Jollies of 1320 Scores Knoukou at Bluefield Theatre
The Jollies of 1923 delivered a tightly packed two day stand at the Colonial Theatre in Bluefield under the American Legion post auspices. The production drew large applause with standout performances by Miss Bodell Miss Spangler and the pony chorus along with Mrs George Barger and R E Miller. The revue opened with The Court of Amusement and featured court scenes song and dance numbers plus blackface comedy and lively end men with strong chorus work and engaging humor throughout the show.
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Bluefield
Colonial Theatre
Bluefield Post No. 9
American Legion
Miss Bodell
Miss Spangler
George Barger
R. E. Miller
Blueend
Ray Hard
Court of Amusement
Sony
Jack Smith
Delia Mastin
Albert Treatway
A. Bowman
H. H. Hughes
Lucy Chapman
Scrappy Moore
Virginia Hamilton
Elsie Spencer
Polly Thomas
Dorothy Stafford
Nell Spangler
Fanny Matz
Rae Matz
Emilie Wilkins
Madge Moore
Pinkie Wade
Helen Spangler
Spangler
Clarence Ridley
Nick Carter
Ham McBee
Red Burdett
Fred Ireson
Harry Greenspon
Parker Berry
H. C. Peck
Alex Robb
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Cape Cod Canal Purchase Bill Stalled in House
Washington report says the House filibuster against Gov purchase of the Cape Cod canal ended as Republicans shifted focus to the alien property bill. Committees pressed other bills, with farm credit legislation seen as likely to advance, while banking panel work lagged to early next week.
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Washington
House
Cape Cod Canal
McFadden
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Reublican
Banking Committee
Controversy at Public Lenten Service Over Prohibition
Washington February 22 A dispute at a public Lenten service led attorney Charles H Butler to withdraw from presiding next Wednesday after John Temple Graves suggested relaxing enforcement of prohibition laws Butler said such meetings should support the president and his efforts to enforce the law and not endorse compromise with evil.
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Washington
Charles H. Butler
John
Temple Graves
Congressional Action Nears Completion on British Debt Settlement
Washington reports that the British debt funding arrangement moved closer to final. Congress approved the bill changes, leaving only President Harding’s signature. Treasury officials begin drafting indentures to refund 4.6 million dollars of wartime debt over sixty two years as talks with British reps continue.
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Washington
Acta
Great Britain
Harding
Treasury
House
Senate
United States
Tribute paid to Geo Washington by Vice President Coolidge
Syracuse February 22 Vice President Coolidge praised George Washington as the father of his country and a great teacher of religiously grounded government. He said Washington embodied the moral force of religion in shaping liberty justice and orderly law. The speech linked religion to enduring American constitutional principles.
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Syracuse
N. Y
George Washington
Coolidge
Washington
Contest over Texas senate seat linked to Klan amid fraud charges
Washington reports filed credentials contesting Earle B Mayfield as Texas senator elect. Republican George E B Peddy accuses the Ku Klux Klan of fraudulent ballot counting and improper expenditures, seeks recount, investigation, and oath delay until after the Privileges and Elections Committee reviews the case.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Earle B. Mayfield
Texas
George E. B. Peddy
Mayfield
Congress
Klan
Howe
Privileges and Elections Committee
Peddy
Three Missing and Dozen Hurt in Illinois Powder Co Blast
Three workers were missing and presumed dead after explosions at Illinois Powder Co near Grafton Illinois. A dozen people were slightly injured while debris shattered windows within 25 miles. Fire, starting after the blasts, was controlled as investigators estimate 50 000 dollars in damages.
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Associated Press
Grafton
Illinois Powder Co
Hon
George Hoffnagle
Noah Johnson
Sidney Light
Charles P. White
Sgemanes
Railroad traffic breaking all records this season
Washington reports record railroad traffic for this season with 853,289 freight cars loaded in the week ending February 10, surpassing the same week last year by 78,498 cars and 165,425 cars more than 1921. The weekly total, though, is 12,386 cars below the previous week of this year.
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Washington
Car Service Division
American Railway Association
Washington Birthday Halt in Government Activity
The nation observes Washingtons birthday as government activities, excluding Congress, pause. Congress approves British debt funding with no recorded vote as Senate changes are accepted. McNary nomination to comptroller of the currency faces an unfavorable Senate banking sub committee report. House debates funding bills and canal purchase falter amid filibuster concerns. Hoover backs Muscle Shoals nitrate manufacture and opposes government operation. Senate filibuster on shipping bill persists as leaders seek a recommitment. Two constitutional amendments move to committee, one on inauguration date and another on child labor. Mayfield seat disputed as Peddy accuses the Ku Klux Klan.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Banking
James G. McNary
New Mexico
Hoover
House Appropriations
Norris
Nebraska
Foster
Ohio
Earle B Mayfield
Texas
George EK. B. Peddy
Mayfield
Klan
Ship Bill Faces Senate Filibuster Doom by Weekend
Washington Feb 22 The administration shipping bill faces likely defeat as filibuster continues. Negotiations between Republicans and Democrats aim to act by Saturday, with supporters fearing loss if no action occurs. Senator McKellar led a long speech as the debate stretched into night.
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Washington
Senate
Senator McKellar
Selection Jury Begins Today in Keeney Case
Berkeley Springs W Va Feb 22 With the defense demand for an amended bill of particulars read for the opening of court tomorrow the Keeney case looms. Keeney United Mine Workers leader faces an indictment as an accessory to murder in the 1921 Logan county mining conflict. Witnesses were examined today by the state in building a bill naming march leaders and Keeney’s alleged solicitation of arms.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Morrow
C. Frank Keeney
United Mine Workers
Logan County
Keeney
Ruhr Valley Under Tight Penalties After French Occupation
Reports from Essen and Gelsenkirchen describe French and Belgian court martial penalties on Germans resisting Allied authority. Castrop court sentences include fines up to 200 000 marks and two months imprisonment for officials. Red Cross efforts seek clemency for two men jailed for supplies failures and anti French circulars.
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Associated Press
Essen
Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
Bund
Waltrop
Castrop
Germany
Red Cross
Viceshaeder
Recorder Guyenz
Essen Retail Grocers Association
Owen Pleads for League of Nations in Michigan rally
Detroit February 22 United States Senator Robert L Owen of Oklahoma urged America to be moral and financial world leader and to cooperate with free nations in upholding the league of nations with reservations Congress may impose The banquet preceded the Michigan state Democratic convention and speculation centered on a Ford presidential bid in 1924.
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Detroit
America
United States
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
Michigan
Ferris
Senate
Owen
League of Nations
Congress
League
Henry Ford
Bay City
Resolutions
Ford
Wayne County
Northern Pacific Plans $2 Million Rail Link in Montana
St Paul dispatch reports Northern Pacific Railway contemplates a $2 million railroad expansion in southeastern Montana to aid coal mine development in the Rosebud district. The proposal, dated February 22, aims to boost regional industry and transportation capacity.
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St. Paul
Minn
Montana
Northern Pacific Railway
Rosebud
Texas killer surrenders in Baltimore after confession
Charles F. McCandless, 62, of Hurst Texas, who says he killed four men in Texas and New Mexico between 1900 and 1910 and a fifth unnamed man earlier, surrendered to police in Baltimore. He seeks to atone for his past and visit his elderly mother. a $10,000 reward was offered for his arrest. His latest claim cites a 1915 militia camp killing in Arizona.
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Baltimore
Charles F. McCandless
Hurst
Texas
New Mexico
McCandless
Arizona
Italian barber swept into frenzied finance scam
Immigrant Joseph M. Marcino, once a Chicago westside barber, vanished near the Mexican border after allegedly selling nearly $200,000 in stolen securities. Investigators tally losses around $591,000 with further sums linked to Niagara Life Insurance and Warren Bank embezzlement.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Italy
Joseph M. Marcino
Joseph B. Hiata
Marcino
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank L. Taylor
First National Bank of
Warren
Mass
National Bank
Taylor
Burns
Burns Agency
Department of Justice
Niagara Life Insurance (O
Warren, Mass
Marcine
Mechanics and Merchants Bank
Philadelphia
Surprise Sprung in Gortner Case in Springfield Riot Probe
In Springfield Ohio the state challenged W M Cortner in a riotous conspiracy case tied to Ku Klux Klan headquarters. Edward McDonald testified speeches at initiation on February 12 included claims on Catholics Jews and immigration. Rev C O Woodward and Rev R C Moon spoke at the event and defense motions await Police Court Judge Davis ruling on evidence and raid property.
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Springfield
W. M. Cortner
Eward McDonald
McDonald
C. O. Woodward
Broad Street Church of Christ of Columbus
Woodward
Malone
R. C. Moon
St. Paul M. B. Church
Cortner
Father and Son Banquet at Masonic Temple Promotes Cheer
A Beaver Pond district event hosted by Christ Episcopal ladies offered an excellent menu and games for fathers and sons, including a toast by M F P Shawkey. John E Norman arrived unexpectedly, replacing Prof Northen for a double bill of stories and songs that delighted attendees.
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Masonic Temple
Christ Episcopal Church
M. FP. Shawkey
Beaver Pond
John E. Norman
Huntington
Norman
Prof
Northen
Bluefield College
Man
C. B. Hancock
Mr. Hancock
Dutch Brooks
Fire in Bochum as French Soldiers Fire Into Crowd
Two French soldiers fired point blank into a crowd in Bochum near the Law Courts killing one man and wounding two others during an operation to occupy the law courts and a nearby prison on suspicion of spies. A German official was arrested while bystanders watched as a French interpreter was beaten and driven to a police station.
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Associated Press
Bochum
Law Courts
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Bergischborn
Jos
Mexican
Frank Taylor
Gortner
Edward McDonald
Ku Klux Klan
Jougle Bill
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UN Banoueters
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