Bluefield Hosts First Public Market Day With Free Stall Use
Sunrise ushers in Bluefield public market on Stewart street. Farmers from Mercer and adjacent counties display produce with no stall fees and no price fixing. Market runs daily and may expand to three days. city official notes markets aid urban rural food access and curb high prices.
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Raleigh Street
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Mercer
Tazewell
Bland
wisJe
Roanoke
C. V. Branch
United States Department of Agriculture
Chambers of Commerce
Warrants Issued for 200 Miners in United Mine Workers Riot
War rants were issued in Terre Haute for the arrest of more than 200 striking miners and UMWA officials from district No. 11 charging riot and conspiracy. The warrants cite demonstrations by the men that led mine owners near Brazil to close operations. Sheriff Wolf said arrests will begin when the group returns from the coal field south of Terre Haute.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Brazil
United Mine Workers of America
Here
Sherif Wolf
Wolf
Unity Drives Legion and AFL at One in Principle Convention
June 16 Cincinnati reports unity between the American Legion and the American Federation of Labor as leaders pledge shared ideals of freedom and justice. Samuel Gompers and Hanford MacNider urge no division while minor disputes are blamed on a few members. The convention rejects a universal label proposal as the sole remaining major action.
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The
Associated Press
Cincinnati
American Legion
American Federation of Labor
Hanford MacNider
Legion
Samuel Gompers
Federation
George L. Berry
Pressmen’s Union
Berry
MacNider
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employes Department
Ward May Spend Summer in Jail
Walter S. Ward a wealthy baker's son was arraigned in White Plains on a first degree murder indictment and pleaded not guilty. He remains jailed in the Chester county facility with no bail possible while his counsel seeks an early trial and possible dismissal of the indictment. A special inquiry into whether Ward and relatives conspired to defeat justice is planned before Justice Morschauser.
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White Plains
N. Y
Supreme Court
Marschauser
Clarence Peters
Walter S. Ward
Weatchester County
Ward
Morschauser
Perenne
Weeks
Defense Counsel wins point in Wilburn trial at Blair
Indications point to a swift rest as defense counsel in the Rev. J. E. Wilburn murder case gains leeway to introduce evidence on Logan deputy sheriffs’ conduct and Blair camp tensions. Ten witnesses, all Blair residents, described deputies as violent or with no reputation while defense portrayed Wilburn as good.
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Associated Press
Charles Town
W. Va
J. E. Wilburn
Logan
J. M. Woods
Blair
Wilburn
John Gore
Blair Gap
Gore
Marmet
Jack Brinkman
T. C. Townsend
David Fowler
United Mine Workers
Samuel B. Montgomery
Charles
Marion Williams
Rail unions plan joint action with miners in strike talks
Cincinnati June 16 officials from the railway shop crafts and maintenance of way unions and the United Mine Workers of America will meet to discuss coordinated action amid a threatened strike. John L. Lewis, UMW president, is expected to arrive tomorrow to join the talks. The decision to seek a miners meeting follows days of discussions under the cooperative agreement reached in Chicago last February, announced at the AFL convention.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
B. M. Jewell
Wr. Green
Rail Nien
Mr. Yowell
American Federation of Labor Convention
Chicago
Water rates increased for Bluefield company in West Virginia
The Public Service Commission granted higher rates for Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company. Flat rates rise by 22 percent while meter charges become 49 cents per 1000 gallons up to 2500 and 37 cents thereafter. Special rates set with minimums. Readings for the second quarter begin June 30 and July 1 for flat rates. A full income and expense statement covering 1922 to 1923 is due by April 20 1923.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Public Service Commission
Smaller Nations Win Concession at Hague Russia Talks
The Hague conference yields thirteen member sub committees instead of eleven as smaller European nations push to keep influence. Foreign Minister Karnabeeke will name members Monday. Most countries plan to join the main Russian commission with France awaiting London talks between Poincare and Lloyd George.
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Hague
Associated Press
The
Russia
Karnabeeke
Holland
France
London
M. Poincare
David Lloyd George
Edward Hilton Young
Young
Colored Easter Star selects Charleston for next convention
Parkersburg West Virginia closes a three day Colored Order of the Eastern Star convention with Charleston chosen as next year s meeting place and colored Masons grand lodge meeting also held and new officers installed.
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Colored Easter Star
Parkersburg
W. Va
Grand Chapter
The
Colored Order of the Eastern Star
Charleston
Colored Masons
Grand Lodge
Woman rises in coffin hours after preparation for burial
New York June 16 An hour after burial preparations for Rebecca Lenps she sat up in her coffin. Physicians later said she would recover after a paralytic stroke and she was pronouinced dead earlier. Neighbors and relatives gathered as ice packed and candles were lit.
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New York
Rebecca Lenps
Rail Labor Board announces wage cuts across rail system
The United States railroad labor board orders new wage reductions totaling 135 million dollars starting July 1. Clerks, signalmen, and firemen face cuts, with 200000 clerks and 100000 station employees affected and a minimum hello girls wage set at 85 dollars per month. The decision includes dissent, and notes living wage aims once postwar conditions improve.
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Hello Girls
Associated Press
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board Today
Arthur O. Wharton
Allert Phillips
W. L. McMeffimen
Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
Geor ge Craft Gomes Appointed Pocahontas Fuel Superintendent
Beckley WVa June 16 Special George W Craft general manager Mead Tolliver Coal Company at Killarney WV named general superintendent for Pocahontas Fuel Company with headquarters at Pocahontas VA He succeeds the late J C Turley who was assistant to the general manager The firm produces about 4 000 000 tons of smokeless coal annually with one operation on the Virginian at Itman Craft starts July 1 and will oversee twenty two superintendents at Pocahontas field position at Killarney to be filled later
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Turley
Pocahontas
US government denies unofficial observer at Hague talks
The United States government stated on high authority that it will have and will not have an unofficial observer at The Hague meeting on Russian affairs.
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Washington
United States
High Authority
Hague
Woman Kidnapped by Husband and Four Men Near Cincinnati
Cincinnati June 16 Mrs Clara Marshall a Cincinnati woman was seized by four men while playing golf at a country club. She telephoned home saying she is safe at Magnesia Springs near Brookville Indiana. She alleged her husband and three other men kidnapped her and dumped her from a car. She was unharmed. Brother William Schwall left for Indiana to retrieve her.
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Cincinnati
Clara Marshall
Magnesia Springs
Brookville
Ind
William Schwall
Indiana
Parkersburg hosts Knights Templars annual meeting
In Parkersburg West Virginia on June 16 the grand commander closed the state meeting by re electing its longtime officers for the colored Knights Templars organization.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Grand Commander of
Colored Knights Templars
Liquor On Shipping Board Vessels Debated
Washington for sale of liquor on shipping board vessels outside the three mile limit is allowed under new treasury rules. P A Wise says the regs settle the dispute sparked by Adolphus Busch III about bootlegging on government ships. The rules apply to both American and foreign ships, sealing liquors in American ports while transit shipments may escape under customs rules.
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Washington
Treasury
P. A. Wise
Prohibition Unit
Adolphus Busev III
St. Louis
Harding
Shipping Board
Wayne B Wheeler
Postel
Wise
United States
Supreme Court
Compromise on Bonus Reached in Senate Talks
Washington reports a near agreement among Republican senators on handling the soldiers' bonus bill after the tariff measure. The plan would give the bonus bill senate priority after the tariff bill is disposed of, with conference votes expected next Monday. Democratic senators plan to offer a motion to set bonus precedence, while Senator Lodge led decisive discussions aiding the compromise.
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Senate
Washington
Lodge
Massachusetts
Temperate in all things save matrimony
John L. St. Clair of Poughkeepsie was sentenced to five years in Sing Sing for bigamy and two to four years for perjury. He admitted to seven marriages and quipped that he was temperate in everything but matrimony.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
John L. St. Clair
Sing Sing
St. Clair
West Virginia Legion Convention Aims for Statewide Scale
American Legion Post No. 4 plans the biggest state conclave September 14 15 and 16 with committees set for publicity program entertainment and hospitality Bluefield Post No. 9 leads in preparations while other posts across West Virginia promise strong turnout and support for a West Virginia focused event rather than a Bluefield centric one.
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C. B R. Woods
Harry L. Greenspon
Wm. C. Snyder
Albert ‘Treadway
Goodwin Schlosaberg
Frank Pontin
Walter Budwell
Ll. L. Slifkin
Guy Furrattos
C. M. Claytor
T. Lowsman
John Hall
Stacw
Liason (. Smith
J. W. Dinwiddie
Fred Hawley
F. L. Metready
Leo Normoyle
Ben H. McCulloch
Alonzo McCue
West Virginia
Dave H. Atwater
Ralph Millar
L. HM. Reiland
H Eugene Fox
William Wade
Chester M. Gates
Robert Sheffey
C. F. Bushman
Accomodation
H. D. May
Paul Workman
H. G. Steele
Roy Phillips
Davc
J. M. McCue
H. D. Clark
Mr. Alexander
A. A. Angrist
H. G. Cooper
Bluefield
Henley F. Day
W. C. Slasher
Legion
Glenwood Park
Telegraph
American Legion
American Legion Weekly
Bluefield Post No. 9
Bluefield Legionnaire
Post No. 9
United States
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