Hundreds of Mingo residents surrender arms in coal strike zone
Several hundred guns and pistols were surrendered to authorities in Mingo county after military law went into effect in the coal strike zone. Sheriff BlankenShip said about 450 guns were collected at Matewan city hall, with other seizures reported between Matewan and Red Jacket as officials plan vaulting the arms. The move followed Colonel Herman Hall’s edict restricting weapon possession and aiming to allow civil government to function with military aid. Forty-eight hours passed without disturbance as cleanup and enforcement continued.
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Matewan
Red Jacket
W. Va
Williamson
Court House
United Mine Workers
Davy Trebb
David Fowler
H. Workman
Hall
York
Pittsburg Police Commissioner Robbed of Overcoat
Pittsburg December 2 thieves in the city stole Commissioner of Police Shriver Stewart's overcoat during a building search. He had removed the coat near a doorway while aiding a patrolman. The theft comes after months of robberies from pedestrians banks residences and businesses by the same crime group.
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Pittsburg
Shriver Stewart
Colby Plans Naval Voyage to South America from Norfolk
Secretary of State Colby will sail from Norfolk on the battleship Florida Saturday to visit Buenos Aires and meet the Argentine government. The party includes Major General Cronkhite, Rear Admiral Basset, Colonel Kelley, Captain Ross, Dr. Guillermo Sherwell and other aides and officials. Sebastiano Sampaio, Brazilian commercial attaché, accompanies the delegation.
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Washington
Colby
South America
Brazil
Epistacio Pesso
Brum
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Norfolk
Florida
Adelbert Cronkhite
F. B. Basset
Mr. Colby
Admiral Basset
Sebastiano Sampaio
Tax collection tops all records despite prohibition costs
Washington reports the internal revenue bureau collected 5,407,580,251 in taxes in the last fiscal year, the highest total in U.S. history. Revenue came mainly from income and profits taxes, tobacco taxes and liquor taxes, while enforcement spending totaled 29,647,439 with prohibition costs at 2,059,774.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Williams
Mawaii
Portof Rico
Alaska
United States
Bureau
One Man Killed In Jail Attack At Wayne County Court House
In Goldsboro North Carolina a mob attacked the Wayne County court house aiming to seize five Black defendants charged with murder. Deputy H Futrell was killed when shots were fired by the barricaded guard and the mob dispersed as state troops were dispatched from Durham.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Dee
H. Futrell
Wayne County
Futrell
Durham
Prosecutor Intimidation Allegations Tied to Wall Street Theft Case
Washington December 2 Assistant District Attorney Dooling of New York is accused by David Prouder cashier at D W Sullivan NY brokerage of trying to intimidate him during testimony in the trial of Sullivan Jules Arnstein Bowles and Easterday. The quartet faces charges of bringing stolen securities into the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Dooling
New York
David Prouder
D. W. Sullivan
Sullivan
Jules
Nicky) Arnstein
Bowles
W. W. Easterday
Wall Street
District of Columbia
Taxpayers Must Pay Fourth Installment By Dec 15
Washington December 2 The fourth installment of the 1919 income tax is due December 15 to avoid penalties. A ten day grace period has been revoked by the latest revenue act and payments must reach revenue collectors by midnight on the due date or the tax is delinquent.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Governors Push Federal Help for Farmers Debts
The governors conference in Harrisburg favors a federal foreign trade finance corporation to aid farmers with no market for surplus. It also backs rural credits to refund debts, avoiding formal resolutions. Governors Carey and Parker urged state rights and protective taxes amid cross party rhetoric.
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Harrisburg
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Thomas W. Bickett
North Carolina
Governors’ Conference
Federal Reserve Board
Harding
Washington
Robert D. Carey
Wyoming
John M. Parker
Louisiana
South
Goodrich
Indiana
Lewis S. Sadler
Pennsylvania
Pershing
Philadelphia
Amendments Shape Debate on Covenant Revision at League
At Geneva, delegates argue over revising the covenant with many seeking a removal of obstacles to U S entry. Aimed changes delay until a special committee studies proposals as Denmark requires a bill before troops join the league army while all parties favor sending forces to the Vilna plebiscite.
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Geneva
Assembly of the
League of Nations
United States
Denmark
International League Army
Vilna
Hungarian Cabinet Resigns After Short-Lived Administration
Budapest reports the government led by Count Paul Teleky has resigned today after a tenure beginning on July 20. The cabinet’s dissolution follows a brief term amid political shifts in Hungary.
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Budapest
Hungary
Paul Teleky
Army airframes deemed unsafe for flying by July first
Washington reports the air service will rate every army aeroplane purchased during the war as unsafe by July 1 upcoming. Major General Menoher calls for a continued aircraft building program to boost industry and ensure government use of aviation across departments. He warns that without government aid the industry cannot rely on suitable commercial planes or rapid wartime production. Dover charters: Pacific Oil Company seeks $350 million capital to develop oil and gas lands. Midco Mexico Petroleum Company chartered with $100.3 million capital. incorporators include Croteau Dill Bruce and M A Bruce.
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Washington
Menoher
Air Service
Big Capital
Dover
Del
Pacific Oil Company
John D. Vancott
Brooklyn
N. Y
T. L. Croteau
8. E. Dill
Wilmington
Midco Mexico Petroleum Company
Capital
Croteau and Dill
M. A. Bruce
Steer Brings $1.75 a Pound at Chicago Livestock Show
Black Ruler weighing 1,360 pounds, champion of the annual show, sold at $1.75 per pound for a total of $2,312 to Wilson & Company. The steer, bred and fed by Purdue University students, was purchased by the packers for a Christmas dinner. Last year’s champion sold for $2.62 per pound.
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Chicago
Purdue University
Wilson & Company, Packers
Five Lives Lost In West Fifty Seventh Street Fire
Betty Jones and Dr. F M Potter are named among five victims trapped in a five story apartment house blaze on West Fifty seventh Street New York. Police probe cites missing stairways and an automatic elevator used between floors. Mrs Eva Luscombe noted as English dancer and actress found charred near passage to adjacent building. Other victims include Mrs Jessie Jenkins and Harold Boswell Reid.
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New York
West Fifty-seventh Street
Betty Jones
Bobby Jones
London
F. M. Potter
New York Hippodrome
Eva Luscombe
Victor Luscombe
Lloyd's
Harold Poswell Reid
Goderich
Ontario
Jessie Jenkins
California
Reid
Mrs. Luscombe
Ben Hur
George of England
Bowie
New Orleans
Hogs on the Hoe Return Near Prewar Prices
Chicago report from the Institute of American Meat Packers shows hogs on the hoof near 1913 prewar prices, with wholesale pork and pork products tumbling toward early 1917 levels. Carcass beef down seventeen percent since September. by products and labor costs cushion full price drops.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Institute of American Meat Packers
United States
Institute
Packing House
Bulletin of the Meat Packer's Institute
Allied premiers to Greece note warns against restoration
The British French and Italian governments propose a note to Greece stating that restoring Constantine to the throne would ratify his disloyal acts and strain relations with the allies. The document says they will reserve full liberty in dealing with the situation created.
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Associated Press
London
Constantine
Greece
Harding on Board Steamer Plays Daily Shuffleboard
President-elect Harding travels northward aboard the Pastores off the Atlantic coast. The ship battles headwinds as it nears Norfolk with officials hopeful for Saturday docking. Mrs. Harding, though feeling weak, remains on deck and the president continues his daily shuffleboard game between speech preparations for Norfolk and Bedford, Virginia.
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Pastorea
Pastores
Harding
Atlantic
Norfolk
Florida
Government says reserve board reluctant to discuss rate changes
Washington reports Governor W P G Harding replied to Senator Owen of Oklahoma noting the fed reserve board avoids public discussion of discount rate moves to prevent unsettling markets. Harding says conditions forcing policy were inevitable and cites safe measures aiding stabilization. He adds reserve banks earn about seven percent after tax instead of 150.
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Washington
Owen
Oklahoma
Federal Reserve Board
W. P. G. Harding
Harding
Social Club Records Seized in Bond Robbery Probe
New York police seized the Jazz Social Club records in a Manhattan barber shop while tracing members after Antonio and Joseph Gregorio were arraigned on assault and robbery charges for a Brooklyn bond heist worth 467000. The brothers, previously bound for bail, are tied to the operation. Piedro Barbacco the barber is held for further examination.
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New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Antonio
Joseph Gregorio
Social Club
Snyder
Piedro Barbacco
Elimination of Lodge and New from Harding Cabinet
Washington reports Marty M. Daugherty’s visit signals definite move to keep Senators Lodge of Massachusetts and New of Indiana from cabinet posts. Both senators reportedly told Daugherty they prefer to stay in the Senate to serve Harding and the party.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senators Lodge
Massachusetts
New
Indiana
Harding
Marty M. Daugherty
Ohio
Daugherty
Lodge
Senate
Senator New
Watson
Wal
Philadelphia
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Repubican
Daugherty Said There Was No Disposition On the Part of Mr. Daugherty
Knox
Norfolk
Cocconian
Senator Harding
Texas
Norfo
President Buys Christmas Seals at White House
Acting for President Wilson Secretary Tumulty bought from Adrienne Mayer aged six the White House annual Christmas seals issued by the National Tuberculosis Association.
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Washington
Wilson
Adrienne Mayer
White House
National Tuberculosis Association
Death of Major Guy T. Scott President of Continental Trust
Major Guy T. Scott age forty eight president of the Continental Trust Company died after a stroke. He was a son of former Senator Scott of West Virginia and served in the war with Spain and as commandant at Fort Rodman Massachusetts during World War I.
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Washington
Guy T. Scott
Continental Trust Company
Scott
West Virginia
Spain
Fort Rodman
Massachusetts
Tribute to E L Whitney Presided by City Leaders
Charleston wide tribute honors E L Whitney a Chamber of Commerce president city councilman and business leader who died in a Minnesota hospital. Funeral was held in Charleston with hundreds of friends and many organizations including Rotary Club Chamber of Commerce city council fire and police Elks Red Cross in attendance and many others outside the large church.
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E. J. Whitney
Charleston
W. Va
E. L. Whitney
Chamber of Commerce
Minnesota
Rotary Club
Elks Club
the Red Cross
Treadway Shifts Blame in Peirce Killing Case
Peter D. Treadway, jailed on the Peirce murder, claims he was only an eye witness and that an alleged killer named Al Smith Marion A. Elliott fled. police say Treadway previously confessed before Moss and Boots Phillips. He allegedly said he killed Peirce and smothered him after Smith beat him.
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Peirce
Philadelphia
Henry T. Peirce
Peter D. Treadway
Treadway
al” Smith
Marion A. Elliott
J. A. Moss
Marie “Boots” Phillips
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Internal Revenue Board
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Harry M. Daugherty
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