Second Week of Walkout Opens With No Settlement Yet In Sight
The second week of the shopmen strike opened with no settlement offers on the horizon as governors held troops in readiness for trouble. Railroads and the labor board stood firm while strikers showed no sign of returning to work, despite growing unrest in Illinois and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Jon. DW. Hooper
B. M. Jewell
Jewell
Illinois
Missouri
Black
Americans Say Turks Murdering Citizens in Asia Minor
J Herbet Knapp a Los Angeles civil engineer arriving in Constantinople claims Americans including Miss Ann Audrey of Massachusetts and Miss Charlotte Ely of Elmira New York were murdered by Turks in Asia Minor. He asserts affidavits with the American consul support his view that his brother George T Knapp was shot after traveling in the Turkish interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Asia Minor
J. Herbert Knapp
Los Angeles
Cal
Constantinople
Knapp
Turkey
Diarbekir
George T. Knapp
Bagdad
Christ
Ann Audrey
Massachusetts
Charlotte Ely
Elmira
N. Y
Turky
Missouri Kansas Texas railway suspends forty seven trains in four states
The Missouri Kansas and Texas railway company suspended forty seven local trains across Missouri Oklahoma Kansas and Texas. The roundhouse at Sedalia is abandoned and trains will not operate until governors guarantee worker protection and guards are on duty. Ten trains in Missouri twelve in Oklahoma two in Kansas and twenty three in Texas are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Taft Receives Aberdeen Doctor of Laws Honor
Associated Press reports in Aberdeen Scotland that Chief Justice Taft was awarded the degree of doctor of laws amid celebrations by Aberdeen University graduates. When seated, students shouted two seats for Taft, reflecting merriment at the academic ceremony yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Scotland
Aberdeen University
Taft
Bilt
Walker Hits 19th Home Run in Early Lead
Clarence Tillie Walker of the Athletics crushed his 19th season home run in the first inning against the Chicago White Sox in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Philadelphia
Clarence
Tillie) Walker
Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Croker Will Probate In Florida Leaves Wife All But 10000
The will of Richard Croker former Tammany leader who died in Ireland is probated in West Palm Beach. It leaves all property to his wife Beulah except $10,000 to his daughter Florence described as the only child still affectionate toward him. The document was drawn in Ireland in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach, Fla
Richard Croker
Tammany
Ireland
Beulah
Florence
Progress on new college pleases architect Hunter
High Point reports rapid construction at the Methodist Protestant college site. The administration building leads and other structures will rise soon with roofs over several buildings before winter. Architect Herbert Hunter from Washington surveys progress and predicts significant growth for High Point aided by the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Methodist Protestant College
Herbert Hunter
Washington
Hunter
South
Flutter
North Carolina
Danville Faces Heated Primary Between Talbott and Marshall
In Danville Virginia the August 1 primary pits Frank Talbott longtime public utilities head against Eugene H Marshall Westbreek Elevator chief. Both sides boast wide followings and active fraternal and Methodist networks as women vote in near parity with men, shaping the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Frank Talbott
Eugene H. Marshall
Westbreek Elevator Company
Talbott
Virginia
Marshall
Hootch Hounds Trace Large West Virginia Distillery
Bloodhounds owned by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Yverson located a hidden distillery in a vacant Clarksburg house after following the scent from an apartment robbery. Officers found a sizable operation with hundreds of bottles and one of the largest camps distilleries in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Thomas Yverson
C. W. B. Chapman
Mononogahela Power and Traction Company
Murder Car as a Souvenir
A two cylinder twenty year old motor truck linked to Henri Landru the Bluebeard of Gambais was auctioned in Paris yesterday. The vehicle was used to take Landru’s ten victims on rides and later to haul coal for burning their bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Henri Landru
Bluebeard
Gambais
Federal Reserve Chief Defends Policies Against Critics
Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board replies to Senator Heflin and Geral Glass criticisms. He says charges against the board are misleading and untrue, while noting constitutional immunity in debate. Banks in Philadelphia Richmond and St Louis report circulating Glass speech to thousands of copies.
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Harding
Senator Heflin
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Federal Reserve Banks
Glass
Virginia
Heflin
Alabama
Gov. Harding
Senator Glass
Philadelphia
Richmond
St. Louis
French Girl Lenglen Defends World Tennis Title
Suzanne Lenglen of France defeated Mrs. Molla Mallory of the United States in straight sets to win the international grass court championship at Wimbledon. The final score was 6 2 6 0 6 0 in 29 minutes, with Lenglen displaying superior stroke and nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimbledon Stadium
England
Suzanne Lenglen
France
Molla
Mallory
Mrs Josephine A Jones Dies While Visiting Brother
Mrs Josephine A Jones of Winston Salem died suddenly at noon while visiting her brother W H Fuquay at 305 Howell Street High Point. She had come two weeks earlier to visit relatives and grew worse after falling ill two days prior. The death was caused by organic heart disease. Funeral arrangements were not finalized but expected Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine A. Jones
Winston ,Salem
W. H. Fuquay
Howell Street
Jones
High Point
Gold Arrives From Europe Aids Trade Balance
Gold bars valued at $3,000,000 arrived in New York aboard the Majestic from England for Kuhn Loeb & Co. The shipment continues efforts to balance trade accounts, paused by the South African gold fields strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
New York
Majestic
England
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Bank
Lightning cleans chimney in Elizabethtown home
A lightning strike hit the chimney of M. Reichert in Elizabethtown Pennsylvania causing bricks to fall and soot to be blown out as if cleaned by a professional chimney sweep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
M. Reichert
Areeonackholk
Major Blake Leaves Athens for Crete
Major Blake the British aviator attempting a world flight departed Athens for Crete. He arrived in Athens on July 4 and now shifts his route toward the eastern Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Blake
Athens
W. T Blake
Crete
Narcotic Eggs Found on Steamer Nanking
San Francisco customs officers report preserved eggs containing a narcotic were found on the steamer Nanking. No attempt was made to land the eggs.
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San Francisco
Nanking
Rockefeller Birthday Quiet Amid Family Tragedy
In Tarrytown New York on July 8 John D Rockefeller turns eighty three his birthday marked by a subdued celebration following the death of his brother William Rockefeller Friends describe the day as quiet and reflective with family at his side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
American Oarsman Wins Diamond Sculls Title
Walter M. Hoover of Duinth Minn, American champion oarsman, won the diamond sculls in Henley Thames England on July 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henselyon-Thames
England
Walter M. Hoover
du- Inth
Minn
Georgia physician released after ten days in custody
Macon Georgia July 8 Acting on orders of Solicitor C M Wiley Chief of Police Thompson released from the city barracks Dr Eugene Schrieber who had been held ten days on a technical charge awaiting officers from Boston with warrants accusing him of abandonment of his minor children desertion and non support He was arrested June 27 on telegraphic information from Keaton and two days earlier was taken outside the city after being bound and gagged and ordered to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
C. M. Wiley
Thompson
Eugene Schrieber
Boston
Schrieber
Keaton
Moderate Advance on Cotton Market
The cotton market opened steady at an advance of 12 to 15 points. Active months sold after the call amid continued covering and scattered selling tied to unsettled weather and reports of increasing weevil damage in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sixteen Dead in Dublin Battle Officials Say
An official report states the national army suffered sixteen dead and 122 wounded in the Dublin conflict. Architects project four years to rebuild the desolated area. Irish independents propose an Irish loan of 20 000 000 pounds for reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
National Army
Irish Independents
Senator Watson and Mrs Watson Recovering in Washington
In Washington on July 8 Senator Thomas E Watson of Georgia and Mrs Watson, both ill with bronchitis at their Chevy Chase home, were reported by Dr Grant A Barnhart to be convalescing. The senator will not resume his senate duties for another week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Aged Negro Man Archie McCorn Deemed Insane
Hopewell Virginia July 8 Archie McCorn a negro thought to be at least 110 years old and former slave was judged insane by a lunacy commission including Drs Bodow Woody and Judge Minter. He was sent to the Central State Hospital for the Insane in Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
Archie McCorn
Ben
J. C. Bodow
Woody
H. F. Minter
Central State Hospital For
Petersburg
Mrs Ward Acquitted in West Virginia Murder Case
In Huntington on July 8 the court of common pleas acquitted Mrs Rhoda Ward of murder. She shot and killed her husband a former deputy sheriff when she found him on a houseboat with a woman named Adkins.
Gerhardt Named West Point Instructor
Capt William Gerhardt son of the Martinsburg circuit clerk and Mrs L DeW Gerhardt has been appointed an instructor at West Point. He is a West Point graduate and has served in foreign duty prior to this assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Martinsburg
W. Va
William Gerhardt
Buyers Arrive for July Furniture Exposition in City
Furniture makers and buyers from across the country have gathered in Furniture City for a two week July Exposition. The vast ten story building hosts all types of furniture items and even coffins. Hotels and locals offer rooms with baths to accommodate visitors as social events are planned by the Southern Furniture Market Association to enhance the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Long
Exposition Building
Southern Furniture Market Association
Police Indulge In Another Sport For Rear Light Offenses
Police in Lexington arrested T D Gilliam J I McRary S O Davis Henry White James Lewis Avery Cook and Charles Hoover for driving without rear lights. They paid half the costs. J R Colmer and Sam Pickett paid costs for speeding, while T D Gilliam was dismissed upon paying half the costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D.gilliam
J. I. McRary
S. O. Davis
Henry White
James Lewis Avery Cook
Charles Hoover
Lexington
J. R. Colmer
Sam Pickett
T. D. Gilliam
Funeral for W. T. Parker Held Sunday
The funeral for W. T. Parker, a longtime High Point resident, will take place Sunday at Guilford College chapel at 2:30 PM conducted by Rev. Samuel Haworth and Rev. Charles P. Coble. The funeral cortege will depart from the Parker home at 2 PM. Brothers John Parker of Baltimore and James Parker of Black Mountain arrived to attend. Mrs. Ed Parker remains gravely ill at Black Mountain and cannot attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Parker
High Point
Guilford College
Samuel Haworth
The
Friends ,Church
Charles P. Coble
First Presbyterian Church
John Parker
Baltimore
James Parker
Black Mountain
Ed Parker
Child Killed by Auto Near Petersburg
Seven year old Joseph Norrig Sadler of Portsmouth was fatally struck on Hopewell road by a car driven by W. L. Harris of Petersburg and died later in the Petersburg hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Joseph Norrig Sadler
Portsmouth
Hopewell Road
W. L. Harris
Fights Erupt in Hornet City Newsroom and Court
In Charlotte two confrontations occur within a day. Publisher W C Dowd and counsel Edwin Bridges clash in the office of Justice of the Peace Squire Huggins after Bridges accuses The News of bias in coverage. Hunneycutt settles a contempt charge and pleads simple assault with reporter Dick Young nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
W. C. Dowd
The
Charlotte News
Edwin B. Bridges
J. E. Hunneycutt
W. S. Huggins
Richard L. Young
Honeycutt
Dowd
Bridges
W. B. Orr
Squire Huggins
Hunneycutt
Esquire
Huggins
Dick”’ Young
the News
Jim Phifer
Commission Chamber
Young
Shopmen Given Until Monday to Return at ACL
Richmond Virginia July 8 officials announced that the Atlantic Coast Line railway will give striking shopmen until July 10 to return to work. If not, vacancies will be filled. Other roads entering Richmond reported no new developments in the walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Wilmington
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Gen Carr Names Staff Officers In Confederate Veterans
Richmond Virginia General Julian S Carr reappointed Edgar D Taylor of Richmond as adjutant general and chief of staff and A A Booth of New Orleans as assistant adjutant general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Julian S. Carr
The
United Confederate Veterans
Edgar D. Taylor
A. A. Booth
New Orleans
Danville Couple Name Daughter Nancy Astor Wrenn
Mr and Mrs J M Wrenn have christened their newborn daughter Nancy Astor Wrenn in honor of the British peeress born in Danville She is the first child in Danville to bear the name Nancy Astor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville, Va
J. M. Wrenn
Nancy Astor Wrenn
Danville
Judge Denies Calvert Col W M Person Petition in Tax Case
In Raleigh Judge Calvert denied Col W M Person of Franklin a writ to compel the Revenue Commissioner to list corporate stocks for ad valorem taxation in North Carolina. The case questioned 1921 tax law as unconstitutional and will proceed toward the state supreme court. The same session dismissed Winston Salem residents’ bid to halt the erection of a Union passenger station on Wheeler street as Norfolk Southern admitted ownership of related railroads. The commission will study several other short line rate complaints before ruling.
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Raleigh
Calvert
Seventh District
Chambers
W. M. Person
Franklin
Commissioner of Revenue
A. D. Watts
North Carolina
Person
Manning
Watts
Colonel Person
Clark
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
State Traffic Association
The
Corporation Commission
Winston-Salem
Union
Wheeler Street
Norfolk Southern
Winston and Carolina
Carolina
Kinston
Tariff Association
Fire Breaks Out on a Huge Liner Nieuw Amsterdam
In Hoboken New Jersey the Nieuw Amsterdam carrying 660 passengers was ordered off after a fire in hold No 5 could not be extinguished by firemen. Two fire engines pumped water while fore boats doused the holds as passengers grabbed luggage amid hopes of a later departure next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken
N. J
Europe
Nieuw
White Way Motor Co Organized Here
Certificate of incorporation issued by the secretary of state at Balzh. White Way Motor Co takes over the Vellg Auto Service Station and will operate it in the future. Authorized capital stock totals 106000. Stockholders are H. A. White, R. R. Ragan and B. F. Moore of High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Way Motor Co
Balzh
Vellg
H. A. White
R. R. Ragan
B. F. Moore
High Point
German Experts Seek Moratorium on Reparations Talks
Berlin officials report two German experts would travel to Paris to request a moratorium from the reparations commission. The move aims to spread Germany’s cash payments over a longer period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Paris
Reparations Commission
Germany
New Soap Factory Planned for Huntington City
Huntington plans a new soap factory as a local industry expansion. A company led by A. E. Morrison is organizing the venture with an office at 7123 Eighth Avenue. Capitalization of the project is stated at 60,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
A. E. Morrison and
Nates
Eighth Avenue
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Associated Press
William Taft
Ly Associated Press
Croker
Will
M. P
Eugene Marshall
Federal Reserve
Mrs. Mallory
Mile
Lenglen
Ers
Senator Watson
Mrs. Watson
North German- Lloyd Line
Danzig
Southern Exposition
Parker
Hornet City
E. B. Bridgers
Gen. Carr
Peeress
C. J. Coffin
Blaze
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