West Virginia Debt Split Spark at Supreme Court
Virginia and West Virginia clash over pre division debt as Virginia argues West Virginia must share costs for highways canals and railways. John G Carlisle contends for West Virginia while Virginia seeks repayment of over 71 million already paid and ongoing obligations since 1961. The case questions Supreme Court jurisdiction and the role of a joint tribunal in settling West Virginia’s share.
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Commonwealth of Virginia
West Virginia
Virginia
Lincoln
Theo
General Assembly
Supreme Court
United States
Congress
Baltimore Hotel Conviction in Liquor Hours Violation
State’s Attorney Owens won a victory in Baltimore Criminal Court with the conviction of Hugh Reilly proprietor of Reilly’s Hotel on charges of selling intoxicating liquors after lawful hours. The case marks the first of several liquor law violations against Baltimore hotel men. In Virginia, Rev Andrew Broaddus of Caroline County declines a House of Delegates bid though he says he would have accepted if opposed.
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Weahington Crs
Baltimore
Owens
Hugh Reilly
Reilly
Washington
Fredericksburg
Andrew Broaddus
Caroling County
House of Delegates
Tragedy at Glasscock Mill Claims Life of Worker
Nestor Shafter, 35, of Warsons, West Virginia, was killed today at the Glasscock mill near Jere while operating a combination saw and grist mill. A detached belt from a pulley caused him to be thrown onto the moving saw, where he was fatally cut to pieces.
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Washington
Warsons
W Va
Mar
Nestor Shafter
Glasscock
Jere
Miner Killed By Train Near William Pa
J. Clark, a mining company clerk near Thomas West Virginia, was struck and killed by a northbound passenger train near William Pa as trains passed in opposite directions. He attempted to move out of the way of the other train and was struck by one.
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Wasningum
Elkins
W. Va
Monument for Edgar Allan Poe Approved in Richmond
Richmond voters agreed to fund a Poe monument with $5,000 from the city treasury. Col. Joseph E. Willard chairs a monument association that will raise the remaining amount needed for the memorial to be placed in the city.
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Ua Rimmiemeou Rum
Richmond
Board of Tidermen
Edgar Allan Poe
Monument Association
Col. Joseph
EB. Willard
Bigamist's Quick Trial Indicts Man in Newport News
Edward E. Mahoney, a shipyard drifter with a wife and eight children, was indicted, tried, and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for bigamy in Newport News. He pled guilty after a brief grand jury session, and after sentencing, urged his second wife to wait while his first wife seeks a divorce.
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Washington Post
Newport News
Edward E. Mahoney
Mahoney
Shipyani
Herndon
Fairfax County
Beatrice Parker
Wilson
N. C
Reynolds
Stevedore Lawyer Outwits Jury in Dog Larceny Trial
Andrew J. Cole, a Baltimore stevedore, faced larceny charges for allegedly taking two dogs from Joseph McConney. He argued for hours, objected to hearsay, and used technical law points to win acquittal after a brief jury deliberation. Cole claimed the dogs were given to him to sell and cited his modest street life.
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Robinson Crusoe
Criminal Court
Dobler
Hs Cage
Andrew J. Cole
East Pratt Street
Cole
Joseph McConney
McConney
Congress
Jan
Big Stony Extension Railroad Planned From Interior to Potts Valley
Stockholders of the Big Stony Railway Company met in Roanoke at Norfolk and Western offices to seek a charter amendment. The amendment passed, authorizing a twenty mile extension from Interior, Virginia into Potts Valley, with Big Stony stock owned by Norfolk and Western.
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Interior
Potts Valley
Roanoke
Big, Stony Railway Company
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Anterior
Big Stony Company
Norfolk and Western Company
Shot Girl Fatally Wounded After Dance Refusal
In Danville Virginia on March 12 Eddie Hairston a seventeen year old colored girl was shot and likely fatally wounded by Calvin Hairston a colored man at about oclock Sunday morning The shooting followed the ending of an all night negro dance near Oak Hill and occurred after the girl refused to let him escort her home Hairston fled after the shot but was captured last night.
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Danville
Eddie Hairston
Calvin Hairston
Oak Hill
Hairston
Warner's Safe Cure Promises Kidney Disease Relief
A vintage plea touts Warner's Safe Cure as the sole complete home remedy for kidney liver and blood diseases. It links kidney disorders to gout rheumatism and other ailments and claims doctors prescribe it, with free medical guidance and a booklet from Warner's Safe Cure Co in Rochester New York.
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Warner
Sounell
Warner's
Safe Care Co
Rochester
Two Killed in Wreck Near Hinton West Virginia
Special to The Washington Post reports a Chesapeake and Ohio No. 8 derailment five miles east of Hinton caused by a slide near Little Bend tunnel. Engineeer John W. Flannagan and Fireman Michael Quinn died from scalding injuries. Express messenger escaped unharmed. Passengers were safely transferred. Later a separate accident near Sewell injured conductor J. B. Lutz and brakeman Hugh Radcliffe, who jumped into the river.
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Washington Post
Hinton
W. Va
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio
Here
John W. Flannagan
Michael Quinn
Flannagan
Ran Quinn
Little Bend
J. B. Luts
Sewell
New River
Caboose
Lutz Jand
Hugh Ratcliffe
Lutz
Radicliffe
Murder charge: Charles Brehm held after hearing
Three youths testified that Charles Brehm struck the unidentified man who died February 17 at the corner of eastern avenue and Third street. Magistrate Dunnigan committed Brehm for circuit court action. Brehm, a Highlandtown hauling business owner, is about 45, married with a large family. An envelope read Frank Barry Sparrows Point and a steel plate with C E Lear 69 Court Street Portsmouth Va were found on the victim.
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Sheetal
Washington Post
Baltimore
Charles Brehm
Highlandtown
Eastern Avenue
Third Street
Charles Donnelly
Nick Keller
Brehm
Dunnigan
Baltimore County
Frank Barry
Sparrows Point
C. E Lear
Cours Street
Portsmouth
Woodmen at Lynchburg delegates attend fifth biennial convention
Delegates from the Carolinas Virginias Delaware and the District of Columbia gather in Lynchburg for the fifth biennial convention of Head Camp Woodmen of the World with welcomes by Congressman Carter Glass and attorneys George E Caskie and J H Guthrie. Head Consul W H Wathers and North Carolina manager EB Lewis respond. A banquet is hosted by the local camp. Fire destroys Urbana packing factory. loss about 4000 dollars, partly insured, suspected incendiary origin. Life-savers to meet at Norfolk Exposition in June 13 14 and 18 with Atlantic Coast and Gulf group members expected.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Carolinas
Virginias
Delaware
District of Columbia
Woodmen of
Assembly Hall
Carter Glass
George E Caskie
J. H. Guthrie
W. H. Wathers
Portsmouth
Eb, Lewis
North Carolina
Urbana
Washington
Exposition
Norfolk
Atlantic
Pacific
Virginia Obituary Notices From Various Virginia Cities
Obituary notices from Winchester Roanoke Petersburg and nearby areas report the deaths of Cyrus Fielding a 44 year old Frederick County farmer and cat breeder. William J Tignor a 61 year old Browinant merchant. Mrs Annie Campbell 50 wife of Rev Dr W G Campbell. Daniel J Michael 61 of Vinton a Confederate veteran. William Alsop 80 Confederate veteran. W L Stafford 39 former Union depot ticket agent. Benjamin Percy Alley son of Capt B Alley in Melitonh Pa. Daniel Dion died this afternoon. James E Harris a Petersburg merchant. Mrs ROR Tucker and daughter Ava Tucker die in Schoolfield from pneumonia.
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Winchester
Cyrus Fieldlg
Frederick County
Franklin County
Warsaw
William J. Tignor
Heatheville
Bright
Roanoke
Annie Campbell
W G. Campbell
First Presbyterian Church
Hygeia Hospital
Richmond
Nix Weeke
Daniel J Michael
Vinton
Virgina Regiment
Fredericksburg
William Alsop
Spottsylvania County
Bristol
Mar
W. L Stafford
Union
Dimbotox
Norfolk and Western Railway
Wabash
Giles County
Petersburg
Boon
Benjamin Percy Alley
B. Alley
Melitonh
Pia
Rand-McNally Publishing Company
New York
Martha Davia Richter
Haypton
Daniel Dion
Lland
James E Harriy
Southampton County
Danville
Tucker
Schoolfeld
Ava Tucker
Death by own action at Norfolk knitting mill poolroom
Norfolk, March 12 Special to The Washington Post Daron A Rel yea a mill knitter for ten years at Norfolk Knitting Mills shot himself in the pool room behind a Main street saloon at 8 40 am after telephoning the mill superintendent he would kill himself. He came from Albany New York and leaves a widow and child in Atlantic City. Mill officials cite insanity as possible motive and note he had not worked since last Saturday.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Dayron A. Relyea
Norfolk Knitting Mills
Main Street
Relyea
Edward Camp
Milla
Killining
Fort Street
Atlantic City
Albany
N.Y
Woman Averts a Wreck on Western Maryland Train
A farm girl in Oldtown Maryland stood in the track and waved a pink sunbonnet as a landslide blocked the line. The fast freight from Cumberland toward Oldtown was brought to a stop by engineer Hinginess McKelvey after the woman signaled the danger, likely saving lives and the train.
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Maryland
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Western
Cumberland
Hinginess McKelvey
Murdered as He Slept At Rowlesburg
Special to The Washington Post Cumberland Maryland March 12 Thomas Gaul an Austrian and leader among his countrymen was murdered while asleep in his bunk at Rowlesburg near Oakland last night. The murderer an Austrian escaped after five shots fired into Gauls breast. A posse pursues. the men were employed as trackmen.
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Washington
Cumberland
Thomas Gaul
Rowlesburg
Oakland
Gaul
Laborers deported from train to immigration in Baltimore
English contract laborers paraded in a special car on train No. 44 for Baltimore to face immigration authorities. Twenty four went, two of the girls stayed for work, part of a winter total of seventy one brought over. Some already returned others stayed in mills. Each of the twenty six received 305 dollars fees in mill case acquittals.
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Washington
Greensboro
N. C
Baltimore
England
United States
Munyon and the 3X Rheumatism Cure sales pitch
An advertisement urges readers to discard all medicines and ointments and try Munyon s 3X Rheumatism Cure priced at a dollar. It claims 160 doses per bottle, guarantees satisfaction with money back, and touts numerous other Munyon remedies for kidney, dyspepsia, constipation, headaches, piles and more with bold health claims and refund policy.
Brill is Councilman and New Factory Franchise Approved
Alexandria city council grants a Chicago firm a $25,000 factory plan to hire at least fifty workers, as ward vacancy filled by Jacob Brill. Also approved are rail and street franchise sales, arc light costs debates, budget moves, and notes on school examiner sessions and local police court actions.
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Kot
Mgr. Spinks
Rr. Spinks
A Luria
Washington, Alexandria
Committee On Finance and General Laws
City Hall
Indictments Shroud Southern Railway in Segregation Suit
Roanoke Virginia March Y The Franklin County City Court grand jury returns seventy eight indictments against the Southern Railway Company for violation of the segregation era law and for failing to provide proper accommodations for the traveling public.
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Roanoke, Va
Mar. Y
Franklin County
Southern Railway Company
Fire Loss at Preacher Placed at Thirty Thousand Dollars
Special to The Warmington from Bristol Virginia March 12 reports a blaze at Preacher in Wise County causing estimated losses near 30000 dollars. Principal losers include W. B. Nickela Henry Crese Ison Brothers Young and Green and H. B. and H. H. Head. Insurance covers only a small percentage of the loss.
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Warmington
Bristol
Preacher
Wise County
W. B. Nickela
Henry Crese
Ison Brothers
Young & Green
Death of M. T. Haynes in Salisbury North Carolina
M T Haynes aged sixty two died at noon at his son in law N W Colletts home in Salisbury after a stroke yesterday He never regained consciousness He leaves one son and one daughter Funeral arrangements not listed in the report.
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Sperind
Srunecins
Salbury
N. C
T. Haynes
N.W. Collett
Rockville Marriage Licenses Issued in Md Clerk’s Office
Special to The Washington Journal from Rockville Maryland March 22 Licenses to wed granted by the Circuit Court clerk to Mavelall J Harris of Washington and Nannie Hite of Washington and to William Green of the county and Nellie Weat of the county.
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Rockville
Circuit Court
Mavelall J.'Harris
Nannie Hite
Waah‘“Ington
Wiliam Green
Nellie Weat
Revenue trials begin in Greensboro court
The Washington Post reports in Greensboro North Carolina on March 18 that former revenue officers face forgery and false claim charges as their trial resumes in federal court. J W Hasty deputy collector testified as records clerk Jackson Mortis linked papers to alleged fraud. Witnesses from Wilkes County described false destruction reports of blockade distillers and illicit liquor, with cross examination revealing alleged industry ties to the witnesses.
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Sheptal
Washington Fost
Greensboro
N. C
United States District Court
J. W. Hasty
Jackson Mortis
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington
Hasty
A. P. Grace
Office of Revenue
Wilkes County
É&C
Forrest to Face Trial for Embezzlement as Banquet Debt Remains
Clarence H Forrest, former secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association, will be prosecuted for embezzlement potentially totaling $4,500, with bond coverage up to $2,000. A $1,756.35 unpaid Belvedere Hotel banquet bill and $3,600 in dues not turned in form part of the shortage. Forrest, linked to outside ventures, has been absent from duties and refuses interviews as the association awaits court action and a successor.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Clarence H Forrest
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Korrest
Forrest
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
John R. Bland
Belvedere Hotel
Lexington Street
Widow of Millionaire Coal Operator Marries Young Doctor
Information reached Cumberland Maryland of the Chicago marriage of Dr Edward Quarles, a young physician from near Baltimore, to Mrs Mary Downey Sheridan, widow of Capt John Sheridan a Georges Creek coal operator. The ceremony surprised social circles and the couple left for Mexico for their honeymoon. Mrs Sheridan inherited 200 900 dollars from her husband’s estate and will receive the remainder valued around one million dollars.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Chicago
Edward Quakies
Savage
Mary Downey Sheridan
John Sheridan
Georges Creek
Sheridan
Sage
Quarles
Wich
Sheridans
Dispute Over Latrobe Manuscripts In Virginia Library
W E Nichols alleges he sold Latrobe landscape gardening papers to the State Library for 15 dollars and that the receipt was made to Kennedy as state librarian. The papers reportedly went to Joseph Bryan for 79 dollars, with Nichols demanding restitution and threatening legal action to prove his claim.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Kennedy
W. E. Nichols
Virginia
Nichols
State Library
Joseph Bryan
Nchols
Woman Burned to Death in Gas Explosion at Grafton
Mrs Linda Lucas, 45, died seven hours after a natural gas explosion that destroyed a fine house in Grafton West Virginia early yesterday. Her husband John Lucas and daughters Minnie Bertie and Nelle Lucas were seriously burned. The fire started when a lit match met escaping gas after the valve cock allegedly turned on.
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Washington Just
Cumberland
Linda Lucas
John Lucas
Minnie
Bertie
Nelle Lucas
Grafton
W. Va
Lucas
Saved from Mob Violence in Carolina Shooting Case
Fayetteville North Carolina March 12 Nathan McClary a black man said to be from Sumter South Carolina was brought to Fayetteville charged with assaulting Miss Mary Pittman a rural school teacher near Oak Grove South Carolina at Mailor 3 a small Atlantic Coast Line station between Latta and Clio South Carolina After capture the South Carolina governor asked North Carolina Governor Glenn to take McClary to the state penitentiary to prevent mob violence He was taken to Raleigh by Sheriff Watson of Cumberland County with Deputy Wiggins Bloodhounds were sent and several posses were organized to pursue the suspect
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Washington Post
Fayetteville
N. C
Nathan McClary
Sumter
Mary Pittman
Mailor 3
Latta
Clio
South Carolina
Gov
Glenn
McClary
Raleigh
Sherif’ Watson
Cumberland County
Wiggins
Musa Pittman
Oak Grove
Ohio coal trust admission tests Valentine act in court
In Cleveland a coal dealer admits a Ohio trust exists in violation of the Valentine antitrust act. The admission was filed in Common Pleas Court in a United States Coal Company suit against many Ohio coal men claiming the dealers owe it a large amount of coal. Almer P Simons says a fourteen member committee for operators was formed and acted against public policy and law.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Sar
Valentine
Common Pleas
United States Coal Company
Almer P .Simons
Franklin County
Simons Gays Thair Committee
Three Buildings Burn at Newport News
Fire of unknown origin destroyed a large vacant frame building named Garton Theater on Twenty third Street near West Avenue and damaged a Salvation Army structure nearby. It also partly destroyed a large frame annex to Hotel Warwick on West Avenue. Loss reported at 15000 with 5000 insured.
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Washington Post
Mer
Garton 5
Salvation Army
Twenty-third Street
West Avenue
Hotel Warwick
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