Taylor County Picnic At Grafton Park June 20
Taylor County plans a June 20 picnic at Grafton Park to celebrate West Virginia's birth state anniversary. Mayor Watkins announces a full day of speeches, music by Prof. Claude Vincent, athletic contests, boat and river ferry access, special train prospects, and a park dance with prize events for residents from Flemington to Knottsville.
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Taylor County
Grafton Park
Taylor
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theemi-Centennial Committee
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Vincent
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Traction Company
Watkins
D. Hyatt
Dee Shai
Frank Moor
Pruntytown
Guy E. Means
Knottsville
Ross Johnston
Flemington
E. W. Kennedy
Kennedy
Hatred
Everry
Oklahoma Mob Hangs Suspected Killer in Anadarco
An Adarko county jail incident ends in a lynching of Bennett Simmons an 18 year old Black man by a mob of about 1000. He is accused of murdering Susie Church a 16 year old girl found slain with throat cut near a country road. Simmons was captured with a bloody knife and bloodstained clothes.
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Anadarko
Okla
Bennett Simmons
Simmons
Susie Church
Coger
Oklahoma
Sime Mons
Keller denies axe murder despite confession
Mrs Ida May Keller, who reportedly confessed to killing her husband Arthur Keller and their seven year old daughter Margaret with an axe, repudiated the admission today in Harrisonville Missouri. A coroner jury later ordered her held for murder based on a written confession. She named a railroad laborer as the real killer and claimed he would suffer for it.
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Fine
Ida May Keller
Arthur Keller
Margaret
Trator
Kansas City
Harrisonville
Keller
Sherif Prater
Townsend Attacks President Stirred by Partisan Critique
The Charleston Gazette notes Senator Townsend’s pointed jab at the President signals partisan strategy as he questions White House influence on legislation and patronage. The piece asks whether Wilson wields power to shape votes and threaten opponents in Congress and in districts.
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Congressmen Avis on the Cool Strike
West Virginia coal strike sparks Senate probe as Congressman S B Avis argues martial law needed to keep order. Former Governor Glasscock waited. Hatfield ends martial law and restores civil authority. Committee splits inquiry, seeks rapid closure while officials defend actions and records.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
S. B. Avis
Avis
T. Townsend
Marleston
Borah
Glasscock
Henry D. Hatfield
Aftai
Hatfield
Cabin
Paint Creek
Swanson
Lilly
Wallace
Thomas B. Davis
Frank Nancy
Eskdale
Mall
Davis
Baldwin
Cabin Creek
Major Davis
Martin
Pavia
Delaiel
Investigation continues with examination of army officers
West Virginia Senate inquiry hears Col. George S. Wallace defend martial law actions by Governor Glasscock and the military commission. He details formation and procedures, noting 51 defendants in the Mucklow conspiracy case were freed. Indictments were scarce as law and order collapsed in the strike zones. The governor contested the commission findings, while witnesses described the balance of power under martial rule.
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W. Va
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Second Infantry
National Guards
Glasscock
Senate
West Virginia
Col
Wallace
Belcher
Nator Porah
Military Commission
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Mucklow
Kanawha
Col. Walake
Cabin
Paint
United States
Hatfield
Mrtin L. Brown
Moundsville Penitentiary
Pardoned prisoner amid garb dispute provokes warden clash
Attorney Belcher in questioning stance states Dan Chaim, a military prisoner, was sent to Charleston in a convict's checked suit after pardon, but Warden Brown insists Chaim did not reside in the penitentiary wearing convict attire.
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Belcher
Dan Chaim
Charleston
Brown
Chain
Noted speakers for state Y M C A convention at Terra Alta
Announcement details a June 26 to 29 Y M C A convention at Lake Terra Alta with a large delegation expected. It notes resort setting 2 800 feet up, special rail rates, and daily costs for hotel meals and tents. A roster includes Rev Frederick H Barron Dr Thos E Hodges R A Waite Ira D Shaw Lyman L Pierce Fred Co Benner Rev Wm Co Taylor and G H Winslow.
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West Iersinia
Lake Terra Alta
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Frederick H. Barron
D. D
Elkins
Thos. E. Hodges
Morgantown
R. A. Waite
New York City
Ira D. Shaw
Pittsburg
Lyman L. Pierce
Fred Co
Benner
Ww. Co
Taylor
Clarksburg
G. H. Winslow
Washington
D. C
Parkersburg
W. Va
Grafton man badly hurt in motor wreck
ARKERSBURG W VA June 12 A high speed motor car carrying four Ohio River railroad officials struck a dog on the track near Shadyville derailing and injuring all aboard L E Marslip division engineer broke collar bone and internal injuries in serious condition in a local hospital James W Wickham and BE P Cote badly bruised and cut while H G Havermill sustained severe bruises all escaped instant death Mr Haislip son of George Haislip Cumberland division conductor of the B and O railroad is division engineer of the Ohio River division Advice received here is that his condition is quite serious.
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Arkersburg
W. VA
Shadyville
West Virginia
Ohio River Railroad
L. E. Marslip
James W. Wickham
BE. P. Cote
Belpre
Ohio
H. G. Havermill
Pittsburg
Mr. Haislip
George Haislip
Cumberland Division
James
Thos. Haislip
Ohio River Division
B. & O. Railroad
Indicted Mine Workers of America Released Under $1000 Bond
Charleston June 13 Arrangements were made today for the release under $1000 bond of the 19 indicted Mine Workers of America. The agreement was between the court U S Attorney Ritz and the attorneys for the 19 miners and union officials. The union lawyers attacked the indictment as faulty under the law while the main merits fight likely postponed until later.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Charleston
Bonn
Mine Workers of America
U. S
Ritz
Pert
Patterson Silk Mill Strikers Granted Trial By Foreign Jury
Supreme Court Justice Minton orders that strikers from the Patterson silk mill be tried by a foreign jury. Jurors to be drawn in Hudson county near Passaic county where Patterson lies, with trials in Passaic county. Also mentions Perry’s flagship and statewide observances on the Fiftieth Anniversary of its formation.
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Hudson County
New Jersey
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Supreme Court
Minton
Patterson Silk Mill
Passaic County
Patterson
Perry
Hatfield
Greatest Jinx Day Observed In 1913 June 13
Mayor W Merle Watkins calls a Taylor county picnic at Grafton Park for June 20 to celebrate the day amid fears of Friday the 13th 1913. The piece contrasts superstitions with everyday life and notes other ongoing global, social, and political events of the time.
Trial Set for Arthur Pelky on June 19 in McCarty Death
Calgary report states Arthur Pelky the prize fighter will stand trial June 19 before Justice Harvey in the Supreme Court for the death of Luther McCarty after a May 24 prize fight that lasted two minutes. Promoter Tommy Burns will not be tried until fall.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Calgary
Alberta
Arthur Pelky
Luther McCarty
Justice Harvey
Supreme Court
Tommy Burns
Pittsburgh Hotel Ads From Real Estate Broker
ESTEP REALTY CO and ALEX VIS advertise hotel brokers services in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. They claim large experience selling hotels in Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, offering terms to suit buyers, and promise multilingual assistance and confidential transactions. The notice mentions prices such as 6300 dollars and 55000 dollars and references a widow seeking retirement with stated income.
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Estep Realty CO
Grant St
Allegheny County
W. Pa
Vis
Alex
West Virginia Song Will Be Wrought by Time and Genius
A critique argues West Virginia still lacks a state song and warns against made to order pieces. True poetry will emerge from inspiration, not pencils, and a future ballad may come from a wanderer, a dying patriot, or chance destiny, not forced contest wins.
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West Virginia
China
Australia
Tia
Kern Tedd and West Virginia Probe Visit Pointed Out
The Clarksburg Telegram argues it is important for Senator Kern from Indiana to testify before a United States Senate sub-committee visiting West Virginia this week. The piece urges Kern to explain why his state has a stake in the probe.
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United States Senate
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Parkersburg
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