Murdered Brother for Insurance Money in New Jersey
Alexander Legler Jr., 21, jailed in Jersey City on suspicion of killing his brother Carl to collect a $30,000 life insurance payout. Carl Legler was buried in Baxter Georgia. authorities may exhume for autopsy. Crime is alleged to have occurred December 10 at the brother’s boarding place on Summit Avenue.
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Jersey City
N. J
Alexander Legler, Jr
Carl
Baxter
Georgia
Alexander
Saommit Avenue
Richmond Annexes Contiguous Property in Henrico County
In Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Nick annexed adjacent land to Richmond. The city area expands by forty percent and population rises by about 12,000 to reach an estimated 100,000 residents.
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Richmond
Henrico County
Nick
Black Hand dynamite outrages Brooklyn saloon owner
A dynamite blast attributed to the Black Hand wrecked John De Lessio’s saloon at Fourth Avenue and Twentieth Street Brooklyn. Windows of nearby houses shattered. De Lessio, wealthy with eight or nine local properties, had received a Black Hand letter demanding 2000 dollars about a year ago and more threats since. He offered a $1000 reward for the attackers.
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New York
John de Leesio
Fourth Avenue
Twentieth Street
Brooklyn
de Lessio
Appeal to President For Investigation
Richmond Virginia February 15 Letters have been sent by the Virginia corporation commission to President Roosevelt and the Interstate Commerce Commission asking that the matter of alleged control of railways in Virginia by the Pennsylvania railroad be brought to the federal department of justice and thoroughly investigated by United States authorities The communication says it is charged that the Chesapeake and Ohio Norfolk and Western and Baltimore and Ohio railways are controlled by the Pennsylvania and that the bituminous trade is monopolized by this alleged control The federal authorities are asked to ensure enforcement of inter state commerce laws.
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Richmond
Corporation Commission of Virginia
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Virginia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Federal Department of Justice
United States
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Captain of Grounded Ship Refuses Aid
The Leyland ner Devonian, capt Ridley, ashore between Scituate cliffs after a thick snow storm. Eight miles off course with four passengers, eleven cattlemen, and eighty crew. Life savers rescued crew but captain refused help awaiting Boston tugs. Ship dangerous with possible hull damage. five tugs ordered to assist.
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Boston
Ridley
Liverpool
Scituate
Pissergera
Proceedings to Recover Campaign Money
Recommendations that proceedings be instituted to recover campaign contributions made by the New York Life Insurance Company have been submitted to that company by the special investigation committee headed by Thomas P Fowler. It is recommended that the money be recovered from such officers and trustees.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Special Investigation Committee
Thomas P Fowler
Rev Scholer to Speak on Parental Responsibility at Lutheran Revival
Interest in the church revival at the Lutheran continues with nightly conversions and requests for prayer. Tonight Rev Mr Scholer will preach on the subject The responsibility of parents to children. All are cordially invited.
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Lutheran Church
Mr. Scholer
Dolan accuses President Mitchell of lying at miners’ meeting
Pittsburg February 15. Patrick Dolan head of district 5 of the United Mine Workers challenges John Mitchell head of the national union. Dolan says Mitchell lied about his statements and sent board members to defeat him. Dolan vows to seek vindication before Pittsburg district miners as Mitchell meets with anthracite operators.
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Pittsburg, Pa
Patrick Dolan
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg District Mine Workers Convention
Mitchell
National Organization
Dolan
National Board
Pittsburg
United States in Eastern Alliance Delicate China Situation
Washington reports say State Department downplays exaggerated China news while signaling serious conditions. Secretary Taft weighs mobilizing about 38 000 troops in the Philippines amid navy plans to move armored ships toward the Far East. A Beijing-diplomat letter suggests three power blocs and warns of U S reliance on Japan to counter Germany and Russia.
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Washington
State Department
China
Orient
Roct
War and
Navy Departments
Army
Navy
Congress
Tattoes
Philippines
Navy Department
Galveston
Chattanooga
Sigsbee
Mediterranean
Far East
Suez
Brooklyn
Potomac
Asiatic
Peking
Japan
United States
Ungland
Germany
Raneia
Kaesia
Eale
England
Wach
Roceia
America
Taft
Anto
Engineer Asleep at Post Is Killed in Freight Wreck
A Baltimore and Ohio freight wreck near Okonuke West Virginia killed Engineer Howard Hant of Cumberland Maryland and injured several others. Officials say overwork from heavy traffic and fatigue may have caused the derailment as the locomotive plunged over an embankment on a down grade. A second wreck near Garrett yesterday blocked tracks but caused no injuries.
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Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Okonuke
W. Va
Howard Hant
Hunt
Garrett
Longworth Receives Marriage License In Private Ceremony
Congress man Nicholas Longworth of Ohio and his escort traveled to the court home in a car for a private license. A dinner party was hosted for the president and guests, with another for the couple planned tomorrow. A rehearsal occurred at the White House this afternoon and another was expected tomorrow.
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Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Perkine
White Hone
Body of Missing Man Found in Snow Grave
Frank Goualneky, missing from Duryea near Wilkes-Barre, was found murdered and robbed, his body hidden under snow. He disappeared during a blizzard Thursday night and was located Tuesday after thawed snow revealed the grave. Searchers had passed the mound repeatedly, mistaking it for piled snow around a tree stump.
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Wilkes-Barre
Frank Goualneky
Duryea
Thorsday
Sheriff Keatleys Dorger Springs Home Burned
The home of Sheriff A. J. Keatley at Dorger Springs Summers county was destroyed by a Wednesday morning fire. The family narrowly escaped with the loss estimated at 10000 and no insurance. Investigators say the blaze appears incendiary, started by burning oil-soaked boxes under a porch.
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A. J. Keatley
Dorger Springs
Summers County
Wanted Experienced Housekeeper with Good Salary
Classified notice from Consumers Coal Co seeking an experienced housekeeper with good pay. Apply at 705 Princeton Avenue. Also invites subscriptions for the Telegraph Red Ash Pocahontas lamp or nut on short active phone 29.
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Princeton Avenue
Consumers Coal CO
Railroad chief denies coal trust and mine ownership
President A J Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad told a Philadelphia interviewer he had never heard of the bituminous coal trade league of Pennsylvania which had presented a memorial to Congress. He argued there is no discrimination in coal car distribution and denies owning coal mines or a soft coal trust, calling the charges unfounded or misleading.
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A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Penneylvania
Lecture on American Circus a Treat
Rev T H Adams of Edinburg Indiana gave a two hour lecture to an excellent Christian Church audience introduced by Rev P C Clark. The crowd laughed and cried at times and praised the great aggregation seen daily. Those who missed the talk regret not hearing Bluefield speakers.
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T. H. Adams
Edinburg
Indiana
P. C. Clark
Presbyterian Church
Adams
Bluefield
West Virginia Incorporation Actions Filed
The secretary of state approved two new incorporations in West Virginia. Central Machine Works of Keystone was formed to manufacture machinists tools with $15,000 capital, by incorporators B P Henritze T L Henritze W H Henritze J A Crider and J B Parcel of Welch. March Fork Railway Company of Avsted plans a railroad from Surveyor Station on the Deepwater to the Ohio river via Raleigh and Mason counties with $50,000 capital, by incorporators W N Page G W Imboden Raleigh O Taylor William H Evans and E W Koight of Charleston.
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Siates
Central Machine Works
Keystone
Incorporators
B. P. Henritze
T. L. Henritze
W. H.henritze
J. A. Crider
J. B. Parcel
Welch
March Fork Railway Company
Avsted
Surveyor Station
Raleigh County
Ohio River
Kanawha River
Mason County
Incorporatora
W. N. Page
G. W. Imboden
Raleigh O Taylor
William H. Evans
Anited
E. W. Koilght
Charleston
Governor to Call Special Session Over Railroad Matters
Gov W M O Dawson will call no special session to pass lane regulating railroad issues in West Virginia. Semi official sources say the governor will address railroad abuses and place responsibility on the legislature to correct them this spring by convening a special session and making recommendations.
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W. M O. Dawson
West Virginia
Fire destroys large building in St Johns at King and Canterbury
Fire swept through a large building at the corner of King and Canterbury streets in St Johns Newfoundland today. The blaze caused water and smoke damage to adjacent structures with an estimated loss near 250,000 dollars.
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St. Johns
St. John’s
N. B
King and
Canterbury Streets
McCall Lingers As Life Insurance Scandal Emerges
Lakewood New Jersey February 15 John A McCall former president of the New York Life Insurance Company remains conscious and likely to die soon doctors say his mind is clear a friend says McCall may die poor after surrendering life policies worth about 400000 with cash 85000 paid and the rest secured by mortgage on his Long Branch estate a large portion of his estate is tied to life insurance and a 235000 repayment to Andrew Hamilton is noted in the record
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Lakewood
N. J
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
McCall
Jose
Andrew Hamilton
Orsb
Long Branch
Legislative Investigating Committee
Flagman Gilbert Arrested Near Birmingham After Escape
Flagman Gilbert of the Alabama Southern, once linked to a Chattanooga family, is arrested near Birmingham for stealing 800 dollars from a sleeping car passenger. He previously escaped from Meridian jail following a sensational capture.
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Birmingham
Flagman
Gilbert
Alabama Treat Southern
Here
Chattanooga
Meridian
Wreck Blocks Tracks Near Lancaster Pa
A wreck this morning blocked all tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad several miles east of Lancaster. A heavily loaded express train collided with a freight train, demolishing a freight car and delaying traffic for hours. Initial reports of fatalities proved to be untrue.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania Railroad
Customs Officials Seize Arms Consignment for China
Customs officials in Yarkand, Chinese Turkestan seize a German arms shipment destined for China. The haul includes two cannon, 2000 carbines, 2000 shells and 1100000 cartridges. Two Chinese officials of high rank arrived to receive the material.
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Yarkband
Chinese Turkestan
Germany
China
Custom House
Atlantic Coast Line to Issue More Stock
Directors of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway proposed a new common stock issue of 10 million dollars. The offer to stockholders is at par with ten percent of holdings. A stockholders meeting in Richmond Virginia on March 8 will vote on the proposal.
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Atlantic Coast Line
New York
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Richmond
Ellen Glasgow Novel The Wheel of Life at The Art Stationery Co
The Art Stationery Co announces the release of Ellen Glasgow new novel The Wheel of Life. The work outlines themes of society progress and personal choice through a community setting.
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Ellen Glasgow
the Art Stationery Co
Border land coal praised as best ever on market
Consumers Coal Co promotes Border land coal as a clean splint coal that burns freely requires no kindling fights ash soot odors and offers a trial purchase via phone 29 from the listing.
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L. A. Hoops
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C. R. McNutt
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W. B. Hicks
L. G. Toney
Wm. E. Fowler
E. A. Williams
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R. L. Shelton
Bam’ Turk
D. Ledgerwood
Dr. C. M. Scott
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Black Hand
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