Crops Decline in West Virginia as Hay Prices Rise
A June Crop Reporter notes West Virginia farm values drop overall with hay and potatoes rising. Wheat corn oats rye prices fall. butter eggs and poultry mixed. Conditions fall short of normal, with May temperature above average and rainfall below. Former State Senator Sam Montgomery widens ties in Washington to aid Taft delegation and meets White House officials.
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Washington
West Virginia
Secretary of Agriculture
Sam Montgomery
Law Department
West Virginia University
Odd Fellows
Montgomery
White House
Taft
George K. Gambrill
Parkersburg
Watson
Chilton
Local Postmaster Changes and Pension Proposals
Commissions issued to Howard M. Meyers and John W. Reaser for postmaster roles in Yu kon and Roger. Senator Watson introduces a pension bill for Robert R. Whiteman of Elizabeth and presents Romney resident W. L. McDonald’s memorial against taxing proprietary medicines. Moore County delegate James Strother traveled through on his way to Baltimore.
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A. Norton
Maggie
Mason County
H. J. Norton
John H. Harvey
Elgood
Mercer County
S. Cheatwood
William J. King
Stinson
Calhoun County
W. H. Adams
Howard M. Meyers
Yukon
John W. Reaser
Roger
Watson
Robert R. Whiteman
Elizabeth
Wirt County
Senate
W. L. McDonald
Romney
James Strother
McDowell County
Baltimore
WEST CANADA TO FIGHT RECIPROCITY
Robert L. Borden to tour prairie provinces in opposition to the reciprocity pact. The Conservative leader departs by public train from Ottawa for a month long speaking campaign through Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with stops including Winnipeg Brandon Moose Jaw Indian Head Regina Medicine Hat Lethbridge Calgary Red Deer Edmonton and Saskatoon.
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Ottawa
Int
Canada
Robert L. Borden
Conservative
Prairie Provinces
Orden
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alferta
Winnipeg
Mr. Borden
Brandon
Moose Jaw
Indian Head
Regina
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary
Red Deer
Kdmonton
North
South Battleford
Saskatoon
Portage la Prairie
Receiver Named for Coal Mining Interests
Charleston West Virginia June 15 special James K Kay named as special receiver for Carver Bros coal mining interests in Fayette County West Virginia by Judge Keller U S district court Southern District of West Virginia He is authorized to operate the mines if not at a loss No public figures on the firm finances were released.
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Charleston
W. Va
Carver Bros
James K. Kay
Fayette County
Keller
United States Court For
Southern District of West Virginia
Epworth League Holds Eighteenth State Conference
Florence South Carolina June 155 delegates and visitors from across the state gather for the Epworth League eighteenth annual state conference opening tonight for a four day session with events and meetings planned in Florence.
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South Carolina
Florence
S. C
Epworth League
Illinois Central Lays Out Swamp Reclamation Campaign
Chicago June 15 As part of a broad drive to reclaim swamp lands the Illinois Central Railway has launched a special train with speakers from the reclamation service and geological survey. They will tour southern Illinois then extend to the Gulf of Mexico visiting over sixty cities in Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Louisiana and Arkansas to explain conversion of swamps into fertile lands.
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Chicago
Ilk
Illinois Central Railway
United States Reclamation Service
Geological Survey
Illinois
Gulf of Mexico
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
Slocum Disaster Memorial Held in Queens Cemetery
On the seventh anniversary of the General Slocum disaster, memorial services were held in a small Lutheran cemetery in Queens Borough. The East River steamer fire claimed over 1,000 women and children, many of whom remain unidentified.
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New York
East River
Little Lutheran Cemetery
Queens
German government disclaims responsibility for steamer Consul Grostock
Berlin reports the German government disclaims all responsibility for the steamer Consul Grostock which is said to fly the German flag. It announces that any complications from the landing of Venezuela’s exiled ex-president Cipriano Castro will be borne by the Haitian government.
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Germany
Berlin
Grostock
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Stokes Discharged From Roosevelt Hospital
W. Ed Stokes, shot by Ethel Conn and Lillian Graham in their apartments, was discharged from Roosevelt hospital. He went at once to his cottage at Long Branch. The two defendants remain in custody in the Tombs on bail of ten thousand dollars each.
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Stokes
Hospital
New York
W. ED. Stokes
Ethel Conrn
Lillian Graham
Roosevelt Hospital
Long Branch
Governor appoints Alfred Walker to state pharmacists board
Governor Glasscock re appointed Alfred Walker of Sutton as a member of the state board of pharmacists for a five year term.
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Board of Pharmacists
Charleston
W. Va
Glasscock
Alfred Walker
Sutton
State Board of Pharmacists
Tragedy Linked Woman’s Death At Staunton Case
A Buffalo Gap man accompanied by the mother of his son in law attempted to induce his daughter to return home in Staunton leading to a fatal outcome. The witness described the events surrounding the tragedy.
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Buffalo Gap
Staunton
Fatal quarrel ends in murder suicide in Staunton
David Kincaid of Buffalo Gap shot his wife in Staunton after failing to reconcile. He then killed himself, witnessed by Mrs. Kincaid's mother who had joined the couple. The incident followed a conference at Mrs. Kincaid's home with Kincaid and his mother-in-law.
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Staunton
David Kincaid
Buffalo Gap
Busy third session of Mine Inspectors Institute in Charleston
Charleston June 15 Special Today was the busiest day of the three thus far held by the Mine Inspectors Institute of the United States of America. The last session lasted until nearly midnight with papers read by Clarence Hall Washington and J W Allen Tennessee. The meeting will end tomorrow and a trip will be taken through the Kanawha coal fields.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mine Inspectors Institute of the
United States of America
Clarence Hall
Washington, D. C
J. W. Allen
Tennessee
Kanawha
Five Years in Jail for Pastor in Timberland Killing
In Hamlin West Virginia the Rev William Gerry was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting and killing Clarence Ford a wealthy Kentucky timber owner. Ford had bought timber rights on land where Gerry reportedly squatted. Gerry received a five year prison term.
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Huntington
W. Va
William Gerry
Hamlin
Clarence Ford
Kentucky
Gerry
Ford
Wedding of Edith Borradiale and Peter Van den Nest
Two prominent Manitoba families unite as Edith Borradiale daughter of L C Chipman Hudson’s Bay Company Winnipeg and Peter Van den Nest only son of the late Amedee Van den Nest Belgian minister at Cairo wed. The groom is son of Amedee Van den Nest and Mrs Hutson of Summerland British Columbia.
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Winnipeg
Man
Edith Borradiale
L. C. Chipman
Hudson's Pay Company
Peter van den Nest
Hussars
Amedee van den Nest
Cairo
Hutson
Sredon Hill
Summerland
B. C
Great Race Won by a Neck at Ascot
At Ascot England on June 15 King George and Queen Mary attended in full state. The gold cup valued at five hundred sovereigns with thirty five hundred sovereigns in specie added for three year olds and upwards over two miles and a half was won by Willonyx by a neck.
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Ascot Heath
England
Ascot
King George
Queen Mary
Willonyx
Bomb Shatters Cathedral Doors in Madrid Plaza
A bomb exploded in the Plaza Oriente near the royal palace shattering cathedral doors. No fatalities were reported though several buildings were partly destroyed. Telegrams from Vigo mention a monarchist revolution in Chaves Portugal with mutiny and the commander killed.
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Madrid
Plaza Oriente
Royal Palace
Vigo
Chaves
Portugal
Honor For St Xavier Sister in Maryland College Conferment
In Emmittsburg Maryland on June 15St Josephs College awarded Literarum Humanorum Doctor to Sister M Antonio of St Xavier College Beatty Pennsylvania Known as Mercedes in literary circles the honor recognizes her work in morals and religion
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St. Xavier
Emmittsburg
St. Joseph's College
M .Antonio
St. Xavier College
Beatty
Seventy Five Smugglers Arrested On U S Mexico Border
Seventy five alleged smugglers mostly Mexican women were arrested last night while attempting to cross the border with thousands of dollars in loot from Tijuana. They are detained at the American camp on the border.
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San Diego
Cal
Tijuana
Unsettled Weather to Hit West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia faces an unsettled period with warmer temperatures Friday and Saturday likely showers. Virginia shares unsettled conditions with rising interior temperatures and possible showers Saturday in western portions, accompanied by light to moderate variable winds.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Field Day for Opponents to Reciprocity
Washington June 15 The second day of debate on the Canadian reciprocity bill proved a field day for opponents. Led by Senator Knute Nelson several senators participated in a running debate as closing period of his address. Senator Penrose in charge felt the atmosphere cleared and general debate would not be as long as predicted. Nelson was radically antagonistic and occupied the floor most of the day. A spirited Republican debate arose over the Root amendment on paper and wood pulp with Lodge Clark and Smoot arguing the amendment restored treaty terms.
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Washington
Knute Nelson
Penrose
Nelson
Lodge
Clark
Wyoming
Smoot
Congress
Mexico Will Also Get After the Trusts
Chihuahua June 15 American property valued at around a million dollars faces new Mexican reforms. Governor Abrams Gonzales announced that foreign concessions deemed monopolies would not be extended or renewed and efforts would curb foreign monopolies in Chihuahua. He warned that Americans, British, and Germans hold major stakes as the Diaz era ends.
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Chihuahua
Mex
Mexico
Abrams Gonzales
Gonzales
Mining Engineers Sail for Europe on Saturday
A five member committee of leading mining engineers headed by George 8 Rice will depart New York on Saturday to study European safeguards against mining accidents and coal bed working. They will visit England Belgium France and Germany for two months and file individual reports to their companies and a general report to the Bureau of Mines. The team includes Erskine Rameey A B Jessup H M Warren and John Bart representing major coal interests.
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Washington
George 8. Rice
Federal Bureau of Mines
New York
England
Belgium
France
Germany
Bureau of Mines
Rice
Erskine Rameey
Birmingham
Ala
A. B. Jessup
Wilkesbarre
H. M. Warren
Scranton
John Bart
Wondber, Pa
Fire devastates manufacturing district in St Louis losses exceed million
A large fire in St Louis tonight swept four blocks along the terminal railroad yards in the southwestern city area. Losses are conservatively estimated at more than one million dollars, with several factories including Huttis Saeh and beer Co, Fathman Miller Planing Mill Co, Missouri Stair Co, Koken Iron Works, and Mound City Box Co significantly damaged or destroyed.
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St. Louis
Huttis Saeh and Beer Co
Fathman & Miller Planing Mill Co
Missouri Stair Co
Koken Iron Works
Mound City Box Co
Democratic Leaders Address Harrisburg Mass Meeting
Speaker Champ Clark and Gov. Woodrow Wilson spoke at the largest Democratic gathering in central Pennsylvania in years. The event closed a session to organize the Pennsylvania Federation of Democratic clubs in Harrisburg, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, June 15.
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Wilson
Clark
Harrisburg
Champ Clark
National
House of Representatives
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Vennsylvania Federation of Democratic Clubs
Explosion at Blair Joseph mine kills and injures several
Goldfield reports a deadly blast at the Mary mine in Blair. The Pittsburg Silver Peak Mining Co. owns the property and communication with the site is difficult as news lists multiple fatalities including Joseph Besto. Further details are scarce.
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Goldfield
Mary
Blair
Joseph Besto
Pittsburg
Silver Peak Mining Co
Advertising Controversy Spurs City Chamber Meeting
The Bluefield chamber of commerce held a well attended session led by President French. Members debated an unfair Chicago Record article labeling Bluefield as the Port of Missing Men and a murder syndicate, appointing a committee to respond publicly.
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Chamber of Commerce
French
Sam’ Kuhn
Appalachian Power Company
Chicago Record
Simpson
Bluefield
Ellison
Chamber
J. B. Pearson
H. J. Shott
Board of Directors
BE. H. Bailey
P. J. Kelly
Weastern Union
W. DP. Hawley
Turver
Southern Express Company
J. T. Thornton
J. W. Ruff
Cairo
Iil
Norfolk
Transportation Committee
Child Fatally Burned at Play in Chicago Bonfire
Helen Den imark, five, died in Chicago after being drawn into a bonfire while playing rag around the roses with about six other children. The accident occurred as the children circled the flames and failed to immediately rescue her.
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Chicago
Helen Denimark
Helen
Kansas Supreme Court bans Standard Oil subsidiaries merger
Topeka Kansas June 15 The Kansas supreme court ruled in the states suit against three subsidiaries of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey prohibiting them from combining to stifle competition.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
How Sugar Interests Formed and American Sugar Refining Rise
Washington reports the House sugar investigating committee explored how sugar interests organized in early forms and how the American Sugar Refining Company grew to prominence. Lowell M. Palmer, former director and traffic head, testified as a key witness while Joseph F. Smith of the Mormon Church was ordered to appear next week.
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Washington
American Sugar Refining Company
House Sugar Investigating Committee
Joseph F. Smith
Lowell M. Palmer
American Sugar Refinines Co
Postmaster General Expands Postal Savings Banks
Postmaster General Hitchcock designates fifty more postal savings banks bringing the total to 700. The list includes Redwood in West Virginia as one of the newly named offices.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Redwood
W. Va
Passing of Famous Gambling House in Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs formally takes possession of Richard A. Canfield's renowned club house once famed as America’s greatest gambling palace. Canfield paid 500 000 dollars for the property plus 250 000 for furnishings. after removal of the furnishings the village acquired the grounds for 150 000. The grounds will become a free park and the club house will host a free casino and reading rooms.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Saratoga Springs
Richard A. Canfield
Canfield
America
Tee
Texas Sheriff Seeks Norton Editor in Forgery Case
Norton Virginia June 15 Special John M Branch deputy sheriff Wise county Texas arrived by train to pursue a forger jailed here last Saturday Deputy Branch will return to Wise to identify WL Duckworth and W KK King who planned to publish a Norton daily newspaper and was arrested for forgery alleged in Texas Details suggest the Texas authorities believe the correct man is being held in Wise County pending return of papers
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Norton
John M. Branch
Wise County
Texas
Louisville and Nashville
Wisin
Duckworth
Ales W. KK
King
Sheriff Branch
Manu
Wise
Progressive Democrats Plan Pennsylvania Reorganization Conference
Several hundred Democrats gathered in Harrisburg to form a federation of clubs and recruit youth for party reorganization. Speakers include Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey and Speaker Champ Clark as national figures, with the event aiming to bolster efforts against Guffey adherents ahead of next month’s state committee meeting.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Democratic State Committee
Weigt
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Champ Clark
Storm Ravages Trieste Harbor Killing Dozens
A hurricane strength storm last night caused many deaths and heavy property damage especially to ships. Early today twenty bodies were recovered at Trieste and fear grows for fishing smacks at sea with forty sailors missing after the gale.
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Trieste
Austra
Virginia Bankers Open Three Day Session in Hot Springs
The annual convention of the Virginia Bankers Association opened in Hot Springs Virginia with several hundred bankers and financiers from across the state attending the three day session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Bankers
Hot Springs
Virginia Bankers’ Association
Bluefield Education Meeting Draws Record Social Attendance
Association meeting draws around a thousand for a reception at Bluefield High School hosted by teachers, the board of education, and local business leaders. West Virginia Educational Association sessions feature talks on industrial training and national efficiency with speakers from the University of West Virginia and Salem College.
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Bluefield
Waitean Barbe
Board of Education
Harry Kleiman
Ford
B&b. W. Moore
M. PP. Shawkey
Association
J. N. Deahl
University of West Virginia
Ile
Deahl
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Mike Wire
Morelos
Los Angeles
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Europe
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CIPY
Canfeld
Texas Sheriff
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Young Wen
C. W. Waggoner
United States
Kneeland
Ife
Waggoner
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Pres Dent
Salem College
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