Woman Gives Bond and May Tote Pistol
Martinsburg West Virginia two sheriffs elect William Dean issued public ruling by Attorney General FE England that deputy bonds may be posted in his own name for carry firearms. Dean asked whether his bond covers deputies acting with guns. three county deputies appeared with personal bonds including Miss Jane Henson named clerk in the sheriff office.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Willian
Dean
FE. T
England
Jane Henson
Coal Output Exceeds Immediate Demands Says Analyst
A. G. Gutheim of the American Airway Association argues at the American Economic Association convention that regulatory power should ensure fair distribution of coal production. He states bituminous coal is developed beyond present and near term needs and rail capacity should handle steady output after postwar rehabilitation.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Economic Association
A. G. Gutheim
Car Service Division
American Airway Association
Ohio Public Utilities Hears Chesapeake and Potomac Rate Change
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. modifies its Ohio rate request after adopting the commission's Green report, accepting a reduction of thirty thousand dollars. The three hour hearing in Columbus, with city and county officials present, examined proposed tolls and service area changes in Belmont Jefferson Columbiana and neighboring counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Thomas KE. Green
Green
Belmont
Washington County
Steutenville
East Liverpool
Niles
Martinsferry
Wellsville
Bellaire
W. B. Clarkson
Jefferson
Columbiana
The Kitchener Legend Persistent Cenotaph Rumor
London reports spread that the unknown warrior buried in the Cenotaph is Lord Kitchener. The story endures as strongly as the old tale that he survived the war as a prisoner in Germany.
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London
Eng
Lord Kitchener
Kitchener
Germany
Increased Telephone Rates Recommended in Ohio Hearing
W T Williamson, division manager of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia, travels to Columbus for a hearing before the Ohio Public Utilities Commission on a proposed rate increase for fourteen Ohio counties. The WV company reports 62,208 WV stations and 26,489 in Ohio, serving cities including East Liverpool, Steubenville, Marietta, and Niles. A commission expert recommends higher rates to allow a 5.5 percent return on investment.
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Charleston
W. Va
W. T. Williamson
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
West Virginia
Columbus
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
Telephone Company
West Virginia Company
East Liverpool
Steubenville
Marietta
Martins Ferry
Bellaire
Salem
Bridgeport
Niles
Dover
Uhrichsville
New Philadelphia
Ohio Commission
Thomas FE. Green
Green
New England Railroads Urged to Stay One Group
Washington officials heard railroad expert W. J. Cunningham urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to keep New England railroads in a single financial group. He testified that New England carriers are interlocked by history, finance, and geography and should not be divided or reassigned to other divisions.
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Washington
New England
W. J. Cunningham
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hudson River
Cunningham
Scuttle Fish Skirmish To Muddy The Waters
Secretary Houston told the senate finance committee the adjusted compensation bill would cost 2.3 billion dollars. National Commander Galbraith called the testimony a scuttle fish skirmish to muddy the waters and cloud the principle with figures.
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Washington
Houston
The
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
F. W. Gailbrath
American Legion
Galbraith
Onn
Engineer killed and eight injured in Big Four wreck
A eastbound Big Four passenger train No 16 derailed near Ansonia Ohio after jumping a switch. Engineer George Buster of Indianapolis was killed and eight others injured including Mrs J C Dexter of Brockton Mass who is seriously hurt. Buster had forty years of railroad service.
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Ansonia
Ohio
George Buster
Indianapolis
Big Four
Here
Ruster
J. C. Dexter
Brockton
Mass
Respectable Funeral Planned for Monk Eastman Slain Leader
In New York on December 28 authorities pursued underworld leads to identify Monk Eastman as the slain gang leader. Eastman’s sisters did not appear at the morgue to claim the body but asked for a respectable funeral and said they would arrange expenses and request burial arrangements.
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Eastman
New York
Underworld
Warning on shop front paint prompts lovers to refrain
A Lewisham shop owner posts a fourteen inch warning in the window about the newly painted front, asking lovers not to use the frontage as a seat for their good night kisses while the paint dries.
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Lewisham
Eng
Child Dies After Toy Balloon Binds Airway
London reports the death of ten year old Ann Bel who was inflating a toy balloon when it became lodged in her throat causing fatal asphyxia within minutes.
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London
England
President Urged by I C C to Sign Bill
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission urged President Wilson to sign a congressional bill delaying until January 1922 the operation of Clayton anti trust act section ten. The 6 4 vote recommendation followed referral of the bill. W H Johnston opposed it calling it a great disservice to the American public.
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Washington
Wilson
Interatens Ecommerce Commission
Congress
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. H. Johnston
International Association of Machinism
Lee Ellison Sentenced to Die in Chair
Madisonville Kentucky December 28 Lee Ellison a merc found guilty today of murdering Sheriff Scott Hunter Hopkins County on November 6 was sentenced to death in the electric chair on January 1 The Ellison trial opened this morning and the verdict was returned late in the afternoon Ellison was arrested in Hannibal Missouri two weeks ago after a search spanning half a dozen states He was returned to Kentucky and lodged in the Jefferson County jail in Louisville for safekeeping He was taken to Madisonville yesterday under guard of Kentucky National Guard troopers The courthouse today was surrounded by heavily armed troops
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Madisonville
Lee Ellison
Scott Hunter
Hopkins County
Ellison
Hannibal
Kentucky
Jefferson County
Louisville
Safenogro
Madison
Com Any A
Kentucky National Guard
Poursville
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May
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Cable Nelson
Warlick’s Furniture Store
N. Mercer St
Bluefield, W. Va
Mr. Gutheim
Chesapeake and Potomac Company
John
Warrick’s Furniture Store
Mercer Street
Bluefield, West Virginia
Robinson
Reuther
Marquird
Moran
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkottt
United States
Big Four Railroad
Thomas A
Bill
Bluefield
Bluefield Pharmacy
Yripeeton Avenue
Rexall
Fast End
Bluefield Avenue
Jie &Ture CS cm Se i. Et Eee
Bluefield, W
V/s
Edison
Aires
Saiona
Thomas A. Edison
Goodykoontz Drug Co
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