President Coolidge Pursues Senate Confirmations in Early Term
Washington March 5 President Coolidge asks Senate to confirm Charles Warren as attorney general to complete his cabinet alongside Harry New as postmaster general. Warren’s confirmation stalls, New is quickly approved, Kellogg and Jardine take oath as state and agriculture secretaries, Woodlock nomination for ICC denied amid opposition.
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Washington
Mar
Cassidge
Senate
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Harry 5. New
Indiana
New
Warren
Judiciary Committee
Frank B. Kellogg
Charles E. Hughes
William M. Jardine
How M. Gore
West Virginia
Coolidge
Presi. Wilson
Thomas F. Woodlock
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
Storm Center
Weeks
Cocl
Mitchell
C. W. Creel
University of Nevada
Huntington to seek interest on cash deposits from utilities
Huntington West Virginia will file a petition with the public service commission to require annual interest payments on cash deposits from subscribers. Mayor Floyd Chapman said city attorney C W Stickling will gather evidence. Defendants named in the case include Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company and several local utilities.
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Huuntington
W. Va
Huntington
City of
Public Service Commission
Floyd Chapman
C. W. Stickling
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Huntington Water Company
Consolidated Power and Light Company
Huntington Development and Gas Company
United Fuel Gas Company
Physicians Visit King George Daily Amid Recovery Hopes
London report notes physicians still visit the king each day and no setback has occurred. It is hoped he may take light exercise in the palace garden within a day or two as the nineteenth day of his enforced seclusion passes. The royal Mediterranean trip is planned before the end of next week, weather permitting.
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London
Mediterranean
Anti Japanese Land Ownership Bill Dies in Kansas Senate
Topeka Kans March 5 The bill to prohibit Japanese from owning or leasing land in Kansas was killed in the senate this afternoon when a motion to strike out the enacting clause was carried. The measure had been passed by the house.
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Topeka Kans
Kansas
Senate
Pershing Remains Under Physician Care in Havane Cuba
General Pershing continues to receive medical care in Havane as of March 5. He has been confined to bed since Tuesday and is expected to recover enough by Saturday to meet President Hayes and attend the dedication services. A delegation from the Spanish War Veterans camp and American Legion, plus American Club leaders, visited for a reception plan. The battleship Utah is due to arrive and Pershing’s party will sail for New York Tuesday.
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Havene
Cuba
Pershing
Presit Zayes
General Pershing
All Rail Rates To Lake Points Boost Coal Trade Plans
Rail carriers Chesapeake and Ohio Norfolk & Western and Southern announce forthcoming all rails rates to western markets. West Virginia and Kentucky operators seek parity with Ohio and Pennsylvania rivals for Midwest coal trade despite examiner’s report. Rates will be higher than current combined rail and water but lower than proposed lake coal rates. Lake shipments remain profitable for C and O and N and W.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk Western
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Examiner
Commission
L. and N
Toledo
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Martin Acquitted of Embezzlement Charge
James W. Martin former president of the defunct United States Moving Picture Corporation and now a Harrisburg resident was acquitted in Allegheny County circuit court on embezzlement and false pretense charges. He had been accused of obtaining 2500 from Adam A. Comp of Cumberland by misrepresenting the company’s affairs and diverting funds for his own use. The case included evidence of a personal note and interest paid for a year. The court urged redress for the wrong done though the offense was not proven as charged.
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Cumberland
James W. Martin
United States Moving Picture Corporation
Harrisburg
Alleghany County
Martin
Adam A. Comp
Comp
Rae
A. Daub
Borglum Starts for Greensboro Hearings Over Memorial Clash
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum leaves New York for Greensboro North Carolina to face habeas corpus proceedings in a dispute linked to the Stone Mountain Memorial models. He says a meeting with Southern leaders could avert court action and advance the project if the memorial association relieves him of fundraising duties.
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New York
Gutzon Borglum
Greensboro
N. C
Atlanta
Ohio Governor Demands Highway Director's Resignation
Governor Donahey asked State Highway Director L. A. Boulay to resign effective March 15. Boulay would not disclose the governor's letter and will respond tomorrow. Boulay, in his second term, faces a constitutional one year office with August 10 expiry.
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Ohio
Columbus
Mar
Donahey
Ll. A. Boulay
Boulay
Leon
Herrick
Ot Norwalk
Wouay
Grand Jury Foreman Seeks Higher Probe Into Liquor Bias
Huntington West Virginia March 5 Rev Fred W Hagen foreman of the federal grand jury told Judge George W McClintic that liquor violations target the poorer classes while respectable citizens drink freely in Huntington He urged bringing higherups into court and asked for a change in enforcement attitude from the new Cabell County sheriff as officials were praised for diligence in cases.
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Huntington
W. Va
Federal
Grand Jury
Fred W. Hagen
George W. McClintie
Mr. Hagen
First Congregational Church
McClintic
Inquiry Resumed Into Building Needs Statewide
Charleston West Virginia March 5. A joint legislative committee resumed its study of state building needs by inspecting New River State School Montgomery and questioning President H H Martin on budget estimates. The panel will visit Huntington State Hospital and Marshall College before returning to Charleston tomorrow.
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Charleston
W. Va
New River State School
Montgomery
H. Martin
Board of Public Works
Huntington
Huntington State Hospital
Arshall College
Cabell County
Jones & Laughlin Steel reports 1924 earnings per share
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation posts net income of 8,626,229 dollars for 1924. The payout equates to 8.20 dollars per common share, down from 12.26 dollars per share or 10,912,878 dollars total in the prior year.
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New York
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Four Prisoners Escape Jail Through Brick Wall in Wellsburg
Four men escaped from the Brooke County jail in Wellsburg by tunneling through a brick wall as about 45 to 50 inmates were fed. They were indicted Wednesday by the Brooke county grand jury and are at large. Names include Marie Schultz serving two years for automobile work, Rathborne charged with forgery, George Texas Lewis indicted for highway robbery, and William Barnes charged with shooting with intent to kill. The jail was called ramshackle by Judge Sommerville.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Brooke County Grand Jury
Ohio
West Virginia
Marie Schultz
Manndeville
Rathborne
Orgery
George Texas Lewis
William Barnes
J. D. Sommerville
Wheeling
Senate to reorganize as Republicans seek committee shifts
Washington March 5 Reorganization of the Senate is planned for tomorrow by administration leaders to address removal of Republican insurgents from committee ranks. Republicans in conference selected officers and will consider a report on committees that may assign LaFollette Ladd Frazier and Brookhart to standing committees as if elected on a different ticket. Democrats meet tomorrow morning to select their president pro tempore and other officers, aiming to reelect Senator Robinson as floor leader. Organization is expected to follow the noon convening, with LaFollette supporters signaling resistance.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
Committee On Committees
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Ladd and Frazier
North Dakota
Brookhart
Iowa
Robinson
Arkansas
Questioned State's Attorney Probes Meattock and Foster Father Links
Chicago officials pursue three investigations into the death of William Wellintock, a so called millionaire orphan. William D Shepherd is named as Foster father and potential beneficiary of an estate worth about 1.5 million dollars. The case involves claims of typhoid linked death and possible poisoning or worm inoculation. Judge Harr Olson and detectives examine the McClintock finances and motive while lab owner Mrs. FB H Reuter reports a suspect resembling Shepherd visited a laboratory around thirteen months ago.
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Chicago
Mar
William Nelson
William D. Sheppherd
Misensire
FB. H. Reuter
Beeves
Shepherd
Gaablie
Harr Olson
Manielpal Court
McClintock
Young Wellintock
Isabelle Pope
Weliatock
Jade Olson
Mweclatock
Bishop Murrah Dies. Led Millsaps College to Founding Era
Memphis and Jackson report the death of Bishop William B. Murrah of the Methodist Episcopal Church south. He organized Millsaps College in 1892 and served as president until his 1910 episcopal election. He had been hampered by illness after a stroke and a fall at home preceded his death. He guided major conferences in Alabama Mississippi Missouri and the Denver area.
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Millsaps College
Memphis
Tenn
William B. Murrah
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Jackson
Misa
Murrah
Methodist
William BH. Murray
William &. Murrah
Jackson, Miss
Maurray
Murray
Asheville
Alabama
North Alabama
North Georgia
Missouri
Denver
One of Crazed Brothers Wounded and Other Jailed
Bellefontaine Ohio March 5 4 Seriously wounded Ray Wren forty tonight lay in a local hospital while his brother Harry fifty occupied a cell at the county jail awaiting a lunacy hearing After resisting arrest since Monday at their Rushsylvania farm the brothers were captured in a field They were working in today Ray attacked officers with a knife and was shot in the weaponed area He will be given a hearing tomorrow afternoon before Probate Judge Southard Alienists expected to examine him Sheriff Wooley said Ray may die Neighbors say both brothers have acted oddly since their mother died two years ago
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Ray Wren
Harry
Rushsylvania
Ray
Wemen
S. J. Southard
Charles Wooley
Senate Tames Dawes Showdown After Inauguration
The senate aimed to discipline Vice President Dawes for skipping the chamber after the inauguration. A calm recess and a surprise resolution to record the roster as read reduced the spectacle to a brief, orderly adjournment. Hale of Maine and Reed clashed over personal privilege as the session opened with heightened tension.
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Washington
Mar
Dawes
Senate
Coolidge
Hall Maine
Curtis
Reed
Missouri
Underwood
Alabama
Rules Committee
Evry
Dawr
Senator Hale
Maine
Hale
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Mr. Dawes
Calvin
State and Agriculture
Thos. F. Woodlock
King George
Norfolk & Western
J. W. Martin
Borglum
MR. McClintic
Lafollette Group
Quathean M. E. Church
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