Jollies of 1925 at Colonial Theatre Amazes Bluefield Audience
The Legion Jollies of 1925 at the Colonial Theatre delighted a large crowd with two and a half hours of home talent entertainment. Ray Evans Maury Barrett and James Elmer Brown starred with coloratura numbers, jazz acts, and intricate dances. The Legion and Shrine Club presented a show praised for music lightings and costumes, with the colored post quartet drawing strong applause.
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Colonial Theatre
Bluefield
Maerican Legion
The
Legion
Shrine Club
Honore
Ray Evans
Jess Franklin
Maury Barrett
John Mastin
Nick Carter
Helen Spangler
James Elmer Brown
Lagton Post
Negrong
Mr. Barrett
Eugene Postlethwaite
Ruby Parks
Peachy Lovelace
Mattie Bowling
Princeton
Rosella Smith
Miss Spangler
Gene Postlethwaite
Dr Sun Yat Sen Dies in Peking After Illness
Dr Sun Yat Sen, South China leader, died this morning in Peking after a long illness. He had been given ten days to live following surgery at Rockefeller Hospital on January 26. Despite a hospital prognosis, he lingered until death at the Kuomintang headquarters.
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Sun Yat Sen
South China
Peking
Mar
Sun
Rockefeller Hospital
Kuomin-Tang
Peoples Party
Wellington Koo
Coolidge Delays Decision on Attorney General Nominee
President Coolidge is withholding action on filling the attorney general post after a tie vote defeated Charles B. Warren in the Senate. White House aides and Republican leaders say resubmission is unlikely, with a recess appointment or other candidate possibilities discussed for the vacant position.
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Washington
Coolidge
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Senate
Warren
Sqnators
White House
Mr. Warren
Detroit
Harlan F
New York
Supreme Court
Arthur P. Rugg
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Grossbeck
Wallace McCamant
Portland
Ore
Chicago
Butler
Massachusetts
Cummins
Judiciary Committee
Watson
Indiana
Read
Pennsylvania
Wadsworth
Moses
Sub committees to meet over Coal River wage dispute
Huntington W V March 11 sub committees for Coal River Collieries Company and United Mine Workers of America will meet tomorrow at 2 pm in the colliery offices to seek a settlement over the Jacksonville wage scale and operation terms. The talks follow a failed Washington attempt and an abandoned Charleston plan with authority to close an agreement held by officials.
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Huntington
W. Va
Coal River Collieries Company
United Mine Workers of America
Jacksonville
J. T. Dunigan
C. G. Hoffman
Canadian Court Upholds U S Teapot Dome Probe
Ontario appellate division orders H. S. Osler and six Continental Trading Co. associates to answer questions over Teapot Dome leases. U S attorneys seek depositions in Toronto as government ties $90,000 Liberty bonds to Albert B. Fall and the 1921 influence scheme. Osler formed the Continental Co. after meeting an unnamed New York client in 1921.
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Toronto
Mar
United States
H. S. Oster
Continental Trading Company, Ltd
Oster
Riddell
Appellate Division of
Ontario
Osler
Shants
Iddell
Cairo
Egypt
Sudan
Canada
Justice Riddell
Osier
Britton Osier
Suneva Morley
He "Bredin
Sr” Strickland
Harold E. Boston
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
New York
Continental Company
Cheyenne
Wyo
H. &. Osler
Appellate Court of
Much Married and Arrested Man in Dayton Divorce Suit
Dayton, March 11. John F E Motschman of the Ohio state penitentiary and successor to a radio titled King of The Ivories is the subject of a divorce filing by Mrs Claribelie Marie Motschman. She says he was never legally divorced from Esther Drott of Chicago whom he wed in September 1920 after their Columbus marriage in October 1920. She also alleges he married Nellie Ross of Saint Paris in July 1924 after his release from the state reformatory.
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Dayton
Ohio
John FE. Motschman
Ohio State Penitentiary
Snodgrass
King of
Claribelie Marie Motschman
Motschmans
Columbus
Motschman
Esther Drott
Chicago
Dr Cook's Petition For Rehearing Denied
New Orleans Louisiana March 01 The petition for a rehearing filed by Dr. Frederick A Cook was denied by the United States circuit court of appeals today He was found guilty of fraud in connection with the sale of all stocks and ordered to serve a prison term.
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New Orleans
Frederick A. Cook
United States Hreait
Court of Appeals
Illness Keeps Coffman From West Virginia Senate Session
Charleston March 11 President Charles G. Coffman of the state senate was absent due to an illness that has troubled him since the first session. He will stay at home in Clarksburg under medical care and appoint stand-ins for a three day period. The legislature reconvened for the regular session with routine proceedings. Delegates observed a death in the Huntington district, Delegate Edmund Sehon, and a tribute was paid with flowers and a memorial committee. Both houses adjourned toward Monday as investigations into a building program were discussed but not advanced.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles G. Coffman
State Senate
Gazette
Wright Hugts
Wheeling
Coffman
Clarkeburg
Gore
Wright Hugus
Clarksburg
Hugus
Senate
House of Delegates
Edmund Sehon
Huntington
Keatley
Cabell
Sehon
House
J. M. Underwood
Judiciary Committee
Jon
Cou
Restaurant Man Shot to Death in Auto in Sewickley
Michael Rosetta forty a former restaurant owner seated in his automobile in Sewickley central section was shot three times and died Frank Valengi thirty seven a former employee of Rosetta was arrested on murder charges two constables saw Valengi drive away and catch him before he boarded a westbound train Valengi later admitted firing the shots claiming Rosetta had threatened his life
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Pittsburg
Mar
Sewickley
Michael Rosetta
Frank Valengi
Rosetta
Valengi
Roselta
Mrs Helen Stokes Denies Allegations in Defamation Trial
Mrs Helen Ellwood Stokes testified to deny most of her husband W EF D Stokes claims in the defamation case. She rejected sleeping car conductors testimonies and denied Everleigh Club connections while recounting events leading to separation in 1919 and a 1922 nighttime ride allegation.
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Chicago
Mar
Helen Ellwood Stokes
W. EF. D. Stokes
New York
Mote
Robert F. Lee
Mra. Stokes
Milton D. Smith
Stokes
Hal
K. Billig
Seago
Mrs. Stokes
Maurice Rosenberg
Everleigh Club
Protest Against Higher Coal Freight Rates Planned
Morgantown West Virginia March 11 United Press protest against proposed freight rate increases on coal shipments to western points to be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission was decided today at a meeting of coal operators in Northern West Virginia shipping over the Monongahela River
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Morgantown
W. Va
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Virginia
Monongahela River
Father of President Leaves for His Home
Colonel John Coolidge, father of the president, departed the White House tonight for Plymouth Vermont. He had traveled to Washington last week to attend the inauguration ceremony.
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Washington
Mar
John Coolidge
White House
Plymouth
Michigan House Backs Warren for U S Attorney General
The Michigan House of Representatives adopted a resolution in favor of confirming Charles B. Warren as U S attorney general and rejected Senator James Couzens stance. It states that Michigan Republicans back President Coolidge’s choice and urge Senate confirmation.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan House of Representatives
Chas. Ed. Warren
United States
James Couzens
Peonte
Michigan
Charles B. Warren
House
Warren
Coolidge
United States Senate
Copeland Ready to Speak for Days in Isle of Pines Fight
In the Senate the filibuster over ratifying the Isle of Pines treaty intensified as Senator Copeland Democrat New York signaled he will speak for days. Republicans moved toward night sessions to force a vote on the centurylong pending convention recognizing Cuban sovereignty. Copeland seeks delay until the new Congress sits. Pepper Republican leads push to keep the issue before the chamber.
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Washington
Mar
Isle of Pines
Senate
Copeland
New York
United States
Congress
Bruce
Maryland
Willis
Ohio
Wadsworth
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Britain and United States share arbritration policy in Geneva debate
British spokesmen insist Britain has not abandoned arbitration as a means to settle international disputes, a stance they say mirrors American views. They note immigration should be managed by states, while Austins Chamberlains outlined objections to the Geneva protocol. Briand will present the French position and seek improvements.
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Geneva
Mare
Council of the
League of Nations
Austin Chamberlain
Great Britain
United States
Chamberlain
M. Briand
Paris
League
Great
Williams Convicted in Mass Casualty Case in Huntington
Marvin Williams twenty six black man was found guilty by a jury in common pleas court in Huntington in the mass casualty case involving his sweetheart Melba Glenn a black woman. Judge H Clay Worth withheld sentence pending arguments Friday on a motion to set aside the verdict.
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Huntington
W. Va
Marvin Williams
Common Pleas Court
Melba Glenn
H. Clay Worth
Couzens Committee Reports Amortization Claims
The Couzens committee discloses a senate report on amortization claims allowed by the internal revenue bureau totaling 562 million dollars with pending claims about 300 million. It details Berwind White Coal Mining and United States Steel cases plus several major firms, naming Jones & Laughlin Steel and others, and notes substantial overpayments or differences in allowed amortization compared with committee estimates.
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Couzens Committee
de Eee
Washington, Mary
Internal Revenue Bureau
Couzens Senate
Senate
L. H. Manson
Berwind White Coal Mining Company
Pennsyl
J. W. Swaren
Bureau
Berwind White
Manson
United States Steel Corporation
Roosevelt Knew Nothing of Teapot Dome Leases Till Public
Testimony links Theodore Roosevelt to disputes over naval oil reserves as the Teapot Dome leasing scandal unfolds. Shafroth testifies he was detached for zeal protecting the naval oil reserve, while papers show Truman era debates on control of reserve administration.
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Com
Shaforth
Admiral Robison
Naval Oil Reserve
Cheyenne
Wyo
Theodore Roosevelt
Albert B. Fall
T. Blake Kennedy
Roosevelt
Hardline
Weapot Dome
Navy
Interior Department
Griffin
Navy Department
Eewin Denby
Denby
Harding
Bill Hilly Naval Reserve
California
Teapot Dome
Fall
Three Rivers
N M
BE. C. Finney
Sinclair
Sindlair
Finney
Toronto Canada
Osler
Continental Trading Company
H. M. Blackmer
James E O'Neil
Canadia Corporatio
John F. Shafroth
J. K. Robison
Navy Bureau of Engineering
H. A. Stuart
Shafroth
Washington
Secretar Wilson
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Colored Post
Ray Matz
Wm. Greenspon
Bass Perkins
Harry Ailen
Ernest Stewart
Doler
Dr. Cook
Couzens
Britain
America
Vania
Berwind White Company
W. &. Tandrow
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company of
KEI MarPont de Namours Company
Wilmington
Del
American Steel and Wire Company
Cleveland
Costa
Serges
Mr. Fall
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