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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1922
Page
1
At Herrin Illinois on June 22 the AP reports at least 26 dead with total likely to rise. Miners and Strip mine employes clashed as bodies spread over fifteen miles with shootings beatings hangings from trees. The strip mine and freight train were set ablaze and looted, communications cut off.
Federal grand jury in Washington subpoenas banking executives in New York Philadelphia New Orleans and Jacksonville to produce records linked to J L Phillips chair of the Georgia GOP and related firms The action aims to shed light on lumber surplus contracts and possible government fraud with weeks of further proceedings expected.
Cincinnati June 22 The American Federation of Labor congress adopted a program calling for repeal of the sharing and trust laws and other measures to curb court decisions adverse to labor. The policy plan, drafted by a special committee, was approved with minor changes as officers were to be elected tomorrow.
Mrs. W B Wood of Atlanta is in critical condition after two men seized her as she stepped from her Buckhead home and tried to force her to drink poison. She sustained severe burns while resisting. No clues to the assailants were found. She was to testify in a damage suit today.
London on June 22 reports the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson outside his Eton Square home. Two assailants, named Connelly and Men, were arrested after firing on Wilson and injuring four police officers. Lady Wilson heard the shots and found her husband dying in the street.
Reports detail an assault by armed groups on workers at a Southern coal mine near Herrin Illinois. Seventeen or more bodies were found with many victims reportedly executed or shot during open hostilities between unionized workers and anti union forces. More than forty four captives were reportedly taken from the workers camp as gunfire raged through the wooded area.
The Yap treaty was approved today by the Privy Council and the Japanese Prince Regent. It confirms mutual rights between the United States and Japan and outlines agreed terms for the two nations.
Reports say shots and dynamite blasts erupted near a mining camp. About one hundred non union workers are housed at the camp while striking union miners surround it, creating a tense standoff in the early morning.
Washington June 22 The President told the Philippine parliamentary commission he could not yet urge Congress to back Philippine independence. Members of the commission said the issue remains unsettled and unresolved.
Major H C Fiske, district engineer, told the Southern Appalachian states water power conference in Asheville that coordinated navigation and water power development could turn the Tennessee River into a major commercial waterway, comparable to the Rhine, while he did not rule out Philippine autonomy but called time a factor.
Three bodies with gunshot wounds were brought to Albany Oregon. The Rev Roy Healy pastor of First Christian Church Sheriff C O M Kendall Ling County and Dave M West 70 year old rancher were killed in a raid on Wests moonshine still. A posse battle ended when West killed himself in a barn after holding off officers.
Washington June 22 substantial improvement in the cotton crop was reported by the weather bureau in its week ending Tuesday review. The weather favored cultivation and high temperatures checked weevil activity though they remained numerous in many areas. States showing varied conditions included Oklahoma Texas Arkansas Alabama Georgia with notable progress and generally favorable conditions in the south and northwest regions.
In Statesboro Georgia Elliott Padrick, a young preacher, killed his wife and her mother on a bridge over the Ogesbee river near Dover. Funeral held at Union Church. Reactions mixed as inquest testimony questions the wife’s character and Padrick’s mental state.
Weather favored the Carolinas with improved cultivation as showers and unsettled periods fell later in the week. North Carolina still needed cultivation in portions while southern South Carolina fields await bloom.
Pekin dispatch reports Sun Yat Sen, deposed president of the Canton government, held prisoner aboard the cruiser Haichi and other vessels of the Chinese navy at Canton. They were handed to the provisional government set up by Sun's opponents aligning with the Pekin Republican government.
In Belfast Ireland on June 22 reports say the Sinn Feiners are popularly blamed for the assassination of Field Marshall Wilson, amid fears of potential reprisals following the fatal incident.
London June 22. The death of Wield Marshall Wilson was announced in the House of Commons by Austen Chamberlain who moved adjournment as a mark of mourning. Conservatives plan to push adjournment tomorrow seeking a government statement on measures to preserve life in Ireland and England.
A Moscow dispatch says the Russian Council of Commissars has granted Premier Lenine a leave of absence until autumn due to illness. Commissar Tsurupa, second vice president, is expected to act in his stead.
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