Many Miners Entombed After New Mexico Blast and Canadian Mine Disaster
A Dawson New Mexico blast entombed more than 100 miners at Mine No 1 of Phelps-Dodge with at least seven bodies recovered and hopes fading for 95 others. Rescuers from Colorado faced dangerous conditions with fumes and cave-ins as two survivors emerged. In Cumberland British Columbia a fire damp explosion killed about 80 miners at the Canadian collieries near Vancouver Island with four men alive in Mine No 3 and around 21 bodies recovered early today including 30 Chinese victims still inside the mine.
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New Mexico
New Mexican
Canadian Town
Colorado Fuel & Iron Co
Trinidad Col
Dawson
Phelps- Dodge Corporation
Charles Candale
Phillip Martinez
Cumberland
B. C
Vancouver Island
Vancouver
Senate approves bills on sanatorium control and insane prison reform
In Raleigh on Feb 9 the Senate approved transferring tuberculosis sanatorium control from the state board of health to a governor named board of directors. It also passed abolishing the criminal insane department and placing inmates in state hospitals. The session favored cotton commission participation and a Giles farm loan measure with a 2.5 million bond. Contention arose over speculative land provisions.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Senate
North Carolina
Cotton States Commission
House
Giles Farm Leam Commission
Varser
Castello
Bertie
Johnson
Dupin
Giles
Moss
Nash
Adjutant General
Fire devastates Ferguson and Craig-Fite stores in Charlotte
A downtown Charlotte fire burned for several hours last night causing estimated damage up to 65000 to the W. E. Ferguson and Company building and wholesale grocery concern. The Craig-Fite cash store suffered about 10000 in losses. Both losses were reported as insured.
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Charlotte
W. E. Ferguson and Company
Craig-Fite
Ferguson Company
Legion Idea From Provo Aids Utah Boy Scout Camp
National headquarters of the American Legion passes along a community service idea from Provo Utah. The Provo Legion post plans a top summer camp for Utah Boy Scouts on a ten acre site near Aspen Grove in Provo Canyon under Timpanogas and Roilance mountains. The War Department may lend tents cots with cook houses storerooms built by the legion and the camp laid out in military style.
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Indianapolis
The
American Legion
Provo
Utah
Legion Post
America
Boy Scouts
Aspen Grove
Provo Canyon
Timpanogas
Roylance
Boy Scouts of America
War Department
Legion
Pilot Drops Food To Marooned During Snow
Airman Kenneth Unger of the air mail service flew to the head of American Fork canyon near Salt Lake City and dropped 200 pounds of food to three persons stranded at the Pacific mine by heavy snows.
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Salt Lake City
Kenneth Unger
United States Air Mail Service
American Fork Canyon
Pacific Mine
Rehearsals Underway for Holbrooke Opera in Vienna
Rehearsals are underway at the Volksoper for the early production of Joseph Holbrooke's opera Children of Don. The work will be conducted by Felix Weingartner.
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Vienna
Volksoper
Joseph Holbrooke
Felix Weingartner
Bevo Becomes Phils Trade Candidate to Coast League
Philadelphia releases De Witt Lebourveau known as Bevo to Cincinnati but plans to send him to Oakland in the Coast league.
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Phils
Bevo
Philadelphia
de Witt Lebourveau
Phillies
Cincinnati
Oakland
Ferguson to preside over Guilford court in Greensboro
Judge G S Ferguson of Waynesboro will preside over the two weeks term of Guilford superior court starting next Monday in Greensboro. He will substitute for ill Judge A M Stack of Monroe who cannot attend the coming session.
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G. S. Ferguson
Waynesboro
Guilford Superior Court
Greensboro
Ferguson
A. M. Stack
Monroe
Superior Court
M. W. Gant
Stack
Greesboro
Morrison
Asheville
Molla Sailing to Tackle Suzanne in Europe
Mrs Molla Bjurstedt Mallory United States tennis champion sails to England on the U S Olympic to renew rivalries with Suzanne Lenglen in France. The departure signals a planned American invasion of European tennis with nine American women stars leading the expeditionary force across golf track and other sports.
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New York
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
United States
Mlle
Suzanne Lenglen
England
U. S. Olympic
White Star Line
France
America
Sport Army
Mallory
Leslie Bancroft
Martha Bayard
Eleanor Goss
Florence Ballin
Katherine Gardner
Jeanora Sears
Edith Sigourney
Isabella Lee Mumford
Steady Start Seen In Cotton Market In New York
New York cotton market opened steady with a 5 point to 2 point spread and held firm early trading on Liverpool cables improved forex tone and easing eastern nerves. Weather map favorable and July months faced pressure. new crop selling restricted by discounts. March 27.75 May 28.02 July 27.40 October 25.03 December 24.75.
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New York
Liverpool
Elon Student Injured After Basketball Game Accident
Clyde Gillam a Elon College student sustained a broken leg and other injuries when he was struck by a car driven by Dr. W D Moser of Burlington after a basketball game. Gillam was assisted by Dr Moser and taken to hospital in Burlington after receiving first aid at Professor Brannock’s residence.
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Elon College
Clyde Gillam
W. D. Moser
Burlington
Gillam
York Brannock
N F. Brannock
Prof. Brannock
Moser
Professor Brannock
Professor Greenwood
Strike Cost Railroad Five Million Dollars
The Missouri Pacific railroad faced 2 million dollars in direct costs from the last summer shopmen strike and bought fifteen locomotives for 3 million dollars. E. C. Wells, assistant general manager, testified at a hearing.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Missouri Pacific Railroad
E. C. Wells
Truck Driver Held for Death in Dowd Road Incident
Frank L. Martin, a bakery employee in Charlotte, was held at the police station awaiting a coroner's inquest into the death of Mrs. William T. Barrett after an auto truck allegedly struck her and injured a boy along Dowd road near Elizabeth Mills. Police say he swerved to avoid another vehicle, then struck Mrs Barrett as she walked with her husband and son. Preparations for the inquest were made for late today.
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Charlotte
Frank L. Martin
William T. Barrett
Martin
Bartlett
Dowd Road
Elizabeth Mills
Legion thanked for resolution on Ruhr dispute
Alvin Owsley, national commander of the American Legion, received a message from the League of Section Chiefs and Combattant Soldiers of France thanking the Legion for a resolution by the national executive committee supporting France in the Ruhr Valley contention. The note asserts Germany wrecked its finances to dodge reparations and that France was justified in collecting its debt by invading the Ruhr.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Alvin Owsley
American Legion
League of Section
Combattant Soldiers
France
Legion
Ruhr Valley
Combattant
Germany
Ruhr
Convict Bandit of Murder in Ohio Trial
Charles Mithoefer of Cincinnati was found guilty of first degree murder with mercy recommendation for the November killing of Patrolman Granison P. Koehler in Columbus. Peter Long of Brie, Pa., who was with Mithoefer and two others, was shot to death at the scene.
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Columbus
dCharles Mithoefer
Cincinnati
Granison P. Koehler
Peter Long
Brie
Mithoefer
Explosion rocks Tulsa district as nitro glycerine plant blows
A powerful blast shattered windows in downtown Tulsa and nearby residences at 10 this morning. Reports say a nitroglycerine plant near Jenks, ten miles away, blew up and one man was killed.
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Tulsa
Okla
Jenks
High School Principal Tops Rules on Hugging and Smoking
Principal L R Johnston of High Point High announces strict conduct policies in a February assembly as hugging and smoking are banned on campus. He warns that violators will be sent home and reminds students of penalties for paper shooting and tardiness. The Pointer notes upcoming baseball manager elections for February 12 and praises student public speaking during chapel announcements while commending the basketball team.
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L. R. Johnston
High Point High School
Pointer
Johnson
Johnston
Athletic Association
Lela Wood
Charles Brooks
Ralph Edwards
Texas Negro Said to Have Confessed to Eight Murders
Roy Mitchell a Negro was guarded after an alleged confession to Sheriff Stegall and County Attorney C S Farmer claiming eight murders in and around Waco over the past year. The confession was reduced to writing and he also admitted shooting and wounding a man and woman in an automobile in May 1922.
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Waco
Texas
Roy Mitchell
Stegall
C. S&s. Farmer
Passage of debt settlement gains house approval
Washington reports the senate debt settlement moving forward as the house adopts a four hour general debate limit split evenly between Republicans and Democrats. Republicans forecast a large vote in favor to authorize a settlement with Britain and give the American debt commission power to negotiate similar terms with other debtors. Meyer London of New York openly backs the settlement.
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Washington
Senate
House
American Debt Commission
Meyer London
New York
Winston seeks a new courthouse and county reforms
Forsyth County moves bills in Raleigh to authorize building a new courthouse or site changes, relocate the county home, appoint a purchasing agent, and name the auditor. Chairman O B Eaton says the public should be kept informed about spending, with the purchasing agent salary capped at 1200 dollars per year.
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Winston-Salem
Forsyth
O. B. Eaton
Eaton
Raleigh
Rebels Refuse Peace Talks Amid Dublin Dispatch
Irish rebels, led by Liam Lynch, reject peace negotiations. In a reply to Liam Deasy, the republican government and army commands say the proposals cannot be considered, per a Dublin dispatch to the Press Association.
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London
Associated Press
a_ Press Association
Dublin
Liam Lynch
Liam Deasy
Edison to celebrate 76th birthday with luncheon in East Orange
Thomas A. Edison will mark his seventy sixth birthday with a luncheon for associates at the storage battery building of the Edison plant in East Orange next Monday. He plans to give his annual newspaper interview just before the luncheon.
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Edison
New York
Thomas A. Edison
East Orange
New York Police Hold Rum Fortune
Police Commissioner Enright said he holds 20.6 million dollars worth of seized liquor, 30 percent of which are fine whiskies brandies wines and cordials. He seeks an amendment to the Mullan Gage law to allow gifting to municipal institutions including hospitals. He notes contraband liquor costs rise and arrests fall. mentions possible police corruption and ongoing transfers from active duty to curb illicit activities.
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New York
Enright
John A. Leach
Brooklyn
Poeli
Murphy denies Clyde Murphy link to local family
J A Murphy of Mechanicsville asks The Enterprise to state that the Clyde Murphy arrested at Durham for larceny of Will Davis's car is not his relative and did not live in Mechanicsville.
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J. A. Murphy
Mechanicsville
Enterprise
Clyde Murphy
Durham
Will Davis
Murphy
Breath Smell Test Prohibition Agents Hint at Warrant Method
In Newark federal court a Passaic saloon case features Prohibition agents Herman Virag and Joseph Kaminski describing a Breath Smell test method. They recount how one agent would smell the other's breath after drinking to judge if liquor was present and to justify obtaining a search warrant.
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New York
Herman Virag
Joseph Kaminski
New Jersey
Newark
Passaic
Virag
Izzy
Moe
Joe Kaminski
Joe
Campaign raises large sum in Winston-Salem drive
Winston-Salem Community Chest campaign met the 29097 goal and added a surplus of 800 in a six hour midweek drive. Several local charities were funded for the year prior to the six hour push.
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Winston-Salem
Burlington Could Host Jersey City for Spring Training
Burlington eyes hosting the Jersey City club of the International League for spring training in Greensboro area. The Skeeters planned to train there but the local park demand led to an invitation for Jersey City. If accepted, Burlington will support the team with ample facilities and nearby rivalry games with the Patriots possible at Burlington and nearby fields.
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Greensboro
Burlington
Jersey City Club
International League
Skeeters
Chamber of Commerce
Burlington Chamber of Commerce
W. E. Sharp
Jersey Club
South
South Carolina
Jersey City
Patriots
Rail Union Official Dies in Cedar Rapids
Charles E. Whitney general secretary and treasurer of the order of Railway Conductors dies after three weeks of heart disease. Whitney had served as secretary since 1906 in the national conductors organization.
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Rail Union
Cedar Rapids
Charles E. Whitney
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Whitney
Natorial Conductors’ Organization
Fire destroys National Home and Chain plant in New Albany
A fire of undetermined origin early yesterday damaged the National Home and Chain company's plant in New Albany Indiana causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars.
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New Albany
Ind
National Home and Chain Company
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