John W. Davis Not A Candidate Yet Open To Call
Illinois Democrats expect John W. Davis of West Virginia to emerge as a strong candidate after initial favorite son ballots. A Chicago club published his letter saying he is not a candidate, but party leaders foresee Davis gaining support from Illinois and Brennan after the first round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Robert L. Burch
Davis
Ilinois
Burch
Democratic Party
Illinois
Brennan
George E. Brennan
Smith
United States
Mr. Davis
Washington action puts British legation archives under U S custody
Washington reported the State department instructed Charge Schoenfeld in Mexico City to take over the archives of the British legation for physical custody only. The British remain in charge of consulates. no duties for watching British nationals or other functions shift. The legation will be under U S protection and embassy immunities while consular operations continue in Mexico.
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Washington
State Department
Schoenfeld
Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Republic
Foreign Office
Legation
Prominent Coal Operator Killed at Pack Branch Mine
Charles M. Lilly, a leading Raleigh County coal operator and bank director, was fatally injured at Pack Branch near Beckley when a transformer flash struck him. Lilly, 45, presided over Four Vein and Lanark and Packs Branch companies and held directorships in Raleigh County Bank and other firms. His brother John Lilly died six weeks earlier in the Edwight mine. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Raleigh County Bank
Beckley
Charles M. Lilly
Pack Branch
Lilly
George W. Watkins
Ile
Mr. Lilly
Mount Hope
Hinton
Raleigh County
Four Vein Company
Lanark
Packs
Beckley Real Estate Company
Fayette Street Development Company
Lincoln Finance Company
Huntington
Yellow Pine Lumber Company
Masonic Order
Commandery
Elk
Chamber of Commerce
John Lilly
Edwight
C. M. Lilly
Jewelers Discuss Luxury Tax Reduction at State Convention
Mrs B F Fanus of Clarksburg secretary of the West Virginia Retail Jewelers Association announces the state convention in Parkersburg on June 2 and 24. W L Jones of Martinsburg president and Frank Wallace of Huntington vice president organize the program as one hundred members are expected. The convention will seek further luxury tax reductions on jewelry and an end to jewelry auctions.
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Clarksburg
B. IF. Fanus
West Virginia Retail Jewelers Association
Parkersburg
W. L. Jones
Martinsburg
Frank Wallace
Huntington
Duncan McDonald Nominated by Farmer-Labor Party
At St Paul June 19 the Farmer-Labor convention nominated Duncan McDonald of the United Mine Workers of Illinois as the party’s standard bearer. The platform calls equal political and legal rights for men and women and abolition of exploitation of the Negro. Vice president nominee William Bousch was named by acclamation. Frank Starkey led a protest then left the hall as the platform passed amid boos from his supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Farmer-Labor Party
Alexander Howatt
Duncan McDonald
United Mine Workers of Illinois
Howatts
Alice Lorrain Daly
South Dakota
P. A. Peterson
Minnesota
LaFollette
William Mahoney
William Foster
Charles E. Taylor
McDonald
William Bousch
Sedro-Wooley
Washington
Frank Starkey
St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly
Taylor
Starkey
Newspaper Man Will Return to Law Practice
Victor H. Friend, Princeton native now in Bluefield, resumes legal practice after return from Florida. UVa law graduate admitted to West Virginia and Virginia bars, joins A. F. Kingdom law firm. He and his wife will relocate soon, with friends in Bluefield pleased by the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor H. Friend
Princeton
Florida
Bluefield
Mr. Friend
University of Virginia
West Virginia
Virginia
Princeton Press
Friend
A. F. Kingdom
Miners Accept Twenty Percent Wage Cut Then Split
In Madisonville Kentucky a contract for a twenty percent wage reduction affecting about one thousand miners was signed between an authorized miners committee and Frank D. Bush of St Bernard Mining Company. Earlier four hundred miners in a mass meeting withdrew from the United Mine Workers and authorized talks with the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisonville
Frank D. Bush
St. Bernard Mining Company
Harlington
United Mine Workers of America
Central City
Lennis Jackson
District Twenty-Three
United Mine Workers
Heat Wave Grips Chicago and Cleveland
Chicago reports a heat surge with 64 degrees at 4 am and 93 by afternoon. In Cleveland two people died and another is seriously injured as the day’s heat rose from 88 to 59 before nightfall.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Lieutenant Maughan Ready To Start Continental Flight
Mitchell Field New York June 19 Lieutenant Russell L Maughan announced that only bad weather will stop him from attempting to span the continent in a single day from dawn to dusk on a third try. A telegram from St Joseph Missouri confirmed a landing field could be used easing hesitation. The aviator said he will reduce stops to ten minutes each after testing the plane showing it in good condition with earlier cooling trouble fixed by draining and refilling the radiator.
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Mitchell Field
N. Y
Russell L. Maughan
Maughan
St. Joseph
Monax
Daven
Ohio
de Wyo
Salduro
Aer
Mes Gencles
Rotary Business Day at International Meet
Rotary business day dominated the international convention in Toronto as leaders debated and adopted proposed changes to the governing body. Reports were given by prominent Rotarians from North America and Great Britain, including International President Guy Gundaker and secretary Chesley R. Perry.
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Toronto
Ont
Rotary
Guy Gundaker
Philadelphia
Frank Eastman
Parish
Scotland
British Association
William Cairns
Ottawa
Chesley R. Perry
Chicago
Rufus F. Chapin
Everett W. Hill
Oklahoma City
Frank H. Lamb
Hoquiam
Anthony W. Smith, Jr
Pittsburg
Samual B. Botsford
Buffalo
Dwight Marvin
Troy
N. Y
International Committee On Publications
Harry Fish
Sayre
Two battered vessels creep into St Johns
The Italian steamer Clara Camus and Canadian Pacific liner Metagama limped into St Johns Newfoundland after a fog collision seven miles off Cape Race. Clara Camus reported no loss of life. Metagama later claimed casualties. Clara Camus is beached on a shoal with bow damage and a flooded forward hold as pumps struggle to stop water intake.
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St. Johns
N. F
Clara Camus
Metagama
Cape Race
Nwo
McAdoo presses campaign efforts amid rule talk
William G. McAdoo took charge of his Democratic presidential bid in New York, conferring with Glass, Cummins, Miller, and others as delegates weigh changing the two thirds rule. Campaign manager Rockwell downplayed rule changes while W. L. Thornton surveyed state opinions on the issue.
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New York
William G. McAdoo
California
Vanderbilt Hotel
Mr. McAdoo
David Ladd Rockwell
Secretary of the Treasury
Senator Glass
Virginia
Homer Cummins
Connecticut
Resolutions Committee
David Hunter Miller
American Peace Commission
Versailles
Bruce Krerer
Montana
Thomas B. Love
Texas
W. L. Thornton
McAdoo
Eight Taxi Drivers Appeal After City Ordinance Enactment
Eleven taxi drivers faced charges for violating a city ordinance banning solicitation near the depot and Princeton Power Co offices. In police court eight were fined and three dismissed. all eight gave notice of appeal with $50 bond each. Proceedings move to the circuit court as Bluefield officials aim to pursue the case.
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Princeton Power Company
Hasley
Bluefield
Prohibition Case Deadlocks as Fines Meted to Violators
In Elkins a federal jury remained deadlocked on Willis Wadsworth’s prohibition charge as judge Bak er adjourned. Liam Sims pleaded guilty and was fined 100 dollars with ride home and rail fare. Contempt cases against John Folio and Frank Cavallo from Clarksburg were heard. other fines for guilty pleas included Charlies Ferrano 100 dollars John Anderson 5 dollars Kelly McElroy 5 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
Willis W. Wadsworth
Baker
Iiam Sims
Morgantown
Fairmont
John Anderson
Kelly McElroy
Gas Ordeal Pauses Rhode Island Senate Deadlock
A reconciliation conference failed as Rhode Island senators faced a gas attack in the chamber. Republican Arthur Sherman, overcome by fumes, rests in hospital. several colleagues were reported as under arrest for not resuming seats. Governor Flynn blamed an amateur gas bomb behind rostrum drapes.
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Providence
Rhode Island State Senate
Felix
Arthur A. Sherman
Portsmouth
Henry A. Evers
Cranston
William 8. Flynn
Evere
Phillip Joslin
House of Representatives
Harold Andrews
House
Senate
Robert E. Quinn
Flynn
Toupin
Sherman
Sanderson
Sharpe
Powers
Herbert T. Harris
Brady mining clash ends with hall burn and one wounded
Fifteen West Virginia state police under Louis A. H. Brown take charge at Brady near Morgantown after a pitched battle between mine guards and unknown assailants. One miner, Andrew Huber, wounded, union hall burned. four union men arrested. Sheriff Yost says mine operations resume as authorities intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Union Hall
Morgantown
West Virginia
Posten
Yost
Brady-Warner Coal Company
Regulators
Andrew Huber
Byron Castle
John Hutchinson
Ray Cottrell
Huber
Rival Platform Builders Dispute With Great Heat
In New York the Democratic contest for the presidency swirls with McAdoo and Smith leading factions. A dozen lesser candidates loom as dark horses, while a battle over the two thirds rule and platform issues intensifies preconvention maneuvering at Madison Square Garden.
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New York
Democratic Party
McAdoo
al Smith
William G. McAdoo
Smith
Underwood
Minnesota
Madison Square Garden
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Homer S. Cummings
Connecticut
Rules Committee
Andrew Jackson
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Call
Jewelers
Duncan M'Donald
Farmer-Labor
Lieut. Maughan
Adoo
Glas
al. Smith
Seagate
Rockwell
Amend
Ren
W. W. Howes
Lafollete
Wisconsin
North Dakota
W. W. Hammil
Arkansas
Robinson
Alfred EB. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Brennan
Norman Mack
George White
National Democratic Committee
Wilbur Marsh
Iowa
State Department of Public Welfare
Francis Coal Company
Gock Interests
W. M. Yost
Samuel D. Brady
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