Insurgents Lose Ground as Senate Reorganizes
The Republican led Senate reorganizes with Moses named president pro tempore and a plan to enlarge eight committees. Three insurgent allies vote with regular Republicans while Democrats resist obstruction. Debate looms on removing Lefollette Ladd and others from chairmanships as Warren and world court issues loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Washington
Mar
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Lefollette
Wisconsin
Ladd
North Dakota
Frazier
Brookhart
Smith
New Hampshire
Cummins
Iowa
George A. Sanderson
David
Barry
Robinson
Aransas
Pittman
Nevada
Shipstead
Minnsota
Lafollette
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Altheeeh
Coolidge
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Unity
Walsh
Montana
Gerry
Rhode Island
King
Utah
Committee On Committees
Lonnie Rose Found Not Guilty of Murder
Lonnie Rose, a 32 year old taxicab operator, was acquitted by a Huntington jury in common pleas court of the murder of James White Near on November 4, 1924. The defense argued insufficient proof. Hyder and Polly were wounded in the shooting during an election quarrel involving Rose and his brother C L Rose. Prosecution charges related to Hyder and Polly were continued to the next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Mar
Lonnie Rose
Common Pleas
James White
Rose
White
James Hyder
Herman Polly
C. L. Rose
Hyder
Polly
L. KR. Via
Disaster Passes Lightly Over Little Mining Town
Springfield Tl Mar 6 Disaster passed lightly over the little town of Riverton twelve miles east of here when 100 miners were overcome by black damp in Peabody Coal mine No 52. Fifty miners are very ill at home and twelve in hospitals. For a time fears and rumors filled the town as miners returned to the surface. All Riverton miners escaped with only two or three days of sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Otte
Riverton
Here
Peabody
Iittie
Fechet Chosen To Succeed Mitchell In Air Service Post
Lieutenant Colonel James E. Fechet will replace Brigadier General William Mitchell as assistant chief of the army air service on April 27, with the rank of brigadier general. Fechet, a former cavalry officer turned pilot, heads the Kelly Field flying school and is noted for rising from the ranks. Mitchell will revert to colonel and will continue his push for a unified air force while accepting the department’s decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
James E. Fechet
Mitchell
Norfolk
Fortress Monroe
War Department
Department
War Secretary
Fechet
Senate
Cavalry
Aviation Service
Signal Corps
Air Service Advance Flying School
Kelly Field
Texas
Air Service
Army
Navy
Special House Aircraft Committee
Mason M. Patrick
John L. Hines
General Staff
Weeks
Nonunion mines in Fairmont region see open shop gains
In Fairmont West Virginia March 6 officials dispute a April 1 UMWA strike call. Brackett and Clark report nonunion production rising as desertions from the union grow, while open shop miners claim higher, steadier wages and job satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
van A. Bittner
International
United Mine Workers of America
Northern
West Virginia
George
Bracket
Northern West Virginia Coal Operators Association
Jacksonville
Bracket Red
Brackett
Bittner
J. A. Clark, Jr
M. B. Mitchell
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Fairmont Properties
Marquis Curzon in Cambridge Collapse Not Urgent
Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, lord president of the council and leader of the house of lords, collapsed in Cambridge while dressing for a public dinner. A London bulletin described his condition as not calling for alarm though he had a severe hemorrhage yesterday and warned that an operation may be needed if it recurs. Doctors Sir Bruce Porter and Sir John Thompson Walker assisted as he travelled to London and were consulting on his illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marquis Curzon
Keddieston
Council
House of Lords
Cambridge
Bruce Porter
John Thompson Walker
Negro Wanted at Eckman Arrested at Pittsburg
A Negro sought by Eckman police in connection with a fatal shooting in Dane, west Virginia, has been arrested in Pittsburg. He will be detained pending the arrival of Eckman authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
Pittsburg
W. Va
Dane
John Robinson
Murder Edges Bootleg King in Mingo County
Jason Daniel a noted bootleg king in Mingo county is slain near Devon while Jim Steele, his brother in law and key suspect, remains a fugitive. Authorities probe motives linked to a long running feud and past raids. Daniel’s death follows a tense period after Steele’s liquor raid and a magistrate sentencing.
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Jason Daniel
Cedar
Misgo County
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tag River
Jim Steele
Daniel
Norfolk and Western
Devon
Mingo County
Steele
Williamson
Tug River
Jim Daniel
Jason
E«Leter
Williamso
Oil Town Laveye Fights Move in Courts
Casper Wyoming March 64 percent The oil town of Laveye will contest its extinction in the United States circuit court of appeals Alfred Beach counsel for the Laveye Townsite Association said tonight after word Federal Judge Kennedy decreed the village must move in sixty days An appeal to the circuit court and a restraining order from the appellate body will be sought to temporarily halt the removal Judge Kennedy is the ruling cited by Beach
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Wyon Mar
Laveye
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Alfred
Beach
Kennedy
Court Denounces Smiths Methods in Stokes Cross Exam
In Chicago on March 6 Judge W N Gemmill publicly rebuked Assistant State’s Attorney Milton D. Smith for his cross examination of W E D Stokes. The judge warned the prosecution may jeopardize the case and adjourned court until Monday with Stokes still under examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. E. D. Stokes
W. N. Gemmill
Milton D. Smith
Stokes
Gemmill
Mr. Smith
Mr. Stokes
Tri State Conference Credit Men In April
The Tri State Conference of the National Association of Credit Men will meet in Columbus in April. Clifford R. Pierce, an officer of the Cleveland association, announced after a councillors meeting with Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia groups. It is the first tri state conference in Ohio in twenty eight years. Participants include seven Ohio associations and three Ohio credit clubs, seven West Virginia associations and two Kentucky associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meveland
Tristate
National Association of Credit Men
Columbus
Clifford RE. Pierce
Cleveland Association
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Surprise farewell for Charles E. Hughes before Bermuda trip
In Washington on March 6 Charles Evans Hughes boarded a train for Bermuda, ending four years as secretary of state. A surprise farewell party was held with nearly the entire diplomatic corps and the cabinet present as Mr and Mrs Hughes and their daughter Elizabeth entrained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Charles Evans Hughes
Bermuda
Entire Wyoming Town Wiped Out for Giant Industry Path
Lavaye Wyoming, home to 1,500 residents, must be moved per Judge T Blake Kennedy to clear a route for Ohio Oil Company property. All public buildings and homes are to go within sixty days, with contempt risks for noncompliance.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Lavaye
Wyoming Touay
T. Blake Kennedy
Kennedy
Ohio Oil Company
Father Will Prosecute His Son to the Limit
Johnstown pa march 6 the hearing of stephen baloch nineteen who married his sister neien in Cumberland last month and helen seventeen in Cumberland last Monday was postponed again tonight until tomorrow morning. police hold the girl who says she expects to become a mother within two months. the father stephen barlogh senior announced he would prosecute his son to the limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Stephen Baloch
Neien
Cumberland
Helen
Stephen Barlogh
E Matthews Former Warden of State Prison Dies
Joseph F. Matthews of Huntington fifty six died in Huntington of heart disease after a sudden street attack. Former warden of the state penitentiary at Moundville he later worked ten years as an auditor for the state tax commissioner. Survived by widow Margaret Weaver Matthews two sons and a daughter and a brother. Funeral arrangements not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Joseph FE. Matthews
Manndeville
Matthews
Williamson
State Penitentiary
WM. Dawson
Moundaville
Wiee Ee Ee
Margaret Weaver Matthews
Edward P. Mathews
Point Mieaeant
Samuel V. Matthews
Republican State Committee
Senator Clark laid to rest in family mausoleum
Funeral service for William A Clark former U.S. senator from Montana and copper magnate was held in the Fifth Avenue mansion gallery. A wreath from President Coolidge lay on the bronze casket as 260 relatives and friends gathered. Senator Burton Wheeler and John D. Ryan attended among others from industry and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mar
William A. Clark
United States
Montana
Fifth Avenue
Pburtel
Woodlawn
Coolidge
Ernest M. Stires
St. Thomas Church
W. Clark, Jr
Montana Bay
Burton K. Wheeler
United States Senate
John D. Ryan
Anaconda Copper Company
Sulgrave Institution
Lotus Club
Pennsylvania Society
American Institute of Mining and Engineering
Edwards Heirs Meet to Discuss Claims on New York Property
More than 600 heirs of Robert Edwards, a ship captain granted land by King George III, gathered in Cincinnati to discuss advancing their claim to a New York City dowtown financial district property valued at £8,000,000,000. Walter Thomas of New York led the principal address while other heirs from West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana joined. A settlement without suit was also considered by W T Edwards of Greenville South Carolina Edwards Heirs, Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mar
Robert Edwards
George III
America
New York City
New York
Central
Indiana
Walter Thomas
Walter G
Wesley Edwards
North Carolina
Thomas
W. T. Edwards
South Carolina
Edwards Heirs, Inc
Greenville
8. C
New All-Pullman Steel Train to Run Washington St Louis
Baltimore & Ohio announces a new all Pullman solid steel train between Washington and St Louis to debut April 26 named the National Limited. It will duplicate the Capitol Limited running between Baltimore and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Mar
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Washington
St. Louis
National Limited
Chicago
Women Missionary Conference Holston Meet in 1926
Johnson City Tennessee reports the Holston Conference Women Missionary Society closing a large annual meeting in March 1926. Officers and district secretaries are elected, and plans include hosting next year in Trinity church Bluefield West Virginia with an invitation to Shanghai China.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Trinity Church
Bluefield
W. Va
Womens Missionary Society of
Brilliancy
Muany Memorial Church
Mra RK
Baker
Abingdon
Bristol
Knoxville
Emory
Kingsport
Sweetwater
Morriston Radford
Dublin
Pulaski
Tazewell
Richmond
Elkhart
Grahan
Hats Love
M. F. Cartcr
Munsey Memorial Church
Women's Missionary Holstno
Crewe Webb
Mra
A. Evans
L. A
Ernest Henson
Fred Jones
East Radford
W. B. Speer
Chattanooga
Bennett Memorial
J. Stewart French
Player League
Bennett
H. M. Dicks
Cleveland
Emily Myers
I. A. Evans
Morristown
J. J. Range
Mes. C. HL. Witten
Wytheville
Olive Repass
A. B. Shugart
Bie Stone Gap
H. T. Skeen
H. E Reynolds
Radford
R. L. King
Belle Bennett Memorial
City Mission Board of
P. A. Evans
Young Pie
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Quggestor
A Good Man
Gen. Mitchell
Jas. E. Fechet
Unified Service
van Bittner
Credit Men
Charles E. Hughes
Ivca
Lavoye
Old West
Salt Creek
Geld
E. Matthews
State Prison
DEAL
Huntington Street
Office of
State Tax Commissioner
Wilamson
Senator Clark
Edwards
Holston Guate Wenge
Bland Street
Trinity
TOF
Holston
Memphis
Tennessee
American Legion Auxiliary
Holston Conference of Women's Missionary
Drew Webb
Indoxviiie
H. A. Evans
L. A. Tynes
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