Revival of salaries bill and Mingo probe debate in West Virginia Senate
Charleston reports revival of a measure to raise elective state officer salaries to six thousand dollars, blocked by a four fifths vote. Senator York withdraws a resolution to investigate Mingo industrial disturbances, citing objection and perceived ref lection on Governor Cornwell. Debate also covers Capitol relocation plans and assorted budget and emergency measures as sessions proceed.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mingo County
Senate
House of Delegates
Board of Public Works
George W. McClintic
Kanawha County
House of Senate
Capitol
MecClintic
Jesse Bloch
Wheeling
Bloch
Sanders
Burr
Bowers
Dinsmoor
Harmer
Poling
Shinn
Staats
Cornwell
York
Williamson
Mingo
Stewart
First Judicial Circuit
Ohio
Brooke
Counties
Phil
Senator Staats
Calder bill would kill export coal trade says counsel
Ralph Crews counsel for Consolidation Coal Company told the Senate Manufactures Committee that the Calder coal regulation bill would destroy the U.S. export coal market by authorizing a peace time emergency diversion of shipments. He cited a 750000 ton export contract held up by the bill and warned American deliveries could not compete with British mines. George H. Cushing of the American Wholesale Coal Association asked for three weeks to study the bill. Connell of Scranton will testify tomorrow.
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Washington
United States
Calder
Ralph Crews
Consolidation Corel Company
Senate Manufactures Committee
Crews
Federal Trade Commission
George H. Cushing
American Wholesale Coal Association
Kenyon
Iowa
LaFollette
Great Britain
W. L. Connell
Scranton
Anthracite Producers’ Association
Woman seeks first woman chaplain in House
Rev. Clara Morgan of Perry New York seeks the role of chaplain to replace the resigning Rev. Henry M Couden Saunders of New York places her candidacy forward in whose district she now serves a church.
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Washington
Clara Morgan
Perry
N. Y
house _of representatives
Henry M. Couden
Representative Saunders
New York
Harding Walks Rail as Spryly at Fifteen
President-elect Harding, en route to Florida, kept to vacation mode as cabinet talks continue unsettled. He walked a rail in Oakdale Tenn and voiced intent to disconnect from Marion conferences for two weeks. Speculation grows that ten cabinet posts will be decided in Florida with possible shifts among Hughes, Root, Dawes, and Mellon.
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Harding
Florida
Marion
Kentucky
Tennessee
St. Augustine
South
Mr. Harding
Oakdale
Tenn
Charles Evans Hughes
Elihu Root
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
the Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
A. W. Mellon
Pittsburg
New River Collieries Files Suit Over Coal Funds
New River Collieries sues Tidewater Coal Exchange and Guaranty Trust Co in New York alleging misused funds from coal sales. The exchange, formed in 1917 to speed shipments to Newport News Norfolk Baltimore Philadelphia and New York, allegedly placed proceeds in a liquidation account and refused to account to New River Collieries.
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New York
New River Collieries Company
Tidewater Coal Exchange
The
Guaranty Trust Company
Exchange
Newport News
Norfolk
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Notice to Subscribers on Paper Delivery Arrangements
A subscriber notice directs readers to call Phone 14 if a paper is not delivered by a carrier and announces arrangements to complete deliveries before noon.
Middlebourne Petition To Go In House Journal
In Charleston on January 21 the assembly printed Middlebourne Tyler county petition urging abolition of the public service commission. Dr Ira Lemley said Middlebourne residents oppose the gas and water charges with a failing water tank and unsafe streets.
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Charleston
W. Va
House
Middlebourne
Tyler County
J. B. Hillenary
Upshur County
Ira Lemley
Public Service Commission
G. W. McCauley
Hardy County
Lemley
Proposed Regulation Pack ers Draws Fire
Washington senators Sherman of Illinois and Fernald of Maine opposed the Gronna regulatory bill as unwarranted interference with a private industry. They attacked the measure and the federal trade commission while backing a substitute transferring regulation to the FTC and requiring public disclosures. Senator Smoot introduced amendments and planned further opposition to the draft.
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Washington
Senate
Sherman
Illinois
Fernald
Maine
Federal Trade Commission
Sterling
South Dakota
Livestock Commission
Smoot
Utah
Agricultural Committee
Religious intolerance in Ireland blamed on England
Miss Louise Bennett of Dublin testified before a commission in St. Louis alleging England fosters religious intolerance and suppresses Irish industry to stop self determination. She cited increased attacks by British forces on Catholic churches and clergy to revive sectarian divisions and block Irish unity.
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St. Louis
England
Ireland
Louise Bennett
Dublin
Committee of One Hundred
Caroline M. Townsend
Irish Woman's International League
Hasty marriage in state faces new license delay bill
West Virginia senators consider a bill by Senator Harvey W. Harmer requiring marriage license affidavits on birth dates places and parentage and a twenty day wait before issuance to curb bigamy. The proposal is described as the strictest of its kind in the legislature.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
Harvey W. Harmer
Hart County
Harmer
Harding Urges United Americanism to Boost Nation
President elect Harding spoke to the South promising a spirit of united Americanism above sectional and partisan lines. He emphasized strengthening industries nationwide and securing economic growth for all regions.
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Atlanta
Harding
South
Rockefeller Jr. Contributes Million for European Relief
John D. Rockefeller Jr. gave 1 million dollars to relief efforts for starving European children. The donation was announced by Herbert Hoover at the end of a dinner honoring Rockefeller's Bible class in New York on January 21.
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New York
John DD. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil
Herbert Hoover
Nominations Gap Threatens Government Machine After March 4
Washington will face a strained federal system if the Senate does not confirm Wilson nominees by March 3. Many officials serving under recess appointments would lose jobs, including seven shipping board members and several high posts across agencies. Senator Lodge signals Republicans will curb Democratic appointees and push emergency staffing decisions.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Congress
Shipping Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Patent Office
Treasury
Harding
Lodge
Massachusetts
Army
Navy
Change of venue granted in nine National Guard murder cases
In Jasper Alabama on January 21 a venue change was granted to Hamilton Marion county for nine members of company M Alabama national guard indicted for murder linked to the January 13 lynching of coal miner William Beard. Trials set to begin January 31.
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Jasper
Ala
Hamilton
Marion County
Company M
Alabama National Guard
William Beard
Former C and O Conductor Sentenced in Atlanta Prison Term
Miles L. Houchins of Cabin Creek Junction was sentenced to eighteen months in federal prison in Atlanta by Judge Y Webb in the southern district of West Virginia. The former freight conductor for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was tried in Charleston on January twenty one.
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Charleston
W. Va
Miles L. Houchins
Cabin Creek Junction
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Atlanta
Y. Webb
South Carolina
West Virginia
Optimism as to Future of American Shipping
Washington January 2 The National Merchant Marine Association closed its second annual convention with a plan for a policy to develop and sustain an American merchant marine despite difficulties. Delegates urged sending a message to Congress praising American shipping and expressing optimism for its future. They favored friendly cooperation with foreign shipping to avoid a trade war, with no official commitments. Eliott H. Goodwin of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States spoke in the closing hours.
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Washington
National Merchant Marine Association
Congress
Great Britain
United States
Jones
Eliott H. Goodwin
Chamber l of Commerce
Senator Ransdell Re elected President of Shipping Association
The article reports a denial of allegations that The Nation's Business aided British shipping interests. P A. S. Franklin of International Mercantile Marine claims Secretary Payne approved an agreement with the British Admiralty while Shipping Board chairman. Senator Joseph Ransdell of Louisiana is unanimously re elected president.
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Chamber
Tta
United States
P. A
Franklin
International Mercantile Marinompany
Payne
Shipping Board
Admiralty
Joseph Ransdell
Louisiana
Association
Soldiers cannot sue government over train injury
Alabama Supreme Court rules a soldier may not prosecute a damage suit against the government for injuries on a troop train. The decision, rejecting Jacob Moon’s appeal, says the government cannot be sued for a bump sustained while he stepped onto a train car at Alexander City.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Supreme Court
Jacob Moon
Walker D. Fines
Alexander City
Forty Two Indictments On Sherman Act Violations In Chicago
A federal grand jury in Chicago returns forty two indictments against mill owners labor heads and carpenter contractors. They are charged with conspiring to keep outside manufactured building materials from Chicago's market to raise prices.
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Chicago
Youngest Soldier Raymond Burleigh Marries in Lincoln
Raymond Burleigh, touted as the youngest American Expeditionary Force soldier, wed Corrine Bud um in Lincoln Nebraska on Tuesday. Burleigh reportedly enlisted in 1917 at age eleven and served twenty nine months in France.
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Lincoln
Raymond Burleigh
Corrine Budum
Burleigh
France
United States urged to lead world disarmament drive
Henry White, former diplomat and Versailles drafter, told the House naval committee that the time is ripe for world disarmament and that the United States should initiate a movement. He warned of taxation burdens postwar and favored a naval size agreement at a forthcoming conference.
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House Naval Committee
Washington
Henry White
France
Roosevelt
United States
General Pershing
General Tasker H. Bliss
Supreme War Council
Daniels
Davis
State Department
White
Britain
Admiral Benson Aims to Commandeer Bethlehem Yards
New York January 21 Admiral Benson chairman of the shipping board said he had determined to commandeer the yards of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation if needed to settle the audit dispute. Martin J. Gillen informed the Walsh committee today. Gillen was a former special assistant to the chairman.
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New York
Admiral Benson
Shipping Board
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Martin J. Gillen
Walsh Congressional Committee
Gillen
Budget Commission Sees Large Increases for 1922 23
Charleston January 21 The West Virginia Budget Commission presents a biennial budget estimating a 1922 23 rise in appropriations totaling 1 972 742 46 for 1922 and 2 049 647 17 for 1923 over 1920 1982 levels The plan cites a 1 326 182 30 general revenue deficit on July 1 1921 and attributes the shortfall to three factors including a 1918 surplus used to pay Virginia debt, possible oil gas tax shortfalls, and rising education salaries and costs.
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Commission
General Revenue Fund
Charleston
W. Va
Budget Commission
State Budget Commission
Virginia
Squregee
Information Sought on Army Supplies by Senate
Washington January 21 information on the disposition of army supplies including past prices and remaining amounts is sought from the war department under a senate resolution adopted today led by Senator Democrat from Utah.
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Washington
War Department
Democrat
Utah
Senate
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Barbour County
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McClintic
Septimus Hall
Wetzel County
Thompson
Tidewater Coal Exchange and Guaranty Trust Company
Middleborne
John D. Jr
State House
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Committee On Taxation and Finance
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