Bluefield Lions Hear Judge denounce night riding
Police Chief Dillon warns parents to monitor teens after dark as Judge Easley urges harsher enforcement and Klan action is proposed as a solution to dancing and joy rides. Lions Club outlines support for police and city leaders and plans to boost Boys Work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. C. Masley
Lions Club of
Madway
Easley
Don Dillon
Lions Club
Lions
Pat Kelly
F. P. Chonikeet
Martin Garry
Otters
Rotary
Kiwanis
T. O'J. Wilson
Grab
Police
Baby Born During Gale Aboard South America Steamer
A baby was born to Mrs. Lawrence Storm of Omaha as the steamer carrying Mr. and Mrs. Storm passed through a terrific gale en route from South America to Gale, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale
New York
Lawrence Storm
Omaha
Mrs. Storm
South America
Revolt in Senate Over Light Bulb Duty Yet Fifty to Sixty-Five Percent
In Washington on May 31 a revolt occurred among Republicans against the finance committee plan to levy a seventy percent ad valorem duty on electric light bulbs and illuminating glassware. Senator Jones's forty percent substitute failed thirty one to thirty four with fourteen Republicans backing it. Democrats Broussard and Ransdell opposed the amendment. The senate approved a sixty five percent rate on household glassware and fifty percent on pressed and unpressed wares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Jones
New Mexico
Borah
Capper
Cummins
Kellogg
Aes
Ladd
LaFollette
Lemoorary
Newberry
Norbeck
Norris
Sterling
Townsend
British Derby Won by Captain Cuttle
Captain Cuttle won the Epsom Derby for Lord Woolavington with Steve Donoghue riding. The three year old beat Pondoland and St Louis by eight lengths in 2 minutes 34 35 seconds, in a field of thirty including Viscount Astor’s Tamar and Walker’s Craigan Gower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Epsom Downs
England
Captain Cuttle
Lord Woolavington
James Buchanan
Steve Donoghue
Pondoland
St. Louis
Viscount Astor
Tamar
Walker
Craigangower
Rail Brotherhood Chiefs Called to Wage Conference
Cincinnati telegrams invited union leaders from 16 railroad brotherhoods and allied groups to meet in Cincinnati next week to discuss wage reductions and the welfare of about 2 million railroad workers. Attendees include leaders from Locomotive Engineers to United Mine Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rail Brotherhood
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Edward H. Fitzse
Brotherhood of
Fitzgerald
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Brotherhoods
Warren Stone
Cleveland
W. S. Carter
Meveland
W. G. Lee
L. EB. Shepard
Cedar Rapids
T. Cashen
Buffalo
Switchmens Union of North America
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Timothy Healy
New York
Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
E. F. Grable
Detroit
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Daniel Helt
Signalmen of North
T. O' Neil
Master Mechanics Association
J. J. Johnson
Washington
Order of Machinists
J. J. Noonan
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
J. Haynes
Railway Sheet Metal Workers
Joseph Franklin
Kansas City
Kan
Martin Ryan
Railway Car Men's Union
J. W. Kline
Chicago Brotherhood of Railway Blacksmiths
John L. Lewis
Wm. Green
United Mine Workers of America
Capitol Commission Reaches No Decision in Site Talks
Charleston West Virginia May 31 The capitol commission failed to decide on a definite program after reviewing plans to acquire the property for the new state capitol site They adjourned until tomorrow all members attending except Virgil Highland and Harry Camden who were not present The panel said it would inspect and sign the deed for the old site and study proposals from Bonner Hill the construction manager from landowners in the new site The questions will be examined for several days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Capitol Commission
Virgil L. Highland
Clarksburg
N. P. Whitaker
Harry P. Camden
Parkersburg
William McKell
Bonner H. Hill
Dutch Hartmann Dead in Canton Workhouse
Andrew Kappler alias Duran Hartmann a Pittsburgh gunman and bank robber died in Canton Workhouse from wounds received in a May 4 gun battle with Canton police and a posse. The posse killed the bandit gang including John Hager Stephens Eddie Stephenson and Tom Saxon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
Andrew Kappler
Battle to Block Mathilde McCormick Marriage Begins
In Chicago on May 31 Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick seeks a probate court restraining order to block the marriage of Mathilde McCormick, heiress to millions, to Max Oser. Guardian letters for Harold F. McCormick are drawn up. hearing set for June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Mathilde McCormick
Max Oser
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Harold F. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Oser
Henry L. Horner
McCormick
Edwin H. Cassell
Charles 8. Cutting
Ward home searched as DA finds no lead on Peters case
White Plains N Y May 31 District Attorney Weeks says the sweep of Walter S Ward bakery owners New Rochelle home yielded nothing to disprove his claim of self defense in the Peters case A search of the Ward residence found no bloodstains or bullet marks and Ward was not at home Allen R Campbell the attorney argued the search was illegal without a warrant but accompanied investigators through the house
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Plains
N. Y
Ward
Weeks
New Rochelle
Walter S. Ward
Baker
Clarence Peters
Kensoco Reservoir
Allen R. Campbell
Norfolk and Western gets ICC approval for car financing
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved Norfolk and Western Railroad financing to buy 4 000 freight cars and seven dining cars. The railroad may assume interest and principal payments of 600 000 dollars per equipment trust certificates issued through the Commercial Trust Company of Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commercial Trust Company of
Philadelphia
Nine Die and Nineteen Wounded in Belfast Fighting
Belfast reports nine killed and nineteen wounded as fierce fighting erupted this afternoon. Armored troops, gunmen and police used machine guns revolvers and rifles amid threats to flood Royal Avenue the city’s main artery. London’s Churchill presented Britain’s rigid treaty stance in Commons amid Dublin Belfast reports of mixed reactions among Collins Griffith and De Valera aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Belfast
Royal Avenue
London
Winston Spencer Churchill
House of Commons
Great Britain
Ireland
Churchill
Commons
Birkenhead
Lords
Eamon de Valera
Michael Collins
Mr. Collins
Dublin
Arthur Griffith
Dail Etreann
Collins
DeVailera
Messrs
Griffith
Strangers Gallery
Winston Churchill
de Valera Collins
Pickford Divorce Decree Sustained by Nevada Supreme Court
Nevada Supreme Court upholds Mary Pickford and Owen Moore divorce. The justices affirm district judge Frank P. Langan’s quashing of service in the action brought by Attorney General Fowler to set aside the decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
Nevada
Mary Pickford
Owen Moore
Nevada Supreme Court
Frank P. Langan
Quashine Service of
Fowler
Maximum fair of UT coal prices in five districts
Washington May 31 Maximum fair prices for spot coal in five districts were announced by Secretary Hoover after talks with district committees under the Garfield scale. In Alabama the cap is 2.60 a ton with 2.20 as the floor, while in Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia fields the limit is 3.50 a ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Alabama
Harlan and Hazard
Kentucky
Appalachian
Tennessee
Pocahontas
New River
Tug River
Gulf
Weag
Virginia
Mr. Hoover
Committee
Chilean reply leaves Tacna Arica talks open to more talks
Washington May 31 The Chilean Peruvian conference indicates acceptance of arbitration to settle Tacna Arica sovereignty but current reply treats plebiscite questions as a separate issue. Both sides remain optimistic and await instructions from home governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Peru
Tacna-Arica
Chile
Treaty of Ancon
Report on investment and profit of bituminous coal operators
The Federal Trade Commission released a report to Congress covering six years of profits for bituminous coal mine operators and three years of figures from the National Coal Association. It notes high margins during panic prices and calls for better ownership data and possible federal supervision to stabilize prices and public confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
National Coal Association
Ohio
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kansas
West Virgin
After Theatre Crowds Scattered Under Gunfire
In Huntington West Virginia on May 2 police pursued Albert Crockett a black man through crowded streets after a theatre shooting incident. Crockett was cornered on a downtown building and forced to surrender at gunpoint by two patrolmen. A stray bullet shattered a window in the federal building during the chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Albert Crockett
Crockett
Federal Building
Troutman Dies At Home In Waynesburg At 64
Philip A. Troutman sixty four prominent oil and gas operator dropped dead at his Waynesburg home on May 31. He served for years as district superintendent of the Carnegie Gas Co and later had interests in several western Pennsylvania operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip A. Troutman
Waynesburg
Phillip A. Troutman
Carnegie Gas Co
Pennsylvania
Germany gains provisional 1922 moratorium on reparations
Paris reports the reparations commission fully approved Germany’s reply to the ultimatum and granted a provisional moratorium for 1922. In London, Prime Minister Lloyd George defended the Versailles treaty and warned that defiance by Germany would threaten the Entente’s balance and bring immediate disaster if not fulfilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Reparations Commission
Germany
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Joan Robert Clynes
Labor
League of Nations
United States
France
Italy
Great Britain
Britain
England
Versailles
Prussia
Russia
Henry E Simp son dies in Broken Arrow after political runs
Henry E Simpson eighty two of Pana Illinois died yesterday in Broken Arrow Oklahoma where he had gone for health reasons. He twice sought the presidency in 1880 and later ran with the Greenback party. He organized the Peoples Christian party and was its presidential nominee in 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pana
Ill
Henry E. Simpson
Broken Arrow
Okla
Simpson
Garfield
Greenback Party
Peoples Christian Party
Engagement of Walter S. Sugden and Kathryn Donley
Sistersville West Virginia May 31 The engagement of Walter S. Sugden attorney and Kathryn Donley supervisor of the Sistersville primary grade schools was announced today Sugden known as center on the 1904 All American football team and past illustrious potentate of Osiris Temple AAONM Date of wedding not announced
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sistersville
W. Va
Walter S. Sugden
Kathryn Donley
Sugden
Osiris Temple
Miner John Hopp Kills 16-Year-Old Rose Seathrally Then Dies
In Liberty Ohio on May 31 a 42 year old miner John Hopp shot and killed Rose Seathrally in a boarding house this morning then died later the same day from a self inflicted bullet wound.
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Liberty
Ohio
John Hopp
Rose Seathrally
Amended Soldier Bonus Measure Approved by Senate Panel
The senate finance committee approved the amended soldiers bonus bill retaining the bank loan provision with key changes. The effective date shifts to January 1 1923, filing for adjusted service compensation is uncapped, and a public land entry preference replaces the reclamation plan. Forfeiture of certificates is removed and can be reclaimed with interest. The panel favored the McCumber plan, while Democrats seek further amendments and a broader debate looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
McCumber
Senate
Smoot
Utah
McLean
Connecticut
North Dakota
LaFellette
Wisconsin
Watson
Indiana
Curtis
Kansas
Sutherland
West Virginia
Simmons
North Carolina
Walsh
Massachusetts
Gerry
Rhode Island
Harding
Treasury
Borah
Idaho
Moses
New Hampshire
Wadsworth
New York
Williams
Mississippi
Meyers
Montana
Two Raleigh men shot during moonshine raid near Beckley
Henry G. Phillips and A. B. Phillips were seriously wounded in a running gunfight with state police and deputies near Cherry Glade Beckley West Virginia after officers found two 150 gallon moonshine stills. Henry Phillips likely died from his wounds while A. B. Phillips lost an eye. Both were taken to Beckley hospital.
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Beckley
W. Va
Henry G. Phillips
A. B. Phillips
Cherry Glade
Here
Henry Phillips
Beckley Hospital
Reynolds
Chrisley, Waugh
Wer
Joha
Creed
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Gould
Police Department
Chamber of Commerce
Clerks’ Union
Dutch Hartmann
Miat McOrmick
Dioprove
Norfolk and Western Finance Plan
Noor
Berlin
W. S. Sugden
Raleigh Mer
A. G. Phillips
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