Impeachment Article Presented as Sulzer Faces Senate
Albany August 13 Impeachment articles were formally presented to the New York Senate after the Assembly. Governor Sulzer was impeached by a 79 to 45 vote following an all night session. A Senate meeting was set for 11 oclock with Martin H. Glenn to assume office if impeachment stands.
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Albany
Sulzer
Senate
Consulta Pachneal Eoe Oytion
Executive
Associated Press Dispatch
N. Y
William Sulzer
New York
Sesson
Frawley
Levy
Assembly
William. Sulzer
Martin H. Glenn
Assemblyman Levy
New York City
Worst Runaway In History Of Baltimore & Ohio Today
Baltimore city council discussed a late contract for tech representatives of American Foundry and Construction Company. The firm had three weeks of work with materials on site and a delayed water plant project, with a $3,840.71 estimate approved and insurance of $7,000 ordered. council planned August 26 for levy approval and concerted to keep work progressing pending plant operations.
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Dorsey Street
Tech
American Foundry and Construction Company
Trains Blocked After Runaway Cars Heap Over Bank
A derailment scene at Cheat River grade halted traffic for hours as 97 cars piled in a great heap and over the bank. Air brakes failed triggering the runaway and collision on both tracks blocking east and west routes for an extended period.
Automobile Gasoline and Oil Tank Prices Ad
Automobile owners and merchants considering storage should obtain prices from Walter Powell at 713 Ona St West Grafton for gasoline or oil tanks.
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Walter Powell
Ona St
West
Grafton
Washington Ad Club Eyes State Flag Design
Spokane reports Governor Lister supports creating a state flag after 24 years without one. Raymond Bigelow of the Ad Club chairs a three member committee to work with Seattle and Tacoma clubs to collect designs, with selections by committee. The effort follows Spokane's success in obtaining municipal flag and an official flower.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Ernest Lister
Spokane and Club
Raymond Bigelow
Ad Club
Seattle
Tacoma
Advertising Men’s Club
Lister
Commissioners Visit Morgantown Dams Safety Hearings
West Virginia Public Service Commission members and their chief engineer arrived in Morgantown to inspect the Beaver Hole and Big Sandy dams as part of the Cheat River development project inquiry. They return tonight to begin testimony tomorrow morning with Friday hearings focusing on dam safety.
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Morgantown
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Ita
Cheat River
Beaver Hole
Big Sandy
Governor Hatfield Outlines New Workmen’s Compensation Law
Charleston August 13 Governor Hatfield issued a statement prepared by the attorney general outlining the principal points of the new workmen s compensation law. The act becomes effective October 1 and requires employers to pay into West Virginia’s treasury a premium based on a percentage of total payroll. The percentage is to be fixed by the public service commission and employers may deduct up to 10 percent from employee pay toward the premium. Enforcement machinery is being readied but nothing can be done until the assessment is set and funds are turned over.
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Hatfield
Charleston
Lilly
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
August Bebel Dies, German Socialist Leader at 73
Zurich dispatch reports August Ferdinand Bebel, prominent German Socialist leader, died today at age 73. A veteran of the labor movement since 1862, he served in the imperial parliament from 1871 with brief prison terms for high treason and lèse majeste. His leadership kept German Socialists united as the party grew in parliament.
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Presa
Zurich
Switzerland
Ferdinand Bebel
August Bebel
Labor Movement
Germany
Tmes
Senate set to attack Revolutionary American clan interests
Washington August 13 a report from a special Senate committee investigating conditions along the border will outline actions against certain American interests linked to revolutionary activities in Mexico The committee chaired by Senator Smith of Michigan will focus on American representatives of revolutionists and suspected aid from the U S side during the Madero uprising and subsequent events
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico
Senate
Smith
Michigan
Foreign Relations Committee
Miner Harris Williams Shot by Deputy Sheriff in Pond Creek
In Charleston West Virginia on August 13 Harris Williams, a drunken miner armed with a knife, chased pedestrians and attacked 15 year old Silas Trot. Deputy Sheriff Robert Sharder shot Williams and, though Williams surrendered, the magistrate released him.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harris Williams
Pond Greek
Silas Trot
Williams
Robert Sharder
Storm cripples rail lines and crops near Elkins
Rain drenched a vast area south of Elkins in the heaviest storm in decades, paralyzing railroads telegraph and telephone service. Early figures estimate losses at least 100000 with 1.52 inches of rain in 35 minutes in Elkins.
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Elkins
Morni
Next Convention Set for Baltimore by Unanimous Vote
Milwaukee Wis August 13 Baltimore was chosen by unanimous vote as the place for folding the next convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies at the closing sessions today.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Baltmore
Oklahoma Choctaw Gabe Parker Confirmed Register of Treasury
The Senate confirmed Gabe Parker of Oklahoma, a full blood Choctaw Indian, as register of the treasury. The President withdrew Adam Patterson, a Negro from Oklahoma, and Royal Meeker of New Jersey was confirmed as commissioner of labor.
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Washington
Senate
Gabe BH
Parker
Oklahoma
Adam ©. Patterson
Royal Meeker
New Jersey
Graton City Council Approves 51 Cent Levy To Fund New Electric Plant
The Graton city council authorized a 51 cent levy to fund a proposed new electric light plant with the old one kept as a reserve. The discussion set August 26 to September 1 as the levy period and covered budgets for police, fire, health, streets, and utilities, including $4 500 for the electric plant and a total near $44 000. Citizens voiced street and sewer complaints, prompting orders to restore street conditions and study sewer issues.
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Watkins
Jenkins
Shackelford
Poe
Hechmer
Jaco
Withers
Blaney
Clark
Jenkin
Wycoff
Grafton
Hehmer
Water Department
Electric Light Department
Ross Jones
West Virginia University
Tom McAvoy
Main
St. John Street
Ben Bradford
Stolzenfels
East End
Addison Bt
Racial Tensions Rise Amid North Side Eviction Threats
An Akron dispatch reports a Citizens Vigilance League warned black residents in the North Hill area to sell and vacate their homes within a week or face eviction and possible destruction. Authorities tightened patrols as blackmail accusations surface regarding white property gains.
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Akron
North Side
Citizens Vigilance League
Vigilance League
North Hill
Arbitration Planned Over Coal Miners Pay Basis
Aug 13 Charleston reports pending arbitration at New River Colliery Company Heeles Raleigh county as miners threaten a strike over ton versus car payment. Operators cite an agreement paying by car through April 1, 1915. Arbitration board will convene today to resolve the dispute.
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Charleston
New River Colliery Company
Heeles
Raleigh County
City Levies Rise Again As Tax Rates Increase
Officials announce higher tax by state and city authorities. The state levy grows by a cent, city rate rises to 60c per hundred, the full local levy reaches 35c with two 7c bonds levies to cover outstanding issues, reflecting reduced licence receipts and the need to maintain municipal services.
Runaway Train Wreck Injures Several Men In Newburg
Ed Shafferman and Jack Grover both of Newburg were married engineers on the second train while H A Hawkins of Keyser served as flagman on the runaway. Conductor J J Fromhart of Newburg suffered severe facial injuries. Conductor Lynch of Cumberland was lightly bruised after jumping from a wrecked caboose. A Geldraugh of Newburg, a brakeman on the second train, sustained a right arm fracture.
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ED Shafferman
Newburg
Jack Grover
H. A. Hawkins
Keyser
J. J. Fromhart
Lynch
Cumberland
Geldraugh
Runaway Wreck On Baltimore Ohio Near Buckhorn Wall
A long string of 37 cars broke free from a west bound B&O train near Cheat River grade Blaser twenty miles east of Grafton and rolled back down the hill into a following train at Buckhorn Wall. Three killed, two injured, cars stacked forty feet high. both tracks blocked for hours. The cause remains unclear but brakes failed to act as the rear section gained speed and collided with the oncoming train.
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Baltimore , Ohio
Cheat River
Blaser
Grafton
Buckhorn Wall
Cumberland Division
WANTED to Buy Interest in Paying Grattan Business
Wanted either outright purchase or part interest in a paying Grattan business. Address J Sentinel Office 146 for responses.
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Gratton
J Sentinel
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