Mine Guard Bill Starts Fireworks in Lower House
In Charleston April 15 an extra session to consider water power was proposed by House Majority Leader Underwood with a governor headed commission to draft a water power law. The debate centered on anti mine guard legislation and the judiciary committee, resulting in a roll call defeating Embleton’s motion 55 to 35 and a plan to take up a teaching requirement bill on page 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
I. M. Underwood
Judiciary Committee
Gore
Coolidge
Committee
House
Embleton
Mason County
Trainer
Harrison County
Underwood
Trainor
Mr. Underwood
Turley
Logan
Hall
Mingo County
Fr. Underwood
Heatherlin
Raleigh County
Robert Morris
Ritchie County
Turg
Page Tairteen
Budget Bill Reported Out in Both Houses
Budget bill expedited by a parallel move in Charleston as finance committees in both houses reported the measure without recommendations and then remitted it to the committees. The process aims to align with the governor and the public building committee reports before a second reading and quicker action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Houre
Senate
Coal Operators Say Non-Union Strike Fades in W Virginia
Fairmont, April 15. Northern West Virginia coal operators report the April 1 non-union strike no longer factors into production as Brackett and Bittner announce satisfaction with the situation. Today 779 cars of non-union coal and 261 cars of union coal were produced. 123 non-union mines and twelve union mines were active. Mass meetings at Chesapeake and Osage featured Brackett Studdard Feeney and James addressing miners amid quiet field conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
George S. Brackett
Northern
West Virginia
Mr. Brackett
James L. Studdard
Osage
William Feeney
Walter James
Death row inmate awaits reprieve in Illinois case
Russell Scott, once of Toronto and Windsor, Canada, faces execution by hanging for murder in Chicago. With less than 36 hours left, the state supreme court may grant a reprieve as the pardon board and Governor Len Small refused to stay the sentence. The court did not act on the writ of superseders due to time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph Maurer
Russell Scott
Toronto
Windsor
Canada
State Supreme Court
Scott
State Pardon Board
Len Small
Small
Supreme Court
Springfield
Half Way Around Earth in the Daytime by Radio
Chicago reports the first daytime radio attempt to reach half a world away. On Sunday morning station 9XN will broadcast on a twenty meter wavelength, with notices sent to New Zealand Australia and closer stations to monitor the signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New Zealand
Australia
West Virginia Senate passes nineteen bills and studies marriage laws
The West Virginia Senate approved nineteen bills in a session, including a pollution bill with city and industrial exceptions, set up an examining board for naturopathy, and approved local measures like Huntington charter and Boone county jail levy. A Senate resolution would study marriage laws of other states, appoint a commission, and urge neighboring states to name representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House
Kee
State Department of Archieves
Berkeley Springs
Huntington
Putnam County
Raleigh
Lincoln County
Parsons
Richwood
Boone County
Reynolds
Mrs John F Dodge to wed Alfred G Wilson
Baltimore April 15 motorists with temporary Florida licenses will not be detained in Maryland until permanent tags arrive after a conference between Governor Ritchie and Austin Baughman commissioner of motor vehicles. State police had been stopping motorists recently, first inside the state and later at the District of Columbia line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Florida
Maryland
Ritchie
Austin Baughman
Preacher Dies After Appendectomy in Washington PA
The Rev Arch Vaughn aged forty nine pastor of the Church of the Nazarene at Washington Pennsylvania died here today after an appendectomy operation. Funeral services are set for Friday at Newell West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Arch Vaughn
Church of the Nazarene
Washington, Pa
Newell
W. Va
Bequeaths Wines and Liquors to Hospitals
New York April N 35. His stock of wines and liquors bought before the present prohibition law for medicinal use is bequeathed to hospitals and Protestant churches and scholarship funds are provided for two Southern Negro schools by the will of Charley Willam Troughton of New York. He died March 28. A letter to the executors accompanies the will directing how the liquors are to be distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charley Willam Troughton
Einroughton
Murder confession in Gary woman case shocks Crown Point
Mrs Anna Cunningham of Gary confessed in Crown Point jail to poisoning three of her five deceased relatives over six years citing a pull in her head but denied harming her husband or a fourth child. She admitted poisoning her son David with arsenic and said she ate some poison herself each time. The confession followed exhumations that confirmed poison in the bodies of two children. Her daughter Mae, 19, and son ill in Chicago were present during the statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Point
Ind
Anna Cunningham
Benjamin H. Strong
Chicago Hospital
William D. McNally
Chicago
Cunningham
Ba Mra. Cunningham
Gary
Official Strike Call Ties WV Miners to United Mine Workers
Officials of Ohio district No 6 and sub division No with eastern Ohio miners sign an official strike call urging non union miners in northern West Virginia Panhandle to join the United Mine Workers. No reply from Governor Gore on withdrawing state police. mines in Brooke and Marshall counties largely closed. Ohio county mines operate on a reduced scale. Detectives report 13 arrests on non union miners attacks near Morgantown with bonds set at 1000 each.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia Panhandle
United Mine Workers
Ohio District No. 6
Ohio Subdivision
Frank Ledyinka
Bridgeport
Ohio
Wheeling Register
Fairmont
van A. Bittner
Ledvinka
Automobile
Lee Hall
William Roy
Ohio Mine Workers
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Temple
Ohio County
Moundsville
Moose Hall
Asa Gibby
Marshall County
Panhandle
Brooke
Marshall
Costanza
Richland
Howard M. Gore
Morgantown
Rosedale Company
Here
John Verderber
Justice of the Peace
S. A. Posen
Iiugene Long
Water released to free boat in Huntington river scene
Water from pools in Huntington district set the tow boat Allaquippa free. A steel tow from Jones Laughlin Steel Co of Pittsburg was freed from a pond bar after barges rammed into sand in four feet of water below dam 384. Major Trippe anticipated full freedom by tonight or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Allaquippa
Jones-Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Pond Bar
Harry M. Trippe
Huntington District of United States Engineers
Woman and Children Drown When Car Falls Off Ferry
A Huntington woman and two Huntington children died when the car they rode in veered off a Lesage ferry boat into the Ohio River. The driver, Mrs B Fleming, and one other child survived after breaking a window to escape. The dead are Mrs John Poling, 24, and John Poling Jr., 4, and Hyacinth Mae Lindsay, 3. The car plunged after crossing the deck railing as the ferry boarded, with rescuers racing to revive the victims.
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Huntington
W.va
Lesage
W. Va
Ohio River
John Poling
Hyacinth Mae Lindsay
C. L. Lindsay
Fleming
Gene Lindsay
Gene
Rush Burks
Mrs. Poling
Mrs. Fleming
Little Jean
Walsh to Press for Another Oil Probe in Wyoming
Great Falls reports Senator Thomas J. Walsh will press for a senate investigation into Mid-West Refining Company dominance of the Salt Creek field in Wyoming. He cites lease acquisitions from the Interior Department during Albert B. Fall’s era and names H. M. Blackmer, abroad, as a former director. The case ties to Teapot Dome disclosures and Continental Trading Company links to Sinclair and Fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great
Falls
Thomas J. Walsh
Senate
Mid-West Refining Company
Wyoming
Department of the Interior
Walsh
Burton K. Wheeler
Congress
Mid-Westervitie Company
Salt Creek
H. M. Blackmer
Albert B. Fall
Blackmer
Teapot Dome
Cheyenne
Wyo
Paris
Continental Trading Company
Toronto
Harry F. Sinclair
Early Trial Looms For Shepherd In Typhoid Case
Chicago April 15. Prosecutor Fatman, key witness against William D. Shepherd, faces murder charges tied to typhoid inoculation of his ward’s estate. Fatman alleges Shepherd offered $100,000 for typhoid germs to seize control of the ward’s wealth. A capias for Fatman’s arrest was sought by Eugene Ia McGarry, citizen petitioner. Shepherd to be arraigned tomorrow. both sides seek an early trial. hearing set for next Monday.
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Chicago
Chas Cc
Fatman
William D. Shepherd
Willian Nelson McClintock
Criminal Court
Farman
Shepherd
School of Science
Eugene Ia McGarry
Fame Portrait Painter John Singer Sargent Dies at 69
London April 15 John Singer Sargent renowned portrait painter died at his Chelsea home shortly after a stroke. An American citizen long in voluntary exile, he was about to return to his homeland. He was born in Florence in 1856 and studied in Italy and France. His work debuted at the Salon at twenty three and he gained global acclaim through successive exhibitions. He held royal and academic honors and died around 8 o'clock, the coroner to decide paths forward.
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London
John Singer Sargent
Chelsea
Sargent
Boston
Florence
Haly
Italy
France
Carolus Dugan
Royal Scottish Water Colour Society
Cambridge
West Virginia Senate elects M. White president amid clash
In Charleston on April 15, M. White of Williamson was elected president of the West Virginia Senate by 18 to 8 votes after a vacancy was created by a Kee motion. The session saw bitter debate over fairness and parliamentary tactics, with Marsh serving as acting president and Coffman sidelined by illness.
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Charleston
W. Va
M. 4. White
Williamson
State Senate
West Virginia
Havey M. Marsh
Per. Ekersburg
Senate
White
Charles d. Coffman
Clarksburg
Vicant
Mr. White
Baker
Devore
Helmick
Highland
Jackson
Reynolds
Willis
Woods
S. Democrats
Alderson
Ashworth
Boley
Byrer
Cannon
Henshaw
Johnson
Kee
Kidd
Nixon
Marsh
Hardman
Hoge
Hugus
Smith
Wilkin
Herold
Suddarth
Yoho
John Kee
Bluefield
Cecil B. Highland
Wetzel County
Wright Hugus
Wheeling
Robert L. Hogg
Mason County
Senate Finance Committee
Hogg
Charles @ Coffman
Hore
William
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Chesapeake
van Bittner
Jas. L. Studdard
Earth
John F. Dodge
Alfred G. Wilson
Fred Léedvinka
Northern Panhandle
John S. Sargent
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