Bootlegger claims United States ships
In a letter from June 14 in St Louis authorities dispute US shipping policies. Adolphus Busch Jr asserts liquor could be sold on American ships abroad, while Shipping Board chief Tasker Lasker denies Volstead Act reach. A second letter to clarify liquor aboard ships is expected.
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BT. Louis
United States
August A. Busch
Anheuser-Busch ,Inc
Europe
U. S
George Washington Andich
Ward Lam
Hhe Shipping Board
Tree Miles
Shipping Board
Washington, D. C
Lasker
Adolfus Buch
3ithuser-Dusch Brewing Co
T. Louis
Tasker
G.hoard
Cat Mknt
Tron
Adolphus
Anheuser S. Busch
Busch
Heuser Busch
San Salvador
Republic
Salvador
Candaleria
Elks Lodge Honored for Flag Day Observance Efforts
The Elks Lodge earns high praise for making Flag Day a real national observance. The Grafton Lodge staged a local celebration, praised for its vim and straightforward, human approach appealing to everyday citizens. The article commends the Elks for injecting life into the observance and urges a broad public vote of thanks.
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The
Elks Lodge
Lo Jodge
Elk Lodge
Grafton Lodge
Elks
Government investigates liquor sale board dispute
The document reports a government inquiry into a liquor sale dispute involving Mr. Lasker and the Shipping Board. It notes statements to President Harding about board finances and actions, and mentions Prohibition matters and enforcement by the Justice Department.
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Thia Mat Fe
Lasker
Harding
BRI
Iin R
Larker
President Harding Attends Keys Memorial Dedication
President Harding arrived in Baltimore on June 14 to attend the dedication of a memorial to Frances Scott Key and the defenders of Fort McHenry. He was escorted into the city by a cavalcade of school children joining the ceremony.
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Baltimore
Harding
Frances Scott Keys
For McHenry
Arrests Swell Over Miners March in Fairmont Area
In Fairmont West Virginia today sheriff reports 30 arrests connected to the miners march at the Hunsaker mine about 27 miles from Fairmont. About 150 residents are under guard, with 27 men moved to Prontstown and 17 at Monon Lane as law enforcement seeks calm after the Friday confrontation.
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Fairmont
Baptist Church
Prontstown
James Whitelt
Monon-Lane
New By Laws Are Drawn Up for the Co operative Store
A meeting of the Grafton Co operative Store board elected a new board for the year and drafted bylaws reducing directors from 18 to 9. The change aims for a more efficient, cooperative governance. The nine elected directors are John L Bragg M Compton F A Gough J H Cornwell M J Welsh George M Hardman W A Parkhgl W B Hodel J Guy Allender.
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Grafton
John L. Bragg
M. Compton
F. A. Gough
J. H Cornwell
M. J. Welsh
George M . Hardman
W A. Parkhgl
W. B. Hodel
J. Guy Allender
Triumvirate To Face Six Months Of Lenine Absence
June 14 report from Tperlin says Premier Lenine of Soviet Russia will take a six month leave due to health. Independent Socialist Freiheit names the intended triumvirate to govern in his stead: J. V. Stalin Leo Kammaness and A. I. Rykoss.
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Tperlin
A.P
Socialist Freiheit
Lenine
Soviet Russia
Moscow
J. V. Stalin
Leo Kammaness
A. I. Rykoss
Escaped West Virginia Prisoner Captured in Oklahoma City
Geo England who escaped from the Moundsville prison farm in West Virginia over a year ago was captured in Oklahoma City Oklahoma per a telegram to Warden J Z Terrell. James Peck who fled a state prison road camp in Kanawha county was also captured in Lewisburg. Greenbrier county Warden Terrell will send guards to return the fugitives to the prison.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Geo. England
West Virginia
Moundsville
Oklahoma City
Okla
J. Z. Terrell
James Peck
Kanawha County
Lewisburg
Greenbrier
Terrell
Senator LaFollette Denounces Judicial Oligarchy at AFL
Senator La Follette told the American Federation of Labor convention in Cincinnati that federal courts gradually encroach on sovereignty, proposing a constitutional amendment to curb lower courts from striking down federal laws and to empower the Supreme Court to nullify such actions. He criticized some judges as tyrants while praising others as enlightened.
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Cincinnati
A. P
LaFollette
Wisconsin
American Federation of Labor Convention
Supreme Court
Anderson
Idiana
McClintie
West Virginia
Senate Leaders Press Tariff Bill Over Bonus Plan
Washington June 14 Senate Republican leaders oppose McCumber's plan to sidetrack the tariff bill for the soldier bonus and are backed by President Harding who calls tariff legislation essential. Bonus consideration remains unsettled, with activity possible after Lodge returns and party conference actions.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
McCumber
Finance Committee
Harding
White House
Lodge
Beachusettss
Weather outlook for Tuesday and Thursday rises temperatures
The forecast calls for warmer conditions on Tuesday and Thursday with higher daytime highs. Expect gradual temperature increases across the period, with mild nights and light winds shaping the overall pleasant weather pattern.
Ex-convict Straub saved from mob after confession
Jackson Michigan June 14 ex convict John Straub confessed to killing Welfare worker Miss Alice Mallett. Sheriff Larrabee disguised him as a fireman to extract him from the county jail as a crowd gathered, tear gas dispersed the mob, and authorities moved him by car.
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John Straub
Miss Mallet
Jackson
Mich
T. John Straub
Alice Mallett
Edwin Larrabee
Straub
Sheriff's Deputies
Jackson, Mich
Jackson Prison
Florence Crittenden
Ford proposals allow coal rate cuts on rail line
Washington June 14 proposals by Henry Ford to cut coal rates on the Detroit Toledo Norton railroad, once suspended by the Interstate Commerce Commission, were allowed to go into effect in a final decision. New Kensington Pa June 14 a business district building was destroyed by fire early today causing losses exceeding 250 000 dollars.
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Washington, D
Henry Ford
Detroit, Toledo &Norton R. R
Int—tate Commerce Commission
New Kensington
Federal Court Closes Parkersburg Term in West Virginia
Parkersburg West Virginia June 14 Judge W E Baker closed the parkersburg term of United States district court with focus on the upcoming term opening June 20. Many transferred cases from Wheeling and Parkersburg will face a heavy docket including numerous federal liquor law violations and cases under the Dyer act involving interstate vehicle theft. Wellsburg injunction cases against miners and the West Virginia Coal Company were sent to the Elkins term after a jury trial ended without verdict. Clerk Wade Coffman and Marshal Louis Ruchwold prepared for Elkins attendance. Judge Baker departed from Parkersburg.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
W. E. Baker
United States District Court
Wheeling
Wellsburg ‘Nuimérs
Dayton
West Aewburgh Coal” Company
Break County
Ne Ed Kins
Ramon Spinosa
Wade Coffman
Elkins
Louis Ruchwold
Judge Baker
Eviction of Miners Continues in Fayette Coke Fields
Uniontown Pa June 14 Evictions of striking miners continued across the Fayette coke fields as the H C Frick Coke Co extended its operation with 28 ovens fired in a week. United Mine Workers say no concerted strikebreaker effort by operators but many would-be entrants have been intercepted and sent back.
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Uniontown
Fayette Coke Fields
H.C. Frick Coke Co
United Mine Workers
Preachers Demand Teacher Repudiate Evolution Theory
In Nashville Tennessee on June 14 the Nashville Baptist Pastors Conference adopted resolutions demanding that Union University professor C W Davis be removed from the teaching staff or publicly repudiate evolution. The conference warned that without such action all financial and moral support to the university would be withdrawn. The board of trustees re elected Davis after a trial over his teaching, a move condemned by the conference as dangerous and destructive to Baptist church teachings.
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Nashville, Tenn
C. W. Davis
Union University, & Baptist Institution
Jackson, Tenn
Nashville Baptist Pastors’ Conference
Baptist ‘Church
Board of Trustees
Davis
Roosevelt to Investigate Kaplin Case
Roosevelt to investigate alleged indignity toward Leonard Kaplin of Weston West Virginia, a naval academy graduate in the class yearbook, as Senator Sutherland claimed anti Jewish prejudice. Roosevelt acted on a request from Isaac Siegel to probe the margin omission and Kaplin’s name from the page index. Rear Admiral Wilson withdrew a commendation letter to editor J L Olmsted over the episode.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
Congressm
Isaac Siegel
Senator Sutherland
Leonard Kaplan
Weston
W. Va
Naval Academy
Academy
Kaplan
Sutherland
Kaklin
Roosevelt
Washington
Leonard Kaplin
West Virginia
Wilson
J. L. Olmsted
General Sun's Forces Advance North Besieging Nanchang
Wealthy Chinese retreat from Nanchang the Kiangsi capital as Sun Yat Sen's army moves north. Looting feared by southern troops while American missionaries prepare to evacuate if Wu Pei Fu forces advance. American gunboats and two Japanese and British consuls remain on site. Sun's forces report says Kanchow Ki captured in southern Kiangsu.
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Kiukiang
Kiangai
Nanchang
Sun Yat Sen
South China
Wu Pei Fu
Peking
Isabels
Irish Outrages Still In Stealth Cleared Bodies Found South Armagh
Two unidentified men were found shot with hands tied behind their backs by the roadside at Lislea in South Armagh this morning, as authorities report ongoing Irish outrages remain stealthy.
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Belfast
Ireland
Lislea
South Armagh
Miners Rampage Shuts Coal Mine Row Near Terre Haute
About 400 people gathered in Terre Haute Indiana and moved by car to halt mining, first stopping at the Jones mine near Staunton where two coal trucks were seized and the coal dumped onto the road. The group announced plans to close every mine operating between Terre Haute and Brazil ten miles east of here.
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Terre Haute
Ind
A.P
Brazil
Jones Mine
Staunton
Miners open talks on wage changes in central field
In Cincinnati on June 14 A P report states miners will meet operators in the Central Competitive Field to seek a substantial tonnage basis for a wage settlement. William Green of the United Mine Workers says any agreement requires operators to control sufficient coal production. Illinois operators announce they will bargain only with their own men, rejecting cross-state joint talks.
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Cincinnati
Jug
William Green
United Mine War of America
Minis
Chicago
Mlinois
Additional troopers to Morgantown sent to quell miners strike
Morgantown W Va June 14 Additional state police arrive in the district to aid county authorities as scotts run unrest intensifies. Prosecution official R D Posten reports notifying Morgan of the deteriorating situation after a mine guard was assaulted and his pistol destroyed by a crowd. Also in London today Central News claims Irish negotiations reached agreement on most points.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Addiitonal
R. D. Posten
Col. Arnold
Som-Nahder
State Department of Public
Posten
Morgan
Scotts Run
London
The
Central News
Ireland Riots Burn Businesses as Three Die in Fires
In Belfast a mob attacked Killy Leagh Castle, county Down. Special Ulster constabulary drove them off. Incendiaries burned two motion picture theatres a restaurant an engineering works and a block of business offices. Three men were injured in the theatre fires.
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Belfast
Ireland
Seinn Feinners
Killy Leagh Castle
County Down
Special Ulster Constabulary
Education of Religion Now a School Plan
Kansas City reports a plan for universal public religious education to halt paganizing trends. Delegates call Christianity vital for Americanization and social progress, urging religious influence in music and drama. Notables include Athearn Yale Weigle and Bryan slated to speak at the closing day.
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Kansas City
America
International Sunday School Convention
Wilburn trial widens as Blair Gate evidence emerges
In Charles Town West Virginia Dr L M Miller Huntington testified that Wilburn spoke of laying down his Bible after the killing and hoped to take it up again when over. Witnesses described a display of a rifle and pistol linked to Gore and a crowd arming for resistance. Larking Blair testified Wilburn carried a deputy purse book and a rifle claimed as belonging to the deputy. Court ruled new evidence may trace the motive from Marmet gatherings to the Blair Gap killing, potentially delaying the trial\"
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Charles Town
W. Va
A.P
L. M. Mitter Huntington
Blair
Gore
Wilburn
Wily Burn
Milliken
Teath
Gom
John Brown
Iity
Brown
Gatl
Diameni
Juni
Joe Larking
J. E. Wilburn
John Gore
Logan
Blair Gap
Larkins
Seabella Itges
J. B. Wilburn
Logan County
Marmet
Latte Town
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Hunsaker
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Fayette County
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Sir Hamar Greenwood
Terra Haute
Committee On Religious Education
Walter 8. Athearn
School of Religious Education
Boston University
L. A. Weigle
Yale University
W. E. Rafety
Baptist Board of Publication
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M. E. Church
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