Gompers Defends US Role at World Trade Unions Meet
Paris reports on the first day of the Sixth International Trades Unions Congress. Samuel Gompers faces European criticism over US joining the international body while urging broader collaboration and caution to preserve American union traditions.
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Paris
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
International Trades Unions Congress
Gompers
United States
International Federation
Europe
Hueber
International Confederation
Slavonian Arrested On Serious Charge In Rayville
Slavonian known as Valentine Molnar was arrested at Union Station by Patrolman Clanton after officers traced him from Rayville Louisiana where he allegedly assaulted a well known woman. He was jailed as a fugitive from justice and to return to Rayville at 6 30 this morning.
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Valentine Molnar
Union Station
Clanton
Rayville
Mute Story Told by Tree on River Bank Near Baton Rouge
A lynching mystery unfolds near Baton Rouge as a bloody shirt with bullet holes and a rope hang from a tree. Evidence suggests a masked group dragged a body to the river and dumped it after firing dozens of shots, with river dragging planned and sheriff investigating five miles below the city.
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Baton Rouge
Randolph
Railroad held up. conductor wounded in Pittsburgh robbery
Officials report a single robber held up a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Pittsburgh on August 31. Conductor H. R. Peffenberger of Harrisburg was slightly wounded in the hand. The robber did not obtain much money according to current reports.
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Lewistown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Lincoln
Pittsburg
R. Peffenberger
Harrisburg
Alabama Law Enforcement of Sumptuary Law Seen
Mobile reports one week under Fuller prohibition as officers enforce the most drastic law. Enforcement is conscientious, with many vacancies in former liquor businesses and a tenderloin exodus. Some private house searches raise redress concerns, while hotels report dining rooms closed as tourists divert to other states before the upcoming election.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
Mobhile
Descendant of George Washington Dies in West Virginia
Charleston WV August 31 The death yesterday of Mrs Eliza Zelden Washington Hunter wife of Major Robert W Hunter removes a collateral descendant of George Washington She was a daughter of Col John Augustine Washington and granddaughter of Chief Justice Bushrod Washington Her father was the last private owner of Mount Vernon selling it to the U S government for 10000 dollars Mrs Hunter long served as vice regent of Mount Vernon
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Charleston
W. Va
Eliza Zelden Washington Hunter
Robert W. Hunter
George Washington
Hunter
Col
John Augustine Washington
Bushrod Washington
Mount Vernon
United States
Dynamic Works Near Hodges Shoals Aid Ouachita Traffic
A large government crew operates at Hodges Shoals on the Ouachita two miles below Camden Arkansas blowing out stumps with dynamite and removing other impediments to navigation.
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Camden
Ark
Hodges Shoals
Ouachita
Engineer Killed as Train Hits Work Train Near Detroit MN
North Coast Limited of the Northern Pacific struck a work train one mile east of Detroit Minnesota. Engineer Walter D. White died after fifty years of service. Ten or more injured, four seriously. Injured taken to Northern Pacific hospital at Brainerd. Baggage and mail cars overturned into a nine foot swamp. A misplaced switch is believed to have caused the wreck. The Market Restaurant remains under same management. WM. ATKINSON, Prop.
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St. Paul
Minn
Walter D. White
Northern Pacific
Detroit
F. P. Brown
L. C. Roberts
Tom Voorhies
Flood Devastation in Monterey Exceeds Two Thousand Dead
Relief is desperately needed as the Santa Catarina flood leaves an estimated 2000 dead and 15 000 to 20 000 homeless. Four hundred bodies were found on a hillside south of San Luisito, raising Monterey's total recovered to eight hundred. Rail routes are blocked and telegraph lines cut. The Federal Government has sent 50 000 in funds and provisions, with aid from San Antonio and New York firms.
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Associated Press
San Luisito
Monterey
Santa Catarina
San Antonio
New York City
Negro Arrested in Slayings Named as Joe Collins in Jail
Shreveport police hold Joe Collins alias Joe Highball in connection with six or seven murders including the slaying of a Pine Bluff sheriff and other African American victims in Arkansas. Officers say Collins admits being present at several killings but denies personal culpability. Authorities pursue Arkansas links and await further evidence.
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Joe Collins
Joe “Highball
Alex Meads
Skipper
Bud Burnett
Mark Tree
Snowball
Natchez
Mississippi
Miss
Pine Bluff
Ark
Arkansas
Rock Island Frisco Route To Run First Train To New Orleans
New Orleans announces tomorrow will see the Rock Island Frisco system operate its inaugural train. The service will travel east to Baton Rouge via Frisco lines, then use the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company ferry and tracks to enter the city.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Frisco
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company
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