Chasing Booze Bandits Ends in Dramatic Highway Crash
State police pursuit along the Bluefield Beckley road ends as a liquor-smuggling car overturns after a 100‑foot embankment crash. Capt. Norton and Pvt. Chrisley injured. two men Crockett and Fitzgibbons captured with liquor spilled along the highway. Crockett once Charleston police chief. Fitzgibbons reputed traveling liquor merchant.
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Norton
Chrisley
Con
Bluefield
Beckley
General Hospital
B. Crockett
Ed. Fitzgibbons
Raleigh Court House
Charleston
Crockett
Monary
Paige
Chmeler
Captain Norton
Hari A
Hu Norton
Otis
Left Estate to Nieces in Kansas and Missouri
The will of Josiah Wolcott was filed showing his estate to be divided equally among five nieces including Mrs. Bell and Abel O. Groll. The document indicates property in Kansas and Missouri with probate proceeding announced.
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Kansas
Toene
Josiah Wolcott
Bell
Abel O. Groll
Caution on Election Ballot Instructions for School Issues
The notice urges Kee voters to consider two school questions. It explains voting for the school levy to fund salaries and coal costs, and for bonds plus levy for new school buildings and repairs. Ballots on the bond issue go to the board of education by the election commissioners.
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Schoo
Board of Educarm
Commissioners of Election
Close Contests Across Eastern States in Elections
Reports indicate tight races in senatorial and congressional contests across the East with parties claiming gains. Key battles center on Lodge in Massachusetts Gaston in New Jersey and McLean Spellacy in Connecticut while New York Rhode Island and Maryland add to the close contest narrative amid bribery arrest headlines in Ohio.
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Associated Press
New York
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Maryland
New Hampshire
Maine
Bay State
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate
William A. Gaston
Satan
Joseph S. Frelinguhysen
I. Edwards
William M. Calder
Royal 8. Copeland
George P. McLean
Thomas J. Spellacy
P. G. Gerry
R. Livingston Beeckman
Joseph L France
William ©. Bruce
Pennsylvania
George Wharton Pepper
David A. Reed
Pepper
Boles Penrose
Mr. Reed
Senator Crow
Empire State
Nathan L. Miller
Alfred E. Smith
Gifford Pinchot
John A. McSparran
Middlewest
Dakotas
League
Alice Lorraine
le Bid
United States
Texas
Supreme Court
BOF Earle
Death Toll Rises From Reilly Mine Explosion Near Spangler
Rescue crews led by J. J. Bourquin reported forty four to sixty dead miners strewn along entries with four alive and one dead behind brattices. A canary tested air as rescuers fought gas to reach pockets of life while a brattice reads we are twenty nine men behind this. The incident occurred near Spangler Pennsylvania on November 6.
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Canary
Spangler
J. J. Bourquin
United States Bureau of Mines
Reilly
Bourquin
Sally
Bureau
Camer Deli
Effort to Bring Out Vote Draws West Virginia Leaders
West Virginia political leaders in both parties hustled to energize turnout on election eve. Republican and Democratic U S Senate candidates spoke at final rallies across the state while party discussing remained limited as offices reported near desertion by officials whose residences lay outside Charleston.
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Capitol
Charleston
Charl W. Va
West Virginia
United States
Logan Man Killed in Wyoming Plane Crash
Longan West Virginia man Dewey Short, twenty four, who left Logan a week ago, was killed yesterday in a plane crash at Cheyenne Wyoming, according to a telegram received by relatives.
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Longan
W. Va
Boy Accused of Killing Father in West Virginia
William Estep, nineteen, jailed in Williamson WV on a murder charge after allegedly shooting his father Henry ae a miner and killing him when the father lifted a chair. He is accused of striking his wife and attempting to throw a chair at her as she lay unconscious. The mother aided by the home, and a revolver was fired after the chair was raised. The father died shortly after.
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Williamson
W. Va
William Estep
Henry Ae
Stalr
Levy on Mine Workers Sparks West Virginia Labor Action
Charleston district 17 reports a $4 levied assessment on all United Mine Workers members to fund the international union. A temporary injunction seeks to block the check-off by non union operators in southern West Virginia. Plans for a $600 miners hospital near the state capitol site were abandoned and a sale of district 17 property is advertised for November 16.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers of America
International Organization
District 17
Enice
Gale
West Virginia
McClintic
State Capitol
A. P. Dson
Commemoration Mass Held for Rt. Rev. Bishop P. J. Dona hue
In Wheeling at St Joseph's Cathedral, a solemn month’s mind requiem mass honored the late Rt. Rev. Bishop P. J. Dona hue. Hundreds of Catholics and diocese clergy attended. Rev. Wm Hall of the Immaculate Conception led the service with deacons Rev. Mosore deacon and Rev. Pro deacon, with Rev. John Kelly as master of ceremonies.
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Wheeling
W. Va
St Joseph's Cathedral
P. J. Donahue
Wm. ©. Hall
Church of the Immaculate Conception
F Meade
Mosore
Pro
John Kelly
Wheeling Hospital
Fifty-Five Missing After Exploding Mine in Spangler
At the Reilly mine in Spangler, fifty-five of ninety-four miners were unaccounted for at 6 p.m. after an explosion. Twenty-five killed and fourteen badly hurt. Rescuers feared gas-filled main entries and avoided tearing down a timber brattice reading Look behind this wall burned on a timber.
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Associated Press
Spangler
Reilly
Reilly Coal Company
Hare
Miss
No. 8
United States Bureau of Mine Engineers
Nationalist Civis Power in Control in Constantinople
Constantinople reports nationalist civil power in control while Entente powers hold military authority. The allied commissioners vow strict application of the Mudania convention and aim to maintain order in occupied zones. They hope for a single Turkish delegation at Lausanne.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Entente
Great Britain
France
Mudania
Fed
Turkey
Angora
Wage Boost Announced by Soap Manufacturers
Cincinnati reports a wage increase for Proc tor & Company soap plant workers across four U S plants after a meeting between A K Schoepf and the employee conference committee. The raise totals over 250000 dollars with some workers seeing ten percent boosts.
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Cincinnati
Proctor & Company
United States
A. K. Schoepkf
U of
Semanines
Percen
President Harding and Cabinet Cast Ballots Before Election
President Harding and four family members have marked ballots for tomorrow's election and mailed them to their home towns. Secretaries Denby Fall and Postmaster General Work will vote in person. Mellon Hoover and Davie will abstain due to duties. The president and Mrs. Harding sent their ballot to Marion Ohio and a Marietta Ohio return error sent it to the county clerk. Mrs. Harding voted in her sick room and the couple plan to learn results tomorrow night via executive channels.
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Washington
Harding
Hughes
Weeks
Wallace
Daugherty
Denby
Fall
Work
Mellon
Hoover
Davie
Isen
Associated Press
Miners Die in Reilly Mine Explosion Near Spangler
About fifty to sixty miners were killed when the Reilly Coal Company mine exploded near Spangler Pennsylvania. Rescue workers counted many bodies as officials said the total likely ranged from ninety to ninety five workers who entered the mine earlier. Thirty one survivors were hospitalized and authorities continued searches as families gathered near the mouth of the mine.
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Associated Preas
Spangler
Reilly
Reilly Company
Spangler Hospital
Associated Press
E Coal Company
Bi Ey
Question of a better Bluefield school bond vote
Bluefield faces a pivotal choice on funding new schools and equipment. Proponents urge the bond to avoid harming growth and property values, arguing good facilities attract residents and investment and benefit children and future generations. Opponents frame concerns as unnecessary burdens.
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Bluefield
Huntington
Charleston
Mr. Vater
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