Taxmen barred from soliciting passengers along trolley route
West Virginia Supreme Court ruling restricts taxi operators Calloway, Lurber, and Sweeney from operating taxicabs or soliciting business on the public road paralleling the Princeton to Bluefield trolley line. The decision protects electric railway carrier rights, allowing injunctions to prevent taxi activity that interferes with the railway’s franchise and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme
Passengra
Road Commission
Mercer County Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Miller
Ami
State Road Commission
Calloway
Lurber
Sweeney
Princeton
Bluefield
Mercer County
Circuit Court
Costa
West Virginia
Court House
Norfolk and Western Railway
Public Service Commission
Salute Fired Over Dog Peggy Honored At Veterans Service
Norfolk Virginia May 18 veterans of Foreign Wars paid tribute to Peggy an English sheep dog with a flag draped casket and a firing salute at the grave Peggy served with the British in Flanders was wounded several times and credited with saving many lives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Peggy
Flanders
Double Funeral for Father and Daughter in Glenville
Salem West Virginia May 18 a double funeral will be held for a father and daughter who died recently in the federate army a few hours after news of their deaths. The services are scheduled for Wednesday at Glenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
W. Va
Glenville
Bryan Faces Brooklyn Crowd Over Evolution Debate
William Jennings Bryan, defending the Tennessee anti-evolution law, tells a Brooklyn audience that modernists threaten traditional faith and education. He condemns teaching evolution in public schools while clashing with Reverend James Williamson who urges religious tolerance. Bryan vows to pursue Scopes prosecution as part of the national dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Brooklyn
James Williamson
Kings Highway Congregational Church
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Williamson
Presbyterian Church
Bryan
United States
Society For the Advance of Society
J. T. Scopes
Dayton, Tenn
Day killed in onboard fight on Island Maid excursion boat
Herbert Day, 35, of Jeffersonville Indiana, a deck hand on the Island Maid at Cincinnati, was shot and died in Guthrie hospital after a fight aboard the boat at Huntington West Virginia. Hammond the Cincinnati cashier is held on murder charges and has confessed claiming self defense.
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Huntington
W. Va
Herbert Day
Jeffersonville
Ind
Island Maid
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Roland Hammond
Ofincinnati
Ohio
Day
Guthrie Hospital
Hammond
West Virginia University Elects Senior Class Officers
At the class election in Morgantown on May 18 Herbert Garret of Charleston was chosen president for next year. Ward Wylie of Gap Mills was named vice president, S Thelma Hatfield of Charleston secretary, Robert G. Wells of New Martinsville treasurer, and Edward Gilbert of Parkersburg class historian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Herbert Garret
Charleston
University of West Virginia
Ward Wylie
Gap Mills
S. Thelma Hatfield
Robert G. Wells
New Martinsville
Edward Gilbert
Parkersburg
Jury selection in Shepherd murder trial opens in Chicago
Three jurors tentatively seated for the William Darling Shepherd case as both sides seek above average intelligence. Prosecutors and defense push for careful jurors amid discussion of typhoid germs, a $1.5 million estate, and a separate trial for C. C. Faiman.
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Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McCliintock
Shepherd
C. C. Fatman
Chicago School of Science
Faiman
Veniceman
Stephen Shuben
Shuben
Harry Olson
Veniremen
Judge Olson
Young McClintock
McClintock
Isabelle Pope
Powy
Oil price increase in Smackover crude
Shreveport reports Standard Oil of Louisiana raised the price of Smackover Arkansas crude below twenty four gravity by ten cents to seventy cents per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Smackover
Arkansas
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Surplus freight cars drop to 329,844 in May reports
Washington on May 18 reports filed with the American Railway Association show 329,844 surplus freight cars in good repair as of May 8, a decrease of 7,337 from the April 30 total.
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Washington
Carriers
American Railway Association
Real Son of Revolution Presented to Convention
Osborn Allen of Dexter Maine was presented as a real Son of the Revolution at the thirty sixth annual convention of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in Swampscott Massachusetts. He was born to James Allen Jr of New London Connecticut who enlisted at seventeen and served in the Revolution and the War of 1812, dying aged after service.
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Swampscott
Mass
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Osborne Allen
Dexter
Maine
James Allen, Jr
New London
Conn
Salvation Army budget drive reaches halfway mark
The Salvation Army reported half of the $62,000 appeal raised as of yesterday with Flat Top Auto Supply workers averaging $82 per employee and Norfolk and Western employees contributing over $500. Team captains plan to complete lists by tomorrow to finalize a weeklong checkup and close the drive despite lags in payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Flat Top Auto Supply Company
Norfolk and Western Railroad
C. A. Rogers
Toyn
W. Phelps
F. C. Blauvelt
J. B. Belcher
Walter Sudduth
J. W. Overstreet
C. E. Ridley
J. M. Lewis, Jr
W. J. Cole
Lightning bolt kills four at church anniversary in Germany
A May 18 lightning strike in Hebbesdorf Germany killed four people and injured two girls during a Catholic church choir anniversary gathering. The bolt struck a large tent and struck a group of attendees causing the fatalities and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hightning
Hebbesdorf
Germany
Injunction Sought Against West Virginia Rate Order
Winding Gulf Operators' Association Beckley reports Virginia Railway filed a federal suit in Richmond seeking an injunction against an Interstate Commerce Commission rate order. The case, heard secretly May 28, aims to block westbound freight rates via Deepwater and the Chesapeake and Ohio line. Virginia and Norfolk and Western plan to publish coal tariffs via Matoaka and the Norfolk line starting June 1 to handle expected tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockies
W. Va
Specelal
Winding Gull Operators’ Association
Beckley
Wire
Washington
Virginia Railway
Kiehmana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Richmond
Virginian
Matoaka
Norfolk and Western
Rum Row Dwindles to Seven Ships in New York Blockade
Secretary Mellon lauds coast guard success as rum runners retreat from Rum Row. Seven ships remain off New York as May blockade tightens illicit liquor flow. Yeandle reports fleet observations show reduced landings and guarded efforts to hide shipments along the Atlantic.
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New York
United States Coast Guard
Stephen
Yeandle
Billard
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Narragansett
R. L
Atlantic City
N. J
Freeport
Long Island
Rum Row
Washington
Serétary Mellon
Treasury
Mellon
Atlantic Seaboard
Pig Iron Sales Hit 25 000 Tons in New York Market
New York pig iron market shows a strong day with 25 000 tons sold. Four day total exceeds 55 000 tons, best in months. Central Foundry Company bought 6 000 tons last week. About 10 000 tons in new inquiries and many small asks for 300 to 500 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central Foundry Company
Ashland Chooses $300,000 Church Building Plan
Erection of a $300,000 church building was decided by Methodist Episcopal Church South officials in Ashland Kentucky. The downtown site will be sold to help fund the project, expected to provide about half of the total needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Higginbotham Sets Florida to Bluefield Car Record
FE S Higginbotham of Jacksonville drove an Essex Coach from Jasonville Florida to Bluefield in twenty six hours flat. He crossed lakes to Florida Highway via Augusta Columbia and Blowing Rock, facing rough roads. Accompanying him were his mother Mrs Flora Higginbotham Ruth Higginbotham and Bane Higginbotham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. S. Higginbotham
Essex
Jasonville
Fla
Bluefield
Florida
Augusta
Columbia
Blowing Rock
Higginbotham
Flora Higginbotham
Ruth Higginbotham
Bane Higginbotham
Estimated Estonia funding talks progress toward settlement
Secretary Mellon expects a definite proposal soon from Estonia to fund its US debt of 17 794 020 dollars. Estonian Minister Piip has maintained talks, bringing both governments nearer to a settlement, while stressing no link to Washington's push to speed terms with other debtors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mellon
American Debt Commission
Esthonia
United States
Piip
Esthenia
Colal
Associated Press
Paris
France
Treasury
Brussels
Baron Cartyr D'Marchienne
Alvos van de Vyvere
Belgium
New York
James T. McCreery Dies at 81 in Hinton West Virginia
James T. McCreery, eighty one, died at his home in Hinton at 10 o clock. He led multiple businesses including the National Bank of Summers and several coal land companies. A Confederate veteran and Democrat, he was survived by nine children from his first marriage and a second wife. Funeral services will be at his residence with burial in a local cemetery.
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MccCreery -Central Pocahontas Coal Land Company
James T. McCreery Company
McCreery
Presbyterian Church
France Seeks Exact Records on War Debts to Allies
Paris May 18 France pushes a study of wartime debts owed by allies and associated nations. Two reports to the finance committee will detail what France contracted, the conditions, and interest rates. Deputy Lamoureaux says France’s claims may reduce wartime indebtedness and aims to balance postwar accounts.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Lucien Klotz
Clemenceau
Venart
Pietr
Lamoureaux
M. Lamoureaux
Violette
Pickets Released on Bail in Intimidation Cases
Fairmont West Virginia May 18 138 pickets arrested for intimidation of non union miners near here and at the Datota mine were released on bond. Several others charged with intimidation await trial as a broad labor dispute text continues with wage talks and new union breakaway group forming in Shinnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Datota
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Grant Town
W. S. Meredith
Walter 8. Haggerty
United Mine Workers of America
Shinnston
Shinwassow
International Mine Workers’ Union
Association of Miners
John B. Wyatt
J. KE. Weeks
C. M. Vincent
Roy Wilson
EK. L. Seckman
BE J. Curry
W. H. Hammond
C. L. Whiteman
KR. D. Burnett
Mr. Wyatt
John Riggins
Dakota
New England Fuel and Transportation Company
Jamison Coal and Coke Company
Farmington
W. Merle Watkins
Taylor County
John Billy
Wendel
Billy
Grafton
C. L. Topping
Watkins
West Virginia
Northern West Virginia Coal Operators’ Association
George &. Brackett
Clarksburg
R. G. Costello
Elwood Stuck
Ray Gerod
William Julian
Rick Vigna
John Zellenak
Ida May
F. E. Morris
John Riley
L. H. Schwenck
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Byefield- Princeton Pike
W. D. Shepherd
Jacksonville
James T. McCreery
Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Vichy
Great Britain
Mountaineers Coal Miners Association
Shinnston Local
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