Troops May Not Be Used in Silesia
Secretary Baker stated that American troops will not police Silesia or any other plebiscite country until the Versailles treaty is ratified by the Senate. He noted that a Senate reservation against overseas police would prevent movement from Coblenz, and denied reports of a protest by Gen Bliss regarding use of troops for such policing.
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Washington
Silesia
Versailles
Senate
Baker
Department
Tasker H Bliss
American Peace Commission
Coblenz
Gen
Bliss
Head Cut Off at West Union in Tragic Railroad Accident
A horrific incident at West Union on Saturday left Thorndale dead after a railroad accident. The well known man, who had recently relocated with his wife Cora Morris and four children from Ohio seeking relief for tuberculosis, died instantly when a passing train severed his head as he sat on a station truck.
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West Union
Thorndale
Cora Morris
Grafton
Mess
John Sayre
West Main Street
South Side
Housband
Ohio
Alc Thea West Union
West Unior
Hog prices fall in Pittsburgh over ten weeks
In Pittsburgh on October 21 hog prices declined about one dollar per week for ten weeks, outpacing wartime price gains. Current market quotes show hogs at fourteen dollars per hundred pounds, versus twenty four dollars ten weeks earlier.
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Pittsburgh
For Sale 1919 Dean School House at Wickwire Creek
The Board of Education Feierman District Taylor County West Virginia offers Dean School House and small buildings on the Lot at public auction at 2 Oclock P M on sale day. Terms are cash or six months with interest, secured by approved security. Public notice from the Board of Education.
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Hou
President Wilson Advises on Big Events in Industrial Conference
President Wilson, ill but active, dictated a six hundred word letter to Secretary Lane urging positions in the national industrial conference. The letter, sent from his sick bed, may be used only if the talks threaten to break up as capital and labor fail to agree on collective bargaining. The conference had adjourned after two labor proposals. Physicians report the president sleeps poorly but shows no fatigue and his prostatic condition remains unchanged.
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Washington
Wilson
Lane
Department of Labor
Barneh
Chagbouras
Committee of Fifteen
Tumuity
Thief Shot At Store Door In Millersville Tragedy
Fa irmont reports an unidentified man was killed during an early morning burglary attempt on W A Zinn general store in Millersville. Owner Peter Zin fired seven shots from a rifle and revolver as assailants entered through a storeroom window, with one man dying after falling from a window and possibly due to injuries.
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Fairmont
Aim
W. A. Zinn
Genera
Millersville
My. Zin
Husband slain by wife’s lover in Connellsville
In Connellsville Pennsylvania Joseph Gallis 31 says he was shot at Hillcrest by a man who came with him to discuss a supposed reconciliation with his wife. Gallis was found at College State Hospital with four bullets, one through the spine. Mrs Gallis reportedly witnessed the shooting as jealousy is alleged.
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Connellsville
Idan
Mike
Joseph Gallis
Aint Marion
Ne Galli
College State Hospital
Gallis
Hillcrest
Galis
Rearly Qepears
Tts
Attempted marriage dispute leads to shooting and injury
Gallis, a targeted man believed to be involved with a proposed marriage, was joined by three men at a restaurant who invited him to join them. Two men left, and Gallis was shot as they left. He is paralyzed in hospital with fatal prospects. Police seek two men described as tocher.
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Gallis
Gall’s
Mine Strike Denounced in US Senate
Washington on October 21 tensions rose as miners and operators met with Secretary Wilson to avert a looming November 1 coal strike. Senators denounced the walkout as a union officers’ move toward autocracy and Bolshevism, with John L. Lewis defending the miners’ demands as essential. The dispute spread beyond Pennsylvania to a nationwide strike risk.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Frelinghuysen
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Middle West
Pemerene
Cleveland
Radicals in America Aided Steel Strike Network
Pittsburgh attorney Jacob Margolis described an ultra radical alliance linked to the steel strike, including the IWW Bolsheviks and Russian workers. He identified William Foster as a key figure and outlined plans to fuse radical groups to create a new society within the old, with workers operating industry under IWW lines.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Labor Committee
Jacob Margolis
Pittsburgh
Kem
Pittsburg
Lenine
Trotzky
Russsia
Foster
Elp
Margolis
Decorations of Moose Home Shine in West Virginia
The Moose Home on Hast Wash is nearing completion as Mike Shaw and assistants finish interior decorations. The drive to recruit members gains momentum with Me. Grapes meeting success in Keyser, where 878 names already pledged for a new Loyal Order of Moose lodge, signaling strong local interest and rapid growth for the organization.
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Mike Shaw
Aininis
Me. Grapes
Logen
Keyser the Tatter
Lodge of Moose
Keyser
Order of Moose
West Vir
Sinfay
Aoe Dom Taue
Pruntytown Residents Entertain and Depart for Home
Local notices list Mrs Albert Robinson improving, families planning moves to Mellowsville, visits by Miss Kate Newton to Belgium, Miss Lottie Klepful from Maryland, and various neighbors from Morgantown Mannington and Grafton. Mentions include Miss Florence Hall’s return to Mannington school, school activity at Industrial School, paving progress, and Corbin Payne appointed as clerk by Census Supervisor PF T Martin of West Virginia.
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Albert Robinson
Ross Bradley
Mellowsville
Kate Newton
Belgion
Lottie Klepful
Maryland
Beret Kemble
Kingmont
Frank Kunst
Morgantown
Florence Hall
Mannington
L.B. Bennett
Pauline Scranage
Carl Evans
Harry Flesner
Fetterman
Hert
Industrial School
Dorsey Gooper
Matta Sinclair
Marion Co
Vanney
Philippi
W. J. McFerson
John Gawthrop
Hannah Norris
Emmin Currey
PF. T. Martin
West Virginia
Grafton
Corbin Payne
McGraw Case Goes To Supreme Court In West Virginia
The McGraw bankruptcy case, consolidating Hirst National Bank Webster Springs American Audit Company Union Trust Webster Taylor Pocahontas Randolph Braxton Nicholas Preston Jefferson Greenbrier counties, was argued and submitted in the West Virginia Supreme Court. Creditors led by Samuel Woods and Morton urged sale of 26 Taylor county, 20 Webster, 20 Pocahontas, 8 Randolph, 2 Braxton, 1 Nicholas, 2 Preston, 2 Jefferson and 1 Greenbrier properties totaling an annual rent of 20 000 with debts around 800 000. The record spans 1 800 pages with 125 briefs. 132 creditors are involved. cases began 1911 1914 and 1915.
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Harry Friedman
Charleston
Supreme Cour
John T. McGraw
Hirst National Bank of
Webster Springs
American Audit Company
John J. McGraw
Union Trust and Deposit Company
Circuit Court of
Webster Court
West Virginia
Taylor County
Webster County
Pocahowites
Randolph County
Braxton County
Nicholas County
Preston|unty
Jefferson County
Greenbrier
Supreme Court’of
Samuel Woods
Philippi
H Morton
White
Supreme
Tra E. Robinson
Th City
Burke Hall
Sutton
McGraw
Court of Appeals
Marry Friedman
Taylor Couny
Harry P. Camden
Yorkersburg
BE. H. Morton
5. H. Sommerville
Jude
Bank M'Graw Case Submitted At Charleston
Bank M Graw case submitted at Charleston with details of judges and officials involved. The article notes numerous court actions and remands across multiple counties and mentions a Spokane trip by residents of South Side wife and daughters.
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Bank-M'Graw
Charleston
Maude Rogers
Lillis
Ruth O
South Side
Spokane
Washton
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