Claims Allen Asked for Food in Mount Airy Area
W f Airy North Carolina special. A man named Allen visited the home of See Smith near Ward's Gap Road and Mount Airy, asked for food, gave the name Allen, and fled after Smith alerted authorities by telephone. Detectives left Fullavitte with the blood, seeking the suspect believed to be Gidea Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward's Gap Road
Ten Morth
Mount Airy
Fullavitte
Gidea Allen
Allen
Marooned Men Rescue After Cairo Flood Levee Breaks
The Weather Bureau warns of continued rising waters in the lower Mississippi Valley with a major break at Cairo threatening destruction. A 125 foot canal levee segment failed at 2:30 a.m. trapping 400 workers and causing $5,000,000 in losses as the flood expands through the Ohio and Mississippi river drainage district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Specks
Mobile and
Ohio
Cairo
Memphis
Flood Threat Shrinks Cairo Area as Levees Fortified
Authorities estimate nearly 1000 homes and structures in the district are at risk while over 5 million dollars in property remains flooded. Workers rush to raise and strengthen city levees, with cross levees protecting the north levee though some sections crumbled. Narrow escapes reported in Future City as outer walls gave way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Ohio
Mississippi
Baltimore and Ohio
Memphis Flood Submerges City As Thousands Flee In Cold
The Mississippi flood covered forty blocks to ten feet, leaving over 2,000 homeless and many factories idle. Bayou Gayose overflow flooded residential zones, driving residents to high ground where they suffer cold and hunger. Gas plants shut, ration appeals sent to Governor Hopper as levee breaks threaten the business district and more floods. Adjutant General Maloney dispatched for special investigation and relief crews continue rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Hopper
Maloney
State Militia
Randolph
Deconia
Fountain Bluff
Murphysboro
Monster Ship Near Completion in Texas Battleship Launch
The Texas battleship, first to bear fourteen inch guns, will be launched May 18 at the Norfolk yard. Protests from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and other temperance groups oppose wine use at the launch. Navy officials note the vessel remains under state control until government acceptance. Miss Jaudia Lyon, daughter of Colonel Cecil Lyon, is chosen to christen the Texas by Governor Celquit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Texas
Navy Department
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Prohibition and Temperance
Norfolk Yard
State of
Jaudia Lyon
Cecil Lyon
Republican National Committee
Vocan
Celquit
World record pigeon flight ends in Newark
A blue checker hen pigeon broke the cross country distance record by flying 1600 miles from San Antonio to Newark New Jersey. The bird, one year old, had its right wing clipped, suggesting capture en route. Verification and a claim with the racing secretary follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jacob Heitrich
Main Street
Newark
San Antonio
Tex
Helfrich
Essex
International Federation of
John Bennett
Denver
Pittsburg
Richard Flsh
Walsh
John Fisher
Association
Chicle Broker Wins $282,012 in Gum Trust Case
Robert L. Johnstone of Montclair New Jersey won a verdict for 282000 plus interest against Charles R. Flint and Co New York merchants. He had sued for 578000 alleging his role in forming a chewing gum trust.
William Dick Dies Wealthy Sugar Refining Pioneer
William Dick died at his Williamsburgh home at prighty nine after two months of declining health. A founder of the American Sugar Refining Company his fortune is estimated at $20,000,000. The report notes political jibes about Democratic rivals and a quip about Dr Wiley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Dick
American Sugar Refining Company
Prighty
Williamsburg
Washerwoman Admonishes Court in Separation Hearing
New York special. Rosetta M Curry a colored washerwoman testifies in the Haight separation case. She attributes the couple’s troubles to Mrs Haight’s people interfering and urges reconciliation while Judge Ford adjourns the case and suggests a bouquet of violets as Easter gesture.
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New York
Rosetta M. Curry
Eugene
A. D. Kratmer
Rosetta
Pord
Justice Ford
Ford
Haight
Wife Hires Thrasher in Bid to Punish Husband
In Seattle an afternoon Help Wanted ad offers ten dollars to a man to assault a wife beater. Mrs. R. B. Gillies hires a tall youth who slaps and knocks Gillies down when he returns home. She claims prior complaints to officials yielded no action and says the incident followed a lengthy dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
R. B. Gillies
Nob Hill Avenue
Gillies
Artist Robert Newman Dies by Gas at 85 in New York
Special report details the death of artist Robert Layton Newman at his East Eighteenth Street room. Twenty coats lay on a scratched table beside his gas-fumed body as he prepared a final painting for J. B. Tiffany. Newman, once Millet’s pupil, had shown at Knoedler’s and kept a studio in Brooklyn before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Layton Newman
East Eighteenth Street
Ella Erker
Miller
Stanford White
William M. Chase
Tiffany
J. B. Tiffany
Wallace Sawyer
West Twenty-fifth Street
Sawyer
Millet
Newman
Richmond
Wiliam Hunt
le Vanneur
Barbizon
Knoedler
Fifth Avenue
President Street
Brookyn
Girl, 12, Admits Smoking in Juvenile Court
Pearl Hackley, twelve, from 916 Twenty-seventh Street Northwest, testified before Judge De Lacy that she has smoked cigarettes for three years, saying two to three per day and none today. She may be committed to the Board of Children's Guardians due to an unfit home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty-seventh Street
Orthwest
de Lacy
Board of Children's Guardiana
Mamma
Judge De Lacy Dismisses Case After Bargain
A courtroom exchange ends with the judge dismissing the case after the girl declares she will quit smoking with her mother's help. The little girl speaks firmly and the judge agrees to the bargain.
He Married by Ring Mixed Up in a Folly
Samuel Lovik sought to appear single but wed Helen Henrel on Monday in Judge Penty's office. The ceremony stalled when Miss Henzel refused the ring, joking to place it on Lovik’s finger to prove the marriage. The justice struggled to fit a No 4 ring on a No 8 finger before finally completing the knot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Lovik
Helen Henrel
Lovik
Miss Henzel
Penty
Evans Recalls Harsh Trek On Terra Nova Antarctic Voyage
Lieutenant Evans tells of severe scurvy and brutal conditions as the Terra Nova reached Akaroa. He led a four day march covering fifty three miles before a dog sled carried him to safety. Griffith Taylor’s party found coal, a fresh water lake near Ferrar Glacier, and an extinct volcanic crater with a subterranean stream but no gold yet detected.
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Terra Neve
Robert F. Scott
Akaroa
Evans
Elvana
Al.ig
Griffith Taylor
Ferrar
Roosevelt on Souths Tactics on Board the Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt halted at Ronceverte West Virginia speaking to about 1500 residents warning against boss rule and steamroller tactics in the South. He urged independence in government and warned delegates should not be cheated. His trip was extended to ten days with plans to Illinois and Pennsylvania.
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Roosevelt
H Hinton
Theodore Roosevelt
Ronceverte
West
Carl
Taft
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Parkersburg
Springfield
Fusionists win vast Milwaukee municipal election
Mayor Emil Seidel and most Socialist ticket members were swept aside by a fusion slate led by Dr. Gerald A. Bading. The total vote reached 72,327 with Seidel at 20,200 and Bading at 43,177 as Republicans and Democrats united to defeat the Socialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seldel
Bading
Italians Arrive as Stowaways in Boston Case
Andrea Schaffino aged fifty nine and Giovanni Gagei aged thirty two interpreters on the White Star liner Cretic were arraigned before U S Commissioner Hayes on conspiracy to bring twenty seven aliens into the United States. They were arrested after stowaways were found in an empty water tank. The Italians are held for inquiry and medical examination and will likely be deported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Andrea Schaffino
Giovanni Gagei
Royalty Lends Aid to Charity at Maundy Thursday
London report notes the annual Maundy Thursday charity distribution at Westminster Abbey led by royal family members. Ninety four recipients were served with gifts, split evenly between women and men, as observers described the ceremony and its charity spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Westminster Abbey
Inventor Lee De Forest Arrested in Mail Fraud Indictment
Lee De Forest, famed wireless telegraph inventor, was arrested in Palo Alto, California, on an indictment from the Southern District of New York charging mail fraud related to stock sales of multiple firms including the Radio Telephone Company. Co defendants include James Dunlop Smith, Samuel E. Derby, Elmer E. Burlingame and Ellsworth Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lee de
de Forest
Ellsworth Company
Fiscal Agency Company of New York
Radio Telephone Company
Great Lakes Radio Telephone Company
Atlantic Radio Company
Pacific Radio Company
Arizona
Lst
Yale
Blatch
Abraham White
American de Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
San Francisco Dispatches
Loss of Wiley A Blow to Nation
Washington special reports Alice Lokey of the National Consumers League urges President Taft to reinstate Dr. Harvey W Wiley, former chief of the bureau of chemistry, condemning his resignation as a national calamity. She demands removal of McCabe and Dunlap, adds Wilson removal reasons, and cites harm to pure food enforcement and consumer protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Harvey 8. Wiley
Alice Lokey
Food Committee
National Consumers’ League of New York
Taft
Bureau of Chemistry
Agricultural Department
Dr. Wiley
McCabe
Dunlap
Wilson
Bridegroom with Mumps Delays Atlantic City Wedding
The wedding at Wesley Methodist Church drew a packed crowd until the bride Lola Gaskill and groom Max Kirsht revealed the groom had mumps. Guests rushed out fearful of contagion while others stayed, and the couple hurried home to Pleasantville to begin their honeymoon with the bride acting as nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
Max Kirsht
Lola Gaskill
Pleasantville
B. H. Wells
Devel
La Follette Wins in Wisconsin Presidential Primary
In Milwaukee Wisconsin United States Senator Robert M La Follette defeated Taft on the Republican ticket while Woodrow Wilson led the Democratic side and Roosevelt received little support in the Wisconsin favoring primary results across Superior Oshkosh and other counties Taft led in several counties including Superior by about 1 487 to 27 percent with Wilson strong on the Democratic side and Roosevelt barely appearing on ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Mpecal
United States
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Taft
Woodrow Wises
Champ Clark
KE. L. Philipp
la Follette
Superior
Republcan
Roosevelt
Cannot Go to Theater Mia Chooses Opera Night
Mia Bjensa tells George she cannot attend the theater due to not having enough to wear for the evening. George, unnamed, replies that she should put on what she has and they will attend the opera. A judge is mentioned in dialogue.
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George
Mia Bjensa
Bjenes
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Richmond Baq Co, Inc
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Educational Bureau
Raleigh
N.C
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W. Main
Paris
Hughes
Third St
Nj Beast
J. W. Prayser
L. Hall Optical Co. Incorporated
Ortelkk
Lynchburg
K. Broad Street
Memp Tenn
Noah
Liniment
Boah
Ranla
Norfolk Navy Yard
Suames Men
Dusky Rosetta
Mise Gankillaleme
Kirsht
Pastor Wells
Kireht
Piesseantville
Wiley
Wnoman
Bride
Tanner Paint & Oil Co
Butte
Brown Shipping
Dunseeeseetics
BNOY
Cesvescusense
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