West Virginia Postmasters Face Senate Confirmation Delays
West Virginia postmasters endure delays as Democrats replace Republican nominees, with several appointments hung in the Senate. Mrs. Sarah K. Bush in Newell remains in office despite expired term, while others await confirmation or eventual replacement. The piece notes party-patronage dynamics and moves to seat new appointees.
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Europe
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Huntington
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W. L. Payne
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C. E. Hawkes
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Fayette County
Chilton
Capitol Building
Howard Sutherland
Miners Return to Work in Paint Creek Cabin Creek
Governor Hatfield and United Mine Workers officials urged a return to work under the agreed terms. One third of miners resumed today and many others plan to return tomorrow as martial law and state troops may be withdrawn within days.
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Hatfield
United Mine Workers of America
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Cabin Creek
Thos. Cairns
Digiriet No. 17
Cabin Creeks
All of Santa Rosalia Garrison Put to Death
Refugees report eight hundred residents of Santa Rosalia fled toward Chihuahua city after Constitutionalists captured the town, with the railroad cut and no transport. They say insurgents executed all officers of the garrison and left bodies in the streets for a day, claiming it mirrored President Madero's treatment.
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Texas
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua City
Madero
Visitors flood Washington for International Kindergarten Union meet
Delegates arrive in the capital for the I KU annual convention in Washington. Sessions begin tomorrow and continue through Saturday with a steady stream of visitors and participants expected.
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International Kindergarten Union
Washington
Montenegrin Troops Evacuate Scutari
Crown Prince Danilo leads Montenegrin forces north from Scutari as artillery is reduced to five batteries. Vienna notes the move aligns with European powers demand the fortress evacuation.
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Danilo
Montenegro
Scutari
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Twenty Five Licenses Granted for Lynchburg Saloon Trade
Lynchburg Virginia grants twenty five liquor licenses this year, one more than last year. The extra license goes to the Virginia Hotel which will open on Wednesday after going into commission.
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New Virginia Hotel
Final Outburst Ends Tariff Debate in House
Representative Payne of New York uses a fiery speech to condemn the Underwood tariff bill arguing it ruins industries and impoverishes labor while Republicans praise a reduced cost of living that he calls a fallacy. Rainey defends reforms and notes tax reach on high incomes with broad government revenue aims.
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House
Payne
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Murdock
Chandler
Rainey
No Recognition for Ching Yet
Washington reports that US recognition of the new republic in China is unlikely soon. Officials cite tension between Yuan Shikai’s cabinet and radicals in the assembly and say recognition hinges on constitutional organization of the government.
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Washington
China
United States
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Radical Party
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Currency Reform Bill Shaped by Wilson and Congress
The president signaled definite ideas on reform during an audience with reporters. He has been working with congressional leaders and a hearings schedule will be set by congressional committees. The measure will not include government guarantees for bank deposits.
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Congressional
Cavalry Mounts Contest at Fort Myer Show
The third annual military horse show at Fort Myer opens in Washington on April 28 and runs until Thursday. Officials seek to decide whether thoroughbred or scrub horses best meet military needs.
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Washington, D. C
Fort Myer
Congress Faces Tariff Debate and Labor Stats Nomination
The day in Congress saw the Education and Labor Committee favorably report Charles P. Neil for labor statistics commissioner. Sundry civil appropriation bill moved. tariff debate resumes after noon. West Virginia coal strike probe discussed. several postmasters and H S Breckenridge confirmed. adjourned to noon Thursday.
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Committee On Education and Labor
Charles P. Neil
Martin
Kern
West Virginia
Simmons
Finance Committee
Fourth District
H. S. Breckenridge
House
Government Forces in Two Armed Camps in Mexico City
Conflicting advices describe a rapidly growing split in the provisional government between Huerta and Diaz factions. Federal forces in the district are divided into two camps with Huerta reinforcing the national palace infantry and Diaz occupying artillery at his estate about thirty miles away. Mondragon, minister of war, holds the citadel with other artillery.
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Mexico City
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Diaz
Tuesta
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National Palace
Mondragon
Total death list now ninety seven from Monongahela disaster
Pittsburg April 28 an additional body was recovered from the Cincinnati mine of the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company at Finleyville near here bringing the total dead to ninety seven one of whom was a rescuer. Funerals of victims continued and investigations by federal state and local authorities were started today.
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Cincinnati
Monongahela River
Taft to Deliver Beecher Lectures at Amherst College
Former President William H. Taft, Yale law professor, will deliver the Henry Ward Beecher lectures for the next college year in Amherst College's political science department. He will give two public lectures and speak at two student conferences.
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William H. Taft
F Law
Yale
Henry Ward Beecher
Amherst College
Taft
Fire at Virginian building damages Lynchburg office
Fire in the Virginian office building in Lynchburg Virginia caused about 20000 dollars in damage. Police say the blaze appears to be the work of incendiaries and insurance covers nearly all losses.
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Lynchburg
Virginian
Big Locomotive Order Placed With Seaboard Pacific Models
Richmond Va April 28 President Harahan of the Seaboard Air Line revealed an order worth about one million dollars to the American Locomotive Works. Fifty Pacific model locomotives will be built for Seaboard at twenty thousand dollars each by the Richmond branch under contract specifications.
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Harahan
Seaboard Air Line
American Locomotive Works
Seaboard
West Virginia WV Weather Outlook Rain to Warmer
West Virginia sees local rains on Tuesday with a turn to fair and warmer conditions by midweek. Virginia follows with cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday likely fair, with a gradual rise in temperatures.
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West Virginia
Virginia
California to defer action on alien land law to next session
Secretary Bryan met with Governor Johnson and California lawmakers urging diplomacy over anti alien land legislation. He warned the national administration opposes strict Oriental land ownership limits but did not rule out state action, proposing to present the national side and seek a commission or treaty solution.
California alien land bill urged by state leaders
A broad policy conference with Secretary Ryan backed a state anti alien land law to curb Japanese and Chinese immigration. Senators and assemblymen said voters nearly unified and warned the legislature to act now or the issue would go to the people by initiative. In Tokyo, the Japanese government said no plan to send a representative to Sacramento for the California bill. Viscount Chin Da was reportedly ordered home, but Tokyo denied it. The anti American agitation appeared to ease.
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Sacramento
California
New York
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United States
Foreign Office
New War to Follow Signing of Peace
London reports deepen the Balkans mystery as Essaid Pasha’s Albanian actions and Saloniki shifts puzzle observers. Bulgarian forces face orders to evacuate Greek positions then countermanded. a Bucharest dispatch predicts renewed war among Bulgaria Serbia Greece once peace with the Turks is signed.
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Bucharest
Daily Telegraph
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Greece
Two Thousand Join Smelter Strike in Perth Amboy
Two thousand Guggenheim Smelter workers in Perth Amboy New Jersey walked out today joining a broader strike in local industries. The sheriff warned of trouble and requested militia as tensions rose.
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N. J
Guggenheim
Senator Goff Delivers His Maiden Speech on New Judge
Washington reports the senate passes the Chilton bill to create a new fourth circuit judgeship and abolish the old commerce court seat. If the House approves, Davis will be appointed to succeed Judge Goff. Also, Kern’s West Virginia coal strike investigation resolution moves to the senate for a Thursday vote.
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Chilton
Fourth Circuit
United States
House
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Goff
Archibald
Commerce Court
Naiden
Kern
West Virginia
Committee On Education and Labor
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Rhodes Plea in Abatement in WV Bribe Case
Charleston April 28 The first trial from the WV bribery charges in the U S Senate campaign opened with Delegate A. G. Rhodes of Mingo County entering a plea in abatement alleging improper grand jury drawing. Rhodes faced accusations of taking fifteen thousand dollars for his vote.
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W. Va
West Virginia
A. G. Rhodes
Mingo County
Kanawha County
Rhodes
British Airman Killed in Turning Turtle Accident
Lieutenant Roger B Harrison was instantly killed near Farnborough England when his biplane turned turtle four hundred feet aloft during a flight.
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England
Roger 8
Harrison
Good Roads Promise Lower Local Taxes Say Bond Issue Plan
Mercer county readers are urged to vote May 10 on an $800000 bond to fund road improvements. The appeal argues annual levy of 65000 is possible from 25 million assessed value with minimal tax increase, explains how the 15 member committee will supervise spending, and asserts roads will boost property values and future tax relief.
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