Lewisburg Bank Survives Irregularities Scandal
The Bank of Lewisburg declared sound after a week of irregularities in cashier William F. Nelson’s accounts. Nelson, who served 42 years, resigned as temporary cashier C E Boone of First National Bank of Ronceverte was appointed. restitution efforts target approx 100000 in shortages.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Bank of
West Virginia
William FE. Nelson
H. H. Abbott
Abbott
Nelson
Iobls
Mason Mathews
C. EB. Boone
First National Bank of
Banking Commissioner
Train Collision At Blairsville Sparks Witness Testimony
Witnesses describe the Blairsville collision between the Cincinnati Limited and the Washington Express on the Pennsylvania railroad. Flagman McDonald says his train stopped for repairs after an explosion flare but the No. 40 train appeared on a dangerous S curve. brakes and air lines were reported in perfect condition and signals showed caution and stop.
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Pittsburg
Blairsville
Cincinnati Limited
Washington Express
Fasteensylvania
McDonald
The
Express
T. W. Beecher
Prohibition Debate Spurs Wet and Dry Talk in Congress
Washington reports a fresh wave of wet and dry rhetoric as four senators named by Wayne B. Wheeler face questions over anti prohibition honorariums. Debates highlight Wheeler testimony and a five member House Judiciary minority report criticizing an enforcement bill's reach.
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Washington
Congress
Wayne B. Wheeler
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
League
Wheeler
Representative Lowery
Mississippi
Maryland Anti-Saloon League
Baltimore
Senate
Willis
Ohio
Upshaw
Georgia
Need
Missouri
Reed
Maryland
Massachusetts
Cooper
Capitol
House Judiciary Committee
House
la Guardia
New York
Judiciary
Tucker
Virginia
Andrews
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Anti-Saloon League
Death toll climbs from storms and accidents in Ohio
Columbus reports twenty Ohioans killed in the last forty eight hours due to summer mishaps. Nine drowned, one struck by lightning, four killed by trains, and six died in automobile accidents as storms lash the state.
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Columbus
Adjournment Date Moved to June 30 in Congress
Republican leaders changed the adjournment date from June 26 to June 30, saying more time is needed for a spending bill to raise money for public buildings. Senate leaders cited river and harbor demand as a factor and expect the adjournment resolution to pass despite opposition.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Herriot called to premiership of France again
Paris reports Edouard Herriot radical leader and former premier is summoned to form a new cabinet after M Briand failed to assemble a government. Herriot may form a left leaning majority including Left Republicans and is rumored to offer the finance portfolio to M Bokanowski, linked to the Caillaux mission to the United States.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
Radical Party
France
M. Briand
Doumergue
M. Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
M. Briard
M. Hit
Poincare
Minis
Ministry of Finance
M. Bokanowski
Caillaux
United States
Plebiscite Rules of Procedure Amended
The Tacna Arica plebiscitary commission met with the Chilean member absent and approved five resolutions. The key measure authorizes the president to convoke the commission at designated places and times and designates adjournment once the president calls. General Lassiter, American chairman, plans to leave Arica Monday evening aboard the Galveston. American delegates will depart Sunday on the Essequibo. Peruvian transport Rimao carries the Peruvian delegation after the final meeting.
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Arica
Chil
Tacna-Arica
General Lassiter
Galveston
United States
Essequibo
Common Front at League Assembly by Three Nations
Bled Jugo Slavia June 18 three foreign ministers from Czecho Slovakia Romania announce a common front at the League of Nations assembly in September on all questions affecting the Little Entente. They say they are in complete agreement on their line of action.
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Bled
Jugo-Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Rumania
League of Nations Assembly
Three Held Without Bail On Murder Charge
In Johnstown Pennsylvania three Patton youths Joseph O'Brien Frank Cutro and Robert Simmons are held without bail on murder charges in connection with Mary Elizabeth Bogan's death during a joy ride. A coroner's jury had earlier recommended dismissal of murder and manslaughter charges and the youths were held for liquor law violations. The girl's neck reportedly broke as she leaped from the automobile.
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Johnstown
Mary Elizabeth Bogan
Patton
Rivers and Harbors Bill Hearings Concluded
Washington June 18 hearings on the rivers and harbors bill were concluded by the senate commerce commission. It aims to finish in executive session tomorrow and report the measure early next week. The committee seeks senate action before adjournment set for June 30. It debated government purchase of the Cape Cod Canal for 11 500 000 dollars.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Commission
Senate
Cape Cod Canal
Tribute to Catholic Princes at Chicago Coliseum
Chicago marked devotional rites with a mass congress opening before 14 000 attendees. Mayor Dever County Clerk Sweitzer Governor Small and Secretary of Labor Davis delivered greetings for Chicago Cook County Illinois and the nation. Cardinals O Donnell Piffs and Charest led services as dignitaries from Ireland Vienna and France attended.
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Chicago
ITV
Cardinal Bonzano
Dever
Sweitzer
Cook County
Small
Illinois
Labor
Davis
Coolidge
Nation
Congress
Cardinal O’donnell
Ireland
Cardinal Piffs
Vienna
Cardinal Charest
France
Clarksburg Men Busy in June Term Moonshine Cases Dominate
In the June term at Elkins, six of eleven defendants from Harrison County Clarksburg area were convicted, mostly on moonshine charges. Sentences ranged from fines to jail terms. notable cases include Earl Holden for theft of tires and Sam Galossa for moonshine possession on a third offense. Judge W E B Baker presided, with several defendants failing to pay fines and receiving jail time.
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Elkins
Harrison County
Clarksburg
United States Court
Earl Holden
Sam Galossa
Santy Galianna
Clever
W. E B. Baker
Ralph Matheny
Magdelena
Clarksboro
Ted Kennell
Barbour County
Baker
L. G. McCormick
C. Z. Hopkins
Hopkins
McCormick
Charles Harris
Morgantown
Steve Norris
Joe Caponi
Chilean Ambassador Confers With Kellogg on Tacna Arica
The Chilean ambassador met with Secretary Kellogg for about an hour to discuss Chile's stance on the Tacna Arica dispute with Peru. Chile claims the plebiscite is abandoned and warned against American intervention as arbitration and mediation developments unfold. The White House noted no action to resolve the dispute until those effects are clearer.
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Washington
Kellogg
Chile
Peru
State Department
White House
Santiago
Coolidge
Pennsylvania Primary Costs Near Thirty Three Million
Pennsylvania Republican primary expenditures totaled about 3 million with the Pepper Pepper-Ware Pinchot races drawing the largest shares. Final tallies show Pepper led offensively with 1 and until further audit details are completed.
Report urges stricter border controls to curb smuggling
Ottawa dated report from a House of Commons committee calls for reorganization of the customs service and mounted police patrols along the border to curb liquor smuggling into the United States. The document also seeks dismissal or suspension of several customs staff and investigates others, alleging former Customs Minister Jacques Bureau failed in duties.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
House of Commons
Customs Service
Jacques Bureau
Plot Against Life of Mustafa Kemal Pasha
Constantinople June 18 authorities learned of a conspiracy against the life of Mustafa Kemal Pasha just before he entered Smyrna. Police arrested many and seized weapons and bombs. Angora expected to react with indignation. Arrested include Husseini Avni Bey former deputy from Erzurum and Ia Hourchid a Black Sea border region leader.
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Constantinople
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Smyrna
Angora
Husseini Avni Bey
Formr
Erzerum
Ia Hourchid
Black Sea
Kemal
Train crew blamed for five deaths in UP sleeper fire
Coronors jury faulted train crew for not ensuring all passengers exited the Union Pacific Continental sleeper burned at Crystal Siding killing five. Verdict cites defective wiring as cause but says no one is criminally liable. George Wilson of Philadelphia says conductor in charge lost his head and lives were unnecessary.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Union Pacific
Chicago
George & Wilson
Philadelphia
Tear bombs tossed at Buffalo saloon standoff
In Buffalo on June 18 saloonkeeper June Pieber barricaded himself inside his saloon as police and dry agents battled him with bombs after a raid on a nearby brewery. Agent McQuade exchanged shots with Pieber before tear bombs forced Pieber to retreat upstairs, still holding the fort at 1:00 a.m.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Pieber
McQuade
Pleber
William C Davidson Arrest Reveals Bootleg Ties and Bank Claims
William C Davidson once linked to bootlegging was arrested in Alexandria Virginia after a cross country suspected bank fraud case. He had told the house alcoholic liquor traffic committee he went straight but faced San Francisco police for $4000 in worthless checks and faced cross examination.
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Washington
William C. Davidson
House
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee
Alexandria
Potomac River
San Francisco
Davidson
House Committee
California
Williams
Virginia
James J. Britt
Prohibition Unit
Prohibition
West
Representative Laguarda
New York
High Priestess Abby Yancy Sentenced in Camden Cult Case
Abby Yancy a Black cult leader was sentenced to six months in jail and fined 100 dollars on a murder charge for the death of two Black children. Witnesses testified fearing her alleged spells as jurors and officials described the Gospel Kingdom group.
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Camden
N. J
Abby Yancy
Gospel Kingdom
Gold shipment worth 3.4 million arrives under guard
Aconcagua delivers $3,436,557 in Chilean government debt payment to New York. Heavy armed guards transfer the bullion to the National Bank of Commerce vaults.
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New York
United States
Aconcagua
National Bank of Commerce
Right of Husband to Watch Wife Try Death
In Brooklyn a court considered a husband’s right to watch his wife attempt suicide without intervening. Rogers McDermott, held on $5,000 bail on felonious assault charges after his wife Katherine McDermott testified she tried to end her life. She is 17 and living with her parents. the couple wed last fall.
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New York
Brooklyn
Rogers McDermott
Katherine McDermott
McDermott
Connecticut
Voigt Verdict Awards $100000 in Washington Case
Washington June 18 A verdict for $100000 the largest ever awarded in Washington for allegations of affections was returned to a jury in favor of Mrs Hilda C Voigt wife of Edward Voigt Jr former bank president The defendants Edward Voigt Sr and Mrs Voigt Jr were accused of saying she was not good enough and of other allegations surrounding the younger woman’s treatment at the parents in law home The jury deliberated over two hours and she received the amount she sought.
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Washington
Hilda C. Voigt
Edwar Voigt, Jr
Bank
Edward Voigt
Voigt, Jr
Wanted Make Brother a Real Stick-Up Man
Kansas City drama centers on Carl Keen age 23 who urged his 13 year old brother to pursue armed robbery. Keen admitted taking part in a streetcar conductor theft of $7 and a grocery store holdup. Carl received 35 years in prison while George was sentenced to three years in a reformatory.
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Kansas City
Carl Keen
Thad B. Landon
Keen
Keer
Carl Drew
George
Body of Retired Merchant Found in Ash Pit
Buffalo report states Jacob Benderson, wealthy retired merchant who vanished after returning from the bank last Tuesday, was found in an ash pit in a vacant building cellar. Police suspect robbery and murder. money and a $1,000 ring are missing.
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Buffalo
Jacob Benderson
Benderson
Self-murder in Morgantown tub scene
Frank Libratore aged sixty six was found dead in a bath tub in his Morgantown home with throat cut and a blood stained razor nearby. Coroner A Posten viewed the body and returned a verdict of death by suicide citing despondency over ill health as the cause.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Frank Libratore
A Posten
Sal ¢E
Rural mail carrier killed at Piedmont crossing
Martins ferry Ohio June 18 rural mail carrier Chas H Kirk 65 struck by a train at a crossing and died five hours later in a hospital. Louise Compher two year old daughter of Piedmont postmaster suffered injuries but survived the crash after being hurled from the car.
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Martinsferry
Ohio
Piedmont
Chas H. Kirk
Louise Compher
C.pher
Kirk
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