Reception Committee Named for Decoration Day Celebration
A large executive committee prepares a patriotic Decoration Day program at Norwood Park led by Theodore E. Burton and Nathan Goff with a memorial feature and a grand Army post attendance. A long escort committee of prominent citizens from Clarksburg and surrounding towns is listed with many names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwood Park
Theodore E. Burton
United States
Ohio
Nathan Goff
Custer
Grand Army of the Republic
G. H. Gordon
Will H. Cole
H. L. Brooks
8. C. Denham
W. Guy Tetrick
J. J. Cornwell
J. J. Crews
R. E. Gill
Ross F. Stout
Haymond Maxwell
James W. Robinson
Lee Maxwell
R. T. Lowndes
W. H. Lewis
L. K. Richards
John Z. Dolan
Luke Murray
T. J. Parrish
Larry Hoffman
Percy Byrd
H. Db.travis
Emil Hochstrasser
Chas Elliot
John Koblegard
Frank Gayford
Robert Morris
W. W. Williams
Charles W. Furbee
Camden Sommers
Lucian Hoge
H. B. Cortin
E. G. Roland
M. M. Pearlman
Frank B. Haymaker
George L. Duncan
Hugh Jarvis
Thomas Connell
John
Holden Land Sold in Bankruptcy Sale
Farms owned by William J. Holden of Parkersburg in this county were sold at a bankruptcy sale Saturday afternoon. Charlen Stout bought ninety three acres on Nutters Run for 7250. Truman J. Lynch purchased 139 percent acres on Stout's Run for 86150. Harvey W. Harmer acquired a one seventh interest in 161 acres on Stout's Run for 975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Holden
Parkersburg
Charlen Stout
Nutter
Truman J. Lynch
Stout
Harvey W. Harmer
Coal Tract Leased to Hutchinson Coal Company
The Commercial Coal and Coke Company leases 31 acres of coal on Lambert Run and Ten Mile Creek to Hutchinson Coal Company until mined. For seven years eight months the royalty is 12 cents per ton, after which royalties are to be set by mutual agreement in five year periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Coal & Coke Company
Lambert Run
Ten Mile Creek
Hutchinson Coal Company
Brooks Attends Police Chiefs Meet in Newark
Chief Harry L. Brooks of this city, president of the State association, will attend the 23rd annual convention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Newark New Jersey June 4 to 9. The program includes receptions, business sessions, tours and a banquet. separate item notes a prohibition arrest of Harry Anglin of Northview for carrying three pints of whiskey.
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Brooks
Harry L. Brooks
State Association of Police Chiefs
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Newark
N. J
International Organization
Robert Treat Hotel
International Association of Chiefs of Polices
Thomas L. Raymond
Olympic Park
City
New York Harbor
New York City
Statue of Liberty
Coney Island
Seston
Man Arrested on West Pike Street for Bootlegging
A man named McCune was arrested Saturday night on West Pike Street by Deputy John H. Tenney, state prohibition commissioner, on a warrant charging bootlegging whiskey. He was jailed to await trial before Magistrate Jackson V. Garber.
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McCune
West Pike Street
John H. Tenney
Prohibition
Jon
John Dos
Jackson
Fire Lake Belches Smoke and Steam From Kilauea
Honolulu reports clouds of volcanic smoke and steam from Kilauea and Mauna Loa. Lava flow unconfirmed. crater activity rising at Halemaumau. Professor Jaggar heads to Mauna Loa to investigate. Kilauea noted as highly accessible with edge viewing.
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Honolulu
Kilauea
Mauna Low
Thomas A. Jaggar, Jr
Massachusettss Institute of Technology
Kilauea Observatory
Mauna Loa
Halemaumau
Kilaueau
Local Youth Accused in Store Burglary
Delbert McIntyre was arrested after a sheriff’s inquiry tied him to a burglary at L. Elmore Watkins general store in Brown. Police seized trousers and cash reportedly looted. Watkins filed the charge and McIntyre was held for magistrate D. W. Kemper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Elmore Watkins
Feneral
Drown
Delbert McIntyre
D.W. Kemper
Brown
Sheriff's Office
McIntyre
Sheriff's
Marge
Blmore Watkins
Minor jailed on incorrigibility charge in New Pub Grounds
Ernest Howell, minor son of Mrs Lacy Howell, was placed in the county jail Saturday awaiting a hearing before Magistrate W B Starcher on incorrigibility charges filed by his mother. The hearing is set for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Howell
Lacy Howell
W. B. Starcher
Suspected Robber Caught at Akron O
Homer Roy, wanted for robbing Aikman Lawson of $601 at the Annex hotel, was arrested in Akron and transported here by special officer John Sters. Lawson, who had sold bank stock for $1,600, awoke to find Roy pulling cash from his pocket. A prior suspect Marion Boone was detained but released. Roy has prior bootlegging and theft convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Roy
Aikman Lawson
Annex Hotel
Tohn Sters
Akron
Sher Ross F. Stout
Roy
Store
Sheriff Stout
Sters
Major Fleeke
Lace Wolfe
Magstrate Jackson V. Carter
Lawson
Potter
Askman Lawson
Martin Lawson
Green Valley
Annex
Young Lawson
Slerks
Nin
Clark Street
North Sixth
Baltimore Street
Boone
Sheriff’s Ofce
Marion Boone
Reco
Otcers
Singlatrate
W. E. Starcher
Tee
Baltimore and Ohio
Methodist papers lose money. four-year publication urged
A Saratoga Springs meeting of the Methodist Episcopal church committee on the state of the church failed to adopt a report to discontinue the magazines. The majority seeks publication for four more years amid a $381,415 four-year loss. A minority urges consolidating journals under one name The Advocate and changing editor selection to be by the book committee. The conference may also consider elevating missionary bishops to full bishops and scheduling unification talks with the Methodist Episcopal Church South around 1918.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Advocate
Malaysia
Philippines
India
Burma
Sinaspore
Thiel
Sos
South
Juanciary Committee
Board of Bishops
The
Joseph B. Hingeley
Chicago
Eugene R. Hendrix
Methodist Epincopalswureh
Amusement Dairy Milk Drinking Contest At Free Show
A milk drinking contest provided amusement for the hundreds who attended the free performance given by the local entertainers.
Hatfield Attacks Abe Lilly and Vinson in West Virginia Campaign
Governor Henry D. Hatfield blasted Abe Lilly candidate for governor and Z Taylor Vinson chief counsel for the West Virginia Coal Operator Association in a rally here and at Hurricane. He labeled Vinson a key antagonist and described a fierce political confrontation, with packed venues and supporters swayed toward Judge Ira H. Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Abe" Lilly
Henry D. Hatfield
West Virginia
Honeat Abe
West Virginia Coal Operator Association
Z. Taylor Vincant
Virginia
Ben
Vinson
Vinnon
Hurricane
Ira H. Robinson
Hatfield
West Virginia Optometrists to Convene in Waldo Hotel
Arrangements are complete for the ninth annual convention of the West Virginia State Association of Optometrists at the Waldo hotel on Monday and Tuesday. Prof. Sheard of Ohio State University will deliver four lectures on visual optics and ophthalmoscopy, with EB Collins of Charleston to read a paper on state conditions affecting optometrists.
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West Virginia State Association of Optometrists
Waldo Hotel
Sheard
Ohio State University
Slidon
EB. F. Collins
Charleston
Italian Catholics Plan Site for New Church in City
Bishop P J Donahue of Wheeling will visit today to meet the Italian congregation and choose a site for a new Italian Catholic church. Biagio Morendino chairs the reception with Rev. Francis Laurezano assisting. an Italian band will accompany the bishop to the Church of the Immaculate Conception for a meeting. The group will inspect several locations Monday and expect to purchase a site soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Donahue
Wheeling
Biagio Morendino
Francis Laurezano
Donahue
JAIL SENTENCE FOR ENTRPRISE WOMAN UNDER WEAPON LAW
Mira Sarah Cappazzo of Enterprise was jailed Saturday night for thirty days for violating the anti-weapon law after confessing before Magistrate G W Harrison. The six month sentence and $50 fine were remitted except thirty days due to her imminent motherhood. She said Angello Coppazo, not related, made advances and attacked her with a knife.
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Mira
Sarah Cappazzo
Enterprise
G. W. Harrison
Angello Coppaz- 20
Angello
Prisoner Held Over Whiskey Charge in County Jail
T. L. Skinner of Northview, jailed awaiting hearing before Magistrate Jackson. V. Carteron charged with possessing a pint of whiskey on Fourth street. Skinner arrested Saturday evening by deputy state prohibition commissioner John H. Tenney who swore out a warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Harry Anglin
Northview
John H. Tenney
Prohibition
Jackson V. Carter
T. L. Skinner
County
Jackson
V. Carteron
Fourth Street
Skinner
Prohibitio
Tory Trial Continued in Monticello Whiskey Case
Samuel Cuppert's jury trial in Magistrate W.2 Starcher's court was continued for another week due to the prosecuting attorney's unavoidable absence. The case concerns lawfully seized whiskey on Monticello Avenue and the defendant's charge remains pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Cuppert
Starcher
Monticello
Weather and river levels report across multiple towns
The bulletin notes several cities from Pittsburgh to Morgantown with river stages around 7.5 to 12 feet, showing falling levels or rising trends, under clear and warm morning conditions. Departures and conditions include 11 a.m. readings in Charleston and steady or falling measurements in Parkersburg, Steubenville, and Oil City.
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Noras
Charleston
Liberty
Matin Reuben
Dunbar
Pittsburg
Dayis Tsland Dam
Steubenville
Parkersburg
Morgantown
Oil City
Ling
Warren
Withdrawal Rumors and U S Policy Toward Mexico
A fragmented note describes a request for withdrawal and suspicions toward Mexican officials. It cites General Scott and Funston reassuring President Wilson that American troops stay if raids continue, and may return if the Carranza government aids brigandage. mentions El Paso meetings and local clutter about lodging at 78 Mulberry Street.
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Tanga
Willm
el Paso
Scott
Funston
Obregon
Sis
Dicton
Wilson
Carrangs
Aia
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Harry Brown
R. D. Willison
P. J. Maddon
N. J. Crowley
L. Highland
W.A. Meredith
E. M.wilson
A. M. T. Cunningham
E. B. Delson
Frank R. Moore
H. H. Davis
T. H. Wilson
Time Coston
W. J. Parkhill
W. Booth
Clarksburg
Basil Lucas
William J
John Moore
Faris
Flavius B. Darisson
Bridgeport
Wesley Steele
George Trainer
Salem
John Chittum
George F. White
Weston
John Patton
B. F. Mills
B. Daviston
Craigmoor
J. Goodloe Jackson
R. A. Price
Jane
Jane Lew, Iran C. Post, of "'Templemoor. R. M. Shuttleworth
Ronnie George Rogers
Mount Clare
A. B. Whittaker
Ziesing
Liston’s
Lowndes
Glenn B. Waters
Prunty
Holden Land
Auto Livery Co
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Michael Regan
Yost
Taylor Vinson
Hatfields Target
Waldo
Js Enterprise
Stork
Comelton
Hill Brothers
Eas Wit
Hill Bros
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