Attempted assassination at Antisaloon League HQ in Lynchburg
Police search for a gunman after a revolver bullet struck the wall above Rev J D McAlister's desk at the Antisaloon League headquarters. McAlister, a leader of the dry forces, had left minutes earlier. two workers heard the shot. An alley rear-building source is suspected. A mass meeting in the dry campaign was addressed by Rep Richmond P Hobson of Alabama.
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Lynchburg
Antisaloon League
J. D. McAlister
State Antisaloon League
McAlister
Richmond P. Hobson
Alabama
Brig. Gen. Olver E. Wood Dies at 66 in Johns Hopkins Hospital
Brig. Gen. Olver Ellsworth Wood U. A. retired, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on December 4 after acute stomach trouble. Born June 1, 184, in Hartford Connecticut, he served in the Civil War, attended West Point, and rose in the artillery to retirement in 1906 after forty years of service.
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Washington
Baltimore
Olver Ellsworth Wood
U. A
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Wood
Hugh H. Young
Gen
Hartford
Conn
West Point
Rex Smith Aims Flight to Washington in New Aeroplane
Rex Smith tested his newly built biplane at College Park Maryland with machinist Anthony Janus aboard, flying several circuits at about 40 miles per hour and 100 foot altitude. Smith intends a 15 mile trip to Washington and back, weather permitting, with several hundred spectators observing. The Rex Smith Aeroplane Company forms with Victor J. Evans as president Rexford M. Smith as secretary and manager and A. M. Wells as treasurer.
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Rex Smith
Washington
Apecal
Washington Post
College Park
Anthony Janus
Schenk Returns Her Note From Jail Dating to Husband
Laura Farnsworth Schenk, jailed for alleged poisoning of her millionaire husband John O Schenk, sent a note to him without legal counsel. The note came back unopened with the message that her lawyers do not allow notes from her. She wept and tore the missive. John Schenk offered to post bail if denied by the prosecutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Dee
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
John 0. Schenk
John Schenk
Handlan
Two Boys Killed by Auto on Altenheim Hill Near Wheeling
The Wheeling report states Gerald Meyers aged 15 and his cousin Charles Brayler were struck on the National Pike by William Stone's car. Brayler died at North Wheeling Hospital, Meyers died instantly. Chauffeur Arthur Austin attempted to avert the crash, the vehicle skidded, and he was arrested but released on $5,000 bond. Coroner W. W. Rogers set the inquest for tomorrow morning.
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Perial
Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Altenheim Hill
National Pike
Uareld Meyers
Charles Brayler
William Stone
Brayler
North Wheeling
Meyers
Arthur Austin
Austin
W. W. Rogers
College President Quits in Salem After Transfer Dispute
Roanoke Va Dec 4 The Rev John C Peery resigned as president of Marion Female College amid a row over moving the Lutheran institution from Marion to Salem Virginia The Virginia synod ordered the removal but the board of trustees said they could not obey under law and contracts His successor was not named.
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Roanoke
Marion Female College
Marion
Salem
John C. Peery
Virginia Synod
Peery
Boston man identified after death by own action in Wilmington
The body of Harold Francis Cutter, 28, of Brookline Massachusetts, was identified by his father Olin W. Cutter. He had been suffering nervous strain for five weeks and had graduated from Harvard in 195. He left home Tuesday evening to go to a barber shop, shooting himself at the Hotel Wilmington.
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Wilmington
Del
Harold
Francis Cutter
Emerson Street
Brookline
Mass
Olin W. Cutter
Willam Lewis
New York
Curutter
Harvard
Boston
N. W. Harris and Company
Bankers
Young Cutter
A Soldier's Recollections by Randolph H. McKim
Review of Randolph H. McKim's Leaves from the Diary of a Young Confederate. The critic lauds McKim's memoir for its honest portrayal of Civil War experiences from a Confederate perspective, noting his wartime service, later Episcopal calling, and the blend of humor and courage in his diary and letters.
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McKim
Dr. McKim
Randolph H. McKim
Longmans, Green & Co
Tribute to Dead Members at New Alexandria Elks Home
The Alexandria Lodge No. 758 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks held a memorial service in its new Elks home auditorium with Judge R B T W Duke Jr as principal orator and Councilman J Fred Birrell among speakers. A choir, orchestra, and vocal solos accompanied rites honoring departed brothers as officers and trustees, flags and palms adorned the hall. Corby Bakery, on North Lee Street, sustained fire damage to a storeroom, with flames contained to that area and damage to brooms, awnings, and flour.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Streat
Alexandria
Alexandria Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
United States
R. T. W. Duke
Charlottesville
Lodge
Duke
J. Fred Birrell
Our Order
William Jackson Morton
Christ Portestant
Episcopal Church
Arthur Selden Lloyd
D. D
Episcopal
Virginia
Kathryn Brill
Margaret Nolan Martin
Washington
Kenneth Ogden
C.G. Lennon
Soleista of
Christ. Church Choir
M. W. O'Brien
R. F. Downham
George H. Evans
of Elks
UW. B. Quinn
Roberts. Barrett
James W. Bales
W. M. Donnelly
B. Robey
Thomas D. Downey
Tiller
G. T. Caton
Edgar Carpenter
James
Corby Bakery
North Lee Street
Memorial service honors Washington Lodge dead in packed New National Theater
Alfred T. Holley delivers memorial address to 1,500 members of Washington Lodge No. 15 B P G L E, noting growth to 380,000 members and spread toward Europe. The service features Marine Band overture, vocal and instrumental solos, prayers, and a Bryant poem recital, honoring deceased lodge members Frank P. Faunce, Howard B. etc.
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Washington Lodge
B. P. G. Elke
New National Theeter
Order
Alfred T. Holley
Hackensack
N. J
Hayope
Ami
United States Marine Band
Rosea F. Downing
Naval Reforms Seek Funding and Peary Promotion
Secretary Meyer outlines a broad naval reorganization with small yard police, a $500 000 next year estimate, and $25 000 for continued aeroplane experiments. He urges permanent supply funds, more fuel stations, repeal of hydrographic limits, and detail authority changes. He seeks Peary’s promotion to rear admiral, a John Paul Jones monument at Annapolis, and related retirement provisions.
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Jone
Paci
Meyer
Eugene Ely
Birmingham
Navy
Treasury
Hydrographic Office
Marine Corps
Peary
Moyer
Robert H. Peary
North Pole
Corps
Civil Engineers
John Paul Jones
Annapolis
Envoys Named to Convey Mexican Centennial Thanks
Mexico appoints special ambassadors to express appreciation to nations that sent delegations to the centennial. Joaquin D Casasus will go to the United States, Francesco de la Barra to Italy, Porfirio Diaz to Japan, Federico Gamboa to Spain, Gambola to Belgium and Holland, with Enrique Clark replaced as minister to France and Germany.
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Mexico City
Joaquin D. Casasus
Washington
United States
Francesco de la Barra
Italy
Porfirio Diaz
Japan
Federico Gamboa
Spain
Gambola
Belgium
Holland
Enrique Clark
France
Germany
Bull Dog Auto Trip Heads Toward Taft Visit
Abbott-Détroit automobile Bull Dog, mud-splattered but operative, started from Kansas City in July for a 100000 mile North American trek. Dr George G Percival editor of Health Magazine and Dick Shadel drive with Siberia the bull terrier mascots. They expect to meet President Taft in Washington and present letters from mayors. After Washington they tour Savannah New York Texas and Mexico before heading to the Pacific coast and return to Detroit via Canada.
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Abbott-Détroit
Kansas City
North America
Washington
George G. Percival
Health
Dick Shadel
Chicago
Percival
Taft
Fitegerald
Boston
Schwab
Cincinnati
Siberia
Savannah
New York
Texas
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Detroit
Two Boys Perish in Flames in Reynoldsville Fire
In Reynoldsville Pennsylvania a blaze at the Ferris home early today killed Robert and Charles Ferris aged 9 and 6. Parents Caesar and his wife were fatally injured while Maude 11 and a baby were badly hurt. The family sheltered on the second floor when flames awakened them at 4 am. The father and mother leaped from a window with Maude and the baby as flames neared. The house collapsed as the children, trapped by flames at the window, faced a doomed exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynoldsville
Robert
Charles Ferris
Caesar Ferris
Maude
Maud
Representative John J. Fitzgerald III Returns Home Ill
New York dispatch reports Representative John J. Fitzgerald of Brooklyn, part of a congressional group touring the Canal Zone, has appendicitis. Diagnosed in Panama, he stayed briefly in a hospital, but is determined to travel home. An operation is expected, delaying his Washington arrival for the congressional session.
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New York
Party of
Canal Zone
John J. Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Surgeona Dn
Panama
Fitzgerald
Washington
Congress
Move to ban alcohol near universities heads to legislature
Ithaca, Dec 4. A bill to ban sale of intoxicants within four miles of any state university will be introduced in the next session, proposed by Mrs. Mary B. Wood, president of the Tompkins County W C T U. The plan would affect numerous student resorts in Ithaca and nearby dry towns including Auburn, Elmira, and Cortland.
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Ithaca
Mery B. Wood
Tompkins County
Cornell
Tompkins
Auburn
Elmira
Gortland
Wendling Seeks New Trial In Kentucky Murder Case
Louisville lawyers for Joseph Wendling, jailed for life for murdering 8 year old Alma Kellner, plan a new trial motion based on affidavits alleging juror bias. Judge Gregory denied delay, ordering the trial to continue. Also noted is Dr Salvador Castrillo leaving Managua for Panama en route to Washington as Nicaraguan minister designate.
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Louisville
Joseph Wendling
Alma Kellner
Richard Jennings
Wendling
Gregory
Castrillo
Washington
Managua
Nicaragua
Salvadore Castrillo
United States
Panama
Duston
Washington navy yard improvements seek $134500 in 1919
Secretary Meyer requests $134,500 for Washington navy yard improvements as part of $8,195,827 for public works at Navy yards and stations for 1919. The plan cuts the initial $28,621,580, citing economy, with specifics across Pearl Harbor Boston Norfolk Puget Sound and other yards, plus updated vessel and provisioning budgets.
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Navy
Meyer
Washington Navy Yard
Navy Yards
New Park Navy Yard
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
Naval Station
Boston Navy Yard
Marine Barracks
Norfolk Navy Yard
Olongapo
Philippines
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Congress
Pacific Coast
Marine Corps
Navy Department
Navy to test aeroplane scout at sea near Newport
Newport December 4 reports say the Navy plans several experiments using an aeroplane launched from the scout cruiser Birmingham. The craft would search for a fleet at sea, be brought back aboard, and a time for the tests will be set after the Atlantic fleet returns from Europe.
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Washington Post
Newport
Navy Department
Birmingham
Atlantic
Europe
Alderman to Rest. UVA Chief Plans Absence During Trip
President Alderman told University of Virginia students that doctors ordered him to take weeks of rest for health. He is not seriously ill, but requires absolute rest. Dean J. M. Page will serve as acting president in his absence.
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University of Virginia
Washington Post
Charlottesville
Alderman
University of Virgina
J. M. Page
Ashes scattered from Hads Bridge in conformity to wished ritual
Mrs Louisa Wallner 40 a socialist died last week her ashes were scattered today from the highest point of Hads Bridge in keeping with her dying wish Socialist tracts were distributed among the assembled Julius P Schmidt a friend led the service Cremation occurred last Sunday and Wallner had died more than a week ago The event followed by a separate note that a large delegation from New Orleans was traveling to Washington to press Congress for an exposition to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal
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Louisa Wallner
Hads Bridge
New Orleans
Martin Behrman
Louisiana
Washington
Congress
Need of Protection Shown in One Man's Case
A young West businessman loses credit and his new car after a solo driving accident with no horn. The piece stresses the value of comprehensive automobile insurance to guard against lawsuits, property damage, and medical costs, illustrated by a banker’s advice to avoid cheap policies and ensure solid coverage.
Canal Fortifications Debate Shifts Toward Neutralization
Senator Tawney urges neutralization talks before vast canal fortifications, noting last year’s $37 million appropriation and a projected $56 million future cost. He predicts completion in 1913 and stresses maintaining armed forces for defense, while defending reelection resolve and campaign stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tawney
Washington
Canal Zone hearings end as members return on Arcon
New York reports that members of the Ways and Means Committee arrived from the Canal Zone aboard the Arcon after hearings with canal service departments on next fiscal year's needs. Evidence was taken, with the recommended amount to Congress yet undetermined. Canal officials seek 7 million dollars. Tawney says progress is largely complete. Attending were Representatives Ketter, Fitzgerald, Burleson, Miller, Stafford, and Sherley.
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Appropriations Committee
New York
Waya and Moeang
Canal Zone
Arcon
Canal Service
Congress
Tawney
Ketter
Fitzgerald
Burleson
Miller
Statfford
Sherley
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Minaile
The
Antisaloon
League of Virginia
C. E. Wood
Schenk
Packer
AUTO
Wheeling Merchant’s Machine
Marion Female
Lewis
Monkey
Mike
Engine Company No. 2
Cyrus Townsend Beady
New York ‘Times
Shakespeare
Dr.McKim
Maryland
Mne
Ife
Army of
Godfless
Hull Run
Jackson
Valley
Stuart
Gettysburg
Culps Hill
Pickett
Cemetery Ridge
Appomattox
Leutenant
House of Deputies
South
MecKim
Mosby
Lee
Alexandria Lodge of Elks
RB. T. W. Duke, Jr
National Theater
St An- Baal
FLEET
Mr. Taft
John J.fitzgerald III
Ithaca W. C
T. U
Bill
Seat of
Naval
AERO
Flyer
Cruiser
Dr, Alderman
Secret of Beauty
West
Mobil- Mies
Auto-Mobile
Isurance Company
Newark
Eiz
General Agent
Colorado Building
America
Goudy Noty
John H. Magalrer
Caral Zone
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