Liberte Disaster Shocks Toulon Navy Town
Reported in Toulon France a series of explosions sank the battleship Liberte with hundreds feared dead amid wreckage and a surviving crewman reportedly trapped in a turret. Divers probe the hull as France mourns and prepares a public funeral and monument.
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Toulon
France
Patric
Patrice
Patrie
Sense Ete
Liberte
Ed Owef
Democratic
Voyte
Gret
Germinet
Board of
Temperance Reform and Honest Leadership in Virginia Debated
The Editors urge sincere temperance advocacy in Virginia and note many speakers show hypocrisy once political goals are reached. They credit Colonel Isaac T. Mann of Bramwell West Virginia for his principled, community helping finances and prompt aid to Bluefield during economic distress.
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Virginia
Valley News
Isaac T. Mann
Bramwell
W. Va
Blue- Bold
Bluefield
Wise aid to wealth and wild turkeys in Virginia
The Roanoke Times lauds Colonel Mann for wealth aiding the country and warns that game laws should ban selling wild turkeys in Virginia for at least four years to prevent possible extermination. The Free Lance urges Virginians to press representatives on this conservation.
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Colonel Mann
Roanoke
Virginia
Promoter Fails in Bid to Block Federal Investigation
James Plage known as Jared Flags loses bid in United States Circuit Court to halt return of books from a Saturday raid. Judge Lacombe denies order to show cause, allowing Wise and Marshal Henkel to proceed with the grand jury probe. Inspectors report Flagg’s secretary Madeline Russ and sister Belle have been located and will testify.
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New York
United States
Wise
Federal Grand Jury
Jared Flags
Flagg
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Marshal Henkel
James Plage
Post Office
Kinkaid
Madeline Russ
Flage
Belle
Sheriff Loses Trail in Dragon Swamp Search
Sheriff Miller and his posse failed to find the assailant of Miss Ella Miller after over forty eight hours of searching Dragon Swamp in Middlesex County Virginia. The trail was lost in the swamp with no trace of man or boat found. Miller remains confident the correct trail is followed and believes the suspect is somewhere in the swamp. Miss Miller is recovering from her ordeal.
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Sheriff Miller
Miss Miller
Judge Watson May Run For Congress From Fourth District
Petersburg Virginia special report says Judge Walter A. Watson of the Fourth Judicial Circuit plans a move from Forest Hill to Petersburg and will seek Congress from the Fourth District. Supporters expect machine backing following his Beatty trial rulings and conduct.
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Petersburg
Walter A. Watson
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Forest Hill
Richmond
Congress
Watson
Beattie
National Assembly
Jennings Ordinary
Nottoway County
Con-grees
Robert Turnbull
Amelia
Brunswick
Dinwiddie
Greenesville
Lunenburg
Mecklenburg
Nottoway
Powhatan
Prince Edward
Prince George
Surry
Sussex
Turnbull
Jones
Martin
Taft narrowly escapes as horse bolts during parade
In Hutchinson Kansas a cavalry horse bolted during a president Taft parade narrowly missing him. A woman spectator carrying a baby was struck and only slightly injured. Dr. Rhoades Taft's physician treated her at the scene.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Taft
Rhoades
Left fortune to home for the old Masons in Louisville
R. H. Dorn, a grain merchant, who died by his own hand this week, left his 40,000 dollar estate to the Old Masons' Home in Louisville Kentucky. He also specified gifts to other causes and persons per his will filed this week.
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OLD Masons
Louisville
R. H. Dorn
Masons
Hubard's Brother In Insane Asylum
A county inquest into the Neilson shooting reveals Dr. Pettit was blameless in his conduct toward Mrs. Hubard. It shows Hubard resented Pettit's involvement during his wife's delicate condition and indicates insanity runs in the slayer's family. Bernard Hubard, a brother, has been an inmate at Staunton Western State Hospital for fifteen years with acute mania then criminal dementia.
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Neilson County
Dr. Pettit
Ben Hubard
Colleen
Nelson County
Eastern State Hospital For
Staupton
Staunton
Western State Hospital
Bernard Hubard
Asylum
Distant relation cited in Pettit murder case
Petersburg report notes Dr. James A. Pettit slain in Nelson county by Ben Hubard. The Pettit families of Fluvanna and Peters burg are distantly linked through Paul Pettit and Pembroke Pettit, with the exact tribal relation described as distant.
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Petersburg
James A. Pettit
Nelson County
Ben Hubard
Fluvanna
Hubard Refuses to Talk After Lovingston Killing
Ben Hubard admitted he killed Dr. James A. Pettit of Nelson county in Lovingston but refused to discuss motives or offer a statement. Pettit had earlier treated Hubard’s wife, and Hubard’s supporters say the case involves mental strain. Pettit’s funeral is planned for tomorrow as witnesses describe him as highly esteemed.
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Lile
Hubard
Lynchburg
Jal
Ben Hubard
J. A. Pettit
Lovingston
Journal Representative
Dr. Pettit
James A. Pettit
Bland C. Massie
Nelson
State Fisheries Commission
Lovington
Massie’s Mill
Nelson County
Mr. Ball
Old Grudge Behind Virginia Doctor Killing Suspect Hubard
Coroner's inquest links Dr. Pettit's shooting to Hubard amid a high security jail transfer. Hubard, son of Colonel James L. Hubard, faces an October 6 trial in Nelson with strong local tensions. Pettit, a Virginia University of Virginia medical school graduate, was beloved for charity work and leaves a widow Miss Fitzpatrick and three children.
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Dr. Pettit
Hubard
Bennett P. Gordon
Gordon
Lynchburg
Nelson
University of Virginia Medical School
Roseland
Pettit
Fitzpatrick
James A. Pettit
Mary
Emma Pettit
Democratic Committee
James L. Hubard
R. T. Hubbard
Buckingham County
Edmund W. Hubard
Commonwealth
Buckingham
9000 Tailors Strike in New York City
Nine thousand tailors in New York walked off the job this afternoon following bosses refusal to renew a contract that expired on September 15. Of 700 notices sent, only 75 received replies from management, according to the union.
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New York
Customs Tailors’ Union
Pennsylvania Road Fight For Ties In Rail Rate Battle
Judge Field orders Louisville and Nashville Railroad to deliver 540,000 railroad tiles to the Big Four and Pennsylvania Railroad at intrastate rates, challenging high interstate charges. The rail firm argued the move aimed to deter freight and force lower tile prices.
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Louisville
Judge Field
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Big Four
Pennsylvania
Forced to Call New Convention in Bristol for Lower House Race
Washington county and the city of Bristol Republicans must convene again to nominate new candidates for the Virginia lower house. Judge J W McBroom declines the Summers ticket amid anti dispensary pledges. George W Hammitt will not run, leaving a contested field and Democratic hopes to seize both seats.
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Bristol
Washington County
J. W. McBroom
Abingdon
W. R. Kestner
George W. Hammitt
Hammitt
McBroom
Bristolian
Virginia
A. T. Lincoln
Briame City
Washington
Smyth
Italy Prepares Ultimatum as War Clouds Rise
Rome dispatches report Italy will offer an ultimatum to Turkey this week demanding to occupy Tripoli without force. Warlike moves intensify with two Italian battleships off Tripoli and Turkish army units departing Constan tinople. Italy maintains a Palermo squadron while Turkish diplomats seek French mediation.
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Paris
Turkey
Tripoli
Rome
Italy
Constantinople
Palermo
France
Italy Faces General Strike As War Looms In Tripoli
The Socialists threaten a nationwide strike within twenty four hours jeopardizing troop moves and wartime supply lines. The government seeks conciliation while keeping half of reservists ready to quell unrest if Tripoli occupation proceeds. Socialist militants of arm bearing age threaten to desert rather than fight if war erupts.
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Italy
Socialiste
Turkey
Tripoli
Millionaire Weds Actress Eleanor Pendleton Davidson
New York reports revived romance as Louis Marshall Ream, son of Norman B. Ream, announces marriage to dancer Eleanor Pendleton Davidson. Cards from 206 West 52nd Street say Mrs Joseph E. Ampie Davidson proclaims the union on September 1. Neither bride nor groom comments. the match lacks the father's sanction and the groom remains elusive.
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New York
Louis Marshall Ream
Norman B. Ream
Chicago
Eleanor Pendleton Davidson
Eleanor Pendleton
Hoboken
Joseph BE. Ampie Davidson
Princeton
James J. Jeffries Mother Dies in Los Angeles
Mrs. Rebecca Jeffries, mother of former heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries, died overnight after a two week illness. Jeffries, in Alaska hunting, was unaware of his mother's death and was en route home. She was seventy five years old.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Rebecca Jeffries
James J. Jeffries
Jim Jeffries
Alaska
Jeffries
Duke Brown of Broadway and Sussex Farms Returns to New Jersey Life
Duke Brown once famed as the Duke of Broadway for a nineties breach of promise case now lives in Sussex New Jersey with his wife and three daughters. He runs a fifty acre farm, ships eggs to market, and says he drinks spring water, avoids alcohol, and embraces an outdoor routine.
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Duke” Brown
Broadway
Clarence Brown
Commodore Brown
Sussex
N. J
Brown
Fannie Ward
Nitl Jersey
Broadwnay
Nina Farrington
Susser
Mr. Brown
Clerk Steals $25,000 Registered Mail Loss Solved
A St. Louis post office employee is under arrest for stealing a registered mail package valued between $25,000 and $30,000 that contained currency and was sent to a Texas bank last September. He has confessed, and no blame is placed on Postmaster T. J. Akins.
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Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Department
Postoffice Ma Tors
Oaes
T. J. Akins
Post Office
Lucky Petticoat Off To Nineteenth Bride
Atlanta reported the Stroud family’s famous lucky petticoat travels to McKinney Texas for a nineteenth wedding. Mrs Aaron Munnaby created the garment fifty five years ago in Madison Georgia and wore it at her own wedding. Her daughters and granddaughter Rosabelines are set to wear it as part of their bridal finery.
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Atlanta
Stroud
McKinney
Tex
Aaron Munnaby
Emma Stroud
The
Baptist Female College
Madison, Go
Rosabelines
Fight to contest will sparks cross Atlantic dispute
In San Francisco and London two women claim to be James Sutherland’s lawful wife and contest a 2,000,000 California will. The London woman and Mrs William J Sutherland of San Francisco prepare to challenge the will alleging secret divorce and bigamy. Abs William J Sutherland of San Francisco plans to expose startling disclosures in court.
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San Francisco
Cal
London
James Sutherlan
California
William James Sutherland
Aedon
Unean
Laske
Sutherland
William J. Land
Cole
Tacoma
Wash
Abs
William J. Sutherland
Harpooned by Crow Bar at Port Powhatan
In Richmond Virginia Luther Simmons a young white workman at the Richi Guano Company near Port Powhatan was struck by a crow bar during a scaffold collapse. The bar pierced his back and neck but was removed by Dr Stuart MacLean. Simmons was rushed to the hospital where surgeons report he is progressing after the operation.
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Richmond
Luther Simmons
Richi Guano Company
Port Powhatan
Fulton
Mm Mons
Stuart MacLean
Four Ate Toadstools One Is Already Dead
Special report: Andrew Cud, twenty years old, died today at Lakeside Hospital after eating toadstools mistaken for mushrooms. His father mother and sister are hospitalized and expected to recover.
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Drew Cud
Lakeside Hospital
Lightning Strikes Brooklyn Church Steeple in Storm
A severe storm over Greater New York Long Island and New Jersey struck Christ Protestant Church at Clinton and Streets Brooklyn. The lightning hit the stone steeple causing it to fall into the church and land at the foot of the stairs in the vestibule.
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New York
Long Island
New Jersey
Christ Protestant Church
Clinton and
Streets
Brooklyn
Resume Hearing On Lorimer Bribery Charges In Chicago
The bribery investigation tied to William Lorimer’s US Senate election will resume October preliminary in Judge Grossup's courtroom at the Federal Building. The committee has the courtroom for a full month.
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Chicago
Ill
United States Senate
William Lorimer
Value of Horses and Mules in the United States
Government reports show the average value of horses at 111.67, up nearly 3 from 1910. Since 1909 the horse value rose from 44.61, with a single 10 cent drop in 1907–08, the low period from 1894 to 1901 and 1897 saw values under 40. Massachusetts and Rhode Island top the list at 148, Illinois 123, Wisconsin 122. Mules lead in the South, with South Carolina at 173, Georgia 162, Florida 161, Illinois 130, Wisconsin 122. a mule rises 15 in South Carolina, 6 in Georgia and Florida, 1 less in Illinois, 7 in Wisconsin. Houston Post.
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United States
Illiois
Mansachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Illinois
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Houston Post
Shaker Colony Murder Case Stirring Kissimmee
Sensational euthanasia claims around Sister Sadie Marchant’s death at Shaker colony collapse as prosecutors push murder charge against Brother Ert Gillette. Autopsy counters age and illness claims, showing a thirty five year old woman with incipient disease and possible intestinal ailment.
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Tampa
Fla
Sadie Marchant
Ert
Gillette
Kissimmee
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