Cord Linked to Hackett Murder Disputed in Court
Testimony on the night of Mattie Hackett s murder details sightings of tramps and a woman near the Hackett house. Witnesses discuss a stranglers knot as a cord found in a sheriff office desk is examined for possible link to the crime.
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Hackett Road
Hackett Farm
Everett Decker
Portland
Charles Hankerson
Readfield
Levi Hackett
Mattie
Nickerson
Hackett
Charles Beane
Hankerson
Mr. Hackett
Nickerson Hill
J Pattangall
Brown
Nickerson Cornfield
Morey
Hackett House
Mrs. Raymond
Kent’s Hill
Turner
C. N. Cole
Hacketts
Mattie Hackett
Frederick W. Plaisted
Governor Plaisted
Newton Police Hold Annual Ball
The fourth annual ball of the Newton Police Benefit Association was held at the State Armory in West Newton last evening. It drew more than 1000 attendees and was one of the largest and most successful events of its kind in Newton.
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Newton Police Benefit Association
State Armory
West Newton
Newton
Christmas Songs Ban Repealed by Revere School Committee
The Revere School Committee voted unanimously to rescind a previous 3 to 2 decision banning religious songs or recitations at public school Christmas celebrations. A mass meeting was planned to protest the prohibition of religious elements in Christmas exercises.
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Revere
School board backs unchanged Christmas exercises
Ministers priests and citizens condemn action of the school committee which, foreseeing a mass meeting, acted on a petition by Hebrews and unanimously resolved that the simple Christmas exercises should not be objectionable to any citizens and need not be changed from past practice.
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the Hebrews
Illin iota University voting case arches perjury charge
Professor L D Hall of the University of Illinois was arrested on perjury indictments from an inquiry into student voting in the last election. Two students James Noon of Everett Mass and Walter J Blum of Chicago also charged with illegal voting amid about 20 more indictments expected. Noon is son of Rev Alfred Noon and secretary of the Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society. he is 21.
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Champaign. Ill
L. D. Hall
University of Illinois
James Noon
Everett
Mass
Walter J. Blum
Chicago
Blum
Champaign
Ill
Alfred Noon
Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society
Snodgrass Faces Breach of Promise Suit in N Y Nationals
Fried Snodgrass, New York Nationals center fielder, is named in a breach of promise suit filed in Los Angeles. Plaintiff Nellie K. Frakes seeks 75000 dollars, alleging consent to marriage on January 15, 1908 and that he later married Josephine Vickers.
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Los Angeles
Fried Snodgrass
New York Nationals
Nellie K. Frakes
Snodgrass
Josephine Vickers
Asquith and Redmond Share Platform at Nottingham Meeting
Premier Asquith and John Redmond addressed a large Nottingham audience on Home Rule and the Balkans. Police feared suffragette disruption and stationed nearly all officers in the hall and nearby areas with reserve staff in the building basement.
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Nottingham
England
Asquith
John Redmond
Balkans
Asquith and Balkan War Policy Stir Talk in Boston
In Boston discussions on Eastern Europe aim to limit bloodshed and confine conflict. Speakers include Mr. Asquith and John Redmond asserting pro peace aims and Liberal home rule support while Grand Trunk officials discuss traffic deals and extensions amid probes and funding tensions.
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Mr. Asquith
Europe
Guildhall
London
Liberal Party
John Redmond
Auto Kills Boy Cycler in Newton
Alfred D. Rice a 14 year old of Newton rode his bicycle into the path of an automobile driven by Fred Bliss yesterday. The boy turned a corner suddenly and neither saw the other until it was too late. A policeman who witnessed the accident said it was unavoidable and no action was taken against Bliss.
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Alfred D. Rice
Newton
Fred Bliss
Bliss
Grand Trunk New Haven Traffic Pact Affects Boston Entry
A Canadian railroad official says a traffic exchange agreement between Grand Trunk and New Haven would not block completion of the Southern New England line to Providence but declined to assure Boston extension plans. He spoke after visiting the Hotel Touraine during negotiations.
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Fitzhugh
Southern New England Railroad
Boston
W. P. Dalrymple
Grand Trunk
Cy Warman
Chamberlin
Montreal
Dalrymple
Touraine
New Haven
New England
Mr. Warman
United States
Providence
Mellen
New Haven Railroad
Hays
New Haven Road
White River Junction
Labour Federation Defends Due Process in Dynamiting Cases
The Defence Fund motion urged financial aid for accused men while preserving their right to a fair trial. It was amended without dissent as the federation defined its stance on the McNamara era cases, stressing that violence by some in the labor movement will not be condoned.
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Ternational Brotherhood of Foundry Employees
McNamara
American Labor Movement
American Federation of Labor
Labor leaders mull AFL appeal to fund dynamiters defense
Boston labor officials reacted with surprise to the AFL convention vote urging all unions to raise funds for the defense of alleged dynamiters. They will await the Boston Central Labor Union meeting on December 1 to decide whether to endorse or oppose the proposal after hearing a San Francisco bridge and iron workers official.
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Central Labor Union
Boston
International Convention of the American Federation of Labor
America
Boston Central Labor Union
James J. Moriarty
Boston C. L. A
Rochester
San Francisco
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Moriarty
Say Greeks Sail to Take Dardanelles
Telegraphing from Constantinople the Standard reports 30 000 Greeks moved from Monastir toward Katarina Harbor to be shipped to the Gulf of Saros to seize the Dardanelles and bolster the allied army at Tchatalja.
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London
Constantinople
The
Standard
Monastir
Katarina Harbor
Gulf of
Saros
Dardanelles
Tchatalja
300000 Austrians on Balkan border mobilizations reported
Dispatches describe Austrian troops guarding 300000 on the Serbian frontier with hopes of Romanian support in a Russia conflict. Cracow reports mass troop movements and reserve call outs. Daily Mail sources in Sarajevo and Sofia note mobilization and a Gallipoli battle rumor amid Serbian Greek troop reinforcements to Bulgaria at Tchatalja.
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Austria
Russia
Pomerania
Cracow
Galicia
Daily Mail
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Adrianople
Sofia
Tchatalja
Hope for Balkans Peace Persists Amid Stalemate
London reports no visible progress in Balkans peace talks as artillery exchanges continue along the Tchatalja lines. Nazim Pasha claims Bulgarian losses but the report lacks credence. Bulgarian forces hold Dedenghatch while Turkish Hamidieh, wounded by a Bulgarian torpedo, returns to Constantinople. Diplomats expect a possible compromise as powers work quietly behind the scenes.
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Balkans
Tchatalja
Nazim Pasha
Constantinople
Adriatic
Monastir
Dedenghatch
Saloniki
Aegean Sea
Hamidieh
Turkey
Sofia
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