Driver in Rosenthal murder case contradicts earlier trial
William Shapiro, driver of the gray murder car, admitted that his testimony at today’s session differed from his gunmen trial statement. He had previously testified that while driving the four gunmen to the Metropole Hotel he heard “Dago Frank” say Becker has the cops fixed.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
William Shapiro
Shapiro
Metropole
Dago Frank
Becker
Whitey Lewis
Mellen Not Likely to Testify in New Haven Inquiry
Indications tonight suggested that Charles S. Mellen former president and Lewis Cass Ledyard William Rockefeller George F. Baker and George MacCulloch Miller directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford would not be called to testify in the Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into the finances of the New Haven and the Billard company Attorney General McReynolds said he had no statement on the matter and Folk chief counsel for the commission was informed of his disapproval The commission doubts the wisdom of calling these witnesses lest their testimony shield them from possible prosecution
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Washington
Charles S. Mellen
Lewis ‘Cass -Ledyard
William Rockefeller
George MacCulloch Miller
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
Billard Company
McReynolds
Joseph W. Folk
Moon's phases and sky events with anniversaries
The notice lists Moon phase changes from May 3 to May 24 and daily times for sunrise sunset and light signals. It notes planets visible tonight and a 7 27 and 7 57 lamp timetable. It memorializes Jamestown 1607, Mexican War declaration 1846, Baltimore occupation 1861, and Jack Johnson conviction a year ago.
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Venus
Mars
Saturn
Morningstar
Jupiter
Jamestown
Mexico
United States
Baltimore
Jack Johnson
Chicago
Boston Forecast Eyes Rain Then Clearing With Wind
Forecast for southern New England calls for rain Wednesday followed by fair skies Thursday and a slow warming trend. Expect strong east winds shifting to north and brisk to high northwest gusts. Northern New England remains cloudy with probable rain then clearing and rising temperatures, winds moderate and variable.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Fragmentary OCR Weather and Temperature Snippet
Readable text lists averages and numbers with scattered digits and stray symbols. It references yesterday's and last year's temperatures and a set of unrelated numerals without clear context or identifiable entities.
Scores from the baseball slate with postponements
Boston defeated St Louis 7 to 0 while Cleveland routed Philadelphia 12 to 4 Detroit beat New York 4 to 0 and Washington trounced Chicago 3 to 2 New York held Boston 1 to 1 in ten innings Pittsburgh and St Louis, Chicago played amid cold weather with games postponed in New England Lewiston beat Portland 4 to 0 Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh 5 to 0 in ten innings All other games postponed
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Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Detroit
New York
Washington
Chicago
Pittsburg
New England
Lewiston
Portland
Federal Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Eight Firemen Harmed in Swananoa Mills Blaze
Worcester May 12 Six firefighters were overcome by smoke and two were slightly injured in a two alarm fire at Swananoa Mills Inc 43 59 Lagrange Street causing 25 000 to 35 000 in damage.
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Worcester
Swananoa Mills, Inc
Lagrange Street
Firefighters endure smoke and blasts at three story mill blaze
Lieutenant L A Wetherbee of Ladder 2 was pulled unconscious from a burning building and taken to City Hospital after entering on the third floor. Firemen David Gowan Captain Clarence Hemenway and Edward H Hilton suffered injuries but returned to duty. Dr George H Hill revived three others. The Swananoa Mills of Lawrence, a Woolen Mill Co. unit, caused the blaze in a second floor stock room and kept the district in danger for nearly two hours.
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L. A. Wetherbee
City Hospital
David Gowan
Clarence Hemenway
Edward H. Hilton
George H. Hill
Swananoa Mills
American Woolen Mill Company of
Lawrence
Three Die and Seven Hurt in Dynmite Blast
Bangor Maine May 12 Three men are reported killed and seven injured in a dynamite blast used by log drivers to blast trees near Northwest Carry. The crew worked for the Great Northern Paper Company. Details of the accident could not be learned tonight.
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Bangor
Northwest Carry
Great Northern Paper Company
British Schooner Sir Louis Wrecked Off Arichat
The British schooner Sir Louis, sailing from Halifax to Malpeque, Prince Edward Island, with a general cargo, has been wrecked off Arichat, Nova Scotia, according to advices received in Halifax.
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Halifax
N. S
Malpeque
Prince Edward Island
Arichat
C. B
Becker Trial Testimony Highlights Whitey Lewis Dago Frank
Shapiro testified that Whitey Lewis said Becker fixed the cops and that Dago Frank ordered him to turn toward Sixth Avenue near the Hotel Metro. Bald Jack Rose, star State witness, detailed Becker urging silencing the gambler and arranging gunmen amid fear of a frame up. Dr. Dennis Taylor testified to Rosenthal’s death as the last witness.
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Shapiro
Manton
Jack
Rose
Whitman
Rosenthal
Becker
Charles 8. Whitman
Dennis Taylor
Taylor
Home Rule Set for Third Reading by May 31
Premier Asquith told the House of Commons the home rule bill will receive its third and final reading before May 31. He offered an amending bill to honor a compromise with Ulster Unionists and Irish Nationalists, likely exempting four Orange counties from the measure for six years. John Redmond warned against further concessions beyond the six year exemption.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Ulster
House of Lords
John Redmond
Prime Minister Rules Out Changes to Home Rule Bill in Committee
The prime minister stated no alterations could be made to the home rule bill during the committee stage under the Parliament act and warned that debate then would be a waste of time. The act allows a bill passed in three successive sessions then rejected or amended by the Lords to become law after royal assent, provided two years have elapsed.
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House of Commons
House of Lords
Funeral Ship Near Boston for Vera Cruz Heroes
Thousands gather at Charlestown navy yard to honor three Vera Cruz heroes. Bodies from the Montana will be removed after docking for a morning ceremony. Caskets carry Corporal Daniel Aloysius Haggerty of Cambridge, Rufus E. Percy of Concord New Hampshire, and Seaman Walter L. Watson of Eastham. Caskets will be borne to shore around 9 o clock then turned over to relatives. Haggerty's body will be taken to Cambridge for escort home.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
New England
Vera Cruz
Montana
Navy Yard
Daniel Aloysius Haggerty
Harding Street
Cambridge
Rufus E. Percy
Concord
N. H
Walter L. Watson
Eastham
Heggerty
Mayor Curley Aims to Abolish Truants School
The city plans to shut the West Roxbury Parental School within a year. The mayor states the facility mainly housed truants and the buildings will be repurposed as hospital spaces for children with whooping cough and other diseases.
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Curley
West Roxbury
Arrival of the armored cruiser Montana at Charlestown Navy Yard
The Montana arrives at Charlestown after a rough voyage from New York delaying its schedule. Navy yard officers to greet in dress uniforms with a salute and naval formalities and the ship expected to dock after passing Boston Light, weather permitting.
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Navy Yard
Montana
New York
Charlestown
Boston
Boston University College of Business Administration Opens Enrollment
The College of Business Administration at Boston University offers evening courses for working students. With 270 enrolled, 25 faculty and 61 lecturers support 63 prominent Boston business leaders behind the program as fall enrollment begins. Ree R. Lord at 688 Boylston St. Room P distributes the catalog.
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College of Business Administration
Boston University
Boston
Ree &. W. Lord
Boylston St
Funeral planned for marine Rufus E Percy in Vera Cruz burial
The body of Rufus Edward Percy, one of the marines killed at Vera Cruz, will be buried with military honors in Percy Highgate Vermont on Thursday afternoon. Funeral services conducted by Company B Vermont National Guard will be held at the Congregational church.
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Highgate
Rufus Edward Percy
Vera Cruz
Vermont National Guard
Mediators Plan to Eliminate Huerta and Establish Provisional Government
Reported mediators outline steps to remove Huerta and set up a provisional regime. Battle at Tampico continues as rebels resist. Silliman to be guarded and moved to Mexico City. Archbishop of Mexico seeks papal mediation in Vera Cruz. O'Shaughnessy says US must act to restore peace. San Blas garrison abandons town on Huerta order. Lobos Island incident explained with no surrender promised.
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Silliman
Mexico City
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Rome
O’shaughnessy
United States
San Blas
Huerta
Lobos Island
Rebels Bombard Tampico Evening Report
The bombardment of Tampico by constitutionalist artillery continued at 9 30 tonight. German and Dutch cruisers that had been in the river withdrew earlier in the day, according to a wireless report to the Navy Department relayed by Rear Admiral Badger.
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Washington
Tampico
Navy Department
Badger
Plan to Eliminate Huerta and Form Provisional Government
Washington reports that three South American mediators are drafting a plan to remove General Huerta and set up a provisional government representing both Huerta and constitutionalist factions to resolve the Mexican crisis.
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Washington
General Huerta
Mexico
Huerta
Mediators plan for Mexico pacification rejected by constitutionalists
In El Paso on May 12 officers report that the proposed mediation plan to eliminate Huerta and form a provisional government representing both sides will not be acceptable to the constitutionalists.
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EL Paso
Texas
Mexico
Huerta
U S Considered to Step In for Mexico Stability
Charge d Affaires Nelson O Shaughnessy told President Wilson that no satisfactory Mexico solution is possible without U S intervention. He praised Wilson for staying in Mexico to restore constitutional government and urged U S pressure to end the bitter divide between Mexican constitutionalists and federals.
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Pamense
United States
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