Union Wage Dispute Rises Between Miners and Engineers
Huntington and Cleveland reports reveal renewed effort to mediate the United Mine Workers and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers clash over wage scales. Operators warn union fields may fail if John L. Lewis refuses joint talks, citing higher union mining costs compared with nonunion coal.
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Lintiganationat News Survici
Huntington
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Washington
Brotherhood
Lewis
Contract Let For Linton Pavement To Robertson & Sons
The Vigo County Board of Commissioners awarded a $71 463 contract for a three mile pavement through Linton to J M Robertson & Sons of Terre Haute The bid was the lowest and was supported by strong financial and work history assurances The Robertsons expect to begin construction once bonds are sold and no later than May 10 with the Federal Surety Co backing the project
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Board of Commissioners
Linton
J. M. Robertson & Sons
Terre Haute
Robertson
Citizens’ Trust Co
Trust Company
Ellis
Robertson & Sons
Bloomfield
Robertsons
J. M. Robertson
Forest Kensinger
Federal Surety Co
Davenport
Messrs. Robertson & Sons
No wage modification sought in proposed conference
The United Mine Workers oppose any plan that changes current wage contracts or cuts earnings. Operators promise to continue talks with Lewis. A new conference demand was discussed but not verified. Cleveland operators indicate no push to reopen mines on a nonunion basis.
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United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Cleveland
Premier Herriot Blames Nation in Finance Crisis
Paris April 9 Premier Herriot declared France must be frank about the financial chaos shifting responsibility from the Socialist government to the national party in power after the war. He said he would no longer participate in a conspiracy of silence before the chamber of deputies.
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Iintiesr National News Servicei
Paris
Herriot
France
National Party
Chamber of Deputies
Babe Ruth on way to hospital amid influenza attack
Babe Ruth, the Yankee slugger and famed King of Swat, collapsed upon arrival in New York en route to a city hospital to recuperate from influenza and indigestion. He appeared pale and weak, a wan smile flickering as rumors of danger circulated.
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Babe Ruth
King OF Swatters
New York Hospital
International News Service
New York
Ruth
Nsinternational News Service
Washington
Raid at Lafayette Nets 14 Scofflaws
Fourteen men and women were arrested in Lafayette Indiana after a federal dry squad raid on resorts suspected of selling liquor. Hundreds of bottles of beer several gallons of white mule and large quantities of mash were seized. Evidence will be presented to the federal grand jury in Indianapolis.
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Lafayette
Ind
Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Governor's son fined placed in custody until twenty first
Ilal Donahey son of the Ohio governor was placed in county custody until age twenty one after fleeing to Columbus with fifteen year old Lillian Voegel a juvenile court ward He paid a one hundred dollar fine Judge Graham said the fine was severe because he failed to come clean about the girl's whereabouts The Voegel girl faces incorrigibility and truancy charges
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International News
Zanesville, O
Ilal Donahey
Ohio
Columbus
Lillian Voegel
Donahey
Graham
Hal
Indianapolis Man on Trial for Murder at Dance Hall Door
William R. Blackburn, 56, stands trial in Indianapolis for second degree murder in the shooting of John Martin, 24, after a fall dance hall argument. Blackburn plans to portray self defense while his son in law recounts an attempted entry without tickets.
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Indianapolis
United Dress Dispatch
William R. Blackburn
John Martin
Blackburn
Martin
Supreme Court Rules Liquor Evidence May Be General
Indiana court holds affidavits against liquor law violators need not specify alcoholic content of liquor as evidence. The ruling accompanied the conviction of Jack Frey by Vanderburgh circuit court.
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Indianapolis
State Supreme Court
Jack Frey
Vanderburgh
German Papers Denounce Hindenburg Presidential Campaign
Berlin reports show a chorus of opposition to Marshal Von Hindenburg entering politics. Right wing papers condemn the move while monarchists praise him as a wartime leader. Ludendorff backs Hindenburg though lagging in early ballots.
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Berlin
Istrance
Marshal von Hindenburg
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Tageblatt
Hindenburg
Germania
von Hindenburg
Rote Fahne
Junkers
Vorwaerts
Jury Declares Jazz Baby Insane in San Francisco Case
Dorothy Ellingson known as the jazz queen appeared in San Francisco as jurors ruled she is insane, a verdict delivered as she fainted upon hearing the word. The murder trial against Dorothy for slaying her mother continues with arguments and witness testimony already presented.
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International News
Berwich
San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Prisss Dispatch
Cal
Anna Ellingson
H. D. Skilen
Sylvester McAfee
Dorothy
McAfee
Morristown Editor Charged in Fire Chief Shooting
In Morristown Indiana editor C S Mercer is charged with manslaughter in the shooting of Richard Walters longtime fire chief after Walters was removed from office following Mercer editorials. Walters died from gunshot wounds as the men argued on the street. Mercer posted bond and awaits a Shelby county grand jury probe.
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Linternational News Service
Shelbyville
Ind
Richard Walters
Morristown
C. E. Mercer
Weekly Sun
Shelby County Grand Jury
Mercer
Walters
C. S. Mercer
Morristown Sun
Wallers
Another Kidnapping Case Reported In Indiana
United Press dispatch from Muncie Indiana reports authorities seek the identity of an auto driver who kidnapped Eleanor Kennedy twenty and dumped her on the Newcastle road. She was found unconscious and taken to a local hospital where doctors expect recovery. Kennedy could not recall details of the ride.
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United Press Dispatch
Muncie
Ind
Eleanor Kennedy
Newcastle Road
Human Knowledge and Weather Forecast Debate
A quotation attributed to Berthold Auerbach ponders the limits of human knowledge. It reflects on uncertainty about tomorrow's weather and the broader question of what people truly know. The fragment prompts contemplation rather than reporting.
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Berthold Auerbach
Madge Oberholtzer In Critical Condition In Indianapolis
Doctors report Madge Oberholtzer remains in hopeless condition after a criminal assault linked to D. C. Stephenson indictment. Physicians note kidney infection from poison swallowed as prognosis turns bleak.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Madge Oberholtzer
D. C. Stephenson
Weeks to resign as Secretary of War within ten days
Secretary Weeks offers resignation due to illness and will be replaced by Charles D. Hilles of New York if reports prove authentic. The President is delaying formal resignation while awaiting a successor's appointment.
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Washington
John W. Weeks
Charles D. Hilles
New York
Weeks
Coolidge Plan Would Consolidate Government Departments
Washington April reports President Coolidge orders a survey of independent offices and bureaus to see which can be eliminated or merged into ten departments. A dozen small war time bureaus are set to disappear.
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Linternational News Serwich
Washington
Coolidge
Negro Bandits Held At LaPorte Prison Farm
Two Black men who held up three white men and stole $36.36 were sentenced to six months at the state penal farm. The first victim yielded $36, the second 38 cents, and the third nothing.
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Inpted
Laporte
Ind
Gasoline blast kills three children in Saginaw
Katharine Clements aged 5 and sisters Elaine 5 Betty 4 died after an automobile fire in Saginaw while Lawrence Boyd the father tried to rescue them. A can of naptha in the rear seat ignited and caused the car to erupt in flames. Boyd fell from the running car during the attempt.
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United Press Dispatch
Saginaw
Mich
Katherine Clements
Elaine
Betty
Lawrence Boyd
Boyd
Smoking room for ladies on Olympic Express car
Chicago April 9 a special room for women to chat and smoke will be provided on a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line car added to the Olympic Express between Chicago and Seattle the manager announced.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Here
Seattle
Grover Alexander to Pitch for Kansas City Blues
Kansas City Mo April 9 Grover Alexander has been selected to pitch against the Kansas City Blues this afternoon The veteran will pitch in the opening game next week and wants to lumber up for big league competition.
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Kansas City
Grover Alexander
Kansas City Blues
Dodge Brothers stock offered on New York Exchange
The first offering of stock in the newly formed Dodge Brothers, Inc. was admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange. 850,000 shares of seven percent preferred stock include a bonus of one common share per preferred. Initial quotation opened at 103.25, above the offering price. Debenture bonds of 6 percent to be offered next week.
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Smppld Press Dispatch
New York
Dodge Brothers, Inc
Dodge Motor Concern
Dillon Read & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
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