Richmond Editor Yoder Convicted In Obscenity Case
In Richmond, Adon A. Yoder, publisher of a pamphlet described as obscene and corrupting, was convicted in Delece Court of unlawfully printing distributing and selling material tending to corrupt the morals of youth. He was fined 100 dollars, sentenced to thirty days in jail, and ordered to post 500 dollars to keep the peace for a year.
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Adon A. Yoder
Commonwealth
Yoder
Justice Crutchfield
Folkes
Cape
Lovie Werner
Werner
Major Werner
United States
Evelyn Thaw
Stanford White
Neo
Second Baptist Church
Major Werner Vue Wert
Jn Rutebfield
Iou
Htc
Virginia
Houses of Jill Fame
Polhce
Richmond
Rosa
Mr. Felkes
Police
Caport
Saviers
Pont
Grand Old Commonwealth
Boxe
Crutchfield
Atteorney
Atkinson
Bishop Paret Denied Audience With the Pope in Rome
Bishop Paret of Maryland failed to secure a meeting with the Pope after Cardinal Gibbons provided an introduction. The Vatican reply said the Holy Father could not grant an audience, and Paret plans to keep the letter as a keepsake from his Roman visit during a Europe trip that included Naples.
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Baltimore
Vatican
Cardinal Gibbons
Paret
Maryland
Rome
Eternal City
Cable
Merry del Val
America
Europe
Naples
Washington Woman Wins Bet With Atlantic City Plunge
Mrs Joseph MacLean of Washington DC attracted a large crowd by walking to the surf in a fur coat, shedding it to reveal a bathing suit, and swimming nearly a quarter mile off shore as part of a wager. The event drew several hundred spectators on the Atlantic City beach in New Jersey.
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Washington
Atlantic City
N. J
Joseph MacLean
DD. C
Tar pollution inquiry grips James River area
The Light Committee plans a May 16 hearing to identify polluters of the James River, naming Gas Works, Armitage Manufacturing, and Batley Ammonia as potential culprits. Fishermen and river users complain of tarry taste and foul odors from refuse, while city officials cite by products and byproducts linked to nearby plants.
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Richmond
Rogers
Gillies Creek
Wltteh
Armitage
Armitege Manufacturing Company
Batley Ammonia Company
James River
TP. Hy
Donahoe
James
He Hs
Frank Jay Gould
Woman shoots husband then kills herself in Richmond home
In Richmond Virginia Mrs Idora Webb fatally shot herself and seriously wounded her husband with a 32 caliber revolver at 2226 Bainbridge Street. She died at Memorial Hospital while her husband was in precarious condition. Their two children were at Sunday school. The father William E Starke donated blood in an attempt to save his daughter.
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Mee Deanne
Journal
Willie
Leona
Richmond
Dora Webb
Southside
Bainbridge Street
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Ellington
Chesterfield County
Dr. Loving
Webb
J. H. Wallen
Mrs. Webb
William E. Starke
Alma Alvis
B. Starke
Idora Webb
Danish People Like Roosevelt in Copenhagen
Special report notes Theodore Roosevelt's active European tour tiring him yet he enjoys two extra hours of sleep. The Copenhagen visit includes an invitation to a City Hall banquet and no formal final day agenda. The party renews ties with Vice Admiral Richelieu and receives Washington relics from the late De Scholten’s grandchildren.
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Copenhagen
Theolore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Frederick
Riviera
Copenhaven
Roosevelts
Diplomatic Corps
Ormer
Copenagen
Richelieu
United States Steamship Company
Maurice I. Egan
Washington
M de Scholten
Danish West Indies
M. de Scholten
St. Croix
Bjjornson
Chicago Woman Blown to Pieces in Black Hand Outrage
A Chicago area blast destroyed a house at 712 South Randolph Street injuring Antonio and Andrew Costello and two passers-by. Mrs Vetta Friedman was killed when dynamite in the wood pit exploded as she stood near the range. Jacob Friedman was away at the time. Authorities seek an Italian quarrel suspect.
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Philadelphia
Vetta Friedman
Antonio
Andrew Costello
South
Randolph Street
Friedmans
Southern girl murdered at Pennington Seminary
Trenton New Jersey special report says Miss Helen Rice, a Southern teacher at Pennington Seminary, was murdered. Authorities surveil a professor with an arrest imminent. Initial belief of suicide overturned as investigators note planned actions and absence of water in the lungs before her body was sent to Galveston Texas.
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Trenton
N. J
Helen Rice
Pennington Seminary
Galveston
Texas
Bribery probe opens with White testimony in Chicago
Special jury sworn to investigate charges raised by Charles A. White that he received 1000 dollars for voting for William Lorimer in 1909. White, a self confessed bribe taker, appears as first witness while other down state legislators named by White are expected to be called. State and Cook counties both pursue grand jury hearings with no legislature session planned.
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Chicago
Ill
Charles A. White
Willam Lorimer
United States
Lee O'Neill Browne
Lorimer
Criminal Court
White
Oa Iser
Grand Jury
Cook County
Burke
Sangamon County
Springfield
Deacon
Stead
Deneen
Lileage
Cleerere A Sheppard
Jerseyville
Joseph F. Clark
Vandalia
Michael Timk
Mitchell
General Assembly
Storm tears through Messina walls causing many dead
Details from Messina Sicily describe a cyclone like storm that toppled palace walls amid an earthquake debris. Rescue crews battled another wall collapse, entombing more victims while crowds searched the ruins for the dead and injured.
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London
Messina
Sicily
Macan
Messina Cyclone Devastates City After Earthquake Echo
Reports from Rome describe a new disaster at Messina with many killed and wounded. Advices say the cyclone swept Messina and much of the quake-affected territory, destroying temporary structures as if they were card houses.
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Rome
Messina
Local optionist elected in Alabama
Returns from sixty seven counties show Emmet O Neal as Democratic primary Governor nominee by about 12000 over H S Mallory on Monday. Walter Seed’s large lieutenant governor vote stands out. Thomas likely under 5000. Nominated: Cyrus B Brown, C Brooks Smith, H J Willingham, Reuben F Kolb, Leon McCord, J R Dowdell, John C Anderson, Ormond Somerville, A D Sayre, and John H Bankhead. possible second places for Max Hamburger Jr or Frank N Julian and for R C Brickell or D H Riddle. Returns incomplete.
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Montgomery
Ala
Emmet O'Neal
Mallory
Walter D. Seed
E. Perry Thomas
Thomas
Max Hamburger, Jr
Mobile
Frank N. Julian
Tuscumbia
Railroad Commission
R. C. Brickell
D. H. Riddle
Abduction Charge Against Pierre Bernard in New York
Pierre A. Bernard alias Om was held on $15,000 bail for abducting Zelia Hopp. Police found him at 258 West Seventy-fourth Street leading a Hindoo Tantrik group with 15 to 20 women and eight men in a room of eight mattresses and a glass globe. a pupil cried for help as officers arrived.
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New York
Pierre A. Bernard
Zelia Hopp
Bernard
West Seventy-fourth Street
Zella
Thompson
White Slavers Kill Little Girl In Brooklyn Case
Eleven year old girl allegedly bought by two Smith Radcliffe graduates and a former secret service man is missing and feared murdered. Indictments charge four girls with trafficking while two men and a woman are arrested. George A Miller named as the Inman agent who paid cash for the four girls. Victims identified as Alice Milton Belle Wood Gunsie Ehrlich Ida Greenberg. Arraignments set. bail $25 000.
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New York World
Rockefeller
G Rand
James B. Reynolda
Gir
Belle Moore
Moore Wo
Smith and
Radcliffe Colleges
Secret Service
Moore
West Forty-first Street
Mr. Reynolds
Seattle
Alaska
Sullivan
Inman
George A. Miller
United States Secret Service
Washington
Alice Milton
Belle Wood
Gunsie Ehrlich
Ida Greenberg
Railroad bill in peril as conference action looms
Washington D C special reports the administration railroad bill faces danger from last two days of changes. Senate and House drop traffic agreement provisions and possible capitalization section. Cummins amendment supported by House could require ICC approval of traffic deals rates and classifications. Party leadership admits fractured GOP grip and uncertain path forward ahead of adjournment with possible Saturday vote on the bill.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Kindness Won Fortune for San Antonio Heiress
CHICAGO Special Her kindness to her uncle, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Benjamin D Magruder, who died April 21, left Miss Elizabeth Magruder of San Antonio sole heir and executrix of his $40,000 estate in his will filed yesterday. His son Henry La tham Magruder of Flint, Mich., receives a minor share from one property’s income.
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Chicago
Ilb
Benjamin D. Magruder
Illinois Supreme Court
Elizabeth Mageruder
San Antonio
Tex
Magruder
Henry Latham Magruder
Flint
Mich
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