Equality titled by woman in labor union vote
Denver June 24 The American Federation of Labor refused a constitutional amendment to grant women equal rights within unions while urging non discrimination against women workers. The debate also failed to eliminate the color line, with leaders stating unions cannot force membership changes but should consider admission for women and black workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Associated Press
American Federation of Labor Today
Cigar Makers
Laundry Workers’ Union
Organized Labor
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employer of America
Hoe
Died notices from June 1921 Mary Louise Alden and others
Obituaries list multiple deaths and funeral details across Washington area in late June 1921. Includes infant Mary Louise Alden of Silver Spring. Florence Riddle Bartlett formerly of Portland Maine. Edward Bates. Jacob Brill. Ida May Harvey. Edward Jaggar. Benjamin F Karns. Hattie M King. Entries specify residence, relatives, funeral times, and interment sites such as Glenwood and Rock Creek cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albden
Silver Spring
Mary Louise
Henry P
Macy L Alden
Glenwood Cemetery
Bartlett
Florence Riddle
Frank Bartlett
Portland
Maine
Albert Gallatin
Caroline Avery Riddle
Washington
Bsates
Thoreday
Tate
Eighteenth Street
Edward T
M. Altice Bates
Scarif
Juoe
BRILL
New Hampshire Avenue
Jacob
Edith Donnelly Brill
St. Mary's'at Home Church
Alexandria
Wam Harvey
Imperial Apartments
Ida May
James ¥. Harvey
W. W. Chambers Company
Chapin Stre
Northwest
Oak Fix
Jaggar
Smiths Cove
Nova Scotia
Edward Jaggar
Karns
Benjamin F Karna
Charles H. Roesch
Friendship Heights
Jane
Dam
Rock Creek Cemetery
King
Hattie M
Holy Trinity Church
Turner Hanged at Richmond Jail in Virginia
William Turner, Alexandria Negro, convicted of highway robbery and murder of torpedo expert T. Morgan Moore, was hanged at Henrico County Jail in Richmond. The execution occurred at 6 10 am after a felony chase and a brief statement period. About 500 people, mostly Black, surrounded the jail despite the safety measures. This marked Virginia’s first public hanging in thirteen years and a debate over commutation by President Harding had ended with no clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Associated Press
William Turner
Alexandria
United States District Court
T. Morgan Moore
Henrico County
Turner
Megroes
Virginia
Histery
Ad Moore
More
District of Columbia
Potomac River Bridge
Leesburg
Shéwit Clemant
Winchester
Harding
Family vanishes after train stop at Buck Rog beach
Mrs W. W. Griffiths and four children from Richmond disappeared Tuesday while on a Sunday school picnic at Buck Rog beach. They were reportedly left by the train in Newport News and Mr Griffiths arrived here seeking them. Police have not determined the fate of the mother and children after the train departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
W. W. Griffiths
Twenty-thirl Street
Richmond
Buck~rog Beach
Griffiths
Jurisdiction fight over par clearance injunctions heard
Judge E Y Webb reserved decision on whether federal or state courts hear the par clearance case involving 250 North Carolina banks and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He expected to rule in time for summer proceedings and issued an injunction to stop dishonored checks from being returned to banks that refused cash payment. In Fredericksburg Virginia Capt John L Roper died at 85 after arriving by auto with family. He founded Roper Lumber Company and organized local charities. He is survived by his wife two daughters and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
E. Y. Webb
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
North Carolina
Webb
W. ¥. Harding
Reserve Bank
Washington
Fredericksburg
John L. Roper
Norfolk
Princess Anne Hotel
Roper
Roper Lumber Company
United Charities
Woman Dies in Cloudburst at Bristol Tennessee
A cloudburst struck Bristol Tennessee causing flooding in the business district. Mrs. Frank Felty died from lightning on her porch and several others were injured as Beaver Creek overflowed north of the city. Courts and merchants prepared for continued flood warnings and damage assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Tenn
Kingsport
Frank Felty
Beaver Creek
Holy Cross honors William E. Leahey with MA degree
Washington man William E. Leahey, class of ’07, received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Holy Cross College in Worcester as Gov. Cox delivered the commencement address. Cox also presided over diplomas for 143 seniors. In Cumberland, Md, the Federation of Shop Crafts rejected a 12 percent wage cut by 62 to 680, with the decision filed at the AFL railroad employment department. In Westernport, Md, Manuel Suarez, 20, Spaniard and West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co employee, was found drowned in Georges Creek after going missing at Boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Worcester
Mass
Holy Cross College
William E. Leahey
Washington
Cumberland
Federation of Shop Crafts
Railroad Employment Department
American Federation of Labor
Westernport
Manuel Suarez
Georges Creek
Suarez
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Marriages and obituary notices from Lynchburg area
Miss Hiliz abeth Bowles wed Carter T Saunders after a Canadian trip and will live in Evington. Miss Miriam Snell and John R Yates married at a Fredericksburg church. Miss Sarah Elizabeth Gouldman wed Bast Foster McAllister in Lynchburg. Kennedys and McAllisters plan residence in Washington. Mrs Nannie M Tweedy dies near Concord. Miss Jennie Sommerville dies aged 68 with Presbyterian church ties. burial tomorrow in family cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Hilizabeth Bowles
W. H. Bowles
Carter T. Saunders
Evington
S.T. Senter
Court Street Methodist Church
Miriam Snell
John R. Yates
Brookneal
W.W. Royall
the Baptist Church
Fredericksburg
Sarah Elizabeth Gouldman
Harry R. Gouldman
Bast Foster McAllister
Terre Haute
Ind
Washington
T. B. Martin
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Margaret Gouldman
John E H. Kennedy
Boston
McAllister
Niagara Falls
Atlantic City
Nannie M. Tweedy
E. F. Tweedy
Concord
Early Methodist Church
Culpeper
Jennie Sommerville
Mustn t Bathe Sunday On Virginia Beach Encampment
Newport News dispatch notes delegates to the Virginia Baptist encampment to be held at Virginia Beach in July are urged not to wear conspicuous bathing suits and to pledge not to bathe on Sunday, signaling a push for more conservative beach attire. In Hagerstown a 12 year old, son of Jacob Olden, is critically ill after a copperhead bite on the leg, with the limb swollen markedly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Virginia Baptist
Virginia Beach
Virginia
Hagerstown
Jacob Olden
Brownsville
Druggists Fight Beer Bill Heads Maryland Association
The Maryland Pharmaceutical association in Pen Mar voted against permitting malt liquor sales in drug stores. Officers elected include President R. Be Williamson of Baltimore and Vice Presidents E. Rial White Salisbury James Westcott Baltimore, W. K. Edwards Cumberland, E. F. Kelly Baltimore, and Treasurer Samuel Harris Baltimore. Executive Committee chaired by C. O. Neal with George E. Pearce Frostburg among members. Pharmacy candidates before the state board are W. C. Powell Snow Hill W. H. Clark Pocomoke City and D. F. Stam Chestertown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Maryland Pharmaceutical Association
Pen-Mar
R. BE
Lee Willamson
Baltimore
E. Rial ‘White
Salisbury
James W. Westcott
W. K. Edwards
Cumberland
E. F. Kelly
Samuel Harris
C. O. Neal
George E. Pearce
Frostburg
W. L. Pierce
G. P. Hertz
A. L. Lyons
Havre de Grace
Maryland State Board of Pharmacy
W. C. Powell
Snow Hill
W. H. Clark
Pocomoke City
D. F. Stam
Chestertown
Knoxville Man Dies from Knife Wound in Restaurant
J W Taylor of Knoxville died this afternoon from a knife wound believed inflicted by Gates Jett, a Virginia man who escaped. On Taylor were receipts for Pioneer Lodge No 35 of Rhoda Virginia and Stonega Lodge No 103 Knights of Pythias. Newport News shipping board reports 133 men aboard American steamers, totaling 400 shipped since the seamen's strike ended. Hampton Roads ports busier than any time since World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
J. W. Taylor
Gates Jett
Pioneer Lodge No
Independent Order Odd Fellows
Rhoda
Stonega Lodge
Knights of Phythias
Newport News
Shipping Board
Hampton Roads
Grain and Live Stock Prices From Baltimore and Chicago
Grain and livestock prices from Baltimore and Chicago dated June 24 show poultry and egg values with live chickens leghorns and ducks, butter and creamery products, and grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye barley. Official closing prices list No 2 red winter wheat at 1.54 and nearby white corn around 72, with various subgrades and market notes.
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Baltimore
San
Doz
Southern
Chicago
Live Stock Market Report Chicago June 24
Live stock figures from Chicago show cattle at top 8.35 with bulk 7.00 8.00, fat cows and heifers 4.25 6.00, bulls weak 3.38 4.25. Hogs top 8.80, bulk 8.35 8.75, gains 15 to 25 cents for some loads. Sheep top 11.25, natives largely 5.50, ewes some decline, best ewes 4.50. Cotton quotes: Middling New York 1105, Norfolk 10.00, Wilmington 10.00.
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Chicago
New York
Norfolk
Wilmington
Mingo Coal Probe Voted by Senate
The Senze investigation of disturbances in the Mingo West Virginia coal fields was ordered yesterday. The labor committee will begin inquiry next month. Senator Johnson of California had authorized the probe. Senator Myers of Montana blocked it briefly, then it passed without a roll call. Myers derided the effort as a waste of time and money while Williams of Mississippi urged an overarching system of commissions and a supreme court of commissions to supervise them.
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Mingo
W. Va
Committee On Labor
Johnson
California
Myers
Montana
Senate
Congress
Willams
Mississippi
Supreme Court of
Death notices and obituaries from Alexandria area
Walter Dornin a 58 year old Southern railway locomotive engineer died Thursday night at his brother J P Dornins home in Lynchburg Va after several months ill health He leaves his wife three daughters and a son Burial will be in Lynchburg this afternoon He was a member of Alexandria Washington Lodge of Masons Virene Consistory Scottish Rite Masons Acca Temple of the Mystic Shrine Alexandria Lodge No 7 B P O Elks and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Funeral services for Jacob Brill 58 who died yesterday morning at his home 1822 New Hampshire Avenue Northwest Washington will be held at St Marys Catholic Church at 10 oclock Monday morning He was engaged in business and had lived in Washington for several years He is survived by his wife two sons and a daughter with past exalted ruler of Alexandria Lodge of Sihs
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Walter Dornin
Southern Railway
Franconia
Fairfax County
J. P. Dornin
Lynchburg
Dornin
Alexandria, Washington
Jacob Brill
New Hampshire
Avenue Northwest
Washington
St. Mary's Catholic
Brill
Hda
Alexandria
Slhs
Alexandria may vote October 4 on city government form
A citizen petition drive led by Alexandria Chamber of Commerce seeks a court order for a special election on October 4 to decide between the current mayor and city council government and the city manager plan. The chamber plans a Monday meeting to finalize plans. a previous close vote favored the current system. Deeds show transfers on King Street and Lee Street involving Dr. George T. Klipstein, Louis Levinson, Harry Gann, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aservivaion Post Bureau
Patrick St
Alexandeia
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
Samuel G. Brent
Circuit Court
Chamber of Commerce
King Street
Corporation Court
George T. Klipstein
Louis Levinson
George v. Kupstein
Harry Gann
General Realty Corporation
Louis C. Rector
Rosemont
H. Noel Garner
M. B Harlow
Lee Street
Wolfe and
Wilkes Streets
Charles Dearborn
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Committee On Laws
Een Sncle Ns
Gompers
Jenelyl
Jordan W. Chambers
Rygilway Coach Cleaners
St. Louis
Union Labor Organizations
Wheeling
Hammond
Standard Steel Car Company
Printing Trades Unions
John M. McParland
Typographical Union
Printing Trades
Samuel Gompers
John L. Lewis
R-Sveme
H Street
Arspeare Cil
Nichole
Wb-Speare
Frank Geier’s Sons CO
Seventh ST
Modern Chapel
James T Ryan
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Lincoln
W.L. Speare Co
W. R Speare Peat
F St
A. J. Schippert
Zurhorst
Capitol St
J Melias Lee
Euneral
OTP
Sergeon
Seventh St. Nw
Tshone Mu
Léth and
H Nw
Gale
J. F. Manning Co, Inc
Fifteenth Street
N. W. Se
Fort Lincoln
Baltix
Moore
Maryland
Virginias
Frederick Bierman
North Branch
Here
Joseph Baker
Thomas W. Koon
Joseph B. Finian
Germany
Steamer
Ozette
Halifax
Asbeth
U. of V. Fights Medical Merger
Charlottesville
Creek
Harris & CO
Boy
R. E. L. Williamson
Maryland Association
Virginian
Mount Vernon Savings Bank
Palais Royal
A. Lisner
Palais Boral
Missioner
M. B. Harlow
Barrett
Alfred, Patrick and
Montgomery
Manderville
Ene
Acca Temple of the Mystic Shrine
Alexandria Lodge
No. Taf
B. P.O. Ellis
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Alexandria News
THE
W. D. Campbell CO. Business Furniture
13Th Street
N.W
F Street
Jelleff’s
Justin
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