Exonerate Wiley Of Conspiracy Charge In Agriculture Probe
The House committee found Dr. Harvey Wiley innocent of conspiracy in the Wiley McCabe case and urged broader authority for the Bureau of Chemistry in pure food law enforcement. It called for reform of the Remsen referee board and greater Congressional definition of board powers. The panel approved some actions by President Roosevelt and Secretary Wilson while sparing McCabe, and urged Congress to refine administration of the laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, BB. c
Harvey Wee
H. H. Busby
Remsen
House
Wiley-McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
George P. McCabe
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Wilson
McCabe
Congress
Remsen Board
Remsen Referee Board
Roosevelt
Dr. Wiley
Benwate of Son
Secretary of Agriculture
Mn Kenneidy
House Committee
Pure Food and Drug Inspection Board
MetCuhe
Davinp
Ctecs
Baccau of Chemistry
Wiley-Mc-Cabe
Busby
Richmond letter from Mrs J Taylor Ellyson on woman suffrage opposition
A Virginia woman’s letter to Senator Featherston argues against woman suffrage. Mrs. J Taylor Ellyson, wife of Lieutenant Governor Ellyson, contends women should remain superior to men and critiques suffragists while recounting her active civic work and long involvement in politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
J. Taylor Ellyson
Richmond
H.C. Featherston
Lynchburg
Ellyson
H. ©. Featherston
Featherston
Key West Road Opens The Railroad Over The Sea
The Florida East Coast Railway opened today linking Key West with the mainland in a 156 mile line hailed as a major engineering feat. Representatives from nearly a dozen countries and the Fifth Division Atlantic Fleet attended, invited by President Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West Road
Key West
Fla
Florida East Coast Railway
United States Navy
Elieats
Taft
Strike Leader Says State Aid Not Proper Mediation
Lawrence Massachusetts special report quotes strike leader Joseph J Etter decrying state involvement in settling labor disputes. He notes troops and bayonets used to intimidate strikers and rejects official arbitration. The piece mentions strikers seeking aid from city and state, with city aid limited by five year residence rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Mass
Joseph J. Etter
Six Firemen Hurt In New York Incident
Six firemen were injured early today when a blaze swept Progress Assembly Hall at 2839 Avenue A in a crowded tenement district. The injured were knocked from a fire escape by dense smoke. none died, and many families were driven from their homes.
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New York
sSix
Progress Assembly Hall
Avenue A
Pantie
Danish Minister to tour South after Southern Congress
Minister Egan of Denmark will attend the fourth world convention of the Southern Commercial Congress in Nashville from April 8 to 10. He will tour ten Southern states teaching Denmark s cooperative dairying system, visiting Kentucky Missouri Arkansas Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Florida Georgia South Carolina and Virginia. He is due in Virginia May 8 and 9 with meetings arranged by Commissioner Kolner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Southern Commercial Congress
Nashville
Egan
Denmark
South
Kentucky
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiane
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Agriculture Kolner
McFarland hints at new information on Elsie Coe case
Dr W D McFarland of Bristol declares before leaving for Pittsburg that he can reveal more about Miss Elsie Coe death. He defends his innocence, challenges investigators, and says revealing details would implicate a close friend and devout believer. He vows to face any consequence to prove his innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol, Tenn
Pittsburg
Taft Witnesses Yale Fire During Chapel Visit
President Taft attended services at Yale Chapel when a fire broke out in the rooms of students M. Reynolds and A. Sherman in Connecticut Hall dormitory. Firemen, aided by tainted crowds, confined the blaze with damage estimated at 3000 dollars before it spread. Taft and President Hadley observed from the campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Taft
Yale Chapel
M. Reynolds
A. JL. Sherman
Connecticut Hall
University
Hadley
Ice gorge breaks up sinks Louisville river vessels
A large ice gorge on the Ohio River at Louisville broke up today sinking a score of coal barges and small boats. The loss to vessels and cargoes is expected to exceed $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee Gorge
Louisville
Ohio River
Airship to Carry Twenty to Chicago from Berlin
Special report notes Parseval Company in Berlin to build an air ship capable of carrying twenty passengers. The craft will be sent to Chicago early in the spring for display and potential use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
Parseval Company
Berlin
Germany
Chicago
New York
Horace B. Wild
Chicago Aero Club
Imperial Aero Club of Berlin
Convict Labor Contracts Stir Debate During Royal U S Visit
A fragmented 1913 report notes tensions over convict labor contracts as royal figures visit New York. It cites the Free Labor Association opposing prison labor while detailing public works and lease systems, and lists convict labor sites and notable directors connected to the industry. The text then shifts to a collision involving the Louis H. Harahan train No. 3, describing the wreck, rescue efforts, and casualties.
Morse Released From Atlanta Pen
Charles W. Morse, the New York banker jailed for violating banking laws, was freed under commutation. His wife arrived at 5:15 PM in Atlanta, met by Mrs. Fred Seeley, and rushed to Fort McPherson Hospital where Morse, ill but improved, received the official papers. The reunion with his sister Jennie Morse was quiet and emotional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Charles W. Morse
New York
Morse
Fred Seeley
Atlanta Georcian
Post Hospital
Fort McPherson
Jennie Morse
Prinuner
Prison Trust and Convict Labor Debate in Virginia
Richmond reports on a New York pamphlet critiquing the Reliance-Sterling Prison Contract Trust. It lists eleven prisons under contract and discusses the convict labor system, its economic impact, and union opposition to using convict-produced goods to drive down wages and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Reliance-Sterling Manufacturing Company
Chivauge
New York
Hellance-Steriing Manufacturing Company
Ethelbert Stewart
New Encyclopedia of Social Reform
Bunk & Wagnalls Company
N. Y
National Free Labor Association
Broadway
United States
Sleeping Officials Killed in Wreck at Linwoody Station
Special. James T. Harahan former president of Hilneis Central Ball oom and three other men killed in a Rhinus Central wreck at Linmundy Illinois after midnight. Injured include N Vert, J Stuart, and Jesse Gilbert of Champaign with various injuries. Harahan's train No. 25 had just arrived at Linmundy station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Harahan
Harahan
Pierce
of and
W Railroad
Centralia
Chicago
Bostonsand Providence Railroad
Boston
Lowell
Mass
Thomas Busby
Rock Island
Little Rock
Arkinvton Curry
Melcher
Francis
Hubert
Robert Stuart
May Edie
Panama
Centrala
Kinmunds
Hock Istand
I N. Vert
Champaign
Hk. J. Stuart
Jesse Gilbert
Linmundy
Demand Release of Englishman Ham Held in Mexico City
The British Ambassador in Mexico City formally demanded the release of George W. Ham, a banker, held in Hatem prison for over two years over financial dealings that bankrupt Mexico’s Packing Company meat trust. Ham claims a hearing was never granted and was imprisoned without ceremony.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico City
George W. Ham
Hatem
Ham
Mexican Packing Company
Mexico
Literary man defends his success in marriage tale
A silent literary figure speaks up claiming real success in life, saying a businessman may stay married by leaving work early, but he has worked at home for thirty years and still has the same wife, according to a judge's remark.
Cutter Rescues Crew from Sinking Ship
Four crew members clung to the rigging of the three masted schooner Harry Prescott after it sank on Diamond Shoals. The revenue Cutter Kreen rescued them after more than thirty hours and took them to Wilmington, Delaware. The rescu e came as a wind shift made the rescue possible.
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Norfolk
Harry Prescott
Diamond Shoals
Kreen
Wilmington
D. Co
Massachusetts death sentence clemency debated in two cases
Boston report notes Governor and executive council may commute sentences of Silas Phelps and Clarence V. T. Richeson, both involved in murders. If either or both are commuted, observers believe capital punishment could end in Massachusetts. The piece hints at broader theatrical industry beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Governor Pass
Executive Council
Silas Phelps
Sherri
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Massachusetts
Phelps Richeson
Duty and Social Secre tary in the Study
A gentleman asks if the woman at the desk is his wife’s social secretary and she confirms she is to fill Mrs. Blirrup’s role in social details. He notes she does not come downstairs often and usually kisses him goodbye before leaving for the office.
The Parson Was g¢ Bachelor
In a playful sermon that morning a baby is described as a new wave on the ocean of life. A passerby relates the remark to poetic a fresh squall as a better fit.
Creation of a Virginia State Department of Game
A bill introduced in the Virginia General Assembly proposes a State department of game with a commissioner and wardens. It sets a four year term from July 1, 1912, payrolls for the commissioner and staff, powers over enforcement, license requirements, and revenue to fund the department, with penalties for violations and repeals of conflicting laws.
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Richmond
State Department of Game
General Assembly
Committee On General Laws
General Assembly of
Virginia
Richmont
United States
Game
Commissioner of Game
Commonwealth
Gevarmen
Hustings
Corporation Court of Neilies
Gem
Cami
Tir
Guam
Justice of Sthm
Virginia Banking Reform Drive Forming League
Announcement from Lynchburg Virginia that a state branch of the National Citizens League for banking reform is forming W Gratton Price of Harrisonburg named secretary He will travel the state to promote reform and organize officers The league aims for non political cooperation among merchants manufacturers bankers and farmers to secure currency and credit reforms to ease money tightness and panics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Virginia
National Citizens’ League For
W. Gratton Price
Harrisonburg
Virginia League
Price
Rockingham National Bank
Rockingham County
George S. Keezell
Cyclone
Jim Marshall
Marshall Price
Alderman
University of Virginia
Willeller
NavlonslehHisens’ Leveue
Chichitu
John Vo Farwell
J. Lawrence Laughtry
Corres
Ankig
Bs .Uizca
W. Jett Lauck
Washingwn and Lee University
Dent Physician Finds Two Hearts in Patient
In Rochester New York special John Dent at General Hospital during an operation discovered two hearts in a patient making medical history. Doctors prepared to confirm details and potential implications of the discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
John Dent
General Hospital
Physi
No Wonder Mrs Given I Miss the Child in My Arm
Poem fragment invoking heredity and motherhood. Narrator recalls a woman, Mia Yother, and a life cycle from youth to motherhood. The piece contrasts beauty and toil, ends with reverent praise for motherhood as sacred through the speaker’s newborn grandchild.
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Wiley and Associates
Virdinen Dairy
ANOUT
Denmari
Yale
Eblazal
Tile Piremen
Princess Patricia of Connaught
Duchess of Connaught
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Amon
Free Labor Association
Hkcht
Mooner
Tee Industries
Milton FB. Goodman
Associated Jewish Charities of Chicago
International Prison Congress
Ward H. Watson
Appellate Court of
Indiana
Providence County
Jnll
Rhode Island
State Prison
Wethersfield
Lancaster
Neb
Platte Shirt Company
Eddyville
Illinois Penitentiary
Joliet
Illinois Reformatory
Pontiac
State Penitentiary
Sioux Falls
Great Prison
Reliance - Sterling Manufacturing Company
James T. Harrahan
Eldridge Wright
F. C. Melcher
T. D. Pierce
Chicago News
Kats
Krazy Kats
Kosy Horner
Mompiam
Gardner Weeks
Harpe Weekly
Rome
Mabel Stevens Freer
Ainslee
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