Open Negotiations to End Coal Strike in Regional Talks
Policy committee of United Mine Workers votes to proceed with a re cision of a wage scale with Ohio and western Pennsylvania operators. Ohio Indiana and Illinois negotiators attend to break the coal strike and resume work, while some operators refuse to join. Small mine activity continues locally as the strike persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Associated Press
United Mine Workers Union of America Today
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiiana
Wllnois
Apft
John L. Lewis
Seft
Lewis
Hidiana
Illinois Operators Association
Minlers
Hang Generals Slayers Honor Wilson Assassination
Joseph O Sullivan and Reginald Dunn were hanged at Wandsworth prison for the June 22 assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson. A crowd of about fifty Irishmen and women gathered outside the jail at seven, singing a hymn and praying for the condemned men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Joseph O. Sullivan
Reginald Dunn
Wandsworth
Sir Henry Wilson
Missing jewels from bus mystery near Michigan street
A brown palm beach man and a woman in a pink dress seen with a Ford coupe holding a black bag of jewelry at Michigan street Monday night are unidentified. Insurance on about 4000 dollars in colored stones and diamond settings prompts a sixty day search by Loyd’s. Lawrence investigators are narrowing Ford models to fit the clue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Palm, Beach
Michigan Street
L. D. Rothschild
Rothschild
Palm Beach
Loyd’s
Lawrence
Topeka
End of Irish War Near? Troops Close on Cork City
London reports a bulletin from Irish national army troops landing near Cork. About 1000 men moved from Youghal and Union Hall and are within ten miles of Cork, with a major battle expected. Irregular cavalry oppose the nationals, and observers warn the fight may last several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Treland
Cork
Bull Jetin
Irish National
West Passage
Youghal
Union Hall
Cork City
Unpublished Stevenson Letters Sold to American Buyer
Fifteen unpublished autograph letters of Robert Louis Stevenson to his cousin R A M Stevenson sold to an American buyer for 8500 dollars. The manuscript of Stevenson's unpublished play Monmouth, 59 pages, brought 1200 dollars. A letter written at age 23 accompanied the manuscript. A letter written the day before he left for America to be married sold for 150 dollars and an unpublished poem went for 65 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Robert Louis Stevenson
R. A. M. Stevenson
Stevenson
America
Were Denied Jury Trial Springfield 11 Aug 10
Attorneys for seventeen strikers accused of violating an injunction by two railroads asked for a jury trial in federal court. Judge Fitzhenry ruled that picketing is not law breaking but a violation of a court order and not a jury question.
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Springfield
Associated Press
Chicago & Alton
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Fitzhenry
Raleigh runs ashore in Belle Isle straits
Aug 10 dispatches from Halifax indicate six to eleven crewmen may have perished when the British cruiser Raleigh ran ashore yesterday in the straits of Belle Isle. Unofficial reports reached here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Raleigh
Straits of
Belle Isle
Rail chiefs meet as strike tests edges of labor accord
Washington Aug 10 Associated Press union leaders pressed talks before the officers of all transportation unions meet tomorrow. Ben W Hooper railroad labor board head arrived and conferred with the White House as strike leaders gathered reports to support claims rail management allowed equipment to decay. Local groups urged rejection of President Hardings settlement while seniority protections remained a key demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated, Press
Transportation
Ben W. Hooper
Railroad Labor Board
White House
B. M Jewell
Aero
Hay
Thestrikers
Harding
Iowa
Department
Chicago
Associated Press
Greer
Milwaukee
St. Paul
J. C. Smock
Mainance of Way
Chicago,Milwaukee and St. Paul
J. G C.smock
B. P. Greer
Potato Shipments Hold Up Markets Slow Kawe Valley Potatoes
A large movement of Kawe Valley potatoes remains to be marketed though Kansas City market news says demand is dull. Yesterday 53 cars arrived in Kansas City, raising the season total to 1 643. Miss Katherine Menger and Miss Florence Collmer of New York City and Dit E Menger of Chicago are spending a few weeks vacation with their mother and sister at 721 Connecticut Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Katherine Menger
Florence Collmer
New York City
E. F Menger
Chiloceo
R. Menger
E. Beck
Connecticut Streets
Kiwanis Club Plans Picnic At Fitzpatrick Farm
The Lawrence Kiwanis club voted to hold its meeting week after next at the Fitzpatrick farm near Big Springs for the Meet Us Half Way picnic celebrating the fort to fort opening. The club will have dinner served by Big Springs ladies and plans for a joint program with other area groups. Houston and Drescher were named to coordinate with other town organizations, and Kiwanis may compete with Topeka Kiwanis in a stunt. Golf plans grow with Glen Charlton arranging a training schedule and course. prospects include contests with other organizations’ golf teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Fitzpatrick
Big Springs
TJ. Sweeney
Fort
Fort Row
Messrs
Houston and
Drescher
Topeka
Letter from New Hampshire woman seeks missing Amsden
Amsden case referenced after a letter from Caroline Brown of East Rochester New Hampshire asks if Frederick T Amsden is known in Lawrence Kansas The woman says he was last seen by family in Baltimore Maryland twenty years ago and that they heard he came to Kansas in 1981 The sister is Nullie Amsden Brown likely of East Rochester
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Lawrence
Kansas
A. J. Mitchell
Caroling Brown
East Rochester
N. H
Frederick T. Amsden
Amsden
Baltimers
Nullie Amsden Brown
Fast Rochester
Host of Men Without a Country Roams in Europe Today
Geneva reports the League of Nations seeks to solve post war citizenship chaos among hundreds of thousands of stateless people across Europe. A proposed international passport would bind them to the League rather than any single nation, but visaing such passports faces diverse national refusals. The article notes many Russians in Berlin and other refugees lack passports or clear nationality, with some Americans losing citizenship during shifting borders and wartime changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Aus
League of Nations
Russia
Europe
Berlin
Turkey
Jugo-Slavia
Bulgaria
Rumania
Nansen
Lenpgee of Nations
Balshevik
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Governors Conference Opens With Coal Seizure Plan
Advocates government operation of all mines to ensure coal for the country, urged by Governor Blaine of Wisconsin at the Northwestern governors conference on the coal situation in St Paul. The report also notes tea tannin effect on rums and a light remark on new Chevrolets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Blaine
Wisconsin
Typhoon Swatow deaths and homelessness soar in August
The August typhoon hit Swatow, a seaport 250 miles northeast of Hongkong. The American lat Swatow reports 60,000 deaths and 100,000 homeless. Relief is urgently needed, according to the consul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Associate Press
Denths
Zoat Swatow
Hongkong
Greesti
City Plans Two New Sewers and Utility Updates
The city commission approved two sewer ordinances for new laterals on Barker Avenue near Eighteenth and Ce streets and on Seventh Street between New York and Connecticut streets. Petitioners urged repairing the alley between Sixth and Seventh streets. The July police judge docket showed 28 appearers, $282 in fines, $012 collected, and $82 costs. Fire chief report noted two alarms. building value $5,500, losses $50, contents $4,250, with $5,000 of contents suspected in the interurban station vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Barker Avenue
Wiley
Eighteenth
Ce Streets
Bey
New Tlampshire Street
Ouslinanes
Seventh Street
New York
Connecticut
Ohio
Tennessee
Hallam
Army to Hold Final Officer Exams in September
A final examination for second lieutenants in the regular army will be held the week of September 4, announced by Maj. Fred L. Leimon, assistant adjutant, Seventh Corps area. Applicants who pass the preliminaries may receive appointments after December 81, 1922, in most service branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Leimmon
Seventh Corns
Forts Riley
Leavenworth
Regular Army
National Guard
Secretary of War
Mexican court rulings do not threaten U S land rights
Washington officials today announced that Mexican Supreme Court opinions cited by Obregon regime supporters do not, in their view, affect American landowners. The statements indicate rulings may protect improved lands from confiscation but do not guarantee mining properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ave
Mexican Supreme Court
Recruitment Rise for Company D of Kell National Guard
The Has kell National Guard unit Company D shows rapid strength growth from 74 yesterday. Unlike other guards, D recruits by selecting from many applicants for enlistment. Whipping-nests and stools of repentance were once common in English towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell National Guard Organization
Guards
Indians Flocking to Schools Again
Indian students expected to arrive in Lawrence for term at Maskell Institute, with enrollment at Unskell reaching capacity. H B Peaks, superintendent of schools and U S Indian education chief supervisor, says applications exceed space. Enrollment week planned for week ending September 1, with cooperative efforts required among Indian service employees. Last year Indian schools exceed capacity with average daily attendance above limits, totaling some 3,000 milre Indians in public schools and leading Indian schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maskell Institute
Lawrence
H. B. Peaks
United States
Unskell
Peakrs
Washington
Educational Department of the Indian Service
Haskell
Trians
Cohools
Indian Service
Sefiee’s
Would Limit Powers On Tariff Duties Proposed Reform
Washington August 10 the finance committee majority recommends a substitute for the flexible tariff provisions. The main change would block transfers between the dutiable and free lists and forbid raising duties beyond any maximum set in the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Lindley on Vacation in Colorado Mountains
A letter from Chancellor E. B. Lindley reports the party in Grand Lake Colorado and planning to reach Estes Park later this week. They will spend a few days in Estes Park before continuing to other destinations with his wife and son Stanley for a brief mountain vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. H. Lindley
Grand Lake
Colorado
Estes Park
Lindley
Stanley
Birthplace dispute stirs civic inquiry over Cody legend
Davenport chamber investigates Cody birthplace claim tied to a proposed $10,000,000 Yeomen home for orphans. Old White Hall farm near LeClaire on the Mississippi River hosts the site option while locals recall Buffalo Bill lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Towa
Cody
Davenport Chamber of Commerce
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Fraternal Society
White Hall
LeClaire
Mississippie
Chamber of Commerce
Buffalo Bill
Mathilde McConnick Leaves Paris for Switzerland
Miss Mathilde Mc Connick wealthy American heiress travels from Paris to Switzerland with her father Harold S. McCormick to join Max Oser the former Swiss cavalry officer reported as her fiancé.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathilde
Switzerland
Paris
Associated Press
Mathilde McConnick
Max Oser
Sw. Cawaley
Harold S. McCormick
Legion posts plan picnic fund drive and convention notes
Eli Ferrell Dorsey will cooperate with civic groups for the Most Us Half Way picnic and the Topeka Legionnaires challenge. A committee led by Earl Endacott was formed by Commander Guy Pettit at the bi monthly meeting to run plans. Six delegates and six alternates will be chosen for the state Legion convention in El Dorado in September. A Kansas City Veterans Bureau officer will investigate compensation cases, with visits every two weeks. A bogus campaign begins August 14 ending August 27 with a free showing of Iashes of Action at a local theatre, children admitted with parents due to congestion concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Ferrell Dorsey
American Legion
Topeka Legionnaires
Earl Endacott
Guy Pettit
the Legion
el Dorado
Kansas City
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Portit
Legionn
X Signal Corps
Mob Watches Jail Over Lynching Claim in Ridge Case
A mob gathered early today around the Vinita Oklahoma courthouse to lynch Elias Ridge a young negro who reportedly confessed to killing Mrs. George Adair in Pensacola. Deputies said the suspect had been spirited away but Ridge was captured by a posse shortly after the slaying that left a 30 year old woman stabbed and beaten in front of two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinita
Okla
Elias Ridge
Ridge
George Adair
Pensacola
Adair
la Posse
Mine Mules Retain Vision After Long Darkness
Hazleton Va Aug 10 coal mine mules kept underground for years retain eyesight after surface return. Veterinarians in the anthracite region examined many mules freed from mines last spring and found eyes present and functioning, refuting long held belief that lack of use blinds them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Herit
Dempsey Likely to Tour Europe for Exhibitions
Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey may visit Europe this fall to meet Turkish boxers in exhibition matches in Constantinople. Invitations will come from the Turkish Sports Federation. Also noted are 1922 Kansas American Legion Auxiliary units tally with 251 groups and 10,563 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dempsey
Turkey
Constantinople
Shoul
Dack Dempsey
Europe
Turkish Sports Federation
Legion
Topeka
The
American Legion
Kansas
City awards paving contracts to A. R. Young & Co.
Kansas City firm A. R. Young & Co. won bids for New Hampshire Nineteenth and Twenty Second street paving in a special meeting. Estimated project cost about 1 036.70. bids reviewed against engineer estimates for sections from Seventeenth to Twenty Third on New Hampshire and other streets. Locust Street paving award postponed awaiting full cost calculations.
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New Hampshire
A. R. Young & Company
Kansas City
Locust Street
Ank
Seventeenth
Twenty-Third
Twenty-Second
Massachusetts
Nineteenth
Barker Avenue
Teenic Street
New York
New Jersey
A. R. Young & Co
Farmers Union Picnic at Pitts Grove Near Baldwin
The ninth annual Marmners Un it picnic is set for August 6 1922 at Pitts Grove five miles west and one north of Baldwin. The day's events include morning games between Baldwin business men Farmers Union crew a band and orchestra, gymnastic displays by Topeka Industrial School boys, a speech by Hon John Tromble state Farmers Union president, and an afternoon game Long Star versus Le Loup plus horse judging and other attractions. Bring your dinner and enjoy the day, invites George Pitts secretary of the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitts Grove
Baldwin
Farmers Union
Topeka
John Tromble
States Farmers Union
Longe Star
le Loup
George Pitts
Freed in Chicago murder case Big Thin Murphy
Big Thin Murphy, charged with murder in the death of policemen killed by labor bombers, was freed this afternoon as the state, on Judge Taylor's recommendation, announced failure to make a case. Fred Mader and two other defendants remain free. Con Shea faced trial but the case was dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Big Thin” Murphy
Taylor Noile
Taylor
Fred Mader
The
Buildings Trades Council
Con” Shea
Trev
Bull starves after falling into oil pit in Wellsville
In Wellsville New York on August 10 a bull fell into an oil pit after slipping from a hillside. Neighbors refused to retrieve the animal and the bull starved to death. Also reported London indicates Italian Foreign Minister Shanzer sees potential agreement between Great Britain and France at the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
N.Y
Qunpire
Nicro
London
Associated Preys
Shanzer
Italy
Associated Pregs
Great Britain
France
Pape
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Ebensburg
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
Clearfield Tuntinous Coal Operators Association
Cleveland Center
Igen
John Forsythe
Central, Pennsylvania Association
Galesburg
Knox County
Frisco
San Francisco
Newcastle
New South Wales
Cardiff
Alabama
Federal Control Distributing Committee
Hoover
Marion
Ill
Illinois
Coal Valley
A. Ty
Hunt
Tall
Hulletin
Free State
Madison
Neel Shrdlu
W. G. Lee
Brotherhoo of
Wichita
Kans
Fred E. Clark
Tulsa
Joplin
Fort Scott
Betwen Joplin
Clark
Kiwanis
Fitzpatrick Farm
Amslien
Indian Machine Gun Organization
England
H.B. Peaks
Campaign On Reservations
Bufflo
Pacific Northwest
Legion Post
A.R. Young & CO
City
Commision
Farmers Union Picnic
Murphy
Shea
Chevrolet
Tha Savings
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