McCarren Is Unseated at New York Democratic Convention
State Senator Patrick H. McCarren loses his seat as a delegate at Carnegie Hall after a two day credential fight. He vows to carry his fight to the Denver convention amid tense scenes while Dird Coler replaces him as Kings County’s delegate. The hall erupts with cheers and derision as the factional clash unfolds before a lengthy roll call and party platform discussions.
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New York
Patrick H. McCarren
Kings County Democracy
Carnegie Hall
Denver
Committee On Credentials
Tammany
McCarren
Dird
Coler
Weather brief with prices at local firms
Friday forecast calls for fair and warmer weather. The notice advertises pricing on items at the Pump Factory and Grafton Wood Working Co with offers to supply goods and signals. manager 0 G Augir is listed.
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Grafton Wood Working Co
Augir
County Court to Sue Unpaid Bridge Subscriptions
The county court ordered the prosecuting attorney to sue all subscribers who have not paid for the West Grafton to South Side bridge. Subscriptions ranged 500 to 1000 dollars, with some still unpaid, though the public benefit is clear and built with private funds. The casino program tonight features Dunston and Leslie in a sketch and Ben Dawson with moving pictures, amid floral plans for June memorial decorations at Bluemont and national cemeteries.
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West Grafton
South Side
Dunston
Leslie
Ben Dawson
Ord Weaver
Wil
Bluemont
Grafton
Taft Leads in Big Race Across States
Reports from Washington suggest Taft will widen his lead for the presidential nomination as state and district Republican conventions convene. Minnesota's four at large delegates will be chosen in Minneapolis, likely instructed for Taft. Massachusetts Sixth District convention in Salem features a bitter battle between Taft delegates and anti instruction candidates. New York Batavia convention in the Thirty-fourth district may give Governor Hughes two delegates, while Speaker Cannon gains two from the Thirteenth Tennessee district.
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Washington
Taft
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Massachusetts
Salem
Delecatee
Chicago
Hughes
Thirty-fourth
New York
Batavia
Cannon
To Roller Skate From Atlantic to Golden Gate
Washington D C April 16 a bill aims to convert the third parallel of latitude into a government built roller skating highway from the Atlantic to the Golden Gate via New Bern North Carolina with electric lights police protection and garden city borders to uphold the eight hour law mock inquests by old timers labeled the most remarkable legislative contrivance yet seen in congressional curiosity cabinets Speaker Bourke Cochran of New York introduced the measure and kept the authorship a secret
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Washington, D. C
United States
Blue Atlantic
Golden Gate
New Bern
N. C
Bourke Cochran
New York
Robbed Postoffice at Ineger West Virginia
Thieves entered the local postoffice in Ineger West Virginia and stole stamps money and jewelry valued at a couple hundred dollars. No clue has been found to the robbers.
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Ineger
W. Va
Postofice
Assembly Meet Tonight Trades Union Forming New Central Assembly
A big trades meeting of the Grafton Central Trades and Labor Assembly is set for this evening in the carpenters hall. The group will adopt a constitution and by laws, install the chartered council, and hear reports from the committee. Thomas H Flynn of the American Federation of Labor will attend to formally install the new branch ahead of Labor Day. About 20 trades unions are expected to be represented with plans for a big Labor Day observance.
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Grafton Central Trades & Labor Assembly
Carpenters
Thomas H. Flynn
Rederation of Labor
Central Assembly
National Federation
Miners and Operators Fail to Reach Resumption Deal
In Toledo Ohio April 16 coal field talks end without agreement as scale committee drops proposed return to work after divisions among Ohio Indiana miners and Pennsylvania operators. No official statement issued yet but preferred peace and business revival appear unlikely this time.
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Lewis
Toledo
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania
Ohio & Indiana
Men to Face Fire From Heavy Guns
Norfolk VA April 16 Indications are that men will be aboard the Florida when it is exposed to heavy 12 inch gun fire in two to three weeks. A sighting tower 60 70 feet high is being built from the stern to observe damage. Volunteers may man the tower. A 12 inch gun from the turret is replaced by a stub fired at, with armor and bulkheads added to prevent sinking if struck below the water line.
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Norfolk
Florida
Monitor
Noted West Virginia Lawyer C Wood Dailey Dies at 59
C Wood Dailey of Mikins aged 59 and a leading Western Maryland and Coal & Coke railroads counsel died at his Elkins home at midnight after a week long paralysis illness. A Keyser native, he served in the Mineral county house of delegates and as prosecuting attorney, later building a large Elkins practice with ties to the supreme court. He leaves a widow, a son Garrison, and two daughters Eleanor and Mrs Arnold Gerstell. Funeral services will be held in Elkins Saturday.
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Mikins
Elkins
Tailey
Girard
Philadelphia
Keyser
Mineral County
House of Delegates
Maryland
Coal & Coke
Supreme Court of Appeals
Charleston
Presbyterian Church
Hillins
Dailey
Robert Dailey
Daite
Romney
W. Va
Garrison
Randolph Coun
Eleanor Daley
Arnold Gerstell
Accused Man Drops Dead in Philadelphia
Herbert B. Heyl, longtime actuary and treasurer of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, collapsed at his West Philadelphia home after reading a newspaper report alleging embezzlement of more than $12,000. He died shortly after and a coroner's post mortem was requested. a warrant for his arrest had been prepared amid a transition to a new bookkeeping system.
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Philaaelphia
Franklin Institute
Herbert B. Heyl
West Philadelphia
Heyl
Fey
Heyed
Franklin Institute and
Bomb Found Under Kingwood Engineer’s House
In New Martinsville on April 16 an apparently dynamite bomb was found beneath the home of Charles Roberts, a Philadelphia Gas Co. pump station engineer at Kingwood, 14 miles away. Roberts had earlier received a threatening letter claiming retribution if he did not leave by Tuesday night. Deputy Sheriff J. W. Carpenter and six guards watched the pumphouse overnight to prevent destruction. The Black Hand is suspected as the source, but no money demands have been made. County officers will lead an investigation.
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New Martinsville
Charles Roberts
Philadelphia Gas Co
Kingwood
Roberts
J. W Carpenter
Three Boys Escape State Reform School in Pruntytown
Three incorrigible youths Benton Amos Ben Plum and Wiley Yelle escaped from Pruntytown State Reform School after midnight breaking from cells and donning civilian clothes from the tailor shop They robbed Keeners store taking tobacco but nothing else of value Detectives offered rewards of 50 25 and 10 dollars for Amos Plum and Yelle respectively Officials search to recapture the trio with bloodhounds not used due to late discovery
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State Reform School
Pruntytown
Benton Amos
Ben Plum
Wdley Yelle
Reformatory
Keener
Yelle
Plum
Grafton
Amos
Charleston
Flesher
Inds Ac
Reform School
Engagements Must Be Made in Writing
Rome April 15 Catholic instruction announces engagements must be in writing and marriages by Protestant clergy or magistrates invalid under new rules read from Catholic pulpits at Easter. Only agreements signed by both parties and a priest or two witnesses are valid. The papal mandate requires betrothals and weddings before a parish priest or authorized official with at least two witnesses.
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Rome
Ptomaine Poisoning Claims Girl From Dump Candy
In Wheeling on April 16 Martha Mc Pharland seven years old daughter of Phil McPharland picked up candy near her home from a dump and is suffering ptomaine poisoning. She may not recover.
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Wheeling
Martha McPharland
Phil McPharland
Aldrich Bill May Pass In House Caucus Set For Thursday
Wheeling April 16 Dave Dinger House of Representatives clerk reports the Aldrich bill will pass the house after previously clearing the senate. Indications show financial legislation at the current session with a Republican caucus Thursday night to decide the fate of the measure led by Representative Burton of Ohio.
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Wheeling
Aldrich
House
Dave Dinger
House of Representatives
Washington
Senate
Washington City
Burton
Ohio
Banking and Currency Commission
Shipping Bones Return to China From San Francisco
Vessels leaving San Francisco for Chinese ports will carry back bones of departed Chinese in coming weeks. The annual spring graveside excavation of Celestials is underway on the Pacific coast as corpse agencies busy themselves with wiring, labeling and casketing the bones for shipment to relatives in China. Chinese belief holds souls cannot enter Paradise until bodies are buried in the fatherland, a motive for this profitable trans-Pacific business and strict bone completeness at entry.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
trans-Pacific Steamship Companies
China
Julia Marlowe Stricken With Mental Breakdowns
New York on April 16 actress Julia Marlowe has had a nervous breakdown following the Karl Von Bermann divorce case and is isolated at the Hotel Plaza. She is hoped to recover to fulfill her engagement at the Coliseum Rink for a trick and fancy skaters exhibit in Atlantic City tonight at 9:00 o'clock. Admission is 10 cents. Doctor Ivell says the attack is serious but Marlowe’s plan to appear remains in doubt.
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New York
Karl von Bermann
Julia Marlowe
Hotle Plaza
Atlantic City
Will Theatre
Coliseum
Iwell
Miss Marlowe
Johnstone
Jentio and
Patterson
Man Held in B & O Robbery Case at Clarksburg
Goff Turner is held on a charge of robbing a Baltimore and Ohio box car in Clarksburg. A preliminary hearing is expected tomorrow unless he waives it after an alleged confession. Also advertised is a call for women to canvass Grafton and nearby towns, with details at The Daily Sentinel office.
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Clarksburg
Goff
Grafton
Daily
Sentinel Office
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Bio
Central Trades and Labor Council
Carpentrs' Hall
Lunteer
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Republican County Executive Committee
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G. H. Brownfield
C. L. Musgrave
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David P. John
William Webster
Orient
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