Bon Air Murder Mystery Frustrates Chesterfield Officers
Police struggle twelve days into the Bon Air case as they seek the identity of the white or colored female victim. Exhumation may involve Coroner Taylor as an expert. Torn clothes, a blood stained tan skirt, a blue serge skirt, a bottle with dark liquid, a red pin cushion and a partially legible name on a shirtwaist drive clues while detectives weigh possibilities of killer’s gender and motive.
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Chesterfield County
Carper
William HM. Tevier
Bon Air
Taylor
Haskins Hobson
Ann
Carter
Forest Hit
Cowan
South Richmond
Weissiger & Anderson
Chesterfield
Richmond
Arter
Rondslde
Hirichond
Protest 15 Filed Against Police in New York
James Vidal and M N Woolman of international marine worker unions sent a telegram to President Tait protesting police outrages in New York City. They cite police breaking into private homes without warrants, beating people, and failing to arrest or follow due process. Victoria Daniel Scanion notes large strike participation by Longshoremen on West Shore and New York Central docks.
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New York
James Vidal
National Marine Firemen’s Union
M. N. Woolman
National Federation of Transport Workers
International Marine Workers
Tait
Marine Workers
New York City
Eleventh Street
West
Vic Daniel Scanion
National Longshoremen’s Union
West Shore
Jersey City
New York Central
Weehawken
Water Wizard's Brooklyn Wells Sold to City
New York reports the city settled a long dispute over Silas W. Titus known as the Water Wizard. After years of controversy the city gained control of artesian wells in Brooklyn dating to 1907. Titus originally earned 55 dollars per million gallons, later 40 dollars as flows declined. Referees valued reimbursement at 999,000 dollars. mayor vetoed, comptroller reduced to 237,012 dollars, based on the Sixth Street plant a 5,000,000 gallon per day source.
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New York
Brooklyn
Silas W. Titus
Titus
Gaynor
Prender
Hibernians to Plan Crusade Against Socialism
In Chicago the Ancient Order of Hibernians prepares a convention bid to overthrow socialism. Bishop John P. Carroll of Helena, Mont, opens the drive with remarks and a crusade plan is expected before the meeting ends. A requiem mass for deceased members was held at St. Patrick’s Church prior to the session at Emmett Memorial Hall.
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Hibernians
Chicago
Wll
Order of Hibernians
John P. Carroll
Helena
Mont
St. Patrick’s Church
Emmett Memorial Hall
Mifflin to Drive Dump Cart in Philadelphia Pageant
James Ewing Mifflin, heir to a historic Philadelphia family, plans to drive a plain dump cart in the city pageant next October. He cites ancestor John Mifflin who taxed and likely contracted for carting garbage centuries ago, and will wear gentlemanly early 18th century attire to stay true to history. The Mifflin lineage includes Governor Mifflin and namesakes across the region.
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Tell
Philadelphia
Jas. Ewing Mifflin
Ife
John Mifflin
Mr. Mifflin
Ialso
James Ewing Mifflin
Governor Mifflin
Fort Mifflin
Mifflin County
Mifflinburg
Mifflintown
Mifflin Street
Cabbage Salad With Mayonnaise Dressing
A simple cabbage salad using finely shredded cabbage mixed with mayonnaise dressing. Serve on lettuce leaves and garnish with strips of pimento for color.
Thousands cheer departing American athletes in Stockholm
Thousands lined the waterfront as the liner Finland sailed from Stockholm carrying most of the victorious American track team from the Olympic Games. Trophies and cheers accompanied the departure while many athletes remained to tour Europe. A band played American airs and gratitude and friendship filled the air as foreign athletes bid farewell with hopes of meeting again in Berlin in 1916. Horse riding events and prize distribution followed aboard for military mounts.
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Stockholm
Finland
Dover
Eneleana
New York
Linee
Berlin
Witness at Western Springs inquest linked to derailment case
Chicago investigators probing the Denver Limited wreck at Western Springs focus on Mrs. Wilcox the Western Springs signal operator as a key witness. A former telegraph operator Mrs. Fisk once institutionalized and later discharged ties to the case. officials caution on identity similarities.
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Chicago
Ill
Denver Limited
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Western Springs
Wilcox
la Grange
Hollywood Station
Inquest Opens Into Train Victims Blanche and Ruth Everly
A coroner's inquest in Petersburg investigates the deaths of Blanche and Ruth Everly, daughters of farmer John Everly, struck by the Cannon Ball train at Grossmans Crossing in Chesterfield County. Witnesses including eye witnesses and railway staff are summoned to testify after the children failed to observe the oncoming train due to a bluff and a curve.
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Petersburg
H. G. Leith
Blanche
Ruth Everly
John Everly
Chesterfield County
J. T. Morriss & Son
Grossman's Crossing
Mark Noble
Hawks
No Bomb Report Denied at White House
Sherman Page Allen assistant secretary to President Taft denied a published story that an infernal machine was received at the White House and opened by officials. Chief Wilkie of the Secret Service also rejected the report saying no such device or package reached the White House yesterday.
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Washington, D. C
Sherman Page Allen
Taft
Allen
Wilkie
Secret Service
White House
Archbald to Receive Quick Impeachment Trial
Washington special report: The seven House managers handling Judge Robert W. Archbald’s impeachment say immediate Senate consideration is urged. Chairman Clayton states the trial could finish in two weeks, not delaying other Senate business, with a final time decision to occur as Archbald appears before the Senate tomorrow.
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Robert W. Archbald
United States Commerce Court
United States Senate
Washington, D. C
House
Commerce Court
Clayton
Senate
Queens Borough Tax Plan on Funeral Corteges
New York special report says Queens Borough President Connolly plans revived $1 tax on all funeral corteges passing through the borough en route to burial grounds. The proposal targets processions moving through Queens streets to cemeteries.
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New York
Connolly
Queens
Old Man Missing Since Fourth Found Dead on Rock New York
John Mitchell seventy five retired businessman was found dead Friday afternoon under an overhanging cliff rock above Polo Grounds in Manhattan Field. A boy found the body while chasing a ball and police were summoned. Autopsy ordered as clues include no hat shoes or stockings and a broken sau tar. W T Mitchell, son, reports he vanished July 4 after a walk and did not return. An autopsy is pending to determine cause of death.
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New York
John Mitchell
Polo Grounds
Manhattan Field
William A. Farrell
Bradhurst Avenue
Mitchell
W. T. Mitchell
West One Hundred and Fifth Street
Tie
Hellenstein
W.T. Mitchell
$1 000 100 Spent in Parker Campaign
Washington D C Special One million dollars approx financed Alton D B Parker's campaign as testified by William F Sheehan of New York City, before a Senate subcommittee on campaign expenses. He recalled a rule against trust money and noted a $10 000 check from American Sugar Refilling Company was returned. He estimated the national committee handled about half a million dollars directly and about a million total including state contributions. He could not provide the current residence of Assistant Treasurer Wall.
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Washington, D. C
Alton DB. Parker
William F. Sheehan
New York City
National Democratic Committee
Sheehan
Senate
Lie
August Belmont
New York State
American Susar
Havemeyer
New York
National Committee
Maine
Colorado
Nebraska
Twenty Injured in French Train Wreck at Tarascon
Special report from Marseilles says twenty persons were injured when an express train on the Lyons and Marseilles Railway collided with a local train at Tarascon, seventy five miles northwest of Marseilles. Some victims were seriously hurt.
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Marseilles
France
Lyons and
Tarascon
Here
France Seizes Ashes of American Citizen at Cherbourg
French customs seized a cigar box containing the ashes of an American citizen cremated at home and mailed to Paris, amid border checks at Cherbourg. Authorities described the container as a sealed parcel and did not disclose the owner's identity or the intended recipient.
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France
Cherbourg
Special
Paris
Man commits suicide over chicken ban by health dept
Roland Marr aged thirty four killed himself after health inspectors barred raising chickens in his yard and threatened arrest. His wife Cecelia and a teenage bystander witnessed him drink carbolic acid at their E Street home, ending a quarrel sparked by enforcement actions and a warrant for arrest. Coroner filed the death certificate.
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Washington, D. C
Health Department
Roland Marr
Cecelia Marr
George Bluff
Fealth Department
Marr
Christian Science Fails to Save Father and Daughter in Yonkers
Nine days after scarlet fever killed his 13 year old daughter Helen Whipple, Clay ton J. Whipple American Multigraph Company manager at 20 Vesey Street died at 59 Stanshaw Avenue Yonkers from the same disease. He had relied on Christian Science treatment rather than physicians, while a quarantine was placed and coroner Tiles considered criminal neglect. Mrs Whipple and two other children declined antitoxin as officials urged medical care.
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New York
Helen
Clayton J. Whipple
American Multigraph Company
Vesey Street
Stanshaw Avenue
Yonkers
Lillianharters
Whipple
Tiles
Coons
Mr. Whipple
David John
Ju. ¥. Whitney
Death in Franklin of Dr J A Moorman
Dr J A Moorman a highly esteemed and prominent physician of Hale Ford died Tuesday afternoon in Franklin after a brief illness. His death leaves a gap in the medical community of the region and is mourned by colleagues and patients alike. He had practiced in Hale Ford for many years and was known for his dedication and service. The funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
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United States
Rocky Mount
J. A. Moorman
Haleford
Doctor Bright’s longtime Franklin physician career ends
Bright, about seventy, native of Bedford county, began medical work there. He married Miss Kate Price of Franklin and practiced medicine in Franklin for forty years. Dr Moorman stood high in his pro-
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Bright
Bedford County
Franklin
Kate Price
Dr. Moorman
Death of Dr Moorman Cited As Community Loss
A lengthy obituary notes the death of Dr Moorman and mourns his loss to the community. He leaves a wife and many children and lists several sons and daughters residing in Stevensburg Amherst Haleford and the Valley of Virginia along with grandchildren and relatives.
Government claims two victories over the Insurrectos
The R Government announced two victories over the Insurrectos today with General Blinguet reported to have captured El Eero in Durango, a rebel base, while at Potultu in Guerrero government troops defeated 500 Zapatists with sixty casualties.
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Mexico City
Yederals
Blinguet
el Eero
Durango
Potultu
Guerrero
Boat Party Narrow Escape Off Norfolk Coast
Near Old Point a yacht overturned and a nearby launch with Richmond passengers rescued the boat party. Cook Stuart Moon leaped into the water to haul the women to safety while crew and locals aided. Miss Lillian Teck of Richmond was saved at Ocean View, and Miss Beck, unable to swim, was swept out but swam-holders saved her with quick swimming.
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Norfolk
Old Point
Richmond
Stuart Moon
Charles Miller
John Reinhart
A. Groom
J. W. Boston
Norman Jacobs
William Gravin
Jenison Kain
Ocean View
Lillian Teck
Birth of Mrs. Lee Being Honored
Rocky Mount Virginia special reports Mrs Charles Carter Lee the widow sister-in-law of Robert E Lee and surviving daughter-in-law of General Light Horse Harry Lee celebrated her eighty fifth birthday today at her daughter Mrs John F Guerrant’s home near Calloway. She remains mentally sharp and active though not physically strong, and participates in current affairs.
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Rocky Mount
Charles Carter Lee
Robert I. Lee
General Light Horse
Harry Lee
John Ft. Guerrant
Calloway
Lee
Embassy seeks Patrick Dunne amid unplaced confinement claim
Washington report states the American Embassy in Mexico City was asked to locate Patrick Dunne. Congressman Kinkead of New Jersey has been told a death claim exists but provides no location of confinement.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico City
Patrick Dunne
Kinkead
New Jersey
Dunne
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