American Legion Post 9 Plans Second Minstrel Show
Bluefield Post No 9 adopts monthly Salvation Army donations after a lively meeting led by Commander Poff. The post aims to double membership and launch a March minstrel show, the Jollies of 1922, with proceeds supporting ex service members and local charities.
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Post No. 9
Bluefield
Poff
Legion
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Spiller Hicks
Chure
Clarence
Geo. Brenn
Chicago
American Legion
Amalgamated Makers of Mirth
MacNider
Arbuckle Moves to Pay Rappe’s Medical Bills in Manslaughter Trial
In San Francisco on January 20 Roscoe C Arbuckle offered to cover all expenses for Miss Virginia Rappe including physicians' bills. Testimony described Arbuckle's San Francisco hotel party where Rappe was found nearly unconscious as prosecutors prepare more witnesses in the second manslaughter trial.
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San Francisco
Roscoe C. Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Arbuckle
Harry Boyle
St. Francis
Boyle
Miss Rappe
al Semnacher
Motion Picture Enterprises
Jesse Norgard
Culver City
Cal
Nogard
Semnacher
Los Angeles
Bambina Maude Delmont
Former President Wilson Attends Public Concert
Former President Wilson joined by Mrs. Wilson at a public concert in Washington. The event featured Jessie Masters, a noted American contralto, performing for the benefit of the Disabled Veterans Relief Society.
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Washington
Wilson
Talks on Maryland Bureau of Mines Creation in Cumberland
In Cumberland on January 20 representatives of operators miners and the state discussed creating a state bureau of mines with a chief engineer and at least two inspectors. A tentative mining law draft pending for the legislature was approved, with operators expected to accept after minor changes. Participants included W Milnes Mailey Baltimore G Marshall Gillette Frostburg and William J Trickett.
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Cumberland
State Bureau of Mines
W. Milnes Mailey
Baltimore
G. Marshall Gillette
Frostburg
William J. Trickett
Twenty Percent Wage Boost Demanded by Miners Convention
Shamokin Pa January twenty workers union convention backs scale committee demand for twenty percent wage increase for contract miners plus one dollar a day for day men. They consider a possible April first mining suspension if no agreement is reached and seek a two year contract with no individual deals.
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Shamokin
Tristate
Mine Workers Union
John L. Lewis
Lewis S Hadler Dies at 47 in Carlisle Pneumonia
Carlisle Pa Jan 20 Lewis S Hadler state highway commissioner died of pneumonia at his home He was forty seven and active in state politics He was considered a probable successor to Senator Penrose and a possible Republican governor nominee He was appointed highway commissioner in January 1919 by Governor Sproul Born Carlisle March 3 1874.
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Carlisle
Lewis S. Hadler
Hadler
Penrose
Sproul
Germany to Send Delegates to Genoa Conference
Berlin reports the German government has accepted the invitation to dispatch representatives to the forthcoming international Genoa conference. The move marks Germany’s formal participation in the summit discussions.
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Germany
Berlin
Genoa
Open treaty propogal groundwork laid for another gathering
The Far Eastern arms conference debated the US plan to publish all China related treaties and understandings. A resolution urged China to speed reductions in large border military forces as a condition for financial rehabilitation.
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Associated Press
Washington
China
Far Eastern Committee
Japan
Harding
Root
United States
Senate
Seffater Walsh
Montana
Shantung
Lodge
Underwood
Pacific
Bonin
Arguments for Kane New Trial Not Heard
In Morgantown West Virginia on January 20 the Monongalia county circuit court did not hear arguments for a new trial in the case of James Kane due to heavy civil caseload. Kane was found guilty by a jury yesterday of assault related to the shooting of a non union miner's home at Rock Forge during disturbances last December in the Bethlehem Mine Corporation mining region.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Monongalia County
James Kane
Kane
Rock Forge
Bethlehem Mine Corporation
Three Sent to Jail on Counterfeiting Charge
Pittsburg report says Walter Perdue L B Lewis and James Drake received one year each in jail for counterfeiting Baltimore and Ohio railroad pay vouchers last August. Testimony claimed up to $50000 in vouchers were created and $1400 cashed before operations stopped. Robert Musick was acquitted.
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Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Walter Perdue
L. B. Lewis
James Drake
Robert Musick
Harding Nominates Elliott Northcott for U S Attorney Post
President Harding sent nominations to the Senate on January 20 naming Elliott Northcott as United States attorney for the southern district of West Virginia. The action forms part of a wider batch of federal judicial selections.
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Washington
Senate
Harding
Elliott Northcott
United States
Southern District
West Virginia
Huntington to Send Foodstuffs to Winifrede
Mayor C W Campbell turned over a 250 dollar check, half of a 500 dollar donation, to Ira C Roe to aid Winifrede residents. A relief purchase of 267 dollars in foodstuffs will be shipped immediately, with a permanent relief organization to be formed at a meeting Monday night.
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Huntington
W. Va
C. W. Campbell
Ira C. Roe
Winifrede
Roe
Kanawha County
Campbell
Memorial memorializes F W Galbraith Jr in Cincinnati
Indianapolis January 20 The Legion authorized a $26000 memorial for the late F W Galbraith Jr former national commander to overlook the Ohio River in Cincinnati. The fourth annual convention was set for October 16 to 20 in New Orleans with departmental officers discussing disabled veterans plight and bureau criticisms.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Cincinnati
F. W. Galbraith, Jr
American Legion
Legion
Ohio River
New Orleans
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Junius F. Lynch
Norfolk
Sawyer
Harding
Veterans Bureau
Army
Navy
Hanford MacNider
Navy Department
Navy Yards
War Department
Bony
France
MacNider
May Readmit Germany Into Sporting Circles
Paris January 20 Germany's readmission into international sport bodies and possible 1924 Olympic participation are foreseen by the Auto periodical. It argues Germany will join the Genoa conference, and that admission could pressure neutral nations to push Germany into international athletics.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Auto
League of Nations
Coal Producers Push Lower Freight Rates Before IC C
Coal producers urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to cut freight rates, arguing current charges hurt industry and fearing wage cuts. Officials from coal and steel groups voiced views on protecting railroad earnings while seeking relief, with April wage reductions and potential strikes looming. Railroads must implement a revised rate schedule by March 6.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Steel
Robert Hula
Iron and Steel Manufacturers
Chicago
Commission
H. W. Prickett
Wyoming
Utah
J. D. A. Morrow
National Coal Association
W. J. Thompson
Anthracite Producers Association
Former Kaiser’s name used in fraud hearing in Toledo
Henry L. Doherty testified in Toledo that Jesse McDowell used geologists to locate oil and gas wells and that Doherty and Co. lost 1.5 million via secret commissions. Doherty linked Wilhelm II to Europe’s 1913 panic affecting German taxes and his European loans plans. The trial adjourned to Tuesday with Doherty again on the stand.
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Toledo
Ohio
Henry L. Doherty
New York
Jesse ©. McDowell
Pittsburg
Henry L. Doherty & Co
Doherty
McDowell
William Hohenzollern
Germany
Europe
Wilhelm
Mr. Doherty
Cardinal Gasparri May Be The Next Pope
London Jan 20 The Rothe newspapers via Central News dispatch say Cardinal Gasparri papal secretary of state would be the pope’s successor if Benedict dies The report notes strong Italian government support for his election and mentions the pope's sister Countess Julia Persico is ill.
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London
Rothe
Central News
Pope Benedict
Cardinal Gasparri
Julia Persico
Farm financing up front at national conference
Secretary Wallace announces charges that certain farm mortgage lenders exploit crisis with high interest rates. The Agriculture Department releases data showing U S banks hold about 3.87 trillion in personal and collateral loans to farmers and 1.45 trillion in farm mortgage loans at end of 1920. The joint commission urges adapting banking agencies to meet farmers credit needs bridging the short long term gap without new machinery.
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Washington
Wallace
National Agricultural Conference
Agricultural Department
United States
Charless. Barrett
National Board of Farm Organizations
National Farmers’ Union
Federal Reserve Board
L. B. McClung
Rupert
W. Va
Federation of Warm Women’s Clubs
Congress
Joint Commission of Agricultural Inquiry
Anderson
Minnesota
Farm Loan
Federal Reserve
Democrats Meet at Huntington February 10
Charleston WV January 20 A meeting of the Democratic state executive committee and the associate committee comprising women will be held at Huntington Friday February 10. Cordell Hull Democratic national chairman will address the meeting. John W Davis former ambassador to England will also attend and make an address. A business session is planned in the afternoon and a banquet in the evening for party workers and editors. This marks Hulls first appearance in West Virginia since taking the national chair.
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Charleston
W. Va
Democratic State Executive Committee
Huntington
R. F. Dunlap
Hinton
Cordell Hull
John W. Davis
Clarksburg
England
Dunlap
Hull
West Virginia
Pope Benedict Hovers Between Life and Death
Pope Benedict lay between life and death in Rome as doctors battled pneumonia and breathing difficulties. He received extreme unction and the Holy Sacrament, with cardinals observing the solemn rite from the sick room doorway.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pope Benedict
Raffaele Battistini
Benedict
Holy Father
Vatican
Mass and Prayer Offered for Pope Benedict in Wheeling
Bishop P. J. Donahue announces critical illness of Pope Benedict. He orders clergy in the Wheeling diocese to offer masses and prayers. Donahue, ill since Christmas, had met the pope during a Rome visit with Rev. William Hall accompanying him.
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Donahue
Wheeling
W. Va
P. J. Donahue
Pope Benedict
West Virginia
Virginia
Holy Father
Rome
William ©. Hall
St. Mary's Church of
South Wheeling
Speelman Nominated for Register of the Treasury
Washington January 20 Harley V Speelman of Marietta Ohio was nominated by President Harding to be register of the treasury He is at present assistant register and the announcement outlines his qualifications and duties in the role
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New Register of Treasury
Washington
Harley V. Speelman
Marietta
Ohio
Harding
Register of the Treasury
Speelman
False Pretense Indictments Hit Mercer Man
Four indictments charging false pretense were returned by a Mercer County grand jury against B. F. Forney of McKeeport. The charges relate to the sale of oil stock in a McKeeport company.
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Mercer
B. F. Forney
McKee
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Bureau OF Mines For
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FW. Galbraute, JR
Supreme Head
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Gomes
FRGNT
L. E. McClung
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