Geological formation study planned at Parsons well site
West Virginia interest centers on a 3000 foot well drilled by Folk Lumber to obtain good water. The Geological Survey under Director George Otis Smith will send geologist Mr Mumm to Parsons to observe drilling and record strata to inform state formation Mapping. A strong West Virginia political group停 vised Washington for business and Anti Taft talks at the White House.
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Washington
Tucker County
George Otis Smith
Geological Survey
Mumm
Parsons
Folk Lumber Co
Senator Watson
Wiatson
Parsons S
West
J. E. Chilton
Charleston
Stuart W. Walker
Gray Silver
Clarence Martin
Martinsburg
John Laing
G. H. Caperton
Fayette County
Charles F. Teter
Philippi
Randolph Stalnaker
Eeling
Loyal Gilbert
Perkersburg
National Association of Weights and Standards
Lyle Jones
James McCluer
Parkersburg
Pennsylvania
John M. Hamilton
Senate Committee On Pensions
Senator Chilton
Thomas Cogar
Sutton
Isaac Cutright
Queens
Lewis H. Ewert Charleston
Baptist Church of
Senate
Court of Claims
Post Office Department
Valley River
Randolph County
Lee
Spangler
John Boler
Kanawha
David Cain
Walker
Bernard F. Morrow
Marshall County
Charles E. Chaddock
Henry A. Farnall
Clarksburg
Watson
Pension Bureau
Henry Stahl
Virginia Inventors and Pension Mention Stir Local News
Virginia listing notices from Hilltop Maundesville Capon Springs Martinsburg and Spencer record inventors John T Deviege Benjamin McCann William Hf 8 flomer L Phelps and John D Russ. Congressman W G Brown introduces a bill to pension Lucinda Phares of Peverly. Henry Wright of Tunnelton visits Washington and calls at Congressman Brown's office.
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Virginia
John T. Deviege
Hilltop
Benjamin McCann
Maundesville
William Hf
Nelson
Capon Springs
Flomer L. Phelps
Martinsburg
John D. Russ
Spencer
W. G. Brown
Lucinda Phares
Peverly
Henry Wright
Tunnelton
Three Die and Sixty-Seven Injured in Pennsylvania Limited Wreck
Huntingdon Pa Feb 15 Three passengers died and sixty seven were injured when Pennsylvania Limited No 2 eastbound derailed at Warrior's Ridge nine cars slid down an embankment to the Juniata River. Victims include Harry A Mass and Mrs J E Tavenner dining car victims.
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Huntingdon
Pennsylvania
Warrior's Ridge
Juniata River
Harry A. Mass
New York
John E. Tavenner
Washington
D. C
Robbery in Heart of Financial District
Two highwaymen robbed a taxicab in Manhattan’s financial district taking 25000 dollars including 15000 in five dollar bills and 10000 in hundreds from East River National bank messengers W F Smith and Frank Wardell. Both victims were badly injured as assailants overpowered them and fled onto a waiting car near Trinity church yard.
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New York
Financial District
W. F. Smith
Frank Wardell
East River National Bank
Broadway
Produce Exchange Bank
Rector Street
Church Street
Trinity Church Yard
Smith
Wardell
Park Place
Lands Transferred Back to Indians
Washington reports doubt over the legality of Theodore Roosevelt's executive order moving 2.5 million acres of Indian forest land back to the Interior Department. Attorney General Wickersham ruled the profits from timber sales should go to the Indians, suggesting Roosevelt's order was not legal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Taft
Indian Bureau
Roosevelt
National Forests
Wickersham
Improvement at Steel Rails Conference
New York February 15 leaders of railroads and steel rail firms held an all day conference on rail steel quality and durability. A committee of railroad executives and manufacturers was appointed to continue investigation and report findings at future meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kansas Y M C A Meeting Heads State Convention
Hutchinson Kansas February 15 delegates from city and college branches of the Young Men Christian Association gather for the annual state convention. An attractive four day program has been prepared for the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Y. M. C. A
Hutchinson
Kas
Young Men's Christian Association
Kansas
Two Kinds of Reformers and the Cummins March On
Birthday greetings were offered to Albert B. Cummins US senator from Iowa as a potential progressive Republican candidate. The profile traces his rise from carpenter’s son in Carmichaels Pennsylvania to Iowa lawmaker, governor, and long service in the US Senate. It notes his reform stance, belief in evolution over revolution, and Bland contrast with La Follette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert Baird Cummins
United States
Jaws
Senator Cummins
Carmichaels
Waynesburg College
Chicago
Cummins
Des Moines
Hawkeye
Iowa
Towa
John H. Gear
Republican
United States Senate
Cummns
Wiliam B. Allison
Senate
LaFollette
White House
Taft
Roosevelt Club
Denver
The Letter on Lives Given to Building Up
A fragment reflects on men and women who dedicate their lives not to tearing down but to building up communities and futures through service and sacrifice. The quote emphasizes constructive work and humanitarian effort.
Weather forecast for Virginia fair and warm weekend
Weet Virginia predicts fair weather Friday and Saturday with moderate temperatures and diminishing northwest winds. Expect warmer Friday with generally pleasant conditions across Virginia.
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Virginia
Government 10 Push Dynamo Prosecution Plans Delayed
Government 10 pushes ahead with conspiracy cases. decisions on group or individual trials to be made after arraignment as summer prosecutions continue. PIN: The article notes possible group or separate trials on general conspiracy charges.
Government to press dynamite conspiracy trials swiftly
Indianapolis Feb 15 The government plans to arraign 54 defendants on March 12 with trials likely set for May as federal judge Albert B. Anderson oversees the cases through the summer. Forty nine defendants are in custody. five remain at large including Michael J. Young of Boston. Evidence from ironworkers' international offices linked to the plots drives indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Albert B. Anderson
Chas. W. Miller
Michael J. Young
Boston
Miller
Young
Distr.t
Dynamite Conspiracy Indicts Union Leaders in Nationwide Plot
Indianapolis February 15 District Attorney Miller released sensational charges claiming the dynamite conspiracy involved the International Association of Bridge and Structural Workers executive board including President Frank M. Ryan. The indictment alleges a nationwide scheme with McManigal as the operative and names Ryan Hockin Youngs Butler Webb among fifty four defendants aiding the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
International Association of Bridge and Structural Workers
Frank M. Ryan
Ortiel McManigal
Charles W. Miller
Ryan
Herbert 5. Hockin
Detroit
Michael J. Youngs
Boston
John T. Butler
Buffalo
Frank C. Webb
New York
McManigal
Taft Administration Endorsed by La Follette District Delegates
In Madison Wisconsin February 15 Republicans of Wisconsin Third district home to Senator La Follette pass a resolution approving President Taft. The convention nominating two delegates to the national convention adopts the taft friendly stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Taft
Lafollette
Not Wish Strike Conditions Prosperous For Last Nine Years
A commission appointed by the president has governed relations between miners and operators over the last nine years under a period described as free of strikes and favorable to both sides, despite earlier labor tensions.
Price Has Been Uniform For Almost A Decade
The Anthracite Operators' Committee released a statement denying any planned strike or general coal price increase. They highlight nine years of stable pricing under the president's commission, noting higher wages and more working days, with price variation tied to demand for coal sizes and not to company profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Edward W. Parker
Roosevelt
Atrixe Commission
Anthracite Supply Price Stability Cited by Operators
Industry leaders defend current sales terms as essential for steady output and long term welfare. They argue that about forty percent of anthracite production will sell below production cost compared with bituminous coal, and nine years of arrangements have maintained unprecedented steadiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leew
Ainsworth Stripped of Rank by Taft
Major General Fred Ainsworth adjutant general of the army was relieved of duty by order of President Taft and will face a court martial on charges including conduct prejudicial to good order and insubordination. The removal follows years of line versus staff clashes and a critical secretary of war letter.
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Washington
Fred ©. Ainsworth
Army
Taft
Secretary of War
Ainsworth
Leonard Wood
Adjutant General
Adjutant-General
Stimson
Mob drags Black man to bridge and uses body as target
In Raleigh Springs near Memphis on February 15 a mob fatally harmed a Black man accused of assaulting a white girl. The crowd dragged the victim to a Wolf River bridge, shot him, burned remains, and displayed the body as a public safety display. About forty participants unidentified.
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Tenn
Wolf River
Raleigh Springs
Memphis
Beig
Memorial observance marks Havana disaster anniversary
The American colony in the city decorates graves at the local cemetery to honor the victims of the Man[e] disaster. It observes the fourteenth anniversary of the battleship blowing up in Havana harbor.
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Maine
Hany
Pais
Havana Harbor
Waters-Pierce fight blocks Standard Oil control
In St Louis at Waters-Pierce Oil Co annual meeting Henry Clay Pierce and associates thwart Rockefeller and Standard Oil efforts to gain full control. Standard Oil held 68 percent yet ballots for Rockefeller and Archbold were not counted, as they sought to perpetuate the trust under a new system. The case cites a $240 000 dividend on a $406 000 capital stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Henry Clay Pierce
John J. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Waters-Pierce Oil Co
Waters-Pierce Concern
Standard
Pierce
John L. Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Trust
Rockefeller-Standard Oil
Brandt Expected to Receive Pardon in New York
Albany Feb 16 Attorney General Carmody says Governor Dix is expected to grant a pardon to Fothe J Brandt who served five years of a thirty year burglary sentence in Mortimer Schiff home after discussions with the governor and ARC officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandt
Albany
N. Y
Fothe J. Brandt
Mortimer L. Schiff
Dix
Carmody
Three Trainmen Burned to Death in Maine Wreck
Three Grand Trunk railroad trainmen were killed when two freights collided near Dartmouth Maine. The crew of one locomotive became trapped beneath the wreckage and died from severe burns.
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Dartmouth
Maine
Grand Trunk Railroad
Here
New Leaders in Each Division Surface in Tour Standings
Ladies in European Tour contest show strong effort as the Diamond Kine period unfolds. Theatre ticket winners will be announced next Tuesday.
Five Diamond Ring Contest Divisions Crown Local Winners
In the European Tour prize contest 123 072 votes cast for twenty six candidates place a new leader at the head of each division. Miss Sallie Pendleton Miss Jennie Sadler Miss Bernice Clark Miss Delia Spillman and Miss Evangeline Palmer lead in their respective districts.
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Sallie Pendleton
Tazewell
Jennie Sadler
Bernice Clark
Rock
Delia Spillman
Northfork
Evangeline Palmer
Graham
Pourth
Daily Telegraph
Elks’ Opera House
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Senator Lafollette
Weather Forecast
Iron Workers’ Union
PRICE
Anthracite Operators’ Committee
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Tidewater
Board of Conciliation
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Rockefeller and Associates
Chaperon Division
Della Spillman
Europe
Bluefield
Montreal
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