Capitol Fight Shapes Capitol Planning Move in West Virginia
In Charleston on January 22 the West Virginia legislature adopted a senate joint resolution to appoint a capitol planning commission with limited powers until the capitol location is fixed. Delegates Mc Clintic and Stathers spearheaded the narrow 46 to 44 vote. The session also approved an investigating committee to probe the Public Service Commission, while local measures and a proposed joint session with U S Education Commissioner Claxton were announced as the week ends.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House of Delegates
Capitol Planning Commission
George W. McClintic
Kanawha County
William G. Stathers
Harrison County
Clarksburg
House
Cornwell
Follawsbee
Spencer Independent
Randolph County
Philippi
Keatley
Fred E. Thompson
Barbour County
John B. Hilleary
Upshur County
Wright Hagus
Ohio County
Joan B. Wyatt
Harrison
J. Alfred Taylor
Fayette
H. T. Lyttleton
Thurmond
Fayette County
Baptist Temple
P. P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Capitol
Planning Commission
State House
Septimus Hall
Wetzel
Wetzel County
Dickinson
Broad
Washington and Lee
West Virginia considers higher bank interest and hotel board reforms
The West Virginia House faces bills from Delegate McClintic to raise bank loan rates to eight percent with written agreements and a $1 minimum fee. Delegate Flynn proposes abolishing the state hotel inspector and transferring hotel supervision to the state board of health, plus a billboard advertising tax.
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West Virginia Bankers Association
eDilegate McClintic
Kana- Wha
Flynn
West Virginia
State Board of Health
Calder bill faces coal men in Senate hearings
Washington hearing on the Calder bill for federal coal regulation drew opposition from coal men while a New York congressman and Maine’s ex governor endorsed parts. James Mead urged regulation citing prescription limits on anthracite in Buffalo and stressed doctors’ workloads. Oakley Curtis cautioned about unclear facts and lack of industry knowledge. O P Hunt supported workable administration and inspection provisions. George Cushing warned the bill could disrupt merchandising. anthracite producers set a Monday hearing.
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Washington
Calder
Senate
Buffalo
James Mead
New York
Oakley Curtis
Maine
LaFollette
O. P. Hunt
Bureau of Mines
George Cushing
American Wholesale Coal Association
Price Reduction Urged by Building Materials Makers
A conference of 200 manufacturers urged cutting prices of building materials to spark a national building boom to lower rents. The resolution passed by a slight majority amid opposition with about half the attendees not voting.
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Chicago
Many Still Do Credit Business In Bluefield
Bluefield residents are informed that a large portion of local merchants’ sales are on credit. Lower prices help, but prompt bill payment allows merchants to access wholesale markets and buy more goods. B H Hancock, head of Peerless Feed and Flour and Bluefield Graham Credit Association, explains how every paid paycheck makes a merchant, with service as stock in trade and paydays as the crucial date.
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Bluefield
B. H. Hancock
Peerless Feed and Flour Company
Bluefield-Graham Credit Association
Daily Telegraph
Wilson proposes public pledge to spare Russia borders
President Wilson urges a public solemn engagement among great powers to avoid further invasions or support for destabilizing actions on Russia's borders. He argues for a comprehensive, peaceful solution with voluntary Western aid and a clear defense versus offense framework to pacify Armenia and surrounding states.
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Washington
Russia
Wilson
Armenia
Paul Hymans
League of Nations Assembly
Davis
State Department
Crimea
Russian Empire
Great
Council of the League
Unusual Quiet in All Strike Zone in West Virginia
Williamson, Jan 22 report says three days of unusual quiet prevail in Mingo county coal strike area. United States infantry under Colonel Herman Hall remain in the city while state troopers patrol mining towns along Tug River. About 200 men are to be drawn for trial in the Matewan battle indictments, with possible addition of another defendant.
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Matewan
Defendants to challenge presence at Mate Wan fight
Four defendants plan to prove they were not in Mate Wan on the day of the fight as circuit court trials open next Wednesday. Union HQ maintains no resumption of work, while operators claim coal output is near normal levels.
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Mate- Wan
Circuit Court Hore
A Tariff Wall Is Urged By McKinny
Congress action urged to empower the president to offset discriminatory tariffs abroad and protect fishing investments. Canners' Association cites Australia's price fix for sugar as flooding U S markets with jams and canned goods. McKinney notes South American tariffs and praises Cuba for a fair deal to U S exporters.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Herbert Hoover
C. H. Bentley
National Canners’ Association
Australia
Bentley
Preston McKinney
Canners’ League of California
Cuba
United States
Soviet Russia Official Family Leaves America Amid Welcome
Forty five Soviet officials sail from New York on the steamship Stockholm after a staged departure amid cheers from supporters. Three score Ellis Island radicals travel with them but stay apart. Ambassador Ludwig Martens vows a temporary exit and hopes for future U.S.–Soviet ties. They proceed to Gothenburg then Libau before returning to Moscow.
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New York
Russia
United States
Moscow
Ellis Island
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
Suite de Luxe
Uncle Sam
Svetlana Martens
Brooklyn
Martens
Soviet Russia
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Sweden
Libau
Latvian Republic
Sharp Borah Rejects Delay in Disarmament Plan
Washington January 22 Senator Borah Republican Idaho rejects Elihu Root suggestion to delay a world disarmament conference until after President-elect Harding takes office. Borah says delay kills progress but notes passage of his naval reduction resolution may be stopped, while the movement cannot be halted. Root urges prompt steps after the new administration forms policies but defers exact method until then.
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Washington
Elihu Root
Harding
Borah
Idaho
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Root
House Naval Committee
Butler
Europe
Rixey Traded to Reds by Philadelphia Club
Pitcher Rixey of the Philadelphia National League club is traded to Cincinnati for pitcher Ring and outfielder Neale. Manager Donovan of the local club announced the deal late today with no money changing hands. Rixey came to Philadelphia from the University of Virginia.
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Rixey
Reds
Philadelphia
Jean
Cincinnati
Ring
Neale
Donoven
University of Virginia
Vanderlip proposes elected council as new arm for foreign affairs
Frank A. Vanderlip urged an elected council of about thirty members to supervise state department and U S relations with the world as a constitutional readjustment. He said the plan could prevent dangerous tensions between the United States and Japan and spoke at the League of Political Education meeting in New York at Town Hall.
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Federal Reserve Board
Vanderlip
Washington
Senate
New York
Department of State
Frank A. Vanderlip
United States
America
Japan
League of Political Education
New Social Center
Town Hall
Germany's Versailles Deliveries by Reparations List Revealed
Paris January 22 The reparations commission released a year one tally of German deliveries to the Allies under Versailles. Chief item coal 17 818 840 tons followed by dyes 10 787 827 kilos plus ships inland vessels livestock seed ammonium sulphate pharmaceuticals rolling stock and machinery. The United States received dyestuffs 1 500 143 kilos and 1514 lorries. Great Britain shipped 1 477 839 gross tons of ships and 3 113 802 kilos of dyestuffs and 1 243 lorries.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Reparations Commission
France
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Made Girl Gaught in Bear Trap Wife Case Near Laurel
Albert Parsons aged white man and a woman and child were found near Leaf River swamp and brought to the county poor house after fleeing high water. Parsons claimed he made the woman his wife after catching her in a bear trap twenty three years ago. The trio lived on wild roots and trapped animals. the girl was found unclothed. Authorities investigate identity of the child and Parsons claims of homestead rights and captivity.
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Laurel, Miss
Albert Parsons
Leaf River
Parsons
Princeton Defeats Army in Wrestling Meet
Princeton defeated the Army wrestling team at West Point by twenty two to five as reported from the New York venue on January 22.
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Princeton
Army
West Point
N. Y
Piez Denies Schwab Voucher Claims and Urges Fleet Transfer
Charles Piez testified before the House committee that the Shipping Board should cede operation of government ships to the Emergency Fleet Corporation and focus on developing the merchant marine. He rebutted Gillen’s charges of mismanagement, denied vouchers for Schwab, and urged rapid disposal of wooden ships.
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Emergency Fleet Corporation and Board
Washington
Shipping Board
Charles Plez
Chicago
Emergency Fleet Corporation
House
Plez
Martin Gillen
Charles M. Schwab
Mr. Schwab
The
Fleet Corporation
Piez
BE. H. Abaciey
Abadie
Mr. Gillen
Walsh
Gillen
Pleg
Merchant Marine Act
New York
Charles Piez
Ange
Martin J. Gillen
Pier
Fleet
Mass unemployment hits over a quarter of workers in Massachusetts
The state department of labor and industries reports a December survey showing more than one fourth of organized workers in Massachusetts were unemployed. The results were announced today in Boston.
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Boston
Massachusetts
State Department of Labor and Industries
Paper mills cut wages in Kalamazoo district
Officials of six paper mills in Kalamazoo Michigan announced a seventeen percent wage reduction effective January 24.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
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Mkinny
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Schwab
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