Judge refuses plea. coal company gains interim injunction
In Wheeling on May 19 Judge W E Baker granted a temporary injunction in favor of the West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Company, barring peaceful persuasion as part of the injunction until June 1. The United Mine Workers officials sought dismissal of the petition and a jury trial for 17 officials remains under debate. Bonds of 10000 were required, and a full hearing set for June 1 with a possible court visit to Wheeling.
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Wheeling
W. E. Baker
United States District Court
United Mine Workers
West Virginia and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Baker
West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Company
Towrend
Thomas Townsend
Parkersburg
Townsend
Court of Appeals
John A. Howard
Two Killed In Crash Of Plane In Military Cup Race
Tours, France, May 19. Adjutant Foney, a war veteran, and mechanic Jean Focher were killed when their plane crashed soon after taking off in a military cup race. Low visibility caused the aircraft to strike high trees along a suburban road shortly after dawn.
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Tours
France
Adjutant Foney
Jean Focher
Fowey
Focher
Officials Fail To Find Panama Mine Attackers
Moundsville West Virginia May 19 state police and Marshall county authorities confessed no progress twenty four hours after a blast at the Ben Franklin Company's Panama mine fan house and a house fire. Searchlights swept the property as patrols and guards were posted by other companies operating in the area.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Ben Franklin Company
Panama Mine
Marshall
Piano Tuner Harry Ransom Available in Moundsville
Moundsville readers are asked to leave orders for piano tuning with W. I. Fordyce at 2 Went Wilford Street. Call ibs for service. Harry Ransom is a well known piano tuner in town.
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Harry Ransom Moundsville
W. I. Fordyce
Wilford St
Electric Bulb Explosion Triggers Subway Panic in New York
A Grand Central East Side subway car disaster injures at least 75 with two likely fatally. A blown fuse and bulb explosion caused smoke and panic as passengers fled doorways and windows. Ambulances and Vanderbilt Hotel lounges served as temporary hospitals.
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New York
East Side
Grand Central Terminal
Hotel
Vanderbilt
Bellvue Hospital
Interborough Rapid Transit Co
Suit Against Grafton District School Board Thrown Out
Miss Madeline King of Elkins sued the Grafton Independent School District through her father O J King for a teaching job denial. The case was dismissed in Taylor County circuit court for improper filing. A new suit mirrors the old, with Madeline King and J H Parlow as plaintiffs against the board.
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Madeline King
Elkins
Grafton Independent District School Board
O. J. King
Miss King
Taylor County
Kittle
A. M. Conninghan
Filkins
J. H. S. Barlow
J. H. Parlow
Board of Education
Grafton
Wheeling Adopts Daylight Time But Delays Clocks Change
Wheeling voters adopted daylight saving time to start at midnight tonight but postponed advancing clocks by one hour until Saturday midnight. The delay allows merchants and industries to adjust schedules.
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Wheeling
Civil Liberties Union Elicits Appeal on West Virginia Coal Strike
A telegram from the American Civil Liberties Union requesting a gubernatorial investigation of conditions in northern West Virginia coal country was received at the governor's office. Governor Gore, engaged with the board of public works, had not yet seen the message. The governor has kept close tabs on the strike since April 1 through visits and representatives. Geneva May. Eduard Jones elected president of the seventh international labor conference in Geneva. Benes urged pacification and reconstruction, urging democracies to pursue peaceful methods rather than rivalries.
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Charleston
The
American Civil Liberties Union
West Virginia
Gore
Board of Public Works
Civil Liberties Union
Geneva
Eduard Jones
Cache Slovaka
M. Benes
Europe
Earthquake Seismograph Records Quake Near Washington
A Washington report states Georgetown University seismograph recorded a quake early today from 12:42 a m. to 2:35 a m. Director Torndorf estimated its location at 8,000 miles from Washington with the definite direction undetermined.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Torndorf
Prices Reduced on Post Cards at Loar & Son
We have reduced prices of Post Cards from 3.00 to 2.50 per dozen. W R Loar and Son offer this sale to customers. Bring the baby.
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W. R. Loar & Son
Lafayette College Names Two Life Trustees
W ton Pennsylvania May 19. D Ord coal operator of Graft West Virginia and Rev Stewart Butchinson pastor of East Liberty Presbyterian Pittsburgh have been elected life trustees by the Lafayette College board of trustees at a recent meeting.
Atlantic Coast Line Board Declares Extra Dividend
Richmond Virginia May 19 The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad board declares an extra cash dividend of one percent on common capital stock at its annual meeting. The action follows the directors voting in the meeting held in Richmond.
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Richmond
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Anmual
Algol
Pittsburgh Gas Tank Death Suspect Huntington Boiler Maker
Police investigate the death of Leonard R. Goldsmith 28 found in an abandoned six foot deep gas tank near the Baltimore and Ohio yards. A letter in his clothes linked him to Huntington West Virginia and Falburg Nebraska. Death ruled as drowning amid robbery theory and poor writing on the note.
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Pittsburgh
Huntington
Leonard R. Goldsmith
Balton& Ohio
Goldsmith
W. Va
Falburg
Neb
America Wins In Arms Confab At Geneva
Geneva May 19 The amendment to establish the right to search ships suspected of conveying arms was eliminated from the proposed convention of the international conference for control of traffic in arms and munitions. The American delegation led opposition with Representative Theodore Burton arguing indiscriminate search would cause misunderstandings and abuse. The conference also abandoned plans for a central League of Nations board to regulate traffic in arms and munitions, which the American delegation opposed.
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Geneva
International Conference
Theodore Burton
United States
League of Nations
Bryan Seeks Moderator Post At Presbyterian Assembly
William Jennings Bryan travels to Columbus Ohio for the Presbyterain general assembly where he may seek moderator on a fundamentalist platform. He defends Scopes trial and evolution teaching, while critics interrupt his remarks aboard the eastern tour. Dudley Field Malone and Clarence Darrow offer to assist in Scopes defense, urging that ecclesiastical limits on inquiry are un-American and unconstitutional.
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East
William Jennings Bryan
Columb
Ohio
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Brown University
Providence
R. L
James M. Williamson
Bryan
Africa
J. T. Scopes
Dayton, Tenn
Tennessee
Dudley Field Malone
Paris
John Randolph Neal
Knoxville
Tenn
Malone
Clarence Darrow
Scopes
Neal
Failure of Ry To Build Depot Loses Its Lots
Charleston May 19 22 A land for side tracks where a depot was to be built was at issue in a McDowell county case. The supreme court granted a new trial in O J Hunter v Norfolk and Western Railway over two Rhodesfield lots. The deed reserved reversion if unused for station purposes and a station had been torn down while witnesses said land was needed for freight. Other rulings included West Virginia Utilities Co v Ura Glass Mfg Co and a circuit court receiver decision not insolvent.
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Charleston
Supreme Ceourt
McDowell County
O. J. Hunter
Norfolk and A Western Railway Company
Rhodesfield
Hunter
Supreme Court
West Virginia Utilities Company
Ura Glass Manufacturing Co
Monongalia County
A. L. Roberts
W. Bowers
Roane County
Gladys W. Roberts
B. A. Ward
M. Roberts Marshall
Court martial for officers of ill fated sub 19
Washington May 19 officers of the Submarine 8 19 which ran aground last January at Nantucket Mass were ordered court martialed by Secretary Wilbur. A program of and government versions for scrapping tentatively agreed upon by the sub committee on scrapping of the Shipping Board.
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Washington
Nanset Teach
Mass
Wilbur
the Shipping Board
Tin Cup Suit Lost For Woman Seeking Damages
The West Virginia Supreme Court set aside a $5,000 verdict against Monongahela Railway for injuries to Mrs. Jennie Thompson after a tin cup tossed by a fellow passenger cut her eye. The Marion County case upheld $300 against Adam Ware. the court noted carriers are not insurers of passenger safety and cannot provide absolute protection.
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Charleston
W. Va
Monongahela Railway Company
Jennie Thompson
Supreme Court
Marion County
Thompson
Adam Ware
Pittsburgh
Fairmont
Large fire in Htettin Germany burns vast forest area
A May 19 report from G Htettin, Germany describes a major forest fire consuming a vast area estimated at 4 million dollars in damage. The blaze spreads rapidly through the region with no deaths reported so far.
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G Htettin
Germany
Shepherd May Not Testify In Trial Faiman Apt To Squeal
Chicago May 19 A trial for William D Shepherd over alleged typhoid germ murder involves jurors needing technical education in chemistry bacteria and poisons. State witness C C Farman admitted supplying germs for 100000 promise. Jurors discuss circumstantial evidence and an accomplice Fatman while another key witness Robert White vanished with his wife and two children.
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Chicago
William
D. Shepherd
William N. McClintock
Orphan Missionairé
C. C. Farman
Shepherd
Fatman
Robert ‘White
George E. Gorman
White
Farman
National University of Science
New Rum Fraud Charges Hit Newark Firms and City
A Newark report says a conspiracy alleged to have swindled the government of more than a quarter of a million dollars in taxes and to have made the city the center of bootlegging activity. Twenty individuals and two industrial firms are indicted on conspiracy charges as revealed today.
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Newark
Protests Over Priest Removal Tie to New Archbishop
Rome May 19 The Vatican received many messages from Indianapolis residents urging that Rt Rev Joseph Chartrand Bishop of Indianapolis be allowed to stay. Chartrand, appointed Archbishop of Cincinnati yesterday, will have the appointment resubmitted to the Pope for another decision. Vatican circles expect confirmation of the transfer despite local pleas to retain him in Indianapolis.
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Rome
Vatican
Indianapolis
Joseph Chartrand
Cincinnati
Chartrand
Baby Farm Head Gets Double Dose
New York officials report a grand jury returned an indictment charging baby substitution against Helen Auguste Geisen Volk, former German Red Cross nurse and proprietress of an East Eightieth Street baby farm, while another grand jury examined homicide evidence.
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New York
Charg
Helen Aguste Geisen-Volk
Red Cross
Randolph County Prosecutor Gets High Court Curb
Grace Lee Reed won partial support from the supreme court of appeals in a dispute over sidewalk assessment. The city of Elkins sought $1,897 for 1,438 feet of sidewalk, while Reed argued only 6601 feet were chargeable, claiming excess width along railroad right of way inherited from her father. The court overruled a Randolph circuit demurrer. Also, Clinton Webb won a new trial in forgery charges after the prosecutor questioned him about a penitentiary sentence unrelated to the case.
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Charleston
W. Va
Grace Lee Reed
Supreme Court of Appeals
City of Elkins
Western Maryland Railroad
Randolph County Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Randolph County
Clinton Webb
Young Webb
Nation Honors Dead General Nelson Miles in Funeral Procession
Washington paused in reverence as President Coolidge led national tribute to Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles at Arlington. A cavalry escort and military officers accompanied the casket from St John’s Church to the mausoleum, with Rockenbach commanding troops and the president in the procession behind the flag draped casket.
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
Coolidge
Arlington National Cemetery
United States Cavalry
St.John's Episcopal Church
Hoosier Judge Bans Co-Op Coal Mine Projects
A U S district court injunction dissolves after brief duration as Judge Baltzell withdraws order to curb miner and fan official interference with Indiana cooperative mine projects. Weather forecast shows frost and warming trend for Virginia region. Memorial sermon announced at Andrewa M E Church with Rev F S Bishop leading service. Union activities and charters cited as potential revocation if members continue certain engagements.
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Hoosier
G. A
F. S
Judge Ball
Andrewa M. E
Main Street
Union of
Ps Srona Tt Trnas
Mountain Dew Brewers Most Dangerous to Dry Workers
Washington reports the prohibition army is expanding to curb liquor smugglers. Dry agents nationwide focus on wet spots including Long Island, the Canadian border, and battalions in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Moonshiners of the Mountain Dew type prove most deadly to agents. 42 dry agents killed since prohibition began fell at such stills.
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Washington
Prohibition “Army
Dry “Navy
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Prohibition
Long Island
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ralda
Barbour Court Reversed New Trial Granted
In Charleston on May 19 the supreme court reversed Barbour County Harbour court’s verdict and granted a new trial for Mike McDermott a non-watom miner. The case arose from an incident with strikers at Ed Sheets property where McDermott allegedly displayed a pistol and took a carbide flask. The high court found error in the trial instruction on the defendant’s good character and set aside a six month sentence.
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Charleston
Mike McDermott
Supreme Court
McDermott
Guiley
Harbour County
Ed.Sheets
Sheets
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