Coal Commission seeks key differences in coal talks
The United States Coal Commission served notices to antiiracite miners and operators demanding exact points of disagreement by 8 p m tonight. The questions cover a possible new contract, continuation of mining if no agreement is reached, and the role of a third party to secure an orderly settlement. The move follows a breakdown at Atlantic City last month as President Coolidge and officials pressed for a resolution.
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New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Atlantic City
United States Coal Commission
The
Coal Commission
Leach Nominated for Mayor in Newark Ohio
FE D Leach wins the Democratic nomination for mayor in Newark Ohio over four rivals in the precinct primary. Leach, a lawyer and business man, is well known in Princeton and is praised by The Newark Advocate as a strong public speaker and a man of standing in the community.
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Ohio
Newark
FE. D. Leach
Leach
W. O S. Ennes
Darle Ennes
Princeton
Youth Stabbed by Stranger in Indianapolis
Robert Watson aged 19 died in a city hospital after a stranger stabbed him, Watson told police before he died. He said a companion unknown to him stabbed him during a walk near his home, with no provocation or argument.
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Indianapolis
Robert Watson
Watson
You May Have a Baby in Your Home Ad
Classified note urges readers to place a want advertisement in The Daily Democrat to obtain a baby carriage or cart at a small cost. Includes telephone contact 9 and 917.
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Daily Democrat
Ohio Town Bans Public Meeting After Klansman Riot
Steubenville Ohio authorities ban public discussions as they investigate Wednesday night clashes between about three thousand citizens and 160 Klansmen. Two people were wounded, many injured, and several vehicles damaged amid post primary unrest. One thousand Klansmen gathered in Richmond to plan freeing six members detained here. A letter allegedly signed by the Ku Klux Klan demanded resignation of Mayor Hawkins and Police Chief Carter.
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Richmond
Steubenville
Ku Klux Klan
Hawkins
WPO- Hee
Carter
Vault loot found after Tolu bank fire
Marion Ky August 17 officials confirmed fears that the inner vault of Merchants and Farmers Bank of Tolu Ky was looted before the August 2 fire. The vault opened with acetylene revealed $40,000 in Liberty bonds missing while $1,600 in gold remained. Cashier Co IL Grimes is jailed on arson charges with a $2,000 bond.
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Ers Bank of
Tolu, Ky
Ty Bonds
IL Grimes
Stressmann Forms New Four-Party Coalition Government In Germany
Berlin August 17 a new four party coalition led by Dr Gustave Stressmann forms the German Reichstag government after Chancellor Cuno resignations. The coalition holds a large majority of 469 votes with 1 Nationalistic and 26 Communistic votes opposed. Finance and interior ministers are seen tied to Verr Hilferding Selman and Herr Rheinbaden while Disruptions over food prices trigger deadly riots in provincial centers leaving 13 dead.
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Stressmann
Germany
Gustave Stressmann
German People’s Party
Cuno
Reichstag
Foreign Ministry
de Stresemann
Verr Hilferding
Herr Selman
Werr
Rheinbaden
People’s Party
Owensville Social News Teems With Visiting Locals
Mrs. W. L. White and daughter Alice Etta return from Loogootee Indiana after visits with relatives. Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Edwards and family attend Christian workers conference at Oakland City College. Miss Lorman Scott heads to New York City to visit aunt Mrs. W. W. Williams. John Montgomery notes a business visit to Chicago this week. Various locals welcome visitors from Denver Terre Haute Indianapolis Bloomington Akron Washington D C Greenville Danville Kansas City and New York City visiting relatives and attending events.
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J. R. Edwards
Nannie
Rosa
Prentice
Indianapolis
James Harmeyer
Christian Workers Conference
Oakland City College
Lorman Scott
New York City
W. W. Williams
Newburg Cofferdam and Lock Project Claims National First
At Newburg Indiana the cofferdam for government dam number 47 and the sixteen foot lift lock advance toward completion. Built with steel and concrete, the cofferdam is the largest in a U.S river project with 300 skilled workers and National Contract engineers guiding progress. The completed lock will measure 110 feet wide and 600 feet long with a sixteen foot lift, nearing a landmark finish.
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Ing
United States
National Contract Company
Panama
Indiana Weather Forecast Then and Now
Indiana forecast shows generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday with warmer air in the north. Thursday highs reach around 64 with light precipitation. last year on the same date saw a high of 89 and low near T1 with .43 precipitation. Friday dawn near 78 degrees. Friday sunset listed as 6:41 and Saturday sunrise at 5:06.
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Indiana
Portions
Track in good condition at New Harmony fair
Aug 17 New Harmony fair grounds track in good shape after rain. Vesey county fair races run in good order. Captain CG won the first division of the 2:25 pace in three heats. Jesse TT won the second division after placing sixth in heat one. Harvest Day took the 2:30 trot with three straight wins. Between five and six thousand attended.
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New Harmony
Fair Grounds
Vesey County Fair
Jesse TT
Pacific and naval pacts take effect after Washington
The five power naval treaty and the four power Pacific treaty from the Washington conference of 1921 go into effect, one week after President Harding's burial. The U S Navy will scrap 24 ships immediately, convert two, and alter two more to become aircraft carriers.
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Harding
United States
Washington, D. C
Washington
Navy Department
America
Civic clubs plan telephone removal protest in Indianapolis
Civic Clubs Federation representatives met to discuss removing telephones from homes in protest of higher rates. Indiana Bell expected to lose about 5,000 phones due to the rate increase. Gov McCray and the public service commission prepared to pursue the rate fight, handing the case to Attorney General Lesh.
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Indianapolis
The
Federation of Civic Clubs
Indiana Bell Telephone ‘Co
McCray
Public- Service Commission
Drefendants
Lesh
Police court fines Thomas for speeding
Leslie K. Thomas was fined one dollar and costs in police court late Thursday afternoon on a speeding charge.
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Leslie K. Thomas
Cubs and Owls Play at Cub Field
The Poor Farm Cubs host the King Station Owls Sunday afternoon at the Cub Field southeast of the city. This will be the final game on the Cubs diamond before the field is plowed next week.
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King Station Owls
Cub
Petersburg Man Donates to City Churches and Orphans
Max Blitzer, a former Petersburg business man who built a $1,000,000 real estate career in New York over eighteen years, returned home yesterday and donated liberally to each church. He promised yearly remembrance and treated orphans to a large feast for the city's children.
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Petersburg
Ind
Max Blitzer
New Yor
Woman fatally shot while handling gun near dog
Evansville Indiana Aug 17 Mrs Tiley Boone 20 rural route 8 was probably fatally injured when a revolver she held discharged. The bullet struck her left lung just below the heart as a bulldog at the home threatened to attack. Police say she was preparing to defend herself when the gun fired prematurely.
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Evansville
Ing
Tiley Boone
Route
New Oil Well Planned Near Long Pond Farm
A drilling project is set to begin soon on the F. A. White farm near Long Pond in White River township. Perry Tichenor and others from Evansville lease the land. Lenhan of Oakland City secured the contract and will relocate his rig from Arthur, Pike County, to the site, with drilling expected to start next week.
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F. A. White
Long Pond
White River Township
Perry Tichenor
Evansville
Lenhan
Oakland City
Arthur
Pike County
Sensational alimony suit over family estrangement in Patoka
Mrs. Helen J. Turpin sues J. Earl Turpin for $5,000 alimony and stock transfer from the People's Building Loan and Savings Association. The complaint cites eight years of marriage, four children, a May 1923 elopement of funds, and Turpin's alleged infatuation with Esther Pharris. Police record notes Turpin left May 26 with tools after claiming medical treatment in Vincennes.
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Sanford K. Trippet
Helen J. Turpin
Turpin
William C. Gsise
J. Earl Turpin
Princeton
Turpins
Tur ‘Pin
Esther Fphrris
Patoka
Terre Haute
Itzis
German Food Crisis Sparks Central Food Control Move
Berlin reports the government elevates focus on a critical food shortage hindering internal order. Braunschweig food demonstrators trigger a 30 member food control commission and threats to seize supplies rise across Thuringia Saxony and the Ruhr. French measures in the Ruhr provoke growing anger.
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Berlin
Brauenschweig
Thuringia
Saxony
Ruhr
Jack Dempsey Begins Training for Firpo Bout
Jack Dempsey prepares to start training tomorrow ahead of his September 14 title fight with Firpo at Saratoga. The plan is to sharpen conditioning and work on strategy for the bout.
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Saratoga
Jack Dempsey
Firpo
Train Hoppers Fined In Police Court At Princeton
Nine youths from Vincennes Evansville Terre Haute and Henderson were rounded up by Princeton police after attempting to ride freight train No 47 and walking toward the station. All were fined one dollar and costs in police court with railroad detectives noting prior trespassing. Some claimed to seek work while others admitted rides.
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Princeton
RE. I
Gibson
Ollie Head
Oren Melton
Doyle Heibecker
John Handly
Vincennes
Bert Barnes
Terre Haute
Lois Dunn
Miley Dunn
James Alvis
James Williams
Henderson
Dan Sloan
Hoffman
Eyansville
Evansville
Hoe
Broken Jaw Gets Little Attention at Penal Farm
Louis Weldt from Gibson county suffered a broken jaw during a baseball game at Indiana's penal farm near Putnamville. The injury was taped externally and never healed, prompting criticism of the facility's care for sick and injured inmates. Local officials and the prosecuting attorney hold copies of Weldt's letters and reports indicating inadequate treatment.
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Penal Farm
Indiana
Putnamville
Louis Weldt
Gibson County
Weldt
Bridenhager
Fruit For Sale Ad Promotes Surplus Produce
A Daily Democrat notice urges selling surplus fruit and vegetables to reduce waste and avoid loss. The classified sale emphasizes returning items to market and clearing stock.
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Coolidge
Hoover
Daugherty
Steubenville, O
Marion, Ky
Wilhelm Cuno
Ebert
Strese
Mann
Owensville
W. L. White
Alice Etta
Loogoose
John Montgomery
Chicago
George IR. Simpson
Darwin
Denver
Colo
John Matthews
Bloomington, IL
Neal Matthews
Prentice D. Edwards
Miss Nannie Edwards
Ralph Emerton
Akron, D
rMs
Belle Montgomery
Mrs
Grover Bird and Son
Greenville, Tenn
F. F. Preus
Rudolph Carey
Rev
A A Shoultz
Kansas City
Trimmingham
C. W. Heistand
Danville, Il
Eleanor Stewart
U. G. Teel
Newburg
Benjamin Franklyn Davis
Elizbeth Montgomery
CUBS
OWLS
CUB Field
Jack
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