Motive of Burnwell Gunfire Tied to Coal Row
Gunfire at Burnwell Coal and Coke plant in Kentucky across Tug River from Sprigg West Virginia leaves no wounded. Reports say unknown shooters fired at workers entering the camp after a strike. A US deputy marshal allegedly led workers to the plant site before threats. Trials in Matewan delayed as witnesses called and rules issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
W.a
Burnwell Coal and Coke Company
Kentucky
Sprigg
W. Va
Mingo
Henry
Williamson Coal Operators Association
Burnwell
J. B. Wiggins
Union
J. C. McCoy
Colonel Hall
United
Hall
Camp Sherman
Hzra Fry
Sid Hatfield
Taft
Hallie Chambers
Matewan
Anse Hatfield
Ira Phillips
Elwood Simpkins
Alma Cedar Coal Company
Simpkins
R. D. Bailey
Carr
United States
Eleven States Will Lose Seats In Next Congress
The house adopted a reapportionment bill limiting membership to 435 for the next decade after a fierce fight. States set to lose seats are Missouri Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Mississippi Nebraska Rhode Island and Vermont, with three seats shifting to California two to Ohio and one each to New Jersey North Carolina and Washington.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Barbour
California
Representative Barbour
Missouri
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Mississippi
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Vermont
Ohio
Con
New Jersey
North Carolina
Unnamed man surrenders rifle after Sprigg incident
A man, not identified by the military, returned with a detachment to surrender his rifle to Sheriff Pinson after being seen near Sprigg before a shooting. He was not held for weapon possession. Separately in Bridgeport, a soup kitchen opened to feed unemployed people, as the Metal Trades Union reported a 10 percent rise in local work hours over the past two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprigg
Iggina
Pinson
Bridgeport
Conn
Bridgeport Metal Trades Union
Manufacturers Association of Bridgeport
Ohio bill prescribes jail and fines for bribe fixing in sports
Columbus Ohio January 19 a bill introduced by Representative Green Mahoning county would convict professional players who accept bribes to throw games with imprisonment from one to five years and a fine of one thousand dollars including possible penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Representative Green
Mahoning County
Guilty in First Degree Murder Case in Hollidaysburg
Geo. C. Tompkins of Philadelphia was found guilty of first degree murder by a county court jury in Hollidaysburg. The verdict centers on the killing of Mrs. Caroline Humphries of Philadelphia.
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Hollidaysburg
Geo. C. Tompkins
Philadelphia
Mra
Caroline Humphries
Calder bill faces fierce Senate grilling on coal regulation
Witnesses clash as J D A Morrow of the National Coal Association denounces the Calder bill as revolutionary while Houston Thompson of the FTC endorses it. hearing resumes after adjournment amid questions over price fixing publicity production costs and coal shortages.
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Washington
J. D. A. Morrow
National Coal Association
Senate Manufactures Committee
Houston Thompson
Federal Trade Commission
Morrow
Jones
New Mexico
Walsh
Massachusetts
New England
Great Britain
Reed
Missouri
Mr. Morrow
Coal Association
LaFollette
United States
Thompson
Palmer demands sweeping probe
Attorney General Palmer urged a congressional inquiry into charges that justice agents abused rights during last winter's roundups. A Senate Judiciary subcommittee said it would hear both agents and critics, with Harvard Law's Zechariah Chafee among those testifying. Special agents who supervised the raids were to testify next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Justice Department
Washington
Palmer
Department of Justice
Senate Judiciary
National Popular Government League
Mr. Palmer
Department
Sterling
Zechariah Chafee
Harvard Law School
Notice to Subscribers About Paper Delivery Times
In case the carrier boy fails to deliver paper please call Phone 14. Arrangements are made to make deliveries at any time before noon.
Two Thousand More to Be Laid Off Saturday
Roanoke Virginia January 19 Approximately two thousand employees of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company will be laid off next Saturday across the system affecting nearly all shop departments. About nine hundred will be laid off in Roanoke. The total laid off recently reaches about 3 500. President Maher cited a very serious drop in business since January 1 as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Maher
Harding delays cabinet picks amid party balance urge
Marion Ohio January 19 President elect Harding puts off definite cabinet selections for two or three key portfolios to focus on forming an administration best for the country. He remains a Republican but vows service over party obligation and may even consider a Democrat for a cabinet post. He plans to return to Marion from a houseboat trip before the inauguration, staying briefly from March 2 to 3 before heading to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ohio
Harding
St. Augustine
Fla
Florida
Washington
Jurisdiction Agreement From Washington Over Immigrant Seamen
Secretary Wilson confirms state department jurisdiction over aliens arriving without passports while labor orders allow Donal O Callaghan Corks lord mayor to reship as a seaman. The decision to deport or detain stowaways remains with the secretary of state, with cases to be reported promptly and resolved on policy guidance.
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Washington
State Department
Department of Labor
Wilson
Immigration Bureau
Donal O'Callaghan
Cork
Labor Secretary
O'Callaghan
Norfolk
Judge Lawless
New York
O’callaghan
Davis
O Callaghan
White House
United
Secretary of State
Secretary of Labor
Harry Boland
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
Labor
Boland
Balloonists Testify on Four Day Snowbound Ordeal
Two of three airmen lost in Canadian wilderness before the naval court of inquiry describe brutal cold hunger and fear. Lieutenant Walter Hinton recounts Lieutenant Farrell’s extreme exhaustion fainting and remarks he said would be unfair to quote.
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Hinton
Farrell
Air Station
Rockaway
N. Y
Naval Court of Inquiry
Walter Hinton
Chicago Pitcher Dick Kerr Holds Out For 1921 Pay Rise
Dick Kerr of the Chicago American league club, the team’s first hold out of the season, wrote friends that he is dissatisfied with his 1921 contract lacking a salary increase and will not report unless an raise is granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dick Kerr
Chicago American League Baseball Club
Dempsey Carpentier Bout Status Report Unfounded
Promoters Rickard and Cochran and others maintain the Dempsey Carpentier heavyweight bout set for July 2 remains on. Forfeit funds totaling 105000 are secured by bonds or deposits in Baltimore New York and France, with no confirmed withdrawal by Carpentier or Dempsey and no ground for cancellation per officials.
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New York
J. E. Ward
England
Holding Trust Company
Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Baltimore
Carpentier
Paris
Morgan Harjes
Cochrane
London
France
United States
Central Union Trust Company
Rickard
Mallet
Mallett
Europe
Brennan
Bombardier Wells
Beckett
Capitol fight widens in West Virginia Senate over capitol site
Charleston West Virginia January 19 legislative skirmishes unfold in the senate over a resolution by Senator Floyd Chapman to appoint a capitol commission to plan a new building after Governor Cornwell suggested designs. The measure passed sixteen to twelve amid amendments and a tied vote on a delaying motion.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
Floyd Chapman
Huntington
Cornwell
Harmer
Clarksburg
Morton
Webster Springs
Luther Maymond
Committee On Humane Institutions
Parkersburg
Capitol
House of Delegates
Moundsville
Otto
Wheeling
Crump
Beach Hill
Nicely
Lantz
Jacksonburg
Wetzel County
Chapman
Rur
Hill
Middlebourne
Senator Harmer
Godbey
Ford Sloch
Porter
Hunter
Staats
Dinsmore
Shackelford
White
Johnson
Harman
Heltick
Burr
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Grods
Burnwell Coal Company
Calder
Department Uf State
Holdout
Dempsey Carpentier Bouticoff
Ugcurg
Committee
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