Massacre widens in Herrin strip mine warfare
At Herrin Illinois on June 22 a violent clash left at least nineteen men dead in open warfare between union workers and non union miners. An initial count listed sixteen non union and three union fatalities with many bodies found across a fifteen mile area. Witnesses report prisoners killed as they tried to flee and a freight train set ablaze.
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Shots Heard Near Herrin Mine Camp Amid Strike Violence
Reports from Herrin Illinois describe heavy gunfire and dynamite blasts around a mining camp housing about 100 non union workers. Casualties claimed include two dead among union miners with many wounded, as thousands of striking miners sheath the roads and surround the camp under a tense truce. Officials say order is held locally with no outside aid.
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Attempt to Aid Miners in Cleveland Conference
John L. Lewis and Wm Green of the United Mine Workers met with W. B. Carter of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen in Cleveland to discuss Guearsencas financial aid for striking miners.
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Wm. Green
United Mine Workers
W. 8. Carter
Brotherhood of Firemen
Guearsencas
Change in dry law favored by weeks
Secretary of War Weeks favored a modification of the prohibition law. He said no general sentiment supported an amendment in the Volstead act. The people want beer and light wines, and if in Congress he would aid them. He rejected Capper’s demand for his resignation, noting Capper did not appoint him and that you cannot please everyone.
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Chester
Weeks
Congress
Senator Capper
Kansas
Ohio
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Field Marshal Wilson Shot Dead Outside London Home
London June 22 Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson was shot and killed outside his house on Iron Square London He was former chief of imperial staff and had retired earlier this year He stood as an Ulster Unionist candidate for North Down and was later named Ulster prime agent for restoring order Belfast reacts fearfully Sinn Fein blamed for the assassination by press dispatches
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London
Sir Henry Hughes Wilson
Iron Square
Wilson
Imperial Staff
North Down
Ireland
Ulster
Ihia
Restoration of Order
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AFL Convention Backs Plan to Repeal Sherman Antitrust Law
In Cincinnati on June 22 the American Federation of Labor endorsed a program centered on four proposed amendments including repeal of the Sherman antitrust law and other legislation to curb court decisions adverse to labor. Officers to be elected tomorrow as groundwork for next year’s convention.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor Convention
Secretaries Confer Over Herrin Miner Clash
Washington report: bloodshed in a fight between union and nonunion miners near Herrin Illinois prompts a conference between Secretary Davis and Secretary Hoover. No action was decided as cabinet members monitor the strike situation for the administration.
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Associated Press
Washington
Herrin
Milinois
Davis
Hoover
Twin Kastner brothers graduate with high honors
Eight sons of Colonel and Mrs Joseph Kastner of New York City include Albert W Kastner who graduated from the U S Naval Academy Annapolis with high honors and his twin Alfred Kastner who finished at West Point with equally high standing in his class.
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Albert W. Kastner
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New York City
Albert
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Alfred
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Officials Called to Give Testimony in Lumber Conspiracy Case
Officials of major banks in New York Philadelphia New Orleans and Jacksonville were subpoenaed to appear today before the war fraud grand jury. They must produce records of transactions by J L Phillips chairman of the Georgia state Republican committee who is jailed on $25 000 bail on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government through lumber contracts.
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Jacksonville
J. L. Philips
Georgia State Republican Committee
Ma Jerty
Post Office Dept Won't Endorse Rate Cuts Yet
Washington June 22 The Post Office Department will not officially back proposed reductions in second class postal rates until a full investigation is finished and the department is sure the plan does not add burdens. The department stressed it will not endorse any changes without thorough review.
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Washington
Congress
Post Office Department
Howell Is Approved As First American Minister to Egypt
Washington June 2 The senate confirmed J Morton Howell of Ohio for the post after his service as diplomatic agent and consul general in Egypt. Sandusky reports Middle Bass Island grape regions hit hard by wind and hail with crops varying from total loss to only 25 30 percent in vineyards.
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Washington
J. Morton Howell
Ohio
Egypt
Senate
Sandusky
Middle Bass Island
Enemy of Vice Held on Charge of Bigamy
Los Angeles June 22 Rev. Donald D. Stewart, jailed here on four counts of bigamy and related alleged theft from four wives, claimed that underworld figures showed him generosity and that even his own church members were less charitable.
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Los Angeles
California
Donald D. Stewart
Ms Own Church
Explosion at Diamond Match plant injures ten in Barberston
Akron June 22 Ten men were injured four seriously in an explosion at the Diamond Match Company factory at Barberston near Akron. The blast followed a fire in the plant and damage is estimated at over 50000 dollars.
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Mrs Kaber Sued Over Mortgage Foreclosure
Northern Ohio Mortgage and Investment Co sues Eva Catherine Kaber for $4468.68 plus interest on a note of $4000 dated November 6, 1919. Mortgage debt tied to Lakewood property as part of foreclosure action. Kaber presently serving life in Ohio Reformatory for Woman for plotting her husband Daniel F. Kaber's murder, Lakewood publisher. Local sheriff served process in Marysville.
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Marysville
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Gullier
Eva Catherine Kaber
Ohio Reformatory
Daniel F. Kaber
Lakewood
Northern Ohio Mortgage and Investment Co
Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Embezzlement Case
A Morrow county jury found C. B. Carpenter ex director of Knox Tire and Rubber Co of Mt Vernon guilty on the third count of embezzlement. The verdict came at 4 18 PM after about three hours deliberation. The defense moved for a new trial arguing lack of evidence and evidentiary errors. The verdict fixed Knox Tire stock at 10 per share, totaling 4414 for 414 shares. Foreman Harley Drury led the panel as spectators included the five former directors. The judge signaled potential post verdict action and defense plans to appeal if denied. The other two trials for the former directors are delayed until fall. Mrs Della Brown, mother of state candidate Thad Brown, served on the jury.
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Morrow County
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Ohio
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Knox Tire and Rubber Company
Mt. Vernon
Knox Tira and Rubber Company
Mt Vernon
Harley Drury
Cardington Townslip
Carpenter
H. Wood
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Wood
Astebaugh
Columbus Ewalt
Della Brown
Thad Brown
Furhutry
Mt. Gilead
Ashbaugh
Columbus Ebwalt
Sunny Jim McCandless Named Imperial Potentate
San Francisco convention elevates Sunny Jim McCandless to Imperial Potentate of the Myatio Shrine with his latest photograph.
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Sunny Jim McCandless
Myatio Shrine
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