Fisher sues Blythe and Carr for $300000 in damages
George E. Fisher, promoter linked to Richmond trolley mergers and the Southern Textile deal, sues Peter H. Carr Ashby Blythe and others in Philadelphia court for false arrest and financial losses. He alleges Blythe obtained a warrant, led to his arrest on grand larceny charges, and caused $300000 in direct losses plus $200000 in compromised securities and $30000 legal costs. The suit cites prior securities deals involving Goulds and Dr John P. Munn in linking Fisher to the Southern Textile and related financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
George E
Su- Court
Peter H. Carr
Ashby Blythe
Philadel
Fisher
Virginia Railroad Securities
Frank J. Gould
Helen Gould
Blythe
Corr
Southern Textile Company
Richmond
Goulds
John P. Munn
Way Gould
The Pro and Con of Women Voting in Richmond
In Richmond two ministers debated women’s suffrage. Rev Dr S C C Hatcher argued women are unfitted for politics and would harm family life. Rev Dr H D C Maclachlan countered that politics needs a feminine touch and attacked ridicule, ignorance and selfishness as the basis for opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
S. Cc. Hatcher
Broad Street Methodist Church
H. D. C. Mac~astor
Seventh Street Christian
Hatcher
Maclachlan
Hatchers
Women’s Suffrage Sparks Courtroom and Tax Debate
The passage criticizes suffrage opposition led by Huchan and the white slave traffic directors, arguing women’s voting would purify elections and remove corrupt officials. It cites Virginia laws denying women earnings, inheritance, and property rights, and notes no women on school boards or state charities, with no women eligible for office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huchan
Denver
New York
Virginia
Engine Crash Kills Watchman in Lexington Yard
Samuel B. Edwards, 22, watchman for the Baltimore and Ohio, was killed in Union Station yards Lexington after the engine failed to stop on a wet track. Fireman Phalen leaped to safety as the locomotive struck a freight train. Edwards died after fifteen minutes. Funeral planned at Verona near Staunton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Samuel B. Edwards
Union Station
Phalen
Edwards
J. M. Edwards
Harrisonburg
Verona
Staunton
Sham Battle at Bethel June 10 In Civil War Anniversary
Confederate veterans in this city push a plan for a large June 10 celebration at Bethel Warwick county to mark the Civil War opening battle. Proposal includes state train for troops, addresses by Governor Mann and officials, and invitations to both Confederate and Federal veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Warwick County
D. H. Ham
Virginia
North Carolina
Richmond Llowslizers
Ies -Hern
Mann
Geener
Secretary of War
Fortress Monroe
Pardoning Moses Ferris Sparks Debate Across Papers
Governor Mann explains the pardoning of Moses Ferris amid newspaper criticism. He cites a long-ago fight involving Ferris and others, notes Ferris served part of a five year prison term and jumped the country briefly, and asserts the pardon was supported by Roanoke officials and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Ferris
Mann
Ellis Assald
Sam Assald
Sam Assaid
Moses Perris
South America
Posse Hunt Negro Fiend in Kentucky Lurches for Capture
Desperate chase in Mayfield Kentucky as two armed posses and lawmen pursue a reportedly violent Negro attacker who struck at the Halbrook family in Hickory Grove. The assailant cut telephone wires to delay discovery. Mrs Halbrook and her 12 year old daughter were assaulted and injured in their home. Lawmen vow to seize him alive and shield him from lynchers until trial. The hunt spans the Kentucky hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield
Spevcial
Ac- Com
Nannie Halbrook
Hickory Grove
Kentucky
Halbrook
Talbrook
Pastor Russell Explains Satan as Angel of Light
Washington special reports Pastor Russell addressing large Opera House crowds. He argues Satan was a high angel, not evil by creation, and outlines his ambition, the fall from grace, and the ensuing doctrine of mankind’s salvation through Christ. The talk contrasts the Logos with Lucifer and cites scripture to affirm Satan’s personality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Russell
Opera House
Satan
God
Light
Sarah
Lucifer
Jeniah xiv
Jaison
Mother Eve
Eve
Adam
Messias
Jesus
Apostle
St. Paul
Christ
Logos
Grand Opening Timber Exhibit in Richmond VA
Captains of industry totaling more than a hundred will attend the formal opening of the Virginia timber and mineral exhibit in the annex to the State Library at 2 o clock in the afternoon on February. Officials from the Jamestown Exposition oversee the opening and related ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. A. Shubert
Chamber of Commerce
Jefferson Hotel
Jefferson Auditorium
H. W. Wood
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
D. ©. Richardson
Virginia
William Hodges Mann
Southern Railway
W. W. Finley
Norfolk and Western Railway
L E. Johnson
Daniel B. Wents
Stonega Coal and Coke Company
Tidewater Virginia
John R. Saunders
William Henry White
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Richmond
Virginia Timber and Mineral
State Library
Terfi
Salesman Joseph D. Long Attempted Suicide in New York Hotel
Joseph D. Levy of Richmond Virginia tried to kill himself Friday at the Hotel Navarre by firing a magazine revolver near the heart. He was taken to New York Hospital and is expected to recover. Authorities cannot identify the would be suicide and he appears unknown locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph D. Levy
Richmond
Navarre
New York Hospital
Night Watchman Arrested in Richmond Safe-Break Attempt
Harry Earl, night watchman for Independent Oil Company, disappeared after a safe break-in attempt. He was captured by Officer Wyatt near Albemarle Mills and denies knowledge, claiming two men overpowered him. His wife says he threatened her and claimed the safe was blown open. Earl is jailed and to face Justice Maurice in Washington Ward. further charges possible as Detective Kellam probes the robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Harry Earl
Independent Oil Company
Wyatt
Albemarle
Milis
Karl
South Cherry Street
Earl
Arts
William Sharp Struggles With His Feminine Self
A new Memoir by Mrs. Sharp reveals William Sharp’s dual personality, showing the feminine side Fiona Macleod and the masculine intellect. The work links to contemporary psychic currents and references Otto Weininger on sex and character as it explores balance between brain and emotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sharp
Willam Sharp
Maaeterlinck
Fiona Macleod
Otto Weininger
A Symposium in the Store and Local Echo Tales
In a small village crowd around a store disperses tales of echoes and daily life. Jim Sanders boasts a bedtime echo routine while Don Witherspoon recalls heavy rain. Deacon tells of a cider barrel bunghole flood and a kettle of hot ice story from Pickaway county hog killing time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Sanders
Don Witherspoon
Reuben Henry
Pickaway County
National Monthly
Defy Health Board Orders At Lynchburg West End School
The District School Board instructed teachers at the West End School to ignore county Health Board closure orders and resume classes. The closure followed a car accident cover up and involved about 80 children returning to class despite public health directives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
West End
County Board of Health
Health Board Ia
Childden
Death of Dr John Evans Marquis De Oyley Friend of Napoleon III
Dr John Evans known as Marquis De Oyley and relative of Rear Admiral Fighting Bob Evans died January 30 in Paris. He gained fame for claims that his heart stopped and he remained alive, first proving the feat during the Civil War while serving as surgeon with Company H Twelfth Pennsylvania Reserves. He wrote on How It Feels to Die expressing fearlessness about death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Evans
Paris
Marquis de Oyley
Bob” Evans
Napoleon III
Evans
Company H
Pennsylvania
Byvans
Murder at Hotel Briant Stuns New York
Police search for a tall man in a light overcoat and soft hat after a woman, found strangled in the Hotel Briant on Forty fourth Street and Sixth Avenue, is unidentified in the morgue. The killer fled about fourteen hours earlier, using fake names and a telephone connection may help locate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hotel Briant
Fortyfourth Street
Sixth Avenue
John Smith
Montclair
N. J
Edward Craig
Bell
Anid
Valley Apple Shipments Rise 100 Percent in 1910
Harrisonburg Virginia special reports Captain C M Botum of the Southern Railway presents figures for the Valley branch shipments by year 1910. Rockingham county 60000 barrels Shenandoah 64000 Warren and Rappahannock 50000 Loudoun 10000 Fauquier 9000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
C. M. Botum
The
Southern Railway Company
Valley Branch
Manassas
Rockingham County
Shenandoah
Warren
Rappahannock
Loudoun
Fauquier
Blind Boy Leads Class at Public School 20
Special report from New York features William Schenck a seventeen year old blind student who heads his class with high examination percentages at Public School No. 20 He earned the Davis character medal and Mr Dr William H Maxwell calls him a boy marvel He travels daily from Bayside Long Island to Manhattan to attend school and writes answers on a typewriter to show his mastery of Braille and the New York point system He plans to repay his parents and become self supporting after graduation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, Special
William Schenck
Davis
Jis
William H. Maxwell
Marvel
Schenck
Bayside
L. L
New York Institute For the Blind
New York
Iivington
Forsyth Streets
Loretta Burns
Long Island
Jamaica
Manhattan
Nem
Woman shoots former lawmaker in Grayson County Virginia
J G Davis a former House of Delegates member from Grayson and State Democratic Executive Committee shot Jan 30 at the Edwards home in Independence Grayson County by Mrs Claudie Edwards. Davis and Cleve Troy went to return oxen. Edwards ordered them off the farm and fired a double barreled shotgun wounding Davis. Edwards was arrested and later bailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Davis
Roanoke
House of Delegates
Grayson County
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Independence
Claudie Edwards
Davis
Edwards Place
Cleve Troy
Eadwards
Troy
National Parks Bureau Bill Introduced in House
Representative Davidson of Wisconsin introduces a bill for a national parks bureau to consolidate control of parks and monuments under one bureau. Senator Smoot has a companion bill in the Senate. The move seeks centralized management beyond current department bureaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
American Civic Association
Davidson
Wisconsin
Senate
Smoot
Girl Injures Self in West Virginia Shooting
Special Stella Ray, eighteen, shot herself Saturday at the Mountainview Hotel in Grady West Virginia after a waistress incident in Cumberland Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Stella Ray
Mountainview
Grady
W. Va
Woman Fires Gun In Hospital Scenario In Elkins
A woman identified as Mrs Wade, wife of Chen, unexpectedly pivoted and fired a shot at someone while talking briefly before. She was wounded and removed to Elkins Hospital in precarious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Wade
Worth
Chen Thee
Elkins
Virginia Anti-Saloon League Plans Critical Statewide Convention
The tenth annual Virginia Anti-Saloon League convention will be held February 21–23 at the First Presbyterian Newport News with key talks by Congressman Carter Glass and R E Byrd. Dr P A Baker and Rev S E Nicholson will discuss law enforcement, interstate measures, and national legislation. Local figures Drs W S Neighbors George W McDaniel G W Perryman will attend along with reports from statewide sections. Hotel Warwick serves as headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Anti
Virginia
R. E. Byrd
Thomas Whitehead, Jr
League
Whitehead
P. A. Baker
E. Nicholson
Drs. W. S
George W. McDaniel
G. W. Perryman
Warwick
Poisoned Food Tragedy Strikes Roanoke Servants Quarters
In Roanoke Virginia Frank Payne a colored man is dead and Maggie Barber and Laura Hubbard are in critical condition after eating food believed poisoned. The trio lived in F M Smee s servants quarters. Laura Hubbard the cook was absent yesterday morning. The coroner is investigating as police await results. The women are expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Frank Payne
Maggie Barber
Laura Hubbard
F. M. Smee
Smeed
Payne
Traveling con man in Roanoke case based on telegram death claim
B L Scott, posing as a traveling man, allegedly defrauded hotel men in Roanoke by claiming his wife died in North Dakota. He was arrested in Bluefield and later obtained 250 dollars from Radford sympathizers after showing a child killed in a railroad wreck.
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Roanoke
B. Lb. Scott
North Dakota
Bluefield
W. Va
Scott
Radford
Sydnor Declines Re election in Virginia Legislature
J A Sydnor of Manboro Amelia county says he will not seek another term representing Amelia and Nottoway counties. He cites pressing business engagements as the reason. Candidates for his seat are W A Lamb editor of the Blackstone Courier and Thomas Overby of Nottoway county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydnor
Petersburg
J. A. Sydnor
Manboro
Amelia County
Amelia
Nottoway
Journal
Messrs
W. A. Lamb
Blackstone Courier
Thomas Overby
Taft backs San Francisco in 1915 exposition fight
Washington reports President Taft favors San Francisco in the battle over the 1915 Panama Exposition. He reportedly seeks California's backing or non interference for a new Japanese treaty during this session. The State Department terms remain private but are believed to modify the existing immigration excession clause as the 1912 treaty nears expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
California
Congress
Taft
San Francisco
State Department
Japan
Minerva the hen sorts eggs for farmers in Johnstown
Giles Freeman, a farm hand, owns a brown leghorn hen named Minerva famed for her egg sorting. The hen kicks dud eggs from any new setting but hatches the rest, enabling Freeman to test farmer eggs. Farmers travel miles to have Minerva judge their egg settings.
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Johnstown
Giles Freeman
Eddie Hale
Hale Freeman
Freeman
Hale
Minerva
Dabney Heads Colonnade Club at University of Virginia
Professor Richard Heath Dabney of the history school has been elected president of the Colonnade Club at Charlottesville. New board members include Professors Charles W. Kent and Thomas L. Watson. Dean William M. Lile resigns as president and says plans near completion for a clubhouse addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Richard Heath Dabney
School of History
Colonnade Club
University of Virginia
Charles W. Kent
Thomas L. Watson
William M. Lile
Retirement of Admiral Barry Amid Allegations Circulate
Reports from San Francisco claimed Admiral Barry's retirement followed a demand for resignation over alleged misconduct. The Navy had placed him on the retired list on January 14 after a telegraphic request, with the President and Secretary of the Navy approving the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Bar
Navy
Wee
Secretary of the Navy
San Francisco
Admiral Barry
West Virginia
Man Signs Pledge to Stop Drinking After Losing Inheritance
Nathan A. Ellery, 35, of 1449 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, who says liquor ruined twelve years of opportunity, signs the pledge at Brooklyn Borough Hall to refrain from drinking in order to protect his $12,000 Erie County inheritance and his three year old daughter and wife. He vows to keep the pledge forever and plans to start his own business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Otto Kempner Lato
Brooklyn Borough
Eric
Nathan A. Ellery
Bushwick Avenue
Norman Morton
Erie County
Kempner
Ellery
Magistrue Kempner
Greenwich Shooting Alarm At Tyson Home
Mrs John H Tyson and her husband fired on two men near their riverfront home adjoining the Yacht Club in Greenwich Connecticut after hearing tapping sounds and a gun battle. Authorities found crimson spots on the frozen ground near the garage but could not confirm injuries due to dense fog and hard earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
John H. Tyson
Dorothy Davidson
Riverhide
Yracht Club
Tyson
Mia
Fred
Lazoons Quake Shakes Island with Volcanic Eruption
Special Manila reports a strong earthquake on the island with heavy damage but no loss of life. The eruption of the nearby volcano is noted for the first time since 1873. Lake Bengas level drops three inches as the lakebed likely settles. Natives report hundreds of tremors since yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Lake
Bengas
Mexican Regulars Besieged in Adobe House
Three hundred Mexican regular soldiers under Colonel Ray, remnants of a 1000-strong army, are besieged in an adobe house near Galanca in El Paso, Texas, by revolutionists. Federal cavalry is rushing to their relief. the besieged have two machine guns but lack food and ammunition. The relief force is moving at double quick to aid them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Ray
Galanca
Chihuahua
Bele
Odda
Private Court Hearings Split Brown and Jones in Open Versus Private Room
The verse contrasts William Brown who pays a private fine with William Jones who faces public court. It notes a dramatic difference between open adjudication for Jones and private resolution for Brown, questioning the fairness of the two paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ceene Atte Brown
William Jones
Brown
Jones
G. M. Brown
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Pastor Russell
Talks OF Satan
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Boy Marvel
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