Trial hears Sicilian witness in Lanasa Black Hand case
Joseph Tamburo testified in Baltimore that Antonio Lanasa sent men to blow up Joseph di Giorgio s house and that he accompanied Lanasa on the day of the explosion He corroborated Salvatore Lupo s confession stating he was with Lanasa and met a named Daiate on the street The witness described gatherings at Lanasa s house and a reference to killing a best friend in the plot and named locations Locust Point and Port Melmer in the testimony
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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
Locust
Port Mellemr
Obes
Antonie
Tarshasa
Crothers Names Judges in Judicial Reorganization
Crothers announces appointments to fill the retiring judgeships in the circuit and associate positions. The chief judge and key circuit roles are to be replaced as of April, with Cadet Page and others moving into new posts amid a state reorganization.
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Pat Antanohs
Crothers Forurisis
Ienty
Jidiciat Circuit
Trenry Page
Rob
Sauie
Pepe
Vernon
Atles
No Clemency for Thurman in West Province Case
A garbled report indicates Thurman of West Province faces possible prison under military style proceedings. Swanson and others are cited in connection with medical examination and alleged misconduct leading to a request for clemency denial and further inquiry into the case.
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Swanson
Thurman
West Prove
Walter P Nena
Af T
Thuran
Bigamist Faints in Court and Admits Facts
A Washington Post item reports a bigamist fainting in court after confessing to the murder and related charges. The court scheduled a April term, with other legal notices noted from the same day. The page includes brief items on officials and regional politics, plus an advertisement urging Hood's Sarsaparilla for fatigue.
Col H. H Bowie Head. Confederate soldier dies in Baltimore home
Colonel H Brune Bowie a lumber exporter and Confederate veteran died suddenly at his Baltimore home after being shot thrice and nearly hanged as a spy in the Civil War. He was sixty two, born January 2 1846 in Prince Georges county Maryland. He was the fourth son of Walter William Weems Bowie and Adaline Snowden Bowie and cousin to the late Governor Oden Bowie. At fifteen he joined the First Virginia Cavalry serving under General Fitzhugh Lee in key 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 Taft Delegates Lead Virginia GOP Meet
The Sixth District Republican Convention in Lynchburg elected Allan Harness district chairman and chose delegates and alternates from Roanoke, Bedford, Charlotte, and other counties. Resolutions backed Taft for the national convention and supported C Bascomb Stemp as state chairman amid white-delegate dominance and expected fights.
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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 Their Mills As Crews Reports Meeting
April Crews of the Southern A Teer action notes a Nas 1 meeting of the association on April 17 to discuss condition of theiket and possible actions. Mills represented have curtailed production for some time and some may close mills for a period after the meeting. cretary Yarn Spin sac
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Charlotte
Rabid Dog at Potomac Causes Dog Cull
A rabid mastiff with an elaborate collar bit twenty dogs in Potomac Maryland area yesterday. The outbreak led to almost all dogs in the passing area being killed. Farmer Carter Clagett was forced to climb a tree for safety during the incident.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Potomac
Carter Clagett
Dr J F Armstrong Dies at 77 After Long Conference Service
Dr J F Armstrong of the Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Conference died here early today of pneumonia at seventy seven. He fell ill on the final day of the conference's 12th annual session, which adjourned a week ago. He served as conference secretary and assistant secretary for fifty two years and was removed to the superannuated list two years back. 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 Declares Dry Saloons in County
Special to The Washington Post Culpeper Virginia reports Culpeper refuses to license saloons with three bars paying 3000 each. Stonewall district Shenandoah County votes dry by a safe majority closing the only distillery in the county and making the entire county dry. A separate note from Fredericksburg mentions a projected Barboursville to Madison to Rappahannock rail line costing 500000 with three counties expected to subscribe 50000 each.
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Washington Post
Culpeper
Woodstock
Stonewall
Shenandoal
Fredericksburg
Barboursville
Orange County
Madison County
Rappahannock County
Obituary and marriages reported in Virginia papers
Roanoke announces the death of Mrs Mary Nelms widow of C B Nelms aged 73 at her daughter's home in Roanoke County She leaves seven children. Winchester records the marriage of Samuel Swimley son of J Swimley and Carry Tanquary daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Tanquary of Bruce town to take place in Winchester. Lynchburg notes the marriage of Edna Hutters daughter of the late Maj W S Hutter to Stephen Halsey Meem civil and mining engineer of Bluefield West Virginia.
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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 Masons Host Banquet in Alexandria Armory
Mount Vernon Chapter No. M Royal Arch Masons held a banquet at the Alexandria Light Infantry armory for 400 guests with women invited. Lloyd of Missouri and Burnett of Alabama attended as substitutes for Heflin and Adamson, arriving on the Mount Vernon train under escort by a local committee.
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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
Man Killed by Westbound Train Near Potomac Yards
An unidentified white man, likely 30 and of Greek or Italian descent, was fatally struck by Westbound train No 133 of the Bluemont division of the Southern Railway near the Potomac freight yards in Alexandria. The body was sent to Undertaker E Wheatley. inquest set for today.
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Potomac
Bluemont
Southern Railway
Alexandria
Alexandria County
Wheatley
Potomac Yards
Waylaid and slain near DuMmelding Rockville clash in family feud
Gate City Virginia reports William Bishop was shot dead this afternoon near DuMmeld. His son in law Robert Jones is charged with the crime and fled. Ill feeling from family troubles prompted the act. Officers depart to pursue. In Rockville Maryland licenses were issued to several couples including George Deval and Hisa Vance and others from Chevy Chase and this county.
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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 Rockville Elopement
Richmond Virginia reports that Juliet Chilton Keith eighteen daughter of Judge James Keith head of the Virginia Supreme Court secretly married William Ogtesby Crockett a Wytheville law student in Rockville Maryland on January 2. The ceremony was performed by Rev Thomas J Packard and kept secret until Crockett confided to Dr George Ben Johnson who informed Judge Keith. The bride is a society debutante in Richmond and the couple will live with Judge Keith until Crockett graduates in three years.
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James Keith
Virginia Supreme Court
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Wytheville
Richmond College
Fairfax County
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Crockett
George Ben Johnson
Judge Keith
Editor Driven From Town in Mandate by Vigilance Committee
A Bakersville vigilante group ordered Mitchell County Record editor Smith to leave within 24 hours. The 65 year old editor complied as the paper's control was seized and politics shifted from Democratic to Republican. Smith’s location and future plans remain unknown.
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Washington, Post
Asheville
N. C
Smith
Mitchell County Record
Bakersville
N. Y
Vigilance Committee
Life prisoner Lizzie Dodson escapes from Richmond prison
Lizzie Dodson, a colored inmate serving a life term in the State Penitentiary, escaped from the female ward by tunneling through a nine foot brick wall into an unlocked neighboring cell. She fled toward the roof and ground outside but was captured within a mile. Officers say she feigned insanity when found.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Lizzie Dodson
Colorel
State Penitentiary
Night riders target tobacco farms across states
Night riders struck Scottown Ohio destroying Ned Stockley and Henry Darnell tobacco beds. In Madison Indiana activists burned Stephen Ryan’s tobacco barns near Vevay and warned he must not replants. In Tennessee John Gardiner and Walter Hunt, noted Montgomery County planters, surrendered to Sheriff Johns over claims of involvement in Vaughn Bennett’s killing by night riders weeks earlier.
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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 Debate at Conference
Snow Hill Md April 7 the Methodist Protestant Conference voted by a 20 vote margin to admit J R Caton as messenger from Bethany M P Church Alexandria Although the committee had recommended against, Bethany insurgents who left the Alexandria church were not found to have met the constitution’s requirements and the assembly approved the admission.
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Washington Post
Snow Hill
Methodist Protestant Conference
Bethany M. P
Alexandria
J. R. Caton
Bethany
Alexandria M. P
Dynamite Blast Injures Seven Men at Meadow Creek
Seven workmen were severely injured in a dynamite explosion at Meadow Creek near Huntington West Virginia on April 7. A rock struck a hex of dynamite overturning the explosives into the fire as crews cleared a landslide covering Chesapeake and Ohio tracks last week.
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Landon
Chesapeake and Ohio
Huntington
W. Va
Meadow Creek
Penn Bridge Co sues Atlantic Coast Line for 375000
The Penn Bridge Company of Beaver Falls Pa files in U S Court against the Atlantic Coast Line Railway seeking 375000 damages. The suit stems from a contract to erect shops and piers at Waycross Ga with a value of 387963.
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Penn Bridge Company
Beaver Falls
United States
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Waycross
Roosevelt family saves Minnerly from jail in Roosevelt case
Frederick A. Minnerly, a truck driver, faced jail after stealing a roll of cloth. Judge Foster suspended sentence under the Roosevelt family defense as Minnerly claimed hardship with a wife and three children. The mother stressed the family’s need for a home, noting Minnerly had supported them until unemployment. Hebrew Congregation names officers at annual Washington meeting.
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New York
Roosevelt
Japan Clashes Over Manchuria Rail Route Dispute
Tokyo watches Harbin talks as Washington mulls stance on South Manchuria while Japan disputes Chinese and Russian claims. Hayashi and Tang Shaoli lead negotiations in Peking on rail lines and boundary issues, with Japan signaling restraint yet aiming to preserve influence in Manchuria.
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Chientao
Korea
Yalu
Tang-Shao-¥i
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Mukden-Fakumen
Tiehling- Fakumen
Five claim to be his widow in Ruffner case
In Butler Pennsylvania April 7 two women assert they are Charles Ruffner's widow in a $20,400 damages suit against the building owner. Other witnesses add a third and fourth claim to be his wife, with a minor son joining the action as heir and burial expenses paid by another claimant.
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Charles Ruffner
Alice Ruffner
Clarion County
Ruffner
Clarion
If you were a miller compelling bakers to improve business
A playful verse imagines the miller offering guidance to bakers to refine their craft and boost trade. It speaks to collaboration between millers and bakers, suggesting mutual benefit and shared growth in the bread business.
Newport Gossip Tracks Society Events and Arrivals
Social pages describe Mme Cambon as a new social draw at Herlin events with elaborate gowns and introductions by Countess Harrach and Count Rantzau. British Ambassador elect Sir Gerard Lowther and wife Lady Lowther loom in Newport society plans while villa openings and steamer trips mingle with weddings and Cairo letters about Miss Gladys Grace.
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Royal children to mingle with peers despite fears
The passage states that only by exposing the royal children to their contemporaries can harm from seclusion be avoided. The King and Queen approve the move, acknowledging harm caused to some family members by unnecessary isolation.
Diplomat's Daughter Weds In Secret Panama Ceremony
Miss Glance Squiere, daughter of the American Minister to Panama, quietly married Lieut H Rousseau of the Panama Canal Commission last Saturday night in the Canal Zone. Judge Hezekiah A Gaudger, a North Carolina judge, officiated amid social stir as news of the unions past refusals emerges.
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