Judges conduct Landis condemned by American Bar Association
The American Bar Association adopted a resolution condemning Kenesaw M. Landis for private employment and private emoluments while serving as a Federal Judge. General Ketcham urged he resign, as Hampton Carson and others denounced the conduct and called for action. The debate followed a stormy session at Keith's Theater with appeals to Washington for Senate and House review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenesaw M. Landis
United States Court
Chicago
Supreme Commissioner of Baseball
American Bar Association
Keith
Washington
House
Senate
Charles S. Thomas
Colorado
R. Masujima
Tokyo
J. Yamamoto
George Sutherland
Utah
Hampton L. Carson
The
Bar Association
Association
William G. Ketcham
Indianapolis
Carson
America Bar Association
Treasury
Oes
War In West Virginia Mines Sparks Federal Response
Logan County deputies clash with armed miners on Spruce Fork Ridge as violence flares across Blair Mountain region. State forces rush east, with 67 additional troopers and 85 from Mingo and Logan mobilized. Casualties reported among attackers and deputies, while air reconnaissance maps the field.
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Logan
W. Va
Logan County
Crook Creek
Spruce Fork Ridge
I. G. M Hollingsworth
W. Eubanks
L. E. Lawson
Mingo
McDowell
Blair Mountain
Mountain District
Logan-Boone
Crooked Creek
Blair Mountain District
Boone County
Blair and
Hewitt’s Creek
Don Chafin
Jeffrey Blair
Chafin
Hatfield
McDowell County
Spruce Pork Ridge
Brockus
John Gore
Jim Munsey
John Cavajo
Jackson Arnold
State Police
Index to Advertisements Amusements Page 3
The listing shows multiple businesses and services including Baldwin Piano Co Columbus College prep arms Conservatory of Music Cincinnati Law School Corona Typewriter Sales Dew's Drug Stores and local banks. It references ads for shipping retail services employment and products with page numbers and brief identifiers in a historical catalog style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afaeen
Achagny Ieise Oids
Teuxkgees
Ae Baldwin Piano Co
Ianent Dieibada
Charles E. Smith & Sons
Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati Law School
Corona Typewriter Sales Co
Dew's Drug Stores
East Hills Coal and Supply Co
Bwinansial
Judge Landis Refuses Comment on Bar Resolution
Chicago dispatch reports Federal Judge Landis declining to comment on the American Bar Association's resolution condemning his acceptance of emoluments as a baseball arbiter. The piece notes his 1921 appointment as Commissioner of Baseball with a 42 500 annual salary, initial offer of 50 000, and prior Illinois district judge career including the Standard Oil rebating case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Landis
American Bar Association
Congress
United States
Northern District
Illinois
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Code message on cellar wall hints at missing girl case
A chalked message found in a cellar at 38 East McMicken Avenue is linked to the disappearance of Freda Hornberger. Detectives suspect Jack Crane, who had access to the cellar, wrote the lines including Meeting Sunday Afternoon 1 o'Clock. The note, partially erased, may unlock new leads in the case.
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E. McMicken Avenue
Jack Crane
Freda Hornberger
East McMicken Avenue
Crane
Eugene Weatherly
William Cleary
Wagner and
Crouse
Third District
Freda
Receding Tide Reveals Five-Foot Gold Quartz Vein
Receding tides along Turnagain Arm in the Gulf of Alaska expose a five foot vein of gold quartz valued at about ten dollars per ton. Rocks above the sea show additional high grade veins and supplement earlier quartz strikes near Anchorage.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Gulf of Alaska
Turnagain Arm
Robbery on Springfield Pike Steals Malt Syrup Satchel
Oscar Gassman of the H. Bode Company was robbed on Springfield pike near Dayton. Five men in a car stopped him forced his satchel from his hands and fled, exposing malt syrup bottles and a home brew recipe. Gassman recalled Volstead era disgust at the audacious heist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Pike
Oscar Gassman
Western Avenue
H. Bode Company
Cincinnati
Dayton
Gassman
Volstead
Reading Iron Company Slashes Pipe Prices in Battle for Trade
Reading Pa Sept 1 The Reading Iron Company one of the largest in the region cuts prices on all pipe goods by 10 to 12 a ton to spur business. It marks the fourth reduction of the year and takes effect immediately.
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Reading
Reading Iron Company
Cincinnati Printers Idle As 44 Hour Week Debate Rages
Eight hundred workers including compositors and pressmen in Cincinnati face layoffs as the Cincinnati Printers League and printing trade unions deadlock over a forty four hour work week. The league plans shutdowns pending arbitration while negotiations continue amid mixed reports on union membership and open shop hiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Printers’ League
League
Joseph Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Atl
Irish reply to Lloyd George sent to Scottish PM
Belfast reports heavy rioting with 16 dead and many injured as Sinn Fein units and British troops clash. The Irish Republic’s cabinet replies to Lloyd George from Dublin, with redrafted text after Belfast unrest. Robert Barton carries the reply for De Valera. contents to be released after delivery.
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England
Lloyd George
Dublin
Associated Press
Scotland
Sinn Fein
Robert C. Barton
Eamon de Valera
Belfast
Woman Charged in Mail Fraud Case Linked to Prohibition Action
Mrs. Anna F. Kramer was arrested in Lorain on a warrant charging use of the United States mails to defraud. She allegedly demanded $1,000 from Henry F. Eilert, president of the Bilert Beverage Co., claiming immunity from prosecution through a Cleveland attorney. The plant had been closed after a raid and seizure of beer above legal limits.
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Cleveland
Anna F. Kramer
Lorain
United States
Kramer
Henry F. Eilert
Bilert Beverage Company
Prohibition
Hilert
Bilert
Fred Counts
Wilert
Lorain County
Rail lines halted as armed bands block Coal River route
St Albans West Virginia August 31 all trains on the Coal River branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad from St Albans to Madison Jeffery and other points have been stopped. The last train left yesterday afternoon and mail has not moved. Armed men patrol roads to Madison and Jeffery deterring auto travel with about two hundred residents waiting at the station for transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST .Albans
W. Va
Associated Press
Coal River
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
St. Albans
Madison
Jeffery
Yesterda
Logan County
Sheriff Hill
Army Bombing Planes Head to Logan Battle Front
Thirteen De Havilland bombers left Langley Field at 11 a.m. bound for coal fields in West Virginia. Major Davenport Johnson commands the squadron as it carries bombs and machine guns and expects to support clashes at Logan Boone County.
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Langley Field
de Haviland
West Virginia
Davenport Johnson
France
Washington
Danforth
Johnson
Bandholtz
Charleston
Logan
Boone County
Logan Courthouse
Guyandotte Valley
Unemployment Conference Aims to Push Congress Into Action
Washington dispatch analyzes the September 1 1921 unemployment conference called by President Harding. It aims to spur Congress to pass needed measures to boost business, with focus on treaty ratifications, debt payments, railroad funding, tariff and revenue bills, and broader economic stabilization to revive American exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lawrence
Washington
Harding
Congress
War Finance Corporation
Senate
Treaty With U S Is Impossible Obregon Says
Mexico City report quotes President Obregon asserting that signing a treaty with the United States is not possible convenient or necessary and would violate Mexican constitutional principles by creating special privileges for Americans as read in Congress on foreign relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
United States
Obregon
Congress
House
Daughter of Banker Shot While Horseback Riding
Miss Alice Agnew 17, daughter of banker Cornelius R. Agnew, was shot in the head while riding with her brother Rae on the Agnew estate near Armonk New York. She was taken to a New York hospital in unconscious condition. Officials said the bullet was likely from a hunter's stray shot and her condition improved later the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiete Plains
N. Y
Alice Agnew
Cornelius R. Agnew
Rae
Armonk
New York
World's Plowing Match Opens at Wheatland Farm
The Wheatland plowing contest at John Wolf farm near Plainfield Illinois drew over 15 000 spectators as it opened today. Entries split into tractor driven and horse drawn classes with tractors now dominating the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
John Wolf
Plainfield
Spanish Colonel Killed in Moorish Attack
A Tangier dispatch to The London Times reports Moorish tribesmen attacked Spanish forces near Alcazar last Saturday. The assault cost Spain one colonel two captains two lieutenants one doctor and about fifty soldiers.
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London
Alcazar
Tangier
London Times
Miners Refuge to Obey Order Deemed by Bandholtz
General Bandholtz announced dispatching a telegram to Washington seeking federal troops for West Virginia at once. Three regiments were held ready to entrain from Camps Dix and Sherman, with the Eighth Light Bombing Squadron at Charleston ready for duty as officials awaited a final Bandholtz report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dix
Sherman
W. Va
H. H. Bandholtz
War’ Department
Washington
West Virginia
Bandholtz
War Department
Weeks
Harding
War Secretary
Bankholtz
Lelief
Ohio
N. J
Eighth Light
Air Service
Charleston
Langley Field
Nineteenth Infantry Prepared to Move From Camp Sherman
The Nineteenth United States Infantry about 600 strong at Camp Sherman near Chillicothe ready for immediate movement into West Virginia. Transportation including coaches and cars is on sidings and could begin within minutes once entrainment orders arrive. Full field equipment has been issued to the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Nineteenth
United States Infantry
Camp Sherman
West Virginia
Camp Dix Prepares 16th Infantry for West Virginia Duty
At Camp Dix New Jersey rail cars stood ready to move the 26th Infantry to West Virginia coal fields if ordered. Major General Shanks ordered preparations for another regiment, the Sixteenth Infantry, for possible deployment and entrainment.
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Camp DIX
N. J
Twenty-sixth
West Virginia
Shanks
Veterans Headed to Logan With Sheriff Chafin Forces
About 150 former service men were recruited in Huntington at Governor Morgan's request and departed for Logan to join Sheriff Chafin's forces. The train carried supplies and ammunition, with Logan County authorities having brought large quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Morgan
Russell Becomes Ohio Federal Prohibition Commissioner
J. E. Russell of Sidney assumed the role of Ohio Federal Prohibition Commissioner succeeding J. A. Shearer. Russell named Harry Canl, an Ironton newspaper man, as his chief assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
J. E. Russell
Sidney
Ohio
J. A. Shearer
Russell
Harry Canl
Ironton
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Sunn Fein
MOD
Duffy
W. Virginia
Army OF Miners
Sherman and
Cee
Columbia Bank
Nationa
Stacy & Braun
Union Savings Bank
Louisville & Nashville R. Re
Bebe
Keenan Ete
MG SP
Etneteawes Richman's Clothes
Richmond Bros
Beidek Bhakcat
Crag
Callaway Coali Co
Rapacost Ae Wallingford Coffee
Ao Ghidibisesiedca
E. M
Bandits
Matt Syrup
Uniok Typ 03
Irish Republican Army
Sinn Feinlanson
Ulster
Grove Street
Springfield Road
Falls Division
Mackies
Brown Square
Old Lodge Road
Nelson Street
Carters
Drivers’ Union
U.S
Anna Kramer
Logan Battle Front
Kanawha Defense League
Kanawha City Field
Lawrence
Germany
Austria
America
Europe
Secretary Mellon
League of Nations
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