Woman commits death by own action in Staunton
Miss Delia Leech, inmate of Western State Hospital Staunton, Va., was killed when she walked onto Chesapeake and Ohio express train No. 4 after leaving the local station. The body was severed at the waist. observers noted she appeared to intend to stop the engineer but the train was already moving at high speed. Leech had been committed to the hospital three weeks earlier for a mental issue and had permission to walk in the hospital grounds. Remains were to be taken to Clifton Forge for burial. she leaves four brothers and other relatives noted.
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Staunton
Chesapeake and Ohio
Delia Leech
Western State Hospital
Messey
iMas Leech
Ofton Forge
State Library Publishes Virginia Troops in the Revolution Report
The State Library releases a Special report by archivist Dr. H. Mohkenrode detailing Virginia’s Revolutionary War military rolls. Alphabetical lists with abbreviated document references accompany a cautious preface on completeness. Missing War Department rolls and ongoing finds limit certainty, with many rosters still sought.
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State Library
Virginia
Ricunnond
Viesinin
Archivee
HH. J. Mohkenrode
Eekenrede
War Department
E State Library
Lst
Renounces Judge Who Sent Son to Jail
New York special report describes a Bronx scene after Magistrate Mouse sentenced three young men to thirty days in the workhouse for rowdy behavior on a car. A woman, Mrs Johannah Hertman, confronted the magistrate with a shouted protest, pausing only when police dispersed the crowd. The three defendants, William Bhiffer Gustave Stiefel and John Hertman, had been arrested for rowdy conduct at Clasen Point transfer point. Court sentencing prompted the outburst and a doctor was summoned to assess the woman.
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New York
Mouse
Morpisania
de Vito
Washington Avenue
Magistrate House
Lebanon Hospital
Johannah Hertman
William Bhiffer
Wakefield Road
Gustave Stiefel
John Hertman
Clasen Point
Westchester Avenue
Bronx
High pay to women sparks debate on suffrage
New York report on a discussion at 20 East Forty-sixth Street where Mrs. John Martin argues against women’s suffrage and high salaries for women, claiming it harms race quality and family life. She contrasts it with salaries for men, warning of delayed marriages and “race death” from female wage earners.
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New York
John Martin
National League For the Civic Education of Women
East Forty-sixth Street
Paris
Martin
Perve Hanging Reflects Fears for Nation’s Fate
The text laments declining affection and social decay, arguing that without cogentea the nation will sink like the Titanic. It warns against complacency, insisting the sixwest fast wealth and progress cannot avert disaster.
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Cogentea
Allen Trials Veniremen Named in Wytheville Case
Wytheville reports marked inquest preparing for Floyd Allen murder trial. Veniremen named J Manger Brown John J Miller Frank E Nelms Greek HK James Charles P Buck G J Felty J Davis Phillips D I Hloanshell W S Trumphreys G I Uimberger Frank S Onlesby Kb 46 Robinson FD Shapey C I Haleston J S Crockett John W Robertson J R Holtlands worth W M Buchanan. Court aims to prevent disruptions. juror pool limited by statute. Floyd Allen ill with biliousness. trial expected two weeks, no compromise seen.
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Wytheville
Wotheville
Sik
Abbey
Lave
Hdd
Floyd al Fon
J. Manger Brown
John J. Miller
Frank E. Nelms
HK. James
Charles P. Buck
G. J. Felty
J. Davis Phillips
D. I. Hloanshell
W. S. Trumphreys
G. I. Uimberger
Frank
S. Onlesby
Robinson
Shapey
C. I. Haleston
Crockett
John W. Robertson
J. RK
Holtlandsworth
W. M
Floyd Allen
Commonwealth
Tomer
Senator Martin Away From Senate As Wife Fights Ill
Richmond special reports Senator Thomas S. Martin is in Charlottesville tending his gravely ill wife Mrs. Martin. She is in critical condition and expected to live only a day or two, with her mother Mrs. C F Day and a team of nurses caring for her.
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Richmond
Thomas
Martin
United States Senate
Charlottesville
C. F. Day
Isle of Wight
Senator Martin
Egypt
Europe
Washington
Recall witness in Titanic probe
In Washington special hearings reveal Senator Burton questioning County Officer J B Boxhart and other testimony related to the Titanic disaster. Edward K Donn recounts a telegram about Titanic reinsurance while J Bruce Ismay testifies on ship ownership, capital, and the vessel’s construction. Ismay cites a seven and a half million dollar cost with five million insured, and notes multiple ships in the lineup of the International Mercantile Marine Company.
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Washington, D. C
Bourbon
J. B. Boxhart
Mariner
Andrews
Westher
Burton
Henry Stengel
Newark
N. J
Edward IK
Donn
New York
Islefrank
White Star Line
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Senator Smith
Pennsylvania
New York City
Washington
Smith
United States
H. H. Morgan
Cleveland, O
Louis Klein
J. Bruce Ismay
Ismay
International Mercantile Marine Company
Samayad
Harland and Wolf Com
Lord Perry
The
Republic
Naronic
Liverpool
Atlantic
Captain Smith
Wideners
Thayer
Mroo
Carter
Major Utt
Jemay
Cunard Line
St. Penne
Field Co
Suits Filed Against White Star Line
Five witnesses including J Bruce Ismay and four Titanic crew members are held for Europe by a midnight District Supreme Court session. Louise Robins, widow of Astor aide George Robins, sues for wrongful death in Admiralty Court New York, alleging negligence by Oceanic Steam Navigation Company. Subpoenas issued for Ismay Boxhall Lightoller Greet and Bride to appear at Century Building.
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Europe
Washington, D. C
Ashley M. Gould
District Supreme Court
J. Bruce Ismay
International Mercantile Marine
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
Louise Robins
George Robins
John Jacob Astor
Herbert and
Micou
Admiralty Court
New York City
Justice Gould
Ralph D. Quinter
Century Building
Joseph G. Boxhall
Charles H. Lightoller
Frederick Greet
Harold S. Bride
Floyd Allen Trial Begins In Wytheville Case
Wytheville Va Special progress reported in lining up jurors for Floyd Allen trial. Of sixteen examined, nine available for service include Nelms and eight others. many are young farmers._ALIAS_ venire list released for sixteen potential jurors.
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Wytheville
Floyd Allen
Nelms
Umbarger
Buchanan
Repos
Trown
James
Buck
Shope
Thomas K. Phillipps
Zeb B. Graham
T. BE. Simmerman
C. Tarter
Lt. Miller
W. F. Gammons
E. l. Wager
F. P. Chafin
T. J. B. Pharitys
Pier
Cevetre
Jack Allen
Theother
Pleyd Aen
John Mund
Stina
Wesley Hilwarits
Momiy
Carroll
veniremen questioned as judge halts continuance in trial
Judge Staples ends continuance and orders jury pool reshaped after defense counsel focus on expected testimony. Four more veniremen are rejected for bias or prejudice, leaving nine men selected for jury service before a new pool must be summoned.
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Allen
Staples
Carroll
Wythe
Hairston
Waller
Poague
Sidna Allen Seen Near Mount Airy Wytheville Va
Special report says Sidna Allen, identified by three reputable witnesses, was seen seven miles north of Mount Airy. Dr. Thomas B. Ashby and Charles Webb corroborate the sighting after a bearded man with a month-old beard fled toward woods near the Fancy Gap Road home. Wytheville authorities notified. search to begin immediately.
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Charles Webb
Fancy Gap
Dr. Ashby
Webb
Miss Webb
Sr. Ashby
Baldwin denies Sidna Allen sighting near Mount Airy
In Wytheville special report W G Baldwin refutes claims that Sidna Allen has been seen in the Mount Airy area. The denial counters circulating rumors about sightings and places emphasis on the absence of any verified sighting.
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Baldwin
Wytheville
Sidna Allen
Mount Airy
Steamer Texas Sinks After Mine Off Asia Minor
A steamer named Texas belonging to Hadji Daoud Ling struck a mine off the coast of Asia Minor on Monday afternoon and sank. About 75 people drowned and 60 were injured out of 300 aboard, with the ship carrying European mails. The mine is thought to have been cast adrift by Italian warships. Another dispatch reports 140 drowned from the Texas community and crew.
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Constantinople
Texas
Hadji-Daoud Ling
Asia Minor
Symran T0
Lloyd Offices
London
Gulf of Smyrna
Colonel Roosevelts Iowa lead in delegate count
White House observers released a statement showing forty four delegates elected last week. Senator Cumming holds ten convention votes while Colonel Roosevelt commands nine delegates, including four from Missouri at large, giving him a growing lead toward the third term effort.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Cumming
Iowa
Roosevelt
Missouri
Second fatality outgrowth of pistol duel in which woman was killed
Richmond Special. George Wallace died at City Hospital from sunshot wounds inflicted by Henry Hite in a pistol duel at 414 Orleans Street, Fulton. A stray bullet from Wallace struck Lula Davis in the temple, killing her. Coroner’s jury blamed Wallace for Davis’s death. Hite was charged with murder. Wallace was shot in the abdomen. Hite escaped unharmed.
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Richmond
George Wallace
City
Henry Hite
Lula Davis
Orleans Street
Fulton
Wallace
P. A. Belton
Hite
Ten Die In Louisiana Tornado Hits Gilbert Area
Special report says at least ten people were killed when a tornado swept the northeastern Louisiana region early today. The storm centered near Gilbert where a man died beneath a falling building and eight workers were killed in a mill. In Franklin Parish many were crushed to death.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Gilbert
Pritle
Franklin Parish
Dissolution of International Harvester Co. Demanded
Special. The Department of Justice seeks dissolution of the International Harvester Company alleging a restraint of interstate trade and monopoly in harvesting machinery and twine. It accuses the firm of misleading the public, concealing ownership, and using unfair trade methods to suppress competition, with 90 percent of harvesters and 75 percent of mowers tied to the trust.
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ST. Paul, Minn
International Harvester Company
Department of Justice
Harvester Truest
Cyrus Hf
McCormick
Harold McCormick
Charles
James Deering
Richard Bplowe
William HH
Jones
John J. Glessner
George WW. Perkins
Charles Steels
Elbert HI
Gary
George I. Baker
Norman B. Ream
Sivini
Enels
D. M. Osborne & Co
Auburn
N.Y
Osborne Company
International Harvest Company
United States
Insurance Firms Win Suit End to Newport News Tax War
In Newport News Virginia a long dispute over city taxes on insurers ends. The city council raised taxes two years ago triggering higher insurance rates and indictments for agent conspiracy. The state Supreme Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the insurers who will revert to pre tax rates and may refund the 10 percent increase if the city repays the tax.
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Newport News
Ecity
Supreme Court of Appeals
Southastern Tariff Association
Kansas Solid for Roosevelt at State Convention
Returns from fourteen more Kansas counties show Roosevelt delegates instructed at Independence May 8. He now holds more than two thirds of the delegates to the State convention and is also assured of sixteen of Kansas's twenty Chicago delegates.
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Trength
Topeka
K Kan
Lyon
Theodore Roosevelt
Kansas
Independence
Chicago
Four delegates at large for Mr. Taft chosen in New Hampshire
Four delegates instructed to vote for President Taft for the potential nomination at the Republican convention were chosen at the New Hampshire State convention after a lively session. Taft accuses Roosevelt of falsification while Roosevelt counters Taft is a falsifier, a mutual sharp exchange noted by the Bristol Courier-Herald.
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MR. Taft
Concord
N. H
Taft
New Hampshire
Mr. Roosevelt
Bristol Courier-Herald
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