Not Guilty Verdict for Ettor Giovannitti Caruso
The jury found Joseph Ettor Arturo Giovannitti and Joseph Caruso not guilty in the Anna Lopizzo murder case. The courtroom crowd cheered as the defendants embraced in the prisoners cage and thanked the court and jury for a fair trial.
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Salem
Mass
Joseph J. Ettor
Arturo Giovannitti
Joseph Caruso
Anna Lopizzo
Lawrence
Giovannitti
Sacco
Rose
Caruso
Ettor
Interet
Quinn
George
Husband seeks divorce over wife's cigarette habit
Logansport Indiana November 26. Sherman Tippett a farmer north of Logansport files for divorce in Casas circuit court against wife Lottie Tippett alleging she is an inveterate cigarette smoker. He says she smokes over a pack daily and sometimes wakes at night to smoke, and notes she has disappeared.
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Logansport
Ind
Sherman Tippett
Casas
Lottie Tippett
Tippett
Four Gunmen Sentenced to Die in Electric Chair
New York officials report that Gyp the Blood Whitey Lewis Lefty Louie and Dago Frank were sentenced by Justice Goff to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing during the week of January 6. Wahle moved to set aside verdicts but was denied in each case as the condemned, led by deputies, were taken to Sing Sing to await execution alongside Charles Becker.
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New York
Gyp the Blood
Whitey” Lewis
Lefty Louie
Dago” Frank
Herman Rosenthal
Grand Central Station
Sing Sing
Charles Becker
Binder twine price fixing by International Harvester
Chicago reports J C Grondyke testified before Special Examiner Robert Taylor that since its formation the International Harvester company fixes binder twine prices every year. He admitted being under contract to supply the company and that price setting typically occurs in March or April with a guaranteed price if a sale occurs earlier.
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Chicago
J. C. Grondyke
International _Harvester company
Robert
Taylor
Edwin P. Grosvenor
Wickersham
Grondyke
International Harvester Company
Grosvenor
International Company
Gibson Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Szabo Murder Case
Goshen New York November 26 after fourteen hours the jury in the Burton W Gibson murder trial reported they could not agree on a verdict in the case of Mrs Rost Mensohik Szabo. They were discharged and told to retire for another attempt. The court noted the jury must find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and consider the Szabo will and letters from Austria. The jurors argued into the night with some seeking an acquittal while others pressed for a guilty verdict.
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Goshen
N. Y
Burton W. Gibson
Rost Mensohik Szabo
Tompkins
Gibson
Foreman Hicks
Szabo
Austria
Elder
Balkans Tension Eases in Diplomatic Effort Amid War
London reports no worsening from the war in the Balkans as Britain France and Germany urge moderation. Britain signals no interest in Serbia’s Adriatic port claim and vows not to force or back armed action. Diplomats note Ankara’s concessions may shape talks at Tchatalja with Turkey retaining border territory and Albania’s sovereignty as key terms.
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London
Balkans
Great Britain
France
Germany
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Servia
Russia
Adriatic Sea
Piisend
Uskup
Turkey
Balkan
Tchatalja
Maritza
Adrianople
Albania
Baptists Husk Corn For Church Fund Drive
In Carmi Illinois on November 26 Rev E N Ryan led about thirty women from the Missionary Baptist church to a farm six miles away where they husked thirty three bushels of corn in half an hour. The corn was hauled back to town and sold to a dealer for a dollar per bushel to raise funds to lift church indebtedness.
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Carmi
E. N. Ryan
Missionary Baptist Church
Wm. F. Hubble
Austro-Hungarian Consul Prochaska Arrives at Uskup
Vienna reports that Herr Prochaska, Austro Hungarian consul at Prisrend, arrived at Uskup yesterday from that city. The news indicates his safe arrival as the story continues on page 2.
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Vienna
Herr ‘Prochaska
Prisrend
Uskup
Mystery over receipts sparks Indiana political intrigue
A disputed item listed as republican state committee funds confused Democrats and raised scandal fears in Indiana politics. Officials later explained the entry meant republican, noting the amount received was ambiguous and tied to ongoing fundraising and party accounting.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Democratic State Committee
Rd Pagel Eadquarters
Gocetaung
Lomlinson
Fogel Resigns as NL Club President at League Session
Horace Fogel, president of the Philadelphia National League club, tendered his resignation at a league session in New York. Alfred B. Wiler was elected Philadelphia club president, while the investigation into Fogel’s remarks about umpires would continue. Christy Mathewson reportedly backed a purchase of the Philadelphia club. The meeting opened after 2 PM with a committee to draft resolutions on Mr. Brush’s death.
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New York
Horace Fogel
Philadelphia
National League Baseball Club
Alfred B. Wiler
Wiler
Philadelphia Club
Fogel
Christy Mathewson
New York Giants
Forman
Messrs. Fleischman
Cincinnati
Jones
St. Louis
Ebbetts
Brooklyn
Brush
Explosion at Corn Products plant near Waukegan claims eight lives
At Waukegan Illinois the Corn Products Refining Company plant explosion left eight dead four missing and twenty four injured in a precarious condition. Firefighters and police search the ruins for additional bodies while noting many escaped miraculously.
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Waukegan
Ill
Corn Products Refining Company
Women Commend Taft At National Suffrage Meeting
The National American Woman's Suffrage Association adopted resolutions praising President Taft for appointing a woman to head the national children's bureau. They backed arbitration to prevent wars and opposed trafficking in women, with sessions extending into the afternoon and plans for a mass meeting in Independence Square. Financial appeals showed nearly $10,000 raised for the association's work.
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Philadelphia
National American Woman’s Suffrage Association
Taft
National Children’s Bureau
Independence Square
Forman Fires Bomb Charges Against Murphy
Chicago Nov 26 W S Forman sporting editor of the Chicago Evening Post accuses Charles W Murphy president of a Chicago National League club of instigating the Fogel story that charged umpire Lynch and the umpire system Forman says Murphy authorized and guided Fogel in writing and publishing the piece He states he will testify before the league meeting and that Murphy as the author of the article bears moral responsibility for its content
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Murphy
Chicago
Fogel
W. S. Forman
Chicago Evening Post
Charles W. Murphy
Forman
New York
Lynch
Morman
Treasurer’s Balance Revealed In County Democratic Committee
George Christen closed his books as treasurer showing subscriptions total 645.77 and expenditures 6585.19 for the county Democratic Central Committee. Hundreds of subscribers contributed five to two hundred dollars, with major donors listed including J Herman Reuter 500 and Balgh Guenther 500 among others.
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George Christen
Democratic -Central Committee
Reuter
Harry Hileman
S. B. Fleming
A. C. Gladieux
Balgh. Guenther
Euios Allen Hursh
W . C. Schwier
James D. Butt
E. H. Kruse
Albert
J. ‘Black
Wolf
Bessauer
Attersley
William Gerdi
W.H. Noll
Maurice Niezer
Charlégy M
G+ Hoffman
Pleads Unwritten Law in Chicago Wife Murder Case
Tanat Etnyer on trial before Judge Windes for murdering his wife Ona Etnyer on Washington Boulevard. He pleads the unwritten law in his defense claiming he observed his wife embracing another man on the sofa and acted in response.
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Chicago
Saya
Texas Governor Leads 17 as Cearerat Cue Joins Colquitt
A Texas governor leads with 17 in a local lineup as Cearerat Cue joins Tee Colquitt in a regional civic event. Details remain unclear in the readable text.
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Texas
Gaarerat
Colquitt
Board disputes abuse charges at Grant County Orphans Home
The Grant County Orphans Home executive board issued a report denying allegations by the county guardians and charities boards that children were punished unreasonably. Miss Fleming, the matron, will resign. 18 of 65 to 90 wards faced corporal punishment, deemed deserved and not excessive.
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Marion
Ind
Grant County Orphans’ Home Association
Grant County Board of Children’s Guardians
Grant County Board of Charities and Corrections
Grant County Orphans’ Home
Miss Fleming
Association
Grant County
Ethel Smith Returns Home After Life-Saving Graft
Gary Indiana November 26 Ethel Smith left the hospital for home after a heroic operation in which Billy Rugh a Gary newsboy donated skin tissue to save her life. Rugh died from pneumonia linked to the amputation of his crippled leg. Miss Smith said I wish Billy could have lived.
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Gary
Ind
Ethel Smith
Billy Rugh
Rugh
Billy
Miss Smith
Ex-Sheriffs Dine With Grant County Officials
Marion Ind November 26 Sheriff Tony George hosted a dinner for ten former Grant County sheriffs and the sheriff elect Y F White among guests including John F Jones Asbury EF Eyestone Orange R Holman Wm G Wilson Alfred McFeely John Sanders John T Williams C C Bradford Clark Mills J B McGuffin and Mr White McGuffin and White are Democrats.
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Marion
Ind
Tony George
Grant County
Y. F. White
John F. Jones
Asbury
Trial of Guy Stuart for Murder Opens in Hancock Court
Greenfield Ind Nov 26 The murder trial of Guy Stuart for killing his father Dr A A Stuart began in Hancock circuit court with Judge Earl Sample presiding Delays in jury selection due to anti death penalty sentiment led to a special venue of 35 men drawn alongside the regular panel.
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Greenfield
Ind
Guy Stuart
A. A. Stuart
Hancock Circuit Court
Earl Sample
Aunt Mary Rafferty Dies at 106 in Hillsboro
Hillsboro Ind Nov 26 Aunt Mary Rafferty 104 died after a long life spanning Pennsylvania to Indiana. Survived by brother Alexander Bailey 91 of Morocco and sister Clerice Farr 80 of Monmouth Ill. She collected many valuable antiques.
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Hillsboro
Ind
Mary Rafferty
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Vincennes School Chief Responds to Divorce Action
Robert Hamilton, superintendent of Vincennes public schools and Indiana University trustee, files a cross complaint against wife Kate Hamilton amid her earlier suit for limited divorce. He seeks an absolute divorce with custody of their one minor child and denies charges of cruelty and inhuman treatment while accusing her of infidelity.
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Vincennes, Ind
Robert % Hamilton
Vincennes Public
Indiana University
Kate Kate “Hamilton
Health of President-Elect Wilson Improves in Bermuda
From Hamilton Bermuda on November 26 the health report says President-elect Wilson shows improvement and has decided to take a rest while in Bermuda. The brief dispatch notes no turkeys in Bermuda and a lull in local coverage as officials confirm the president’s condition.
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Bermuda
Wilson
Hamilton
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