June Moon on radio and maritime notes in Tacoma Times
A collage of columns mentions a radio play June Moon, debates on tariffs and ships, and local commentary on war, politics, and society. References include Elsie Janis coming to the Metropolitan, liquor sale debates on U S ships, and Tacoma traffic talks at Olympus Hotel on June 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Janis
Metropolitan
Elsie
U.S
France
U. S
Seattle
Tacoma
Washington
Oregon
Woman to Be Hanged as Georgia Men Protest Suffrage
Elsie Janis helps soldiers in trench danger when German planes threaten. Maj. Malcolm Douglas and the 15th field artillery unit sheltered behind Chateau Thierry lines as the comedian warned troops and kept heads down. Legion luncheon proceeds Monday noon at the L. C. Smith building restaurant with public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
15Th Field Artillery
Malcolm Douglas
Chateau Thierry
Elsie Janis
American Legion
Janis
L. C. Smith Building
Metropolitan Theater
The
Real Estate Association Urged to Reconsider Hotel Stance
Chamber of Commerce leaders pressed the Seattle Real Estate Association to reverse Thursday’s vote opposing a hotel on land not owned outright by the developer. Major downtown firms urged a special meeting to revisit the decision while Frank Waterhouse leads a fund drive to raise 2.7 million dollars for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle Real Estate Association
Frank Waterhouse
W. L. Rhodes
Citizens
Admiral Liner Has Plenty of Liquor on Board
Captain Mike Jensen of the Admiral Pine Tree State argues that U S ships must sell liquor to compete with foreign liners under the Volstead era. He notes passenger habits and international routes, claiming American ships lose patrons when liquor is unavailable and that travel to Asian ports sees higher liquor sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Busch
Uncle Sam
Mike” Jensen
Pine Tree State
Adolphus Busch
A. D. Lasker
Shipping Board
Jensen
Pacific
Pacifico
United States
Victoria
Yokohama
Vancouver
Plot to murder British officials shocks London in Ireland plot
Dublin dispatch reports unverified British suspicion that Sinn Fein operatives plot assassinations of leaders including Lloyd George after Sir Henry Wilson murder. Police disclose arms cache near Downing Street, 16 questioned, and a larger conspiracy tied to the Irish republican army, with Wilson’s inquest set for Monday as the Commons rejects adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’brien
Sinn Fein
Lloyd George
Sir Henry Wilson
Ulster Defense
London
England
Westminster
Wilson
Republican
Ireland
James O'Brien
James O'Connelly
Irish Republican Army
O’connelly
Richmond House Terrace
Downing Street
Croydon
Commons
Gas Pipe Cannon Explosion Hurts Boy at Fremont Bridge
Marshall Whitur a 16 year old, hospitalized at Lakeside after a gas pipe cannon exploded near Fremont bridge. He and other boys packed powder in the pipe. fragments struck his leg causing deep cuts. others suffered minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Whitur
Lakeside Hospital
Fremont Bridge
Jury Hangs Woman in Georgia Case on Husband Killing
Atlanta reports twelve Southern men sentenced Mrs. Cora Vinson to death for killing her husband Dr. W. D. Vinson. Execution set for July 28. Col. William Schley Howard argues women’s pedestal has fallen amid suffrage and business gains. Foreman E L Bradley says women should pay same penalty as men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley A. Siddall
Atlanta
Georgia
Col
William Schley Howard
Cora Vinson
W. D. Vinson
Col. Howard
Congress
Vimson
E. L. Bradley
Vinson
Bradley
Picking Berries After Death Riots in Herrin Illinois
Seventeen dead lie on improvised stretchers in Herrin after a mine battle near the town. Miners faced strikebreakers at Southern Illinois Coal Co. as a commissary truck was fired on during a graveyard gathering. State and union officials moved to Springfield as violence drew no local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Mine Union
Southern Illinois Coal Co
J. B. McDowell
McDowell
Willis
John L. Lewis
Frank Farrington
International Union
George O'Neill
Paul Revere
O'Neill
William McGowan
Inlinois
B.D. Miller
Chicago
Miller
Rin
Violence erupts in West Virginia coal strike with deaths
In Clarkesburg on June 23 violence flared as about 200 miners clashed with deputies and Hudson Coal Company guards at the Lewis mine in Reynoldsburg. Two deputies and three strikers were killed, twenty-two people were arrested, including three women, during the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkesburg
W.va
Hudson Coal Company
Lewis
Hout Reynoldsville
Dim Marabeto
Stalluto
Maga
Massacre probe delays as mob killings rise in Illinois mine towns
In Marion Illinois on June 23 investigators weighed charges against strikebreakers amid a 21 to 40 death toll from mine attacks. Officials warned witnesses were hard to obtain and a formal inquest was postponed to next week. The bodies were highly mutilated and many victims were Chicago workers sent by a labor agency.
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William L
Herrin
Creck
Illinois i
Marion
Althe
Coronel Hunter
National Guard
Hunter
Chicago
Delos Duty
Littl
Thaxton
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O. Heck
Doc Brown
Chehalis
U. S. Shipping Board
Tennyson
Ivory Ida
Hugh Baird
Legion
Chamber
Admiral
America
Dublin
Illinois
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