Miners Prepare for Long Strike Across North America
Indianapolis March 22 coal strike set for April 1 will halt work nationwide as half a million miners and thousands of non union workers go on indefinite holiday at midnight March 31. UMW leaders promise orderly action with no violence and no sympathy strikes from railway unions.
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Indianapolis, Inc
United States
Canada
Nova Bvolia
Willian KE. Green
Green
United Mine Workers
President Harding weighing public appeal to settle coal strike
President Harding may issue a public appeal to coal operators and miners within a week to avert a nationwide work stoppage set for April 1. He has consulted Attorney General Daugherty who says no clear legal steps exist, while officials debate whether such an appeal could force reluctant parties to negotiate.
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Washington
Mar
Harding
Daugherty
Cleveland Central to Possible Great Mine Strike
Cleveland becomes the center of what may become the greatest mine strike as railroad brotherhoods possibly back the miners. Officials say the miners' protective agreement may gain railroad sanction and funds appear virtually unlimited for a long fight.
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Cleveland
Railroad Brotherhoods
Brotherhod
United States
Canada
Nova Scotia
Miners-Railroaders
Bonus measure faces uphill House vote
Democratic congressmen square off in a futile fight over a soldier bonus plan. They seek to pass the measure tomorrow, with possible Republican opposition. conservatives predict sizable votes against the bill despite expected support to frame it through the House.
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Washington, D.C
Avere
Case Not Decided in Py. Bibanceh Jurors Hear Yeager Case
The jury in the town board versus Perry Yeager charged with violating a recently adopted bogs ordinance had not reached a verdict by March 22. Evidence was heard this morning and the jury received the case shortly after noon.
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PY. Bibanceh. Jhid
Perry Yeager
Fight Promoter Accused by Girl of Foul Crime
The 15 year old girl Clara Schonenfeld testifies in New York court about alleged assaults by promoter Tex Tichard. She describes events at Madison Square Garden tower and accuses him of second degree rape and abduction. Cross examination focuses on alleged episodes and payment offered after assaults.
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New York
Marvel
Clara Schonenfeld
Aast
Tex Tichard
Ter
Tichard
Madison Square Garden
Richard
Pyetheter
Five Victims of Hatn Linus Poisoning Recovering in Indiana
Five remaining victims at Wakeside Hospital in Kindallville Indiana are listed as out of danger and recovering. The group includes Miss Lesta Skeels Miss Jeannette Bryan Miss Wrieda Fischer Ines Elsworth Newman patient and Dr. G A Gardner. Four others died in the incident.
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Kindallville
Ind
Hatnlinus Puisonine
Wakeside Hospital
Lesta Skeels
Jeannette Bryan
Wrieda Fischer
Ines
Elsworth Newman
G. A. Gardner
Fire damages Bald Win Heights home briefly
A fire damaged the home of Andrew Spence at Bald Win Heights on Wednesday evening. Residents contained the blaze with buckets of water. origin remains unknown.
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Andrew Spence
Bald Win Heights
Coal Wage Strikes and Half-Time Mines Described
An analysis by G Tryon and W F McKenney of the U S Geological Survey notes 1921 coal mining averaged just over three days per week. The piece, to appear in Survey Graphic, cites overdevelopment and competition as causes of half-time operation and outlines impacts on miners and coal transport.
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G. Tryon
W. F. McKenney
U. S. Geological Survey
United Mine Workers of America
Cleveland
Tryon and McKenney
Child Crushed by Southern Freight Train at Oakland Station
Six year old Clark Catlett living with grandparents in Oakland died after grabbing a freight car step and being drawn under a moving Southern train beside the station platform. Wheels passed over his legs and hips. he died within minutes. The accident marks the eighth death at that spot this year.
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Oakland City
Did
Clark Catlett
Noah Risley
Odock
Simoned
Ind
Anton
Coud
Evansville Muirsday
Farmers Club Formed in Delaware County
A farmers club, possibly the first such organization in the United States, has been formed in Delaware County. Five or more leading farmers from each of the county’s twelve townships are members. The group holds luncheons on the first Wednesday of each month at a hotel in Milford.
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Delaware
Vt ix
Pennington Veteran of Spanish American War Dies After Stroke
George H. Pennington aged 76 former colonel of the 150th Indiana regiment died in New Albany Ind after a stroke to occur Sunday He had been crippled in the hip after a fall from his horse during camp with his regiment at Indianapolis and had not left his home in the last five years.
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New Albany
Ind
George H. Pennington
Tudianapolis
Chamber of Commerce meeting attendance in Lawrenceville
Dick Smith E S Robinson 8S p Fisher and Aldon Armstrong traveled to Lawrenceville Tuesday night to attend a Chamber of Commerce meeting at the enosis of A L Maxwell.
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Dick Smith
E. S. Robinson
P. Fisher
Aldon Armstrong
Lawrenceville
Chamber of Commerce
A. L. Maxwell
Patoka Township Farmers Oppose Roads And Schools
At a Tuesday meeting the Patoka Township Farmers Organization adopted resolutions opposing any new school buildings in the township for three years except in fires. They also urged county commissioners to halt any new improved roads under the county unit plan for the same period.
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Patoka Township
Trinity Church Fire Destroys Parts Of Historic Building
A blaze erupted late Tuesday in the parish house of Trinity Church on Lower Broadway, burning through the third door and part of the fourth before being controlled. The fire, spotted in the Sunday school cafeteria, comes as workers depart in the financial district, drawing a large crowd police struggled to disperse.
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New York
Pire
Old Trinity Church
Lower Broadway
Financial District
First Sign Spring Brings Fish Cart Crowd
A fish wagon laden with fish drawn a crowd on Wednesday afternoon as locals gathered near the street. The unusual scene shows how a fish wagon can attract onlookers and buyers, despite the usual crowd keeping to themselves.
Flood crest reached on Wabash and White rivers
The WaBash and White river floods have likely peaked with Hazleton and Mt. Carmel reports. White River at Hazleton stood at 24.9 feet and is expected to recede. Wabash at Mt. Carmel shows crest passed at Vincennes and should fall soon. Ohio at Evansville also crested at 43.9 feet easing pressure on Gibson county bottoms. The Hazleton cutoff steel trestle relieved railroad pressure and prevented washouts.
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MT. Carmel
White River
Hazleton
Ohio
Evansville
Vincennes
Gibson County
Date Set for Democratic State Convention in Indiana
In Indianapolis on March 22 Democratic leaders met to plan the state convention set for May and June 1. Fred Van Nuys was named to head the platform committee with Thomas Paggart Charles A. Greathouse Evan B. Stotsenburg and several women appointed to the panel. A arrangements committee was formed to propose temporary and permanent chairmen for the gathering.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Anonymous threats probe in Muncie underworld sweep
A flood of unsigned letters threatening prominent officials and Black residents sparked a citywide inquiry in Muncie Indiana. Captain John Moses received a second taunting note claiming Klan authorship as investigators seek the writers behind the anonymous messages.
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Muncie Ind
John Moses
Ku Klux Klan
First Negro Voters Dem TICKET Triggered Mob Scene
A historical account recounts Ed Martin a saloon keeper voting the Democratic ticket amid a white and black mob during a seventies election in Princeton. Martin warned he would kill interference as a Black man voted, leaving the town frightened and the voter isolated until tensions eased.
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Ed Martin
Imarshall
Court House
Martin
Oklahoma Governor Indicted in Bank Failure Probe
Governor Robertson of Oklahoma is indicted by a district grand jury probing state bank failure scandals in Okmulgee. warrants for 23 indicted individuals were turned over to the sheriff, with officials among the targets and Governor Robertson and former bank commissioner Fred Pennig named in probe.
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Okmulgeer
Okla
Robertson
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
Oklahoma City
Mar
Okmulgee County
Grand Jury
State Bank
Fred Pennig
Texas officers begin search for terrorists
Texas authorities launched an offensive against masked and unmasked night riders tied to a spree of whippings near Dallas. The latest victim, S. H. Etheridge, a leading lumberman, said he was the 63rd whipped in recent months. Rewards aggregating 2600 dollars, including 1000 dollars from the Ku Klux Klan, were posted for Etheridge's attackers.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
S. H. Etheridge
Ku Klux Klan
Etheridge
Prohibition Officials Seize World Lugger Off New Orleans
A 40 ton liquor lugger named The World with cargo valued at $30,000 was seized half a mile off Pontchartrain by prohibition officers. The vessel was manned by a skipper and armed crew, and the raid occurred early today.
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Orleans
Ring
Pontchartrain
Absentee Case Decided in Montgomery Suit
George A. Montgomery sues Albert Montgomery over an absent occupant. The court decides the suit and recommends appointment of an administrator to manage the absentee’s property in Gilson county where the missing party has been absent for more than five years.
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George A. Montgomery
Albert Montgomery
Gilson County
Suit Over Rented Land Appeals to Circuit Court
Wim J Laneford sues Amy H Chirk and Sherman Hughes for possession of rented property. The case, heard by Justice Morton, has been appealed to the circuit court for hearing.
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Wim. J. Laneford
Amy HE. Chirk
Sherman Hughes
Justice Morton
Internt
Marriage License Issued To Ralph Kays and Angeline Pearson
Ralph Kays of Petersburg and Angeline Pearson of Oakland City obtain a marriage license, signaling the upcoming nuptials. The filing confirms both parties are legally eligible to wed under state requirements.
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Ralph Kays
Petersburg
Ans Geline Pearson
Oakland City
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