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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1922
Page
9
Washington reports that President Harding plans immediate action to reopen coal mines under federal troops and plant an American flag at each entrance. Miners’ representatives rejected arbitration. volunteers may be called to run mines and railways to avert fuel shortage. Governor Sproul pledges state and national cooperation to a coordinated program.
A Seaboard Air Line fast mail train derailed one mile south of Car Gal o near Savannah Georgia. Five coaches left the rails after striking a broken railway, a Black cook was killed and several passengers injured. The locomotive stayed on track with two cars detached.
July 18 aviation tragedy in Los Angeles claims the life of W. H. Robinson, noted aviator, and two passenger men when their plane caught fire and plunged to the ground.
In a college sequence labeled Bever Days the afternoon meal featured extra beer and bread served in the college hall for students and invited friends. The event reflected communal college hospitality and social conduct of the era.
Springfield July 18 The reopening of the nations coal mines under federal troops and the U S flag would be taken as breaking the strike In Illinois Robert M Medill director of the state department of mines and minerals said licensed miners only work The union is strong in Illinois and non union miners are scarce If government steps in Illinois mine workers may call a special state convention to sign a wage contract with operators Officials are in Washington called by international president John L Lewis to discuss action including a possible wage agreement link to the strike resolution
Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania July 18 a 12 year old girl Pearl Luskuski or Luskusky stumbled on the tracks of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western line to avoid a freight train. She crouched beneath the engine ten cars and the tender passing over her. The engineer stopped the train and pulled her free uninjured except for scratches.
Miss Elsie Renwick an usher at a local theatre in Asbury Park fainted after inhaling a white powder from a small bottle found in the theatre. She picked up the bottle after the performance and, thinking it sachet powder, took two doses and collapsed. Two doctors revived her. she remains confined to bed.
An air force lieutenant dropped a note to his mother from an airplane over Rochester. The message said he had passed over the city safely and instructed the finder to tell his mother. Lieutenant J. C. Pomeroy was en route from Mount Clemens to an eastern army post.
An unidentified woman, carried by a bagged burden, was swept over Niagara Falls near Goat Island bridge about two hundred feet above. Witnesses say she either fell or leaped into the river and was carried swiftly downstream.
Sergeant Miles investigates a strange trio of Drake brothers facing social downfall amid rumors of a modern Evil Eye. A houseman, a night watchman, and a tense town set the stage for hidden motives, jealousy, and potential violence as the brothers confront their altered fates.
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