Report of Union Bank & Trust Company Bluefield WV 1912
Bank in Bluefield West Virginia reports assets of 322 847 12 with loans 151 951 52 and deposits 116 906 97. Capital stock 100 000 00 surplus 40 000 00 undivided profit 1 862 82. Cashier Bane S Witten swears the statement true. notary public Gee P Crockgill certifies the oath dated December 4 1912.
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Union Bank & Trust Company
Bluefield
West Virginia
Bank First
TOS Nourg
State of
County of
Mercer
Ss. I
Bane S. Witten
France To Stand With Allies In European Crisis
Paris dispatch reports Premier Poincare told the chamber of deputies foreign affairs committee that France will stand by its allies Russia and England in the current European crisis. He praised France's constitutional work and noted uncertainty about future prospects while signaling a settlement may be possible.
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Paris
France
Russia
England
Poincare
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Chamber of Deputies
Albanian Pretender Ghika Trades on Ventures in Europe
Prince Ghika cousin of Hazel Singer and Liane de Pougy has gone to Athens to press his claim to the Albanian throne. His marriage to Irish Margaret Dowling drained her fortune as he pursued royal status. He drafted love letters to Princess de Chimay and formed a theatre company with Delia Rogers. the troupe stalled in Athens and the star married the Berlin theater manager, ending his Balkan ambitions.
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Princce
Jean Ghika
Hazel Singer
Chicago
Prince Ghika
Paris Maste Hall
Liane de Pougy
Athens
Abania
Margaret Dowling
Lord Lansdowne
Paris
Ghika
Princess de Chimay
Roumania
Delia Rogers
Denver
Berlin
Albania
Balkan
Senators Likely to Hold Up Taft Appointments
Washington leaders expect Democratic senators to block most of President Taft's last three months nominations. Office department posts are to be pocketed by interested district senators. Commerce Committee referrals suggest anticipated delays in confirmations.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Post Office Department
Senate Commerce Committee
Virgil A Lewis Dies. Noted West Virginia Historian
Virgil Anson Lewis aged seventy four state historian and archivist died at his Mason City home of organic heart trouble after weeks of illness. Former state superintendent of schools, he was a leading figure in West Virginia letters.
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Charleston
W. Va
Virgil Anson Lewis
Mason City
Iit
Grounded Steamer Releases Itself After Fog Incident
The Cretan of the Merchant-Miners line ran aground last night on the cut-off channel five miles below the Patapsco River entrance. She freed herself and continued to Jacksonville with passengers and cargo, likely having lost bearings in heavy fog over the bay’s upper end.
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Haltimore
Patpasco River
Jacksonville
Wage Demands Discussed by Firemen Leaders in New York
President Carter of the Brotherhood of Railway Firemen and Enginemen explained the union's wage demand during a conference with managers representing fifty two eastern railways. Sessions will continue tomorrow to address additional demands.
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New York
Carter
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen
National Society to convene sixth annual industrial education meeting
Education for Industry Philadelphia six annual convention opens with expert panels on every phase of vocational training. Congress member William C. Redfield of Brooklyn presides as society leaders launch a three day session in the city.
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Philadelphia
National Society For the Promotion of Industrial Education
William C. Redfield
Brooklyn
Castro Embarks to Paris After Southampton Port Visit
Ex-President Castro of Venezuela arrived in port aboard the Windhuk from Teneriffe and stayed aboard to Antwerp. He plans to go to Paris, traveling in seclusion during the voyage.
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Castro
Paris
Southampton
England
Venezuela
Windhuk
Teneriffe
Antwerp
Pape's Diapepsin Promised Quick Indigestion Cure
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast remedy for sour stomach indigestion and gastric distress. It claims five minute relief, harmless dosage, and a pleasant candy like taste, urging readers to buy now and keep in the home for family use.
Descriptions of McNamara Arrest At National Union HQ
Indianapolis tale from the dynamiting conspiracy trial centers on Henry Siegleiter Denver defendant detailing scenes at the Iron Workers National Headquarters when John J. McNamara secretary was seized six months after the Los Angeles blast. He describes vault guards duty, denial of explosive knowledge, a $1000 check to Olaf Treitmoe San Francisco, and letters about planned explosions. Murray Pennell Springfield former union president explains letters with pins for explosions.
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Indianapolis
Iron Worker
John J. McNamara
Los Angeles
Henry Seigleiter
Denver
Seigleiter
Frank M. Ryan
Olaf Treitmoe
San Francisco
McNamara
Leigleiter
Pittsburg
Beaver
Murray Pennell
Springfield
Urges Development of Water Transportation
Senator Poindexter told the National Rivers and Harbors Congress that the nation must develop every resource with emphasis on waterway expansion. He argued rail lines cannot handle future trade and urged completion of funded river improvements to secure returns. S. W. Donnelly urged ICC jurisdiction over inland and coastwise waterways and shipping.
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Washington
Poindexter
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
S. W.donnelly
Trenton
N. J
Interstate Commerce Commission
Glasgow students wreck suffragette offices at university
Glasgow crowds of hundreds of Glasgow University students attacked the headquarters of the Woman's Social and Political Union in response to suffrage disruptions during Augustine Birrell's installation as Glasgow University rector. Police baton charge ended the wild scenes after the offices were smashed and the women in charge were harassed.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Glasgow University
Woman's Social and Political Union
Augustine Birrell
Ireland
Woman Has One Husband Too Many
Authorities from New Martinsville West Virginia demand Jacob and Elsie Barnhart held in Woodsfield Ohio on bigamy charges. The woman married Barnhart then Lipman, with her first husband aiding an escape to Ohio. Both husbands are sought for prisoner escape assistance.
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Columbus
Ohio
New Martingville
Wetzel County
W. Va
Harmon
Jacob
Elsie Barnhart
Woodsfield
Monroe County
Barnhart
J. S. Lipman
New Martinsville
Defends Twenty Cent Mileage for Members in Congress
Representative Mann of Illinois defended a twenty cent per mile travel allowance for members, arguing the excess helped cover family travel costs as members return to Washington for sessions. The House met as a committee of the Whole to devote today’s session to the matter.
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Washington
Congress
Representative Mann
Illinois
House
Indiana Representative Seeks Travel Expense Amendment
In a debate on the legislative appropriation bill Representative Cox of Indiana proposed paying actual traveling expenses for members. The amendment was defeated by thirty seven to twenty one. Consideration of the bill will continue for several days.
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Sion
Representative Cox
Indiana
Nations Gift of Seeds
A Bureau of Plant Industry report shows seed distribution cost the government 289080 dollars for the year ending last April. Some 63334555 packages were sent to voters and others, totaling nearly 500 tons and filling twenty freight cars.
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Congress
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Plant Industry
Peppery campaign seeds fail to show returns after long effort
The piece laments a long running distribution project begun in 1839. After seventy three years the expected benefits are not seen as matching the money spent. It accuses congressmen of using the seeds as a campaign sop. The note ends with a plug for SAUER'S flavoring extracts and mentions thirteen top awards.
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