No Arrest Yet in Connection With Baffling Crime
C H Arnold killed on south Bland street in a highly unusual shooting. He had been shot five times and died the next morning after a long injury to the liver. Police hunt for the slayer, with few associates and no weapon found, while Arnold’s dying statements fail to reveal a motive or suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H
Dick) Arnold
South Bland Street
J. Frank Maynard
Arnold
Fair Grounds
Raleigh County
Roanoke
Adams and
Bland
Two Negroes Lynched Near Aiken South Carolina
In Aiken South Carolina on September 8 two Black men Manefield Butler and Charlie Thompson were lynched in a cornfield after being accused of attacking a prominent woman. The mob acted at night and the case is reported as a lynching with no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
8. C
Manefield Butler
Charlie Thompson
Coal Leaders Bound for Washington Conference
Light representatives of Mingo county coal producers, amid labor violence that has killed twenty nine and wounded many, travel through Bluefield to Washington to meet President Harding in a defined conference. The delegation is led by Harry Olmstead, head of the Lake committee of the Williamson Operators' Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Mingo County
Bluefield
Washington, D. C
Harry Olmstead
Williamson Operators’ Association
Fairmont Picked as Next U D C State Convention Site
Keyser WV Sept 8 Fairmont was chosen as the next meeting place for the West Virginia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at its twenty third annual convention which closed after a two day session The 1922 convention will be held in early September Officers were re elected with only the recording secretary position changing The gathering featured a visit by President General Mrs Roy McKenney from Paducah KY A pilgrimage to Romney WV marked the site of the first Confederate monument in the state and plans were made to raise funds for a Jefferson Davis monument to be erected at Fairview KY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keyser
W. Va
Fairmont
West Virginia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
W. E. R. Byrne
Charleston
J. J. Cornwell
Romney
Kinnie Smith
Parkersburg
Charles Sutton
Clarksburg
Bertha White
Mary Stribling
Martinsburg
William Echols
Alderson
Ora Tomlinson
Charlestown
Roy McKenney
Paducah
Jefferson Davis
Fairview
Jobless Men Put on Auction Block at Boston Common
On September 8 Boston saw fifty unemployed men stripped to the waist placed on the auction block on Boston Common to bid for work. Ledoux, organizer of the Church of the Unemployed, said the event would continue daily for the rest of the month. Only one bidder offered a job, while others received pledges of help. a dog was auctioned for $5 but returned to the church as mascot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Common
Urbain Ledoux
Ledoux
West End
William Lloyd Garrison
James Ferris
Church of the
Joseph Mitchell
Annie Jackson
Mitchell
John Farley
Dorchester
William Davis
J. H. Granninger
Davis
World’s Record Broken at Camp Perry
World’s record set in Camp Perry Ohio as Sergeant PF Crawley United States Marine Corps achieved a remarkable string of 177 consecutive bull’s eyes on the 80 yard slow fire Winchester match. Crawley stationed at Quantico Virginia surpassed the previous mark of 106 in a dominant performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Perry
Ohio
PF. Crawley
United States Manine Corps
Crawley
Quantico
Winchester
Forty warrants joined at Logan by Magistrate Gore
Federal troops began withdrawing from southern West Virginia after restoring order following armed clashes in Mingo and Logan counties. The 26th Infantry entrained to Camp Dix while the 88th Aero Squadron and the chemical warfare service headed to Langley and Edgewood. The 19th Infantry will act as headquarters outfit in Charleston with Colonel C A Martin and Captain John M Hite. Plans reportedly target sending the 19th and 10th regiments to stations, leaving the 40th Infantry in Logan to supervise the area. Magistrate Gore issued about forty warrants as Logan County probes the unrest, with a special grand jury to be convened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Kanawha
Coal River
Mingo County
Logan
Capitol
Twenty-Sixth Infantry
Camp Dix
N. J
Eighty-Eighth Aero Squadron
Langley Field
Chemical Warfare Service Section
Edgewood Arsenal
Nineteenth Infantry
Coal River Fields
Mingocoun
Twenty-Sixth
Kanawha City
Nineteenth
C. A. Martin
John M Hite
Fortieth Infantry
E. A. Shuttleworth
H. H. Bandholtz
Washington
Morgan
Gore
John Chafin
Logan County
Logan Territory
Huntington
Morgan praises work volunteers for aiding Logan County defense
Governor E F Morgan commends volunteer citizens from Mercer Cabell McDowell Mingo Kanawha counties who joined the armed defense to stop insurrectionists in Logan County. He credits former service members for protecting law and order, noting their sacrifice and devotion to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
E. F. Morgan
Logan County
Mercer
McDowell
Mingo
Cabell
Kanawha
Steone
Virginia
Ku Klux Klan To Sue For Ten Million Dollars
Atlanta heavyweights report Ku Klux Klan leaders announce plans to sue about 20 newspapers for libel totaling 10 million dollars. Imperial kleagle BE Y Clarke says action will target papers including Times Picayune World and Globe and will involve around 200 attorneys nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KU Klux Klan
Atlanta
BE. Y. Clarke
Imperial Kleagle
The
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
New Orleans Times Picayune
Oklahoma City Oklahoman
Galveston News
Houston Chronicle
New York World
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Boston Globe
Pittsburg Sun
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Second Offering of Treasury Notes Details
Washington announces a net deficit of 191 million in early fiscal year expenses. Secretary Mellon proposes combined issues totaling about 600 million dollars including three year notes at 2 percent, six month certificates at 5 percent, and one year certificates at 4.75 percent to manage short dated debt and expected September tax receipts. Rates are lower than the first offering, signaling a softer money market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasington
Mellon
Treasury
Treasury Notes
Dexter Direct Wins 2:19 Pace At State Fair
Large crowd at Wheeling West Virginia state fair witnessed four harness races. The 2:19 pace was halted on the fourth heat as judges objected to Jakie OConnor’s driving after a second place. Dexter Direct won the feature, with tight finishes among Dexter Direct Jakie OConnor and Eyelet Laconda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Jakie O'Connor
Dexter Direct
Eyelet Laconda
Root in Talks at White House for Armament Conference
Washington reports Elihu Root met with President Harding and Secretary Hughes in the White House and discussed the Carnegie endowment for international peace. Root did not confirm any appointment as an American representative to the delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elihu Root
Harding
Hughes
Root
Huches
Carnegi Endowment For International Peace
Lloyd George Eyes Open Ireland Talks With Sinn Fein
London reports Premier Lloyd George sent a letter to Hamon De Valera ahead of a planned Inverness conference on September 20. The talks aim to clarify the six British reservations for Irish dominion status while allowing Ireland to remain in the British empire. Ulster and split requests from Fermanagh and Tyrone could surface during the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hythe Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Hamon de Valera
Dublin
Inverness
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Sein Fein
de Valera
DeValera
League of Nations
Ulster
Fermanagh
Tyrone
Terrific rains ease tensions as miners encamped
A fierce rainstorm near Elizabethtown Illinois calms tension as 800 armed miners in hillside camps face impassable routes. Reports say many are returning home while troop movements and weapon prep continue. Meanwhile Baptist delegates were halted near Horse Shoe by union guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Elizabethtown
Karbers Ridge
Sherif D. N. Cox
Small
Williamson
Saline
Kosilare
Franklin
Hardin County
Harrisburg
General Baptist Association
Horse Shoe
Rossclare
River Pollution Easily Corrected Says Army Engineer
Wheeling West Virginia September 8 Major General Lansing H Beach chief of engineers United States Army states river pollution from mines and factories can be corrected cheaply with treatment of acidic discharges He proposes laws to prohibit regulate or require treatment of waste to destroy acidity and plans to consult with mine owners and factories on best practical methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Lansing H. Beach
United States Army
Chief of Engineers
Treasury Head Urges Tax Bill Changes At Two Finance Sessions
Secretary Mellon presented changes to the Senate Finance Committee including repeal of the excess profits tax effective last January 1, halved transportation taxes for 1922, repeal of the capital stock tax next year, and a reduced top income surtax of 25 percent starting 1922. The plan retains insurance and other taxes at lower rates and proposes a cosmetics tax replacing stamp duties, with overall revenues guided by White House targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Sept
Senate Finance Committee
Melton
Treasury
Mellon
White House
Gas well drilled in Doddridge County good for twelve million
A report from Parkersburg West Virginia states the Philadelphia Oil Company has drilled a gas well on the Icy Jones tract in Doddridge County. The well is distant from existing production and is described as an important find with potential output of about twelve million cubic feet of gas per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Philadelphia Oil Company
Jones Tract
Doddridge County
Bluefield Fair Race Program Draws Large Crowds
Bluefield fair crowds set a new weekly attendance record amid ideal weather. Clara Kerns driven by Dave H. Kelly won the $1,000 stake, a landmark track record, with Lee W. and Miss Katie B entering future grand circuit races in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Bluefield
Scatton
Dolly May Mysor
Maggie Harvester
Thompson
Silk Hose
Galloway
Day Dream
Thomas
September Guy
Summers
Santa Watts
Steele
Binland
Kelty
Jack McKinney
Country Boy
Davis
Jolly K
Williamson
Red Mary
Silk Lane
Toxie
C. Trent
Mary G. Lasses
Money Maid
J. Barnes
Saint Sis
San Francisco
Bluefield
Clara Kerns
Tazewell County
Fred R. Steele
Dave H. Kelly
Lee W
Mr. Kelly
Mias
Katie B
Wresley Thomas
Clara Kerna
Tazewell
Bluefield Fair
Earl
J. C. Penny
Roy Dillon
Penny Brothers
Columbus
Ohio
Lee W. Williamson
Birdsong
Noddy
Joe Rosalie
Jack Stokes
BE. Henrry
S Querida
J. Burma
W. Ross
J. Burns
Sam Peppermint
BE. Henry
Thomas Edward Nicewander
Princeton Avenue
Margaret Irene Vernon
Hudson Street
Lille Virginia Butt
Nemours
Channing Hoge Bailey
Testimony to Begin Monday in Chambers Trial in Williamson
In Williamson West Virginia on September 8 the taking of testimony in the Chambers trial for complicity in the death of J W Ferguson, one of seven private defect killed in the Marew May 19, 1526, was postponed until Monday after the jury had been sworn. Prosecutor Sidies sought postponement after learning a relative of Judge BD Wat heen was killed in a meteor. Defense counsel argued.
Also Mentioned on This Page
DC. H. Arnold
Mercer, Mingo, McDowell, Cabell
Kanawha Counties
Root White House
New Yorker
Llovd-George
Gen. Beach
West Virginia Bankers
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Joseph Hill
Benjamin N. Anderson
New York
Prom T
Bluefield-Graramuay
Bailey
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