Improvement Meeting on Good Roads in Rich mond
Richmond hosts a national gathering November 20 to 23 of engineers road officials traffic experts legislators railroad officials manufacturers contractors and agriculturists focusing on road construction maintenance and administration. Director Leecan Waller Page will discuss Office of Public Roads experiments and show best road types for different traffic. Governors and high officials from many states to attend, with National Day featuring President Taft.
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Richmond
Leecan Waller Page
United States Office of Public Roads
Page
Government Office of Public Roads
American Association For Highway Improvement
Union
Taft
Governor Mann
Virginia
Walterage
World's Work
W. W. Finley
Southern Railway
Coleman du Pont
Delaware
J. Hampton Moore
Atlantic Deeper Waterness Association
West Virginia
Congress
Immanuel Church Keeps Faith as Richeson Resigns
In Cambridge, Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson remains jailed for murder charges as Immanuel Baptist Church votes to reject his resignation amid a stormy meeting led largely by women. The finance committee’s letter is given to him. he maintains faith in acquittal and plans for life beyond arrest. Meanwhile, Richeson’s fiancée Miss Violet Edmands, Brookline heiress, leaves Pomfret with her family after publicity.
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Boston
Mass
Charles Street
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Immanuel Baptist Church of
Cambridge
Avis Linnell
Richeson
Violet Edmands
Brookline
Pomfret
Conn
Miss Edmands
Immanuel Baptist Church
Mr. Richeson
Florist Kills Intruder At Staten Island Coop
Emil Schroeder a wealthy florist of New Springville Staten Island woke to a burglar prowling the chicken coop. He ordered the man to surrender and fired when the intruder refused, killing him. The slain man was identified.
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New York
Emil Schroeder
New Springville
Staten Island
Schroeder
Young girl robs big store posing as inspector in Philadelphia
A 21 year old girl, impersonating a department store inspector, stole about $600 from five cashiers on a Saturday in Philadelphia. She signed each receipt with the initials M ht, then followed the real inspector, taking cash from basement to main floor. The burglaries used a duplicate tin box and bold timing to avoid detection.
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Cloak and Suit
Philadelphia
Bridegroom 90, Bride 76 Wed in Huntington Secret
George W. McDorman aged ninety from Virginia married Mrs. Elizab eth Adams aged seventy six in Huntington after a June trip. The couple kept their marriage secret until now. McDorman is the bride’s fifth husband and father of thirteen, a native of Rockingham county.
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Huntington
W. VA
George W. McDorman
Virginia
Elizabeth Adams
McDorman
Rockingham County
Women clamoring for vengeance in Vermilya case
Chicago reports Mrs. Louise Vermilya under formal murder charges for Omscer Bisonette. Two fiancés Lydia Rivard and Elizabeth Nolan vow revenge as police probe twelve deaths tied to her, with coroner to exhume corpses for toxicology tests and possible life-insurance connections involving C. C. Boysen.
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Chicago
Ill
Louise Vermilya
Omscer Bisonette
Lydia Rivard
Arthur Bisonette
Elizabeth Nolan
Frank Brimkamp
Vermilya
Smith
Mrs. Vermilya
Beattie Appeal Precedent Discussed in Richmond Court
In Richmond Virginia lawyers debate the best point raised by Henry Clay Beattie Jr in his petition to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals for a new trial. The discussion centers on the exception to Louis closing argument and its potential impact on the case.
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Richmond
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals For
Louis
Appeals to Sympathy and Prejudice in Jury Arguments
A legal discussion cites the Virginia decision in Southern Railway Co. v Simmons about improper inflammatory speech to inflame juries. The piece notes broad latitude in argument but warns that appeals to passion or prejudice aimed beyond evidence can justify reversal, detailing authorities across state and English law sources.
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Virginia
Southern Railway Company
Simmons
Southern R. Co
Beattie
Sanaa
Encyclopedia of Law and Procedure
Explosion at Marietta Torpedo factory kills worker near Clarksburg
An explosion at a nitro glycerin loading site north of Clarksburg, West Virginia, killed S. A. Green, driver of a hi toglycerin wagon, and scattered the wagon and horses. The blast, felt miles away, occurred when Green dropped a can while loading nitro fuld for Weston gas fields. A search for the missing body parts was underway.
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Clarksburg
W. VA
Marietta
Compay
T Rinehart
Here
S. A. Green
Weston Gas Fields
Green
Prophet Dies as Predicted in Burlington
George W. Tichener of Burlington famed as South Jersey weather prophet collapsed and died on the street while setting up gear for a photograph of an ambulance. A professional photographer and avid fisherman, he studied native signs and mystic omens on which he based his seasonal weather forecasts.
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Burlington
N. J
George W. Tichener
South Jersey
Tichener
Elevator fall survivor walks away with minor injuries
Stanislaus Shymga, 22, of 454 Fast Seventy fourth Street, plunged 48 feet in an elevator shaft at the Cyuyler building between Thirty first and Thirty second Streets west of Sixth Avenue. He struck cables, suffered only scratches and a back wrench, and was taken to New York Hospital where doctors found no internal injuries. He is expected to leave hospital today.
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New York, Special
How Cyuyler
Tirty-First
Sixth Avenue
Stanislaus Shymea
Sevety-fourth Street
Grose
New York Hospital
Shymga
Shomege
New York
Ymga
Wants Ban on Sneezing in Public Places
Frederick Egner recalls a street car incident when a man sneezed near him nearly causing suffocation. He urges a new law making it a misdemeanor to sneeze without using a handkerchief in public spaces.
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Washington
Dbd
Frederick Egner
Poll watchers guard New York voting as registration fraud cases rise
Detectives from the District Attorney and police monitor 5000 alleged registered voters and issue warrants for more than 800 with illegal registration. At opening heavy turnout, one arrest in the Third Assembly District Bowery district for false registration. Bronx arrest at Broad Street poll for illegal registration. Another arrest for illegal voting at Melrose Avenue poll.
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New York
Bowery
John Sullivan
Bronx
Abraham Sager
Broad Street
Thirty-second Assembly
John M. Rogers
Melrose Avenue
Thirty-third Assembly
New Auto Road From the Natural Bridge
The American Automobile Association will soon send a path finding car along the Danville Lynchburg and Natural Bridge route to map roads for automobilists. National Association authorities are interested in the project hoping to locate another southern route from the Valley of Virginia.
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Lynchburg
American Automobile Association
Danville
Natural Bridge
National Association
Virginia
Roanoke Valley
Roanoke
North Carolina Line
Glidden Automobile Touriste
Jacksonville
Fla
Augusta
Columbia
D. C
River Steamer Lightwood Sunk on Arkansas River
MEMPHIS TENN Special The steamer Lightwood on the Arkansas River struck a snag and sunk in fifty feet of water between Pine Muffs and Arkansas City. Fireman Ed Smith and dock hand Bill Thompson are reported drowned. The Daily Review notes coal dealers’ smiles amid the grim scene.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jsteamer Lightwood
Arkansas City
Arkansas River
Struck & Snag
Ed. Smith
Bill Thompson
Beattie Claims Need for Work Across Cities
Paul Beattie, unable to land a job after release, vows to travel to Washington or Philadelphia to support his wife and children. He sought bartender work and, if unavailable, offered to apply as a street cleaner, citing 47 days in Richmond jail and no pay for testifying. He plans to move on if employment cannot be found.
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Washington
Beattie
Tre
Philadelphia
Paul Beattie
Richmond
Cholera Strikes Italian Army In Tripoli Front
Italian forces in Tripoli face a critical position despite 15 000 reinforcements from Italy and temporary outpost pushes against Turkish and Arab forces. Cholera causes at least fifty deaths daily, food is scarce, famine prices rise, and civilian morale plummets as panic spreads among residents.
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Tripoli
Malta
Italy
Penitentiary leadership changes spark reformer concerns
The Editors note Richmond women who labor with convicts fear Dr Carrington's displacement signals Superintendent Woods may also be removed. They warn one bad move can undo long reform efforts and question the State’s handling of commissions under Attorney General guidance. Charlottesville Progress cites the governance issue and calls for scrutiny.
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Richmond
State Penitentiary
Shema
Carrington
Woods
Staunton
London clergyman’s charge on honesty in business sparks debate
A visiting London preacher in Philadelphia claimed no modern businessman can be honest due to fierce American competition driving tradesmen to unfair dealings. The Virginian Pilot notes this harsh diagnosis as a critique of monopoly suppressing competition, suggesting it may fuel graft in the line.
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London
Philadelphia
America
Pittsburg
Virginian Pilot
Road congress urged to tour Peninsula highway
Newport News Press urges Norfolk and Hampton to host delegates from the first annual road congress in Richmond. A luncheon at the Peninsula end should showcase the sand clay road and invite automobilists nationwide to inspect the route. The tale of rough southern roads is used to rally regional interest in better routes.
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Newport News
Norfolk
Richmond
Hampton
Newport News Press
Deer hunting tragedy kills two men in New Jersey woods
In Mays Landing New Jersey two Pleasantville businessmen Thomas J Youse and Constant Steelman were shot and killed at daybreak by a hunter who mistook them for deer. Moses Jar vis and Elias Campbell were wounded as Norcross fled after the shooting. Sheriff's capture of Charles Norcross followed. The incident halted hunting on the first deer open-day in Atlantic county.
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Mays Landing
N. J
Thomas J. €. Youse
Constant Steelman
Pleasantville
Jackson Road
Moses Jarvis
Elias Campbell
Charles Norcross
Lena
Enoch L. Johnson
E. C. Southeimer
Atlantic City
Norcrous
Fred
Johnson
Norcross
Atlantic County
Weymouth
Here
Youse
Philadelphia Supply Company
Steelman
Isaac Steelman
Bakersville
Jarvis
Campbell
Mr. Campbell
Wolbert Wednnight
Elwood Weeks
Hunter
Rebels Seize Pekin Reported but Unconfirmed
Reports from Shanghai and other ports say Chinese rebels gained control of Pekin and the empire’s fate hinges on a new republican government. Wu Ting Fang declares support for the republic and the foreign affairs post is discussed. The National Assembly blocks borrowing until a new cabinet forms. General Wang leads imperial forces near Hankow seeking peace talks.
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Wu Ting Fang
Rei
Shanghai
Varioa
Pekin
Yuans Henge
China
National Assembly
Fall of Pekin Report Sparks Singapore Jubilation
Singapore reports the capture of Pekin by Chin rebels as authentic with revolutionary symbols replacing Manchu signs. Wild rejoicing continues as word spreads of the supposed fall, while later advices deny the capture and state Pekin remains held by the Manchu government.
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Pekin
Singapore
Tien Tit Tien Tsin
City Falls to Rebels at Chin-Kiang Treaty Port
Shanghai reported Chinese rebels seized Chin-Kiang, a treaty port on the Yangtze near the Grand Canal. Manchu forces surrendered at 3 pm after capitulation without a fight. Chin-Kiang, population 140,000, lies 45 miles from Nanking in Jiangsu province, once fortified but now guarded mainly by a garrison.
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Shanghai
Chin- Kiang
Chin-Kiang
Yang Tse Kiang
Grand Canal
Kiang Su Province
Nanking
Rebel Forces Gain Ground in China Navy and Rail Link
In Hong Kong reports, rebels wave the tri color over the Chinese Navy and exhibit orderly conduct toward foreigners. The revolutionary army reportedly controls the Shanghai Nakineg railway, signaling further progress.
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Hong Kong
Revolutionary Army
Shanghai
Nakineg
Manchu soldiers assassinate General Wu in Shanai
A Pekin dispatch reports Manchu soldiers killed General Wu, the newly named Governor of Shanai. No mention of Pekin’s capture by rebels. officials believe the Chinese capital remains under Manchu government control.
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London
Pekin
China
Shanai
British and Russian Troops Deployed to Shanghai and Tien Tsin
Pekin reports that 250 British troops have been sent from Hong Kong to Shanghai while 200 Russians are dispatched to Tien Tsin to safeguard their governments interests.
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Pekin
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Tien Tsin
Yuan Shi Ka Considers Resigning Amid Power Loss
Shanghai dispatch reports General Yuan Shi Ka, named premier, fearing waning influence within the Young China party and his inability to broker peace. He plans to resign despite appeals from Pekin to stay until order is restored in the Empire.
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Shanghai
Young China Party
Yuan Shi Ka
Pekin
Patriarch John Smith of Mormon Church Dies at 79
Salt Lake City special report states John Smith long serving presiding Patriarch and nephew of Joseph Smith died of pneumonia at age seventy nine. The obituary notes his three decades as church leader and his family connection to the founder.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
John Smith
Mormon Church
Joseph Smith
Philadelphia Editor Lambdin Dies Suddenly at Home
Dr. Alfred Cochran Lambdin editor of the Public Ledger in Philadelphia died unexpectedly of heart disease at his residence in the city today.
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Philadelphia
Alfred Cochran Lambdin
the Public Ledger
Local Engagement Echoes Wartime Fatalism
Dialogue in a local pageant or column shows characters debating involvement in a foreign war. One remarks that in a few weeks they would be slaughtering Turks as a grim joke on the futility of making choices in dangerous times.
England to Consider Female Suffrage Proposal
London premier Asquith announced in the House of Commons that the adult franchise bill granting the vote to women would be introduced by the government next year.
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London
Asquith
Towa Central Rail Lease Reached In Joint Meeting
New York report says terms of a proposed lease of the Towa Central Railway Company to the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad were agreed yesterday by joint committees for Towa Central Properties, pending director approval and upcoming meetings.
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Towa Central Railroad
New York
Towa Central Railway Company
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Towa Central
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Whison
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Weeks
Stealman
Arto
Srangral
Ectanbaen
Linan-lu
Yunan
Wang
Hankow
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