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...subscription.?ED. 3TIME omits Prisoner-Subscriber? ?'s name and number.?ED. 4There is a John T. Davis, a potent lawyer of Elkins, W. Va. and Washington, D. C. But he was never President nor presidential nominee. Newsstand-Buyer Zweiger doubtless means John William Davis, born at Clarksburg, W. Va., Democratic candidate in 1924. John William Davis has a handsome home at Glen Cove, Long Island. He voted in Clarksburg to escape political identification with his opulent Long Island neighbors (J. P. Morgan...
...Clarksburg, W. Va., stood hat in hand to greet John W. Davis. A train drew in, Mr. Davis appeared at the rear end of the compartment car President Adams, entered an automobile, progressed homewards. Cheers rent the air. Mr. Davis, bareheaded, bowed and smiled...
First, the Clarksburg band played The Star Spangled Banner. Then the pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church made an invocation. Then Senator Thomas J. Walsh rose and spoke the momentous words of notification. It was Mr. Davis' moment. He stepped up to the amplifiers and began. At the same moment a heavy rain began to fall, wetting the speaker and the listeners impartially...
...conclusion, Mr. Wilson suggested that the Executive Council of the Federation, or some representative of the Council, go to Clarksburg, W. Va., and hear Mr. Davis's speech of acceptance before endorsing any candidate...
...rendered valuable services in that legislation. We must dissent from the conclusions related by you." In reply to the third point, he said: "It was the machinery of the movement, and not the Supreme Court and Mr. Davis, which prevented the strike." As for the request to visit Clarksburg before coming to a decision, Mr. Gompers felt that it was "utterly impossible and inconceivable...