Man Wanted Be Murder Surrenders in Webster Springs
Quince Tharp sought for the murder of Sheriff Butler of Allegany county Virginia surrendered to Sheriff W R Woods of Webster county. He had been in hiding near Puzzle Hole six miles from Webster Springs since mid last week after a posse pursuit. Tharp, wounded in the throat during a clash with Virginia officers, sent a note offering surrender to any law officer if the reward of 2060 would go to his wife. He was taken to the Woods home, handcuffed to his wife, then delivered to Virginia authorities. He heads to Virginia. Tharp, about forty, lived in Webster County most of life and recently moved to Virginia where he was said to moonshine.
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Webster Springs
Quince Tharp
Butler
Allegheny County
Virginia
W. R. Woods
Webster County
Puzzle Hole
Bells
Tharp
Woods
Dave Woods
West Virginia May Get Veterans Hospital In 4th District
A new veterans hospital costing 75000 and capable of 250 patients is planned for the fourth district of the Veterans Bureau, covering Virginia West Virginia Maryland and the District of Columbia. Director Forbes announced the project as part of a 17 million appropriation from the Langley bill, with site decisions pending after inspections at Goshen Virginia Springs West Virginia. The policy shift to allow moving former service men home will cut compensation when homes are found, freeing about 4000 of 27000 former patients for home care and enabling more mental health resources at designated facilities.
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Neshington
Veterans Bureau
Virginia
West
Maryland
District of Columbia
Forbes
Langley
Goshen
Springs
Italy
Wyant Found Guilty of Contempt in Federal Court
Emmet Wyant of Hinton West Virginia found guilty of contempt in federal court in Charleston. He was sentenced to six months but the sentence was suspended pending appeal after he participated in a disturbance at the Chesapeake and Ohio shop related to a strike.
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Leston
W. Va
Emmet Wyant
Hinton
Chesapeake & Ohio
Rail settlement denied as unions dispute reports
Chicago and New York dispatches deny a broad settlement in the railroad shopmen strike while Baltimore officials and union leaders in separate notices suggest only limited talks. Amid denials, violence related to the strike prompts arrests and state militia steps. a derailment near Jacksonville is linked to wrecking activity with no injuries.
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Chicago
B. M. Jewell
Baltimore
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Willard
Railway Employee Department
American Federation of Labor
Memphis
Tenn
Frisco
United, States
Vmahehalf
Key West
Fla
Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe
Verdemont
Cal
Nebraska Federation of Labor
United States
Bishop Defends Girl of Today in Portland Meeting
Portland dispatch reports Right Reverend Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, addressing the forty-seventh biennial conference. He says today’s young women resemble those of fifty years ago and many strive to improve the world through their lives.
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Portland
Ore
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
Protestant Episcopal Church
Church
Bishop Tuttle
For Sale Items and Seaplane Heading to Brazil
For sale household furniture and a seaplane in fixtures. Apply at Samptao Correia office at the Willard hotel. Presbyterian Picnic set for tomorrow at city park with supper at 6:10. Members and friends invited, bring a basket. Seaplane Sampian Correia resumed its journey from Santa Clara Cuba toward Brazil, with Nieutivas Bay 150 miles away as next landing place.
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Samptao Correia Lonce
Willard Hotel
Brazil
Presbyterian
Presterian Sunday School
City Park
Catbarien
Santa Clara Province
Cuba
Sampian Correia
United States
Nieutivas Bay
U S Navy to guard Smyrna amid Turkish advance
Paris reports say Greek forces in Asia Minor have fallen to about 100000 retreating before Turkish nationalists now within sixty miles of the Mediterranean. The Turkish offensive is rapid, with Turks within fifty miles of Smyrna and forty miles from the sea. In Washington Roosevelt ordered four destroyers to Smyrna to protect American lives and property, while officials emphasize the move is not a naval or political demonstration. The destroyers Litchfield Law Fence and Simpson are in Constantinople and may be dispatched.
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Paris
France
Asia Minor
Mediterranean
Smyrna
Maymora
Athens
Greece
Constantinople
Tricupis
Washington
State Department
Roosevelt
Admiral Bristol
Bristol
State Phillips
United States
Frea
1Tate Department
Tuyker
Anatolia
Constantinope
Department
Grek Armis
Twenty-five Bodies Recovered in Mine at White Haven
WHITE HAVEN Eng Sept 6 AP Twenty five bodies had been recovered this morning from the coal pit where forty men were entombed after yesterday’s explosion. Heavy rock falls and gas hampered rescues and the pit may have to be sealed as in 1910 when 146 workers were lost nearby. Wives and relatives gathered at the pit head amid tragic scenes.
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White Haven
Eng
Lewis Meets Hard Coal Ops In Wilkes Barre Pact Vote
Delegates from Pennsylvania anthracite districts gather in Wilkes Barre to decide ratification of a peace pact between coal operators and miners leaders. Over 1,000 delegates are expected with John L. Lewis and Philip Murray present. They intend to back the compromise backed by Senators Pepper and Reed at Harding’s urging, despite opposition.
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Wilkes Barre
Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
Lwert
Lewis
Pepper and
Reed
Pennsylvania
Harding
Fetterman School Board Meeting With Teachers Planned
Fetterman district board of education will hold a meeting with district teachers at Blueville on Saturday September 9 at 1 30 p m County Superintendent W B Leach will attend to discuss school problems Informal session aims to foster interest understanding cooperation and efficiency. all teachers urged to attend to receive contracts and supplies.
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Board of Education
Fetterman
Blueville
W. B. Leach
Stephens Leads Vardeman in Miss Senate Primary
Jackson Sept 6 Hubert Stephens former congressman led former Senator James Vardeman in the second Democratic primary for the U S Senate by about 14009 votes with ten counties still unreported and results incomplete and unofficial early today. FOR SALE Store and fixtures it Blueville J Hi Summers
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Jackson, Mils
A. P
Hubert Stephens
Mississippi
James Vardeman
United States Senate
Senator Robinson Roasts Federal Injunction In Senate
Senator Robinson of Arkansas denounces a government injunction against striking railway shopmen as a violation of the Constitution and the Clayton Act. He says it abridges free speech and assembly and that the court overstepped its authority, harming the judiciary’s integrity. Two families feuded a deadly night in Austin county, Texas.
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York
Daugherty
Wilkerson
Chicago
Senator Borah
John J. Dowd
General Strike Committee
Eastern Railroad
Houston
Texas
Lely
Austin County
Taxas
Ely
Washington
Sept
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Testimony in Allen trial continues in Charles Town
Sam Hume of Logan testified he was captured by five men during an armed march and held in a barn until federal troops arrived. W A Allen, a Boone county farmer, claimed he was taken from his home by four army men for signaling to Boone forces. Dr Frank Harless described treating the wounded amid hostilities as armed men sought to organize Logan and free prisoners. J W Swaner, a union miner, said he was forced to write a $144 check for a $200 fund to buy arms, with signatures of Mrs Fred Mooney and Swaner attached.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Sam Hume
Logan
Walter Allen
Hume
United States
Boone County
Boone
W. A. Allen
Arthur Crigo
George
Logan Ae
Frank Harless
Clothier
Mingo
J. W. Swaner
Fred Mooney
Swaner
Arentz Leads Chandler in Nevada Senate Race
In Reno Nevada on September 6 19 AP reported Representative Samuel Arenty s led Charles Chandler by 67 votes for the Republican nomination for United States Senator as one fourth of yesterday's primary votes were counted.
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Arentz
Chandler
Nevada
Reno
Samuel Arenty
Charles 8. Chandler
United States
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Confesses to Murder of His House Keeper
Omar Roberts a 68 year old trapshooter and guide confessed to murdering and burning Flora Grey after saturating her with oil. He broke down in his cell last night as prison officials reported the confession from Yarmouth Nova Scotia dated September 6 AP.
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Yarmouth
Novia Scotia
Omar Roberts
Flora Grey
Record flight by Doolittle to spur U S aeronautics
Lieutenant Ja Doolittle's record Atlantic to Pacific flight from Kelly Field is hailed by Lieutenant Colonel Culver as a stimulus to rapid aeronautics development. The cross continental hop demonstrates the feasibility of moving an air fleet quickly in a national emergency and suggests transcontinental passenger trips in under 24 hours.
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San Antonio
Teras
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Doolittle
Kelly Field
United States
Culver
Eighth Corps
Coal Conservation Asked in Minnesota
Governors of the Northwestern states were asked to issue proclamations urging citizens to conserve coal on a war time basis in resolutions adopted by the Northwest coal committee in session. All representatives agreed on the necessity of wartime conservation.
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ST. Paul, Minn
North Western State
Northwest Coal Committee
New Nose Grafted From Rib Bone in West Virginia
In Huntington on September 6 a girl received a new nose fashioned from her own rib bone. The rib was implanted with flesh and skin grafts, creating what doctors call a miracle of surgery.
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Huntington
W. Va
Union
Grand Jury Widens Scope of Herrin Massacre Inquiry
The Marion Illinois grand jury expands the investigation into the Herrin massacre. Attorney General Brundage announces indictments against witnesses for perjury and potential effects of the inquiry. The probe now covers riot responsibility, troop deployment failures, and theft of Lester strip mine equipment. Meanwhile New Jersey police continue probing the “mystery women” in an unrelated murder case.
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Marion
Herrin
Brundage
Lester
Curtiss Makes 40 Second Flight in Water Glider
PORT WASHINGTON New York September 6 AP Glenn H Curtiss famed aviator piloted a marine glider for 40 seconds over Manhasset Bay waters. Report said it marked the first instance of a glider taking off from water.
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Port Washington
WN. Y
Spet
Glenn H. Curtiss
Manhassar Hay
Afollette Leads Canfield in Wisconsin Returns
Early returns from Wisconsin Republican contests show La Follette with 32,252 to Ganfield 13,493 from 339 precincts, and Blaine leading Morgan and McHenry with 31,837 to 17,978 and 1,378 from 349 precincts.
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Milwaukee
Sept
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Ganfield
Blaine
Morgan
McHenry
LaFollette Wins Huge Wisconsin Primary Lead
Milwaukee September reports show Senator Robert LaFollette leading big in Wisconsin with 202,464 votes to W A Ganfield 80,925 from 1,500 of 2,523 precincts. He campaigned on opposing Esch Cummins Act and Four Power Treaty, praising his war record while Ganfield drew anti saloon league backing.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Robert, LaFollette
LaFollette
W. A. Ganfield
Wakesha
Ganfeld
Newberry
Anti-Saloon League
B and O Main Line Blocked by Glendale Derailments
The Baltimore and Ohio main line division was blocked near Wheeling after two freight locomotives derailed at Glendale eight miles south of the city. The lead engine overturned after breaking an axle, dragging the second engine ten rail lengths. Engineers John Southard D Jones and fireman Frank Hickenbothan were injured or escaped. Detours shifted trains between Grafton and Wheeling over the Ohio River division from Moundsville to Renwood Junction.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Main Line
Wheeling
Glendale
Fairmont
Benwood
John Southard
D. Jones
Frank Hickenbothan
Grafton
Moundsville
Renwood Junction
Miners Expected Rescue At Argonaut Mine Thursday
In Jackson California rescue crews near the Argonaut mine shaft aim to reach 46 trapped miners by Thursday. Crews hear blasting signals and hope some may still be alive nine days after the entrapment. hospitals are prepared to care for 46 men as drilling continues from the Kennedy mine toward the subterranean vault.
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Jackson
Cal
Kennedy Mine
Sothe
Bandits Escape With $50,000 In Liquor Heist
In New York on September 6 an armed band entered a storehouse, bound and gagged two watchmen, and stole liquor valued at about $50,000 before fleeing. Silent police investigation continues as authorities seek leads and suspect details.
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New York
Miners Families to Grow After Strike, Fairwontes Say
FAIRMONT reports that local coal towns expect a population rise in six to eight months due to more births, not newcomers. Justice of the Peace Jacob L Blocher cites past strikes, noting towns with small housing saw bursts of babies, urging readers to draw Roosevelt era connections.
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Fairmont
Rept
Fairwonters
Jacob L. Blocher
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Homeless arch enemy of work given home and job in jail
Edward Marshall aged 52 of Dayton Ohio received 30 days jail residence with a good job after a hearing in the South Side police court. He claimed to be an arch enemy of work and said any place he hung his hat was his home. He was arrested for being found seated in a car on Warrington Avenue near Habermann Avenue. The car did not belong to him and he said he would have gone to New York if he could start the car. In Scranton a separate report notes 12 year old Lindon Knott of Indian Orchard was killed when a shelf fell striking him in the chest after a partition was jarred in to a summer kitchen.
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Pittsburgh
Edward
Marshall
Abbey Street
Dayton
South Side
Marehall
Warrington Avenue
Habermann Avenue
Scranton
AP Lindon Knott
Indian Orchard
Widt County
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Southern Railway Royal Limited
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Girl OF Today
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