Funeral of Bluefield leader E L Waterman follows last song
Edward L Waterman 73? died in St Luke's hospital after gastric ulcer perforation and peritonitis. He directed the Bluefield Boys Club and sang across New England. Born Providence Rhode Island May 24 1876 he was a Brown University graduate and descendant of Roger Williams. Funeral plans include burial in Providence and permission for Boys Club members to view his body.
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Ard Lewis Waterman
St. Luke's Capital
Mr. Waterman
Bluefield
Mr Waterman
Boys Club
Edward L. Waterman
Providence
Rhode Island
Abraham Waterman
Emma Tues Waterman
Charles E. Austin
Lillian Waterman
Verdict Grants $53,000 to Mrs Looney in Railway Case
In Williamson circuit court the jury awarded Mrs. Oscar Looney administratrix of Oscar Looney’s estate $53,000 against Norfolk and Western Railway Co. Looney, a former Norfolk locomotive engineer of Bluefield, was injured when a steam pipe broke after something fell between bridge ties, leading to his death days later in a Williamson hospital.
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Oscar Looney
Williamson
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
Majestic
Looney
Husband Sought on Murder Charge in Desiderio Case
Gary Ind May 4 Police sought Luis Desiderio on murder charges after identifying a dismembered burned body as his wife Mrs Josephine Desiderio The identification was supported by Florence Kish and parents Bernaro Genero Sam Ross though some doubt lingered The body is of a mother of three with autopsy confirming no prior motherhood The husband was on bond for threatening his wife and had previously sought reconciliation then threatened Kish.
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Gary Ind
Here
Josephine Desiderio
Luis
Florence Boto Kish
Desiderio
Gary
Chicago
South Bend
Ind
Bernaro Genero
Sam Ross
Kenova Man Arrested in Mail Fraud Scheme
Kenova West Virginia May 4 Paul ie of Kenova a former oil operator in Kentucky was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Johnson on charges of using the mails to defraud in an oil investment scheme. He is held in samsington city jail in default of 2000 Wright indicted by a federal grand jury at Bowling Green Kentucky in December 1924 on three counts for alleged swindling activity. He was arrested on request by postal inspector W L Farrel in Ashland Kentucky and Huntington marshal’s office. Wright is said to have induced people in Arkansas and Texas to invest in development schemes in Rhehinchy which are alleged to have been false.
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Kenova
W. Va
Paulie
Kentucky
United States
Johnson
Samsington
Wright
Bowling Green
W. L. Farrel
Ashland
Postal Inspect
Huntington Marshal
Arkansas
Texas
Rhehinchy
General Motors Reports First Quarter 1925 Earnings
General Motors Corporation reports earnings of 3.08 a share after preferred dividends and 17,811,239 net after taxes for Q1 1925, down from 19,400,956 or 3.42 a share a year earlier. Cash and government securities total about 125 million at March 31, with 29,299.99 from last year. current liabilities only. Surplus stands at 90,276,006.
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New York
General Motors Corporation
Ethyl Gas Discontinued by Standard Oil of Indiana
The Standard Oil Company of Indiana will stop selling ethyl gas across its territory starting tomorrow due to a cut off in supply. The move follows a company announcement made tonight in Chicago.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
War to the Death on Rum Row Declared by Coast Guard
New York May 4 A coast guard anti rum offensive was declared with Captain W W E Jacobs announcing a large force would pursue smugglers. Five cruisers six patrol boats and twelve chasers plus the supply ship Argus prepare at Clifton Bay Staten Island. At least fifty coast guard boats including cutters will participate. The crackdown follows tightened blockade and rising whiskey prices.
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New York
W. W. E. Jacobs
United States Coast Guard
Clifton Bay
Staten Island
Argus
Coast Guard
Connecticut
Long Island
New Jersey
Jacobs
Savannah
Portland
Maine
Washington
Andrews
F. C. Billard
Two Men Held in Connection With Explosion
Lafay ette Males and Joseph Showell of McIntyre Stop are jailed in Clarksburg W Va and to face magisterial charges over an early morning blast that wrecked I D Carpenters Herzibah home. Carpenter his wife and four children narrowly escaped injury. later Jane Males wife of one detainee was questioned and released.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Lafayette
Joseph Showell
McIntyre Stop
I. D. Carpenter
Herzibah
Hutchinson Coal Company
Carpenter
Jane Males
Wesleyan College President Resigns to Take Denver Post
Clarksburg May 4 Judge C W Leach says Dr E Guy Catshall president of Wesleyan College Buckhannon has resigned effective July. He will become head of the school of theology at a Denver Colorado college. Catshall came to Buckhannon two years ago from Philadelphia where he directed Methodist student work at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
C. W. Leach
Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
E. Guy Catshall
Wesleyan
Denver College
Denver
Colo
School of Theology
Catshall
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Oldest Knight of Grip In the Country Is Dead
Macon Missouri May 4 William Edward Critchlow said to be the oldest traveling salesman in the country died at his Shel bina home. He was born in Kentucky November 4 1829.
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Macon
William Edward Critchlow
Shelbina
Kentucky
Ten UMWA Officials Ordered to Appear in Coal Case
Ten officials of the United Mine Workers and twenty Colliers miners are to appear before Judge William E. Baker in Wheeling to argue petitions and counter petitions over a injunction against unionization at the Colliers mines. Several leaders, including John L. Lewis and Phillip Murray, are not expected to attend. A conference between plaintiff and company counsel will decide if removal proceedings will be instituted.
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Wheeling
W. Va
United Mine Workers of America
Colliers
West Virginia - Pittsburg Coal Company
William E. Baker
United States Court
Northern
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
Indianapolis
Ind
Phillip Murray
Lee Hall
Columbus
Ohio
United Mine Workers District No. 6
G. W. Savaxze
Flake
Fred J Ladvinka
Bridgeport
Indiana
Chblo
W. C. Howard
Lewis
Coal Company
Howard
Ledvinka
van Bittner
Fairmont
John Cinque
Bellaire
W. T. Roberts
William Roy
Joe Angelo
Bittner
District Court
Alste G. Dayton
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Dayton Baker
Negro Mayor Charles B Jones Leaves $300000 Estate
Brooklyn on May 4 reports Charles B Jones Negro mayor for nearly four terms died Sunday at age sixty four after forty four years in the city. He was principal of the public school for years then city supervisor and since election six years ago held both offices.
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Brooklyn
Charles B. Jones
Teas
No Developments Strike Situation Says Van Bittner
Van A Bittner chief international representative of the United Mine Workers of America WV region says no developments in the strike situation. He leaves for Wheeling to face court on an injunction charge as pickets swell at non union mines in northern West Virginia.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Associated Press
van A Bittner
United Mine Workers of America
Civiltern
West Virginia
Wheeling
W. E. Baker
Bittner
Northern
John Bigrings
van Bittner
C. H. Bischoff
Fairmont Chamber of Commerce
Fairmont Chamber
Chamber
Board of Directors
Nineteen Indicted in West Virginia Mine Riot Case
Nineteen men and a woman are named in a joint indictment by the Marshall county grand jury for conspiracy to incite riot and injure Robert Crow a Black miner near his home in Glendale on April 19. Crow fired at the mob wounding Jack Samochin who remains critically injured.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Marshall County Grand Jury
Robert Crow
Crow
Glendale
Josephine Yaydak
Jack Samochin
Rotary Meeting Follows Funeral Attendance
The Rotary Club has no luncheon today. Members will meet at the Virginian Hotel at 11 15 AM then attend the funeral of F. L. Waterman at Bland Street Church. Attendees will be marked present as if the luncheon had occurred.
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Rotary Club
Virginian
F. L. Waterman
Bland Street Church
WglINTOCK Probe May Be Continued
Chicago May 4 An inquest heard testimony about William D. Shepherd charged with murdering his ward William N. McClintock. Witnesses described free medicine distribution from a box of medicine and a payment for a fireproof plaster company. Coroner's testimony noted mercury in Mrs McClintock's organs. The inquest was ordered to continue for thirty days with potential accessories named.
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Chicago
William D. Shepherd
William N. McClintock
Shepherd
Maude Eaton Walker
Ottumwala
McClintock
Charles Krucemarck
Mra. McClintock
John Doe
John
Charles F. Kennedy
Stella Costigan Carson
Linden
Mra Shepherd
McC
Padlocks Ordered for Nine Additional Speakeasies
New York May 4 padlocks were clamped on nine more locations accused of serving liquor during Prohibition as part of the Buckner padlock war. Federal cases were heard before Judge Knox with Emory Buckner leading the proceedings. Most establishments were saloons with terms from two to six months starting June 1. An ice cream and soda shop was the sole non saloon among the targets.
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New York
N. Y
United States
Emory KR. Buckner
John ©. Knox
Mountaineer Given Ten Years Sentence
Martinabure West Virginia May 4 Ward Happy Weigle a mountaineer pleaded guilty to taking part in a June attempt on prohibition enforcement agents in the mountains west of here. One man M Wilson was wounded. Weigle denied firing the shot. He drew a sentence of two to ten years in prison. Two others are serving similar sentences.
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Martinabure
W. Va
Howard
Happy) Weigle
Prohibiton Enforcements
Here
M. Wilson
Weigle
Wilson
Tragic Mills Family Dies In Mullens Road Crash
Mr and Mrs R L Mills of Itmanr are dead after their Studebaker plunged 100 feet off a Mullens road. Two children survive injuries in Mullens hospital along with a six year old and a fourteen year old passenger. Mrs Mills daughter of Marlinton residents dies from shock and internal hemorrhage.
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R. L. Mills
Mullens Hospital
Itmanr
Mullens
Mulens
New American Ambassador Houghton Speaks at Pilgrim Dinner
London May 4 Ambassadeor Houghton made his first London address at the Pilgrim dinner with British leaders including the Duke of York Premier Baldwin and Ramsay MacDonald. He urged peace in Europe and warned America’s role could fade if Europe fails to restore stability.
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London
Alanson B. Houghton
Court of St. James
Houghton
Duke of York
Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Europe
Lord Deadorough
Stanley Baldwin
Rameay MacDonald
America
England
Prince of Wales
Washington
Ambassador Houghton
Secretary Kellogg
Coolidge
Kellogg
Berlin
Senate
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E. L. Waterman
Son
R. I
Waterman
Christian Church
Parent-Teacher Association
Rotary Quartette
Bland Street
Williams
Red” Waterman
Boys’ Club
Gordon
New England
Red” Waterman Dever
General Motors
West Virginia Wesleyan
Rotary
Wglintock
Olson
Annie T. Brown
Harry Olson
Michael RK. Millhouse
St. Louis
Comany
Alfred F. Baeleiger
Chicago Evening American
Karl P. Clark
C. C. Faiman
Theprd
Mills
Studebaker
D of
Beverare
Princeton
Charles Beverage
D. H. Beverace
Kavmore
Kanawha
Martin
Pinckney
Jesse Beverage
Marlinton
Alice
Mille
Dunkard Church
Marlington
Martinaville
Itman Colliery Company
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