House Managers Demand Removal of Judge English
Washington April 22. The house managers demand removal of Federal Judge George W English of the eastern Illinois district after presenting an indictment on five counts charging usurpation tyranny and oppression in office The senate adopted a resolution to sit as a court tomorrow for the impeachment trial with Vice President Dawes and senators taking special oaths and Judge English to appear at the bar for trial The procedure marks the tenth time a house manager has sought an impeachment in senate history.
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Washington
George W. English
Illinois
Senate
House
Dawes
Judge English
Eve Excluded From Banquet In Commons
London is reported that thirty eight unmarried MPs held a banquet in the house of commons to celebrate freedom from marriage. Sir Robert Horne presided while Sir James Gardner organized the event with an eighty year old bachelor as chair. Miss Wilkinson, the woman bachelor MP, was not invited.
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London
House of Commons
Robert 8. Horne
The
Exchequer
James Agg Gardner
Eve
Miss Wilkinson
Park Goff
Preparations Rush for Hop Off Saturday From Barrow
Fairbanks Alaska April 22 Major Thomas G Lanphier second in command of the Detroit Arctic Expedition rushed preparations for an early Saturday hop off for Point Barrow. Captain George H Wilkins and Pilot Ben Bielson left Barrow a week ago. No word was received today from Wilkins, believed to be in Barrow.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Thomas G. Lanphier
Point Barrow
George H. Wilkins
Ben Bielson
Alliance
Wilkins
Barrow
Herman Acquitted of Poison Candy Charge
Jersey City April 22 A jury tonight acquitted Ernest Herman of sending poisoned candy to Herman Hartman who lived as a boarder in Hartman’s home Hartman had accused Herman of being enamored with Mrs Hartman and of trying to remove him from the scene Herman walked from the courtroom with Hartman’s wife after the verdict
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Jersey City
N. J
Ernest Herman
Herman Hartman
Hartman
Herman
Mrs Brosseau Elected President General of DAR
In Washington on April 22 during the triennial election congress Mrs Alfred H Brosseau of Connection became president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs Brosseau was the only candidate.
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Brosseau
Washington
Al‘fred H. Brosseau
Th Daughters of the American Revolution
Congress
Grizzly Creek Tunnel Yields Last of Dead
The Grizzly Creek Tunnel on Becks Mountain in the Feather River Power Company project gave up the last of its six trapped miners. Rescue teams recovered MV Nicholson and F Erichson, the final two bodies, after earlier victims James Menkle, Jack Corone, William Cope, and Thomas McDermott, the sole survivor, was removed earlier.
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Quincey
Calli
Grizzly Creek
Feather River Power Company
Becks Mountain
Nicholson
F. Erichson
James Menkle
Jack Corone
William Cope
Thomas McDermott
Vietime
Roosevelt urges repeal or modification of Volstead act
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. calls for repeal or modification of the Volstead act and local option in states to legalize alcoholic content under the constitution. He argues enforcement has caused widespread law violations and backs strong law enforcement if in office.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Jonicht
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Roosevelt
State Anti-Saloon League
Smith
Annual revival of a old debt fight in Britain
London reports doubt at Downing Street over the Association of British Chambers of Commerce push to collect defaulted Civil War era debts from Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi and North and South Carolina totaling about 75 million dollars. The plan asks Britain to press the US government for a Supreme Court hearing. The revival follows a fifty year campaign by foreign bondholders and related groups.
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London
Downing Street
Association of British Chambers of Commerce
Supreme Court
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Chambers of Commerce
Ip Carnareiine
Drive for library drive ends in Fairmont success
In Fairmont West Virginia the four day fundraising drive for a city library raised $4116 in cash against a $5500 quota leaving pledges to meet the goal.
Forest fires ravage New Jersey pine belt as marines aid
Destructive fires sweep southeastern New Jersey with hundreds of homes in danger. U.S. Marines deployed by Lakehurst assist to save dwellings in Wayside Silverton Pleasantville and Osborneville as towns report losses and nearby Maryland and Delaware blaze activity continue.
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New Jersey
Newark
N. J
New Tn
Rediscount Rate Cut By New York Fed To 3 Percent
The New York Federal Reserve Bank reduced its rediscount rate from 4 to 3 percent. The 4 percent rate had been in effect since January. The cut reflects lower rediscounts by member banks and a sharp drop in brokers loans amid price declines since March 1.
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New York
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Henry B Schoenberger Dies In Cleveland
Henry B. Schoenberger fifty four vice president of the Printz Beiderman Company died in Cleveland on April twenty two.
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H. B. Schoenberger
Cleveland
Henry B. Schoenberger
Printz Beiderman Company
Marked Improvement in Bethlehem Steel Earnings
Bethlehem Steel reports a strong first quarter with total income of 11 973 038. after preferred dividends the equivalent is 2 66 a share on common stock. Compare with 10 543 136 in Q4 1925 and 10 399 316 in Q1 1925. Quarter surplus totals 4 177 055. No common dividend resumed yet, per President Eugene G Grace.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem
Grace
Debt Commission to Resume Talks with France on War Debt Funding
Washington April 22 the American debt commission will resume negotiations with France for funding its war debt. Ambassador Berenger will present a new offer likely proposing initial annual payments of 25 million dollars. Senate motion to reconsider ratification of the Italian settlement was deferred as leaders press ahead with five other funded deals with Belgium Romania Estonia Latvia and Czecho Slovakia.
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Washington
American Debt Commission
France
Senate
Ager
Ann
Mellon
Treasury
Reed
Missouri
House
Belgium
Rumania
Esthenia
Latvia
Czecho
Slovakia
Debt Commission
Berenger
Paris
Callaux
Hundred Miners Stage Strike at Stellar Mine
Adena Ohio April 22 One hundred miners at the Stellar mine operated by Oliver Monaco failed to report for work after a formal strike call by the Adv local. The mine under the Jacksonville agreement has been producing steadily. drivers withheld empty cars prompting a full walkout and pay loss for idle hours. The mine is shut down with no immediate reopening expected.
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Adena
Ohio
Oliver Monaco
Adv
Jacksonville
John Clinque
U. W
W. T
Fay -Treasy
Inter Union
Clingque
Bank cashier William M. Smith missing in Parkersburg
Parkersburg officials say William M. Smith, cashier of the First National Bank, has been missing about a week while bank examiners prepare to inspect accounts. About 35 000 in irregularities appeared in his books but bank officials believe he took no money and that he may have left for England after departing April 14.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
William M. Smith
First National Bank
C. T. Hitcshew
Smith
Pittsburg
England
Sentence Imposed On Ticket Scalpors In Rail Conspiracy
In New York on April 22 three scalpers a railroad conductor and a scalper's clerk were sentenced for involvement in a conspiracy to defraud railroads by stealing and selling tickets. Jail terms were suspended during good behavior.
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New York
Volcano Eruption Shakes Hilo As Lava Threatens Milolli
An April 22 report from Hilo describes a sharp quake accompanying Mauna Loa eruption. A building moved eight inches from its foundation. lava flow slows but nears Milolli seaside village. A lava lake forms in Puakeokee crater and natives offer sacrifices to Pele as the fire flood advances, blamed on land holder greed.
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Hilo
T. H
Weare
Mauna Laa
Milolli
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Puakeokee
Pele
Hoopuloa
Iagt
Support of Coolidge Basis of Massachusetts Campaign
Boston April 22 Speakers declared that support of President Coolidge is the basis of the coming Massachusetts Republican congressional campaign. Senator William M Butler formally announced his candidacy for the senate with praise for Coolidge. Governor Fuller Senator Lenroot and Hanford MacNider spoke in his support.
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Boston
Cool
Massachusetts
Republican State Committee
William M. Butler
Senate
Fuller
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Hanford MacNider
Coolidge
Butler
House
Doctors Meet Next Year in Washington
Dr. Jabez North Jackson of Kansas City was chosen president of the American Medical Association in Dallas. Washington, D C was selected for next year s meeting. The group adopted a resolution calling for expert medical witnesses in court cases to be appointed by the court and paid from public funds. Cooperation with the American Bar Association to revise the current procedure was pledged.
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Dallas
Texas
Jabez North Jackson
Kansas City
American Medical Association
Washington, D. C
American Bar Association
Big drop in anthracite production
New York reports a 35 536 000 ton decline in anthracite output for the coal year ending March 31 1925 versus 1924 25 The decline is linked to the anthracite strike cutting early year production in half During the week ending March 27 the production total was 1 991 000 tons and 1 963 000 tons the prior week
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New York
Anthracite Coal Conference Board
Lynchers Hanged Dr Harold Jackson at Picayune Bridge
Authorities in Pearl River County investigate a lynching of Dr Harold Jackson who was seized from Poplarville jail by a hundred men and hanged from a bridge over Bogue Chitto Creek near Picayune. He had faced charges tied to the deaths of entomologists near Picayune and a 1924 murder in Pearl River County. A coroner's jury ruled he died by hanging at the hands of unknown assailants.
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Poplarville
Miss
Pearl River County
Harold
Neaching Picayune
Bogue
Chitto Creek
Jackson
Gulfport
Hancock County
Grand
John A. McLemore
William M. Mingoe
Picyune
Bay St. Louis
Pearl River
Pmaline Pearson
Row in committee over farm relief bill sparks uproar
A row broke out in committee when Chairman Hangen withdrew the equalization fee on crops a core feature of the ex belt plan to stabilize prices Rep Anderson Republican Minnesota proposed deferring the fee for two years on wheat hogs and cattle and the motion passed amid uproar adjournment was ordered for peace.
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Hangen
Bil
Anderson
Minnesota
Gas explosion at Benedict District School claims three young lives
Shawnee Oklahoma reports that fatalities from yesterday’s school gas blast rose to three with the deaths of nine year old Raymond Hale six year old Raymond Hollingshead and six year old Jesse Carl Phipps. Two other students were still near death tonight.
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Shawnee
Okla
Benedict District
Raymond Hale
Raymond Hollingshead
Jesse Carl Phipps
Five Killed and Thirty Injured in Express Collision
Barcelona reports five people killed and thirty injured when the Paris Barcelona De Luxe express collided with a freight train near the city. The crash occurred on April 22 as the passenger train struck the freight locomotive.
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Barcelona
Spain
Paris
Be Sure Attend Meeting To Organize Industry
A meeting is set at the West Virginian hotel tonight at 7 for the Sub Dustrial Advancement Corporation. The session aims to organize the corporation and urges every stock subscriber to attend to seize opportunities to attract industries for Binefield.
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West Virginian Hotel
Priday
Subdustrial Advancement Corporation
Binefield
Forests Topic Moves House Members in Forestry Session
Lawmakers discussed forest conservation during national forestry week led by Rep Woodruff and Rep Davey. Rep Tilson urged a nationwide conservation policy, Rep Johnson pressed inheritance tax changes to protect large forests, and Rep McSweeney called for federal aid to rehab timber areas while Woodruff sought $40 million over ten years to purchase eastern timber lands.
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Washington
House
Woodruff
Republican
Michigan
Davey
Ohio
Tilson
Johnson
McSweeney
Erat
Policy of press to shape regional cooperation lecture
Norman Hivis urged Latin American delegates that press policy will largely determine cooperation between North and South America. He spoke at a Pan Congress of Journalists dinner hosted by the Merchants' Association in New York. Kent Cooper of The Associated Press and J H Furay of United Press spoke at a breakfast for the delegates.
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New York
North
South Amerca
Norman Hivis
Pan- Congress of Journalists
Merchants’ Association
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
J. H Furay
United Press Association
Much Timber Land Destroyed by Fire in West Virginia
Morgantown West Virginia April 22 with an extensive area of timber lands in the state burned by fires in the Cheat Mountain section seven miles from here. State police deputy sheriffs and lumber company workers led by mountain men were preparing to fight the flames at daybreak. No damage estimate was available tonight.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Cheat Mountain
Youth of Nineteen Takes Second Bride
Nineteen year old Harry C Moir Jr with his father consent owner of the Morrison Hotel obtained a license to wed his second wife Martha Irene Grief aged fifteen Two years earlier he and Irene Johnson now eighteen eloped to Waukee Iowa but their marriage was annulled after parental opposition
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Chicago
Harry C. Moir, Jr
Morrison Hotel
Martha Irene Grief
Irene Johnson
Waukeean, Ll
Former Representative Mine Workers Arrested on Grand Larceny Charge
Morgantown West Virginia April 22 M Williams once in charge for the United Mine Workers of America in this region and leader of an attack on Van A Bittner was arrested on a grand larceny warrant signed by Tony Teli international representative. He was released after agreeing to surrender a desk and rug valued at 150 dollars ownership claimed by the union. Attorney Eugene Long said the charge had not been dropped and whether it would be pursued remains unclear.
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Morgantown
W. Va
M. Williams
United Mine Workers of America
van A. Bittner
West Virginia
Tony Teli
Williams
International Organization
Justice 8. A. Posten
Eugene Long
Union
Prohibition Hearing Draws Sharp Debate in Senate
In Washington on April 22 a senate prohibition committee hearing featured Senator Reed and figures like Chicago Mayor Dever and J. Pat Murphy. The room was crowded as witnesses faced cross examination over enforcement history, illegal distilling, and halvings of saloon influence with denunciations and humor alternating.
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Washington
United States
Cwil
Senate Prohibition Committee
Reed
Missouri
West Virginia
J. Pat Murphy
Kentucky
Murphy
Nee E Murphy
Mayor Dever
Chicago
Jorney Olson
E. C. Dinwiddie
National Temperance Bureau
Harreld
Missourian
Dever
Olson
Aveenes
Dinwiddie
Omaha
Neb
Edwin A. Olson
Hindu and Moslem Riots Renewed in Calcutta
Hindu and Moslem rioters renewed clashes in Calcutta causing multiple deaths and many injuries. Police fired after crowds threatened officers, with reports of additional fatalities among disturbers. Patrols were dispatched as the unrest continued.
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Calcutta
Ind
Bankers to Inspect Southwest Oil Fields
New York April 22 two Wall Street bankers George Whitney of J P Morgan Company and W C Ter of the guaranty company will depart tomorrow to inspect the southwestern oil fields with B W Marland president of the Oil Company. The party will survey Marland and general industry conditions.
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New York
Wall Streets
George Whitney
J. P. Morgan & Company
W. C. Ter
Juaranty Company
B. W. Marland
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