Merger Man Candidate for Attorney General
Announcement that John R. Dillard has decided to run for attorney general after urging from friends. Dillard, a West Virginia legislator, emphasizes support from across parties and from many lawmakers while avoiding a gubernatorial stance. A separate letter from S W Moore, Pocahontas pastor, defends temperance and condemns Mr Leckie’s liquor interview.
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John R. Dillard
Daily Telegraph
Dillard
West Virginia
Judiciary Committee
Hey
Humane Institutions
Charleston
Views of Rev Moore Differ From Leckie’s
The Daily Telegraph editor invites space to reply briefly to Mr Leckie’s interview as published in The Bluefield Daily Telegraph and republished in the Roanoke Times the next day. The writer notes ordinarily paying little attention to the interview but finds reasons to respond.
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Daily Telegraph
Daily Télegraph
Leckie
Bluefield
Roanoke Times
Japanese Emigration to Hawaii Prohibited
Tokio reports Viscount Aoki arrived and met officials as Japan moves to restrict immigration. The diet session was postponed to January 30 for Hayashi to outline plans. An order bans laborer immigration to America and Canada, and to Mexico, with Hawaii only allowing relatives of Japanese residents.
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Tokio
Viscount Aoki
United States
Foreign Office
Diplomatic Service
Hayashi
America
Canada
Japan
Mexico
Hawaii
Ouida's Last Days Pitiful in Poverty and Death
Florence reports novelist Ouida died in extreme poverty at Cvireggio after a long illness. She expired in the arms of an old servant, blind in one eye and nearly blind in the other due to exposure. No immediate cause given beyond asthma with heart disease. London coverage notes misrepresented heirs and a separate perjury trial for Miss Mary Robinson.
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Florence
Italy
Ouida
Louie de Laramie
Cvireggio
London
George Hallamby Cruce
Duke of Portland
Thomas Charles Cruce
Mary Patterson
New York
George Druce
England
Mary Robinson
America
Weather Forecast West Virginia Weekend
West Virginia forecast calls for fair Sunday with precipitation chances returning Sunday night and into Monday. Expect rain or snow mix as a cold front moves through, with temperatures dipping and travel conditions potentially impacted.
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West Virginia
Two Barges Lost In Norfolk Snowstorm
Norfolk reports the loss at sea of two barges from the Scully Tug and Transportation Co of New York. Ten crewmen are aboard the missing vessels after a blinding snowstorm with winds up to seventy miles an hour near Fenwick Island. The Coastwise tug Magan reached Norfolk and will renew the search as Covington returns with the barge Idaho. A third barge with three crewmen is missing. the Apache in New York reports sighting the I F Chapman near the lightship, likely one of the missing barges.
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Norfolk
Oceangain
Coastwise
Scully ‘Towing and Transportation Company
New York
Magan
Fenwick Island
Ers Covington
Idaho
Apache
Jacksonville
I F. Chapman
Wenrer Quarter
Attorney General Moves Against Union Pacific Holdings
Washington January 25 Attorney General Bonaparte directs a bill in equity to annul control of Union Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries the Southern Pacific and San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad and to declare illegal ownership by Union Pacific or Oregon Short Line of stock in the Santa Fe Great Northern and Northern Pacific all rivals of Union Pacific tied to the case Bonaparte issues an official statement.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad
Union Pacific
Oregon
Santa Fe
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Thaw witnesses arrive for defense in Thaw trial
Four witnesses expected to testify for the defense in the Thaw trial reached New York aboard the Adriatic from Europe. Three are physicians, one a nurse, and one doctor from Switzerland who treated Thaw four years ago.
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New York
Buron
Europe
Ganja
Switzerland
Night riders seize Arcadia Hotel threaten tobacco buyer
A fifty-strong group masked as night riders stormed the Arcadia Hotel in Dawson Springs Kentucky. They frightened guests and took John Heath an independent tobacco buyer to the river threatening ducking unless he pledged to stop selling tobacco.
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Dawson Springs
Arcadia
John Heath
Riv
Baltimore adopts no drink rule for train staff
Baltimore Maryland January 25 1914 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad issues a general notice banning intoxicants for employees involved in directing or funding trains both on and off duty. Any person using such beverages will not be employed.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Whiskey broker kills self in office shooting
In Loweville Kentucky on January 25 Joseph C Bloch senior member of Hireh Bros whiskey brokerage firm shot himself after suffering nervous prostration. He killed two people in his office.
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Loweville
Joseph C. Bloch
Hireh Bros
Nimees
Revival of Confidence in Financial Markets Amid Easy Money
Henry Clews notes a global shift to easier money after the panic. Bank rate cuts in England and France precede a likely German move, while U S money markets see surging bank reserves and a large expansion in circulating funds. Easier rates support stock demand and a cautious, fluctuating market ahead.
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Henry Clews
New York
Bank of England
Bank of France
Bank of Germany
Berlin
United States
Reed Securities
Tat Am
Portugal Calms After Plot to Overthrow State
Lisbon reports government statement that conspirators failed to win over army officers and soldiers for a mutiny at a pivotal moment. Government says all measures are in place to ensure public order and loyalty in the army. Advices indicate Portugal remains calm with no new arrests in Lisbon.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Psy
Yecatement
Dolan Denied Seat by United Mine Workers
Indianapolis Jan 26 United Mine Workers of America unanimously refused to seat Patrick Dolan former president of the Pittsburg district. Also unrelated classified notice seeks a girl for general house work at C Stahlman’s residence Raleigh Terrace.
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Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America Today
Patrick Dolan
Stahlman’s
Raleigh Terrace
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Revolution Suppressed in Hayti Led by Jean Juneau
Port au Prince reports the Haytien revolution collapsed after leader Jean Juneau was captured near Gensves and executed by government troops. Gensves area remains in government hands as forces move to quell the brief uprising. The American gunboat Eagle aided efforts and two more battleships were on standby.
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Haytien
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Jean Juneau
Deasalines
Gensives
Gonrives
Eagle
Navy Department
Emperor Willen Opens Unique Exposition of British Art
Jan 25 report from Herlin states Emperor Willen inaugurated celebrations for his fiftieth year by opening a unique exposition in his honor. The exhibit features forty masterpieces of British art valued at $3,500,000 at the Prussian royal academy of arts.
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Herlin
Willen
Royal Academy of Arts
Four Miners Fatally Injured In Gas Explosion
Four miners were fatally injured in a gas explosion at the Stonington Coal Company mine thirty miles east of Springfield. The injured list includes August Henri Jules Morhet Charles Barnhard and Jules Seuffran.
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Springfield
Stonington Coal Company
August Henri
Jules Morhet
Charles Barnhard
Jules Seuffran
Nighttime Fire Destroys Central Hotel in Pontiac
A blaze at the Central Hotel on West Madison Street in Pontiac, Illinois sent more than 100 guests fleeing in their night clothes. A man and a woman leaped from a second story window and were seriously injured. The blaze caused about $15,000 in losses and the cause is unknown.
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Pontiac, Hil
Joan
Central
West Madison Street
Gov Glenn Targeted in North Carolina Assassination Bet
A mysterious Ohio man offered to bet $1 000 against $10 that North Carolina Governor Glenn would be assassinated within a year. The scene, witnessed by Bluefield locals and a prominent banker, sparked warnings to the governor about possible fanatic plots. An eyewitness confirmed the offer and noted a prominent lawyer was present.
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Glenn
North Carolina
Ohio
Bluefield
Sone
Daily Telegraph
Old North State
Gridiron Club Dinner Berth for Presidential Figures
Washington hosts the twenty third annual winter Gridiron Dinner at the Willard Hall with aspirants for the presidency including Bryan Fairbanks Knox Cannon and Williams. Speeches songs and jests mix with tribute to Charles Emory Smith amid a leap year quip by Miss Democracy and a skit on naval medical command.
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Washington
Willard House
Gridiron Club
New Willard
William J. Bryan
Charles Warren Fairbanks
George Gray
Joseph G. Cannon
Judson Harmon
United States
Philander Chase Knox
Charles Emory Smith
Governor Johnson
Minnesota
Higan
Johnson
Evans
Bob
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
W. J. Bryan
George Grey
George Ade
Cannon
John Sharp Williams
Knox
Hoot
Hengemueller
Henry Y. Satterlee
Blebon
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A brief notice from the Daily Telegraph Job Department invites readers to submit orders with a promise of satisfaction guaranteed. The advertisement emphasizes prompt handling and reliable service for employment listings and related requests.
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Daily Telegraph
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E. Tierney
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National Bank
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Pres
J. N. Vance
D. R. Wood
Union Bank and Trust Company
Dwir Mann
W.C. Pollock
L. A. Hooper
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Bill In Equity
Thaw
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