Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-15
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GENERAL

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Approximately 1000 coke workers
in the Independent plants of the Con-
nellsville, Pennsylvania, coke region
were affected by 10 per cent reduc
ton in wages, the second announced
| this year The new rate is about 33 1-3
per cent below the rate paid Jan. l.
but, according to coke men, 45 per cent
higher than the prevailing rate In 1912.
Only about I per cent of the independ-
ent ovens are in operation.
Carl Wanderer, triple murderer, ex-
hauSted his last trick in his efforts to
dodge the gallowS when the Chicago
jury that has been hearing his plea of
insanity, decided in less than one hour
that he was sane and must hang.
After the decision had been handed in,
Judge David set the date of execution
for Friday, July 30. The sole hope
now remaining for Wanderer is that
Governor Small will intervene.
An alleged unauthorized strike by
200 pressmen in the printing shop Of
the Cuneo-H Henneberry Company, pub
fishers, of Chicago, resulted in the fill
ing of the praecipe of II $4,000 suit
against the Chicago Printing and
Pressmen's Union No. and eight Of
ficals and agents of the union. Trou-
bic is said TO have started over the
printing of the western edition of
weekly magazine, at whose plant
there was pressmen's strike.
Mrs. Eta B He'll, the millionaire
maid' of Chicago, was placed on pro-
baton for one year after she pleaded
guilty to four separate charges of lar
ceny. Mrs He'll, the wife of a wealthy
broker, was arrested and confessed
that she had looted dozen North
Shore homes while posing as "maid."
Her loot ran above 100000, but restl-
tuition was made TO all her victims by
her husband. The probation sentence
was decreed by Judge Kerston in Grim
inal Court after attorneys for the
woman had appealed for clemency.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Ne
braska Potash Company at Antioch,
eighteen miles east of Alliance. Neb.
1t is owned by Il Denver concern and
was valued at approximately $500,OOO.
The Catholic church and several 9th
er buildings caught fire from the
flames which were famed by Il wind
Miss Jennie Fulers of Humboldt,
Neb., was awarded $1,000 dollars in
her suit for breach of promise against
Louis Henry Howe also of Humboldt,
by the Nebraska Supreme Court. Miss
Fellers claimed she had waited TWEEN
ty-two years for Howe on his promise
to marry her She previously had
been awarded $4,000 by District
Judge Troup of Douglas county, Ne
braska
Fred Taylor, an eX-service man Of
ammonia pipe in grocery store near
Taylor's place of business broke he re.
membered his army training, rushed
home, donned his gas mask and
stopped the flow of poisonous fumes
before serious damage was done. A
number of customers were nearly suf
focated by the fumes, but all recov-
cred following rescue by Taylor
With the vote Of the railway shop.
men Overwhelmingly opposed to accep.
tance of Il wage reduction from 50 to
II cents an hour, as ordered by the
United States Hallway Labor Board,
railway circles are apprehensive that
the nation may be confronted with II |
serious railroad crisis within a fort
night.
Eleven persons were killed and
twenty-five injured when a train en-
route for Tampco from San Luis
Potosi, was deralled because Of a
washout, according to reports from
TamDlcO, Mexico,