Defense May Rest Matewan Battle Trial By Monday
Witnesses from the start of the Matewan battle testified that A C Felts fired the first shot at Mayor Testerman. The defense signals rest as prosecutors push for rebuttal witnesses while questions of the warrant authenticity for Sid Hatfield arise.
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A. C. Felts
Mayor Testerman
Coniff
Bailey
Sid Hatfield
Matewan
Felts
Baldwin- Welts
Squire R. R. Stafford
Dan Chambers
Vatewan
Riley Varney
Squire A. Hatfield
Hatfield
Stafford
Varney
C. C. Testerman
Chambers Hardware
Jim Webb
Herman Moss
Theodore Krieger
Charles Ison
Moss
Lee Felts
Toy ‘Tinsley
Booker
Bob Mullens
Isaac Brewer
Albert Felts
Webb
Testerman
Baldwin
W Hatfield
Williamson
Grand Jury
Brewer
Real beer obtainable in New York very soon
New York march 10. Real beer not near beer soon will be obtainable as a result of a ruling by former attorney general palmer. permits may be obtained for the manufacture of beer for medical purposes containing more than one half of one percent alcohol. Jacob ruppert announces his company will begin manufacture immediately. other large brewers say they do not expect to increase output but will produce some real beer.
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New York
Palmer
Jacob Ruppert
Washington
Department of Commerce
Joint
Congressional Reorganization Committee
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
United States
Europe
Great Lakes
Rear Admiral Kane Dead
Rear Admiral James Johnson Kane retired and one of three navy chaplains to reach that rank died at the Philadelphia Navy Yard hospital. He was eighty four years old.
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Kane
Philadelphia
James Johnson Kane
United States Navy
Naval Hospital
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Beavers Fall to West Lafayette in National Tourney
West Lafayette high school defeated Beaver high school 39 to 14 in the opening game of the national high school basketball championship at the University of Chicago. Athens beat Sandstone 28 to 17. thirteen teams from ten states entered the event with Beaver the sole West Virginia entrant.
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West Lafayette
Indiana
Beaver High School
University of Chicago
Associated Press
Telegraph
Athens
Ohio
Sandstone
Minn
C. W. Jackson
Beavers
West Virginia
Jury for Hamon trial selects twelve in Ardmore
In Ardmore Oklahoma March 10 examination of forty nine veniremen took five hours and fifty minutes to select a jury for the Clara Smith Hamon murder trial of Jake L Hamon. The jury will visit the downtown hotel where Hamon and the defendant occupied adjoining rooms before testimony resumes.
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Ardmore
Okio
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Hamon
Clara Harmon
Hoover Sees Department of Commerce Reorganized for Growth
Secretary Hoover outlined a plan for a broader role of the commerce department, stressing service over regulation. He called for tighter cooperation with trade groups, internal efficiency, and no new costs, and warned extensive reorganization as essential to meeting postwar global competition.
Harding Takes Up Plea of Workers
The conference of the meat cutters and butcher workmen’s association asked President Harding to halt wage cuts and hour changes set for March 14. The matter has been taken up with the departments of justice and labor, per Frank Morrison of the AFL. The union authorized an immediate strike vote via its executive committee. The exchange included Dennis Lane in a telephone talk.
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Omaha
Neb
The
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's Association
Harding
Departments of Justice and Labor
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Dennis Lane
Secre
Wage Conference on Unskilled Labor Wages
A meeting in Omaha between Union Pacific general manager W M Jeffers and representatives for maintenance of way workers discussed possible wage reductions for un skilled labor. The conference's outcome will be submitted to the railroad labor board in Chicago, with no definite conclusions reached and plans to continue later.
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Omaha
Neb
W. M. Jeffers
Union Pacific
Chicago
KE E B. Calvin
Francis R. Upton Dies Former Edison Associate
Francis R. Upton, longtime associate of Thomas A. Edison and first president of the Edison Pioneers, died at his Orange New Jersey home after a long illness. He helped develop a complete incandescent electric light system for Edison.
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Francis R. Upton
Frank Farnham Dies At 75 In Honesdale Manufacturer
Frank Farnham, aged 75, inventor and noted manufacturer, died in Honesdale today. He devised several devices used by manufacturers and was widely known in the industry.
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Frank Gon Farnham
Honesdale
Frank Gonn Farnham
Red Attack on Kronstadt Fails
Bolshevik forces attempting to reach Kronstadt from Sestroretsk across the ice were repulsed according to Moscow advices. Shell fire broke the ice and about eight hundred Bolsheviks were reported drowned with many wounded brought to Kronstadt. London dispatches note Lenin opening the tenth All Russian Congress.
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Associated Press
Riga
Latvia
Kronstadt
Sestroretsk
Moscow
London
Nikolai Lenine
Belgian Guard Wounded in Duisburg Shooting
A Belgian guard in Duisburg was wounded by a bullet fired by an unknown assailant. An inquiry is under way, the first such incident in the newly occupied area, with details not disclosed. Allied forces have nearly completed occupying the Ruhr Föhhine ports, pending final division of the zone among British Belgian and French units.
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Brussels
Duisburg
Derniere Heure
Associated Press
Neuss
Föhhine
Ruhr
Rhine
Proposed wage cuts announced by major railroads
Chicago report says wage reduction proposals affect thousands of workers across western railroads led by Santa Fe and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul. New York Central plans April 16 wage cuts for about 43 400 employees with subsidiaries totaling roughly 174 000 workers. Eighty five job classifications would be affected. details follow on page four.
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Chicago
Western Railway
Santa Fe
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Chicago and Great Western
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
New York
New York Central Railroad Today
United States
Beton and Albany
Michigan Central
Big Four
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Lake Erie and Western
Ohio Central
Zanesville and Western
Kanawha
Michigan
West Virginia
Indiana Harbor Belt
Panama's Reply to American Note Not Satisfactory
Panama rejects the White territorial award as a basis for peace with Costa Rica and appeals to the League of Nations for settlement. Officials discuss potential U.S. stance on League jurisdiction and the impact on Monroe Doctrine amid ongoing mediation efforts.
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Panama
Costa Rica
Washington
League of Nations
State Department
Coto
Department
Geneva
League of Nations Council
League
League Assembly
Peru
Chile
Bolivia
United States
Wilson
Tacna-Arica
South Amerca
State Police to Aid Morgantown in Mine Strike
Charleston March 10. A State Police detachments heads to Morgantown at request of Monongalia county authorities to keep order during a mine strike. Governor Morgan and Colonel Arnold confirm. Reports note disorders since the recent murder of Pete Bevens.
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Charleston
W.va
Monogalia County
Morgantown
Jackson Arnold
E. F. Morgan
Arnold
Morgrn
Pete Bevens
Classifying All Coal for Export to Europe
Washington March The bureau of mines announced an agreement with the Tidewater Coal Exchange of New York to test and classify all coal shipped for export to Europe through that port. Experts will evaluate coal from Pennsylvania Maryland and northern Virginia via the Tidewater exchange, which handles coal through New York. In the last eighteen months 48,000,000 tons were shipped through the exchange.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Tidewater Coal Exchange of
New York
Europe
Tidewater Exchange
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Wage Cuts Announced by American Writing Paper in Holyoke
The American Writing Paper Company posted notices in Holyoke mills revealing wage reductions of ten to eighteen percent. The cuts take effect next Monday, affecting several thousand employees in the city.
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Holyoke
Mass
American Writing Paper Company
Engineer G A Smith Injured Near Coal Dale
Engineer G A Smith of this city was badly hurt near Coal Dale just before midnight when he was caught in a compressor shaft on electric motor No. 2500. He was rushed to Bluefield Sanitarium with head and shoulder injuries but not in critical condition. One car was torn from his head in the accident. Details remain sparse and a morning report said he rested fairly well.
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G A. Smith
Coaldale
Smith
Bluefield
Sanitarium
Bluefield Beats Point Pleasant in State Girls Tourney
In Spencer West Virginia on March 10 the state girls basketball tournament opened with Spencer 25 Masontown 21 and Bluefield 20 Point Pleasant 4. In Weston Creighton University beat West Virginia Wesleyan College 27 to 26 in the second game of the series. Colonel Newton D Baker, former secretary of war, returned to Cleveland for a reception hosted by local Democrats with plans for a City Club luncheon on Saturday.
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Spencer
West Virginia
Wesleyan
Creighton
W. Va
Masontown
Bluefield
Point Pleasant
Weston
Nebraska
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Cleveland
Newton D Baker
Baker
City Club
W.S. Fitzgerald
The
Bay Association of
Job Hunts Slow as Daugherty Plans Cautious Dept Changes
Washington reports Attorney General Daugherty will slowly replace Democratic incumbents with Republicans in key posts. A cost cutting, reduced litigation approach aims to lower government expenses and eventually curb crime as postwar conditions normalize, with no spiteful lawsuits.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Harding Eyes Foreign Policy Shift and Diplomacy
Washington reports indicate President Harding and advisers are turning to foreign relations. Potential diplomats include Myron T. Herrick as ambassador to France and Henry Lane Wilson considered for Italy, with Mexico relations and the Rhine and league of nations issues under study.
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Myron T. Herrick
France
Henry Lane Wilson
Associated Press
Washington
Iarding
Mexico
Rhine
League of Nations
Panama-Costa Rica
Mytron
J T. Herrick
Ohio
Wilaya
Indiana
Italy
Obrgon
Mexico City
White House
State Department
Harding
R. B. Creager
Texas
Creager
Fletcher
State Departme
Germany
Paris
Bre
Speer
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Nicolai Lenine
New York Central
Pete Bevins
Tidewater Exchange of
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