Gompers Wins Re election At AFL Long Career Triumph
In Denver on July 25 Samuel Gompers president of the AFL for 39 years was re elected for the fortieth consecutive time over John L Lewis of the United Mine Workers. Gompers 25022 Lewis 12324. The AFL convention in Denver cleared decks for elections while debating relations with international unions and the Russian Soviet government. The session featured clashes over rules and debates on Pan American federation and Mexican freedom.
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Denver
Samuel ‘Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Cole
American” Federation of Labor
American Labor Movement
John L. Lewis
Samuel Gomeprs
International Federations of Trades Unions
Executive Council
European Labor Movement
Gompers
D. Smart
Chicago
International Relations Committee
International
Mexico
League anniversary mass meeting in Hyde Park Britain
Hyde Park hosted a notable league of nations mass meeting marking the second anniversary of the league. Over fifty distinguished British speakers attended alongside delegates from twelve foreign countries including Belgium China Czecho Slovakia Finland and Italy. Representatives arrived in national costumes as part of the procession.
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London
Hyde Park
League of Nations
League
Great Britain
Belgium
China
Czecho-Slovakia
Finland
Georgian Republic
Holland
Italy
Japan
Persia
Poland
Rumania
Ukraine
Weather Report Forecasts Partly Cloudy Skies Tonight
Partly cloudy conditions with a likely chance of isolated showers and thunder tonight. Sunday shows little change in temperature with patchy clouds across the region.
Eleven Convicted in Toledo Post Office Robbery Case
In Toledo eleven of thirteen defendants were convicted by a federal jury at 9:30 AM before Judge John M. Killits. Not guilty were Charles Furrier and John J. Epps. Convicted defendants include Joseph Urbaytis George Lewis Rogers Charles Schultz James Sansone Pearly Sommers Emma Marvin Wanda Urbaytis Walter Foote Edwin Zellich Harry Thrush and Helen Furrier. Sentences will be postponed until other indictments are resolved, likely between August 1 and 15.
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Toledo
Ohio
John M. Killits
Charles Furrier
John J. Epps
Joseph Urbaytis
George Lewis Alias Rogers
Charles Schultz
James Sansone
Pearly Sommers
Emma Marvin
Wanda Urbaytis
Walter Foote
Edwin Zellich
Harry Thrush
Helen Furrier
Four Die In Fire In Baltimore Household
A Baltimore fire at Haste Fourmount avenue destroyed the Sandler home killing four occupants including Mrs Meyer Sandler 52 and Mrs H A Baron 18 and two children Doris Sandler 12 and Evelyn Silbert 6. Three others were badly burned including a son and two grandchildren. The blaze origin was undetermined.
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Baltimore
Meyer Sandler
Hast Fourmount Avenue
Meyer
Sandler
H. A. Baron
Doris Sandler
Evelyn Silbert
Sandley
Mme Curie Returns Home After Awarded Radium Gift
Marie Curie and her two daughters sailed on the Olympic to France. A gram of radium she received from American women was placed in a mahogany casket lined with lead and steel. She has honorary degrees from ten U S universities bringing total recognitions to sixty five. She plans rest in France before resuming scientific work.
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New York
Marie Curie
Olympic
France
Women of
America
Mme. Curie
Rights group fights Indiana Coal railroad abandonment
Indianapolis June 25. The Indiana Coal railroad now leased to the C and E I seeks abandonment before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Damages to plants along the line are estimated at not less than 10 million dollars. R B Coopstick of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce debates that the line should stay in service to protect 2 million dollars yearly revenue. A shippers meeting at Attica will plan opposition and a petition will be filed to hear the case in Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Coal Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
R. B. Coapstick
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Attica
Coapstick
Indiana
The
Chicago
Lacross
Brazil
Percy Junction
Momence
Mrs Burkett Served Jail Term in Fraud Case
Emma R Burkett of Hillsdale Ind sought counsel in Indianapolis over a claim against Theodore Roosevelt estate. Records show she faced a 1913 14 mail fraud sentence and prior acts as a matrimonial agent while using multiple aliases.
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Danville
Ill
Emma Richardson Burkett
Thedore Roosevelt
Vermillion County
Ind
Col. Roosevelt
American Bank and Trust Company
Indianapolis
Emma R. Burkett
Hillsdale
Theodore Roosevelt
Radio signal system to guide ships tested in New York harbor
The Bureau of Lighthouses will trial a radio direction signal system in New York harbor on Monday. It promises a threefold method to determine bearings to fixed beacons in fog, marking a first in navigational practice.
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Washington
New York Harbor
Bureau of Lighthouses
Indiana Produce Co organizes with 550000 capital
At a creditors meeting in the Claypool hotel Indianapolis the Indiana Produce company was formed with 550000 capital divided into 800000 common and 250000 preferred stock. Incorporators include J M McIntosh W D Coil W C Bretz Mrs Ritchie and J E Stahl. Directors named McIntosh Coil Bretz Stahl Henry W Moore Fleming Vanmeter and another man from Washington. The firm will assume the C W Jean company assets previously bought by McIntosh as trustee from Harold L Brown, receiver.
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Indianapolis
C. W. Jean Company
Claypool
Indiana Produce Company
J. M. McIntosh
W. D. Coil
Muncie
W. C. Bretz
Huntingburg
Irs. Ritchie
Jasonville
J. E. Stahl
Worthington
Messrs. McIntosh
Coil
Bretz
Stahl
Henry W. Moore
Terre Haute
Fleming Vanmeter
Washington
Mr. McIntosh
Harold L. Brown
Wanderer Death Sentence Postponed In Chicago Case
The insanity plea of Carl Wanderer facing execution for the murder of his wife and the shooting of a ragged stranger was postponed to Monday at his counsel’s request. Judge Davis insisted a mentally competent defendant must understand the sentence, stating the court’s finding would be final.
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Chicago
Carl Wanderer
Wanderer
Davis
Labor body rejects woman equality at AFL convention
At the Denver convention of the American Federation of Labor delegates defeated a constitutional amendment to grant women equal rights and membership in unions. Efforts to end the color line also failed as unions argued national and international bodies must resolve Negro worker recognition. Leaders from cigars and laundry unions urged equal pay for women doing men's work and protection for women workers.
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Denver
Colo
The
American Federation of Labor
Organized Arbor
Cigay Makers
Laundry Workers’ Unions
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Miners Plan July Convention With District Changes
Two hundred forty locals of District 11 United Mine Workers will name delegates to attend the July 15 convention at the K C hall. The meeting will focus on district constitution changes and miners wages, with discussions to inform the public about coal miners pay.
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Terre Haute
District 11
United Mine Workers
K. C. Hall
State to Send One First Aid Team to St Louis Meet
Bicknell Indiana June 25. Word from Governor McCray says the state will send four first aid teams to the national meet in St. Louis. The top three prizes at the July 2 meet will include trips to St. Louis and a prize list worth several hundred dollars for other teams entering the meet.
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STATE
ST. Louis
Bicknell
Ind
Jack Ogilvie
McCray
Lawsuit Challenges Volstead Law Over Whisky Stored in Warehouses
Former Senator J. Hamilton Lewis files in Chicago federal court to recover $500,000 worth of whisky held in government warehouses. Dis tillers and 100 whisky owners seek injunctions to force delivery to certificate holders and permit sale for medicinal or mechanical uses, arguing manufacture occurred before the amendment passage.
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Chicago
United States District Court
J. Hamilton Lewis
Collector of Internal Revenue
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Fed
United Mine Workers of Ameri
Lewis
Pact
Bers
Women and Children
Daugh
Kope
Burkett
Roosevelt Signa
Ture
Emma Burkett
Emma L.burkett
Lawyer
Indiana Produce CO
C. W. Jean
Pany Incorporate
American Federation
Cals
J. Ham Lewis
U. S
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