Aged jurist guides case as lawmakers push judge retirement plan
In Charleston West Virginia February 1 1921 legislators debate impeachments of Judge George C Sturgiss Morgantown and Monongalia County. Roy C Grove proposes retirement age bills with full pay to avert further clashes. Hearings intensify as Sturgiss faces charges amid probes into salary boosts and railroad bond dealings.
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Charleston
W. Va
Roy C. Grove
Herkely County
George
Sturgiss
Mononsalia County
House
House Judiciary
George C. Stuirgiss
Morgantown
James A. Meredith
Delawate
William ‘E. Glasscock
F. Glasscoek
Charles A. Goodwin
J. .G. Lazelle
Morgantown and
Wheeling
Monongalia County
Sturgis
Board of Directors
Shriver
Judge Sturgis Relinquishes Bench Over Bond Petition
The matter was presented to Judge Sturgiss who vacated the bench and had another judge take over. Testimony by S A Posten showed Judge Suirkins released prisoners jailed under the Yost law, with General Conley arguing the releases aided war work, but a committee member said only the governor can release prisoners.
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Sturgiss
S. A. Posten
Morgantowah
Suirkins
Posten
Yost
Conley
Sturgise
Sturges
George W. McClintic
I! Committee
Americans and Belgians Refuse to Meet Germans
At Berne peace congress the American Federation of Labor led by Samuel Gompers backs Belgian socialists and unions who refuse to meet Germans, as delegates from 22 nations gather. The U S delegates plan no objection to Count von Bernstorff’s German placement, saying one government can’t bar a counterpart’s choice.
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Associated Press
Paris
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Tonigh
Berne Tg
Berne
Commission On International Legislation On Labor of the Peace Conference
Arthur Fontaine
Ministry of Labor
Mr. Butler
Palmar Castigliore
Belghan
M. Colliard
M. Loucheur
M. Montaine
Leon Jouhaux
French Labor Federation
France
George Nicoll Barnes
Malcolm Devigne
Great Britain
Emile Vandervelde
M. Mehain
Belgium
Gompers
Edward N
Americans in Vienna Reported Stranded by Illness
About 20 Americans including children are in Vienna and nearby, with two dozen unable to leave due to illness. U.S. representatives in Berne and Vienna are assisting, keeping them supplied with food as conditions in the city and provinces grow serious.
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Washington
Vienna
State Department
Berne
United States
Attack on Czecho Slovaks Near Budapest Reports Fierce Fighting
A Zurich telegram to the Matin says Czecho-Slovak troops were attacked Thursday at Palassai, north of Budapest, by the 2nd and 5th Hungarian regiments. Fierce fighting raged around the barracks as Hungarians planned air bombings on the buildings.
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Paris
Palassai
Hneapest
Budapest
Zurich
Cyceho
National Guard Officers Replaced Despite Frontline Service
Representative Gallivan cites a letter from forty wounded officers alleging that medical officers labeled them unfit and ordered replacements by regulars. He blames a Leavenworth clique and the high command for removing frontline national guard officers and reserves. General Leonard Wood is described as treated oddly during a front visit and ordered back without full briefing.
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Washington
National Guard
Gallivan
Massachusetts
Hamilton
Michigan
Leavenworth
General Staff
Leon
Ard Wood
Tetter
Bleht
National Army
Allies Driven North by Bolshevik Attacks
Archangel Feb 1 A Bolshevik assault pressed Wednesday and Thursday on Tarezevo forcing Allied forces to pull back northward to positions about twenty miles north of Tarezevo. Bolsheviks reportedly using gas shells as Karelians reach Ondozero Notoserach aiding recruitment.
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Tarezevo
Murmansk
Ondozero
War Revenue Bill Nears Final Form Before Weekend
The war revenue bill to raise about six billion dollars this year and four billion annually thereafter nears final form after Senate and House conferees agree on all tax rate details. It will be presented to the House Wednesday and sent to the Senate Saturday for approval before adjournment. Treasury plans to collect new taxes remain mapped but dates depend on Wilson's return from Europe.
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Washington
Senate
House
No New Estimate of Complete American Losses Yet
War Department tables show about 11,000 American troops still unaccounted for nearly three months after hostilities ended. Deaths total 40,709 including 1,551 Marine deaths. missing and prisoners total 17,434 with 14,649 missing in action and 2,785 known prisoners. The department cautions figures are ~95 percent complete and that a new overall casualty estimate is not possible at this time.
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Washington
France
March
Perehing
Germany
Marine Brigade
Haithe
War Department
Pershing
Lsts
Medical Department
Pennsylvania National Guard
New Jersey
Virginia
Mary
Twenty-Eighth Division Noted for High Casualties in War
Washington record of war department casualty tables shows the Twenty-Eighth Division, Pennsylvania National Guard, with 5,890 total casualties second only to the First Regulars. Infantry bore the brunt while artillery regiments fared lighter. many regiments lost up to one third of their strength.
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Washington
War Department
Pershing
France
Twenty Eighth
Pennsylvania National Guard
New England National Guard
New York
Rainbow
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Colonia
National Guard
National Army
Twenty-Eighth
Fta
Pennsylvania Guardsmen Record Through Meuse Argonne Drive
ThePennsylvaniates spent June to July 1 in a training area then moved to the front northeast of Parnay as of July 1. From then until the armistice they fought at multiple fronts including Oureq, Somme drive, Vesle and Argonne in a sequence of advances and reliefs through November 11.
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Parnay
Fleetine
Oureq
Somme Drive
Veste
Veele
Veale
Vesle
Argmonne
Atre
Chatel Cherry
Woevre
Proposal for a League of Nations Fights War Risks
Bourgeois presents plan to Wilson, Clemenceau, Lloyd George, and Orlando. It calls for compulsory arbitration, armament limits, and penalties for war, with a League council, international court, and conciliation committee to enforce peace and admit nations guaranteeing loyal intentions.
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The
Associated Press
Maria
Peblo Leon Bourgeois
Society of Nations
Wilson
Clemenceau
Lioyd-George
Orlando
League
William Howard Taft
Ritish
Viscount Grey
Wrench
M. Clemenceau
M. Bourgeois
International Court of Justice
International Representative Council
Ecounel
Associated Nations
Leaguer
Accord Reached on Allied Plan for Mandates
The supreme council adopted a detailed framework for German colonies and Turkish regions in Asia. It assigns guardianship to advanced powers as mandatories under the league of nations, with varying administration based on development, and periodic reports to the league.
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Associated Press
Paris
Turkey
Asia
Germany
Armenia
Syria
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Arabia
League of Nations
Alvies
German Southwest Africa
South Pacific Islands
Vite Mandatores Wull
Council of the Treat
Becline AL Braviano
M. Mishu
Rovianta
Banat
Serbia
Doorucja
Black Sea
Transylvania
Bokonna
Messarabia
Poland
Teschen
Supreme Council
United States
Lamur PY Oreay
Inter-Allied Commission
M. Bratiano
Naval reassignments place senior officers in Atlantic fleet roles
Washington February 1 naval orders assign Rear Admiral Roger Welles to command division of the Atlantic fleet. Rear Admiral Ledward W. Eberle, former Annapolis superintendent, to command divisions. Captain Gerro Steele to lead the fleet air detachment. Archibald H. Seales, Great Lakes Naval Training Station commandant, to become Annapolis superintendent.
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Washington
Roger Welles
Bureau of Naval Intelligence
Ledward W. Eberle
Unt
Annapolis
Georo Steele
Fleet Air Detachment
Archibald H. Seales
Great Lakes
Mberle
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Count von Bernstein
Dodersteed
Wood
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Dnter
National Society
Council
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