Lorimer Bribery Probe Expands With New Confessions
Chicago May 7 report three Illinois legislators admit bribery to vote for Sen Lorimer. Link admits taking 1000 dollars and perjury charge dropped after immunity. White and Beekemeyer also named receiving 1000 dollars for Lorimer vote. Prosecutor Wayman vows leniency for higher-ups and expects more witnesses. No indictments yet. grand jury to stay next week amid perjury possibilities.
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Lino
Wayman
Michael 8
Link
Mitchell
Kreckemeyer
White
Uke White
Beekemeyer
William Lorimer
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St. Louis
Ly Os
Andrenamen
Amath Pry
Bond
Nell Browne
Lorimer
Robert of. Wilson
Clark
Vandalisa
Blair
Mount Vernon
Bea Allen
Tanner
Homie
Furgh
Man Suffered Through Air As Boiler Explodes
Waycross Georgia May 7 Special The boiler on an A and L freight engine exploded killing fireman Lewis Stewart and injuring others as water boiled away and flames enveloped him. The incident produced a dramatic blaze and a man seen traveling through the air engulfed in flames.
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Waycross
Lewis Stewart
Stilesboro and Cartersville Picnic Held May Day Event
Stilesboro held its annual picnic five miles from Cartersville with a large crowd enjoying festivities on the first Saturday in May. A baseball game featured Piedmont tos, of Rockmart, against the Safeshore team in the afternoon.
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Stilesboro
Cartersville
Eiliesboro
Piedmont Tos
Rockmart
Safeshore
Bank of Whites charter sought for new Whites Ga bank
A charter has been asked for a new Bank of Whites in Whites, Georgia, a town five miles from Cartersville. Leading county farmers and business men, including J. M. Hamrick, R. E. Wilson, J. A. Parker, W. O. Leckeby, and others, are invested. Capital stock will be 25000 dollars, with 15000 already paid, and the bank will occupy a two story brick building planned by James A. White.
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Cartersville
Whites
J. MM. Hamrick
R. Eb, Wilson
Parker
W. Oa. Leckeby
Ra W. Maxwell Vo. Bolding
Hughes
J. AE Elrod
Bank of Whites
James A. White
King George V Legal Marriage Romance Revealed
London reports an old royal romance of George Prince of Wales before he became king. He allegedly wed Miss Seymour while at Malta, a union not legally recognized, leading Victoria to force a later royal marriage to Princess May of Teck. The “Lady of Malta” faced removal to secure the royal bloodline and heirs.
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London
George
Prince of Wales
Princess May of
Teck
Malta
Seymour
Duke of Clarence
May
Tecfl
Victoria
Duke of York
Was King Edward a Catholic Secret Faith Claim
London May 17. A sensational report that King Edward refused to see the archbishop of Canterbury on his deathbed is denied by the archbishop. The tale of an admitted Jesuit in the king’s chamber stirs renewed talk of a hidden Catholic faith, though bishops said they did not enter the sick room during the king’s illness.
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Edward
Canterbury
Ber
Bernard Vaughen
Westminster
Ripon
Edward VII
George V
Seduction Case Frames Tantrik Leader as High Priest
New York May 7. Oom tha Om nipotent alias Peter Coon alias Pierre Barnard, high priest of the Tantrik Order of Worship, faces trial in general sessions on seduction under promise to marry. Magistrate Gremm calls the charges fully sustained noting systematic and scientific seduction and a den of iniquity. Miss Leo testified detailing how she met him in Seattle and was lured east with promises of free treatment and a musical education in exchange for her services as stenographer.
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New York
Peter Coon
Pierre Barnard
Court of General Sessions
Gremm
Gertrude Leo
Seattle
Miss Leo
Richard H. Miller
Dom
Miss Lee
Oom
Qom
America
Poker raid nets arrests at attorney Thurman office
Detectives led by Detective Sergeant Newport Sanford raided attorney Arthur Thurman’s Grant Building office at seven after victims reported losses in the thousands from a poker game. Thurman, A. J. Schnalder, and B. Bennett were charged with pad-handed gaming. two others allegedly left earlier, including Dr. J. H. Henry and N. Crockett. Victims claim losses reached 2200, 9000, 1000, and 465. Thurman bonded for 300. others jailed in the Tower awaiting state gaming charges and criminal court appearance before Judge Andrew Calhoun.
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Arthur Thursman
Grant Building
Attorney Thurman
A. J. Schnalder
B. Bennett
H. Henry
N. Crockett
Sanford
Thurman
Starnes
Campbell
Hewell
Hollingsworth
Kilpatrick
Harper
Lowry Arnold
Criminal Court of
Atlanta
Andrew Calhoun
Courthouse Fire in Chattanooga Likely to Wipe Records
A fire in the Chattanooga county courthouse caused by a lightning bolt damaged the building with losses projected around 1.6 million if records are destroyed. The upper portion burned, threatening tax assessor records, circuit court clerk books, and the clerk of the seloon superintendent files, while some records in a partly fireproof room may be saved.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Circuit Court
Smiley Henson Captured by Valdosta Officers
Rome Ga May 7 Special That the law has a long memory and a long arm is now realized by Smiley Henson a desperate young criminal who robbed a store and escaped from jail for years He has been recaptured by Deputy Sheriff Johnson after being arrested in Valdosta for burglary His escape from Ford County Jail on April 4 with Claude Perrine Basil MacArthur and Earl Morris ended with a jailbreak and a jailer threatened with harm The Ford County officers had watched him closely and arranged to reclaim him once he was located
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Rome. Ga
Smiley Henson
Johnson
Valdosta
Henson
Ford County
Claude Perrine
Basil MacArthur
Earl Morris
Wilson
Fiord County
Valdesia
Detectives Tie Women to Murder in Holland Case
The article details a theory by detectives alleging a wife party to or aware of the murder of Watchman William M. Holland at the Thurmond street plant of the Atlanta Coal and Company. Decoy letters allegedly misled investigators and led to the arrest of two girls who confessed implicating three men in the crime.
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Holland
William M. Holland
Thurmond Street
Atlanta Coal and Ihe Company
Francis E. Price
William Holland
Phillips
All Britons Wear Badges of Mourning Over Edward VII Death
London reports a nation in mourning after the death of Edward VII with George V proclaimed king. Dowager Queen Alexandra thanks President Taft for American sympathy. Public spaces close as ceremonies begin, and officials ensure royal succession proceeds with solemnity.
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United States
London
Alexandra
Taft
Ireland
Irth
Edward VII
Dublin
Limerick
Atlanta Opera Week Sets Receipts and Attendance Records
Five performances drew 27000 attendees and 71080.50 dollars in receipts, the highest in grand opera history for Atlanta. Directors of the Atlanta Music Festival Association and local guarantors funded the venture. proceeds will help pay for the Auditorium organ as Atlanta positions itself among world cities.
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Atlanta Music Festival Association
Atlanta
Weather Prophecy Report for Georgia Sharea Weekend
Local weather bulletin forecasts Sunday showers in Georgia with a fall onset on Monday. Moderate south winds shift to variable, with mean temperatures around normal. Rainfall data and precise figures are incomplete in the report but indicate typical seasonal variation and no extreme deviations from January norms.
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Georgia
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