Auto bandit chief details rise of daring hold ups
Joseph Taylor known as Joseph Young, once a model boy, admitted leading a gang that raided shops and saloons with five accomplices pleading guilty. He described a bitter descent from choir singer to opium and heroin use, with a fifty page confession prompting potential further arrests and a wide police cleanup.
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Ries
New York
Foster
Joseph Taylor
Chatber
Joseph R. O'Connell
Benjamin Fold
Frank Jerrie
Taylor
O'Connell
Jerrie
Patrick Bolger
George McFetty
Robert McVetty
Charles Clark
Ang
Joseph Young
Ory
Charles F. Bostick
Whitman
Bullets Fly in Buffalo Strike
Buffalo faced a fierce rail strike as three thousand soldiers stood by. Rioting erupted blocking traffic. casualties included a wounded woman and a boy pierced by a bayonet. Talks between Mayor Fuirhmann, President Mabon, and Carmen leaders offered arbitration terms. union leaders reserved judgment.
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Buffalo
International Railway Company
Connelte
International Railway Camping
Bnt Nefther Afl
Celal
Fuihrmann
Willam JD. Mabon
Carmen
Crowd clashes as troops fire on rioters in streetcar assault
Rioting crowds move heavy timbers to block a downbound streetcar near Niagara Street. Soldiers from the 65th Regiment order a halt after jeers and arson. A volley kills a boy and a woman as rioters scatter, with bayonets used to drive the crowd away.
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Srenes
Niagara Street
International Bridge
Niagara
65Th Hrechment
California Alien Land Law Debate Reaches U.S. Courts
A constitutional clash over California's alien land law emerges as President Wilson and Secretary Bryan weigh federal limits, with Japan pressed to wait the litigation outcome. The issue threatens U.S Japanese relations and may prompt a Supreme Court test on state sovereignty and treaty obligations.
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Washinton
Esilent
California
Baker
Johnson
Legisature
Japan
Wilken
Secretary of State
Wilson
Roosevelt
United States
Dipam
Amirender Wes Viaoretnty
J. Be
Washington
Buffalo Car Strike Touches Main Street Clash
FLOCKS gathered on Main Street as a green motorman drove a car into an automobile amid the Buffalo strike. Strike sympathizers jeered at strike breakers, raising tensions and drawing a rapid police response.
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Main Street
Chauffeur Convicted of First Degree Manslaughter
Frearrien Lewis, a Brooklyn chauffeur, was found guilty of first degree manslaughter for killing Mrs. John H. Belford on February 9 at St. John's Place and Festa Avenue. The Belfords, returning from church, testified the car traveled about thirty miles per hour and narrowly missed the husband.
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J. T. Belford
Frearrien Lewis
John H. Belford
St. John’s Place
Festa Avenue
Brooklyn
Garretson
Supreme Court
Slipper Snatcher Again In Subway Shoe Theft
Seventeen year old Ms Graf reports a teen thief snatched her shoe on the Mth Street station stairs as she ascended. A young man, about twenty four, wearing a dirt gray overcoat and black derby, fled with the shoe. Detectives sought the suspect after Graf cried for help.
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Sein Graf
No. St Kelly Street
Mth Street
Ts Tube
Mies Graf
Mint Graf
Attempt to Sell Sugar to Cocaine Fiends uncovered
Eight hundred pounds of white crystals were seized from a hotel, initially thought cocaine but later identified as crystallized sugar. The substance came in druggist bottles labeled Cocaine hydrochloride high quality from a Montreal manufacturer. Edward Arlington, arrested, denies ownership and guarded the trunks where the items were found.
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Mrancies
Opril
Montreal
Edward Arlington
Senate Against Cocaine Debates Drug Law Bill
Albany April 3 after a session the Moylan bill aimed at drug control was advanced in the Senate tonight. Drafted by Charles B. New York it creates a prescription registry and records of drugs sold by pharmacists. Opposed by Senator White druggist and Senator Whitney who said its provisions would not be enforced. Herrick urged coverage of heroin and related drugs. The Roylan bill is one measure from The Tribune crusade against uncontrolled cocaine traffic.
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Albany
Senate
Charles B. New
New York
White
Whitney
Herrick
Seth
Roylan Hill
Tribune
Father’s Footsteps George Washington Admits Guilt
Goose Washington a fifty year old man given address No 4 Third Avenue faced Market Court on charges of scattering refuse cans. Magistrate fined him after he pleaded guilty saying I done it but did not know it was wrong.
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George Washington
Goose Washington
Third Avenue
George
Aunt Stands By Girl Over Will Dispute In Probate Case
Surrogate Coha nn will decide tomorrow whether to apply law to Mrs Helen M Hennessy estate valued at $10000 and favor Katherine Migelow granddaughter of Hennessy who is tubercular and living with Miss Willen Mary Parker heir and her uncle Forbes J Hennessy. Guardians oppose withholding income of Miss Bigelow and stress need for outdoor treatment as doctors advise.
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Cohavnn
Ilen M. Hennessy
Sitoate
Katherine Migelow
Hennessy
Willen Mary Parker
Barbes
Atterney
Bury
Ty Mise Bigelow
Mies Bhi
Mortimer
Bigelow
TSA
Philippine Islands
Parker
Rami
Inather
Hennesey
Winel
Elatins
Miss Bigelow
Boxborough
Mass Mennesay
Howard S. Bowns
Towns
Ehudder
Othr
Mrs. Parker
Michael Coleman
Espionage by Wireless Links Tower to Alsatian Capital
A fragment reports alleged wireless espionage between the Eiffel Tower in Paris and Colmar the Upper Alsace capital. The supposed system linked the tower with Colmar for secret messages, with Strassburg noted in a dispute cited by the Vossische Zeitung. A discovery is claimed but details are unclear.
Pilgrim Yacht Crippled In Collision Near Norfolk
The sloop Pilgrim, a noted Pan American defender built in Boston and captained by Spurling, was wedged near Norfolk after a collision with Tail-of-the-Horse. Twenty crew members aboard faced possible sinking as the vessel, en route from Portland to Beaufort, North Carolina, awaited assistance from the motor tug Solicitor.
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Orfolk
Vite Aprich
Pilgrim
John A Reyal
Boston
Norfolk
Spurling
Portland
Beaufort
N.C
Unhurt after 25 foot fall from moving train in Pennsylvania
Charles Johnson of Beaver Falls and accomplice James Garty rode a Pennsylvania train's blind baggage last night. Johnson woke, leaped from the car at forty miles an hour, tumbled down a twenty five foot embankment and escaped with only a head cut. Conductor alerted, Johnson was rescued unharmed.
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Sharon
Penn
Charles
Glory Doy to Goethals Portrait on Panama Bonds
Treasury officials nearly ordered the engraving of Colonel George W. Goethals on Panama Canal bonds. A living person portrait is forbidden by law, preventing the planned design for $10,000 registered Panama Canal bonds of 1961.
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Panama
Washington
Treasury Department
George W.ootham
Panamna Canal
Duchess of Connaught to undergo operation in London
The Duchess of Connaught, with the Duke of Connaught, Governor General of Canada, arrived in London and was advised by physicians to have an operation to prevent recurrence of acute attacks. She suffered peritonitis in Ottawa on January 8 and was moved to Montreal for recovery before coming to London for specialist treatment.
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London
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Ottawa
Montreal
Woman Leads Band of Safe Breakers in Dentist Office Burglary
A mysterious blond woman with changing hair leads a gang blamed for a bold burglary at Dr Charles Sehmer's dental offices on Avenue A. Jewelry worth over 10000 was stolen, with evidence suggesting gloved work and a well-timed inspection by a dental student and several accomplices. Police, led by Deputy Commissioner Dougherty and fingerprint expert Faurot, pursue the femme fatale tied to recent pawnshop and cigar store burglaries.
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George S. Dougherty
Faurot
Detective Bureau
T Welock
Charles Sehmer
Avenue A
Adolph Arnstein
Sehmer
Dental Partors
Dre Lohmer
Dr. Arnstein
Sun Street
Arnstein
Dr. Arnestein
B. Templebers
Wilson Promises Filipinos Early Independence Consideration
Delegates Farnshaw and Quezon urged President Wilson to address Philippine independence soon. The President expressed hope for early attainment and promised initial consideration of the subject.
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Wilson
Washington
Farnshaw and
Quezon
Philippines
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