County court backs federal help for bluefield Hinton highway plan
County courts in Mercer and Summers counties plan to issue bonds of 50000 each and pursue a 50000 federal grant for an experimental highway between Hinton and Bluefield. Wirt A. French and court members favor the plan, aiming to place the proposal before voters and involve Summers county with Mercer. Governor Glasscock will be consulted on the federal offer.
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Chamber of Commerce
Wirt A. French
Bluefield
Hinton
French
Lilly
Mercer County
Summers County
United States
West Virginia
Summers
Glasscock
Ex Senator Scott Reaches Seventieth Birthday in Wheeling
Nathan B. Scott former United States senator from West Virginia, a longtime Republican power, marks his seventieth birthday in Wheeling. While his name has surfaced for the vacancy caused by Senator Watson’s term ending next March, he shows no plan to actively seek the senatorship and expects only courteous consideration when the legislature convenes next month.
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Scott
Wheeling
W. Va
Nathan B. Scott
United States
West Virginia
Watson
Wilson Up Early Conference With Democratic Leaders
President-elect Wilson rose early to confer with Democratic leaders after his Southern Society dinner speech. McCombs McAdoo and Col. House led calls to discuss matters for a united party and to assess political issues.
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Mitchell
Palmer
Wilson
Washington Prepares for Holidays
Washington December 18 congress will adjourn tomorrow for the holidays marking the approach of Christmas. Many members will stay in the capital during recess while social events in the congressional circle grow more numerous and brilliant.
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Washington
Congress
Congressional Circle
Balkan Allies Meet Over Greece Boycott Fallout
London dispatch reports peace plenipotentiaries of the Balkan allies holding informal talks on how to proceed if Turkey refuses to lift its boycott of the Hellenic celebrations unless Greece signs.
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Alies
Greece
London
Turkey
Allies demand Greece inclusion in armistice talks
The allies insist Greece must be allowed to participate before negotiations begin, signaling Greece's key role in any armistice process and shaping the diplomatic path forward.
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Greece
Feudists Prepare for Murder Trial in Callahan Case
Winchester Ky Dec 18 Trials begin in Clark circuit court over the assassination of former Sheriff Ed Callahan in Breathitt county feuds. Fifteen men indicted with Asbury McIntosh named as ringleader. Separate trials requested. first expects months of proceedings. Prosecutors say a McIntosh conviction could support convictions of all others.
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Winchester
Clark
Ed Callahan
Breathitt County
Callahan
James B. Marcum
Jackson
Asbury McIntosh
McIntosh
Nature of Turkish Decision Hints at Peace Conference Restarts
Lofidon Dec 18 The Turkish government may have issued a decision that allows the peace conference to resume its duties. With armistice terms restricting revictualization of besieged fortresses Turkey seeks speedier progress. The Russian premier signals support for Balkan gains, while Servia works to avoid provoking Austria. Sir Edward Grey names Herman Cameron Norman to the conference secretariat.
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Lofidon
Turkey
Constantinople
Russia
Balkan
Austria
Eoward Grey
Herman Cameron Norman
Preference primary for post office jobs
Senator Bristow of Kansas introduced a bill creating a nominating primary for postmasters earning 300 dollars or more annually. Vacancies would be filled by the postmaster general, term five years, with removal only after a written charges hearing and no renomination. The nominating election could align with local or municipal polls at the postmaster general's discretion.
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Washington
Senator Bristow
Kansas
United States
Bristow
Voice of the People
Turkish Commander Reports Great Victory Near Janina
Turkish commander in Constantinople says Turkish troops defeated the Greek army near Janina on Sunday. He reports four hundred killed and one hundred twenty six wounded in the engagement.
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Constantinople
Janina
War Office
Dunn Held Over Threat Letters to Wilson at Newark
Jacob Dunn alone of three mountaineers charged with sending threatening letters to President-elect Wilson is held for the grand jury after a preliminary hearing. Seeley Davenport was discharged and Dunn’s bail reduced from 2000 to 1000 dollars. Dunn himself was not bailed and remains in confinement. He is said to have admitted writing the letter but later denied authorship, claiming duress.
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Newark
N. J
Jacob Dunn
Wilson
Seeley Davenport
Dunn
Fifteen Million Dollar Firemen Wage Offer Made
Eastern trunk line railroads propose increasing annual wages for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen to fifteen million dollars with a contingency that two men in heavier locomotives be waived. The offer, averaging a 56 percent raise, would cost about 15.13 million dollars yearly and follows arbitration principles.
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New York
Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Railway Wage Arbitration Commission
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Firemen Open to Arbitration on Pay and Duties
President Carter of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen told eastern railway managers he favors Erdman act arbitration over a strike vote. He proposes two firemen on about 2,000 of the region’s largest locomotives to boost efficiency and earnings cover the cost. Managers' reply is expected at a joint conference tomorrow afternoon.
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New York
Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Eastern Territory
Hearst Letters Under Limelight In Campaign Hearings
Washington December 18 hearings before the senate committee probing campaign contributions centered on letters between former Senator Fora ker of Ohio and John D. Archbold of Standard Oil as disclosed by William R. Hearst.
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Hearst
Washington
Foraker
Ohio
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
William R. Hearst
Senate
Warship Offer To Ferry Reid’s Body Home
London December 18 The United States government formally accepted Britain’s offer to use British warships to transport the body of the late Ambassador Reid back to the United States amid ongoing official arrangements and ceremonies.
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Reid
London
United States
Ambassador Reid
Requisition Issued for Rev W J Hubbard
A requisition on Governor Mann of Virginia was issued by Governor Glasscock for the extradition of Rev W J Hubbard who is held in Harrisonburg Va on a rape charge. Portia Goldie Hylton twelve a resident of the Davis Childs Shelter Hubbard formerly supervised. Dayton Acree travels to Harrisonburg to return Hubbard for trial. The crime is a felony with death penalty on conviction.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dee
Mann
Virginia
Glasscock
W. J. Hubbard
Harrisonburg
Portia Goldie Hylton
Davis
Hubbard
Dayton Acree
Woman struck by axe in railroad dispute near Montgomery
In Charleston on December 18 Henry Williams, a colored man, hit W. W. Bias, a railroad section foreman, on the head with an axe during a dispute over a box near Montgomery. Bias suffered what are believed to be fatal injuries. Williams was arrested and is held in Kanawha county jail.
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Charleston
W. Va
Montgomery
Henry Williams
W. W. Bias
Williams
Kanawha County
Congress Sums and Sessions in Midday Deliberations
Senate convened at noon with Kenyon finishing an interstate liquor shipment bill speech as Foraker testified. impeachment trial of Archbold continued. Bourne named joint commission chairman on federal highway aid. Smith backed Lever education extension. Bristow urged postmaster primaries. House session adjourned at 5 25 p m. until noon Thursday.
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Senate
Kenyon
Foraker
Archbold
Army
Navy
Bourne
Joint Congressional Commission
Hoke Smith
Lever
Bristow
House
Money Trust
Banking and Currency
Treasury
Morgan Before Money Trust Investigators
Washington dispatch reports J Pierpont Morgan on the stand before the money trust inquiry. Morgan’s brief testimony centers on private banks handling corporate funds with no federal supervision and leaves for continued questioning tomorrow. He indicated a desire to finish soon due to travel plans.
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Washington
J. Pierpont Morgan
Money Trust
House of Representatives
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Philip J. Scudder
Pujo
Graft Alleged Paid to Police Over Five Years at Harlem Hotel
A Raines law hotel keeper testifies before the aldermanic committee that from 1905 to 1910 he paid police officers 100 dollars monthly for protection enabling him to run and later sell the Harlem resort for 140000 dollars. A police inspector and ex inspectors were summoned. a patrolman named as a graft collector was suspended. Corroboration by the hotel’s assistant manager follows.
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New York
Raines Law
Harlem
Aldermanic
George A. Sipp
Waldo
Lipp
Sipp
Thomas Dorian
Vice Trust
Weather outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia near term snow flurries with colder temperatures. Friday improves to fair weather. Virginia sees cloudy and colder Thursday with Friday turning fair.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Dynamiting Trial Focuses on Labor Fund Abuse
Indianapolis reports the government accusing walking delegates and officers of using iron workers union funds to finance dynamiting plots. Treitmoe Clancey and others are charged as leaders, with $230,000 to $330,000 alleged to have funded the Times explosion. Jurors may have verdicts by Friday after four days of closing arguments and extensive testimony.
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Indianapolis
Olaf A. Treitmoe
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Iron Workers’ International Union
James W. Noel
Andrew Gallagher
Treitmoe
Times
M. A. Schmidt
James B. McNamara
Oakland
Iron Workers’ Union
McNamaras
McNamara
Trelimoe
Eugene KE
Clancy
J. E. Muncey
Salt Lake City
Clancey
Anderson
Dinner Speakers Named for Knife and Fork Club Event
The Knife and Fork Club will hold its annual dinner at the Hotel Baltimore in this city tomorrow night with a slate of speakers announced for the occasion.
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Knife and Fork Club
Baltimore
Archbold May Take Stand In Own Defense At Impeachment Trial
Miss Mary Boland of Scranton testified as one of about ten witnesses to be examined after the Christmas recess in Judge Robert W. Archbolds impeachment trial. She is a stenographer and niece of a key witness, and said Williams spoke of a brief Archbold prepared in the lighterage case.
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Washington
Mary Boland
Scranton
Robert W. Archbold
Commerce Court
Senate
Swayne
Florida
Archbold
Miss Boland
William P. Boland
E. J. Willams
Huntington Editor Seeks Huntington Postmaster Slot
Washington dispatch says J. H. Long editor and owner of the Huntington Advertiser arrived to seek the Huntington postmaster appointment to succeed Congressman Hughes' father. He cites long party service and will meet Senator Chilton and others. George L Neal and Mrs. Neal of Huntington are here on their wedding journey.
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Washington
J. H. Long
Huntington Advertiser
Huntington
Hughes
Chilton
George 1
Neal
Miners Killed in Dortmund Coal Mine Blast
Thirty-one workers died when an explosion of black damp struck the Achenbach mine in Dortmund today. Six bodies have been recovered.
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Dortmund
Germany
Achenbach
City Leaders Tied to Knife and Fork Club Event
Henry Hunt mayor of Cincinnati and Hon. William Renwick Riddell judge of Ontario’s High Court are secured as principal figures for a Kansas City club event on December 18. The gathering aims to promote civic discussion and charitable support.
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Knife and Fork Club
Kansas City
Henry Hunt
Cincinnati
William Renwick Riddell
King's Bench
High Court of Justice of
Ontario
Taft Accepts Yale Kent Professorship of Law
President Taft will accept the Kent professorship of law at Yale and begin duties in New Haven early next spring. He gains freedom to lecture at other law schools or platforms and avoids limited practice at Cincinnati. He notes limited chances to argue before the Supreme Court and wishes to preserve broader national law work.
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Will
New Haven
Washington
Taft
Kent
Yale
Cincinnati
United States Supreme Court
Ohio
Bonfires To Welcome Wilson In Staunton Celebration
President elect Woodrow Wilson will arrive September 27 in Staunton to celebrate his fifty sixth birthday and be entertained at his birthplace. Bonfires will light the route through Virginia as 8000 visitors anticipate Wilson Day with gala decorations and 216 foot white columns with electric globes along the principal street.
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Staunton
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Trenton
Virginia
Yaivroads
Virelula
Governio Mann Sre
Oecaelon
Receptions at the White House to End under Wilson
Princeton New Jersey December 18 President elect Wilson announced he sees little use in continuing public receptions at the White House. He said only visits with public business would be warranted and he will skip many annual banquets and society events in Washington.
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Princeton
N. J
Big East
White House
Executive Mansion
United States
Wilson
Washington
Grand Central Terminal to be world’s largest rail hub
New Grand Central Terminal near completion in New York promises 70,000 outbound passengers per hour, with 79 acre site, 180 million dollar cost, seven underground levels, and separate express and loan train services to minimize congestion in a monumental modern terminal.
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New York
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central
New York and
Hudson River Railroad
Lexington Avenue
Forty-second Street
Grand Central Palace
Vanderbilt Avenue
Depew Place
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Raines Law Hotel
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