Bluefield Prepares for Billy Sunday Campaign Housing Plan Set
Bluefield residents and nearby communities rally to host crowds for the Billy Sunday evangelistic campaign. Hotels will expand lodging, private homes list over 75 rooms, and local builders add cot space. Nursery quarters move to the old Tickle home on Scott street to free tabernacle space. Local residents urged to walk to services to free parking for out of town visitors.
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Bluefield
Bluefield and
Tabernacle
Scott Street
Sunday
Bishop Hugh Boyle Named to Pittsburg Diocese
The Rt Rev Hugh Boyle of Homestead named bishop of the Pittsburg diocese by Pope Benedict. A native of Cambria Pa born October 18 1873 he will succeed Rt Rev J Regis Canevin who retires due to ill health. Boyle was educated in Cambria schools and became a priest in 1898 in Loretta ft.
Belmont county coal lands suit settled out of court
In common pleas court today the J A Paisley Cleveland suit seeking about 500000 in commissions on the Belmont county Ohio coal lands sale was settled out of court. The lands were owned by I W Frank and the River Rail Coal Company syndicate.
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Pittsburg
Common Pleas Court
J. A. Paisley
Cleveland
Belmont County
Ohio
River & Rail Coal Company Syndicate
Gulf States Steel elects Bowron as chairman and Moffett as president
Directors meeting in New York today elected James Bowron chairman after his resignation as president due to advancing years. Charles A. Moffett, formerly vice president and general manager, was chosen president while retaining general manager duties.
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New York
Gulf States Steel Company
James Bowron
Evidence of Easterday trip entered in record at Arnstein trial
Government evidence on larceny indictments was barred in the Arnstein conspiracy trial. Testimony by Charles H. Bready showed Wilen W. Easterday traveled to Los Angeles in November 1919 after an associate’s arrest, a trip the government called a flight. The government also sought to prove Easterday’s partnership in Sullivan & Company.
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Washington
New York
Jules W
Nicky) Arnstein
District of Columbia
Charles H. Bready
Sullivan & Company
Wilen W. Easterday
Los Angeles
Bready
Easterday
Sullivan
Senate Passes Road Bond Bill By Unanimous Vote
Charleston April 27 The West Virginia Senate approved the house road bond bill unanimously, authorizing up to 15 million for road construction over two years and a yearly tax levy to cover interest plus one twenty fifth of the issue. The levy will lift the total tax to about 38 cents per 100 dollars.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Senate
Senate
Board of Public Works
Polling
Lewis
Finance Committee
Stewart
House
Germany's Reparations Proposals Upheld as Backward Step
Paris reports French rejection of German counterproposals as unsatisfactory. Washington awaits new developments as Ruhr occupation looms and Paris insists on Paris terms. Berlin notes a clerical telegraph delay in transmitting the next notes.
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Germany
France
Berlin
Associated Press
Paris
Jean Jules Jusserand
United States
Washington
Ruhr
Dr. von Oertzen
Telegraph Office
Foreign Office
Amer
McDowell Bar Association Backs Strother for U S Judge
At Welch on April 26, 1921 the McDowell County Bar Association debated filling a southern West Virginia vacancy with Judge James French Strother of the county criminal court should Congress pass the act.
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McDowell County
West Virginia
Man walks forty miles to save small sum then robbed
George Dudley walked forty miles from St. Albans to Huntington to save 1.35 dollars. On approaching Huntington he was assaulted by highwaymen who took 155 dollars from him. He was found unconscious by the roadside and hospitalized with a head wound, his account supported by police.
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Huntington
W. Va
George Dudley
St. Albans
Harding Leaves to Review Fleet
President Harding departed Washington on the Mayflower for Hampton Roads to review the Atlantic fleet and host a reception aboard the Pennsylvania. He traveled with Mrs. Harding and a senate party, planning a return to Washington early Friday. Denby and Coontz joined aboard Sylph for Old Point, then met the Mayflower for the review and reception.
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Washington
Harding
Hampton Roads
Pennsylvania
Denby
Coontz
House Naval Committee
Sylph
Old Point
Washington Navy Yard
Plant
Marine Guard
Rate Reduction Order Refused by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to order a rate cut for rail shipments from eastern origins to inter mountain points. The decision dismisses complaints from business groups and eastern shippers, finding current tariffs on par with Pacific Coast rates are not unduly prejudicial. The ruling aims to pave the way toward a final settlement.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rocky Mountains
Inter-Mountain Territory
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Secret Codes and Price Lists Used by 13 Groups in Trust Inquiry
Thirteen manufacturing groups nationwide were investigated for price list exchanges and daily codes guiding bids. Testimony described a shared clearing house on Fifth Avenue, with coded reports and a $20,000 annual operating cost. Other witnesses discussed fire insurance rate making and immunity.
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New York
Legislative Building Trust
United States
Willis A. Robb
New York Fire Insurance Exchange
Samuel Untermyer
Fifth Avenue
Albert A. Ainsworth
Frederick H. Loehrs
Loehrs
Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Berlin
London
Train derailment injures engineer. fireman missing near Altoona
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train known as the New York Express derailed near Bennington, ten miles west of Altoona, injuring the engineer and leaving the fireman missing. Several passengers were shaken but no one else was seriously hurt as the locomotive and four coaches left the rails and overturned. Three sleeping cars and another coach derailed but stayed upright.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Bennington
Chicago
Kaiser Declares Wilson Must Be Expelled in Peace Note
Berlin reports reveal Kaiser Wilhelm II’s marginal remark on Robert Lansing’s note to Pope Benedict in 1917. In a Scheidemann brochure, the socialist leader cites the Kaiser saying Wilson should be kicked out and must accept Germany as it is.
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Berlin
Wilson
Robert Lansing
Pope Benedict
Philip Scheidemann
Vatican
Scheidemann
Harding nominates eighty four postmasters to senate
Washington reports the first Harding postmaster nominations were sent to the senate. The list contains eighty four names all scoring top marks in civil service exams except where veterans preference applies. Officials expect a policy order detailing civil service requirements and possible retiree regulations within days.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
White House
House
Hayes
Civil Service
Roosevelt Two and Half Cent Piece Bill Introduced
A bill by Representative Appleby of New Jersey proposes a two and a half cent coin bearing Theodore Roosevelt with his birth and death dates. The coin would be legal tender up to forty cents and sized to be easily distinguished from the one cent piece.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Appleby
New Jersey
Reduced Passenger Rates Proposed by Representative Flood
A bill introduced today by Representative Flood proposes a flat thirty three and one third percent cut in passenger rates via mileage books. It would require the interstate commerce commission to issue books of at least 1 000 miles at the discounted rate from current prices.
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Washington
Representative Flood
Democrat
Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Promoter Tex Rickard Sued for Accounting by Armstrong
New York April 27 Tex Rickard sporting promoter named as defendant in suit filed by Frank C Armstrong alleging a business association and demanding an accounting of several enterprises in which Armstrong claims a share The claim amount is not disclosed.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Frank c. Armstrong
Rickard
Mail robbery suspects arrested in Toledo case
Chicago, April 27. Harry Hurwat and Geo. M. King, both of Toledo, were arrested today for alleged participation in the Toledo mail robbery. They were held in bonds of $30,000 each by United States Commissioner Mason for further hearing.
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Chicago
Harry Hurwat
Geo. M. King
Toledo
Ohio
United States
Mason
Three Princeton men arrested in sensational robberies
Mercer county officers arrested Roby Epling Harry Pierce and Sullivan Stone of Princeton after a hold up of Fred Epling Tuesday night and the assault on Dr Peters Sunday. Pierce escaped briefly before surrendering at the mayor's office. Stone was later jailed. Authorities hold the trio for further investigation and a preliminary hearing.
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Mercer County
Roby Epling
Harry Pierce
Sullivan Stone
Princeton
Fred Epling
Hk. F. Peters
Dr. Peters
Marty Pierce
Lambert
Ellison
Malcolm
Pierce
East
Chief Lambert
Young Epling
Mercer Street
Me Epling
En Pierce
Plerce
Habeas case hearing set for Tito Ligi in Scranton
In Scranton on April 27 Judge C B Witmer will hear the habeas corpus challenge of Tito Ligi who is held on suspicion of involvement with the Wall Street bombing. The writ permit was granted today. Ligi faces draft evasion charges and is jailed in default of 10000 dollars bail.
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Tito Sigl
Scranton
Wall Street
Ligi
Tito Ligi
C. B. Witmer
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C. B. Hancock
Bluefield and Vicinity
Gulf States Steel
Strother
McDowell County Bar Association
Atlantic Division
Rockies
Legislative Building Trust Inquiry Committee
Hurt
Kaiser
Wilhelm
Lansing
Trio
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