Labor Men Ask Strike Conference
Prominent labor leaders including William Green and John L. Lewis urged President Coolidge to summon a conference of miners and operators to end the bituminous coal strike. They asked for investigation of alleged railroad price manipulation and cited injunction use against striking miners in Pennsylvania. Green said Coolidge agreed to consider the matter with the Labor Department.
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Washington
Coolidge
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Green
Pennsylvania
Greene
Schoonmaker
Federal Court
Department of Labor
Twelve defendants to face trial in industrial alcohol conspiracy
Twelve defendants in a nationwide industrial alcohol conspiracy case are set to go on trial for conspiring to defeat the Prohibition Act. The scheme allegedly produced 900 000 gallons of illicit liquor in a single week in 1925, via the Superior Industrial Alcohol Company and its agents nationwide with profits estimated at 2 000 090 dollars.
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Clevelnd, O
United States
A. E. Bernstein
Federal
Atlanta
Superior Industrial Alcohol Company
Ohio
United States Prohibition Commission
Harry Volpe
Providence
R. J
A. F E. Bernsteen
Ring
Dave
Ben Gertenstein
Frank
Ben Vogel
Philadelphia
Milk Christenings for Jefferson County Road Dedication
A bottle of ink will christen the new federal highway No 3 pavement through Jefferson and Wapello counties tomorrow. Mrs. Sarah Pfeiffer, the sole local survivor from Ottumwa railway arrival celebrations, will perform the ceremony with milk. Mrs. Henry C. Taylor will deliver dedicatory words as Batavia Ottumwa Fairfield hold noon barbecue and parades from Fairfield and Ottumwa to Batavia.
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Christen
Jefferson Co
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Wapello County
Ottumwa
Sarah Pfeiffer
Agency
Henry C. Taylor
Bloomfield
Batavia
Vesper Service Delights Large Local Church Crowd
A Sunday vesper service at the local Methodist church drew a near full house for the cantata A Song of Thanksgiving Maunder. The choir of fifty under H N Schuster delivered a praised performance with fine solos duets and a trio. Mary Hunter on organ provided a supportive accompaniments and the entire production impressed for town size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Miner
Bessie Plumly
Gladys Williams
H. B. Knight
Everett Griffith
Carl Hedges
Schuster
Predicted Merger of Four Denominations
Des Moines reports Dr. Ozora S. Davis predicts consolidation of Congregational Christian Universalist and Unitarian churches totaling about 1.5 million members. The unified church would be The Congregationalist Christian church, aimed at stronger organization and economy. Also notes a separate case: one man imprisoned and fined, and 13 St. Paul men pleading guilty in illicit alcohol case awaiting trial with federal prosecutors and Judge Jones presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ozora S. Davis
Chicago
Congregational National Council
Chicago Theological Seminary
Davis
New England
Ohio
South
Atlanta
St. Paul
Samuel Harris
Morris Reisner
U. S
A. K E. Bernsteen
Paul Jones
Cleveland
Fall-Sinclair jury tampering case shown delays
Action tomorrow in the Fall Sinclair jury tampering case was promised today by Neil Burkinshaw assistant to United States Attorney Peyton Gordon who directs the grand jury investigation. Government counsel indicated possible indictments or other moves and deliberation over procedure delays proceedings. Contempt proceedings in another court were questioned but not pursued. The grand jury met again and moved to other matters.
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Washington
Sinclair
Neil Burkinshaw
United States
Peyton Gordon
Siddons
Mrs. M. D. Yard 78 Dies at Home of Son
Mrs. M D Yard aged 78 died Saturday night at the home of her son C B Yard 509 West Main Washington She was born Irene Adelaide Rownd June 5 1849 in Ripley County Indiana Married Milton D Yard Oct 29 1868 two months ten days after his death she left three sons and three daughters Survivors include daughters Lillian M Davidson and Laurena Visser and sons C B Yard W R Yard A W Yard Funeral at 3 p m Tuesday from 316 East Main Street with Rev Arthur Vinz of the First Baptist Church Interment Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington May have two great grandchildren Mary Lillian Moorhead and Gloria Dee Davidson.
Two Golfers in Foursome Score Hole in One
At Fresh Meadow County Club New York two players in the same foursome recorded a hole in one on the 145 yard par three ninth. W Norman Frenkel and H Booth both holed out as their opponents reached the green.
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New York
Fresh Meadow County Club
W. Norman Frenkel
Maskie
H. Booth
Gs Uit
Frenkel
Booth
Defer Adjustment of Lockout in Coal Mines at Centerville
Centerville Ohio district reports no adjustment to the lockout in Appaloos county coal mine fields until after the special commission reports on February 7. United Mine Workers officials announced after a Citizens' committee meeting failed to secure a settlement. The committee discussed machine mining scale and working conditions but proposed no concrete measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centervisis
Appaloos
Special Commission
Des Moines
United Mine Workers of America
Citizens’ Committee
Citizens’ Group
Mrs. Hanley Dies in Dutch Creek Township
Mrs. John Hanley 63 died at 10 30 p m Saturday night at her home in Dutch Creek township She had been bedfast ten weeks Funeral services set for 10 30 Tuesday morning at the Grace Hill church conducted by Rev Mr Zimmer man Burial in Grace Hill cemetery Ella Caroline Mikseh born November 13 1864 at Gnadenhutten Ohio daughter of Joshua and Sus an Romig Mikseh moved with family to Washington county in 1865 They lived on a farm in Dutch Creek township Married to John Hanley June 9 1904 They left husband three daughters Miss Helen Hanley of Washington Mrs J K Dayton of Keota and Miss Esther Hanley at home Survived by sisters Miss Mary Miksch Dutch Creek Mrs Clara Engle Grace Hill Mrs Oliver Strohm Elgin Ill Mrs B F Beitel Grace Hill Mrs Hannah Engle Brighton Levine Miksch Ashland Oregon Five brothers and one sister are deceased Member of Moravian church at Grace Hill.
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Grace Hill Church
Zimmerman
Grace Hill Cemetery
Ella Caroline Mikseh
Gnadenhutten
Ohio
Joshua
Susan
Romig) Mikseh
Washington County
Dutch Creek Township
John Hanley
Grace Hill
Helen Hanley
Washington
J. K. Dayton
Keota
Esther Hanley
Mary Miksch
Dutch Creek
Clara Engle
Oliver Strohm
Elgin, al
B F. Beitel
Hannah Engle
Brighton
Levine Miksch
Ashland
Oregon
Hanley
Obituary: John C Kilgore Dies in Oregon at 84
John Calvin Kilgore born August 16 1843 in Washington Iowa died November 19 1927 in Gresham Oregon. A Civil War veteran he worked as a machinist and later ran a steam boiler plant and a Chicago pipe mill superintendent role before retiring to a fruit ranch near Portland. He leaves wife Margaret N Kilgore and two sons Sherman N and C E Kilgore and one brother D C Kilgore.
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John Calvin Kilgore
Martin C. Kilgore
Jane Latta Kilgore
Washington
Iowa
Greshan
Oregon
25Th
Iowa Infantry
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Crane Company
Chicago
Illinois
Portland
Ile
Margaret N. Kilcore
Sherman N
Creshaw
Los Angeles
California
D. C. Kilgore
Seek Billion Dollars for Flood Curb
Senator Hawes Missouri submits a plan for a 1 billion dollar bond issue to fund Mississippi River flood control. War Department figures suggest programs would cost at least 809 million, while the bill aims to avoid treasury impact and aid tax cuts and farm relief. A proposed Mississippi valley water control commission would oversee flood control, navigation, timber, wildlife, and reforestation with a mix of army and civilian engineers appointed by the president and approved by the Senate.
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Washington
House Flood Control Committee
Hawes
Missouri
War Department
Treasury
Ifanes
Mississippi Valley Water Control Commission
Army
Senate
Glee Club Forms at Junior High With Sixty Members
Sixty seventh and eighth graders of the junior high school form a select glee club under Miss Norma Reaney, supervisor of magic in Washington schools. The group will premiere an operetta after Christmas vacation, with rehearsals to start later. Members include Helen Sartor, Violet Carbaugh, Margaret Griffith, Ana Cone, and others from grades seven and eight.
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Glee Club
Lee Club
Norma Reaney
Washington
Helen Sartor
Velda Parcell
Helen Alcorn
Marjorie Pratt
Lucille Becker
Winifred Crozier
Helen Jungbluth
Ethel Kiser
Betty Clow
Velma Finke
Lucille Minick
Mildred Masson
Eugene Thomas
Robert Carson
Wm. Stewart
Albert Downs
Joe Campbell
Henrietta Hull
Jack Lytle
Curtis Wells
Janet Jennings
Milan Thompson
Donald Stutsman
Maurice Mayo
Violet Carbaugh
Margaret Griffith
Ana Cone
Betty Cunningham
Martha Reister
Mary Juliet Lemmon
Dolly Meredith
Sara Nickerson
Mabel Walker
Elizabeth Dowell
Hazel Jugenheimer
Patricia Keeley
Mildred Lemley
Helen Masson
Donald Davis
John Maney
Trigo Jones
Karl Bevans
Walter Jungbluth
Russel Haney
Raymond Barnes
Dale Bales
Eugene Trask
Robert Roe
Donald Franklin
Chester Anderson
Lloyd Evans
Louise Longwell
Lucille Raymond
Junior Cuddy
Clarence Lee
Vera Tucker
Mildred Brown
Southern City Honors Tiger Flowers Funeral in Georgia
In Atlanta Georgia thousands of white residents and Black mourners filed past the casket as Tiger Flowers former middleweight boxing champion lay in state at the municipal auditorium. The Butler Street AME Church where Flowers served as deacon could not hold the overwhelming attendance. Flowers died in New York after an operation last week.
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Tiger Flowers
Flower
Municipal Auditorium
Butler Street
Fight in Congress Over Consolidation of Roads Forecast
Washington November 21 Reuters report says Rep Dickinson leader of the farm bloc will oppose the Parker bill and the proposed mergers of the Northern Pacific Great Northern and Chicago Burlington and Quincy. He asserts Congress will take a sharp interest in consolidation legislation early next session and that the Northwestern merger would harm Northwest interests.
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Congress
Washington
Rep
Dickinson
House
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Northwestern Rail
Northwest Generalins
Washington Junction Prepares For Thanksgiving Clash With Columbus Junction
Coach Hod Rice drills Washington high for the final game against Columbus Junction after a 13 0 loss to Sigourney. The teams are evenly matched as Washington seeks aComeback and to show the fighting spirit that defines the Junction on Thanksgiving.
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Sigourney
Washington Junction
Junction
Thanksgiving
Washington
Rice
Two Killed in Colorado Mine Battle
In Colorado the I W W strike escalated as state guards fired on 500 attacking miners and women supporters at the Columbine mine, killing two IWW members and injuring ten others. Earlier, 30 miners were hurt near Aguilar in clashes with deputies. National Guards mobilized and martial law loomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Columbine
Aguilar
William H. Adams
Woman Plunges to Death From Marshall Field's
Chicago November 21 A woman died after plunging from the seventh floor of Marshall Field's department store while clutching a purse with 3049 dollars. She is identified as Mrs Orville Curran wife of an insurance broker as hundreds of shoppers witnessed the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marshall Field
Orville Curran
Special Service at Presbyterian Church Delights Parishioners
A large attentive audience attended the Sunday evening praise service at the Presbyterian church. The Shreds Orchestra performed two numbers and Miss Margaret Moninger spoke on China detailing missionary work, native helpers, and strong faith amid uprisings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Shreds
Bigge
Godard
J. E. Ream
Everette Griffith
Briggs
Henry Shields
Liddle
Mr. Griffith
S. A. Dickerson
Adeste Fidele
Messrs Grimes
Griffth
Margaret Moninger
Washington School
China
Alhough
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Methodist Chotr
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M. D. Yard
B. Yard
Irene Adelaide Rownd
Ripley County
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William Rownd
Jackson Township
Ohio River
Mississippi
Muscatine
Yard
Centerville
John C. Kilgore
David
Kilgore
Board of Health
Detroit
Cornell
Senator Hawes
Miss Ywra
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Miss Reaney
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