Indiana coal operators withdraw from interstate wage conference
Indiana policy committee announces that Indiana and Illinois operators will deal only with state miners and will not join any interstate joint wage conference with the United Mine Workers. They say eastern operators refused to meet, ending hopes for a four state talks and pressing for state level conferences to hasten negotiations and end the strike.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
United Mire Workers of America
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Inliana Policy Committee
National Union of Miners
Springfield
John L. Lewis
International Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Frank Farrington
Illinois Mine Workers
Cincinnati
Girls Fight It Out Man to Man on the Field of Honor
Dallas report recounts a duel between Clarice Paschall and Catherine Fansler over remarks at a dance. The two agreed to settle the insult outside with twelve to thirteen cars directing headlights to a pasture. Fansler says she aimed for the chin. Clarice dodged and was struck above the eye, falling into a glass and tin can filled ditch.
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Dallas
Texas
Clarice
Catherine Fansler
Extract from eyewitness account of bite incident
A fragment describes a person being bitten by Clarice after an incident in town. The speaker notes asking Clarice if she had enough and getting no reply before returning to town.
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Clarice
Hearing on Dorsey habeas corpus petition for release
The habeas corpus hearing for Otho Dorsey, charged with murder near Petersburg, concluded with bond trial before Judge J. F. Dillon. More than fifty witnesses testified over two days. A ruling was expected next Monday as prosecutors detail the deaths of Luther Bement and John Turner Willis. Dorsey appeared unconcerned during the proceedings.
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Jasper
Ind
Otho Dorsey
Petersburg
J. F. Dillon
Dorsey
Luther Bement
John Turner Willis
Willis
Closing of Mines Headed Our Way
Four hundred strikers who closed Youngstown and McCracklin mines near Terre Haute are reported to be moving toward Jasonville and Linton, according to word received this afternoon.
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Terre Haute
Youngstown
McCracklin
Jasonville
Linton
Hague Conference Work Mapped At The Hague
Leaders of allied delegation at The Hague outline work for the conference and propose three subcommissions to study Russian debts credits and foreign owned property in Russia seized by the Soviet. Subcommissions to be eleven members each and chosen after forming the general Russian commission. Moscow reports the Soviet stance mirrors Genoa, with concessions to foreign capital limited to new private property laws.
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The
Hague
Russia
Moscow
Associated Press
New Irish Free State Constitution Issued on Eve of Election
London reports a draft Irish constitution published on the eve of elections. It ties law to the Anglo Irish treaty, grants female suffrage, empowers citizen initiated legislation, and defines relations with Britain while preserving kingly allegiance and commonwealth links. It limits war participation, strengthens the supreme court, and shields citizens from court martial while expanding parliamentary control over forces.
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London
Ireland
Canada
Free State
Commonwealth of Nations
House of Commons
House of Lords
Irish Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Early Coal Parley Necessary and Price Pact Announced
Springfield report quotes John L. Lewis warning of a cool shortage and urging a conference of miners and operators. Hoover in Washington says agreement reached with National Coal and National Retail Coal Merchants to prevent price advances during the strike. anthracite prices held, bituminous firms urged to reduce selling costs toward Garfield scale.
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Lewis
Hoover
Washington
National Coal Association
National Retail Coal Merchants’ Association
Herbert C. Hoover
Commerce Department
Three People Die After Lying on Track in Cypress Tenn
In Cypress near Memphis, three individuals were killed when a Southern railway train struck them as they lay on the tracks. A woman who warned them reported them still lying as the train neared, and a section hand found them decapitated about an hour later. identities were not released.
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Memphis
Tenn
Southern Railway
Cypress
Burglars Steal From Alarm Firm Offices in Los Angeles
Police report states burglars entered an alarm company office in Los Angeles and stole articles valued at about 400 dollars. The offices were not protected by a functioning theft device.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fedt
Weather Outlook Says Thunder Showers Tonight
Thunder showers are forecast tonight followed by a cooler Saturday with fair skies. Strong gusts and localized showers may occur before a drying period returns by afternoon.
Bill Introduced 10 G1 Booze on Vessels
Washington reports an amendment to the ship subsidy bill proposing a $10,000 fine for any ship that sells liquor on voyages starting or ending at an American port. If imposed, the ship would be barred from entering U S ports, aiming to align American ships with prohibition ideals and curb bootlegging.
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Washington
House Merchant Marine Committee
Bankhead
Edmond
Republican
Pennsylvania
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
St. Louis
Treasury
Daugherty
Cooper
Ohio
House
Representative Bankhead
Anheuser-Busch Company
Uncle Sam
Labor federation backs nationwide coal strike and railway walkout
In Cincinnati delegates vote to endorse the April 1 miners strike and signal support for a possible rail workers walkout. William Green says miners will stay in the fight, may seek support from other unions, while plans to unionize unorganized labor and aggressive open shop opposition are advanced. The federation also criticizes Chief Justice Taft over the Coronado coal decision and warns against crushing union rights.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
American Federation of Labor
B. M. Jewell
Mr. Jewell
William Green
Miners’ Union
William L. Foster
Foster
Executive Council of
The
Federation
Supreme Court
Coronado
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Executive Council
Taft
Jewett
Woman Convicted of Second Degree Murder in Alabama
Mrs Edna Naro was found guilty of second degree murder in circuit court and sentenced to 25 years in the state prison for the death of Ralph J Roberts whom she shot at her Birmingham home last November.
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Birmingham
Ala
Edna Naro
Ralph J. Roberts
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