Fleet of American battleships sails for Pacific coast
Norfolk VA December 14 a massive fleet of sixteen battleships anchors at Hampton Roads preparing for a 14 000 mile cruise to the Pacific coast The ships Connecticut Louisiana Kansas Vermont Georgia Virginia New Jersey Rhode Island Minnesota Ohio Maine Missouri Alabama Illinois Kearsarge Kentucky Commanders include Evans Emery Thomas Sperry with Rear Admiral Evans aboard the Mayflower and President and officials to witness the departure arrangements include flags bunting and naval reviews
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Louisiana
Kansas
Vermont
Georgia
Virginia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Minnesota
Ohio
Maine
Missouri
Alabama
Illinois
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
Cal
Nirfolk
Monitor
Merrimac
Pacific Coast
Lousiana
Evans
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Newport News
Roosevelt
Navy
Metcalf
Newberry
Brownson
Cowles
Robley D. Evans
William H. Emery
C. M. Thomas
C.S. Sperry
Connecticut
Hugo Osterhaus
Richard Wainwright
Charles F. Vreeland
William P. Potter
Henry McCrea
Lost to View in Fog at Hampton Roads
In dense fog at Old Point Comfort on December 14 the sixteen battleships held at anchor in Hampton Roads vanished from sight as mist closed in. Small boats frayed by a southeast wind and rain roughened the morning, yet the ships remained undamaged. Later the Kansas football team beat Vermont 4 to 2 on a rain soaked field.
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Old Point Comfort
Hampton Roads
Roosevelt
Kansas
Vermont
Punishment of Social Democrats Severe in Russia
In St. Petersburg on December 14, eight Social Democratic deputies received five years in the mines and deportation to Siberia, nine got four years and deportation, ten were banished for life. Zapadniké, Mme Norovze, and Mme Subbotina were jailed five years with deportation, six soldiers four years with deportation. Ten acquitted for lack of ties to the socialist group. three noblemen among the condemned. Proceedings await the emperor's approval.
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St. Petersburg
Duma
Siberia
Zapadnike
Mmne. Norozve
Mme
Subbotina
Irines
Lynchburg Sleet Storm Knocks Out Services
Lynchburg Virginia endured a historic sleet storm that froze trees and wires, halting the telephone system and street railway, and leaving the town in darkness. Telegraph circuits remained the only functioning wire link for hours and thousands of trees were toppled, with restoration expected to take at least two weeks.
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Lynchburg
West Virginia Weather Forecast Shifts to Cold Sunday
A slow and slightly colder Sunday in West Virginia gives way to a fair Monday with brisk northeast winds shifting to northwest.
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Virginia
Mock lynching ends in fatal severing of youth
Memphis Tennessee December 4 during a mock lynching Willie Gordon age 16 a Negro was hoisted to a shafting at a local manufacturing concern. His clothes caught in a belt and his head and arms were severed from his shoulders. Several participants in the affair all Negroes were arrested on charges of involuntary manslaughter.
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Memphis
Tenn
Willie Gordon
Local executive leaves firm for Lynchburg company
Taos Be Cofer, longtime general manager of Metropolitan Men's Furnishings, resigns after 1908 era growth to join R S Oglesby Company of Lynchburg Va. He will represent the Lynchburg firm in Southern West Virginia and the Norfolk and Western coal field with a permanent headquarters in the city.
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Taos
BE. Cofer
Metropolitan Men's Furnishing Company
Geowr
R. 8. Oglesby Company
Oglesby-DeWitt Company
Lynchburg
Cofer
Lynchburg Company
West Virginia
Norfolk and Western
Cefer
Metropolitan
R, 8S
Oglesby Co
Letter Taken Seriously In Pittsburg Threat to Mayor Guthrie
Pittsburg December 14 Mayor George W Guthrie of Greater Pittsburg reports a death threat unless his policy is reversed. Officials say the matter is taken seriously and precautions against violence have been made after Allegheny annexation was upheld by the Supreme Court. The letter is thought to come from a disappointed party.
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Pittsburg
George W. Guthrie
Allegheny
Supreme Court of the United States
Guthrie
No More Dead Found In Monongah Mine Disaster
Monongah West Virginia December 14 The search for bodies in the Fairmont Coal Company mines continued with no new fatalities after last night’s total of 222. A West Virginia legislative mine investigation committee will sit here Tuesday guided by chairmen Gartland Kidd and delegates Duty Strickland and Mitchell Clark W May attorney general will accompany the group.
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Monongah
W. Va
Fairmont Coal Company
West Virginia
Benaters Gartland
Kidd
Strickland
Mitchell Clark W. May
Shaw visits Norton after detour on No 1 second section
Ex secretary Leeile M Shaw traveled via No 1 section two, delayed by Montvale slide, then spoke in Norton after changing plans from Tazewell. He remains a close ally of the Slemp campaign, delivering several speeches in the ninth district before Tuesday's election.
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Leeile M. Shaw
Bluefield
Montvale
Norfolk
Fan
Clinch Valley
Tazewell
Bix Stone Gap
Gillespie
Norton
North Tazewell
Loonisville
Nashville
Mr. Shaw
Leslie M Shaw
Colonel Slemp
C. Haseenb Slenp
Shaw
Schnurman Guilty Over Dressy Appearance Push
A local man named Schnurman was found guilty for urging men in the area to present a dressy appearance for an upcoming event. The ruling notes a push toward tailored outfits at $19.90 with guaranteed perfect fit, highlighting a perceived advantage of made-to-order clothing.
Fifteen Went to the Bottom With Schooner Lawson
The American schooner Thomas W. Lawson capsized off Bread Sound Scilly Islands after a long Atlantic voyage. Of eighteen crew members including Pitt Hicks only three were rescued. Captain G W Dow Edward Rowe and George Allen survived. The vessel left Philadelphia November 19 bound for London with oil cargo. Lifesavers tried to aid but boats were exhausted or failed. The crew lashed to rigging as the mast fell and they were swept to rocks.
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Hogstown
Atlantic
Thomas W. Lawson
Bread Sound
Scilly Island
Pitt Hicks
Duri
G. W. Dow
Mélrose
Mass
Edward Rowe
Wiscasset
George Allen
Bradford
England
Philadelphia
London
Broad Sound
Lawson
Gunner's Rock
Dow
Hicks
Storm Grips Atlantic Coast Stranding Bark Edmund Phinney
Severe gale storms sweep from Hatteras to Maine disrupting transport and communication. The bark Edmund Phinney wrecked off Sandy Hook after crew rescue. Eleven transatlantic steamers due at port unreported at ten tonight. Six coastwise ships returning to shelter in Sandy Hook bay.
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Atlantic
Hatteras
Maine
Sandy Hook
Edmund Phinney
Sandy Hook Bay
Anticipate Trouble in Goldfield Strike as Workers Return
In Goldfield Nevada December 14 electricians engineers and carpenters employed by Nevada and California Power Company unionized with AFL return to work under a ten day truce at the old wage scale while a new scale is prepared. Authorities fear arrival of strike breakers and plan for possible trouble.
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Gouldfield
Nev
Nevada
California Power Company
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Goldfield
Narrow Escape for N and W Westbound Train Near Roanoke
Westbound train No 41 on the Norfolk and Western narrowly escaped a wreck in a deep cut near Roanoke Virginia when an obstruction on the track caused the engine to strike dirt debris and stone rolled onto the line during the night. Former Treasury secretary Leslie M Shaw was aboard the train and passengers were delayed about eight hours.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Leslie M Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Caer
Contempt Rule Heard in Caleb Powers Case Placeholder
Georgetown Kentucky December 14 The Caleb Powers trial was adjourned until Monday morning due to Commonwealth Attorney Franklin’s absence. The court also addressed the contempt rule against Captain G W Longmire and prison guards in charge of Henry Youtzy and Jin Howard.
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Capt. Longmire
R. L. McClure
KR. L. Davis
Lexington Leader
McClure
Morris
W. ©. G. Hobbs
R. Lee Davis
Hobbs
Julge Morris
Davis
Georgetown
Commonwealth
Franklin
Caleb Powers
G. W. Longmire
Asoelate
Henry Youtzy
Jin Howard
Orchards, Darrow Question Pettibone Trial Scene
In Luise Idaho on December 14 the Pettibone murder case resumed with Clarence Darrow wrapping up his cross examination of Harry Orchard. Darrow painted each confessed crime in grim terms and pressed the witness, who admitted each act with a sorrowful yes.
Plans Made for President's Party Departure to Hampton Roads
Washington December 14 Arrangements are advancing for the president's party to attend the battleship fleet cruise from Hampton Roads with a Mayflower start from the city at 3 PM tomorrow. The Dolphin despatch boat will leave at ten tomorrow morning as part of the logistics.
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Hampton Roads
Washington
Shaw speaks for Slemp in Norton after Tazewell detour
Ex Treasury Secretary Leslie M. Shaw traveling from New York on a special train passed through Tazewell to Norton where he planned to speak for Bascomb Slemp in Congress. A prior courthouse address in Tazewell was canceled after Republican readers advised the change, leaving many disappointed.
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Daily Telegraph
Tazewell
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
New York
Norton
Bascomb Slemp
Congress
Shaw
Court House
Tazewell jail escape helper captured in Kentucky
Daniel Tackett, a white man who aided eleven prisoners including alleged murderers to escape from Tazewell County Jail, was brought to Tazewell this morning by the Sheriff from Pikeville Kentucky under governor signed requisition papers.
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Daily Telegraph
Tazewell
Daniel Tackett
Monongah Disaster Probed by Paris Mining Commission
The Paris mining commission investigating fire damp explosions has dispatched a committee led by M. Taffanal to study the Monongah Virginia incident and related hazards in America. The delegation aims to learn prevention measures after the Courriere disaster.
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West Virginia
Paris
Cal
Courriere
M. Taffanal
Monongah
W. Va
Snow and Sleet Grip Winchester Area
A heavy snow and sleet storm moved into Northern Virginia around midnight causing snow depth of three to four inches in Winchester and disrupting telephone and pony service several lines are affected by the winter weather as of December 14.
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Virginia
Winchester
No Negroes Employed in Birmingham Marshall County
Mayfield Kentucky December 14 all concerns employing negroes at Birmingham Marshall county have received notices that hereafter no negroes must be employed in any capacity.
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Mayfield
Birmingham
Marshall County
Board of Health breaks silence on typhoid decline
The city health board reports typhoid fever is declining with few new cases and some deaths. Dr. O B Hare says investigations into water and milk sources are under way, with Herman Stabler providing supportive findings. The board urges boiling water and improved sanitation while pursuing a definite explanation.
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City Board of Wealth
Herman Stabler
Washington
Board of Health
Roanoke Street paving nears completion in Bedford area
The Roanoke street paving near completion will finish early next week and bring permanent improvements valued by local wholesale firms. After Mercer street viaduct approaches are finished Pulaski street will be paved, improving cleanliness. Saxon Lime and Lumber expands on the North Side, adding capacity across four floors with easy loading and unloading.
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Roanoke Street
South Bland Street
Mercer Street
Pulaski Street
Bedford Street
Hoge Mason
Saxon Lime and Lumber Company
Bluefield Hills
Murder at Pageton Shocks McDowell County Community
At Pageton McDowell County the Page Coal and Coke Company works were the scene of a fatal shooting between William Fry and S A Chumbley last night between 7 and 8. Fry shot Chumbley in the head and fled but was later captured by Deputy Sheriffs A Appington and H P Thomas and lodged in jail. Garland Linkous was shot in the hand and may have been an innocent bystander.
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Page Coal and Coke Company
Pagetop
McDowell County
William Fry
S.A. Chumbley
Fry
Chumbley
Garland Linkous
Linkous
C Appington
H. P Thomas
Bystone
German Team Rutt and Steel Win New York Bicycle Race
Rutt and Steel, the German team, won the Sunday bicycle race in New York, marking the first time a German team captured top honors. The event featured tricycles of various sizes at Eureke Hardware Company with Altamont Barber Shop noted in the morning sunshine.
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New York
Rutt and Steel
Altamont
Eureke Hardware Company
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