Captain Hains Guilty Of Merely Minor Crime
Flushing N Y May 11 Hains found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. Judge Garretson warned jurors against sympathy and explained possible verdicts including murder in first or second degree or manslaughter. The case raised questions of insanity and the defendant’s fitness, with remarks on Mrs Hains and the dead man Annis. Doty, a hardware merchant, was found dead in his store today. friends suspect murder.
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Hains
Flushing
N. Y
Annis
McIntyre
Justice Garrison
Garretson
Claudia Hains
Nent Hardware
Doty
State Hardware Dealers’ Association
Lost Archduke Johann Salvator Found in Ohio Machinist
Chicago papers claim the Chicago Journal has located John Orth in Painesville Ohio working as a machinist and traveling as Johann Salvatore. He supposedly sailed to South America with Ludmilla Stubel after a London wedding, while rumors had him perishing when the Santa Margarita schooner sank off Chile.
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Chicago
The
Journal Today
John Orth
Archduke Johann Salvator of
Austria
House of Hapsburg
Ludmilla Stubel
Painesville
Ohio
South America
Johann Salvatore
Archduke
Vienna
London
Santa Margarita
Chile
Iowa Merchant Shot Dead in West Liberty Store
West Liberty Iowa May 11 J F Doty a prominent businessman is shot through the throat and killed in his store wrongdoing charged as murder with authorities naming a suspect in the case Corroborating details indicate a violent robbery or personal dispute leading to the fatal shooting at the West Liberty establishment.
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J. F. Doty
West Liberty
Iowa
Wright Brothers Return to America from Europe
Wilbur and Orville Wright arrived in New York aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecilie. A large gathering greeted them at quarantine in Hoboken as they plan to return to Dayton, Ohio to complete government aircraft intended for service.
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New York
Wilburn Wright
Orville Wright
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Dayton
Ohio
Quarantine
Hoboken
Battered body of woman found in cemetery
Providence R I May 11 Terribly battered Mrs Laura Ergester a Cranston woman was found in an old Hebrew cemetery here. Police believe she was murdered. She was 32 and divorced. It is understood she had become engaged to marry again. Medical exam showed she had been criminally assaulted.
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Providence
R. L
Laura Ergester
Cranston
Four Die In Powder Mill Explosion At Turk Station
Four men were killed and about twenty injured when the Laflin-Rand powder mill mixing room exploded at Turk Station near Columbus Kansas. A fire followed, burning two hours as workers fought to save the plant amid large quantities of explosives. Loss estimated at over $75,000.
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Columbus
Kas
Laflin-Rand
Turk Station
Here
Two Drownings Report Wrong in Chippewa River
The Eau Claire dispatch clarifies that seven lives were not lost in the steam launch accident on the Chippewa River. Only George Hall and R. H. Sweet perished when the craft capsized near the city Saturday night.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Chippewa River
Here
George Hall
R. H. Sweet
Americans Are Captive By Southern Morocco Natives
Tangier dispatch reports a party of American tourists captured near Agadir, the southern Morrocan port. Other items note women smoking on a Liverpool bound Virginian, Daughters of the Revolution in Boston, oil price cuts, a Savannah naval stores trust verdict, a new Lisbon cabinet, and more brief news items.
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Morocco
London
Tangier
Daily Telegraph
Mogador
Agadir
Boyle's Uncle Involved in Whitla Kidnaping Case
Pittsburg May 11. After yesterday's exciting events Mrs. James Boyle rests in Western Penitentiary awaiting examination to determine work. Boyle and wife, Helen, were jailed for kidnapping Willie Whitla. he received life imprisonment, she 25 years. Boyle alleges Harry Forker, Whitla’s uncle, funded the plot and quotes Whitla regarding immunity. Forker and Whitla deny the accusations. Boyle claims years of paid hush money and letters tied to the case.
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Pittsburg
James Boyle
Western Penitentiary
Penitentiary
Boyle
Mercer County
Western Penitentiary of
Pennsylvania
Helen Boyle
Willie” Whitla
J. P. Whitla
Whitla
Harry Porker
Willie” Whilla
Forker
Youngstown
Ohio
Cleveland
Reeble
J. J. Bailey
Wilie” Whitla
Warren
Divorced Wives Can Claim Alimony At Any Time
Chicago May 11 Judge Farlin Q Ball startled many by ruling that a divorce does not end the obligation of a former husband to support his ex wife. A divorced woman may demand alimony at any time unless she remarries, dies, or a stipulated sum was accepted in the original decree.
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Chicago
Farlin Q. Ball
Ball
France braces for looming strike across telegraph lines
In Marseilles authorities with the chamber of commerce finalize wireless and automobile relay plans to keep telegrams and letters moving if a strike occurs. Paris awaits parliament decision on whether postmen will strike, with leaders warning of action if Clemenceau cabinet falls. Lyons reports a final appeal to Parliament by local postmen over unkept promises.
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Marseilles
Chamber of Commerce
Paris
Clemenceau
Simyan
Lyons
France
Episcopal Church Congress Opens in Boston With National Attendance
Leading bishops rectors and laymen from across the country gather in Boston as the 27th annual national Episcopal church congress opens. The forum is non legislative and aims to discuss topics of interest to the church.
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Episcopal
Boston
Episcopal Church
National Episcopal Church Congress
Misleading Newspaper Leads to Misdemeanor under New Law
John J. Finnigan testified he met Mr Welch and accepted a story that discredited Mrs Taylor. The case centers on the ground that Welch was Mrs Taylor's agent in the transaction. It marks the first prosecution under a new law making it a misdemeanor to mislead a newspaper into a false publication.
Aldrich Opens Up Further Tariff Mysteries
Washington May 11 The senate session saw Senator Aldrich propose changes to the tariff schedule on zinc ore and zinc products and ask that unsettled lead duties be postponed. Amendments shifted to soap revenue duties and refined sulphur levies. Cummins noted chinaware and earthenware import use, while La Follette backed a potential rate cut on earthenware. Also, Steenerson urged four departments to report on allegedly nonenforced pure food laws amid Wisconsin and Chicago concerns.
Turkey promises to punish after massacres and losses
Boston May 11 Indications that order is being restored in disordered regions of Asiatic Turkey were reported by Rev W W Peet treasurer of the American board from Constantinople The cablegram said the government would punish those responsible for massacres of Christians destruction of missionary property and the deaths of two American missionaries It added that aid is urgently needed as thousands are homeless and wounded seeking relief from missionary establishments.
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Boston
Turkey
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Affairs
W. W. Peet
Constantinople
Railway Conductor and Trainmen Meet in Boston and Columbus
Boston opens the 32d annual convention of the Order of Railway Conductors of America with thousands of delegates. the session runs 19 days and includes the ladies auxiliary. Columbus hosts the ninth biennial convention of the National Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, lasting three weeks, with focus on higher member insurance and constitutional changes.
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Boston
Order of Railway Conductors of America
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Conductors’ Organization
Columbus
Ohio
National Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Lee
Foreigners in a Fight Leaves One Dead at Heilwood Riot
At Heilwood near Indiana Pennsylvania last night a riot involving about a hundred men left John Borefnac nac dead and three foreign nationals seriously injured. Eight men were arrested as authorities probe the brawl, while the killer remains at large.
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Indiana
John Borefnac
Heilwood
Here
Borefnacl
Congress Yesterday Adopts Lead Pig Rate Amid Party Split
In Washington on May 11 the Senate rejected cutting pig lead duties to a quarter cent less, voting 35 to 44 with 11 Republicans joining Democrats and 2 Democrats with Republicans. The Senate approved 218 cents per pound as committee recommended. House Democrats blocked the president’s Porto Rico bill from Ways and Means, quorum lacking. insular affairs committee to be named later. The Philippines tariff bill was reported with Payne set to bring it up Thursday. Adjourned 12:45 pm.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Committee On Finance
House of Representatives
Aldrich
HOUSE
Porto Rico
Committee On Ways and Means
Garrett
Tennessee
Committee On
Payne
Tell Reporters Truth New York Lawyer Fined for Misleading Story
New York lawyer Ernest M. Welch was convicted of contempt of court by Judge La Ferra and fined 150 dollars for giving misinformation to a newspaper reporter. The case stemmed from a suit by William T. Taylor of Richmond Virginia against W. J. Fitzwilson over alleged property conversion, in which Fitzwilson won.
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New York
Ernest M. Welch
la Ferra
William T. Taylor
Richmond
W. J. Fitzwilson
Fitzwilson
Rockford Car Lines Sold to Syndicate
Rockford and Interurban Railway company operating the local system and lines to Belvidere Freeport and Janesville has been sold to an eastern syndicate which owns the gas plant in Peoria and street railways at Springfield Portland and other cities. Change of ownership takes effect July 1.
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Rockford
Rockford and Interurban Railway Company
Belvidere
Freeport
Janesville
Eastern Syndicate
Peoria
Ill
Springfield
Portland
Ore
Internegin e Labor War Ties Work At Denver
Denver May 11 The Master Builders and General Contractors association declared a lockout of about 2000 men aligned with the building trades council. Work on most large city contracts is expected to halt by evening. The dispute stems from a rift between the Brotherhood of Carpenters union and the Building Trades council which the carpenters refuse to recognize. The contractors back the carpenters.
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Denver
Master Builders’ and General Contractors’ Association
Building Trades Counsel
Brotherhood of Carpenters’ Union
No Licenses for Clubs Defeated in Missouri House
Jefferson City Mo May 11 Governor Hadley s bill to license social clubs selling intoxicants to members was defeated in the house for the second time today.
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Hadley
Jefferson City
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