Bluefield Chamber Banquet to Feature 50 Gifts at Country Club
The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce plans its annual banquet next Wednesday at the Country Club with about 300 expected attendees. Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clemson College will be chief speaker, and the event includes a new feature of giving away half a hundred gifts donated by local merchants to ticketed guests.
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Bluefield
Country Club
J. H. Hoge
G. Kilburn
George McCulloch
C. A. Stradshaw
W. E. Gilkeson
D. W. Daniel
Clemson College
State College of South Carolina
Daniel
Chamber of Commerce
Elk’s Opera House
Hoge
Banker Louis Luce Offers $500 Reward in Bomb Plot Case
Louis Luce a banker and steamship agent of Republic near Uniontown Pa says he will pay $500 to the arrest and conviction of the person who placed a bomb under his house last night. He found the fuse burned to within five inches of the device when it went out this morning.
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Uniontown
Louis Luce
Republic
Here
Fayette County
Luce
Enright Funeral Saturday in Pittsburg
Mayor Babcock urges all business to close Saturday morning for the public military funeral of Thomas F. Enright at St. Pauls Cathedral. Enright will lie in state tomorrow at Soldiers Memorial Hall.
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Enright
Pittsburg
Babcock
Thomas F. Enright
France
St. Paul's Cathedral
Hnright
Soldiers’ Memorial Hall
Seven Men Burned in Oil Well Explosion Near Butler
Seven men were burned, one seriously, when an oil well shot near Butler exploded. The fire spread from gas to the boiler house. Heber Stevenson of Mt. Chestnut suffered the worst burns. Six companions, including Stevenson, were moved to Butler hospital. A special funeral train will carry Dr. J. W. Davidson’s friends from Parkersburg to Flemington for a Masonic funeral service after services at First Baptist Church.
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Butler
Heber Stevenson
Mt. Chestnut
Butler Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
J. W. Davidson
Flemington
First Baptist Church
J. C. Killian
Nemesis Temple
Knights Templar
Relief Stations May Be Reopened In Mingo County
Charleston W Va July 14 alleged differences over the closing of relief stations in Mingo county have been peaceably adjusted. Frank Keeney president of district No 17 United Mine Workers says stations may reopen with plans by Major Davis and Vice President Murray. Keeney and Harold W Houston will go to Washington for senate committee hearings as David Robb and eight others await release in a court decision due tomorrow. Keeney cites witnesses Hutchinson Kirkpatrick Burgess and Hatfield and with two others to be revealed July 14 1920.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mingo County
Frank Keeney
Keeney
Houston
Washington
Senate Committee For
Mingo
Major Davis
David
Robb
State Supreme Court
Investigeion Committee
W. DD. Hutchinson
Spriggs
District 17
United Mine Workers
John Kirkpatrick
W. H. Burgess
Williamson
Sid T Hatfield
Constanle
Magnolia
Matewan
Baldwin-Felts
Hatfeld
Britain Wants Debt Cancelled in Letter to Wilson
Premier Lloyd George, in a 1920 letter to President Wilson, urged advice on mutually cancelling inter allied debts and on the best method for U S action with its associates. The note suggested early joint consideration amid America’s political climate. A British treasury official was also in contact six months earlier.
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Washington
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Wilson
United States
America
United
Conflicting Claims Over Mingo Trouble Hit Senate Panel
Washington July 14. Testimony from miners and mine owners offered opposing views on the Mingo West Virginia coal disturbances. Union counsel claimed a year long lockout and eviction led to guerrilla warfare. operators denied the charge and accused the United Mine Workers of banditry while asserting legal rights to employ union members.
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Washington
Mingo
West Virginia
Senate
Neil Burkenshaw
Miners’ Union
Burkenshaw
Z. Taylor Vinson
United Mine Workers
Mr. Vinson
Fred Mooney
Mine Workers’ District Union
Mingo Field
International Union “For Relief
Mrs Kaber Faces Verdict In Murder Trial Tonight
Eva Catherine Kaber, accused of killing her husband Daniel F. Kaber, may learn her fate tonight as the defense rests after she refused voluntary appearance for mental examination. Judge Bennon ordered her back to court after two physicians deemed her condition normal. expected rebuttal by the state continues.
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Cleveland
Eva Catherine Kaber
Daniel F. Kaber
Turbulent Debate Over Soldier Bonus Recommitment
President Harding proposed recommitting the soldier bonus bill to the finance committee sparking a Senate clash with Democrats calling it dictation and Republicans denying it. A vote on recommittal is set for tomorrow as Senator Kenyon moved to report back the bill in January.
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Washington
Harding
Finance Committee
Senate
Kenyon
Iowa
Borah
Idaho
Watson
Georgia
Japan Accepts Disarmament conference but resists Far East scope
Tokyo approves entering the disarmament talks but does not agree to discuss Pacific problems. Washington officials see a needed link between Far Eastern questions and real armament reduction. Harding aims to limit arms and broaden regional discussion with allied powers, while Japan weighs scope.
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Associated Press
Washington
Japan
Harding
State Department
Tokio
Department
Far East
Chautauqua Delights Patrons with Opera Company
The Redpath Chautauqua enters its second day of 1921 with Ott and Fischer operatic company delivering an afternoon performance and a free street car for youths. Morning lecturer E. W. Seale pleases listeners as A. G. Fox reports the ticket fund oversubscribed by 800 to 900, easing financial concerns.
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Chautauqua
Ott
Fischer
Operatic
Fischer Operatic Company
Redpath Chautauqua
Dinefield Post No. 9
American Legion
A. G. Fox
The
Legion
Y. Serl
Bluefield
Garden of Life
Serl
Pischer Operatic Company
Ida” Fischer
iMss Kathleen Ryan
Aliss Bess Hagemeier
Cardon V. Burnham
Eugene Christy
Story Girl Announces Daily Morning Story Hours and Play Periods
Miss Viola Rausch of Chicago, the Story Girl with the Bedpath troupe, arrives in Bluefield to start daily story hours at 8:30 am and afternoon play periods also at 8:30 pm. Children are carried to and from the play lot free if the Legion requests it, with themes shifting each day from jungles to Fairyland to Indians to Oriental stories.
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Legion
Viola Rausch
Chicago
Bluefield
Jungles
Miss Rausch
First Two Minute Mile Of Season Pace At Toledo Meet
The first two minute mile of the season was paced by Single G in the free for all. Barefoot of Cambridge City, owner of Single G, received a large loving cup after the race. Fort Miami stake divided into two divisions with Toddler winning division one and Eliza Dillon taking division two. Shawnee won the 2 10 trot in straight heats while 2 15 trot carried over to tomorrow as a strong wind and rain storm hit the track. The crowd set a grand circuit record for this venue.
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Toledo
Single G
W. B. Barefoot
Cambridge City
Ind
Fort Miami
Great Britton
Dodge
Eliza Dillon
Kilo Watts
Shawnee
De Valera and Lloyd George Hold Tea On Irish Question
London July 14 Premier Lloyd George and Eamonn De Valera met at Downing Street for over two hours to discuss seating delegates at a conference table with Ulster to address the Irish question. A cryptic joint communique noted a free exchange of views and a resumption tomorrow. Sir James Craig was summoned from Ulster and left Belfast tonight.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Eamonn de Valera
Downing Street
Great Britain
Dail Eireann
Ulster
Irish Republic
Archbishop of Canterbury
National Assembly
James Craig
Belfast
Robbery Targets Local Ice Dealer Tim Kesterson
Timothy Kesterson, an ice manufacturer and dealer, was held up by three masked men tonight near the city. They forced him and companions from their car, took forty four dollars and a gold watch valued at 100.50, then fired shots as he was ordered to drive away.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Timothy Kesterson
Kesterson
Lloyd George Holds Ministerial Council After De Valera Meeting
London reports Premier Lloyd George chaired a ministers' council at the House of Commons to discuss talks with Mr De Valera. He then attended a Liberal Coalitionists dinner where he received an ovation and noted his sovereign's keen interest in proceedings.
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Lloyd George
Council of Ministers
Eamonn de Valera
Associated Press
London
House of Commons
de Valera
Fordney Tariff Debate Ends in Oil Focus
The House wrapped up general debate on the Fordney tariff with oil dominating Thursday’s session. Representative Cochran led a two and a half hour attack on the bill while Chandler and Treadway defended and opposed provisions affecting crude and fuel taxes.
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Cochran
Bill
Washington
House
Fordney
Ways and Means
New York
Chandler
Oklahoma
Treadway
Massachusetts
Standard Oil Company
Standard
New England
Cox
Harding
Curtiss
Kansas
Harfield
Lease proposal for Musele Shoals nitrogen plant
Secretary Hoover sent to Secretary Weeks Henry Ford’s plan to lease the Musele Shoals nitrogen plant in Alabama for 100 years at 1.5 million dollars annually plus a 5 million dollar cash payment for land and equipment.
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Musele Shoals
Washington
Hoover
Weeks
Henry Ford
Detroit
Alabama
Pittnoure Workers Vote to Accept 10 Cents Hour Wage Cut
Employees of the Pittsburg Railways Company have voted to accept a ten cents per hour reduction in wages. The cut will take effect as of July 1, announced today by P. J. McGrath, president of the local union.
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Pittnoure
Eemployes
Pittsburg Railways Company
P. J. McGrath
Sacco and Vanzetti Guilty of First Degree Murder
In Dedham Massachusetts on July 14 a jury after five hours deliberation found Niccola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti guilty of first degree murder for the April 1920 robbery killing of a paymaster and his guard at South Raintree.
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Dedham
Mass
Niccola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
South Raintree
Farmer Killed by Lightning Near Follansbee
John Theodore Carter age fifty seven a prominent Brooke county farmer was instantly killed when lightning struck a tree on the N W Lucas farm east of Follansbee following a storm in Wellsburg W Va on July 14.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
John Theodore Carter
Brooke County
N. W. Lucas
Follansbee
Bastille Day Messages From Harding to Millerand
President Harding sent Bastille Day greetings to France’s President Millerand. A reception in honor of the day was held at the residence of the French embassy counselor Prince De Béarn et de Chalais.
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Washington
Harding
Millerand
France
Prince de Bearn Et de Chalais
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Boiler House
Britain
Senate Finance Committee
Mooney
Vinson
Frank Ingham
Ingham
Mrs. Kaber
Congress
MR. Harding
Fox
Ticket Committee
E. W. Seale
Miss Bausch
Mr. Sert
Hilton I. Jones
Keighley Broadway Players
Princeton Power Company
Nys
Bea
Peage
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