West Virginia mine report shows record coal and coke output
Charleston WV February report from the state mine department details 64 033 186 gross tons produced in the year ending June 30 1911. McDowell county leads with 11 945 763 tons of coal and 1 258 800 tons of coke. Fayette follows in coal with 9 019 395 tons and 474 491 net tons of coke. The abstract notes higher machine usage, fewer mines, and a goal to become the nation’s leading bituminous coal state within seven to eight years.
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W. Va
State Mine Department
McDowell
Fayette County
McDowell County
Whch
Department of Mines
John Laing
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
General Goal Trike Now Seems Sure
New York February 27. miners and operators conference opens in New York over demands as 180,000 hard coal workers face potential April 1 strike. Miners seek 20 percent wage rise an eight hour day union dues control and other concessions. operators resist, citing cost of living and past sliding scale. The situation ties to presidential politics and a potential fuel shortage.
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New York
United States
New Jersey Central Railroad
George S. Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Coal Company
John D. White
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Bryan
Coke making at mines fades as by-product plants cut costs
Even after shipping coal from mines to by-product plants, costs remain lower than mining and processing. Therefore, manufacturing coke at the mines is gradually being dispensed with, with continued discussion noted.
Berlin Elects Mayor for Greater City
Berlin reports Dr. Karl Steiniger city chamberlain elected mayor of Greater Berlin. His victory makes him first mayor of the world's third largest municipality with a population about three million five hundred thousand.
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Berlin
Karl Steiniger
Greater Berlin
Steniger
Forty-Second Drowning Incident On Kwango River
Thirty-two passengers and crew were drowned when the government steamer Deliverance sank on the Kwango river on the border of Belgian Congo near Brussels dated February 27. The vessel was plying on the river when it foundered, resulting in a tragic loss of life among those aboard.
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Brussels
Deliverance
Kwango
Belgian ‘Congo
Weather Forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia expects generally fair weather on Wednesday and Thursday with colder conditions on Thursday. Virginia forecasts fair weather Wednesday and Thursday with little temperature change and moderate west winds.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Government Antitrust Case Before Court in Ohio
Columbus Ohio Feb 27. The government presents its case in depositions from a special examiner on behalf of many cities as hearings begin for the defense in the antitrust suit against Chesapeake and Ohio Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and associated coal firms in U S district court. The defense argues coal and railroads cooperated legitimately and cites post 1910 rivalry following a circuit court dissolution decision.
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Columbus
Chesapeake and Ohio
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
United States District Court
Tomorow
O. E. Hardison
Wickersham
United States Circuit Court
Nine Governors Pledge Support To Mr Taft
Telegraphic pledges of support for President Taft were issued from his campaign HQs by nine Republican governors. The signatories included Eberhart Minnesota Carroll Iowa Hay Washington Goldsborough Maryland Tener Pennsylvania Hooper Tennessee Spry Utah Pennwll Delaware and Pothie Rhode Island. Taft managers also claimed backing from DeWeed Illinois Oddie Nevada and Mead Vermont.
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Washington
Taft
Eberhart
Minnesota
Carroll
Iowa
Hay
Goldsborough
Maryland
Tener
Pennsylvania
Hooper
Tennessee
Spry
Utah
Pennewill
Delaware
Pothie
Rhode Island
Deweed
Illinois
Oddie
Nevada
Mead
Vermont
Chicago
Col. Roosevelt
Auspicious Beginning for Mr Knox Tour in Panama
The Panamanian leg of Secretary Knox’s Central and South American tour opens with large crowds in Colon and Panama. Knox lands from the USS Washington and is welcomed by government officials and American residents. He meets acting President Chirari and cabinet at the palace after a luncheon, with exchanges between American party ladies and Panamanian officials’ wives.
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Panama
Colon
Knox
United States
Washington
Chirari
Coal Miners Strike Across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
London reports no settlement at conferences with Prime Minister Asquith and mine owners as the coal dispute continues. Between thirty and forty thousand Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire miners stopped work in line with prior notices, and with the time limit near expiry, they await action by the miners federation.
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London
Two Women Shot in Ohio Community Near Wheeling
In Maynard Ohio near Wheeling West Virginia, Mrs Samuel Harker wife of a mine foreman and her elderly mother Mrs Schick were shot at their home. Sheriff John Anderson leads a posse in pursuit of Christ Corvinslay as Mrs Harker is said to be fatally wounded.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Samuel Harker
Schick
Maynard
Ohio
Here
John Anderson
Christ Corvinslay
Fear of Roosevelt Drives Senator's attack in Senate
Senator Rayner denounces ex president Roosevelt's call for popular revision of state court decisions as dangerous. He argues Roosevelt sought to influence judiciary while in office and claims the motive is frustration at not being able to control court outcomes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Columbus
Senate
Rayner
Maryland
Supreme Court of the United States
Republic
United States
Tam
Pers Ae
Ounce
Fragmentary Thought on Judases and Adjudication
A clipped note reflects on human error among Judea and their non divine judgments, praising a perceived eternal credit for past actions while hinting at continuation on Page Four.
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Judea
Roosevelt movement faces leadership question in New England
Col Roosevelt and leaders of the northeastern Roosevelt movement hold a conference in Boston with Governor Bass of New Hampshire and Fred P Hale of Portland discussing the probable line up of New England delegates to the Chicago convention. Roosevelt plans to spend much time at home in Queet er Bay while Cambridge hosts literature talks at Harvard.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Robert Bass
New Hampshire
Fred P. Hale
Portland
United States
Grafton D. Cushing
Masachusetts House
Queeter Bay
Cffes
New York
Taft Predicted To Near 500 Chicago Votes
New York supporters of Roosevelt estimate Taft will secure 496 votes on the first ballot at Chicago with the progressives taking the rest among the four Republican candidates Taft Roosevelt Cummins and La Follette. Des Moines reports Gov Carroll of Iowa endorses Taft citing the square deal and renomination.
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Taft
New York
Roosevelt
Chicago
Messrs
Cummins
la Follette
Longworth Declines Participation in Ohio Delegates Campaign
Washington Feb 27 Representative Nicholas Longworth, Theodore Roosevelt’s son in law, returning from a visit with the colonel in Boston today announced he would not take part in the campaign for the selection of delegates to the Chicago convention from his Ohio district.
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Boston
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt
Prient
Taft
Roosevelt
Salem
A. F P. Gardner
Columbus
Longworth
Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Beston
Chicago
Ohio
Secretary Knox Visits Colon Harbor
The United States cruiser Washington with Secretary Knox and his party anchored in Colon harbor this morning after arriving from an onward voyage.
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Knox
Colon
United States
Washington
End of Tour Contest Turns Defeat Into Lesson
Farewell remarks hint at overconfidence as the tour nears end. Gary Favorite moves ahead in the WeDewell division while chaperon duties shift to Head Chaperon and Mingo District urges more care in subscription forms.
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Gary Favorite
WeDewell
Mingo
Daily Telegraph subscription contest tightens as votes rise
The Daily Telegraph contest shows 59 931 votes cast for twenty five candidates, with two leadership shifts in the Chaperon division and Third district. A race-wide push continues as ten days remain, urging contestants to hustle, collect new and reserve votes, and verify subscriber details before closing.
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Daily Telegraph
Sallie Pendleton
Tazewell
Igh
Lillian Beinkampen
Gary
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