Treachery of Sea and Air Claims Twenty Nine Lives
A resolved disaster off Pt Honda near Santa Barbara claims twenty nine lives as seven destroyers crash on rocks. The Delphy led a fogbound squadron and his crews, including nineteen aboard the Young, were trapped below decks in what became their tombs. Three Delphy sailors died. others drifted on a raft.
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Young
Delphy
Santa Barbara
Cal
Pt. Honda
Here
San Diego
Pt. Férguello
Santa Barbara Channel
Pacific Mail
Cuba
San Miguel Island
Chauncey
Woodbury
Fuller
Lee
Nicholas
Graves
Faller
Bribery cases added to Greenbrier circuit docket
Greenbrier county circuit court opens with trials tied to mine union leader cases from July and August. H. R. Harrah faces $600 bribe accusations and juror influence charges while G. C. Hickey is indicted on three counts for bribing witnesses and jurors related to Blizzard’s trial. Second Blizzard trial panel dismissed.
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Blizzard
Harrah
Hickey
Rev. J. E. Wilburn
Canada
John Sullivan
Veniremen
George B. Prague
Prohibition
Sprague
S. H. Sharp
Klansmen Forbidden Hold Masked Meetings
Oklahoma officials issue order prohibiting Ku Klux Klan in the state from holding masked parades or meetings. Grand Dragon N C Jewett announced the klan would abide by Governor Walton’s edict against masked assemblies.
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Oklahoma City
J. C. Walton
Ku Klux Klan
Oklahoma
N. C. Jewett
Tokyo and Yokohama Earthquake Casualties and Aftermath
Reports from Tokyo and Yokohama detail up to September 7 47 000 in to kio and 23 000 in Yokohama dead with 150 foreigners killed as rescue and relief efforts continue amidst widespread destruction. Thousands homeless and typhoid and dysentery threaten survivors as refugees describe harrowing experiences and hunger.
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Washington
London
Tokio
Daily Express
Osaka
Japan
The
Red Cross
Wood
New York County
Olock
New England
Southern
Central
Southwestern
Pacifier
Shanghai
Canada
Esther Robertson
Billy Coutts
Wm. McBain
Miss Coutts
China
Yokohama
Increase in wages for Big Four shop craft workers
Indianapolis September 10 four thousand shop craft employes on the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago St Louis Railroad known as the Big Four won a three cent an hour wage increase after negotiations between company officials and Federated Shop Craft Unions. The raise takes effect August 1 and covers apprentices and union men.
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Indianapolis
Sept
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis Railroad
Big Four
Federated Shop Craft Unions
Bluefield opens 1923 24 with record school enrollment
Bluefield public schools report 3 502 pupils on opening day the largest first day in history with 2 556 white and 463 colored in graded schools and 483 in the high school including 176 freshmen. Demand for new and used books and supplies drew crowds to Lemkuhl Shepherd Co and Warlick's Furniture Store amid a busy start to the term.
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Bluefield
E. C. Wade
Wade
East End
Genoa
Vorus
Boring
Lemkuhl- Shepherd Company
Police Department
Pense
Rufus Holder
Warlick
Federal Weeh
Eighty Two Killed In Wreck In Russia
A Moscow dispatched report says an express train derailed Saturday at Omsk resulting in eighty two deaths and one hundred fifty two injuries.
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Riga
Moscow
Omsk
Red Cross Drive Aids Japanese Relief In Mercer County
Bramwell and Bluefield mobilize Red Cross fund drive for Japan disaster relief. A generous unnamed donor gives 50 dollars. other contributions include individuals and church groups totaling 659.76 dollars. Mercer County pledges broader support as White House appeal underscores urgent relief.
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Bluefield
Mercer
Red Cross
Clarence E. Ridley
Moroney Ome Shewemacs
Keesee Motor Co
Mertes
Jee Ee
Barry
Seeman
First Methodist Church
Princeton
First Baptist Church
A. Wympethiter
Csockatook
Nathan Platnick
HM. Cheatham
R. B. Ferguson
Ncis Accedes
Bettie
Irvisie
Geo
cSenhaende
L. F. Doolittle
Carter
Ck Parrooe LO
J. W. Horton
Orland
West
White House
United States
Japan
Tokio
Yokohama
Executive Department
American National Red Cross
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Mercer County
First Baptist Church of
Lord
McDowell Smith
Bramwell
American Red Cross
British Navy Going Dry, Says Admiral Anstey
Rear Admiral W J Anstey, returning to London aboard the Cameronia, says the Royal Navy is becoming dry with far less drinking among officers and sailors due to temperance pledges and education. He notes at a recent shipboard dinner nearly all officers drank water. The veteran officer has long served with the Admiralty.
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New York
W. J. Anstey
Admiralty
London
Cameronnia
Admiral Anstey
Anstey
Bn Bish Huntington
W. V. On
Organizer of Klan in Macon Arrested
Macon Georgia September 10 J P Durkee organizer of the Ku Klux Klan in Macon was arrested tonight on two warrants charging rioting and assault and battery in connection with the Macon flogging cases Durkee is charged with taking part in the flogging of R F Mills a local chiropodist Bond set at five thousand dollars
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Macon
J. P. Durkee
Durkee
R. F. Mills
Two Boys Die In Roadside Plunge Near Kimball
In McDowell County a Ford and a truck interlocked wheels and plunged over a 25 foot wall near Kimball Station. Albert Bear nine and Louis Bear seven were killed. Sam Bear, the father, and Eleanor Bear eleven were badly hurt with multiple injuries. Driver T G Smith escaped with minor cuts. The accident followed a planned funeral trip for Mrs Bear’s brother Lock Crouse.
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Kimball Railroad Station
McDowell County
Albert Bear
Louis Bear
Sam Bear
Welch Hospital
Eleanor Bear
Kimball Hospital
T. G. Smith
Kimball
Lock Crouse
Big Four
J. T. Graham
Bear
Little Albert
Little Louis
Louis
Tidewater
Vivian
Bluefielder Named Second Vice President of Optometrists
Fairmont West Virginia September 10 The West Virginia Society of Optometrists closed its fourteenth annual convention with new officers elected Chas BE Walker of Clarksburg is president J B Young of Elkins first vice president Mr Greenspon of Bluefield is second vice president Fred W Burnett Shinnston secretary treasurer A B Scott of Fairmont is retiring president who urged cooperation for progress The next meeting place will be decided by officers.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia Society of Optometrists
Chas
BE. Walker
Clarksburg
J. B. Young
Elkins
Corey Named President Vanadium Corporation
Alfred A. Corey Jr. was elected president of the Vanadium Corporation of America succeeding J. Leonard Replogle who resigned. Merritt G. Baker was re-elected vice president and L. K. Diffenderfer was named secretary. KE. F. Nickerson loses directorship and will join Replogle in an uptown office.
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New York
Alfred A. Corey, Jr
Vanadium Corporation of America
J. Leonard Replogle
Merritt G. Baker
L. K. Diffenderfer
KE. F. Nickerson
Nickerson
Replogle
Violent earthquake shock recorded near Florence
Florence reports the observatory logged late at night a violent northeast earthquake about 4700 miles away. Seismic instruments remained agitated for about two hours afterward.
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Florence
Wreck injures sailors from destroyers
Santa Barbara reports ERALD Tyler of Charleston West Virginia among sailors from the destroyer Delphy injured in Saturday night wreck of seven US destroyers. He is listed among those taken to hospitals for exposure and officials say all in hospital will recover.
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Santa Barbara
Erald Tyler
Charleston
W. Va
Delphy
United States
Pinchot seeks joint action to curb coal gouging
Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania urges thirty other anthracite consuming states to study anti gouging measures for coal prices this coming winter. He proposes a regional conference after initial investigations into reasonable freight rates and transportation costs with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
W. D. B. Ainey
Pennsylvania Public Service Commission
Coolidge
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Department of Mines
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Illinois
Connecticut
Wisconsin
Michigan
Maryland
Minnesota
Rhode Island
District of Columbia
Mr. Pinchot
New England
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Missouri
Nebraska
North
South Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Tennessee
Texas
Alabama
Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Many More Filling Stations Than Needed
Syracuse, September 10. Governor W H McMaster of South Dakota said the distribution system must be reorganized to cut costs and benefit the public. He claimed most cities have about fifty percent more filling stations than needed. Senator Smith W Brookhart of Iowa spoke on agricultural issues and economic cooperation.
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Syracuse
N. Y
W. H. McMaster
South Dakota
Newark
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Middle West
League of Nations weighs wait and see on Greco Italian crisis
Geneva dispatch reports the league council favors watchful waiting as Creco Italian dispute unfolds. Greece accepts settlement terms and Ireland gains league membership as talks consider evacuation of Corfu and possible future actions.
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Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
Viscount Ishil
Council of Ambassadors
Council of the League
Paris
Corfu
Gre
Greece
League
Europe
Politis
Council of Greece
Ireland
Incendiary Fire Fatal to One Man in Texas
Fort Worth, Sept. 10 A fire at the Miles home northwest of Fort Worth is blamed on incendiary origin. H F Jones sixty died in the blaze Elizabeth Miles eighteen survived a foiled assault, while Anver Dean thirty nine is held in Wise county jail for arson. County officials Gettys and Sheriff Workman investigate the mystery.
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Fort Worth
Tex
H. F. Jones
W. H. Miles
Elizabeth Miles
Anver Dean
Miles
Wise County
Decatur
Gettys
Workman
Jones
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Qogket
H. R. Harrah
Blizzard Jury
G. C. Hickey
Blizzard Witness
Lewisburg
Fairview
Lemkuhl - Shepherd Company
Bluefield Church
Telegraph
KLAN
FORD
Albert
Louise Bear
Bluefielder
Corey
Vanadium Corporation
League Council
West Virginia Bay
Pinghot
Rome
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