Death of a Mine Guard Sparks Senate Probe on Coal Strike
Charleston W V June 14 The Senate committee probing the Paint and Cabin Creek coal strike heard a dramatic account of the Holly Grove attack by an armored train. Lee Calvin a former mine guard testified that gunmen on the train fired on tents housing striking families and that Sheriff Bonner Hill and Quinn Morton urged escalation. Witnesses described women shielding children and the era of the so called death special, with operator and guard involvement under scrutiny. The hearing featured strong exchanges over Morton Morton and the conduct of mine guards, as witnesses recounted shootings and peonage allegations amid days of testimony.
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Paint
Cabin Creek
Senate
Holly Grove
Lee Caiyin
Cisco Estep
Annie Hah
Calvin
Fioliy Grove
Bonner
Hill
Quinn Morton
Paint Creek
Paint Creek Junction
Fte
Ciils
Martine
New Jersey
Paul Morton
Senator Martine
Marea
Jackson
Bobbett
Chesanesite
Ohio
West Virginia
Séndres
Milmera
Glasscock
Hurry Avro
Mhena
Annie Ifall
W. B. Buzzard
Sidney Byers
Ralph McNeil
Eskdale
Harvey 8
Campbell
Chesapeake and Ohto Railroad
Speciqgl
Romeo Bennett
Special Railroad
New York
Washington
Six Bodies Recovered After Subway Cave-In In New York
11 men killed when tunnel cave-in trapped 22 drillers and laborers beneath Fifty sixth Street and Lexington Avenue. Six bodies recovered. five others still buried. Three priests descended to administer last rites as rescue efforts continued.
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New York
Fifty-sixth Street
Lexington Avenue
Ghee
Robert Ridgeway
Public Service Commission
Che
Mob Baffled as Negro Kills Himself to Avert Lynching
Special to The Washington Post from Greenwood Mississippi reports a mob of over 1000 men tried to capture Jim Williams who barricaded himself in a burning house. Williams shot himself to avoid lynching after killing a white household cook and throwing her baby from a second story window. Dogs tracked him for 45 hours through Yazoo River swamps to a deserted cabin where the mob attacked. Williams fired on leaders wounding two, and he died inside the cabin as the mob set it afire.
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Washington Post
Greenwood
Miss
Jim Williams
Wiliams
Yazoo River
Williams
Woundirgg
Tariff Bill Promises Food Price Slashes and Free Goods
Democratic leaders defend tariff revisions as broad relief for consumers while acknowledging uncertain timing. Underwood and Clark say meat and bread may be on the free list and sugar could fall 26 percent, with full effects awaiting Senate action and final law. Fitzgerald declines to discuss specifics.
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Fitzgerald
Congress
House
Underwood
Senate
Clark
John J. Fitzgerald
New York
Jesuit Ar
War writer Angus Hamilton commits suicide after failed lecture
Angus Hamilton, noted war correspondent for Central News Association of London, killed himself in his uptown New York hotel apartment after failing Balkan war lectures in Canada and New York. He was 52, a Royal Geographical Society fellow, and step-son of playwright Sir Arthur Pinero. The hotel demanded payment of his bill.
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Angus Hamilton
New York
Balkans
Central News Association of London
Mr. Hamilton
Royal Geographical Society of London
Korea
Arthur Pinero
Canada
Queen Mary bars gambling at Windsor Ascot party
Special cable from London reports Queen Mary's Windsor guests will find notices barring baccarat and poker at Windsor Castle after dinner. Bridge stakes are capped at half a crown to a hundred points. The campaign against royal gambling includes ladies in waiting, though betting among royal servants continues secretly.
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Washington Post
London
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Dog Saves Master's Life on Moose Creek Fishing Trip
In Clearfield Pennsylvania on June 14, Tippy the mongrel dog saved former county treasurer Frank G Harris by attacking a rattlesnake that poised to strike him as he crawled a slippery log to cross Moose Creek. The dog swam the creek and seized the snake behind its head, killing it.
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Washington
Clearfield
Tippy
Frank G. ‘Harris
Moose Creek
Harris
Mia Harris
Sawed to death by circular saw at mill
Bert Brown age 22 years of Grooville Sullivan county was fatally injured at a Monticello mill when he tripped and fell against a cir cular saw, which cut through his body from the left hip to the top of the head.
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Monticello
Bert Brown
Grooville
Sullivan
Flood Devastates Palitana District In India
Heavy rains in the Kathiawar peninsula inundate Palitana district causing great damage and a loss of 300 lives. The disaster unfolds along the Arabian Sea with authorities assessing the aftermath near Bombay.
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Palitana
India
Bombay
Kathiawar
Postmaster Bribery Attempt Charges Santa Barbara Carpenter
Santa Barbara carpenter Breanbrach, arrested on a federal indictment, offered $1 to Senator John D. Works to secure a postmaster appointment. He claimed such pay was common practice, admitted writing the letter, and was held after a warrant was served. He was taken to Los Angeles. The case followed the letter turned over to the Department of Justice and grand jury action. Also mentioned are weekend Baltimore and Ohio trips.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
C. Brcanbrach
United States
John D. Works
Ercanbrach
Senator Works
Jeanbrach
Los Angeles
Anarchist In Priest Disguise Arrested in Italian Chamber
Rome police arrested Francesco Cocuzza a Neapolitan anarchist who entered the Italian chamber of deputies in priestly disguise. He had previously infiltrated the chamber in 1906 and 1911 and insulted Premier Giolitti before capture. He claimed intent to renew acquaintance with the premier and said the disguise was to avoid arrest.
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Rome
Italy
Francesco Cocuzza
Chamber of Deputies
Gitta
Cocuzza
Giolti
Pastor Renounces Britain Becomes American Citizen
San Francisco reports Rev. Dr. Charles Frederic Aked, noted clergyman, renounced allegiance to King George and took U.S. citizenship. Aked arrived six years ago to lead New York’s Fifth Avenue Baptist Church later pastoring New York’s First Congregational Church. His English last post was Pembroke Chapel in Liverpool.
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San Francisco
Charles Frederic Aked
George of
England
United States
Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Pembroke Chapel
Liverpool
Thousands follow coffin at Emily Davison funeral riot
Militant and nonmilitant suffragettes gathered in London for Miss Emily Wilding Davison’s funeral after her Derby death. A six thousand strong procession from Victoria Station to St George’s Church faced crowding and jostling as flour and pepper were thrown. The service at St George’s was orderly yet tense, with leaders and Emmeline Pankhurst briefly detained. The body then traveled by train to Morpeth for burial amid continued demonstrations.
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St. George’s
Bloomsbury
Baga
London
Sufragettes
England
Emily Wilding Daviton
Derby
Epsom
Victora Station
Victoria Station
St. George's Church
Baumgarten
Emmeline Pankhurst
Flora Drummond
Tne
Kings Cross
Siaa
Morpeth
Northumberland
Kingsross
Senators Denounce White House Etiquette Slur On Senate Precedence
At a White House reception for Brazilian foreign minister Laura Mujler senators condemned a lapse that put Wilson cabinet members ahead of Senate members. They vow to formally raise the matter with the President and Secretary of State and to decline future invitations if such affronts recur.
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White House
Laura Mujler
Wilson
State Department
United States Senate
Senate
Bryan
United States
Congress
Muller
Cabinet
Dr. Muller
Supremié Court
Executive
Ita
Allison
Iowa
Committee On Foreign Relations
Supreme Court
Yesteriay
Murder suspect surrenders after ten day deal
Oreste Skilliteni alias Oresto Shillitoni, wanted for the murder of Patrolmen Teare and Heaney and John Rizzo, is turned over to police by his brother after ten days of negotiations. He is escorted to headquarters smiling as family reunion follows, with detectives Lethario Gamberdillo and Frank Bonano key to the surrender.
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John Rizzo
Washington Poat
New York
Oreste Skilliteni
Teare
Heaney
John
Waldo
Dominick Reilly
Reilly
John Shillitoni
Polceman
Oreste
Lethario Gamberdillo
Frank Bonano
Shillitoni
Morningside Avenue
John Shilliconi
Oresto
Sam
Fred
Familly
Fle
Dougherty
Faurot
Oresto Shilloni
Ajlazs
Harry Shields
Paper Box Kid
Charles J. Teare
William ¢. Heaney
Mulberry Street
Shilliton
George 8. Dougherty
Joseph Waurot
Police Department
Americans Win Narrow Polo Cup Victory at Meadowbrook
Meadowbrook Club Wentbury June 14 American polo team retains the international cup with a 41 2 to 41 4 win over England in a thrilling one hour match. The crowd of 5000 roared as the United States four surged for the final goal, aided by bold individual plays and the shifting lineups due to Waterbury’s injury. Freake’s entrance boosted England’s attack, yet the Americans sealed the dramatic victory and the trophy for at least another year.
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Meadowbrook Club
Wentbury
L. L
Meadowbrook
United States
England
Thesuusutuuwu vi A. Oe
Dwwuward
Monte Waterbury
Waterbury
Larry Waterbury
Stoddard
Whitney
Milburn
A. M. Freake
Cat. A. Noel Edwards
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Guatemala
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Sugar Man
Berlin
Kaiser
Brazil
Toni
Charles C. Nott. Jr
Denton Murphy
Tear
Teaney
Rizzo
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Rizas
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Scott
Cardi
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Straits of Magellan
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