Rowland Faces Jury as Poison Not Found in Test
Raleigh June 17 coroner jury verdict finds Dr D R Rowland and Lily M Rowland tied to mysterious death of Engineer Charles R Strange. No poison detected in stomach. evidence suggests circumstantial links including late night meetings and altered identities. Bail set for Lily Rowland at 42,600. lawyers plan habeas corpus filing. Rowland previously acquitted in separate child poisoning case.
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Raleigh
N. C
Dr. D
Rowland
Charles R. Strange
Seaboard Air Line
Strange
Dr. D. &. Rowland
Lily M. Rowland
Wake County Superior Court
Shemet Syme
Michael Tighe
Mrs. Strange
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Lepark
Henderson
Ten Thousand Dollar Nose Injury Suit Filed
Miss Helen Canter sues the Kranz-Smith Piano Company for 10000 alleging a heavy piano fell on her nose in a Baltimore showroom during March. She claims the impact enlarged and permanently impaired her nose and altered her appearance.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Helen Canter
Ekranz-Smith Piano Company
Canter
Annapolis Ordinance Tests Street Use by Electric Railroad
At a special Annapolis city council meeting an ordinance to grant the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad street rights under specified conditions was introduced by Alderman Frank H. Thompson and set as a special order for next Friday. Opposition is anticipated amid the municipal campaign. In other notes, three Washington automobilists were arrested at Glen Echo and face hearings for speed regulation violations with $25 bonds. Walter Loveless, former Rock Spring Hotel owner, released on $500 bail with trials set for November. Norfolk and Western Railway to enforce a new 214 cent passenger rate in North Carolina starting July 1.
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City of
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Frank H. Thompson
Winston-Salem
N. C
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Deaths and notices from Roanoke Salem and nearby towns
Roanoke reports D Terry Martin of Salem dies at fifty four from stroke of paralysis leaving a wife ten children and four sisters. Isaac Callison of Christiansburg dies at eighty three survived by wife and two daughters. Edmunds C Averett tobacconist of Banville dies yesterday afternoon at about forty survived by wife and three children. Also a note on a twenty five dollar prize for contestants this week.
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Roanoke
D. Terry Martin
Salem
Christianaburg
Isaac Callison
Banville
Edmunds C. Averett
Fiere
Suit filed over alleged fraud in fruit import refunds
The United States District Attorney filed a $250,000 suit in Baltimore against John S. Seward and J. H. Seward & Co. alleging government loss from inflated decayed fruit weights used to claim 1 cent per pound refunds on imports from Jamaica between 1901 and 1906. Seward pleaded guilty to conspiracy less than two weeks prior.
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Baltimore
John 5. Seward
J.H. Seward & Co
United States
John C. Rosa
Seward
Jamaica
J. E. Seward & Co
Rogers
Verdict in peonage case stops at not guilty for Smith and Berry
Judge Boyd condemns the practice of tying workers to buggies and whipping them as witnesses describe continued abuses at railroad camps in Macon County North Carolina. The jury found Smith and Berry not guilty though he warns the district to end such cruelties and holds agents responsible.
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Charlotte
N. C
Boyd
Smith
Berry
Blue Ridge and Atlantic
Macon County
WVU Regents Accept Resignations Over Low Pay
Morgantown June 17 The board of regents received resignations of professors J J Johnson W J McNeil Walter L Fleming and Frederick Copeland and Mrs W J Leonard and noted Munsen will replace Copeland They say salaries prevent living and several professors left for other universities Commencement week underway Rev Dr Philip O Gifford spoke Grace Yoke won the Lemans prize with Virginia Neal second
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Board of Regents
West Virginia University Today
Fraf. J. J. Johnson
University of Minnesota
W. J. McNeil
Anatomy
University of Tinois
Walter L. Fleming
University of Louisiana
Frederick Copeland
Department of Agriculture
University of California
W. J. Leonard
F. L. Munsen
Theniversity of Maine
Copeland
West Virginia
Philip O. Gifford
Buffalo
Grace Yoke
Virginia Neal
Parkersburg
TAVENNER'S MAJORITY 489 IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY
Woodstock Va June 17 Complete returns from the Democratic primaries in Shenandoah County show F S Tavenner of Woodstock with a 489 majority over R M Ward of Winchester for state senator, while Ward carried the district by 137. R H Williamson of Newmarket was nominated over F H Brumback of Woodstock by 32 for commonwealths attorney, and sheriff John E Rogers of Strasburg was chosen by 68% over J R Baker of Lantz Mul
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Shenandoah County
Tavenner
R. M. Ward
Winchester
Ward
R. H. Williamson
Newmarket
F. H. Brumback
Common ‘Wealth
John E. Rogers
Strasburg
J. R. Baker
Lantz Mul
Killed by a Policeman at Keystone in West Virginia
Roanoke dispatch reports Harry Thornton traveling salesman for Swift & Co. shot and killed by a black Keystone, West Virginia policeman after protesting white men for rough talking on the street. Thornton tried to run toward Burke when fired upon. the officer escaped. Also notes death of Jacob V. Ceruy, Berkeley County landowner and Stonewall Brigade veteran, at eighty two, and a Richmond fraud case against Fred Hlake of Jamestown Employment Bureau.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
W. Va
Harry Thornton
Thornton
Burke
Swift & Co
Chicago Packers
Wastington Post
Richmond
Fred Hlake
Jamestown
Bank official sentenced for embezzlement in Charlotte
Franc H. Jones of Charlotte, nicknamed Bank Ember sler, received a six year federal sentence for embezzling funds from Charlotte National Bank. He claimed he and Percy Fonville formed a partnership to use bank money for speculation, saying he returned 5000 of the 7000 he kept, and that his ill father and his mother’s pleas led to his fall. Bell and Fonville were involved. Fonville’s Greensboro trial set for October.
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Charlotte “Bank
Ember ‘Sler
Jones
Percy G. Fonville
W. B. Bell
Bell
Fonville
Greensboro
Suit Involves Millions Over Coal and Timber Lands
The Buchanan Company files a chancery suit in Abingdon federal court against Jane Atkins and others to determine title to more than 100000 acres of coal and timber lands in Buchanan and Tazewell counties. Defendants include Buchanan and Tazewell County residents. heirs of Frederick Pearson and descendants of Gen. Benjamin Butler previously claimed the properties. If the company wins, hundreds of occupants could be left homeless. Returnable on the first Monday in September.
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Bristol, Tenn
Jane
United States
Abingdon
Buchanan Company
West Virginia
Jane, Atkins
Buchanan County
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Tazewell
Frederick Pearson
Boston
Benjamin Butler
Divorced Woman to Wed in Rockville Marriage Planned
Rockville Md June 17 Edgar Tester White of Washington came to Rockville and procured a license to wed Mrs Lottie Lavinia the divorced wife of his brother The ceremony was arranged with Rev Ernest L Woolfe for tomorrow White stated the bride is his brothers former wife Also in Washington Lorenzo Dove Collins 32 and Lola Frances Stubblefield 34 of Gloucester County Va married in Washington today by Rev Woolfe Marguerite Louise Trunnell 35 and David Blatsdell Chamberlain 44 of Washington wed at the minister s home
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Rockville
Edgar Tester White
Washington
Lottie Lavinia. White
Ernest L. Woolfe
M. EB. Church South
Lorenzo Dove'Collins
Lola Frances Stubblefield
Gloucester County
David Blatsdell
Chamberlain
Marguerite Louise Trunnell
Mr. Woolfe
Woman attempts suicide in Baltimore lodging house
Twenty year old Lula Wiesenbaugh occupying 425 Courtland Street tried to end her life by drinking laudinium and amica at 10 am. She had complained that her husband Stanley Wiesenbaugh had deserted her. Mrs. Walters of the furnished-room house found her in distress and she was taken to City Hospital where antidotes were administered and doctors expect recovery. In Virginia, Pittsylvanian County Democrats vote to hold district conventions June 2 to select delegates for the July 15 county convention and for legislative candidates with primary favored by many candidates.
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Baltimore
Lula
Wiesenbaugh
Courtland Street
Oene
Stanley Wiesenbaugh
farmer Hagedorn killed by fast train in Morgantown yards
Morgantown West Virginia June 17 Hagedorn a native of Germania and a widely known local farmer stepped in front of a fast moving train in the Morgantown and Kingwood Halfway Company yards this morning and was instantly killed
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Kingwood
Collision Kills and Injures Railway Passengers in Sylva
A Southern Railway collision at Sylva station near 6 o clock injured a woman passenger fatally or near so, with several others shaken and bruised. The regular No 19 passenger and a freight engine collided. one small girl passenger allegedly jumped from the rear platform, sustaining a severed leg and other injuries.
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Atin
Southern Railway
Sylva
Redfly
Shipe resigns as superintendent at Virginia Military Institute
Lexington Va June 17 Gen Shipe resigns after seventeen years as superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute. Maj Thomas Jones named professor of applied mathematics. Commencement exercises feature symbolic events and a cadet battalion review with first aid demonstration and a symposium exhibition held tonight.
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Lexington
Créalgnath
Hillyard Trial Starts Over Ritter Murder Case
Otho N Hillyard stands trial in Winchester Circuit Court for the March 9 murder of Marius B Ritter at the home of widow Mrs Alexander Carlisle. Hillyard used a double barrel shotgun and claims self defense. Judge Thomas W Harrison presides as witnesses including several women testify. trial expected to finish tomorrow.
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Winchester
Otho N
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Marius
B. Ritter
Alexander Carlisle
Ritter
Thomas W. Harrison
Plucky Woman's Capture in Lynchburg Case
June 17 Lynchburg Virginia. John Robinson, a Black man, was sent to the grand jury today on charges of attempting to assault Mrs. L A Goldmer at her Gum Street home early Sunday. The intruder entered multiple rooms where boarders slept, but was awakened by occupants. He attacked Mrs. Gallier in her bed, seizing her by the throat. Her husband, a night watchman, restrained him until police arrived and detained him.
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Worfolk
Washington Post
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Tohn Robinson
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L. A. Goldmer
Gum Street
Defied Jim Crow Law On Virginia Street Car
Fort Monroe June 17 Charged with breach of Virginia Jim Crow law Capt W J Pigman paymaster of the battleship Iowa was jailed in Hampton Police Court after refusing a conductor’s instruction aboard the Newport News and Old Point Railway He was arrested but bailed Acting Mayor Richardson dismissed the case and advised Pigman to heed conductors in the future
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Newport News
Oid Point
Five Times Shot In Durbin Melee Amid Liquor Fight
Emmet Ancell, a lumberman for Lord & Bloom near Durbin, was shot five times in a melee with Italians Saturday night. He and a companion, both under the influence, were involved in an altercation leading to a pitched battle. Ancell sustained a left arm flesh wound and multiple shots in the left leg. his condition is reported as survivable. Separately, Rev EB Harold, pastor of Bethany Station ME Church South, collapsed with paralysis while reading the morning lesson at worship, and was taken home in serious condition. Also, Richmond to Ashland rail line officials tested the new division’s track and roadbed to inspect the line’s condition.
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W. Ve
Emmet Anceil
Lord & Bloom
Durbin
Ancell
Pecal
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Warsaw
Virginia Weddings Report From Norfolk and Nearby Counties
In Norfolk and nearby counties wedding notices appear with dates in June. Miss Mary Blount Hall of Richmond marries James Clathrone Polland of Baltimore at Belvider Cottage Ocean View officiated by Rev. Calvin Blackwell. couple to reside in Baltimore. In Gloucester County Abingdon Church hosts the marriage of Miss Hope Robinson to an unnamed groom with Miss Perrin as maid of honor and others noted. additional items mention social matches in Richmond and nearby locales with clerical officiants and future residences.
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Mary ‘Blount Hall
James Clathrone Polland
Bath
Richmond
Belviger Cottage
Ocean View
Calvin Blackwell
First East
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Brodericks
Pat
Mary
H.” Robinson
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Cousty
Abingdon
County
Hope
Robinson
Payee
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Heflin
Stafford
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Martied
David This
Eyesing
York
Readings and Alexandria County News Highlights
Circulated notices in the First Ward election and funeral details for Jacob Gelders son Eugene Patricis street. Circuit Court in Alexandria convened under Judge L C Barley. Washington School for Boys holds closing exercises with certificates by KE Kemper and Hubert Snowden. Court actions include Broughton vs Ostrander auction results near Cherrydale at 176 an acre to H M Brown and 200 an acre to Robert O Beach. Miss Margaret Bashford sails to Jamestown Exposition with school exhibits.
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Firat
Jacob Gelders
Upho
Biugene Patricis
Selders
Washington School For
Washington Street
KE. Kemper
Public
Hubert” ‘Snowden
City School Board
Moncure
and. James
BE. Clements
Charbery Court
Alexandra County
Broughton
Charlotte EB. Ostrander
Robert O Beach
Margaret We “Bashford
Alexandria County
Ryan fights to win in Virginia Democratic primary
John F. Ryan of Loudoun County declares he will exert every effort in the Eighth Virginia District Democratic primary for Congress. He denies retirement rumors and pledges to stand by his supporters if given a fair chance. Other candidates named include Judge Charles Micol of Prince William County Lindsay Gordon of Louise Omment and Co Carlin of Alexandria.
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Loudoun
County
Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia
Hat
Rysit
Charles - Micol
Prince
Wiliam “County
Lindsay, Gordon
Louise
Omment and Co
Colored People Organize Outing Camp in Washington
The colored community in Washington vows to establish an outing camp modeled on white groups. A summer outings committee works on plans, funding, and a prime hilltop site near the city. Committees seek essentials like cots, blankets, cooking gear, dishes, and lanterns for a public opening on July 3.
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Washington
Spotlight on Collins Sparks Council Showdown at Glen Echo Park
Anton Chaser renowned for daredevil antics was barred from performing on Glen Echo Park stage by Mayor Garrett. Crowds gathered hoping to see him chase a diplomat’s car but police marshal and assistants kept order. Officials feared the stunt would belittle Collins’ heroic Conduit Road deeds. Collins may still appear later as a curiosity during the evening performances as offered by the park company.
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Glen Echo
Garrett
Glen Echo Park
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Park Company
Prominent farmer slain in ambush near Spencer
Special from The Washington Post reports Daniel Overcash, a leading Rowan County farmer, was shot dead in the woods after being lured with accusations of improper relations with Mrs Reese Pethel. Edward Ashby, his brother in law, is charged with the murder while Ashby and Pethel fled in a carriage and remain at large.
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Spencer
N.C
Daniel Overcash
Rowan County
Edward Ashby
Overcash
Reese Pethel
Pethel
Ashby
Teamsters Accept Packers Offer in Arbitration Halt
Chicago June 17 temporary peace settled over stock yards as two men accepted the packers arbitration offer. They will remain at work until the board of arbitration has been selected and finished its work.
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