Fire Devastates Jaeger West End Wrecks Many Homes
A four hour blaze in Jaeger destroys twenty homes and about ten stores causing an estimated 150000 dollars in damage. Dynamite was used to halt the fire. two men, J. R. Vaughn and Edgar Gordon, are seriously injured. Vaughn's legs are badly damaged while Gordon loses an eye from a boiler explosion and scalding.
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Jaeger
J. R. Vaughn
Edgar Gordon
Norfolk and Western
Vaughn
Gordon
Welch
River Street
Union Church
Lager
C. L. Minnicks
Jaeger Pocahontas Cow Company
Dr. D. Hatfield
D.hatfield
Auvel & Miller
Bishop
Clarence Justice
A. J. Ellis
Ohio license holders okayed for temporary courtesy
Extend usual courtesies to Ohio residents with 1919 license plates until February as the West Virginia state road commission says Ohio delays license issuance while adjudicating a tax question.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Road Commission
Ohio
State of
American Commercial Association Aims to Promote Trade with Russia
The American Commercial Association to Promote Trade with Russia plans a mission to Soviet Russia to foster commerce and lift federal trading restrictions. The executive committee will finalize personnel and departure date while considering mandamus action to compel the State Department to permit American firms to trade with the Soviet government.
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New York
American Commercial Association
Russia
United States Supreme Court
State Department
Executive Committee
Bluefield Man McDonald Sought for Chicago Non-Support
Hearing granted by Governor Cornwell on Illinois requisition for John L. McDonald of Bluefield. He is wanted in Chicago on charges of non-support of his wife and child. Date of hearing not yet set.
Daley Outlines What Government Expects In Newberry Trial
Federal court in Grand Rapids heard Frank Dailey outline what the government will prove against U S senator Truman Newberry and 128 associates in a 1918 campaign conspiracy. He stressed alleged unlawful campaign spending and showed maps detailing the Michigan operation while defense lawyers objected to spectators and a telegram incongruently discussed.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Truman
Newberry
United States
Federal District Court
Frank D. Dailey
James Marin
Newcherry
Martin W. Littleton
Dailey
Clarence W. Sessions
Secret Service
Littleton
Detroit
New York
Milton Oakman
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Martin, Cattleton and Nichols
Meredith as secretary urges cuts to reduce cost of living
Edwin T. Meredith sworn in as secretary of agriculture calls for elimination of useless employes in non productive business and faster industry to align with farmers. He says high living costs require a shared effort by producers distributors banks railroads and retailers to cut waste and keep profits reasonable.
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Washington
Edwin T. Meredith
Farmers of America
Meredith
Little Progress in Paige Cutting Prices Debate
Washington reports dull advance in talks between justice department officials and men’s clothing interests over a policy to lower living costs. Trade reps resisted sharing profit margins as a path to cheaper goods, while both sides pressed reductions in profits and kept plans behind closed doors. The session, urged by Attorney General Palmer to yield concrete results, may split into committees, but no final agreement was reached.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department
Palmer
Mu Te
Iito
Peterstown Appeals For More Physicians
West Virginia reports 150 new influenza cases, total 2 071 state wide. Peterstown in Monroe county seeks medical help as Union county official requests doctors to aid flu response. New York warns against lemon profiteering amid epidemic demand.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
State Health Department
Keyser
Littleton
Moundsville
Ravenswood
Salem
Sdomney
Princeton
J. E. Roles
Union
Monroe County
Peterstown
Lounsberry
New York
Williams
Deportation Trials Set to Open in Tombstone
legal battle looms over the Bisbee deportation of 1,186 striking copper miners and supporters on July 12, 1917. More than 200 defendants, including Bisbee leaders and business figures, face kidnaping charges in the Arizona superior court with actions spanning civil damages and previous federal indictments.
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Bisbee
Point
New Mexico
Tombstone
Ariz
Arizona
Harry 8. Wheeler
Cochise County
Samuel L. Pattee
Pima County
Douglas
Tucson
Warren
Germany
Sheriff Wheeler
Secretary of Labor
Wilson
Wheeler
T Warren
Hermanas
Earnings of coal operators show small gains under wage rise
Statistics submitted to the strike settlement commission show that if the fourteen per cent wage increase were applied through 1920, central field bituminous mines would have less than a one per cent deficit on capital at 1919 tonnage. The filing compares mine earnings with manufacturing and other enterprises over the prewar and wartime periods, noting mines earned below the return of other industries in each year.
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Washington
Coal Strike Settlement Commission
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Vein Operators’ Association
Central Illinois Coal Bureau
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
Indiana Coal Operators’ Association
Illinois Operators’ Association
J. P. Muller
New York AL sues B Pancroft Johnson over damages
The New York American League club filed a 500000 dollar damage suit against B Pancroft Johnson president of the American League. The action accuses Johnson of schemes to drive the New York club from baseball including suspending Carl Mays and pressuring the Giants to refuse Yankee use of the Polo Grounds after 1920. Also named are five loyal club owners.
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New York American Baseball
New York
B. Pancroft Johnson
American League
Johnson
Connie Mack
Philadelphia
Clark Griffith
Washington
Frank Nevin
Detroit
Phillip Ball
St. Louis
James Dunn
Cleveland
New York Club
Carl Mays
Giants
Yankees
First Passenger Ship Arrives From Germany
The American steamer Manchuria docked in New York marking the first U S passenger voyage from a German port since 1914 and the first American ship on a similar run in years. The ship sailed from Hamburg via Southampton with thirty nine passengers, all from the Baltic port. Captain Adrian Zeeder said the vessel could have carried many more if passport rules and travel restrictions had allowed. Germans expressed regret at not being able to migrate to America.
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New York
United States
Manchuria
Hanbury
Southampton
Maztish
Adrian Zeeder
Hamburg
America
Timnenas Block Verdict in Wellsburg Miner Killing Probe
In Wellsburg West Virginia on February 2 the coroner's jury could not reach a verdict in the death of miner Veto Danglo who was shot by three unknown men on a central city street last week. Mayor J G Roerts, a juror, prevented a ruling and is ill at home with influenza.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Timnenas
J. G. Roerts
Veto Danglo
Government off land leasing bill ends long deadlock
Conferees reach agreement on an off land leasing bill affecting 44 million acres of government land including oil coal and gas. Royalties to be set by bidding or Interior rules with allocations to reclamation funds states and government. Oil lands capped at 3200 acres per lease with minimum 12.5 percent royalty.
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Washington
House
Senate
Smoot
Utah
Senatr
Bal
Reclamation Fund
Secretary of the Interior
California
Wyoming
Sinnott
Oregon
Open Discussion of Peace Treaty Moves Forward in Senate
Republican and Democratic leaders agree to reopen debate on the peace treaty early next week. Cloture and rule amendments are under consideration as Senators Curtis Kellogg push for modified cloture while Reed denounces British pressure. Heisman to coach Penn football for three years.
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Washington
Feo
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Curtis
Kansas
Kellogg
Minnesota
Rules Committee
Reed
Missouri
Viscount Grey
United States
League of Nations
Lord Grey
America
Grey
Great Britain
France
League
England
Heisman
Penn
Philadelphia
John A. Heisman
Georgia School of Technology
University of Pennsylvania
Service Resumes on Keeney's Creek C&O Branch
Charleston reports Keeney's Creek branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway will resume service tomorrow after a brief suspension caused by slides and washouts. The restart follows recent installation ordered by the public service commission.
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Charleston
W. Va
Keeney's Creek
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Public Service Commission
Westinghouse Sues Government Over Munition Tax Payment
Pittsburg February 2 The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company filed suit in the United States district court seeking to recover 842671 dollars 60 cents paid under protest as munition manufacturers tax.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
United States
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