Virginia senatorial primary yields wins for organization picks
Jones and Glass appear to have carried only seven counties in the statewide vote. The victory is credited to candidates aligned with the so called organization. Glass expresses no surprise at his defeat as Tidewater and Mountain regions rally behind the winners.
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Virginia
Glass
Tidewater
Mountain
Tke Trojans
t+nate
Jones
Warsaw
Seothe
Neok
Janennes
Martin
Charlottesle
Otaneonm
Chatham
al Hosdeck
Swansea
Martin Ant Swanson
Virginia Senate Race Dominated by Martin Swanson Victory
In Virginia the primary returns show Thomas Martin and Swanson renominated for U S Senate with large majorities. Martin leads Swanson by over 30 001 votes statewide as results indicate a strong Democratic machine win and a decisive defeat for the anti organization faction. Voters backed government improvements and roads while confirming the veteran leaders over challengers in most counties.
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Washington
Richmond
Old Dominion
Frederick
Halifax
Puisto
Thomas Martin
Cavie
Swingon
United States Senate
Aid Guard
Democratic League
Mane
Martin-Swanson
Virginia
Senaor Martin
Swannon
Democratic Party
Virginia Democcratic League
League
Tom’ Martin
Churde
Marhine
Ita
Blygon
Couati
Plood
Sperker
Swanson
Martin
Flace ban on men flirts extends to Boardwalk
Atlantic City police extend the flirting ban on summer girls to men. Marina Codfella of Baltimore was the first cited after a night in jail. He promised to stop gazing at women on the esplanade and paid a $10 fine for decked attire and leering, police say.
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Washington Post
Atlantic City
Marina Codfella
Coddvha
Rats Besiege Fort Leavenworth in Rabies Ban Fallout
Plagued by hordes of rats invading the fort grounds daily, the garrison at Fort Leavenworth has exhausted all measures. After dogs and cats were removed a year ago due to a rabies outbreak, efforts to rescind the ban have failed and the rat population has steadily grown.
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Leavenworth
Kans
Fort Leavenworth
Cate
Frederick Funston
Americans in Danger as U S Gunboats Guard in China
U S gunboats to be deployed to protect citizens as disorders surge in Sze Chuan. State Department sends orders to Admiral Murdock and consular staff, with missionaries told to flee Chengtu and Chengdu. Twenty one districts affected by tax office destruction and official resignations amid anti foreign sentiment, as foreign governments urge protective measures and evacuations.
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Sze- Chuen
State Department
Sze-Chuen
China
United States
Williama
Peking
Lee-Chuen
Chungking
Chengtu
Willams
Legation
Acong
Chlating
Admiral Murdock
Saratoga
Woosong
New Orleans
Shanghai
Yangtse
A Nieting
Department of State
Regation
Murdock
Hest
Gary
Central Secoamens
Eason
Asnoon
Sit
Conger
Longest naval aviation flight ends at Potomac Park
Lieut. Jesan Rodgers flew from the Naval Academy at Annapolis to Potomac Park in one hour and twenty minutes, then rerouted to College Park for the night. The feat, hailed as a milestone in naval aeronautics, drew crowds as Rodgers dodged a thunderstorm and guided the experimental plane along familiar air lanes toward Washington.
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U. S. Naval
College Path
Naval Aeronautics
Jesan Rodgers
Buila
Experimenta
Naval
Naval Academy
Annapolis
T’otomac Park
Annapolia
Washington
Lieut
Rodgers
College Park
Army
Maryland
Odenton
Army Aviation
Washington Monument
Earth
Rea
Hingelt
Potomac Park
Jewels Lost Overboard In Beverages Steamer Race
On the Portland Oregon waterfront September 7, Mrs. Ade Russell of Boston, a widow with $15,000 in jewels, and George H. Primrose share a deck, linked arms block the way, a foot race erupts, and the jeweled bag slips into the Pacific as Primrose and companions collide with the sprinting group. The widow faints as the bag sinks.
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Washington Post
Portland
Oreg
Ade Russell
Boston
George H. Primrose
Mr. Primrose
Pacific
Boy Bandits' Nerve Fails In Rail Hold Up
Four New Jersey youths aged 6 to 17 attempted to rob the Philadelphia express on the Pennsylvania Railroad five miles from the Jersey Meadows. The engineer taunted them, delaying the train by six minutes before passengers and crew mobbed the scene. Detected, the boys hid in a barn overnight awaiting juvenile court.
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New York
New Jersey
Harrison, N. J
Philadelphia Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Theodore Pievis
Wiliam
Frederick Ops
William Wolf
Jersey Meadows
Mother Sees Death Leap Dramatic Self Sacrifice
Special to The Washington Poet from Seaford Delaware on September 7 Walter Beech 17 years old broke from his mother and sister and leaped in front of an express train instantly killing himself. It is said a girl had jilted him and he had been despondent for days. His father John Beech and mother Mrs Beech noticed strange behavior before the tragedy. A year earlier Walter's brother, in love with the same girl, drowned after being refused.
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Washington
Seaford
Del
Walter Beech
Old Point Express
John Beech
Beech
Walter
Rich Men Must Surrender Indicted Millionaires Face DA Notice
United States District Attorney Wise demands Nathan Allen of Kenosha Wisconsin and John R. Cains of Memphis Tennessee appear within ten days to plead to smuggling indictments. Charges allege a $10,000 pearl, a five strand pearl necklace with diamond and ruby clasp, and a diamond bracelet among jewels brought in illegally. Helen Dwelle Jenkins is linked to evidence. John R Collins, indicted in New York, sits at a Chicago hotel awaiting further steps and plans to travel to New York shortly.
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New York
United States
Wise
Nathan Allen
Kenosha
Wis
John R. Cains
Memphis
Tenn
Helen Dwelle Jenkins
Allen
Chicago
John R. Collins
Nathan Aislen
Former pastor accused in alienation suit at Parkersburg
Samuel Kennedy a Parkersburg barber sues J N Smith a grocer for 19000 alleging his wife’s affections were alienated Kennedy a former Wirt county minister began attention to Mrs Kennedy four years ago He shot at his wife last March after rage over suspicions was jailed and released weeks ago
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Apeesal
Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
Samuel Kennedy
J. N. Smith
Wirt
Dane Sailor Rescued After Five Hours at Sea
A Dane named Andrew Anderson, a fireman aboard the Melton, was rescued 200 miles off St. Vincent after about five hours in the water while fending off sharks. The Nolisement located and saved him, two hours after passing the Melton.
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Washington Post
Galveston
Tex
St. Vincent
Andrew Anderson
Melton
10000 Babies Offered for Adoption by Childless Millionaires
Special to The Washington Post from Pasadena California reports that wealthy childless couples seek to adopt. The Humane Society has received letters offering about 10000 infants. A Milwaukee orphanage offers to ship 260 or more babies if good homes are available in Pasadena.
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Pasadena
Washington Post
Cal
Humane Society
Milwaukee
Wts
Two Slain In Carriage On Way To Pay Workers
Special to The Washington Post Tamaqua Pa Sept 7 a motor party found two men dead in a carriage near Nesquehoning Mountains. contractor Joseph Zehner and Samuel Watkins were shot, a trail of blood led away, and the horse fled. Boxes of about $4000 were untouched. Police arrested two Italians and two Slavonians on suspicion as a wide dragnet searched the mountains. Zehner leaves a wife and children. Watkins was his driver with a brother named Benjamin Watkins. Authorities fear potential lynching if suspects are captured tonight.
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Tamaqua
Possea
Nesquehoning Mountains
Joseph Zehner
Lansford
Samuel Watkins
Philadelphia
Lehigh Coal and Navigaon Company
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Hazleton
Pottaville
Elizabeth
N. J
Parryville
Carbon County
Mauch Chunk
Alientown
Zehner
Panther Creek Valley
W. PD. Zehner
Benjamin Watkins
Summit Hill
Name for Aged Fishermen Established in Gloucester
Gloucester Mass Sept 7 A city program to honor aged fishermen is announced by John Hays Hammond who has donated a fifteen acre estate with a mansion for this purpose and will fund maintenance. The Baltimore and Ohio will transport this effort toward its Brooklyn connection via Liberty Street Terminal and subway routes from Broadway stations to Brooklyn in five minutes.
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Gloucester
Mass
John Hays Hammond
Baltimore and
Ohio
Brocoklys
Liberty Street Terminal
New York
Jersey City
Broadway
Fulton Or
Wall Streets
Brooklyn
Woman shoots state architect in Chicago street scene
Mrs H B Coney, divorced from George A Coney, fired three shots at Robert Bruce Watson, a prominent contractor and state architect under Yates. Watson, 42, was struck behind the ear and in the thigh and will recover. Coney claimed she acted to stop him from leaving her after years of support following their divorce. witnessed pursuit and arrest followed near 225 South Central Park Avenue.
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Robert Bruce Watson
George A. Coney
Mrs. Coney
Washington Post
Chicago
Yates
Lorimer
Watson
H. B. Coney
Brevoort Hotel
South Central Park Avenue
Watsop J
Coney
Reno
New
Freedom for Harry Thaw Nears Release
Harry K. Thaw is expected to be freed from Matteawan State Hospital within four months following a conference with Dr. James May the new superintendent and Col. Scott. Norman A. Lees said Thaw will be deemed sane and discharged, predicting he will dine at his mother's home at Christmas. Bets of 2 to 4 involve several hundred dollars in Poughkeepsie.
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Washington Post
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan State Hospital
Norman A. Leey
James May
Col. Scott
Lees
Thaw
May
Harry Thaw
Pough
Woman's wild auto dash through western Mass
Mrs Joan Newton Auneo drove her car with her wounded son and a physician through dark mountains in western Massachusetts, racing over unfamiliar roads to a hospital 24 miles away in under ninety minutes. The boy Newton, 12, had been shot in the ankle during a hunting incident when a heavy charge ricocheted from a rock. The report notes her fearless driving and lists the event amid the Horesh's Annual Furniture Sale.
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Washington Post
North Adams Mass
Massachusetts
Joan Newton Auneo
Newton
Beattie Case to Jury Toss
Beattie case moves toward jury toss as defense challenges evidence and prosecution argues merits while court proceedings continue. Probing Philadelphia affair and various local incidents pepper the page, including a noted carriage tragedy and threats linked to unlawful attire.
Chase Girl Horse Thief
A posse of state constabulary and armed farmers scour Westmoreland and Fayette counties for a young woman accused of stealing horses from farmers and liverymen. She fled from a Fayette county farmhouse on a mustang as a posse approached, with at least twenty shots fired but none hitting.
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Washington Post
Pittsburgh
State Constabulary
Westmoreland
Fayette
Fayette County
Party Leaders Clash as Mayor Reyburn Swings Axe
PhiladelphiaSept 7 The state senate inquiry into Mayor Reyburns administration deepens as Tenry Clay director of public safety accuses United States Senator Penrose and State Senator James P McNichol of political meddling. Reyburn vows strong support for William S Vare and demands resignations from three administration officials for disloyalty to Ware. Seven witnesses tested bids and work specs in the centre let contract.
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Ware
Clay
Penrose
McNichol
Philadelphia
Reyburn
State Senate
Tenry Clay
Department of Publ Safety
United States
James P. McNichol
William S. Vare
Vare
George R. Stearns
Department of Public Works
William Rbnight
W. R. Benson
Bureau of Highways
Penrone
Vara
Tie
MecNichel
William S Vare
Witnesess
Department of Safety
John R. Wiggins & Co
Hears Son Wed Actress Financier Norman B Ream Informed
Norman B Ream, noted railhead and steel man, is told at his summer home of a new daughter-in-law, Louis Marshall Ream having secretly wed Eleanor Pendleton Davidson on September first. the bride, known on stage as Eleanor Pendleton, declares pride in her family ties and self earned career.
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Norman B. Ream
Washington Post
New York
Norman B Beam
Thopsen
Cron
Daviesen
Louis Marshall Ream
Eleanor Pendleton Davidson
Eleanor Pendleton
Virginia
Defense Counsel Pleads for Sympathy as Beattie Trial Nears Verdict
In Chesterfield Va on September 1 Henry J Keatne Jr faces murder charges for shooting his bride on the Mid forman turnpike. Prosecutor Gregory stressed the weapon bought at a pawnshop and Beattie’s motive while defense attorney Hall Jayter urged mercy for Beattie’s father as the jury prepared to retire for a possible verdict tonight. Judge Watson instructed on circumstantial evidence and cautioned on confessions, noting the danger of unreliable testimony.
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Washington Post
Chesterfield Courthensy
Henry J Keatne, Jr
Harry Msmith
Lous C. Wendenburg
Commonwealth
Gregory
Beattie
Beulah Binford
Paul Beattie
Carter
Huan
Youngs Beattie
Judge Watson
Watson
Henri Beattie
Paul
Sim ‘Yar
Vmecue
Charlottesville
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