Mrs Roy McLean Van Wart laid to rest in Bramwell
Mrs Roy McLean Van Wart formerly May Llewellyn Jones of Bramwell Mercer county born 1886 daughter of Jenkin Jones pioneer Pocahontas field dies in New Orleans hospital after long illness. Survived by husband Roy McLean Wart and daughter Catherine. Funeral in Bramwell family plot with mother and brother E H Jones. brother Col James Ellwood Jones attends bedside.
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Roy McLean van Wart
May Llewellyn Jones
Bramwell
New Orleans
van Wart
van Warth
Simmons
Mercer County
Jenkin Jones
Pocahontas Field
Caswell Creek
Ian
Catherine
Col
James Ellwood Jo
Pocah@as Fuel Company
Switchbad
van Mart
Mons
New York
Harry Bowen
Hi Ethel
May Jones
Jones
Urges Immediate Appointment for Western District Judge
Martinsburg West Virginia March 31 District Attorney Stuart W Walker travels to Washington to press for an immediate appointment to replace the late A G Day ton with a substitute if the president is not ready to name a nominee The next term of court opens here Tuesday and Walker plans to push the matter with the Department of Justice officials
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Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virgina
A. G. Dayton
Stuart W. Walker
Washington
Department of Justice
Walker
Recall Election Ordered in North Dakota Convention
Political factions opposed to the Non Partisan League in North Dakota ordered a recall election targeting Governor Lynn J. Frazier Attorney General William Leake and Commissioner of Agriculture John N. Hagen to be held on or before a date set at the convention in Devil's Lake March 31.
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Devila Lake
N. D
League
North Dakota
Lynn J. Frazier
William Leake
Agriculture
John N. Hagen
Readjustment Sought in Coal Freight Rates to Northwest Ports
At Cleveland March 31, 200 words note Acting on interstate commerce commission guidance, 200 dock workers and miners from across the soft coal fields urged eight eastern railroads to rebalance freight rates to lower lake ports. They argue a fifty eight cent per ton handicap versus Illinois coal has stalled movement east to northwest, asking eastern roads to share the burden while northwestern lines handle remaining costs. Railroads named include Pennsylvania New York Central Erie Baltimore and Ohio Norfolk and Western Chesapeake and Ohio Hocking Valley Wheeling and Lake Erie.
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Jeveland
Interstate Merece Commission
Illinois
Northwestern
Northwest Lake
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hocking Valley
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Lat Requiem A Sympony Of Quund And Color
Baltimore March 31 Cardinal Gibbons archbishop of Baltimore was buried with full Roman Catholic honors. Prelates diplomats and officials attended the service at the Cathedral of the Assumption as thousands stood in the rain for three hours. Archbishop Glennon praised the late cardinal as a great leader and patriot in a somber requiem marked by a tapestry like ceremony. The cardinal rests in the white marble crypt under the sanctuary among six prior archbishops. The tomb ritual concluded the four day state observance. The final requiem was a symphony of sound and color as choristers and clergy filled the cathedral in a solemn procession. Rain altered the plan for the procession into the cathedral.
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John J. Glennon
St. Louis
Cardinal Purple
James
Cardinal Gibbons
Irish Atrocity Report Blames British Government
The American Commission on Conditions in Ireland accuses the British government of moral responsibility for Ireland's disorder. The 30,000 word report cites 38 witnesses and says Irish people lack protection of British law and international norms, detailing a force of 78,000 British troops in Ireland and indiscriminate killings.
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Washington
Ireland
Committee of One Hundred
Belgium
Sinn Fein
Tornado Strikes Albany Leaving One Dead and Sixty Injured
A tornado tore through northern Albany on March 31 killing a man described as a negro and injuring about sixty people, with several seriously hurt. Property damage runs to hundreds of thousands of dollars, with about a hundred homes and multiple large industrial plants damaged, notably the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company estimated at eighty nine thousand dollars.
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Albany
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
Former Emperor Charles to Return to Switzerland
The Hungarian charge d affaires informs Austria that former Emperor Charles will return to Switzerland. The Swiss minister says Switzerland will accept the return. Also, Lebelle Iron Works plans $3,000,000 in improvements at the Steubenville plant in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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Switzerland
Vienna
Charles
Captain Stephen Davis Dies After Six Weeks Illness
Marietta Ohio March 31 Captain Stephen D Quievis seventy four pioneer Ohio and Muskingum steam boat captain and builder died today after a six weeks illness.
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Stephen Davis
Marietta
Ohio
Centein
Stephen D. Quievis
Ohio and Muskingum
Pennsylvania Miners Face Wage Cuts in Connellsville Region
Independent coal and coke operators in the Connellsville bituminous region adopt new wage scales effective April 1, reverting to November 10, 1917 levels. Reductions range between twenty five and thirty percent from the H. C. Frick Coke Company standard. About 10,000 men are affected if operations resume. H. C. Frick Company workers continue under the 1917 scale.
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Uniontown
Connellsville
H. ©. Frick Coke Company
H. C. Frick
Eale
Rich
Skating Champion Injured in Narrow Race Slip
All around skating champion Moston of Pittsburg was injured after slipping a turn in a three mile race with Everett Mciowan of St Paul. The incident occurred here tonight during the skating event.
Neuf and Zimmer Freed From German Detention
The War Department announced that Carl Neuf and Franz Zimmer, two Americans jailed in Germany for attempting to kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, were released at noon. It did not specify further action against Zimmer or his military justice status.
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Washington
War Department
Carl Neuf
Franz Zimmer
Germany
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Zimmer
Bergdolf
Wberbach
Baden
Department of
War Department studies unified aviation policy standards
Washington March 51. Top officials Weeks Hays Hoover and acting Navy Secretary Roosevelt discussed aviation policy. They agreed on standardizing certain aircraft for war commerce and post office use and starting unit buying without harming services. A standardized plane could serve postal, commercial, and army bombing needs. They considered unifying all government aerial activities but made no decision.
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Washington
Harding
War Department
Weeks
Hays
Hoover
Navy
Roosevelt
War, Commerce and Post Office
Postal Air Service
Change of venue motion withdrawn in Williams murder trial
Atlanta March 31 The motion for a change of venue in the trial of John H Williams at Covington next week has been withdrawn Green F Johnson chief counsel said there was no danger of violence and a fair impartial jury could be selected for the trial set for Tuesday Williams is charged with murder of one of eleven negroes to hide peonage on his farm
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Atlanta
John 8. Williams
Covington
Green F. Johnson
Johnson
Williams
British Embassy rebuts Ireland report as biased
Washington reports the British embassy denounces the unofficial committee on Ireland as biased and misleading. It asserts the crown forces faced provocation but did not receive government orders for violence, noting Ireland remains prosperous within the United Kingdom and that the report relies on ex parte statements from extreme views.
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Washington
Ireland
Commission On Conditions In
United Kingdom
Europe
Independent Packers Accept Agreement in Settlement
Independent packing concerns across Chicago informed the labor department of their acceptance of last week’s settlement mediated by Secretaries Davis Hoover and Wallace. The list of agreeing independents includes Western Packing and Provision, Heyd Lanham, Willer & Hart, Oppenheimer Casings, Chicago Packing, Hately Brothers, Roberts and Oeks, Brennan Packing, William Davies, Louis Praetzer & Sons, Guggenheim Brothers, and the Independent Packing Company. Thirteen hundred workers at two independent plants walked out today alleging violations of the war arbitration seniority clause, with 809 at the Independent Packing Company and 500 at the William Davies Company.
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Washington
Chicago
Department of Labor Toavy
Davis
Hoover
Wallace
Western Packing and Provision Company
Heyd Lanham & Company
Willer & Hart
Oppenheimer Casings Company
Chicago Packing Company
Hately Brothers Company
Roberts and Oeks
Brennan Packing Company
William Davies Company
Louis Praetzer & Sons
Guggenheim Brothers
Independent Packing Company
Cessation in Building Trades Spreads Across Massachusetts
A statewide work stoppage is planned tomorrow with reports of about 12 000 walkouts from Lawrence Worcester Springfield Hoylake and Woburn in addition to 16 000 already involved in a ten week deadlock. Local lines in Lynn Brockton Haverhill will extend to May 1 the crisis date in the dispute.
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Boston
Lawrence
Worcester
Springfield
Hoylake
Woburn
Lynn
Brockton
Haverhill
Viviani Seeks Moral Support From United States
Rene Viviani former French premier discussed reparations pressure on Germany with Senator Lodge and U S officials at a Washington dinner hosted by Ambassador Jusserand. Close aides emphasized he asked for only moral support, not material aid, in the grave international situation confronting France.
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Washington
France
Germany
Rene Viviani
French Republic
Senator Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Jusserand
M. Viviani
United States
Kirke White Dies After Batting Incident Near Timmonsville
Kirke White eighteen of Timmoneaville died after a pitched ball struck him in the head during a baseball game between Timmonsville and Florence High Schools. The injury occurred yesterday between Timmonsville and Florence, and he died today.
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Timmoneaville
S. C
Kirke White
Timmonsville
Florence
Lehigh Valley Coal Cuts 50 Cents Per Ton in Coal Prices
Hazelton Pa March 31 officials of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company announce an immediate price cut of fifty cents per ton on all retail coal at their collieries effective April 1, marking a notable shift in local energy costs.
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Hazelton
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Rail transportation officials discuss postwar system and consolidation
Washington reports President Harding opens talks with KE Clark and KR Parton on rail problems and reforms. A Chicago dinner features Willard and Clark advocating railroad consolidation and private ownership efficiency while noting wartime board gains. Page Two.
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Washington
Harding
KE. EK. Clark
Commerce Commission
KR. M Parton
Railroad Labor Board
White House
Department
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Karding
Clark
Ictanetiak
Sine Ss
Ratirodaem
New City Charter Bill Set For Law This Today
Huntington Boost for Charter Bill Senate committee favors Huntington’s measure to lengthen skirts annex Westmoreland Kellogg and Ceredo cities by referendum plan. Fourteen senators vote yes to thirteen against a related criminal trial bill. Senate also passes Fairmont district bonds bridge plan and two other measures while debating capitol relocation and county annex provisions.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate Committee On Municipal Corporations
Binefield
Sanders
Associated Press
Capitol
State Senate
Clarksburg
Chapman
Parkersburg
Elkins
Buckhannon
Harmer
Black
Boone
Coalter Godbey
Hager
Henshaw
Lewis
McClaren
Morton
Poling
Shinn
Stewart
York
Arnold
Noel—Bowers
Burr
Dinsmoor
Hill
Jonson
Staats
White
State Capitol
Belington
Fred EK. Thompson
Senate
Coulter
Harman
Porter
Noel Black
Bowers
Godbey
Johnson
Shackleford
Fairmont Independent
Mingo County
Fairmont
House
Mononsahela
Huntington
Committee On Counties
Westmoreland
Kellogg
Ceredo
Wayne County
Smithfield
Wetzel County
Ohio County
Senate Judiciary One
Cherie
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Roy McLean van Wart Phod
James, Cardinal Gibbons
Catholic Church
Glennon
Baltimore
London
Lebelle Iron Works
Steubenville
Neuf
Bergdoll
Gen. Allen
Aviaton
Counse
Packers
Viviani
Mr. Lodge
Pulse
Capitol Relocation
Vion
Kane
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