Police seize cocaine in Richmond defendants sent to grand jury
In Richmond Court, Fred Johnson and Nathan Truitt were sent to the grand jury on charges of unlawfully peddling cocaine. Johnson was arrested after police found twenty packages of cocaine in his possession. Truitt was arrested as a co-defendant. witnesses testified about distribution and a pattern of drug sales.
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Richmond
Fred Johnson
Nathan Truitt
Justice Crutchfield
Johnson
Primyr
Tucker
Ron
Truitt
Shepoh
Gilbert K. Pollock
An Mill
Hustney
J. M. Whitfield
Bonitentiary
Martial law enforces order as Rock Island riots rage
State troops rushed into Rock Island to halt rioting that left four dead and many wounded. Police fired on the mob at the jail as National Guard units patrolled streets and saloons were closed. Tension grew after a dispute between editor John Looney of the Rock Island News and Mayor Harry M. Behliver, with shots and injuries following at the News office and police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SK Island
Rock Island
Cr. Kelley
Silvie
Louis Orman
Moline
W. Swinga
Davenport
Alfred Docker
Orman
Blank Leopold
Frank B. Potts
Winona Junction
National Guard
Galesburg
Brumer
John Looney
Ik Island News
Asgert
Iver
Hart
Gothamites Debate Polygamy Campaign
A group led by W. Hooke launches a vigorous campaign against polygamy in the country. They claim 25 000 men in New York and suburbs are under secret missionary influence. Hooke states the movement is a women for women effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eees
W. Hooke
New York
Hooke
Polygamy as a menace to the home and women’s honor
A strong stance denounces polygamy as a danger to domestic life and a stain on a woman’s reputation. The speaker asserts they fight to make polygamy a criminal offense and to eradicate the “disease,” saying victory will bring contentment.
Taft Triumph in Indiana at GOP Convention
Indiana Republicans endorsed Taft for renomination after a dramatic convention battle. Taft supporters won a key vote to table the Roosevelt majority report, giving Taft a growing advantage. Delegates named included Charles W. Fairbanks Harry S. New James F. Watson and Joseph B. Oliver as at large Taft delegates. A Roosevelt official charged Taft machine tactics shifted credentials to tilt the outcome.
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Indianapolis
Taft
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
Harry S. New
James F. Watson
Joseph BD. Oliver
Chicago
Roosevelt
Iowa
Credentials Committee
At-Larce
Charles H. Campbell
Gunboat Shells Hit Mexican Coast at Guayamos Port
Special report from Tucson says the West coast port of Guayamous near Mazatlan was bombarded for an hour and a half Tuesday morning by the insurgent ship Guerrero commanded by Captain Kelgro while rebels attacked from the opposite side. Five federals and three insurrectos were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Mazatland
Guayamous
Mexico
Guerrero
Kelgro
Davis Case to Jury Thursday Afternoon
Petersburg Virginia reports that the Davis trial concluded testimony at 2 o clock and adjourned to 4 for arguments. Charles Hall Davis testified most of yesterday and this morning with the case likely to go to the jury Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Charles Hall Davis
Davis
Deserted by lover woman kills herself in Hoboken
Mrs. Mary Wortham leaped from a third story window in the Central Hotel Hoboken after being robbed of 4300 dollars and deserted by a man twenty years her junior with whom she eloped from Germany. Police seek the man, believed in Philadelphia, as the victim sustains fatal injuries.
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Hoboken
N. J. Special
Germany
Mary Wortham
Central Hotel
Philadelphia
President Taft to Visit Altoona for Lincoln Meeting Anniversary
President Taft tentatively promised to attend in Altoona Pennsylvania on September 25 for the anniversary of Lincoln called War Governors meeting dated September 18 1862. Hartman led state delegation urged invitation as Taft spoke about Lincoln needing help then and drew loyalty parallels to current business interests aiding the Union.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Altoona
Penn
Lincoln
Representative Hartman
Wife Sees Aviator Die In German Flight Accident
In Dusseldorf Germany the aviator Kline crashed from 300 feet during a flight yesterday and was killed. His wife and child witnessed the fatal fall and the cause remains undetermined.
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Dusseldorf
Germany
Kline
Robinson Wins Arkansas Democratic Gubernatorial Nomination
Representative Joseph T. Robinson defeats opponents in Arkansas to secure the Democratic nomination for governor, a victory described as effectively electing him. A popular House member for ten years, he is commended as a forceful speaker and former chairman of the Public Lands committee. Governor Donaghy ran on a statewide prohibition ticket while Robinson backed local option.
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Washington
D. C
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Robinson
House
Donaghy
Con— Robinson
Stephenson Exonerated in Senate Vote on Seat
Washington D C Special Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin was declared entitled to his Senate seat by a 40 to 34 vote after a day of debate over charges of corrupt practices. The tally reflected significant Democratic and Progressive Republican opposition, with notable absences and paired votes influencing the outcome.
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Washington
D. C
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Senate
Stephenson
Bailey
Poynter
Tillman
Taylor
Tilman
Stoneleigh Court
la Follette
Martin and Swanson
Virginia
Senator la Follette
Philadelphia
Smith and Townsend
Michigan
Jones
Pomerene
Ohio
Sutherland
O'Gorman
Lea, Kern
Cummins
Newlands
Works
California
Committee On Privileges and Elections
William Lorimer
Poindexter
Heyburn
Lorimer
Sherman
Overman
North Carolina
Smith
Martin
Swanson
Bankhead
Bradley
Brandegee
Briges
Burnham
Burton
Qhilton
Clark
Wyoming
Crane
Curtis
Dillingham
du Pont
Fletcher
Foster
Gamble
Johnston
Lippitt
Lodge
McCumber
McLean
Nixon
Oliver
Page
Penrose
Perkins
Rayner
Richardson
Root
Maryland
Smount
Thornton
Warren
Watson
Wetmore
Borah
Bourne
Bristow
Brown
Bryan
Chamberlain
Clapp
Crawford
Culberson
Dixon
Gardner
Grenna
Hitchcock
Johnson
Kenyon
Kern
Lea
Martine
Myers
O’gorman
Wen
Percy
Shively
Georgia
South Carolina
Stone
Townsend
Williams
Mr. Nelson
Bacon
Mr. Paynter
Gore
Mr.Bailey
Reed
Mr. Guggenheim
Davis
Mr. Cullom
Simmons
Stevenson
Alabama
Chilton
West Virginia
Florida
Louisiana
Nevada
Rayner and Smith
Idaho
Oregon
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
South Dakota
Towa
Montana
North Dakota
Gov Dix Urges Changes in New Jersey Primary Law
Albany N J Special Governor Dix sent a message to the Legislature urging amendments to last year s direct primary law. He asserts every Legislature member and state officer elected in 1910 is bound by the People s promises and party policy should not justify opposition to perfecting the primary system this session.
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Albany
N. J
Dix
Allen Gang Trials Might Be Held Separately in Hullsville
Roanoke Virginia special dispatch reports the Hillsville outlaws may face trials separately with Floyd Allen likely first. New indictments may be drawn to ensure legal validity while relatives and servants are excluded from indictments unless implicated in the plot. Sheriff Haynes of Surry County vows pursuit with mountain posse as authorities move to capture the Virginia outlaws.
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Roanoke
Carroll County
Hillsville
Hullsville
Floyd Allen
Allens
Edwards
Staples
Seas Staples
Udge N 2
Edwardses
Carolina
MT. Atry
N. C
Virginia
H. Haynes
Surry County
Haynes
Freel Allen letter promises life if spared from electric chair
A Hillsville Va message from Jack Allen offers to surrender his son Freel and relatives to the law within five hours if authorities save him from the electric chair. Officials weigh whether Freel killed any of five victims in a courthouse shooting as clan tensions test the pursuit. Attachments are opened against Floyd Sidna and Victor Allen as widows sue for $10,000 each, while court crowds watch the rowdy scene amid bullet holes in the walls.
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Washington Herald
Hillsville
Freel
Sidux
Claude Allen
Wesley Edwards
Jack Allen
Sidna
Wilds
Floyd
Roanoke
Jack
Mountaineer
Desperadoes
Barnard Allen
Barnard
W. G. Bolen
Bolen
Landreth
Staples
Victor Allen
Massie
Foster
Webb
Littl
Southern Commercial Congress Plans Big Nashville Meeting
The fourth annual Southern Commercial Congress meets April 1–10 in Nashville with 150 speakers from national and international circles. The program showcases The South's Agricultural and Educational Recovery, featuring sessions on cotton, drainage, forestry, health, roads, waterways, and extension teaching, plus Knapp memorials and educational recovery talks. It also highlights a separate rural banking conference led by David Lubin.
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Washington
D. C
Southern Commercial Congress
Nashville
Harvie Jordan
Atlanta
A. W. McKeand
Charleston
8. C
Forester Graves
United States Forest Service
Oscar Dowling
Louisiana
P. D. Sargeant
United States Office of Public Roads
L. J. Henderson
Pensacola
A. M. Soule
Athens
J.L. Coulter
The
Census Bureau
Page
Senute
C. W. Burkett
American Afriew Ltiriet
A. PD. Hopkins
Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
HH. RB. Derr
Bureau of Plant Industry
5S. W. Fletcher
Blacksburg
Tait Butler
Progressive Farmer
Memphis
Tenn
Dan T. Gray
Auburn
Ala
Geo. M. Rommel
Bureau of Animal Industry
J. F. Wilson
Waycross
J. W. Morgan
Riverton
J. E. Hilte
Gallatin
Tennessee
Seaman A. Knapp
Knapp
Walter H. Page
World's Work
Wallace Butterick
Nation
Clarence Poe
Kknapp
South
Commissioner of Education
Milton Whitney
Bureau of Soils
Newlands
Nevada
Louis W. Hii
Great Northern Railway
Gulf
Jos. W. Bailey
Mississippi Valley
E. B. Craighead
Tulane University
Minister Egan
Denmark
David Lubin
Rome
Italy
Herbert Myrick
Farm and Home
Col
D. GC Collier
San Diego
J. O. Wright
Everglades
Clarence J. Owens
Europe
America
Virginia woman sues over lost jewels at Stratford House
Eliza beth H. Kearney of Charlottesville filed a Supreme Court action against John L. Chadwick & Co., proprietors of Stratford House, seeking 10000 dollars for stolen jewels from her trunk during a December stay. She testified she told hotel staff to admit no one but the chambermaid to her room. The claimed items include Roman pearls, diamond rings, ruby ring, emerald ring, sapphire bracelet, and a mesh bag.
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New York
Elizabeth H. Kearney
Charlottesville
Supreme Court
John L. Chadwick & Co
Stratford House
Poison Killed Actor Before He Could Hang
New York reports Max Freeman actor and manager killed himself at Hotel Grenoble by taking poison. He intended to hang himself after the poison, but it acted quickly and he collapsed before reaching a hook for the rope.
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New York
Max Freeman
Grenoble
James Porter Becomes Clerk of Court in Loutsa
Special Judge George S. Shackleford administered the oath of office to James Porter who succeeds to the unexpired term caused by his father's death as clerk of the court in Louisa Virginia.
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Loutsa
George 8S. Shackleford
James &. Porter
Berryville undertaker Horace Deahl dies at 76
Winchester special reports Horace P. Deahl a Berryville undertaker aged seventy six died after an angina attack Monday. He had looked forward to celebrating his birthday yesterday.
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Winchester
Horace P. Deahl
Berryville
Firebug Sent To Grand Jury In Charlottesville Case
Colonel Joseph Button, State Insurance Commissioner, was told by his detective department that Lil Harris was arrested in Charlottesville for burning the barn and contents on Judge James M. White’s Albemarle farm on February 14. Harris, once employed on the farm, vowed revenge after being dismissed last November. At Charlottesville mag istrate court he was sent to the April circuit term. a grand jury will review the case, with detectives reporting a strong set of facts against him.
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Richmond
Joseph Button
Charlottesville
Lil Harris
James M. White
Albemarle County
Harris
Button
Arbuckle Coffee Magnate John Arbuckle Dies in Brooklyn
John Arbuckle, multi millionai re coffee and sugar magnate and founder of Arbuckle Brothers with his late brother Charles, died suddenly of heart failure at his Brooklyn home after years of ill health. He expanded into coffee packaging, raw sugar imports, and served as director at several financial and trust firms. He owned Wyoming ranches and led the Royal Horse Association.
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New York
John Arbuckle
Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn
Arbuckle
Charles Arbuckle
Arbuckle Brothers
United States
Lawyers’ Title Inceurance and Trust Company
Mortgage Bond Company, of
Kings County Trust Company
Wyoming
Royal Horee Association
Thief in Silk Garments Busted in New York
Philip Hochstein, a shipping clerk at Handel Harris, was jailed after detectives found four silk dresses hidden under his clothes. A detective, aided by a female investigator, watched Hochstein use a closet hole to conceal garments then confessed to stealing for three years. Sixty seven robes were later found at his home.
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New York
Philip Hochstein
East Second Street
East Fifth Street
Harry Handel
Handel Harris
West Twenty-fifth Street
Hoghstein
Harry D. Dougherty
Dougherty Detective Agency
Hochstein
Charles D. de Vere
Handel & Harris
Handel
Dougherty Agency
Havana Estates Cause Scandal Reported
A Cuban government commission reports irregularities involving hundreds of dollars in Havana city affairs. Entire blocks of valuable property were transferred to private ownership, and W. S. Stanton, Havana agent for Farson Leach & Co., allegedly used municipal employees to acquire city property privately.
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Havana
W. S. Stanton
New York
Farson, Leach & Co
Stanton Denies Ties to Firm After Dissolution
NEW YORK reports John Farson Jr of Farson Son and Co says his father and Mr Lerch dissolved their partnership about six years ago and W S Stanton has no connection with the firm.
Morris Swimming Champion
CHICAGO ISIL Special C. Morris of Northwestern University wins mile swim title at the C A A tank last night defeating H. J. Handy. Morris clocked 26.08 3 6 for the distance.
Yuan Shi Kai orders Pu Yi retinue cut down
After a council with advisers, President Yuan Shi Kai ordered a reduction in the former empress Pu Yi’s boy emperor retinue to curb expenses. The decree was sent to the imperial family this evening.
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Yuan Shi Kai
Pu Yi
Staunton Instructor Killed in Oklahoma Mine Disaster
Staunton Virginia memory Captain W D Roper former physics instructor at Staunton Military Academy was among those killed in the rapid mine disaster at McCurtain Oklahoma He held the post of chief surveyor of the mine in Bots Oklahoma and suffered the fatal fate in the event.
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Staunton
W. D. Roper
Staunton Military Academy
McCurtain
Oma
Iene
Bots
Oklahoma
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Allen Gang
Allen
Commercial Congress
Judge White
Albemarle
Arbuckle — Coffee CO
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