Princeton Pastor Delivers Regular Sermon Amid Feud
Rev Seigle B Opie pastor of the First Baptist Church of Princeton W Va preached as usual amid a church split over last Monday night’s gun assault claim. Former pastor Rev Ogle is alleged to have fired at R C Sutherland, an officer, drawing a pistol and snapping it. Grand jury meets April 5 to 8 on the charge with potential trial timing uncertain for Mercer County Criminal Court.
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Seigle B. Opie
First Baptist Church
Princston
W. Va
Trinceton
Rev
Ogle
First Baptist Church of
Kingsport
Princeton
R. C. Sutherland
Rev. Ogle
RC. Sutherland
Mercer County Grand Jury
Mercey County
Faster Expects to Break World Record
Bethe Mir Madley heads into a public attempt aiming to exceed a world record in a spectacle staged in Krefeld delayed by a February 15 announcement. The event featured a man confined with 100 bottles of carbonated beer and 5,000 figurines, plus radios and writing materials, while weighing 103 1/2 pounds and facing more than 590 detractors.
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Bethe
Mir
Madley
Gandoo
Herr Jolly
Milatoyu
Dolly
Krefeld
Fool
Whittemore Linked to Million-Dollar Armored Car Gang
New York report outlines Richard Reese Whittemore as gang leader pursuing a death row stay to use nearly 1 million dollars loot. District Attorney Banton says Whittemore, claiming poverty, has London Kraemer brothers financing strong defense while others in the gang face murders of guards. Continued on page five.
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New York
Richard Reese Whittemore
Fregter
Banton
Whittemore
Leon
Jacob Kraemer
District Attorney's
Mr. Banton
Erie County
Baltimore
Iater Whittemore
Notorious Keller Loses First Fight With Guardian of the Law
Piteville Kentucky March 29 Elijah Wright, a notorious figure with a long criminal record, is said to have beaten by a deputy as charges of illegal liquor possession are lodged. The narrative recalls past killings and trials, including a fatal fight with his brother and multiple acquittals, with Wright later involved in a vote riot and a shooting death attributed to him.
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Notorious Keller
Guardian OF the Law
Piteville
Elijah Wright
Wright
J. M. Johnson
Letcher County
Toshis House
Newton Ramey
Regumont
Ramey
Virginia
Kentucky
George Hunt
Magis
Hunt
Alisjah Wright
Fake charity promoters in New York exposed
The New York Evening Post reports fraudulent charity drives raising funds for disabled veterans, often siphoned into secret accounts. Two women staged a bogus fund appeal, were jailed for solicitation without a license, and officials say most money did not reach worthy veterans. Also: a Norfolk Virginia fire destroys the Norfolk Tallow Company plant at Money Point with losses estimated up to 100000 dollars.
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New York
New York Evening Post
Goler
Department, of Public Welfare
Graudeath
New York City
Niveral
Ilclad
Hamilton Wish, Jr
The
Post
Post Office Department
Lea Isue
Norfolk
Norfolk Tallow Company
Money Point
South Norfolk
J. W. Field
Field
Royal bachelor adept in using U S slang
London. The best known royal bashology is adept at American slang. The Prince of Wales told Seate at Ayr in sleety weather he was keeping up. Madrid. A daughter of the duke and duchess of Alba will one day hold twenty grandeeships and sixty other titles.
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Royal Bachelor
U. S
London
Prince of Wales
Ayr
Madrid
Alba
Weather update for Virginia and Tennessee
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday with rain likely in the Virginia south portion. Temperatures expected to change little. Tennessee also reports cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday with minimal temperature variation.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Next development in Taylor murder case awaited
Los Angeles reports the Williams Desmond Taylor murder probe returns District Attorney Asa Keyes and assistant Harold L. Davis. New York Chicago and Philadelphia visits yield potential early answers. Two new local witnesses join prior questioned figures Mabel Normand and Mrs Charlotte Shelby may be revisited upon Keyes return. A grand jury showdown is anticipated to close recurring investigations.
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Los Angeles
William Desmond Tylor
Asa Keyes
Harold “L. Davis
Taylor
St.torney
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Burton Fitts
Mabel Normand
Carlotte Shelby
Mary Miles Minter
Keyes
Kellogg says plebiscite pact remains safe
Washington March 29 Secretary Mellon says delays in Tacna tac plebiscite do not block U S mediation in the Chile Peru dispute. He notes both nations accepted mediation and the open question does not impair the agreement. Divorce notice from Du Pont Ohio: Michwelly Burrewway seeks divorce from wife who left him 40 years ago.
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Wshington
Mellon
United States
Chile
Etary
Peru
du Pont
Ohio
Michwelly Burrewway
Toll of Mishaps Climbs to 589 in Quarter of Year
The Associated Press tally shows eleven states reporting 588 deaths and 3,816 injuries in the first three months of 1926. Florida led with 120 deaths and 666 injuries, North Carolina 1415 injuries, Arkansas 29 deaths, South Carolina 68 injuries, and totals for the period amount to 590 dead and 3,316 injured across the listed states.
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Associated
Associated Press
Florida
North Carolina
Arkansas
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Phone Talk Between America and England Breaks New Ground
Chicago March 29 telephones connected with Rugby England delivering a transatlantic conversation. William H Salford heard Rugby operator direct a line to Arthur A Oswald in England who explained how the Rugby radio telephone station for the British Postal Service had succeeded. The Maine coast relay linked to New York then Chicago marking a possible first Europe Chicago telephone link, beyond Atlantic coast connections.
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Chicago
William H. Salford
Rugby
England
Arthur A. Oswald
Oswald
Maine
Neve
York
Betwe
Europe
Atlantic
Shaver outlines Democratic plan for big campaign
Clem Shaver chair of the Democratic National Committee declares Democrats aim to gain control of Congress this fall. He cites presidential appointments, aluminum interests, tariff and tax cuts, urging unity and a strong national campaign to defeat Republicans. Senate actions on inquiries into the Aluminum Company of America and ethics investigations are noted, with emphasis on a major tax reduction and party unity.
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Wishington
Aluminum Company of America
Mellon
Tariff Commission
Congress
Clem Shaver
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Democratic Party
Republican Party
National Committee
Shaver
House
Renewal fight for Chapman stalls in federal court
In New Haven Connecticut on March 29 Federal Judge EB Thomas presided over the criminal docket but adjourned as no counsel for Gerald Chapman appeared. The condemned man seeks a writ of habeas corpus against State Prison Warden Scott, action not formally filed and no attorney present. Ray M. Wiley, Chapman's counsel, was en route but did not show before adjournment.
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New Haven
Con
Gerald Chapman
United States District .Court
Thomas
Chapman
Ray M. Wiley
Hartford
Scott
State Prison
Andrews to survey nationwide dry conditions this summer
Washington reports a nationwide survey of prohibition conditions will be conducted this summer by Assistant Secretary Andrews who heads the Treasury’s dry enforcement organization. He plans a July 1 start and will begin with the southern border then move to the Pacific coast and return via the northern boundary, marking the first deployment of his field force since taking office a year ago.
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Washington
Andrews
Treasury
Pacific Coast
Oslo built airship ahead of polar flight with Amundsen
Preparations continue for an airship voyage over the pole with Nansen helping Oslo and the Norwegian Amundsen. The project aims to test new shapes and methods as crews assemble the craft for the historic Antarctic plan.
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Oslo
Lincoln- Elsworth
Pole
Amundson
Mistaken Capital Puts Washington, New Jersey on Touristic Map
Three visitors in six months confuse Washington New Jersey with the national capital. The town hosts a White House reference while the local justice of the peace resides there, creating a quirky mix up for curious travelers.
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Washington, N. J
White House
Justice of the Peace
Famous plastic surgeon stands by wife after elopement
York March 28 JP Dr Louis Bern a famed plastic surgeon says he will stand by his wife Mrs Berne who eloped with another man and faced defrauding banks in St Petersburg Florida totaling up to 30000 in checks. The pair allegedly involved others in the scheme.
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York
Louis Bern
Davis Berne
Jaffe
Paul Rosenthal
St. Petersburo
Pla
Florida
Rosenthal
Berne
Hermann [Jafe
Hoeboken
Iddie
Cne
Dempsey
Pan
Brice
Rogenthal
Dr. Berne
Barne
Jane
American Bank & Trust Company
Central National Bank
First National Bank of
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Plasmouth
Kellogg
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Aluminum
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