Chauffeur Too Ill to Appear in Fatal Auto Case
Richmond readers learn of coroner verdict on Mildred Calisch death from a June 3 automobile wreck caused by speed on a curve. Emanuel Wallerstein, 17, testified lacking knowledge of motor laws. jurors blamed speed and curve. Local officials discuss proposed strict auto owner driver liability and license rules.
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Mildred Calisch
West Grace Street
J. Fulmer Bright
Emanuel Wallerstein
W. R. Powers
Thomas W. Purcell
William Todd
Julien Binford, JR
ST. George Anderson
George W. Warren
Harold Calisch
St. Luke's Hospital
Wallerstein
Calish
Tell tale Refrigerator earmarks ice quantity device
Richmond inventor Wallace P Kennedy received a patent for a refrigerator with a built in ice indicator. A stock company will be formed to manufacture the units locally under the name Tell tale Refrigerator. A weighing tube outside shows the current ice weight.
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Richmondv
Wallace P. Kennedy
Richmond
Kennedy
Pope Pius Sidelined by Heat Again
Rome reports the pope remains indisposed due to heat and again defies doctors orders by continuing audiences. Vatican medical staff say rest will restore health, yet concerns grow over the pontiff’s age and ongoing resistance to medical advice.
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Rome
Pius
Vatican
Woodmen of the World Celebrate Twenty First Anniversary
Woodmen of the World camp 212 in Houston Virginia marked the twenty first anniversary of Woodcraft with a meeting led by Consul Commander Willingham. The program included brief ceremonies and addresses by Rev. R. E. L. Ayler and S. L. Dunvil, with Ss. L. Gilliland and RR. H. Beasly of South Boston also speaking.
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Houston
Old Dominion
Woodmen of the World
Woodcraft
United States
Canada
Willingham
R. E. L. Ayler
Baptist Church of Houston
L. Dunvil
Methodist
Ss. L. Gilliland
RR. H. Beasly
South
Boston
City proposes jail term for speeders in Richmond parks
Richmond Virginia Special reports a proposed ordinance requiring at least thirty days in jail for speed law violators, joint liability for damages, and proof burden on owners or drivers. It would bar youths under eighteen from operating cars until safety exams and restrict speeds near the parks to ten miles per hour to protect pedestrians and concertgoers.
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Lcense
Eighteenth Street
Robinson Street
Richmond
Common Council
Virginian Named West Point History Instructor
First Lieutenant Harry Hodges of the First United States Cavalry stationed at Fort Yellowstone is appointed instructor in history and English at the Military Academy at West Point. The four year assignment begins in August, honoring a young officer and West Point graduate. Hodges, son of the late Colonel Harry Hodges of Norfolk, is Virginian by birth and married to Addie Bowe.
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Richmond
Harry Hodges
First
United States Cavalry
Fort Yellowstone
Military Academy At
West Point
Hodges
Norfolk
Addie Bowe
N. W. Bowe
Modges
Army
Abolishing State Board of Examiners Criticized
The Sch Examiners say deleting the State Board of Examiners was a great blunder. The board’s experts on public education served as field agents for the Department of Public Instruction. They trained teachers, inspired pupils, rallied taxpayers, and kept Richmond authorities informed on school progress and needs. They argued the system is not perfect without them.
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Sch
State Board of Examiners
Department of Public Instruction
Richmond
Newport News Times-Herald
Wool Tariff Debated Amid Proposals and Quoted Quarrel
Washington special reports the House debating the wool schedule with a 20 percent duty on raw wool and 42.5 percent average on manufactured wool. Members argued over debate length as Underwood defended the tariff while clashing with Payne who accused it of upward revision.
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Washington, D. C
House
J. Payne
St Vincent de Paul Society Ends National Conference Session
Richard Gannon president of the Superior Council of Chicago presided at the final session in Boston. The topic was The Spiritual Side of the Society as delegates discussed the conference concluding remarks.
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Boston
Mass
Richard Do. Gannon
Superior Council of
Chicago
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Devil Doctrine Sparks Northern Preacher Scorn
The Covington Dispatch criticizes a northern preacher who says there is no devil. It labels him unfit for the ministry and accuses him of teaching a doctrine against leading scholars of all ages.
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Covington Dispatch
Death by own action ends life at Arlington Cemetery
J A McLaughlin a wealthy Virginian died by poison between his parents graves in Arlington Cemetery after leaving a letter to the superintendent requesting simple funeral rites and no inquest. Found with morphine and cyanide remnants, the man lived in Morrisville Fauquier County Virginia and was about 35, single, child of Lieutenant J B McLaughlin US Army.
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Washington, D. C
J. A. McLaughlin
J. B. McLaughlin
United States Army
Arlington Cemetery
Minor Dobson
McLaughlin
Morrisville
Fauquier County
Kemington Station
Southern Railway
Magoon
T. Ashton
Alexandria County
Rosslyn
Ashton
Polson
Young Melaughlin
Old Fort McPherson
Quartermaster's Department
Fort Myer
Arlington
Fourteenth
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Fire Threatens Safety of Ship Off Holland Coast
A steamship is reported afire off the coast of Holland. The vessel, believed to be the Oxonian, a Trans-Atlantic freighter of the International Mercantile Marine Co., has four masts and a pink flame on a yellow stack. No positive confirmation yet, but the Oxonian was due in the area.
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Rotterdam
Holland
International Mercantile Marine Company
New York
Oxonian
Waarden
Holand
Missing Richmond Woman Sought After Disappearance
Police in Richmond say they are actively seeking Mrs. Duncan Livingston of 280 West Broad Street who vanished five days ago. Her husband reports fear for her safety amid suspected mental distress. photo release blocked, but police will share identifying details and may deploy a detective to search the streets.
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Richmond
Major Werner
Duncan Livingston
West Broad Street
Livingston
Werner
U S recognizes Portuguese Republic after ratification
The State Department.cabled Instructions to the U S Legation at Lisbon to formally recognize the republic of Portugal once the National Assembly ratifies the people's choice of government.
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State Department
United States
Legation
Lisbon
Republic of Portugal
National Assembly
Virginias Federation of Labor Discusses Farm Unions Unity
The second day of the Virginia Federation of Labor session opened with Epperson in chair and favored consolidation of the Farmers Educational and Co operative Union with the federation. E C Davidson urged the plan with notes on legislative unity to aid farmers and workers while committee reports and speakers, including Dr. Douglas Freeman and Miss Mary Johnston, followed.
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Richmond
Virginia Federation of Labor
Epperson
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative
E. C. Davidson
American Federation of Labor
Machinists
Dr. Douglas
P. S. Jones
W. E. Nichols
R. L. Woody
R. B. Eberlin
Charles Flaherty
R. M. Jones
J. J. Creamer
G. E. Miffleton
J. W. Parrott
A. I. Calvert
W. K. Jacobs
Joseph Angley
W. M. Stafford
C. F. Jones
H. J. Norton
Lille Barbour
W. K. Hutchens
Ro Bowden
A. C. Koontz
E. Reed
Minnie Young
Kent
Committee On President
State Federation of Labor
Legislative Committee
Virginia
Southern Conference On
May Wheat Corner Investigated by U S Attorney
The May wheat corner engineered by A J Lichtstern is under federal inquiry led by United States District Attorney Sims. Indictments are likely as Sims refuses to discuss the deal. Lichtstein allegedly controlled Chicago storage to push cash wheat toward 1 25 to wipe out losses from failed Board of Trade efforts.
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Chicago
Ill
May
A. J. Lichtstern
United States
Sims
Board of Trade
Lichtstein
North Carolina honors Civil War veterans with degrees
The Petersburg Index Appeal notes North Carolina allows eighty Confederate veteran graduates to receive postwar degrees. It urges Virginia to grant similar degrees at the University of Virginia, while Washington and Lee is exempt as a non state institution.
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University of Virginia
Washington and Lee
University of North Carolina
Sch
North Carolina
Virginia
Liberty Hall
Stonewall Brigade
Petersburg Index
Woman Seeks Lost Husband From Durham Mother Desperate
Mrs Pride Lyon of Durham North Carolina pleads to the police for help locating her husband who may be in Richmond or moving there with their two sons absenting support. She notes destitution with unpaid rent and hunger while a systematic city search continues with no trace found.
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Richmond
Pride Lyon
Durham
N. C
Braten
Sage
City Eyes Taking Memorial Hospital as Gift
A movement urged by Henry R. Pollard Jr seeks city ownership of Memorial Hospital as a free hospital. The plan would keep Medical College of Virginia clinics, form a self perpetuating board, and preserve charity work while addressing a $40,000 mortgage. A broader push to consolidate Virginia medical schools may follow.
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Richmond
Memorial Hospital
Henry R. Pollard, Jr
Common Council
Memorial Hospital Trustees
Medical College of Virginia
Memorial
General Assembly of Virginia
University of Virginia
Medical Collége of Virginia
Edward A. Alderman
Unversity of Virginia
Stuart McGuire
George Ben Johnston
General Assembly
Virginia Educational Commission
South's
Medical Center
Medical Colleges
Virginia
United States
Medical schools unite to create a single great Virginia high school
The passage outlines a push to consolidate Richmond and Virginia medical, pharmaceutical, and dental schools into one unified state high school. It argues such a merger could make the state a national medical center and notes that ambitious individuals complicate cooperation, with some urging shared leadership to advance collective interests over separate agendas.
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Richmond
Virginia
South
Fire in Lowellville Leaves 22 Buildings Destroyed
A morning fire at Lowellville near Youngstown Ohio destroyed twenty two buildings mainly business structures. Authorities dynamited several stores to halt the blaze and about two hundred people, mostly foreigners, were left homeless.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Lowellville
Here
Grand jury seeks documents in lumber trust case
In Chicago special federal grand jury demands documents from Werer hauser Lumber Company employees. The probe targets a suspected combination with Edward Hines Lumber Company to fix prices nationwide. Efforts aim to link wholesalers through a red book and blue book. Over 200 witnesses remain to be heard.
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Gase Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
Ill
Wererhauser Lumber Company
Edward Hines Lumber Company
United States
Claims rival killed his wife in bathtub mystery
The investigation into the East Seventy eleventh Street case took a new turn as Harry A. Scheib’s attorneys urged a rival may have slain his wife Lillian. They inspected the crime scene and withheld findings, while Scheib denied guilt and claimed the rival sought to win Mrs. Scheib away from him. Police pursue evidence to show Scheib’s alleged habitual criminal status as custody battles continue.
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New York
Harry A. Scheib
Lillian
East Seventy-elehth Street
Scheib
Seventy-elehth Street
Scheth
Secretly Married Mathematics Professor Weds Pupil
Harrisonburg Va Special reports the secret wedding last Thursday of Dwicht I. Cornet, mathematics professor at Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in Dayton, to pupil Miss Parke Sloan of Tuscaloosa Alabama. The couple wed quietly, the bride noted for beauty.
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Harrisonburg
Dwicht I. Cornet
Shenandoah Collegiate Institute
Dayton
Parke Sloan
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Japanese Delegation Attends King George Coronation
A distinguished Japanese party led by Prince and Princess Hyashu Fushimi Admiral Togo and General Nogi arrived in London to attend King George V's coronation as official Mikado representatives. They were greeted by the Japanese Embassy staff and warmly welcomed by London crowds.
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London
Hyashu Fushimi
Togo
Nogi
Port Arthur
George
French Troops Shell Moroccan Villages in Beni Ma District
In the Beni mar district French Colonel Moinier’s force shelled and razed several native villages while pursuing rebel tribesmen who attacked Colonel Gourad’s expedition en route to Fez. Many tribesmen are reported killed or wounded.
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Tangier
Morocco
Benimar
Moinier
Gourad
Fez
Woman Held For Double Murder In Baltimore
Ida Brooks Cohen a young worker is arrested by headquarters detectives on charges of poisoning to kill her husband Morris Cohen and his aunt wife Mrs Morris Cohen. Warrants issued for the uncle on similar murder charges. Cohen has evaded police. Mrs Morris Cohen and one of her sons died about ten days ago.
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Baltimore
Ida Brooks Cohen
Morris Cohen
Cohen
Withdrawal of American troops from Galveston and San Diego
Washington D. C. Special report states Major General Wood recommended to President Taft immediate withdrawal of 3,000 plus U S troops from Galveston Texas and 3,000 from San Diego California and return to home barracks. The maneuver division will stay in San Antonio until fall.
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Washington, D. C
Wood
Taft
United States
Galveston
Texas
San Diego
Cal
San Antonio
Earthquake in Mexico City Kills 150 Soldiers
Terrific shocks in Mexico City early Wednesday caused hundreds to flee as buildings collapsed and walls toppled. A first quake at 4:48 a.m. lasted two hours, followed by a stronger second tremor. About 150 soldiers perished in barracks crushed by ruins, with fires, panicked crowds, and churches serving as refuges amid widespread damage and terror.
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Mexico City
Mex
Ant
Salen
Francesco
Madero
Goa
Diaz
Shotter Hore
Earthquake Seen From Georgetown Observatory In Distant Cataclysm
Washington reports the Georgetown University Observatory recorded the most severe shocks in its history. Tremors began at 6 28 2 A M and lasted eight minutes. Scientists estimate the quake origin may be up to 4000 miles away with no definite location given.
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Washington, D.C
Speeiak
Georgetown University Observatory
The
University Observatory
Washington
Major East West Earthquake Shocks Felt at Fordham
A powerful earthquake was recorded at Fordham University in New York at 6 18 this morning with an estimated epicenter 2500 to 3000 miles away. The tremor traveled east to west after an earlier 6 11 north south shock and was followed by forty aftershocks, many varying in intensity, predominantly north south.
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New York
Fordham University
Earthquake Shocks Recorded at Spring Hill College
A sei smograph at Spring Hill College Mobile recorded two violent earthquake shocks at 7 03 this morning. The director in charge said the shocks were on this continent.
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Mobile
Ula
Seimograph
Spring Hill College
Earthquake Tremor Sets Record at Washington University
A historic non violent earthquake shock lasting two hours and twenty two minutes was recorded at Washington University in St Louis. The event occurred in three segments from 7:50 AM to 7:35 PM with the main wave at 5:24:58 and a southeast to northwest direction.
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St, Louis
Washington University
Train wreck claims six lives near Fairfield Connecticut
A freight wreck on the New York New Haven and Hartford line in Fairfield kills six engineers and firemen, with four other railroad workers fatally injured and at least a dozen more hurt. Firefighters rescue many as multiple trains derail and fire on the blocked main line. Bridgeport teams assist with ambulances and doctors summoned to the scene.
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Fairfield
Conn
New York
New Traven and Hartford
Boston
Fairfield Fire Department
Westhermal Springfield
Harlem
Trai
Buckingham
Brideperg
Bridgeport
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Pope Pius
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James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Lines
Great Northern
Lichtstern
Durham, N. C
Police Department
Lyon
Sceib
New Trail
Ida Cohen
Husband
St. Louis
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