Dramatic West Virginia Senate Tax Battle Opens
In Charleston, April 19, the West Virginia Senate faced a dramatic session as the finance committee sent the capsheaf gross sales tax bill forward with a favorable report and a minority report urging its defeat. Key votes and shifting alliances pointed to a highly contested battle over revenue measures for the next two years, with rival blocs led by Senators Lewis and Polling shaping the fate of the proposal. The day also saw multiple bills pass the senate, including public service of stallions and jacks, district education salaries, and banking commissioner measures, while a notable fight over the Stewart anti primary bill ended with a recall attempt.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Senate
Finance Committee
Black
Bowers
Burr
Shinn
Shackleford
Arnold
Wheeling
Sanders
Staats
Ayes
Boone
Chapman
Coulter
Dinsmoor
Hager
Hill
Lewis
McClaren
Shaffer
White
York
Noel—Black
Harman
Harmer
Henshaw
Johnson
Morton
Poing
Porter
Stewart
Godbey
Helmick
Hunter
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Polling
House
Boone, Coalter
Stewart Antiprimary
Judiciary Committee
Screece
Ayes Chapmen
Coalter
Dinemar
Noel—Bloch
Poling
Mclaren
Bloch
Senator Harmer
Harrison
McClintic House
State Department of Prohibition
Bureau of Prohibition
State Tax Commissioner's Office
House of Delegates
Clarksburg Women Cast Heavy Vote In City Council Race
In Clarksburg West Virginia April 19 voters approve eight of nine council candidates opposing the upper charter bill. Seven Democrats and two Republicans win nine wards with about 9147 total votes and an estimated 5000 cast by women. nový council to consider appointing a city manager at its May 1 meeting.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Greater
Dayton
Ohio
Thomas Connell
James W. Robinson
Harrison County Criminal Court
Thomas J. Parrish
Homer E. Jackson
Commission
James S. Rodney
The
West Virginia Mine Supply Company
H. E. Sloan
Mason Hospital
Charles T. Stealey
Stealey
James C. Garrett
Fairmont and
Baltimore
Immigration restriction debated in House under special rule
Washington April 19 the house committee recommended rigid immigration limits for fourteen months from May 10 three percent of each nationality in 1910. Debate begins tomorrow under a special rule. The report cites Armenians Jews Russians and Georgians as undesirable classes and notes large visa requests from Europe before anti immigration laws. Senator Jones proposed an amendment requiring all entering aliens to sail on American flag vessels.
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Washington
House
United States
Europe
America
Post Office Police
Rumania
Romania
Poland
Russian Caucasus
Mr. Hughes
Hughes
Thither
Bagdad
Germany
Jones
Senate
Day Blevins Shot Without Cause
Four witnesses testified in Monongahela circuit court that Wade Mayfield shot Pat Blevins without provocation on March 6 near Dellslow. The defendants were accompanied by six men as they encountered striking miners, with Mayfield firing five times at a distance of forty to fifty feet. Testifying were Mrs. Jennie Kearns, Mr. and Mrs. George Wood, and 14-year-old Clyde Hagedorn. More than twenty witnesses remain to be heard as court adjourned.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Pat Blevins
United Mine Worker of America
Monongahela Circuit Court
Wade Mayfield
Mayfield
Blevins
Dellslow
Jennie Kearns
George Wood
Clyde Hagedorn
Defenders Withdraw From United Mine Workers Case
Harold Houston of Charleston and CC W Cramer of Morgantown, hired by the United Mine Workers to assist the county prosecutor, withdrew from the case today. No reason was given for their action.
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Harold Houston
Charleston
CC. W. Cramer
Morgantown
United Mine Workers
Harding nominates White for West Virginia internal revenue post
President Harding sent to the Senate nominations including Albert B. White of Parkersburg West Virginia for the position of collector of internal revenue in the district of West Virginia.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
White House
Albert B. White
Parkersburg
W. Va
Internal Revenue
District of West Virginia
Roads Continue Plea for Revision of Wages
Chicago April 19 United States railroad labor board waded through an avalanche of figures as more than a score of roads pressed for wage revision. Carriers argued reduced cost of living and lower wages elsewhere justify cuts and warned of receiverships or bankruptcy if not granted. Exhibits showed declines in food and clothing costs, and railroads proposed wage reductions aligned with living costs or permission to hire at local market rates.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Heavier-Than-Air Gas Theory Discussed in Court
Martinsburg West Virginia April 19 The court examined a theory that carbon dioxide heavier than air follows room walls as it cools after emitting from a coal stove and may affect those near the wall more than central occupants. Chemist L J Desh testified CO2 rises to the ceiling then drifts down walls to the floor, impacting near walls first as the case concerns estate matters of George and Amelia Sheig.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
J. M. Woods
George Sheig
Amelia Sheiz
Shei
Sheig
Dheig
L. J. Desh
Lexington
Sheir
Co. N. Campbell
Storment
Senate predicts ratification of Colombian treaty with votes to spare
The Senate nears final debate on the $25 million treaty with Colombia amid wide views. Republicans and Democrats voice support, with opponents signaling likely defeat. Ransdell offers a $30 million compensation amendment for Panama loss as final votes approach.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Ransdell
Louisiana
Colombia
Panama
United States
Provdence
St. Andrews
Contiguous Islands
Shortridge
California
McCumber
North Dakota
Wolcott
Delaware
Reed Democrat
Missouri
Pacific
Lewis Loses Handicap Match in New York
The world heavyweight wrestling champion Lewis lost a twenty minute handicap match to Charles J. Carpenter of Augusta Georgia intercollegiate champion and Princeton student in New York tonight. The American Steamship Owners Association in New York announced a wage cut to take effect May 1 when the current contract expires and overtime pay will be eliminated.
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Lewis
New York
Charles J. Carpenter
Augusta
Carpenter
Princeton University
American Steamship Owners’ Association
Congress Receives Aviation Regulation Report
Washington April 19 the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics submitted recommendations for developing and regulating aviation with the presidents approval. The plan calls for air navigation regulation across the United States and cooperation among government departments, with the army and navy to maintain their own air services and the post office to establish new air routes.
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Washington
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Congress
Senate
House
United States
Army
Navy
Post Office Department
Air routes and aviation funding urged by commerce report
The report to Congress urged a $2,000,000 appropriation over two years by the war department to establish air routes and designate airways beyond the Chicago Minneapolis St Paul and Chicago St Louis routes. It also emphasized encouraging inventive skill in aeronautics.
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Department of Commerce
Congress
War Department
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
St.Louis
Martinsburg Grand Jury Returns Indictments In Death Case
True bills returned include joint and separate indictments against Mrs. W. A. Murray and W. A. Murray and W. A. H. Bowman of Martinsburg over the death of Mrs. Murray's husband. John Powler named in an indictment tied to the killing of Garfield H. Miller, a Hagerstown taxi driver.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Mra
W. A. Murray
W. A. H. Bowman
Body of aviator found near Vega de Ladrones
A body believed to be a missing American aviator was found near Vega De Ladrones in Coahuila within ten miles of the border. General Amafo reported the discovery to the war office, noting the mangled remains beside a wrecked plane flying the American flag.
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Mexico City
Vega de Ladrones
Coahuila
War Office
Amafo
John W. Davis elected to United States Rubber board
John W. Davis former United States ambassador to England was elected a member of the board of directors of the United States Rubber Company at the New Brunswick meeting. Samuel P. Colt, chairman, said the tire trade has reached normal and that 1930s business should exceed prior years.
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Davis Wade
New Brunswick
N. J
John W. Davis
United States
England
United States Rubber Company
Samuel P. Colt
Briand to Meet Lloyd George in Hythe on Sunday
Semi official notice said Premier Briand would meet British Prime Minister Lloyd George at Hythe England next Sunday. It stated Briand would depart Paris Saturday evening and return to the French capital Monday.
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Briand
Lloyd-George
Paris
Priand
Davide Lloyd George
Hythe
England
M Briand
Martinsburg Rotary Club Receives National Charter Soon
Martinsburg West Virginia April 19 The newly organized Martinsburg Rotary Club announces it will receive a national charter in the near future. The club was organized last night by Prof Richard A Spinall of Buckhannon and has a membership of twenty two.
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Martinsburg
Chicago Leader Harry Gibbons Dies at French Lick
Harry R. Gibbons aged fifty eight, Cook County treasurer and Chicago Democratic leader, collapsed and died in a street at French Lick Springs Indiana, yesterday, likely from heart disease.
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Harry Gibbons
Chicago
Harry R. Gibbons
Cook County
Democratic Party
French Lick Springs
Ind
Supreme Court Reverses Summers County Case on McKinney Shooting
Charleston W Va April 19 the supreme court reversed the Summers county circuit court in the state against London McKinney convicted of malicious shooting J G McKinney and remanded for a new trial. McKinney sentenced to six years the shooting ruled an accident plus other decisions listed by the court.
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London
McKinney
Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court Today
Sumners County
London McKinney
J. G. McKinney
J. Gey
Supreme Court
Lowther
Ohio Valley Oil and Gas Company
Tehle County
Affii
McKwaine
Knight and Company
Kanawha
Kaanawha Valley Bank
Law Fielder
Kanawha Counra
State
D. P. Ferree
Ritchie County
Reverac
Jona Popst
Calhoun County
Calhoun
Hope Natural Gas Company
Jarvis
Ira Verdue
Sam Ward
Weyne
John Murphy
Hiram Karnes
Morgan County
Young and McWhorter
J. . Smith
Upshur
Harding Opens Monroe Doctrine Address at Bolivar Statue
In New York and Caracas both scenes marked by ceremonies, President Harding unveiled the Simon Bolivar statue in Central Park and President-elect Gomez joined Venezuelans at George Washington statue in Washington Park. Harding defended the Monroe Doctrine and pledged to defend democracies in the Americas, amid cannon salutes and cheers. He spoke briefly to a sightless audience at the Light House for the Blind, urging aid for their cause as he prepared to depart.
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New York
North
South America
Caribbean
Harding
Simon Bolivar
Central Park
N. Y
Caracas
Venezuela
Gomez
Holivar
George Washington
Washington Park
United States
Bolivar Hill
Hughes
Rene Viviani
France
Miller
Meyer Hylan
Gil Borges
Michael J. Lavelle
S. Patrick's Cathedral
Jose Antonio Paez
Minas Geraes
Minster Gil-Borges
Hylan
City of New York
William E. Manning
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
East Fifty-ninth Street
Bolivar
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