Seven Die In Pennsylvania Railroad Bunkhouse Fire
Pittsburgh dispatch notes six investigations by railroad municipal county and federal agents into a deadly bunkhouse blaze at the Pennsylvania Railroad yards that killed seven and injured ten. Survivors point to greasy waste fuel as the fire source, not locomotive sparks, and authorities urge a thorough inquiry including a possible grand jury.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railway
George W. McCandles
Director of
Public Safety
Police Department
Harry Rowand
Department of Justice
George Piggus
Tigers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Marty H. Tow
Allegheny County
Nazimova Salome Film Cleared By Review Board
Nazimova stars as Salome in a photoplay praised for being utterly free of objectionable scenes yet emotionally powerful. The National Board of Review approved it unanimously after New York previews, aiming to curb exhibitor prejudice tied to the Strauss opera. Charley Revant directed, with Peter Winters adapting Wilde's drama and Natachee drawing sets.
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Nazimova
Salome
Herodias
National Board of Review
New York Review
National Board of
Charley Revant
Peter Mr. Winters
Oscar Wilde
Natache Pes
Aubreyue
Three Voices On Labor and Faith in Democracy
Quote from Daniel Webster and Bovee on labor as independent thinking action. Labor earns wages, builds capital, educates, worships, supports suffrage, and sustains the state. The speaker’s sympathy lies with labor and vows to advocate for it until retirement or death.
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Sophocles
God
Tom Dumb
Daniel Webste
State Trooper Arrester Fined Twenty Five Dollars
A. T. Lawson of the state police was arrested early today by Night Policeman Charles Morris on drunken and disorderly charges. After a hearing before Mayor Thomas H. Cather Lawson was fined $25 and may face further action on state warrants. He allegedly engaged in several dangerous acts including a pistol threat at Main Street and an assaultive incident with a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad official.
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T. A. Lawson
Charles Morris
Thomas H. Cather
N’eiekre
Lawson
Daltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Main Street
South Grafton
D Main
Rev Waters addresses Baltimore and Ohio shopmen on faith and labor
Rev E W Waters pastor of the United Brethren church spoke to a large crowd at the courthouse Saturday night, including many railroad strike shopmen. He urged honesty, nonviolence, faith in God, and higher labor ideals while criticizing a national financial drive. The meeting, part of an ongoing effort by union leaders, aims to keep strikers mobilized amid federal injunctions restricting gatherings. The shopmen favor Waters’s return and plan to send resolutions to the Huntington conference requesting he be kept in Grafton for another year.
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E.W. Waters
United Brethren Church
Court House
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Rev. Waters
Waters
Samuel Gompers
United Brethren Conference
Huntington
Grafton
B. H. Waters
West Virginia
W. Va
Laborers Who Build the World’s Modern Power
Poem praising workers who carve and forge modern industry. It honors laborers on dredges, in mills, and at sea who construct towers, arches, turbines, and wheels. The verse contrasts hard toil with comfortable ease and envisions a better world through their skilled hands.
Anthracite strike ends with new August 31 1923 basis
Philadelphia September 4 The protracted anthracite suspension will end in the immediate future with miners returning to work on the old wage basis extended to August 31 1923 Senators Pepper and Reed of Pennsylvania announced after an all day session and a White House communication from President Harding The agreed period was a compromise between operators who wanted March 34 1923 and miners who sought March 31 1924 The scale committee meets in Philadelphia today and the convention is set for Wilkes Barre Wednesday
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Philadelphia
Pepper and Reed
Pennsylvania
Harding
Senator Pepper
White House
Pepper
Reed
United Mine Workers of America
Wilkes-Barre
War veterans hold memorial in Charleston reunion
Charleston hosts the Eighthieth Division veterans from Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia at the division's third annual reunion with about 3000 delegates registered. The opening program included a welcome by officials and a memorial service led by Bishop J J Swint at Sacred Heart Church.
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Charleston
St. Mantel
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Viginia
I. F. Morgan
Charies Town
Houston G. Youns
Grant P. Hall
Lloyd M. Brett
Ota Tr
Charles Holt
Veterans Bureau
George Hamerson
Richmond
Frant Schoble
Philadelphia
J. J. Swint
Wheeling
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Horse Killed After Plunge Over Main Street Embankment
A 1600 pound horse, recently bought by Mononghela Construction Company for a county road project, was killed Saturday night after a runaway on Main Street just after five. The loss ran to several hundred dollars as two large horses had been acquired for the Main Street work. The incident involved a horse from the Standard Oil company.
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Monongahela Construction
Standard ON Co
Main Street
Construction Company
Ware
Standard Ol
Tragic Horse Accident Involving Construction Crew
A worksite incident at five pm Saturday left a driver injured when two unbridled horses pulled a cart. One horse ran loose onto Main Street, jumped the wall at a reservoir roof, and perished after being shot hours later. The driver survived with non fatal injuries while onlookers criticized the prolonged suffering of the animal.
Gompers Sends A Message To Striking Rail Workers
In WoetaGiOn on September 4, President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor pledged sympathy and full support to the striking railway shopmen. He telegraphed to B M Jewell stating the pledge would be ratified and emphasized by labor legislative representatives. The federation conference signaled the main response to the strike, noting the Chicago injunction and its potential effects while avoiding direct commentary.
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Woetagion
Gompers
American Pegoration of Labor
Chicago
B. M. Jewell
Labor Legislative
Natonal Organization
Federation
Senat
Will Organize 4-H Clubs in County Again
A countywide movement to reestablish 4-H club activities was announced by Ross B Johnston of the West Virginia university extension department. He named district teachers to organize clubs, with Mrs Byron Ross William Grimes Marsh Scrannage W B Godson Geneve Gall and Hi M Queen appointed to start the effort.
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West Virginia University
Ross
B. Johnston
Sentinel
Teachers Institute
Johnston
Byron Ross
Monington
William Grimes
Fetterman
Marsh Scranage
Boothscreek
W. JB. Godson
Court House
Geneva Gall
Knottaville
Hi. M. Queen
Pruntytown
Taylor County
An Or. Biniington
Flapper Fashion Or Rubber Galoshes For Next Winter
The piece notes a shift to rubber galter boots for flappers next winter and warns of losses from not sustaining 4 H club work. It urges county action and university funding to stimulate farm youth education through organized clubs, clarifying 4 H and farm agent roles.
Man Claims He Was Brought Here Under False Pretense
A man told local leaders he was hired by an eastern agency and sent to West Virginia to work as a locomotive fireman. He said upon arrival he was assigned to fire boilers at the shops, refused to work during a strike, quarrelled with railroad police, and was driven from the property. Striking shopmen aided him after being expelled.
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West Virginia
Shepcrafta
Grafton Faces Passenger Service Suspension by Rail Line
Cincinnati announced that thirteen Baltimore and Ohio trains would be suspended. Local rail officials confirmed changes in territory service, notably the termination of passenger trains No. 11 and No. 12. Trains Nos. 61 and 62 between Fairmont and Connellsville were also taken off. No. 11 arrived St. Louis at 5 10 p.m. and No. 12 connected to New York at 6 05 p.m.
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Cincinnati
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West
Assenger
Grafton
Fairmont
Connellsville
St. Louis
New York
Heavy Rains Flood South Side Sewer on High Street
A Friday night downpour around 11:15 o clock blocked a sewer row above High Street on the South Side. Water surged over the hill flooding several cellars and washing away a long stone wall. Early Saturday workers cleared cellars and unstopped the sewers.
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Wate
High Str
High Street
New Electric Sign Welcomes Customers At Main Street
A new electric sign features familiar lettering for Love and U Cigar products, recently installed to mark the modern store. The sign mirrors the United Cigar Co branding and lights up prominently on Main Street as the shop gains dealer rights in the territory.
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United Cigar Co
Fet Drug Co
Youth freed after killing father in Steubenville
Herbert Woodward, 17, who killed his father, 40, at their home Wednesday night while his mother was away, was released by order of Coroner Thoms in Jefferson County. Prosecuting Attorney objected, but the coroner said there was sufficient evidence the youth acted wholly in self defense related to his mother. The youth was freed from the county jail to attend his father’s funeral at his late home Saturday afternoon.
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Steubenville
Herbert Wooward
Woodward
Ore der
Thoms ‘Rite
Jefferson County
Greek Corps Repulsed on Greek Turkish Battlefront
Reports from Angora say three Greek army corps in the Eki-Shehr sector of the Greeko Turkish front have been dispersed and nearly annihilated by Turkish Nationalists. Greeks retreat in disorder as Turks push toward Ismid within Brusa’s reach.
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Adena
Asia Minor
Septat
A.P
Eki-Shehr
Angora
Ismid
Brusa
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