Miners March in Armed Invasion Toward Coal Fields
About 5,000 workers many armed move from Marmet toward Mingo and Logan counties to oppose martial law. Reports say miners commandeered stores as they advanced, some riding in autos and on foot. Citizens in Logan organize to meet the miners with clashes feared. Morgan wired Washington urging action.
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Charleston
W. Va
Marmet
Mingo
Logan
Morgan
Eecimade
Washington
Lancerac’ den
Fame and Fitness Notes From The Times
A mixed front of social gossip and local notices includes Suzanne Lenglen at a Seattle tennis event, calls for health and longevity, rising prices, and a city hospital note. Also features the Cherry Sisters stage return, feminist headlines, and a water shut off notice on Edmunda Rainier Ave from 9 am to 4 pm.
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Edmunda Rainier
39Th Ave
Wreck of airship ZR-2 wipes out 43 lives
In England the airship ZR-2 crashed into the Humber River killing 43 aboard. Rescue divers and sailors search mud and current for bodies as American officials seek transport of U S personnel remains. Commander Wann recalls the five second disaster and the ship buckled before bursting into flames.
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United States
Utah
Humber
Wann
Hull
Black Sea
United Press Today
A. H. Wann
Norman O. Walker
Riots in Malabar Kill Over a Thousand Whites
Reported in Bombay shows more than a thousand white residents dead as Moplah mobs loot burn and push toward Calicut. Troops are being rushed to disperse the Fanaca as violence sweeps the region.
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Bombay
Malabar
Calcut
Fanaca
Miners Army Threatens West Virginia Coal Fields
Gov. Morgan reports 5,000 armed miners gathering at Marmet moving toward Logan and Mingo counties with rifles and machine guns. Senator Kenyon to convene Senate inquiry. Army troops ready per War Department to move if federal action is chosen.
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Logan County
West Virginia
Morgan
Marmet
W. Va
Charleston
Kenyon
Iowa
Senate
Wainwright
Fifth Army Corps
Indianapolis
Treasury chief delays medicinal beer permits
Secretary Mellon announced that regulations permitting medicinal beer will not be issued until Congress acts on the anti beer bill. The move ends the prospect of prescription beer as medicine and signals possible passage of the anti beer bill within about two months, delaying any regulations until then.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Congress
Drys Suffer First Setback in Congress
Washington August 25. Dry forces face their first defeat since prohibition amendment adoption. Prohibitionists failed to secure a legal ban on medicinal beer before Congress recess, after over two months of debate and a determined fight.
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Washington
Congress
Black bandits jailed in city hall investigation
Three alleged ex convicts known as the black bandits were captured Thursday and held in the city hall as Captain Tennant investigates. The suspects are Robert Evans 31 seaman Priest Johnson 27 and Manuel Johnson 26 laborers. They were arrested at Seventh Ave and Jackson by Detectives Peyser Phillips and Herbert after terrorizing the University district with a stolen car, robbing several men and kidnapping Miss Michaels and Reid near Seward Park.
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Charles Tennant
Robert Evans
Seaman
Priest Johnson
Manuel Johnson
Seventh Ave
Jackson At
M. M. Peyser
Charlies Phillips
R. R. Herbert
Pos
University
University Stadium
Meyer Neft
M. Bernson
Laurelhurst Ave
Jey Ciry
FE. R. Small
Cary-Davis
M. H. Lokov
224 Ave. N
20 Children in 23 Years Good Health Her Reward
Mrs. Sidney Johnston of East St. Louis says good health has been her reward of motherhood. She has borne 20 children in 23 years, with nine living today and Leo the youngest six months old. Her husband is a fire department captain. She reports few sick days, attributing her vitality to constant activity caring for a large family.
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Sidney Johnston
Tain
East St. Louis
Sys
Big Swim Meet Grows to Historic Seattle Show
Seattle crowds set for the Star swimming meet in the Lake Washington canal this Saturday. Swimmers from all city clubs and many unaffiliated compete as the largest field yet, with the men’s and women’s mile races closing the program. The 2:30 start marks the first event, the men’s 100 yard dash, and coaches expect a record turnout. Gordon McKay and Bob Strena of Green Lake Neptune lead the novices with a 1 minute 12 second showing at Green Lake trials.
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Seattle
Lake Washington Canal
23Rd Ave
Gordon McKay
Bob Strena
Green Lake
Bad Streets Blamed for Man's Death Here
A coroner's inquest ruled an unavoidable accident due to poor streets in the death of Hans Olsen, a street department laborer killed Tuesday when Rev. W. J. Thompson's auto skidded at Beacon avenue and Stevens street and struck him.
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Hans Olsen
Beacon Ave
Stevens St
W. J. Thompson
Kent
Olsen
Sinners Revelry and Disruption at Greenlake Camp Meeting
Disturbances at a Pentacostal revival at Greenlake camp ground prompt complaints to police. Evangelists report gangs and noise while dozens of attendees shout in tongues and testify to spiritual healing as the two month revival nears closure.
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W. H. Offiler
Sis
A. H. Argue
Rev. Argue
Shepi
Seattle
Canadian Exporter Sinks Leaving Twenty Missing
Vancouver reports say the steamer Canadian Exporter sank 625 miles southwest of the Columbia River. Twenty are unaccounted for as wireless messages describe the ship helpless at sea with 17 feet of water in cargo holds and engine rooms. Captain Bissett is believed saved aboard the Cordova. No passengers aboard the ship.
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Vancouver
B. C
Columbia River
Merchant Marine
Bissett
Missing lifeboat crew may head for mainland 400 miles away
Marine circles in San Francisco believed the Canadian Importer wreck crew of 40 to 45 left in a lifeboat aiming for the mainland 400 miles distant. The freighter sailed from Vancouver to Melbourne with 3.5 million feet of lumber and sank about 400 miles off Blunt's Reef near Eureka. Captain Carl Bissett of Vancouver skippered the ship. The rescue Cordova, en route from Honolulu to Portland, picked up the SOS.
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San Francisco
Columbia River
Cérdova
Vancouver
Melbourne
Australia
Coughlin Yards
Governme
Atralia
Bissett
Carl Bissett
Cordova
Honolulu
Portland
Blunt's Reef
Eureka
Alaska
Peace treaty signed between United States and Germany
Berlin reports the German American peace treaty signed at 5 p m ending the war between the United States and Germany that began April 6 1917. Ellis Dresel signed for the United States and German representatives affixed their seals. Terms align with the Knox Porter plan and will be published. The pact goes to the Reichstag and the U S Senate for ratification.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Ellis Dresel
Reichstag
United States Senate
Ex-millionaire in fraud case exposes bank note plot
Chicago August 25 Assistant District Attorney John Clinnin announced the unmasking of a plot led by Charles W French and confederates to flood banks with bogus securities. Papers seized in Milwaukee at Alva Harshman secretary reveal 3 million dollars of notes and securities. Arrest of Z W Davis was ordered following a Harshman Clinnin conference. Harshman's cache includes 500 thousand in notes signed by Davis and 2.5 million in notes signed by Harshman endorsed by Development Securities Co of which French was head. We interrupted French just in time to prevent a panic among banks and industrial firms.
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Chicago
Charles W. French
John Clinnin
Milwaukee
Alva Harshman
French
Z. W. Davis
Canton
Cleveland
Ohio
Harshman
Clinnin
Davis
Development Securities Company
Piles Jr. Divorced in Frisco After Desertion
Samuel H. Piles Jr., son of the former senator, is no longer married to vaudeville actress Amy C. Piles. Mrs. Piles won a San Francisco divorce decree on grounds of desertion, custody of their 2 year old child, and $65 monthly alimony.
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San Francisco
Samuel H. Piles, Jr
United States
Samuel H. Piles
Amy C. Piles
Sinn Fein Delivers Reply to British Peace Terms
Sinn Fein presented its response to the British peace terms at Downing Street today at 1 PM. The dispatch follows recent talks and signals potential shifts in the Irish peace process.
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London
Sinn Fein
Downing St
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