Postmasters Seek Civil Service Takeover at Richmond
At the National League of Postmasters convention in Richmond Virginia President Charles Barry urged transferring presidential appointment of postmasters to the Postmaster General for civil service staffing. He argued civil service would end favoritism, improve efficiency, and reduce political graft, noting earlier civil service expansion north of the Ohio. The gathering opened with welcomes from Governor Mann and city officials, and a moonlight James River excursion was planned for delegates tonight.
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Richmond
United States
Civil Service
Legislative Committee of the
League
Charles ©. Barry
Walker
Carey
Taft
Hitchcock
Department
Hesuial
Ohio
Mississippi River
Oman
Delesnics Omni
Barry
Atienmdaner
I. T. Wilson
Grace Street Baptist Church
Manna
W. HL. Adams
Moor of al
Ainslie
Old Dominion
Horse Stallion Laws Spur Debate and Race Meet News
Elastic stallion provisions stir debate in Virginia and Nebraska across pure bred use. Reports note shortages in new districts and praise for Canadian stock. An old-fashioned Glenlea Farm barbecue showcased Petaurist and progeny as local horsemen attend meetings at Trouneke, Lynenburg, and Petersburg with Temple and Hibbs lineups. Virginia bred Ringling and El Mart post wins at Havre de Grace. Idle Michael from Culpeper farm shines in a two mile handicap.
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Cuna
King’s den
Canada
Cross Roads
Virginia
Nebraska
Charles Hi. Gelo
Des Moines
The
Horse Review
Tnspectors
State Supreme Court
Joseph Lasitter
Glenlea Farm
Hell
Edna Goodrich
Lucard
Robert Transom
J. 1 Temple
State Fair Grounds
Trouneke
Lynenburg
Richmond
Petersburg
Temple
Billy Hibbs
Takhaiin
Plaudit
Lacey Glitters
Blitzen
Marielta
Greenman
Greenways Best
Balancer
Iy Hibbs
Takahira
Cotman
Columbus Donati
Ringling
Watherless
Ninone
Eolus
el Mart
Bon
Havre de Grace
el Bart
Hingsing
Mle Michael
Potentate
Ronnie Lizzie ID
Montreal
Idle Michael
Aftongereen Stud
Culpeper
Bank Employee Suspected in $70,000 Express Heist
Detectives believe a bank employee substituted a package containing 5000 dollars for a 75000 dollar shipment in an express car disappearance. Authorities say the money may never have left the Louisville and Nashville line. Southern Express Company officials assist in the investigation.
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Pensacola
Fla
Louisville and Nashville
Southern Express Company
Attack on State Militia at Mucklow Coal Fields
In Charleston West Virginia a clash occurred when miners advancing along a hillside near Mucklow fired on state troops who returned fire. Several may have been fatally wounded with no soldiers hit. Communications to Paint Creek were cut leaving the situation unclear. General C D Elliott split the Martin Law zone into two districts to improve control.
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Charleston
W. VA
Mucklow
Paint Creek
Jiscau
Martin’ Law District
C.D. Ellott
Martin Law Zone
Steward and Bell Boy Duel Ends in Hotel Bristol Shooting
In Bristol Virginia a morning shooting at Hotel Bristol left bellboy Robert Weaver of Asheville wounded after an altercation with Harry Grady the hotel steward. Grady says self defense. Weaver and other staff call it an unjustified attack. Grady was arrested and jailed as legal proceedings begin.
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Bristol
Hotel Bristol
Harry Grady
Robert Weaver
Asheville
Brady
Weaver
Grizzly Bear Dance Fatal At Polish Society Dance
Sigmund Youngvist dies in county hospital after performing the Grivaly Bear at a Polish society dance. Policeman Welbush ordered a halt. Youngvist defied the command and returned with companions before being expelled from the bath. He was shot through the head.
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Chicago
Sigmund Youngvist
Grivaly Bear
Welbush
Weibush
Lynchburg Tobacco Crop Short Report
Lynchburg Virginia special report: over the past week 142000 pounds of tobacco were sold, down from last week by 23300 pounds. Prices ranged $1.00 to $5.60 per hundred, with more clean leafy primings and a better average price. Couch primings demand remains strong, but trashy stocks are dull. Adjacent counties report discouraging crop conditions due to late protracted droughts. Total crop in the area is expected to fall short of original estimates by at least 65 cents per hundred.
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Lynchburg
Mrs Reese Found Dead In Baltimore Apartment
Mrs Tavinia Reese, daughter of the late R Q Taylor, was found dead on the floor of her Wentworth Catipodritque Atot berry Streets apartment. A head wound and blood specks suggested foul play or accident. coroner to investigate. Janitor says she had been in her unit since last Friday.
Wanted in Powhatan caught in Richmond
Joseph Seruzes, a colored man accused of assaulting a seventeen year old girl in Powhatan, was captured in Henrico County Saturday by Detectives Bintley Atkin son and Lelton and taken to the First Police Station. Police Court adjourned the hearing to September 28. Powhatan authorities to be advised of the arrest. Scruges was arrested on request of the Powhatan Commonwealth's Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Joseph Seruzes
Powhatan County
Henrico County
Bintley
Atkinson
Lelton
Powhatan
Scruges
Commonwealth
Taft Returns to Capital Opens Flyerlene Congress
President Taft arrived in Washington at 20 55 with aides and relatives. He proceeded to the Continental Memorial Path to open the international Congress on Flyerline and Po Y1Dines Pray yd A. Inclement weather shifts the White House reception indoors to the onset room. He will meet health delegates and attend a National Emanation Society event.
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Washington, D.C
Thomas Laughlin
Thomas L. Rhoads
Carmi Thompson
Continental Memorial Path
International Congress
National Conference of Catholic Charities
Tenight
National
Emanetmation Society
Costa Ricans Protest Do Not Influence U S Policy
Washington special reports that a protest by 100 Costa Ricans against keeping American marines in Nicaragua will not sway State Department policy. Officials note signers are linked to Central American revolutions, warning the note would not alter U S actions while citizens remain in Nicaragua and marines stay until the revolt ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Nicaragua
State Department
S. Juan Trias
Central America
Latin America
Rudolfo Espino
Alejandro Bermudez
Aleco Yavera
United States
Costa Rica
Vanderbilt heir born to Alfred G Vanderbilt in London
Alfred G Vanderbilt's wife gives birth to a son in Surrey while the Vanderbilts stay aboard a houseboat near Letchworth. The child is described as the heir with a fortune reported around sixty million. Vanderbilt married Margared Pimerson McKim in Surrey on December 17, 1911, after prior marriages.
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Alfred G. Vanderbilt
London
Alfred Gs. Vanderbilt
Elis
Vanderbilts
Letchworth
Surrey
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Margared Pimerson McKim
Smith Hollins McKim
Releate
Mr. Vanderbilt
Ellen French
Francis Ormand French
Elsie
Virginia beauty to sue Vanderbilt official in Boston
Miss Florence Schenck of Boston files a $23,000 suit over alleged alienation of her husband Charles H. Wilson. Miss Delehanty, wife of Wilson’s stock farm manager, is en route from New York to help with papers. She claims they wed in London on May 8 1909 with Alfred G. Vanderbilt Craig Wadsworth and Velaska Suratt witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Schenck
Boston
Virginia
Charles A. Wilson
Jase Delehanty
East Hoston
New York
Miss Delehanty
Charles H. Wilson
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Adams House
Miss Schenck
Wilson
London
Craig Wadsworth
Valeska Suratt
German Aviators Plunge to Death in Meht Inn Monoplane Incident
Berlin dispatch reports two German airmen killed in a monoplane crash during demonstration flights to Berlin. The Imperial air corps members were attempting a flight when the engine failed, sending the craft into the ground from a height of several feet, raising the total wartime casualties in military aviation.
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Berlin
Imperial Fyi Corps
Berti
His Last Bay of Life in the Death House
Chester S. Jordan spends his final hours on death row at Charlestown State Prison preparing for execution for the murder of his wife four years ago. He has seen his aging parents and two sisters only once more, as relatives planned a last farewell. He may see his brother, Elmer, soon. Jordan spends time talking and reading with G Leon ard McNeil, his Christian Science reader and spiritual adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Chester S. Jordan
Charlestown
Somerville
Jordan
Elmer
G. Leonard McNeil
Christian Science Reader
Mystery double death on steamer Adirondack clarified
New York reports that W M Donzin of Yonkers was found alive after being thought to have leaped from the Hudson River packet Adirondack. The missing woman, Miss Wilhelming Hadlow of the city, disappeared between New York and Albany. Officials have not located her.
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New York
Adirondack
People’s Line
W. M. Donzin
Yonkers
N. Y
Donzin
Albany
New York City
Miss Wilhelming Hadlow
Take George
Here
Sunday Burglars Strike Lynchburg Post Office
In Lynchburg Virginia on Sunday morning a failed post office and railroad depot robbery ended with a powerful nitro glycerine charge. The blast shattered the storefront and destroyed upper windows while the robbers fled with nothing. This marks the third break-in at this store in three years.
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Lynchburg
Turners
Mlteen
Bere
Wes
Post Office
Railrond
Meent
Chesapeake and Obla
Boys Corn Clubs Feature of State Fair in Richmond
A large contingent of boys corn clubs will turnout at the State Fair the week of October 7 in Richmond. Governor Mann and Mayor Ainslie will welcome them, with the Boys' Organized Richmond assisting as escort as they march from Capital Square to the Fair Grounds. The event is billed as a principal feature of the greatest fair the state has seen.
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Richmond
Mann
Ainslie
Capital Square
Fair Grounds
Man Sentenced to Die in Electric Chair in Hanover Case
Richmond special report details the December sentence of a Black man to die by electric chair for a brutal assault near Avblend, with ties to an earlier attack on Miss Rouse and Miss Robinson. Eddie Cash, another Black suspect, faced charges but was later questioned as authorities pursued the main culprit, amid a tense Hanover County manhunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Avblend
Richard T. Quartes
Colonia
Julee Cilchester
Hanover County
Henrico County
Lottence
Hanover Jalil
Quirles
Henurleo
Maggie Trebingon
Broad Street
Miss Robinson
Eddie Cash
Neero
Miss House
Miss Rouse
Cash
Strand
Alisa Robinson
Quarles
Hanover
Henrico
Reopen Case of Mary Terrell Washington D C
Special to the Evening Star reports the secretary of labor Nagel consented to reopen the Mary Terrell case. An Irish immigrant ordered deported last month may be allowed to stay if Los Angeles relatives consent to receive her. Inquiry will determine whether permission to remain is granted.
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Washington, D. C
RaMernus
Commerce
Nagel Tadly
Mary Terrell
Won
Queenstown
Los Angeles
Ellis Island
Nagel
Revolt in Foo Chow sparks fear of large civilian danger
American consul John Fowler reports in Foo Chow that a police chief’s revolt threatens the city, with foreigners urged to seek protection in legations as Federal troops move from Pekin. Widespread unrest in Noo Chew area signals extending revolutionary activity across the region.
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Washington
John Fowler
Foo Chow
China
Pekinto
Fowler
Gietriets
Noo Chew
State Department
Calhoun
Pekin
Aner
Poo Chow Gral
Bargain master’s funds lost in street melee
In Binghamton a Polish tailor named John Grato had fifteen hundred dollars lost when a street altercation involving a child kicked the money from a carriage. Hanna Neal had saved to build his own tailor shop and sent his wife to the bank, but the funds were dropped during the incident on a west side street.
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Bany
Binghamton
Ten Sears
John Grato
Toby
Mms
Westless
Tost
Deene
Hanna Neal
Turtle bite tale from a fish store advertisement
A colored man observes a chained turtle at a fish store doorway and pokes it, pulling his finger back with a howl. He jokes about being bitten or sitting and asks a passerby named Rastus, in a humorous vignette reprinted from Lippincott's and New York Press.
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Curioness
Rastus
Lippincott's
Nolan to resign service as abduction case disrupts Paris post
Nolan, recently appointed secretary to the American delegation in Paris, faces removal after a New York court charged him with abduction. He seeks to see Acting Secretary of State Huntington Wilson to discuss his status, while officials indicate he may resign rather than face dismissal. The case raises diplomatic embarrassment and possible loss of his post.
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Washington, D.C
Ilarry EK. Nolan
Panna
New York
Wretirey
Huntington Wilson
Tiisstien
Vania
Alphematic Service
Mar Viehors
Teco
Servier
State Departiarvet
Eloyeaee
Washington, D. C
Harry Ke Solieno
Penetma
jNew
York
Washington
Solinemlestoren
Pantington
Str. Wilbon
Nolan
Department
Das Nolan
Califortia Street
Wilson
State Department
Lie Department
Ace Hon
Nolin Cae
Offelala
Paris
United States
Thoveh
Senate
Panic in New York as escaping thief shot and mob injures crowd
William Metherny, an alleged burglar, leaped from a police HQ window during capture efforts and was shot thrice. The ensuing panic left bystanders, including a woman and child, injured as a mob chased the fugitive. McInerny was hospitalized after being shot in the shoulder.
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New York
Imo
William Metherny
McInerny
Vincenzo Girosolo
McTnerny
Think They Have Bank Robbers in Chicago
Chicago police claim two men allegedly tied to a Montreat New Westminster branch bank loot of 275000 dollars are under arrest. Authorities guard details, with questions about sites and whether these suspects match prior targets, leaving officers tight-lipped on identification and custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Putloe
Montreat
New Westminster Ho
Burns
Taft upholds ban on religious garb in Indian schools
President Taft confirms Secretary Fisher's reversal of Valentine’s order barring religious garb in government Indian schools. Current teachers may wear garb, but new hires may not, to keep government control over religious influences as Indian schools transfer to federal operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Fisher
Valentine
Taft
Interior Department
Civil Service
Fishar
Untermeyer Goes to Washington in Water-Pierce Case
New York special dispatch reports Sam Untermyer chief counsel for Waters-Pierce Company summoned to Washington for an important conference related to reopening the case against the trust accused of violating the Supreme Court decree dissolving Standard Oil. He will confer with Justice Department officials on the oil case and the money trust during the trip.
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New York
Sam
Wes Lintermyeer
Waters-Pierce Company
Standard Oil Company
Washington
Trust
Supreme Court
Uni
Waters-Pierce
Tkwits
Reideresque Zoo Snakes Battle Cold Storage
A fragment notes Mrs Reider and Mr Reider debating zoo snakes and methods to feed them despite cold storage. The quirky exchange labels the snakes as dangerous as living prey with a humorous admonition about keeping them alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reider
Puck
New York Police Force Names to Be Probed by Aldermanic Committee
An aldermanic graft committee will reveal the backstories of thirty seven alleged perjurers placed on the New York police force. Testimony will probe the Civil Service Commission signs and who approved appointments, including remarks on James Crapsey and James Creelman. Examined witnesses include Richard Welding and Alexander Reoch as the inquiry targets the integrity of candidate certification and police department access to records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Creelman
Municipal Civil Service Commission
James C. Crapsey
Kings County
Richard Welding
Alexander Reoch
Civil Service
Conmnmusion
Aldermanic
Cropsey
Police Department
Gaynor
Creelman
Walte
Wade
Prince Murat Dies in Paris at Sixty One
Prince Louis Napoleon Murat, a grandson of Marshal Murat and nephew of ex Empress Eugenie, died in Paris today at age sixty one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Louis Napoleon Murat
Marshal Murat
Napoleon
Naples
Eugenie
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Telis
Pinal
Staunton
Richard T Quarles
Restus
New York Press
Untermeyer
Wisdom of the
Charles J. Myde
Dix
Prince Murat Deni
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