Campaign for $860000 road bonds gains operators support
Lecturers led by Judge Cassell of Virginia and O. M. Eldridge of the national roads bureau urge Mer cer county voters to approve the $860,000 bond issue for improved highways. Eldridge cites broad operator backing, farm produce access concerns, and pride in local industry as key factors, with a final campaign meeting at the city hall scheduled tonight.
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O. M. Eldridge
Roads Bureau
National Agricultural Department
C. T. Boykin
Bluefield
Eldridge
United States
Mr. Eldridge
Clark Young
Thad
Boykin
Cassell
Virginia
Schubert
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Mercer County
Weyanoke Coal and Coke Company
Sale of Napoleonic Library Opens in New York
Book experts from Europe and America gathered in New York for the opening of the sale of the Napoleonic library of William J. Latta of Philadelphia. The collection spans hundreds of volumes on Napoleon and his era, with numerous portraits including more than 8,000 portraits of Bonaparte.
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New York
Europe
America
New Yorke
William J. Latta
Philadelphia
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Autograph Treasures from Napoleon Era Documents
A collection highlights autographs and papers dating to Napoleon’s early career. The items include signatures by Bonaparte when he served as a French lieutenant, offering a glimpse into his formative years and military rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Leutenant
Music Week Begins in Atlanta With Broad City Participation
Atlanta observes the first Music Week with orchestras and bands from across Georgia in the city. Stores offer free concerts while homes from dwellings and apartments report heavy piano and phonograph use as melodies fill the streets.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Republicans Gather for Aggressive Tariff Campaign
Washington April 21 Republicans in an open caucus voted 62 to 27 for an aggressive tariff campaign as they considered the Democratic Underwood tariff bill. Payne urged a substitute for the wool schedule while Forkney challenged it. Lenroot urged unity behind the measure as Progressive Republicans vowed to back the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Moore
Pennsylvania
Payne
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Payne
Representative Forkney
Michigan
Forkney
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Both Sides Mark Time in Belgium Strike
Brussels reports mass strike activity across the country with an anticipated debate in the chamber of deputies on suffrage reform. The Retail Merchants' Association of Brussels urges deputies toward a peaceful compromise. Savings bank withdrawals remain steady, signaling a prolonged but calm labor dispute.
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Belgium
Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
M. Masson
Retail Merchants’ Association of
Savings Bank
Illinois white slave investigating committee backs wage bill
The Illinois white slave investigating committee decided to support the minimum wage bill before the legislature. They will provide a commission to investigate and fix the wages of workers in Illinois.
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Chicago
Illinois
Boy of Twelve Kills Sister on Farm
The twelve year old son of William Overby a miner at Davy killed his ten year old sister with a loaded gun on a farm near their home. They had retrieved the weapon after a recap and the boy playfully aimed at his sister, firing the shot which lodged in her head. The sister was highly regarded at school and had never had a demerit. Interment followed Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Overby
Pocahontas Coal Company
Davy
Overby
Casey
Mr. Overby
Over
Salt Company Stock Reduction Approved in Jersey City
At the International Salt Company annual meeting stockholders endorsed directors reduce capital stock from 30,000,000 to 6,077,120 outstanding, with 18,231,390 currently outstanding. The proposal targets a new authorized issue of 30,000,000 to be reduced accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
International Salt Company
Fist Fight Sparks House Inquiry Into Sims Attack
After the Garrett resolution passed, Speaker Clark named a committee with Davis of West Virginia as chairman to investigate the assault on Representative Sims by Charles Glover the canimalist. Congressmen say the attack was in contempt of Congress.
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Congress
Washington
Clark
House
Davis
West Virginia
Sims Friday
Charles Glover
Fire destroys home of Lynchburg newspapers
Fire gutted the News and Advance buildings in Lynchburg Virginia around 7 am causing about 120000 in damages with 70000 insured. The blaze spread to a nearby pool hall and hardware storage building. The 1866 and 1889 file archives are believed lost. The Advance issued a later edition while labor unrest affected the Progress office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Ainslie-Martin Hardware Co
News
J. P. Bell Company
Martin Yet a Mystery in Martin Disappearance Case
Mystery deepens in the disappearance of Memphis cotton broker Martin. Efforts fail to locate him in Vevay Switzerland where he was believed to have wired from. case unresolved as of April 21 in London.
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Martin
London
Memphis
Weather forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia shows fair and warmer Tuesday with increasing cloudiness by Wednesday. Virginia outlook calls for fair and warmer Tuesday with probable fair weather on Wednesday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Two New Bills Target Alien Land Ownership in California
Sacramento reports two new senate bills proposing anti alien land ownership limits aimed at Japanese and Chinese interests. The measures replace the Thompson Birdsall proposal with provisions barring land acquisition by aliens ineligible for citizenship for one year and banning majority alien owned corporations from owning land for a year. The White House expresses grave concern, urging restraint while noting federal policy and the need to preserve international relations.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Senate
Johnson
Pryan
State Department
Washington
White House
Bryan
California Refuses to Help Pay Knox Trip Expenses
Sacramento reports that California through the Panama-Pacific exposition commission declined to reimburse expenses of Secretary of State Knox for a May visit tied to boosting the exposition and President Taft. The panel controlling the $5,000,000 1915 fair budget rejected $1,587.18 in Knox travel costs, deeming the trip a political boost and noting prior stipulations against politics on the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Knox
California
Taft
Exposition Commission
Johnson
Southern Pacific Company
Judge Sanders Aids Medley Case Against Death Penalty
Judge Joseph M. Sanders states he represented John Medley pro bono in appeals up to the U S Supreme Court but the merits were not ruled there. He says Medley’s death sentence should be commuted and expects Governor Hatfield may grant clemency, denying any involvement by E F Moore.
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Daily Telegraph
John Medley
Hatfield
Charleston
Joseph M. Sanders
Sanders
Mediey
Criminal Court
Circuit Court
Court of Appeals
J. W. Hale
Medley
United States Supreme Court of Appeals
Sander
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of Appeals of
West Virginia
United States Court
E. F. Moore
Moundsville
Moore
Sanders Father
Estimates of Value of the Morgan Estate
New York April 21 Interest in J P Morgan will focuses on the estate value and how the Morgan art treasures will be disposed. Estimates place the estate as high as 125 million though the exact total remains unsettled until state appraisal for inheritance tax. J P Morgan declined to comment on art dispositions but hinted a statement may come this week. The art treasures were left to his son with a wish to keep them permanently available for American people.
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Los Angeles
Cal
George H. Bixby
Long Beach
Jane Rosenburg
Emma Josephine Goodman
Price
Rosenburg
Irene Marie Brown Levy
Levy
Miss Levy
New York
J. P. Morgan
Morgan Art Treas
Morgan
Texas Observes San Jacinto Day With Holiday Schools
Texas kept San Jacinto Day with statewide holidays and celebrations recalling the 1836 battle. The piece notes Santa Anna’s capture and General Sam Houston’s leadership as the Texans secured victory after the Alamo and Goliad massacres.
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Texas
San Jacinto
Austin
Almo
Goliad
Santa Anna
San Houston
Hous
San Jacinto River and Deal Smith Turn Mexican Defeat
The Mexican army found its retreat blocked by the impassable San Jacinto River while Deal Smith’s decisive strike broke their lines, sealing the rout. The victory confirmed American tactical superiority and ended the conflict in the region.
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Ton
San Jacinto
Deal Smith
Caustic Dem House Criticism Sparks Floor Fireworks
Republican leader Mann berates Democrats in the House recounting Jefferson Hearst and Bryan and predicting a Clark Bryan reconciliation. He challenges printing Hearst letters and accuses Democrats of straying from father of democracy ideals as Republicans applaud and Speaker Clark calls for order.
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Washington
Mann
Thomas Jefferson
William R. Hearst
Champ Clark
Bryan
Willis
Ohio
William R. Hears
Wilson
Fitzgerald
Mr. Mann
Representative Bartlett
Georgia
Jefferson
Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Clark-Bryan
Clark
First Serious Break in Mississippi Dikes
Vicksburg Miss April 21 The Woodlawn levee north of Mayersville broke flooding parts of four counties. Property damage tops 1 million dollars. Capt W B Baker ordered relief boats and rescue work. Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad warns train service may stop. Engineers report 11182 square miles affected including 910 already flooded. Levee was about twenty feet high. No immediate danger to life or stock.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi Valley
Woodlawn
Mayersville
Mississippi
W. B. Baker
Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad
United States Engineers’ Office
Baker
Andrew H. Christian Jr Dies in Richmond at today
Andrew H. Christian Jr president of the Richmond Paper Manufacturing Company and of the Southern Railway Supply Company died suddenly at his home in Richmond Virginia on April 21.
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Andrew H. Christian, Jr
Richmond, Va
Richmond Paper Manufacturing Company
Southern Railway Supply Company
Pope Not Informed Of His Real Condition
Rome reports the pope suffers a troublesome chest cough and bronchial pains each night. He finds relief in hot drinks and poultices. nightly improvement grows, and he sleeps earlier with longer rest as doctors hide his true state to avoid distress while gradually revealing past concerns.
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Rome
French Gang Die Calmly in Paris Execution
April 21 Paris reports the Bonnot gang members Soudy Cal lemin and Monier executed. Both died calmly. Soudy bequeathed his brain to science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Soudy Callemin
Monier
Bonnot Automobile
Soudy
Senate 10 Hear Kicks Against Tariff Schedules
Washington April 21 Democratic forces in tariff revision yielded to hearings on tariff schedules. Senate finance committee to receive more statements while western senators appeal against free wool and sugar provisions. Underwood bill reintroduced in the House with Democratic support and Republican dissent. A tariff board and a tariff commission proposals gain attention as Republicans push amendments. Progressive Hinebaugh introduces referendum proposal amid minority arguments that the bill is unnecessary and harms wages.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Simmons
House
Senate Finance Committee
Underwood
Representative Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Republican Committee
Payne
New York
Representative Good
Iowa
Hinebaugh
Illinois
United States
Ways and Means
School Children Strike Over Heeter Acquittal in Pittsburg
Pittsburg public schools shut down as students protest the acquittal of S L Heeter, superintendent, by walking out of classrooms. Parades formed in business districts with banners reading Kick Heeter out as parents retrieved children.
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Pittsburg
S. L. Heeter
Kick Heeter
Battle on Mexican border escalates near Empalme
Federal forces at Guymas have received new ammunition as cross border bombardment with state troops across from Empalme intensifies. Cannon fire and bullets rain near Empalme while American residents shelter. The cruiser California maintains proximity and batteries stand by to assist any escape from the fire zone.
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Nogales
Ariz
Guymas
Empalme
California
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Roanoke
Los
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Inge John Medley
J. MW. Sanders
Representative Mann
Chamber
Pope
Hinchbaugh
Legislative Committee On Home, Foundling
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