National Legion Commander MacNider to Visit Bluefield Today
A special train brings Commander Hamford MacNider of the American Legion to Bluefield with a 6 pm banquet at the Masonic Temple. Delegations from the city and Chamber of Commerce greet him at Walton and Oakvale, with a reception, dance, and joint Bluefield Post 9 and auxiliary installation of officers. He departs tomorrow morning for Indianapolis.
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Representative Chamber of Commerce
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D. E. French
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Physician Eliam L. Tull Found Dead in Asheville Hotel
Chattanooga report states Dr. Eliam L. Tull of Jacksonville Florida was found dead this morning in a local Asheville hotel while traveling from Jacksonville to his home. Authorities investigate likely natural causes and review travel details.
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Chattanooga
Great Britain United States and Japan in naval accord
Washington reports Britain United States and Japan reach full accord on naval limitation principles. The plan drafted by Hughes Balfour and Admiral Kate aligns with the original proposal but swaps some ship types including Mutsu for Setsu and Washington for Delaware and North Dakota, with Britain building the approximate equivalent capital ships. Details on British Mutsu equivalence delay promulgation.
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Washington
Brit&n
United States
Japan
Hughes
Arthur J. Balfour
Baron Kate
Delaware
North Dakota
Great Britain
Fire destroys Sydney wool stores in million-dollar blaze
A Sydney New South Wales fire caused about 5 million dollars in damage. The Pastoral Finance Association wool stores near Circular Quay were destroyed, with 30 000 bales of wool lost in the blaze.
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Vancouver
B. C
Sydney
Pastoral Finance Association
Circular Quay
Landmark British history as Irish treaty presented for ratification
In London the Irish treaty was laid before Parliament for ratification while Dublin's Dail debated de Valera’s claim that Irish plenipotentiaries overstepped powers. Lord Carson and Captain Craig attacked the government. Lloyd George outlined the treaty’s implications to MPs, and Ulster’s response awaited.
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Associated Press
London
Lkely
Dail Eireann
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Commons
Westminister
Lord Carson
House of Lords
Charles Craig
House of Commons
Ireland
Ulster
Sinn Fein
America
Channel Islands
Lloyd-George
Irish Free State
Former railroad police man found guilty of wife murder
Walter Troy, ex railroad policeman, is convicted for the January 17 murder of his wife Marie Troy in Pittsburg. The trial featured the defendant's drinking defense and included testimony from Troy's mother and his nine year old son.
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Pittsburg
Walter Troy
Marie Troy
Troy
Four Witnesses Testify in Eastlake Case at Montress
Four witnesses for the prosecution testified in Montress Virginia on December 14 in the Roger D. Eastlake case. Eastlake a chief petty officer in the U S N and Miss Sarah B. Knox are charged with killing his wife Margaret in the Colonial Beach home on September 30. The defense claims Eastlake was away from home when the crime occurred.
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Montress
Roger D. Eastlake
Sarah B. Knox
Baltimore
Margaret
Colonial Beach
Eastlake
Welch
W. Va
Sid Hatfield
Ed Chambers
Bate
C. E. Lively
George “Buster” Pence
William Salters
Matewan
Hatfield
Chambers
Lively
Co. J. van Fleet
Court House
Sid
Willam Hatfield
Embassies Lacking Guidance on Tacna Arica Plebiscite
Washington reports neither the Chilean nor the Peruvian embassies in receipt of guidance from their governments today on Chile’s proposal to submit Tacna Arica’s disposition to a plebiscite. The state department also had no information on the new situation.
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Washington
Chile
Tacna-Arica
State Department
Fire Hits Vatican Storehouse Near St Peter's Dome
Fire broke out in a storeroom beside the staircase to the Vatican dome of St Peter's in Rome. Firefighters battled the blaze with difficulty due to a poor water supply, delaying suppression.
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Vatican
Rome
Church of St. Peter
Grocer Convicted of Sugar Sale to Moonshiners
In East St. Louis Illinois on December 14 a jury in federal district court found H. Goldberg a Fairmont City grocer guilty of violating the prohibition laws by selling a quantity of sugar to alleged moonshiners.
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East St. Louis
Ill
H. Goldberg
Fairmont City
Federal District Court
Tax assessors discuss WV levy declines and value shifts
A Charleston banquet of West Virginia assessors closed a three day meeting with leaders predicting property valuations will more closely reflect actual values next year, likely lowering the overall levy. Governor Morgan endorsed a gross sales tax as a key revenue source while Attorney General England cautioned against expecting quick normalcy. Walter S. Hallanan presided as toastmaster.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
T. C. Townsend
Morgan
E. T. England
Walter 8. Hallanan
China asks abrogation of treaties amid Pacific talks
The Washington arms conference discusses naval ratios and far east issues. China seeks abrogation of treaties from Japan’s twenty one demands, complicating Shan tung negotiations and delaying a final accord. The "big three" push toward a detailed naval settlement with Japan retaining Mutsu and allies getting compensative quotas.
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Associated Press
Washington
Far East
Japan
United States
Great Britain
China
Shantung
Tucker Announces Candidacy for Congress in Tenth District
Lexington Virginia December 13 Harry St George Tucker announces his candidacy for congress from the tenth district to succeed the late Representative Flood He previously represented the district in congress and says carrying the district in the gubernatorial primary will insure his election He has received numerous letters pledging support
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Lexington
Harry St. George Tucker
Representative Flood
Flood
Tucker
Bluefield ruling upholds city in water works dispute
The Bluefield city wins against Bluefield Water Works Company with Public Service Commission findings upheld. Supreme Court dismisses the company's petitions, ordering dams or reservoirs for a 30 day water supply, moving the hill tank higher, and a roughly sixteen percent rate increase deemed reasonable with proper供 supply.
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Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Bluefield
Water Works Company
Water Company
Russell Ritz
Widows Describe Shooting on Court House Steps
Paris dispatch reports widows of victims recount the on scene shooting on courthouse steps. berlin sources quote Zeitung Am Mittag naming Dr Andreas Hermes as Germanys ambassador to Washington with the US reportedly agreeing to accept him.
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Paris
Berlin
Zeitung Am Mittag
Andreas
Hermes
Washington
Germany
Plan to adjust tariffs faces strong opposition
Washington heard John P. Wood of Philadelphia attack President Harding's tariff adjustment proposal as impracticable and harmful. He warned it would keep industries in a constant state of unrest and delay decisions, while senators argued over potential benefits of delegating rate authority to the tariff commission.
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Harding
Congress
John P. Wood
Philadelphia
National Association of Wood Manufacturers
Senate Finance Committee
Wood
Tariff Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Smoot
Utah
Watson
Indiana
William Goldman
New York
Rail Strike Talk Revived After New York District Appeals
United States railroad labor seeks strike orders from 30 000 workers in the New York district after Chicago workers adopt ten hour days at regular wages under new rules ending the national agreement. William D Roberts cites protests from Pennsylvania Railroad and others within a 75 mile radius of New York.
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New York
United States Railroad
Chicago
William D. Roberts
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Lehigh Valley
Roberts
New York Council
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