Black Hand Trial in Baltimore Narrates Plot Claim
Joseph Tamburo testifies in Antonio Lanasa case, corroborating Salvatore Lupo’s confession about threats and a plan to blow up Joseph di Giorgio’s house. He describes a night aboard the Antonio Lanasa steamer, meeting Cicco Daiute, and Lanasa’s associates at Lanasa’s home.
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Baltimore
di Giorgio
Lupo
Lanasa
Washington
Mel
Antonio Lanasa
Joseph di Giorgio
Joseph Tamburo
Salvatire Lupo
Cicco Daiute
L. Rl
Fianover Market
Michaelena Ro
Daiate
Crothers Names Judges to All Circuits
Crothers announced new judicial appointments, naming a chief judge and assignees to several circuits. The changes follow the retirement of Henry Page and affect the presiding and associate roles across the judiciary, with determinations expected by April.
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Pat Antanohs
Crothers Forurisis
Ienty
Jidiciat Circuit
Trenry Page
Rob
Sauie
Pepe
Vernon
Atles
No Clemency Sought for Thurman in Trial
A partial transcription shows authorities considering clemency denial for Thurman of West ProvO in a murder case led by Walter P Nena. An inquiry into medical and legal proceedings follows, with Thuran’s brother involved and a focus on examinations not yet completed.
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Swanson
Thurman
West Prove
Walter P Nena
Af T
Thuran
Bigamist Faints in Court in Washington Post Item
A chaotic court record reports a bigamist fainting in court during confession and multiple linked cases across Maryland and Washington. It notes mentions of Miss Meebh ag, Miss Cann, and many unrelated proceedings from the April term, with references to Frostburg Republicans regaining control and local legal actions.
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Spee
Mushingran
Apmare
Theourt
Ap- Peels
Aree Oe
Menaty Cmerissioners
Tal
Speteh
Rove
Willam
Othe
Orphans Court
Kent
Aanet
Nellie Rtukes
Prisca George Tours
Susquehanna Power
Hanna
Cecil Counice
Frostburg
Washington Post
Wrhind, Md
Bowie-Head: Col H H Bowie dies suddenly at 62
Speeih to The Washington Post from Baltimore reports Colonel H Brune Bowie Baltimore lumber exporter Confederate soldier shot thrice faced hanging as a spy in the Civil War died suddenly at his home aged sixty two born January 2 1846 in Prince George’s County He joined the First Virginia Cavalry at fifteen serving under General Fitzhugh Lee in major battles.
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Speeih
Washington
Baltimore
H. Brune -Bowie
Maryland
Bowie
Prince Georges County
Walter William Weems Bowie
Adaline Snowden Bowie
Oden Bowie
First
Virginia Cavalry
Fitzhugh Leeé
Sixth District for Taft Convention in Lynchburg
The Sixth District Republican Convention met in Odd Fellows Hall with I Harless presiding. Delegates pledged to Taft, backed Stemp for state chairman, and chose district officials. The body, composed mainly of white delegates, anticipated a fight while expecting Taft instruction to the Chicago convention.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Odd Fellows Hall
I. Harless
Christiansburg
Taft
C. Bascomb Stemp
J. E. Sanders
Roanoke County
A. B.B. Hamner
N. G. Flannigan
Montgomery
Mercer Hartman
Roanoke
Congress
Edburg
Virginia Republican Conventun
Tift
Alar Noel
Farmville
Ation
Mills May Close Over Production Curtailments
Charlotte April Crews of the Southern A Teer action announced a meeting on April 17 to weigh the mills condition and possible actions. Several mills have curtailed production for some time and some plan to consider closing for a period at the gathering.
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Charlotte
Rabid Dog at Potomac Causes Mass Dog Deaths
A rabid mastiff with an elaborate collar bit twenty dogs in Potomac Maryland area yesterday. The outbreak led to the nearly total culling of dogs in the visited region. Farmer Carter Clagett was forced to climb a tree for safety.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Potomac
Carter Clagett
Doctor J. F. Armstrong Dies at 77 in Baltimore Conference
Dr. J. F. Armstrong of the Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Conference died here early today of pneumonia at seventy seven. He fell ill on the closing day of the conference's twelfth annual session, which adjourned a week ago. Armstrong served as conference secretary and assistant secretary for fifty two years and was placed on superannuated roll two years ago. He leaves a widow and five children.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Negvy
J. F. Armstrong
Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Conference
Lin
Armstrong
Lst
Culpeper Votes Dry After Licenses Denied
Culpeper refuses saloon licensing after vote. three bars face $3,000 licenses, county to be dry. Woodstock area in Shenandoah County also goes dry by strong margin, closing the county distillery. Barboursville Orange County plans a new railroad project costing about $500,000 with Madison and Rappahannock counties to subscribe $50,000 each.
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Washington Post
Culpeper
Woodstock
Stonewall
Shenandoal
Fredericksburg
Barboursville
Orange County
Madison County
Rappahannock County
Obituary and marriages span Roanoke and Winchester
Roanoke sees Mrs. Mary Nelms dies at 73, widow of C B Nelms of Roanoke County, survived by seven children. In Winchester Samuel Swimley and Carry Tanquary wed in city ceremony. In Lynchburg Edna Hutters-Halsey Meem marriage occurs in St Pauls Episcopal Church.
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Roanoke
Mary &. Nelms
C. B. Nelms
Roanoke County
J. D. Bandy
Winchester
Samuel J. Swimley
J. Swimley
Carry Tanquary
W. W. Tanquary
Brucetown
Wiichester
C. L. Potter
Methodist Church
Lynchburg
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Edna Houston Hutters
W. 8. Hutter
Stephen Halsey Meem
Bluefield
W. Va
Mount Vernon Chapter Hosts Banquet in Alexandria
Mount Vernon Chapter No M Royal Arch Masons held a banquet at the Alexandria Light Infantry armory with 400 guests. Reps J Thomas Heflin and W C Adamson were to speak but were replaced by J L Lloyd of Missouri and J L Burnett of Alabama. The event featured a gridiron layout, floral decorations, and ladies as guests and caterers.
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Washington
Alabama
W. C. Adamson
Georgia
James L. Lloyd
Missouri
John L. Burnett
J. E. W. Timberman
Mount Vernon
Rev
E. V. Regester
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Second Presbyterian Church
Lloyd and
Burnett
Alexandria
Washington, Alexandria, and
Directrd
J. B. W. Timberman
Charles Cullahan
Page Waller
Samuel P. Fisher
J. Johnston Greene
John G. Graham
Unidentified Man Killed by Bluemont Train Near Potomac Yards
An unidentified white laborer, likely Greek or Italian about 30, was killed when struck by westbound train No 133 near the Potomac freight yards in Alexandria. His skull was crushed and his body sent to Undertaker E Wheatley. An inquest is set for today. Confederate Veterans elect officers in Alexandria. Fire at a residence on Fairfax and Gibbon streets causes several hundred dollars in damage. Dredge thieves jailed for one year. George W Peyton buys a residence in Alexandria for about $9,000. Administrators finalize estate transfers for Thomas F Conrey in Alexandria Corporation Court.
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Potomac
Bluemont
Southern Railway
Alexandria
Alexandria County
Wheatley
Potomac Yards
Edward Walls
Fairfax and
Gibbon Streets
George Peyton
George W. Peyton
Washington
The
Virginia R. Simpson
Cameron and
Columbus Streets
Corporation Court
Westerday
B. J. Lennon
B. W. O'Donoghue
Thomas F. Conrey
F.C. Spinks
Prince Street
Peyton
West Streets
Waylaid and slain near DuMmeld Gate City Va
William Bishop was fatally shot near DuMmeld Virginia as his son in law Robert Jones is charged with the crime. Authorities pursue Jones amid ongoing family feuding. In Rockville Maryland licenses were issued for marriages involving George Deval and Miss Hisa Vance, David Courtney and Aurelia Simpson, John Fraley and Josephine Harrison.
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Washington Post
Gate City
DuMmeld
William Bishop
Inlaw
Robert Jones
Bishop
Jones
Rockville
George Charles Deval
New Albany
Ind
Hisa June Vance
Louisville
Miss Juliet Keith Weds William Crockett in Secret Elopement
Richmond reports Miss Juliet Chilton Keith daughter of Judge James Keith president of the Virginia Supreme Court secretly married January 2 in Rockville Maryland to William Ogitesby Crockett a Wytheville law student. The ceremony was kept private by the rector and the couple plan to live with Judge Keith until Crockett graduates in three years.
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Washington
Richmond
Juliet Chilton Keith
James Keith
Virginia Supreme Court
Rockville
William Ogtesby Crockett
Wytheville
Richmond College
Fairfax County
Thomas J. Packard
Protestant Episcopal Church
Crockett
George Ben Johnson
Judge Keith
Editor Driven From Town in Newspaper Seizure
A Bakersville vigilante committee ordered Mitchell County Record editor Smith to leave town within 24 hours. He complied as the paper was seized and its politics shifted from Democratic to Republican. Smith, 65, unknown whereabouts.
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Washington, Post
Asheville
N. C
Smith
Mitchell County Record
Bakersville
N. Y
Vigilance Committee
Life prisoner escapes from Richmond WA state pen
Lizzie Dodson a life term prisoner at the State Penitentiary in Richmond Washington escaped last night via an unlocked adjacent cell. She bored through nine feet of brick to the outside after leaving a bed iron piece in the wall. Captured before a mile from the prison, she feigned insanity to officers.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Lizzie Dodson
Colorel
State Penitentiary
Night riders strike tobacco beds and barns in three states
Night riders destroyed tobacco beds for Ned Stockley and Henry Darnell in Scottown Ohio across the river from Huntington after dark. In Madison Indiana they burned tobacco barns and heds of Stephen Ryan near Vevay with a note threatening replanting. In Tennessee John Gardiner and Walter Hunt, leading Montgomery County planters, surrendered to Sheriff Johns charged with complicity in the killing of Vaughn Bennett by night riders weeks earlier.
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Huntington
W. Va
Scottown
Lawrence County
Ohio
Ned Stockley
Henry Darnell
Madison
Ind
Stephen Ryan
Vevay
Nashville
Tenn
John Gardiner
Walter Hunt
Montgomery County
Johns
Vaughn Bennett
Bethany Church Wins Admission Battle at Bethany M P Church
Snow Hill Md April 7 The Methodist Protestant Conference voted by a 20 vote majority to admit the Bethany M P Church at Alexandria as a member. The Bethany insurgent congregation had left Alexandria M P Church and faced an adverse report saying it had not met constitutional requirements.
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Washington Post
Snow Hill
Methodist Protestant Conference
Bethany M. P
Alexandria
J. R. Caton
Bethany
Alexandria M. P
Explosion Injures Seven Men At Meadow Creek
Seven workmen were severely injured at Meadow Creek near Huntington when a dynamite blast touched off a fire and rocks were sent into a hex of explosive while crews cleared a landslide over the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks. The incident occurred April 7 as men labored to remove the debris covering the rail line.
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Landon
Chesapeake and Ohio
Huntington
W. Va
Meadow Creek
Penn Bridge Co Sues Atlantic Coast Line for Damages
The Penn Bridge Company of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania filed suit in the United States Court against the Atlantic Coast Line Railway seeking 375000 in damages. The action stems from a contract to erect shops and piers at Waycross Georgia with a total value of 387963 dollars.
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Norfolk
Penn Bridge Company
Beaver Falls
United States
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Waycross
Roosevelt family helps driver avoid jail in Roosevelt case
Frederick A. Minnerly, a truck driver, faced jail after stealing a roll of cloth but was spared as Judge Foster notes hard times for a big family. Minnerly’s wife writes that he supported them until unemployment, with twins and two other children at home. The judge suspended sentencing in a case framed as Roosevelt era hardship. Hebrew Congregation names officers in Washington during annual meeting led by I. L. Blout and others.
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Washington
New York
Roosevelt
Hebrew Congregation
Ouowlde
I. IL. Blout
A. M. Fishel
Jacob Eilseman
Joseph Abel
Myer Cohen
A. D. Prince
B. Solomon
Max Fisher
Charles Goldsmith
M. D. Rosenberg
Julius Peyser
Levy David
D. J. Kaufman
Japan Keeps Distance as Russia and China Clash Over Manchuria
April 7 report from Tokyo and Peking says Japan rejects sensationalist claims of anti Japanese moves and backs Russian stance on Harbin. Negotiations in Peking focus on rail lines from Isinmintun to Fukumen, Chientao boundary, and timber concessions on the Yalu as China seeks terms with Japan over Manchuria.
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Tokyo
America
Russia
Harbin
Japan
South Manchuria
Washington
Manchuria
Fisher
Foreign Office
St. Petersburg
China
Peking
Baron Hayashi
Tang Shaoli
Mukden Province
Isinmintun-Fukumen
Chientao
Korea
Yalu
Tang-Shao-¥i
Mukden
Mukden-Fakumen
Tiehling- Fakumen
Five Claim To Be His Widow In Damages Suit
In Butler Pennsylvania on April 7 two women each claim to be the wife of Charles Ruffner killed in 1907 by a falling cornice. A third woman and others may also have asserted marriage to Ruffner as the case for $20,400 against the building owner proceeds.
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Butler
Charles Ruffner
Alice Ruffner
Clarion County
Ruffner
Clarion
If you were a miller you could bake better and boost business
A promotional verse urging millers to improve baking to grow trade. It emphasizes better bread quality as a path to increased business for bakers and mills. The piece presents a call to optimize milling for consumer satisfaction and market growth.
Newport Social Scene Delivers Names and Finery at Embassies
Social leaders gather as Mme Cambon and other dignitaries debut in the capital's circles. With royal and diplomatic guests, fashion shines from blue velvets to golden tiaras, as Lady Lowther and Sir Gerard plan Newport visits, while estates on Ocean Drive draw new residents and summer plans unfold.
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Gerard Lowther
Tangier
Lady Lowther
Newport
Atherton Blight
Girard
Edward BR. Rawson
Rawson
Elm Court
Frank Work
Aurel Batonyl
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Arthur L. Burden
John R. Drexel
Europe
Atlantic
Ochre Point
Breakers
Vanderbilt
Pauline le Roy French
Amog Tuck French
Samuel Wagstaff
St. John's Church
Royal children to mingle with peers to avoid harm
The passage notes that only by bringing the royal children into free contact with contemporaries can the harms of seclusion be mitigated. The King and Queen fully approve the departure, aware of harm caused to family members by unnecessary isolation and exclusiveness.
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Port Mellemr
Obes
Antonie
Tarshasa
Crothers
Henry
Bigamist
Cook
Patefoaman
Meebh Ag
Seranees
Cann
Maryland Court of Appeals
Tra
Wheellig
A. Baker
New Order
Edward Y. Hutchins
Welcome
Henry Pennington
Roesa
Henry Penton
John Pennington
Dakota
North Carolina
Hood
Col. H. 8. Bowie
Southern Cotton Manufacturers
J. E. Armstrong
New Virginia Railroad
Virginia
Virginia Weddings
Lloyd
Burkett
Heflin
Adamson
Robert F. Lee Canin
United Confederate Veterans
Wiliam A. Smoot
James W. Hammond
John Ffoaff
Robert F. Knox
Charles Taylor
Alexander Lyles
KK. Kemper
Charles S. Taylor
Jesse Murray
Edgar Warfield
J. Davidson
G. William Ramsay
Smoot
Charles
Taylor
Nall
Frank Wilkins
John Penn
John McCuen
William A. Smoot &Co
Alexandria Corporation
Conroy Estate
Solld
Virginian
Yale
Bakersfield
Night Riders
Bethany Church
Sues Atlantic Coast Line
Press
Hayashi
Washburn- Crosby Co
Grocers
Mme. Cambon
Herlin
Charlemagne Tower
Countess Harrach
Count Rantzau
Herr von Rhoder
Maraguis de Lagufidhs
Princess Thurn Und Taxis
Countess Granville
Carmen Rantzau
Berlin
Sir Gerard
Wilhelmstrasse
Tower
Lowther
Philadelphia
Harborview
F. O. French
Cairo
Gladys Grace
Michael P
Battle Abbey
Hastings
England
Grace
London
Miss Grace
Sir Eldon
Gorst
Egypt
Miss Nadys
Michael P. Grace
Hubert Heaumont
M. P
Lord Allendale
Countess of Donoughmore
Jay Phipps
Gladys
Mary of Wales
Princess of Wales
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Squiers-Rousseau
Panama
Glange Squiere
Herbert G. Squiers
Riend
van Camp
Michigan
van Camp’s
van Camp Packing Company
Indianapolis
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