Southern Railway officials face charge over rate law violation
Asheville reports James Hood and O C Wilson found guilty in police court for selling tickets above the rate law and sentenced to thirty days on the chain gang. T J Witherspoon’s case in Charlotte was withdrawn as similar trials are tested in Asheville and Raleigh. Trial of Southern Railway ticket agents begins in Raleigh with Judge Long presiding.
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Asheville
N. C
James Hood
O. C. Wilson
Southern Railway
Pritchard
Raleigh
Wood
Wilson
Charlotte
T. J. Witherspoon
Recorder’s Court
T. F. Green
New Orleans
Here
Federal judge arrives from Asheville on injunction matter
A federal court official arrived from Asheville this morning regarding a case in which the Southern railway claims the right to charge rates higher than state rates. No injunction or action to intervene in the state court has yet been taken.
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Ard
Southern Railway
Asheville
Telegraphers' Strike Situation Unchanged in San Francisco
In San Francisco and Oakland the telegraphers' strike remains unresolved with no change in stance. Western Union official Miller will reinstate such workers as needed, while Postal superintendent Storer says there is no strike. Union leader Small plans to travel to Chicago for talks and executive board meeting.
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San Francisco
Miller
Western Union
Storer
Postal
South Carolinians to Form New Lumber Association
South Carolina millmen plan a Sumter meeting July 23 to withdraw from the North Carolina Pine Association and reorganize the South Carolina Pine Lumber Association. They argue the larger body, which now spans 17 percent of mills, keeps South Carolina as a minority.
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South Carolinians
New Lumber Association
Norfolk
H. J. McLaurin, Jr
South Carolina Pine Lumber Association
North Carolina Pine Association
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maryland
South Carolina Mills
Sumter
S. C
South Carolina Association
Death and Destruction in Path of the Storm
AP dispatch from Grafton and Pittsburg reports three to five deaths and half a million dollars in damages across West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania after a cloudburst and heavy rains. Rivers overflowed, livestock drowned, bridges washed away, rail lines ruined, and homes flooded with multiple communities reporting fatalities.
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Grafton
W. Va
Tunnelston
Claudius Wolfe
Evansville
Frank Gibbons
Newberg
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Tucker
Barbour
McCombs
Mary Ballard
Midshipman Cruse Fights Gallantly for Life
Boston July 18 Midshipman James Cruse of the Georgia accident contends with critical injuries in Chelsea Naval Hospital supported by his father Major Thomas Cruse. His pulse remains high and temperature extreme yet his courage persists. Seaman Louis Meers shows slight improvement while others stay in serious condition with little change tonight.
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Boston
Mass
James Cruse
Georgia
United States Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Thomas Cruse
Omaha
Cruse
Louis C. Meers
Automobiles Collide Head On After Coney Island Outing
New York July 18 two merrymaker filled autos traveling at high speed crashed head on returning from Coney Island. Thomas F Donovan was killed while Chapman Ropes and an unnamed man were injured. Donovan reportedly swerved to the left and did not see Ropes approaching in the opposite direction at about forty miles per hour.
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New York
Coney Island
Thomas F. Donovan
Chapman Ropes
Donovan
Non-Association Farmers Brutally Mistreated in Kentucky
Hopkinsville Kentucky July 18 A threshing machine owned by John Fields a non association farmer was destroyed on Dr Ward farm by dynamiters. Two laborers were injured. Twenty five masked men abducted Nathan Hester a Trig county farmer from his home at midnight and beat him with a rawhide at gunpoint. His wife fainted and remains in critical condition. Hester left the farmers association months ago.
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Hopkinsville
John Fields
Dr. Ward
Nathan Hester
Trige County
Hester
The
Farmer's Association
Roanoke Citizens Call for Police Increase After Riot
In Roanoke Virginia on July 18 citizens meeting called by Mayor Cutchin passed resolutions urging the city council to pay Greek restaurant damage bills immediately and to increase the police force after Saturday night violence that smashed Greek eateries.
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Roanoke
Cutchin
West Virginia Weather Outlook Friday to Saturday
Partly cloudy conditions with possible local showers Friday. Saturday looks fair with no major weather events expected.
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West Virginia
Emperor of Korea May Be Forced to Abdicate
Tokio July 18. Ministers urge abdication in favor of the crown prince as first step toward reform. A new convention would limit sovereign power with consent of the Japanese president general while keeping Korea's national existence intact. Seoul ministers act to curb court intrigues and gel fish exploits.
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Tokio
Japan
Korea
Seoul
Ceremony of abdication set for Korea Emperor
Tokio reports that the abdication ceremony of the Korean emperor is scheduled for 10 o clock this Friday morning. Seoul choices indicate the event will take place as announced.
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Seoul
Korea
Emperor Abdicates After Elders Confer in Seoul
A Seoul dispatch reports the emperor meeting elder statesmen and cabinet ministers. After a two hour conference he abdicated with the ceremony set for 10 o'clock. Unrest surrounds the palace as about 2000 people gather and an attack on the Daily Kokumin office is quelled.
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Tokio
Seoul
Kokumin
Placards Call for Death of Japanese in Korea
Placards posted in a Seoul thoroughfare call for the death of all Japanese officials in Seoul. Ministers are heavily guarded and precautions to prevent riots are in place. The emperor is said to be worried, with no food or sleep, though the report may be a political maneuver to gain public sympathy.
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Seoul
Tokio
Amalgamated Copper declares a two percent dividend
News wires report Amalgamated Copper Company directors declare a quarterly dividend of two percent on stock. Other items note a naval court inquiry into the Georgia accident, a Nashville woman found dead near the Jamestown Exposition, a Marstrand drowning, bicycle and sprint records set in Utah, cotton crop projections for Alabama, and a Southern Railway No. 36 wreck at Richland South Carolina with minor injuries.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper Company
Norfolk
D. W. Rogers
Nashville, Tenn
Help Wanted Columns Solve Vacation Dilemma
The Daily Telegraph suggests advertising for a substitute in its Help Wanted Columns to cover for a stenographer or clerk on vacation. The note promises a quick solution so businesses can maintain operations without disruption.
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Daily Telegraph
Italians Convicted in Lamana Murder Face Lynch Threats
In Hahnville Louisiana on July 18 a four day trial ended with four Italians convicted without capital punishment for complicity in Walter Lamana's kidnapping and murder. A lynching threat prompted militia deployment and tense crowds as officials feared mob action.
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Hahnville
Walter Lamana
Littl Walter Lamana
New Orleans
St. Charles
Seven Jurors Accepted for Trial of Judge Hargis
Seven jurors were accepted by the defense from the first panel for the trial of Judge James Hargis in Sandy Hook Kentucky. Special Judge Moody then ordered 36 more men to be summoned and reported for possible court by ten tomorrow. The state has one challenge left, the defense has ten.
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Sandy Hook
James Hargis
W. B. Moody
Thomas Morley
Moody
Roger Callahan
Jackson
Breathitt County
Commonwealth
Texas Bank Closed Pending Investigation
Gallatin National Bank doors closed awaiting examiner review after earlier irregularities. President Payne telegraphed Washington and an auditor from the federal bank is auditing the books. Directors express confidence in solvency and expect a resumption of business soon. An automobile carrying a large sum is en route from Nashville.
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Gallatin, Tenn
Gallatin National Bank
Two Fatally Injured in Saloon Pistol Fight
Lexington, July 18. In a pistol fight in a saloon at Pound Gap on the Kentucky Virginia line two men are reported dead and others wounded. Police investigate the details and motives behind the shooting incident.
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Lexington
Pound Gan
Fatal Shootings Leave Two Dead and One Wounded
The report describes a sequence of gunfire starting when John Centers opened fire after meeting William Robinson and Centers was mortally wounded. About half an hour later Babe Stewart and Isaac Bentley exchanged shots, with Bentley killed and Stewart seriously wounded.
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William Robinson
John Centers
Centers
Babe” Stewart
Isaac Bentley
Bentley
Stewart
Women carry Kentucky County for Temperance
In Cynthiana Harrison County Kentucky the temperance campaign ends with a sixteen hundred vote majority for the reform, county seat Cynthiana voting dry by forty seven, reversing a prior eighty four vote margin. Wealthy women led the drive into all quarters and a large crowd gathered to celebrate at the local option tent in the public square.
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Cynthiana
Kentucky
Harrison County
Cynthiania
Burial of Midshipman Faulkner Goldthwaite in Kentucky
In Hopkinsville Kentucky on July 18 the body of Midshipman Faulkner Goldthwaite was buried at Riverside Cemetery wrapped in flags. Third Kentucky National Guard officers and Company D soldiers accompanied the procession with muffled drums. Floral tributes included wreaths from the Navy Department Georgia officers and Admiral Yamamoto of the Japanese navy.
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Hopkinsville
Faulkner Goldthwaite
Georgia
Riverside Cemetery
Third
Kentucky National Guard
Navy Department
Yamamoto
Hundreds slain or wounded in anti Jewish riots at Skonitz
Rioters in Skonitz near the Austrian border attacked Jews killing and injuring hundreds. They looted houses and drove Jews to cellars and roofs where many died. Women were mistreated as order was restored by Cossacks amid fears of further outbreaks.
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Warsaw
Poland
Skonitz
Austria
Discrepancy in Testimony Against Han
In Carlsruhe Germany July 18 the trial of Prof Carl Wall for murder of his mother in law Frau Molitor at Baden Baden last November shows major witness conflicts. Expert Andre said the gun fired from inches from the body while Olga Molitor testified the shot came from behind. The judge questioned both witnesses as Frau Molitors heart was shown in court.
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Carlsruhe
Germany
Carl Wall
Frau Molitor
Baden-Baden
Herr Andre
Olga Molitor
Day of Argument in the Haywood Trial
In Boise on July 18 the court heard argument on admitting defense evidence in the Haywood trial. Darrow spoke, Borah followed, then Richardson. The defense rests with no rebuttal witnesses. The jury was not brought in as Judge Wood prepared to rule tomorrow morning on whether Cripple Creek district depor tation and detective activity can prove a conspiracy by mine owners against Western Federation of Miners. The state contends the evidence lacks specific connections and would confuse the issue.
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New Orleans
Greena
Hahnvile
Hahnville
Boise
Idaho
Haywood
Wood
Clarence Darrow
Senator Borah
E. F. Richardson
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Western Federation Cof
Harry Orchard
Mine Owners’ Association
Ccese
Harmsworth Newspapers Ordered to Pay Large Damages
William Hesketh Lever, Liberal MP for Wirral division of Cheshire, won a libel judgment against the Daily Mail and the Evening News. The court awarded damages of 250,000 dollars plus costs after the publishers withdrew their plea of justification and admitted liability. Lever supported extending a large coal and soap industry combination in the United Kingdom.
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Liverpool
United Kingdom
William Hesketh-Lever
Worrall
Cheshire
Harmsworth
Daily Mail
Evening News
Lever
Soap Combine
Ohio Man Executed for Marshal’s Murder in Franklin
Henry White, a Black man, convicted of killing a marshal at Franklin in October 1906, was electrocuted at the Ohio penitentiary shortly after midnight. He showed indifference to his fate.
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Columbus
Ohio
Henry White
Franklin
White
Poisoner Sentenced to Death in Family Killing Case
Chicago July 18 Herman Billiki on trial for poisoning the entire family Adolph Vrzat and five children found guilty tonight jury fixed sentence at death Adolph Vrzat and five children killed by poison in a family case concluded with a death sentence
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Chicago
Herman Billiki
Adolph Vrzat
Fell Blue Ribbon Vanilla Pleases Customers Boosts Return Visits
A bakery release notes that Blue Ribbon Vanilla product pleases diverse customers and brings back shoppers, signaling strong sales appeal. The statement credits broad satisfaction as the key driver of repeat business and brand loyalty.
Want Ad Invitation From Bluefield Daily Telegraph
A quaint plea promotes the Daily Telegraph want column as the fastest way to reach readers in Bluefield and Pocahontas coal country. It advertises services from house rentals to errand help and even apples from Sublette & Barnes with a mail orders instruction.
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Bluefield
Pocahontas
Daily Telegraph
Subscribers urged to request Daily Telegraph at post offices
A notice urges readers to specifically ask for the Daily Telegraph at post offices to avoid delays caused by postmasters overlooking papers. It cautions customers to insist on receiving the paper.
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Daily Telegraph
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AO Chain Gang
Charleston
Associatea Press Dispatch
Associated Press Dispatch
Babbitt Metal
Superior Supply Co
Bluefield, W. VA
Kemington’s
Smith's
Bluefield Typewriter Company
Associated Press Disputch
United States
L. E. Tirrnay
W. H. Thomas
R,ef. Bou Iing, Cahier
W. B. Hicks
Kowinmannn
W.O
Princeton Avenue
R. L. Speal
Chicago Grain Market
Associated Press Dispatches
Washington
Naval Court of Inquiry
Copenhagen
Denmark
Marstrand
Sweden
Ogden
Utah
A .J. Clark
Australia
Walter DeMara
Montgomery
Ala
Seymour
Alabama
Cotton Association
Atlanta
Richland
8. C
Hargis
Texas Bank
Elks
Philadelphia
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Red Cross
James Rowley
Grand Lodge
All Elks
Kentucky County
Darrow, Richardson and
Borah
Harmsworth Newspapers
ALL Good Grocers
Sublette & Barnes
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