Gov Cornwell Attacks Osborne Over WV Prison Probe
Charleston, Jan 15 Governor Cornwell denounced Lieutenant Commander Thomas Mott Osborne for planning to probe state institutions including the West Virginia penitentiary at Moundsville. Cornwell asked Attorney General Palmer to investigate and labeled Osborne unfit for public service, suggesting federal prisoners would be treated better than WV inmates if mistreatment existed.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thomas Mott Osborne
Naval Prison
Portamouth
N. AL
West Virginia
Moundsville
Cornwell
United States
Palmer
Osborne
Daniels
Another Liberty Loan Might Become Actual Event
Washington January 12 Secretary Glass declared a further Liberty loan would be necessary if Congress embarks on how fields oflicee expenditure or reduces the average taxes. He stated the government’s financial condition in detail and said keeping the present tax level would keep new expenditures down. He added that congressional action would enable the treasury to pay its own way from tax and salvage receipts.
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Washington
Congress
Glass
Treasury
Local Notes Record Social Visits and Court Beginnings
Community members visit and host neighbors across Independence and nearby towns. Judge Neil J Fortney arrives from Kingwood to preside over the January circuit court session in the city. A clearance sale at Jolliffe’s opens Thursday the 15th. Residents note cooling weather and a hoped for snowfall as area events unfold.
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Anna Ileflin
Fairmont
Order of Retckahs
Neil J
Firo Eiaynerrodpa
Neil J. Fortney
Kingwood
Jolliffe
Frum
Flemington Distric
Ely
Carl Allen Dies While Visiting Flemington
Carl Allen aged about 22 of Astor died in Flemington at his sister Bertha Batson’s home. Heart trouble was given as the cause after a physician pronounced death at the bedside. He had long suffered heart disease and had been rejected at recruiting stations during the late war. Survived by parents Thomas and wife, two brothers Dorsey of Mexico and Leslie at home, and three married sisters. Funeral at Astor with interment in local cemetery.
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Carl Allen
Astor
Flemington
Galloway
Bertha M. Batson
Arnett McGlumphrey
Army
Navy
Thomas Alles
Dorsey Allen
Mexico
Leslie
Edna Wright
Bertha Batson
Will
Mettle’ Hall
Circuit Court Opens in Taylor County Grand Jury Formed
The January term of Taylor county circuit court convened with Judge Neil J. Fortney presiding. Sheriff Melvin Newton and Clerk A. J. Mason empaneled a grand jury including B. F. Sayre as chair and others. Indictments expected from cases of public interest include Francis Haller's charge for reckless auto collision and Lee Woodyard's charge for stabbing Charles Tucker. One indictment for hatike Kirtyousk of Wendel faces three counts of lesen grow.
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Circuit Court
Taylor County
Neil J. Fortney
Melvin Newton
A. J. Mason
B. F. Sayre
A. C. Morris
Dorsey L. Brown
Bruce Kerns
John F. Rausches
E. E. Findley
Herbert Wolfe
C. Frum
Marcellus Compton
Thomas S. Crimes
Walter Rogers
Charles
Mate
Lester Bush
W. 'T. Belyard
R. M. Parrish
Ed W. Lock
Fortney
Francis Haller
Flemington
James Cole
Pleasant Creek
Webster
Simpson
Lee Woodyard
Pruntytown
Charles Tucker
George Batson
Hatike Kirtyousk
Wendel
Kane Declares He Lacks Power to Curb Gougers
Fragmentary text indicates a prosecutor claiming no time to answer questions and concerns about action in other cities. It references a food administrator and a price board, with scattered mentions of Philadelphia and hindered efforts against profiteering amid wartime controls. Names and specifics remain unclear due to the damaged source.
Absconding Miner Fund Suspect and Dual Murders Featured
The docket includes two murder cases with prior indictments. James Redd faces trial for a Walter Street killing believed linked to jealousy, while Jacob Luth seeks retrial for fatally shooting Police Chief Phillips after the supreme court reversed a lower court conviction. Hiram Linn of Glady Creek was in town earlier.
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Miners ‘Union
James Redd
Walter Stree
Redd
Ie Hat
Jacob Luth
Phillips
Latrobe Styont
Lulz
Supreme Court
Hiram Linn
Glady Creek
Local Notices From Pruntytown Chronicle
Pruntytown notes report residents visiting and returning, illnesses and injuries, marriages, and moves. Ora Currey contracts diphtheria while Phyllis Robinson injures an ankle. Vada Shriver and Virgil Jeffreys wed at Oakland and will reside in Fetterman. Frank Woodward recovers from appendectomy, Harry Edgar born to Mrs. H H Fleacher in Baltimore, and numerous trips and visits across Fairmont Middleton Clarksburg and surrounding areas are recorded.
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Ora Currey
Rainer Bainbridge
Fairmont
Phylls Robinson
Mise Vada Shriver
Virgil Jeffreys
Oakland
Fetterman
Frank Woodward
H. H. Fleacher
Harry Edgar
Baltimore
Daisy Shriver
Ralph Pinnell
Middleton
Clarksburg
Fairmocnt
Ralph Patterson
Bucnfew
Howard Woodward
Stork
Albert Grimm
John Newton
Ralph Zinger
George Bainbridge
Kingmont
John Keener
American troops to leave East Siberia in February
Washington reports eight thousand American soldiers in Serbia will begin homeward movement soon after mid February, transferring protection of the Siberian railroad to Japan and loyal Russians in eastern Siberia. The American Railway Commission will depart beforehand, and the Czacho Slovak troops will be re located early next month as the reason for the American presence is removed. Mrs Catherine Wittmldt of Blue Ville has returned from a visit in Mairmont.
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Washington
Atevelated Press
Serbia
Japan
Siberia
Amercan
Catherine Wittmdt
Blue Ville
Mairmont
Sedition Bill Pushes Through Congress Violent Penalties
Washington dispatch reports rapid move to enact a stringent sedition bill. The House Judiciary Committee approved a measure echoing Attorney General Palmer and Rep Davey, proposing death penalty by jury verdict for insurrection. It bans seditious literature, symbols at mass meetings, deportations, and disfranchisement.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
House
Palmer
Davey
Ohio
Graham
Pennsylvania
Family Survives After Quake Demolishes Home in Mexico City
An earthquake opens a vast chasm swallowing a professor Riveros family home in Barrdnea Nueva. For over a week relatives live at least 140 feet below, neighbors risk rockfalls to bring food and water. Margret Brown returns to Clarksburg after a brief stay at home.
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Mexico City
Riveros
Barrdnea-Nueva
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