Legal Clash Over Unions Peaceful Picketing in West Virginia
Supreme Court reviews decrees against United Mine Workers and American Flint Glassworkers in two West Virginia cases. Courts held unions illegal and restrained trade. Fourth Circuit annulled, cases sent to high court. Open shop contracts and peaceful solicitation raise constitutional contract and liberty questions for labor.
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Spy Assucieren
Mesa
Washington
Priday
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Dayton
United Mine Workers Union
American Flint Glassworkers' Union
Hitchman Coal and Coke Company
Wheeling
Ming
Circuit
Jury Frees Foreigner in Prohibition Frame-Up Case
A jury discharged Gabor Nogy after a Thursday afternoon trial alleging violation of the prohibition law. The case was portrayed as a frame-up by a paid stool pigeon, Waisley, who allegedly acted for prosecuting attorney A. J. Findley. A dispute over liquor purchase and alleged payments to Waisley were cited as key factors in the defense.
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Gabor Nogy
Nogy
Waisley
A. J. Findley
Wamsley
Wamsey
Findley
Death of Byron Stout at New Leon Ta
Word reaches of Byron Stout’s death at his New Leon Texas home on December 9. Born August 11, 1828, in Jarvisville, he married Cynthia Childers in 1856 and moved to Iowa to farm. His first wife died in 1869. he remarried Katherine Vanderford, produced two sons and other children, twenty four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren, and remained a Christian church member from 1869 until his death.
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Byron Stout
New Leon
Mr. Stout
Jarvisville
Cynthia A. Childers
Iowa
Katherine Vanderford
Stout
The
Christian Church
Santa visits miners raises bonuses in Calumet
The Mohawk and Wolverine mining companies announce increased bonuses for 12,000 Calumet and Hecla workers and affiliates. The criminal court took two recesses from Thursday evening to Saturday morning, as Ocie Richards was to be placed on trial for the murder of Robert Garard.
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Calumet, Mich
Mohawk
Wolverine
Calumet
Hecla
Criminal Court
Richards
Robert Garard
Bucks County Buckhannon Happenings In Local News
Buckhannon on December 15 reported delinquent lands for 1914 taxes sold at public auction with total proceeds of only 10.30 dollars aside from two exceptions. A quiet wedding at the county clerk’s office joined Hanson Hamilton and Daisy Osborne, both deaf, via sign method. City election ticket named with C. N. Pew as mayor and several council candidates listed. Burglars robbed the T. C. Fitzwater store and post office at Hollygrove, stealing 190 dollars from the cash drawer. Various local residents and professionals were noted in social and civic activity, including medical visitors, job changes, and visits from out-of-town relatives.
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Buckhannon
Court House
Curtis Robinson
United Brethren Church
Hanson Hamilton
John W Hamilton
Adrian
Daisy Osborne
Edmund Osborne
Queens
Robinson
C. N. Pew
Weaver
F. M. Farnsworth
A. Bailey
J. M. Shoemaker
E. J. Hoover
R. P. Crowley
T. C. Fitzwater
Hollygrove
Postoffice Register
L. H. Forman
Terra Alta
R C. Griffith
Clarksburg Tursiay
Purdy Hyre
Bertha Bishop
Grafton
J. MacWaters
The
American University
Washington, D. C
Wallace Bleming
L. B. Chidester
City Hospital
Lorentz R. Hodges
Thornton Brick Company
Clarksburg
St. Albans
8. K. Arbuthont
George W. Pollock
Central Avenue
Sidney Haymond
Frank B. Trotter
State University
Henry Neff
Lucy Lawson
Weston
Lucy Miles
R. le Bland
Rose Coursey
Williamsville
T. G. Farnsworth
Hud Crissman
Velma Wilson
Big Stick to Be Sent to President Wilson
A large wooden club, carved from white pine and weighing 36 pounds, 3.5 feet long, is being sent to President Wilson by W Doe of Crescent Oregon. A accompanying letter notes Crescent provided 77 votes in the recent election.
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Limaeod
Pittsburg
Doe
Wilson
White House
Fran W. Doe
Crescent
Ore
Roe
Finaz
Virginia ruling bars liquor in clubs and lodge rooms
Roanoke Va December 15 The Prohibition Commissioner rules that unmarried men in Virginia living away from parents cannot receive the monthly whiskey allowance via shipment. The decision notes the new prohibition law does not treat boarding houses, clubs or lodge rooms as a home for private liquor consumption.
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AssociaTro P
Roanoke
Virginia
Prohibition
Peters
Priday
Local Notes From Holcomb Area reflect health and commerce
At Holcomb Nicholas county residents report recoveries from surgery. Earl Vassar of Weston visits his grandfather Henry Neff Horn. Edward Wereley’s son Russell, who traveled to Baltimore in October for lip cancer removal, has returned but remains convalescent and plans return for further care. C H Barnes of Buckhannon Delta, previously homebound due to rheumatism, was briefly downtown in an auto. A K Watkins Company bought the Shull store room once Shinn store and plans remodeling and move of its shop early next year.
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Holcomb
Nicholas County
Earl Vassar
Weston
Henry Neff Horn
Edward Wereley
Asp
Russell
Baltimore
C. H. Barnes
Buckhannon Delta
West Virginia Bar Association Set to Convene in Bluefield
The thirty second annual West Virginia Bar Association meeting will be held in Bluefield December 28 and 29. Judge George W Atkins on the opening morning outlines the origin and growth of Virginia jurisprudence with subsequent committee reports and elections. Principal address by Charles A Boston on the Lawyer's Opportunity follows.
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Py Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia Bar Asociation
Bluefield
Charles McCamis
George W. Atkinson
West Virginia
Jon Admissions
Harold A. Ritz
Derverty
Parker
Executive Council
Wiley
oMcers
American’ Bar Association
Committee On Judicial Administration and Legal Reform
B. M. ‘Ambler
Parkersburg
Charles A- Boston
New York
J. AL Woods
Martinsburg
Gordon, Mathews
Wheat Prices Slump on Peace Report and Disarmament Hopes
Wheat futures slid Friday as peace talks rumors from Berlin and a sharp New York market drop triggered declines of up to 8 5/8 cents per bushel. May wheat fell to about 1.56, off from higher levels earlier, with overall December delivery down about 45 cents from a month earlier. The market movement followed the German embassy Washington statement about universal disarmament and late New York declines. Central Detective Agency figures John S. Slers and John H. Tenney emerge in a note about notable crime consultants.
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Chicago
Washington
New York
Berlin
Allied ultimatum to be accepted by King Constantine
Athens dispatch reports indications the Allied ultimatum will be accepted in principle by King Constantine. The decision followed a cabinet council chaired by the king. Sheriff Ross F. Stout has sold his bloodhounds to Constable Wirt Stout of Mount Clare for pursuit of criminals in the area.
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London
Athens
Constantine
Ross F. Stout
Wirt Stout
Mount Clare
Trim
Quail Carload From Monterey Arrives for Pennsylvania
A carload of quail from Monterey Mexico has arrived in Pittsburg for distribution across the state. Five hundred birds are placed in Highland Park zoo and will be released in Beaver and Allegheny counties next April. The state will also stock wild turkeys and deer. Bear are said to be more plentiful in Pennsylvania than Wyoming and Montana, per state game commissioner John Phillips.
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Pittsburg
Monterey
Mexico
Highland | Park Zoo
Beaver
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Montana
John
Phillips
Government bars wartime liquor sales except wines and beer
Paris reports the government will prohibit consuming alcoholic beverages for the rest of the war with exceptions for wine and beer. Saloon keepers federation head M Girard and provision dealers association head M Delrose warn the measure will ruin 380000 saloonkeepers mobilized for the country. Also notes Miss Mary Hart and Miss Julia Davis to return home for holidays.
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Paris
M. Girard
Saloonkeepers’ Federation
M. Delrose
Provision ‘Dealers, Association
Mary Hart
Julia Davis
Miss Shipley
Burn Mawr, Pa
Knights of Malta Branch Forming in Local Meeting
A mass meeting at the Masonic temple Red Cross room tonight will hear C A Cramer Morgantown attorney and leading Malta Knight discuss the aims and principles of the Knights of Malta. The public is invited.
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Knights of Malin
Zere
Red Cross
Masonic Temple
C. A. Cramer
Morgantown
Order of the Knights of Malta
Order of St. John
Jerusalem
Nights Hospitaller
Holy City
Order of Knyights of
St. John
Palestine
Tle
Theodes
Isle of
Milta
Coroner's Jury Clears Railroad Over Fatal Crossing
The coroner's jury found that the deaths of John H. Carter and Fritz C. Rockenstein, who died when the No. 12 passenger train struck the Gandy Provision Company's delivery auto, were not caused by railroad negligence. It attributed the fatalities to Carter and Rockenstein's lack of precaution and the crossing's dangerous condition.
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John 8
Carter
Fritz C. Rockenstein
Gandy Provision Company
Delivery Auto
Rockenstein
Grand Jury Hears Frank Cunningham Case In Turkeys Theft
At a hearing before Magistrate R Edward Kidd Cunningham was held to the grand jury on charges of breaking into the West Virginia Provision Company store and stealing turkeys valued at 20 dollars. He failed to post bail and was remanded to jail.
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R. Edward Kidd
Frank Cunningham
Grand Jury
West Virginia Provision Company
Pennsylvania Rises in Potato Production and Apple Growth
Pennsylvania climbs from sixth to third in potato production, behind Maine and New York, while ranking second in apple production according to 1930s state agriculture statistics. The figures come from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bureau of Statistics, reported from Harrisburg.
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Raebe
Harrisburg
State
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Statistics
Pennsylvania
Maine
New York
Day nursery fund totals reach $96.50 after contribution
A friend added $5 to the day nursery fund bringing the cumulative total to $96.50. The update shows ongoing support for the program as donations continue.
Vote Tabulation Yields Governors Race Narrow Edge
Charleston reports official returns from the recent general election show John Cornwell Democrat leading with 143,324 and Robinson Republican with 91,405 for governor, a 2,755 plurality. Other races list Republican gains for secretary of state W. G. Young and treasurer W. S. Johnson, with Darst and Finley leading in their respective contests.
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Charleston
Johns
J. Cornwell
Robinson
Cornwell
G. Young
Charles Reper
W. S. Johnson
Lloyd Rinehart
Johnson
John S. Darst
AE Kenney
Darst
James H Stewart
John B. Finley
Stewart
Ee. T. England
W. He Sawyers
England
United States
Howara
Sutherland
W. E Chilton
Gas Gnelser
Socialis
Demurrage Regulation Takes Effect to Speed Unloading
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved emergency demurrage rules to relieve freight car shortages. Consignees get two days to unload, then charges rise from 1 to 5 dollars per day with each additional day. Railroads also raise daily car rental fees from 45 to 75 percent.
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Washington
Interattae Commerce
Air Service Commission
Uhe
American Railroads Association
Locust Appearance Dates in Harrison State
A historical notice by Henry Maymond explains that seven teen year locust swarms do not arrive across the country simultaneously but in different districts. It provides a Harrison date list compiled by predecessors, ending with May 18, 1914, and first noting earlier entries such as May 15, 1795 and May 26, 1812.
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Henry Maymond
Harrison
Severe Cold Grips Cleveland Milk Supply
In Cleveland the coldest winter weather on record driven a milk shortage. Only about 14,000 gallons of milk reached the city as milk producers and dealers clash over supply amid grand jury probes. Gas pressure declines threaten plant operations and possible shutoffs.
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Cleveland
Ohio
A. Iito
Aetia Askal Grand Jury
Briday
Sone
Van
Agream
French Fail to Reclaim Position East of the Meuse
An unclear wartime dispatch reports French attempts to retake positions east of the Meuse and gains near German lines. The report notes continuing fighting, retreats, and maneuvers involving Roumania and other forces.
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AtmodaTeorween
Lip
Berlin
Rman Hill
The
Meuse
Roumania
Gblages
Rot
Buzeu
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