Bluefield charter bill moves to city manager system
Charleston dispatch reports Bluefield shifts from mayor and eight councilmen to a city manager and directors. The measure passed both Senate and House with a unanimous House vote of seventy five to none. Other bills include Calhoun County high school and Martinsburg school district, all effective on passage or in ninety days.
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W. Va
Bluefield
Associated Press
Senate
Chester
Martinsburg
House
Calhoun County
Bridge
Wirt County
Taylor County
Ninth Judicial Circuit
Judiciary Committee
Shaffer
E. M. Keatley
West Virginia
Senator Harmer
Senator Black
Wheeling
White
Black
Harmer
Marines Reach Daytona After Smooth Washington Flight
Two marine corps planes en route from Washington to the Virgin Islands landed in Daytona Florida at 3 40 p m after leaving Paris Island S C at 1 30 p m without incident. The fliers had come from Fayetteville N C yesterday and will depart tomorrow for Miami Florida.
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Daytona
Marine Corps
Washington
Virgin Islands
Paris Island
S. C
Fayetteville
N. C
Miami
Florida
Zork and Franklin Expected to Surrender Tomorrow
Chicago report states Carl Zork and Yen Franklin, St. Louis men linked to the 1919 World Series fixing conspiracy, are likely to surrender tomorrow with bail set by state officials. Most of the other sixteen indicted men are ready to surrender if bail can be fixed at a reasonable figure.
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Chicago
Carl Zork
Yen Franklin
St. Louis
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati
Robert E. Crowe
Zork
Franklin
Jersey City to Host Dempsey Carpentier Heavyweight Bout
Montreal reports the Dempsey Carpentier heavyweight championship will take place in Jersey City. Promoter says Jack Kearns confirmed by long distance call that he will leave for the west to discuss with the champion. Tex Rickard declined to comment on the dispatch.
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Montreal
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Jersey City
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Canada
Kearns
New York
West
Tex Rickard
Death of John F Keegan Railway Official in Pittsburg
John F Keegan general superintendent of the Pennsylvania division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company died in Pittsburg after suffering a stroke following a trip to the Pacific coast for health. He had recently returned from the coast and collapsed at a hospital where he died.
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John F. Keegan
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Keegan
Pacific Coast
Identity Known to Federal Agents in Wall Street Bomb Plot
New York April 1 Agents of the Justice Department know the radical group behind the September Wall Street explosion. William J Flynn says agents are pursuing fugitives, linking the group to 1919 bombings in Washington New York Boston and other cities. Photographs of the driver circulated to postmasters within 100 miles of New York and a composite wash drawing was created from two identified facial likenesses.
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New York
Department of Justice
Wall Street
William J. Flynn
Bureau of Investigation
Flynn
Washington
Boston
Pelmer
Kyan
James D Post Dies Former Ohio Congressman
James D. Post aged 58 died in Washington Court House Ohio after a three weeks illness. A Democrat he represented Ohio’s seventh district in Congress from 1910 to 1914.
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James D. Post
Washington Court House
Ohio
Mr. Post
Congress
Decision to Cut Wages for 60000 Seamen Reached
Washington April 1 The American Steamship Owners Association and Shipping Board Chairman Benson announced a conference decision to reduce wages for about 60 000 mariners employed on ships operating from Atlantic and Gulf ports Agreements under current terms expire May 1 and a readjustment plan was not approved by the board The wage reductions target engineers firemen seamen cooks stewards and wireless operators Atlantic and gulf coast crews while masters and mates agreements run until August 1.
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Washington
Atlantic and
Gulf Ports
American Steamship Owners’ Association
Benson
The
Shipping Board
Atlantic
Gulf
York Reiter Identified After River Find at Apple Grove
The body of York Reiter eighteen a farmer from Ben Lomond West Virginia was recovered from the River at Apple Grove. Reiter who disappeared November twenty first 1920 after saying he would duck hunt on the river had boots found the next day. Authorities reported no foul play and friends speculated he may have leaped for a duck and drowned.
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York Reiter
Huntington
W. Va
Applegrove
Ben Lomond
Reiter
France Seeks U S Moral Backing on Peace Efforts
Washington April 1 French envoy Rene Viviani met with Harding administration leaders to secure American moral support for France as it negotiates peace and reconstruction with Germany. The talks, not focused on finances, covered France’s postwar relations with Germany and aims to bolster morale regardless of the final peace framework.
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Washington
Rene Viviani
France
Harding
United States
Lodge
Germany
M. Viviani
Workers vote on recalling strike order
In Chicago on April 1 thirteen hundred striking employees of the Independent Packing Company and William Davies Packing Company will vote the next day on calling off the strike. The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Union announced the move after a request from Secretary of Labor Davis in Washington. The strike arose from alleged violations of the seniority and wage clauses of the Alschuler agreement, with workers demanding a closed shop before returning to work.
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Chicago
Independent Packing Company
William Davies Packing Company
Amalgamated Meat Cutters’ and Butcher Workmen's Union
Davis
Washington
Alschuler
Still Seek Trade With Angle Land
London April 1. Bolshevik leader Leonid Krassin states Russia will pursue relations with the United States, despite Secretary Hughes note. He says admission of Russian commercial representatives is the first step, with cash payments initially and credits to follow.
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Associated Press
London
Hughes
Russia
United States
Leonid Krassin
Washington
M. Kressin
Associated Press Today
America
Miners lack funds for lengthy struggle across Britain
London reports a countrywide coal stoppage due to the miners strike with enginemen staying at their posts to prevent flooding. Observers say the absence of funds may shorten the dispute, despite widespread disruption in Great Britain's coal fields.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Berlin doubts US will accept German bonds for reparations
Berlin reports serious consideration of Germany’s proposal to have the United States accept German bonds in lieu of entente debts appears unlikely. German officials say the United States will not engage seriously until the entente clarifies the total reparations claims it will pursue from Germany.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Decline in Empress Augusta Victoria in Doorn
Doorn Holland April 1 report states former Empress Augusta Victoria's condition worsened despite loving care surroundings and skilled nursing keeping her alive. The Doorn castle statement notes a deteriorating health outlook.
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Associated Press
Doorn
Holland
Augusta Victoria
Germany
Doorn Castle
Seven missing from Governor after collision near Port Townsend
The Pacific Steamship Company said seven passengers and three crew members are unaccounted for after the steamer Governor and the West Hartland collided off Point Wilson. The Governor sank with a crumpled bow as the West Hartland backed away, keeping passengers aboard as the ship went down.
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Pacific Steamship Company
Point Wilson
West Hartland
Port Townsend
Juan de Fuca
Holzer
William G. Thomas
Henry Ford to Attend Burroughs Funeral
Poughkeepsie N Y April 1 Henry Ford joined by Thomas A Edison and Harley Firestone will attend the funeral of naturalist John Burroughs at Woodchuck Lodge Catskill mountains. The group long vacationed with Burroughs at Riverby and Woodchuck Lodge and his birthday was honored before his death last Tuesday. Many condolence messages arrived for Burroughs survivors.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Henry Ford
John Burroughs
Riverby
Woodland
Mr. Burroughs
Thomas A. Edison
Harley
Firestone
Woodchuck Lodge
Catskill Mountains
Burroughs
Aso
Austria Grants Safe Passage for Former Emperor Charles
Vienna reports that Austria has authorized a safe conduit for former Emperor Charles to travel to Switzerland in fact as well as in principle. British and Italian ministers pressed Chancellor Mayor at dawn to protest a possible Habsburg restoration. Entente firmness and regional military threats shape the drama's next act as links to Steinamanger tighten.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Austria
Charles
Switzerland
Mayor
Hapsburg
Steinamanger
Budapest
Entente
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo’Slavia
Rumania
Plea of Not Guilty Entered by Williams in Murder Trial
Williams to enter a not guilty plea next Tuesday in Covington over the murder of one of eleven black farm hands said to have been killed to hide peonage conditions. Clyde Manning and Charley Chisholm accused of killings on Williams orders. Jasper county Sheriff says no evidence of further bodies expected.
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Atlanta
John
Williams
Covington
Clyde Manning
Green F. Johnson
Manning
Charley Chisholm
Chisholm
Sherif W. F. Persons
Jasper County
Harvey Named Ambassador to Great Britain
Washington April 1 Colonel George Harvey of New York was officially selected to be ambassador to Great Britain. The White House announced the choice during Harvey's visit to confer with President Harding. Myron T. Herrick of Ohio, considered for France, attended the White House dinner April 5 for M. Viviani. The administration suggested no final action on Herrick's appointment yet.
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Washington
George Harvey
New York
Great Britain
White House
Harvey
Mr. Harding
Court of St. James
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
France
Taft
M. Viviani
Builders Erect Five-Room Bungalow in Ten Hours
Chicago April 1 the Lumbermen's Association of Chicago showcased rapid housing with thirty workers building a five room bungalow from foundation at 7 a m to completion at 6 p m ten hours later. The crew installed electrical plumbing and painted the entire house.
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Chicago
Lumbermen’s Association of
British Officials Change Posts in Ireland and Treasury
London reports Field Marshal Viscount French will be succeeded as lord lieutenant and governor general of Ireland by Lord Edmund Bernard Talbot. Sir Robert Horne becomes chancellor of the exchequer, replacing J Austin Chamberlain, while Stanley Baldwin advances to president of the board of trade.
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Field Marshal French
Ireland
Lord Talbot
Associated Press
London
Viscount French
Ypres
Edmund Bernard Talbot
The
Treasury
Robert 3. Horne
Board of Trade
Exchequer
J. Austin Chamberlain
Stanley Baldwin
Springfield riot grand jury indicts four armed rioters
Springfield Ohio April 1 grand jury report says police learned trouble was brewing and four indictments were returned for rioting and carrying concealed weapons. Patrolman Joseph Ryan was shot and wounded in the earlier riot.
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Springfield
Oho
Joseph Ryan
US insists Germany must accept full war reparations liability
Washington reports stress that the United States demands Germany take responsibility for the war and pay obligations to the fullest extent possible. London gossip about German proposals to merge debts to the United States is unconfirmed, with officials citing no details of Berlin talks.
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Germany
Washington
London
United States
Berlin
United Secee
Dressel
Pigeon linked to missing naval balloon captured in Florida
A carrier pigeon believed from a missing naval balloon lost near Pensacola ten days earlier was caught and killed at Old Port Richey. Two leg band numbers 20 and 26 were on the bird, following orders from the naval air station commandant to seize it.
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Tampa
Fla
Pensacola
Old Port Richey
Naval Air Station
Tax requirements not large as some think
Washington April 1 Congress may find it unnecessary to provide many new taxes in revising internal revenue legislation. Sen Penrose said the excess profits tax could be repealed without resort to extensive new taxes. The sales tax proposal will be first item at hearings after Congress convenes. He noted strong propaganda for the tax but questioned practicality.
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Washington
Congress
Penrose
Senate Finance Committee
Becket Henry J. Beck Dies of Heart Disease at 68
Henry J. Beck chief locomotive inspector for the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company aged sixty eight was found dead in his bed in Reading Pa early today from heart disease. His wife, upon discovering him, collapsed and died from shock. Beck joined the Reading Company in 1902 as road foreman.
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Reading
Henry J. Beck
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Mr. Beck
Reading Company
Administration Seeks Facts Before Rail Rehabilitation Policy
Washington April 1 President Harding and his cabinet discussed financing and industrial issues including foreign loans and the agricultural situation. They sought more complete information before adopting a rehabilitated railroad policy and considered long term bonds for European loans.
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Washington
Harding
Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Barton
Railroad Board
Wase
Kent Harding
Railway Player’ Department of the America Federation of Labor
Railroad Labor Board
Wallace
Agricultural Department
Boots Rogers Acquitted in Henry Peirce Killing Case
Philadelphia April 1 Marvie Boots Rogers was acquitted by a jury of being an accessory after the fact in the November killing of Henry Peirce a manufacturer sales agent. The jury had earlier been told to acquit on murder and manslaughter charges after the defense failed to remove the case from the jurys consideration.
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Philadelphia
Marvie “Boots
Oberammergau to Stage Passion Play in 1922
Village elders of Oberammergau vote to enact the Passion play in 1922. The most recent performance was held in 1910, marking a long interval between productions in Bavaria.
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Oberammergau
Bavaria
Two Mexicans Die Before a Firing Squad
In Mexico City Victor Lazcano and Heriberto Salgado were executed by firing squad ten hours after arrest for alleged complicity in a plot against prominent persons in Mexico City and Puebla. Salgado reportedly was arrested in the Mexico City post office while mailing a package containing a high explosive bomb to the Puebla federal military operations chief.
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Mexico City
Victor Lazcano
Heriberto Salgado
Puebla
el Nacional
Salgado
State of Puebla
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