Scions of Noted Families Arrested in Norwalk Brawl
Hugh S. Knox son of the U S Attorney General Walbridge Taft of New York a Taft relative John E Barney Lawrence White and Daniel C Street were arrested on a charge of assault in Norwalk Connecticut. Milne superintendent of the gas department of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co says the five attacked him after taunts near the Norwalk Methodist Church. Milne a Harvard graduate was beaten and remains in serious condition. Bonds were furnished by the accused.
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Commercial Tribune
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Yale
Carl A. Harstrom
White
Taft
Norwalk Methodist Church
Milne
Norwalk
Harvard
Barney
Street
Knox
Detective Inquest Probes Poison Case In Jealousy Motive
A detective was sent to the city to gather information and analyze the poison used while authorities pursue one theory. Investigators tie Mrs. Kate Nobbe to the case, suggesting jealousy as the motive.
Denial From Memphis in Poison Whisky Case
Detective Al Sweeney speeds to Memphis to finish a Memphis end investigation into the poisoning linked to Adams Express employees in Cincinnati. Mrs Lucy McCormick is held on murder charges and has told police she will come to Cincinnati without requisition papers. Officials seek handwriting evidence and the weapon package from Mrs Nobbe's apartment as part of the case.
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al Sweeney
Memphis
Tenn
Cincinnati
Millikin
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Sweeney
Kate Nobbe
Harriet Street
Adams Express Company
Mill
Suspected Poison Case Ties to Mrs McCormick
The investigation centers on Mrs. McCormick as a possible source of poisoned whisky. Mrs. Nobbe asserts handwriting matches and names the McCormick woman as a suspect, with Sweeney to pursue leads in Cincinnati and Memphis. Authorities seek the bottle neck and cork to determine if the package was original or refilled.
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Millikin
Cincinnati Victim Details Ex-Convict Husband Linked to Bigamy
Cincinnati woman Laura Stickler recounts that John Lepger alias Harold Mills Reed and Homer Reed, an ex convict, is suspected of marrying several women across Ohio and elsewhere. He allegedly assaulted Miss Stickler and fled, while prior wives faced deserted marriages and embezzlement charges.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Dayton
John Lepger
Harold C. Mills
Harold C. Reed
Homer C. Reed
Laura Stickler
Newport Hotel
Harrison Street
Florence Beale
Mills
Ohio
Harold
Miss Beale
St. Louis
Detroit
Pittsburg
Lepger
Provident Home Company
Haerold C. Reed
Guarantee Home Purchasing Company
Horace C. Mills
Buffalo
N. Y
The
Lurch
Fidelity Home Assurance and Realty Company
Massacre fears rise in Southwest Russia amid labor strikes
A London cable reports Jews in Kishenev facing renewed outrages as the Kishenev governor warned Jews to reinstate strikers for their own good, amid a crisis over race and labor in the Odessa to Romanian frontier region. A refugee recounts escaping to New York.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Russia
Odessa
Kishenev
Friedman Escaped Kishineff Riots Fleeing for Safety
Jacob Friedman, a wealthy glass manufacturer and Kishineff refugee, described a night of massacre as mobs clubbed his 73 year old grandfather to death in front of their house. He and his family fled via back streets to escape, crossing to Hamburg and then to this country, fearing many had been killed.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Kishineff
Jacob Friedman
Russia
Friedman
Babionka
Gordna
Lepetkin
Hamburg
Hamilton man's mother killed in Kishineff mob
Sam Greenburg a High street second hand dealer in Hamilton received a letter reporting his mother killed during the Kishineff anti semitic demonstration in Bessarabia. The homes of two of his sisters were burned and their belongings destroyed.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Sam Greenburg
Kishineff
Bessarabia
Toledo Jews May Have Been Massacre Victims
D Stein and Isaac Goodman in Toledo fear for relatives in Kishineff after thirteen days without word. They believe the missing include Mrs Goldstein's daughter and her seven children and Mr Goodman’s sister and her two daughters.
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Toeldo
D. Goldstein
Isaac Goodman
Kishineff
Mrs. Goldstein
Mr. Goodman
Conger says people regret Allwood affair in Gallatin
W F Conger reports Gallatin residents regret the Allwood incident and stand ready to identify those responsible. The rural route near Gallatin Tenn may be discontinued. Conger notes Allwood, a Black mail carrier, has good standing with patrons aside from race. Postmaster General Payne expects the route likely to be discontinued.
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Washington
Payne
W. F. Conger
Nashville, Tenn
Allwood
Gallatin
Tenn
Conger
Civil War Not Over Says Hilltop Improvement Association
In Columbus Ohio on May 14 the Hilltop Improvement Association near Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery refused to participate in next month’s memorial services. President W B Potts opposed the resolution but it passed as Dr Warner declared the war not over until the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments are recognized. Potts had urged involvement to honor Confederate graves. the association chose non participation.
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Hilltop Improvement Association
Camp Chase
W. B. Potts
Warner
Potts
States
China
Unpopular Archbishop to Be Made a Cardinal
Vienna May 14 The Archdiocese of Olmuelz Moravia faces a crisis as Archbishop Theodore Kohn the unpopular prince archbishop may be elevated to Cardinal in Rome a move seen as removal if he declines a coadjutor may be installed Vatican action follows Austrian government and papal nuncio reports say Kohn son of a peasant and grandson of a Jew See income cited at 400000 annually due to alleged arbitrary rule over clergy and church tenants.
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Olmuelz
Moravia
Theodore Kohn
Kohn
Reichsrath
Rome
Vatican
Emile Loubet Jr Receives First Communion Today
Paris papers highlight the first communion of Emile Loubet Jr son of the President. The President did not attend and some newspapers imply a link to actions against religious orders.
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Paris
Emile Loubet, Jr
Jews Forced to Sell Out at Ruinous Prices
London report from May 15 notes the Standard publishes a letter from Kieff describing Jewish residents pressured to sell property at ruinous prices amid wartime unrest.
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London
the Standard This
Kieff
Oldest Salem resident Joseph Barshaw dies at 114
Joseph Barshaw aged 114 was found dead in his bed in Salem Oregon last night. A French-born veteran of the Napoleon era he served in the 1806 15 war and once drove an ox team to res gon in 1847 as a gray man.
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Guarantee Home Purchasing Company
S. A. Edwards
Seth C Gibbs
Gibbs
Clifford
Mills
Ura Stickler
Salem
Ore
Joseph Barshaw
Res Gon
Infernal machine case widens in Chicago intrigue
Chicago police identify three men who aided a man known as G. Russell in making an infernal device. J W Seymour J W Elsenberg and John Clarke described as carpenter blacksmith and machinist aided by planing wood pieces and assembling a device. Authorities say Russell resided at 27 Washington Boulevard and that a New York detective squad remains in Chicago pursuing developments.
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G. Russell
J. W. Seymour
J. W. Elsenberg
John Clarke
Russell
Washington Boulevard
Seymour
Clarke
McClusky
Carey
New York
McCuusky
Rohan
Chicago Detective Bureau
Mra
Paper found on suspect ties Cunard infam forged device to Chicago
May 14 report notes a French inscription stating the destruction of the Naromc was complete and Le Brun who made the box has now gone to Chicago. The Naromc sailed from Liverpool on February 11 189 and disappeared with 4 000 tons of freight a crew of fifty five and fifteen passengers. No evidence reached Cunard owners since.
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New York
Cunard Line
le Brun
Chicago
Liverpool
Mersey
Fortune's Secretary Barred After Manila Police Incident
Thomas Fortune, War Department labor commissioner to Hawaii and the Philippines, left Manila for home after a dispute with the local police. A companion was arrested for a petty offense and Fortune's secretary was clubbed during the ensuing clash. charges were withdrawn. Fortune, a New York City resident, published a paper promoting Black advancement.
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Manila
Thomas Fortune
War Department
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Fortune
Senators Make Big Money in Wall Street
Washington May 14. Senator Joe Bailey of Texas has made 50000 by stock speculation in Wall Street. Since adjournment he has spent much time in New York and nearby, with periodic returns to Washington for private interests. Senator Latimer from South Carolina has speculated in Mexican copper and cleared over 100000.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Joe” Bailey
Texas
Wall Street
Senate
Bailey
New York
Latimer
South Carolina
Government suppresses two seditious plays in Manila and Batangas
The government shut down two seditious performances, one in Manila and another in Batangas, the provincial capital.
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Manila
Batangas
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