Probes Bribe Charge in Maryland House Debate
A Baltimore area report says Delegate William Smallwood of Prince George’s County faced bribery allegations after auditor-elect John O Malley allegedly offered him 250 dollars to oppose the statewide local option bill. Hearings behind closed doors examined witnesses including Oliver B Metzerott and George Kalwin with testimony continuing.
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Washington
Annapotig
House of Delegates
William KH Smallwood
Prince George County
John UiMalley Tate
Apbonerta
Wiil
Commorites Mere
API Realitin
Smallwood
del Kus Oliver B
Metzerott
Trin
Fergie Jtaf Phillips
Wicomico. Coms
Messer Smallwood
Matserott
George Kaliwin
Laurel Senate Diu
Mr Smallwood
C Malley
Ommites
Mim Dean
Cenatim Ny
Mmatiwool
Huiwe Atrod Firmis
Malley
Coon Hill
Leduy
Whiteley
Prince George
House
Whiteley Abani
Cistmas Cook
Poo Bal
Pittsburgh stenographer courted by suitors after Carnegie praise
Miss Virmina Dee, a 20 year old Pittsburgh stenographer with blue eyes and twin hair, becomes the city’s sought after beauty after Carnegie’s compliment. Wealthy and humble suitors, telegraph offers from artists, and theatrical managers flood her with marriage proposals. she declines, insisting beauty is not everything. Photographers swarm as she leaves her office, but she refuses most advances, stating she is not as beautiful as claimed.
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Carnegie
Orla
Washington
Virmina Dee
Pittsburgh
Aniraw Cernexin
Ting
New York
Ming Lee
Andrew Cernemis
Turkestan to Expand Cotton against American Supply
A government plan seeks to boost Turkestan cotton by sending officials to Turkestan in March. The move aims to replace American cotton, with irrigation improvements and new waterway projects reducing costs. Only one fifth of Turkestan is currently irrigated for cotton and the government pledges wheat relief to free land for cotton.
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Ottersburg
Meister of Agricultary
Turkestan
Officiia
Turkesten
Forty Dead in Oklahoma Mine Disaster Survives Rise
At Sans Bois mine No 2 in McCurtain Oklahoma a deadly explosion left 56 men accounted for as of midnight with 29 more located. One rescued died, 20 remain missing and 7 bodies recovered. Rescue teams faced afterdamp while others aided by oxygen helmets. Ralph Kenny described the horror and the pump room escape. Financial help poured in from across the nation including a 35000 contribution by the United Mine Workers of America.
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Ropers
Ralph Kenny
Bia
Peter Hanraty
McAlester
Tom Farrimond
Stratha
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Fort Smith
Accused Of Plume Theft At Local Store
Mrs G B Cavasha wife of a fruit seller was arrested for stealing four willow plumes worth unknown from a G Street shop. She was to be arraigned in police court after a police officer stopped her as she allegedly attempted to leave with the plumes. Her husband hired attorney Robert Miller to obtain her release.
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G B
Cavasha
Q B
Casasse
Pennsylvania
Mue
Fourteenth Street
JW Crowle
Robert Miller
Ralea
Cannot Prove Her Sanity Mrs Lawrence Seeks Competency
New York March 1 The New York Supreme Court denied Mrs Julia Lawrence permission to prove her mental competency before New York State courts. Wife of Dr G Alfred Lawrence, she was adjudged incompetent in Connecticut on petition of her husband. Her income from an estate in this city is about 4000 dollars a year. Justice Bujor ruled residence cannot be changed without Connecticut court approval. Drought Hurts Banana Crop Puerto Cortes Honduras March 21 severe drought on Honduras north coast leaves Planters disheartened as crop burns.
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New York
Julia
Lawrence
Julia Curties Lawrence
Supreme Court
G. Alfred Lawrence
Connecticut
Ner Gon
Bujur
Puerto Cortes
Honduras
Metropolis
James Azito
Himsel
Uzele
Uzale
Uzzle
Dne Together as They Had Prayed Cleveland Onto March 71
Vincent Schlesinger 7R died here yesterday ten minutes after his wife Elza beth The couple had prayed that they might die together.
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Cleveland
Vincent Schlesinger
Elzabeth
Chinese Sixth Nation Bankers Seek Clear China Policy
A Peking dispatch says the six nation bankers will seek a definite statement from President Yuan Shi Kai on China's financial policy before advancing further loans. The group may push for up to 60 million in year funds and extend accommodations on the same terms. Tang Shao Yi plans to press for more. Also reported, suffrage for Chinese women was granted by the Nanking Parliament, with literacy and property ownership requirements and a two year age minimum.
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Peking
Daily Telegraph
Britain
Germany
France
Russia
Japan
Yuan Shi Kat
China
Josna
Yuan Shi Kai
San Francisco
Nanking
Canton Province MP Elected Mia Pankhurst Figure Yik Yur Ying
Yik Yur Ying was elected yesterday to Parliament from Canton province. The college graduate is described by observers as a Mia Pankhurst of Ching, signaling a bold stance in regional politics.
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Yik Yur Ying
Lumber theft charges against A Connelly in patrol report
A Connelly, 22, of Gxon HU Md, is charged with stealing a wagonload of lumber from a yard on March 4 as Edward T Cramond, a lumber dealer, reports the loss. Police arrested him yesterday, and he will be turned over to Maryland authorities. Also noted are a broken telephone slot-box at Convention Hall and a rear stable break at Thomas A Fowler’s yard with stolen harness pieces.
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A. Connelly
John A Connelly
Gxon HU Md
Eleventh Precinct
Edward T Cramond
Congreas Heights
Connelly
Maryland
George F. Enhrer
Northern Liberty Market
Convention Hall
Thomas A Fowler
Twenty Seventh Street
K and
Beware of New Gold Coins Stimulating Currency Ailment
Fear spreads among Treasury clerks as a supposed new illness currencites strikes. An emergency room is set up in the Treasury basement with white enameled cots and nurses, as tests suggest the disease may be caused by glare from gold coins and Treasury green eyes.
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Treasury
Swift
Tyrane
Martrah
Hichelberger
Maine Dead AWAIT BURIAL on Havana to Arlington
Coffins bearing Maine sailors lie shrouded aboard a cruiser awaiting burial tomorrow in Arlington Cemetery. Elaborate porcelain flowers and banners from the Cuban president and Havana DAR chapter adorn the caskets as pallbearers are named by Commander Lawson. A Lawson Camp gathering at Flynn's Hall honored the dead and outlined funeral ceremonies for the Maine ship's crew.
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Birmingham
Arlington Cemetery
Cuban Republic
Havana
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lawaon
United Spanish War Veterann
Flynns Hel
Eighth
Stroete North- Weat
Pallovers
Maine
Osgood Smith
Havena
Harvey
Guard of Honor
United States
Havana Harbor
North Carolina
E M Lawson
RL. Lamb
Clifford Cox
Oliver Sears
Jo Ligon King Sheridan Ferree
Thomas A Green
James Corrigan
J B Peat
L Baydra
U W West USA
Les H’ Harria
Edward Keegan
J J Knapp
Halfdollar and Bills in Bread Shop Feud
In New York on March 21 Frank Bills and Frank Halfdollar clashed over dough quantities at a bakery on Second Avenue. A fight ensued, police arrested Halfdollar, and Magistrate McQuade discharged him after questioning. Bills complained but retired to continue work while dough duties continued.
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New York
Frank Bills
Frank Halfdollar
Halfdollar
Shen
Yorkville Pollice Court
McQuade Tuilim Lo
Ali Second Avenue
Ives
East 12Th Street
Hittin
Tialfdovar
Quinn
Beng
Rimaclf
Vote on mill strike tonight in Fall River
In Fall River Massachusetts a strike in textile mills will be decided at union meetings tomorrow night with a textile council session to ratify any action. The Fall River Cotton Manufacturers Association met after news of a five percent shortage at Borden mills and may issue a public statement. The secretary previously denied a fifteen percent wage increase requested by the unions.
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Fall River
Masa
Textile Council
Thara
Fall River Cotton Manufacturers Association
Lons
Borden Mills
Electric execution in Dannomera roars through clinked nights
Salvatore Caruso, gang leader, and accomplice George Ragedsle were executed by electric chair for the murder of paymaster Denton Fowlar at a brickyard and the driver near Kadean. The sentence was carried out Wednesday in Clintdiprinon.
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Dannomera
Salvatore Caruso
Denton Fowlar
George Ragedsle
Kadean
Clintdiprinon
April 28 Democratic primary set in Virginia city race
Amid party meetings in the Hotel Rommel the Democratic committee fixed April 28 as the date for the city mayor and council primary. Candidates Snowden and Brackett urged an early vote while the party restricted eligibility to white Democrats. Several ward races are planned with incumbents seeking reelection and districts naming candidates for the common council.
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Wabiington Port Bureat
Bireet
Atermidria
Democratic
Bendheim
Rommel
D Brackett
Snowden
Brockett
Srith
Dgisiop
Samedi
Attanton
J Taylor Muyson
State Democratic Committee
Board of Aldermen
W W Ballenger
Walls Collapse Kill Three In Virginia Store
In Waynesboro Virginia three young girls Miss Marian Little Miss Lora Little and Virginia Covington died when the Parsons rag store building collapsed. A mother Mrs Temes Covington and several others were injured as workers undermined the foundation while lowering the first floor.
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Widston Salem
Parsons @rag
Watestoro
Misses Little
Aoda
Little
John J. Little
Waddsboro
Virginia
Covington Wig
J M Covington
Grace Grace Accuses Husband Shot in Atlanta Visit to Philadelphia
Mrs. Grace Alried Ople Grace arrived in Philadelphia from Atlanta to pursue private matters and to visit her mother. She denied aiming to return to Atlanta and claimed she is devoted to her husband. She said if his condition worsens, he would exonerate her. Eugene H. Grace acknowledged awareness of the shooting and indicated he knew who shot him.
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Grace
Philadelphis
Mra
Eugene H Gracessi
Fes
Judgment for 560000 to City contractor in Tennessee case
Anthony N Brady of New York won a final judgment in the Tennessee supreme court for 560000. W J Oliver, city attorney, obtained the decision after alleging Brady, under a contract with the Chattanooga and Tennessee River Power Company to build a dam at Hales Bar, subcontracted Oliver and caused work to be vacated before contract time expired. The suit claimed 45000 in damages, with interest raising the total to 560000, secured by Oliver’s securities.
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Knoxville
Town
Anthony N Brady
New York
Supreme Court
W J Oliver
Oliver
Brady
Chattanooga and Tennessee Fiver Power Company
Olver
Big Bail for Suffragette at Bow Street Court
London March 11 Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst and others from the Women’s Social and Political Union faced further hearing on charges of conspiracy and intent to commit property damage tied to a protest. The magistrate noted the organization’s raids from multiple headquarters and the purchase of harmpers. Bail of 1000 dollars was set for Mrs Tuke due to health, while the other defendants were not released.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Pethick Lawrence
Womett
Mabel Tuke
Bow Street
Raide
Womens Social and Political Union
Harpmers, &c
Slayton Calls for Cooperative Trusts in Speech
John W Slayton of Pennsylvania spoke at Odd Fellows Hall on The Trust Busters. He criticized regulatory power over trusts and advocated cooperative management and diffused ownership as a remedy, arguing ownership guarantees the right to own and regulate.
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John W Slayton
Pennsylvania
Washington
Socialist Party
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Congress
Harlem woman witnesses mother slain in brutal robbery
Nellie Spinelli, 20, breaks down as she recalls brigands firing on her mother Mrs Pasquerilia Spinelli in the yard of their Harlem home at 8 East 106th Street. The bandits, followers of the slain leader Moniaco, shot Spinelli and were later killed or captured as police trace the gang.
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New York
Nellie le~ Nere
East 106Th Street
Pasquerilia Spinelli
Tralten
Abe
East Hith Oriest
Chick
Spinelli
Spinal
Hareelf
Thal
Miss Lauer Thyre
Monaco
Moniaco
Bris
Doe In Park Attacks Children In Wilkinsburg Incident
Pittsburgh report from March 21 describes a rabid doe entering a school yard in Wilkinsburg and injuring seven children before being herded toward Homewood. The animal struck a 1 year old and was killed by John Schott after the sister was attacked. victims aged 7 to 12 received Pasteur treatment at a hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Wilkinaburg
Homewood
John Schott
Guard raised at Venice as visit of German Emperor nears
Reports from Venter Italy describe heightened security with arrests in Venice and surrounding towns to avert any incident during the German emperor's coming visit. Reinforcements have been gathered. Berlin notes the emperor invited Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg to Corfu and allegedly refused his resignation offer after the Reichstag election.
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Venter
Italy
Berlin
Tagische Rundscheu
Dr von Bethmann-Hollweg
Corfu
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