Eight pleas of guilty entered confession day in Bluefield
The Bluefield U S District Court in West Virginia opened with a push for speedy handling of cases. Eight defendants pleaded guilty to prohibition infringements, receiving sentences ranging from fines to months in jail. Court expected to proceed with the docket. court convenes at 9 30 this morning.
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Bluefield
United States District Court
District
West Virginia
George W. McClintic
E. T. Oliver
C. A. Mitchell
P. C. Clark
John Feecer
Rose Mendicini
John Frani
Mingo County
C. C. South
Franz Menonl
Cabell County
Kila Lovett
Welch Collins
Wayne County
V. Procopia
Walter Wheeler
Wheeler
Fayette Peaty Gi
Ed Collins
Wele
Lins
Federal Building
Lillian Russell Moore Probate Will Filed in Pittsburgh
Pittsburg Pa June 20 no publicity is to be given to benevolences and other activities she contributed. The will filed for probate dated July 28 1916 directs a sum for daughter Dorothy that is not subject to debts liens or encumbrances and cannot be assigned. After this provision the estate is to be converted into cash.
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Pittsburg
Lillian Russell Moore
Alexander P. Moore
Dorothy
Wreck injures twenty near Leadville and delays train
Twenty four persons were injured, four seriously, when the first section of Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger train No. 2, eastbound, wrecked at Keeldar ten miles from Leadville. Spreading rails are believed to have caused the accident. Three Pullman cars and the dining car turned over and another Pullman left the track.
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Leadville
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Keeldar
West Virginia National Guard Training School at Nitro
All others and about 100 enlisted men of the West Virginia national guard are attending a training school this week at Nitro near Charleston. The school will close Thursday according to the adjutant general's office.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia National Guard
Nitro
Adjutant General's Office
Parrish Highway Suggested for State Road in West Virginia
Secretary of State Houston G. Young proposed a great state highway from the Pennsylvania line to the Virginia boundary to be named Parrish highway in honor of Lieutenant Roy E. Parrish who was killed in France. Two other suggestions are Stonewall Jackson and Morgan, honoring local historical figures.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Houston G. Young
Young
Stonewall Jackson
Morgan
New York taxi law sparks federal challenge
In New York City a July 1 lawrequiring taxi owners in first class cities to post 2500 for accident judgments faces a constitutional challenge. Wm H Packard represents about 12 000 taxis filing suit in federal court to block enforcement. Judge Manton set cause to show why void.
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Associated Press
New York
Buffalo
Rochester
Wm. H. Packard
Banton
Newton
Moses H. Grossman
Manton
Grossman
Joint Action In Strike Discussed By Labor Leaders
In Cincinnati on June 20, John L. Lewis and rail union chiefs met to discuss joint action by railroad workers and coal miners on wage cuts. No definite plans were announced as leaders adopted a policy of silence, issuing only a joint statement about the need for a potential railroad strike.
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Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Six Tourists Die When Train Strikes Auto in Georgia
Six tourists bound from Fort Lauderdale Florida to Nicholasville Kentucky were killed when a Central of Georgia passenger train hit their automobile near Macon Georgia. Mrs Lovenia Cox the only survivor identified several victims including members of the Taylor and Cox families of Nicholasville Kentucky. The train was reportedly traveling at high speed and behind schedule at the crossing.
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Macon
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Nicholasville
Lovenia Cox
Howard Cox
Moundsville
W. Va
Cox
Lovenia Taylor
L. A. Taylor
Soldiers Bonus Passed By Senate In Special Order
Washington June 20 The soldiers bonus bill was adopted by a 52 to 8 vote as the senate set it as the next special order after the tariff bill. The measure received lengthy debate with attempts to move it before the tariff and will be pressed by several senators in upcoming sessions.
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Washington
Senate
Morgan Uhafin and Brockus testify in Wilburn case trial
Gov Morgan Sheriff Chafin and Capt Brockus rebuttal witnesses in the Wilburn case. Testimony details actions during the Marmet to Logan march of 1921 and the Blair mountain stand. Morgan sought federal troops and ordered troopers to Logan to block the march while Chafin guarded Blair mountain. Brockus described withdrawing after a clash at Sharples to prevent more bloodshed.
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Associated Press
Charles Town
W. Va
Marmet
Logan
J. &. Wilburn
West Virginia
F E. F. Morgan
Don Chafin
Logan County
Stremetheek
Thele
Blair Mountain
Logan-Boone
Morgan
Chafin
Brockus
Sharples
Rio Grande Flood Claims Multiple Lives at Matamoros and Laredo
Reports from Matamoros and Laredo detail Rio Grande flood damage with multiple bodies seen at Mier Mexico opposite Roma Texas and at Laredo where the river crest reached forty five feet washing away homes and inundating the international bridge area leaving two bodies visible and threatening the bridge.
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Brownsville
Texas
Rio Grande
Mier
Mexico
Matamoros
Roma
Laredo
Fort Benning Soldier Held Without Bond In Mayor Bombing Case
Bergt. J. B. Kimball, stationed at Fort Benning, was held without bond at a preliminary hearing in Columbus Georgia on charges of complicity in the May 21 bombing of Mayor J Homer Dimon's residence. The case awaits action by the special session of the grand jury.
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Columbus
J. B. Kimball
Fort Benning
J. Homer Dimon
Hearst Hall Fire at University of California
Berkeley fire crews battled a blaze that engulfed Hearst Hall, a historic campus girls gymnasium donated by the late Mrs. Phoebe Hearst. The adjoining infirmary building likely escaped, while preservation of the remaining structures was uncertain.
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Berkeley
Calif
Hearst
Phoebe Hearst
University of California
Government Ownership Not a Issue in Looming Rail Strike
At the AFL convention in Cincinnati spokesmen for rail unions said government ownership will not be the issue in the threatened 1,000,000 worker walkout. Leaders urged repeal of the transportation act and denounced the railroad labor board while rail unions discussed rallying behind a possible Lewis presidency bid for the federation.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor Convention
Wm. H. Johnston
The
Machinists Union
Max Hayes
Cleveland
Railroad Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Joseph Lynal
Peoria Trade and Labor Council
Alexander Flowat
August Dorchy
Kansas Miners
Kanasas Industrial Court
Lynal
Lewis
Miners’ Union
Mr. Lewis
Samuel Gompres
Ward to stand trial for murder on July 17
Walter S. Ward, son of a wealthy baker, is likely to face trial for the murder of Clarence Peters, ex-sailor, on July 17 in White Plains New York. Ward’s counsel Isaac N. Mills said details of the alleged blackmail plot will not be disclosed unless required at trial.
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White Plains
N.Y
Walter S. Ward
Clarence Peters
Ward
Isaac N. Mills
Mr. Mills
Boy killed climbing bridge over Littl Kanawha river
Parkersburg West Virginia June 20 Okey Nutter fifteen employed at a local pottery plant was killed while climbing over the superstructure of a bridge over the Littl Kanawha river He touched a live high tension wire and was believed to have caused his death
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Okey Nutter
Railway unions face looming strike amid board letter
Chicago, June 20. Pen W. Hooper, chairman of the railroad labor board, warns nine railroad unions against a threatened walkout as a strike vote is taken. He protests union distortions of the board's decision and urges restraint to avoid harm to workers and the public. The exchange underscores tensions at a time of tentative industrial stability.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Pen W. Hooper
Railroad Labor Board
A Today
Hooper
Herce
B M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
New River Field Probe Continues In West Virginia
A committee led by Rabbi Stephen A Wise finished a twelve hour tour of New River coal camps including MacDonald Mount Hope Cranberry Skelton Spragg and Kilsythe to assess miners living and working conditions Filed plans to resume the inquiry tomorrow with New York Company and McKell operations. The group spoke with Edward Burmeister at Eccles and visited Scarboro Oakhill and the relief station for strikers in Carlyle Whipple. They toured the tent colony at Oakhill and offered no official comments on return to Beckley.
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Scarboro
Oakhill
Carlyle
Whipple
United Mine Workers
Operators to Reopen Wagon Mines in Indiana
Terre Haute Indiana June 20 Operators of seventeen wagon mines in the Terre Haute field with a capacity of 1400 tons daily production will reopen their mines tomorrow according to statements by attorneys for the wagon mine operators. Petitions for injunction writs were being prepared and in case of demonstrations the state and federal courts will be asked to issue writs restraining union men from interfering with coal production. The petitions will be filed in federal and state courts simultaneously. Strike leaders say the men will keep the mines closed and trouble is anticipated on restart.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Farmer Admits Murder of Father in Indiana Slayings
Asa Miller, 31, held at Pike County jail in Indiana, confessed to killing his father George Miller at the Miller farm near Velpen by striking him with a slat during a dispute over mule and livestock trading. He had returned from the west after a prior prison term for murder. authorities fear mental imbalance. Miller fled to Lexington, Kentucky, after the crime and was captured while trying to go west.
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Asa Miller
Petersburg
Ind
Middle West
Pike County
Winslow
George Miller
Velpen
Miller
Lexington
West
Cattle to Go to China from Ohio Farm
Thirteen Ayrshire cattle on the Wellington Ohio farm of A. B. McConnell & Sons are sold to T. New of Peking. They will be shipped to the coast soon for a steamer voyage to China as announced by the Ayrshire Breeders' Association.
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China
Brandon
Ayrshire
A. B. McConnell & Sons
Wellington
Ohio
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
T. New
Peking
Orient
West Virginia Insurance Agents elects officers at Bluefield meeting
R P Devan of Charleston was elected president of the West Virginia Insurance Agents Association at its twenty third annual convention in Huntington. KE H Easley Bluefield and others were named vice presidents and C Irving Thornburg Huntington became secretary treasurer. John C Bond state auditor spoke urging reliance on the auditor's office for the insurance department and warned agents to avoid political entanglements while noting potential minor law changes and need for actuary examiner and field staff.
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Huntington
W. Va
R. P Devan
Charleston
West Virginia Insurance Agents’ Association
A. W. Werninger
KE. H. Easley
Bluefield
Charles W. Blair
M. RK. Frantz
Fairmont
C. G. Sutter
St Albans
Elinor Kein
Elkins
Morgan
Bond
Lure of Cuba Draws Tourists Beyond Rum Image
New York reports Fernando Andrae former Havana mayor arrived on the Orizaba. He says climate and winter sports lure American visitors, denies widespread drunkenness, and credits General Crowder’s work in Cuba plus sugar profits with prospects of Cuban prosperity.
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New York
Cuba
Fernando Andrae
Havana
Ennoch Crowder
City Board to Appeal Water Rate Ruling and Plan Commerce Street Deed
City directors in regular session decided to appeal the West Virginia Public Service Commission ruling granting a water rate increase to Bluefield Water Works. The decision cited inadequate supply and pending Supreme Court actions. Core Realty Company offered to deed Commerce Street to the city, with grading planned next year. The board also discussed drainage, paving bids, sidewalk grades, and a building permit for Samuel Turk.
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Core Realty Company
Commerce Street
City
Russel
Ritz
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Water Wortks Company
Public Service Commission
Water Works and Improvement Company
United States Supreme Court
Graham Council
Water Works Company
Bluestone
Cole
Ridley
Birefield Avenue
Poplar Street
State Line
George
Rufus Hale
A. B. Thompson
Samuel Turk
Bland and
Federal Street
Whitethorn St
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McClintic
Will Lillian Russell
State Road
Parrish Highway
Gotham
Gov. Morgan
Don Uhafin
Capt
Brogeus
Wilburn
Hearst Hall
Joseph Lynch
Alexander Howat
Boy
ONY OT
Aire
Labor Board
New River Field
Commission
Beckley
Indiana
Farmer
Bluefield Mian
West Virginia Insurance Agents Association
Adams Street
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