virginia Rappe. Trial scheduled for November 1. deposits to be used at the trial are being arranged by defense counsel.
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NEW Charce
San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Arbuckle
Miss Rappe
St. Irancia
Heplember Fi
Charlen J. Brennan
Milton T. O'Bren
Defense
United States
Brennan
Arbuakly
Unite States
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