Wreck on Princeton Avenue Claims Driver and Injures Four
An automobile wreck on east Princeton Avenue about 11 30 last night killed Wade McBride and injured four others. The Ford touring car struck a dog, plunged over a steep embankment onto railroad tracks, and caused serious internal injuries to Charley Bailey and Lacy Appling while John Hurst Sidney McNew and others suffered lesser injuries. Witnesses from the railroad yard reported the crash, and McBride died at Bluefield Sanitarium about 1 30 this morning.
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Princeton Avenue
Goodwill
Wade McBride
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield
Glenwood Park
McBride
McNew
Appling, Pailey
Hurst
Lee Street
Bluefield - Princeton
St. Luke's Hospital
Rogers
Sanitarium
Lacy Appling
St. Luke’s Hospital
John Hurst
Sidney McNew
Five Arrests In $5 Million Securities Theft Plot
New York, Feb 11 Five men were arrested in a major securities theft scheme with authorities claiming the plot was nipped. One prisoner confessed to participating in the May June thefts totaling over $1,006,000 in stocks and bonds from Wall Street messengers. All five faced arraignment on suspicion of larceny and high bail was sought amid the confession.
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New York
Wall Street
Murphy
Irving Gluck
Edwards Replies to Bryan Attack Over Prohibition
Trenton N J February 11 Governor Edwards answers William J Bryan by framing personal liberty as central to prohibition and argues Bryan masks attacks on Democratic National Chairman Cummings. He says he will take the prohibition issue to the Democratic national convention and warns of the party's libertarian drift if delegates back state libertarian doctrines. Edwards faults Attorney General Palmer for inconsistent food price claims tied to a Packers deal.
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Trenton
N. J
William J. Bryan
Edwards
Bryan
Cummings
United States
Palmer
Lynching Condemned By Republican Leader At Lincoln League
Chicago February 11. Will Hays chairman of the Republican national committee spoke at the Lincoln League of America convention declaring lynching a crime against judgment and justice and an affront to the accumulated wisdom of past ages. The convention closes tomorrow.
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Chicago
Ill
Will S. Hays
Republican National Committee
Lincoln League of America
Ship Building Drive Seeks Expanded Merchant Marine
Washington on February 11 delegates for ship yard and navy yard workers urged continued ship building funding and regulation to make the United States merchant marine the world’s greatest. F Doyle of Philadelphia backed by 400,000 workers and the AFL said broad support would follow any necessary appropriation. Edward Keenan supported continuing the current program.
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Washington
Navy
Senate Commerce Committee
United States
F. Doyle
Philadelphia
American Federation of Labor
Edward Keenan
Doyle
Treaty fight narrows with modified Republican reservations
Washington February 11 steps to eliminate collateral issues in the peace treaty fight were taken on the floor as private talks resumed. Senator Lodge proposed modifying eight of fourteen Republican reservations and four of the remaining six are said accepted by Democrats. Debate centers on article ten and the Monroe doctrine with a new draft denounced by Senator Hitchcock as surrender.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
Hitchcock
Nebraska
League
Congress
Wood backs modified league with lodge reservations
General Leonard Wood answered Senator Borah on the league of nations and the peace treaty saying the league should be accepted as modified and safeguarded by lodge reservations. He argued the public supports the treaty if America's rights are protected and urged no delay for a general election.
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Chicago
Leonard Wood
William FE. Borah
League of Nations
Wood
America
Wrangel to Take Command of Anti-Bolshevik Forces
Reports from southern Russia claim General Wrangel, 30, will supersede General Denikine in active command on the southern front. Wrangel and his Cossacks are cited as the stalwart resistance, while Denikine is described as worn out by political and military pressures. Earlier British denials said Denikine remained in command.
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Budapest
Denikine
Wrangel
Russia
Wangel
General Wrangel
Permits Granted to Resume Tampico Oil Drilling
Washington reports Mexican government grants permits to several American companies to continue drilling in the Tampico fields pending a new oil concessions law. About 68,000 barrels daily expected from existing wells and work to start on fifty new wells, after Carranza decrees halted production. State Department informed the Shipping Board, which sought bids for 25,000,000 barrels.
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Washington
Tampico
Carranza
State Department
Shipping Board
Public Hearings Open On Wage Increase Inquiry
The coal strike settlement commission will begin the public hearings next Tuesday in Washington to hear consumer testimony on fourteen percent wage increase and coal prices. District officials Keeney and Mooney will testify on the Kanawha fields as operators push for the rate and miners seek flat payment amid disputes.
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Washington
Coal Strike Settlement Commission
Frelinghuysen
Senate Committee
Commission
Robinson
John P. Cameron
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Fuel Administration
EK. Lesher
Geological Survey
Percy Tetlow
Salem
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
The
Coal Commission
D. M. Reynolds
Pasadena
Calif
Council of National Defense
Paul M. White
Cleveland
Charleston
W. Va
C. F. Keeney
Fred Mooney
District 17
Wilson
Kanawha
Seats for 15400 at Chicago Republican Convention
Will Hays A T Hert and Fred Upham met to set plans for the June 8 Republican national convention in Chicago. The Coliseum will provide 15,400 seats, a few hundred more than 1916. Delegates will wear gold Lincoln medal badges, while alternates receive bronze badges with similar design.
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Chicago
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
A. T. Hert
Fred W. Upham
Lincoln
Will Meer
Armistice Reported Between Lefts and Bolsheviks
A Riga dispatch reports the Lefts and the Bolsheviks have concluded an armistice, with the agreement announced in Moscow and the tentative cessation of hostilities awaiting formal terms. The news arrives as Allied observers monitor developments in the region.
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London
Riga
Mercer County Forms Good Roads Group to Back Bond Issue
Citizens at the Chamber of Commerce organized the Mercer County Division of the West Virginia Federation of Good Roads to back a constitutional amendment for a 50000 dollar bond issue. Sheriff W J Elliott of Princeton was elected president with J T Thornton of Bluefield as vice president and J F Saulsbury of Bluefield as secretary. The group pledges urgent support to expand the state's road system to keep pace with other states.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mercer County
West
Bernard McClaugherty
Bluefield
Sheriff Elliott
J. T. Thornton
West Virginia
Byron ‘R. Cisco
West Virginia Good Roads
Federaton
Five Nominees Named for National Baseball Commission Chair
Chicago February 11 club owners in joint session submitted five names to replace August Herrmann. The list includes Judge K K Landis William Edwards State Senator J Walker Harvey T Woodruff and J Conway Toole. Final choice rests with John Heydier and K B Johnson who will announce later.
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Chicago
National Baseball Commission
August Herrmann
John Heydier
National League
K. B. Johnson
KK. M. Landis
William Edwards
New York
J. ©. Walker
Harvey T. Woodruff
Chicago Tribune
J. Conway Toole
Senator Walker
Mr. Woodruff
Herrmann
Woodruff
American League
Landis
Radical changes in operation of Pennsylvania railroad system
Philadelphia February 11 Radical changes in the operation of the Pennsylvania railroad system were announced by President Samuel Rea. The system will be reorganized into four regions Eastern Central Northwestern and Southwestern each led by a vice president with headquarters in Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago and St Louis. The east west division since 1870 will be abandoned and the system will function as a unified unit serving the public.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Samuel Rea
Central
Northwestern
Southwestern
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Louis
Crown Prince Frederick William Seeks Surrender for Trial
In Weiringen Holland on February 11 the former Crown Prince Frederick William reported no replies to telegrams to Britain Belgium Italy Japan the United States and France offering surrender for trial. His aide said he would not answer questions on the matter and he spent the day boxing with a pro instructor from Amsterdam.
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Weiringen
Holland
Frederick William
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Japan
United States
France
Associated Press
Amsterdam
Germans Fought in Mexican Army at Nogales
Testimony before the Senate sub committee says at least two Germans fought with Mexican forces at Nogales on August 27, 1918. Captain Frederick T. Herman testified that most Mexicans were soldiers, though many wore civilian clothes, and that the fighting was planned by the Mexican commander and aides. The session also covered forced evacuation of Mormon colonies in Chihuahua.
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Fl Paso
Texas
Nogales
Frederick T. Herman
Eighth Cavalry
Senate
Herman
Chihuahua
Conference rejects state ownership of mines and industry
After long debate the conference of manufacturers and producers convened by the Federation of British Industries adopted a resolution opposing nationalization. The body urged that mines and any branch of industry should not be owned or managed by the state.
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Conference of Manufacturers and Producers
Federation of British Industries
Two Americans Killed in Siberia Action
Washington reports Sergeant Carl Robbins of Louisville and Private John R. Montgomery of Newry Pennsylvania were killed in action January 10 at Posolskata Siberia as confirmed by the War Department.
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Washington
Carl Robbins
Louisville
John R. Montgomery
Newry
Posolskata
Siberia
War Department
Surface cars return to lower Broadway amid snow listed work
New York City dispatch says surface cars ran on lower Broadway for the first time in almost a week. They carried no passengers as work cars cleared ice from tracks, followed by hundreds of uniformed motormen and conductors with Picks and shovels. Signs in snow banks mocked beer and prohibition.
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New York
Lower Broadway
Ambassdor Bonillas to study Mexican politics for presidency bid
Ignacio Bonillas Mexican ambassador to the United States will take leave to return to Mexico and assess the political situation for a possible presidential nomination. He aims to avoid a potential revolution and will warn supporters of Obregon and Gonzales about threats of revolt if their candidates lose.
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Washington
Ignacio Bonillas
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
Obregon
Gonzales
Idaho Ratifies Suffrage Amendment in Special Session
Idaho's Legislature in special session ratified the national woman suffrage amendment by large margins. Senate vote 29 to 6 with six absent. Idaho becomes the thirtieth state to ratify.
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Idaho
Poise
Senate
Demands to be presented to President Wilson on rail wage dispute
Washington February 11 Director General Hines will submit the wage increase dispute of over 2 000 000 railroad workers to President Wilson for decision after failing to reach agreement with union leaders. The move ends current talks but not necessarily the dispute with rail officials planning possible resolution after Congress acts. The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Shop Laborers threaten a February 17 strike, while others expect the issue to be resolved through presidential action or pending legislation.
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Washington
Gneral Hines
Wilson
Hines
White House
Tumulty
Brotherhood of Railroad
Palmer
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
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Sidney New
John Burt
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Gen. Wrangle
Tampico Wells
Coal Strike Commission
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Eid
Division of West Virginia Federation
Hermann
John Heydler
Byron
Bancroft Johnson
Calvary
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