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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
1
C. C. Dalton, a former McDowell County officer, was convicted on four counts in federal court. He was sentenced to eighteen months in prison and fined two thousand dollars.
Federal Judge George W. McClintic asks automobile drivers who pass the federal building to stop using cut outs and horns. Two deputy marshals will stand by during court hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each court day with orders to arrest offenders and bring them before the judge for punishment. The aim is to curb unnecessary noise and save costs and trouble for drivers and truck owners.
Federal court proceedings in Bluefield set a record for the term with 38 defendants judged, 36 of whom violated prohibition laws. Total jail time reached 18 years, fines $5,775, and over $1,500 collected. C Dalton was found guilty on all four counts and received 18 months and $2,000 in fines plus costs. Grand jury issued six indictments including Saleco, Smith, Sirge, Dean, and Guy.
Washington June 21 conferees agreed on a maximum of 12,000 officers as the army's permanent strength for twelve months. The House had 11,000 and the Senate 12,500 average. Enlisted strength was fixed at 125,000, while further officer reductions remain a hurdle and may require a rewritten Senate amendment.
Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown of Kingwood announces her candidacy for the U S Senate in the Democratic primary on August 1. Known as a national speaker, she will use the name Mrs William Gay Brown, plans a state tour starting in Wheeling after a Chicago engagement, and argues women will broaden home influence to politics while opposing professional politicians.
Wichita Kansas June 21 three Oklahoma City passengers including Roy Snow and R H Norman escaped a tail spin crash at 8000 feet aided by parachutes strapped to their bodies before the flight. Officials in Washington called the incident unprecedented and aviation experts in Ichita doubt the feasibility of surviving a tail spin from three thousand feet.
Union miners and non union workers clash at Southern Illinois Coal Company surface mine near Herrin six miles east of town. Seven men killed, including six strikers and one mine guard, with many wounded and negotiations underway to close and evacuate the mine.
Huntington June 21. West Virginia Retail Merchant association opens its second annual convention with 60 delegates. C N Anderson of Huntington presides. Delegates seek cooperation with other state merchant groups to form a joint legislative committee. They oppose Charleston lobbying and call tax concerns a key issue. Sales tax criticized for perceived discrimination against retailers. BE Rownd presided at luncheon. convention convened at 2 pm.
Elkins West Virginia June 21 The second day of the federal court session focused on Volstead act violations. Judge Baker imposed sentences from 10 dollars to 800 dollars plus six months in jail on fourteen guilty pleas. Delphis Bryan received the minimum after claiming to furnish whiskey for a dying sister with pneumonia and a physician’s prescription. The grand jury returned twenty one felony indictments including Robert R Suter ex assistant cashier of Sistersville National Bank accused of absconding with 29000. Five Harrison anti narcotic act defendants pled not guilty with trial set for June 27.
Washington June 21 Senator Ladd Republican North Dakota attacks bankers in a senate address backing a plan to tax banks to fund a veterans cash bonus. He denounces bank profits and deflation after World War I, calls it a crime to withhold pay for soldiers and warns against banks forging economic servitude.
Chicago June 21 rail way employes vote on recent railroad labor board decisions. John Stott of the AFL says initial ballots show a strong pro strike majority, while executives view the vote as a confidence measure that would place responsibility on union leaders if a walkout is called.
At the AFL convention in Cincinnati delegates endorsed a program for four constitutional amendments, repeal of the Sherman Act, and two other measures to curb the courts. They seek a congressional veto of Supreme Court decisions, collective bargaining and striking rights, child labor limits, and easier constitutional amendment methods. The vote was delayed to allow further debate amid strong anti court rhetoric.
Washington June 21. Distinct upward trend of prices more marked in May than in any recent month, the commerce department reports. Rise not great but shows firmer demand. revival gaining substance. Iron and steel output, building activity, auto production rise. rates fall. demand for money up. employment up. business failures down. Coal strike ongoing with no quick settlement. coal stocks remain ample but being drawn by higher industrial activity.
In Richmond on June 21 the United Confederate Veterans adopted a unanimous report claiming the Civil War was deliberately conceived by Abraham Lincoln and that he forced war on the South. The document urged southern schools to teach a Jackson history of the era and asserted the South was eternally right in its fight for founding principles.
A West Virginia inquiry team led by Rabbi Stephen S Wise reports acute hardship among New River coal field strikers. Many families lack income after a year of interrupted work, with relief from unions helping but insufficient. Some miners return to 1917 wage scales as aid continues. The committee of Father K A McGowan Dr Sidney Goldstein and Winthrop D Leno will study for a week.
Washington June 21 The nomination of J Morton Howell of Ohio to be the first American minister to Egypt was confirmed by sixteen Senate today. He previously served as the diplomatic agent and consul general in Egypt.
Reports from Hankow and Nanchang state 15 000 to 16 000 northern troops mutinied at Kanfu in Kanesi province under General Tsai Chen Hsun. They burned cities and killed thousands, marching toward Changshu Ki as foreign gunboats move to protect nationals.
Testimony in the Wilburn trial indicates Keeney urged miners to press to Logan. Rebuttal witnesses say no bombs or gunfire at Blair before Gore’s death. defense prepares brief sur-rebuttal as jurors near instruction.
Albany Ore June 21 C M Kendall sheriff of Lind county and Rev Roy Healy pastor of First Christian church were shot and killed instantly today by Dave F West sixty a farmer living near Plainview The shooting occurred at the West farm where the sheriff and the minister acting as a deputy sheriff had gone to raid a suspected moonshine still
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