Matewan Murder Trial Witness Gun Charge Shocks Court
Deputy Sheriff James Kirkpatrick was arrested on a charge of giving a firearm to one of the 19 defendants in the Matewan murder trial. State attorney Avis interrupted testimony to seek immediate court action as Kirkpatrick claimed he was sent to procure the gun for use as trial evidence and showed it to defendant Art Williams.
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United Press
Williamson
W. Va
State Constabulary
Matewan
James Kirkpatrick
B. Avis
Kirkpatrick
Art Williams
Cleveland considers 35000 reward for teachers killings
Cleveland, Feb 24. Directors of the Styrred by lack of progress in the Parma Center high school teachers killings, plan a meeting to vote a 35000 reward for arrest and conviction. The total includes 10000 already offered by the county, plus plans to aid unsolved murders.
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Cleveland
Parma Center
Best Fund
Louise Wolfe
Mabel Foote
Stannard
Parma
Hoover accepts cabinet post with conditions for commerce
Herbert Hoover will relay his acceptance of the secretary of commerce role to President-elect Harding. Associates say Hoover will enter the cabinet reluctantly, seeking free rein in the department, broader authority to untangle shipping, and full government cooperation, despite political risks flagged by many associates.
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Harold D. Jacobs
United Press
New York
Herbert Hoover
Harding
Hoover
Commerce Department
Leaders Seek Timing for State Government Reorganization Bill
Columbus lawmakers debated the best time to introduce the bill for reorganizing the state government as of February 24. House and senate leaders aimed to reach agreement on the introduction schedule.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Masons Plan Fellowcraft Degree and Agriculture Seed Tests
Special Masons session Friday at 6 P M to perform Fellowcraft work led by Fred M McKay W M J A Palmer secretary 2 24 2 The Scotch Board of Agriculture will set up a seed and plant testing station for experimental work in the area.
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Masons
Scotch Board of Agriculture
Cleveland Trials Toddle Dance Under Purity Test
The Toddle has a two week trial in Cleveland to prove 75 percent purity to city dance hall censors. Charles Johnson, the city instructor, gathered supporters and critics to present arguments and sample dances. Opponents offered suggestive shimmy style while proponents argued for grace and decorum.
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Cleveland
Charles Johnson
City Dance Hall
Carried Booze to Town in Hearse Raid Near Rome Ohio
Pasquale De Pasquale and Salvatore Clino were jailed on liquor manufacturing charges after a Franklin County raid two miles east of Rome Ohio. Sheriff Holycross said deputies seized twenty barrels of corn whiskey and a 50 gallon daily still. a battered hearse used to shuttle liquor triggered the investigation.
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Rome
Pasquale de Pasquale
Salvatore Clino
Holycross
Franklin County
Pasquale
Here
Pacific air mail sets 33 hour record to New York
A mail record arrived in New York from the Pacific coast after an air flight lasting 33 hours and 20 minutes. About 350 pounds of California mail reached recipients today. The prior best transcontinental time was 72 hours by train and plane, with trains taking up to four and a half days.
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New York
Pacific Coast
California
Woman to Seek Senate Seat in Mississippi Race
Miss Belle Kearney of Madison County announces candidacy for the U S Senate seat held by John Sharp Williams who declines re election. Ex Senator James K Vardaman and ex Gov Theodore G Bilbo oppose her with a platform endorsing a league of nations.
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Belle Kearney
Madison County
Mississippi
John Sharp Williams
Williams
South
James K. Vardaman
Theodore G. Bilbo
League of Nations
Harding tells cabinet appointees they will run their own departments
President elect Harding informs Herbert Hoover and other cabinet nominees they will be their own bosses, to name their own assistants and map policies within Republican pledges. Hughes selects Henry P. Fletcher as under secretary of state, Daugherty to name solicitor general and assistant attorney general, as Harding denies one man rule. He plans to meet Edwin Denby en route to assume Navy post.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
ST. Augustine
Fla
Harding
Herbert Hoover
Republican Party
White House
State Department
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Henry P. Fletcher
Harry M. Daugherty
O. K
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Edwin Denby
Michigan
Trapped Miners Die Fire Sealed Kathleen Mine
In Dowell Illinois the Kathleen mine owned by the Ufifon Collieries Company was sealed after a fire trapped seven men. Flames raged as rescuers abandoned efforts with the mine to remain sealed for about 30 days. The blaze started near the 200 foot level likely from a short circuit with little gas detected.
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Dowell, Iil
Kathleen
Ufifon Collieries Company
St. Louis
Some Gun-Toters Have Good Cause
Cincinnati Ohio February twenty fourth. Judge Arthur Spiegle of the municipal court dismisses a charge of carrying concealed weapons against a railroad yardmaster. He says good citizens may carry to protect themselves but those with unsound reputations will face the full limit if convicted.
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Cincinnati
Arthur Spiegle
Dance Saturday Night at Chauncey K P Hall
Dance event announced for Saturday night February 26 at K of P hall Chauncey with music by Glouster orchestra Best of order and lunch served.
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K. of P Hall
Chauncey
Glouster Orchestra
Best of Order
Prussian Cabinet Resigns After Elections
Following gains by extreme right and left in the elections, the Prussian cabinet announced it will resign.
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Berlin
Man Seeks 49-Year-Old Wages Owed on River Boat
Charles Payne 66 of Canyon City Colorado arrived in Cincinnati to collect 145 dollars owed for 49 years as wages on a Cincinnati to New Orleans boat. He petitioned U S Commissioner Hurley after becoming sick on the voyage and the captain said the money would be left at the Cincinnati customs house.
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Cincinnati
Charles Payne
Canyon City
Colorado
New Orleans
Payne
Edward M. Hurley
United States
Memphis
Tennessee
Cincinnati Custom House
Miner Escapes Death In Matewan War Testimony
G W Hilderbrand recounts his escape from death during the Matewan clash between Baldwin-Felts detectives and miners. He hid in a sugar barrel for six hours after bullets pierced the area, then fled as gunfire continued. Other witnesses describe the recovery of dead bodies and conversations about warrants and union ties amid the Matewan violence.
Man Builds Car For Family Despite Small Flat
A man living in an upstairs flat pilots a plan to acquire an automobile for his wife and three children this coming summer. He remains undiscouraged by lack of space to store or build it.
Flying record flown from Dallas to Jacksonville
Lieut W D Coney landed at Camp Johnston Jacksonville Fla at 7 27 am after leaving Love Field Dallas at 10 14 pm CST The Dallas Jacksonville leg took eight hours thirteen minutes The full San Diego to Jacksonville flight covered 2079 miles in 22 hours 32 minutes averaging over 98 mph If confirmed the times would set a new ocean spanning record
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Camp Johnston
Jacksonville
Fla
W. D. Coney
Ocean
Love Field
Dallas
Texas
C. F E. Eaton
San Diego
Eaton
Pacific
Atlantic
Athens County Tax Revenue Surges Since 1911
County auditors report 1920 taxes total 988 771 15 from a 45 536 645 valuation, over 584 000 more than 1911 and 140 000 above 1919. 1910 to 1920 valuations rose from 11 6 million to 45 5 million with taxes climbing from 472 220 42 to 988 771 15.
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Athens County
Belgium cheers Hoover cabinet prospect as ally friends named
Belgium welcomes hopeful Hoover cabinet inclusion praising him as a trusted ally. Premier Carton De Wiart notes confidence in two real friends of the allies Hughes and Hoover, while awaiting Harding's message.
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Brussels
Herbert Hoover
United States
Belgium
Carton de Wiart
Harding
Hughes
Hoover
Pauding Firemen Ask Council Buy Regalia and Disband
Pauding village fire department of eight men plans to sell all regalia and quit after clashing with the city council over pay. They presented a $60 bill for services. council offered $30 and the firemen threatened to resign rather than accept the cut.
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Paulding
Young Corbett Dies After Boxing Bout
Local boxer Young Corbett died in Pueblo Colorado from a heart injury allegedly caused by a blow from opponent Young Griffo during a bout held the previous night. The death was reported today at the Pueblo hospital where he had been treated.
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Pubelao
Colo
Young Corbett
Griffo
Bootlegging Raid Nets Large Whiskey Seizure in Cincinnati
Prohibition agents and detectives raided John Schneider's saloon after a tip from a boy who assisted railroad police. Two automobile truck loads of white and red whiskey and various bitters were seized. Schneider was arrested and claimed no knowledge of the liquor's presence.
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Cincinnati
John Schneider
Schneider
Fight Over Crop Dispute Ends in Gun Fire
Marysville Ohio February 24 Willis Epps 73 a horseman and farmer was bound to the grand jury by Mayor Broderick on a 2000 bond for shooting at Charles Melching with intent to kill Melching a tenant on Epps farm. Epps pleaded guilty claiming self defense after crops division dispute escalated.
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Marysville
Willis Epps
Broderick
Charles Felching
Epps
California Socialist Morris Schwartz Returns with Russia Message
WANTS TO TALK NEW YORK February 24 Morris Schwartz California Socialist whose wife died in a Russian prison returned on the steam ship Aquitania with word he has a message from Russia for the United States. He said he would deliver it to Pythons in Africa eat goats and the American Senate and House of Representatives.
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New York
Morris Schwartz
California
Reval
Aquitania
Russia
United States
Africa
American Senate
House of Bigs
Veteran Civil War Vet Dies In Fire Ruins Cottage
Frank Forgey a civil war veteran died after a fire destroyed his cottage and two neighboring houses in Chesapeake across from Huntington at ten o clock last night.
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Siuntington
W. Va
Frank Forgey
Chesapeake
Copper Production Leaders Highlight Arizona and Montana
Arizona and Montana lead a twelve state effort in copper production, with these two states at the forefront. The report ranks states by output among the twelve, noting Arizona’s and Montana’s dominant positions.
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States
Union
Arizona
Montana
Prohibition Officer Faces Snowball Shooting Charge
Cincinnati Colorado Feb 24 Lawrence Foppe 21 a federal prohibition enforcement officer was arrested on the charge of shooting and seriously wounding Wilbur Ironmonger 16 after a snowball hit the car Foppe rode in Police say the shooting was accidental he claimed the revolver slipped and discharged while he tried to scare the youths
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Cincinnati, CO
Lawrence Foppe
Prohibition Enforcement
Wilbur Ironmonger
Foppe
State Banking Dept Issues Call for Bank Conditions
The state Banking department issued a call requesting the condition of state banks as of Monday February 21, with reports due for the period ending February 21. The action seeks a comprehensive snapshot of financial health across the state banking system.
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State Call
Columbus
State Banking Department
Lawmakers set action on multiple bills in Columbus
In Columbus on February 24 the senate planned action on several measures including Parker’s appointment as state prohibition commissioner, the Bender bill banning screens in billiard halls and pool rooms, and various bills to reshape districts and offices.
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Columbus
Don V. Parker
Ashtabula
Senate
Parker
Rules Committee
House
Davis
Wenner
Ohio
Boylan
Court of Appeals
Faris
Archer
Lawler
Bender
Harding’s Program Prioritized by Daugherty
Attorney General designate Harry M. Daugherty said the Harding administration will place the legislative program first and the "pie counter" will remain closed until the new government is in action. He arrived from St. Augustine to brief congressional leaders before the next session.
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Washington
Harding
Harry M. Daugherty
Daugherty
St. Augustine
Harding says cabinet posts to be tendered for navy commerce labor
President elect Harding states that formal tenders are still to be made for the cabinet posts of secretary of the navy secretary of commerce and secretary of labor in St Augustine Florida on February 24.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Navy, Commerce
Labor
Harding
Ireland and Britain edge toward peace under home rule plan
Sinn Fein hostility to England remains sharp after two constables were shot near Dublin Castle. Despite this, authorities say north and south Ireland are pursuing a peace agreement allowing Ireland to operate under home rule while settling disputes with Britain. Havana, Cuba is cited as one of the world’s richest cities per capita.
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London
Sinn Fein
England
Dublin Castle
North
Ireland
Britain
Havana
Cuba
Officers Were Carrying Gun In Suit Gage
Williamson West Virginia February Captain G W Anderson a detective survivor of the Matewan fight testified in the Wednesday session of the trial He said he held a US Army commission for two years fought in five world war battles and was shot in the Matewan shelter He described flats exchanges at the Baldwin Fe detectives march to the rail station and said first fire came from inside Chamber hay ware store building He and his brother John T Higgins left with a grip and revolver Higgins was shot while leaving and Anderson fired mortally through the shoulder They moved through a window light and hid in a nearby building then fled across a back fence with a Pullman coach in pursuit as a crowd shouted two now.
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Hilderbrane
Albert Or
Lee Felts
R. A. Leftler
Leftler
Sid Hatfield
Albert Felts
Hatfield
Sid
Matewan
Felts
John T. Higgins
Higgins
Anderson
Decline in Agricultural Enrollment Alarmed by Colleges
Boston reports show college authorities nationwide worry over few students entering agricultural studies. While business, engineering, and classical fields enroll many, agricultural programs remain flat or decline as interest shifts to engineering due to postwar demand and high wages in farming compared to agriculture. Dean F W Taylor of the rural division at New Hampshire State College weighs in.
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Boston
College
New
F. W. Taylor
A Rural
New Hamps State College
Remember This In Case of Fire Warning System Clarity
A notice argues that telephoners at central dispatch should provide exact owner name and address when a fire is reported. It notes callers flood the line with questions and that precise details would quickly end confusion during alarms.
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Time Central
Bill Jones
Jones Street
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