Norfolk primary fraud inquiry shifts toward grand jury
Norfolk officials push to present facts on alleged election fraud to the grand jury as subcommittee papers and witness testimonies are readied. Commonwealth’s Attorney Tilton orders subpoenas for key figures to appear when the grand jury reconvenes, amid talk of a possible convention replacing a new primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Commonwealth
John G. Tilton
James G. Martin
E. A. Ksely
Braden Vandeventer
J. E. Heath
J. Taylor Ellyson
Democratic State Central Committee
Richmond
Tny
Grand Jury
Nottingham
Inv Committee
Minority representation proposed for Second District nomination
Norfolk Virginia Pilot reports A R Morris of Surry County endorses minority representation at ward and precinct meetings to choose delegates for a congressional convention. He argues one delegate per hundred voters, giving two for John Doe and a fraction for his opponent, potentially preventing a deadlock. Morris cites discussions with State Senator Holland and Colonel J E West, noting Richmond’s late date for the district committee meeting dampens chances of a primary.
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Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot
Richmond
A. R. Morris
Surry County
Second District
Morris
Holland
J. E. West
Arter
Mur
Condh
Thomas
Martin
Ts Nott
Norfolk County
State Committee rejects Young in party split
The State Committee turns down Mr Young, a longtime organizer candidate, provoking debate on future political alignments. Locals worry about the Norfolk ring and fusion factions severing ties with the state machine, while others expect gains elsewhere to offset losses. Soreness lingers in local organization ranks.
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Ty Ring
State Committee
Norfolk City Ring
Norfolk County Fusion
Mr. Young
Final battle for congressional nomina tion in Norfolk area between Deal and Cabell Jr
Norfolk political circles report a fierce contest for the nomination with machine forces vowing to defeat the citizens' committee backed candidate E. E. Holland. The Norfolk scene features Deal and Col Cabell as likely final picks, amid shifting loyalties from local figures such as Fenton Day J E West and F S Hope. Chaos and uncertainty mark the second district race as candidates maneuver through the nominating convention.
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Citizens’ Man
Norfolk
Joseph T. Deal
George C. Cabell, Jr
Norfolk City
Heaven and Earth
Citizens’ Committee
E. E. Holland
Narsemond
Cabell
Richmond
Fenton Day
Holland
J. E. West
Suffolk
F. S. Hope
Portsmouth
Nansemond
Maynard
A. C. Cromwell
W. W. Sale
James V. Trehy
State Commission Hears Waynesboro Freight Station Dispute
The State Corporation Commission in Richmond heard the Waynesboro Board of Trade’s complaint against Norfolk and Western Railroad over moving the freight station. Leaders W A Rife H H Magie and F T Loth argued the move increased costs and worsened grades, impacting local industry. N B Maher A C Needless and Lucien H Cooke of N and W attended. The session was a conference, with findings to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Board of Trade of
Waynesboro
Norfolk and Western Railroad
W. A. Rife
Waynesboro Board of Trade
H. H. Magie
F. T. Loth
Board of Trade
Norfolk and Western
N. B. Maher
A. C. Needless
Lucien H. Cooke
Men Entombed in Burning Coal Mine Near Danville
Hartshorn's coal mine near Danville Illinois reported entombing 150 men as a fire blocked rescuers Yet later reports say the flames were 300 feet below the surface and all 150 miners escaped unharmed The fire was walled in and danger ended.
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Danville
Ill
Hartshorn
Must Report Diseases To Augusta Supervisors Plan
Augusta County plans to require immediate reporting of all communicable diseases to the county clerk, who will notify the Augusta County Medical Society. The move, supported by the Augusta County Medical Society through Dr. M J Payne, aims to give physicians early notice of epidemics and enable precautions to prevent spread.
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Staunton
Augusta County
Board of Supervisors
Augusta County Medical Society
M. J. Payne
Medical Society
Public high schools called "schools of vice" in sermon
Rochester special reports that E C Millspaugh denounces public high schools for introducing dancing and other physical exercises under a vice laden guise. He cites Buffalo cases where parents pulled children from public schools for private schooling. Rev Benjamin Copeland defends Buffalo public schools.
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Rochester
E. C. Millspaugh
Gennesee Methodist Conference
Buffalo
Benjamin Copeland
King Manuel's Army on the March in Portugal
Reports from a local edition describe royal troops loyal to King Manuel marching south from Oporto to join forces at Santiarama to oppose the revolutionaries in Lisbon. Two columns have left Oporto, with Fort Elvas still holding out. Provisional government plans reforms for workers, pensions, and unemployment relief.
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Oporto
Revolutionista
Lisbon
Fort Elvas
Santiarama
Portugal
Court Declares Reno Divorce Not Legal
New York judge dismisses Mrs. Marion B. Catlin's habeas corpus case to recover two children from her husband George L. Catlin. Court finds they remained legally married, domiciled in New York since 1906, with no legal ground for separation or custody.
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New York
New Jersey
Reno
Jersey
Catlin
Justice Whitney
New York State
Brooklyn
Woman in Wall Street Demands 250000 From Bank
A woman in a red picture hat caused a crowd near Wall and Broad Streets then went to the Corn Exchange Bank at Beaver and William Streets and demanded 250000 from the paying teller claiming it was due from her brokers. Detectives found her on the seventh floor and brought her to police, where she was identified as Mrs Theodore Heiland of 2700 Eighth Avenue. She is held for observation in Bellevue Hospital psychopathic ward.
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New York
Wall and
Broad Streets
Corn Exchange Bank
Beaver and
William Streets
Wall Street
Fink
Holland
Police
Theodore Heiland
Eighth Avenue
Bellevue Hospital
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward's Island
Dynamite Dump Threatens Bronx River Factory
William H. Birchall, owner of a cotton bleaching plant near One Hundred seventy seventh Street at the Bronx River, fears dynamite dumped into the river last night. Night watchman Tom Rooney said a touring car stopped at the pier between 2 and 3 am, four men carried a large box to the water and dumped its contents that appeared to be dynamite sticks, likely fifteen to twenty pounds. Birchall notified Acting Captain.
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New York
William H. Birchall
Bronx
Birchall
Tom Rooney
Tremont Police Notified Over Bomb Threat to Plant
Maxwell of the Tremont Police Station and the Detective Bureau and the Bureau of Combustibles were notified. Birchall fears his plant may be blown up if it was dynamite and urges police to act, though nothing has been found yet.
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Maxwell
Tremont
Detective Bureau
Bureau of Combustibles
Birchall
Edison tests trackless electric car in New York area
Thomas A. Edison oversaw a successful test of a trackless electric car using the Edison storage battery. The 22 by 7 foot vehicle carried twenty passengers from Orange to Montclair and back, climbing steep hills with two 50 horsepower batteries weighing 1,800 pounds. Built with a standard streetcar shape, it weighs under three tons and runs about sixteen miles per hour.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Orange
Montclair
Mr. Edison
West Orange
C. J. Field
Electric Omnibus and Truck Company
Long Island
New Jersey
How Big League Stars Got Start
The veteran pitcher recalls his path from local semipro teams in Cincinnati to Omaha and Chicago. He details learning to adapt his pitching, changing his motion, and the long grind of proving himself through minor leagues, double headers, and scouting, ending with a career start in Chicago and advice for aspiring players.
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Cincinnati
Shamrocks
Omaha
Gill Rourke
Alort
Chicago
Kansas City Population Jump Since 1900 Census
Census Bureau figures reveal Kansas City Kansas population rising to 82,331 from 51,418 in 1900 and 28,316 in 1890, marking a substantial urban growth since the 1900 census.
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Kansas City
Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
Ekon
Mayors Pranked by Linen Collar Salesman Count
In Minneapolis a linen collar salesman posing as a German count duped Mayor James C. Haynes and city officials. E T Von Buelow of Troy New York was hailed as royalty, dined, interviewed, and entertained at football games and the Commercial Club. He collected $10 after four days as the fake noble, though he has never been to Germany.
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Minneapolis
Minn
James C. Haynes
J. D. Holtzerman
E. T. von Buelow
Troy
N. Y
E. T. Fay
von Buelow
Councellor
Fay
Boy Scout Movement
Germany
Duluth
Prison Congress Endorses Indeterminate Sentence Principle
The International Prison Congress endorses indeterminate sentencing and backs reforms to probation supervision, child welfare within criminal justice, youth court treatment, liberation with supervision, and parental support mandates. It calls for cross country treaty notices of foreign sentences to enable forfeiture of status by the offender’s home courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
International Prison Congress
United States
Congress of the Nations
Congress
Found Girl's Body in Apartment Court
The dead, richly dressed young woman was found in the courtyard of Cliff Haven at 104th Street and Riverside Drive in New York. She had been savagely attacked with teeth marks on her hands. Night attendant Clarence Holcomb led police to the body after she asked for the retiring room around 3 AM. Police held Holcomb for further questioning.
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New York
Cliff Haven
One Hundred and Fourteenth Street
Riverside Drive
Clarence Holcomb
Holcomb
Slayin
King Manuel Dethroned and Republic Proclaimed
Madrid reports the Portuguese king Manuel II dethroned as a republic is proclaimed in Lisbon. Royal palaces were reportedly destroyed by rebels and no confirmed casualty details exist. British warship letters indicate Manuel with the queen mother aboard in Lisbon.
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Madrid
Necisasidades
Sanarem
Tisbon
Gibraltar
Manuel
Lisbon
Cintra
The Modest Hunter Bears Tracks Exchange
An amateur Nimrod asks to see bear tracks and a native offers to show a bear, saying tracks will suffice. The exchange has a humorous, understated tone reflecting frontier dialogue and rural humor.
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Nimrod
Kidnapper’s car traced to Broadway family after boy knocked down
Mrs. Miller rushes to police after a boy is hit by a car. A number 24833 leads to Mary Ball of 2121 Broadway. The injured boy Joseph returns with a head bandage, but suffers only a scratch and is rewarded with candy before being taken home.
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Edia
Littl
Homeless Sea Dogs to Be Sold by Uncle Sam
An auction in New York sold nearly a thousand unclaimed items from government storage. Two stray dogs, a white poodle and a black bulldog, are set for sale at 10 o'clock, estimated at ten dollars each after boarding fees. The poodle arrived aboard the steamship Columbia on August 23, and the bulldog aboard the Madonna on September 6, both found wandering, ownerless.
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New York
Sam
Washington Street
Berrian
Cials
Littlest Twelfth Street
Uncle Sam
Columbia
Norfolk Gathers on Postprimary Fight for Nomination
Norfolk and Portsmouth voters back the district committee decision to void the August 23 primary and keep Young and Maynard as likely nominees. Speculation centers on convention sites and among potential contenders like E N Holland J T Deal and Goddrich Hatton as factions seek a unified third candidate to split the field.
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Norfolk
William A. Young
State Central Committee
Young
Portsmouth
Maynard
Beemer
E. N. Holland
Nansemond
Richmond
J. T., Deal
House of Delegates
Pecomae
Goddrich Hatton
Succumbs After Untold Agonies
Luther Clifton died in Louisville after burns from a camp fire nearly two years earlier. He was walking from St. Louis when the accident occurred and medical teams used grafts from hundreds of students and his mother. His cries of agony forced relocation to a cottage and defied coffin fitting.
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Louisville
Luther Clifton
Clifton
St. Louis
Roosevelt horse collision near Cove Road injures no one
Colonel Roosevelt’s horse was struck by an automobile driven by John Bu a chauffeur for the Southback family on Cove Road near the Roosevelt estate. A groom on a separate horse was jolted but remained in his saddle. The chauffeur stopped quickly. Mrs. Southback apologized as Roosevelt, unharmed, waved off fears and rode back to the stable before continuing to a firemen’s outing in Freeport, L I.
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Cove Road
Roosevelt
John Bu
Southback
Howard Smith
New York
Freeport
L. J
Officer Puryear claims self defense in fatal Richmond shooting
Richmond special. County Officer B F Puryear shot Jesse Williams a painter near the fair grounds around midnight. Puryear and county officials say Williams attacked him prompting two shots. Williams died. The coroner will hold an inquest tomorrow at 10. Williams address 602 East Broad. Williams accompanied by Miss Mabel L Daniel. Williams was returning from the fair with Daniel. Daniel says Williams was approached by a nonuniform man who questioned him and Williams knocked him down. Puryear is in custody. bail posted. evidence to be taken at 10 tomorrow.
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Richmond
B. F. Puryear
Jesse Williams
Rhe County
T. J. Puryear
W. EL Sills
Mabel L. Daniel
North Eighth Street
Williams
Puryear
Puryears
Rogers
Jeffre Williams
Robinson
Taylor
Miss Daniel
Henrico
Wila
East Broad
Bennett
BUTTS MAY SERVE ANOTHER TERM
A. B. Butt of Portsmouth, former cashier of the People's Bank, was released from a Richmond penitentiary and moved to the city jail. Portsmouth authorities obtained a capias directing his return to Portsmouth for court action, with Butt surrounded by supporters as officers escorted him to custody. It remains unsettled whether he will be sent back to Portsmouth this afternoon via the Norfolk and Western line.
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J. Taylor Ellybes
Nottingham
Ellyson
Abe
Maynard
District Committee
Young
Norfolk City
Elyson
Richmond
A. B. Butt
Portsmouth
People’s Bank
Butt
Tome City
Capias
Norfolk and Eatern
Hind
Peinon
City Hall Co
George C. Cabell
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