Ireland unrest in Belfast as Home Rule clash looms
In Belfast authorities scramble to prevent bloodshed as Nationalist and Unionist groups mobilize for a street assembly over Home Rule. Lord Mayor J McMordie seeks calm while soldiers and deputies are sworn in, meetings move outdoors, and Unionists vow counter demonstrations and possible disruption. Joseph Devlin leads Nationalists in Belfast division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inston Chevehill
John Kenthis
J. McMorch
Uister
Ing
Ulster
Ulster Hall
Celtic Club
Gemen
Ulster Unionist Council
Winston Churchill
John Redmond
Weir
Belfast
Unionist Council
Lord Londonderry
Lord Dun- Teath
Thomas Sinclair
John Young
Craig
Hugh Bartle
C. C. Craig
M. P
Colonel Wallace
Orangemen
Admiralty
Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Churchill
Gladstone
Ireland
Harrow
Marquis of Hamilton
Londonderry
Joseph Devlin
London
Asquith
Sir Edward Carson
Soldiers Mutiny Over Pay Loot Huchow Barracks Chaos
Imperial troops in Huchow Che-Kiang Province mutinied today unable to secure long overdue pay. They looted the city while foreigners and their property were spared. Homes and stores of Chinese were raided as terror spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien Tsin
Huchow
Che-Kiang
Special Report on 1912 14 General Appropriation Bill
Senate Finance Committee in Richmond publicized the general appropriation bill for 1912 to 1914. The bill carries no appropriation for the colony or Radford Normal School, items left blank awaiting action. Total projected appropriation for fiscal year 1912 and year 1913 is about $6,139.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Senate Finance Committee
Colony
Radford Norool
State spending totals and line items across departments
The document lists line items and totals for state expenditures including the General Assembly, public debt, public schools, roads, state hospitals, and universities. Notable sums include public schools 1,807,238.64 and total expenditures 6,050,352.61 with numerous agency allocations such as the penitentiary, library, university and Virginia Military Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Commission
Labor Department
Capitol
State Farm
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Virginia Military Institute
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Wuhiliam and Mary
University of Virginia
Military Fund
Hawaiian Population Alarms Congressman
Hawaii delegate to Congress J nubio pamnimoavle, sailing from San Francisco to Honolulu, warned that the Asiatic population in Hawaii is increasing and will soon control political power. He urged exclusive legislation, citing native born Asiatics in Hawaii as U.S. citizens and noting worsening school conditions.
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San Francisco
Cal
J. Nubio Pamnimoavle
Congress
Hawaii
United States
King Frederick of Denmark Improves After Lung Inflammation
In Constantinople a special bulletin reports King Frederick’s condition is satisfactory and lung inflammation is diminishing slowly. Court physicians say the Danish monarch is slightly improved today.
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Frederick
Constantinople
Denmark
Jury Duty Breaks Racial Barrier in Spokane Court
Doro thy Coates, a Black woman resident of Spokane, summoned for jury duty in the Superior Court. She is noted as possibly the only woman of her race in the United States to serve on a jury, and she reportedly owns substantial property in the city.
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Bpokane
Wash
Dorothy Coates
United States
Mob Holds Negroes On Murder Charge In Mississippi
In Round Lake Mississippi a mob of about fifty seized two Black men Tom Clegg and Henry Gush and dragged them into the woods to force confessions for the murder and decapitation of Mary Swatz a Hebrew peddler who recently arrived from New York. Local officers appealed for state help as they feared lynching.
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Round Lake
Miss
Tom Clegg
Ienry Gush
Marry Swatz
Swatz
New York
Revenue officers cleared in Martinsville shooting case
Special Revenue Officers Shepherd Gray Stultz and Morgan were discharged yesterday in Martinsville after being charged with shooting George Waggoner, an alleged blockade runner. It was shown Waggoner attempted to use a weapon before he was shot by an officer.
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Martinsville
Special Revenue Oficer
Shepherd, Gray, Stultz
Morgan
George Waggoner
Waggoner
Twenty year old girl tries death by own action
Florence M. Starr, twenty, of Baltimore, inhaled gas in a rooming house on West Thirty-fourth Street to evade separation from a man she loved. She was hospitalized at Flower Hospital and expected to recover. Her parents opposed the romance and she had run away, but later changes of heart in New York led her to attempt suicide.
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New York
Florence M. Starr
South Broadway
Baltimore
West Thirty-fourth Street
Flower Hospital
McGowan Denies Burns Statement In Lorimer Case
Canadian witness in the Lorimer case, McGowan, denied to the investigating committee that he perjured himself or caused the Burns operatives to fabricate claims. He testified he never told Detective Bailey or others that he committed perjury or planned to extort $5,000 from the Hines people, and he recounted his meetings in Regina, Chicago, and Toronto with Bailey.
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Washington, D. C
Charles McGowan
Lorimer
Burns Detective Agency
Burns
McGowan
Bailey
Hines
Grand Hotel
Regina
Orme Stewart
American Bridge Company
Chicago
Toronto
Haneey
Washington
Burgess
Stewart
Hines Ave
McGowan Denies Bailey Claim About Shields Money
In Washington McGowan adamantly denies Bailey's assertion that Shields, dispatched by Hines to locate him, ever paid him money. He testifies Shields did not hand over funds or place sums on a table, and that he paid all his own expenses. The exchange centers on Shields' alleged financial aid.
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Weihe
McGowan
Bailey
Shields
Hines Ople
Washington
Nations Must Keep Hands Off China Protest Note Published
Washington note from Secretary Knox reaffirms U S policy of non intervention and neutrality in China. It states all powers should act in concert to protect China's integrity and discourages loans to any side. Germany backs U S in maintaining Chinese sovereignty amid upheaval and aims for united action if further steps occur.
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Washington, D. C
Stele Auvx
China
United States
Germany
Gur
Bernetoff
Great Britain
France
Italy
Russia
Japan
Knox
Shanghai
Lawrence Lawmakers Open Mill Strike Investigation
A legislative committee in Lawrence Massachusetts began an investigation of the mill strike today. They visited City Hall and striker headquarters, with power to summon witnesses and compel evidence. Rumors of a settlement circulate as officials express cautious optimism about peace prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Mass
State Committee
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
Lawmakers push joint probe of state institutions
In the House of Delegates Aubrey Weaver urges a joint five member committee from the House and Senate to investigate all state funded institutions, including the epileptic colony at Lynchburg, for potential economical reforms. Weaver says savings could justify tighter oversight and notes the need to report findings to the 1914 legislature.
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Warren
House Finance Committee
Lynchburg
Weaver
Belia&y
Mr. Weaver
House
Senate
Swenton Executed in Electric Chair After Death Dirge
Swenton, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair Monday morning for the murder of Isaac Lee. It marked the first time inmates sang a death dirge at the prison as a condemned man faced the penalty. Swenton faced two shocks before being pronounced dead, reportedly going to the chair cheerfully.
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Swenton
Isaac Lee
Bandits Rob and Dynamite Train No. 43 Keep Up Heist
Special Rock Island passenger train No. 43 from Memphis to Little Rock was held up near Hurlburt Arkansas and dynamited. Express car looted but officials say loot not heavy. mail and baggage cars destroyed. telegraph and telephone lines cut. A negro brakeman Hill Williams was killed. a tramp riding the baggage car was blown from the train. Two armed messengers protected a money shipment estimated at about half a million dollars. robbers fled as detectives and locals pursue with bloodhounds within hours.
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Memphis
Hurlburt
Lite Rock
Hill Williams
Anther
United States Express Company
Amaulnks
Little Rock
E. W. Ford
Express Company
Arkansas Line
Hurlbut
No. 43
Roosevelt May Testify For Darrow In Bribery Case
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt may testify as a character witness for Clarence Darrow in the Mc Namara brothers bribery trial in Los Angeles. Darrow's attorney Earl Rogers weighs whether to pursue Roosevelt, who would provide a deposition from the East rather than appear in person.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Theodore Roosevelt
Clarence Darrow
McNamara Brothers
Darrow
Colonel Roosevelt
Earl Rogers
Roosevelt
William J. Burns
Unish Officers for False Reports Proposed in Richmond
Richmond special. Delegate Cleman of Norfolk introduces a House bill to punish railway and other corporation officials for fraudulent reports on financial conditions. Penitentiary sentences up to ten years and fines may be imposed on those convicted.
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Richmond
Cleman
Norfolk
House of Delegates
Mileage Billing Plan For Trains Sparks Senate Action
Senator West introduces a bill requiring conductors to use interchangeable mileage books for ticket exchanges and mandates railroad ticket offices to open before departures. The measure aims to benefit travelers by improving mileage handling and station announcements, with penalties from ten to one hundred dollars per violation.
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Richmond
West
Senate Committee On Roads and Internal Navigation
Senate
General Assembly of
Virginia
Asenger
Onor
New Draft Bill Proposes Three Member Tax Commission
Advocates abandon full centralization and seek a revised plan with a three member Tax Commission. Members include the State Mineral Assessor and State Accountant, plus another appointee. The panel would meet in each congressional district yearly and visit every city and county once a year. Details on railway property taxation await agreement.
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Richmond
Hugh White
Martin Williams
House
Tax Commission
Virginia
Cadiz Hit by Tidal Wave From Atlantic Storm
A tidal wave from a severe storm damaged Cadiz Spain injuring walls of the fortress and harbor works with about 1,000,000 dollars in damage. The surge swept along the southwestern coast, most destruction centered near Cadiz, a provincial capital on the Atlantic coast sixty miles from Gibraltar with a population around 70,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadiz
Spain
Atlantic Coast
Gibraltar
Harry Houston Puts One Over On Mr Wise
In the Virginia House of Delegates except for the act of Hampton Delegate Harry Houston several visitors entered in the gallery. Delegate Keith Wise of Loudoun was granted the privilege of voting from the gallery on motion. The scene sparked merriment among attendees as the session progressed.
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Harry Houston
MR. Wise
Richmown D. VA
House of Delegates
Hampton
Keith Wise
Loudoun
Uncontested Bills Sparked Panic in Historic Assembly
A struggling member attempted to vote from the gallery after missing several roll calls. Harry Houston located him and moved to allow Wise to vote from the gallery, but Wise did not take up the privilege, though he stayed in the gallery near the green and blue hare and fluffy feathers.
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Tle
Harry Houston
Houston
Mr. Wise
Wise
Burglar Sentenced to Two Years on the Road
Richmond resident Roy Bowen alias Thompson and G W Padgett pleaded guilty in Hastings Court to breaking into the Southern Jewelry Company at 414 East Main Street. Bowen, 22, with prior Maryland prison time, also confessed robbing boarders. Cardoza, 16, had sentence suspended on housebreaking charges after Dr. Buchanan of Associated Charities intervened. Noel and Cardoza faces included jail terms and fines. Gravitti jailed five years for malicious wounding. Judge Witt was absent. Judge R Carter Scott presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Roy Bowen
Thompson
G. W. Padgett
Southern Jewelry Company
East Main Sreet
Hastings Court
Maryland
Bowen
Leon Noel
Demetrius Cardoza
Fnnerance
Dr. Buchanan
Associated Charities
Cardoza
Buchanan
William Gravitti
Witt
R. Carter Scott
Hastings
Campaign to raise funds for Virginia Christian College
A ten day campaign seeks 16000 dollars for the Virginia Christian College in Lynchburg Virginia with the condition of matching funds from Virginia outside the city. The college has recently received a city grant of 10000 and now owns property valued at about 200000 outside Lynchburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Ccollege
Lynchburg
Virginia Christian College
Virginia
Ross Wife Visits Him In Jail Bond Theft Case
New York February 7 A young woman, Ross s wife formerly Miss Maurice Woods of Indianapolis, visited Charlie Ross at the Tombs amid mystery about his case. He was arrested January 6 in Winnipeg linked to a March theft of 90 000 worth of bonds from Aaron Bancroft. District attorney says they married about a year ago after Ross posed as a fur buyer. He was nabbed at Winnipeg home of William Jones while attempting to dispose of stolen bonds.
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New York
Charlie Ross
Winnipeg
Canada
Aaron Bancroft
Ross
Maurice Woods
Indianapolis
William Jones
Deserter Turner Surrendered at Fort Myer Detachment
Frederickstown report states City Sergeant J Conway Chichester went to Washington Monday evening and delivered Andrew J Turner who surrendered as a deserter from Fort Myer. Turner’s surrender earned a $50 reward, going to Officer J A Stone who had previously taken him into custody.
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Fort Myer
Fredericksburg
J. Conway Chichester
Washington
Andrew J. Turner
Turner
J. A. Stone
Lawren Strikers Aid Appeal endorsed by AFL in DC
The American Federation of Labor endorsed the textile workers of Lawren Mass appeal for help. Under Samu Gompers, labor headquarters in Washington sent a circular urging contributions to aid the strikers.
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Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor Today
Textile Workers of
Lawren Mass
Samu Gompers
Fire destroys farm at Harman property near Lynchburg
In Lynchburg Virginia a sizable blaze destroyed thirty eight sheep three horses ten cattle farm machinery and provender along with two barns on the farm of F P Harman located several miles west of the city. The incurable inferno is thought incendiary with losses exceeding six thousand dollars and little or no insurance. The fire was discovered while burning fiercely.
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Lynchburg
F. P. Harman
Deacon awarded two thousand in suit against Miller Inc
Jury in Law and Equity Court awarded A. L. Deacon 2000 dollars in damages from J. Henry Miller Inc for injuries from a collapsing scaffold while working on the new post office at Tenth and Main. A motion to set aside the verdict was continued to the next term. Deacon's injuries left him unable to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
A. L. Deacon
J. Henry Miller, Inc
Law and Equity
Deacon
Miller Company
Tenth and Main
Explosion Wrecks Pittsfield Foundry Largest Plant Hits Six Injured
Searchers in Pittsfield Massachusetts dig through wreckage from a General Electric foundry blast that damaged the furnace area and caused about 30000 in losses. Officials fear one or two workers may be buried under the rubble as the plant, Western Massachusetts' largest foundry, is extensively damaged.
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Pittsfield
Mass
General Electric Company
Massachusetts
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