100K Postal Funds Embezzler Roberts To Answer In Anniston
Frank Roberts registry clerk at Anniston faces trial after confessing to rifling 19 registered letters and embezzling funds. Telegrams between U S Marshals in California and Alabama indicate indictment, removal order, and imminent transport to Anniston by mid May for the spring term court.
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Frank Roberts
Anniston
Los Angeles
Cal
U. S
Marshal J. Pope Long
Marshal Youngworth
California
Marshal Long
Roberts
Trank Roberts
Grand Jury
Orfer
Philadelphia
Odell Endorses Hughes for President at GOP Meeting
Former Gov. RB. Odell Jr introduced a resolution endorsing Gov. Hughes as the next Republican candidate for president at the New York GOP committee meeting. The measure was laid on the table by a 32 to 4 vote.
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Star
York
RB. B. Odell, Jr
State Republican Committee
Gov. Hughes
Longshoremen Attack Italians on New York Piers
Special to the Star reports seven hundred striking longshoremen attacked Italian strikebreakers on the North River piers. They used clubs and balehooks to force 150 Italian workers from the Campania deck before police intervened to restore order. Police Commissioner Bingham arranged preventive parade measures.
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Star
New York
North River
Campania
Bingham
Weather Forecast for Anniston and Vicinity
Fair tonight and Sunday with warming trend. Skies clear, light winds, and mild temperatures expected across Anniston and surrounding areas.
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Anniston
Ragan and Roberts Indicted by Grand Jury
Federal prisoners Ragan and Roberts are indicted by a grand jury. Judge Handley sentenced them in the case, amid broader remarks on ongoing federal trials. Moyer expresses no concern over a Chicago burglary story and continues aiding Haywood's trial as hearings resume Monday.
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Ragan
Roberts
Handley
The
Star
Boise
Idaho
Moyer
Chicago
Joliet Penitentiary
Haywood
Union Pacific Bonds Underwritten By Kuhn Loeb Syndicate
In New York on May 11 final steps completed to organize a syndicate led by Kuhn Loeb & Co to underwrite the 75 million dollar 4 percent convertible Union Pacific railroad bond issue.
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Star
New York
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Union Pacific Railroad
Lawyer Hummel Sentenced to Prison and Fine
Abraham H. Hummel, a lawyer, is sentenced to one year in state prison and a $500 fine after appellate confirmation of a conspiracy conviction. He helped Dodge seek to annul the Morse-Dodge divorce by arguing papers were never served, switching the status of Mrs. Dodge's marriage to Charles Morse.
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The
Star
New York
Abraham H. Hummel
Hummel
Supreme Court
Charles W. Morse
Charles E. Dodge
Life story of Letitia Tyler Semple daughter of Tyler
May 11 Washington obituary notes Letitia Tyler Semple 87 daughter of former President Tyler. A Virginia bride at 19 and mistress of the White House at 21, she witnessed Lafayette’s last visit and corded historic events from the first telegraph line to the Alleghany launch. She knew Webster Calhoun Clay Irving Jackson Adams and others.
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Star
Washington
White House
Louise
Letitia Tyler Semple
President Tyler
United States
Baltimore
S. F. B. Morse
Alleghany
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Washington Irving
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
Semple
Model Ice Co Promises Prompt Hauling Service
All kinds of hauling offered with prompt prompt prompt service. The advertising note lists Model Ice Co with contact by phone 59 mh2-tf for freight and cold storage needs.
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Model Ice Co
Nine Sentenced In U S Internal Revenue Violations
The U S court, led by Judge Hundley, sentenced nine men for internal revenue violations and reported ten true bills from the grand jury including indictments of Frank Roberts registry clerk and Postmaster J M Ragan who absconded with government funds from the Anniston post office. The sentences varied from 30 days to 18 months with fines up to 660 dollars.
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Hundley
Grand Jury
Frank Roberts
J. M. Ragan
Anniston
United States Court
Joshua T. Woojin
A. J. Das
Looney Humphries
Humphries
Wyatt BR. Brown
Edwardsville
Bud Terrell
Henry Robinson
Uncle Sam
Standifer
Star
Ragan
Roberts
Montgomery Car Blown Up by Dynamite
At midnight a Montgomery Traction Company car was shattered by dynamite on the southern edge of the city. The motorman and a conductor brothers named Bronson were slightly injured. One passenger, a Black man, escaped unharmed. Striking car men had operated with strikebreakers for three weeks amid periodic violence. Fire hooks were stolen from a roundhouse and pinned to tracks but no damage occurred. A mass meeting was postponed by wet weather while Montgomery businessmen plan a meeting to protect property independently of police.
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Star
Montgomery
Montgomery Traction Company
Bronson
Judicial Railroading Shocks Court as Story Is Sentenced
Thomas R. Story was indicted by a federal grand jury on tax charges and, within half an hour, faced Judge Handley who sentenced him to 14 months in penitentiary. The rapid proceeding sparked controversy over due process.
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Thomas R. Story
Federal Grand Jury
Handley
Philadelphia Dairy Lunch Beating Protest Incident
At Philadelphia on May 11 a young Black man ate in a dairy lunch room and, when asked to pay, attacked Miss Theresa McCool. He graphed her by the throat, causing severe injuries. she defended herself with a stove shaker and knocked him unconscious. He fled and remains uncaptured.
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Star
Philadelphia
Theresa McCool
Fable of the Footlight Favorite and the Very Foolish Millionaire
Broadway gossip swirls as Mabelle Gilman is linked with William Ellis Corey the president of United States Steel. Corey's fame grows from coal tipple to top salary as rumors of romance with Miss Gilman surge amid past marriages and royal letters.
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The
Star
New York
Footlight
Broadway
Mabelle Gilman
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
William Ellis Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Miss Gilman
Braddock
Steel Corporation
Corey
London
San Francisco
Augustin Daly
Virginia Earle
Geisha
Dolly Varden
Amorelle
Siam
Stolen Checks Recovered Near Railroad Track
J M Adama reports 400 in stolen checks found along the Alabama Great Southern railroad track near Keener after a store safe bombing weeks ago. The full 600 in currency remains unrecovered.
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Gadsden
J. M. Adama
Keener
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Chattanooga Negro Test Case Against Railroads
Chattanooga residents pursue an interstate commerce commission test case alleging racial discrimination after Georgia Edwards, a Black woman, says she was ejected from a white car. Hearing began with Special Commissioner J J Farrell and local witnesses backing the suit.
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Chattanooga
Interstate Commerce Commission
Georgia Edwards
King Street
Railrom
Custom House
J. J. Farrell
Washington
Commissront
J. Edwards
Oegs Reson
O. W. James
Thomas
Sponsor for Vets Miss Jessie Anderson Chosen
Miss Jessie Anderson of this city is elected sponsor for Camp Tige Anderson U S V of Atlanta and will accompany the veterans to the Richmond reunion. The camp is largely formed from Gen Andersons brigade and she sails for Atlanta soon where she will meet her maid. The honor includes two days at Jamestown.
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Jessie Anderson
Tige Anderson
Atlanta
Richmond
Lowell expedition sails to Andes for Mars eclipse study
The Lowell expedition led by Prof. D. P. Todd sails from New York toward Colorado and is bound for the Andes to observe the Mars opposition and a July eclipse. The party will travel via rail and steamship, visiting sites to choose the best observation point with support from Secretary Taft and U.S. ministers to Bolivia, Peru, and Chile.
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New York
Lowell
Andes Mountains
Colo
D. P. Todd
Amherst College
Rom Colon
Isthmus
Setamer
South America
Mara
Todd
Taft
United States
Bolivia
Peru
Chile
Gasoline Launch Explosion Damages Boat In Decatur
Explosion of gasoline tanks aboard a Huntsville Lumber Company boat near the plant in Decatur injures James Baker who suffers burns but is not seriously hurt. The blast wrecks the vessel and the cause remains unknown.
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Decatur
Pearson
James Baker
Huntsville Lumber Company
Wheat market on stampede shocks Chicago pit
A mad market in the wheat pit sparked fierce activity as advances were added to quotations. Closing quotes: May 87 4, July 88 89, September 99 14 4 9114. Some predict July wheat may hit the dollar mark.
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The
Star
Chicago
Story Yacht Rita Lost With All On Board
A yacht named Rita, owned by Marion Story and captained by Olaf Jacobson with six crew, is believed sunk with all aboard after sailing from Miami to New York 42 days ago. Agent A J Melotosh said any chance lies in a chance sighting by another vessel as search efforts end.
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New York
Marion Story
Rita
Olaf Jacobson
Miami
Fla
A. J. Melotosh
Birth of Alfonso's heir sparks Cuban joy in Havana
Havana on May 11 reports that the birth of the Prince of Asturias, heir to the Spanish throne, prompted great rejoicing among Cubans formerly under King Alfonso. Governor Magoon cabled congratulations to the royal father.
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Prince of Asturias
Alfonso
Gyv
Magoon
And
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