Judge orders jury in Smith bribery case in Kanawha county
Judge O'Brien overruled defense motion to quash the indictment in Senator JB A Smith’s bribery case and ordered a jury called. The judge had previously instructed all talesmen not to discuss the case, a warning now believed violated and likely prompting additional talesmen to be summoned for the term.
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Ay Alwooinree
Shrings
JB. A Smith
Kanawha
O Brien
O'Brien
Misread Road Tragedy Blamed on Rival Driver
A chaotic street collision on Third Street led to injuries as a local motorist collided with a cyclist amid a heated feud between Gill and Prunk over a Paige car. Police investigate.
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Gill
Hig Brother
Prunk’s
Paige
President presses for firm currency bill stance
President declares a firm stand on a currency bill and tells the House Banking and Currency Committee that he can recommend the measure before them. He refuses to compromise on essential features including reserve concentration in New York City and money market control. The retirement of $700,000,000 two percent bonds is seen as a spirited upcoming fight with several Democratic committee members opposing the provision.
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House
Cémenitees
German Socialists Targeted by Police in Breslau Funeral Case
Breslau police use harsh measures against Socialists including stopping funerals and removing red ribbon wreaths from caskets. A dying Socialist’s grave injunctions against religious rites led to a funeral with only Igocissist Democratic party members present. Authorities pursue criminal action for holding a gathering without police permission.
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Uy Aasacatwr Prean
Berlin
Germany
Prussia
Breslau
Policas
Igocissist Democratic Party
Norfolk man pleads guilty to homicide in Lanark murder
Leslie Humphries a Norfolk and Western railroad employee pleads guilty to several charges of homicide in Columbus Ohio and will face punishment on June 30. He confessed to killing S. E. Kelley of Lanark West Virginia a month ago and robbing the body of 400 dollars. The court may sentence him for first or second degree murder or manslaughter.
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Cey Ameociater
Columbus
Leslie Humphries
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Criminal Court
Hutophries
E. Kelley
Lanark
W- Va
Everett Davis Sentenced for Second Degree Murder
Everett Davis was found guilty of second degree murder for shooting Nellie to death at Northview on April II. The jury sentenced him to the maximum penalty of eighteen years in the penitentiary. Judge Robinson imposed the sentence. Davis was returned to jail to await transport to Moundsville Penitentiary to begin serving the term.
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Everett Davis
Nellie
Northview
Robinson
Davis
Moundsville
Balloon Lands Safely After Lakewood Landing
Philadelphia report states the balloon Pennsylvania 1, whose ascent near here yesterday raised concern for its three occupants, landed safely in Lakewood New Jersey last night. No word had been received from the aviators since the ascent until noon today.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lakewood
N. J
Anti-Saloon Leader Attacked Amid Prohibition Tensions
Two incidents reported from St. Louis and Baltimore show clashes around reform drives. Allan Miller, head of a telephone operators union, was arrested in a strike-related incident. William H. Anderson of the Maryland Anti-Saloon League was whipped in his Baltimore office after a dispute over a newspaper letter.
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ST. Louis
Ino
Allan Miller
Telephone Operators Union
Bell Company
Miss. Miller
Associated Press
Baltimore
William H. Anderson
Maryland Anti-Saloon League
Robert L. Utman
Timan
Anderson
Ullman
Ambassador Page Rules Out July 4 London Receptions
Walter Page, newly named ambassador to the Court of St. James, denied rumors of 10 receptions in London on July 4. He said no break in embassy customs would occur, and if his own residence is unavailable he will arrange temporary quarters to entertain Americans. In a separate note, two men were fined for street drunkenness in police court. one paid, the other released on good behavior due to age and promise to reform.
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London
Eng
Walter WT. Page
St. James's
Ice Strike Tightens Cincinnati Ice Supply
In Cincinnati on June 28 1911 the ice strike kept supplies scarce as striking drivers helpers engineers and firemen clashed with ice manufacturers. No ice available to the ordinary consumer without a physician certificate. Hospitals received ice from the strikers amid the ongoing labor dispute.
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Cincinnati
Younger Man Ayed pmeem London Judge Atkin Appointed
London June 21 The liberal government appoints James Richard Atkin King's Counsel as an additional judge of the King's Bench Division He is 40 and has spent twenty two years at the bar specializing in commercial cases before the division he will now preside over The move signals a favoring of younger leadership amid debates on peak working years.
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London
James
Richard Atkin
King’s Counsel
King’s Bench
High Courts
Atkin
England
Way
Munich Banker Attends Prince Ernest Wedding
Berlin reports a lone Munich banker attended the May wedding of Prince Ernest August and Princess Victoria Toutse. The man had once supported the prince in Munich and, though not of noble rank, received invitations to the royal ceremony and related events, signaling unusual access to court circles.
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Berlin
Ernest August
Victoria Toutse
William
Munich
Ernest
Clerk Wins Bet by Eating Sixty One Eggs in Cairo
Cairo Illinois June 23 Frank Blake a railway office clerk won a $25 bet by eating sixty one eggs. The world record is believed to be sixty eggs. Eggs were prepared scrambled soft boiled and fried in various styles.
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May Mamoetnre
Cairo
Frank Blake
German Court Breaks Oil Monopoly and Boosts Sales Firm
The Imperial Supreme Court in Germany rules in favor of the German Petroleum Sales Company in a dispute with the German-American Petroleum Company, overturning a Hamburg Superior Court ruling. The decision voids parts of a 1910 contract that allocated most German oil territory to Standard Oil’s affiliate and allowed Standard to direct sales policies. Standard Oil must pay all court costs.
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Imperial Supreme Court
Standard Oil -Company
Standard
Osedy
Reichstag
Hortly
Tor
Comnider
Standards Company
Hamburg
Standard Company
Revival at Mt Zion Baptist Church draws growing attendance
Revival services at the Mt Zion Baptist Church on Water Street grow in interest as nightly conversions occur. Evangelist Dr Herben preaches tonight and Sunday night with the theme The Hand Writing on the Wall. Tomorrow's topic is The Question of the Ages. Attendees are requested to return all envelopes at two services.
Mass at Long Ron
Magx will be celebrated at Long. A D McLignan trains will convey people to and from the church.
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Long
A. D. McLignan
Senate Begins Tariff Debate Over Cedar and Wood Duties
Washington June 21 Senate Democrats resume debate on a tariff bill revised by the finance committee. The changes expand the free list by removing duties from cedar boards and cabinet wood while striking a ten percent House duty, shifting these items back to a duty free status in the Senate version.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Senate
Union leader urges political education to curb strikes
President Wool of the International Photo-Engravers' Union told the Hale Springs convention of the International Printing and Presenters' Union that strikes and lockouts worsen social unrest. He urged splitting printing trades into several affiliated unions and educating workers in political and economic matters.
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Nandkrms
Knoxvilee
Te Tena
Malon
Wool
International Photo-Engravers’ Union
International Printing and Presentcr
Hale Springs
Ex-police captain Walsh dies after graft confession
In New York on June 21 Thomas W. Walsh ex police captain who confessed to grafting helped convict Inspectors Murtha Thompson Hussey and Sweeney and is serving time in the penitentiary died at his Harlem home after months of poor health. He had feared death which prompted his confession and he testified at the graft trial but did not recover.
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Ter
New York
Thomas W. Walsh
Murtha
Thompson
Hussey
Sweeney
Harlem
Balkan Front Tension As Bulgarian Troops Advance
Austrian papers report a planned Bulgarian attack on the Vardar in Macedonia with Greek and Serb forces coordinating. Serb troops mass fortified positions along the river's right bank as operations loom.
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Cmy
Vienna
Vardar
Macedonia
Monthly meeting of City Christian Endeavor Union
The monthly meeting will be held at United Brethren church Northview at 7 PM Sunday. Joe Buchner leads the program with a devotion and music. The subject is Good Citizenship and includes addresses by B I Van Gilder on Sabbath Desecration and G H Duthie on Law Enforcement, followed by general discussion and adjournment.
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Christian Endeavor Union
United Brethren Church
Northview
Joe Buchner
B. I. van Gilder
G. H. Duthie
Suffrage protester hurls brick at police HQ window
Gertrude Shaw, a militant suffragist and member of the Women’s Social and Political Union, hurled a brick through a Scotland Yard police headquarters window in London. She was sentenced to three weeks in prison.
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Lynawocyeo
London
Ens
Gertrude Shaw
Erick
Scotland Yards
Shaws
Clark to oversee Gettysburg veterans transport plan
Governor Hatfield appoints William S Clark to manage transportation for Union and Confederate veterans to the Gettysburg celebration. An $8000 appropriation covers about 600 veterans, with applications due by June 29 and then prorated. Communications go to Mr Clark in Charleston. Custer Post officers provide veteran lists for both sides. Jesse G Lawson of Bridgeport visited the city Saturday.
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Wiliam S Clark
H.D. Hatfield
Gettysburg
Netwell
Clark
Charleston
Custer
Clarkspurg
Still Unburied Turkish Corpses Lurk Near Scutari Fortress
An Austrian parliamentary inquiry in Vienna on June 21 alleged semi decomposed Turkish soldiers lay unburied near Scutari fortress. The attack targeted Vice Admiral Cacil Burney of the British navy, head of the International fleet occupying Scutari after the Balkan war, urging steps to ensure humane burial duties.
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Ammocares Prane
Vienna
Auatetae
Scutari
Cacil Burney
Britten Navy
International
Fhe International
Inquiry into Transportation Rates by Eastern Railroads
The commission orders hearings to examine whether current freight and passenger rates on eastern railroads yield adequate returns. The inquiry covers applicable official classifications and seeks plans to adjust transportation charges if needed.
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Eastern Railroads
Heington
Ington
Sse
Militant suffraget arson squads active sets fire in London
Mutant suffraget arson squads were out last night at St Andrews Smotland and the lower Thames area causing damage. The Gatty marine laboratory at St Andrews burned, destroying valuable instruments, while the church of St John at South End suffered fire with limited damage to a costly edifice built four years ago.
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Sey Amrochter Press
London
Eng
St. Andrews
Smotland
South End
Lower Thames
Cauugh
St Andrews
Gatty
University
South Nd
Circuit Court Grants New Trials In Rail and Telephone Suits
Circuit Court Judge Haymond Maxwell set aside verdicts in A C Kurkle versus Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and in Short Ling Telephone Company versus National Coal Company, granting new trials. A motion overruled for two men in Mary 10 Estlack case, and costs awarded. Commissioners named to assess damages for Philadelphia Gas Company right of way across lands of Idea Cain and Ht UH. A writ of prohibition was issued to halt further execution against Monongahela Traction Company in Renin Davisson suit.
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Haymond Maxwell
Circuit Court
A. C. Kurkle
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ‘Company
Short ‘Ling Telephone Company
National Coal Company
Estlack
James B. Moore
Deadly Storm Strikes Youngstown Sparks Widespread Damage
During a heavy June rain in Youngstown, two men, John Shaw and William Swartz, were killed after contacting live wires as trees were uprooted and property damage surged. Streets and telephones were knocked out by the storm.
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Youngstown
John Shaw
William Swartz
Tine
Bulgarian quake toll climbs with hundreds reported dead
Reports from Sofia dated June 21 indicate the catastrophic Tangent earthquake in Bulgaria killed hundreds in nearby towns. Details remain confused with buildings collapsed and rescue efforts under way as aftershocks continue.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Tonovia
Gornin
Walker Resigns as Missouri Progressive Committeeman
W. H. Walker, National committeeman of the Progressive party from Missouri, submitted his resignation to the state committee. The move, discussed for months, was only now publicly disclosed and attributed to internal party developments and communications.
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ST. Louis
W. H. Walker
Progressive Party
Missouri
Bryce Fetate Committée
Str
Walker
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