Mysterious Martinsville Murder Probed by Coroner
In Martinsville Virginia a coroner's inquest found Mrs Catherine Jones died from a pistol shot fired by an unknown party. The case involves a troubled husband and several relatives with conflicting testimony. No witnesses heard a shot and authorities anticipate arrests as foul play is suspected. The bullet passed through the head and lodged at the skull back.
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Martinsville
Catharine Jones
Sam
Commonwealth
Beef Barons Are Given Big Jolt
The ten millionaire packers on trial for Sherman anti trust law violations won a setback when Judge Carpenter refused to rule on excluding testimony about their control of by product concerns in the packing industry. The jury was excused during the argument. Government lawyers say the by product control shows intent to dominate the entire packing business.
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Chicago
Ill
Carpenter
Beef Trust
Federal
John Barton Payne
Kenwood
Aetna
National Packing Company
No Wey
Payne
Army Officers Called Before Retiring Board
The War Department announced a list of officers ordered before the retiring board. The list is incomplete with Philippines names unavailable. Potential retirees include Colonel W. L. Pitcher at Fort McDowell, Colonel W. P. Evans unassigned, Lieutenant Colonel James A. Goodin at Fort Leavenworth, Major W. L. Bimpson in New York, and Major W. H. Brooks at Fort McDowell.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Philippines
W. L. Pitcher
Infantry
Fort McDowell
Cal
W. P. Evans
James A. Goodin
Seventh Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
W. L. Bimpson
Fifteenth Infantry
New York
W. H. Brooks
Medical Corps
Bristol to Abingdon Macadam Road Planned in 1812
The plan proposes connecting Bristol and Abingdon by a macadamized pike to be graded in 1812. G. P. Coleman, assistant highway commissioner of Virginia, is noted in the discussion.
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Bristol
Abingdon
G. P. Coleman
Virginia
Highway Plan Discussed From City To County Capital
Eneteer Brown and Fleury Robertson of the Board of Trade of Gristo review the proposed fifteen mile highway route from the city to the county capital. Goodson District may issue 40000 dollars and split it across four possible routes. Assistant Commissioner Coleman plans to deploy a convict force for the Abingdon road, with ninety one convicts available from Damascus Virginia once one mile more of road is completed between Bristol and Abingdon.
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Eneteer Brown
Dritol
Comony
Fleury Robertson
Board of Trade of Gristo
J. W. Ciendenen
Goeodsin
Washington County
Goodson
Coleman
Abingdon
Damascus
Bristol
Honest debtor freed after old Civil Code rule ends jail stint
Gustave L. Cull, jailed on a $285 judgment for alleged misappropriation, is released after discovery of a Civil Code provision limiting honest debtors to fourteen days in jail. The rule, revived by the consolidation act, allows a debtor to file a debt and asset schedule within two weeks for trusteeship before release, a process unseen for twenty years.
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Deadlow Bireet
Gustave L. Cull
Supreme Court
Cull
H. C. Hallanbeck
Pearl Street
West One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Street
Ludlow Street
Julius J. Popper
British Forces Prepare to Enter Persian Gulf
Dispatches from the Home Government prompt large scale action in Calcutta as England plans to send troops into the Persian Gulf. Troops are expected to occupy Bushire and Shiraz while King George arrives from Nepal to learn of the Persian situation and confirm readiness to follow War Office Foreign Office and Colonial Office decisions.
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Cailcutta
Morren George
Calcutt
Persian Gulf
Bushire
Shiraz
George
Nepal
Delhi
King George
Home Government
War Office
Foreign Office
Colonial Office
American Millionaire fatally shot in Breslau hotel fray
Anthony Gross, a wealthy American of Austrian descent, is fatally wounded after a shooting incident at the Hotel Stadt Freiburg in Breslau. He fired on officers after barricading his room, wounding two police after two hours of standoff before being shot in the neck and taken to All Saints Hospital.
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Berlin
Anthony
Anton Gross
Breslau
New York
Eimce
England
Hamburg
Stadt Freiburg
Gross
All Saints’ Hospital
Boys Find 150000 Treasure On Fort George Island
Guided by an ancient chart from a Spanish shell house ruins two Jacksonville boys unearth treasure worth about 150000. A strong box held gold silver and copper coins buried six feet deep totaling roughly one cubic foot. Loring M. Hewen seventeen and John F. Kling eighteen report coins dated over a century ago.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fort George Island
Loring M. Hewen
Shelby E. Hewen
Growler Poem Sheds Light on Holiday Gift Dilemma
A playful verse contrasts vanity with practical needs as shoppers debate gifts. It notes many will choose diamonds while others still need basic shoes, reflecting seasonal thrift and values in a light, topical voice.
Roosevelt Attacks Taft Policies In Editorial
Theodore Roosevelt, in an Outlook editorial, denounces Taft for abrogating the 1832 Russian treaty without Hague interpretation and warns that ratification of current arbitration treaties would create hypocrisy. He suggests submitting the covenant to the Hague court first to allow Russia to retire with dignity and self-respect. The piece discusses arbitration, pellagra research, and related issues amid the Chicago News clipping and other readings.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Hague International
Congress
Hague Court
Russia
Senate
England
France
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