Caruso Found Guilty and Fined in Zoo Case
Enrico Caruso was found guilty of annoying women in the Central Park zoo garden and fined $10 by Magistrate Baker in Yorkville police court after a hearing lasting more than three days. Prosecutor Mathot denounced Caruso as a moral pervert while defense counsel claimed police conspiracy.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Central Park Zoo
Baker
Yorkville
Caruso
Mathot
Cain
Ineig Hem
Yorkviile Notive Court
Roosevelt aide comments on nomination and Taft praise in Cincinnati
Secretary Root met local reporters in Cincinnati and refused to discuss a Roosevelt bid beyond calling it old news. He praised Taft as a capable War Secretary and urged Democrats to join Republicans, noting the Monroe Doctrine tour aim was to correct misconceptions. In Chicago, James F. Delany, VP of American Shipping, was shot by his wife and she then killed herself. motive unclear. The couple recently moved from New York. witnesses offered little insight.
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Root
South America
Taft
Cincinnati
Chicago
James F. Delany
American Shipping Company
Delanys
Cyrus Woods
Lasalle Avenue
New York
Delany
Mrs. Delany
J. H. Delany
Boy Slays Father for Gold in New Iberia
In New Iberia Louisiana Duke Jackson a 14 year old boy confessed to murdering his father Togar Jackson to rob him. He planned the ambush and fired twice with a shotgun at a lonely suburban spot after arrest yesterday.
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New Iberia
Duke Jackson
Togar Jackson
Jackson
Methodist conference meets in Indianapolis on policy panel
In Indianapolis on November 23, elders from the Indiana, Northern Indiana and Northwestern M E conferences gathered at the call of W F McDowell of Chicago to discuss issues facing presiding elders and ministers. Bishop McDowell later named a policy and resolutions committee including C A Wade C E Bacon E J Martin W S Pippinger and J W Walker.
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Indianapolis
W. F. McDowell
Chicago
Indiana
Northwestern
M. E
McDowell
C. A. Wade
C. E. Bacon
E. J. Martin
W. 8. Pippinger
Funeral of Mrs Carmen Held in City
Funeral of Mrs Carmen of Princeton Iowa, who died there recently, was held in this city on Friday with interment in Lindenwood cemetery. Mrs Carmen was formerly Mrs George B Thorp of this city, having moved to Iowa after marriage.
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Carmen
Princeton
Iowa
Lindenwood’ Cemetery
George B. Thorp
Att Aind
Chory
Preacher Wanted for Theft Arrested Before Wedding
L E Davis posing as a Holiness preacher was seized at a Valparaiso Wheeler hideout and jailed in Porter County Indiana on larceny charges. He planned to wed Miss Leona Myers of Andrews when the liveryman alerted authorities. Myers, a Valparaiso college student, faced shock as revelations of her lover's crimes surfaced. Davis had deceived multiple congregations across several states and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
L. E. Davis
Holiness Church
Wheaton
Ill
Porter County
Indiana
Leona. Myers
Andrews
Davis
Myers
Valparaiso
Pennsylvania Lays Off Four Hundred Men At Altoona
Altoona Pa Nov 28 The Pennsylvania Railroad company yesterday and today laid off four hundred employes at Altoona. The action affects workers in several departments and comes amid ongoing cost cutting and restructuring.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania. Railroad Company
Toda
German Ambassador Extols Friendship and Trade Ties
New York November 23 German ambassador Baron Speck Von Sternburg told a New York Chamber of Commerce dinner that Germany extends a friendly hand across the Atlantic and urged tariff concessions to deepen a lasting entente. He cited Prussia and Washington links, noted current trade surges, and welcomed the U.S. tariff commission visiting Germany to study conditions. Mortimer Durand also spoke on international goodwill.
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New York
Germany
North Atlantic
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Baron von Sternburg
William
Tariff Commission
America
Prussia
United States
German Empire
George Washington
Frederick the Great
Theodore Roosevelt
William the Second
Young Republic
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Atlatic
Washington Administration
Mortimer Durand
Potato Balls Method From Early Cookbook
Select large potatoes and scrub peel. Cut into marble sized balls with a scoop then soak briefly in cold water. Boil salted water until tender then drain and cool. Toss with melted butter and herbs as described, forming a glossy finish.
Bryan Resolution Defeated by Trans-Mississippi Congress
The resolutions committee of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress in Kansas City voted down two Bryan submitted measures. One endorsed a London interparliamentary union plan for courts to settle international questions before war. The other urged action against private monopolies and protection of industry through laws. A crowd of about 6,000 greeted Bryan, and the congress set a next meeting for Muskogee.
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Kansas City
The
trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Congress
William J. Bryan
Interparliamentary Union
London
Bryan
Commercial Congress
Muskogee
Oil Stock Tumbles to Lowest Price in Years
New York share buyers watched Standard Oil stock slide to 500 on the curb market, marking its lowest level in years and signaling a marketvalue loss of 234 million dollars from prior highs.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Tie Up Street Cars for Hour in Montgomery
Montgomery Alabama November 23 191? Street car service halted for one hour after the general manager was arrested for defying a new Jim Crow law. Police and city officials planned to resume normal service once compliance was restored.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery Traction Company
Indiana Odd Fellows End Semi annual Meeting
Indianapolis reports the Indiana grand lodge I O O F wraps its semi annual session with officers elected and laws revised. Dues switch to quarterly advance collection starting June 30 1907. Committee on grand building plans named. State lodge finances praised with Marion and Fort Wayne as top properties. Jacob Joel Jasper becomes grand master on fourth ballot with A H Miller Terre Haute as runner up.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge
R. H. Hollywood
John B. Cockrum
W. H. Leedy
Foster Reynolds
H. J. McSheehy
Logansport
George Shirts
Noblesville
Marion
Fort Wayne
Sovereign Grand Lodge
St. Paul
M. N. Kean
Jasper
A. H. Miller
Terre Haute
Jacob Joel
Crawfordsville
E. E. Hastings
Washington
W. A. Morris
M. A. Chapman
Anderson
Wage Raise For 30000 Operatives In Big Cotton Mills
Fall River Mass November 23 Fall River cotton mill workers won a wage increase with ten percent more than the current rate to take effect Monday. Sixty mills and ninety two plants will be covered as M C D Borden leads the move with a ten percent rise at his mills. The six month agreement may be extended and a strike was averted. Other New England mills may follow this in time.
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Fall River
Mass
M. C. D. Borden
Fall River Works
Iron Works
Manufacturers’ Association
New England
Horace Baker Named General Manager of Queen and Crescent Rail
Cincinnati dispatch reports Horace Baker general superintendent for Missouri Pacific Southern District with HQ at Little Rock Arkansas appointed general manager of the Queen and Crescent railroad system. He succeeds W A Garrett who resigned to join Sea board Airline as vice president. The report also notes a marriage event involving Peter Schilotterback of Ligonier and Mrs Susan Howell of Goshen on Tuesday evening.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Horace Baker
Southern District
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
Ark
Queen and Crescent
W. A. Garrett
Seaboard
Peter Schilotterback
Ligonier
Susan Howell
Goshen
High Masonic Men and Full Conclave at Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Nov 23 A semi annual convocation of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Masons ended after conferring the thirty second degree the sublime prince of the Royal Seal. The class included seventy two lower degree members and new higher degree arrivals from Fort Wayne with Henry C Adams directing. A total of 1462 names were inscribed as state representation. New members listed from Indianapolis Marion Lafayette Franklin Columbus Terre Haute Fort Wayne and other towns.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Temple
Pennsylvania Street
Fort Wayne
Henry C. Adams
Indiana Sovereign Consistory
Leonard L. Campbell
James W. Crawford
Charles A. Ecklin
Charles W. Neal
Earl Murburger
George Co. Pratt
John E. Pritchard
Marion
William Bell
Gas City
Howell D. Thompson
Rising Sun
Percival G. Tumy
Henryville
W. Wayne Wilson
SION S. BASS POST G A R OBSERVES SILVER ANNIVERSARY
Sion S Bass Post No 40 G A R marks its twenty fifth founding anniversary with 200 in the Elektron building. Commander Brown of Monticello and Mrs Alice Waugh address the event as veterans recall the city’s 15 year old encampment memory. A program including music prayer speeches and recitations precedes social time and refreshments.
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Sion S. Bass Post
No. 40
Post Hall
Elektron
B. R. Brown
Monticello
Indiana
Alice Waugh
Woman’s Relief Corps
Brown
Indianapolis
R. Sutton
C. A. Rowand
James B. Graham
Amanda Edsall
Women’s Relef Corps
Walter Olds
8. M. Hench
Col
A. T. Lukens
Colored Jubilee Singers
M. T. Connett
John Hess
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Graham
Mathet
Hannah Graham
PHIL
J. F. Delany
Lad
Pennsylvania
Signor Caruso
Ewe Ooh
Trans-Mississippi
Theol Trust
Standard Company
ODD Fellows
G. AR
Henry Gehring
Kendallville
Alex Miller
Columbia City
Auburn
Corm
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