Monument to Columbus Unveiled in Washington Ceremony
Immense patriotic turnout fills the capital for the Columbus memorial unveiling at Union Station plaza. President Taft spoke as Italian and U S flags fluttered, with marching Knights of Columbus and delegations from Canada and Puerto Rico participating in a grand procession and a fountain shaft monument to the discovery era.
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Waslington
D. C
Christopher Columbus
Santa Marie
America
Biz
Union Army
Union Station
Italy
Spain
United States
Supreme Court of the
Army
Navy
Taft
Philander Knox
Marquis Cusani Confalonieri
Mgr
Thomas Shahan
Catholic University of America
Victor J. Dowling
Supreme Court of New York
Paris
Knights of Columbus
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Forto Rico
Philippines
Brig
K. Evans
James A.Z
Philadelphia
Coenen Memorial
Mo Maes
Bs All
New World
Burnham Firm Designs Memorial With $100,000 Appropriation
The architectural firm D H Burnham and Co of Chicago drafted the general features of the memorial funded by a congressionally appropriated sum of $100 000.
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D. H. Burnham & Co
Chicago
Congress
Representative Underwood Signals House Convenes Through Conventions
Washington June 8 Representative Underwood Democratic leader indicated the house would stay in continuous session during the Republican national convention but expected a three day recess during the Baltimore convention.
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Washington
Underwood
House
Baltimore
Murder charge filed against New Sweden minister
Rev. Charlies Emelius, a Lutheran minister, was arrested in New Sweden Maine on June 8 for the murder of his father in law Edgar Jacobson. Authorities previously ruled Jacobson's death a suicide but the attorney general's office now contends murder.
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New Sweden
Maine
New Sweeden
Charlies Emelius
Edgar Jacobson
Jacobson
Rose Festival Set to Rival Mardi Gras in Portland
Portland observers anticipate the sixth annual Rose Festival with hotels filling as Mex Oregonus, king of the festival, enters on Monday and receives the city keys. The week will feature floral pageants, battles of flowers, parades, fireworks, band concerts, aquatic events, and Willamette river pageants.
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Portland
Ore
New Orleans
Mex Oregonus
Willamette River
Stanford Crew Heads to Poughkeepsie for Intercollegiate Regatta
Captain Seward leads Stanford University varsity eight from Palo Alto to Poughkeepsie New York for the intercollegiate regatta at month end. Stanford becomes the first western college represented in the Hudson event, drawing much interest.
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Stanford
Poughkeepsie
Palo Alto
Cal
Seward
Eland Stanford, Jr
University
N. Y
Far West
Hudson
Two Men and Wives Held for Murder in Matewan
Ed Whitt and Flynn Kinnard were arrested in Matewan and jailed on murder charges tied to farmer Hoskins's death near Red Jacket. Wives were detained, grand jury action pending, and Baldwins Felts detectives probe the case amid rumors of a second shooting at Red Jacket.
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Williamson
Baldwins Felts
Red Jacket
Henry Reeves
Reeves
Roosevelt calls for protest over Alabama seat decisions
Col Roosevelt urged Republicans to oppose the national committee rulings on ninth Alabama district seats and warned that a nomination would be repudiated if earned in defiance of justice. He charged leaders with acting as regulars while doubting their regularity.
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Alabama
Oyater Bay
N. J
Col. Rocevelt
Republican National Committee
Cuban Problems Thrust Upon Senate In Foreign Affairs
Washington June 8 Cuban problems were thrust upon the senate today as measures were introduced and sent to the foreign relations committee. One directs an investigation into mercantile military operations in any foreign nation except with express congressional direction. Another seeks to determine if insurrections in Cuba and Mexico are being fomented on U.S. soil.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Congress
Cuba
Mexico
Railway resumes in Boston after citywide strike
After a night of complete street railway suspension due to a strike by thousands of employees in Boston the Elevated Railway Company resumed operations this morning on all surface and tunnel lines though car numbers were below normal. Early hours reported no disorder.
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Boston
Elevated Railway Company
Intense Interest in the Cuban Situation
Washington reports expect no immediate deployment of additional U S forces to Cuba beyond those already landed or ready. War department officials say an expeditionary brigade is unnecessary as no general officer has been assigned to command yet. The soldiers are prepared to move at once. Gould Memorial Hall Gift to Northfield Seminary Dedicated
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Washington
United States
Cuba
State
War and Navy Departments
War Department
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Forecast
West Virginia: Fair Sunday and Monday. Virginia: Fair Sunday and Monday with light variable winds.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Semi Monthly Pay Days For Railroaders
The Norfolk and Western plans to switch to semi monthly pay on the first and fifteenth of each month starting July 1. The change, tied to a Virginia law, will affect the entire system to simplify payroll and benefit merchants, employees, and garnishment relief, with details to be finalized at a Roanoke conference.
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Norfolk and Western
Virginia
Roancoke
Pocahontas
Roanoke
Submarine Vandemerre Sunk in Collision With Battleship St Louis
In Chemount June 8 the French submarine Vandemerre was cut in two and sunk after colliding with the battleship St Louis. It is feared the entire 26 man crew perished as the sub suddenly surfaced under the warship and was struck hard. The submarine, commanded by Lieutenant Prioul Young and Ensign Audic, was launched July 7, 1910, and this marks the fourth submarine loss.
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Chemount
Vandemerre
St. Louis
Vandmeire
Prioul Young
Bluefield Gets Virginia League Franchise Transfer
Virginia League magnates transfer the Danville franchise to Bluefield West Virginia and Bluefield agrees to a 100 per game guarantee plus a 300 bond to operate the team. Bluefield plans to play three early games in Portsmouth then resume the schedule with the Shoemakers as opponents.
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Richmond
Bluefield
Danville
Portsmouth
Bland
Dr. McCreary
Norfolk
Bluefield to Join Virginia League and Lease Extended Grounds
The article outlines Bluefield securing a five year lease for the present ball grounds under P. J. Kelley and L. Matz, with capacity to seat 3 600 or more. It argues joining the Virginia League will bring national attention and boost coalfield business, as prominent local merchants expect increased attendance and publicity from a foreign franchise and daily Bluefield mentions in newspapers and ballparks across Virginia. coal operators and business leaders anticipate substantial local economic and promotional benefits.
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Danville
P. J. Kelley
8. L. Matz
Bluefield
United States
Virginia
Basbail
Bluefird
Zee Fk
Painting of Recall of Columbus Captures West Virginians
West Virginia Knights of Columbus visiting Washington take note of A. G. Heaton's painting The Recall of Columbus in the Senate end of the Capitol. The work shows Columbus reading Queen Isabella's recall message while seeking funds for his voyage to the new world.
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Washington
West Virginia
Knights of Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Union Station
Senate
New World
Columbus
Colburn Will Not Hold City Election
Coeburn Virginia June 8 Coburn will be one of the towns with no vote buying accusations next Tuesday The lack of an election keeps current officials in office praising the mayor and officials as voters in the corporate limits are few and largely unpaid In other news Emory Meade dies suddenly at his Scott County home after a tooth extraction the week before Festive crowds receive the news (Continued on Page Six).
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Coeburn
Coburn
Virginia
Emory Meade
Scott County
Lorimer Unseating Vote Set for July 8
Washington June 8 The Senate will vote on unseating Senator Lorimer of Illinois next month on Monday July 8 The date was agreed at a conference late today Senator Kern finished his Lorimer case speech today
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Washington
Senate
Lorimer
Illinois
Atpon
Kern
Borrowed Engine and Two Men Die in Kentucky Yard Collision
Covington Kentucky June 8 two switchmen borrowed a locomotive to collect flowers for their wives then collided with another engine in Chesapeake and Ohio yards. Both engines demolished three other men injured authorities investigated cause of the wreck.
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Covington
Chesapeake and Ohio
Eleven West Virginia dam sites chosen for flood control
The agricultural appropriation bill carries a plan to buy forest lands for eleven reservoir sites in West Virginia to regulate flood flows into the Ohio River. The project aims to hold back about 85 billion cubic feet of water, with several sites clustered on Chest River, Youghiogheny tributaries, and related streams.
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Washington
West Virginia
Ohio River
Appalachian Mountain
Ohio
Forestry Service
Lan‘’A
Maryland
Youghiogheny River
Chest River
Fuchannon River
Middle Creek
Flk Creek
Peter's Crek
Sandy Cruek
Appalachian Forest
Commission
Pittsburg
Pittsbud
Mon Niles
New York
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Farmer Hoskins
National Committee
Roosevelt
Georgia
Arkansas
Yesteday
Florida
Boston Railway
U. S
Miss Gould
Mass
Northfield
Jones
Weather Forecast
Virginia Ball League
Richmond Dispatches
Mal
Bond
Matt
W. Va
Shoemakers
Millionaires
Matz
Bluefield Baseball Association
J. Overton Boatwright
West
Discoverer
Colburn
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