Mercer County Bar Association Admits Six New Members
The Mercer County Bar Association held its annual meeting at the Hotel West Virginian with strong attendance. Six new members were admitted: A. M. Mahood, Ajax Smith, C. O. Arminott, A. J. Labliner, and W. V. Rosa. Judge Joseph M. Sanders introduced Emory and Henry College president Dr. Millman and Judge D. J. F. Strother of Welch delivered a taxation talk.
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Mercer County Bar Association
West Virginian
George Richardson, Jr
George P. Crockett
A. M. Mahood
Ajax Smith
C. 0. Arminott
Sanders
Richardson
Supreme Court
Matthews
Harold A. Ritz
D. J. F. Strother
Welch
Strother
West Virginia
Caesar
Assyria
Babylonia
Egypt
Old
Greece
Athens
Christ
Pleho
Earthquake Shakes Central Japan Including Kobe and Osaka
A Tokio Nippo Jiji dispatch reports a strong quake hit central Japan early today affecting Kobe Osaka and surrounding cities. Docks stopped on Shikoku and coastal residents evacuated their homes seeking safety with no reported deaths or major property loss so far.
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Onoltla
Dec
Japan
Kobe
Osaka
Tokio
Nippo Jiji
Shikoku
Satonaika
Courageous stunt flyer says women can master daring feats
Miss Lillian Boyer of the Aero Club of Illinois argues that women can achieve daring acts by staying fit, calm, and quick-thinking. She recalls a near-fatal wing transfer, the danger she faced, and her shift from office work to stunt flying after a single invitation.
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Lillian Boyer
Chicago
Aero Club of Illinois
Misa Boyer
Bex
Ruth Law
Craig considers remission a pardon in BRT case
New York dispatch reports Comptroller Charles L. Craig says a document signed by President Coolidge appears to be a pardon for his sixty day contempt sentence in Brooklyn Rapid Transit receivership. He will decide on acceptance after receiving an official copy and notes the wording matches presidential practice.
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New York
Chas. L. Craig
Coolidge
Mayer
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Mr. Braig
Washington
Doughety
Ford for President on a Fusion Ticket
A fusion conference in Iverne South Dakota claims agreement on a state and national ticket between Henry Ford Democrats and Farmer-Labor elements. The proposed ticket heads Henry Ford for president with Eric Ellefson of Sioux Falls for governor and Mark P Bates for United States senator. Officials discuss Richards primary law requirements mandating written acceptance and platform support by January 1.
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Iwerve
S. D
Henry Ford
Farmer-Labor Party
Eric Ellefson
Sioux Falls
Mark P. Bates
Farmer-Labor
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad Represents Labor Board Hearing
The Pennsylvania railroad appeared with witnesses and counsel at a United States railroad labor board hearing. Sixteen cases involving Federated Shop Crafts and the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way and Railway Shop Employes were heard and docketed for over three years. Management contends dismissals were outside the board’s jurisdiction as discipline matters.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States Railroad Labor Board
Federated Shop Crafts
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Pennsylvania
Enna
J. H. Senner
Bootlegger King Emanuel Kessler Sentenced in U S Prohibition Case
Emanuel H. Mannie Kessler, termed a bootlegging king, and ten conspirators were sentenced after pleas for clemency. Major John Holly Clark alleged a $100,000 bribe offered to drop the case, with attempts also to bribe government witnesses. Becher and Birnbaum received two year terms and $10,000 fines. seven others got shorter sentences. Marc Aron's fate postponed due to illness.
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New York
Emanuel H. (Mannie) Kessler
John Holly Clark
United States
Clark
Kessler
Falk
Major Clark
Morris M. Becher
Murray E. Birnbaum
Walb weighs policy on McCray indictments in Indiana
Indianapolis Republican state chairman Clyde A. Walb arrived from LaGrange to meet leaders editors and legislators to decide party policy over Governor Warren T McCray's Marion county grand jury indictments. He plans to canvass views through the week and wait for trial outcome before any moves. Speaker Raymond C Morgan urged against hasty action awaiting legal certainty.
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Indianapolis
Clyde A. Walb
Lagrange
Warren T. McCray
Marion County Grand Jury
Wald
Wal
McCray
Raymond C. Morgan
House of Representatives
Lhe
Bishop James Atkins Dies In Little Rock At 70
Bishop James Atkins died in Little Rock tonight after paralysis struck him Monday. A prominent Southern Methodist leader, aged seventy, he arrived from Junaluska North Carolina to preside over the Little Rock conference but had to retire due to illness. He recently resumed duties and attended the conference closing sessions Monday. Atkins had long led Sunday school development in the denomination.
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Little Rock
Ark
James Atkins
Atkins
Junaluska
N. C
Bishop
Murder confessions in exhumation arson case shock Napa
Edward J Sailstad, ex Mulstone/Multitone Phonograph president, is arrested in Napa on murder and arson charges. He allegedly exhumed Allen McFee’s body from Lake Nenagammond cemetery in Wisconsin, moved it to a rented house, and burned the dwelling to fake his death as a cover. Local authorities and San Francisco detectives pursued him after a warrant was issued by Superior Wisconsin officials.
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Napa
Cal
Edward J. Sallstad
Mulstone Phonograph Company
Eau Claire
Wis
Superior
Thomas C. Anglin
Napa County
Sallstad
Allen McFee
Lake Nebagammon
Douglas County
Sailstad
San Francisco
Here
San Francisco Examiner
Sailstead
A. Kingston
Duncan Matheson
J. R. Harris
Kingston
Edward J. Sailstad
Multitone Phonograph Company
United States District Court
Stillman Again Seeks Overthrow of Divorce Ruling
James A. Stillman pressed to overturn supreme court rulings upholding Baby Guy Stillman’s legitimacy. In Brooklyn, four hours of arguments centered on letters allegedly written by Mrs. Stillman to Indian guide co defendant Beauvais and their admissibility as evidence.
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New York
James A. Stillman
Supreme Court
Guy Stillman
Appelate Division
Brooklyn
Morschauser
Nathan L. Miller
Banker
Isaac Mills
Beauvais
Miller
Indian Guide
Evans denied jury trial in Hanna estate case
White Plains N Y December 5 Surrogate Slater denied actress June Avis Evans a jury trial on her claim against the Dan R Hanna estate Wealthee publisher Hanna allegedly promised 125 monthly for life in exchange for breaking an engagement to marry him An appeal to the appellate division was filed from the first order in a prior decision
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White Plains
N. Y
Slater
June Avis Evans
Dan R. Hanna
Cleveland
Miss Evans
Hanna
Whch
Hen Cannot Steal Is Ruling of Court
In Chelsea district court Judge Blossom ruled a Blue Orpington named Lady Camille could not be charged with theft for plucking a diamond from George A. Hennessey’s ring. The owner John Strom was not found to have committed larceny, and the bird was returned to its coop. Hennessey has no redress unless Strom claims or sells the jewel back.
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Oston
Camille
Chelsea District Court
Blossom
George A. Hennessey
Hennessey
John Strom
Strom
Moses urges world court at The Hague to replace League tribunal
New York December 5 Senator Moses of New Hampshire proposes replacing the League of Nations setup with a permanent world court at The Hague in a speech to woolen industry leaders. He argues the Hague tribunal offers a true international justice temple with judges from signatory nations and independence from other councils.
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New York
Hauge
League of Nations
Moses
New Hampshire
American Association of Woolen Manufacturers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Harding
America
Wild Life League to Convene at Wheeling
The Wild Life League of West Virginia will hold its second annual convention in Wheeling with officer elections due tomorrow afternoon. Delegates fill the city as a banquet features fish and game. Speakers include John J. Cornwell on four hills and streams Seth E. Gordon on Pennsylvania game preserves and Benjamin L. Rosenbloom on national game and fish legislation.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wild Life League of
West Virginia
John J. Cornwell
Seth E. Gordon
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
West Virginia coal faces new freight-rate push from Watertown testim
S C Higgins told an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Washington that southern West Virginia smokeless coal should receive through freight access to Baltimore Philadelphia Trenton Jersey City and other eastern destinations. He cited current rates from Pocahontas and other districts and urged breakdown of an “unnatural barrier” to through movement. Higgins noted about 9 000 new rates proposed by three WV railroads and argued average haul distances and miles per ton would remain consistent with existing patterns.
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Washington
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Potomac River
C. Higgins
New River Coal Operators Association
Mount Hope
W. Va
Smokeless Coal Operators Association of
Pocahontas
Tug River
Gulf
New River
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Butler
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Trenton
Jersey City
Albany
Standford
Conn
Lowell
Mass
Worcester
Boston
Higgins
Hagerstown
Lynchburg
Alta Vista
Highins
Higgine
Hedson River Gateway
Camden-on-Gauley
Virginian
Tidewater
Camp Turn
Congress Ready Receive Message From President
The Sixty-eighth Congress opens after a House speakership vote ended the deadlock. Speaker Gillett won on the first ballot as insurgents switch support. The Senate adjourned briefly. committees and rule changes will follow Christmas, with Coolidge to address the joint session tomorrow.
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Washington
Dec
Coolidne
Congress
House
Gillett
Longworth
Ohio
Representatives Copper
Wisconsin
Madden
Illinois
Garrett
James
Michigan
Reid
Berger
Kvale
Minnesota
Wefald
Werald
Cooper
Senate
Nelson
Buckley
Illnois
Wm. Tyler Page
Coolidge
Republican House
Former deputy finance official guilty of embezzling bank funds
Donald W. Ross former deputy state finance commissioner in charge of liquidation of the Night and Day Bank was found guilty of embezzling 28 250 dollars of the banks funds in St Louis circuit court He received a five year penitentiary sentence.
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St. Louis
Donald W. Ross
Night and Day
Extension of federal aid to Hawaiian Territory bill aid
Washington December 5. A bill introduced by Hawaii delegate W P Jarrett asks extending federal aid programs to the Hawaiian Territory under farm loan vocational education and vocational rehabilitation acts. The measure seeks to apply existing farm loan and educational aid to Hawaii.
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Washington
Territory of Hawaii
W. P. Jarrett
Hawaii
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Ford
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Argu
Napa, Cal
Stillman
Evans
Miata Ia
World Court
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Hague
Wild Life League
S. C. Higgins
Wiliam C. Atwater
Missouri
Hawaiian Territory
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