Five-in Auto Killed at Cape May Crossing in Train Crash
Baltimore figures Fred W Feldner wife and son-in-law Mr and Mrs Mergenthaler and their chauffeur perished when a Pennsylvania Express struck their auto near Cape May New Jersey. The five victims were instantly killed as the field behind the crossing hid the tracks. Coroner Reeves arrived and later identified the bodies.
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Fred WW Feldner
Jelly
Pritz Mergenthaler
Feunsylvania Railroad Express
Frenkh Tuist
Mr Mergenthaler
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Roosevelt Allies Gather for Campaign in Oyster Bay
Roosevelt hosts allies at Sagamore Hill as talks focus on Hughes Roosevelt policies and Saratoga convention plans. William Loeb Jr, Gifford Pinchot, and James R Garfield visit or plan conference, with Ohio and Oregon politics and conservation on the agenda.
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Oyster Bay
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Garfield
Theodore Roosevelt
Wiliam Loeb, Jr
Port of
New York
Gifford Pinchot
Sagamore Hill
Rovnefit
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Widow contests paper as Tucker will signed before surgery
In Frederick Maryland on August 4 attorney H Dorsey Libson filed a petition in the orphan's court asking validation of a slip of paper said to be the will of the late AL Tucker. The document, signed July 29 just before an operation, was drawn by the testator with only one witness, but the attorney contends unusual circumstances justify probate. The court had previously disregarded the document for lacking a second witness and named Daniel Tucker administrator.
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AL Tucker
Baltimore
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Tucker
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Victim of Suitor's Gun Weds in Virginia
Misa Nacun Wo Coffman and Frank W Dodson of Shenandoah County Va wed after a near tragedy last winter when Coffman was shot seven times by a rejected suitor who stopped their buggy and shot Dodson. The assailant then attempted suicide. The couples’ wedding followed their recovery and decision to marry. A Baltimore and Ohio excursion ad follows.
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Washington Post
Dodson
Milas Coffman
Says Consul Denied Aid Inshore Sailor Tale
Edward Strange of Lynchburg arrives from Buenos Aires aboard the Sumner claiming he was shanghaied from Newport News for a year. He says he was left ashore without funds, jailed, mistreated and nearly starved, and only freed upon the transport’s trial. He will be moved to the naval hospital at Norfolk for care.
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Newport News
Edward Strange
Lynchburg
Buenos Aires
Sumner
Strange
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Mrs Rawn at Sea Shore
Mrs Florence W Rawn of Chicago arrives at Virginia Beach with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs R C Brinkley and two children seeking a long rest after the mysterious death of Ira G Rawn, president of the Monona route, at Winnetka July 30.
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Florence W Rawn
Chicago
Ira G. Rawn
Winnetka
Virginia Beach
Here
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R C Brinkley
Gill declines reelection. Preston to run in Fourth Maryland
Congressman John Gill announced he will not seek reelection in Maryland’s Fourth District. His law partner, James H Preston, a former police commissioner, entered the race and will face State Senator Charles J Linthicum in the primaries. Also notes a rail excursion advertisement to Asheville.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
John Gill
James H Preston
Charles J Linthicum
Lamb Renominated In Virginia Third District Race
Richmond Aug 9 Congressman John Lamb was renominated by a wide margin in the Third Virginia district defeating Judge T Ashley Wickham. With about 6000 votes cast and 900 majority estimated, Lamb carried 3011 to 2351 in near complete returns, Goochland county incomplete. Lamb has served fourteen years in Congress.
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Washington Post
Richmond
John Lamb
Virginia
T Ashley Wickham
Lamb
Goochland County
Wickham
Condemned Opposes Appeal in Slaying Case
Asheville, August. James B. Allison, convicted slayer of Floyd McGhee, says he will not permit an appeal as his family faces further expenses. His lawyers had discussed appealing, but Allison declined. The incident began after quarrel over a woman. McGhee, a patrol wagon driver, was shot three times and beaten with a hammer on the head.
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Washington Post
Asheville
James B. Allison
Floyd McGhee
Allison Allison
McGhee
Allison
Mallet engines for B&O freight service ordered
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co awards ten mallet locomotives for mountain division freight use. Five built by American Locomotive Co and five by Baldwin. Each engine weighs 450000 pounds with eight pairs of driving wheels and 210 psi steam. Traction about 1050000 pounds. Superheaters fitted. One consolidation assists to haul 1750 tons up the Allegheny slope.
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Washington Post
Baltimore, Md
Baltimore and Oho Railroad Company
American Locomotive Company
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Baltimore and
Ohio
Alleganies
City Dock Becomes Annapolis Steamer Terminal
Eastern Shore steamer allowed to land at Annapolis Wharf as a temporary passenger service terminus until permanent wharfage is secured. W M McCormick of Chesapeake Bay Transportation Co reports agreement with city council committee. Service begins tomorrow route Oxford Cambridge to Annapolis with transfer to Washington and Baltimore electric cars.
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Washington Pool
W. M McCormick
Chesapeake Bay Transportation Company
Oxford
Cambridge
Washington
Baltimore
Baltimore and Annapolis
Theft of Samples Charged In Norfolk Steamer Arrest
Norfolk. A traveling salesman August Bernard Tyner was arrested aboard a Dominion steamer on larceny charges for stealing leather samples from major New York employers. He claims the goods worth about 80 dollars were left in two Petersburg trunks as security for a board bill. He says he wishes to return and face his accusers. His young wife remained aboard the boat as it prepared to sail to New York.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Bernard Tyner
Dominion
New York
Petersburg
Jim
Grasshoppers Stop Cars Along Maryland Rail Line
Grasshoppers infest the electric railway route between Boonsboro and Myersville Maryland delaying trolleys as insects blanket tracks. Cars crush thousands of grasshoppers making rails slippery while fenders and rails become coated. At Kennedy's Hill and Rudy Station the swarms threaten nearby crops and vegetation.
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Boonsboro
Myersville
Kennedys Hill
Rudy Station
Bookmaking at Rockville Fair Denied in Maryland Court
Special to The Washington Past reports a Montgomery County circuit court ruling denying the Montgomery County Agricultural Society a license to sell pools at the Rockville fair. Chief Judge Hammond Urner and Associate Judges James B Henderson and John C Moiter held the 1898 Maryland law authorizing bookmaking unconstitutional, stating it imposes a ministerial act beyond legislative power over the judiciary.
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Montgomery County Agricultural Society
Rockville Fair
Hammond Urner
James B. Henderson
John C Moiter
Virginia Farmers Institute Opens in Petersburg
The seventh annual Virginia Farmers Institute opened at the Academy of Music in Petersburg with about 20 farmers and many women in attendance. Vice President Joseph A. Turner of Hollins chaired the session. Capt T. F Heath delivered the welcome on behalf of the city, and Go Mann spoke on advancing state agricultural interests under the new law coordinating agricultural and educational departments. The convention will run for three days.
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Petersburg Chamber of Commerce
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Coal Mines Change Hands in Major Purchase
A $250000 deal was completed today transferring Catawba Coal and Iron Company assets from heirs of A A Knudson to EB E Francey of Steubenville Ohio, with H M Luck and W Harrell involved. The sale was confirmed by the Federal court at Big Stone Gap. The mine properties reportedly include coal iron and limestone deposits rivaling Birmingham, Alabama.
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Catawba Coal and Iron Company
A. A. Knudson
EB E Francey
Steubenville
Ohio
H M Luck
A W. Harrell
Big Stone Gap
Birmingham
Ala
Scaffold Collapse Kills Youth at Madison Shipyard
In Newport News Virginia this afternoon Joe Bird a Black youth was killed when a scaffold inside the hull of the new Old Dominion steamer Madison collapsed. Six other yard workers beneath the scaffold had narrow escapes and three white workmen were slightly injured.
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Newport News
Joe Birdgong
New Old Dominion
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Letters and bribery probe tied to Indian land sale
Oklahoma hearing details McMurray contracts to take 10 percent fees on a $30 million land sale to Indians. Gore cites a May Washington push with 60 letters and telegrams urged by Indians. Choctaw witnesses recount telegraphs to President Taft aid, while politicians condemn the 10 percent plan and discuss defiance of treaty promises.
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Gore
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Scott
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Taft
Sheridan
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Kansas
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Fred
Richmond Bride Marries Widow in Secret Grace Church Wedding
A civil engineer from Big Stone Gap aged 36 weds Mrs Laura B Bishop widow of an Atlanta contractor at Grace Episcopal Church in Richmond in a surprise ceremony attended by two close friends. Rev Landon R Mason officiates as Miss President Taft allegedly sent a letter praising the union.
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Richmond
John Johnston
Mary Johnston
Big Stone Gap
Laura B. Bishop
Atlanta
Grace Episcopal Church
Landon R. Mason
Taft
Johnston
George Scott
Adams
Washington
Young
McMurray
Curtis
Sherman
Gore
Fail to Name Congressmen in Fifth District Convention
Greensboro North Carolina August Ninth delegates vote 142 to 80 to postpone nominating a candidate until after the State convention. The move by Winston-Salem Postmaster Reynolds to allow Morehead to seek time. Marion Butler manages Morehead campaign and may be named chairman. Rumor Taft endorses Butler, leaving Morehead uncertain for Congress again.
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Winston Lindsay
Orange
Morehead
Duncan
United States
Marion Butler
Butler Maye
Congress
Taft
Butler
Winchester Goes Dry Again Wins In Local Election
Special to The Washington Pagt reports Winchester Virginia voted to go dry by a majority of 150 votes in today’s election. The result surprised locals after a dry vote in two years ago by nine votes with no bitterness in the campaign.
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Washington Pagt
Winchester
Vets
Mayor Gaynor Shot Aboard Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse
The gunman Gallagher fired twice at Mayor William J. Gaynor on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse as friends said farewell. Gaynor, struck behind the ear, is in serious but hopeful condition at Hoboken's St Mary's Hospital. Gallagher is jailed in Jersey City.
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Ferdinand
Wolff
St. Mary’s Hospital
William J. Gaynor
New York City
James J. Gallagher
Gallagher
Hoboken
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