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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
1
A high profile Ohio State instructor urges 31 states to adopt a plan to regulate anthracite coal mining and distribution as a public utility. The proposal seeks interstate control over production and transport, with Pennsylvania and neighboring states cited as crucial bases for a broader regulatory framework.
Governor Vic Donahoy ordered a thorough investigation by the Ohio State University board of trustees into Horton, a graduate instructor, and faculty drinking at his home. The probe covers alleged communist sympathies, student parties, and liquor procurement amid wartime and prohibition concerns. Horton was released on bond. Horton and others deny wrongdoing.
Reports from Decatur detail no arrests among mine riot participants as Ba Shothaure, deputy, linked a deadly incident to a faulty truck crash at a rail yard near Atlan, killing Godee Tinke and fatally injuring a wife and a driver while a second tragedy unfolded with convicts escaping a Houston prison. Authority figures blame mine operators while the union disputes allege mismanagement.
Viquesney seeks a writ of error for his 4 year sentence in the Moundaville penitenary after a Harbour county conviction for fraud tied to the Allagheny Improvement promotion. The state supreme court will review numerous technical grounds. prosecutors claim the fraud charge stands. Nearby cases include Knipps Creek Lumber and related appeals listed in Charleston proceedings.
Cleveland business founder Josiah Kirby, head of the Din count company, defended himself in federal court denying fraud charges. On the stand he outlined company affairs while government attorneys pressed for critical testimony under Judge John M. Kitts, seeking limits to Kirby's defense.
Willington Tech news reports Chancellor Wolcott vacated a prior restraining order against Penderson Budd and associates Plymouth OU company. The grant allows dividend payments to officers and stockholders previously named in the suit. No appeal was filed from the temporary injunction decision. Walter St. Jallanan, president of Plymouth OU, seeks a hearing on the order.
Washington December 9 The house named a select committee to investigate credentia ls of representative Langley Republican Kentucky already convicted of prohibition violations. Langley seeks reelection this year while the case lingers. The Burton led committee will probe motive returns and qualifications and report to the house. Langley appeals to the Supreme Court challenging the measure.
Cumberland reports ameeting among William Tisdale chief engineer of West Virginia and Abel Woloman chief engineer of Maryland health department with Joseph Kimball and Mayor Koon to send a proposed protective plan to Maryland and West Virginia governors and attorneys general. They aim to convene a conference with state officers and request a U S engineer visit to assess Cumberland and nearby Watched areas for flood protection. In Pittsburgh news, William C stood of Uniontown was elected resident of the Coal Mining Institute of America at its 39th meeting, naming Nicholas Evans of Johnstown and Frank R Lyons of Fairmont as attendees.
President Coolidge submitted the 1933 budget showing total expenditures of 3,396,207,021 with a $160,083,826 rise over the current year. Post Office and Veterans Bureau gains, payroll raises, and Soldier Bonus Law costs drive the higher outlay, while surpluses are projected for the coming years.
The article reports a 1924 meeting at a Methodist building where Rev Clarence True Wilson urged the Democratic nominee Al Smith be defeated on a wet platform. He argued Smith’s victory would undermine prohibition and harm moral sentiment, while encouraging enforcement.
An18th century style government income breakdown shows sources such as income budget concepts, internal revenue, customs, investments, and receipts totaling funds. Spending categories include national defense, public works, pensions, retirement pay, world war allowances, marine operations, and interest on public debt.
In terest in the Rhinelander marriage annulment case revived when a grand jury investigation of alleged jury tampering was ordered by Supreme Court Justice Bor Rohonger. Frederick C. Sanford testified he was approached by three citizens during the trial. Sanford named one man to Justice Borro and James C. Hennett, an eye specimen of Yonkers. Sanford said he could not recall the other names. Dr. Bennett and Sanford were subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury. Attorney W. N. Afliss for Rhineland er said he would file a brief Friday to seek setting aside the verdict. The judge said action was unlikely.
Governor Fuller leads a public demonstration on Boston’s commercial center furnace and kitchen range to show and promote burning low volatile bituminous coal. Mayor Curley offers site. West Virginia Smokeless Coal Operators Association supplies the smoke free tests. a dough loaf is baked and presented to the governor to illustrate coal’s practical use.
The Philadelphia Associated Press report notes Gov. Pinchot cancels a speaking engagement as business leaders from the hard coal belt press on to broker a settlement. Meetings with operators and United Mine Workers officials continue in Harrisburg and nearby hotels, aiming to bridge the wage dispute.
The suit filed in Marshall county circuit court alleges West Virginia banking commissioner H A Abbott and Naaman Jackson malfeasance and negligence for the Bank of Benwood collapse. It contends continuous proper examination would have closed the bank a decade earlier. Directors, Loach, and Wird face charges. the embezzlers received ten year penitentiary terms. Depositors lost over $500000.
In Paris, a crucial finance bill aims to raise 7,000,000,000 francs next year to balance the budget and fund a double interest scheme. Premier Briand may not jeopardize the government, while factional dissension and ministerial fate hang on Louchest’s proposed measures.
Arica Chile plebiscitary commission approves General Pershing motion setting January 16 for presentation of the election law February 15 as the start of registration March 18 for end of registration three weeks for all appeals and the vote to take place April 15 under the arrangement approved by the commission.
In Washington Rainey and Hull spearhead a bipartisan push on a tax measure with House debates running late while Senate action stalls. The plan aims for a March 1 passage with Smoot guiding senate action and President Coolidge backing planned cuts and timing, though critics urge gentler surtax reductions and preservation of key exemptions. Kipling listed as ill in Sussex. condition described as serious but not clarified.
Mrs Charles Wim Clarks, widow of a former United States senator, reports her pearl necklace valued at 510,000 stolen from her Manhattan home during a dispute involving Charles Wim Claris. Clark had been divorced, and the case draws responses from attorneys Frank L Polk as inquiries proceed.
Washington December reports show the Mitchell court martial heated by impeachment and perjury motions. Major Gullion pressed Captain Hart as evidence was challenged over book authorship while defense counsel Reid clashed with the prosecution over admissibility. A contempt motion against Gullion followed before testimony from veteran Howard Tath on bombardment conditions.
J Wy Balch of Follansbee former director of the defunct Real Estate Guaranty Company testified for the state in the Bowdler and Ulyatt trial. He denied ever being elected treasurer and said his name was unauthorized on reports and other documents. Balch noted minutes wrongly show a treasurer and a stock price increase, and he claimed he did not attend the relevant meeting in 1923. The court adjourned with plans to resume tomorrow.
Washington December 3 The House Aircraft Committee failed to finish its report after an executive session. Members made no progress toward agreement and scheduled another meeting for tomorrow. Rep Rela Republican defense counsel for Col William B Mitchell pending court martial trials may draft a supplementary brief favoring a national defense department with army navy and air service given equal recognition.
A Syrian envoy visited the League of Nations in Geneva to urge action by the council to stop Syria's bloodshed. The council had approved a mandate plan, and indications are Rome will not recognize the petition when a probe is pursued in February.
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