President Lewis absolves miners in Herrin trouble
In Chicago and Cincinnati dispatches June 24, Arthur Lytton for William J. Lester owner of the Herrin mine reports Governor Small urged troops as violence looms. John L. Lewis denies UMWA complicity, cites sinister influences and detectives employed by coal operators to inflame strife.
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Lewis
Chicago
Arthur S Lytton
William J. Lester
Herrin
Ill
Small
Cincinnati
Ohio
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Secret Service
Congress
William J. Sneed
Steam Shovelmen’s Union
William Rockefeller dies in New York from pneumonia
William Rockefeller brother of John D Rockefeller died at Rockwood Hall in Tarrytown N Y after a week of illness Pneumonia developed from a cold brought on by recent rain He was 81 and five physicians attended led by Dr W J Robertson John D Rockefeller at Pocantico Hills estate rushed to his brother’s bedside as dawn broke
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NORT
John D
W. J. Robertson
William
Illinois to ban sale of human glands in new law
Chicago June 24 Legislation to prohibit traffic in human glands will be introduced in the next session of the Illinois Legislature by Representatives Thomas J. O Grady and Lawrence G. O Brien both Democrats from Chicago. They say no part of the body should be sold nor tissues or glands bought from others.
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Chicago
Illinois
Thomas J. O’grady
Lawrece G. O’brien
Harold F. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Victor Lespinasse
Governor Len Small Acquitted by Jury
Waukegan Illinois June 24 The jury in the Len Small embezzlement case acquitted the governor while serving as state treasurer.
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Len Small
Waukegan
German Foreign Minister Rathenau Assassinated in Berlin
Berlin reports Walter Rathenau Germany’s foreign minister was killed by a grenade and gunman in Bis marckstrasse as he left his Gruenwald home en route to his office. The assassin fled by car. Rathenau, a key figure in Genoa negotiations and postwar indemnity policy, was a leading reconstruction expert.
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Berlin
Walter Rathenau
Bismarckstrasse
Rathenau
Gruenwald
Potsdam
Genoa
Germany
Wirth
Non-Union Miners Attacked in West Virginia Clash
In Clarksburg a mob attacked a streetcar carrying nonunion Hudson Coal officials. two men were killed as deputies fought the crowd. The county court authorized 1000 deputies to help preserve order amid the mining strike. In Fairmont a 400-strong crowd marched toward nearby mines across the river.
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West Virginia
Clarksburg
W. Va
Harrison County Court
Nocolj Young
Hudson Coal Company
Lewis Mine
Reynoldsville
James Kirdwell
Hudson Company
J. M. Orr
John Ford
Fairmont
Fairmount
Monongahela River
North Fairmont
Weather Report Fair Tonight and Sunday
A quiet forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Sunday with slightly cooler temperatures. Expect light winds and no rainfall across the region as conditions ease into a mild weekend.
Herrin Massacre Fallout Shocks Local Citizens
Herrin Illinois residents inspect a makeshift morgue as crowds of locals view dead workers killed in a labor dispute. The outsiders blamed for threatening jobs are described with brutal cruelty and local indifference as the town moves on with posters and soft drinks.
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Herrin
Elk Tobacco Company Urges Care With Fire
Washington June 24 The Department of Agriculture Secretary Wallace commends Elk Tobacco Company for placing warnings on cigarette packs about extinguishing matches and cigars. He notes the high fire cost from smoking and urges public awareness, praising the company’s example to reduce forest and fire losses nationwide.
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Elk Tobacco Company
Washington
Amercan Tobacco
United States
Wallace
The
Forest Service
Tobacco
National Board of Fire Underwriters
New Orleans
Denver
San Francisco
White House presses coal strike settlement after Herrin clash
Washington reports the administration continues to push talks between miners and operators to end the Herrin Ill coal strike. President Harding deplores the violence and hopes for a settlement, while withholding discussion details for strategic reasons.
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Washington
Herrin
Ill
White House
Harding
Secretary Pardons Board Involved in Bribe Claim
William D. Smith of Indianapolis testified that he paid Adolph Seidensticker eight hundred dollars to secure clemency from the state pardons secretary while awaiting sentence in the Clinton liquor conspiracy case. Seidensticker said he acted as Smith’s attorney for clemency before ex Governor Goodrich and that total payments amounted to five hundred dollars for services and expenses.
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Indianapolis
William D. Smith
West
Arizona Street
Big Jim” Carero
Clinton
Adolph Seidensticker
State Board of Pardons
Indiana
A. B. Anderson
Smith
Anderson
Seidensticker
Goodrich
Two Men Die In Nitroglycerin Truck Explosion Near East Liverpool
In Ohio, Friday night a nitroglycerin shipment exploded five miles west of East Liverpool. James Kane and A. B. Curry were killed as their auto was destroyed and four others injured. Dwellings of Cloyd Thomas and the Halfills were damaged. a wall section caved in but Mrs. Thomas and four children escaped unharmed.
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Liverpool
Ohio
Jewell
Warrendale
Here
James Kane
A. B. Curry
Bremen
Kane
Cloyd Thomas
W. J. Halfhill
Edward Jarvis
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Williamson County
Illinois State Senate
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Ucad
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Walter Rathbenau
Weather Report
Secretary of Agriculture
Su Man
Sooo
Ney
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