Judge Opens Path for Frank Appeal to Higher Court
Atlanta May 1914 judge Benjamin H Hill denied the defense motion for a new trial in Leo M Frank's murder case for Mary Phagan. He signaled granting a bill of exceptions to send the case to the state supreme court while hearing an annulment bid based on Frank's absence during verdict. Frank remains under death sentence for the 1913 pencil factory murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Phagan Fo
Atlanta
Leo M Frank
Mary Phagan
Benjamin H. Hill
Superior Court
Frank
Will
Jude
James Contey
For_ &ery
National Pencil Company
Street Safety Association debates police power for members
At the first annual meeting in the Ebbitt, Commissioner Sidmonson urged that any grant of arrest powers to Street Safety Association members requires a detailed process. The Rev John Van Schalek Jr praised the group's aims as Drs Thompson and Walter argued over police force adequacy. Officers were reelected: President Peabody, VP Edelln, Secretary Hiath, Treasurer Thompson. A special directors election was set. nominating committee named. New members elected include Hahn, Draper, Claycock, Finchel, Selden M ly, M Thompson, Miss Anne Boers, Alien Davis, B. W. Mureb, Dr. E. G. Kimball, H. M. Johnson, H. H. Butter, John H. Clipper, SEB Snyder, Paul E. McKinney, Walter B Patterson, George W. Evans, Dr. Benjamin F. Glubs, Miss Flora J. Hendley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Causons
Street Safety Association
Sidmons
Ebbitt
John van Schalek, Jr
Edgar J) Thompson
Leroy D. Walter
Willam F. Peabody
Daniel W. Edelln
J.linton Hiath
Queen of Diamonds Jailed in U S Extradition Case
Paris reports French police seized Joseph Brecher Kissinger and Antoinette Pinck Bonner on an extradition warrant from the United States. They are accused of stealing nearly 250000 worth of jewels in New York and were found with a quantity of diamonds and pearls. Bonner, known on Maiden Lane as Queen of Diamonds, earned a fortune selling jewels.
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Paris
May
United States
Joseph Brecher-Kissinger
Antoinette Pinck Bonner
New York
Miss Bowner
Brecher-Kissinger
Malden Lane
Bonner
Maiden Lane
Sickles' Body Here Saturday for Arlington Burial
Maj. Gen. Daniel B. Sickles will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery after funeral services at St. Patrick's Cathedral New York and a burial procession from Union Station. A military escort will meet the casket Saturday morning and convey it to Arlington while Phil Kearney Post members hold memorial services at Sickles's home tonight.
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Gettysburg
Arlington
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Daniel B. Sickles
Washington
National Cemetery
Sal Department
Third Army Corps
Union Station
Phil Kearney
GA. B
Sickles Home
Day's Fire Record at Two Locations Causes Damages
Fire in a grocery store owned by Harry Gibberman and brother on Twenty third street northwest caused $3500 damage. unknown cause. A blaze in the rear of a building at 6 North Capitol street involved Matte Thomas with no damage reported.
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A. m
Harry Gibberman & Bro
Capitol
Matte Thomas
Rhinos Heads Granted To Museum By Inquiry
A discussion with Sidar Sir Reginald Wingate led to permission to keep the heads of three white rhinos. The voyage on the Olympia included P. Morgan aboard. The party preferred small game and birds after presenting their case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cal
Turin
Davidson
Sidar
Reginald Wingate
Museum’ of Natural History
I P. Morgan
Olympia
Gama
Veterans of Confederacy meet in Jacksonville for 24th reunion
South veterans gathered in Jacksonville Fla for the twenty fourth annual reunion with Gov. Park Trammell Rep Frank Clark and Mayor Van Swearingen welcoming them. Gen Bennett H Young and Gen George P Harrison spoke as crisis in Mexico loomed. A spectacular parade of maids and sponsors highlighted the day. A captured battle flag was returned to the Seventy sixth Ohio regiment with invitation for the next reunion at Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
South
Huerta
Fla
Park Trammell
Frank Clark
van Swearingen
Bennett H. Young
The
United Confederate Veterans
George P. Harrison
Department of Tennessee
Mexico
Gov. Trammell
Representative Clark
Clark
Lee
Jackson
Sons of Veterana
Seventy-sixth
Ohio Regiment
James M. Cox
Alabama
Cox
Ohio
Columbus
British Claims Close as U S Loses Nelson Case
An arbitration tribunal adjourned after ruling on several cases arising from early 19th century incidents. It affirmed private settlements, awarded cable damages to Canada, and imposed 5000 dollars plus 93 years interest against the United States for the Lord Nelson seizure. Other findings blamed both sides partially in a 1837 canal collision, and addressed a fatal incident near Fort Brady with no U S liability.
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Claima Arbitration Tribunal
Paris
Washington
Frederick Gerring, Jr
Great Northwestern Telegraph Company. of
Canada
Quebec
U. S
Essex
Lord Nelson
United States Navy
United States
Great Britain
Manila Bay
Eastry
Fort Brady
Michi
Ithe Commission
Fire destroys freighter Columbian. crews rescued at sea
Captain McDonald and 13 crew members of the destroyed freighter Columbian survived aboard the Manhattan and Marengo after a midnight blaze in No 1 hatch. A 5th engineer died. false rescue reports arrived from the Franconia, with survivors recounting a fierce explosion that wrecked the engine room and destroyed Marconi gear.
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Boston
Columbian
Marengo
Manhattan
McDonald
Marconi
Cunard’ Line
Miller
FinuSconia
Associated Press
Ajwash
Jeg
Becker at Bar Again in Graft Trial Conflicts
Becker at bar again as Bourke Cochran quits court after judge declines to hold District Attorney Whitman in contempt for giving newspaper stories branding witnesses as perjurers. Graft phase looms with potential witnesses including Rhinelander Waldo and Winfield Shehan amid crowded courtroom and ongoing jury selection.
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Bourke Cochran
New York
May
Charles Becker
Sing Sing Prison
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Whitman
Tiosenthal
Talesmen
Rhinelander Waldo
Executors of Adelaide Yerkes Estate Consent to Power of Attorney
The late Adelaide Yerkes widow of Charles Wien consented to Mowe ignee acting for her by granting irrevocable power of attorney. The abandonment of the suit was approved by a Supreme Court Justice with the moment of plaintime and defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aioe Adelaide ‘Yerkes
Charles
Wien
Baer Estate Bequeaths Shares to Widow Daughters In Reading
The will of George F Baer late president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company was filed in Reading Pa on May 6. The estate is left to his widow five daughters and several grandchildren each receiving 10000 dollars. A number of servants are remembered while no public bequests appear. Estimated value ranges from 5 million to 15 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
George F. ‘Baer
Philadelphia and Reading’ Railway Company
Probe fee judge Wright tied to bank director fees
A House judiciary subcommittee examined whether a $50 payment to Justice Daniel Thew Wright, then a director of United States Savings Bank, was for legal services or preemptive compensation. Bank records set the amount as for attention to business matters, with witnesses noting Wright’s role in untangling bank and bureau affairs.
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House Judiciary Subcommittee
Daniel Thew Wright
District Supreme Court
Justice Wright
United States Savings Bank
Bank of Directors
iMoney
Bureau of National Literature and Art
Wright
Bureau
W. E G. Penny
W. T. Davis
Conrad Syme
New District Corporation
James L. Karfick
Syme
Nelson
July adjournment hopes hinge on Panama tolls and rural credits
Senator Kern predicts Congress may adjourn by mid July after White House talks with President and Senators. He believes the Panama Canal tolls repeal bill and rural credits will be disposed of within two weeks, and anticipates antitrust legislation in some form before adjournment. O'Gorman doubts Jolla fate. Newlands notes possible antitrust passage. Senate debates on interlocking directorates and trades commission powers loom. Safety-at-Sea Treaty ratification could extend executive sessions.
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O’gorman
Saya
Indiana
Congress
Kern
Senate
White House
Hoke Smith
Senator Kern
Capitol
O'Gorman
Jolla
Newlands
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
the Trades Commission
Senate Foreign’ Relations Committee
London
Senate J
Jerusalem Stones and Towers Through Sacred Ruins
A Jerusalem narrative traces sacred stones and ancient walls from the Jews' Wailing Place to the Tower of Hippicus. It describes arches glimpsed in the Haram wall, the great bridge over which Solomon and Jesus are said to have passed, and the Hippicus tower near Zion Gate offering city views.
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Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Jesus
Temple
Solomon
Solomon's Masons
Sala- Man
Hippleus
Davicated
Herod
Hippicus
Phasaelus
Mariamme
Andauity
Zion's Gate
Joppa Gate
Sella
Vara
Travid
Toavic
David
Islasl
Jesus Christ
Glory
Contenders and Addresses Listed in May Election Standings
A dated roll shows candidate names and voter tallies beside full addresses across Washington DC and nearby areas, including Mey CS, Abbott 500 Ist ne, Rev. W. H. Brooke 804 22d st nw, Rev. J. H. Blake 3112 0 st nw, and Rev. James L. Garfield 122 38 st ne, with many others and their vote counts.
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Mey
CS. Abbott
HB. Angus
24Th St. Nw
W. W. Barnes
11Th St. Ne
E. £. Beauchamp
U St. Nw
Andrew Wt. Bird
St. Nw
J. H.W. Blake
Walter H. Brooke
John E. Briggs
Mathew W. Clair
James W. Clark
8Th St. Ne
George M. Cummings
J. E. A. Poermann
Westminster St. Nw
P. W. Drew
Corcoran
Bing
Edward
Dunlap
Garfield Ave
Merritt Earl
Congress Heights
D. C
F. Bekenrade
Sacred Heart Church
James E. Ennis
Canal St. Sw
J. T. Ensor
Girard St
Charles B. Fultz
Adams St. Nw
RL. Fitz
Edward C. Gallaher
James L. Garfield
St. Ne
Benjamin D. Gaw
20Th St. Aw
William A. Haggerty
8Th St
John R. Henderson
Rockville
Paul R
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Thomas W. Edwards
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Arthur
Park Rd
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First St
C. Herbert Reese
Church St. Bet
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Lita
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Frank Sewell
Riggs St
Walter F. Smith
Park Ré
Charles F. Steck
Hugh T. Stevenson
C. R. Strausburg
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James Willis
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Washington Post
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