Smith Campaign for Presidency Formally Began
New York April 17 The Democratic state committee formally advanced Gov. Alfred E. Smith’s second bid for the presidency. A resolution to back his candidacy was adopted unanimously at the National Democratic Club with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt seconding the vote. Smith vacationing in Asheville, N C, approved the resolution after meeting with W. Olvany of Tammany Hall. Campaign headquarters open tomorrow as Mrs. Roosevelt praises Smith’s honesty and progressive record. Eight delegates at large, including John W. Davis and James J. Walker, were elected.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
United States
Democratic State Committee
State Committee
National Democratic Club
Houston
George Lunn
Schhenectady
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smith
Asheville
N. Y
Oer W. Olvany
Tammany Mall
South
Assailant Sought After Raleigh Woman Assault
Beckley West Virginia April 17 Raleigh county officers search the area between Raleigh and Fitzpatrick for a Negro unknown assailant who struck Karl Akers 25 a normal school student on the way to class. Two suspects were arrested and later released as the victim could not identify them. Mrs Akers said the assault occurred about three miles from Beckley along the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks, the attacker using a blunt instrument and dragging her to the Piney river edge. A construction crew found her unconscious and she was taken to a hospital.
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Beckley
W. Va
Raleigh County
Todey
Raleigh
Fitzpatrick
Karl Akers
Akers
Firepatrick
Piney River
Coolidge Scores Jones Flood Bill in Senate Fight
Washington April 17 The house begins 12 hours of debate on the Jones flood control bill amid strong opposition and praise. President Coolidge calls the measure the most exorbitant passed in his administration while critics warn of costly federal land purchases aiding corporations and lumber interests inArkansas Louisiana and along the Mississippi watershed.
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Washington
House
Senate
Coolidge
Congress
Snell
Rules Committee
Reid
Flood Committee
Arkanaae
South
Louisiana
Frear
Wisconsin
Barman Reid
Federal Treasury
Bull Montana Seeks Court Shield From Wife Abuse Claims
Wrestler and actor Bull Montana asks deputy city attorney to dismiss battery and intoxication charges he pressed against Jacqueline Montana also called Jacqueline Laverne. He complains of publicity while police say she assaulted him with a slipper leaving a black eye. The case heads to a judge Thursday.
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Glendale
Cal
Montana
Did Fall Write Mystery Note at Senate Inquiry
Washington April 17. Testimony by Clarence C. Chase, son in law of Albert B. Fall, allege the memorandum found in the Teapot Dome records four years ago was probably written by Fall. Chase testified the document linked Fall to a $223,000 Liberty bond payment for a third Sinclair ranch interest. Senate investigators weighed the memo’s authenticity and Fall’s dictation while comparing the unsigned letter written from New York with the records.
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Washington
Senate
Fall
Eekeda Thay
Nye
Walsh
Montana
New York
Edward L. Doheny
Ellis Hillis Paral
California
Irvine L. Lengoot
Wisconsin
Smoot
Utah
Chase
Ruth Pratt
Jtr
John T. Pratt
Thomas W. Miller
Continental Trading Company
Liberty Bond
Sinclair Continental
Pratt
Republican Party
Hays
Miller
Continental
Sinclair
Lloyd George and Ford Lunch in London
London April 17 Henry Ford met David Lloyd George at luncheon noting the wartime premier’s keen interest in the United States. Ford asked about the trial campaign and Dawes plans and praised Lloyd George for his probing questions before the lunch ended as he hurried to the House of Commons.
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London
Henry Ford
Lloyd George
United States
Ford
Bate
Dawes
League of Patrons
Bradley Defends Nonunion Coal Mines Before Senate
J G Bradley president of Elk River Coal and Lumber Co West Virginia testified before the Senate committee on coal field conditions arguing nonunion mines set low costs benefiting consumers. He refused to name stockholders and officers of the company and was upheld by Senator Goff.
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Goff
West Virginia
Lewis
Washington
J. G. Bradley
Elk River Coal and Lumber Company
Senate
Elk River
Bradley
Elk River Company
Wheeler
Montana
John L. Lewis
United Divnesse of America
Soul
Aioe
Senator Goff
Republican
West Virginia coal industry under attack, Red Jacket official says
Landon C. Bell of Red Jacket Consolidated Coal and Coke told a committee that organized labor and Northern operators sought to destroy Southern West Virginia coal by restricting production. He warned that the plan would harm both operators and miners while denying dividends, yet urged lawful continuation of business.
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Ted Whee
Lear Ard
West Virginia
Landon C. Bell
Columbus
Ohio
Bell
Red Jacket Consolidated Coal and Coke Company
Mingo County
Pittseburgh
United Mine Workers
Red Jacket
Congress
Picket Lines Crushed as Police Break Up Strike Action
On April 17 police dispersed mass picketing across Southwestern Pennsylvania as the save the union campaign drew 15000 supporters. In Fayette and Washington counties arrests occurred at East Hillsboro and Vestaburg while miners reported normal operations at other mines. Riot police used clubs after pickets allegedly stoned officers. one man was reportedly arrested.
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Pittsburgh
Save-The-Union” Committee
Pennsylvania
Save the - Union
East Ilisboro
Fayette County
Wests Coal Company
Vestaburg
Washington County
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Reed and Rowan Once Law Partners Featured in Missouri History
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri spoke about his former law partner John L. Rowan of Union Monroe county and Charleston West Virginia. Rowan later practiced for the Norfolk and Western and Virginian railroads and served in West Virginia legislature. He was brother to Major Andrew B. Rowan of Spanish American War fame.
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James A. Reed
Missouri
John L. Rowan
Union
Monroe County
Charleston
W. Va
Rowan
West Virginia
Norfolk and Western
Andrew 8. Rowan
W. Henry Johnson
City
R. L. Parsons
Brawell
Socialist party platform calls for Soviet recognition and public works
The Socialist party adopted planks seeking U S recognition of Soviet Russia, troop withdrawal from Nicaragua, and relief for farmers and unemployed. It calls for cancellation of war debts, public ownership of railroads and power plants, anti-lynching law, unemployment insurance, public works programs, and federal loans to states for public works. Norman Thomas and James H Maurer named as presidential and VP nominees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Soviet Russia
United States
Nicaragua
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
James H. Maurer
Reading
French Is Named Head Of 5.4 Society Meeting
Henry Archer Illiame of Columbus warned at the West Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution meeting in Clarksburg about transforming the federation into a central bureaucracy. Former State Senator David B. French was elected president along with officers including J. Horner Devis and W. A. Markell, with 200 descendants attending.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Washis
Henry Archer Illiame
Columbus
Ohio
National Society of Sons of the American Revolution
West Virginia Society of the Order
Ir. Williams
John ©. McWhorter
Buckhannon
David B. French
Bluefield
West Virginia Society
David E. French
George W. Bowere
Mannington
M. W. Dugan
Huntington
J. Burdette
W. Guy Tetrick
Clarkeburg
W. A. Markell
Charleston
Bruce Burns
J. Horner Devis
W. A. Stetnen
Madison
H. Clay Warth
Lee
C. KR. Varnum
German Aviators Plan Escape Flight From Bremen Crew
Dispatches report Baron von Huenefeld and Captain Herman Koehl may leave the transatlantic monoplane Bremen at Greenly Island and proceed to New York with relief planes offered by Charles A. Schiller. Messages say they intend to fly to Quebec then New York aboard the F-13, sister ship to the crippled Bremen.
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Quebec
Que
Baron von Huenefeld
Herman Koehl
Bremen
Greenly Island
New York
Charles A. Schiller
Clarke City
Schiller
Fitzmaurice
Murray Bay
Te Bremen
Fuginance
Point Amour
Bremen Crew Flies Blind to Newfoundland Island Landing
The Bremen monoplane flew about 400 miles without lights, veering off course and landing on Greenly Island near Newfoundland. Grenfell Mission nurse Greta Ferris helped the exhausted pilots, who signed autographs before stepping ashore in icy conditions.
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Junkers
Greenly Island
Grenfell Mission
Times Globe and Telegraph Journal of
Grenfell
Bremen
New York
Halifax
Stars
Preas
Point Amour
Newfoundland
Mies Greta Ferris
Mies Ferrie
Caudit
Eisenlis
Kresge Asked 10 Million For Child In Detroit Divorce
Mrs. Doris M Kresge demanded 10 million dollars to bear a child for Sebastian Kresge in a Detroit divorce case tied to a New York decree. He refused and the claim surfaced after a Supreme Court seal was lifted. The dispute involves a chain store operator who married Miss Doris Mercer and lent her money.
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New York
Doris M. Kresge
Sebastian Kreege
Detroit
Supreme Court
Kreeges
Doris Mercer
Sewworth
Honey
Kreege
Kresge
Hig
West Virginia Operators Seal Victory in Lake Cargo Rate Fight
Pittsburgh district coal spokesmen say the lake cargo freight case will go to the Supreme Court after the court refused a stay against a federal injunction blocking rate cuts. Northern rail interests may seek voluntary reductions, but no action until coal company counsel return from Washington. J D A Morrow of Pittsburgh Coal Co. notes plans cannot be made yet.
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West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh District East
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
J. D. A. Morrow
Pitta Coal Company
Navy Inaugurated Oil Lease Policy in Teapot Dome Case
Testimony in the Sinclair conspiracy trial centered on whether the Navy or Interior Department originated the Teapot Dome oil lease plan. Capt. J. K. Robison testified he informed Albert B. Fall after Denby approved the decision, while the government argued Fall driven the deal. H. Foater Bain described Fall’s recommendations for leasing to prevent drainage into Salt Creek, and named Gulf Oil and Pure Oil as other possibilities.
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Washington
Teapot Dome
Navy
Interior Department
Harry F. Sinclair
Denby
Navy Department
J. K. Robison
Albert B. Fall
Robison
Naval Oi
Sinclair
Danial Thew Wright
Fall
H. Foater Bain
Bureau of Mines
Naval Oil Reserve
Salt Creek
Defense
Jennings Bailey
Bain
Fal
Sinclair's
Gulf Oil Company
Pure Oil Company
Melton
Dawes
Roberts
Youngest West Virginia prisoner escapes from Monneville
John Haines West Virginia's youngest state prisoner fled custody at Monneville after serving 18 years for killing his foster mother. Haines who was under 14 when imprisoned had enjoyed liberties due to youth. He died Sunday night at the prison farm while fugitive Sam Stotts and cook Melvin McKnight also escaped with him.
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Monneville
W. Va
John Haines
West Virginia
L. M. Robinson
Haines
Ritchie County
Sam Stotts
Fayette County
Jury finds gang leader sane in ten minutes
Benton Michigan April 7 Charles Birger once feared in Southern Illinois was found sane by a jury after a ten minute deliberation. Birger pleaded insanity to avoid the gallows and was backed by one witness while the state secured deputies and a doctor to prove sanity. Judge Miller set the hanging for Thursday and Sheriff Pritchard fixed the jail bar for 10 a.m.
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Benton
Charles Birger
Illinois
Birger
Roy C. Martin
Charles Miller
James Pritchard
Weat
Charleston to Have Three Free Bridges
Charleston West Virginia votes 10 678 to 1 881 to approve a 1 260 000 bridge bond. Elimination of two toll bridges on the Kanawha river eastern and western edges of Charleston followed by adding a third free bridge downtown. The bonds free crossings in Charleston city London district and Charleston district.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha River
City of Charleston
London
Reed renews pleas for help against GOP misdeeds
U S Senator James A Reed of Missouri urged Republicans to join Democrats to restore honesty in Washington. He attacked centralization of power and oil conspiracy links, praised West Virginia progressives, and urged voters to back him for the Senate while campaigning for the Democratic nomination.
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Charleston
W. Va
United States
James A. Reed
Missouri
West Virginia
Congress
Washington
Reed
M. M. Neely
E Senate
Lator Reed
Sinclair
Republican Party
United Nt
Blochele
Supreme Court denies injunction stay on rail rate cut
The Supreme Court refused to stay the injunction blocking Southern railroads from cutting lake cargo coal rates by 20 cents per ton. The move, set to take effect Friday, would restore coal-field equality but faced opposition from Northern operators and major lines, who warned of multiyear losses if delayed. The court, however, denied the stay pending appeal.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railroads
Federal District Court For
Southern
Southern Cauriers
Out Out
Frederic D. McKenney
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Cars Riers
Anchor Coal Company
J. V. Orman
Ohio River
Funeral Held For Unidentified Victims Of Dance Hall Disaster
West Plains Missouri viewed a solemn funeral for twenty unidentified victims and nineteen identified victims from Saturday’s dance hall collapse. Five thousand mourners gathered at Oaklaws Cemetery as names were read and prayers offered. County coroner’s jury investigates with clues and testimony from officials as crowds recall the tragedy.
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West Plains
Oaklaws
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New York State Democratic Committee
Mrs. Roosevelt
North Carolina
C. C. Chase
Save the Union
Miss Junkers
Huenefeld
Doris Kresge
Morrow
J. K. Robinson
Joe Adams
Neely
Norman
I. C
National
HI. D. Green, Jr
Danco Hall
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