Senate probes to visit West Virginia coal fields
The Kenyon committee of the U S senate will tour the coal fields of West Virginia this week to personally survey conditions fueling recent miner and guard clashes. Brig. Gen. Bandholtz urges visit to Mingo county before troops withdraw, while miners’ unrest continues. Mrs William Paul and son attend the Mercer Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bart Campbell
Tnternationsl News Service
Washington
Kenyon Committee
United States Senate
West Virginia
Senate
Mingo County
H. H. Bandholtz
War Department
William Paul
William Edward
Marshall Avenue
Leaves For India To Resume Work In Baptist Mission
Miss Elizabeth BE Hay of New Castle leaves today for New York to visit friends then sails for India October sixth to begin five more years in mission service. Former New Castle public school teacher, she trained at Chicago Baptist Training School and served five years in Nongong Assam Normal School for Girls under Mission Board and British government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth BE
New York
India
Miss Hay
First Baptist Church
Friends
New Castle
Chicago Baptist Training School
American Missionary Board
Nongong
Asam
Mission Board
Assam
Electrical Contract Awarded By Board
The school board awarded the electrical work at Benjamin Franklin Junior High to Delmar Electric of Pittsburgh for 22 528 dollars. Bids from Marvin Electric of New Castle Standard Electric Service of New Castle G A Webster Electric Youngstown Ochiltree Electric Pittsburgh and Delmar Electric Pittsburgh competed on the form by architect W G Eckles with Delmar the low bidder. The winning bid was read last, surprising local bidder H L Marvin as his firm’s bid was 1 972 higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Delmar Electric Company
Pittsburgh
Marvin Electric Company
New Castle
Standard Electric Service Company
G. A. Webster Electric Company
Youngstown
H. L. Marvin
Seventh Son Sage Bets On Primary Outcome
A speaker muses on predicting election results by fortune and intuition. He notes that the candidate with the most votes will win, though he concedes he cannot foresee the outcome. The remark blends superstition with electoral logic as he weighs wagers among friends.
Butler Newsboy's Toe Worth $5,000
Leonard Miano sues the city of Butler in common pleas court over a damaged toe of his 11 year old son Renal after stepping on a gutter iron grate manhole cover that tipped and cut the toe during a newsboy shift. The claim seeks 1060 for the father and 4000 for the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Butler
Common Pleas Court
Butler County
Leonard Miano
Renal
Venizelos Marries Helena Schilizas in London Registry
Ex Premier Eleutherias Venizelos wed Helena Schilizas at St Pancras as reported by International News Service. He, age 57, and his bride 47 were longtime friends and rumors say they may honeymoon in the United States, possibly California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
Eleutherias "Venizelos
Greece
St. Pancras
Helena Schilizas
United States
M. Venizelos
California
Unemployment Figures Questioned by Labor Chief
Secretary of Labor Davis criticized distorted unemployment counts and warned against exaggerating the figures. He said 3,000,000 to 7,325,000 unemployed are not all breadwinners, and rejected claims that 5,735,000 were out of work, noting the department estimates about 4,735,006 fewer men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ward
National News Service
Washington
Davis
Department of Libor
Department
School Board awards coal contract to UW Z Sweezy
The school board awarded the coal supply for city schools to UW Z Sweezy for about 2,500 tons this year. Sweezy will deliver regular Pittsburgh coal from Rich Hill mine at Fort Pitt Coal and Coke with prices of 5.30 per ton for three quarter inch screen coal and 4.65 per ton for slack. Other bids ranged from 4.65 to 6.05 per ton, but the board chose Sweezy for quality and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UW. Z. Sweezy
Pittsburgh
Rich Hill
Fort Pitt
Sweon
Rich Hill Ar Maud
Vast Troak Land Company
Fennelton
Veln Lower Freeport
Roy A. Lang
Auroralymin Pitteburgh
Vain
Roscoe Arbuckle Manslaughter Indictment Faces Bail Hope
In San Francisco Roscoe Arbuckle is indicted for manslaughter in the Virginia Rappe death after an alleged party incident. Bail possibility noted by his lawyers while prosecutors say the case remains active and unresolved.
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Ellie H. Martin
San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty
Arbuckle
Japanese Tone On Arms Parley Shifts Authority Mentioned
Special to The News reports a shift in tone as Japan names its delegation for a Far East disarmament conference in November. Admiral Katō and Baron Sihdahara are named, with possible leadership by Foreign Minister Uehara or Katō, per Aghi dispatches and the Ration al News Service. Workers injured near Mingo after a motor handcar collision with a freight train, with six seriously hurt. The incident occurred two miles west of Mingo amid a tunnel under fog. all injured residents of Smithfield.
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Tokio
Admiral Kato
Baron Shidahara
United States
Far East
Wyaalington
Aghi
Trdu
Caté
Count Uehlfa
Rational News Service
Cienill
Akighteon
Pittsburgh & Westirsinta Railroad
Mingo
Smithfield
Mingo Dunetion
Mrs Muirhead Not To Resign Police Matron
Mrs Ree Muirhead denied plans to resign as police matron this morning. She said she has no intention of leaving her post, was surprised by the question, and may take a leave to accompany Dr Mel McLaughry on a health trip to California for a six week rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ree Muirhead
Mel Laughry
California
Muirhead
Hylan To Be Opposed By Curran Fusionist
New York report notes Henry L. Curran won the Republican fusion nomination for mayor and will run against incumbent John F. Hylan. Also mentioned: Gutmann polled heavily against Laguardia Haskell and Bennett. A separate incident reports James J. Hines staffer Joseph Shallack attacked while alleging fraud. attackers claimed police badges.
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International News Service
New York
Henry LM. Curran
John F. Hylan
Gutman
F. H. Laguardia
R. L. Haskell
W. M. Bennett
Ganen
Shiallack
Joseph Shallack
James J. Hines
anti-Tammany Borough
Shallack
Skullack
World Map Still Unsettled by School Board
The board rejected the request to buy European maps amid unsettled boundaries, preferring to use existing maps until borders are finally settled. A requisition for a dozen sets of scales to weigh pupils was also denied, with no funding for a vie rola and recounts for the high school.
Marriage Licenses Prank Walamin to New Crate Anna Hric
List of marriage license entries includes names such as Prank Walamin with Anna Hric, Gustle Russell with Mew Thompson, Butler Ida BE Ritter in Pittsburgh, Wayne Jean G. Naven with Joseph Gearart, Nelle B. Deamer Elwood Cuy Giovanni Galletta, and Grazia Galletta at Hospemer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prank Walamin
New Crate
Anna Hric
Gustle Russell M. Thompson
Butler Ida Be, Ritter
Pittsburgh
Death Record for Mrs Thomas Cook in OKI Verge Pa
Mrs Thomas Cook of OKI Verge Pennsylvania is reported dead. The brief notice notes Totant McGurley aged 14 days in North Beaver Township. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
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Thomas Cook
Oki Verge
Totant McGurley
North Beaver Township
Methodist Ministers Face Transfers in Annual Conference
Methodist ministers and delegates plan attendance at the annual conference in September at Arensburg Wa. Bishop W McGannel of Pittsburgh will preside as ministers report on the year and discuss church governance changes. Two amendments address making the Quarters Conference the Local Conference and allowing laymen in the annual conference. appointments will be announced at the close.
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Aresnyille
W McGannel
Epitsburgh
Quarters
Adsnis Bion
D. Ralph Dunn
Croton Dharch
H. W. Steele
Grace Methodist
G. Parr
Epworth
A. B. Smith
Mahoningtown
Six U.S. Rhine Army soldiers killed in auto train clash
Six soldiers of the American army of occupation were killed when a military lorry was struck by the Thertmand Frankfort express near Coblenz today, with Coblenz serving as the army’s headquarters.
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U.S. Rhine Army
Paris
Snapshots At News vey A Atwood of Chie
A man named Ray Ivy of Los Angeles was sentenced to five years in the pen for stealing three cents from a child. In Kane Pa a man named Dans Riatina had a hen lay an egg with a booster over the sheth. A baby boy, ten pounds, wrapped in bed sheeting, was left on the doorstep at Adin Mess in Shire and taken to Bul hospital.
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Ray Ivy
Los Angeles
Onl
Willis
Dans Riatina
Kane
Adin Mess
Shire
Thawa Giken
Bul Hospital
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Baptist
Elizabeth Hay
Pittsburg
Arthur Mometer
Venizelos
Bride
America
McCaffrey Coal
Wreeport
Pena Goal and Supply Company
Turial
Matthew Brady Hag
Nippon Cross
TVA
Woo
Orr
Belavue
Afra
J. A. Breckenridge
Hamilton Apartments
MM Breckenridge
John Lawrence
Hylan
Curran
Hines Campaign
Miss Ving Laura
Virginia Rappe
WEO
Rosene Arbuckle
Shoe
A. Atwood
American Steel and Wire Company
Marre
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