Baltimore and Ohio tied to coal firms in ICC inquiry
Officials testified in Baltimore as the Interstate Commerce Commission probed links between carriers and coal companies. Evidence showed Baltimore and Ohio ownership or stock ties to Consolidation Coal, Northwestern, Metropolitan, and other firms. Capt Jed Hicks, president of Allegany Coal and State Coal, testified about stock holdings and dividends paid to B&O and Pennsylvania Railroad executives.
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Chesapeake and Potomac
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Coully Mivkts
Irucl
Monopolitan Coal Company
of On
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Five Sayd
Fab Tent Codi
Thy Metropolitan Company
Hicks
Jed Hicks
Pittsburg
Male
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Stet Company
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Reedad
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Alisgow
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George L. Potter
Ater
Cue Raitroad Company
Hicks Teshfield Tac
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Tae Belingat Company
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Ricks
Cooneral
W. W. Atterbury
Vine Preadent Thayer
Taylor
Robert Pitcairn
Setond
Joseph Wood
Pennsylyvania
Crpt
Uscks
Glasgow
Casanave
Félmont
Avonmore
Red
Pennsylvania Railroad
Trap gun wounds burglar at Back River cottage
Clauda Mahoney alias Samuel Wilson, a colored man, was badly wounded by a buckshot trap gun set at a cottage owned by jeweler Arthur Wallenhorst near the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington tracks. Police say Mahoney intended robbery, reached Highlandtown, and was hospitalized with possible arm amputation expected. Wallenhorst notes repeated break ins over six years, with valuables between 3500 and 7600 stolen.
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Clauda Mahoney
Samuel Wilson
Back River
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington
Arthur Wallenhorst
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Valkenhorst
City Hospital
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Highlandtown
Canton
Wallenhorst
Oust Supervisor Douglas Over Road Funds Allegations
The Alexandria County court move to remove Will W. Douglas from the Arlington district board on April 23 cites charges of mailfeasance misfeasance incompetency and neglect of duty. Plaintiffs claim Douglas bought unfit dirt sand and gravel from his father used it on roads and biased repairs to benefit his property while delaying urgent works for others. The petition lists ten reasons including alleged overcharges for a Richmond trip and neglect of a Four-mile Run bridge. Douglas declined to respond and says he will not hire counsel. The notice is signed by Augustus Davis and thirty others.
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Alexandria
Palmer
Alexandria County
Will W. Douglas
Board of Supervisors
Arlington
Augustus Davis, Jr
Circuit Court
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Arlington District
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Darlington District
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WH. T. Palmer
Br. J. Ryans
Stummetis
H. W. Pottersow
Oscar Haring
August Kein
Fred. Klein
George Li Shick
George W. ¥Eitch
Love letters found with Wilmington merchant self-inflicted death
In Wilmington N C April 13 coroner viewed the body of Joan W Sherman a young merchant found dead by suicide. A .38 pistol lay nearby with love letters a notebook states he shot himself March 30 and he had written a will in the book. He was said to be in love with two young women.
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Washington Post
Willmington
Joan W. Sherman
Will case compromised in Loudoun Circuit Court
Special to The Wasaragincuss reports the Fierpolrr will suit in Loudoun County Circuit Court being compromised. Heirs of Margaret Fierpolrr claimed lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence by executor C. C. Gaver who benefited. Estate valued at 160 dollars. bequest went to her husband’s nephews residing in the West.
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Leesburg
Fierpoint
Gircult
Loudoun
EY Loye
Margaret Fierpolrr
C. C. Gaver
Forgery Plea Sentences Two-Year Penalty in Court
Field, C. T. Marshall, and Samuel P. Fisher of Averen Jackson Lodge attended as speakers. Congressman Rixer was slated to speak. In Corporation Court Judge LL. Barley and John Whalen pled guilty to forgery and received two years in the penitentiary.
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John Whalen
Intend ed to kill wife ends in suicide near Baltimore
William A. Worner, a four member of the 103d Regiment Coast Artillery stationed at Fort Howard, shot himself at his wife’s home on 031 South Caroline Street after planning to murder her. A letter to his mother in Lewiston Pa says he loved his wife too much to part and asked she be buried with him. He had been estranged and sought reconciliation before the fatal shot ending five years of Army service.
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Baltimore
William A. Worner
103D Regiment
Coast Artilery
Fort Howard
South Caroline Street
Christie Harris
Lewiston
Wormer
Washington man in jail for train disorderly conduct
Cumberland Maryland April 14 Thomas Mindley of Washington DC faced Connellsville Police Court for allegedly losing 111 while traveling from Cumberland to Connellsville. He was arrested for disorderly conduct on Train No 3 and refusing to pay fare after claiming he had been drinking for several days. He was sentenced to forty night hours in the police station.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Thomas Wmindley
Washington,d. C
Connellsville
Findley
Baltimore and
Ohio
Norfolk Plumbers Strike at Jamestown Exposition Site
Norfolk plumbers on the Jamestown Exposition grounds walked out over a 33 cent pay cut by Hanley Casey Company. Carpenters and bricklayers planned to join strike if the reduction stands, arguing outside-city fares add hardship under the project’s union-only condition.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Cource
Hanley Casey Company
Exposition
Nude street race ends with police capture in Richmond
In Richmond on Broad street a nude man fled pedestrians pursued by Policeman W A Taylor. He was captured in an alley between Broad and Marshall streets and taken to the station after claiming amnesia from a clothing-eating compulsion amid intoxication. He was later released after proving self care. An Italian worker in Cumberland was struck by a train near Hockwood, hurled ninety feet, with minor injuries and hopes of recovery.
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Broad Street
W. A. Taylor
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Marshall Streets
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
No. Hi
Hockwood
Rocky Ridge Tipple Burned Near Everett Mine
Special to The Washington: A tipple and scale at Rocky Ridge Coal and Mineral Co near Everett were burned last night likely from incendiary origin. Miners have been on strike for some time, threatening production and safety at the site. Special to The Washington: Jacob H Miller, a 66 year old retired farmer, dies at Keedysville after a disease illness. His brother John Miller was murdered years ago at Keedysville, affecting his health prior to death.
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Cumberland
Rocky Ridge Coal and Mineral Company
Everett
Tost Washingtonton
Hagerstown
Jacob H. Miller
Keedynville
John Miller
Keedys‘Ville
Virginia Weddings Segment Dates and Marriages Noted
Virginia notes list several weddings and a death across towns including Chatham Tappahannock and Louisa County. An Annie Adams and B Blair wed in Whattles with Rev Sturgis officiating. Mary Wright and T McDaniel married in Tap pahannock. James J. Jones and Cora Mis wed in Fredericksburg area. Cassielia Black to Henry Shaner in Lexington. one death reported in Sportania County with surviving family.
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Lexington
Cass. Qielia. Black
Joseph Fi Blyck
Virginia Obituary: Kendall and Camm En Notables
W B Kendall of Rappahannock County and Page County political hopeful dies near St John Kansas aged about sixty five. Survived by a daughter of Daniel Beaver and ten children. Elizabeth Cammen of Isaac Campbell area dies at home near Laray aged about seventy five. Survived by several children.
Receiver for Loudoun Court Appointed Amid BondPosted
Captain William E. Garrett a Leesburg attorney today named general receiver for Loudoun Court to succeed the late A J Bradfield. The bond runs to fifteen hundred dollars with the fund in the custody of this officer averaging about two thousand dollars.
Elopers Headed for Washington from Suffolk
Special to The Washington Post reports Claude Beacham son of Mrs Theodoria Beacham and Miss Nannie Tidwell, both named, eloped yesterday. Theo left for Washington via Norfolk. no word yet.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Claude Beacham
Theodoria, Beacham
Nannie Tidwell
J. H. Tidwell
Kalby
Theo
Washington
Norfolk
Norfolk Railway Lineman Electrocuted at Crossing
Thomas Jones, lineman for the Norfolk Railway and Light Company, was killed instantly when he touched a live feed wire while planking on a steel rail at a Main Street crossing in Norfolk Virginia. The accident occurred about 1 p.m. today.
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Norfolk
Thomas
Jones
Norfolk Railway and Light Company
Schley to Deliver Principal Oration at Jones Memorial
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley retired will be the principal speaker at the John Paul Jones memorial service in Alexandria held by the Alexandria Washington and Andrew Jackson lodges of Masons. The April 34 date marks the reinterment of the patriot’s remains at Annapolis. Grand Master K Kemper will preside with Cc C Carlin delivering the opening address.
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Alexandria
Winfield Scott Schley
U.S. N
John Paul Jones
Washington
Andrew Jackson
Masons
Annapolis
K. Kemper
Virginia
Cc. C. Carlin
R. W. Arnold
Charles H. Callahan
W. A. More, Jr
Alexandria-Washington
Will contest details third wife Giddings in Wallen case
Richmond court hears witnesses from Wallen's first two marriages testifying that his third wife Mrs. Giddings exerted undue influence during his final years. Daughters describe his rapid decline into senility as Mrs. Wallen allegedly watched him closely and sought control of a $30,000 estate. Sons recount working for low pay with expectations of inheritance.
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Wallen
Washington
Chancery Court
Giddings
Farmer found guilty of murder in first degree
Cumberland Md April 13 1913 George Quinn a farmer was found guilty of murder in the first degree at Martinsville West Virginia today by the jury which recommended imprisonment for life. He was charged with killing Athapda McIntyre a domestic servant and alleged father of the infant child.
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Chita
Washington Post
Cumberland
George Quinn
New Martinsville
W. Va
Hounds Capture Burglary Boys Near Suffolk
Three young burglars aged ten to twelve from Norfolk were captured near the District Swamp by police dogs after robbing three stores in Suffolk on April 18. Officers recovered five watches, twelve dollars in small change, and whisky. The boys, George Wright Stephen Fletcher and Charles Bnowtfleet, were jailed pending trial. one was armed.
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Suffolk
Wil
George Wright
Stephen
Fletcher
Charles
Bnowtfleet
Norfolk
Oniel Brinkley
Distriel
Servant Girls Organizing in Washington Wikeskarre
Special to The Washington Wikeskarre reports servant girls in the city moving to form a union. They seek fixed hours, wage scale, and privileges and have invited National Organizer Hugh F. Wayne to speak at a mass meeting next Thursday night. The effort aims to organize the first such labor group in the state amid concerns over long hours and low pay.
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Mass Anns
Corigan
Hugh F. Wayne
American Reioration of Labor
Graft Trial Details Bribe in Milwaukee Hospital Contract
In Milwaukee on April 13 former Milwaukee official Edward F. Strauss testified in the Hartung bribery case about methods used to distribute funds from a plumbing contract at the county hospital. He said a $500 kickback was shared among twenty three county board members and others.
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Wis
Edward F. Strauss
Fred Hartung
Strauss
Hartung
St Louis Bricklayers and Masons Strike Expands
Two thousand workers across St Louis halt operations as officers of the Bricklayers and Stonemasons International Union call off bricklayers on sites where stone masons are not affiliated. Several hundred buildings are targeted as visits continue. Brig. Gen. James A. Buchanan to retire after 38 years in the U. S. Army. serving in the Philippine Division.
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Joseph Kelly
Bent Childs
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International Union
St. Louis
Jevery
Buchanan
War Department
James A. Buchanan
Department of Visayas
Philippine
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