Mrs Carman Faces Lengthy Cross Exam In Murder Trial
Florence Carman stood accused of killing Mrs Louise Bailey as the trial opened its cross examination. District Attorney Smith pressed on with questions about her suspicions, rumors of her husband’s affairs, and the dictograph device used to spy in his office. Authorities and witnesses, including the couple’s daughter Elizabeth, testified as the defense denounced the maid Celia Coleman’s account as a fabrication.
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Mineola
N. Y
Florence Carman
Elizabeth Carman
George Gouder
Levy
Mony
Caran
Smith
Golder
Celia Coleman
Beth Carolina
Carman
Freeport
S. 1
Elizabeth
Allies Report Conditions As Satisfactory
London reports both northern and southern Western Fronts show Allied results as entirely satisfactory. The death of Prince Maximillian of Hesse is confirmed and fighting near Lys. German positions on ridges near Godewaersvelde and Bailleul are hindering recon. The British Foreign Office orders release of the John D. Rockefeller. Verdun civilians housing burned to facilitate attacks.
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London
Maximillian of Hesse
William
France
Lys
Godewaersvelde
Bailleul
Mont Des Cats
Maximilli
British Foreign Office
Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
Reichstag
Admiralty
Havmanden
Verdun
Germany
Landwehr
Seventh Army Corps
Cunber advertisement listing price and contact
Fragmentary ad notes a Cumbe rtisement with a 10 cent price and press office contact. Limited readable details suggest a small promotional insertion in the local paper.
Income tax dodgers exceed 146 thousand in missing returns
Washington says 146 828 taxpayers avoided payments as 357 598 returns were filed under the new income tax law for the last fiscal year. Officials note large gaps between estimates and actual incomes across multiple brackets and a widespread campaign to detect delinquents continues.
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Washington
Congress
Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Youth Found Mentally Unfit Won't Face Murder Charge
Jacob Taylor, accused of murdering 7 year old Florence Dove in Dockers Hollow, was ruled insane by a jury after a two and a half hour deliberation. He is remanded to await asylum commitment and will not be tried until mentally competent. The case arose in North Braddock and the court declined to halt proceedings over a mere insanity question.
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Pittsburgh
Jacob Taylor
Florence Dove
North Braddock
Dockers Hollow
Taylor
British assume right to arrest Americans at sea
London reports Britain has claimed authority to seize and search Holland bound steamers for German goods and to arrest American passengers viewed as Teutonic. U.S. passports carry no weight as suspects are held until cleared, often for days. On the Nieuw Amsterdam six Americans were taken into custody and later allowed to reboard before sailing.
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London
Great Britain
New York
Rotterdam
Nieuw Amsterdam
Plymouth
Germany
Insanity Declares Taylor In Court Asks For Lawyer And Prayer
The defendant Taylor was found mentally deficient with a special jury. Physicians examined him as he sat on the stand unable to read or write or name months in order. His mother cried in court, insisting an insane verdict would have freed him, while he appeared neatly dressed despite prior poverty.
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Taylor
Dove
Kaiser Claims East Prussian Frontier Gain
London report from Poland notes the preliminary battle has moved more swiftly as Russian and German forces engage along the East Prussian frontier. The article highlights early gains and shifting momentum in the contested region.
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Kaiser
East Prussian
London
Poland
Germans retreat from Warsaw reach toward Ossowetz
Russian reports claim a major setback for German forces around Warsaw and Ivangrad with many prisoners and captured equipment left behind. German lines say no fighting yesterday as East Prussia sees continued action and Austrian forces push toward Bukovina and Galicia.
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Warsaw
Ivangrad
East Prussian
Ossowetz
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