Broker George Graham Rice Exposed in Ten Year Mourning Tale
A long, accusatory reminiscence recounts the life of a woman who details her troubled marriage with George Graham Rice later tied to Maxim and Gay. She accuses him of theft, gambling, and deceit across Galveston, Rochester, and New York, including a failed mining venture and a “tipping bureau.” The narrative depicts a jailbird past, financial ruin, and a warned rise for young women seeking caution.
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Authoritie
Francis Drake
Wif
Rice Gee
Herzig
Anid
Mra Rice
Upper West Side
Graham Rice
Rice
Galveston
Rochester
N. Y
New York
Hice
Maxim & Gay
Fice
Gambier
Washington
Baltimore
Goldfield
Reno
Sheftel’s
George Graham Rice
Dupes
Johnson Speaks Against Roosevelt at Open Air Meeting
New York Special report notes Jack Zehneon the colored champion pugilist will address an open air mass meeting under United Colored Democracy. He will condemn Roosevelt over Brownsville and argue the colored race was not aided, stating Roosevelt was absent in the affair.
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New York
Jack Zehneon
United Colored Democracy
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Bold Option Election in Lynchburg
Special report notes a December local option election in Lynchburg after tense campaigns. The Anti-Labor committee plans headquarters and a full member meeting Friday led by William Mowenbarge as president, with John Kegney as secretary and treasurer. The circular invites contributions signed by most members, many former liquor dealers, signaling a fierce election period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Anti-Labor
William Mowenbarge
John Kegney
Ers
Campaten
Lynuch
Democrats Predict Sweep In Virginia Congress
Richmond special reports State Chairman J Taylor Ellyson credits active Democratic workers and predicts all ten Virginia districts will elect Democrats to the next Congress. He notes strong races in the Second Fifth Ninth districts with emphasis on nomination battles and campaign energy as the party eyes a broad victory.
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Richmond
J. Taylor Ellyson
Congress
Virginia
Piton
Ellyson
Virla
EB. E. Holland
Remarkable district unity backs Stuart push in Ninth Virginia
The speaker praises novel party organization across Virginia districts, noting unprecedented cooperation among Democratic leaders. He highlights Senators Swanson and Martis and others rallying to support Henry C. Stuart for the Ninth District seat, predicting his looming election to the House.
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Virginia
Stuart
Swanson
Martis
Flood
Glass and Jones
Montague
Williams
William F. Rhea
Murderers Seek Stay of Sentence in Roanoke Train Killing
Governor Mann agreed to receive W. M. Peyton of Martinsville this week to discuss the commutation request for John Eccles James Hairston and Tom Bailey colored men sentenced to death for murdering Sidney Woods on a Roanoke to Winston Salem excursion train last year. Trial before Judge Harvey in Henry County Circuit Court left little doubt of guilt.
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Richmond
Mann
W. M. Peyton
Martinsville
John Eccles
James Hairston
Tom Bailey
Roanoke
Winston-Salem
Sidney Woods
Piggy Penn
Henry County
Harvey
Commonwealth
Wondrous Change at State Prison Under Major Wood
Major J B Wood assumed supervision of the state penitentiary on January 11 1910 and ended corporal punishment except as a last resort after careful adjudication. 1909 flogging cases totaled 864, while 1910 figures drop to 138 with continued declines each month. Secretary Mastin hails the policy as a moral success and notes lower net earnings due to smaller inmate numbers and higher provisioning costs.
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Richmond
J. B. Wood
Major Wood
J. T. Mastin
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Mastin
Rand
Wolgast to Fight Battling Nelson in December Rematch
San Francisco fans expect a lightweight title clash as Wolgast agrees to meet Battling Nelson on December 24 for a $7,000 guarantee and $500 expenses plus a 49 percent share. Promoter Louis Blot confirmed the step and talks of formal articles to be signed soon.
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San Francisco
Cal
Ad Wole
Nelson
Wolgast
Louis Blot
Blot
Fort Wayne Health Board links vermin in hair to epidemic
Fort Wayne Indiana special report says health officials attribute an epidemic of vermin in public schools to rats worn in the hair of girl pupils. Twenty five girls are listed as affected. The board plans a war on rats.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
Fort Wayne
City Block Burns in London Kentucky Inferno
A large city block in London Kentucky including the Catching Hotel and the First National Bank building was destroyed by fire early today. The damage is estimated near 150,000 dollars.
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London
First National Bank
Jom
Stowaway Brutally Treated Aboard St Andrew Steamer
A German stowaway aboard the Phoenix Line steamer St Andrew, arriving from Antwerp, says crew members assaulted him with an iron bar and robbed him of money and a watch. One crewman is jailed, another is missing, and horsemen traveling as passengers are implicated in the alleged assault.
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New York
Phoenix Line
St Andrew
Antwerp
Millionaire Burglar Given Free Passage to Europe
Robert Jellinek alias Otto Brown, once a Wall Street clerk and heir to one third of a $1,000,000 estate, was jailed for four months on burglary charges. Handcuffed, he was taken to Hoboken by Sheriff Collins and placed aboard the steamship Columbia bound for Trieste, where he was freed. He had been granted a suspended sentence, claiming no burglary proof and stating his wealthy Prague parents would guarantee he stay away. He said he left grateful to Judge Putnam and noted his father is Adolph Jellinek, a Prague glove maker with a Gloversville, N. Y. factory. Boehm, his counsel, said Jellinek recently inherited $20,000 as part of a larger fortune, with a $40,000 share already owed to him. He and his two brothers are heirs to $1,000,000 held by his father.
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New York
Robert Jellinek
Otto Brown
Wall Street
Richmond County
Seeas
Hoboken
Collins
Columbia
Trieste
Jellinek
Staten Island
Putnam
First Judicial Court
Stapleton
Louis Boehm
Broadway
Prague
Austria
Judge Putnam
New Brighton
Pauline Tissuska
Adolph Jellinek
Gloversville
N. Y
Boehm
World
Jeillinek
Equitable Tax Valuation Critique Spotlighted by Auditor
The Auditor of Public Accounts cites five year old hotel and land values rising from 14 dollars to 1700 dollars annually, highlighting poor assessor work. Freeman of the State Tax Commission exposes such cases, urging reforms. A senator suggested a 60 percent valuation could cut state taxes by half.
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Office of Auditor of Public Accounts
Douglas S. Freeman
State Tax Commission
Senate
Mineral lands in Alleghany show record gains
Richmond VA Special notes a dramatic rise in Clifton District realty values under State Assessor James A. Stone. Overall district assessment jumps 88.35 percent to 1,294,307 in 1910 from 740,047 in 1909, with mineral value contributing 440,535 of the gain and promising higher 1911 taxes.
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Richmonda VA
James A. Stone
Clifton
Alleghany County
Fear That Assailant of Teacher Will Be Lynched
In Peoria Illinois a mob fears lynching Joseph Hoffman who is jailed on charges of attacking Miss Maro Clark a school teacher. Deputy sheriffs guard the county jail as the threatened vigilante action looms after Hoffman was arrested following a late yesterday incident.
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Peoria
Ill
Joseph Hoffman
Maro Clark
Hoffman
Prison Board Has Shoe Bill Raised in Richmond
The State Penitentiary directors review the shoe contract with Dawoot and Shoe Company, set to renew before 1913. Convicts have produced shoes for about 40 cents daily while the state supplied food, clothing, guards, and medical care. Rising living costs and labor changes prompt scrutiny of past terms and possible renegotiation.
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Richmond
State Penitentiary
Daw Oot and Shoe Company
Dais’ Boot and Shoe Company
Prison directors weigh crime work shifts and pay on state roads
Board discussions reveal plans to put more convicts on state highways, adjust wages in line with other costs, and provide housing for longer sentences. They note dangerous inmates needing limited road access and consider preemptive contracts with firms like Davis Boot and Shoe Company to manage convict labor.
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Davis Boot and Shoe Company
Fear Pond Met with Foul Play in Ettricks Missing Grocer
Walter Pond a prominent Ettricks grocer disappeared about ten days ago near Richmond Virginia. He was last seen on Saturday night while returning from collecting weekly proceeds of hundreds of dollars. A former Chesterfield police officer, Pond is described as thirty six, five feet ten, about 195 pounds with dark features. His wife and seven children await news as police search Chesterfield County for clues.
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Richmond
Walter Pond
Ettricks
Appomattox
Petersburg
Chesterfield County
Pond
Hittricks
Chesterfield County Police Force
President knows nothing of changes in Seventh Virginia referees
Harrisonburg editors report a letter to President Taft asking if John Paul or Harrisonburg was named referee for Virginia's Seventh District and if John Acker of Edom in Rockingham County was removed. Secretary Norton replies the President knows nothing of any referee changes. The dispute splits Republicans Lupton and John Paul, with anti-organization forces seeking Paul's recognition to sway voters.
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Harrisonburg
Taft
John Paul
John Acker
Edom
Rockingham County
Norton
Virginia
Congress
Lupton
Hunter in khaki shot in New York street
John C. Warner a young civil engineer in a khaki hunting suit was stabbed four times in the back on Seventh Avenue near Thirty-sixth Street. Four men seized his rifle and vanished. He was taken to Flower Hospital with possible skull fracture. His superior Harold Weaver and police were alerted.
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New York
John C. Warner
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-sixth Street
Flower Hospital
Express Company
Warner
Highwood
Conn
Times
495
Forty- Second Street
Long Acre Square
Gucian
Gacian
Botsford
Harold HB. Weaver
Irving Place
We Don’t Want War Aims Theme in Antiwar Talk
The passage critiques General Homer Lea’s The Valor of Ignorance on America’s military unpreparedness. Brigadier General Smith, newly returned from the Philippine campaign, argues ships suffice but battle ideas differ from Japan’s. He suggests Americans would not sacrifice men as Japanese commanders do, warning against naive notions of warfare.
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Japan
Homer Lea
America
Smith
Norfolk Election Case No Good
Long report on Norfolk election cases with reference to Wise v. City and related statutes, arguing primary elections may be exempt from some general election provisions. Describes court history from 1906 through Virginia Supreme Court decisions and notes prior local election laws and constitutional changes affecting primaries.
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Ichmondyv
Norfolk
Jackson Wise
Jennnes
Wise
Virginia Court of Appeals
General Assembly
Wilam A. Moncure
James W. Gordon
Hastings
Appelate
United States Needs Aeroplanes for Army Training
Washington D C Special. General James Allen head of the signal corps urges at least twenty aeroplanes for the army to supply trained birdmen. He notes prior wars showed unprepared forces and stresses air power requires skilled officers observers and extensive practice to reach effectiveness.
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Washington, D. C
James Allen
Signal Corps
Spain
Pirote
Goblin Halloween Prank Ends in Tragedy in New York
Police records show a deadly Halloween prank left one child dead and others injured in and around New York City. Six year old Wesley Moyers of Brooklyn was involved after he struck a man with stockings filled with flour. The incident highlights dangers of holiday horseplay as officials investigate the events of Monday night.
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New York
Eighth Street
Fourth Avenue
Black Hand Gang Bombs Chicago Home in Public Panic
An explosion at 217 South Clark Street, Chicago, jolted a crowded three story building in a large Italian neighborhood at 2 05 AM. The blast shattered windows and damaged the grocery on the ground floor, sending occupants fleeing in night attire. Police suspect Black Hand affray. Antonio Franzi, grocery proprietor, received threatening letters demanding payment.
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Chicago
Ill
Clark Street
Blackhand
Antonio Franzi
Popular Pastor Resigns Charge in Richmond
The Rev. D. K. Walthall of Mizpah Presbyterian Church Chestnut Hill resigns after fourteen years to lead Waynesboro Presbyterian Church in Virginia The Waynesboro church counts 460 members and a recently rebuilt $30 000 edifice Pending presbytery action he will remain at Mizpah with his family likely to move if the call is accepted The congregation pleads for reconsideration and a successor has not been named
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Richmond
D. K. Walthall
Mizpah Presbyterian Church
Chestnut Hill
Waynesboro Presbyterian Church
Walthall
Mizpah Church
Mizpah
Presbytery
Waynesboro
Crippen Appeal Set For Next Saturday In London
A conference of judges and attorneys decided Crippen's appeal will be heard next Saturday rather than Thursday to give the defense more time. Crippen's counsel Hentey Jenking indicated the request to delay was to present a stronger case. A separate report from Diario notes a binding decision on frontier powers involving Alfonso could trigger a clash between Peru and neighboring states.
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London
Peru
Alfonso
Express Strike Threat Looms Over New York Transit
The express strike threatens 29,000 union members if sympathy actions stop wagons and taxicabs in New York City. Govs White and Fort are urged to arbitrate with drivers and helpers. Nine hundred more walkouts amplify disruption. police reserve forces are deployed amid clashes with strikebreakers.
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New
Jersey City
Hoboken
New York
Diecers
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
CC. W. Foster
Teamsters’ Union
Expressmen
O. K. Express Company
Adama
American Express
Governor Fort
United States
Adams
Wells- Fargo
Reserve
Garner Held Without Bail for Illinois Murder
Fred G. Garner twenty five arrested in Dan i Illinois charged with the murder of Mrs Elsie Cochrane. Her body was found in woods three miles from her home after she was shot and taken there in a buggy. A horse shoe and buggy tire marks linked Garner to the scene while Mrs Cochrane's children identified him as a man who had called on their mother.
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Dani
Ill
Fred G. Garner
Elsie Cochrane
Garner
Taft Arrest Idea Sparks Cincinnati Campaign Row
Socialist candidate Louis F. Schweikart urged arresting President Taft when he votes in Cincinnati on November 8. He proposed Taft be treated as a common vagrant, noting Taft registered at 1956 Madison Road and will vote at 2085 Madison Road, an unused storeroom, since Schweikart claims Taft does not reside locally.
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Cincinnati
Taft
Louis F. Schweikart
Congress
Goebel
Ohio
Schweikart
Madison Road
Nebraska Girl Kidnapped in Mexico
Mexican rurales pursued brigands who abducted Grace Rolph aged sixteen, daughter of Dr. B M Rolps of Pender Nebraska, from a ranch near Chicoy Tamaulipas after they rifled a ranch office safe. United States Consulate Tampico requested action.
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Mexico City
United States
Tampico
Grace Rolph
B. M. Rolps
Pender, Neb
Chicoy
Tamaulipas
Arrest Juror Charged Over Bribe Demand in Rosen Trial
New York special trial of Edward T. Rosen, millionaire autoist, and the death of Miss Grace halted Tuesday as juror No. 7 Ww W Yeandle was arrested in Justice G court for allegedly demanding a bribe.
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New York
Edward T. Rosen
Miss Grace
Yeandle
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