Ex Governor Rollins Pleads Guilty to Smuggling
Ex Governor Frank West Rollins of New Hampshire pleads guilty in the U.S. Circuit Court to smuggling charges. Judge Hand imposes a 2000 dollar fine after a rapid indictment, with Rollins paying 1000 in cash and the rest by other means. The case centers on duties claimed during a European trip with his ill wife and son.
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New Hampshire
Frank West Rollins
United States Circuit Court
Handforthwith
Goullins
Lusitania
Leary
Alfred A. Wheat
Rollins & Rolling
United States
Dorr
Wise
Rollins
Shields
Mr. Dorr
Martin
Vermont
Heike
Holt
Hazel
Ward
Judge Hand
New England
Europe
University of Munich
Accuse Ex Nun of Fraud in Paris Case
Sister Candide a former superior of the Order of St Anhenuns was arrested in Paris after a long charity fraud. She raised funds by tithing and borrowed jewelry to sell on commission. Jewelry found in pawnshops and an associate, Dr Petit, hanged himself leaving a note blaming her. Ob ligations total about 800000 dollars.
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Paris
Sister Candide
Order of St. Anhenuns
Candide
London
Dr. Petit
Police raid on Bergen Line Avenue poolroom nets 29 men
Justice of the Peace Ransome and County Detectives Dougherty and McAneny seized a second floor poolroom at 154 Bergen Line Avenue Union Hill N J yesterday. They found 29 men inside and roughly 20 more fleeing out a rear window. Bail set at 50 dollars. George Mears and John Mulcahy named among those arrested. Police search for George Vix who operated the alleged poolroom.
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Justice of the Peace
Ransome
Dougherty and McAneny
Garven
Bergen Line Avenue
Union Hill
N. J
Public Service Railway
Hudson County
George Mears
John Mulcahy
Hoboken
North Hudson
George Vix
Balloon Centennial lands near Mount Phillips after 22 hour flight
The balloon Centennial led by Capt. H E Honeywell with William F Ashman landed near the Pére Marquette station ten miles north of Ionia Michigan after a 22 hour flight covering 430 miles. They crossed Lake Michigan from Kenosha at 2900 feet in calm Central Michigan winds. They planned to reach New England but ended the attempt near Mt Philloh and continued to St Louis.
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Ionia
Mich
H. E. Honeywel
William F. Ashman
Bt. 2
Bhiloh
Tonia
Lake Michigan
Kenosha
Wis
New England
Central Michigan
Pére Marquette Station
St. Louis
Honeywell
Grand Haven Harbor
Grand Rapids
Suit Dropped in Hocking Valley Railway Case
Wade Ellis of Cincinnati and Samuel Untermyer of New York asked in Judge B Sater’s court to drop the suit against the Hocking Valley Directors. The case, originally filed for Gould and Stanton, charged coercion into coal ventures and questionable deals. The plaintiffs aimed to block a transfer of the railway group to New York Central lines. the court took the matter under advisement. President W C Brown of the New York Central attended the proceedings.
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New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
Wade H. Ellis
Cincinnati
Samuel J. Untermyer
New York City
Hocking Valley
New York Central Lines
W. C. Brown
Fire Chief Croker Returns to Command Amid Brooklyn Shakeup
Fire Chief Croker, who had gone to Chicago for a National Board meeting, returned to New York at 10:30 p.m. and resumed command. Deputy Chief Sally led the Brooklyn and Queens branch in Croker’s absence while rumors swirled about appointments and potential retirements.
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Croker
Chicago
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Great Jones Street
Sally
Brooklyn
Brooklyn and Queens
Service
Lally
Rhinelander Waldo
Ahearn
Bronx
Nicholas J. Hayes
Perk Avenue
North Moore and
Varick Streets
Ahsam
Waldo
North Moore Street
Department
Tru 62
New York
Hone
Bean Croker
Wyenee
Pase
Waite
Eee
Vn Doday
Ma 1
Doddy
Capt. Rush
Robert Oswald
Jeut
Starkey
Rosenthal
Missioner
Hayes
Berliner Heights teacher held on whipping charges
SANDUSKY Ohio May 2 The Berlin Heights Public Schools superintendent C V Snyder has been held for the Grand Jury on charges of whipping two girl pupils at the schoolhouse testimony shows he kept a two foot long half inch hose for punishment when a pupil refused to obey the stern discipline alleged in the hearing additional details were presented about the use of the implement.
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Sandubry
Ohio
V. Snyder
Berlin Heights
Snyder
Eoabe
Rockefeller Pledges 35000 for Y M C A Building
In Tarrytown New York a campaign to raise 100000 for a new Y M C A building opened. Robert A Patterson announced John D Rockefeller pledged 35000 toward the goal.
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Rockefeller
Ballinger Drama Featured in Times Sunday Issue
A vivid account of picturesque incidents in a Brimful of the unexpected case is highlighted in an unusually interesting article for tomorrow's Sunday Times. Readers are urged to order it early.
Coney Island Leader Killed by Elevated Train
Kenneth F. Sutherland known as the Czar of Coney Island and a leader in the Sixteenth Assembly District Dem Club was killed at theose Thirty-fifth Street Station when a West End elevated train he had just boarded derailed him from the platform. Police and clergy attended as crowds mourned, with no charges against the crew per mayoral order.
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Gov. Rollins
Studget
Coane House
Rollings
Europe
Kenneth F. Sutherland
Coney Island
Dem
Ose Thirty-fifth Street
215 Bay Thirty-first Street
Bensonhurst
Sutherland
Sing Sing
William J. Gaynor
Supreme Court
Severy
Sixteenth Assembly
District Democratic Club
West Eighth Street
Et Bay Thirty-fifth Street
Ett Yufes
Bayoneat Street
John Hubirfield
Ernest H. Finley
Borough Park
William H. Reynolds
Kohlberger
Bath Beach
Capt. Devarnney
Bis Donald
Coney Island Hospital
Charles F. Weightman
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
Lillie Stubenbord
White
Gaynor
Wag McKane
Gravesend
John Y. McKane
Supreme Bench
McKane
M Obares
Rutherland
Bing Sing
Fanepard
Isos
Nation
Siganda
Penitez
Coney's Bowery
Total Eclipse of Moon Prompted May Night Sky Watch
The eclipse will begin May 23 at 10 46 P M as the moon enters Earth's shadow and end May 24 at 2 22 A M. Total phase runs 12 00 to 1 00 A M with the middle at 12 34 A M. Viewers will see the moon still lit by refracted sunlight through Earth's atmosphere.
Weather Across Nation Expected To Stay Changeable
Forecasters warn of unsettled conditions for several days with difficult long range prediction. Affected regions include the entire country except New England, where rain may arrive today. The weather origin remains uncertain though some suspect lunar or comet influences. The forecast calls for showers and warm air with light south winds today and tomorrow.
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New England
Tornado Wrecks Towns Maysville and McCarty Oklahoma
A tornado wiped out Maysville Oklahoma and damaged McCarty near there leaving several dead as wires failed and debris obliterated vegetation. Heavy coastal windstorms in Houston area caused one death and multiple injuries as houses fell.
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Houston
Texas
American bonds in France attract Paris investors
Paris financial authorities weigh a plan to place 800 million dollars of gilt edged American railway and other bonds in France. The move, linked to a Mor gan and Stotesbury meeting, rekindles talk of listing Steel Corporation stock on the Bourse.
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New York
Paris
France
J. Pierpont Morgan
BE. T. Stotesbury
Steel Corporation
Scott Wins in Ohio County Primaries
Wheeling West Virginia May 20 Returns from today's primaries in Ohio County indicate that candidates favored for the Legislature to back United States Senator N Scott were chosen. The Scott faction leads Hubbard supporters by about 500 votes.
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Wheeling
West
Ohio County
United States
N. ®. Scott
Scott
W. P. Hubbard
Erie Train Workers Accept 9 to 10 Percent Wage Increase
Erie train men and conductors accepted a provisional wage proposal from railroad officials. The Baltimore & Ohio and New York Central rates will rise, with through freights and passenger service set to higher per 100 mile rates beginning June 1 and July 1 for freight and September 1 for passenger service, reducing strike chances.
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Erie
Baltimore , Ohio
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Albany Newspaper Sold to Clark Syndicate
The Albany Press-Knickerbocker-Express will relaunch as The Knickerbocker Press under a syndicate led by Judge Lynn J. Arnold Edward Severn Clark and Assemblyman Stephen Carlton Clark of Coopers Town. William Rich Cross becomes managing editor with Frederick Co. Clayton as business manager.
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Albany
Albany Press- Knickerbocker-Express
Knickerbocker Press
Lynn J. Arnold
Edward Severn Clark
Stephen Carlton Clark
Cooperstown
William Rich Cross
Oneonta Star
Frederick Co. Clayton
New York
John A. McCarthy
Myron Rooker
New York Tribune
Horace Greeley
Charles A. Dana
Miners Declare Big Strike in Illinois
Peoria Illinois May 20 The joint convention of United Miners and operators adjourned sine die and declared a statewide strike affecting nearly 30000 miners. Miners had been idle about fifty days and a strike fund has not yet been drawn.
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Peoria
United
Illinois
Wage Raise Noted for Central New England Railroad Workers
Winsted Conn May 20 Station men and telegraph operators on the Central New England Railroad have received notice of a wage increase of ten per cent following the raise on the New York New Haven and Hartford line.
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Central New England Road
Conn
New England
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Actress Clara Morris Critical in Yonkers Residence
Mrs F C Harriott known as Clara Morris the actress worsened yesterday doctors from New York Yonkers and Dr Belcher met at the Harriott home in Yonkers and declared all hope for saving her sight abandoned focusing on preventing relapse which could prove fatal Leah Jane Morrinesh remains with her.
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F. C. Harriott
Clara Morris
Taft Wins Golf Match in Rain at Chevy Chase
President Taft played 18 holes in a driving rain at Chevy Chase and posted a 90 to defeat Gen. Clarence R. Edwards and Capt. Archibald Butt one up. He expressed great elation when his ninetieth stroke sealed the win.
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Taft
Washington
Chevy Chase
Clarence R. Edwards
Archibald Butt
Millions Watch King's Funeral at Windsor
Crowds gather as the royal funeral proceeds at St George's Chapel Windsor with the coffin lowered into the royal crypt and tributes paid to the late king by dignitaries and mourners.
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King
St. George’s, Windsor
King Edward VII Funeral Draws Massed Mourning in London
A special cable report describes London's three mile funeral procession for King Edward VII. Mass crowds, two million strong, stood reverently as the gun carriage passed. The Guards Band played the funeral march while uniforms from around the world glinted in the May sun. The scene culminated with the coffin removed from Westminster Hall and borne toward Windsor, watched by royal mourners and dignitaries.
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London
Westminster Hall
Paddington Station
Edward
Windsor
Edward VII
William Rufus
Westminster
Paddington
Buckingham
Palace
Catafalque
Canasterbury
Prayeg
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Ballinger Drama
K. F. Sutherland
Thomas F. Ryan
Yerkes Art Gallery
Fifth Avenue
B. R. T. Cars
Czar of
Ryan
Yerkes
Sixty-eighth Street
Mr. Ryan
Robert E. Dowling
Dowling
Sixty-seventh Street
Georges Gould
Sixty-eighth
Twelfth Street
William J. Dingee
Isaac Stern
Stern
Mr. Stern
Jacob H. Schiff
George J. Gould
Yorkes
Harry Payne Whitney
R. H. Robertson
Puzzzied
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Virginia Legislature
Press-Knickerbocker-Express
Assemblyman Clark and Associates
Don Streets
Bier
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