Prospects Bright for Chemistry Hall Contract Delays
Charleston December bids opened for West Virginia University chemistry hall and the governor’s mansion. Forman & Putnam of Marietta led general construction at 603000 while Max Penker & Sons of Cincinnati next at 605860. Electrical heating and plumbing bids varied, with total low bids near 661979. mansion bid by Wallace Knight Co. at 20772 percent exceeded funds.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia University
State Board of Control
Forman & Putnam
Marietta
Jow
Max Penker & Sons
Cincinnati
Michaels & Co
Norfolk
Jas. McCrea & Son
Baltimore
McCrea Co
Capital
Blanchard Building Co
Dayton
N. J. Conrath Co
Erie
Robert M. Evans & Co
Canton
Harrison Construction Co
Richmond
Hughes, Foulkrod Co
Pittsburg
King Lumber Co
Charlottesville
Mellon
Stuart Co
David T. Biffle
Frank G. Stewart
Philadelphia
Poipa and Mellon
Enterprise Steam and Jot Water Heating Co
Edward M. Coll
Clarksburg
Michaels Co
Whitmore Electric Co
Hatzel & Buehler
Cates
Lakin
Board of Control
W. F. Martens
Morn
Woman Hangs Self in Huntington Home
Mrs. Rachel McGinnis, 63, wife of merchant Thos. McGinnis, hanged herself using a clothes line tied to a gas pipe in the cellar of their Huntington residence. Coroner Dr. Earl B. Gerlach ruled death by self-inflicted strangulation. The husband found the body and said she appeared well and had been ill but not seriously troubled.
Speed Skating Trials Narrow Field In Snow Squalls
In Saranac Lake New York the American Olympic speed skating team competed through snow squalls in the semi finals of the tryout for Europe. Charles Dewhraw of Lake Placid won the 500 metre race Valentine Bialis of Lake Placid won the 1500 metre event and Joe Moore of New York tied with Bialis for first in the 5000 metre race. The team will return to Lake Placid tomorrow for further finals.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Europe
Charles Dewhraw
Lake Placid
Valentine Bialis
Joe Moore
New York
Bialis
Conejos Sinking Fast In Black Sea Distress Still Unseen
United States Shipping Board steamer Conejos was reported in distress in the eastern Black Sea, with water filling hold No.1 and conditions rough. Clontarf searched a five mile radius near Batum but had not sighted the Conejos by 11 o clock, and planned to search for lifeboats if no sighting occurred.
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Ondon
United States Shipping Board
Conejos
Black Sea
Lloyd’s
Constantinople
Batum
Clontarf
Right Solution Thru Conference Shows Hope for Settlement
An official statement after a multi state bishops and laymen conference seeks a peaceful end to the Episcopal Church fundaments dispute. The group vows to pursue the right solution through conference and not controversy, with participants including George Zabriskie and Dr Leighton Parks among signers.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
George Zabriskie
Diocese of
House of Bishops
Mr. Zabriskie
Hughell Fosbroke
General Theological Seminary
James de Wolfeenne
Rhode Island
Wm T. Manning
Leighton Parks
Charles H. Brent
Western New York
Henry B. Washburn
Episcopal School
Cambridge
Mass
Wm. Cabell Brown
Virginia
Wm. Lawrence
Massachu
Augustus N. Hand
Theodore Irving Reese
South Ohio
Christmas Eve Avalanche Ravages Swiss Village
A Christmas Eve avalanche near Sargans in Berne Switzerland destroyed twenty homes and left one elderly villager dead. All others survived the service attended by villagers except the weak man unable to flee. Nearby St Antonier reports deep snow forcing roof exits.
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Berne
Switz
Sargans
Zurich
Lake Geneva
L St. Antonier
Canton of
Grisons
Customs Guards Foil Pistol Fire Seize 300 Bottles
Four customs guards at a Brooklyn pier repelled pistol fire from the Bridgetown crew and captured 300 bottles of liquor after the ship tied up from Kingston Jamaica. Sailors claim guards were bootleggers in league with smugglers.
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New York
Brooklyn
Kingston
Jamaica
Coolidge Opposes Separate Mines Department
President Coolidge doubts a new department of mines. He says strengthening the existing Bureau of Mines and Geological Survey will be more effective than creating a separate department. Congress is discussing a name change and expansion to improve efficiency.
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Washington
President Coolidge
Department of Mines
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Mines and Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
Congress
Oddie
Senate Mines Committee
Coolidge
Deportation of Desirables Continues in Moscow
Moscow on Christmas eve saw another large deportation of so called undesirables. Families watched from the station as prisoners, separated by iron bars, waved handkerchiefs. Dzerjinsky says nearly 1,000 arrests targeted abuses of a new economic policy. tax paying traders remain unaffected, ensuring policy stability.
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Moscow
Dzerjinsky
Siegfried Wagner to Direct Cleveland Orchestra
Siegfried Wagner son of Richard Wagner will conduct the Cleveland Orchestra on February 26. The program features works by his father Franz Liszt his grandfather and himself. Wagner will travel from New York early next month for an American tour to raise funds for Bayreuth theatre remodeling.
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Cleveland
Siegfried Wagner
Richard Wagner
Cleveland Orchestra
Adella Prentiss Hughes
Franz Liszt
Wagner
New York
Bayreuth
Bavaria
Death Toll in Whitfield Woodsman Tragedy Rises
Augusta Maine December 28 The death toll from the Whitfield and Jefferson spree by John Snow who killed five persons and then killed himself rose to seven with the death of Marion Snow infant daughter of John Snow from pneumonia at a state institution.
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Augusta
Whitfield and
Jefferson
John Snow
Marion
Snow
Dixmude Dirigible Declared Lost After Body Found
Paris reports the French ministry of marine has given up the Dixmude as lost. Lieutenant Du Plessis De Grenadan's body was found entangled in a Sicilian fishermen's net. Ninety-one crew members remain missing as French warships scour the southern Mediterranean and North Africa for debris or documents.
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Paris
Ministry of Marine
Southern
Sicily
du Plessis de Grenadan
Lichy
Lieut
Grenadan
Sciacca
Mediterranean Sea
Tunis
Africa
Sahara Desert
Algeirs
M. Raibeitiss
Biliister
Ijitadine
Jn Salah
Sahara
Mme Hammon
Poison Liquor Causing 875 Deaths in Philadelphia
Philadelphia coroner states poisonous liquor killed 875 residents this year. He condemns open street selling of adulterated alcohol and vows posters showing photos of dead drinkers. He says vendors will face homicide charges where inquest links deaths to their wares.
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Frank Paul
William K. Koteht
Frick Estate Pays Record Taxes to Federal and States
Pittsburg reports nearly 316 million dollars in taxes paid from the Henry Clay Frick estate. Federal dues amount to 6.33 million, with Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kansas, and New York receiving 1.98 million, 329,925, 353,887.04, and 131,000 respectively. Beneficiaries then received multi‑million cash and securities after prior withholdings.
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Pittsburg
Henry Clay Frick
Office of the Register of Wills
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kansas
New York
Adelaide H. C. Frick
Helen Clay Frick
Childs Frick
Hiss
Frances Dale Frick
Prohibition Agent Fights Lawyer in West Virginia Trial
In Moundsville West Virginia on December 28 Federal Prohibition Agent Hobart Smith struck attorney Martin Brown during testimony. Smith was fined 25 dollars and costs after pleading to assault. Counselor Stiney Tatka represented the defendant and was sent to the grand jury.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Martin Brown
Hobart Smith
Clayton
Smith
Lloyd Arnold
Brown
Stiney Tatka
Tatka
Prediction Coolidge First Ballot Nomination Hinted
George B. Christian Jr. of Marion predicts Calvin Coolidge will be the Republican standard bearer in 1924 and be nominated on the first ballot at the Cleveland convention next June. He spoke at the Rotary Club dinner, praising Coolidge as upholding Harding policies and calling the convention a political landslide in Coolidge’s favor.
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East Liverpool
Calvin Coolidge
Cleveland
George B. Christian, Jr
Marion
Harding
Christian
Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Rotary Club
Johnson
Alleged assailant of girl escapes to hills
Governor Fields ordered high powered rifles and 1000 rounds to Sheriff Wells in a manhunt for Reese Bryant hiding in Morgan county hills after the Christmas Eve assault on Miss Mary Lou Wells seventeen near Pomroyton. Bryant barricaded a house and held officers at bay before escaping. He is said to be a married man who killed a man years ago and later received a pardon.
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Frankfort
Ben Wells
Menifee County
William J. Fields
Ount Sterling
Reese Bryant
Morgan County
Mary Lou Wells
Pomeroyton
Bryant
Miss Wells
Window Glass Wages Next Season Discussed
In Cleveland on December 28 the Wage committee of the Window Glass manufacturers and the Window Glass Workers Association conferred on wages for next season but did not agree. The meeting will resume tomorrow as workers seek renewal of last season’s scale.
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Cleveland
National Association of Window Glass Manufacturers
National Window Glass Workers Association
Woodrow Wilson Foundation to award first prize in 1924
New York reports the Woodrow Wilson Foundation will grant a 256000 prize for outstanding public service on Wilson's 68th birthday anniversary with a nine member jury led by Harvard's Bloit. Nominations open until June 1 1924 and the prize may rise to about a million dollars funded by the endowment.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Emeritus Bloit
Harvard
Irving
Wilson
Women's National Democratic Club, Inc
Washington
White House
Wilson Residence
Roof Shrine Disassembled at Tutankhamun Tomb
Luxor Egypt December 28 The canopy roof over the sacred shrine of King Tutankhamun has been dismantled after a week of work. Head of expedition Howard Carter oversaw removal aided by a native carpenter due to wood shrinkage. The six hawk decorations in gold on a black background remain intact though damage occurred during diamantling and removal through the tomb entrance is hindered by narrow steps.
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Luxor
Egypt
Tutenkhamun
Howard Carter
Ohio Republicans Endorse Coolidge for National Convention
The Ohio state central committee voted to endorse President Coolidge for the national convention in Cleveland. State Chairman Charles W. Montgomery presided and announced the unanimous-feeling endorsement, with prior assent from absent committeemen. The move is seen as ensuring Ohio's fifty-one delegates back Coolidge at the national gathering.
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Ohio
Coolidge
Cleveland
State Central Committee
Charles W. Montgomery
Newark
Montgomery
State Committee
Obie
R. Coolidge
Range Opposes Berlin Proposal in Food Credit Talks
Paris reports the French government opposes Germany's plan to obtain food credits in the United States, arguing Germany does not lack food and citing heavy copper purchases. Final decision awaited after a reparations commission report on German food conditions. Allies scrutinize Germany's demand for credit priority.
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Germany
Committee On Guarantees
Paris
United States
Reich
Frenc
French Parliament Adjourns To January 8
Paris reports Premier Poincare read a decree adjourning the session. Both houses will reconvene January 8. Deputy Reynaud and Edouard Herriot pressed criticisms of foreign policy as Poincare interrupted them and then adjourned without a vote of confidence. Reynaud stressed France's finances and British support. Herriot warned that Ruhr occupation results failure would harm finances.
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Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Paul Reynaud
Edouard Herriot
M. Reynaud
France
M. Herriot
Ruhr
Ambassador Child and Mussolini Confer in Rome
American Ambassador Richard Washburn Child, back from the United States, met with Italian Premier Benito Mussolini in Rome for over half an hour. Mussolini showed interest in American public opinion on Italian affairs and asked Child to return for a continuation. A follow up meeting is anticipated Monday.
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Rome
Richard Washburn Child
United States
Mussolini
Child
Two Governors Quit New York Stock Exchange Board
The New York stock exchange announced the resignations of two governors, Robert Grendinning of Philadelphia and Casimir I. Stralem of New York. The move comes amid heavy business pressure, though both will remain exchange members.
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Stock Exchange
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Robert Grendinning
Philadelphia
Casimir I. Stralem
The
Exchange
Man Not Direct Descendant of Ape Says Scientist
Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the National Museum told AAAS in Cincinnati that humans evolved in Europe about 400000 years ago and are cousins to apes, sharing a common ancestry. He cited early European traces, primitive stone tools, and the Piltdown finds as evidence and urged study of human evolution.
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Hrdlica
Cincinnati
Europe
Asia
Ales Hirdlicka
National Museum
Washington
D. C
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Rey
Dlicka
Var
Ious
England
Hrdickla
Publicize Tax Bill Details as House Studies Reform Plan
The Ways and Means Committee released the full text of the proposed tax bill as debate intensifies. It envisions lower surtax thresholds, a three and six percent normal tax, repeal of certain nuisance taxes, and a new tax appeals board. Garner proposes an alternate plan to tax stock dividends and claims $735 million could be raised annually with minimal public objection.
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Washington
Green
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Mellon
Democratic Committee
Representative Garner
Texas
Treasury
Board of Tax Appeals. Com
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
The
Garner
Leach to Manage U S Olympic Ski Team
Mayor George K. Leach was chosen to manage the American Olympic ski team for the trip to Chamonix France. He will lead four ski jumpers during the January 23 departure from New York after New Year’s Day tryouts here.
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Forman & Co
Marietta, Ohio
General Construction
Episcopal Church
Woodman
Dixmude
HENGE
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Range
Berlin
Ambassador Child
Mane Purs IP Winal IY
Secretary of Treasury
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