Eye Witness Testimony Dominates Hatfield-Chambers Shooting Trial
Welch West Virginia December twelve reports eye witness accounts from the McDowell county court house shooting during the Hatfield and Chambers case. Jurors and bystanders testified that Lively fired first, Pence and Salters joined, and Chambers fell after attempting to reach a weapon while Mrs Chambers reacted to the deadly volley.
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Welch
W. Va
McDowell County Court House
Auecust
Sid Hatfield
Ed Chambers
Tris
K. Lively
George “Buster
Pencend
William Saiters
Chambers
Criminal Court
Lively
John Lunsford
Powhatan
Pence
Hatfield
Lica & Harmon
J. W. Sigmund
Maybeury
Bively
Sigmund
J. B. Hicks
Coalwood
Court House
Salters
Hicks
British Premier plans debt cancellations amid war debts talks
Washington reports indicate David Lloyd George aims to cancel all inter allied debts owed to Britain by Italy France Belgium Russia and Balkan allies totaling over two billion pounds. He would not renew the US debt cancellation proposal. France may forgive debts owed to it and seek a large cut in German reparations to France.
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Associated Press
Washington
David Lloyd-George
Great Britain
Italy
France
Belgium
Russia
Balkan
Lloyd George
Wilson
United States
England
Charge Dismissed in Autopsy Case Against Dr Rumwell
In San Francisco on December 13 the charge against Dr M B Rumwell for performing an unofficial autopsy on Miss Virginia Rappe was dismissed. Prosecutors said they believed he did not intend to violate the city health ordinance tied to the case linked to Roscoe C Arbu ck Fatty Arbuckle.
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San Francisco
M. B. Rumwell
Virginia Rappe
Roscoe C
Fatty) Arbuckle
Body Found Floating in Allegheny River Near Sixth Street Bridge
Unidentified white man’s body recovered from the Allegheny River near the Sixth street bridge. Preliminary checks suggest two skull fractures and a broken back, with police probable causes including highwaymen robbery and disposal of the body in the river. Unknown where the victim was slain pending investigation.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny River
Sixth Street
Shooting Wounds Three in Belfast Old Park Road Incident
In Belfast on December 13 heavy shooting occurred on Old Park Road wounding three people. Police investigation and details on suspects are awaited.
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Belfast
Old Park Road
Naval limitation agreement near stated in Washington talks
A Washington conference aims to seal a 6 5 3 naval ratio among Great Britain Japan and the United States with a plenary session likely before week’s end. Japan conditional on 5 5 3 but seeks substitution of Mutsu for Setsu. U S may swap Delaware North Dakota for Colorado Washington and extend the ten year naval holiday to allow Britain two extra battleships.
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Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Mutsu
Setsu
Messrs
Hughes
Balfour
Ate
Roosevelt
Coontz
Pratt
General Board
Apan
Japanese Purser Killed in Federal Narcotics Raid
Hoquiam Washington December 13. One Japanese purser named K Natsu on the Shinsei Maru died in a waterfront revolver encounter with four alleged narcotics peddlers and two federal agents. Three Japanese escaped, apparently unhurt.
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Hoquiam
Wash
K. Natsu
Bluefield Emerges as Best City in West Virginia
F. W. Payne, editor and publisher, tours West Virginia for a survey and praises Bluefield as the best city in the state after visiting the Summit City. He admits he expected less but found remarkable growth, civic standards, and notable progress from the southern part of the state.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Bland County
Maefield
New York
F. W. Payne
Wheeling
Charleston
Huntington
Payne
Morse Charged With Conspiracy In Government Case
Charles W. Morse of New York was served a conspiracy warrant alleging defrauding the government and the emergency fleet corporation. He pleaded not guilty, posted a $50,000 bond, and was freed pending grand jury action. Morse leaves for New York to await proceedings.
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Washington
Charles W. Morse
New York
France
Daugherty
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States
Hitt
Morse
Frank Burke
Investigation Department
The
Shipping Board
Mr. Morse
W. J. Lambert
Gordon
Plasterers Union Accused of Controlling New York Building Trade
Samuel Untermyer accused the plasterers union of despotism that could string up the entire New York City building industry. Minutes show fines on minority members, overtime penalties for late pay, and removal of work deemed unsafe by the union despite owner contractor and city approvals. The Lockwood committee also authorized another grand jury to hear evidence from the electrical workers case.
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Associated Press
New York
Plasterers’ Union
New York City
Lockwood
Samuel Untermyer
Untermyer
Michael B. Gallagher
Park Avenue
City Building Department
Gallagher
Two Prominent Men Die in Shinnston Within an Hour
Death claimed two notable Shinnston residents in the same hour today. William Knox aged ninety one, former mayor, retired merchant, and civil war veteran, and Lloyd Hursey aged eighty five, a retired monument dealer and father of Mayor Walter Hursey.
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Shinnston
W. Va
William Knox
Lloyd Hursey
Walter Hursey
Woman Confesses to Killing Brooklyn Doctor
Mrs. Lilian Ralzen wife of a Brooklyn toy maker confessed to doctors office murder of Dr. Abraham Glickstein on Bedford avenue Brooklyn. She said the killing followed an alleged assault on the eve of her wedding last May. District Attorney Lewis reported the confession.
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New York
Lillian Ralzen
Brooklyn
Lewis
Abraham Glickstein
Bedford Avenue
Tariff Committee Hears Wide Range of Topics on Rates
Senate finance panel listens to witnesses on schedules for agricultural products and spirits with discussions spanning cannery, canary birds, onions, spaghetti, candy, nuts and tomato paste. Liquor importers protest $5 a gallon brandy and $6 a gallon champagne taxes added to internal revenue tax as high cost for medicinal use. Anheuser Busch urges keeping hops rates to support near beer flavor. Arizona leaders seek protection for long staple cotton and arid land development against Egyptian competition.
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Washington
Senate
Nance Committee
Levi Cooke
Cooke
Smoot
Utah
Anheuser Busch Co
Southwest
Campbell
Arizona
Dwight B. Heard
Phoenix
Arizona Republican
California
New Mexico
West
Ohio
Texas
Wampole Denies High Alcohol Cod Liver Oil Claim
Albert K. Wampole of Baltimore refutes Bluefield report that Henry S. Wampole Extract of Cod Liver Oil contains excessive alcohol. He says the preparation has fourteen percent alcohol, enough to preserve medicine but not harm its efficacy. The Wampole company, established 1909, markets Henry S. Wampole Extract of Cod Liver Oil.
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Famous Concern
Albert K. Wampole
Henry 8. Wampole Company
Baltimore
Bluefield
Watly Telegraph
Wampole
Mr. Wampole
Henry K. Wampole
Maryland
Henry 8. Wampole
Negotiations Break Down Between Turkey and Italy
Negotiations between Turkey and Italy have broken down. The Italian commissioner Signor Tuozzi has returned to Italy.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Italy
Signor Tuozzi
One Small Point Delays Naval Solution At Conference
Washington reports indicate Japan accepted the five five three naval ratio with a single small point remaining about delaying a shift to a new battleship. The four power Pacific treaty was signed with a reservation on domestic questions and a separate pact on Pacific mandates. Shantung talks showed progress stalls due to financial settlements tied to Japan’s withdrawal from the Kiel-Chow leasehold amid divergent positions.
Four Power Treaty Signed With Reservations
The four power Pacific treaty was formally signed by the United States Great Britain Japan and France with a written reservation that keeps Pacific mandates and domestic questions separate from treaty obligations. The American copy goes to President Harding for senate ratification. In Pittsburg authorities charged Alexandre Marucel Joseph Locequa and Astrato de Perna with a mall fraud scheme against Frank Testa. case adjourned to resume tomorrow. Mrs Mary MacSwiney sent a cable urging the republic not to be abandoned as Dublin and the country will show.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Pacific
Pacific Islands
Harding
Pittsburg
Alexandre Marucel
Joseph Locequa
Astrato de Perna
Connellsville
Charles P. Orr
Frank Testa
New York
Mary MacSwiney
Cork
Peter MacSwiney
Republic
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