British Press Demands Action In Kidnapping
International News Service reports London reaction to eight British missionaries kidnapped by Chinese bandits. The Canton government’s attack on British and Japanese shipping prompts calls for immediate action by the British fleet. Public appeals from Hong Kong and South China communities seek additional naval forces in Chinese waters as the government proceeds cautiously pending full inquiry.
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International News Service
London
China
Hong Kong
South China
The
Daily Mail
British Dilemma Over Canton Edict Threatens Hong Kong
Downing Street faces a cautious but firm approach as Britain protests Canton’s order banning British ships from Canton and other ports. News of eight kidnapped missionaries in Szechwan, including Bishop Mowll, intensifies pressure. Chamberlain moves carefully, recognizing China’s vast, chaotic landscape and weak central authority. The foreign office fears a broader anti foreign movement aimed at expelling Britain from Hong Kong.
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Torial
South China
Canton
Downing Street
Szechwan
Bishop Mowll
Toronto
Canada
Britain
Hong
Hong Kong
Prisoners Sentenced To Workhouse In County Case
Chester Smith and James Davis were taken to the workhouse by Deputy Sheriff James Whiteman and James Lamcree. Smith received five months for a liquor charge, Davis five months for aggravated assault and battery. Be careful about the bee in your bonnet. It is soable to be considered a humbug.
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Chester Smith
James Davis
James Whiteman
James Lamcree
Smith
Emery
Davis
Hildebrand Seeks County Judge Seat in Democratic Primary
District Attorney R Lawrence Hildebrand announces candidacy for county judge in Lawrence County subject to the Democratic primaries September 15. He says his tenure as district attorney reflects fairness and efficiency and asks supporters of his administration to vote. Separately Segal, accused of passing a $400 worthless check, was arrested in New York after detectives obtained a warrant from Morris China Company official Monteith. Segal, an Austrian immigrant who arrived in 1880, previously patented a wax paper process and led a paper company here, calling the charge a trifling matter.
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R. Lawrence Hildebrand
Lawrence County
Segal
New York City
Howard Monteith
Morris China Company
Trenton
N. J
Monteith
Austria
Former Bankrupt King Arrested On Check Charge
Adolph Segal a 65 year old known as the man with the golden touch is to be arraigned before Magistrate Holland in Philadelphia on a check charge. Segal was declared bankrupt ten years ago with 3 000 000 liabilities and 67 cents in assets.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Adolph Segal
Man With
Holland
Notice Zendar the Great at Regent Theatre
One of the finest pictures of the year features Marion Davies Harrison Ford Harry Meyers Hobard Bosworth and May Bush now showing at the Regent Theatre. We urge everyone to see this picture while it is running. please do not miss it.
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Zendar
Marion Davies
Harrison Ford
Harry Meyers
Hobard Bosworth
May Bush
Regent Theatre
Former Local Girl To Sing Sunday At First Presbyterian
Sue Harvard Armstrong, once Miss Sue Harvard of Euclid Avenue, a nationally known singer, visits Euclid for Sunday worship. On August 23 she will sing several solo numbers at the First Presbyterian Church, with her husband, Herbert Armstrong, vice president of the American National Bank in New York City, as guests of her father John Harvard.
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Herbert N. Armstrong
New York City
Miners Return to Work at Banning No. 2 Mine
In Fayette City Pennsylvania on August 21 fifty two miners reported for work at the Banning No. 2 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company under the 1917 wage scale. No coal would be mined until the shaft is reconditioned, a process expected to take several days. Union leaders disputed an earlier figure of thirty six workers on reopening yesterday and claim only six miners were present. deputies and state troopers are on duty to prevent violence while a 100 man union picket has not yet used force to press for the existing wage scale.
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International News Service
Fayette City
Banning No
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Foster named prohibition chief for southern New York
Philadelphia August 21 rumors place John A. Foster divisional prohibition chief in Philadelphia as slated to head the government prohibition forces in the new district of southern and eastern New York state. Foster, a Bostonian, has served in the internal revenue service 12 years and has been in Philadelphia about four months.
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Philadelphia
John A. Foster
New York
Foster
New York State
Internal Revenue Service
Engine Backs Into Freight in Syracuse Yard Crash
Syracuse, Aug 21 Engineers Peter Windhausen and J A Groom were trapped for an hour in the cab of their switch engine after a collision with a freight in the DL&W yards. Wrecking crews freed them when they hoisted the tender away. Heavy rain is suspected to have hampered yard crew vision.
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International News Service
Syracuse
N. Y
Peter Windhausen
J. A. Groom
City Playgrounds Open For Children Without Instructors
City play grounds open to children without supervising instructors after August 7. Recreational centers with see-saws swings and sliding boards remain available for youngsters, per Councilman D O Davies. Hundreds of children visit daily supported by the city and the Women’s Federated clubs.
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D. O. Davies
Aged Civil War Veterans Oppose Nonflag Display
In Washington Pa on August 21 local union veterans of the Civil War voted against flying any flag except the Stars and Stripes or a nation friendly to the United States. The vote followed an address by Louis F. Arensberg urging opposition to the Stone Mountain memorial project. Also noted was a new wage scale of thirteen dollars per day for Dallas bricklayers.
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International News Service
Washington
Louis F. Arensberg
Uniontown
Stone Mountain
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Julian Goldman
People’s Store
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Directed By
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