Bell to Die in Ghair Dramatic Appeal to Jury
A Brooklyn trolley car conductor, John Bell, proclaimed his innocence and claimed money would buy witnesses to prove an alibi in a first degree murder trial. He pleaded with the jury during his dramatic appeal, insisting he could not be a killer without wealth to secure testimony.
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New York
Harry x
John Beil
Brooklyn
Charles Wilmot Townsiend
New Brighton
Staten Island
Abbott
Bell
Hell
Ava
Dr. Townsend
Barton Funeral Services For W H Barton And Franks
Died on a Wednesday morning Atay ar Govlok Mrs W H Bank N fis or late W H Barton funeral will take place from Tee's chapel Wridas at Sp m NORTH-O1 Porsday May LAT at Waom at George Washington TUm mitt FRANK NORTH in hth year of his age Barton 1 funeral vices wil he held at the undertaking parlor of J ight Iust Tenth Street northwest today at pom Taterment al Unlumbus. Suddenly at Elkton Va on as 2 17 Jacob Brow non at the late Judge James J Veazico of Natchez Taiermenrt at Natchez Miss Natcheg amg New Orleans La paners pleuse rep.
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Atay Ar Govlok
W. H. Bankn Fis
W. H. Barton
Tee's Chapel
Wridas
Sp. m. North
Porsday
Waom
George Washington
Barton
J & Ight
Tenth Street
Pom
Taterment
Elkton, Va
Jacor Brow
James J. Veazico
Natchez
Funeral Directors Firms and Services Listed in City Notices
Funeral directors and embalmers named include Thos. R. Nalley & Son at 242 1th Street Southeast with Est 480, R. F. Harvey's Sons at 13th Street Northwest offering first class service, and W. R. Speare at 940 F Street Northwest with strict first class service at reasonable rates.
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R. Nalley & Son
1Th Street
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
RS Tourteenth ST. NW
Comedtinus Chanel Telephone North
W. R. Speare
Firthing Strielly
New York Tunnel Company Placed Under Receiver
TUNNEL COMPANY ASSIGNS, New York, May. T. Tileston Wells, a lawyer, was today appointed receiver of the New York Tunnel Company which is building a tunnel under the East River from the Battery to Brooklyn. The receiver may operate the business for twenty days while debts exceed $100,000 and forty six suits have been filed. David J. T. Hough is president. capital is $250,000. A company representative cited burdens from unfinished work and unpaid extra costs, insisting ultimate payment is expected though funds remain contingent.
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New York
T. Tileston Wells
New York Tunnel Company
East River
the Battery
Brooklyn
David JT. Hough
Peace in Schools Move at Lake Mohonk Conference
At Lake Mohonk on May 28 the session urged spreading peace education in public schools and colleges. Speakers included Fimer Frown, Andrew Draper, Thwing, Rhees, Reale, Willoughby, Russell, and Seelye. Business delegates recommended making the Hague Conference permanent, an advisory arbitration treaty, armament restrictions, protection of private property from seizure, neutral ocean rates in war, and prohibiting collection of private debts by force.
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Lake Mohonk
Fimer
Frown
United States
TI Education
Andrew 8. Draper
New York State
Charities F. Thwing
the Western Reserve University
Rus Rhees
Rochester University
Joseph H. Reale, Jr
Starvard
W W. Willoughby
Johns Hopkins University
Elbert Russell
Burtham College
Rich Clark Seelye
INSISTS HUSBAND WAS MAN IN RUSSIAN SECRETARY CASE
The mystery surrounding Nicholas de Raylan, secretary of the Russian consulate in Chicago, centers on whether he lived as a man and was married. Public Administrator Reddick refuses to release de Raylan’s $6,000 estate to his widow, who sent an agent to Phoenix to exhume the body after claims a woman may have replaced her husband.
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Chcago
Nicholas de Raylan
Chicago
de Raylan
Tome
Phenix
Anz
Reddick
Silent on 250000 fund report linked to Morgan
New York May 23 Cornelius N Bliss treasurer of the Republican National Committee declines to comment on a report that he and Chair Cortelyou were informed at the opening of the fight they could draw 250000 from J P Morgan Co for campaign funds. Some say Bliss and Cortelyou knew nothing while others contend they could not have been ignorant.
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Washington
New York
Cornelius N. Bliss
Republican National Committee
Chairian Cortelyou
J. P. Morgan & Co
George W. Perkins
Banking
Republican Committee
Bliss
Morgan
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
the Treasury
Woman slain in Kentucky. youth held for murder
The body of Mrs. en Mianary, 30, widow, was found near Perry Creek beneath rocks. She had a breast wound, a cut throat, and multiple broken bones. Floyd Frazier, 18, was arrested and charged with the murder.
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Rocka
Sergent. Ky
En Mianary
Perry Creek
Floyd Frazier
Strawberry Brandy Cordial Ad From Kalon Wine Co
De delicious after-dinner cordial offered by Kalon Wine Co. priced at 2.00 per bottle. Telephone listed as Main998, address 614 14th St N.
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Kalon Wine CO
14Th St. N
Eddy battle over Mrs Eddy competence in guardianship suit
Concord New Hampshire May 23 following skirmishes the first legal battle over the person of Mrs Mary Baker Eddy in an equity suit for an accounting of her property opened in Merrimack County Superior Court Judge Chamberlin limited the hearing to the trustees intervention and declined to consider her competency at this time The three trustees appointed by Eddy seek substitution as plaintiffs against Calbin A Frye and others claiming control of her estate The defense contends the suit was brought without Eddy knowledge and against her wishes with the trustees acting under a trust deed setting their management of property and the court must decide on competency only if the deed is found valid The hearing adjourned to continue tomorrow.
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Bell
Hos
Abbet
Howard
Dr. Townsend
Concord
N. H
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Denomination
Merrimack County
Chamberlin
Mrs. Eddy
George W. Glover
Lead
S. Dak
Mary Baker Glover
George W. Baker
Bangor
Next Friends
Calbin A. Frye
Henry M. Baker
Archibald McLellan
Josiah E. Fernald
Frye
Ln Court
Rye
Didot
William C. Ewing
Chicago
The
Christian Science Denominaton
Frank S. Streeter
Gen Streeter
Streeter
Edd
Gen. Streeter
Colored murderer warns hearers from gallows at execution
Ashburn Georgia May 23 Robert Henderson alias Will Ford, a colored man, was hanged today for the March 5 murder of G W Yee. From the scaffold he addressed the crowd urging them to take warning and avoid bad company. Information on lost or found items available at The Washington Post office.
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Ashburn
Robert Henderson
Will Ford
G. W. Yey
Office of the, Washington Post
Presbyterians Endorse Stricter Divorce Standards at Assembly
The Presbyterian general assembly approved the marriage and divorce report urging stricter church standards and accountability for ministers. It condemns tax divorces and sinful marriages while urging churchwide reform and cautions against sanctioning mixed-church unions. Dr. Charles A. Dickey chaired the committee and noted public opinion aids higher standards. The day also featured Dr. G D Matthews’s remarks on church unity and French church state separation strengthening Catholic power. A permanent judicial committee was formed with Henry W. Jesup and others.
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Columbus
Ohio
Presbyterian General Assembly
Coreys
Charles A. Dickey
Philadelphia
Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Anti-Saloon League
Permanent Committee On Temperance
G. D. Matthews
Presbyterian Alliance of the World
France
Matthews
General Assembly
Henry W. Jesup
New York
Robert Hunter
W. M. Hilleman
Chillicothe
Little Girls Beat Kisser In Front Of Market Station
A thirteen year old girl repelled a would be assailant at Camden Market street station by striking him in the face after he grabbed her. Her two companions joined in bringing him down and all three pursued the escapee until police arrested Cornelius Bergin of 203 Chambers street New York. Bergin admitted the charge and was sentenced by Judge Howell to sixty days in jail.
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Washington Post
Camden
N. J
Market Street
Judge Howell
Cornelius Bergin
Chambers Street
New York
Bergin
Howell
Suburban fares rise under Reading Company in Philadelphia
Philadelphia May 23 The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company announced suburban rate increases, in some cases up to 49 percent. Officials say the rise follows 2 cent fare legislation but reads as a readjustment to establish a uniform system across lines.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Hallway Company
Reading
Man Claims Rightful Husband of Alice Roosevelt Longworth
James Frieze, held in a Columbus sanitarium, asked the court to release him claiming to be Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s husband and that Nicholas Longworth is an interloper. He threatens to shoot Mayor Badger and city officers upon release.
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Columbus
Ohio
James Frieze
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Frieze
Badger
Senate Okays 2 Cent Rail Passenger Rate Bill
Albany May 23 The senate approved by seven to nine vote a bill fixing a 2 cent per mile passenger fare on railroads over 150 miles in length in New York State. The measure has already passed the assembly and now goes to the governor for signing.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
Assembly
Barrister Barboux Elected to French Academy
Paris May 23 Maitre Henri Barboux head of the barristers' corporation and a veteran advocate in France has been chosen as a member of the French Academy to succeed Ferdinand Brune idere who died December 9 last.
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Paris
Maitre Henri Barboux
Corporation of Barristers
France
Panama Canal
Ferdinand Brune‘idere
Arrest of Washington Girl Sparks City Abduction Case
In New York police arrested 16 year old Myrtle Lehr as she approached an apartment on West Ninety first Street. Four more people were detained for alleged involvement in abduction and running a disorderly house after Lehr’s statement led detectives back to the West Eighty Ninth Street address. Mrs Helen Roberts a 27 year old listed as living at West Eighty Ninth Street faces abduction charges. others identified include nurse Margaret Hall 24 and Lillian Smith and Harry Harris.
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Washington Post
New York
Cleveland
Myrtie Lehr
West Highty-ninth Street
Lieut
Dunn
West Eighty-ninth Street
Helen Roberts
Margaret Hall
Lillian Smith
Harry Harris
Roberts
Miss Hall
Smith
F Street Northwest
Washington, D. C
Belmont
Harris
Thugs in Sailor Uniforms Rob Englishman in New York
An English visitor, H. Leban, staying at the Schuyler Arms on Riverside Drive, was attacked after midnight near Mount Tom opposite Seventy-sixth Street. Three men in sailors’ uniforms and a civilian relieved him of pearl studs and cash, then fled toward the railroad tracks. Police suspect tramp thieves in sailor disguise, a known ploy when ships are in port.
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Apedal
Washington Post
New York
Leban
Schuyler Arms
Riverside Drive
Ninety-eighth Street
Fire scare on big liner Teutonic sparks alarm
Passengers aboard the White Star liner Teutonic faced a mid voyage scare when smoke issued from a port flats on the promenade deck during lunch off the banks. Stewards quickly battled a fire that burned through a bulkhead and ceiling, with 2000 dollars in damage from imperfect insulation.
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Washington Post
New York
Teutonic
Port
Edwards Trial Tuesday in Federal Court
Col Charles A Edwards to be tried next Tuesday in the Federal branch of the Police Court on the charge of assaulting Alejandro Gerland attache of the Peruvian legation last Thursday morning before the De Soto apartment house. Edwards on 2000 bond to appear with his attorney. witnesses for the defense and prosecution to be summoned. Peruvian Minister Felipe Pardo says the trouble is personal and not of concern to him. Red Cross ends China relief contributions citing famine relief needs met by crop ripening. Cartoon joke follows about Stubb Turfwood now working the field.
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Charles A. Edwards
Alejandro Gerland
Legation
de Soto
Col. Edwards
Given
Weyrick
Felipe Pardo
Garland
One-Third of Haywood Venire Excluded by Boise Court
On the tenth day of the Haywood trial in Boise Idaho May 23 the second special venire saw 23 of 60 petitioners seeking excuses denied or delayed while five petitions were denied nine temporarily denied and six granted. Henry Curtis emerged as a promising juror after scrutiny by Senator Borah and the court adjourned with gaps likely to form after further voir dire as the panel awaits continued examination and qualifications.
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Haywood
Boise
Idaho
Stevembers
Wood
Orrie Cole
Talesmen
Clarence Darrow
James H. Hawley
Hawley
Fair Talesman
Talesman
Henry Curtis
Borah
For Sale or Exchange Ad Offered in The Post
A brief notice invites readers to place a free ad in The Post’s For Sale or Exchange columns. It suggests using a postal or phone method to ensure the ad appears the next day and provides the contact number 4205.
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The
Post
Hawke Will Get Picked in Warrington Park Hawk Sighting
Special to The Warrington Post reports a large bird roamed New York Citys Hall Park briefly after 1 PM stirring crowds. Eyewitness Herman a bootblack described the creature as an eagle or sparrow hawk prompting patrols and jokes about shots as the bird moved toward Wall Street before vanishing from sight.
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Warrington Post
New York
Aty Hall Park
Walter Pater
Herman
Bootblack
Agrarians
Hall of Records
Lew
Billy
Wall Street
Robbery Gagged and Bound Woman in Williamsburg Home
Mrs. Ceetia Clark, a wealthy widow at 32 Hagle street Williamsburg, was bound and gagged by two men in her home at 3 AM. They stole $155 from a bag around her neck, then fled. Patrolman Gilroy arrested a suspect later, Theodore Empert, 21, while police continue to search for the second man. The victim, who is deaf, described unmasked assailants and the entry through a rear window.
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Washington Post
New York
Ceetia Clark
Hagle Street
Williamsburg
Twoen
Eagle Street
Manhattan Avenue
India Street
Mrs. Clark
Licensed to Marry Harvests Names and Dates
A garbled notice lists multiple marriage licenses or banns with names such as Simeon G Gowan and Dorothy A Hanis, plus several other couples including Frank H Probert and Jessie A McGaw and Everett Fairfax and Sewell, with various reverends and locations blurred. The fragmentary text references Monmouth and Baltimore among others.
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Simeon G Gowan
Dorothy A. Hanis
WG. Chapman
Robert
Piymale
W. FB. Locke
Willem H. Shegard
Monmouth
Frank H. Probert
Jessie A. McGaw
Isaac Tolliver
Roy Chinn
Maggie Gray
James H. Les
William Cobey
Mary J Digs
A. G. Dent
Health Office Record From Desio Incomplete List
Health office record lists multiple individuals with ages and addresses including William H. Galieher 62, James A. Hoffman 62, Elizabeth Richardson 9, George Coleman 81, John Curry 24, Samuel Colbert 33, Annie Jones 58 among others. locations include 1845 Corcoranor nw, 169 Fairmont nw, 1609 35th st nw, 1863 Sth st nw, 1206 Wrile st, 43 Fenton at ne, 936 Est ow.
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Desio
William H. Galieher
Corcoranor
Elizabeth A. Richardson
Fairmont T
James A. Hoffman
35Th St
George 3. Coleman
Sth
John Curry
Wrile St
Hamuel Colbert
Fenton
Annie Jones
Child Locked Among Rats In Cell Sealed With Missing Family
A two year old boy, Christopher Ferraro, was found in a dark damp cellar at 1422 Bergen Street after his mother Alexandra Ferraro allegedly locked him away during her disappearance with husband’s money. Neighbors and relatives, including Angelo Ruberto, were involved as authorities investigated the woman’s flight and the boy’s rescue. The child, adopted from St. Anne’s drone, endured two days without food or warmth before Ferraro discovered him and sought help from police.
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Washington Post
New York
Bergen Street
Alesandria Ferrare
Angelo Ruberto
Christopher
Pasquale Porrava
Bitiule
Hild
St. Anne's
East Shety-eighth Street
Maninithen
Ferraro
Wate
Bar
Ielaw
Hakeen
Robérte
Iaint
Tie
Atlantic Avenue
Lintle Christopher
Yale Varsity Owns Dive On South Side Levee
Chicago May 23 The Clyde Park Protective Association reveals Yale University Corporation owns the property at 2111 Armour Avenue housing the controversial California resort on the South Side levee. The association lists more than twenty property owners tied to levee resorts, including prominent social and financial figures. It questions Yale’s knowledge of how its land is used amid a crusade to clean the levee area.
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Washington Post
Chicago
South Side
California
Armour Avenue
Yale University Corporation
Clyde Park Protective Association
Shanghai
Mason B. Starling
Northwestern Elevatad Railroad Company
Frederick A. Well
Lazarus Minzenhemer
Farwell
The
Protective
Yale
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