Bullets Fall on Town in West Virginia and Kentucky
Guerrilla warfare between striking miners and state and county officers continues across a front eight miles near Merrimac West Virginia and McCarr Kentucky. The death toll rises to six with two more seriously wounded as fighting and shelling intensify along Tug River between Matewan Sprigg and Gates. A state emissary tried to negotiate a truce under a white flag but the mountaineers demanded a halt to gunfire from the Kentucky side before any pause.
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Williamson
W. Va
Merrimac
W. Vig
McCarr
New Howard Coal Company
Dian Whitt
Matewan
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tug River
Flull
Four Solditra Die In Fort Sill Explosion
Four enlisted men of the Seventh ordnance depot detachment at Fort Sill Oklahoma were instantly killed when 600 pounds of condemned gunpowder exploded prematurely. The men were blown to pieces and search continued until darkness for body fragments.
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Lawton
Okla
Seventh Ordnance Depot
Fort Sill
Strange stranger steals church collection with fake check
A church in Riverside faced a Sunday evening theft when an unknown man offered to cash a check, boosting a small collection from 18 dollars to 20 dollars. After the plate was taken, the stranger left with the funds, and the police report later showed the check marked no funds. The suspect vanished.
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Church Riverside
Loeal
Forest Fires Rampage Through Central Russia
Fires sweep timber belts across twenty four provinces as Moscow Isvestia blames growth and peasants carelessness for the disaster. Incomplete figures show 11,304 fires reported destroying or damaging 5,400,000 acres of timber, highlighting forest service disorganization.
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Riga
Russia
Moscow
Isvestia
Runaway House Slides Down Glencoe Hill
A two story frame house in Glencoe moved along rollers across a street when a steel cable snapped. Rain drenched the setup as workmen attempted the shift. The building owned by Na Gillett vice president of the Mirai National Bank slid downhill despite efforts to stop it.
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Chicago
Glencoe
Na Gillett
Mirai National Bank
Railroad rates and policy under Senate inquiry cited
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee opened an inquiry into railroad siltation with Julius Krattschnitt of Southern Pacific testifying. Alfred P. Thom will direct the case for the Association of Stallway Executives, with Daniel Willard of Baltimore & Ohio among others to appear. The executives stress trimming expenses to adjust rates while maintaining service and deny seeking changes to existing law.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commetien Committee
Julius Krattschnitt
Southern Pacific Company
Alfred P. Thom
Association of Stallway
Mr. Kruttschnitt
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Antonn
T. DeWitt Cuyler
Congress
Association of
Trallway Executives
Senate
America
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wrestler Ardoulin Kills Man In Home Riffing
San Francisco wrestler Killa Burglar Ardouin recently won the Pacific coast amateur heavyweight title and killed a man found rifling a drawer in Ardouin’s home. The victim, William B. Anderson, was unarmed and Ardouin said he applied a wrestling hold for five minutes to detain him until help could be reached. Ardouin states his widow resides locally.
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San Francisco
Cal
Louis HH. Ardouin
Pacific Coast
Willhin B. Anderson
Ardouln
Anderson
Mexico City Tightens Permits With 20000 Peso Fine
A presidential decree authorizes a 20000 peso penalty on all companies drilling without proper permits from the department of commerce and Industry. The measure aims to end secret explorations and enforce compliance.
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Mexico City
Department of Commerce and Industry
Body of Baby Found in Sand Near Idaho Falls School
Boys digging in a sand pile near a grade school in Idaho Falls found a neatly dressed infant body buried for a long time. No identity clues or signs of violence were present, and investigators have yet to determine the case.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Ita
Priest Held for Conspiracy Over Stolen Bonds
Rev Pathar Anthony confesses he sought to obtain 85000 dollars in bonds stolen in a Toledo mall robbery. The bonds, entrusted to him to aid starving parishioners, were given after a chance train meeting with Wanda Arbaytes. Anthony is held on conspiracy and possessing stolen bonds charges in Chicago in $10000 bond.
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Chicago
Toledo
Pathar Anthony
Mins Wanda Arbaytes
Honolulu Police Hold Mrs Lyda Meyer Southard In Series Of Murders
Mrs Lyda Meyer Southard also known as Mrs Paul Vincent Southard is held in Honolulu on orders from Los Angeles over the deaths of five husbands a brother in law and a child linked to life insurance she collected about 6500 the cases involve exhumed bodies and tests by state chemists who report a deadly poison common to the deaths a wait of more details from Twin Falls Idaho officials on the murder charge against her and the California case against her for the latest killing involving Edward Meyer.
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Union News Service
Honolulu
T. H
Paul Vincent Southard
Lyda Meyer
Los Angeles
Paul Southard
Southard
Monterey
Earl Harbor
Hawaii
Lyda Meyer Southard
Edward F. Meyer
Twin Falls
Idaho
W. H. Granby
Ormsby
Frank L. Stephan
Twin Falls County
Edward Dooley
Stephan
Herman Harms
Edwin F. Rodenbaugh
Utah
Gelling Stock In World League Offered To Public
Federal investigators search for men who sold stock in the league of nations at 100 share and took 25 percent in advance. The league was touted as humanitys greatest organization with promised large dividends from its alleged value.
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World League
Chicago
League of Nations
League
Germany Accepts Allied Ultimatum In Budget Pact
Berlin reports indicate Germany accepted the Allied ultimatum by a Reichstag vote of 221 to 175, agreeing to Versailles terms within the nation's capacity. Dr. Wirth formed a coalition cabinet and urged immediate decision, facing disarmament and war crimes trials, with Ruhr occupation looming if rejected.
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Union News Service
Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Wirth
Ruhr
Democrats
Schiffer
Gessler
German People's Party
Mathias Erzberger
Motorman Saves Child on Ogden River Bridge
Ogden Utah motion man W J Johansf leaped from a street car into the river to rescue two year old Victor Marshall who fell from a bridge railing and was unconscious and bleeding from the mouth. The motorman revived the child after pulling him from the water.
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Ogden
Utah
Ogden River
W. J. Johansf
Victor Marshall
Federal Agents Seize Wine in New York Raid
Federal prohibition officers seized champagne and wines valued around 50 000 in a raid on a New York store run by Rabbi Uri Wieschen. Officers said they had previously bought several bottles without rabbi authorization. The rabbi reportedly holds a permit to sell wine for religious purposes with proper authorization.
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New York
Uri Wieschen
Senate Passes Emergency Tariff Bill With Amendments
Washington May 12 The Senate approved the emergency tariff and anti dumping bill 63 to 28 retaining finance committee amendments while rejecting others. Knox amendment over imports of dyestuffs was adopted 61 to 25. Several Democrats and one Republican opposed key provisions. the measure goes to conference with the House, retaining tariff parts but rewriting anti dumping and currency provisions and continuing wartime import controls on dyestuffs.
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Union News Service
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Knox
Brousgard
Louisiana
Jones
New Mexico
Kendrick
Wyoming
Myers
Montana
Pittman
Nevada
Ransdell
Louidiana
Sheppard
Texas
Ashurst
Arizona
Moses
New Hampshire
House
King
Utah
Bursum
Penrose
Smoot
Ways and Means Committee
Labor Body Scores Gompers in WVFED Convention
The West Virginia Federation of Labor adopted a resolution condemning Samuel Gompers AFL president. It branded him a tool of politicians and said under his leadership the federation would be a ship without a rudder.
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Gompers
Huntington, W. VV
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
West Virginia Federation of Labor
Air Liner De Luxe Crashes on Maiden Takeoff in Milwaukee
The Lawson airliner De Luxe valued at $75,000 wrecked after a wing struck a tree during its maiden takeoff in Milwaukee. Four passengers including designer Alfred W. Lawson escaped uninjured. Damages estimated at about $8,000.
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Milwaukee
Wils
Alfred W. Lawson
Dropped Eggs to Rescue Child at Nebraska Station
Private Calvin K Davis, 10, of Polo Missouri, leapt onto the platform at Grooktown Nebraska to snatch Rita Sherry aged 38 from a passing passenger train. He said he dropped two dozen eggs earlier while running to the scene. Neighbors joined the rescue as the train neared.
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Omaha
Neb
Calvin K. Davis
Polo
Grooktown
Rita Sherry
Wyoming News Tidbits From Basin to Albany
Brief items report a teen deaths from tick fever in Basin and a ho bo killed near Cheyenne. Laramie district schools count 2861 children. 16000 burned mail fragments from a plane crash. Bankers meet in Greybull June 4. highway bonds pass 10 to 1 in Wyoming. Wool traders forecast 18 to 20 cents. a 6 year old maypole incident in Thermopolis. Garland Bank closes. coyote killing lawsuit grows. State officials skip National Secretaries of State meet. Jackson elects all female city government. a Casper man dies after freezing injuries. Stagecoach era still looms as bandit robs near Lyman. Albany county issues 36 high licenses in four months.
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Union News Service
Joyce Dickman
Basin
Wyoming
George Girrhbach
U. P
Cheyenne
Laramie
Philadelphia
Fremont County
Tommy Gloyd
Thermopolis
Charles Downey
Lander
Downey
Joe Markovich
N. Mattovich
Wilkie Collins
United States Land Office
Jackson
Grace G. Miller
Genevieve van Vieck
Faustian Haight
Charles McMasters
Casper
McMasters
Lyman
Albany County
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Killa Burglar
Santa Cruz Island
Pacific Ocean
Ultimatum
DR. Wirth
Motorman
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