Banker's wife sells her jewels in plea for clemency
Mrs. Charles W. Morse, wife of the former "ice king" serving a 15 year term for wrecking the Bank of North America, says she has sold jewels mortgaged the home and sacrificed everything to prove her husband innocent. She claims more than five of seven million debts have been paid and that bond release would allow full payment. She alleges government officials aim to ruin him and his enterprises and longs to be with him in prison.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Bank of North America
Morse
Mrs. Morse
Etrore Ferratta Aan Inventor From Roanoke In Mexico Auto Venture
Roanoke Va May 22 Et tore Ferratta has kept busy since leaving Roanoke Involved in several enterprises in Mexico in the auto mobile business and credited with inventing a self winding watch He plans to seek a patent in Washington and believes he could reap a windfall if the watch enters the market He remains in jail awaiting a hearing likely early next week with Judge N H Hairston as counsel and vows a vigorous defense while claim ing he is a victim of financial reverses and not dishonest He appears thinner but sociable and gains admiration from fellow inmates.
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Roanoke
Ettore Ferratta
City of
Mexico
Washington
Ferratta
N. H. Hairston
Defacer of Currency Captured After Long Manhunt
William alias Floyd Counts, sought for defacing currency, was captured by Deputy U S Marshal Dan W. Cunningham. Counts had been living among Mountaineers near Clinch River, Virginia, after fleeing a $1,000 bond and circulating altered notes in Montgomery area. He was traced from Clintwood to Coeburn and Wise County, then transported over rugged mountain trails with a 12 year old boy guiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
United States
Matshal
Dan W. Cunningham
Big Sandy Mountain
Louisa River
Clinch River
Dickenson County
Virginia
William
Floyd Counts
Clinch River Country
Counts
Marshal Bummers
E. Wright
United Sta Treasury Department
Thurmond
Montgomery
Federal Grand Jury
Huntington
M. J. Colley
Clintwood
Rev Hawk Returns From Tennessee Trip After Grandfather's Death
Reverend D. B. Hawk returned from Blountville Tennessee where he was summoned by the death of his grandfather Da VM Akard. The report notes the funeral arrangements and Hawk's immediate return to duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. BE. Hawk Han
Blountville, Tenn
Davm Akard
Former Bluefielders Report Caldwell Serious Illness
Tl Williamson Enterprise states W L Caldwell is seriously ill at his west Bluefield home. Dra York and Shelton operated to remove an ear abscess yesterday. Caldwell tolerated the procedure well and should soon recover. His brother R E Caliwell from Bluefield is staying with him this week.
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Williamson Enterprise
W. L. Caldwell
Dra
York
Shelton
Financier Rogers Leaves Four Million to Each Child
New York May 22. It was learned today that SH H Rogers five weeks before his death gave four million dollars to each of his four children totaling sixteen million. Last rites were spoken in the morning at the Unitarian Memorial church. Hundreds of school children filed past his bier. Burial followed in the family tomb at Riverside cemetery Fairhaven Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
SH. H. Rogers
Rogers
Unitarian Memorial Church
Riverside Cemetery
Fairhaven
Mass
Taft predicts Senate to start night sessions next week
President Taft foresees quick tariff passage and a June 20 adjournment as Senate Republican leaders push for night sessions to speed the measure. The move comes after dissatisfaction with current progress.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Senate
Quarterly Meeting at Graham Virginia Held This Week
The regular quarterly meeting for Graham station Methodlutehareh in Graham Virginia is held today and tomorrow. Rev. Chas W Kelly of Tazewell presiding.
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Graham Station
Methodlutehareh
Beng
Chas. W. Kelly
Tazewell
First Arrest Under New Law In Raleigh
Lorenzio Forresti an Italian resident of Giotto was arrested this afternoon for carrying a concealed revolver in Raleigh street. Officers Callaway and Howell made the arrest. he was fined 200 or jailed six months. He will be taken to Princeton to be tried under the Johnson pistol law. The incident marks the first arrest under the new statute.
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Por
Lorenzio Forresti
Giotto
Raleigh
Callaway
Howell
Recorder Crockett
Princeton
Jury Awards $2200 in Blackberry Case at Princeton
In Princeton circuit court yesterday the jury found for the plaintiff in the case Elilon versus Flat Top Grocery Co. known as the blackberry case. The award total was $2,200 for a dispute over the purchase of 19,000 crates of blackberries. the suit sought about $2,700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Elilon Ve. Flat Top Grocery Co
Palmer Death Claims Palmer’s Grandchild In Lynchburg
Mrs W F Walmer and kin have returned from Lynchburg after the death of the little son of Mr and Mrs BE L Palmer He was the couple’s only grandchild The notice also mentions the death of Mrs Alice Fish at St Luke's hospital and lists other local names and places connected to the funerals
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W. F. Walmer
Con
Kart
Lynchbure
BE. L. Palmer
W. F Palmer
Local visitors and travel notes from city headlines
Several residents and visitors are listed with brief moves and trips. J J Coxe of Boo vurn Va and C M Kaylor of Norfolk travel business duties, A D Hammon heads to Philadelphia, W J Updyke Jr travels to Roanoke, and James Browning of Honaker visits. Lucius J Hall returns from Bramwell, while Dr Nathan Hartagok and Settle of Honaker stay briefly. Mrs BE Suddeth leaves Pikeville for home. Mrs W R Graham of Pocahontas and Joe Cecil of Monroe visit family in city. Mayor John M Smith hosts guests. Judge W R Bennett seeks pistol license in Fayette Circuit.
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J. J. Coxe
Boovurn
C. M. Kaylor
Norfolk
Bluefield
Bramwell
Nathan Hartagok
Settle
Honaker
J. Ky Keystone
Robert L. Longworth
Norfolk House
Becker
G. P. Johneone
Norfolk & Western Railway
Stahlmann
Parkersburg
Knights Templar
W. R. Bennett
Fayette
Bennett
Church Notices From Calvary and Fellow Churches
A compact listing of Sunday and midweek services across Calvary Baptist First Baptist Christian and other local churches. It notes service times morning and evening preaching Sunday school hours and cordial invitations to all parishioners and visitors including announcements of new members and a rummage sale by Ladies Aid Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Ghack Methodist Church
J. H. Hicksuperiate
Savoneenool Ar Yosu A. mm
Ladies Aid Society
Bland Street
Dynamiting Italians Reported Killing Fish Near Mullins
Charleston May 22. Two Italians blown to pieces while exploding dynamite on a cover nest three miles from Mullins near the Raleigh Wyoming county line on the Guyan river. Deputy U S Marshal Cunningham cites illegal fishing and hunting by foreign workers, with game wardens often not regaining control. Pollution from coal mines endangers Bluestone river fish. state warden contact remains unanswered.
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Mullins
Guyan River
Charleston
W. Va
Deepwater
Raleigh-Wyoming County
Den
United States
Dan W. Cunningham
Jack Mulling
Guyan
Marshall Cunningham
Bluestone
McDowell
Mercer
Cunningham
Laow
Virginian Announces Wholesale Executions Begin Train Service
The Virginian will start a new service on a Wattway line between West Virginia and Roanoke, with the first train scheduled for Sunday May 23. Virginian equipment will be moved by Chesapeake and Ohio to Deepwater Virginian terminus where the Roanoke train will be formed. A general revision of the C and O passenger schedule takes effect June 20.
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West Virginia
Ata‘fons
Roanoke
St. Albans
Chessapeake and
Ohe Railway
Deepwater
Forbid Sale of Coffin Nails In Springfield
Springfield Illinois May 22 The cigarette bill to ban sale or manufacture of cigarettes with paper wrappers and to restrict minors under eighteen from smoking the coffin nail passed the senate 89 to 2. Penalties include fines from 50 to 100 dollars and imprisonment one to thirteen days for first offense, 100 to 500 dollars and ten days to all months for subsequent offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Senate
Hard Work and Little Brains
Oscar G Murray, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co., celebrated his sixty second birthday in New York yesterday. He credited his success to good hard work and a small amount of brains in response to congratulatory remarks from friends nationwide.
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Baltimore, Md
Oscar G Murray
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
New York
Put Up Awnings Hats Can't Pass In Wheeling
Wheeling West Virginia May 22 A city council member urged the board of public works to measure street awnings and raise them if needed after complaints that low hanging awnings spoil the fashion in hats this season The effort comes as Col J H Devore notes the new city charter denies women the right to vote and pleads for fair treatment for the fair sex in local policy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
J H. Devore
Board of Public Works
Fiat
Merry Widows
Coronel
Tornado sweeps Texas damages Ellis county Italy
A tornado swept the southern part of Ellis county last night causing extensive crop and property damage. Part of the town of Italy was blown away. Residents fled to safety in several locations as the storm approached.
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Daling
Texan
Ellis County
Italy
Forty Die as Dutch Killings Shock Sumatra Battle
Amsterdam reports that forty natives were killed by Dutch troops in a battle at Padang, Sumatra. The clash followed a refusal to pay new taxes, sparking the trouble.
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Sumatra
Amsterdam
Padang
Death of Benjamin Franklin Petree From Wand County Virginia
Benjamin Franklin Petree aged 70 died at his home in Point Pleasant Wand county Virginia Tuesday evening He was a leading citizen of the county His wife was a sister of Mrs Mary K B Johnston of Princeton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin Petree
Point Pleasant
Wand County
Little Oscar Eaton Funeral Held This Afternoon
The funeral of Oscar Eaton, youngest son of Henry Eaton of Raleigh Street, took place this afternoon at 3:20. The service was conducted by Hevs, W. A. Pearson, and H. Thompson officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Oscar Eaton
Henry Eaton
Raleigh Street
O’rlack
Hevs
W. A. Pearson
H. Thompson
Bluefield Commandery No 19 Returns From Parkersburg
Bluefield Commandery No 19, Kept, returned last night on a special Pullman from Parkersburg after attending the grand commandery of West Virginia. Dr Luther Hale Clark was elected grand standard bearer. A large party accompanied the delegation and Parkersburg enjoyed a grand parade of Knights and Knights Templar.
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Bluefield Commandery No. 19
Ke T
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Bluefeld Commandery
F. Z. Brown
Ernest Burks
C. HW. Hancock
A. Lb. Imack
AL Anderson
HH. Winheppard
W. P. Hannom
R. Waa
McCatlock
BE. L. Bailey
Angel
Wm. Manders
Mrs. Collider
Bewen
CH Gondy
C. O.talibmann
Parkereburg
Thore
Virginia
Dresand
Parkers. Org
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Guayama
Wrowans
J. H. Newberry
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Bt. Luke's Tal
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Calvary Baptist Church
Mr. Jenks
C. B. Fink
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Pheshy' Nea Church
Lutheran Church Services
C. Rw.keeley
Bluestone River
Virginian
Mohammed
Wheeling Council
Texas
B. FP. Petree
Washington, D. C
Moana
Constantinople
Meheamed V
Turkey
Atana
Avana
Bluefield Commandery
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