Five Men Die as Premature Blast Hits Berkeley Springs Pit
Five men killed and seven injured at Berkeley Grass Sand Company pit in Berkeley Springs West Virginia after a premature explosion sent sand cascading down the bank. Victims listed include Irvin Henry George Walls Emory Miller Romains Dawson and George W Miller all residents of Berkeley Springs.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Berkeley Grass Sand Company
Irvin Henry
George Walls
Emory Miller
Romains Dawson
George W. Miller
Phillip Morris
Oliver Moore
Ernest Niemeyer
Foreman
Dawson
Henry
Walls
Emery Miller
H.—2.—dbexlaes
Hancox
Hawry
Dancep
Receiver Named for Short Creek Coal Co
Pittsburg June 7 Fred Lamb of Pittsburg was named receiver for the Short Creek Coal Company after a petition by Wm. W. Keefer of Pittsburg. Keefer claimed the company owed him 86000 and others a total of 2500. The Ohio firm owns three Adena area mines and is valued at about 4 million with potential output 800000 tons annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Receiver
Short Creek Coal CO
Pittsburg
Fred Lamb
Short Creek Coal Company
Wm. W. Keefer
Keefer
E. W. Long
R. Cunningham
Short Creek Company
Ohio
Adena
Youth sentenced to Sunday school in Parkersburg
In Parkersburg West Virginia the court directs a teenage loiterer to attend Sunday school at St Pauls M E Church South for three months in lieu of paying a $5 fine. He must report weekly on Sundays with proof of attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
M. H. Snodgrass
St. Paul's M. E. Church
South
State Chiropodists Reelect All Officers
Wheeling W Va June 7 Re election of all officers featured the twelfth annual convention here today of the Chiropodists society of West Virginia. Officers reelected are Dr Walter Viehman Huntington president Dr J L Reed Fairmont vice president Dr P B Leachman Clarksburg secretary treasurer It was voted to hold the next annual meetings at Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Chiropodists Society of
West Virginia
Walter Viehman
Huntington
J. L. Reed
Fairmont
Leachman
Clarkeburg
Luntington
More Than Thousand Yet Due on Road Fund
There is a balance of 101150 due on the Bland Fund. The score up morning lists previously acknowledged 86, Binefield tee and Cold Geo. F. Daugherty. Road to this Come on, boys. Shower down today and send in your name and money today.
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Bland
Binefield Tee & Cold
Geo. F. Daugherty
Graham Upholds Executive Order Amid Prohibition Debate
Washington June 7 President Coolidge discussed with Secretary Mellon and Chair Graham of the house judiciary committee the Britten resolution to nullify the executive order authorizing state officers as federal prohibition enforcers. The committee is expected to act unfavorably. Senate judiciary postponed action on legality reports and Volstead changes as minority reports await completion.
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Washington
Coolidge
Mellon
Graham
House Judiciary Committee
Ths
White House
Senate Judiciary Committee
King
Utah
Heed
Missouri
Rural
Idaho
Bruce
Maryland
Senate
Savage testifies he did not intend to kill himself
In Los Angeles on June 7, Robert Savage a former Yale athlete told a court he slashed his wrists not to kill himself but to gain the sympathy of Clara Bow. He said he had followed Bow to a marriage license bureau after a brief courtship. A hearing on insanity charges was set for Thursday.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Robert Savage
Yale
Clara Bow
Savage
Miss Bow
Unseasonably Cold Weather Grips Northeast Cities
New York reports cooler June seventh with temperatures nine degrees below the June average. Boston dismisses pupils for the day due to cold, a historic June action. Baltimore cites snow and hail flurries as Atlantic chill persists.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Boston
Baltmore
New York City
Dean Lyman WVU Dean Dies in Baltimore Funeral Set
Funeral services for Dr. George Richard Lyman dean of West Virginia University College of Agriculture will be held Thursday afternoon in Morgantown. The body will be interred in a local mausoleum before later burial in Dixon, Illinois. WVU College of Agriculture Experiment Station and Extension Division shut down this afternoon out of respect.
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Morgantown
W. Va
George Richard Lyman
West Virginia University
College of Agriculture
Baltimore
Dixon, Tl
University College of Agriculture, Experiment Station and Extension Division
Dean Lyman
League Armament Talks End in Stalemate and Brazil Quits
Rio de Janeiro reports Brazil withdraws from the League of Nations and will resign formally to Geneva within weeks. Spain protests by sending a junior secretary to the council seat, while Germany clings to a permanent chair as disarmament talks falter amid fears of no progress without German inclusion. Geneva hails Mosul settlement as Turco British tension eases and Turkey may seek league membership.
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Rio de Jenaro
Ogiobo
Brazil
League of Nations
League Assembly
League
Geneva
Spain
Legation
Chamberlain
Briand
Benes
Rio Janeiro
Madrid
Germany
Geneva Institution
Mosul
Near East
Turkey
State Policeman Held for Grand Jury in West Virginia
Private H B Mattingly of the state police waived hearing before Justice J W Farmer at Triadelphia on a felonious assault charge from a dry raid two weeks earlier. He was bound over to the October Ohio county grand jury on a $1000 bond as spectators crowded Bearby hall where the hearing occurred. Lieut Lloyd Layman represented Mattingly. no charges against Kessler were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
H. B. Mattingly
State Police
Justice of the Peace
J. W. Farmer
Triadelphia
Here
Pete Kessler
Ohio County Grand Jury
Squire Farmer
Kessler
Mattingly
Prohibition
Lloyd Layman
Parkersburg
Immediate Deportation Bill Passes House Targeting Alien Gunmen
Washington reports the House approved a measure to deport alien narcotic peddlers and gunmen after conviction, with funds earmarked as available. The bill, sponsored by Rep Holiday of Illinois, passed 138 to 20 and moves to the Senate amid criticism from Rep La Guardia and others.
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Washington
House
Senate
Holiday
Illinois
la Guardia
New York
Sabath
Dickstein
Gunsen
Fists Ink Bottles and Water Spark House Committee Uproar
Washington June 7 A fight on the judiciary subcommittee hearing on impeachment charges against Frederick A. Fenning DC drew punches ink bottles and a glass of water. Representative Rankin Mississippi hurled ink at Frank J. Hogan while Fenning and Hogan clashed. order was restored by the chairman and capitol police. Rankin apologized to Hogan.
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Washington
House Committee
Rankin
Mississippi
Frederick A. Fenning
District of Columbia
Frank J. Hogan
Blanton
Texas
Judiciary
Fenning
Hogan
Graham
Judiciary Committee
Capitol
Brookhart Leads Cummins In Iowa Senate Contest Evening Totals
Des Moines reports show Colonel Smith W. Brookhart leading Senator Albert B. Cummins by 20 547 votes as 736 of 2447 precincts reported. Brookhart 66 281 Cummins 45 534 with Democrats Porter Murtagh Files Finch and others trailing. voting light with weather aiding farm turnout and women voters expected for Clark.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Smith W. Brookhart
Albert B. Cummins
Brookhart
Cummins
Howard J. Clark
Dan Reardon
Council Bluffs
L. B. Eickelberg
Claude Porter
United States
Porter
J. C. Murtagh
Waterloo
J. Ray Files
Fort Dodge
George Finchff
Sioux City
Cummins Head
Clark
World Court
Senate
Daniel F. Steck
Central State Committee
Taft Confined at Home. Plans Summer Retreat
Chief Justice Taft remains at home in Washington due to illness and will not preside at today’s Supreme Court session. Dr. Thomas A. Claytor says he is not seriously ill and expects Taft to depart for Murray Bay, Canada, later this week or early next week as the court recess looms. The condition is linked to overwork while clearing his desk before the term ends in October.
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Washington
Taft
Supreme Court
Thomas A. Claytor
Judgment for £29000 against bank director in Marshall county case
In Moundsville on June 7 Judge P D Morris ordered a judgment for 29000 pounds against Edward Cooey of Wheeling a director of the defunct Bank of Benwood for 30626503 tied to a bond signed as surety for Marshall county funds. The case against Cooey proceeded after he failed to appear with trial by jury begun on a judgment motion by Sheriff Fred McNinch. The suit names Hayes Picklesimer receiver John T Manley W B Leach Edward Covey W S Leach Thomas P Deegan and Joseph R Ward as directors. W S Leach and Joseph F Ward are serving prison sentences for falsifying state bank reports. The bond signatures are denied by Leach Manley and Deegan counsel. Marshall county clerk J B Chase testified about execution and filing of the bond. the case resumes at 9 tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W Va
P. D. Morris
Marshall County
Edward Cooey
Wheeling
Bank of Benwood
Fred McNinch
Hayes Picklealimer
John T Manley
Benwood
W. B. Leach
Edward Covey
W. S. Leach
Thomas P. Deegan
Joseph R. Ward
Joseph F. Ward
Picklesimer
Council
Manley
Deegan
J. B. Chase
Chief Justice Recovers From Past Attack’s Aftermath
In relation to the supreme court work the chief justice remains affected by injuries from the Murray Bay attack two years ago which seriously incapacitated him for a period though he continues his official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Murray Bay
Man blown into air by manhole cover in Jersey City blaze
In New York on June 7 a blast and ensuing fire at the Hudson Delivery Lines pier near 12th Street across from the Jersey Palisades injured one man killed another. Firefighter Daniel Goff suffered head wounds as crews fought scorching flames hampered by high tide. The blaze raged nearly seven hours causing heavy property damage.
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New York
Hudson
H Street
Jersey Palisades
Robert Meehan
Daniel Goff
Christman Named Independent Republican Senate Candidate
Former New York state senator Franklin W. Christman accepted demands from organized city forces to run as an independent Republican against incumbent Senator James W. Wadsworth Jr. The Anti Saloon League announced Christman as the unanimous choice of prohibition and law enforcement groups pledging to oppose Wadsworth for his stance on enforcement and the eighteenth amendment. Christman said he would run to uphold prohibition and state enforcement efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank W. Christman
Herkhimer
N. Y
Ice
United States Senate
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Christman
Orville S. Poland
Anti-Saloon League of
Poland
Anti - Saloon League
Wadsworth
Committee of Fifty
Herkimer
Franklin W. Christman
James W. Wadsworth
Tax Commission Seeks Farm and Manufacturer Views in Martinsburg
The West Virginia tax commission toured the eastern panhandle hearing farmers and fruit growers with emphasis on a gross sales tax. Manufacturers urged net income or profit levies to fund state needs while opposing sales taxes. Local officials discussed valuation and capital flows during the Martinsburg visit.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Tax Commission
Panhandle
J. B. McLaughlin
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
State Board of Education
Greg Sliver
Huntington
Berkeley
Jefferson
Winchester
Martinsburg Kiwanis Club
J. G. Pritchard
Fairmont
H. H. Emmett
J. R. Poland
C. W. Kilbourne
West Virginia Manufacturers’ Association
Alten R. Emmert
West Virginia Retail Merchants’ Association
L. H. Thompson
H. H. Emmert
Bank of 1926 Found Unfit for Public Decency
New York June 7. A play jury ruled The Bank of 1926 offensive as a whole to public decency and the revue will close immediately under an agreement with the Actors Equity and the Manager's Association. Another jury found Great Temptations objectionable in part and needing revision. Sex and Shanghai Gesture were deemed inoffensive by other juries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bank of 1926
Actors Equity
Manager's Association
Banton
Shanghai
Smoke Eaters Banquet Set for June 19 in Morgantown
The Smoke Eaters Society will hold its semi annual banquet June 19 at the Hotel Morgan Morgantown West Virginia. Members must have served in a rescue role at a mine fire or disaster and worn breathing apparatus. The program features R M Lambie WV Bureau of Mines on the Eccles mine explosion and George F Osler Terminal Coal on the Horning mine explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Smoke Eaters Society
Hotel Morgan
Smoke Eaters
Pittsburg
R. M. Lambie
West Virginia
Important Cases Not Decided at Term s End
The Supreme Court ended its term and adjourned until October 4 without ruling on several awaiting cases. A key case is against Mal S. Daugherty over the Senate's power to compel testimony and books from his bank in Washington Court House Ohio. The case ties to the Justice Department investigation led by his brother Joe Daugherty awaiting decision since December.
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Washington
Jone 7
Supreme Court
Aay
Mal S. Daugherty
Senate
Washington Court House
Ohio
Department of Justice
Joe ‘“. Daty
Em. Her
Chicago gangster slain amid beer racket violence
In Chicago a 24 year old gangster named Sexton was killed, suspected to be linked to the citys beer rackets. Police found the body outside the city, believing it was tossed from a car after an execution style shooting. The case ties to a two year surge in gang murders and to a federal probe indicting Capone and associates for prohibition violations connected to the McSwiggin case.
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Chicago
James Se
Sexton
Jack Rose
Rose
Wm. McSwiggin
Scarface) Capone
McSwiggin
Ralph
Myles
Barney O'Donnell
Special grand jury impaneled in Chicago election probe
A Chicago special grand jury was impaneled to investigate alleged terrorism and fraud in the last Republican primary. Municipal Judge Daniel Trude, opposing the probe, warned it could be another whitewash as in the McSwiggin case. Former Judge Charles A. McDonald appointed as special prosecutor, with optional independent assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daniel
Trude
McSwiggzin
Charles A. McDonald
Vote
One Pilot Killed As Air Mail Route Inaugurates
In Chicago on June 7, Elmer Partridge of Chicago was killed when his plane crashed near St. Paul during the Chicago to Minneapolis air mail route inauguration. A northbound pilot was forced to land in Wisconsin earlier as gale force winds lashed the aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lee Overman Leads After Delayed Returns in Senate Race
Raleigh June 7 delayed returns show Senator Lee S. Overman widening his Democratic nomination lead over Robert Reynolds for the United States Senate with 1,160 of 1,717 precincts reported. Reynolds 64, A L Bulwinkle and Zebulon Weaver lead in their congressional renomination contests.
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Raleigh
N. C
Lee
Overman
Robert Reynolds
Reynolds
A. L. Bulwinkle
Zebulon Weaver
Supreme Court won't review Gallaher Norway Avenue assessment
Washington reported the supreme court declined to review the assessment on RE W Gallaher's Huntington property for improving Norway avenue from the city limits to Woodmere cemetery. Gallaher had argued the assessment exceeded property value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
RE. W. Gallaher
Board of Commissioners of
Huntington
W. Va
Norway Avenue
Woodmere Cemetery
Supreme Court
Gallaher
Koreans Arrested in Plot Over Imperial Funeral
Dispatches from Seoul report about 200 Koreans arrested yesterday and today while plotting independence activities and to prevent possible unrest at the June 10 funeral of Prince Yi, the deposed Korean emperor. Japanese authorities reinforce Seoul with police and troops amid lingering Korean distrust after 1910 annexation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Seoul
Korea
Japan
Prince Yi
American Youth in French Foreign Legion Faces Death Sentence
Memphis youth Bennett J Doty awaits possible execution for mutiny by a firing squad in Sueda Syria. Diplomatic efforts led by Secretary Kellogg and Senator Tyson aim to intercede through Paris, with Doty’s father Lemuel Doty appealing to French officials. Doty, known as Gilbert Clare, joined the legion after serving in Morocco and is reported to have deserted with five others amid an altercation and battle near Sueda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kellog
Bennett J
Fore Tane
Syria
Gilbert Are
Kellogg
Senator McKellar
Democrat
Tennessee
Herrick
Paris
Doty
Lemuel Doty
Memphis
Tenn
Biloxi
Miss
New Orleans
Tyson
Damascus
Frenc
Legion
Sueda
Andreas
Ndvices
Levealy
Tha Kwepard
Ide
Gilbert Clare
French Foreign Legion
Clare
Painleve
Bennett J. Doty
France
115Th Field Artillery
Old Hickory
L. D. Tyson
United States
Mem
Gana
Legion For Adventure
Morocco
Mon
Palestine
Lewy
The
Cage Tribune
Sayin
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Chile
Ghatotman
Will
Bank OF
James Sexton
Lee Overman
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