Senate votes for increased police with larger pay
Charleston April 11 The West Virginia Senate approved a bill to nearly double the state police and raise pay, despite critics arguing it would add about 1 million dollars to state expenditures. The measure passed 17 to 9 with opposition led by Senator Harmer and support from several others, and creates a new superintendent and multiple ranks with defined salaries. Nine other bills were approved in the upper chamber, including a wild welfare commission plan and a death penalty amendment linking vasectomy to prison terms.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Senate
Harmer
Godbey
Hager
Public Safety Department
Senate
Sanders
York
Black
Bowers
Burr
Harman
Johnson
Morton
Poling
Shackleford
Staats
Noel
Boone Helmick
Chapman
Dinsmoore
Henshaw
Hunter
Lewis
McClaren
Ganders
Shaffer
Shinn
Stewart
White
Arnold
Boone
Coulter
Dinsmoor
Helmick
House
Wild Welfare Commission
State Board of Children’s Guardians
Fish and Game Commission
McClintic
Greenbrier
Congress
Jefferson County
War Cry in Defense of the Direct Primary
In Cleveland at the National League of Women Voters convention Carrie Chapman Catt and Mary Garrett Hay issued a war cry in defense of the direct primary. Seven pre-convention conferences reported planks on citizenship welfare laws food supply and women in industry with four reports ready for tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Ohio
National League of Women Voters
Carrie Chapman Catt
Mary Garrett Hay
Oklahoma Wins First Big Point in Suit with Texas
The U S Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the south bank of the Red River is the true boundary between Texas and Oklahoma for oil field jurisdiction, fixing over 1000 miles of border. The decision relies on the 1819 treaty and Louisiana Purchase terms, with final delimitation to follow in a formal decree within 30 days.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Texas
Red River
Clarke
United States
Spain
Replies to Hughes note reported on Yap mandate
Washington reports indicate France and Great Britain replied to Secretary Hughes on the Japanese mandate over Yap. British reply described as preliminary. France earlier urged direct negotiations to settle the controversy. State Department officials would not confirm details or the content of replies.
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State Department
France
Great Britain
Washington
Hughes
Pacific
Yap
Japan
Harding’s Message to Congress Due Tomorrow at 1 P M
President Harding to deliver his lengthy special session message in person at 1 p m tomorrow. The draft covers tariff taxation railroads and foreign relations with a broad policy declaration likely to shape domestic and international understanding.
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Broad Declaration Administration
Washington
Harding
Congress
Former German Empress Augusta Victoria Dies in Doorn
Doorn, Holland reports the death of Augusta Victoria former Empress of Germany at six this morning one year after a heart attack. Berlin notes plans for memorial services in Prussia with officers urging mourning keep four weeks.
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Doorn
Holland
Augusta Victoria
Germany
Berlin
Prussia
National Association of German Officers
William
Haywood Must Return to Prison After Supreme Court Rejection
William D. Haywood and 79 Industrial Workers of the World members convicted in Chicago in 1918 must return to federal prison as the U S Supreme Court refused to review their convictions. They were sentenced to twenty years and fined up to 35 000 each after a 1917 Justice Department raid on I W W offices and homes.
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Washington
William BD. Haywood
Landis
Chicago
Supreme Court
Haywood
Federal
Leavenworth
Kansas
Department of Justice
Selective Service
Circuit Court of Appeals
Corks Mayor O Callaghan faces June departure order
Washington reports that Donal O Callaghan lord mayor of Cork who arrived as a stowaway without a passport must leave the United States by June 5 unless courts intervene. Immigration inspectors would take him into custody if found after that date. The State Department denied his asylum petition. Doyle indicated a habeas corpus writ would be sought if deportation occurs.
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Washington
Donal O'Callaghan
Cork
O'Callaghan
United States
Davis
Department of Labor
State Department
Frank P. Walsh
Michael Francis Doyle
Philadelphia
Labor Department
Joint Sealing to Hear President Deliver Address
The opening of the sixty seventh congress features a great crush at the house chamber for President Harding's first appearance. A joint session will hear his address while committees are named and hundreds of bills prepared. The emergency tariff bill is slated as first business in the house with swift passage expected.
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Washington
Harding
Gillett
House
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Kellogg
Minnesota
Oppehem
Pomeréne
Ohio
Knox
Pennsylvania
Indictments in Georgia murders target Williams family and boss
Jasper county grand jury returns charges against John B Williams Hyland Marvin LeRoy Williams Clyde Manning for killings on the Williams plantation. Clyde Manning indicted for similar murders. Joint indictments amid ongoing inquiry into an alleged lynching and calls for law enforcement to curb violence.
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Monticello
Jasper County
John
Williams
Hyland
Marvin
LaiRoy
Clyde Manning
Williams Plantation
Wight
Johns. Williams
Clyde Mannin
Uland Wi
Black Strap
LeRoy Williams
Iron Jaw
Marvin Williams
John Singleton
Eugene Hamilton
Parks
Pars
John 8. Williams
Newton County
Feverish Preparations Renewed Offensives
Constantinople April 11 news that Turkish cavalry around Brusa have been unsuccessful so far as both sides mass for renewed general offensives. In Konia the Turks form a special old man corps aged sixty to a hundred led by eighty year old General Ismail Fail. A Greek destroyer in the Black Sea has captured pirate leader Hessan aged ninety five as he burned Greek boats and villages on the Pontus coast.
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Constantinople
Brusa
Konia
Ismail Fail
Black Sea
Hessan
Pontus
Glasgow named chief counsel for United Mine Workers
Indianapolis April 11 W A Glasgow Jr Philadelphia appointed chief counsel of the United Mine Workers to succeed Charles Evans Hughes He will oversee the case of miners officials to be arraigned in the U S district court in May on charges of conspiracy to violate the Sherman antitrust law
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Indianapolis
Ind
W. A. Glasgow, Jr
Philadelphia
United Mine Workers of America
Charles Evans Hughes
John L. Lewis
Glasgow
United States District Court
Air Service War Outlay Put At 598 Million
A letter from Major H. M. Hickam, chief of the Air Service Information group, to Aviation and Aircraft Journal, shows that actual net expenditures of the army air service during the war were 598 million 90 thousand 781 dollars, countering critics who claimed over 1 billion.
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New York
United States
Army Air Service
H. M. Hickam
Air Service
Aviation and Aircraft Journal
Bills Cover Important Problems Facing Present Congress
Washington April 11 bills designed to cover pressing problems before the congress were introduced in the house including emergency tariff repeal of war taxes and new taxes, soldier bonus and relief, federal budget and road building. Longworth proposed repeal of excess profits and war profits taxes while Bachrach and Mott urged a 1 percent gross sales tax and lower normal income tax rates with a 40 percent top rate. Fordney backed a service men bonus while Gallivan offered an exact duplicate of the bill prior to passage.
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Washington
Billa
Congress
House
Longworth
Ohio
Bachrach
New Jersey
Mott
New York
Coal dispute talks reach prime minister for review
London April 11 ministers and mine owners and striking miners presented exhaustive statements at a board of trade conference. Prime Minister Lloyd George will review the cases and meet separately with both sides before resuming talks tomorrow morning at 11.
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Associated Press
London
Board of Trade
Lloyd George
Meeting of State Centiots Brings Many to Bluefield
The fifteenth annual meeting of the West Virginia State Dental Society convened in Bluefield with over half the membership in attendance. Visitors from Virginia and exhibitors filled the Hotel Matz mezzanine for displays of dental office equipment. Dr. William A. Lurie of New Orleans delivered keynote talks on dental X ray interpretations, while G. E. Harter of Toledo spoke on financing dental practice. The McDowell County Dental Clinic program included school dental clinics, public talks, and demonstrations with local educators, nurses, and civic groups invited. Dr. Sidney J. Rauh opened a focus on oral hygiene education. Dr. Epling outlined school clinic funding and showed slide demonstrations on clinic transport. A Bessie La Prade case from Havace illustrated trench mouth treatment with dramatic recovery enabling school attendance. Te rest of the program featured toothbrush drills, student exhibits, and oral hygiene songs by local students.
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West Virginia State Dental Society
Virginia
Matz
J. N. Mahan
Charleston
William A. Lurie
New Orleans
G. E. Harter
Toledo
Ohio
McDowell County Dental Clinic
Pioneer County Dental Clinic
West Virginia
Concord Normal
McDowell County
Colonial Theatre
Sidney J. Rauh
Cincinnati
G. T. Epling
Jenkin Jones Dental Dispensary
MecDowell
O. W. Lilly
McDowell Dental Clinic
Bessie la Prade
Havace
Florence Feeney
Wagner
Bluefield
Ramsey Street
Epling
Stinson School
Shy
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Jefferson
Charles City
League of Woman Voters
South Bank
Joint Sealin
Blanton
Abolition Railroad Labor Board
Fordney
Ways and Means
Gallivan
Chisis
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