Taft Enjoys Cooler Delights Aboard Mayflower
President Taft sails the Delaware River aboard the Mayflower with Senators Penrose Briggs Brown Root and others taking a three day retreat. In Fredericksburg Virginia the cornerstone is laid for a new normal and industrial college with Governor delivering a keynote on representative government and public progress.
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William Howard Taft
Penrose
Briggs
Brown and Root
Bacon, Foster and Overman
Delaware River
League Island
Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac
Fredericksburg
Normal and Industrial College
Anti-Saloon League
Congress
Virginia
Missing elevator witness stokes case shocks tombs court
In New York the Stokes shooting case against Miss Lillian Graham and Miss Ethel Conrad delivers a sensational twist as house detective Cummings testifies he seized Stokes letters and handed them to his attorney Gleason. Another key witness, Wilfred Hart, fails to appear, leaving defense efforts tentative.
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New York
Freschi
Tombs
Joseph Cummings
Ansonia
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
W. E. D. Stokes
Cummings
Stokes
Miss Graham
A. H. Gleason
Gleason
Miss Conrad
Tombs Court
Wilfred Hart
Varuna
Hart
Ship On Rocks A Total Loss
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company's steamer Santa Rosa went on the rocks yesterday two miles above Point Arguello Light. It broke in half forward of the main mast and was a total loss. Of 233 passengers aboard four died, the rest were landed safely amid blame directed at the captain for delaying ashore entry as the vessel broke apart. Sailors earned praise for their heroism and passengers aided in rescues.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Santa Rosa
Point Arguello
Seas Rover
Centralia
Helen P
Informant to Receive Half Reward in Gregory Cashier Case
Richmond officials will pay $500 of a $1,000 reward to the informant who located and aided arrest of Louis Gregory the absconding Atlantic Coast Line cashier. Denver police will also claim $500. The informant’s name remains undisclosed and the payment routes through underground channels.
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Louis Gregory
Denver
American Surety
Wihin Gregory
Werner
Henry Armstrong
Ernest Poindexter
Bonding Company
Police Department
Gregory
Goochland County Plans Fall Farmers Fair
East Lake resident David B. Harris promotes a Goochland county farmers fair with local merchants pledging prizes. A Circuit Court meeting will arrange details and set a fall date possibly in late October or early November at Goochland Courthouse.
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Richmond
David B. Harris
East Lake
Goochland
Harris
Circuit Court of
Long Carr
Six Shot Maniac Terrorizes New York Streets
Police seek a maniac who fired on pedestrians last night injuring six people, including a two year old girl in her mother's arms on Eighty first Street and Third Avenue. Victims include two women and three men. the shooter hid in a doorway and fired at groups on steps and stoops. Glima hospitals report likely recovery for the wounded.
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New York
James Zimmer
Eighty-first Street
Third Avenue
Governor Deneen to Testify in Lorimer Hearings
John H. Marble, senior counsel for the Lorimer investigating committee, said in Chicago that Governor Deneen will testify soon after the committee resumes hearings. The inquiry will move to Chicago this fall for continued sessions in Washington next Tuesday.
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Chicago
Fll
John H. Marble
United States Lorimer Investigating Committee
Washington
Deneen
U S Boat Grounds Off Virginia Capes Reported
The naval collier Hector is aground off the Virginia capes in a bad plight, according to the Ulan ion which arrived this morning. Details are not yet available. Rockefeller quietly spends seventy second birthday with golf and good health. He receives many congratulatory messages.
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Newport News
Ulanion
Hector
Virginia Capes
Rockefeller
Cleland
Caroline men to put up in interesting campaign for legislature
Richmond Va Special. A Senate race in Caroline Hanover and King William pits Dr Charles A Gravatt and PP D Cogbill against each other. Both are popular from the same county, with strength in Hanover and King William likely deciding the contest. Senate and House entries close tonight with Rosewell Page and W G Walton vying for Hanover’s seat. Floater candidates from Hanover and King William include W A Willeroy and T C Cummins.
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Senate
Charles A. Gravatt
Caroline
Hanover
King Willam
D. Cogbill
Friends of the
King William
Rosewell Page
W. GB. Walton
Hanover Herald
King
W. A. Willeroy
T. C. Cummins
Lynchburg Swept by Terrific Storm and Blackout
Lynchburg endured the hardest downpour since July 1896 causing 8.70 inches of rain. Lightning knocked out hundreds of telephones and disrupted electric lights for hours during the night. Special despatch from Virginia.
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Burg
Lynch
Barely Escape as Boat Burns in Trees Point
In Petersburg Virginia Captain Joe Littisay and crew escaped when the tinboat Mary burned at Trees Point. They were rescued by the tug Malcolmn V Clark, with many violent agents of destruction hinted but restrained by law.
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Joe Littisay
Mary
Trees Point
Malcolm V. Clark
Winchester Star
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Virginia House of Delegates
General Assembly
Prohibitory Provisions Question On Ice Water
A Norfolk Virginian Pilot editorial questions whether ice water should be restricted by prohibitory provisions, noting the beverage is a year round staple and a habit for many. The piece argues against limiting a common drink.
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Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot
Virginia Carolina Chemical may pay only 3 percent dividend
Richmond special report says Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company likely will not declare more than 3 percent this year, despite hopes for 5 percent. Earnings dropped due to cotton oil operations, with net earnings $3,483,829.80 and surplus near $12.19 million. Directors meet in Jersey City on July 19 to decide dividends.
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Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Cotten Oil
Sulphur Mining and Railroad Company
Southern Cotton Oil Company
New York
Jersey City
Noted Actress Ethel Barrymore Plans Divorce
Los Angeles report states actress Ethel Barrymore will sue Russell Griswold Colt for divorce. Colt, son of a former head of the trust, is married to Barrymore since two years. Papers will be served early next week amid an unhappy marriage.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ethel Barrymore
Russell Griswold Colt
Colt
Colonel Colt
Ee Trust
Miss Barrymore
New York
Young Colt
Divorce Case Sparks Triangle Across Cities
In New York a social circle faces shock as a society member linked to Los Angeles seeks divorce from her millionaire husband, Trewold Colt, amid a tense entanglement with another woman. The developing case draws attention from high society circles and headlines.
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New York
Femn
Los Angeles
Man Dies After Effort to Save Dog in Danville
In Danville Virginia Spee Clark attempted to rescue a canine darting toward a railway track. He reached the danger spot but was struck by the engine and died about an hour later in hospital.
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Spee Clark
Clark
Mal
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