Lloyd George's Cabinet Prospects in Forming Ministry
London December 7. Conjecture on Lloyd George's cabinet formation runs through political circles. Reports name Bonar Law, Lord Derby, Carson, and Churchill as likely ministers with Liberal members from Cawley and Mollard possible. Asquith Liberals may resist, Unionists like Chamberlain and Cecil may stand aside, shaping a fragile, neutral reception in the Commons. The new government plans to convene the House of Commons after a credit vote is considered.
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London
David Gahorge
House of
Austen Chamberlain
Robert Cecil
Buckinchampa Hey
Cabintt
Lord Derby
Lord Garton
Frederick E. Smith
Edward Carson
Viscount Tearing
Prederick Cawley
T House of Common
Prestwick
Lancashire
George Mollard
Recles
Lanestshire
Erminittues
Christopher Avidison
Winston Spencer Churchill
House of Commons
Hursday
Liberal Party
Asquitt
Nelda Priduy
Deputy Sheriff Destroys Seized Beer After Raids
In the presence of witnesses and many spectators Deputy Sheriff Lace M. Wolfe emptied about 1,200 pint bottles of beer into a sewer behind the county jail Thursday morning. The beer had been confiscated in raids by city officers and Wolfe was instructed by the criminal court to destroy it.
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Lace M. Wolfe
Dty
Wolfe
Criminal Court
Landis is Dead
H M Landis treasurer of Pittsburg and noted banker died at his home Thursday from heart disease at age 52. A prominent Masonic member, Landis was widely known in the fraternal circle across the country. A separate case reports Martha Cunningham aged 45 of Sardis judged insane by the county lunacy commission and placed in Weston State Hospital with her brother Hi Moora escorting her.
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Pittsburg
Harry Mlandis
Landis
Martha Cunningham
Sardis
Hi Moora
Weston
New Grand Matron of Eastern Star Elected in Louisville
At the annual meeting of the Order of Eastern Star in Louisville Kentucky Emma Ocobock of Hartford Michigan was elected most worthy grand matron of the general grand chapter the orders highest office. She is described by friends as a woman of magnetic personality.
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Order of Eastern Star
Louisville
Emma ©. Ocobock
Hartford
Michigan
Qeobock
President Wilson Expected to Attend Southern Commercial Congress
Norfolk readers were told that President Wilson is expected to attend the upcoming Southern Commercial Congress in Norfolk with Mrs. Wilson possibly accompanying him. Clarence W. Owens, arriving from Washington, took charge of arrangements and announced new program speakers including Sminet O Neal and Herbert S. Houston. The big parade Saturday will feature coast artillery, marines, sailors, the Virginia National Guard, boy scouts, and an industrial division, reviewed by the President from a standing reviewing stand at Granby Street and City Hall Avenue.
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Norfolk
Clarence W. Ow- Ens
Southern Commercial Congress
Washington
Ow- Ens
Eel
Wilson
Dr. Owens
South
Sminet O'Neal
Alabama
Herbert S. Houston
Advertising Clubs of the World
Houston
Congress
John K. Shields
Tepnesses
C. E. McGuire
International High Commission
Latin America
Mobile
Duncan A. Fletcher
Louise C. Lindsley
Women's Auxiliary
C. L. Wright
Coast Artillery
L. S. Soote
J E. Mahoney
National Guard’ of Virginia
Boy Scouts of Norfolk
Trout
Granby Street
City Hall Avenue
Main Street
Root Opposes Suffrage Amendment At Anti-Suffrage Meet
Former Senator Root declares opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment granting women the vote. He argues that forcing suffrage on unwilling states violates liberty and self-government, citing the need for states like New York and Pennsylvania to govern themselves. The remarks frame self-rule against external imposition.
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Washington
Root
Lo Qin
United States
New York
Maxwell
Chicago
Greater Clarksburg plan outlined by four towns
Mayor Joe N Craddock of Broad Oaks presented at a Wednesday meeting the four incorporated suburban towns Stenley Heights Northview and Adamston asking for a commission form of government for a merged Clarksburg and a new paying act to cover living on streets and property taxes. The plan also calls for one municipality to handle services, with water provisions conditioned on merger.
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Clarksburg
Broad Oaks
Joe N. Craddock
Stenley Heights
Northview
Adamston
Compensation not payable to officers at winding gulf
Charleston December 7. Compensation for the death of D. Wyatt and for the injuries to C. J. Bragg has been refused by the state compensation commissioner. Wyatt and Bragg were special guards and deputy sheriffs for the Winding Gulf Coal Company when a mob attacked during a primary, killing Wyatt and wounding Bragg. The claim contends injuries occurred while enforcing private property protection, not in the course of employment.
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Charleston
FL D. Wyatt
Winding Gullenn
Violeo
C. J. Bragg
Joe Ott
Atate
D. Wyatt
AG. Jo Drage
Winding Gulf Coal Company
Winding Gulf
Thomas MecClinon
Aldy Cook
Cook
CC. J. Bragg
Beckley
B.D. Wyatt
Wyatt
Bragg
Supreme Court grants appeal in coal company dispute
The Supreme Court of Appeals granted an appeal on the petition of Dry Branch Coal Co against the Public Service Commission which had allowed Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to build a branch track despite coal company protests. Writs of error and supersedeas were allowed in several Monongalia and Cabell county cases, while appeals were denied in Preston and Braxton county matters. Also noted are railroad staffing changes effective January 1 and the arrest of Ocle Richards in Reynoldsville on a murder indictment. Clarksburg Knights of Columbus Council 872 meets Thursday evening for routine business.
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Charleston
Supreme Court of Appeals
Dry Branch Coal Company
Public Service Commission
Chesa- Deake and Ohio Railroad’ Company
Coal, Company
Monongalia
Charles V. “Hare
John C. Price
Cabell
Joseph Kilgore
W. E. Conley
Hezekiah Miller
Preston County
Braxton
Frametown Council No
Junior Order of American Mechanics
Curtis Frame
Clarksburg
Knights of Columbia
West Pike Street
Interstate Commerce Commission Urged to Change Freight Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission urges Congress to shift burden of proof and fix general rate levels by statute to end uncertainty. The report argues flexible, carrier-initiated changes could destabilize fair rates, while a fixed framework would focus on constructive future work and improve car interchange and loading provisions.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Waslington
Shippora
Public Service Rates Set By Commission For Rural Lines
The Public Service Commission approved new rates for Telephone Company of Jane Lewis serving Harrison Upshur and Doddridge counties. Country line service will cost 72 dollars per year, while town and city lines are 40 dollars annually. Subscribers must cover building and maintaining connecting lines up to 1 320 feet as costs are recovered.
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Jane iLews
Countlesimot Harrison, Upshure
Doddridge Commission
Leading Oil Man Taken by Death
A gathering of newspaper leaders in Fairmont was called by J J Devine of the Telegram to discuss rising costs for newsprint and other materials. Attendees include H O Ogden Wheeling publisher A B Smith Parkersburg Sentinel H H Jolt Grafton Sentinel Max von Schlegel Martinsburg Evening Journal R J Smith Moundsville Journal S C Shaw Moundaville Welio Chanel A TBialne Charleston Gazette C P McKinney Fairmont Times W Weigel Fairmont West Virginian W Guy Tetrick Clarksburg Exponent R W Green Morgantown Post Chronicle and Mr Devine.
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J.J. Devine
Telegram
Fairmont
H.O Ogden
Wheeling
A. B. Smith
Parkersburg Sentinel
H. H. Jolt
Grafton Sentinel
Max von Schlegel
Martinsburg Evening’ Journal
R.J. Smith
Moundsville Journal
S. C. Shaw
Moundaville Welio
Chanel A. Tbialne
Charleston Gazette
C. P. McKinney
Fairmont Times
W. Weigel
Fairmont West Virginian
W. Guy Tetrick
Clarksburg Exponent
R. W. Green
Morgantown Poat Chronicle
Mr. Devine
Former Prominent Oil Operator Dies in Buffalo
Captain Joseph T. Jones, longtime West Virginia oil pioneer and once the world’s largest independent producer, died in Buffalo. Born June 41 1842 in Philadelphia, he served as a Civil War captain and built vast oil holdings in Slatergyville, later developing Gulfport Miss and railroads. Survived by widow Louisa Blackmar Jones and a daughter. funeral held in Buffalo Thursday.
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Buffalo
Noy
Joseph T. Jones
West Virginia
Tme
Captain Jones
Slatergyville
Gulfport
Miss
Philadelphia
Louisa Blackmar
Bradford
West Virginia Peace League to Meet in Charleston
The executive committee of the West Virginia branch of the League to Enforce Peace will meet in Charleston on Saturday December 9 to consider a proposal to be presented to the West Virginia legislature in January. Committee members include W E Glasscock Morgantown former governor J B Finley Parkersburg W Blanchard Hiatt Moundsville J F Marsh Charleston and O S Woodley Huntington.
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West Virginia
The
League To Enforce Peace
Charleston
W.E. Glasscock
Morgantown
J. B. Finley
Parkersburg
W. Blanchard Hiatt
Moundsville
J. F. Marsh
O .S. Woodley
Huntington
Danis h Steamer Nexoff Sunk by Submarine
Lloyds reports the Danish steamer Nexoff of 1013 tons gross sunk by a submarine off London. The Spanish steamship Julia Benito also sunk. crews of both vessels landed. No meeting of interest to dairymen will be held in the courthouse at 3 o clock Saturday afternoon.
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London
Lloyds
Nexoff
Julia
Benito
Wage Increase in Garment Industry Plays Out in New York
In New York on December 7 a potential ten percent wage rise faces 30 000 workers as negotiations continue between a manufacturers committee and United Garment Workers of America. The wage issue will be taken up at Friday’s meeting of the manufacturers convention in session. Richard Ziesing, general manager of Grasselli and Meadowbrook plants of Grasselli Chemical Company, returned home to Cleveland Wednesday night.
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New York
United Garment Workers of America
Richard Ziesing
Grasselli
Meadowbrook
Grareelli Chemical Company
Cleveland
Bryan Appears With Federal Rail Plan Push
Unclear draft proposal signals federal involvement in railroad funding and national power modernization. Officials discuss centralizing planning and coordinating infrastructure projects, aiming to streamline investment across regions. Observers await clarified guidance and potential legislative steps.
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