Unification vote narrows in Holston Conference stake
The Holston Methodist Conference vote on unification with the Northern and Southern branches fell 163 for and 150 against. Delegates elected today to the General Conference include J. W. Perry and I. P. Martin for clerical and Jim Stone and H. C. Stuart among lay delegates. Telegrams from Bland Street church seek Rev. Sam T. Senter for Bland Street or Trinity Bluefield while Dr. J. A. Lor is slated for Central Knoxville.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tscopal Church
South
Methodist Episcopal Church
Holston Conference
Chattanooga
Holston
J. W. Perry
I. P. Martin
Jim Stone
A. ©. Gilmer
W. E. Brock
H. C. Stuart
F. A. Carter
E. N. Copenhaver
J. N. Hillman
Fev
Stuart French
Garland Hoge Blessing
George Bascom Henderson
Elmer Rawlings Kite
Clarence Waldo Taylor
Irby Esman Cregger
Walter Hamilton Simpkins
Arthur Meek Stone
Solomon Luther Payne
John Estill Davis
Elbert Gordon Frye
Claude Thomas Miller
Henry Gordon Holdway
William Thomas Moore
Jesse Earl Anderson
Charles Henry Williams
Samuel Edward Bratton
William Irwin Hanna
H. EB. Kelso
Broad-Street
Knoxville
Bland-Street
Trinity
Bluefield
J. A.lor
New Central
Bland- Street Church
Sam T. Senter
Danville
Virginia
Dr. Senter
Green Memorial
Roanoke
Epworth
Norfolk
Court Street
Lynchburg
Magee Urges Unity Of City And Suburban Growth
William A. Magee of Pittsburg with Anatole De Monzie presided at the final session of the international congress. Magee warned that large cities face a difficult problem in steady suburban growth and described cross-border city limits. He also spoke on land policies and metropolitan taxation.
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Paris
William A. Magee
Pittsburg
Anatole de Monzie
Magee
Iapas
Reliability Planes Delayed by Weather
Indio Ind Oct 2 Indis weather conditions delayed the fifteen planes in the Ford reliability flight, diverting to Jewett on the St Louis to Columbus route after a waterline break forced EB A Goff Jr’s plane to land. The group is expected to resume toward Columbus tomorrow morning, with the Ford Stout craft setting the fastest time at two hours 25 minutes 19 seconds.
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Indis
Ind
Ford Reliability
Columbus
EB. A. Goff, Jr
Jewett
St. Louis
Ford-Stout
St Louis
White House Collie Gets New Playmate From Wisconsin
Rob Roy the White House collie welcomes a white collie puppy named Gyp from Ishkosh Wisconsin to join President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge. The pup arrived in a crate marked Please feed me and keep me clean I’m on my way to the White House.
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Washington
Rob Roy
White House
Paul Pry
Marines
Ishkosh
Wis
Bob Roy
Gyp
Oshkosh
New Production Record at Winding Gulf Field West Virginia
The week ending September 211,000 tons set a new production record for the Winding Gulf district in West Virginia. Labor shortage is the main factor reducing tonnage and contributing to the record output shortfall.
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Ane
W. Va
Winding Gulf
Navy approves gas valve change for Shenandoah mission
Official correspondence shows Commander Lansdowne pushed for a valve system modification on the Shenandoah and secured Navy Bureau of Aeronautics approval despite warnings that the change was not as foolproof as the original. The court will decide if valve reduction from eighteen to eight contributed to the disaster, a topic debated by Captains Heinen and other officers.
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Takehurst
N. J
Shenandoah
Navy Department Bureau of Aeronautics
Bureau
Zachary Lansdowne
Naval Court of Inquiry
C. E. Rosendahl
Advocate Foley
William A. Moffett
E. 8. Land
Construction Corps
Lansdowner
Lansdowne
Anton Heinen
Submarine S-51 Sunk Crew Dead After Flooding and Salvage Efforts
Newport R I Oct 2 Admiral Christy reports S 51 flooded stern to stern with all aboard dead after seven days of rescue work. Five bodies recovered, two today, three yesterday. Divers expect to finish search by Sunday as torpedo room hatch is opened. Wreckers Monarch and Century released for salvage. At New London the G 51 crew death toll reaches thirty three after last compartments filled with water. Bodies of Walter Lonton and Brady Lindsay recovered among others.
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Associated Press
Newport
R. I
Admiral Christy
Washington
H. H. Christy
8. R. Hickey
William Silka
Christy
New York
U. S
New London
Conn
City of Rome
Block Island
Walter B. Lawton
Brady D. Lindsay
Pensacola
Pla
Bellefonte
Charles H. Ames
Chicago
Susquehanna Valley
Hartleton
Hartieton
Drs
Labor pact ends building trade clash restoring work
Atlantic City reports President William Green announces an agreement ending the bricklayers and plasterers jurisdiction dispute tied to 250 million dollars in construction. The pact restates the 1911 terms and sets up a tribunal to decide remaining issues as executive boards plan further talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
City
N. J
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Ura
Lively Held Without Bail On Criminal Assault Charge
Charles E. Lively, once acquitted in the Sid Matfield murder, is held without bond for a grand jury on a criminal assault charge involving a 13 year old miner's daughter at Chesapeake. Co-defendant Joe Carrol remains jailed with no separate hearing scheduled. Details about the case are sparse.
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Sid Hatfield
Fairmont
W. Va
Charles E. Lively
Sid Matfield
West Virginia
T. W. Dowell
Chesapeake
Joe Carrol
Debt talks in Washington reveal five year lump sum proposal
American funding commission backs a five year lump sum plan as France and the United States continue debt negotiations. Caillaux departs for Paris after addressing the Lotus Club in New York praising bilateral friendship. Policymakers lament no lasting settlement yet praise the spirit of cooperation.
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Washington
American Commission
Caillaux
Paris
Coolidge
France
White House
Capitol
Curtis
Kansas
Borah
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Funding Commission
Calllaux
Joseph Caillaux
Lotus Club
America
Nicholas Murray Butler
United States
Wesleyan College Tops Broaddus 18 in Second Half Showdown
In Buckhannon West Virginia Wesleyan College rallied after a sluggish first half to defeat Broaddus College 18 to 0. The scoreboard moved in the second half on a 30 yard march for the first TD and a 69 yard run by Webh followed by a 21 yard Corcoran TD run. Wolfe and Timme stood out for Broaddus.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
Wesleyan College
Broaddus College
Webh
Corcoran
Broaddus
Wesleyan
Wolfe
Timme
Beers and Wines Among Hindenburg's Birthday Gifts
Berlin on October 2 reports kegs of beer and many bottles of wine received at the executive palace for President Von Hindenburg's seventy eighth birthday. Sausages and live crabs were also included in the array of gifts.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Admission Denied Mary MacSwiney at League Conference
Interparliamentary Union delegates decide unanimously not to appeal to the United States to join the League of Nations or revise its covenant. The proceedings include discussion of Saklatvala’s ban, Bolshevism suppression, and calls for equal rights and international action.
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United States
League of Nations
Washington
Interparliamentary Union
League
Theodor Adelswaerd
Sweden
Mary MacSwiney
MacSwiney
Wynn C. Fairfield
Oberlin College
Ohio
Christian L. Lange
China
Shanghai
Mrs Roosevelt Plans Jungle Expedition Across Asia
New York reports Mrs Theodore Roosevelt will sail on the Leviathan for Kashmir and the Tian Shan mountains in India. She will join her sister in Paris and travel with her sister-in-law toward Le Sents grounds of their husband A. Roosevelt.
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New York
It Roosevelt
Tomoron
Leviathan
Kashmir
Tian Shan Mountains
India
Kermit
Theodore
Tian Shan Range
Asia
Olympic
Theodore Roosevelt
Paris
le Sents
Substantial Donation by Dr J C White to WVU Stadium
Morgantown Oct. 2 Dr I C White state geologist and former National Geographic Society president gave a substantial donation to West Virginia University athletic stadium. His total subscription exceeds 15 000, the largest single gift to date as athletics director H A Stansbury announces a 75 000 drive ending November 14 with Penn State’s dedication game. Notables in 10 000 class include E W Ogleby of Wheeling Gilbert Davis Coal Co Hope Natural Gas Co Pittsburg and Baltimore and Ohio Railway Co in 5 000 group.
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Morgantown
W. Va
I. C. White
National Geological Society
West Virginia University
H. A. Stansbury
Penn State
Debate over Hawaiian flight faults and naval air forces
Commander John Rodgers criticizes the navy for bungling the Hawaiian flight and urges reform of naval air service. He backs a united national defense department with air services under army and navy, while opposing a separate navy air corps. Court-martial plans for Colonel Mitchell proceed as testimony continues.
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Washington
William Mitchell
John Rodgers
Rodgers
Col. Mitchell
Pn4 No
Bureau of Aeronautics
Naval Air Service
Air Corps
Navy
Department of National Defense
Army
Shenan
Navy Department
San Antonio
Mitchell
Air Board
War Department
Omaha
Inspector General of
The
Omer
Former husband was a bigamist in Emanuel murder case
Philadelphia police tracing the past of Lillian M. Emanuel while she is jailed on suspicion of Maurice E. Felt's murder. Records show she wed Howard I. Jones in Pittsburg in 1916 and learned of a Bertha Simpson Jones in Brooklyn. Her 1918 annulment cancelled that marriage. authorities seize her home during the probe.
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Philadelphia
Lillian M. Emanuel
Maurice E. Felt
City Hall
Miss Emanuel
Pittsburg
Howard I. Jones
Brooklyn, N. Y
Bertha Simpson Jones
Jones
Felt
Emanuel
Sem Dros
Boil Water Advisory Issued After Rainfall
The Bluefield health department urges all city water users to boil water before drinking following heavy rains on Thursday and Friday. Springs at the fairgrounds are specifically cautioned as unsafe due to suspected pollution.
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Health Department
City Health Department
Bluefield
Parthaen
Fair Grounds
Building Parsons Farewell Supper Prior to Departure
The Rev. P. P. Hasselvander, pastor of First Christian Church Bluefield since 1917, was honored at a farewell supper hosted by the Ladies Missionary Union as his departure becomes effective. He preached his last Sunday sermon amid plans about several calls he has received, while noting the congregation’s tradition of paying all payrolls weekly during construction of the church.
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P. P. Hasselvander
First Christian Church
Ladies’ Missionary Union
Hassel Vyr
Bindara
Ana Levefield
B Uefield
Hasselvander
Bluefield
Michigan Cities Dark in Daytime
A daytime blackout across Detroit and other Michigan cities caused by fog and storms led to four deaths, two likely to be fatally injured, and ten more hurt. A Chicago to Detroit passenger train struck a velocipede with two section workers near Milan, while two Lansing workers were killed by lightning.
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Detroit
Michigan
Milan
Mich
Chicago
Lansing
First Army
Selfridge Field
Mount Clemens
Washington
Toledo
Tunnel Cave-In Traps Crew at Church Hill Rail Yard
Engineer Tom Mason is believed killed in the Church Hill tunnel collapse of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Six other workers remain missing amid gas fumes and collapsed earth as rescuers suspend operations overnight. Several survivors escaped, though many were injured from steam and fall debris, with the tunnel extending about 3590 feet under Jefferson Park.
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Richmond
Tom Mason
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Church Hill
Mason
D. F. Moseley
A. G. Adama
C. 8. Kelco
Moseley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
McFadden
Corprew Hall
East Broad Street
Jefferson Park
Indictments Told On Mackinac Steamer Officials
Captain George W. McVay and Chief Engineer John A. Grant of the excursion steamer Mackinac were indicted for manslaughter over the August 18 Newport harbor boiler explosion that killed 55. George J. Kelley, operator of the steamer, was charged as accessory before the fact. Three indictments name McVay and Grant together. three name McVay alone. three name Grant alone. Capiuses were ordered for the three defendants to appear in court to answer the charges.
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Providence
R. L
George W. McVay
John A. Grant
Mackinac
Newport Harbor
Providence and
Bristol County Grand Jury
George J. Kelley
Blackstone Valley Transportation Company
Grand
Oscar L. Heltzen
McVay
Grant
Kelley
John J. Fitzgerald
Johnny Stuart Father of New Baby in Huntington
Johnny Stuart of the Cardinals pitched the team to a victory over Onwego today, allowing four hits. He celebrated by becoming a father. his wife gave birth to a baby girl at their home in Huntington, West Virginia.
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Johnny Stuart
Huntington
W. Va
Evrl
St. Louis Cardinals
Stuart
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Federation of Labor
C. E. Lively
Lively
Hatfield Chambers
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J. C. White
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