Local magnate E M Oglebay dies suddenly in Cleveland
Obituary notes the death of Bert W. Oglebay, partner in Ogiebay Norton Co, a major Cleveland iron and steel house with mining and shipping interests. Born 1849 in Bridgeport, he led the Montreal Castile ore mines and Columbia Steamship fleet, with ties to Wheeling banks and West Virginia education gifts. A second obituary mentions Earl William Oglebay, WV and Ohio capitalist, lauded as a “most useful citizen” of West Virginia by the Panama Pacific exposition committee in 1918. The state board of education paid tribute and set plans for his Wheeling funeral, with ongoing budget talks at the approaching school year.
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Cleveland, O
Bert W. Oogiebay
Ogiebay, Norton & Company
Cleveland
Ogiebay
Montreal
Castile
Menominee Range
Columbia Steamship Company
Bridgeport
Ohio
Bethany College
Bethany
W. Va
First National
Wheeling
Oglebay
Earl William Ogiebay
West Virginia
San Francisco
My. Ogiebay
Wheeleg
National Bank of
Cleveland Compa
Oxlebay, Norton & Co
Central National Bank of Cleveland
West Virginia University
Waddington Farm
Kansas City
Albert M. Russell
Charleston
Kk. W. Oglebay
State Board of Education
J. Frank Marsh
State Board of
Ucation
Lenna Lowe Yost
Huntington
Gore
State Board of Control
Patterson Is Scored By Aluminum Counsel
Pittsburg June 23 F X Patterson special examiner for the federal trade commission in the Aluminum Company of America inquiry faced sharp questions from company counsel W W Smith about traveling to unsettle the industry Patterson denied the charge The hearings adjourned until September next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
F. X. Patterson
Federal Trade Commission
Aluminum Company of America
W. W. Smith
Patterson
Government to Provide Glass Eyes and Limbs for Injured Workers
In Washington on June 22 the government moves to fund artificial eyes and limbs for employees injured in line of duty. A bill awaiting the president's signature ends the practice of workers paying for equipment, after Comptroller General McCarl ruled the cost lay with the employee.
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Washington
McCarl
Octogenarian Recluse Burned to Death in Ohio Shack
Martins Perry Ohio June 22 AP An eighty year old recluse named J. L. Glover who lived in a one room shack on the town’s northern edge was burned to death when his squalid home was destroyed by a fire. Glover had no friends and little is known of him.
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Martins Perry
Ohio
J. L. Glover
Glover
Magnus Johnson Again A Factor In Minnesota Politics
St Paul Minnesota June 22 Magnus Johnson a rising force in Minnesota politics won the Republican gubernatorial nomination during Mondays primary and will face Theodore Christianson and Judge Alfred Jaques in November. In Senatorial results Johnson led with 63 598 votes to Tom Davis 65 997 as Christianson trailed Leach strong in the renomination race Thomas Maas won the Fourth district Republican nomination with wet beverage support and faces Sullivan and Wessel in November.
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St. Paul
Minn
Magnus Johnson
Minnesota
United States
Johnson
Theodore Christianson
Alfred Jaques
Duluth
Christianson
Geo. EB. Leach
Minneapolis
Tom Davis
Christanson
Leach
Jaques
Melvan J. Mass
Paul
Congress
Oscar E. Keller
Fred A. Snyder
Maas
Iebt
Thomas V. Sullivan
Farmer-Labor
Henry F. Wessel
William A. Pittinger
Oscar J. Larson
Grossman
Rit
Larson
Huntington Woman Dies When Auto Rolls Off Bank
Mrs. Althea Elizabeth Cowden of Huntington was killed when the car she rode in rolled backward off a bank near Coal Mountain on the Huntington Charleston road. Grieving wife of C W Cowden and mother of one, she died minutes after the accident.
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Charleston
W. Va
Althea Elizabeth Cowden
Huntington
Coal Mountain
Huntington- Charleston
Carl Williams Named on Mediation Board
Carl Williams of Oklahoma editor of the Oklahoma Farmer Stockman was nominated by President Coolidge to fill the late vacancy on the mediation board under the Watson Parker railway labor act. He will serve a three year term and represents farmer interests in the selection.
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Washington
Carl Williams
Oklahoma Today
Coolidge
Watson- Parker Railway Labor Act
Williams
Oklahoma Farmer, Stockman
Pope Gratifies At Success Of Eucharistic Congress Meet
Pope Pius XI expressed joy at the congress success as more than 170000 women filled Soldiers Field for a solemn Mass and men filled the stands for candlelight benediction. The event drew hundreds of thousands more near the lakefront and featured a vast ecclesiastical procession and speeches by major church figures.
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Chicago
Soldiers’ Field
Congress
Catholic Eucharistic Congress
Eucharistic League
Cleveland
Ohio
Joseph Schrembs
Joseph Palica
Rome
Half Mile
Lake Front
Hanna
San Francisco
Piffi
Austria
Charest
France
Pierce Butler
Supreme Court of
United States
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Society of the Holy Name
Cardinal O'Donnell
Ireland
Vatican
Cardinal Mundelein
Pope Pius XI
Cardinal Gasparri
Republic
Church
Judge Lazelle Named for Impeachment Refuses Comment
Morgantown West Virginia June 22 Judge I Grant Lazelle named by United Mine Workers as subject for possible impeachment with Governor Gore filing the matter. Lazelle refused to comment beyond stating he would answer appropriately if proceedings are initiated. He had earlier refused an injunction against four coal companies operating at union scale and conditions.
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Lazelle
Morgantown
W. Va
I. Grant Lazzelle
United Mine Workers
Gore
Lazzelle
Judge Lagaelle
Paisley Coal Intaresta Wara
Formal murder charges filed against Bakewell and McQuaide
Morgantown West Virginia June 22 formal charge of murder will be preferred against Roy Bakewell and J E McQuaide in the death of Harold Dusenberry a resident engineer for the state road commission found fatally injured in Uniontown June 12 Bakewell admitted Dusenberry entered his car but officials say Dusenberry was not in the vehicle MacQuaide was arrested in Cambria Alleghany county and released on 1000 bond pending Saturday both men were to be arraigned before Alderman Darby with McQuaide’s story said to mirror Bakewell’s
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Harold Dusenberry
State Road Commission
Uniontown
Morgantown
W. Va
Roy Bakewell
J. E. MacQuaide
A. W. Bell, Jr
Payette County
Bakewell
Donora
Bell
Cambria
Alleghany County
MacQuaide
South Brownsville Schools
Dusenberry
Shady Grove Park
A. W. Darby
Fayette County
McQuaide
A.W. Bell, Jr
Senate adjourns with McNary farm bill in balance
Washington June 22 The senate adjourned on the verge of a vote with the McNary farm bill hanging in the balance as managers loaded amendments to placate opposition The revolving fund was cut from 250000000 to 666000000 cattle elimination and dairy and corn provisions were altered A Harris amendment would grant 50 percent rail and ship rates for exports and McNary proposed aid cap of 75000 for cotton marketing Bitter debate saw Senator Glass denounce the measure as uneconomic and patriots clashing with Senator Simmons over tariff principles.
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Washington
Senate
Harris
Georgia
McNary
Oregon
Glass
Virginia
Simmons
North Carolina
Body of Fred Emerson Found Near Home in West Virginia
Kingwood West Virginia June 22 Fred Emerson twenty one daughter of James Emerson left his fathers home three miles west of Newburg and his body was found over the hill from the family home He had recently served three years in the U S Marine Corps and was located in Cuba He returned home about three weeks ago The coroner declined to state if the death was suicide pending further investigation He is survived by his parents four brothers and two sisters with funeral plans not yet set
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Kingwood
W. Va
James Emerson
Newburg
Fred Emerson
United States Marines
Cuba
F. Huffman
Spain's Quitting League
Geneva reports say danger of Spain leaving the League of Nations has eased after France and England diplomacy with Madrid. Pressure may mount on King Alfonso during his London visit. A solution could be Spain's constant re election as a non permanent council member. Disarmament talks note eastern Europe struggles as Russia remains outside the conference.
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Geneva
Spain
League of Nations
France
England
Madrid
Alfonso
Council
League
Europe
Russia
Cemoni
Irregular Ballot Box Sparked Pennsylvania Probe
The Senate Campaign Funds Committee in Washington examined Pennsylvania events linked to Prohibition enforcement and a Women’s Christian Temperance Union fund. Testimony described a $130000 drive to enforce prohibition and alleged influence by the Mellons on state politics.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Mellon
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Elia M. George
Women’s Dry Organization
Harry Baker
Republican State Committee
Mellons
Beidleman
Davis
Max G. Leslie
Pittsburg
W. L. Mellon
Ware
BE. V. Babcock
Joseph G. Armstrong
Alleghany County
Babcock
Prepper-Fisher Coalition
Armstrong
Pepper
Reed
Army Major and Cadet Die in Mitchell Field Crash
Major William L. Moorse aged 45, a West Point graduate and former commandant at Mitchell Field, and Cadet William Point, on his first flight, were killed when a DeHavilland plane crashed near the landing field during a training demonstration for 105 West Point cadets. Both were to be buried in Arlington.
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Mitchel Field
West Point
William L. Moorse
Mitchell Field
William Point
War College At
Washington
Arlington
Submarine S-51 Surfaces Then Sinks Near Block Island
The U S Vestal reports the sunken submarine S 51 rose to the surface near Block Island after two pontoon chains snapped but settled again as forward pontoons flooded The Falcon narrowly avoided a collision The incident ends with officers investigating the chain break and a two week window before another raise attempt The S 51 was damaged after a collision with the City of Rome in September last year.
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U. S. Vestal
Block Island
Falcon
Wade
City of Rome
Briand forms tenth cabinet amid Caillaux rise hopes
Paris reports Briand completes his tenth cabinet except finance with Caillaux provisionally accepted for finance and Doumer as a possible pick. The Washington debt accord sparks opposition and threatens Briand's political standing amid parliamentary unease and ministerial reshuffles.
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Paris
M. Caillaux
Caillaux
Briand
Finance
M. Doumer
M. Briand
M. Poincare
Mr. Doumer
M. Painleve
Marine
M. Leganes
M. Durand
M. Perrier
M. Laval
M. Binet
M. Chaumet
M. Colrat
M. Daniel-Vincent
Doumer
Charles Rist
Law Faculty
University of Paris
Washington
Boucher
Poine
Blaine Takes Stump for Lenroot's Seat in Milwaukee
Milwaukee June 22 Governor John J Blaine opened his campaign for the seat held by Senator Irving L Lenroot arguing the world court as the main issue He opposed it with or without reservations Lenroot a supporter of the administration world court policy defended his vote The primary is set for September 7.
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Milwaukee
John J. Blaine
Irving L. Lenroot
Blaine
Lenroot
Thomas B. Stearns Weds His Son's Widow in Denver
Denver announces the marriage of Thomas B. Stearns to his daughter-in-law Dorothy Brown Stearns widow of Burt Stearns. The ceremony occurred in Santa Fe on June 2. Stearns aged 66 and his bride 32. Burt Stearns died November 25, 1918 and the first Mrs. Stearns died about four years ago.
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Denver
Colo
Thomas B. Stearns
Dorothy Brown Stearns
Burt Stearns
Santa Fe
Stearns
S Burt Stearns
River and Harbor Bill Heads to Senate Soon
Washington June 22 The river and harbors bill will likely reach the Senate in two or three days after the commerce committee approved provisions for Missouri River improvement and Cape Cod purchase. Opposition is expected over the modifications and from lake bordering state senators. Senator Howell of Nebraska says she will oppose the canal purchase at 11 1/2 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Jones
Commerce Committee
Cape Cod
Howell
Nebraska
One-Armed golfer makes hole in one at River View Club
Steubenville Ohio reports H. J. Shearer of San Antonio Texas achieved a hole in one on the River View Club course. He holed out at the eighth hole with a 160 yard drive, notable for his single arm.
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Steubenville
Ohio
River View Club
H. J. Shearer
San Antonio
Texas
Shearer
Norfolk and Western Enjoying Prosperity
The Norfolk and Western reported a May net operating income of 83,290,102, up sharply from 1,702,506 a year earlier. Surplus after tax rose to 2.97 million from 1.481 million, while five month figures climbed to 12.496 million from 2.637 million.
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New York
Norfolk and Western
Thirty nine men and woman before board in Fairmont
In Fairmont on June 22 a state dental examination panel tests thirty nine men and one woman from six states plus the district of Columbia. Today focused on theory with practical tests and a free clinic set for Thursday. list includes Charlies S. Brown and many others across West Virginia and neighboring states.
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Fairmont
W. Va
State Board
States
District of Columbia
Charlies S. Brown
Lick Creek
D. M. Duffy
Beech Glen
Thomas J. Fallen
Wheeling
Paul H. Gawthrop
Bridgeport
W. J. Hill
Chattaroy
L. Hendricks
Charleston
Walter L. Kelster
Upper Tract
Arche Wm Gregory
Webster Springs
John L. Thompson
Pratt
A. N. Maniatis
Steubenville
Ohio
Robert Brown
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles Kimmel
Grafton
Brooks D. Hall
Burnsville
Hubert BB
Slaven
Makti
Jury Excludes Anti-Saloon League Member in Grayson Trial
In Elkins West Virginia on June 22 Judge Baker removed George Wetzel from the jury after Wetzel admitted league membership. John Grayson of Morgan Town was found guilty of transporting and selling liquor and fined 800 dollars plus six months in Ohio County jail. Authorities say Orlando Snider and Lora Bennett of Calhoun county were jailed six months for Mann Act violations. Charles Hickman of Taylor County paid 200 dollars for liquor possession. Graison Stinson of Wheeling was sentenced to one year and a day in the Atlanta federal penitentary for impersonating a U.S. officer.
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Elkins
W. Va
Anti- Saloon League
George Wetzel
John Grayson
Morgantown
W. E. Baker
League
Vettel
Grayson
Ohio County
Orlando Snider
Lora Bennett
Calhoun County
Snider
Randolph County
Bennett
Ohio
Charles Hickman
Taylor County
Harrison County
Graison Stinson
Wheeling
United States
Atlana
Churches urged to press Mellon removal in prohibition drive
In Columbus Ohio on June 22 former State Senator J Burk urged church leaders to unite in demanding Secretary Mellon be removed as the root of prohibition enforcement troubles. The Anti-Saloon League conference in Elyria expressed optimism but called for stronger enforcement officials. Businessmen from both major parties organized the meeting.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mellon
J. *. Burk
Elyria
Anti-Saloon League
Statement by Angelo Colosi After Slaying of Mrs Geusaldo
Wheeling West Virginia June 22 a sixteen year old boy Angelo Colosi gave a written statement after allegations he shot and killed Mrs Tillie Gesualdo. The judge ruled the stenographic statement admissible as state evidence in Ohio county court. Prosecutor Brinkman testified the statement was voluntary. Officers testified Colosi fled when approached then a revolver was fired into the air and a pistol with one shot fired was recovered. The court room was cleared of under eighteen during part of the testimony.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Angelo Colosi
Tillie Geusaldo
Ohio County Intermediate Court
Colosi
J. S. Ritz
Fred H. Brinkman
Gesualdo
Ritz
Miss Muriel Cole to be Buried in Bluefield Today
Miss Muriel Cole formerly of Newton North Carolina will be buried in Bluefield this afternoon at 3 o clock. A note found with a white evening dress indicated she wished to be buried with it and expressed she was tired of living.
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Muriel Cole
Newton
N. C
Bluefield
Ace
J. W. Yount
Bristol
Miss Cole
Charleston
St. Luke's Hospital
Sis
Mrs. Yount
Glenn Long
Dr. Long
Mr. Yount
W. Va
Les
Sherrill Undertaking
J. H. Rice
Rice
US. C
Long
Statesville
Newtonn
Wolfrang Yount
Mascart Defeats Curley for European Featherweight Spark
Adouard Mascart, European featherweight champion, won the decision over British titleholder Johnny Curley at Cirque de Paris. Curley was disqualified for a low blow in the round.
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Mascart
Curley
Paris
Adouard Mascart
Europe
Johnny Curley
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Aluminum Counsel
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Vatican Road
J. E. McQuade
W. G
Senate Campaign Fund Committee
Amy
Stump
INTI
Geusaldo
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