Bay City Man Found Guilty Then Kills Himself
Joseph H. Griffin of Saginaw County was found guilty in a Bay City circuit court for forging a marriage license. Minutes after the verdict he died, reportedly from cyanide poison, in the jail as physicians treated him. authorities found poison bottles at his home and a threatening note to his sons. Griffin had boasted of poison experiments and faced life insurance suspicions tied to his late wife.
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Baltimore Conference Debate Denies Secretary for Missions
In Clifton Forge Virginia on April 1 the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South debated appointing a full time secretary at a salary up to 2000 dollars. The motion failed by a rising vote with about one quarter in favor. The bishop announced the result. Rev. William J. Maybee spoke on the Children's Home Society of Virginia. Several ministers were advanced and ordained anew at tomorrow morning service.
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Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Board of Missions
William J. Maybee
Children’s Home Society of Virginia
Committee On Home Missions
G. T. Moses
BB. D. Harrison
Harry M. Johnson
John Paul Tyler
Hubert Sydenstricker
Harry V. Whieler
M. H. Keen
Jacob N. Mest
Joseph J. Rives
Wendell Allen
James B. Hendrick
Family ties cited in sentencing report
The court notes the defendant, age not stated, is supported entirely by her elderly parents aged 71 and 74. She spent money on her parents and a home rather than a riotous life. She avoided recreation unless her mother joined, and the mother remains a central influence in her life.
Grants bill for women’s suffrage in Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin special-session action approves a conditional suffrage bill in the state Senate by a 16 to X vote. The measure would become law if a referendum in the coming general election supports it.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Senate
Plans to protect government documents with steel cases
Washington officials seek a congressional appropriation to buy steel cases after the Capitol fire in Albany damaged priceless records. Most documents in War and Navy departments are kept in wooden cages, prompting urgent protective measures.
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Washington, D. C
Albany
Negroes Score President Taft in Chicago Meeting
Delegates from Ohio Kentucky West Virginia Indiana Missouri and Illinois at the Western division of the Negro National Anti Saloon League at 1 South Clark street criticized President Taft. Resolutions declared Taft repudiated Roosevelt guiding policies and called his administration the weakest in history.
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Chicago
Ill
Taft
Negro National Anti-Saloon League
Clark Street
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Missouri
Illinois
Roosevelt
May reopen the Lorimer scandal in special session
Washington report notes probable renewal of inquiry into the Lorimer case at a special session. Senators watch Springfield investigation results, stressing the Privileges and Elections Committee’s composition as it may again handle the Lorimer inquiry.
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Washington, D. C
Springfeld
Privileges and Elections Committee
Senate Committee On Committees
Senate
Echo of Crippen Case Heard in London Suit
Inspector Lew of Scotland Yard sues the London Chronicle over a Quebec dispatch praising Crippen’s apparent confession. The suit cites the dispatch printed when Crippen was arrested in Canada.
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London
Crippen
Inspector Lew
Scotland Yard
London Chronicle
Quebec
The
Chronicle
H. H. Crippen
Canada
Safeguard Your Family Typhoid Fly
Extract from a U S Department of Agriculture circular warns that the common house fly may be termed the typhoid fly in the future. The notice urges household precautions to prevent fly-borne disease and protect family health.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Malaria Mosquito Fact Warns on Drainage and Bites
The bulletin declares malaria is spread only by bites of mosquitoes not by swamp miasma. It urges action to keep mosquitoes and filth from the home, noting a single solution: prevent mosquito entry.
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Wisetin No
New York Bookkeeper Sentenced for $19000 Theft to Help Parents
Miss Susan G. Macomber, bookkeeper for John Lane Publishing, stole $19,000 to support her elderly parents. Judge O'Sullivan sentenced her to at least three years six months in Auburn prison after a guilty plea to third degree forgery. The mother, aged 71, lies ill at the East Orange home Macomber built. Commuted timing delayed by illness. prosecutors noted restitution efforts including $1,000 paid and ongoing negotiations.
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New York
Susan G. Macomber
John Lane Publishing Company
O'Sullivan
Auburn
East Orange
O Gorman Breaks Deadlock and Heads to Congress
Albany dispatch reports Justice James A. O Gorman elected to the U S Senate after an eleven week stalemate. He resigns from the New York State Supreme Court and will take seat in the Senate with the legislature adjourned to April 17. Major figures praise his selection as a prudent, high character choice.
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N. Y
James A. O'Gorman
United States Senate
New York City
O’gorman
Washington
National Hall of Congress
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Congress
Empire State
William Barnes, Jr
Justice O'Gorman
Depe
Senate
Assembly
Dix
Charles Ff. Murphy
Daniel Frisbie
Robert F. Wegener
Ouormar
Telegraphers Strike Vote Sets Up Crisis Across Lines
Special from Chicago indicates a crisis likely today as officials of the Lin noix Central telegraphers vote to strike unless a 25 percent wage increase is granted. The dispute spans operators along the line in a looming confrontation over pay.
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Chicago, Ill
Linnoix Central
Devastating Storm Sweeps Over Texas
A severe storm hit Southern Texas with strong winds and heavy rain. Widespread damage was reported in Houston Galveston Beaumont and other cities as lines and wires were downed and rainfall peaked, with four inches recorded at Beaumont.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Galveston
Beaumont
Austin
Georgetown
Iroquois
Championship days of Attell cut short by injury
Featherweight champion Abe Attell boxed ten rounds with Frankie Burns at the National Sporting Club last night. Attell won on points but damaged left arm left him barely able to fight, limp and weak for blows or defense. He will likely rest to regain form.
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New York
Abe Attell
Attell
Frankie Burns
National Sporting Club
Williamson Declares Candidacy For Treasureship
In Harrisonburg Virginia Special T L Williamson announced his candidacy on Saturday amid local civic interest. The report notes Williamson is linked to Rocking and seeks the treasurehip post.
Portsmouth Mayor Orders Obscene Posters Pulled Down
Mayor Reed of Portsmouth ordered the removal of obscene posters advertising the play Three Weeks to be shown at the Granby Theater for the last three days of next week. A detective carried out the orders during the day.
Reno Judge Opposes Divorces Grants Nine in One Day
Reno Nevada judge Peter Breen grants nine divorces in a single day with only one involving children. He says courts must enforce state divorce laws and opposes divorce with remarriage rights while supporting permanent separation and full property settlements with damages for the harmed party.
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Reno
Peter Breen
Income Tax Gets a Fatal Blow in Maine Legislature
The Maine legislature rejected President Taft's proposed federal constitution income tax amendment. The move defeats the U S Senate resolution from July 5 1909 and ends Maine's support for the plan as part of states opposing the amendment.
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Augusta
Maine
Taft
United States Senate
House
New York
Louisiana
Chusetts
Rhode
Virginia
Arkansas
New Ham
Utah
Vermont
West Virginia
Jersey
Puzzle of Woman Lies Flat Like Feathers on Hats
A sharp aside on a courtroom tone and social satire contrasts a woman’s reputation with a trivial fashion metaphor, suggesting incongruity between rumor and reality while lampooning frivolous vanity. The remark delivers a pointed critique in compact wit.
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