Farmers Have Day in Court Airing Views at Convention
More than 250 Negro Masons from across West Virginia attended the forty-fifth annual Grand Lodge session in Clarksburg. Speakers urged tax reform to treat farmers on par with other industries, arguing current schemes unfairly tax producers while adsorbing capital.
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West Virginia
Grand Lodge
Clarksburg
W. V
Liberty Hall
Lewes Street
Grand Lodge of
Masons
K. Pryor
Kimball
Baptist Church
Watersstreet
State Tax Commission
East
Panhandle
Jane McLaughlin
West Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Laughlin
Iemmissson
McLaughlin
Five Men Die in Berkeley Springs Sand Pit Blast
Berkeley Springs West Virginia June 8 Five men were killed and seven injured when a premature explosion sparked a sand slide at the Berkeley Glass Sand Works pit near here The dead were Irvin Henry George Wal Emory Miller George Miller and Tomanis Dawson All were married except Dawson Injured were Phillip Morris Oliver Moore and Ernst Niemyer Foreman A due investigation will be conducted today The blast occurred as workers tamped loads for the final shot of the afternoon The pit leased by H T Bridges of Hancock Maryland is open to about forty workers and the morgue coroner's jury ruled premature explosion caused the deaths
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Y Springs
Oliver Moon
Phil Norris
Martinsburg
Irvin Henry
G. W. Walls
Emory Miller
J. W. Miller
Romanus Dawson
Dawson
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Berkley Glass Sand Company
George Wal
George Miller
Tomanis Dawson
Phillip Morris
Oliver Moore
Ernst Niemyer
H. T. Bridges
Hancock
Henry
Walls
L. H. Hunter
Berkeley Glass Sand Works
Johnson Faces Mandamus Case Over Court Attorney
Charleston, June 8. The West Virginia Supreme Court heard an alternate mandamus regarding whether the State Board for Finance or Auditor John C. Bond should have employed Paul H. Goshorn as clerk. Treasurer W S Johnson initially refused to pay a 200 draft to Goshorn, and Johnson did not defend himself without an attorney, following Townsend’s advice to avoid setting a precedent.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Board For Finance
John C. Bond
Paul H. Goshorn
State Supreme Court
W.S. Johnson
Goshorn
Indy M. O. Litz
Johnson
4. C. Townsend
Townsend
Lin
Watch Repair Notice by T L Locke at Main Street
A local advertisement states T L Locke offers repair services for American and Swiss watches, specializing in railroad watches with moderate prices. A $50 reward is offered for any unrepaired watch. Location listed as No 2 West Main Street Recreation Billiard Kgom New Cohen Building. Dated June 8.
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America
T. L. Locke
W. Main Street
Recreation Billiard Kgom
New Cohen
France Offers Hope In Soldier Case From Memphis
Paris reports no American representations yet on Bennett J. Doty of Memphis held in Damascus Syria on desertion from the French Foreign Legion and rebellion. French officials say if court martial sentences Doty to death an appeal for commutation by Ambassador Herrick could be granted if time allows before execution.
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Paris
Moon
Bennett J. Doty
Memphis
Tenn
Gilbert Clare
Damascus
Syria
French Foreign Legion
Wench Foreign Office
Doty
Herrick
Arrest Pair for Slaying of Gardello
State police hold Will Gill aged 39 and M M Curtis 27 of Hepzibah at Harrison county jail in connection with the killing of Attila Gardello 27 of Lambert's Run. Gardello body found with head crushed at Meadow Brook stop. autopsy suggests injuries from an automobile accident. Captain Hobart Brown refused to discuss evidence or case details. Coroner P R Cost postponed inquest to this evening. Gardello to be moved to Richwood tomorrow for services and interment.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harrison County
Attila Gardello
Lambert
Meadow Brook
Will Gill
M. M. Curtis
Hepzibah
Gardello
Charles Shaw
Hobart Brown
Haywood
P. R. Cost
Richwood
British Manager Found Victim in Nanking River
June 8 report states J. M. Philips, British manager of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., was seized by bandits in Nanking and found dead in the river. Soldiers pursued the attackers. five charges were detonated. one other worker injured. A joint funeral is planned for six victims as the community grieves.
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Hong Kong
Theody
J. M. Philips
Britis
Asiatic Petroleum Compa
Nanking
Phillips
New Restriction On Coal Use From Government Order
London June 8 prohibition on coal use in pleasure boats and steamers on rivers canals lakes and inland waters unless a permit is obtained. Public ferry boats exempted as miners strike lengthens.
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London
Great Britain
Oklahoma Officials To Be Questioned In Osage Slayings
Pawhuska Oklahoma June AP High state officials will be called as witnesses in the Osage murder trials with subpoenas to Governor Trapp Lt Governor Holloway Attorney General Ort former federal agent Finley and former U S marshal Alva McDonald. The Burkhart trial has been underway three weeks.
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Pawhuska
Okla
J. M. Springer
M. E. Trapp
J. W. Holloway
George Ort
J. W. Finley
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Alva McDonald
United States
Western District
Springer
Fiend Gouges Senator Out Eyes in Chelsea
In Chelsea Massachusetts a maniac with one eye attacked a passerby, gouging out the victim's left eye with a wooden stilett o while pinning his arms. The victim Jake Winegard lies in Chelsea Memorial Hospital as police describe a cyclopic killer driven by a mythic fixation. Washington reports Senator Wadsworth advocates repealing the eighteenth amendment, proposing a congress controlled liquor policy akin to Quebec, in a letter tied to independent campaign efforts by Franklin W Cristman.
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Achelsea
Mass
Jane
Mterror
Torm
Mat Linder
Jake Winegard
Chelsea Memorial Hospital
Wingard
Congress
Quebec
Widsworth
Franklin W. Cristman
Organ Dary Forces of
New York
Wadforth
West Virginia Weather Tonight and Wednesday
Partly cloudy conditions persist across West Virginia tonight and into Wednesday. Skies remain mainly dry with light winds and comfortable temperatures, though a slight chance of brief showers exists in northern counties.
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West Virginia
Fertilizer Firms Oppose Muscle Shoals Plan
Leading fertilizer executives from Spencer Lecarter to F Lodge urged against privatizing government nitrate plants and the Waco limestone quarry at Muscle Shoals. They warned selling below private terms would hurt basic industry tied to agriculture while citing plant capacity, low utilization, and need for better farming tools and distribution.
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Waco
Muscle Hoala
United States
Yarter
Philippine labor congress votes down new party plan
In Manila at its annual convention the Philippine labor congress defeated a resolution to form a new labor party. Several speakers urged a boycott of United States business to drive American imperialism from the Philippines.
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Manila
Phillipines Labor Congress
Islands
United States
Phillipines
Forest Fires Burn in California Woods
Fires rage across the Squee National Forest Trinity National Forest and Angeles National Forest. A thick fog southeast of Pasadena hampered air observer reports over San Gabriel Canyon. The forestry service issued a call for many volunteer freighters to aid the effort.
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San Francisco
California
Squee National Forest
Trinity National Forest
Angeles National Forest
Angeles Forest
Pasadena
San Gabriel Canyon
Forestry Service
Baby photographed before the heat of summer
Sir3 W. R. Loar and Son offer baby portrait sessions to capture infants before extreme hot weather arrives, emphasizing comfort and safety for newborns during warm months.
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W. R. Loar & Son
Insurgent party selects standard bearer in closely watched election
San Diego confirms John Diedrick Spreckels 73, noted capitalist, dies after long illness. A prominent figure in western finance, culture, politics, and marine sites, funeral services set for tomorrow in San Diego.
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Insurgent
San Diego
Cal
John Diedrick Spreckels
Spreckels
Florida Voters Go To Polls for Name Candidates
A Florida vote recount in Jacksonville shows voters casting ballots to name candidates amid a tense race. The text also references Iowa contests with Col Smith W. Brookhart leading Albert B. Cummins for the Republican Senate nomination, and notes regional election activity and party dynamics across multiple states.
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Florida
Des Moines
Towa
Smith W. Brookhart
Albert B. Cummins
Brookhart
Cummins
Howard J. Clark
Dana Rafdon
L. B. Blederberg
Freak Twins to Take Trip Over Country
Medical scientists across America will be offered a tour to exhibit South Tend’s Siamese twins Bessie and Lucy Medich born sixteen days ago to Mr and Mrs Nicholas Medich. The twins are joined and cannot stand sit or look at each other. Their uncle George Marich and Fred Medich of Farrell Pa hold power of attorney to negotiate with promoters for exhibition rights. A contract will probably be signed. Dr Thomas Swantz says they must stay in hospital for three months before touring. the babies may live to maturity and learn to crawl. The parents say they will not permit public exhibition for morbid curiosity. The tour aims to exhibit before surgeons medical students and clinics for a fee with a bonus to the parents. The mother has collapsed and consented only after assurance it serves science.
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Southend
Tnd
America
South Tend
Masterlifzes
Bessie
Lucys
Nicholas Medich
George Marich
Fred Medich
Farrel
Sai
Thomas Siwantz
Meddh
Swantz
Pr Swants
Rancher Returns Home as Bear Family Raids Farm
Charles Montgomery, a rancher east of neatver BC, returned to his home to find a bear family in a tree. Neighbors killed three bears with rifles and drove the rest away after the bears raided his livestock, bee hives, and garden.
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Neatver
B. C
Charles Montgomery
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