Ban Johnson Replies to Charges of Huston
President Ban Johnson of the American League defends its ballot director selection after Colonel Huston accused deviation from precedent. Johnson cites two attempted wreckers and notes Ruppert declined to serve, Shibe appointed, and recounts a private letter about gambling that helped remove Magee and Chase. He labels Huston as a fan of such actions.
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Ban Johnson
Huston
Chicago
American League
New York
T. L. Huston
Johnson
Ruppert
Shibe
Colonel Huston
New
American League Club
Roston
Heydler
National League
Lee Magee
Ilal Chase
Patrolman Medley Shot Near Charleston
In Charleston West Virginia December 21 Patrolman Wilbur N Medley was seriously wounded in a gun battle with two robbers Floyd Stanley and John Morrig who Medley sought to arrest. Medley suffered a lung wound and an arm wound. Stanley fled during a running gun fight while Morrig is jailed.
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Charleston
W. Va
Frem Anderson
Charley Walker
Wilbur N. Medley
Medley
Floyd Stanley
Morrig
Stanley
Morris
Two Wilmington Men Guilty of Embezzlement
William Bush and his cousin Charles F Hastman prominent in Wilmington business and social circles pleaded guilty to embezzlement and were each sentenced to eight years in the county workhouse beginning immediately.
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Wilmington
Del
William Bush
Charles F. Hastman
Four Shepard Murder Suspects Discharged in Georgia
In Macon Georgia Judge H A Mathews discharged four defendants charged with the poisoning murder of Fred O Shepard, a wealthy Georgia peach grower, after their preliminary hearing.
Secretary Alexander's Son Killed at Bolling Field
Walter K. Alexander, son of the Commerce Secretary, was killed instantly at Bolling Field when the propeller of an aircraft struck him on the head as he prepared to take a flight. The incident occurred in Washington.
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Commerce
Washington
Walter K. Alexander
Alexander
Department of Commerce
Bolling Field
Balloon Dockaway Officer Evans Reported Missing
To Search for Balloon Dockaway, N Y Dec 21 Lieut enant Albert W Evans naval aviator balloonist and dirigible pilot was or
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Dockaway
N. Y
Albert W. Evans
Balloon Search For Rockaway Mystery Headed To Ottawa
A direct search party leaves for Ottawa tonight to locate the balloon missing from Rockaway Naval Air Station for more than a week. The effort focuses on locating the device believed to have drifted from its base.
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Ottawa
Rockaway Naval Air Station
Americans evacuated to Turkish protection in Transcaucasia
Relief workers from the American Near East mission in Armenia have been evacuated under Mustafa Kemal Pasha's supervision and reached Kars, with plans to send some to Kiazin and others to Karabekir. Among those aiding the 7,000 orphans are Miss Cora Beach and Mr Barton Brush from Princeton West Virginia.
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Armenia
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Kars
Transcaucasia
Kiazin
Karabekir
Mustapha Kemal
Cora Beach
Cora Beach, Mr. Barton Brush
Elizabeth Gillespie
Leonard Hubbard
Princeton
W. Va
Excess Profits Tax Repeal Heard in House Committee
At Monday resumption hearings on tax revision legislation the Ways and Means committee heard recommendations to repeal the excess profits tax. Meyer D. Rothschild of the National Business Men's Tax Committee urged a 1 percent sales tax to offset repeal losses. Frederick R. Kellogg of New York urged elimination of the profits tax.
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House
Meyer D. Rothschild
National Business Men's Tax Committee
New York
Frederick R. Kellogg
Steamship Saxon Seized in Charleston on Liquor Charges
The steamship Saxon operated by Clinchfield Navigation Company in coal trade with Cuba was seized in Charleston by federal prohibition officers on charges of transporting contraband liquor.
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Saxon
Charleston
S. C
Clinchfield Navigation Company
Cuba
Women Prohibited? No Constitutional Change in Boston Move
In Boston on December 21 a constitutional amendment making women eligible to hold public office was adopted by a joint session of the house and senate with a unanimous vote.
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Boston
House
Senate
Enlist Coal Men in Tubercular Fight
West Virginia tuberculosis program gains coal operator support. Dr. G H Barksdale reports Huntington operator W H Cunningham hopes West Virginia will lead in sealed fund drives to curb tuberculosis, fund hospital facilities, and aid schoolchildren with correctable defects. Operators praise sanitary housing moves, boosting miner health and morale statewide.
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Charleston
West Virginia
G. H. Barksdale
W. H. Cunningham
Dy Barksdale
United States
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Tuberculosis Association
Notice of Trustee's Sale of Real Estate in Bluefield
Public auction set for January 8 1921 at 10 am at the Law and Commerce building front door Bluefield WV to sell lot 4 in section J Oliver Evans Moore lands described on Copper street alley Ridge street and Mineral street boundaries. Property secured by deed of trust July 3 1919 by Charlie H Lewis and Lizzie Kate Lewis to Russell S Ritz trustee for $565. terms one third cash one third at one year and one third at two years with interest. legal title retained until debts paid. For more information contact attorney Arthur F Kingdon 504 Law and Commerce building Bluefield WV.
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Law and Commerce
Copper Street
City of
Bluefield
South Bluefield
West Virginia
Mineral Street
Ridge Street
Oliver-Evans and Moore
John H. Davis
Ll. J. Holland
Mercer County
Seid
Charlie H. Lewis
Lizzie Kate Lewis
Russell S. Ritz
First National Bank of
Russell
S. Ritz
Arthur F. Kingdon
Law and Commerce Building
W. Va
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Chase and
Magee
Bluefield Furniture Co
Meyer Rothschild
Henry A. Lilly Department Store
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield, West Virginia
Warlick’s Furniture Store
N. Mercer
Bluefield, W. Va
Hawley’s Dept. Store
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