Williamson mining strike leaders meet Keeney and Riley in Williamson
F Keeney president district 17 United Mine Workers and James Riley head WV labor federation met in Williamson with union leaders overseeing the Mingo county coal strike. They discuss an investigation of the Chatt rea shooting and the Tut river incident as 490 shots were fired near How ard Collieries. Five men linked to the Thacker shooting were dismissed. Police prep for New Year with sheriff elect Pinson taking office tomorrow.
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Williamson
W. Va
F. Keeney
District 17
United Mine Workers
James Riley
West
Howard Collieries Company
Chatteray
Keeney
Riley
Tut River
Thacker
Thacker Coal and Coke Company
Williams
A. Co. Pinson
G. T. Blankenship
A. C. Pinson
Pinson
Twenty-Two Sign Protocol for Permanent Court of Justice
London date December 30. Twenty-two nations have signed the protocol of the Permanent Court of International Justice. The protocol makes the court's statute effective once any of the League of Nations members sign and ratify. Four nations Portugal Switzerland Denmark and Salvador also signed for compulsory arbitration.
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London
Permanent Court of International Justice
League of Nations
Central News
League Assembly
Portugal
Switzerland
Denmark
Salvador
Death toll in Pittsburg street car crash rises to three
Pittsburg December 30 the death list from a street car accident several days ago grew to three with the death of Miss Hattie Vincent at a hospital. She was injured when a trailer broke a car and sent it down a hill into another car.
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Pittsburg
Hattie Vincent
Fire destroys large Piedmont clothing store
A morning blaze wrecked the S. G. Dixon Clothing Company store in Piedmont West Virginia causing over 100000 in losses and injuring eight workers who were overcome by smoke and carried from the building.
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Piedmont
W. Va
S. G. Dixon Clothing Company
Coal Mine Owner Killed In Ohio Explosion
New Philadelphia Ohio December 30 J P Quinn owner of a coal mine near town was killed by a premature powder explosion A fragment of coal struck his head A workman in the mine was injured in the blast
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New Philadelphia
Ohio
J. P. Quinnn
Here
Vortanas
Confidence Vote Endorses Government in Tours Congress
Paris December 30. The chamber of deputies approved the government by a wide margin in connection with the Tours socialist congress. The final tally was 451 for and 54 against.
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Paris
Tours
Chamber of Deputies
Penrose Returns to Washington After Absence
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, long absent due to illness, arrived in Washington. He did not state his plans for resuming his senate seat but said he would announce them soon. The Senate finance committee, led by Senator McCumber in Penrose's absence, will tackle emergency tariff measures early next month and then major tariff and revenue revisions.
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Washington
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senate Finance Committee
Philadelphia
Congress
Senate
Tie
McCumber
North Dakota
Virginian Railway Begins Use Of New Steam Gondolas
In Roanoke Virginia Dee 30 a thousand steel gondolas of a late construction were placed in service by the Virginian railway. Supplied by Press Steel Car Company Pittsburg the six wheel articulate trucks carry up to 218000 pounds though today only about seventy five per cent of capacity was used.
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Roanoke
Dee
Press Steel Car Company
Pittsburg
Virginian Railway
Two Women and Three Men Charged in Prohibition Bribery Case
In New York on December 30, two female federal prohibition office clerks Mary Parkins and Regina Sassoney and three male suspects Edward Donegan Brooklyn contractor Sigmund Rosenfeld and George Stiberson were arrested on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States by obtaining liquor withdrawal permits through bribery.
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New York
Federal Prohibition Directors
United States
Mary Parkins
Regina Sassoney
Edward Donegan
Brooklyn
Sigmund
Beans Sy) Rosenfeld
George R. Sti*berson
Railroads Barred From Buying Their Supplies
The measure prohibits railroads from purchasing equipment from firms in which they or their officers hold interest. President Wilson vetoed the bill delaying its Clayton act prohibition, saying no adequate reason existed for further delay. Railroads warn of higher costs and a near immediate system overhaul if the rule takes effect.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Intestate Commerce Commission
W. H. Johnston
International Association of Machinists
House Debates Sundry Civil Bill and Shipping Board Cuts
In opening debate on the sundry civil appropriation, Chairman Good insists no penny for the shipping board unless salvaged, urging sale of plant and equipment. He accuses waste and calls for economy, backing limits on the army and noting large unobligated balances for the war risk insurance bureau and vocational education. Congress will take care of disabled soldiers, he says.
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War Department
Congress
Washington
Good
Appropriations Committee
Shipping Board
House
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Representative Bankhead
Alabama
Representative Good
Mr. Good
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Federal Board of Vocational Education
Board For Vocational Education
Anthracite Coal Costs Review by Senate Panel
The senate reconstruction committee held a prolonged executive session to study anthracite coal conditions mining costs and distribution methods with Dr. Harry A. Garfield and Chairman Calder noting Garfield’s guidance on gathering cost data and a continued inquiry into the industry.
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Washington
Senate Reconstruction Committee
Harry A. Garfield
Calder
Garfield
Deportation threat tied to Soviet agitation in U S
Secretary of labor Wilson said Soviet agents in the United States face deportation as long as the Russian soviet government seeks to stir insurrection against the U S. The statement was made in a letter to Charles Recht, counsel for Ludwig Martens, now under deportation sentence.
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Washington
Dec
United States
Wilson
Charles Recht
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
Expected to Approve Mine Assessment Bill
Western senators on the Senate floor expect President Wilson to sign the mine assessment bill by tomorrow. Interior official Vogelsang recommended favorable action, boosting chances the six month period for $100 annual assessment on claims will be extended to deter claim jumpers.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Senate
Vogelsang
Interior Department
General Motors omits stock dividend. maintains quarterly payout
The General Motors Corporation announced no stock dividend of one fortieth of a share, ending a quarterly payment that began in 1920. The board declared the usual twenty five cent per share cash dividend on common stock. Seaplanes Reach First Stop at San Diego Bay. En route to Panama, most aircraft arrived by midafternoon. two NC seaplanes continued to transit.
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New York
General Motors Corporation
Board of
St San Diego
Cal
Naval Air Station
Panama
San Bartolme Bay
Civil Service Move for Dry Officers Proposal
Washington December 39 Federal officers and agents enforcing national prohibition would come under civil service under a bill by Senator Sterling Republican of South Dakota The measure aims to professionalize enforcement and shield personnel from political pressure.
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Civil Service
Washington
Sterling
South Dakota
American Soldiers Taken Into Custody Near Nogales
Five American soldiers under Lieutenant H. H. Luther were captured by Mexican fiscal guards at Sasabe Sonora and brought to Nogales. They were paroled with orders to report to Mexican immigration officials pending a War Department inquiry.
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Nogales
Ariz
H. H. Luther
Topographic Department of the Army
Sasabe
Sonora
International Boundary Line
Mexico
Calles
Mexico City
Brindell Denied Change of Venue in Building Case
New York December 30. Supreme Court Justice Burr refused a change of venue for Robert P Brindell and aides charged with extortion and attempted extortion from builders. Brindell set to stand trial January 5 with Samuel Untermyer directing possible prosecution. Four additional indictments tied to the building trades investigation were handed down by the grand jury.
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New York
Building Trades Employers Association
National Association of Building Trade
Supreme Court
Burr
Robert P. Brindell
Building Trades Council
Brindell
Samuel Untermyer
William J. Doran
Wm. H. Chapman
John T. Hettrick
Herbert Smith
Master Plumbers Association
New York City Building Trades Employers Association
Onn
Otto EF. Edilitz
Board of Governors
Discrimination at Polls Charged in House Hearings
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People representatives charged wholesale discrimination against Negroes at the polls in southern states before the House reapportionment committee. Southern members objected as Walter F White warned of lawlessness by whites. a photographer’s background prompted protests and a group photo was only taken after executive session.
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Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
House Con Sig
Walter F. White
United States
Larsen
Georgia
Bée
Seemeeht
Texas
Aswell
Louisiana
Siegel
J. Weldon Johnson
Representative Larsen
South
Snap
Representative Aswell
Increased Passenger Rates Granted in Charleston and Dunbar
Charleston West Virginia December 30 The Public Service Commission has granted higher passenger rates for the Charleston Dunbar Traction Company. New city rates are six cents within Charleston limits and six cents to Lock Six. Travel to Dunbar rises to eighteen cents with a nine ticket strip for fifty cents.
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Charelston
W. Va
Charleston
Dunbar
Charleston-Dunbar Traction Company
Public Service Commission
Steamer Euphrates Missing After Blizzard
The coasting steamer Euphrates is reported missing since Tuesday's blizzard and is believed to have foundered with six crew. The vessel operated between St. Johns and Belle Isle, about thirty miles from port. The schooner Elsie M. Kurkum, bound for Europe with fish, was abandoned at sea but the crew is safe.
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St. Johns
N. F
Euphrates
Belle Isle
Elsie M. Corkum
Europe
European Relief Resolution Endorses Central Europe Aid
A resolution by Senator Sutherland of West Virginia would have the United States endorse the European relief effort for central European children led by Herbert Hoover. The measure requests public contributions and was sent to the foreign relations committee.
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Washington
Sutherland
Republican
West Virginia
Central Europe
Herbert Hoover
European Relief Council
Foreign Relations Committee
Adopt Cost or Market Basis for 1920 Income Tax
Merchants and manufacturers may adopt cost or market, whichever is lower, to value notes for 1920 income tax returns. Regulations also allow deducting year end price declines in stock value. Officials lack estimates on revenue impact, but market basis could save taxes by reflecting current business conditions.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Monk Eastman Buried In Brooklyn Funeral Rites
Thousands from all walks of life paid homage at the funeral of gangster-soldier Monk Eastman, real name William Delaney. He was buried in a Brooklyn church in the uniform of Company G, 106th Infantry with a victory medal over his heart and two wound stripes on his sleeve, an American flag draped over the casket.
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New York
Jury Deadlock in McGannon Second Degree Murder Trial
In Cleveland Judge William H. McGannon's trial, the jury adjourned for supper after 23 hours without reaching a verdict. They resumed tonight amid reports of a 10 to 2 deadlock across ten ballots, with no clear majority for acquittal or conviction.
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Cleveland
William H. McGannon
Britons foresee somber 1921 under war tolls and flags
London reports a somber 1921 outlook as British politicians economists and labor leaders face unemployment and Ireland at home while Palestine borders Mesopotamia and India fuel unsettled policy. U S oil and cable control loom with perils in postwar diplomacy and a large U S naval build up. Agreements await the March 4 change in American government.
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London
Britain
Ireland
Palestine
France
Mesopotamia
India
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Mercantile Marine
Daniels
Constrained Talks Mark Harding's Marion Meeting
In Marion Ohio December 20 the irreconcilables pressed their stance on Versailles and the proposed peace society with Senator Knox warning against using the league for any new accord. Harding's aides Daugherty and Hays discussed cabinet posts while Hughes or Weeks may head state or treasury.
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Marion
Ohio
Senate
Harding
Association of Nations
Knox
Pennsylvania
Knox Dove
Harry M. Daugherty
Will H. Hays
Charles EB. Hughes
Hays
Daugherty
Washington
E. B. McLean
Jess W. Smith
Congressional
League
Peace Society
Germany
Goren
Europe
United States
Profiteering Charge Hits New York Store Chain
Josef Reiter proprietor and Lester B. Evans manager of the federally operated stores, running 112 groceries in greater New York, were arrested on profiteering charges. They face arraignment next Thursday for alleged Lever Act violations.
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New York
Josef Reiter
Lester B. Evans
Federal Stores, Incorporated
Greater
Caruso Undergoes Operation. Condition Satisfactory
New York December 30 doctors tending Enrico Caruso the tenor ill with pleurisy at his home announced tonight he underwent a successful operation and his condition is satisfactory.
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Caruso
New York
Enrico Caruso
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Monk Eastman
Britton Outlock
the Associated Press
Versailles
Senator Knox
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