Veteran walker Edward Westen begins transcontinental trek to New York
Edward Payson Westen started in Los Angeles with a greeting from the city mayor and aims to reach New York in about 100 walking days. He plans roughly 4500 miles at an average of 45 miles daily, though he has exceeded 50 miles on past trips and once did 90 miles in a day. He follows railroad routes largely along the Santa Fe line, starting at Santa Monica and pausing Sundays, hoping to arrive around May 28 with a chance to beat that date.
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Los Angeles
Cal
New York
Edward Payson Westen
Ocean
Weston
Santa Monica
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Chicago
San Francisco
City Hall
Boston
Washington
Lincoln
Portland
New Sanitary Code Sets Tuberculosis Registry in Texas
Austin Feb 1 The new state sanitary code requires every tuberculosis case in Texas to be registered with health authorities. Reports are private and treated as confidential not for isolation but for education and distribution of state health literature. The code also tightens quarantines for contagious diseases and sanitary rules for hotels and sleeping cars with full legal force.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Health
Chinese Exclusion Rules Start in Washington
Washington officials implement strict new limits on Chinese immigration. The Department of Labor and Commerce directs enforcement at foreign ports via New England routes, with arrivals to Vancouver scrutinized and those unable to provide a clear factory or work history questioned or barred.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Vancouver
Border traffic curb aims at Chinese through New England
Officials plan new orders to keep certain Chinese travelers from crossing the international border via the United States. The rule would require heavy bonds for those deemed likely to go to foreign countries. The measure is expected to cut traffic through New England by a significant margin.
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United States
New England
Bids Opened for 75 Miles of Double Track West Virginia and Ohio
Chief Engineer Chas. Churchill opens bids for about seventy five miles of double track in West Virginia and Ohio plus a 4700 foot tunnel on the Bluff City Va to Sneger W Va branch. Major contractors include Luck Construction Mason Hanger Coleman Percell Sheehan Walton and McKinney. It will take days to tabulate and decide award of contracts.
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Roanoke
Chas
Churchill
Norfolk and Western
West Virginia
Ohio
Bluff City
Sneger
W. Va
Vivian
Huger
Wyoming
Alnwick
Luck Construction Company
Mason, Hanger & Coleman
Percell & Sheehan
Samuel Walton
John T. McKinney
Mine Workers Defers Wage Conference Amid Protests
United Mine Workers of America postpone the wage conference with central competitive field operators after protests by President Thomas L. Lewis. A Toledo meeting is set for Thursday morning to urge operators to wait. Delegates from western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois will travel after committee reports. A $1,600 relief fund was approved for families of miners killed in the Primero Colorado disaster. The constitution now limits representation to local unions only for higher assemblies.
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Indianapolis
Thomas L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Toledo
Primero
Colo
U S Senator Resigns Over Ill Health in North Dakota
Fountain L. Thompson resigns from the Senate due to ill health. W. E. Purcell of Waupton, a prominent Democrat and leading North Dakota lawyer, is sworn in as his successor at age 53. The House debated forestry bureau criticism and the poster savings bank bill in Washington.
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Washington
Bureau of Forestry
Mandell
Wyoming
Taylor
Colorado
House
Senate
Davis
Smith
Michigan
Fountain L. Thompson
North Dakota
W. E. Purcell
Waupiton
Purcell
Fisk and Anderson Bond Dealers Fail for a Million
New York officials report Fisk and Anderson, bond dealers and NYSE members, filed for involuntary bankruptcy after creditors petitioned in federal court. Bronen Winthrop was named receiver. The failure marks a major loss in road bond holdings and raises concerns about market stability.
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Fisk and Anderson
New York
Fisk & Anderson
New York Stock Exchange
Bronecn Winthrop
Supreme Court Hands Down Six Opinions and Awards
The West Virginia Auditor and Treasurer released monthly reports while the Supreme Court issued six opinions and awards and denied several petitions for writs of error.
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Supreme Court
Coal Company Case Pro Mingo County Affirmed
Charleston West Virginia February 1 Special The auditor and treasurer report January credits totaling 3 64452193 up from last year due to railroad tax payments state fund over 25 million with 225 million received last month The supreme court of appeals issued six opinions and refused or granted writs of error affirming Mate Creek Coal Company v Todd and Shiver v Marion county while reversing Carpenter v Hyman and Bell v Tormey and amending Pillmyer Lumber v Merchants Coal Co Writs of error allowed in Starcher v Hope Natural Gas and Keenan v Donohue. denied in Berth Bottom Coal v Bain heirs Judy v board of education.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court of Appeals
Matheny
Farrey
Raleigh County
Mate Creek Coal Company
Todd Et al
Mingo County
Carpenter
Hyman
Cabel County
Bell Vs. Tormey
Kanawha County
Pillmyer Lumber Company
Va Merchants Coal Company of
West Virginia
Preston County
Mrs. Edward Brown, 88, Dies in Lynchburg
Mrs Edward Brown aged eighty eight and longtime president of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Virginia Conference of the Methodist church died in Lynchburg Virginia today.
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Lynchbure
Edward 8. Brown
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church
Vote Run For Local Option In Chicago Saloon Fight
Chicago anti saloon forces gain three days to finish a petition for a local option vote needing 1000 signers. Organizers push to secure support in the city until the deadline.
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Chicago
Fourteen Perish in Wreck Near Norfolk
In Norfolk Virginia on February 1 a gale wrecked the schooner Francis. The crew of fourteen men is presumed to have perished as the ship was driven apart and broken on the shore. Local authorities recovered no survivors.
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Norfolk
Francis
Lost Diamonds at Pokef The Testerman Debt Connection
Reports from Matewan state that C. C. Testerman faced a Cincinnati magistrate yesterday amid claims of debts to jewelry firms totaling about 12000 for diamonds and other gems. Diamonds allegedly lost in poker games were said to be worn by several prominent people, with detectives familiar with Testerman’s circles and the games. no clear plan to recover the stones has emerged.
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Matewan
C. C. Testerman
Cincinnati
Tme
Testerman
Mingo
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Forecast Update
West Virginia predicts fair and warmer conditions on Wednesday with Thursday bringing rain. Virginia expects fair and warm Wednesday with Thursday cloudiness increasing and warmer, possible rain by night with light variable winds turning to moderate south.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Washington Vice President backs West Virginia race in Senate bid
Vice President Sherman voiced strong support for Senator Scott in the West Virginia contest against Representative Hubbard. He called the state shortsighted to reject Scott and praised the senator's legislative career, disputing talk of a campaign to keep him from returning to the Senate.
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Washington
Sherman
West Virginia
Scott
Hubbard
Orm
Hubbard surprised by vice president backing Senator Scott
Washington reports Representative Hubbard appeared surprised to learn the vice president had endorsed Senator Scott for re election. He stated his candidacy for the United States Senate was submitted to the people of West Virginia and to no one else, not to any allies who fought Roosevelt and Taft.
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Washington
Representaive Hubbard
Scott
United State
Enate
Teh Peale
West Virginia
Lse
Ali Es
Roosevelt
Taft
Busi
Senate
Bridge Collapse Kills Three in Canadian Wreck
A Canadian Pacific Railway bridge collapsed in Winnipeg trapping forty workers. At least three men died and about twenty were seriously injured in the fall.
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Winnipeg
Cherry Mine Relief Fund Bill Approved by House
Springfield Illinois February 1 The house passed a bill appropriating one hundred thousand dollars for the cherry mine relief fund.
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Springfield
Iil
Cherry Mine Relief Fund
Transfer Gazetted of Marquis de Villalobar in Lisbon Post
Notice reports the gazetting of the transfer of Marquis de Villalobar from the Spanish minister at Washington to a similar diplomatic post in Lisbon. Also advertised is a Virginia coal field field manager position and salesmen openings in Bluefield West Virginia with a care Telegraph address.
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Jarquis de Villalobar
Washington
Lisbon
Madrid
Farquis de Villalobar
Virginian
West Virginia
Alesman
Care Telegraph
Bluefield
West Va
Vind advertised as ideal tonic for the elderly
The passage touts Vind as the ideal food tonic for old people, claiming it sharpens appetite, improves digestion, enriches blood, and invigorates the body, with Goodykoontz Drug Co referenced.
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The
Goodykoontz Drug Co
First Colorado mine disaster toll 79 killed at Primero shaft
A night of frantic rescue left forty bodies in the temporary morgue as 151 men were in the mine. Only one of the 151, a Mexican named Dio Nardino, is believed alive. Missing include two Americans, William Helm and David Williams, with most victims Slavs Hungarians and Italians.
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Wm. Meim and
David Williams
Primero
Colo
Peoruary
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Dio Nardino
William Helm
Sanatorium marks 25th anniversary of open air TB cure
Sarance Lake New York February 1 The Adirondack Coage Sanitarium founded in 1885 by Dr Edward L Trudeau celebrates its twenty fifth anniversary A celebration honors twenty five former patients cured of tuberculosis at the sanitariumEstablished as the world’s first open air TB treatment center the facility continues its historic work with former patients in attendance
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Sarance Lake
N. Y
Edward L. Trudeau
Uong
Henry Graves Succeeds Pinchot as United States Forester
Washington February 1 Henry Graves is named to head the United States forest service succeeding Gifford Pinchot who was removed by President Taft. Graves previously assisted Pinchot for years and is regarded as a leading American forestry expert. He studied forestry in Germany and since 1900 has been one of 22 directors of the Yale Forest School.
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Washington
Henry 5Raves
Offles
United States Forester
Gifford Pinchot
Taft
Pinchot
Germay
Yolo Forest Sehcal
Republicans Endorsement Caucus in New York Delegation
Republican members of the New York delegation in the house hold a caucus on February 1 to decide their stance on endorsements. The meeting aimed to chart unified support or opposition, signaling internal divisions during a pivotal legislative period.
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Washington
New York
House
Party caucus splits over speaker ship and rules
Delegates backed Taft policy support but declined to commit on the speaker ship and rules. Party leaders pressed the caucus to go on record endorsing the current rules, but the effort failed.
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Taft
Norfolk and Western awards contracts for locomotives and cars
Roanoke February 1 Norfolk and Western Railway Company awarded contracts totaling over 3.5 million dollars for 50 locomotives and 2,500 freight cars. American Locomotive Works Richmond will supply 16 passenger engines, Baldwin Philadelphia 40 freight engines, American Car and Foundry Huntington 1,500 all steel cars and 50,000 capacity, and Western Steel Car Huntington 500 fifty-ton gondolas. Delivery set to begin June 1 with full orders targeted for use by major coal field and Ohio line expansions.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
American Locomotive Works
Richmond
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
American Car and Foundry Company
Huntington
W. Va
No Definite Position by Operators on Miners’ Proposals
Toledo Ohio Feb 1 No definite position on the miners proposals will be assumed by operators of Ohio Indiana and western Pennsylvania until the joint conference opens. H L Chapman Columbus official spokesman for the operators said they cannot state their attitude until fully apprised of miners demands.
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Toledo
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
H. L. Chapman
Columbus
Operator Confesses Self Tled Robbery Gag Tying
Roanoke Virginia February 1 H F Cole, a night telegraph operator for Norfolk and Western at Elkton Virginia who was believed to be tied and gagged by robbers after a $40 theft on January 18 has confessed that he alone was responsible for the robbery and that he tied and gagged himself Coleman has paid the shortage and was allowed to go to his home at Rocky Mount Virginia
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Roanoke
H. F. Coleman
Norfolk and Western Railway
Elkton
Coleman
Rocky Mount
Coopers Seek New Trial In Carmack Murder Case
Nashville authorities report the last stage of a political murder case as Col Duncan Cooper and Robin Cooper request a new-trial hearing in Tennessee supreme court. They were convicted of killing former Senator Carmack in a Nashville street during a fierce feud and each sentenced to twenty years imprisonment.
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Nashville
Tenn
Duncan Cooper
Robin Cooper
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Coopers
United States
Carmack
Waters Recede as Paris Flood Eases and Transit Returns
The Seine has fallen about four feet from its crest and drops at roughly three quarters of an inch per hour. Streets reopen and tramways and new subway sections resume service. Over 250,600 people affected. freezing temps worsen hardship.
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Paris
Seine
Extradition Report of Dr Frederick Cook Denied
A Munich report dated February claims the American consul demanded the extradition of Arctic explorer Dr Frederick A. Cook. The article states this assertion is false.
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Dr. Cook
Mannheim
Frederick A. Cook
Ten men dead and seventeen missing in Kentucky mine blast
Drakesboro Kentucky February 1 ten men are known dead and seventeen missing after a gas explosion in the Border mine. Eight bodies were recovered by 8 pm with most workers escaping through the east and west entries as rescue teams recovered many. Investigators suspect a lamp igniting gas near an abandoned room and note the mine is part of a quartet recently bought by a Tennessee West Virginia syndicate with management held by C D M Frazier and T B Caldwell as trustees.
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Drakesboro
Border
Tennessee
West Virginia
C. D. M. Frazier
T. B. Caldwell
Memphis
Mann Inaugurated Virginia Governor In 1926
Judge William H. Mann was inaugurated as governor of Virginia today after last November's election. Claude A. Swanson accompanied him to the Capitol. Mann reaffirmed his opposition to the saloon and stated the people must decide the liquor question.
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Richmond
William H. Mann
Yuo
Virginia
Commonwealth
Mennon
Claude A. Swanson
Mann
Trade Treaty in Effect Between Canada and France
Crowa Ont Feb 1 Following years of debate in the Dominion Parliament the trade treaty between Canada and France is put in operation today. The pact provides broad commercial reciprocity admitting most manufactured and natural products under minimum tariffs and extending France’s offerings to Canada and its colonies.
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Crowa
Ont
Canada
France
Fitzherbert Sold in New York for 40000
Fitcherbert rated as America’s top race horse was sold today to Fam Hildreth for 40000. The chaser is uncle to te Koehler, a wealthy plano turer.
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New York
Fitcherbert
America
Fam Hildreth
Te Koehler
Plano Turer
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Edward Payson Weston
Department of Commerce
Labor
Rock
Williamsburg
Waverly
Renick
Delano
Gregg
Cromley
Central Field
U. S
W. E. Percell
Heo
Coal Company
Promingo County
Mrs. Brown
Woman's Missionary Society
Onerman
Ma. Scott
Primero Mine
Henry
Graves
President Tait
H. T. Coleman
Coopers Ask
Senator Carmack
Court
Drakeshboro
Dominion of Canada
Fitzherbert
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