Kite Badly Hurt in Saving His Father
Shenandoah City May 6 Special to the Daily Record. John Lucas shot and likely fatally wounded T. C. Kite a bartender in Printz saloon after being refused whiskey and while Kite tried to seize a pistol from Henry J Kite. Polly Kite, the son, attempted to interfere and was struck by the gunfire entering his neck left lung and shoulder blade. The elder Kite wrestled the weapon away and Lucas was arrested. Polly Kite a 25 or 26 year old unmarried bartender was taken to his father’s home for treatment but remains in precarious condition. Lucas 39 years old and owner of the building faced authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dally Precordy
Shenandoah City
John Lucas
T. C
Polly)Kite
Printz
Lucas
Kite
Henry J.kite
Young Kite
Page County
Luray
Henry J. Kite
Polly
J. G. Lucas
Riot in Huntington. Socialist meeting breaks up injuring many
Huntington West Virginia May 6 an aged man William Taylor was shot in the head and seriously wounded during a riot when an alleged attempt to break up a mass meeting of Socialists protesting martial law in Kanawha countys coal strike district occurred. Several police squads rushed to the scene arresting a number of participants as clubs were used and firearms not clearly attributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
William Taylor
Kanawha County
To Head School in Basic City Institute
Rev. HE U Hoenschel D D will leave Dayton today to join Prof. H T Hildebrand in Brandon Institute a non sectarian coeducational school opening its first term in September in the Brandon Hotel property Hoenschel president and long time Shenandoah Collegiate principal with notable Holy Land lectures Mrs Hoenschel joins later this week in Basic City Hildebrand has directed Roanoke School of Music for years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. Hoenschel
D. D
Basic City
H. T. Hildebrand
Brandon ‘Institute
Brandon Hotel
Hoenschel
Dayton
Shenandoah Collegiate Institute
California bill before the cabinet discussed at Washington
The cabinet debated the California alien land bill and possible international repercussions with Secretary Bryan away. Acting Secretary Moore read the bill and warned of potential legal errors that could nullify its provisions. Former Senator Towne called for preparedness and a strong Pacific fleet to deter Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wey
Washington
Bryan
Moore
Japan
Pacific
Towne
White House
California
United States
Express Wrecked Near Cumberland
Cumberland May 6. Baltimore and Ohio express from St. Louis to New York derailed at 7 30 am at Webers east of Oakland. Cause suspected broken rail. Train was double header. nine cars derailed but upright. Passengers shaken. only severe injury to Rev William Brown traveling from Kansas City to Washington, hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
St. Louis
New York
Webers
Oakland
William Brown
Kansas City
Washington
Five Men Die in Palon Mine Shaft Accident
Five men were killed by black damp in an abandoned Palon Mine shaft in Hartford Kentucky. One man descended an old ladder to search the shaft, slipped to the bottom, and his companions followed to recover the body. All five fatalities were recovered from the shaft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Twenty Brides Arrive Aboard California For Immigrant Marriages
Twenty brides from Scotland and Ireland entered the steamship California with twenty bridegrooms in New York May 6. Eight couples lacked identity papers and faced mandatory detainment. the others pledged marriage at Hills Island detention station. The group, described as the proudest and largest marriage party to arrive, planned to proceed to a clergyman on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
California
Hills Island
Scotland
Ireland
Result of the ballot greeted by mighty roar
Under measure six million women would have been granted suffrage margin of 47 against it militant campaign by suffragettes largely responsible for defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mighty Roar
What the British Suffrage Bill Meant
A 6 million estimate of women who would gain limited voting rights under the Dickinson bill appears as debate ends in the House of Commons. The bill fails by a 47 vote margin, sparking large crowds, police caution, and party tensions as Premier Asquith opposes revival this session. A bomb incident near Grand Hotel is reported with Ada Wayd’ involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
House of Commons
Wy. International News Service
London
Commons
Parliament Square
Asquith
Tondon
Grand Hotel
Ada Wayd
No Report Yet on Friedmann Tuberculosis Cure
Washington May 6. A definite announcement on the Friedmann cure for tuberculosis will come from the Public Marine and Hospital Service within six months. Surgeon General Blue said no statement would be issued until the cure’s merits or demerits could be broadcast. Experts are not satisfied with the laboratory analyses of the serum. Surgeons in New York observing treated patients report physicians are not enthusiastic about prospective results. Blue indicated no statement before November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
Public Marine & Hospital Service
Blue
New York
Riot injures twenty five in Syracuse Italian strike
In Syracuse on May day, twenty five persons were hurt in a violent strike riot by Italian workers opposing the demolition of Bishop Grimes’s house for an Episcopal residence. A militia company and fifty police were deployed as revolvers clashed with bricks. Eight policemen were wounded and two strikers were shot. the mob was driven from the courthouse area with a fire hose and routed toward Onondaga street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Syracuse
John Grimes
Onondaga Street
Warren
Millionaire Senator Applies For Army Pension
Senator Francis E Warren, reputed richest man in Wyoming and influential U S Senator, secretly applied for a 166 month army pension. He says he seeks to establish his army record in pension files for descendants and to create a fund from the pension to aid war veterans who cannot obtain a pension themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis E. Warren
Francis J. Warren
Wyoming
United States Senate
Mrs Feuchtenberger In Ex Extemis Near Harrisonburg
Mrs Andrew Feuchtenberger a long time resident living near Harrisonburg faced a critical decline in health over the last 48 hours after a week of illness. She has been hospitalized on a farm nearby and physicians expressed little hope for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Feuchtenberger
Harrisonburg
Town Council OKs Reservoir Site and Silk Mill Locational Moves
At a May meeting the Town Council approved buying land on Newman Hill for a new reservoir with 6 to 8 million gallon capacity and discussed inducements for a silk mill. The council also authorized selling vacant town lots, remitted a hospital license fee, granted sewer and street improvements, and funded a Waterman school fence project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devier
Nicholas
A. M. Newman
Newman Hill
Harrisonburg
Noll
N. Wilson Davis
Sebrell
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Virginia’ Avenue
C. B. Loewner
Federal Alley
P. Beery
Campbell Street
Masin
Mason
Paul Street
A. D. Gravett
Waterman
Four Guilty in Obstruction Conspiracy Case
New York May 6 four former inspectors Dennis Sweener John Murtha James E Hussey and James F Thompson were found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of conspiracy to obstruct justice. The verdict came after a thirty two minute deliberation shocking many who expected longer trial and possible acquittals. The conviction marks a major milestone in District Attorney Whitman s graft investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
New York
Dennis Sweener
John Murtha
James E. Hussey
James F.thompson
Supreme_ Court
Whitman
Health leaders urge Wilson for public health action
A White House meeting with a high profile medical panel urged President Wilson to convene a conference on public health and life preservation. The group pressed for a national Department of Public Health and a House committee to oversee health matters, with an early fall or winter gathering planned in the East Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
White House
American Medical Association
Irving Fisher
Yale
Harvey W
Wiley
G. H. Simmons
Chicago
A. Jacobi
New York
L. H. Frankel
Department of Public Health
Congress
House of Representatives
Committee On Public Health
Wilson
Tragic Death of Stephens City Man J W Lemley
Strasburg Va May 6 The sudden death yesterday of J Wm Lemley of Stephens City occurred two miles east of town on an automobile trip. Accompanied by several nieces he returned from Fishers Hill. a punctured tire near Turner Stickley’s home led to his collapse and death while others fetched a stimulant. Detra of the Valley Turnpike aided, the body was taken to Stephens City. Death attributed to heart failure. Lemley long suffered heart disease. He was cousin to Byron and Luther Lemley and Mrs Harvey Snap. Byron Lemley’s daughter found a rag Lemley gave over 36 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasburg
J. Wm. Lemley
Stephens’City
Daily Record
Lemely
Stephens City
Fishers Hill
Turner Stickley
Lemley
Detra
Valley Turnpike
Hurn
Bryon
Luther Lemley
Harvey Snap
Bryon Lemley
Stoge Well Represented At Annual Meeting
At the Rockingham Mutual Telephone Company annual meeting in Assembly Hall the stockholders re elected the executive for the ensuing year, approved a protest against granting rights of way to American Bell, and reduced the per share assessment from 76 to 60 cents. Officers were re elected. President Rolaton, VP Harnberger, and D. Acker as secretary treasurer. Directors from Eisenburg Mutual Telephone Co. were named. a committee will press the protest before the Board of Supervisors. The year’s treasury stood at 282.96 with about 3,400 disbursed for expenses. The board kept the president’s salary at 76 dollars, though a 50 dollar figure was suggested. secretary treasurer salary fixed at 126 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Co
Harrisonburg
Rockingham Mutual Telephone Company
Assembly ‘Hall
Omer
American Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
Board of Supervisors
C. H Rolaton
Mt. Glinton
Daphna
Bockingham 5
Geo. B. Kezell
Duncan
Hie Company
Eisenburg Mutual ‘Telephone,Co
C. P. Harshberger
H. the Pregent
Havin
Board of Supervis
Américan’ Bell, Telephone and
T Graph Co
Tey
Ashby
C. P. Harnsberger
G. Wd. Miller
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Ind
Hildebrand
Express
Great Britain and Ireland
Abe Friedmann
Board OF Trade
York
Rolston
Rockingham Mutual Telephone Co
Stoge
B. Keezell
Linville
Sidney Bowman and
I. Davis
Plains—D
Acker and
John] Hannar
Stonewall
J. N. Caldwell and
I L. B. Yancey
Acker
Treasury
Mutual Telephone Co
Walter C. Swit
Rolaton
Roloton
Anl
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