Water Shortage Sparks Bluefield Health Crisis
Bluefield faces a water supply crisis with odor and taste issues from emergency storage. Residents report stomach illness and widespread refusal to drink city water, prompting officials to seek expert engineering aid and possible joint study with the Public Service Commission to restore reliable supply.
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Bluefeld
McCarthy
Water Works Company
East River Mountain
Bluefield
Spr
Fair Grounds
Graham
Stahlman
Bluefield Water Works Company
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Wiles
Commission
Public Service Commission
Miller
Des Moines
Iowa
Indicted for Killing Stepson in Carlinville Inquest
A corner's jury at an inquest in Carlinville returned a verdict charging Mrs. Catherine Harmon with murdering her nineteen year old stepson Thomas Harmon with an axe. She was held for grand jury investigation and remained in jail during the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard, II
Catherine Harmon
Carlinville
Thomas Harmon
Japanese Delegation Sees Shift in Japan Foreign Policy
Washington reports say a visiting Japanese parliamentary delegation declares Japan must base foreign policy on public opinion. R Nakanishi notes growing Japanese interest in world affairs after World War I. Secretary Hughes, Baron Shidehara, and other officials attended a dinner and luncheon. The group plans to visit Mount Vernon and meet President Harding at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
R. Nakanishi
Congress
Orient
Hughes
Baron Shidehara
Porter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr. Nakanishi
Mount Vernon
Navy Yard
Sylph
White House
Harding
Fragments of Bodies Found in Ruins of House
Mystery surrounds the Mayfield farm killings at Ernest Lawrence home where eleven people died and their bodies were incinerated. Only fragments survived, placed in one coffin and buried at Maplewood cemetery. Sheriff and coroner found no bullet wounds. An axe and firearms were recovered. Sheriff McCain maintains Lawrence died in a frenzy after insanity, killing wife children guests and himself. The case explores motives ranging from insanity to possible past disputes.
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Mayfield
Ernest Lawrence
Maplewood Cemetery
Marion McCain
O. M. Meetit
Lawrence
McCain
Drew
No Howat Jury Yet in Kansas Miners Trial
Columbus Kansas June 27 no jury was obtained for the trial of Alexander Howat and August Dorcy officials of the Kansas Miners Union charged with violating criminal provisions of the Kansas industrial court law. The regular panel was exhausted.
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Howat
Columbus
Kansas
Alexander Howat
August Dorcy
Kansas Miners Union
Kansas Industrial Court Law
Bluefield Plans Record Fourth of July Celebration
Bluefield Post No 9 of the American Legion gears up for a huge July Fourth event at the Fair Grounds. Henry C. Stuart will be the speaker, with auto races and baseball games between Bluefield Graham and American Coal Company clubs. Stores plan to close, and a Legion membership tent will register ex‑service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Bluefield Post No
Bluefield
Fair Grounds
Henry C. Stuart
Virginia
West Virginia
Bluefield-Graham
American Coal Company
Legion
Graham
Princeton
France Will Never Forget Her Defenders Tribute Message
Detroit June 27 A tribute from Marshal Foch to American wounded or disabled in the war was prepared for the Disabled American Veterans convention. The message notes France will not forget those who defended her and pledges gratitude and friendship, to be read at the first business session tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Marshal Foch
France
Reductions in Crude Oil Prices Announced in Findlay
Ohio Oil Company announced further cuts in Central West and Wyoming crude oils in Findlay. Central West prices dropped 25 cents per barrel with quotations in Lima Indiana Wooster Illinois Princeton Plymouth Waterloo, and Wyoming prices fell 15 cents with Grass Creek Elkbasin Big Muddy Rock Creek Lance Creek among listed values.
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Findlay
Ohio
Central West
Wyoming
Ohio Oil Company
Lima
Indiana
Wooster
Illinois
Princeton
Plymouth
Waterloo
New Wyoming
Grass Creek
Elkbasin
Big Muddy
Rock Creek
Lance Creek
Aviators Forced to Land in Texas Flight
Aviators David R. Davis and Kyrie Springer left Riverside California at six a m for a non stop flight to New York. They landed at Fort Bliss Texas at 3 55 p m after engine trouble forced the descent said Major L G Heffernan commander of the first surveillance group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blo Paso
Texas
David R. Davis
Kyrie Springer
Riverside
Cal
New York
Fort Bliss
L. G. Heffernan
First
Senator France to visit Riga study conditions in Russia
Berlin reports United States Senator Joseph I France and his secretary Watson departed for Riga after obtaining permission to enter Russia to study general conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
Joseph I. France
Mr. Watson
Riga
Russia
Virtual wage agreement reached after mining talks
Coal mine owners and miners held at the board of trade to reach a virtual agreement on wages the strike issue. Subjection to government subsidy remains. Premier Lloyd George discussed the point with both sides in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Board of Trade
Lloyd George
Widespread Rail Wage Cuts Authorized by Labor Board
Chicago June 27 Nearly every railroad worker faces a twelve percent wage cut to take effect July 1. An expanded decision adds about 210 roads and covers marine harbor workers and dining car staff. The six hundred million dollar wage award from July 1920 is extended to the broader group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Xcept
Labor Board
Budget Plans Take Tangible Form for New System
Washington June 27 Plans to establish the new federal budget system took shape as Charles G Dawes directed a cabinet conference called by President Harding to be held Wednesday. Dawes to draft a tentative budget within thirty days outlining minimal federal expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1 and to stress economy in all departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Harding
Mr. Dawes
White House
Congress
Dawes
Treasury
Princeton Chosen For Emory and Henry Fitting School
Emory and Henry trustees select Princeton as site for the Fitting school with 105000 from the Methodist fund for buildings and 100000 local add funds, totaling 205000. A Princeton citizens committee will finalize location and transfer this morning, with construction hoped to begin soon and opening set for September next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Princeton
Emory and Henry
Methodist Educational Fund
Iron Works to Resume in Steubenville and Follansbee
Officials announced Labelle Iron Works in Steubenville would partly resume July 6 with about 1200 workers, half the plant’s normal workforce. Simultaneously the Jefferson Glass Company at Follansbee West Virginia would resume in full tomorrow morning, employing 200 workers.
Strikers Return to Work in Wilkesbarre Area
Striking miners of the Pennsylvania and the Hillside Coal and Iron Companies Erie subsidiaries return to work after a one week stoppage affecting ten thousand men and boys. Union officers order and district officials disavow the strike, with workers choosing to resume or have local union charters revoked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarra
Pennsylvania
Hillside Coal and Iron Companies
Erie
Two Writs of Habeas Corpus Awarded in Martial Law Case
Charleston, W V June 27 The state supreme court granted two writs of habeas corpus arising from martial law in Mingo county. Henry Felty of Mingo and Steve Collins of Pike County Kentucky claim unlawful detention. Sheriff A C Pinson must appear with prisoners to answer the petitions.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mingo County
State Supreme Court
Henry Felty
Steve Collins
Pike County
Kentucky
A. C. Pinson
Supreme Court
Collins
Matewan
Tug River
Petey
Morgan
Felty
Ritz
Poffenbarger
Lively
Ohio Senators Demand State Share of Federal Jobs
Senator Willis of Ohio and several Ohio representatives urged President Harding to allocate civil service appointments by state, asking that each state receive a proportionate share in the ongoing government reorganization.
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Washington
Harding
Willis
Ohio
Labor Leader Jailed in Quebec Fire Strike
Wilfrid Gariepy president of the National Catholic Union of Employes of the Quebec fire department was arrested and jailed after a weekend strike. Authorities ordered thirty additional arrests and mobilized several motor trucks to rush troops to potential disorder scenes.
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Quebec
Wilfrid Gariepy
National Catholic Union of Employes
Quebec Fire Department
Labor groups press U S recognition of Irish Republic
Organize d labor will ask President Harding and Congress to recognize the Irish Republic and protest British violence in Ireland. The American Federation of Labor executive council authorized Gompers to take up the matter with government officials and to send a protest to Premier Lloyd George. The council also approved convention resolutions on protests and legislative support.
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Denver
Colo
Harding
Congress
Great Britain
Ireland
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Lloyd George
Elza Golden Drowns in Ohio River Bathing Incident
Elza Golden aged twenty four with a wife and four children was drowned this evening in the Ohio river near a B and O bridge pier while bathing. The swift current carried his body away and it has not yet been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elza Golden
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio River
Willis Campbell bill to ban beer sales to the sick passes House
In Washington the House approved the Willis Campbell measure by 20 to 93 to bar sale of beer to the sick and sent it to the Senate. The vote came after four hours of stormy debate with shouts and sharp exchanges about Wheeler and the anti saloon league.
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Washington
House
Senate
Representative Hill
Maryland
Wayne BE. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Hill
Foster
Ohio
Wheeler
Rules Committee
Representative Reavis
Nebraska
Judiciary Committee
Reavis
Kentucky
Mr. Barkley
Kahn
California
Billy Sunday Club of Bluefield Holds July Meeting
The Billy Sunday Club of Bluefield drew about a thousand men to a Sunday afternoon session in the Tabernacle with Dr J Wallace Moore sharing experiences from Japan. Judge J Frank Maynard announced Henry C Stuart would speak next Sunday, and committees were formed for upcoming events including a Norton trip and 3 o’clock meetings continuing weekly.
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Henry C. Stuart
tTrip
Norton
Willy Sunday Club
Bluefield
Tabernacle
J. Wallace Moore
W. Moore
Presbyterian Church
Japan
J. Frank Maynard
James Elmer Brown
F. M. Booth
Wildwood
W. W. McNeal
Tin Doctor
Maynard
Jwige
T.S. Hamilton
J. T. Stinson
J. H. Hoge
Fred Fox
Spiller Hicks
Stuart
H. I. Shott
O. M. Deverle
Judge Sanders
George Dunglinson
F. W. Udy
Muse
Billy Sunday Club
E. L. Bailey
C A. Bradshaw
J. Tracy Walker
W. S. Dangerfield
Princeton
H. C. Calloway
Graham
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Emory & Henry Fitting School
Citizens
Mingo
Organized Labor For Recognition
Cabinet
oiCk
Representative Foster
Oegond
J. W. Moore
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