Seven shot at Carnegie mill gate in Newcastle riot
September 22 Pittsburg district towns faced fresh strike violence. At Newcastle seven were shot at the Carnegie mill gate as night crowds clashed with guards. In Homestead state troopers arrested 11 after dispersing crowds near the American Steel and Wire plant. Two men injured at Farrell entry as 2000 protesters clashed with guards. first fatality reported as Alexander Russ killed in Farrell. McKeesport council gave mayor authority to act. Duquesne police dispersed a crowd at the Carnegie plant with eight arrests. Legion Post offered services if needed.
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Pittsburg
Newcastle
Carnegie Mill
American Steel and Wire Company
Donora
Sone Man
Anil
Fourth Street
Carnegie Company
Homestead
Dickson Street
Fourth Avenue
Homstead
Clairton
Farrell
Farrell, Penn
McKeesport
G. H. Lysle
Duquesne
Carnegie Steel Company
Alexander Russ
Legion
Amer- Legion
White Wins High School Building Contract
Ernest White was awarded the contract to construct the new high school addition at a cost of 174625 dollars. Three other bidders competed including W G Steed who submitted the highest bid while Ira T Brown and a Boise man also bid. The Boise bid was the next lowest at 175000 dollars.
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Ernest White
Mr. White
W. G. Steed
Ira T. Brown
Boise
Noted Belgian Cardinal Mercier Visits Capital
Cardinal Mercier, prominent Belgian prelate, arrived in Washington by trolley from Annapolis after speaking at the United States naval academy. He was welcomed by Cardinal Gibbons and escorted by car to the Catholic university, where he dined with Dr Edward R Dyer before touring nearby neighborhoods.
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Washington
Cardinal Mercier
Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
Cardinal Gibbons
Catholic University
Edward R. Dyer
Sedition ruling frees Griffith in I W W case
Helena Sept. 22 The state supreme court set aside the sentence of J A Griffith a member of the IWW sentenced to from 1 to 16 years in the state penitentiary for sedition The court reversed Yellowstone county court ruling holding that vulgar or vile language about government activity in wartime prosecutions does not by itself constitute sedition and Griffiths remarks about the Chicago IWW cases in chaste language would likely not have caused prosecution
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Griffith
Chicago I. W. W
Girls Refuse Strike Trigger Drumright Riot
A Drumright Oklahoma mob seized control after a telephone operator strike demonstration. Police chief was disarmed and threatened with death unless resigning. Three young women operators who refused to strike were held prisoner at the telephone company plant. The clash followed the earlier police clubbing of a picket.
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Associated Press
Drumright
Okla
Tha Telephone’ Company
Mature Plans for Drive For the Salvation Army
The Salvation Army drive committee matured plans for a Twin Falls district blitz with a county quota of 6000 dollars. A morning Elks and veterans meeting set canvassing routes for the business district while women and others will sell buttons to finish the fundraising. Local Elks and American Legion members join a Saturday canvass with many named participants pledging prompt, organized action.
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Twin Walls
Twin Falls
Elks Lodge
Elk Club
Hilks Club Rooms
George Wiley
Frank Murray
Charles Hart
Carl Hahn
I. O T. Wright
E. J. Ostrander
H. J. Peavey
R. A. Read
T. J. Woods
C. A. Robinson
Harry Allen
R. H. Stevenson
Keel
Carl Delong
Frank Mattison
C. J. Booth
C. D. Thomas
George Easley
F. W. Kobs
Glenn Magel
Wynn Smith
Harry Benoit
Herbert Lattimer
Friday Stowell
Jack Thorpe
W. L. Epler
John Kendall
Ray Brown
Arthur Alworth
Orville Crider
Charles Austin
A. W. Wenzel
Leonard
Japs to Settle in Peru
Lima reports the purchase of 800000 acres near Humieucos as a precursor to a Japanese colonization push in Peru, with land intended for coffee sugar and cotton crops.
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Peru
Lima
Humieucos
OATS HEALTH LAWS BEING VIOLATED AND DISCUSSED
City Health Officer Murray told the council that residents discard garbage in backyards and alleys instead of cans while contractors fail to build toilets on active construction. The council warned that punishment might be imposed to enforce stricter compliance and approved highway use of a powder house on the city dumping ground.
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Murray
Nad Litany Council
Highway District
R. A. Murray
Rock Creek Canyon
Ostrander
Chiropractors Hold First Meeting Here
The State Chiropractors Association held its first meeting here last evening due to a late arrival of delegates. Address topics included N ray Diagnosis by Dr Wood McAtee and the relation of law enforcement to the professions by Paul Davis, assistant to the commissioner. Dr Schulze of Chicago spoke as dean of the School of Chiropractic.
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State Chiropractors Association
Laist
Wood McAtee
Paul Davis
Dr. Schulze
School of Chiropracty of
Chicago
Landis Hears Grand Jury For Beer Smuggling Probe
Judge Landis today sent 14 men including State Senator Patrick Carroll to the grand jury investigating interstate beer smuggling from Wisconsin into Illinois. The group, mostly Chicago area saloonkeepers, faces conspiracy charges to violate federal liquor transport laws into dry territory. Rudolph Lederer of North American Brewing admitted beer sold contained 2.75 percent alcohol and the judge ordered his sales records produced in court tomorrow.
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Chicago
Redori
Landis
Grant
Wisconsin
Thlinos
Patrick Jo Carroll
Judge Land's
Hquor
John (. Niedrprint
Wenosha
Wis
Rudolph Lederer
North American Brewing Company of Chicago
Transcontinental Airplane Race Planned Across U S
The race, under United States Army auspices, will start simultaneously at Mineola New York and San Francisco on October 4. Any government airplane reaching 400 miles per hour or more may enter, with pilots from any army department allowed upon field commanders’ recommendations.
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Associated Press
Mineola
N. Y
United States Army
Sanfrancisco
Hazelhurst Field
Charles T. Mencher
Air Service
Washington
Mencher
Columbia University Receives Large Bequest From Carpentier
The estate of Horace W. Carpentier deeds $1,220,344 to Columbia University and $1,420,000 to Barnard College from a total value of $8,337,627. Other beneficiaries include the University of California, Pacific Theological Seminary in Berkeley, and Tuskegee Institute with smaller gifts.
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Associated Press
New York
Columbia University
Barnard College
Horace W. Carpentier
Oakland
California
Netes
University of California
The
Pacific Theological Seminary
Berkeley
Cal
Tuskegee, Institute
Ala
List of dead in Corpus Christi now totals 495
Corpus Christi reports the death toll from the September 14 hurricane and tidal wave has risen to 495 after authorities found three more bodies and posted 20 additional names. The updated list confirms two local sailors among the newly identified dead.
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Corpus Christi
Associated Press
Union Leaders Claim Large Numbers Are Out
On opening day of a national steel strike, both labor unions and steel firms reported wide plant impacts across 20 states with as many as half a million workers affected. Mills faced armed guards, several plants paused or reduced operations, and the dispute appeared headed for a long, bitter fight as leaders prepared for talks on financing the strike.
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Iron and Steel
Newcastle
Farrell
Pittsburg
Steel Corporation
New York
Chicago Steel Center
Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
Cleveland
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White
Mother Jones
Sid
Salvation Army
Oats
Hansen
Chiropractors
Ilinois
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