Anthracite Mine Owners Reject Governor Pinchot Plan
Anthracite operators reject Governor Pinchot’s proposals for ending the strike, saying the plan fails to provide a sound lasting settlement. They cite price controls and a five year wage framework as illegal and favor their earlier proposal for immediate resumption of work, five year contract, and arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pinchot
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Jacksonville
Recson
Lewis
United States
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
William W. Inglis
Ritz-Carlton
Harrisburg
Samuel D. Warriner
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
William J. Richards
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Corporation
C. F. Huber
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Frank Hemelight
Scranton
Messrs
Warriner
Richards
Negoti
Ile
Otors
United Mines
Main
Grave Mosul Dispute Sparks War Fear Across Britain
London reports say Britain and Turkey risk war over Mosul frontier. The Westminster Gazette notes a Turkish invasion threat if League of Nations decisions do not meet demands. It cites a 300000 strong Turkish army on peace footing and an armed force already near Iraq.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Westminster Gazette
Great Britain
Turkey
Mosul
League of Nations
Iraq
Irak
Bombshell delayed fuse in Mitchell court martial
Washington reports a potential clash over Brigadier General Edward L. King as Major General Howze cites a court rule after King’s remark during Mitchell trial. The judge advocate seeks to strike the episode from record while the Navy forwards four witnesses in the ongoing charges of incompetence and mal administration of air service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Mitchell
War Department
White House
Edward L. King
Robert L. Howze
General King
Frank R. Reid
Davis
Howze
Coolidge
Reid
King
Department
Navy
Allen Guillion
Mitchell
H. C. Richardson
Byron J. Connell
San Francisco
Hawaii
John Rodgers
F. W. Pennoyer
Langley
Free Auto Service In Wheeling To Mozart Park
Wheeling West Virginia city officials announce free auto service between the city and Mozart Park starting tomorrow. The move coincides with the ending of the Mozart division traction service as the City Railways Company retires its lines. City Manager H J Kirk reports the tram service ends at midnight tonight after a council order to pave between tracks or cede property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Mozart Park
Mozart
City Railways Company
H. J. Kirk
J. K. Buchanan
Buchanan
Kirk
Compensation Awards From West Virginia Workmen’s Court
Charleston reports two compensation awards after appeals to the Workmen’s Compensation Commission. Charles W. Kirk of Ashford got six hundred dollars and Dayton Burdette of Charleston received a second award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Workmen's Compensation Commission
Lee Ott
Charles W. Kirk
Ashford
Dayton Burdette
Magnificent new Bluefield church opens to long crowds
A grand opening of the new Virginia side Graham M. E. Church in Bluefield attracted visitors from Williamson Welch Bramwell Pocahontas Princeton Tazewell and across the West Virginia line. Bishop Darlington delivered three sermons and inspected the building as crowds filled the three services with praise for the architecture and memorial windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bureau
Bluefield Telegraph
Virginia
VA. V. W. Darlington
Huntington
W. Va
Darlington
Williamson
Welch
Bramwell
Pocahontas
Princeton
Tazewell
Nore
Westginia
Bishopington
J. B. Ward
W. G. Wagner
Daniel H. Carr
Roy Early
W. W. Eastwood
E. A. Hughes
H. Logan
Elisha
J. T. Frazier
Holston
Ushera
Excellent Methodist Church
George A. Reynolds
C. N. Edmunds
Frank Denardo
Jesus
W. R. Lewis
W. P. Barnett
Lewis
Thornton Flower Show
Merger Scrutiny at ICC Hearings on Virginian-N&W Deal
The Interstate Commerce Commission questioned Norfolk and Western officials and Chesapeake and Ohio counsel about the Virginian system lease and purchase. Witnesses debated competition with N and W, ownership links to Pennsylvania Railroad, and whether economies justified the consolidation amid historic federal control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western
Washington
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
N. D. Maher
A. C. Needles
W. J. Jenks
Jenks
W. C. Bronson
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Maher
Norfolk and Port
Virginia
H. J. Wagner
Norfolk Port Commission
Virginian Railroad
Hampton Roads
Virginian
Wagner
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Pompton Roads
North Atlantic
Ferguson defies legislature over special session to award medals
Austin reports Governor Miram pson refuses to call a special session after a petition from Speaker Satterwhite and fifty members. She vows to stay and faces impeachment threats if legislators meet. Separate note: Theodore N Vial medals awarded for public service include Anna Lennan for flood post, Lloyd Atkins, Hubert Harris, and Aileen Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Haltimore Sun
Mirampson
James Kerguson
Lee Satterwhite
Ihs
Ferguson
Ory Aoeer
Fergusone
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Theodore N. Vial
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Piedmont
Hubert Harris
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Norristown
Aileen ©. Smith
Cincinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone Company
New Richmond
Ohio
Lennon
Miss Lennan
True Bills Reported Against Bombers in Chicago Grand Jury
A Chicago grand jury reported true bills against Lena Rice and five others linked to a bomb-plot network blamed for numerous bombings. Rice, amid a jail knife incident, faced accusations tied to a hardware-store bombing and a wider “bomb trust” investigation led by State's Attorney Crowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lena Rice
Columbus
Ohio
Robert E. Crowe
Rice
Cook County
Fred Wanquist
Joseph Avanzio
Secretary Davis cites fewer strikes and unemployment in 1924 report
Secretary of Labor Davis says improvements in employer worker relations and falling unemployment marked the year as major industrial problems eased. He warns over production causes part time and seasonal employment and proposes policy to trim unneeded plants and scatter workers, urging legal changes and further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John Warren McCord
Alaska
Pector
Victoria Deschamps
Missoula
Mont
Seattle
Montana
Orenen
Victoria
Washington
Davis
Illinois
Logan sheriff refunds county overpaid jailer charges
Sheriff Emmett F. Skaggs of Logan WV said he refunded 171.90 to the county treasurer after a state tax audit claimed former jailer W E White was overpaid for boarding and bedding prisoners. He notes the current jailer is J W Beckett and cites four months served by White under the current administration. He denies knowledge of other audit claims about White’s pay during the Chafin administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
W. Va
Sherif Emmett F. Skaggs
State Tax Commissioner
W. E. White
Logan County
Skaggs
White
J. W. Beckett
Jatler White
Chafin
Spinsters in U S Exceed Three Million
Census figures show 5 815 201 unmarried women in the United States above the age of twenty five. The Daily Telegraph notes a discussion on when a woman becomes a spinster in this rapid age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Daily Telegraph
Census recount to begin in Bluefield this Friday
Bluefield prepares for a census recount starting Friday with 20 enumerators, led by J. T. Nicholas. They urge residents to cooperate, disclose all residents including servants, and return absentee forms if away. Information is confidential and enumerators are sworn.
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Bluefield
Alese
J. T. Nicholas
Chamber of Commerce
Census Bureau
N. B. Stanforth
Bernice Blankenship
Irene Weaver
Mra. Coriieker
R. D. Bowen
W. F. Duggins
B. W. Beatty
W. J. Woolwine
R. S. Williams
J. 8. Rice
Nicholas
Maefield
K. C. Patty
Virginia
Viegas
Dominion
West Virginia
Binefield
Leviathan Breaks Transatlantic Record in Storm Pursuit
New York reports the Leviathan steamed into harbor breaking its own transatlantic record by almost an hour. Captain Herbert S. Hartley led the voyage which finished in five days six hours and twenty six minutes at 24.38 knots. The ship’s prior record stood at five days seven hours twenty minutes. Hartley’s wife in Opelika Alabama awaits the arrival of a new family member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Leviathan
Herbert S. Hartley
Opelika
Ala
Atlantic
Borah Finishes Bill for President to Seize Anthracite Mines
Senate moves toward broad wartime power for coal control as Borah refines a bill to let the president seize and operate anthracite mines in a national emergency. Interstate Commerce Commission cuts new lower rates for Southern bituminous coal to aid Atlantic markets amid ongoing fuel shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Borah
Washington
Interstate Commerce
Berger
Socialist
Wisconsin
Coolidge
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Eastern Trunk Line
West Virginia
Virginia
North Atlantic
Pittsburg
Atlantic Sea Board
C. J. Goodyear
Pittsburg Coal Producers’ Association
Goodyear
New England
A. M. Liveright
Central Pennsylvania Coal Operators’ Association
Commission
Charleston
W. Va
Bere
Commerce Commission
Eugene G Hultman
Massachusetts
Tuel
Kanawha
Kentucky
Christmas Savings Club Shows Big Increase in Bluefield
Checks totaling thousands of dollars are mailed by the First National Bank of Bluefield to hundreds of participants in the Christmas Savings Club. Officials report the 1925 club more than doubled the previous year in both total savings and number of members, with a 1926 club planned to exceed 1925.
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First National Bank of
Bluefield
First National Bank of Bluefield
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Pinghot
Secretary of War
Graham M. E. Church
South
MA Ferguson
Theodore N. Vail Memorial Fund
M’cord
Secretary of Labor
U. S
Mixed Blessing View
Kanawha Operators
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