Ohio Posse Hunts Man to Lynch Him
An unknown Black man assaulted Mrs. W. Hershey wife of the president of the Excelsior Seat Company in her West Sixth avenue home basement at 4 o clock. She is partly unconscious and cannot describe the attacker. A lynching is feared as authorities pursue the suspect with a large search by horse, car, and foot.
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Big Concern
Associated Press
Columbus
Neero
Hershey
Excelsior Seat Company
West Sixth Avenue
New York Republicans Reject Hughes Endorsement
In New York County the Republican committee nearly unanimously refused to adopt a resolution endorsing Governor Charles B. Hughes for the Republican presidential nomination. A motion to table the resolution for January consideration passed amid a loud shout.
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New York
Nec
Repubican Committee
New York County
Charles B. Hughes
Mrs Leah Gilman Dies Amid Murder Controversy
Leah Gilman mother of Dana Gilman, linked to a sensational murder case, died at her Dayton home. She faced murder charges previously and was twice indicted but extinguished by the grand jury. In Chicago, the annual meeting of Tunnels Central was set to March 2 with a heated exchange between President Harrahan and Stuyvesant Fish over a motion to adjourn.
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Dayton
Leah Gilman
Dana Gilman
Chicago
The
Tunnels Central
Harrahan
Stuyvesant Fish
West Virginia Delegation Assigned to Key Committees
West Virginia representatives in Congress received committee assignments. Woodyard joined rivers and harbors, TH Bard to Interstate and Commerce, Sturgiss assigned to Elections and Merchant Marine, Gaines to Ways and Means, Hughes to chair the Committee on Accounts.
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West ‘Virginia
Congress
Woodyard
Sturgiss
Gaines
Ways and Means
Hughes
Committee On Accounts
Removal question revived re West Virginia institute land gift
Secretary Taft returns to New York after world trip and declines to answer public questions. The Baptist Banner reports a donor offer of 12 acres of land near Bridgeport West Virginia to move the Broaddus Institute to that site with conditions including coal oil and gas rights and a July 1 1908 acceptance deadline. The plan requires board reorganization and building of facilities, with a revert clause if used for other purposes. Bridgeport residents would provide 30 000 toward the school and Miss Char tle Johnson offers nearby land for an athletic field.
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Drouddus
Simpson’s Creek
Baltimore & Oslo
West Vir- Blula
Board of Trustees
General Association
Huntington
Baptist Banner
Baptists of
West Virginia
Baptists
Bridgeport
Chartle Johnson
Wage Committees Meet Over Glass Workers Pay Scale
In Columbus Ohio the wage committees of the Window Glass Cutters and Flatteners Association and the Window Glass Manufacturers Association plan a 10 o clock conference tomorrow. A. P. Fees and W. McBall will attend and depart tonight. Frank Cox and Walter Fowler manage the local strike situation. Cox has been at Weston where cutters and flatteners are on strike. Fowler works with Fees and MteFal to coordinate efforts.
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A. P. Fees
W- McBall
Window Glass Cutters and Flatteners Association
Window Glass Manufacturers’ Association
Columbus
Frank Cox
Walter Fowler
Mr. Cox
Weston
Mr. Fowler
Samuel Sheets In Critical Condition After Assault
Samuel Sheets’s condition is described as somewhat improved today at his Lost Creek home. Brief intervals of consciousness give some hope for recovery, while George Myers who attacked him with a shovel remains at large and has not yet been arrested.
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Samuel Sheets
Lost Creek
George Myers
Salem rumor of smallpox unfounded
A circulating Salem report claimed Mrs. Howell had a full smallpox case after a West trip. Doctors Strother and Kennedy evaluated the patient and concluded it was eczema, not smallpox.
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Salem
Anthem Acknowledgement at Opera Featuring Welsh Singers
Notices warn tonight's opera program by Welsh singers from England includes national anthems America The Star Spangled Banner God Save the King Audience should stand as the anthems begin in England and in this country in respect for the custom
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Opera House
England
America
Star Spi
Sisteis of Mrs Jones Des at Fairmont
Mr and Mrs Charles Jones of this city received a telegraphic message last evening announcing the death of Mrs Anna Moorhead at her Fairmont home. Mrs Moorhead, 60, was a sister of Mrs Jones. Weston held town conventions for January municipal tickets with Republicans nominating J W Steinteed and Democrats naming J C C Chidester for mayor.
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Jones Des
Fairmont
Charles Jones
Anna Moorhead
Weston
JW. Steinteed
J. CC. Chidester
Robert Mitchell Dead in Princeton Campaign Tragedy
Robert Mitchell, Republican candidate for secretary of state, died at home in Princeton Indiana. The faucet of details notes he collapsed at his residence on December 20. Local officials report no immediate cause.
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Princeton
Ind
Robert Mitchell
Opee
Rifle Taken to the Mountains in Key Trial Testimony
At Georgetown Kentucky on December 20 Associated Press reports during the Caley Powers trial J.8. McKnight testified that Alert Helton took the rifle used to shoot Goebel back to the mountains three days after the shooting from Frankfort.
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Associated Press
Georgetown
Caley Powers
McKnight
Mountain Army
Alert Helton
Goevel
Frankfort
No new bodies found as Monongah mine disaster toll rises
Another body was recovered at Monongah coal mine raising the total dead to 240 with no new recoveries today. The last victim was identified as Dolve an Italian. Rescue teams of about sixty men continue at work as mine officials inspect and clear debris. The date of the inquest is undecided and may not be held until after Christmas.
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Monongah
No. & Ming Tast
Om Dolve
Pauli
Tacors
Uta
State Constabulary
Greensburg
Saa
Striking Cutters Continue Dispute Across Plants
The strike by cutters persists as Antiencra plants remain out while most facilities reopen with partial operations. Adamston resumes with six flatteners and blowers but no cutters, Tuna keeps blowers, eaters and flatteners working, and Peerless reports five of eighty cutter positions filled with flatteners intact. Lafayette shows five flatteners active with no cutters, West Fork stays shut.
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Adamston
Clarksburg Company
Tuna
The
Peerless
Tafayette
West Fork
New St Gauden twenty dollar gold pieces issued
The Merchants National Bank reports Treasury Department shipment of St. Gauden's twenty dollar gold coins. Obverse features an eagle above the sun with United States of America Twenty Dollars in round letters. Reverse shows Miss Liberty in classic dress with a staff, rock, and a Capitol-like building, motto E Pluribus Unum, and thirteen stars.
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Merchants National Bank
St. Gauden
Treasury Department
United States of America
Theiggbird
Miss Liberty
Capitol
Washington
Miners Frightful Mine Disaster Besets Pennsylvania Town
The National Glass Company receiver order follows mine disaster at a Pennsylvania coal mine near Cumberland. Six bodies recovered by noon with about two hundred men believed entombed as rescue teams comb the wreckage. Surviving pumper Joseph Mapleton described the explosion and escape through entry 21. Dr. William H. Holden visited the scene.
Mitchell falls ill at miners conference in Indianapolis
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers was taken seriously ill during a joint conference with miners and operators in Indianapolis. A physician said his condition was serious but not necessarily critical after he complained of side pain from previous abscess operations.
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Eby Associated Preaz
Indianapolis
Ind
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Fatal shooting and mutilation shock Hammond community
In Louisiana, Mary Nelson, 45, was found mortally wounded on Happy Roads after a quarrel with a neighbor over a dog. The left side of her face was mutilated and her body riddled with bullets. Police suspect a Black man from the dispute, though no robbery or assault evidence appeared.
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Hammond
Mary Nelson
Happy Roads
Here
Nelson
Teachers Meeting Postponed for Christmas Preparations
The regular elementary teachers meeting is postponed from this Saturday due to preparations for the Sunday school Christmas entertainment. Work resumes at 2 o clock Saturday afternoon December 28 with Miss Dorm Ridenour as instructor. The meetings have proved interesting and helpful.
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Ridenour
West Virginia residents receive multiple patent grants
Washington patent attorneys Doyle and Mavis report the grant of several patents to West Virginia citizens this week. Francis Geiger of Parkersburg receives an ironing board patent, Albert H. Mooyver and BE M. Clark of Movedhelt get a railway rail and joint patent, Warry L. White and FP Rogers of Wieeling receive an envelope patent.
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Washington
PD. C
Doyle & Mavis
West Virginia
Francis ©. Geiger
Parkersburg
Ironing Board
Albert H. Mooyver
BE. M. Clark
Movedhelt
Warry L. White
FP. Rogers
Wieeling
Enterprise men discharged after fine payments
Entervised men Jim Moujk and Andy Cocheck of Enterprise faced fines of one dollar and coins for being in a dramatic orderly state at The Fairmont-Glama burg interurban edition. Magistrate Gordon ordered their discharge on Wednesday afternoon.
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Jim Moujk
Andy Cocheck
Enterprise
Gordon
Fairmont-Glamaburg
Grand Jury Holds Duckworth Burkhart on Train Disorder Charge
Charles Duckworth and John Burkhart of West Union are bound to circuit court in $200 bonds after hearings on disorderly conduct aboard a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train between this city and Salem. Emil Duhainaut of Salem waived examination and is bound over in $200 bond. All posted security and were released.
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Charles Duckworth
John Burkhart
West Union
Gordon
Baltimore & Ohio
Salem
Emil Duhainaut
Baltimore & Ohio officials visit city for inspection trip
General Manager T Fitzgerald and Division Superintendent Williams with other Baltimore & Ohio officials spent part of Friday morning in the city on an inspecting trip to Parkersburg. The party rode private car No. 901 coupled to No. 3 for the journey.
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T. Fitzgerald
Willams
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Parkersburg
Dayton Judge Returns Home From Charleston Trip
Judge A. G. Dayton of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia traveled through the city today on his way to his home in Philips from Charleston where he presided at federal court.
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A. G. Dayton
United States District Court For
West Virginia
Philipps
Charleston
Three Lodgers Kept in Lock-Up as Court Session Lacks
Three men slept in the lock-up after a city decision to grant temporary shelter for the night. No police court sessions occurred this morning and no arrests were reported since the last session. Aris Harbert was arrested on a warrant for assault and battery and jailed in Justice Riley's court.
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Triea
CL. Ford
Andrew Lyon
Aris Harbert
Riley
Tim
Mwart
John Eliiott
Operators and Miners Fail to Agree on Wage Pact
In Indianapolis on December 20 coal operators and miners from the central competitive field resumed talks to restore the interstate wage agreement. A joint committee from each district met overnight but failed to reach consensus and reported the disagreement to the joint conference.
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Associated Press
Iniianapolis
Ind
Governor Urges Settlement in Kentucky Tobacco Row
In Frankfort on December 20 a large crowd gathered as Governor Willson urged the American Society of Equity and American Tobacco Company to settle their dispute and amend the disorder in Kentucky.
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Kentucky
Associated Press
Frankfort, Ky
American Society of Equity and American Tobacco Company
Willson Willson
Explosion Kills 93 at Palermo Powder Magazine
Associated Press reports a disaster in Palermo where ninety three people died and over one hundred were injured when a military powder magazine exploded last night. The casualty toll includes many residents as authorities assess the scene.
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Associated Press
Palermo
Atlantic Fleet Report From Flagship Connecticut
The fleet is about five hundred miles north of St Thomas Island at noon under clear weather. The transmission comes from the flagship Connecticut via wireless telegraph to San Juan Puerto Rico.
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Associated Press
Connecticut
San Juan
Porto Rico
St. Thomas
Blaze at Centennial Hall Causes Minor Damage
A small fire broke out at Centennial Hall late Friday afternoon. The fire department responded quickly to the alarm and arrived at the scene. Damage was slight.
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Centennial Hall
Wallace man undergoes operation at Kessler hospital
Kent Ogden of Wallace underwent a surgical operation at Kessler hospital Thursday afternoon and is reported to be getting along nicely with prospects of a speedy recovery.
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Kent Ogden
Wallace
Kessler Hospital
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples
Marriage licenses have been issued to William Tate and Emma Fittro and to Charles Q. Hepler and Cecil Dove Thomas.
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William Tate
Emma Fittro
Charles Q. Hepler
Cecil Dove Thomas
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William TE ‘Taft
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Double Eagles
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Clifes
Associated Preach
Pittsburg
Fairfield Pot & Clay Company
William P. Knight
National Glass Company
Ewing
United States Circuit Court
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Canton
Marietta
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Joseph Mapleton
Aldo
Mapleton
William H. Holden
Negress
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Wrest
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GRAND
Duckworth
Burkhart and Duhainant
Squire Gordon
Topge Dayton
Atlantic Fleet
Daily Telegram Relief Fund
Merchants National Ann
John Hussl
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