West Virginia Senate Defeats Salaries Increase for State Officials
Governor Cornwell's emergency recommendation to raise salaries for state elective officers failed in the Senate with twenty one to nine votes after sponsor Senator Bloch altered his stance. The bill would have raised all officers' pay to six thousand dollars, but current salaries remain in place as terms begin March 4. The vote and future reconsideration set the stage for further action tomorrow.
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Charleston
W. Va
Govrnor Cornwell
Jense A. Bloch
Wheeling
Bloch
George R. C. Wiles
Johnson
Ella Yost
Morgantown
George M. Ford
George W. McClintic
McClintic
Caelndar
D. ©. Fout
Grant County
Fout
Oates
Farrell Takes Stand In Balloon Incident Inquiry
Lieutenant Stephen A. Farrell testified before the naval board of inquiry that he barely recalls the clash with Lieutenant Walter Hinton after their Arctic balloon journey. He said fatigue and sleeplessness, not intent to harm, fueled the episode and noted he and Hinton remained good friends.
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Rockaway
N. Y
Stephen A. Farrell
Naval Board of Inquiry
Walter Hinton
Louis A. Kloor
Mattice
Farrell
Hinton
Kloor
Moose Factory
Hudson Bay Company
Hudson Bay
Harding Begins Good Rest on Vacation Train
President elect Harding quits Marion for Florida before entering the White House. He plans a Florida fishing trip and a two week rest after bidding farewell to neighbors and friends. He attends Elk lodge, schools, and meets key aides before departing by private car.
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Marion
Ohio
Florida
White House
Harding
Mount Merion Avenue
Chattanooga
St. Augustine
Fla
City
The
Elk’s Fraternity
Washington
Harding High School
Abigail Harding
America
the Elks Lodge
Harding South
George P. Christian, Jr
Harry M. Daugherty
Columbus
Secret Service
C. BE. Sawyer
Trial options mulled in Matewan murders case
In Williamson West Virginia on January 20 officials weighed whether the twenty three Matewan murder suspects would be tried jointly or separately. If a single trial occurs a jury could hear the case within about two weeks. No disturbances were reported in the Mingo coal district as state police replace federal troops.
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Williamson
W. Va
Matewan
Herman Ha4n
Mingo
Notice to Subscribers on Paper Delivery Arrangements
In case the carrier boy fails to deliver paper please call Phone 14. We have made arrangements to make deliveries at any time before noon.
Senators Clash Over American Merchant Marine Ties
The National Merchant Marine Association session features Sen Jones charging the International Mercantile Marine Co with operating for British interests under a 1903 agreement. He cites a 20 year pact and notes the Shipping Board leased forty ships to the firm. P A S Franklin denies the claims and calls the charges unfair.
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Washington
National Merchant Marine Association
Ranedell
Louisiana
Homer L. Ferguson
Newport News
International Mercantile
Shipping Board
International Mercantile Marine
Jones
P. A
Franklin
Payne
New York
Newark
N. J
England
Frankln
Andrews
Senate
Pay-Up Campaign Opens With Bright Start in Bluefield
Bluefield launches a Pay Up campaign led by the slogan Lets All Pay Up and backed by local grocers. An article by P. J. Alexander of the Flat Top Grocery Company explains credit as the power to obtain goods by promising to pay at a future date. The Bluefield-Graham Credit Men's Association and the local Bluefield group are connected with the National Association of Credit Men.
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Bluefield
P. J. Alexander
Flat Top Grocery Company
Bluefield-Graham Credit Men's Association
Bluefield Association
National Association of Credit Men
P.J. Alexander
Coal Profiteering Exposed Amid Calder Bill Hearings
Federal officials pressed for coal industry reform urging competition or nationalization. The hearings detailed alleged maneuvers by the New York Wholesale Coal Association and agents keeping profits with operators. Testimony cited high mine mouth prices and contracts showing agent gains routed back to operators while a grand jury probe proceeds.
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Washington
Senate
Thompson
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Armand W. Riley
New York Wholesale Coal Association
Riley
Pennsylvania
Charles 8. Allen
Gibbs L. Baker
New York
LaFollette
Eugene CC. Hultman
Massachusetts
New England
Department of Justice
Walsh
Madeira, Hul & Company
Philadelphia
New York Wholesale Association
Allen
Baker
Ralph Crews
Norfolk and Western to lay off 2000 carmen in shops
In Roanoke on January 20 the Norfolk and Western Railway announced cutting more than 2000 carmen from their shops starting January 22. J E Shoemaker, Carmen's Union general chairman, says the company is assigning Sundays work and forcing labor beyond their line of employment. Shoemaker cites ongoing reductions since last October with further cuts at Columbus and Ports.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
J. E. Shoemaker
Carmen's Union
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employees Department
Norfolk and Western
Carmen
Jewell
Shoemaker
Railway Labor Board
Columbus
Unsafe rail cars and bad order marks threaten riders in mouth Ohio
Mr Shoemaker charges the road uses bad order equipment imperiling the traveling public. He notes six foremen for five mechanics and foremen removing bad order marks and tags. cars run with penalty defects and safety risks such as broken sills.
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Mouth
Ohio
Shoemaker
Missing Steamer Safe at Chignik Alaska
The mail steamer Joseph Pulitzer, missing since December 15, is reported safe at anchor at Chignik on the Alaska peninsula, about 300 miles west of Kodiak. The vessel lost its rudder and reached Chignik without further mishap, according to tonight’s advices.
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Seward
Alaska
Joseph Pulitzer
Chignik
Kodiak
Atlantic and Pacific Fleets Unite Through Panama Canal
Balboa Panama January 20 The Atlantic fleet passed through the Panama canal and joined the Pacific fleet today. The combined fleets will leave Panama Saturday morning bound for Callao and Valparaiso.
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Balboa
Panama
Panama Canal
Callao
Valparaiso
Pioneer Newspaper Man Berry Dies in Pittsburgh
Latrobe Pa Jan 20 John D Berry aged seventy six pioneer newspaper man of western Pennsylvania died in a Pittsburg hospital today.
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Pioneer
Latrobe
John D. Berry
Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Definite step toward international disarmament takes Senate action
Washington reports the senate foreign relations committee approved Senator Borah’s resolution to seek negotiations among the United States Great Britain and Japan to cut naval programs. The panel kept the talks to the three powers and left any specific reductions open. Action by the full senate is uncertain before next week with debate and a possible Democratic alternative from Senator Walsh.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Republican
Idaho
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Senate
Congress
Walsh
Montana
League of Nations
McCumber
North Dakota
France
Italy
Wilson
Harding
Association of Nations
Rickard Seeks Brady Interest in Dempsey Carpentier Bout
After a New York conference Tex Rickard offered to take over Brady's interest and bond in the Dempsey Carpentier bout. Brady delays to consult Charlies Cochran in London while Rickard warns he may assume full promoter responsibilities if Cochran joins. Bond whereabouts remain missing and Central Union Trust asserts no bond in their possession.
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Central Union Trust Company of New York
New York
Tex Rickard
Wm. A. Brady
Brady
Rickard
Associated Press
Charlies B. Cochran
London
Cochran
Cable
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Dempsey
Kearns
Central Union Trust Company
Tn France
Carpentier
Robert Edgren
Pugilists
Ro Oe Cochran
Con Pp
Ford Newberry Recount in Michigan Senate Race
Washington January 20 recounts by the senate privileges and elections committee show Henry Ford gaining 1 924 votes over Senator Newberry after completing 1 289 of 2 232 precints. Newberry’s overall plurality stood at about 7 590 votes.
Aberdeen planter arrested in wife murder linked to December fire
William A. Thweatt of Aberdeen Mississippi was arrested on a murder warrant connected to his wife’s death in a house fire near the town on December 6. A coroner’s jury reported she carried $23,000life insurance payable to him and he reportedly dressed and packed belongings after awakening to smoke while seeking water to fight the blaze.
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Aberdeen
Miss
William A. Thweatt
Thweatt
Here
Jernois Jony Buys Wausaukee Jail For Woodshed
Joseph Jerois Jony bought the Wausaukee jail for thirty dollars and will use it as a woodshed. City officials say the jail has been idle since Prohibition began, after thirty years of service.
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Wausaukee
Wis
Joseph Jerois Jony
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Wood County
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Lieut
Elks Lodge
South
Senator Jones
Calder
Norfolk and Western Imperiling Safety
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