City urged to take over Kanawha Water and Light utilities
Report charging Kanawha Water and Light Co and South Side Bridge Co with padding expenses and defrauding taxes. Authors urge city ownership, noting inflated costs, inconsistent earnings figures, and potential profits from municipal control. They claim bridges and water works could pay for themselves and benefit residents.
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Water and Light Co
South Side Bridge Co
Kenowha Water & Light Company
South Side Water Light Company
Nas
Charettee& South Side Bridge Company
Cijotal
Bowl Whiter and Light Company
South Side Winter and Licht Company
Kanawha Water and Licht Company
South Side Water & Light
Sesceence
Fie Kanawha Water and Light Company
South Side Water and Light
Water and Light Company
Charleston and South Side Bridge Company
Capital
D. Seay
Kanawha Water & Light Company
South Side Bridge Company
Kanawha River
Water and Licht
Justice Will Win Says H. W. Houston
H Hast W Houston returns to Parkersburg and argues editor Merrick of Justice faced trial in Pittsburgh. He defends free press law, recounts court hostility, appeals possible, and notes Merrick’s case reflects tensions between old order and rising reform in Allegheny County.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Houston
Sis
Justice
Aimmer
Merrick
Us Brown
Allegheny County
Steve Rustic
Lin Coe
Stooks
Cat Fergusons
Lous
Gudley
Rustic Teller
Pittsburg
Judge Evans
Comments on sing Events By Frederick Meath
Congress seems to have waked up and taken notice. People are competent to elect a judge they do not know but not to recall a judge they know is corrupt. A pithy epietram from a farbsic perin argues that judges serving the ruling party should not stay on the bench by forbearance.
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Frederick Meath
Congress
Washington Labor Gridlock and Party Conflicts Persist
A Washington letter notes three months of Congress with no labor bill reported. Democrats control the House, Republicans the Senate. AFL leaders criticize Rep Underwood and Rep Wilson for blocking labor measures while unions seek injunctions, eight hour day, and anti-trust relief. Socialist views differ on urgency.
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Washington
D. C
House
Representative Wilson
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Americn Federation of Labor
Representative Underwood
Ann Underwood
Underwood
Congress
A. FP
Democratic Committee
A. F. of L
AL FP
Berger
Persecutions of Socialists in West Virginia
Comrade J. L. Fitts reports in Appeal to Reason on his socialist lectures across the nation and recalls West Virginia incidents. He cites a 1907 stop in Clarksburg, a post office assault at Fairmount, and the influence of Consolidation Coal Company politics led by Sen. C. W. Watson, with local media aligned to his circle.
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J. L. Fitts
West Virginia
Clarksburg
W. Va
Clarksburge
W. Vi
Fairmount
J. A. Wiutson
Fairmount Coal Company
Watson
Times
Com- Tides
Consolidation Coal Company
C. W. Watson
Fairmount Times
Alteration Painters Protest Against Drescher Armory Plan
A June 1911 Brooklyn gathering of the Alteration Painters and Paper Hang ers of New York State Branch 4 condemns Alderman Drescher for pressing Brownsville to secure an armory. The vote denounces his allies, pledges active resistance, and calls for publication and responses to Drescher and the Socialist party. The item includes broader political chatter and quoted remarks on revolutions and Liberty.
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New York State
Brooklyn
Roosevelt Palace Hall
Aldermain Drescher
Aldepmian Trqscher
Brownsville
Drescher
Alderman
Forward
New York
Alderman Drescher
Socialist Party
Isidore Polstein
Bomb hoax and labor turmoil stir Los Angeles
A hoax bomb made from a gas pipe and clock device is tied to the McNamara case as Los Angeles confronts graft probes and rising union activity. Detective Browne cites a plot link while city officials face corruption charges and a push for reforms.
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National Socialist Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Hall of Records
Sam Browne
Browne
NeNamara
McManigal
Otis
McNamara
Herald
James Hosie
James
Hosie
Indianapolis
Bradish
San Bernandino
Joseph Ford
Leo Rayp- PaPorts
Congressional Committee
John J. MurNamarn
Ford
Indiana
Ofelily
Auditor’s Department
Alexander
Trt
Fire Commission
Grand Jury
Police Commission
Purity Squad
Tenderlion
310 000 to entertain Admiral Togo
The Democratic House Appropriations Committee unanimously recommends immediate appropriations of 310000 to defray the expense of entertaining Admiral Togo of Japan during his visit. Republicans assent, recalling past criticisms of entertaining foreign nobility as Democrats and Republicans spar over economy and pay issues for government workers.
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Democratic House Appropriations Committee
House
Togo
Japan
Republican Congress
Prince Henry
Germany
Macon
Arkansas
Cannon
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Justice Will Win
H. W. Houston
John Evans
Com
Evans
Triad
Law
Tibet
Washington News
Bacon
Georgia
Patrick Henry
Los Angeles News
Tin Badge Detectives
Merchants & Manufacturers Association
Hy. G. Otis
The
Nerald
California
George Alexander
William J. Burns
Vienna
Chamber of Deputies of Austria
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