West Virginia House Defers Budget Bill Amid Confrontation
In Charleston on June 5 the West Virginia House refused to return the Senate budget bill after the Senate reconsidered its vote. A Democratic conference was urged to enforce budget terms including Capitol cost limits and governor control. The day closed with both chambers adjourning to tomorrow.
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Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
Senate
House
Ash
Monongalia County
Arnold
Kidd
Estep
Logan County
Byrne
Kee
Shaffer
Zimmerman
Finance
George W. Oldham
Oldham
Estate of Horace E. Dodge Leaves 37 Million
Probate shows Horace E. Dodge left 37,186,588.48 in total assets. Most stocks, including 29,343,250 in Dodge Brothers Inc shares. Personal property lists pistols valued at 1,065 with two gold inlaid shotguns and a rifle, plus a single 2,500 diamond solitaire.
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Detroit
Horace E. Dodge
Dodge Rothers, Inc
Dodge
Right of Action Against Labor Union Upheld by Oregon Court
Olympia June 5 A state supreme court decision holds that a non participant damaged in an industrial walkout may sue the union The case Pacific Typesetting Co Salem versus National Typographical Union officers and executive agent Philo Howard seeks 20000 damages for printers strike over a forty four hour week Employers could not fulfill contracts with printing houses for metal and type as workers walked out in sympathy
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Olympia
Wash
State Supreme Court
Pacific Typesetting Co
Salem
National Typographical Union
Philo Howard
Heat wave claims two victims in Pittsburg district
In Pittsburg on June 6 the heat wave caused two deaths. Eugene Angelo collapsed while working near his home in California, Pennsylvania, and died later in a hospital. William Ligona, age seventy four, died from heat prostration in Butler.
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Pittsburg
Eugene Angelo
California
Wm. Ligona
Butler
President Harding to Speak in 14 En Route Addresses
Washington June 5 President Harding will deliver fourteen addresses while en route to the Pacific coast on his Alaskan trip and in five coast cities after returning. The itinerary lists stops in St. Louis Kansas City Hutchinson Denver Cheyenne Salt Lake City Pocatello Idaho Falls Butte Helena Spokane Meacham Portland Tacoma Vancouver Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego with dates from June 21 to August 4. The trip includes visits to Zion Yellow Stone Yosemite National Parks and a Meacham Oregon address tied to the Oregon trail anniversary.
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Washington
Harding
Pacific
Alaska
White House
St. Louis
Kansas City
Hutchinson
Kas
Denver
Vancouver
B. C
Seattle
Sanrancisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Zion and
Yellow Stone National Park
Pacific Coast
Yosemite National Park
Meacham
Ore
Des Moines source: Scene of 1919 Ducktown killings described
In Pittsburg on June 5 the court heard how on August 26 1919 at the Ducktown mining village near Brackenridge union welfare worker Mrs Fanny Sellins and Joseph Strzelecki were killed during a miners strike. Witness James Oates testified Riley struck Strzelecki with a hot stick and Mannington’s car carried the bodies.
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Pittsburg
Ducktown
Allegheny Steel Co
Brackenridge
Fanny Sellins
United Mine Workers
Joseph Strzelecki
Edw. Mannington
D. J. Riley
James Oates
Charleroi
Riley
Strzelecki
Oates
Mannington
Return to Apprentice System Is Predicted
In Cleveland a conference on bricklayers shortages predicts a return to the apprentice system once common in Europe and nearly extinct in America. Architects, contractors, union reps and educators attended as Thomas L. Preece announced the International Union of Bricklayers will back any approved apprentice school program.
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Cleveland
America
Europe
International Union of Bricklayers
Thomas L. Preece
Preacher Killed in Yard at Cumberland Court House
In Richmond Virginia Rev E L Pierce was killed and Cumberland County clerk R O Garrett wounded in a shooting in the preacher's yard at Cumberland Court House. Garrett was taken to a Richmond hospital and his brother L C Garrett was held for first degree murder.
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Richmond
E. L. Pierce
Garrett
Cumberland County
Cumberland Court House
L. C. Garrett
L. ©. Garrett
Pierce
R. O. Garrett
Knights Kamelia Established As Primary Klan Order
Atlanta, Ga June 5 Emperor William Joseph Simmons announced the establishment of Knights Kamelia as the primary order of knight hood separate from the Ku Klux Klan. He said the move aims to protect the organization from subversion and provide advancement for probationary klansmen amid restiveness in the ranks. Simmons noted violations by the Imperial Kloncilium regarding women’s groups and old charters restricting male membership.
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Atlanta
Order Knights Kamelia
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
William Joseph Simmons
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc
Simmons
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Kame‘lia
Knights Kamelia
H. W. Evans
Fulton County
Georgia
Kamelia
Exhaustive inquiry begun into stock exchange failures
Newark June 5 4 The Consolidated Stock Exchange board forms a five member committee to exhaustively review conduct of the exchange its members officers and committees over failures tied to E M Fuller Co Kardos Burke and Ruskay Co all over a year old. The board vows to discipline any guilty member and notes reforms last year to prevent repetition.
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Newark
Board of Governors
The
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Exchange
E. M. Fuller & Co
Kardos & Burke
Ruskay & Co
Anti French protests in Saarbrucken during church cornerstone
A large anti French demonstration in Saarbrucken Rhineland Prussia occurred last Sunday during a church cornerstone ceremony. About 70 000 people led by bands reviewed by bishops rejected a plan for a Sarre diocese under German jurisdiction and called for German schooling and fidelity to Germany.
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Strasburg
Saarbrucken
Rhenish
Prussia
Trier
Sarre
Germany
Powder Puff Almost Cause of a Tragedy
In Lake Pontchartrain three miles from shore a small sailboat capsized when a power puff was dropped overboard. William DePass leaped in to retrieve it and helped others cling to the hull. He and the two companions swam three miles to the Southern Yacht Club, exhausted until a steamer rescued them.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Wm. DePass
DePass
Southern Yacht Club
Three Miners Rescued After Cave In Near Bicknell
Joe Bernardi Frank Maberto and James Bertillo were entombed in a coal mine shaft near Bicknell Indiana since Saturday. They were rescued at 10 30 p m after more than seventy nine hours trapped underground.
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Bicknell
Ind
Joe Bernardi
Frank Maberto
James Bertillo
Here
West Virginia Sunday School Body Renamed to Council of Religious Education
Wheeling rumors place J. M. Scott and Otto Scheney as leading candidates for president as the WV Sunday School Association plans to become the West Virginia Council of Religious Education. Huntington and Clarksburg vie for next state convention, four cities seek three regional gatherings, with nominating and resolutions committees named and a revised constitution expected.
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Wheeling
West Virginia Sunday School Association
J. M. Scott
Wheeling Grand Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Otto Scheney
Wheeling Meat Packer
Huntington
Clarksburg
South
Montgomery
Romney
Bridgeport
Fairmont
F. E. Brimstool
Louis E. Vieack
Parkersburg
R. G. Hubbard
Charleston
J. T. Foster
Mason City
H. L. Bond
E. W. Halfpenny
W. C. Stromeyer
J. H. Hamilton
Pocahontas County
G. H. Kamp
West Virginia Council of Religious Education
International Sunday School Association
Pilot Lieut Phillips Killed In Aberdeen Plane Crash
Baltimore June 5 Lieut Wendell K Phillips was killed when a military airplane crashed at Aberdeen Maryland as it was taking off. Captain F J Wilder was seriously injured and several others were hurt. The plane’s gear collapsed causing the crash. Phillips died forty five minutes after reaching the camp hospital. Captain Wilder and others were treated and expected to recover.
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F. J. Wilder
Baltimore
Wendell K. Phillips
C. J. Lunt
Carl Johnson
C. L. Helton
W. Heldt
Aberdeen
Wilder
Lieut. Phillips
Wilter
Lee, Omeriwin and Schwartz Guilty
In Ft Worth Texas General Lee Development Co officials Robert A. Lee Harry Schwarz and Charles Sherwin were found guilty on five counts of using the mails to defraud and one charge of conspiracy. Schwarz and Sherwin received twenty seven year sentences to run concurrently with a total ten years for each co defendant and fines of fifteen thousand dollars. Lee was found guilty on all six counts and given two years on each count to run concurrently with a six thousand dollar fine. Judge Benjamin Bledsoe said Lee was a tool of more astute men and imposed lighter terms.
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Ft. Worth
Tex
Robert A. Lee
Harry Schwarz
Charles Sherwin
General Lee Development Co
Sherwin
Schwarz
General Lee
Benjamin Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Lee
Sherwin and Schwarz
Wreck of Knight Templar Special Kills Four in Michigan
A Grand Trunk derailment near Durand Michigan kills four and injures twenty seven aboard the Knight Templar Special carrying 200 delegates to a state convention. Investigators suspect a spreading rail caused the crash. The dead include engineer Frank Pearson and fireman Joseph Parker among Durand residents and Grand Rapids native Jay Fanning. Parker had served as fireman for the day to fill crew duties.
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Durand
Mich
Michigan Public Utilities Commission
Grand Trunk Railway
Here
Grand Rapids
Flint
Frank Pearson
H. J. Weldon
Sonia
Joseph Parker
Jay Fanning
Parker
Millionaire taxpayers ranks growing thinner
Washington June 5 The ranks of America's millionaire taxpayers shrink per 1921 income returns released by the internal revenue bureau Only 21 filers report incomes over one million dollars a drop of 12 from 1920 and far below 1919 1918 1917 and 1916 records
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Washington
America
Internal Revenue Bureau
Sugar Protest to Be Presented to President
New York June 5 A4 President Harding urged to call a public hearing where American house wives may protest the federal tariff commission’s failure to recommend removing the sugar duty. A delegation of executives from women's organizations will travel to Washington to present the protest to the president in person.
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New York
Harding
Federal Tariff Commission
Washington
Continuance Granted in Florida Whipping Boss Case
Lake City Florida June 5 A twenty day continuance was granted in the case of the state of Florida versus Walter Higginbotham whipping boss on a charge of first degree murder by Judge M A McMullan.
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Lake City
Fla
State of Florida
Walter Higginbotham
M. A. McMullan
Necklace Hidden in Driving Glove Reunites Mrs Remsen
In St Louis mislaid jewelry tale Mrs Helen Remsen reported a $10000 necklace theft but two weeks later she found the necklace inside a driving glove kept for safety during a car ride. Police had paused the case while pursuing other leads.
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St. Louis
Helen Remsen
West Virginia Bricklayers Form Conference
Delegates from cities across the state organized the West Virginia Conference of the Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers International Union in Clarksburg. About 800 workers are represented. Frank Greer of Wheeling was named president with W H Richard of Clarksburg as first vice president and B A Davis of Morgantown as second vice president. J T Bristoe of Charleston becomes secretary and treasurer. The constitution requires bricklayer apprentices to pursue night school or correspondence study.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union
Frank Greer
Wheeling
W. H. Richard
B. A. Davis
Morgantown
J T Bristoe
Charleston
C. & C. Shopmen Win Two Cent Wage Increase
The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad shopmen receive a two cent per hour raise to seventy two cents after negotiations in Chicago. About 7,000 workers are affected across the system, boosting annual payroll by roughly $690,000. The talks were led by G. H. Stewart and the AFL railway employee department with company officials.
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Chicago
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio System
United States Railroad Labor Board
System Federation
G. H. Stewart
Covington, Ky
Railway Employee Department
American
Child smoker causes bed fire in Louisville home
Five year old Tom my Decker started a fire by smoking a cigarette on his bed in Louisville Kentucky causing the house to burn.
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Louisville
Tommy Decker
Sunderland balks at long distance dancing contest
Sunderland officials refuse to sanction a proposed long distance dancing contest labeling it idiocy or lunacy and blocking the event.
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Sunderland
Eng
Japan to Submit Conditions for Russia Talks
Tokyo reports the cabinet at a session approved sending conditions to A. A. Joffe, Russia’s envoy, outlining when Japan would resume negotiations with the Soviet government.
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Japan
Russia
Tokio
A. A. Joffe
Bulgars Buy Eight Planes From England for War Use
London reports Bulgarian agents have purchased eight aircraft in England that can be converted into war machines. The trade underscores growing military preparedness amid regional tensions.
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London
England
President Harding Leads Shrine Parade Pageant in Washington
President Harding presided over Shrine Week events in Washington, reviewing a 20 000 noble parade from the White House box with Mrs Harding and General Pershing present. He addressed fraternalism and attended a banquet for Imperial Potentate James McCandless of Honolulu amid heat and crowds.
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Washington
Harding
Mystic Shrine
James S$. Me‘Candless
Honolulu
Pershing
Aladin Temple
Columbus
Ohio
White House
Garden of Allah
Pennsylvania
L Avenue
Capitol
Washington Circle
General Pershing
Shriners
Imperial Council
McCandless
Coast Guard
Make-Believe Lightning Surprises Pittsfield Lab
In Pittsfield Massachusetts on June 5 General Electric engineers produced artificial lightning of 2 000 000 volts in a high voltage lab. Lightning struck a village church steeple and a country store as clouds were simulated and thunder rolled. Rain was produced in some tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
General Electric Co
Holmes Dies in Heat on Fairmont Street
W C Holmes of Ft Haven New Jersey collapses in Fairmont street scene from heat. He was a traveling representative for an eastern firm and died after complaining of the intense heat.
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Fairmont
W. C. Holmes
Ft. Haven
N. J
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Emperor Simmons
KLAN
Tuesday Light
Red Fez
James 8. McCandless
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Leonard P. Steuart
Almas Temple
Knights Templar
West Virginia Bricklayers Form Conference
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