Hearings on Tariff Bill Prolonged as Senate Debates Continue
Senate Republicans press to prolong public hearings on the Underwood tariff bill. Penrose proposes a new amendment demanding cost and production disclosures from manufacturers. Kern seeks West Virginia coal field inquiry as labor groups push for federal investigation amid a volatile debate. Republicans clash with Simmons over the tariff schedule and a reader letter labeled as a Democratic attack on free shear and living costs.
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Washington, D.C
Senate Republicans
Penrose
Simmons
Bacon
Kern
West Virginia
Senate Today
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Cabin Creek-Conl
Senate
Ransdell
Asg
Louis” Mn Towley
Lansing, Mich
Wilson
Freshear
Exhibition at W E Jones gallery features fine prints
Baltimore gallery runs a ranara exhibition of etchings engravings and watercolors under Y G West at the James and baw Company store on West Main street. Highlights include mezzotints and collections from English Dutch French and American schools. The show continues until Thursday night and all are invited to attend.
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W.E. Jones Art Gallery
Baltimore
Ranara
Y. G. West
James
Fire destroys fourteen buildings in Harkinsburg Ky
A fire swept through Harkinsburg Kentucky on May 14 destroying fourteen business buildings. The estimated loss is 126000 dollars. Structures included shops and warehouses, with firefighters battling the blaze for hours but causing extensive damage before containment. Authorities investigate the cause.
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Fay
Harkinsburg
Johnsons conviction sparks world attention and debate
Atlanta delegates meeting in a ten day assembly discuss union of four denominations while Chicago officials call Jack Johnsons Mann Act conviction a forerunner of anti miscegenation laws. Assistant U.S. Attorney Perkins says the verdict will influence global views on race mixing and law. Judge Carpenters instructions stress witness credibility and non bias in a case involving a discarded mistress.
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Iatlanta
United
Asno
Reform Presbyterian
Auianta
Pners
Jack Johnson
United States
Harry Perkins
Carpenter
Miners May Strike in New River and Winding Gulf Regions
Thomas Haggerty of the United Mine Workers says miners in the New River and Winding Gulf area may strike to gain the right to organize a mutual protection body. Conservative miners expect a strike if recognition is needed. Mother Jones is in Washington amid talks with miners’ leaders in Kanawha coal fields. she remains detained but free to travel.
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New River
Winding Gulf Territory
Thomas Haggerty
National Board
United Mine ‘Workers
Jones
Washington
Kanawha
Explosion at Eckhart coal magazine kills three miners
In Cumberland Maryland on May 14 seventeen hundred pounds of dynamite and seventy kegs of powder exploded in a coal company magazine at Eckhart. Three miners were killed as houses were damaged in the community, with damage estimated at two thousand dollars. The men had entered the magazine with lanterns.
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Cumberland
Eckhart
Circuit Court Decrees and Guardians Granted Powers
The circuit court issued orders empowering guardians Isaac L. Davisson and Daniel Ruble to sell oil and secure ward rights. Annie E. Goldsborough’s divorce from William J. Goldenbough was granted upon costs. Dismissals were entered in suits by Clarksburg Insurance Company and Walter B. Conaway against multiple defendants. Sales decreed in cases involving Iona Conaway and Clarkeburgh Industrial Company. Hope Natural Gas Company actions dismissed or pleaded, with demurrers overruled in Grasselli Chemical Company disputes.
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Circuit Court
Isaac _L. Davisson
Autie
Heflin
Daniel Ruble
Melvin B. Ruble
Annie E. Goldsborough
William J. Goldenbough
Clarksburg Insurance ‘Company
D. Howard
George Taylor
Grasselli Chemical Company
Hope Natural Gas ‘Company
Railroads Move to Reopen Freight Rate Increase Case
Eastern lines east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio meet the Interstate Commerce Commission to rehear a request for a uniform five percent freight rate hike from New York to Chicago. The 1950 decision denied the increase, now being reconsidered amid a broader push for higher rates.
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Amy Associated
FRERE
Washington, D.C
Astern
Mississippi
Ohio Rivers
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati Traction Cars Resume Sitdown Battle
May 14 Cincinnati reports first operation of cars since negotiations with strikers. Three Avondale cars run downtown under heavy police guard, Mayor Hunt rides along, police promise vigorous action if trouble arises. Strikers offer no public reply as tension persists.
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Cincinnati
Traction Company
Avondale
Down Town
Hant
Hunt
Officers elected at Fairmont Red Men meeting
The state convention of the Improved Order of Red Men in Fairmont elected officers for the coming year. Great Lachen-R. D. Wie of Huntington served as leader with Dr. By Carter of Huntington as Great Senior Sagamore. Other officers included C x Chambers of Martinsburg Great Junior Sagamore Edward Saulsby of Crown Hill Great Prophet among several others. Continued on page six.
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Fairmont
Imy
Improved Order of Red Men
Lachen—R. D. Wie
Hinton
Sagamore
By Carter
Huntington
C. x Chambers
Martinsburs
Edward Saulsby
Crown Hill
P. H. Clay
Upntington
Wampum
C. W. Shepherd
Spring Hill
Sinnap
S. E. Clay
Bluefield
New Street Flusher Demonstrated In City
A new sanitary street flusher arrived from St. Louis on Wednesday morning and was tested on West Main Street that afternoon. Though the mechanical part was not perfect, it cleaned the street effectively, holding 600 gallons of water and washing a full block without refilling.
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St. Louis
West Main Street
Derrik collapse fatally injures oil driller in Cairo
E. D. Rowan a well known oil driller was fatally crushed when a derrick collapsed in the Ritchie oil field He was rushed to a Parkersburg hospital for treatment but died of injuries reflecting a tragic accident in the Cairo area on May 14.
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Cairo
E. D. Rowan
Ritchie
Parkersburg
Prisoners Released From Local Jail In Paint Creek District
Governor Hatfield ordered the release of two military prisoners and a Vickers held since capture. They were moved to Charleston and returned home in the Paint Creek district, according to a letter received by Sheriff Ross F. Stout Wednesday morning.
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Vickers
Charleston
Hatfield
Paint Creek
Ross F. Stout
Boone offers widow Helen Longstreet a $3000 year post
Colonel Albert E. Boone, head of the Boone Companies promoting traction systems, confirmed reports that he offered Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet, widow of Confederate general Longstreet, a $3,000 annual position as assistant to the president with duties involving financial circles. He stated he has not yet received her acceptance.
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Albert E. Boone
Colonel Boone
Wearleston
Parkersburg
Lynchburg
Clarksburg
Associated Press
Washington
Helen D. Longstreet
Jurors Drawn for Circuit Court Term
Additional jurors were drawn for the present term in the circuit court and expected to report Thursday morning. Names include J. J. Simmons, Roscoe Brown, Lloyd Allen, C. Daviagon, Sanford Fleming, Walter Frum, Ben Morris, W. A. Davis, Orian Post, James J. Chidester, Jesse Alexander, and John B. Hart.
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Circuit Court
J. J. Simmons
Roscoe Brown
Lloyd Allen
C. & Daviagon
Sanford Flem~ing
Walter Frum
Ben Morris
W. A. Davis
Orian Post
James J. Chidester
Jesse Alexander
John B. Hart
Bridgeport Women Begin Training as Nurses
Misses Jessie Wilson Neal and Zelpha Bartle, all of Bridgeport, left Wednesday morning for Battle Creek Michigan to enter the sanitarium there to become trained nurses.
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Jessie Wilson
Neal
Zelpha Bartle
Bridgeport
Battle Creek
Hich
Nurrses
Man Kills Wife, Wounds Daughter, Then Ends Own Life
William Hogue, 70, of Paray Spa ra Wis, shot his wife three times with a poker, wounded his son-in-law, and killed himself after a family dispute over property. Daughter Mrs Guy Wilson wounded, wife dying, husband may recover. Local report by HH. F. Modlin.
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Spara
Wis
William Hogue
Guy Wilson
Third period starts in Daily Telegram voting contest
The Daily Telegram reports the final phase of the $6,000 Prize Voting Contest has begun with contestants racing to build leads as others rest. Observers warn the third period will be fiercest, as early leaders strengthen their positions and latecomers push to overtake rivals before the finish, with prizes awarded at the end.
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Daily Telegram
With & Whirl
Suffraget Bombs Found In Train Car In London
A London passenger carriage on a Kingston to London Southwestern railway was found with three suspicious parcels containing ten cannisters of combustibles and suffragette literature. The items were handed to the palace. Separately a militant suffraget squad destroyed a vacant house near Folkestone. A bomb addressed to Henry Curtis Senate, hearing charges against suffragist leaders, was delivered to Bow Street. it contained gunpowder and a fuse but was doused and opened safely.
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London
Kingston
Waterloo Terminal
Sanaseate
Sea
Mr. McKenna
Henry Curtis
Bow Street
Senate panel backs women's suffrage amendment report
Favorable report on Senator Chamberlain's constitutional amendment to grant women the ballot. Democrats Thomas Owen and Sutherland Jones Clapp vote for. Republican Brandon votes against.
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Vaeam
Washington, D.C
Chamberlain
Senate
Thomas
Missing Papers Expose War Secrets Guarding Tighter
Washington May 14 Investigators say thefts of electrical wiring plans for a Great national vessel to be protected. Navy officials report that copied plans stolen between March 22 and March 29 were duplicates and offered no naval secrets. No foreign link confirmed, but security around war plans will be tightened.
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Ont Npendren
Washington
United States
Navy Department
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Seeretary
Shriners Name William W Irwin Imperial Potentate
Wheeling West Virginia man William W Irwin was elected imperial potentate as Shriners annual meeting closed in Dallas Texas May 14. The officer slate advanced by one year with only the outer guard contest unsettled during the session.
Joint Woodmen and Ladies Circles Meeting Planned
The Stevewall Jackson Camp No. 200 Woodmen of the World and White Rose Grove No. 2 ladies auxiliary prepare a joint meeting at Williams Hall on Second Street next Tuesday. The White Lily Grove No. 19 class will be initiated as fifteen applicants seek membership. the degree team will exemplify work and a social session will follow.
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Stevewall Jackson
Woodmen
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Williams Hall
Second Street
White Rose Grove No
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
Grafton
White Lilly Grove No
Abbott Speech Opens Mohonk Conference on Arbitration
Three hundred delegates at the nineteenth Lake Mohonk conference on international arbitration heard Dr. Hyman Abbott, chairman, warn that disarmament remains a utopian dream. He said the threat of force and war will persist until a stronger power than armed might rises to end injustice.
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