Coal Commission Personnel Made Public Tuesday
President Harding announced the personnel of the Borah Winslow act inquiry into coal, led by John Hays Hamshend. The commission includes Marshall, Alschuler, Howell, Geo Otis Smith, Dr Edward Devine, and Charles Neill. It will study prices, ownership, labor, and standardization across bituminous and anthracite fields, with hearings in Washington and coal regions. A $200,000 fund funds the probe, commissioners earn $7,500 yearly.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
John Hays Hamshend
Marshall
Samuel Alschuler
Chicago
Clark Howell
Atlanta, Georgia
Constitution
Geo. Otis Smith
Gpateo
Th Commission
Charges Against Negro Withdrawn At Bally pool room case
G W Bailey proprietor of the Bally pool room Latrobe street withdrew his charges today against Pearl Dabney colored arrested Monday on a warrant charging him with disturbing the peace. Dabney was released after paying costs. Bailey claimed Dabney entered the pool room Saturday night in a drunken state and discharged a revolver twice. Dabney said the gun was accidentally discharged. An agreement was reached shortly after. the warrant was sworn out.
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G. W. Bailey
Bally
Latrobe Street
Pearl Dabney
Bailey
Dabney
Armistice Signed by Turks Accept Allied Terms
London reports a near eastern settlement on terms surrender of Eastern Thrace to Turks with safeguards for Christians and naval neutrality. Armistice between Turkish Nationalists and Greeks signed at Mudania. Harrington’s terms accepted after negotiation by Ismet Pasha and others. Venizelos to represent Greece at future peace talks. Turkish nationalist infiltration into Eastern Thrace noted. Greek general Hadjanestis arrested in Athens. Constantinople reports post March 1930 treaties void per Kemalist ministry.
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Venizelos
Greece
London
Thrace
Dardenelles
Mudania
Harrington
Mutiania
Associated Press
Ismet Pasha
Rodosto
Marmora
Africa Mission
Constantinople
Ministry of Finance
Bahmer girl jailed in New Jersey mystery
In New Brunswick New Jersey prison bars closed on Pearl Bahmer the 15 year old girl connected to the Hall Mills murder case as Clifford Hayes stands accused of the double slaying. Prosecutor Strickler led the juvenile hearing which opened the court revealing she admitted incorrigibility and faced further questions about her intimacy with Raymond Schneider and her step father. The judge ordered a week detention while the case continued.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Raymond Schneider
Hayes
Schneider
Edward Hall
Eleanor Rejilayit Mills
Phillips Farm
Pearl
Hall-Mills
Strickler
Middlesex County
Hall-Mills Cae
Daly
Jain
Abe
Nicholas Dahmer
Hall
Mills
Horne Heads British Debt Commission
London October 11 AP Sir Robert Horne chancellor of the exchequer said he would lead the British Debt Monitoring Commission to the United States. He noted possible a delay of a couple of weeks due to the Near Eastern situation and internal affairs but reaffirmed no change in commission membership.
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London
Robert Horne
Chapeslior
Exchequer
United States
Weather outlook unsettled with showers in far south
Forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Thursday with cloudy skies and showers confined to the extreme south. Stronger cool air arrives Thursday, dipping temperatures mainly in the northern portion.
Advice Grafton Boil Water Amid City Mains Health Risk
Local physicians and health authorities urge Grafton residents to boil all tap water before drinking due to river contamination after heavy rains. Typhoid germ risk rises as sediment and surface filth enter the river, threatening an outbreak if precautions lapse.
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Grafton
Tygarts Valley
Saal
Bloody Turks Quelled Irish Break Out in Dublin
In Dublin on October 11, widespread ambushes and heavy firing disrupted several city districts through the night. Fighting persisted until dawn with no casualty reports available by forenoon.
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Dublin
Rough on rats soap and lye mixed in local moonshine
Squire Charles R. Lilly, former prohibition officer, warns Grafton residents about dangerous moonshine concoctions sold by local bootleggers. He cites zinc stills in Taylor county and reports that some whisky samples contained harmful additives like rough on rats and lye. He notes few drinkable liquors remain and overall adherence to prohibition improves.
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Squire Lilly
Laurie Lilly
Grafton
Gratton
City halts Traction Co from tearing up Main Street
City officials met with County Road Engineer Angus Ferguson and Monongahela Construction Co to stop the Tygarts Valley Traction Company from tearing up a Main Street section from the post office toward McGraw Alley to lay a double switch. Mayor Cather opposed further disruption until brick paving can be restored by Thorn ton Fire Brick Co, and urged securing paving for the remaining torn stretches before winter. Continued on page 7.
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Tygarts’Valley ‘Traction Company
Main Street
McGrawalley
Angus Perguson
Monongahela Construction Company
Cather
Thornton Fire Brick Company
Leonard Alley
Building boom of city and county showing results
Grafton reports a historic building boom with an estimated fifty homes built in spring and summer. Major projects include the Excelsior Mantel plant in East Grafton and a Catholic convent and church on Washington street, plus bank and commercial buildings. West Penn and other utilities invest extensively countywide, with three new schoolhouses and a vast expansion in mine properties marking broader prosperity.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Fifth Ward
Excalsior | Mantel Company
East
Grefton
Washington Street
First National Bank
Sawyer's
Tygarts Valley Traction Company
First Ward
Bonafed2
Latrobe Street
Leonard's
Main Street
South Grafton
Maple Avenue
Walnut Street
Third Ward
Blueville
Fetteman
Widley
West Penn
Pittsburgh and
West Virginia Gas
Périne-Jefferys
Webster
Park View
Hardman
Booths-Creek
Denham Denies Edwards Shot At Highland
Clarksburg Oct 11 In a front page statement Denham local Republican leader debunks a Huntington Advertiser claim that Virgil Highland treacherously backed C F Edwards in the late primary. Denham asserts Highland never supported Edwards and no meeting or pledge occurred. He cites opposition to Edwards and notes Highland’s lack of involvement with Edwards supporters. The piece also notes a Huntington publication and a West Virginia political climate. The notice ends with a public event listing for Thursday Oct 12 at 8 pm featuring music speeches and refreshments.
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Clarksburg
Highland-Denham
Daily Telegram
C. Denham
Virgil L. Highland
C. F. Edwards
Denham
Waslington
Huntingon
West Virginia
Highland
Edwards
Neale
Neal
Republican Social
Woman Charged With Murder of Husband Released on Bond
Huntington Oct 11 AP Laura Bowman charged with conspiring to kill her husband L F Bowman released on 1000 bond by Judge Matthews as she has been in county jail since returning from Huntington State Hospital Sept 25 and will be in court Nov 1 Also notices include Millerville School box supper and Degree of Honor meeting details.
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Huntington
Laura Bowman
L. F. Bowman
B. Matthews
Common
Bowman
Rome Tremor Alarms Citizens With No Damage Reported
An October 11 quake rattled Rome causing widespread alarm though no damage was reported by afternoon. Similar shocks echoed 1917 events from Ancona, 185 miles northeast, while a separate tremor near Washington was logged by Georgetown University seismograph, unlikely linked to Rome.
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Rome
Ancona
Adriatic
Washington
Georgetown University
Logan Man Is Elected I. O. C. F. Grand Master
Logan man John Hicks of Logan was elected grand master of the West Virginia Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at the fifty seventh annual session held in Parkersburg. Morgantown was chosen as the next convention site.
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Parkersburg
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
West Virginia
John Hicks
Logan
Morgantown
Radical policy shift in RY.Men unions over wage talks
W G Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, said the Big Four rail labor coalition is breaking apart. The decade-long pooling of wages and rules ends as separate negotiations begin, with contracts in place across most railroads for a year and 30 days notice for changes.
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W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Lee
Brotherhood of Rails Road
Brotherhood of Tonative Engineers
Itive
Firemen
Sicisnes Sn
Acitehmen’s
North America
Mr. Lee
Railroad Labor Board
Hodia
Watt
United States
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Hadjanestis
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Young Vamp
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Horne
British Debt Commission
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National Coal Association
American Mining Congress
Bradley
United Mine Workers of America
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