Idle miners rise as 170000 idle in coal walkout
United Mine Workers leaders and operators monitor developments in Pittsburgh district as nonunion mines open amid the walkout. About 170,000 miners idle, with union intent to press for old $7.50 daily scale and possible shifts to outlying districts as negotiations stall.
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Korge P. Overton
Clmited
Indianapolis
Ind
I. P
United Mines Workers
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Terminal Goal Company
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Taylorville
Lewis
United Fiess
Jacksonville
United Mine Workers Today
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company
P. T. Pagan
Brac
Pittsburgh Coal Comister
Little Salesmen Get 'Em In Early
Classifieds offer quick results to Tribune advertisers. Brief ads run same day in the classified section. FOR RENT Unfurnished apartment four rooms and bath 414 Water Street Bell 1278-1. FOR SALE One pair of horses rear backs weight 21000 lbs seed oats Earnest Tuleberg Chandlers Valley Bell 3-A 4-2-31.
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Tribune
Water Street
Bell
Earnest Tuleberg
Chandlers Valley
Radio Feature Grid Reports Across Major States
Program listings summarize tonight's network schedule with WIZ New York and Chicago, WEAF hookup at 8 p.m. Eastern, WSM Nashville at 8 p.m. Central, and KDKA Pittsburgh, detailing The Week Enders and a rare dance program across stations. The notice blends multiple regional feeds and times for the evening lineup.
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Springfield
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Check placed on Commissioner of Prohibition
Washington April 2 United Press A check rein was placed to day on Roy A Haynes new acting commissioner of prohibition to prevent him having full control of the federal duty forces Acting secretary of the Treasury Mills signed an order delegating to Haynes full authority but he must obtain approval of assistant secretary L C Andrews Haynes will be under Andrews supervision All major policies appointments and admin matters decided by the assistant secretary Decisions by Haynes after Andrews approval will be final Courts only can revise unless Haynes revokes under Andrews authority Andrews said no change in city enforcement policy The major objective remains to cut off bootleg sources and suppress commercialized traffic in liquor Andrews said there is now harmony in the bureau and weekly conferences planned with Haynes Major H H White and James Jones involved
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Washington
United Press
Roy A. Haynes
Prohibition
Andrews
Treasury
Haynes
Prohibition Bureau
H. H. White
James ©. Jones
Penny Improvements Drive $83 Million Rail Costs
Philadelphia April 2. Capital expenditures for 1926 on the Sylvania railroad system exceed $85 million for road and equipment improvements. Roadway and structures accounted for about $43.18 million while roughly $40 million funded new cars and locomotives.
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Philadelphia
U. P
Oil executive Joan Schwab dies in Merrisburg
Joan B. Schwab, 50, superintendent of the Tuscarora Oil company, died at home after a week of pneumonia. He had just returned to Merrisburg from supervising the construction of a 490 mile pipe in South America.
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Merrisburg
Joan B. Schwab
Tuscarora Oil Company
Schwab
South America
Butler to conduct nationwide political survey for 1928 race
Washington April 2 Chairman William M. Butler of the Republican National Committee will undertake a coast to coast political survey to gauge prospects for the 1928 presidential race and inspect proposed sites for the Republican nominating contention. Unofficial invitations extend from several major cities.
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Washington
William MM. Butler
Republican National Committee
Butler
Coolidge
San Francisco
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Kansas City
3Io
San Antonio
Tex
Mr. Coolidge
League to hold special session over Hornsby case in Pittsburgh
National League president John A. Heydler called a special meeting of club owners to decide if four unwritten laws give him authority to bar Rogers Hornsby from playing for the Cardinals while he owns stock in St. Louis. The session will be held in Pittsburgh, date to be announced. Heydler aims to settle the matter without court action or commissioner’s ruling, noting the dispute involves several parties and cannot be settled by distant talks.
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Henry J. Farrell
United Press
York
John A. Heydler
National League Today
Rogers Hornsby
Cardinals
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Heydler
Hornsby
Baseball Commissioner’s Office
Recovery of Ford Continues Normal in Detroit
Detroit dispatch reports Henry Ford remains in normal recovery with no material changes in his condition. Dr D D McClure surgeon in chief for the injured manufacturer told United Press there will be no further medical bulletins issued and that Ford is progressing toward a perfectly normal recovery.
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Detroit
U. P.J
Henry Ford
D. McClure
United Press
McGlure
Kick Proves Fatal Work Injury in Stable
April 2. Jonas Smith, 77, died from injuries after being kicked by a horse while working in the stables of Urih Graff where he was employed as a hustler. Alcoholic deaths in Allegheny County this year now total 24 in Pittsburgh.
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Jonas Smith
Urih Graff
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Six Men Rescued In Open Boat After Mid Ocean Voyage
Six crew members of the British schooner Seabrand drifted for two days in a gale in an open boat after abandoning their sinking vessel on March 26. They were rescued about 600 miles off the Newfoundland coast by the Swedish motor ship Nuolja and landed at Marcus Hook. The Nuolja crew spotted a flare on March 23 and rescued the Seabrand crew after a perilous two day voyage. The Seabrand had been sailing from Bermuda to St Johns when storm damage forced abandonment.
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Marcus Hook
Anvil 2
U. P
Schoner Seabrand
New Foundland
Nuolja
Pegerholm
Iokouts
Fred Hollett
Seabrand
Bermuda
St Johns
Makes a Difference Whose Car is Crowded Off the Highway
Detroit April 2 United Press reports contrast how crowding a common car draws little intrigue while crowding Henry Ford prompts talk of a murder plot. Ford injured in a Sunday accident remains home as officials investigate, with coverage differing on whether a plot existed.
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M.D. Tracy
United Press
Detroit
John Smith
Henry Ford
Ford
Delaware Soldier Shot During Card Game
Wilmington April 2 Sergeant Vic Weaver 28 of Company E first engineers Fort Dupont was killed when a soldier shot him during a card game in the barracks boiler room. Private Handy Srhyrka of the same regiment is missing and is sought by police and military authorities as the alleged slayer. A witness said the intruder produced an army rifle and forced players to turn away before Weaver was shot in the spine.
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Wilmington
Del
U. P
Vic Weaver
First Engineers
U. S.A
Fort Dupont
Vate Handy Srhyrka
Subirke
Weaver
Dentist Bartel Found Dead in Pittsburgh Hotel Room
Believed to have died by his own action, 80 year old Dr. Bartel of Brooklyn New York, dentist, was found in critical condition in his Willam Penn hotel room and died in hospital several hours later. Police treat as possible suicide after swallowing poison.
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Pittsburgh
Her Bartel
Brooklyn
N. Y
Willam Penn
Mexican Bandits Kill American Engineer
MENICG CITY April 2. American engineer Mark Wilkins of Savannah Georgia was killed by Mexican bandits and his body found near Guadalajara. He was kidnapped with his son last week. the son was released. Wilkins’ body was found Friday after federal troops encountered the captors in the hills near Guadalajara. The bandits had demanded a $20 000 ransom. Wilkins had been kidnapped twice before.
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Menicg City
Sduar
Mark Wilkins
Savannah
Guadalajara
Wilkins
Wikins
Chicago mayoral vote eyed with National Guard readiness
April 2 Chicago reports that William Hale Thompson asks Governor Len Small to mobilize National Guard to guard the mayoralty election amid charges of race tensions. Troops to be on standby with 35 machine gun squads and rifle armed guards at trouble wards. 160 two-man and 90 five-man patrol squads planned as vigilance tightens for Election Day.
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Chicago
U. P
Wiliam Hale Thompson
Len Small
National Guard
Smalls
Thompson
E. Dever
Po- Vicw
Whisky Transferred From Collector to Prohibition Official
Four million gallons of whiskey formerly in the custody of the collector of internal taxes in the district have been transferred to the custody of J. D. Pennington, prohibition administrator for Western Pennsylvania and Ryeat Virginia.
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Pittsburgh
D. Pennington
Pennsylvania
Ryeat
Virginia
Countess De Janze’s First Statement On Paris Shooting
In Paris, April 2, Countess de Janze admitted shooting herself and Englishman Raymond de Trafford in a Gare du Nord railway carriage. She claimed she did not know why she acted, saying she was mazy and only intended to wound him, with plans to rest later in Varia. Judge Bacquard planned to question her and consider a charge of voluntary homicide. she faced transfer to St. Lazare prison.
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Paris
Countess de Janze
Silverthorne
Buffalo
Chicago
Raymond de Trafford
Gare du Nord
de Traffford
de Tratford
Tveria
Bacquard
St. Lazare
Rain May Interfere With Baseball Opener
A cold East wind and intermittent drizzle threatened to postpone the 1927 opening of the intercity series between the Athletic's and Phillies in Philadelphia. Stuffy Melonis debuts as Phillies manager, Eddie Collins returns to the Athletics lineup, and Ty Cobb appears in a major league park for the first time in 21 years. Carlson and Gray were slated to pitch for Phillies and Athletics respectively.
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Palladelphia
Athletic’s
Phillies
Stuffy
Melonis
Phils
Eddie Collins
Athletics
Ty Cobb
Detroit
Carlson
Gray
Jthe Athletics
Gasoline Tax Revenue Totals Across States in 1926
Gasoline taxes collected by states in 1926 reached 187 million dollars, with 44 states imposing a tax from one to five cents per gallon. Illinois Massachusetts New Jersey and New York reportedly do not impose the tax, while Pennsylvania shows a total near 178 million.
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Washington
L. P
United States Bureau of Publ Roads
Illinois
Masaachu-potte
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
British forces reinforced Shanghai as partial accord sought
Washington reports a plan to send additional troops to British forces in Shanghai while American gunboat Asheville is ordered to Tientsin. Kellogg and Sir Esme Howard discuss the Nanking incident and reparations, with Tokyo signaling possible joint investigation but no armed action. Chinese fatalities at Chunking spark anti foreign protests amid nationalist splits.
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Shanghai
Gov. Nt
Washington
United States
Asheville
Tle Tain
State Kellogg
Esme Howard
Ashville
Tientsin
Peking
C. 5
Williams
Asiatic
Navy Department
Mac Murray
Weather forecast for western Pennsylvania and region
The forecast indicates light rain or snow tonight across western Pennsylvania with colder air in the south. Sunday should be fair after a disturbance moving from the central Appalachians, with rain continuing in the Ohio valley and mid Atlantic states. A high pressure ridge from Lake Superior to Texas brings cooler conditions but no freezing weather except in the sage region.
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South Portion
Pennsylvania
Appalachian Mountains
Ashelke
North Carolina
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Pittsburgh
Lake Superior
Texas
Ohio
Mississippi
Sage
Central Plains
Atlantic City
Chicago
Harrisburg
Los Angeles
Miami
Zam
River
Pty Gises Sill
Sole
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National Committee
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High Road
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Kaisheng
Deleware
Guv
Countess
McMurray
Tokio
Japan
Nanlang
Foreign Office
London
Shangial
Chunking
Francis Misselwitz
United Press Staff
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Admiral Hough
Yangtze Pale
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