Senate panel to push West Virginia coal inquiry
Senate sub committee members, undeterred by threats of violence, plan to travel to Charleston to hear about one hundred miners and study conditions in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek fields amid fears of renewed unrest. General Watts and Col Vinson warn the probe could spark new hostilities and hint at a plot against Governor Hatfield linked to the investigation.
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Washington
West Virginia
Senate
Charleston
Paint Creek
Cabin Creek
C. C. Watts
Col
Z. T. Vinson
Gen. Watts
Hatfield
Lamont Hollow
Swanson
Borah
United States
Martine
Postal Service
Shields
Kenyon
Francis Sheehan
United Mine Workers
Court House
Mr. Vin
Committee Hearing Plans For Miner Strike
Chairman Swanson and Senator Borah opposed delays while Senator Shields urged action. Martine said the committee's arrival would reassure. Operators pledged a special train visit to affected mines from Charleston. Strikers expect about 100 witnesses in Charleston for Tuesday hearings.
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Swanson
Borah
Shields
Charleston
Martine
Glasscock replies to attack of Socialists
Morgantown West Virginia June 4 former Governor Glasscock says Socialists should have left disputes between miners and operators to mutual friends. He defends martial law timing and expects to be summoned as a witness by a United States Senate investigating committee.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Glasscock
West Virginia
Committee of Socialists
Chicago
United States Senate
Growth of American Manufactures in Foreign Markets
A Washington report summarizes a Commerce Department study showing rapid growth in U S manufactured goods exports. From 1852 to 1913 total foreign sales rose from 47 million to about 1 2 billion dollars, with finished manufactures up sharply and machinery exports expanding significantly to all continents.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Industrial Association
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Sugar tariff fight keeps lobby probes busy in Washington
Senate lobby investigation hears from Senator Ransdell on organized cane growers activities in Louisiana and the effort to sway support for free sugar. Subpoenas extend to sixty sugar interests as the panel prep for next week hearings while President Wilson weighs his position and names of potential witnesses.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Ransdell
Louisiana
Wilson
Senate Committee
Louisiiana
C. Spreckles
Federal Sugar Refining Co
Frank C. Lowry
New York
Flo
Huot
Frank Lowry
Henry Oxnard
Truman Palmer
Overman
Reed
Underwood
Wiilson
Grand Jury Probing White Slavery Cases in Charleston
Federal grand jury in Charleston West Virginia continues to investigate alleged white slavery cases though no report was issued today. Judge Keller recessed the panel until tomorrow. Albert Daniels of Fayette County found guilty of counterfeiting and to be sentenced later. Several bootlegging cases were disposed of.
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Charleston
Bejamin Fr. Keller
Albert Daniels
Fayette County
Meiji University Defeats Stanford 5-1 in Tokyo
In Tokio on June 4 Meiji University baseball team defeated Leland Stanford University 5 to 1. Hach achieved eight hits guiding the victory for Meiji University.
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Tokio
Meiji University
Leland Stanford University
Hach
West Virginia and Virginia Forecast Fair Soon
Weather forecast for West Virginia and nearby Virginia calls for mostly fair skies. Thursday and Friday should be fair with slightly cooler interior temperatures.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Outrage in Hungarian Chamber Over Premier Resignation
Budapest June 4. The resignation of Premier Von Lukacs and his cabinet triggered unprecedented scenes of uproar in the chamber of deputies. Guards clashed with deputies as the hall turned chaotic. former premier Count Hedervary was injured but later deemed only superficial. Opposition jubilation followed the cabinet’s resignation.
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Budapest
Chamber of Deputies
von Jaikacs
Count Tisza
von Lukacs
Leher
Count von Hedervary
Count Hedervary
Lukacs
Japan Sends Note Demanding More Talks On California Act
Japan replies to the U S protest over the California anti alien land law by arguing the Webb bill discriminates against Japanese and violates international sentiment and the 1911 treaty. The note invites further discussion, with no ultimatum, and no public details were released.
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Washington
Japan
United States
California
Chinda
Bryan
Tokio
Logan
Shanklin Named Gary Postmaster in Committees Favor
Washington report notes Senator Chilton recommending Dr. A A Meredith for Sistersville and S V Shanklin for Gary McDowell county postmaster posts. Sistersville office is second class paying 2400 dollars yearly. Gary office is fourth class paying 1700 dollars yearly. President and Senate have not rejected any Chilton recommendations, making these appointments likely.
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Washington
Chilton
A. A. Meredith
Sistersville
S. V. Shanklin
Gary
McDowell County
Senate
Miner remanded to jail after threat to kill wife and officials
Lee Carpenter a West Virginia miner was remanded to jail for a June 14 hearing after being charged with threatening to kill his wife who allegedly planned to reveal a scheme to kill Governor Haffield and other state officials. He was arrested last night in Lamont Hollow near Eskdale by Capt. James Waitson and state militia troops.
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Charleston
W. Va
Lee Carpenter
Carpenter
Lamont Hollow
Eskdale
James Waitson
H G Davis Hurt
Henry Gassaway Davis Democratic vice presidential candidate in 1904 was thrown from his horse after the horse was bitten by a dog and was taken to his Graceland home where he will be confined to his room for several days according to his physician.
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Elkins
W. Va
Henry Gassaway Davis
Suffragette Fatally Injured At Epsom Derby
A suffragette, Emily W. Davison, was fatally injured after throwing herself before King George's horse Amner at Epsom during the Derby. Jockey Jones was hurt. the favorite Craganour was disqualified for bumping, with outsider Abeyeur declared winner. Davison, unconscious, has a history of militant protest including a prison stairway plunge.
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Epsom
Eng
King George
Amner
Pattenham Corner
Craganour
Abeyeur
Queen Mary
Jones
Emily W. Davison
Miss Davison
Miss Yoakum Weds Francis R Larkin in New York
Miss Bessie Yoakum daughter of Mr and Mrs Benjamin F Yoakum married Francis R Larkin son of Mr and Mrs John Larkin in a Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church ceremony. A large reception followed at the Yoakum home on East Sixty seventh Street.
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Yoakum
New York
Bessie Yoakum
Benjamin F. Yoakum
Francis R. Larkin
John Larkin
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
East Sixty-seventh Street
Arson Squad Attacks Mansion in Westwood Damages
Defiant suffragette arson squad set a newly built Westwood mansion ablaze causing seventy five thousand dollars in damage. The group left placards directing damages to Runciman as Walter Runciman, land revenues commissioner, addressed a meeting with suffragette interrupters removed.
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London
Westwood
Runciman
Walter Runciman
Johnson sentenced to year and a day in Joliet prison
Chicago June 4 Jack Johnson former heavyweight champion was sentenced to one year and one day in the Joliet state penitentiary and fined 1000 dollars for violation of the Mann white slave act. Federal Judge Carpenter denied a motion for a new trial and Johnson received two weeks to file a writ of error while bond of 30000 remained in force.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Joliet
Johnson
Carpenter
Conviction Over Transport of Belle Schreiber to Chicago
Johnson was convicted May 10 of paying for the transport of Belle Schreiber from Pittsburg to Chicago, with potential further appeals if denied.
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Johnson
Belle Schreiber
Pittsburg
Chicago
American wedding in Munich links Sloan and Sloan
Miss Margaret Sloane daughter of Professor William M Sloane of Columbia University wed Benson Bennett Sloan a New York stock broker in a ceremony at the American chapel of St George s Munich Germany The event followed by a breakfast at the Bayriseher Hof hotel
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Munich
Margaret Sloane
William M. Sloane
Columbia University
Roosevelt
University of Berlin
Benson Bennett Sloan
New York
St. George's
Bayriseher Hof
W. W. Whyte Offered Secretary Post in Public Service Commission
Charleston WV June 4 Governor Hatfield announced terms for the new Public Service Commission with Virgil L Highland as chairman and varied two to eight year terms. The secretary position was offered to W W Whyte of Welch though not yet filled. A Virginia debt commission set to meet June 10 to discuss the pending suit with Virginia authorities.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hatfield
Public Service Commission
Virgil L. Highland
Wade C. Kilmer
Charles H. Bronson
Howard N. Ogden
W. W. Whyte
Welch
Virginia Debt Commission
Virginia
Overthrow of City Good Government Group in Los Angeles
Enthusiastic crowds in Los Angeles cheered yesterday's election result overturning the five year old good government organization. Police Judge Rose, running as independent, won by about seven thousand votes over city attorney Jonio Shenk.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Good Government Organization
Rose
Joni Shenk
McReynolds Seeks Tobacco Tax Plan As Emergency Relief
Attorney General McReynolds outlined a sliding scale tax on tobacco factories to favor independents and curb evils he attributes to the dissolved tobacco trust. He plans to discuss with President and Cabinet and submit to Senator Simmons as a possible emergency measure. He weighs further action for possible violations of the dissolution decree and contemplates an oil conditions inquiry.
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Washington
McReynolds
Tobacco Trust
Supreme Court
Simmons
Department of Justice
United States
Wickersham
Canadian Arctic Expedition Heads for Unknown Continent
Stefansson leads a Canadian Arctic mission toward an alleged landmass within the Arctic Circle. Five scientists accompany him as two ships, Karluk and Marluk, sail toward Nome and Point Barrow for a months to years long exploration likely lasting three to four years.
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Nome
Pole
Arctic Circle
Canada
J. J. O'Neill
Victoria Island
George Malloch
Jamies Murray
Glasgow
Lieut. Shackleton
R. M. Anderson
Stefanson
Amundsen
McMillan
Esquimault
Robert Bartlett
Admiral Peary
Alaska
Stefansson
Point Barrow
Herschel Island
Karluk
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Watts
Paint
Debs
Berger
Qugar Tariffight
Spreckles and
Lowry
Federal Refiring Co
Dr. Meredith
Miner
Wife
H. G. Davis Hurt
Rand Old
Suffra Getted
Miss Davidson
King George’s
New Public Service Commission
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