Italian Black Hand Stowaways Evading Passport Laws
Lindsay Denison argues that Italian criminals reach the United States via France and Canada, aided by ship crews and Camorra networks. Stowaways are concealed in mattresses, shipboard felonies are coordinated by hardened criminals, and Black Hand operations rely on newly arrived ex convicts who need work and become tools for extortion, violence, and blackmail.
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Camorra
Matin
Casdly
Andius
America
France
Canada
New York
Italy
Tony
Chance
Black Hand
United States
Will Women Vote and Public Confidence in Suffrage
A CORRESPONDENT report reviews opinions on women voting, citing The Sun’s claim that women would not use ballots, and quotes state officials from Colorado Wyoming Idaho and Australia. Data from New Zealand and U S statistics show varied female registration and turnout under different franchise rules, with school ballots limiting votes where full suffrage exists.
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The
Sun
Saya
Colorado
Charles Park
Boston
Wyoming
Idaho
State Supreme Court
Australia
New Zealand
Wos
Abdul Hamid I Taken From Yildiz Palace to Saloniki Prison
The deposed Sultan Abdul Hamid I and his entourage including four wives five daughters two sons two eunuchs and numerous female servants were moved from Yildiz Palace to a large house with walled grounds near Saloniki. He is to be kept prisoner not tried and his life will be safeguarded under European Turkish supervision. The move follows dethronement and a fear he might orchestrate another coup. Wealth estimates range from 25 to 20 million dollars.
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Depori Scltan
Turkey
Yildie Palace
Saloniki
Constantinople
Abdul Hamid I
Abdul Hamid
Yildiz
Massacre Report From Adana by Turkish Regiments
A London dispatch from Mersina dated Monday night says two Turkish regiments landed Saturday moved to Adana and began wholesale murder of Armenians. The town is destroyed, with about 10,000 killed, and immense European property losses. Four Germans reported killed at Bakdjevh are said to be safe. Armenian population at Bakdjevh is described as massacred.
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Mersina
London
Srturady
Adana
Bakdjevh
Dickinson Arrives to Inspect Colon Canal Work
Secretary of War Dickinson arrived aboard Mayflower at Colon for canal construction inspection. He was greeted by Lt. Col. Gochala and canal officials. Prairie has landed 800 men to be transferred to Buffalo at Panama. Red Cross aids massacre victims in Turkey, sending $1,000 to Ambassador Leishman in Constantinople for relief.
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Colon
United States
Mayflower
Dickinson
Tamacin
Gochala
Prairie
Buffalo
Panama
Red Cross
Washington
Nation- M Red Cross Society
Turkey
Leishman
Constantinople
Mabel Boantman
Ambaselor Leeshman
Forgers Admit Mortgages Fraud Chicago Scandal
Peter Van Vils Singen, who last winter confessed forging mortgages totaling one million dollars, claimed his confession was gated four years earlier by confiding privately to associates who held four hundred thousand dollars of his forged notes. In Flushing Special, the Hains murder jury completed after seven days of selection with 450 talesmen examined. twelve men were chosen, all married except Otto J. Nicholas, 27, the youngest. The defense had pushed for married jurors and struck several bachelors.
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Chicago
Peter van Vils- Singen
Haina
Flushing
Peter C. Hains
William E. Annis
Fnally
Otto J. Nicholas
Waiver of Preliminary Hearing in Huella Case
Warrenton prelim inry hearing waived Tuesday in the case of J D Huella principal of the high school bere as W A Thompson associate editor of The Warrenton Virginian reports. An arrest in Washington followed with T a dying the next day. Harris was bid for the regular grand jury which begins its sessions May 24 next.
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Warrenton
J.D. Huella
Bere
W. A. Thompson
Warrenton Virginian
Psn
Tyenoon
Washington
Harris
News in Brief: assorted home and world items
A jumble of brief items covers crime, travel, weather, and society. Adele Boas, a New York teen, left home for world travel and returned wiser. A tornado damaged Tupela Oklahoma crops and buildings, with injuries and one death. A Vanderbilt hunting preserve lease near Asheville tops a decade at 5000 per year. A Pensacola auto streetcar crash killed a woman and injured others. A tug sank on the Mississippi near New Orleans with several lives lost. Naval talks ease war fears between U S and Japan. Jefferson Davis birthplace lands bought for a park. Legal cases include a 40000 verdict for libel against Col Townsend Topics. D A R Congress preserves Fort McHenry. Williamsburg bargain rush injures many. Benson Bidwell and sons convicted of swindling in Chicago.
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Ike Morse
Gertrude Douglas
Nashville
Adele Boas
New York
Adele
Tupela
Oklo
Douglas
Kany
Geo. W. Vanderbilt
Asheville
N. C
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Niagara Falls
N. EB. Sjiehi
San Pedro
Cal
Robley D. Evans
United States
Japan
Jefferson Davis
Hopkinsville
Samuel Dempster
Pittsburg
Wm. D. Mann
James Boyle
Daughters of the American Revolution Congress
Washington
Fort McHenry
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Topeka
Washington Noten and others clash over trade bold facing lumber schedule
Senator Nelson and Senator Raynor spar over trade policy while Representative Hollingsworth seeks action against engraving Jefferson Davis on silver. Major L Enfant remains moved to Arlington amid commemorations. Red Cross pledges aid to Armenia with $1000. Taft worries about German trade. Queen Wilhelmina bears a child. 2000 killed at Constantinople battle. Russian effort in Tabriz checked. Armenian Christians rescued. Italian submarine explosion kills 11 and injures 11. Castro in France rumored with Venezuelan fortune. clues of treasure in Venezuela. ex Presdiv opov ed Too cheating rest at Sir Alfred Penne ranch. later reports say they move again.
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Hollingsworth
Ohio
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Pierre Charles L’enfant
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington City
American Red Cross Society
Armenia
Taft
Germany
America
Hollandin
Wilhelmina
Constantinople
Tabriz
Pervia
Castro
France
Venezuela
Saya
Dhatas
Sir Alfred Penne
Washington notes on tariff debate and capital events
Senate tariff debate features Senator Bailey opposing a protective tariff with claims of American profits and foreign competition benefits. Observers note crowded galleries as Mrs Taft attends, and Vice President warns against indifference in remarks by Senator Scott. Other items include Mehemed V recognized as Sultan of Turkey, Arlington rotunda honors Major L Enfant, and Woodruff nominated for Hawaii US District Judge.
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Hailey
Texas
Moniay
Bailey
Senate
Aldrich
United States Steel Tie
Scott
West Virginia
Mr. Kerman
Mehemed V
State Department
Sultan of
Turkey
Major L'Erfant
National
Capitol
Arlington Cemetery
Maryland
George W. Woodruff
Yale
United States
Hawaii
Simmons
North Carolina
Adana Massacre Accounts From the Turmoil in 1909
A correspondent recounts the Adana massacres describing school preparations amid city unrest on April 21. Rioters fired through the night, a British consul guard circulated, and deaths of Mr Rogers and Mr Maurer occurred while Armenians sheltered in a school building. The narrative details siege, fire, and fear for women and children.
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Adana
Vis Constandtinople
Webb
the Este
Sehood
Chambers House
Mr. Rogers
Mr. Maurer
Fie
Maurer
Rogers
Stephen Re Trowbridge
Thad
Tereh
Roger
Roosevelt Lions Bagged In Mau Hills Trophy Sweep
Nairobi dispatch reports four lions taken during Theodore Roosevelt's Mau hills hunt. Colonel Roosevelt felled three on the first shot, his son Kermit scored on the fourth with three shots. Both father and son express jubilation over the hunt.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Cable
Roosevelt
Mau Hills
Earth
Kermit
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