Paint Creek Labor Unrest Surges in West Virginia
Senate testimony from Walter S. Woods of Standard Splint Coal paints ongoing lawlessness on Paint Creek. Miners clash with guards, with radical actions rising after drinking. Phil Puap says bullets pierced him, coat cut into keepsakes at miner meetings.
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Washington, D. C
Paint Creek
W. Va
Walter S. Woods
Standard Splint Coal Company
Senate
Wenyuu Wigguireg
Arink
Weeds
Seymour Stedman
United Mine Workers
W. W. Phaupin
Holly Grove
Three New York Men Plan Long Washington to Pacific Stroll
Jack Walters Alex Kingston and Samuel Debrow will depart Washington on Sunday for a coast to coast walk via Florida. They intend a winter in Florida and a resumed trip in March carrying a letter of introduction signed by DC officials and local mayors. The trip is for pleasure only.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Jack Walters
Alex Kingston
Samuel Debrow
Pacific Coast
Florida
District of Columbia
Attorney General Approves School District Bonds in Texas
The attorney general's department approved common school district bonds in Brazoria $2000 Leon $1200 Lamar $1500 Donley $6000 Scurry $1000 Denton $1500 Hartley $15000 and also Bowie county drainage and levee district bonds of district No 1 amounting to $50000 in a Sept 4 release from Austin Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Brazoria
Leon
Lamar
Donley
Scurry
Denton
Hartley
Bowie County
Walburg Bank Granted Texas Authority to Open
The Walburg State Bank of Walburg Williamson county received a certificate of authority to operate in Texas. With capital stock of 15000 it is a guaranty fund bank led by President Henry Doering Sr and cashier A W Speckles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walburg Bank
Austin
Tex
State Banking Board
Texas
Walburg State Bank of
Walburg
Williamson County
Capital Stock
Henry Doering Sr
A. W. Speckles
Miss Long Seeks New Honors at Two Horse Shows
Miss Lula Long daughter of R A Long millionaire ships 26 horses to Indianapolis for a show starting Monday. She will ride her saddle horse at the event. From Indianapolis the horses head to Rochester New York for a September 16 show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Long
Kansas City
Lula Long
R. A. Long
Indianapolis
Rochester
N. Y
Edison Recovers From Illness Heads to Lake Sunapee
Lowell dispatch reports Thomas A Edison, seemingly in normal health, leaving by automobile to Lake Sunapee New Hampshire. Edison said he had recovered from the effects of a severe cold and was traveling today.
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Edison
Lowell
Mass
Thomas A Edison
Lake Sunapee
N. H
City Weather Snapshots Across Major Towns
Morning observations report temperatures ranging from 60 to 80 across cities. Winds mostly northeast to southwest with a mix of clear, cloudy and potential Friday rain forecasts. record highs and lows noted in each locale.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Oklahoma militant seeks job as guide at Treasury
Pyron Newton reports losing zeal for suffrage after a dramatic encounter. A tall angular woman in a slit skirt demanded to see Secretary McAdoo and said she wanted a guiding post. Newton refused, warning of police if she stayed. She identified as a militant suffragette from Oklahoma.
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Washington, D. C
Pyron Newton
McAdoo
Mr. McAdoo
Mr. Newton
Treasury
Newton
Oklahoma
Aging Indiana father of 29 children dies at 94
Noblesville Indiana September 4 Robby Sheppard 94 father of 29 children dies at his home He is survived by his children 126 grandchildren 68 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren Born in North Carolina he came to Indiana in 1840 Sheppard had been married three times.
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Noblesville
Ind
Robby Sheppard
North Carolina
Indiana
Sheppard
Teachers Meet at Pearsall Institute
Pearsall Texas hosts county teachers institute with educators from across the county attending. Public schools in Pearsall are set to open next Monday.
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Pearsall
Tex
Th County
County Teachers’ Institute
Pardon sought to free Mrs Edwards from death row
Reading Pennsylvania September 4. Efforts will be made to pardon Kate Edwards who has spent twelve years in Derks county jail under a death sentence for the murder of her husband John Edwards. Four governors failed to set a date for execution. A petition to the board of pardons is to be presented September 17.
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Reading
Kate Edwards
Derks County
John Edwards
Stone
Pennybacker
Stuart
Tener
Board of Pardons
Edwards
Eight Hour Law Violations Promised Prosecution
Austin officials announce strict enforcement of the eight hour labor law with future prosecutions for repeat violators. Labor Commissioner J A Starling says inspectors J B Flood and A L Garrett begin statewide tours to investigate violations and other labor statutes.
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Austin
Tex
Department of Labor
Commissioner of Labor
J. A. Starling
J. B. Flood
A. L. Garrett
Quarantine Lifts on Cotton Seed Hulls in Mexico Border States
The Department of Agriculture raised the cotton seed hull quarantine for Nuevo Laredo and Tamaulipas in Mexico. Cotton seed hulls may enter the United States for manufacture but only through Brownsville Texas with a $6000 bond and detailed business information to obtain entry permits.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
Department of Agriculture
Nuevo Laredo
Tamaulipas
United States
Department
Brownsville
Tex
Poet Eugene Fields' grave lacks monument in Chicago
Friends in Chicago learned that after 18 years the poet Eugene Fields lies in an unmarked grave. Will J. Davis started a movement to raise funds by popular subscription to place a monument and establish a memorial in a park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Eugene Fields
Will J. Davis
Thaw Hearing Under Way at Coaticook
Harry K. Thaw, fugitive from Matteawan, faced a Canadian immigration board in Coaticook Quebec seeking deportation under the act. The hearing focused on his claim of entering as a tourist. Jerome and Thaw’s lawyers stressed urgency and possible railroading as officials prepared to decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coaticook
Quebec
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Dominion
Canada
Thaw
H. Johnston
Ben Cadieux
Barford
Vermont
William Travers Jerome
Immigration Detention
Immigration Detention Room
E. Blake Robertson
Gurd and
Beauchamp
Raymond Kieb
Matteawan Asylum
Stanford White
San Antonio man freed after $10000 ransom in Mexico
A. W. McCormick, superintendent of the Palomas Land & Cattle Co., arrived in El Paso after paying $10000 ransom to Maximo Catillo's freebooters who abducted him Monday in northern Chihuahua. He had previously paid $5000 during the Orozco revolution and was released yesterday, reaching New Mexico today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
A. W. McCormick
San Antonio
Chihuahua
Palomas Land & Cattle Company
Maximo Catillo
McCormick
New Mexico
Battleship Reshad I Hamis Launched by Turkish Navy
Barrow in Furness England September 4 One of the world s most formidable battleships the Reshad I Hamis was launched yesterday as the first unit in the rejuvenated Turkish navy She displaces over 23000 tons carries ten 135 inch guns exceeding any vessel in commission in the British navy Her contract calls for 21 knots speed and turbine engines with 13000 horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrow-In-Furness
England
Reshad I. Hamis
School Board Votes to Study New Highland Park Site
In a morning adjourned meeting the board unanimously approved a motion to have building committees find a suitable Highland Park area site for a new school. Other actions included appointing a physical director, electing teachers, delaying Lamar school remodeling, and awarding high school and alumbine contracts while planning overflow space near Garden Street School.
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Witte, Roosevelt
Marlborough
Rosemere
Highland Park
Hertzberg
Highland Park Purchase
LeStourgeon
Highland Park Site
Cleaver
Ernestina Marx
Agnes James
Margaret Brennan
Helen Adkins
Jessie Shane
Annie Lee Weatherly
Robbie Melson
Florence Evans
Carrie Saunders
Matilda Woods
C. Bacon
Lamar
Lavaca Street
Pasquel Falbo
Alumbine
West & Gutzeit Lon
Garden Street
Inquest Opens Into Bar Harbor Express Wreck
Formal inquest into the Bar Harbor Express wreck began behind closed doors in New Haven. Twenty one passengers were killed. Coroner Mix postponed public details to avoid prejudicing a state case. Witnesses included H W Belnap and A B Miller. Several injured remain in critical condition.
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New Haven
Conn
Bar Harbor
H. W. Belnap
Interstate Commerce Commission
A. B. Miller
White Mountain Express
Charles H. Murray
Doomer Express
Army Aviator Moss L. Love Killed in Training Plunge
First Lieutenant Moss L. Love of Virginia, signal corps, United States Army, died when his airplane plunged 300 feet at the Army Aviation School near San Diego. He began descent from about 2000 feet and witnesses saw a puff of smoke before the crash. Since 1908 to 1913, 383 aviation deaths occurred worldwide, with 11 in U.S. forces.
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San Diego
Cal
Moss L. Love
Virginia
Signal Corps
United States Army
Army Aviation School
Here
Farmers to hold cotton price set by union
Salina Kansas September 4 The National Farmers Union fixed this year’s cotton price at 15 cents a pound. Members are bound to hold their cotton until the market reaches 15 cents, up from about 12 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Kan
National Farmers’ Union
Leg Breaks in Los Angeles Street Car Run
Mrs. L Guerguin of 317 King Wil ham street received a letter from her son visiting his sister Mrs Alvin A Hill formerly Miss Edna Lee Guerguin of this city in Los Angeles Cal. describing an accident to her son in law Mr Hill who broke a leg while running to catch a street car and was badly shaken up He was taken home for medical care.
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L. Guerguin
King Wil
Ham Street
Alvin A. Hill
Edna Lee Guerguin
Los Angeles
Cal
Hill
Exiled Manuel of Portugal Marries Princess Augustina Victoria
Former Portuguese king Manuel wed Princess Augustina Victoria in Sigmaringen Germany. Cardinal Netto performed the religious ceremony as royal guests from Europe attended a lavish civil celebration and a gun-saluted reception followed at the palace before the couple began their honeymoon.
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Sigmaringen
Germany
Manuel
Portugal
Auguste Victoria
William of
Principality of
Hohenzollern
Amelie
Prince of Wales
George
England
Bitel Friederich
Coburg
Lifante
Infanta
Carlos
Spain
Duke of
Genoa
Aosta
Vendome
Duke of Montpensier, Representing the Bourbon Family; the Duke of Oporto
Carol
Elizabeth
Henry XXXIII
Reuss
Friederich
Baden
Wurtemberg
Einsiedeln
Action On Currency Bill May Be Delayed
Washington D C Sept 4 a resolution to withhold final Senate action on the administration currency bill until December was introduced by Senator Weeks Republican Massachusetts The measure could be discussed by Reed Owen and others before Weeks will seek a decision to proceed now or delay hearings until December Banking officials in St Louis argued the bill shifts burden to commercial banks while neglecting state banks and trust companies and urged public spirited support.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Banking Committee
Weeks
Massachusetts
Reed
Owen
Senate
Banking Committee
Festus J. Wade
Mercantile Trust Company of
St. Louis
Chicago Conference of Bankers
Pfiffer Heads Clerks Convention in Indianapolis 1915 Vote
George T. Pfiffer of Milwaukee was elected president of the National Federation of Postoffice Clerks at the closing session in Indianapolis. San Francisco chosen as the 1915 convention city. Other officers include Bernhisel of Salt Lake City Yahan of St. Louis Flaherty of San Francisco Skiff of Los Angeles Dockter of Chicago and Ames of Chicago. The secretary treasurer will be a legal representative in Washington receiving 1500 dollars yearly.
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Indianapolis
Ind
George T. Pfiffer
Milwaukee
San Francisco
National Federation of Postoffice
David M. Bernhisel
Salt Lake City
John H. Yahan
St. Louis
T. A. Flaherty
Pope Pius X Harshly Troubled by Cold in Rome
Pope Pius X remains indisposed in Rome with a cold that raises temperature and causes hoarseness and headache. Vatican doctors recommend complete rest, but the pope insists on keeping today’s engagements despite the illness.
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Rome
Pius X
Vatican
Convicts Take Silent Open Air Oath at Lee County
Forty five convicts selected for the Lee county open air work gang pledged to punish any man who breaks the trust. The whispered oath was overheard in the cell house with a pledge to hunt down and deliver escapes to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolift
Lee County
Free Cigars Granted To Factory Workers Under McAdoo Rules
Regulations authorize tax free cigars for cigar factory employees under a February law. Each worker may receive up to 21 cigars weekly and must smoke them personally to qualify.
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Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Girl Killed by Lightning Near Riesel
In Riesel Texas Edna McGary about ten was instantly killed by a bolt of lightning yesterday afternoon as she walked home from picking cotton. Her hair near the forehead was scorched and there were few other injuries.
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Waco
Tex
Riesel
Here
Edna McGary
Man Suffering Amnesia Arrives at Hospital
A man with no memory entered a St. Louis hospital asking who he is. He carried lodge receipts to G. W. McPherson of Memphis Tennessee and shows no signs of intoxication or illness. He cannot recall his name or occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
City Hospital
Woodmen of the World
G. W. McPherson
Memphis
Tenn
Liner Runs Aground Off Bay Ridge
The Hamburg American liner President Lincoln ran aground off Bay Ridge Brooklyn this morning and remained stuck until six tugs pulled her off at high tide.
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New York
President Lincoln
Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
US says Huerta will not seek Mexican presidency
Washington officials say orally assured Huerta will not be a candidate in the upcoming Mexican elections. William Bayard Hale reports from Mexico City that Huerta plans appear finished. Officials note no circumvention by resignation and candidacy is expected, with growing optimism about the political situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
Huerta
Hale Reports From Mexico Informing Wilson and Bryan
William Bayard Hale told President Wilson and Secretary Bryan about Huerta’s government after three months studying Mexico. He described Lind and Huerta officials negotiations up to a week earlier. Officials doubt Huerta will run and expect soon whether Lind’s efforts secure his elimination or not. News from Mexico City of potential Huerta resignation lacks confirmation.
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Washington, D. C
Tiuerta
William Bayard Hale
State Department
Mexico City
Wilson
Hale
Huerta
Oenaes
Encod
Lind
O’shaughnessy
Bryan
Bacon
Foreign Affairs Committee
Hal
Associated Press
Mexico
John Lind
Geronimo Trevino
Washington
O’shaughness
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