Initial Session of 1926 Legislature Ends With Debates
The first session of the 1925 legislature adjourned after long debates on local charters taxes and proposed reforms. Bills ranged from separate passenger cars for whites and colored to tax measures on coal oil gas and banks. A water power regulation bill and a parole board for penitentiary paroles were among the topics, with appointments and confirmation discussions notably blocked in the senate.
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Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
Senate
Morgan
R. L. Hogg
Mason County
Hugus
Hardman
Bst Grea
Ior Morgan
Ardolph County
New York
Lockhart
Clay County
Keatley
Ohio County
Hogg
Jackson
Logan County
White
Mingo County
Kite
Underwood
Handley
Supreme Court
Reynolds
Baker
Boley
North Dakota Senate Repeals Anti Cigarette Law
Bismarck North Dakota January 28 the state senate voted forty to nine to repeal the anti cigarette law of the state.
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North Dakota
Bismarck
N. D
Senate
Relief 15 Requested For Agriculture Measures
Washington reports the agriculture commission recommendations sent to Congress by President Coolidge with a plea for swift enactment. House and Senate committees plan brief hearings to expedite action ahead of March 4 adjournment, though tariff protections for farm products are viewed as unlikely this session. Representative Williams reintroduces his cooperative markets bill, trimming provisions from the original by the identity commission.
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Washington
Agricultural Commission
Congress
Coolidge
House
Senate
Haughan
House Agricultural Committee
Commission
Green
Ways and Means
Williams
Republican
Michigan
Underwood bill advances a step toward Muscle Shoals leasing
Washington memo states the Underwood bill authorizing leasing Muscle Shoals moved to a joint conference with friendly conferees. Senators Keyes McKinley Kendrick named as conferees while Norris McNary Smith parts declined. House and Senate prepare to iron out differences in conference.
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Senate
Washington
Muscle Shoals
Keyes
New Hampshire
McKinley
Illinois
Kendrick
Wyoming
Norris
Agriculture Committee
McNary
Oregon
Smith
South Carolina
House
Lutherans Set 1925 1927 1928 Budget Goals
Staunton Virginia January 28 financial matters dominated the fourth annual convention of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia. The budget plans seek 300000 over three years for the Lutheran Teretowens Seminary at Columbia and for Marion College Virginia with endowment and deficit relief.
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Virginia Synod
Marion College
Marion
United Lutheran Church of the United States
Paul L. Royer
Bluefield
W. Va
Big steps in radio industry reviewed briefly
The Bailey building radio show featured J. O. Smith of RCA who traced radio progress from its early hardships to modern tuning quirks and a plan to erect super power stations. He noted climatic effects on reception and highlighted benefits for remote users, while audience toured gear and enjoyed a performance by E V Stoneman.
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Bailey
J. O. Smith
New York
Radio Corporation of America
E. L. Utt
Roanoke
Exide
C. S. Pippin
Virginia
G.E. Tungar
E. V. Stoneman
R. E. Holder
Hartman Trial Faces Jury Shortage in Gettysburg
Gettysburg Pa Jan 28 With eleven jurors chosen for the trial of Philip A Hartman charged with killing Trooper Francis L Haley the second special panel of fifty talesmen was exhausted three men were summoned from the body of the court and rejected before adjournment Judge Donald P McPherson ordered twenty more talesmen to appear tomorrow morning
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Gettysburg
Philip A. Hartman
Francis L. Haley
John C. Shearer
Donald P. McPherson
Talesmen
Short skirt sentiment wins in 1925 fashion outlook
In San Francisco on January 28, seven American fashion leaders declared the 1924 long skirt a flop and embraced the return of the short skirt. Boston’s P. A. O’Connell cited American women’s rebellion against Paris. They forecast brighter, newer colors for 1925.
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San Francisco
P. A. O'Connell
Boston
Paris
National Child Labor Committee Sees Rally in Ratification Fight
National Child Labor Committee says rejection by thirteen states is temporary and vows continued effort to secure ratification from the remaining 33 states. States named Ohio Oklahoma Kansas North Dakota South Dakota Massachusetts expected to reverse action. Arizona ratifies. Washington and New York reports on the nationwide effort.
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Washington
New York
National Child Labor Committee
Ohio
Oklahoma
Kansas
North
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Olympia
Wash
House
Senate
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Veteran Bureau Case To Go Jury This Afternoon
Defense argument finished in the veterans bureau conspiracy trial as Elwood Godman urged acquittal for former Director Charles Forbes. Assistant Attorney General W J Crim leads prosecutions with closing to come tomorrow morning and jurors to begin deliberations likely late afternoon.
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Chicago
Veterans’ Bureau
Elwood Godman
Charles R. Forbes
W. J. Crim
Stone to press new court action against Wheeler
Washington January 28 Attorney General Stone told senators he would press a fresh court action against Senator Wheeler in DC rather than Montana. He faced a three hour cross examination and said new evidence could indicate a conspiracy to defraud the government on oil and mineral lands. The Montana case remains active with Wheeler charged for representing Gordon Campbell after his election.
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Washington
Wheeler
Ontana
Stone
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
District of Columbia
Montana
Walsh
Cummins
Senator Wheeler
Gordon Campbell
Senate
Grand
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Donovan
Twelve Million Fewer Hogs Reported in U S Livestock Survey
The Agriculture Department reports a drop of about 12,000,000 hogs from last year as the main feature of its annual livestock statement. Total farm and range livestock valued at 4.834 billion dollars, down from 4.907 billion a year earlier.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
New State Mine Workers Group Aims Idle Mines Work
Charleston telegraphs that L L Dunbar says the Mine Workers Association seeks to create a statewide body to settle labor disputes amicably without strikes, with local charters planned for idle mines resumed after last spring’s Jacksonville wage disputes. Thomas Cairnes elected president. funds to be state controlled and invested.
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Dunbar
Charleston
W. Va
Mine Workers Association
Secretary of State
United Mine Workers
L. L. Dunbar
Incorporators
International Organization
Jacksonville
Kanawha
West Virginia
Thomas Cairnes
Eighteen Believed Dead In Collapse Bank Roof
In Santiago Chile on January 28 eighteen people are believed killed when the roof of the Popular Credit Bank collapsed burying employees and clients. Firefighters and police worked to rescue those trapped and recover the dead.
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Santiago
Chile
Popular Credit Bank Cadet
Indictments Return Bribe Conspiracy At Atlanta Prison
Federal grand jury returns two indictments charging A. E. Sartain former warden and Fletcher former deputy warden with conspiring to take bribes of 1.50 each from multiple prisoners and associates to influence assignments and privileges. Sartain faces a separate bribery count for an alleged 1924 payment in exchange for appointing a chauffeur. No indictment against the former chaplain.
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Atlanta
A. E. Sartain
Federal Penitentiary
Ll. D
William H. Hlaar
Tutten
C. Graham Baughn
Richard Bailey
Sam Boldberg
F. P. Harr, Jr
Carl Harr
Sartain
Graham Baughn
C. C. Tutten
Fletcher
Former Governor Davis Faces Arraignment in Bribery Case
Topeka Kansas January 28 former Kansas governor J M Davis and ex state bank commissioner Carl J Peterson are to be arraigned in Topeka tomorrow on bribery charges. Warrants issued on complaint by Assistant Attorney General Captain W A Smith and AG Griffith with investigation clearance from Governor Paulen. Davis earlier jailed with his son Russell on conspiracy and bribery charges over a pardon for banker Fred W Pullman. Oswald affidavit claims Peterson solicited 2500 for Walter Grundy pardon. Grundy was not pardoned.
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Topeka
Kans
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas
Court of
Davis
Russell
Fred W. Pullman
Anthony L. Oswald
Hutchinson
Peterson
Walter Grundy
Grundy
Diphtheria Epidemic at Nome Still Rages
Fairbanks Alaska January 28 wireless dispatches report the diphtheria epidemic in Nome remains unchanged. Several white residents are among the dead, with Eskimos most afflicted. Four deaths were reported yesterday as 300000 units of antitoxin travel by dog team from Nenana to Nome. Leonard Seppala, the famed dog musher, is en route to relay the antid toxin, a trip expected in fifty one days.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Nome
Nenana
Here
Leonard Seppala
Death of James Henrietta at Harpers Ferry Station
Scores of people witnessed the death of James Henrietta fifty five of Sandyp Hook Maryland when struck by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger engine at Harpers Ferry West Virginia January twenty eight The man and a companion were thawing a switch with a blow torch when the accident occurred The companion was also struck but thrown into a snow bank and escaped uninjured
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
James Henrietta
Sanadp Hook
Henrietta
France Ex Premier Herriot Warns on Security and Debts
Premier Herriot’s speech to the chamber of deputies centers on security amid German armament activity. He defends France’s debt policy, cites U S remarks, and urges allied solidarity while noting Dawes plan’s impact and unresolved Geneva protocol issues. Louis Dubois lists reparations figures, urging U S debt reduction from a business perspective.
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Paris
Premier Herriot
France
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
M. Viviani
M. Poincaire
M. Dubois
M. Mariin
America
M. Clementel
Winston Churchill
Mr. Clementel
England
United States
Great Britain
M. Herriot
Louis Dubois
Erie Railroad to Enter Nickel Plate Merger on Sound Basis
New York reports preliminary 1924 earnings show Erie Railroad nearly matching 1928 recovery. Net operating income about 9.3 million dollars after preferred-dividend allowances, equal to roughly 6 dollars per common share, with prior year at about 5.23 dollars per share after readjustments.
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New York
Erie Railroad
van Sweringens
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President
Underwood Bill
UME
J. D. Smith
Speaker
Big Corporation
Philip Hartman
Veteran Bureau
Carl J. Peterson
Jas
Herriot
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