Labor union leaders halt coal miners in West Virginia
Acting Secretary of War Wainwright will await further information before ordering federal troops. The advance guard of miners marching from Marmet to Mingo was turned back by district officials Keeney and Mooney after passing Madison. Reports of a pitched battle at Blair, Logan county could not be confirmed. authorities cited no official advices.
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Washington
Wainwright
H. 4
Kandheltz
War Department
West Virginia
Madison
W. Va
Marmet
Mingo
Morgan
Charles F. Keeney
United Mine Workers
Fred Mooney
Keeney
Mooney
Charleston
W.va
Blair
Logan County
Mullins
Boone County
Governors’ Office
Chesapeake and Ohio
Don Chafin
Logan
Touls Michaelson
Associated Press
Tink
Muarmet-Mingo
Association
Esteblishmants
Standings of the Clubs in National and American Leagues
In the National League Chicago leads Brooklyn 12 to 2 with players such as Heston contributing two hits. New York defeats Pittsburgh 2 to 1, Cincinnati 7 over Philadelphia 2. In the American League Boston 6 Chicago 4, Cleveland 6 Washington 3, New York 10 Detroit 2, St Louis 7 Philadelphia 2.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Heston
New York
Pittsthurch
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Beseaes
Bt. Louis Ui
Ciscinnati
Washington - Ox
T. Louis
Ora
Old Concern In Difficulty Receivers Named In Nebraska
Omaha, Aug 27. On Carl Modesitt as stockholder petition a receiver was appointed for the Wells Abbott Nieman Milling Co of Schuyler Nebraska. The firm is a major Western milling house with Nebraska operations for half a century. Capital stock 1,500,000. outstanding stock 464,000. total liabilities 3,054,015.28.
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Omaha
Neb
Carl Modesitt
Wells-Abbortt- Nieman Milling Company
Schuyler
West
Nebraska
Half
Impany
Couple Killed by Train At Springfield Crossing
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Conley of Springfield were identified hours after their car was struck by a Chicago and Alton fast mail train at a crossing. Conley was a fireman at a local coal mine.
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Springfeld
Lil
Chicago & Alton
John F. Conley
Conley
Erzberger Dies by Assassination in Baden
Mathias Erzberger former vice premier and finance minister was killed near Offenburg Baden by two youths who shot him. Reichstag Deputy Diez was wounded. Erzberger had long faced unpopularity after proposing a peace without annexation in 1917 and reform.
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Berlin
Mathias Erzberger
Offenburg
Baden
Herr Erzberger
Bad-Griesbach
Reichstag
Diez
Black Forest
Erzaberger
Karl Helfferich
Oltwig von Hirschfeld
von Hirschfeld
Erzberger
Germany
Bethmann-Hellweg
Uel
American Army to Return from Germany After Peace Treaty
The American army will be brought home from Germany immediately after ratification of the peace treaty. Evacuation likely before October 1 as the Senate reconvenes in September. The move completes the final military act of the war and ends four years of occupation with fewer than 12,000 soldiers remaining. Germany owes the United States over $250 million for maintenance.
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United States
Germany
Rhine
Washington
Senate
Harding
Coblenz
Dickman
Pershing
De Valera Re-elected President as Peace Talks Continue
Dublin reports Eamonn de Valera unanimously re elected president of the Irish republic by Dail Eireann, praised by Commandant John Mac Keown for his leadership. In London the Sinn Fein reply to Lloyd George’s plan rejects the terms but supports negotiating a broad basis peace with plenary powers for appointed representatives. The piece notes Britain and Ireland may appoint plenary negotiators to seek a just peace, while asserting Ireland will defend itself if attacked.
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Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
Dail Eireann
Sinn Pein
John Mac Keown
Irish Republican Army
Dali Eireann
de Valera
Mac Keown
London
Dail Fire and Hoe
Lloyd George
Dailytreach
Sinn Fein
Great Britain
Ireland
Lievd George
Dail Hireann
Lloyd George Warns Irish to Get Busy in Peace Talks
Premier Lloyd George urges Ireland to accept a framework for immediate progress, warning that delay risks termination of negotiations. He asserts Britain offered Ireland all it asked, rejects secession, and calls for recognition of interdependence within a British commonwealth. De Valera signals Dublin readiness to appoint representatives if talks are accepted.
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Lloyd George
Ireland
Whitty
O'Connell
Thomas
Davis
Britain
American Union
Thief Held in $29,600 Securities Theft Case
Police recover securities valued at $20,600 stolen in San Francisco last July after arresting Russell Griffin twenty one former messenger for a San Francisco brokerage house. Griffin also confessed to stealing $22,000 worth of securities from registered packages for McDonald Co San Francisco.
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New York
San Francisco
Russell Griffin
Griffin
McDonald & Co
Widening scope of fraud case reaches Los Angeles figures
Chicago reports federal probes into alleged fraud by Charlie W. French and Honest John Worthington involve two Los Angeles businessmen and a woman. Col. George C. Bell of Chicago named in warrants, with Roberts suicide linked to the alleged circle. Mrs Charles W French sought for questioning as to husband’s activities. Roberts’ body found in Lake Harriet after a wire from Roberts to Rudolph H. Kohn seeking 36000.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
San Diego
Cal
Charlies W. French
John” Worthington
Minneapolis
A. S. Roberts
French
Col
George C. Bell
South
Burlington Avenue
French-Worthington
Worthington
Charles W. French
Roberts
Rudolph H. Kohn
Kohn
Lake Harriet
Posse Hunts Train Robbers Near Denison Texas
Posse men hunt two armed bandits who robbed a Missouri Kansas Texas limited train near Denison Texas. Postal authorities estimate the loot may exceed 50 000 dollars with two pouches of registered mail and several sacks taken. The bandits boarded the train at Bells after binding and gagging mail clerks.
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Denison
Tex
Wisconsin Gov Responds to Klan Organizing Call
Madison reports eb of Milwaukee urged Governor Blaine to use state influence to organize the Ku Klux Klan, claiming a strong hold. The governor replied he will take no part in the situation, stating that overt act had been committed.
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Madison
Wis
Blaine
Milwaukee
Harding Meets Washington Leaders on Socialist Leader Case
Aug 27 1921 report from Washington states Attorney General Daugherty met with President Harding to discuss Eugene V. Debs, jailed Socialist leader, with official confirmation from the Department of Justice.
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Washington
Eugene VY
Ma En Oup
Harding
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Dublin confident of peace after Irish vote
Dublin reports the Dail Aireann reply to British proposals is not a final rejection but a stage in ongoing negotiations aimed at peace. Authorities warn against complacency, with some unrest in Cork and Kerry but overall confidence that peace will endure.
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Great Britain
Dublin
Ireland
Dail Aireann
Cork
Kerry
Opening Trade With Russia Amid Credit Deal
The Lokal Anzeiger reports Standard OM with British interests signed an economic treaty in London with M Krassin. Russia gains a $400,000,000 credit and Ural mountain off concessions. Russia may not strike deals with rivals without central approval. The pan Russian relief committee must continue.
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Ferlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Standard OM
M. Krassin
London
Russia
Cencern
Bodies of ZR-2 victims to be sent home
Washington August 27 the Navy department said the bodies of the American victims of the ZR-2 disaster will be brought to the United States on a British warship. A message of sympathy came from Lloyd George the British premier.
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United States
Washington
Navy Department
Lloyd George
Yellow River Flood Ravages Shuntung Province Homes Lost
Tekin August 27 reports hundreds of villages destroyed and thousands left homeless as the Hoang Ho river overflows after a month of heavy rainfall flooding large areas in Shuntung province.
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Tekin
Hoang-Ho
Shuntung
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Victue
Stonehenge
England
Lioyd George
Messenger
KU Kyo
Standard Oil
Yellow River
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