Final arguments in Ohln rate case seek cross state coal rivals
Final arguments were submitted before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington D C. The case centers on rates and zoning for coal from Ohio and West Virginia and their competition with Indiana Michigan and others. West Virginia operators warn of retaliation if Ohio buys cheaper Ohio coal. Monthly tonnage shows November coal and coke movements on the Monongahela and related lines. The National Coal Association name may shift to the National Association of Bituminous Coal Producers. Continued on page four.
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Inter-Stto Commerce Commission
Washington
D. C
Ohio
West
Michigan
Lakes
Virginia
West Vire
West Viree
West Virginia
Flarmont Rerion
Moonongahe
Ion B. & O
Monongahela
West Maryland
Pennsyvania
Nam& Milly
National Coal Association
National Association of Bituminous Coal Producer
Board of
Piiuminovs
Ins
Justifiel
Court House Wedding Draws City Crowd
Rev Eddy plans to marry couple on court house steps at 10:30 Saturday morning in Monongah. Bride Arline Leeson of Monongah and groom James Chapman of Dola will be wed with Ray Foldy and local officials present. A large crowd, gifts, band, and a truckload of presents are planned, with Heinz beans donated and a $100 life policy prize for the first child born to the couple.
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Heinze
T A. Barnes
Court House
Rev. Barnes
Ray
W. J.foldy
First Baptist Church
Misa Arline Leeson
Monongah
J. S. Chapman
Dola
Bmsinosa
Greater Fairmont Band
Rendy
Harvey's
Heinz
William Cervennk
Q. F. Wolfe
Western and Southern Life Insurance Company
Ponrcely
Coat House
Hartley
Uhe Proom
Arling Leeson
James Chapman
Fugitive Duggan Held in New Jersey for Bad Check Case
William B Duggan, linked to a large bad check at Fairmont State Bank last April, has been captured as a fugitive from Justice in Elizabeth New Jersey. He is held awaiting requisition papers for return to this city to face trial on the horse and investment scheme tied to Wilson Investment Company of Wheeling. Local authorities report Duggan and a representative used polished sales tactics to interest residents in stock and bonds, cashing a substantial check before departing. Continued on page four.
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Fairmont State Bank
William B. Duggan
Elizabeth
N. J
Frank R. Amos
Amos
Duggan
Edward J. Edwardes
New Jersey
Wilson Investment Company
Wheeling
Thia
Mayor Condray Vacation Delays City Police Arrests
Mayor W W Condray took a vacation this morning as Chief L D Sniders force failed to make any arrests since Wednesday. Officers with warrants for Lud Burrows and four others raided a Jackson Street gambling place and searched all day for the five men without success. A glassworker reported a watch and pin theft by a lodging seeker, but no culprit was found. Thirty men applied for lodging last night, many nonresidents drawn by Fairmonts reputation as a destination for workers and moneyed friends awaiting means to leave town.
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W. W. Condaray
L. D.snider
Lud Burrows
Jackson Street
Madison Street
Fairmont
Mine No 7 Miner Sentenced For Carrying Revolver
Jack Harbon of Mine No 7 near Barrackville confessed to carrying a revolver when tried in M. R. Musgrove's court Thursday. He was sentenced to six months in jail and fined 60 dollars plus costs.
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Jack Harbon
Public Service Commission to Hold Hickman Run Hearing
The Puublic Gervice commission will hear the Hickman Run switch case at 2 PM Friday December 16 in the chamber of commerce directors room. Thomas D. Connell says the change from Charleston helps local shippers who must travel for hearings, and organizers urge rapid testimony gathering to prove the project’s necessity.
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Puublic Gervice Commission
Ragnard
Hickman Run
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas D. Connell
Chamber
BE. D. Lewin
Publi Service Commission
Charleston
Lewis
Commission
Hickman
France Proposes German Reparation Receivership Plan
Paris reports France may seek a German receivership with an autonomous Rhineland to be exploited by the allies for reparation. The move would contrast with any British suggested moratorium and is circulated in official circles.
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Paris
Germany
Rhineland
France
Great Britain
Death sentence news on Henri Landru in Versailles
Henri Landru known as the bluebeard of Cambray smiles calmly as Judge V. Gilbert orders his execution by guillotine for a string of alleged murders. He refuses any mercy petition, declaring he wants justice and to die if found guilty.
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Versailles
Henri Landru
Cambral
Trefuan
Nine Thousand Homicides In Country Last Year
New York December 1 1920 homicide total in the United States reached about 9 000 a drop of 500 from 1819 this tally by Frederick Hollman of the Prudential Life Insurance Company shows Southern states with large Negro populations posting the highest murder rate.
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Associated Pross
New York
United States
Frederick Hollman
Prudential Lifts Insurance Company of America
Lost mink neckpiece between church and shops
A mink neck piece is missing in the area between the Presbyterian church and Shurtleff and Welton's. A liberal reward is offered for its return to 4 Highland Avenue.
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Presbyterian Church
Shurtleff & Welton’s
Highland Avenue
Woman Leader Maud Wood Park Prophetic Quote
Maud Wood Park, president of the National League of Women Voters and chair of the Women’s Joint Legislative Committee, backed the Sheppard-Towner maternity bill. She said the right to a vote would secure a large majority once the bill reached the House. The debated vote tally reached 279 to an unknown result.
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Mra
Maud Wood Park
National League of Women Voters
Sheppard-Towner
Cook Hospital Crowding Calls for More Space
A historic plea describes Cook Hospital as very crowded with medical and surgical patients. Physicians urge adding at least one new wing to reserve beds for emergency cases to prevent denial of care and protect public health.
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Cook Hospital
Morlgantown
Cook
Naval ratio dispute over Japan seethes with cautious hope
The United States and Britain face a delicate policy moment as Japan seeks to raise its naval ratio from sixty to seventy percent under the Limitation plan. Baron Admiral Kato presented the proposal to Hughes and Balfour with government backing, awaiting plenary delegates' decisions. China meanwhile declares only two negotiation points on Shantung, pressuring Japan to declare Tsing Tao open and to respect vested interests while opposing control of the Tsing Tao rail line and demanding unconditional return of Shantung per Versailles.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nev
Admiral Kato
Hughes
Arthur Balfour
China
Shantung
Versailles
Japan
Delay on revised shop rules stalled in Chicago
Wire Flashes report the railroad labor board will defer action on 172 revised shop rules until after year end per B M Jowell president of the railroad employes department AFL with six crafts involved. In Chicago 16000 needle trade workers walk out over a new piece work pay system at the Chicago Cloak and Suit Manufacturers shops. Six killed in a Coffin Creek wreck near Portland two trains collide head on. A $60,000 to $70,000 gold amalgama theft at the Argonaut mine in Jackson Cal. A Justice inquiry requests a destroyer to escort Morse back to New York amid a grand jury probe. Falstaff Brewery sues to strike down beer law as unconstitutional in St. Louis Federal Court.
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Associated Treva
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jowell
American Federation of Labor
Chicago Cloak and Nult
By The Way Daily Column From Correm Erate And Frank Comment
Correm Erate and Frank Comment contribute a daily column titled By The Way presenting brief opinions and observations on local events. The piece reads as a concise commentary with a light tone aimed at readers seeking quick insight.
Truth telling in medicine and nature's chase in motion
In a debate sparked by Dr Richard Cabot a Boston physician argues doctors should tell patients the truth about critical illness while trusting mind over matter. The piece compares imagination to willpower and notes animals prey on fellow creatures while civilized man preys on vegetables. A Canadian hunter in Edmonton overtakes antelopes using auto and suggests machines outpace natural creatures.
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Richard Cabot
Boston
Feiction
Edmonton
Canada
Talk on Conversation as a Lost Art in Chicago Talk
A Chicago speaker at the National Council of Teachers in English says talking is a lost art. The real issue is having something to say not just speaking. He denounces mere listening advice as bunk and urges saying what you have worth saying.
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Chicago
National Council of Teachers
After Christmas What Observations In A Trade Journal
A garbled collection of observations and wry remarks on social quirks and current topics. Notes include reference to Rockefeller, Dr. Bishop on germs, exercise, and the nature of spending. Mentions missing people, talk of German marks, a St Louis man with bees, and a Wichita thief who stole a Bible.
Steel merger to form major consolidations in 1920s era
Reports confirm plans to consolidate seven or more leading steel companies, excluding Bethlehem Steel and Jones and Laughlin. The $100 million capitalization would create a dominant U.S. steel group, including Midvale, Republic, Lackawanna, Youngstown Sheet, Inland Steel, Briar Hill, and Steel and Tube Company of America, with impact on the iron and steel industry nationwide.
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Associated Press
New York
Financial
Wal
Bethlehem Steel _Corporation
Jones and Linghlin Company
Pittsburgh
Bo Th
Midvale Steel and Cancer Co
Republic Tron Aa, Steel Company
Lackawanna Stee Company
Youngstown Sheat
Tubs Company
Inland Steels Company
Briar Hill Steel Co
Stal Steel and Tube Companyv of America
United Sts Steel Corporation
Ieee
Tobe Blumenthal In Critical Condition In Cook Hospital
Tobe Blumenthal, a well known resident, lies critically ill at Cook Hospital after injuries from a recent incident at his apartments in the Hayssky area. Doctors report no complications but anticipate a short time of further risk. His wife Mrs. Blumenthal, recently returned from Florida, was abroad during the illness.
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Tobe Blumenthal
Cookpital
Hays
Blumenthal
Man Taken On Moonshine Charge
John Knight, alleged owner and operator of a large moonshine operation in Marion county, was arrested Wednesday night at a house in Chattamon Hill after deputies obtained a search warrant. Knight, sought since the raid on the earlier still, was found hiding in a second room and jailed to await a preliminary trial on the charge of maintaining and operating a still.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Knight
Marion County
Knight
Piia Grove
Chattamt Hill
I Ann
Fear Bloodshed In Ireland Again
London reports the prospect of renewed bloodshed as peace negotiations collapse after five months. Sinn Fein demands an all Ireland parliament while Ulster refuses entry. Analysts warn only a miracle could avert resumption of warfare in Ireland.
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Associated Press
London
Sinn Fein
Ulster
All Ireland
Ann Togult
Rioting in Vienna After Parliament Demonstration
Rioting erupted in Vienna following a major demonstration before the parliament building. Red flags were raised and crowds smashed windows and luxury shops. Attacks extended to fashionable hotels and a new Bristol, with doors opened to let crowds surge through.
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Vienna
Bristol
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