West Virginia lieutenant governor bill rejected in senate
Charleston April 13—A joint resolution creating the lieutenant governor office to preside over the senate and draw a senator's pay was defeated 15 to 13. Other measures passed include city control for Charlies Town charter, county salary bill rejection, and a large slate of bills from both chambers. Night sessions in the lower house have ended.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
Bowers
Burr
Godbey
Hager
Harman
Harmer
Helmick
Hill
Morton
Polling
Porter
Staats
Stewart
Noel
Black
Boone
Chapman
Coalter
Dinsmoor
Henshaw
Hunter
Lewis
McC
House
Committee On
Charlies
Jefferson County
Charles City
Judiciary Committee
Pennsboro
Taylor County
Hinton
United States Senate
Marghal
Wayne County
Minco County
State Supreme Court
Wood County
General Lawn
Ohio County
Sixth Judicial
Matewan
Mrs Jane N Torrey Dies In Fairmont At 73
Mrs Jane N Torrey aged 73 widow of J L Torrey and member of a prominent local family died this evening from heart trouble in Fairmont West Virginia.
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Jane N. Torrey
Fairmont
W. Va
J. L. Torrey
Dividend Action Deferred by Sloss Sheffield Steel
New York April 18. The Sloss Sheffield Steel Company today deferred action on its regular quarterly common stock dividend of one and one half per cent.
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New York
Sloss- Sheffield Steel Company
Secretary Wallace Urges Farmers to Build Strong Org
Secretary Wallace told the American Farm Federation bureau conference that farmers must form a powerful organization to present facts to Congress on agricultural issues. He deplored the view that farm subsidies benefit a class, saying such expenditures aid consumers in the long run.
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Washington
Congress
Wallace
American Farm Federation Bureau
Wreck on Quincy line injures eleven passengers
Eleven passengers were injured, seven seriously, when three coaches on an eastbound freight and passenger train of the Quincy Omaha and Kansas City Railroad plunged down a twenty foot embankment three miles east of Edina. The wreck was caused by spreading rails.
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Quincy
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
Edina
General Amnesty Not Contemplated for Wartime Prisoners
Washington reports state that no general amnesty is planned for prisoners convicted under wartime espionage laws until peace is declared. President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty promised individual case consideration, as delegations pressed for Debs and others’ release. Police and civic groups from about 200 organizations joined the amnesty outreach in eastern and midwestern industrial centers.
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Washington
Harding
Daugherty
Eugene V. Debs
Coolidge
Gillett
Capitol
Teading
East
Middle West
Congress Opens Busy Session With Tariff Debate
Congress moved to speed the emergency tariff bill as the House set Friday for action and the Senate prepared to debate ending the war with Germany and Austria. Senator Kellogg opposed ratification of the Colombian treaty, while Borah pushed a three power naval disarmament plan. Committees reorganized amid partisan clash as domestic bills and army navy appropriations were prioritized.
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Washington
Congress
Harding
House
Senate
Germany
Austria
Knox
Pennsylvania
Borah
Idaho
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Kelloge
Minnesota
Hopeful Signs Fade in British Miners Strike Talks
London April 13 Premier Lloyd George opened ground for renewed talks with the Triple Alliance leaders by asking for the grounds of their refusal of the government offer. With a general strike set to begin in two days, mediation hangs by a thread as miners and rail workers contend with limited outside influence and a miners federation manifesto hardens the stalemate.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Triple Alliance
Thomas
Railway Union
Williams
Transport Workers’ Federation
Lloyd Grorgt
Miners’ Federation
Cotton Loan Approved by War Finance Corporation
The War Finance Corporation announced a loan of 2,000,000 to finance cotton exports. About 30,000 bales are to be shipped to England France Italy Portugal Japan and Germany. Eugene Meyer, director, cited a New Orleans banker conference as the loan’s origin.
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Washington
War Finance Corporation
England
France
Italy
Portugal
Japan
Germany
Eugene Meyer
Meyer
New Orleans
Ambassador Hotel Destroyed in Santa Barbara Fire
Fire at the Ambassador Hotel in Santa Barbara California largely gutted the building this afternoon with the origin undetermined. Officials reported no known deaths though several guests were evacuated and the hotel is one of the Pacific coast’s largest hostels.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Ambassador Hotel
Pacific Coast
Reciprocity Agreement Defeated in Ottawa Vote
The house of commons defeated by 100 to 79 a motion by W S Fielding to adopt the Canada United States reciprocity agreement signed in Washington on January 21, 1911.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
S. Fielding
Canada
United States
Washington
Kellogg Opposes Ratification of Colombian Treaty
Senator Kellogg of Minnesota denounces the $25,000,000 Colombian treaty in opening senate debate as a pusillanimous act that would dishonor Theodore Roosevelt and mar the era of American achievement. He cites Roosevelt’s 1917 message warning that ratification would set a dangerous precedent and invites future payments.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Kellogg
Minnesota
Senate
United States
Roosevelt
Panama
Colombia
Mr. Roosevelt
Wilson
Pey
Roosevelt Letter Cited on Panama Recognition Debate
Senator Kellogg read a 1917 Roosevelt letter arguing the Panama decision was justified and that restoring control to Colombia would be improper. Kellogg asserted no changes were made to the objectionable treaty provisions and noted Republican treaty considerations from 1917.
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Kellogg
Senate
Italy and Japan Back Hughes Principles on German Territory
Diplomatic circles report Italy will support United States claims to former German possessions. France accepts the American view, while Japan agrees in principle but cites difficulties in applying it and will seek practical solutions. Britain and Italy may clash on enforcement details.
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Japan
Hughes
Associated Press
Washington
France
Great Britain
Jusserand
Italy
United States
Shaly
Haly
Mediterranean
Knox offers peace resolution to end war with Germany and Austria
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania introduced a resolution aligned with President Harding for ending the state of war with Germany and Austria. It mirrors a prior measure vetoed by Wilson, limits itself to war end actions, and reserves rights under Versailles and alien enemy property seized during the war.
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Weahipeton
Harding
Germany
Austria
Knox
Pennsylvania
Congress
Wilson
Lodge
Massachusetts
United States
Carrie Catt urges end to war at nation convention
Carrie Chapman Catt electrified a mass meeting of the National League of Women Voters in Cleveland, urging disarmament and action in Washington. She warned the nation risks another war by waiting and pressed for a world peace initiative and a broad, nonpartisan mobilization of women voters.
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Washington
Cleveland
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York
National League of Women Voters
League of Nations
Republican League
America
National Board of Directors
Executive Council
F. Louise Slade
State League
Tornado Strikes Melissa Texas Killing Five
A tornado from Franklin, six miles west of Melissa, swept into Melissa causing five deaths and 25 to 50 injuries, with widespread destruction to the business district and a school building housing about 240 children. Fire followed debris and most structures were razed except the bank and east side. teachers saved the pupils by moving them to the basement.
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McKinney
Texas
Melissa
Franklin
Race for Commissioner of Revenue Hot One
Washington reports Edward Clifford of Chicago and Joseph H. McDermott of Morgantown W Va as leading candidates for the internal revenue post under President Harding. Pressure from friends runs high and advisers hint at a possible compromise selection while awaiting a decision on the vacant commissionership. P A Baker of the anti saloon league met the president but denied discussing the post and said enforcement of prohibition matters most.
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Washington
Edward Clifford
Chicago
Joseph H. McDermott
Morgantown
W. Va
President Harding
Internal Revenue
Harding
White House
P. A. Baker
Anti-Saloon League
Jenkins to be named pardon attorney for West Virginia
Governor Morgan announced he will appoint Albert G. Jenkins of Barbour county as the new pardon attorney to replace Harry D. Perkins. Jenkins, a WVU Law School graduate, former Barbour County superintendent of schools and prosecuting attorney, arrived in Charleston with Perkins after visiting the state penitentiary and parole board.
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Charleston
W. Va
Morgan
Albert G. Jenkins
Barbour County
Harry D. Perkins
Parkersburg
Cornwell
Jenkins
Moundasville
Perkins
State Penitentiary
Parole Board
Philippi
Law School
West Virginia University
Democrats Bonn s by caucus action
Washington April 13 House Democrats bound themselves through caucus action to oppose the emergency tariff and anti dumping bill The minority leader Kitchin released views accusing Republicans of aiding three great trusts and of schemes to fix foreign money values The minority report brands the bill as worse than Fordney and favors trusts profiteers and speculators It also criticizes Republican leaders for betraying eastern consumers and western farmers
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Washington
House
Representative Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Kitchen
Sugar Trust
Woolen Trust
Europe
Secretary of the Treasury
Wage Reductions Referred By Rail Workers
Representatives of train and yard service employees refused the management proposal to cut wages and asked that the issue be referred to a joint reviewing committee. The railroad management said they are in hearty accord with the plan.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
West Virginia Dental Society installs officers and backs hygienist licensing
The fifteenth annual West Virginia Dental Society session closed with officers installed led by President William Rosenheim. The group endorsed a bill to license dental hygienists to assist in oral hygiene and sent it to the legislature. The inaugural stressed expanding oral hygiene statewide, praising the McDowell County Dental Clinic and appointing Miss N. M. Elbon as secretary of the oral hygiene committee, the first woman on such a committee in the nation.
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West Virginia Dental Society
Wm. 5S. Rosenheim
Williamson
G. C. Howard
West Union
Frank B. Hess
Fairmont
N. P. MacDermid
Charleston
J. 8. Stone
Clarksburg
D. C. Clark
Morgantown
William 8. Rosenheim
McDowell County Dental Clinte
James Elwood Jones
N. M. Elbon
Kanawha Valley
G. T. Epling
Welch
Miss Elbon
West Virginia State Dental Society
Chas
R. Singleton
Huntington Dental Society
8. E. Langfitt
Spence
H. E. Summers
Kanawha Valley Society
P. F. Schaffer
Mingo-Mercer-McDowell Society
L. E. Lawson
C. W. Lilly
Monongahela Valley Society
H. W. Burnett
F. E. Hess
Raleigh County Society
L. Calloway
Greenbrier Valley Society
Wheeling Dental Society
G. T.ig
T Colonial Theatre
Stinson School
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