Captain Wise to Fill New Position at Virginia Military Institute
Captain Jennings Cropper Wise of Richmond has been elected to a new professorship in law and economics at the Virginia Military Institute. He will assume duties in September as commandant of cadets, with Captain Gleaves assisting. Wise, a lawyer, Army adjutant, inventor and author, is known for his "History of the Eastern Shore of Virginia" and prior military and legal work in Richmond, New York, and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Military Institute
Jennings Cropper Wise
Wise
Virginia Field Artillery
Samuel R. Gleaves
United States Army
John S. Wise
Virginia
New York
New York National Guard
University of
Old Dominion
Priln Wise
Mawlamelew
Captain Wise
Aiffercet
Virginia Volunteers
Titanic inquiry tests Board of Trade safeguards
The Board of Trade faced scrutiny as the Titanic inquiry resumed in London. Experts testified Titanic met regulations, with Carruthers confirming Belfast shipyard work and life buoys, Chantler affirming boat safety, and Captain Clarke stating the liner was fit to sail on its maiden voyage.
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London
Board of Trade
Carruthers
Belfast
Chantler
Clarke
Southampton
Actress Forgot Lines After Night In Cell in New York
Special report on Mabel Norton wife of actor Edgar Norton testifying in a $25,000 damages suit against Willard Wilson Hotel Remington proprietor. Norton claims her arrest over her husband’s hotel bill led to humiliation and a night in a cell causing mental distress, professional snubs, and a nervous breakdown.
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New York
Mabel Norton
Edgar Norton
Willard Wilson
Remington
FLECT SUCCESSOR TO SPEAKER BYRD
Richmond VA Special With the retirement of Speaker Richard Byrd from the position of Speaker of the House, an opening exists for the post after six years. Three candidates are mentioned Edwin P Cox Sligh A White and Judge Martin Williams. None have declared officially yet. Williams is a dry leader in the House and the race may shift before the General Assembly convenes.
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Richmond
Richard &. Byrd
Fleet
Edwin P. Cox
Sligh
A. White
Rockbridge
Martin Williams
Giles
White
Cox
Judge Williams
President Saves General Wood
The President vetoes the army appropriation bill aimed at ousting Major General Leonard Wood as head of the army. His message criticizes the bill and urges independent legislation to reorganize the army, preventing Wood’s removal and blocking a preplanned reorganization.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
General Wood
Negro arrests for resisting move orders and assault on officers
Joshua Flenmange Sam Colly George Rooker and William Ball all colored were convicted in Police Court Monday of refusing to move when ordered to do so by Officers P L Nevis and S M Carter. Harvey fined twenty five dollars and six months jail for attacking and biting a police officer. Throgmorton white man refused to move and resisted arrest, threatening a pistol. bond set and hearing June 22. Wheat harvest underway as farmers report good yields and quality forty bushels per acre cited for some crops.
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Richmond
Joshua Flenmange
Sam Colly
George Rooker
William Ball
PL L. Nevis
S. M. Carter
Bach
Ball
Nelson Smith
Kb. Analy
John Robinson
E. A. Leiss
J. C. Napier
Costa
John Harvey
L. M. Reid
C. L. Kidd
Harvey
Justice Crutchfield
Annie Reed
Arthur Hayes
Napier, Leiss
Stephens
Hayes
Richard Throgmorton
J. H. Dubuque
Throgmorton
J. P. Throgmorton
Taft Delegates in Alabama Vote as Unit at Taft Convention
At the Chicago convention the Taft majority of Alabama's delegation adopted a unit vote, nullifying two Roosevelt supporters. The meeting at the Sherman Hotel named Pope M. Long as chair, with George B. Newstoll secretary and P. D. Barker national committeeman among officers. U. S. Pleasants, Alexander Birch, and J. C. Abercrombie named to credentials and permanent organization roles.
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Chicago
Taft
Alabama
Roosevelt
Sherman Hotel
Montag
Chaiireoan
Pope M. Long
George BK. Newstoll
P. D. Barker
U. S. Pleasants
Alexander ©. Birch
J. C. Abercrombie
Oklahoma Delegation Rejects Binding Taft Delegation
Oklahoma members of the Republican delegation voted 182 to refuse adopting a binding resolution. They declined to commit the entire Oklahoma delegation to honor any nominee chosen by the convention. The move reflects Taft forces testing the Conkling method from 1880.
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Chicago
Ill
Oklahoma
Taft
Conkling
Grant
Roosevelt admission scene at Congress Hotel in Chicago
Delegations and alternates packed the Elizabethan room at the Congress Hotel as Theodore Roosevelt met the Illinois party. He urged decisive action, shouting warm welcomes and urging strength as guards kept the crowd back. McCormick and Deneen were among early arrivals, praising the moment.
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Chicago
Ill
Roosevelt
Peacock Alley
McCormick
Timois
MeCormick
Deneen
Bine
Illinois
Mehta
Corco
West Virginia
Both Sides Claim the Majority in Taft Roosevelt Fight
Chicago special reports fierce early roll call at the convention as Taft and Roosevelt camps race to secure a majority. Taft backers claim a twenty vote edge while Roosevelt forces insist the lead can shift, with bankers and senators weighing in on likely outcomes and potential desertions.
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Chicago
Ill
William Monard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Roosevelt
T. Barnard
New York
Borah
Roosevelt Party Assess 42 Vote Lead In Nomination Fight
Roosevelt planners claim to have broken into every Southern State and expect a forty two vote majority for the presidential nomination. Senator Dixon says William E Borah will be temporary chairman and that the convention fight starts after the opening prayer. The effort centers on winning delegates personally at Roosevelt headquarters in Chicago and elsewhere.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
Joseph M. Dixon
NPI mMmannger
Ile
Republican Party
Foxdene Farm and Master Thos. S. Winston’s Hunt
Foxdene Farm on Midlothian Pike is the Virginia home of Thomas S. Winston of Winston & Co. fame. The estate houses a 25-pack hound pack with English bred Bow fel and a line tracing to William A. Winston, with trials and a $500 to $1,000 wager proposal to test Virginia hounds. Winston’s private stable features hunters and trotting racehorses, including Blaze and Bay Hal, under saddle and in harness, as well as a bay gelding used for hunting.
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W. J. Carter
Chesterfield County
Foxdene Farm
Thomass. Winston
Midlothian Pike
Richmond
Winston
Frm
Winston & Co
New York City
Brown Station
N. Y
Omigour Sport
Foxdene
Abr. Winate
National Steeplechase and Hant Association
Atr
Winstons
T. S. Winston Ae M. Fo OH
William A. Winston
Lotsa County
Sportsman's Review
Virginia
Mr. Winston
Relding
Blaze
Chester Dan
Bginford
Wealth
Gambetta Wilkes
Bay Hal
Fancy Hal
Breeding Stock Moves Through Saugerties Farm Details
The roan mare Miss Bird by Jay Bird and dam Mattie Swope is shipped to Saugerties Farm in Saugerties Nte for development and later will be bred to the stud. Laurertios Farm houses a colt by Sahib and a roan mare now twenty, with strong lineage including I an Fanny dam of The King Red and King Hronok a noted grand circuit winner from 1911, signaling continued prominence of the bloodlines.
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Mambrino Abdalah
Almont
Saugerties Farm
Saugerties
Nte
Mr. Winston
James O. Winston
Miss Bird
Jay Bird
Mattie Swope
Young Jim
Virginia
Laurertios Farm
Sahib
Peter the Great
Fier
Ian Fanny
May Transfer War TB Balkans Paris
Special dispatch notes shifting Turkish Italian war operations into the Balkans. Turkish government fears Italian attack on Flajari and concentrates 30,000 troops at Gallipoli. Two batteries of field artillery are being sent from Constantinople to Gallipoli. Gallipoli lies at the northeast entrance of the Dardanelles.
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Paris
Balkans
Constantinople
Flajari
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Dolson-In-Law Funds Boy's Brain Tumor Treatment
Harold McCormick, John D. Rockefeller’s son-in-law, rescued a peanut peddler’s unconscious boy in Cicero. Doctors advised tumor removal, he funded the operation and future care, asking no name be mentioned and promising to pay all bills.
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Chicago
Tlil
Harold McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Cicero
Mr. McCormick
Edwards identity drama grips Clay City inquiry continues
In Clay City Kentucky a man jailed as Wesley Edwards the Carroll County outlaw remains unverified with authorities noting strong resemblance to Edwards and no information to confirm identity. Virginia officers are en route and expected tonight their arrival timing unclear. A companion believed to be Sidna Allen fled and remains at large. Governor Mann awaits confirmation from Kentucky via Detective Baldwin who reports ongoing searches for the missing men.
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Clay City
Wesley Edwards
Carroll County
Virginia
Rrest
Sidna Allen
Mann
Kentucky
Baldwin
Perth Amboy Faces Riots and Threats After Demonstrations
Amid Friday night rioting in Perth Amboy New Jersey dynamite threats spread as looting and raids were feared. Sheriff Bolschweiller’s 250 deputies may not quell the mob prompting calls for troops. A plot to raid the city Monday looms as 2 000 rioters target plants and stores leaving several dead and many injured.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Jersey Central
Bolschweiller
Burke
Keard
D Tour
Smveltinu and Refining Company
Firemen Hurt In Factory Blaze In Boston
Three Boston firemen were injured when an explosion at the American Camphor Company plant in South Boston blew them across the street. The blaze began with an alcohol explosion and fifteen workers fled for their lives as multiple explosions followed. Fire crews fought from a distance and rushed the injured to Clay Hospital.
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Boston
Mass
American Camphor Company
Senate Defeats Williams Five Year Classified Service Bill
Washington D C special report notes the Senate defeated Senator John Sharp Williams five year tenure for classified government employees, replacing it with an efficiency rating system. Debate covered civil service pensions, the control of appointments, and expansion of injunction rules for the Interstate Commerce Commission. The House and Senate have moved toward cutting the Commerce Court and its judges’ terms.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
House
Civil Service Commission
Williams
Cummins
Town
Heyburn
Willams
Cvil Service Commission
Civil Service
Lews
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
United States Supreme Court
Crawford
McCumber
Commerce Court
United States
Special Car and Hangar for Her Aeroplane in Los Angeles
E. J. Baldwin plans a private railway car for daughter Mrs. Ira Baldwin Stocker built to include an airplane apartment. A rooftop landing stage will extend when on a siding. Stocker, who received part of Baldwin's estate, travels to Chicago to finalize plans with builders. The aero plane order has been placed as she anticipates travel.
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Los Angoles
E. J
Baldwin
Lira Baldwin Stocker
Stocker
Chieaco
Fragmentary Travel Note Speaks of Staying with Plant Iris
A partial OCR fragment shows a traveler mentioning stopping and keeping a plant with them while traveling. The quoted lines suggest plans to carry the plant rather than leave it behind, though the context is incomplete. No names, dates, or places are evident in the readable text.
Taft Eyes New York Delegates In Delegation Split
Chicago dispatch notes New York State brings ninety uninstructed delegates. Estimates split delegates among Taft and Roosevelt camps. Barnes Jr. predicts Taft leading with eight tenths of the ninety, Gleason says eighty of the ninety are certain for Taft, Roosevelt advocates claim stronger support than expected. Dixon claims Roosevelt is favored by about half of delegates.
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Chicago
Tli
Roosevelt
New York
New York State
William Barnes, Jr
Snd
Taft
Lafayette D. Gleason
New York Republican Committee
Dixon
Roosevelt gains thirteen more ardent delegates
Chicago report says Special Senator Dixon announced that thirteen more delegates pledged to Colonel Roosevelt. He claimed nine from South Carolina and four from Georgia switched, increasing Roosevelt’s support in the South and diminishing support for the ex President in Georgia.
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Chicago
Ill
Dixon
Roosevelt
South Carolina
Georgia
Negro killer to die by chair next Friday in state penitentiary
Gyrd Jackson, convicted of murderous assault on Farmer, a merchant of Howling Green, Caroline county, faces execution by the death chair at the April term of the circuit court. He struck Farmer with a club, dragged him from the store, and left him on the roadside in the rain. An accomplice was later cleared, Governor declined clemency, and Farmer has largely recovered.
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Richmond
Gyrd Jackson
Farmer
Howling Green
Caroline County
State Penitentiary
Circuit Court of
Caroline
Ackson
Air Farmer
Fesro
Jackson
Alteat
Roosevelt Narrow Escape on Lake Shore Limited Train
Roosevelt and party aboard the Lake Shore Limited were delayed for about twenty minutes near Tarrytown after the train struck a rock on the curve at 5:30 pm while traveling sixty miles per hour. Engineer John McAuliffe saw a rock two feet across, bending the cow catcher and twisting brake beams on five cars, with an air pipe puncture aiding the stop. A track walker and youths claimed the stone was rolled onto the track by another group of boys.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Lake Shore
Roosevelt
Tarrytown
John McAuliffe
Age Jokes And Navy Sparks In Fairfax Herald Quote
The Fairfax Herald weighs in on defense and peace praising a strong navy and large standing army for protection of insular possessions. A dialogue about aging twins and birthday guesses adds local color to the broader editorial view.
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Swansin
Fairfax Herald
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