Bookmaker Indictments Quashed in Major Betting Case
Justice Stafford rules that maintaining a fixed place for betting defines bookmaking and the law may not apply to traveling setups. The district attorney plans an appeal and argues Congress must clarify anti betting statutes as trials continue into the forthcoming race meetings at Benning and Herringwifi amid ongoing legal debates.
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Baltimore Opposes Local Option Measure in House Vote
Local option bill failed in the Maryland House by 56 to 36 after a move to reconsider, halting any further action this session. Senate action likely moot, with unfavorable reporting. Debates centered on fairness and city revenue impacts, while Senator Lee opposed city stock tax exemptions amid broad city opposition.
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Memory Restored Son Reunited With Mother in New York City
A Long Lost son named Paul James, raised in an orphanage after a missing husband, has been located after years of wandering. He enlisted in the army under an assumed name and has now reconnected with his mother in New York, with detectives aiding War Department efforts to confirm his identity. The tale spans Pennsylvania, New York, and Colorado, ending with memory return after a head injury.
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Trolley Car Strikes Auto In Philadelphia Incident
A Philadelphia auto carrying Anthony J Drexel Jr H Newell Guernsel Benjamin Parker and three other men was struck by a trolley in the northern city early today. The occupants were thrown out and sustained facial and head lacerations.
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Denial by Judge Blackstone Amid Resignation Rumors
Special to The Washington Post from Richmond Virginia reports Judge J WG Blackstone of the Eleventh Circuit denies resigning his office despite rumors spread by friends. He is currently ill and hospitalized in Newport News. The Senate then passed a measure barring council elected officials and certain board members from city contracts they or their departments control.
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Delegates and committees chosen at Seventh district GOP meet
In Luray Virginia with the Seventh district Republican convention delegates from Rockingham and Winchester elected to the national convention. Local selections included Co V Pritenard W R B Gentry W A Herong T J Berry and W B Bowman to the State committee and C Githeng to the State executive committee. Resolutions endorsed the national administration and urged Slep for reelection as State chairman.
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Woman shoots self after family refuses medicine
Special to The Washington Hart Wheeling Womn Mar 11 Mre Lena McConnell today took her own life because the members of her family refused to give her the medicine. The woman, accustomed to using the drug, had become wrecked. Her physician had instructed the family to prohibit her use. When refused today she went to her room, secured her husband s revolver, and shot herself through the heart.
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Embezzlement Charged in Sutton Wata County Affair
Fresno Cal March 11. C A Cribble former Sutton town marshal was arrested by Sheriff Chittenden on embezzlement charges connected to a disputed license sale of 600 to 700 dollars. He planned to return to Virginia to face the matter. Also notes court opinions from Asheville and Charleston with Judge J Pritchard presiding in a March session.
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Maryland Weddings in Rockville and Unity area
Mary land weddings report two nuptials in Montgomery County. Minnie Carter and William Ernest Daley of Darnestown tied the knot last evening at the Carter home with Rev Walter A Stone officiating. Grace Curtie and Jonathan Kemp, both of Unity, were married today at the bride’s home by Rev H L Behlinke, pastor of Mount Carmel MP Church.
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Obituary Notices From Winchester Virginia
John W Shultz a farmer and Confederate veteran died at Clear Crook in his eighty fifth year. Survived by wife two daughters and one son Frederick. Mrs F Lathram widow of J H Lathram died at home near Hartwood aged sixty eight. Survived by seven children.
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Cancer Death By Own Action In Baltimore Home
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore MQ March 11 reports Charles Fo Myer aged 76 of 1410 North Chester Street died by hanging himself to a bedpost in his room after suffering from cancer in his right eye. Found by his daughter Mrs Susan Harliton the body was discovered this morning as she called him for breakfast. He had been out of work for four weeks and felt a burden to his family. Funeral arrangements have been made.
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Alexandria Public Buildings Under Grand Jury Scrutiny
The special grand jury investigating Alexandria public buildings including Peabody School and other sites will reconvene next Wednesday. A city official warns of an exhaustive report likely to reveal unsafe conditions such as inadequate fire escapes and poor ventilation at Peabody, affecting hundreds of children.
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Best Flour Choice Suggested by Grocer
A shopper asks for the best flour and is advised to specify Gold Medal Flour Washburn Crosby. The note promises healthier, tastier bread and cheaper prices with the change.
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Wronged He Shoots Man Wounded Wife Flees in NC
Special to The Washington Post from Asheville North Carolina on March 12 recounts James Prady of Limestone opening fire on neighbor Parris Sumner after discovering his wife with Sumner. Prady fled ten miles to Asheville to surrender claiming unwritten law as his defense. Sumner, a former Buncombe deputy sheriff, was seriously wounded and hospitalized. Prady and Sumner were described as trusted locals.
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Slemp for Cabinet Job in Taft Administration
A circulated report from Virginia Republicans says Rep. Basil Slemp of the Ninth District has been offered a cabinet post in the Hart administration if Taft wins the presidency, making Virginia’s Republican leaders hopeful of a cabinet seat. They tout Slemp as a major southern advance for the party and project strong statewide support for a Taft ticket, with Keel from the county asserting a big GOP vote share for the nominee.
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Thurman Insanity Claim Prompts Plea for Sentence Change
Special to The Washington from Richmond reports Charles A Thurman of Louisville seeks clemency for his brother Leon Thurman, condemned to hang for the Norfolk murder of Walter P Dolsen. Thurman cites insanity, claims he was abused, and alleges a head injury with a baseball hat.
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Assault on Teacher Leads to Apprehension at Green Spring
Robert Bran, a pupil at Green Spring public school, resisted punishment, later assaulted teacher W Frank Stipe returning from a meeting, and allegedly threw objects at a U S flag. Bran’s arrest followed a warrant served on his mother Mrsoea Brannon who allegedly urged the attack. The teacher remains in serious condition and the school closed by the trustees.
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Hammond the Nominee Nominated for Mayor in 40 Minute Convention
Special to The Washington Poet from Hagerstown Maryland reports William L Haramond was nominated by Democrats for mayor after a brief convention of forty minutes. Charles E Bowrin and James E Pryor also sought the post. Hammond captured 18 of 25 votes, with 13 required to win. The platform urged support for a bill in the legislature to allow Western Maryland Natural Gas Company to extend mains to Hagerstown.
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Mrs Roy Seeks The Stage In Paris Matrimonial Fallout
Mrs Roy travels from Washington to New York to discuss divorce and a potential administrator appointment for Paul Roy, in connection with the Paris murder of her brother. She hopes to settle with theater manager Wien and deny claims that she lacked consent to the marriage.
Michelangelo Letters Found in Venetian Archivists’ Frame
Sixty eight letters by Michelangelo to historian Giorgio Vasari were discovered in the Rasponi Spinelli archives in Florence. The find is described as historically significant, revealing new insight into the artist’s correspondence and relationships.
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Escape Attempt Ends in Capture at Court
Percy Lawson, a burly Black man, broke from Deputy Marshal Turner as Justice Barnard sentenced him to three years in the penitentiary for stealing overcoats. A pursuit through the building followed with Cusick joining the chase. Lawson, swifter than the officers, was frightened into surrender by a drawn revolver.
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