Watts Versus Martine Spark Fire at Charleston Hearing
At the Charleston Senate hearing on the Paint and Cabin Creek labor dispute witnesses test the mine operators side. Watts and Martine clash over sanitation and witness treatment as Morton details mine contracts and the armored train attack on Holly Grove.
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Cabin Creek
Senate
Swindon
Charleston
Washington
Martine
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Waits
New Jersey
Kenyon
Watts
Quinn Morton
Lee Calvin
Holly Grove
Morton
Norwood Lot Sale Proves Great Interest in New Addition
Gratifying success attended the sale of lots in the Norwood addition east of the city. Promoters report about 80 000 dollars worth of lots and stock sold, with 57 lots available and 142 original stockholders buying, as Gregory's band played for visitors.
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Norwood
Thavelty
Clarksburg
Gregory
Girls Strike Over Negotiations In St Louis
St Louis June 17. Girl telephone operators at Southwestern Telephone Company walked out this morning after company officials refused to negotiate with the operators union. James Noonan vice president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers says about 900 girls are out.
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Tmy Agrogiated Perest
County Court Grants Administrators and Guardianships
Robert F. Bills qualified before the county court Tuesday as administrator with the will annexed of Vera Boggess with bond at $2000. She left all property to Stella MacGafney, her adopted sister. Frances C. Berry qualified as guardian of Lenora and Marie Berry with bonds of $500 each and Berry as surety.
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Robert F. Bills
Vera Boggess
Stella MacGafney
Frances C. Berry
Lenora
Marie Berry
Pond
Peace policy based on powerful navy urged by Roosevelt
Col Roosevelt urged a peace policy tied to a strong navy atBoston during the 138th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He said the U S would not arbitrate vital honors or interests and that Uncle Sam must show wartime strength in peacetime, with the navy as his punch. Also spoke were Secretary Daniels and Treasurer Burke.
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Boston
Mass
Bunker Hill
Col
Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
Navy
Daniela
United States
Burke
Will Hall Captured After Jail Escape in Chase to Ashland
Will Hall, an alleged murderer, escaped from the Huntington city jail and was hunted across the region. Police tracked him to Ashland, Kentucky, where he was captured and escorted back in chains to face an indictment alleging complicity in the murder of William Osborne, an elderly recluse. Federal Deputy Marshal D. Hupp visited the city last evening.
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Will Hall
Hall
Ashland
William Osborne
Probers Session Breaks Up Amid Senate Mine Strike Hearing
In Charleston on June 17 the Senate mine strike investigation panel dissolved after a near clash between Senator Martine of New Jersey and coal operator Morton. Intervening officials prevented a confrontation as questions about firing a machine gun into a town and attacks on a striker camp were hotly debated before adjournment.
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Charleston
Senate
Martine
New Jersey
Quinn Morton
Higgins
Swanson
Kenyon
Holly Grove
Mr. Morton
Berlin physician Freidmann sails home after vaccine ban
Dr Frederick P Friedmann, the Berlin physician who claimed a tuberculosis cure, sailed for home as his New York institution was closed after the local board of health forbade use of his vaccine. Col White, en route to Fairmont to see his son, Attorney Kemble White, is discussed as a likely adjutant general candidate to succeed Charles D. Egbert.
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Frederick P. Friedmann
Berlin
Board of Health
H S. White
Fairmont
Kemble White
Col White
Charles D. Egiort
Cholera spreads among Bulgarian troops and Mexican cross-border activity escalates
Cholera cases rise among Bulgarian forces in Macedonia as civil districts suffer. In the border towns of Columbus New Mexico and No gales Arizona Mexican federal soldiers in small groups cross toward El Paso Texas to disrupt rail lines and threaten state troops. Refugees report critical conditions in insurgent and federal camps amid cross-border tension.
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Ated PE
el Paso
Arriviic
Heat wave to continue for 48 hours across eastern states
Washington reports a continuing heat wave from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast for the next two days. The affected areas include the Middle Atlantic states southern New England and the upper Ohio valley with cooler conditions expected tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures rise near Denver today across the east.
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Washington, D.C
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
Middle Atlantic
New England
Ohio Valley
Lake
Denver
George Sali Fletchingtoh Held Over Eleven Day Sentence
George Sali, after pleading in county court, is sentenced to eleven days in the county jail for unlawful riding a train in railroad yards. Railroad policeman B Kinney arrested him and the case was found in default of a fine payment.
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iJustice
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Nicewar
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B. Kinney
Polar expedition aims to reach Arctic continent
Reports describe the Stefansson expedition preparing for a summer voyage from Alaska toward the Beaufort and Berin g Strait regions. It outlines crew, scientists, and goal to explore Victoria Land and potential copper deposits while detailing possible ice hazards and routes via the Karluk and Arctic Ocean.
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Noy Karluk
Bering Strait
Stefannsson
Risomatn
Max Getadlishal
HerschélwJalind
Beauforten
Greenland
Patrick
Robert Bartlett
James Murra Oceanoxraphidr Acey
University of Glasgow
George Matloch
Point Barrow
Simpson “Hay
Victorialkad
Bes
R. M. “Anderson
Zeologicat
Frits Johansen
United States
J. B. O’nell
Mmining
Geological Survey
Kenneth Chapman
J. R. Cox
Henri Beaupiint
Paris
Jennis
A. Forbes “Mackay
Shackieton
burgi_University
Victorinland
Exkimoa
Victorisland
Bakita
Stefansson
Asaoreasers
West Virginia Pageant Draws Crowds in Rain Threat
June 17 wheeling West Virginia semi centennial pageant opens amid rain fear. crowds ride in by train and trolley as congestion builds at noon. The day features a grand historical pageant with Civil War scenes spanning fifty years of state history.
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Premtt
Wheeling
West Virginia
Lees to be named state hotel inspector by governor
Semi official reports say A. D. Lees of Huntington will be appointed by Governor Hatfield to head the state hotel inspector office within days. Lees was in Charleston to complete arrangements for opening the office.
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Charleston
A.D. Lees
Huntington
Hatfield
Lees
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