Repeal of the Ripper law passes House unanimously
Charleston April 7 The West Virginia House approved bill 280 by 83 to 0 to repeal the so called Ripper law enacted under former Governor Cornwell. The measure now goes to the Senate for second reading.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cornwell
Morgan
House
Senate
York
Alderson
New Cumberland
Charles Town
Godbey
Board of Equalization
Harmer
Sanders
Shackleford
Huntington
Wayne County
Ceredo
Westmoreland
Kellogg
Department of Public Safety
Senate Finance Committee
Judiciary Committee
McClintic
Kanawha
American Legion
Boarder Accused in West Virginia Death Poison Claim
Martinsburg April 7 Prosecuting Attorney Hannis said Mrs Elsie Murray widow of W A Murray told him that boarder W A H Bowman gave poison to her husband Bowman and Mrs Murray were arrested and held for further exam After death Bowman denied knowledge of Murray death and said he knew nothing of it She claimed Bowman had tried to poison her husband in Sykesville Maryland before they moved to Martinsburg
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Hannis
Elsie Murray
W. A. Murray
W. A. H. Bowman
Bowman
Murray
Hannig
Sykesville
Missouri Pacific opens shops with 1200 workers idled
Sedalia Missouri April 7 The Missouri Pacific Railroad shops here except the store room department closed today for an indefinite period Twelve hundred workers are affected.
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Sedalia
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Allies Accept Principle Hughes Restated In Four-Power Notes
Washington reports confident expectations that Japan Britain France and Italy will accept Secretary Hughes principle that the United States has not surrendered its rights in overseas German possessions and cannot be bound by league decisions without its consent The talks extend beyond Shantung and include mandates in the Pacific island of Yap with continued exchanges and possible negotiations if the powers agree.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hughes
United States
Germany
League of Nations
Shantung
Harding
Senate
Pacific Island
Yap
Colby
Council of
League Council
Supreme Council
Council of Four
Paris
Searce
Japan
Williams Fate Expected to Go to Jury Today in Peonage Murders
Covington Ga April 7 Evidence finished and closing arguments begun in the trial of John S Williams Jasper county plantation owner charged with murdering Lindsey Peterson and eleven negro farm hands held in peonage on his property The defense rests largely on Williams alibi while Manning the negro farm boss identified as the man with a probable motive goes to trial later Manning testified that Williams ordered the deaths and Williams claimed innocence amid a packed courtroom that heard accounts of the killings and the peonage scheme
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Covington
John S. Williams
Jasper County
Lindsey Peterson
Williams
Georgia
Manning
Williams Place
Charles C. King
Mr. King
Graham Wright
E. Marvin Underwood
Willie Preston
Harry Price
Newton County
Peterson
Pershing Warns On Foreign Influences At All American Day
Philadelphia reports General John J. Pershing warning that foreign influences threaten U S ties. He spoke at mass meetings closing All American Day. Admiral Coonty and Mrs Douglas Robinson joined other speakers. A large veterans trade event and patriotic preparations highlighted the evening.
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Philadelphia
John J. Pershing
FE. Coonty
Douglas Robinson
Independence Square
All Authors of Theatre Bomb Plot Arrested
Milan reports all authors of the Diana Theatre bombing plot have been arrested and confessed. One assassin cooperated, naming the plot originators, and all but one participant are in custody as details emerge from Perservanza.
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Milan
Diana Theatre
Stephens Granted Bail in Killing Case in Charleston Town
James A. Stephens, held in the death of Katherine Littleton, was admitted to bail of 2500 on an order from Judge J M Woods. Littleton was shot to death at her home weeks ago. authorities say Stephens was present and he claims the shooting was an accident.
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Charlies Town
W. Va
James A. Stephens
Katherine Littleton
J. M. Woods
Circuit Court
Misa Littleton
Stephens
Labor and Farm Representation on House Steering Committee
Washington April 7 Representatives Nolan California Sidney Anderson Minnesota and Frank L Greene Vermont were elected to the Republican steering committee by the committee on committees. Greene replaces Winslow Massachusetts who became interstate commerce chairman. Nolan is to represent labor and Anderson agricultural interests. Knutson Minnesota re elected whip. Committee plans presented to caucus Saturday for approval.
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Washington
John S. Nolan
California
Sidney Anderson
Minnesota
Frank L. Greene
Vermont
House
Committee On
Greene
Winslow
Massachusetts
Interstate Commerce Committee
Nolan
Anderson
Mondell
Wyoming
Dunn
New York
Darrow
Pennsylvania
Longworth
Ohio
Madden
Illinois
Harold Knutson
Republican Caucus
Rebel Leaders Executed in Mexico City Campaig
Firing squads at dawn have killed multiple rebel leaders in Chiapas and other regions as President Obregon intensifies crackdown on conspiracy. A general Julio Fernandez Perez was among those executed after hastily held courts martial. The drive targets incipient rebellion and radical agitators as Obregon shifts to an aggressive posture.
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Associated Press
Mexico
City
Republic
Obregon
Julio Fernandez Perez
Chiapas
Assistant General Appointment At White House Announcement
Assistant Attorney General William D. Riter of Salt Lake City was announced as assistant attorney general at the White House after a recommendation by Attorney General Daugherty to President Harding.
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Washington
William D. Riter
Salt Lake City
White House
Wier
President Flarding
Daugherty
Hope Renewed by Eleventh Hour Intervention in Mines Crisis
London reports a tense day as Lloyd George wields a new plan to convene a conference between owners and miners on pumping before wages. Henderson and others press for no preconditions, while the triple alliance holds firm. The government aims to calm markets and avert a broader collapse.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Mr. Asquith
Lord Robert Devil
Arthur Henderson
John Robert Clynes
Lloyd George
Thomas
National Union of Railwaymen
Miners' Federation
Triple Alliance
Board of Trade
Independent Labor Party
Germany Will Pay War Debts, Rene Viviani Declares
New York April 7 Rene Viviani former French premier told the New York chamber of commerce that Germany can pay its war debts He said Germany would cover obligations from profits in foreign trade and warned that it must absorb forty percent of world trade to do so He defended France's reparations stance at a dinner for Devas tated France.
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New York
Janece
Geonary
Rene Viviani
United States
Chamber of Commerce
France
Germany
American Committee For
America
Strict enforcement of dry laws in federal court
In Martinsburg West Virginia on April 7 Judge W E Baker declared strict enforcement of prohibition laws. Joe Good of Monongalia County faced sentence with a doubled penalty a $300 fine or six months imprisonment. The trial continued this afternoon in the government v W M McIntyre of Morgan County with adjournment expected tomorrow night and civil cases to open in Clarksburg next Tuesday.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
W. E. Baker
Baker
Joe Good
Monongalia County
W. M. McIntyre
Morgan County
Clarksburg
James R Henderson Dies In Huntington At 74
James R Henderson seventy four longtime Huntington capitalist and former Logan County sheriff died at his home after a short illness of heart trouble and complications. He served two terms as Logan County sheriff and was involved in several local firms. He had statewide prominence in public affairs.
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Huntington
W. Va
James R. Henderson
Henderson
Logan County
Logan
Dawes Suggests New Veterans Service Administration
A special commission report to President Harding proposes creating a Veterans Service Administration to run relief for ex soldiers. It would oversee War Risk Insurance, vocational education rehabilitation, and parts of the Public Health Service, with a director general answerable to the president and power to lease hospital space as needed. Immediate action and hospital expansion are urged alongside executive consolidation of related bureaus.
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Washington
Veterans Service Administration
Harding
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Bureau of Way Risk Insurance
Federal Board For Vocational Eduction
Mellon
The
Treasury
Public Health and War Risk Bureau
Congress
Bluefield Hosts Pythian District Convention
Grand Chancellor E. T. England addresses the thirteenth district gathering in Bluefield as delegates from Mercer McDowell Mingo and Wyoming join the lodge lineup. Sam Montgomery hails the order's growth and wartime sacrifices while praising American fraternal values and peaceful aims.
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Bluefield
John A. Udy
Pythian
Mercer
McDowell
Mingo
Wyoming
Udy
Carl O. Stabiman
Bluefield Lodge 155
Thos. H. Scott
W. R. Teller
Mullens
Fred C. Bernard
Keystone
E. T. England
Samuel B Montgomery
Montgomery
Sam
West Virginia
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Asia
Africa
America
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Pershing
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SAO
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HOPE
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