Shot the broker in Boston office
Boston report states Spencer RK Hill of Richardson, Hl & Co., 5 Congress Street, was shot and seriously wounded in his office shortly before 10 o clock by a man who entered and fired without speaking. Moe was arrested. The firm is a long established one in the State Street district. Hill, aged about forty, is the eldest son of William H Hill, senior partner. his home is in River Bank Court, Cambridge.
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Boston
Mass
Spencer RK. Hill
Richardeos, Hl & Co
Congress Street
Amasein
Moe
Richardson, Fl & Co
State Street
Spencer R. Hill
William H. Hill
River Bank Court
Cambridge
Robbery at drug store by two young highwaymen
The Carolina druggist at 433 West Smith Street reported a hold up by two masked youths who demanded cash and rifled a safe, escaping with about $40 in currency and checks. Police, including bicycle officer Thurman and detectives Belton and Atkinson, questioned suspects but could not identify the robbers. Several checks were found endorsed and traced to distant banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse
W. Smmith
Egypt
Virginia School Supply Company
P. S. Tate
American National Bank
W. Smith, Jr
W. Smith
American National Bank Savings Department
Virginia Laundry Co
A. H. Shepherd
Broad Street Bank
George H. Funk
L. T. Marston
Covington, Ky
STATE TOBACCO SALES INCREASE GRADES LOWER
In Lynchburg Virginia during the past week tobacco sales reached 826 508 pounds, up 44 600 from the prior week as much of the offerings were inferior and wet. Lugs and leaf prices varied with quality from 3 75 to 25 for wrappers 14 to 25, and leaf fine 11 to 13 50. Petersburg warehouses sold 419 500 pounds, totaling 6 250 150 for the season with prices listed from common lugs 6 50 to 7 and wrappers up to 206. About half the local crop has been marketed.
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Lynchburg
Petersburg
British Troops Ordered to Canton After Mutiny
British forces were sent from the sole depot to Canton in response to a mutiny by about 1 600 Chinese soldiers. Dispatches describe a reign of terror and say river pirates have joined in the area.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Mutineers Seize Canton City Barrages and Erect East Gate HQ
Mutineers plunder Canton city as street fighting injures and kills scores. Hundreds flee, leaving belongings behind. Old city partially burned. 20,000 in government barracks doubt loyalty. A battalion defected at dawn, some joining mutineers. Large foreign interests in Canton noted.
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East Gate
Old City
Canton
National Assembly Confirms China as Ruling Body
The National Assembly of China today became the republics ruling body after final constitutional approval. It will elect presidents and vice presidents and enact laws. Laws may be passed over the Presidents veto. Tang Shao Yi, Yuan Shikai’s representative, will hand Sun Yat Sen the republics seal upon his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
National Assembly of China
Tang Shao-Yi
Yuan Shi Kai
Sun Yat San
Woman Guards Pool Room As Son Is Fatally Shot
Mrs. Hilomena Galle, believing her son Thomas Galle was shot, rushed to a pool room across from her home and held ten men at bay until two detectives arrived. Thomas died in her arms. Police detained the ten men, while investigators seek the killer believed involved in a fight over a girl earlier that night.
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New York
Hilomena Galle
Thomas Galle
No Prospect for an Extra Session in Virginia
Richmond special reports that Governor Mann will not call an extra session to pass redistricting bills. He notes sixty days have passed and the legislature may extend its term at its own expense, but he sees no need for additional sessions. The piece argues the government continues to function despite calls for action.
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Richmond
Senate
House
General Assembly
Treasury
Mann
Commonwealth of Virginia
McDonald Warms Longevity Race With Nitro-Glycerine Claim
Jas McDonald former head of Standard Oil European operations challenges John D Rockefeller in a longevity race. He says nitro glycerine tablets help him reach age past seventy toward a hoped hundred, while Rockefeller counts on pepsin tablets to aid a weak stomach. Both credit tablet supply for extending life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ELES
Jas. McDonald
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
McDonald
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Cyclist Jake Derosler Injured In Stadium Race
Los Angeles report says Jake Derosler, famed motor cyclist, suffers a fractured left thigh and knee cap with severe body bruising and a deep laceration to the left side after a crash at the stadium track during the deciding motor race. Balke won the event, lost control at high speed, and Derosler’s machine toppled, sending his bike off the track. Derosler was taken to Crocker Hospital for treatment.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jake Derosler
Crocker Hospital
Stadium Track
Balke
Derosier
Permit cravings and riot act at Richmond Police Court
Crowds overwhelm Richmond Police Court as 300 attend despite an ordinance banning non witnesses. Chief reads riot act to those lacking credentials, 1560 pass as visitors and witnesses elsewhere. Health officials note court as contagion risk while efforts to enforce access rules continue.
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Richmond
Werner
Justice Crutchfield
Board of Health
Mayour Richardson
Challenge to Taft Sent From Dixon On Primary Test
Special Senator Joseph M Dixon chairman of the National Roosevelt Committee forwards Colonel Roosevelt s letter on preferential presidential primaries to William McKinley director of the Taft bureau. Dixon asks Taft s stance on a general primary to gauge Republican voters sentiment for the coming campaign.
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Taft
Washington, D. C
Joseph M. Dixon
National Roosevelt Committee
Roosevelt
William McKinley
National Taft Bureau
Dixon
McKinney
Joseph M. Lixan
Roosevelt on Tour Plans Late Next Week Speech Route
Roosevelt aims to depart New York for a speaking tour in the Midwest, likely Ohio, focusing on his Columbus declaration and answering opponents. He criticizes a Dixon letter about federal officeholders and arrives at Mineola Courthouse to find a camera operator filming him as he hurries to court.
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Roosevelt
New York
Ohio
Columbus
Dixon
Washington
Taft
Mineola
Oyster Bay
Chewing tar on Richmond streets nearly fatal to boy
In Richmond, six year old Richard Carter nearly died after chewing tar spilled from a boiling cauldron used for street treatment. He fell gravely ill but survived after hours of medical effort. Other children who shared the tar appeared unharmed.
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Richmond
Richard Carter
R. A Carter
Bimbridge
Richard
Grace Policies Cancelled Case in Atlanta Ledger
In Atlanta GA authorities review the case involving Mrs. E. H. Grace accused of a sheet related offense. Proceedings focus on policy adjustments and potential legal action tied to the Grace case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GRACE
Atlanta. GA
E. H. Grace
West Virginia Senate Resolution on Fees Lacks Legal Force
A Virginia Senate resolution calls on county clerks sheriffs and sergeants to report emoluments for 1912 and 1913 but its one house origin and lack of enforcement means it offers moral effect only. It urges the clerk of the Senate to tally fee income and report to the 1914 session, with declinations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
West
Senate
Virginia
Woman Candidate for Senatorship in Colorado
Denver report notes Sarah Platt Decker as the Colorado women’s organization candidate for one of the two Senate seats to be filled next winter. The piece adds a satirical aside about ground hogs not belonging to the Ananias Club.
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Denver, Col
Sarah Platt Decker
Women’s Organization of Colorado
Ananias Club
Clifton Forge Review
Arraignment for 51 Labor Leaders in Indianapolis
Fifty one indicted labor leaders will be arraigned before Judge Albert B. Anderson in Indianapolis as the government moves to prosecute higherups in the nationwide dynamite conspiracy. Key figures named include Frank M. Ryan, John T. Butler, Herbert S. Hockin, plus many Ironworkers and allied union officials. Each defendant faces 128 counts of transporting dynamite in violation of interstate laws with possible penalties up to two years per count. Public interest runs high as rumors spread across the city.
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Indianapolis
Albert B. Anderson
United States District Court
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
Herbert 8. Hockin
John T. Butler
Buffalo
N. Y
Herbert S. Hockin
Detroit
Mich
Richard H. Houlihan
Chicago
Ironworkers Local Union No
Detroit Federation of Labor
Eugene A. Clancey
San Francisco
California
John J. McCray
Ironworkers
Frank ©. Webb
New York
Patrick F. Farrell
Daniel J. Brophy
Brooklyn
Michael J. Cunnane
Philadelphia
James Cooney
William E. Redin
Milwaukee
Wis
Paul J. Morin
St. Louis
Peter J. Smith
Cleveland
William J. McCain
Kansas City
Michael J. Hannon
Scranton
Loos! Union
Scranton Central Labor Union
John R. Carroll
Iron Worker
Syracuse
Edward EF. Phillips
WN. Y
Fred Sherman
Ernest C. W. Basey
Cincinnati
James E. Ray
Peorla
Ill
Edward Clark
Daniel Buckley
Davenport
Iowa
Albert Brown
Edward Smythe
Peoria
Andrew J. Kavanaugh
Springfield
Murray J. Pennell
Lee G. Seiffert
George Anderson
Nipper
William Schoupe
James Coughlin
Charles Wachtmeister
Fred Mooney
Duluth
Minn
Frank J. Murphy
Spurgeon P. Meadows
District Council International Brotherhood Carpenters and Joiners
Hiram Cline
Muncie
Ind
Cooley
New Orleans
Charles N. Beam
Minneapolis
J. E. Munsey
Salt Lake City
Guiso
Jack Right
Revelations Expected From Labor Leaders Trial
District Attorney Miller signals possible guilty pleas and state evidence from indicted labor leaders amid a large federal conspiracy case. Extradition brought fifty four defendants to trial readiness with 14 unsold indictments and 65 explosions tied to open shop employers and nonmember contractors. Letters and recorded conversations from the Ironworkers offices are key government evidence. Union leaders deny wrongdoing while defense counsel organizes the case for trial anticipated in May.
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Trade Union Council of the
Charles W. Miller
Atlantic
Pacific
McNamara
Ofty Ve
John J. McNamara
James 9. McNamara
Ortie McManigal
McManigal
McNamaras
Herbert S. Hockin
Miller
National Erectors' Association
Erectors' Association
International Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
Ryan
Hockin
Convrersatloma
United States
Hockla Decclares
Ironworkers’ Union
G. Newton Hardy
Ww. UW
Wellesley Don’ts From College Girls in Massachusetts
Wellesley College girls publish a list of donts offering humorous cautions. Do not kiss in public highways, avoid chewing candy on streets, refrain from being a freak as squirrels already have nuts to attend to, do not study too hard lest others think you aim to earn a living, and avoid flirting with the village’s handsome man whose wife may object.
Jewelry Store Blaze Destroys Lumsden Building in Richmond
A near midnight fire gutted the three story 731 East Malin Street jewelers building occupied by C Lumsden and Son Inc in Richmond. The adjacent properties housing S Galeski Optical and offices of James Nolting National Cash Register and others suffered water damage. Lumsden stock and fixtures valued at 40000 and building at 10000 are totaled near 50000 in losses. Fire department actions confined the blaze to the Lumsden structure with minimal damage to neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Main, Cary
Seventh
Eighth Streets
East Malin Street
C. Lumsden & Son, Inc
S. Galeski Optical
Chesapeake and Oho Railway
James M. Nolting
National Cash Register Company
William B. Pizzini
Lumsden
Mexicans Revise the United States
Mexico City reports foreign residents stockpiling arms for self protection amid growing anti American sentiment. Government permits foreign citizens to bear arms and supplies rapid fire guns. German colony receives arms. Flight of Americans and other foreigners continues as protests mount against Taft and U S policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
War Office
Madero
United States
Taft
Esquival Obregon
Republic
Senor Obregon
Juarez
Big Battle Seen Near Torreon in Northern Revolution
Dispatches report rebel forces have occupied Gomez Palacio near Torreon and Orozco’s army is nearing. Mexican federal troops from Mexico City race toward Torreon, but bridge burnings delay them. The northern revolution’s first major battle is anticipated this week with rebels likely to force engagement at Torreon for strategic advantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montberey
Torreon
Laguna
Gomez
Murder Case Sparks Dense Talk Among Workers
A Boston Transcript item records five coworkers reacting to a sensational murder case. A calls it shocking and heinous, B deems it the most heinous crime, C suggests an unequivocal view, D admits unfamiliarity, and E deems it dreadful with rare examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Amundsen Maps New Route To The Southern Pole
Captain Roald Amundsen revealed details of his southern dash plan altered by sleep limits and harsh climbs. The expedition faced 16 000 foot heights, dog depredations, and unprecedented luxuries while the crew kept beards trimmed and baths unheard of. The route to the South Pole may become the standard for future explorers, with Shackleton and Scott’s path deemed tougher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart
Tasmania
Roald Amundsen
Arctic
South Pole
Shackleton
Captain Scott
North Pole
Amundsen Congratulated on Antarctic Feat
Hobart Tasmania special reports cable messages flow from around the world congratulating Captain Amundsen. He may prolong his stay hoping other Antarctic expeditions pass by en route. The Fram lies anchored in the roadstead with visitors not allowed aboard and sailors remaining ashore.
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Hobart
Tasmania
Amundsen
Fram
Colonel Says He Will Not See Anyone
A brief Times Herald blurb quotes the colonel denying contact with any person, framing the remark as a bluff in a game. The quotation underscores a defiant posture amid ongoing tensions and speculation about meetings or disclosures.
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Times- Herald
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