West Virginia Gets Major River Dams Support
Washington reports West Virginia secures most Ohio river provisions in the rivers and harbors bill. Nine dams are authorized in the state with six or seven projects favored, including sites at New Cumberland Brown's Island and Huntington pool aims. Woodyard combats for No 22 Ravenswood and No 20 inclusion but bill moves forward with No 20 compromise.
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Washington
West Virginia
Ohio River
House of Representatives
Catlettsburg
Huntington
Fish Creek Island
New Martinsville
Petticoat Ripple
Carpenter's Bar
Belleville
Portland
Ravenwood
Millwood
Letart Falls
Point Pleasant
Little
Guyandotte River
Parkersburg
Woodyard
Mr. Woodyard
Alexander
Littleanawha
War Department
Board of Review
Senate
Elkins
Ballinger Pinchot Committee Reviews Controversy
The Ballinger Pinchot congressional investigating committee met to continue examining the long running controversy since Pallinger took office, leading to multiple government dismissals.
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Ballinger- Pinchot
Congressional Investigating Committee
Pallinger
Justice Wright Grants Postponement in Printing Committee Case
Justice Wright in the District of Columbia Supreme Court granted a two week adjournment in the mandamus action brought by Valley Paper Company of Holyoke Massachusetts against the joint congressional committee on printing. Lawyers for Congress members Cooper Sturgis and Finley asked time to review the case while the senate committee’s three members Pourne Fletcher and Smoot were not present. The judge said their attendance would not waive any prerogatives claimed by the committee regarding court jurisdiction.
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Washington
Joint Congressional Committee On Printing
Justice Wright
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Valley Paper Company
Holyoke
Mass
Cooper
Sturgis
Finley
Messrs
Pourne
Fletcher
Smoot
Senate
Special Grand Jury to Prevent a Lynching
Tampa Florida February 11 A grand jury considered the case of Rowland Flower a negro convict who escaped a turpentine camp after assaulting Mrs Jane Klerke and firing on a posse He was indicted and placed on trial The posse herding deputy sheriffs prevented a lynching by capturing Flower and returning him to Tampa Mrs Klerke fled to a neighbor two miles away in bare feet report claimed she would lead a mob to Tampa but no further trouble is feared
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Tampa
Fla
Rowland Flower
Guggenheims Not Interested in Freeburn Properties
Lynchburg Virginia February 11 Captain F P Harman principal owner of the Freeburn Coal and Coke Company denied that the Guggenheims are directly or indirectly interested in the Freeburn properties He said Guggenheim options are in the Chesapeake and Ohio territory and the proposed Turkey Gap and Freeburn consolidation has only been talked of not made.
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Lynchburg
F. P. Harman
Freeburn Coal and Coke Company
Guggenheims
Freeburn
Guggenheim
Chesapeake and Ohio
Harman Tonigh
Turkey Gap
Madriz Regime Ending in Nicaragua Reports
Washington reports indicate revolutionary forces under General Chamorro captured Matagalpa and Boaco in Nicaragua. The Managua steamer, seized by revolutionists' sympathizers, marks a serious setback for Madriz. Officials believe Madriz's government is nearing collapse.
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Washington
State Department
Managua
Matagalpa
Boaco
Chamorro
Madriz
Lincoln Club Banquet to Feature Notables in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids hosts the Lincoln Club banquet with speakers including Vice President Sherman Commander Pearl Gen. Frederick D. Grast Senator Julius C Burrows and Bourke Cochran. Nearly 2 000 guests expected for the event. Astors May Be Reconciled in Divorce Suit News from New York reports lawyers in the Mrs J J Astor versus Colonel John Jacob Astor case have no comment on possible reconciliation.
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Grand Rapids
Mies
Publc
Lincoln Club
Sherman
Peary
Frederick D. Grast
Julius C. Burrows
Bourke Coechran
New York
John Jacob Astor
Confederate Virginia Executions Mark Harsh Day in Richmond
Howard Little, sentenced for sex tuple murder and arson, was electrocuted at 7:30 am after two stays. A private talk with the penitentiary superintendent followed by a possible confession is reported, but no public statement was made. Willie Blake, another Black inmate, was executed for attempted rape in the same session. Little’s remains were to be sent to West Virginia via McDowell County, with three more inmates in the death row.
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Richmond
Howard Little
Circuit Court
Buchanan County
Little
Supreme Court of Virginia
McDowell County
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Betty Justis
George Meadows
Willie Blake
J. A. Jernigan
Bowers Hill
Norfolk County
West Virginia Snow and Cold Ahead This Weekend
Weather brief notes snow and colder conditions for West Virginia Saturday with Sunday colder. In Virginia, interior snow or rain snow continues Saturday with cooler air. coast to be fair and colder with strong northwest winds.
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West Virginia
Virginia
General Chanzy Sinks Off Minorca Killing 106
The French steamer General Chanzy wrecked on a reef near Minorca in a ferocious Mediterranean storm. Of 157 aboard only Marcel Rodel survived after torture en route to hospital in Ciudadela. Most victims were French officers and families returning to Algeria. two Anglo Saxons identified as opera troupe members. The ship had departed Marseilles and was bound for Algiers.
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Palma
Island
Majorca
Mediterranean Sea
French Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company
General Chanzy
Minorca
Marcel Rodel
Ciudadel
Eigty
Algeria
Green
Stakely
Algiers
Marseilles
White Slate Bill Passed By UtNate Subcommittee
A subcommittee of the House Committee on Naval Affairs unanimously disapproves the bill to promote Commander Peary to Rear Admiral. The measure moves to the full committee for consideration.
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Bill Paoetd
Utnate
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Peary
Georgia Observes New Holiday Georgia Day
Public schools across Georgia marked Georgia Day recalling Oglethorpe and Georgia’s first colony. Banks and courts close tomorrow as the new legal holiday is observed statewide after the legislature created it.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Oglethrope
Government bill passes as lawmakers clash over State Department
The House approved the diplomatic and consular appropriations totaling over 3.7 million dollars while Representatives Harrison and Fitzgerald attacked the State Department over its promotion of American trade with weaker governments and bank loans. The Senate backed Peary’s rear admiral honor and Bennett’s white slave bill, with changes to separate immigration from other provisions. The next sessions are not until Monday as hearings on the administration railroad bill continue.
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Washington
House
Harrison and Fitzgerald
New York
State Department
Department
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Senate
Peary
Robert Wallace
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Chief Justice Fuller Celebrates 77th Birthday
Washington reports Chief Justice Fuller marked his seventy seventh birthday with warm tributes from the Supreme Court and public figures. He remains eligible to retire but is not expected to resign soon, health considered good, and observers think he will stay on the bench until after the next presidential election unless his health worsens.
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Washington, D. C
Waller
Supreme Bench
Loss of Entire Family Hits Noted Horseman’s Kin
Louisville, Feb 11. Dr. Baits Overton Schulte, only son of William Schulte, a well known horseman, died suddenly today. His death follows the recent loss of his wife and the death of other family members, leaving the family bereaved within a week.
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Louisville, Ky
Baits Overton Schulte
William
Schulte
Mr. Schulte
Campaign to spend 100000 in Chicago anti saloon drive
Chicago officials report the Anti Saloon League will spend one hundred thousand dollars in the campaign against saloons from February through the April election. Chairman Shields leads the effort with citywide organizing and fundraising to influence voters.
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Chicago, Ill
Chicago
Shields
Anti-Saloon Organization
French Antarctic Expediton Ship Reaches Punta Arenas
The French expedition steamer Pourquoi Pas arrived at Punta Arenas Chile with Dr Jean V. Marcot head of the expedition on board. The party did not reach the south pole.
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Punta Arenas
Chile
Pourquoi Vas
Jean V. Marcot
South Pole
Decorations planned for Knights Templar conclave in Chicago
Chicago prepares for the thirty first triennial Knights Templar conclave in August with over 50000 dollars allocated for decoration and illumination. The local committee oversees plans and every hotel is booked to host about 100000 members and their families from across the country.
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Chicago
Knights Templar of the
Edison observes sixty third birthday at home
Thomas A. Edison quietly marked his sixty third birthday at his winter home in Fort Myers Florida on February 11 with no special plans or public celebration.
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Fort Myers
Wia
Thomas A. Edison
Edison Plans Return To West Orange After Visit
Mr Edison in good health plans to stay with family until April then return to West Orange New Jersey to resume work on a storage battery for street cars.
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Edison
West Orange
N. J
Shake up in prospect for New York police
New York news reports Commissioner Baker left headquarters for a ten day vacation sparking rumors he may not return. Mayor Gaynor denies significance and cites ongoing conferences while questions about a police shakeup persist amid reports of officers assaulting women.
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New York
Commissioner Baker
Civil War Veterans Buried Side by Side in Knoxville
In Knoxville Tennessee on February 11 B R Ricketts aged 77 and W S Price aged 67, veterans of the Civil War, were buried together in the national cemetery. They enlisted the same day in the Fifth Tennessee regiment, were discharged together, died the same day, and were laid to rest side by side.
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Brether
Knoxville
Tenn
B. R. Ricketts
W. S. Price
National Cemetery
Fifth Tennessee
Taft to Head Lincoln Dinner at Waldorf
New York February 11. The Waldorf banquet room will host a distinguished Republican gathering tomorrow night for the Lincoln dinner. President Taft will be guest of honor and principal speaker with Governor Hughes Speaker Cannon and Dr Alfredo Zayas of Cuba among the attendees. Dr Zayas will address on The Influence of Lincoln on Cuba.
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New York
The
Waldorf
Lincoln
Republican Club
Taft
Hughes
Cannon
Alfredo Zayas
Cuba
Zayas
Largest alienation suit verdict awarded in Brooklyn
A verdict for 75000 dollars, said to be the largest ever in an alienation suit, was awarded to Mrs. Charles C. Hendrick of Brooklyn against former actress Laura Bigger. Neither defendant nor Dr. Hendrick appeared at the trial, but were represented by counsel.
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New York
Charles C. Hendrick
Brooklyn
Laura Bigger
Snowbound Ohio Valley Shrouds West Virginia In Heavy Snow
The upper Ohio valley is buried under ten inches of snow with six to twenty inches in the mountains. Northern West Virginia towns report six to twenty inches as storms linger. Trolley service is nearly halted and rail traffic is delayed across the region.
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Upper
Ohio Valley
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Fairmont
Wells-Fargo insiders accused in stockholder trick case
Charges that Wells-Fargo Express Company insiders knew a 300 percent melon would fall and tricked stockholders out of their holdings will be presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Melon Cutting
New York
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Severe Blizzard Hits Tazewell Virginia Area
The severest blizzard and snow storm of recent years paralyzed Tazewell and surrounding areas with all-day snow, frozen telephone service, and halted traffic. Temperatures hovered near twenty degrees.
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Tazewell
McDowell Unit backs Hughes for Congress in West Virginia
The McDowell Recorder declares McDowell County as a unit for James Anthony Hughes, endorsing his renomination and praising his coal duty stance, while also praising Nathan B. Scott and noting strong support to keep loyal Republicans in Congress.
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Hughes
West Virginia
Potomac
Washington
Congress
Brownlow
East Tennessee
Joe
Illinois
New England
James Anthony Hughes
MacDowell
Enoug
McDowell
Nathan B. Scott
Former Vice President Fairbanks Attends Deputies Sittings
Rome on February 11 former Vice President Fairbanks sat in the diplomatic box during the chamber of deputies session today.
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Rome
Fairbanks
Chamber of Deputies
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Congressional Committee
Freeburn Company
Deak
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Theacherous Reef
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Oglethorp
First Colony
Fuller
W. F. Schulte
M Cowell
Scott
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