Governor Morgan Seeks 1000 Federal Troops for West Virginia Crisis
Governor Morgan asked President Harding for 1000 federal troops as a 4000 armed men march from Marmet toward Mingo and Logan counties raiding stores stealing freight and disarming officers. The senate committee votes to resume the Mingo investigation with surveys by Gen Bandholz and Lt Col Ford to Charleston.
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Washington
West Virginia
Mingo
Morgan
Senate
Williamson
War Department
Wainwright
George W. Read
Fifth Corps
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
H. H. Bandholz
D. C
Iiley H. Ford
Charleston
Harding
Charles H. Russell
Kenyon
Senate Investigating Committee
Marmet
Logan
Signal Corps
St. Albans
Gun battle reported near Blair West Virginia amid Logan county clash
Reports reached Charleston of a gun battle Thursday between Logan county deputy sheriffs and a large armed group at Blair. Sheriff Don Chafin could not confirm fighting. Racine reports say thousands marching to Mingo county to protest martial law remained encamped near Indian Creek, with Madison residents noting no pass through.
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Charleston
W. Va
Logan County
Blair
Don Chafin
Racine
Marmet
Mingo County
Indian Creek
Madison
Volunteer Officers Raid Moonshine Stills in West Virginia
Prohibition officers in Charleston report volunteers, laid off for lack of funds, have donated service to seize about a score of moonshine stills and arrest over thirty alleged violators. Lincoln county agents led with eight stills and nearly 3000 gallons of mash seized.
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Charleston
W. Va
Lincoln County
Camp Eustis Retained by Presidential Signatures
Washington reports the president signed early measures at the capitol on Wednesday night, including a bill to retain Camp Eustis in Virginia. The action preserves the military post amid national defense planning.
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Camp Eustis
Associated Press
Washington
Capitol
Congress Recesses Thirty Days To Start Vacation
Washington reporters note Congress adjourned for a thirty day recess. Many members left for home while some stay to press committee work on the permanent tariff bill and tax revision. Reconvening set for Sept 21 with occasional three day retreats through Oct 3.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Reed
Missouri
Stanley
Kentucky
Shipping Board
Harding
Capitol
Mondell
Garrett
Tennessee
Government land opened to former service men
Nearly 19 000 acres of land will be opened to ex service men in September. Next month 9 222 farms will be opened for homestead entry by ex service men and women on the North Platte irrigation project in Wyoming. On Sept 16, 57 farms will be opened in the Shoshone project in the same state. For sixty days filing will be restricted to service persons. The North Platte area, once nomadic range, now hosts productive farms with irrigation. The Shoshone tract lies in dairy country suitable for general farming as the district rapidly grows populated.
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Washington
North Platte
Wyoming
Harding Signs Bills Regulating Grain Exchanges and Mining Claims
Washington. The Capper-Tindher bill for regulating grain exchange trading and the measure extending the period for performing assisting work on mining claims were signed late Wednesday by President Harding.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Preacher Slayer Held Without Bail in Birmingham Case
Edwin R. Stephenson faces murder charges in the killing of Rev. Father James E. Coyle at St. Paul’s Catholic Church. The Jefferson County grand jury may not finish its probe before new jurors are sworn. Ruth Stephenson Gussman testified that her father threatened Father Coyle and wished the Catholic church in hell.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
Grand Jury
Edwin R. Stephenson
James E. Coyle
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Ruth Stephenson Gussman
Father Coyle
St. Paul’s Church
Dallas
Texas
Gussman
St. Paul’s
Peoria
Guayama
Porto Rico
United States
Nashville
Big Whiskey Rings Operate in New York Indicted in Probe
New York authorities report three major bootlegging rings believed immune to law. Howard Kircack, head of the anti bootleg force, says about 130 alleged bootleggers may be indicted. Investigators found fraud in 80 percent of 2,500 class B liquor permits examined and expect to implicate prominent figures.
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Associated Press
New York
Department of Internal Revenue
Howard R. Kircack
Kircack
Kircock
German Treaty Being Considered in Senate Conference
President Harding and Secretary Hughes briefed Senate foreign relations leaders on the U S Germany peace treaty at the White House. The conference signaled broad approval from Republican members, with ratification hoped for soon though the Senate recess would not be skipped.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harding
Hughes
White House
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Reichstag
Borah
Idaho
Republican Committee
Johnson
California
Desolation Haunts Kiel Harbor Once Proud German Navy Hub
Kiel now presents a stark scene of ruin and abandonment once thriving as Germanys naval heart. Shipyards lie silent, docks idle, and equipment moved abroad. Naval personnel have dwindled from 50 000 to under 1 000 as the city loses jobs and population.
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Kiel
Berlin
Germany
Kiel Harbor
Europe
Admira von Tirpitz
Fort Falkenstein
Baltic
Kaiser Wilhelm Canal
Naval Academy
Prince Henry
Naval Harbor
Imperial Docks
Pact Signed in Berlin Defines Terms for Versailles Rejection
Washington reports the Berlin signed treaty implements economic reparations and military provisions of Versailles but excludes U S from the League of Nations covenant and other Versailles obligations. It reaffirms peace declarations while barring U S binding by league actions or certain European and international arrangements. Germany’s overseas renunciations and related clauses are reaffirmed.
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Washington
Germany
Berlin
State Department
United States
League of Nations
League
America
Europe
China
Siam
Liberia
Morocco
Egypt
Turkey
Bulgaria
Shantung
Alleged Bootlegger Held Charged With Murder in Richmond
Walter Hines, 21, alleged bootlegger, was arrested in Richmond in connection with the murder of Policeman Washington Irving Curtis. The capture was led by Captain of Detectives A S Wright and a police squad.
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Richmond
Walter Hines
Washington Irving Curtis
A. S. Wright
Hines
Rail Brotherhoods to Vote on Separate Strike Ballots
After a two day conference four major railroad unions agreed on a single ballot while the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen prepared a separate ballot. The vote asks members to accept or reject a 12 1 2 percent wage cut from the railroad labor board and to review ongoing wage negotiations with managers. Ballots will be mailed next week with a referendum due by October first.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
W. G. Lee
Brotherhoods
Railroad Labor Board
Chicago
Shipping Board Grant Sent to the President
The bill providing 48.5 million dollars for Shipping Board expenses through January 1 next and 200 thousand dollars for the disarmament conference was sent to the president. A compromise limits pay for more than six officials to 11 thousand dollars annually, after initial house and senate disputes over higher caps.
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Associate Press
Washington
Shipping Board
House
Senate
Kentucky Prohibition Chief Arrives for Central District Drive
Robert Blackburn of Lexington Ky arrives as the new federal prohibition chief for the central district. Officials indicate Kentucky will be thoroughly worked and a crackdown on soft drink stands is planned. Blackburn declined to name his enforcement team until assignments are made.
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Louisville
Robert Blackburn
Lexington
Prohibition
Central District
Kentucky
Blackburn
Renewal of Feud Ends in Murder Near Mount Vernon
Watt Norton died after being shot at his home ten miles from Mount Vernon by James Winstead a bondsman for John Bailey on trial for slaying Beverly White. Winstead surrendered and is jailed on murder charges. The feud stems from a dispute over locating a roadway across Norton's farm as jury selection for Bailey’s trial was completed.
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Mount Vernon
Watt Norton
James Winstead
Norton
Winstead
John Bailey
Beverly White
German Statesman Erzberger Assassinated in Black Forest
Former vice premier and finance minister Mathias Erzberger was murdered in Berlin while on a foot tour of the Black Forest. He and Reichstag deputy Diez were confronted by two youths who shot Erzberger fatally and wounded Diez.
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Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Erzberger
Bad Griesbach
Herr Diez
Black Forest
Diez
One Jailed for Tennessee Murder
Knoxville police report a suspect jailed at Jacksboro in the Glen B. Mayes murder case. Mayes, Knoxville businessman and Campbell County Coal Co. president, was found dead in a Titus cabin with his body burned and decapitation suspected. the head has not been recovered. Indications point to beating before the fire.
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Knoxville
Jacksboro
Glen B. Mayes
Campbell County Coal Company
Kentucky
Tennessee
Titus
Tenn
Seized Liquor to Be Utilized
Washington Prohibition Commissioner Haynes ordered immediate disposition of liquors seized under the prohibition act. He directed district officers to petition courts for disposition. Inferior liquor will be destroyed while good liquor valued at about one million dollars will be diverted to commercial non beverage uses.
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Washington
Haynes
Miners Official to Discourage Mingo Invasion
Frank Keeney district president of the United Mineworkers of America left Charleston for the Boone county miners camp to urge the army to abandon the march into Mingo county after a conference with federal authorities.
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Charleston
W. Va
Frank Keeney
United Mineworkers of America
Boone County
Mingo County
De Valera Reaffirms Southern Ireland’s Stand
Dublin reports Eamonn De Valera’s reply to Lloyd George underlines Southern Ireland’s position as unchanged. The statement emphasizes persistence of stance in the Irish settlement talks.
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Southern Ireland
Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Lloyd George
de Valera
Electrical Expert Peter Cooper Hewitt Dies in Paris
American electrical pioneer Peter Cooper Hewitt is reported dead in Paris from pneumonia after an abdominal operation. Hewitt, renowned in scientific circles, died following surgery in the French capital.
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Paris
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Two Bodies Recovered From ZR-2 Wreck in Hall England
In Hall England two bodies were recovered from the wrecked ZR-2. One victim is identified as Albert Loftin an American. The other is an unidentified Englishman.
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England
Albert Loftin
Five Thousand Men March Toward Mingo County
Five thousand men from Marmet traveled by highway toward Madison in a march through Racine West Virginia. The group left Marmet and headed toward Mingo County breaking camp and continuing the trek today.
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Racine
W. Va
Marmet
Mingo County
Madison
Movement to make Mexico City a dry capital by Sept I
A strong movement backed officially aims to declare the federal district surrounding Mexico City entirely dry by September 1. Plan proposes closing saloons and cantinas and banning all intoxicants including pulque. Prohibition efforts during De la Huerta's provisional government were rolled back after protests by liquor sellers and customers.
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Federal District
Mexico City
de la Huerta
Exports of Tampico Oil Fall About One Fourth
Petroleum exports from Tampico in July totalled about 5.5 million barrels, roughly a quarter of June’s level. August exports are expected to fall further despite ongoing drilling, due to low world oil prices and a higher export tax.
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Tampico
Mexico
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