Guilty Pair in Hotel Shootout in New York
A man and woman shot three detectives and two others in a Raines Law hotel room in the Bronx, then killed the woman and himself. The dead man registered as Joseph Vogel, police say a Pole named Pheres Doragyeski, with the woman listed as Lottie Vogel. Detectives sought them over a diamond robbery tied to Sophie Beckenhoff. Police recovered two trunks but not the stolen jewelry. Beckenhoff’s indictment cites jewels worth thousands. In Watertown, Massachusetts, Frank Zirillo and Frank Falvo, Hood Rubber Co. workers, were found with fatal and multiple knife wounds after labor tensions. investigators believe both planned a return to work against a faction.
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New York
Raines Law
Bronx
Joseph Vogel
Pheres Doragyeski
Lottie Vogel
Vogel
Sophie Beckenhoff
Upper West Side
Beckenhoff
Vogela
Watertown
Mass
Frank Zirillo
Arsenal Street
Frank Falvo
Hood Rubber Company
Fiulvo
Lynching of Preech Neils Shocked Ocala Crowd
In Ocala Florida on November 15 a mob over 200 forcibly removed the jailed Negro Preech Neils accused in the Mary Stevenson murder and J B Berges killing. They shot him as he fled, killing him in a gruesome lynching outside the town.
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Ocala
Seven Rescued From Horn Mine Shaft
In Frisco Utah on November 16 two girls and five men were rescued after fourteen hours entombed three hundred feet underground in the Horn silver mine.
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Frisco
Utah
Horn Silver Mine
Italian Pays Death Penalty for Island Murder
Italian Hocco Kila weth was electrocuted in the Columbus penitentiary for the murder and robbery of three fellow countrymen at Kelly's Island near Sandusky in September 1911.
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Columbus
Hocco Kilaweth
Kelly's Island
Sandusky
John Brown Hangman Dies in Alabama Plantation
Montgomery Ala Nov 18 Lieutenant Colonel Joseph C Gibson who commanded the troops that hanged John Brown at Harpers Ferry is dead at his Verbena Alabama plantation.
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John Brown
Montgomery
Ala
Joseph C. Gibson
Harpers Ferry
Verbena
Turks Hold Own in Artillery Fight
London dispatch reports the Ottoman and Bulgarian forces clashing near Hamidieh and Papenburgas with heavy artillery, shrapnel, and a Turkish aircraft. The Bulgarians, under cover of darkness, attempted to seize the upper railway loop but were repulsed. Turkish gunners and infantry held positions as the battle raged from dawn into late morning with Turkish prisoners and guns seized in the Derkoy area.
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London
Times
Tchatalja Lnes
Papasburgas
Grekoff
Liaoyang
Karasu
Hamidieh
Lne
Straza
Derkoy
Pittman Wins Nevada Senate Seat by Narrow Margin
Reno reports the complete official count shows Key Pittman Democrat ahead of Judge Massey Republican for United States senator by 89 votes. Representative Roberts Republican is re-elected to Congress by 69 votes.
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Pittman
Massey
Reno
Nevada
Key Pittman
Judge Massey
United States
Ongreasman Roberts
Congress
Wreaths Placed at Grant and Lee Statues in Capitol
Washington observers say on Sunday the United Daughters of the Confederacy directed fresh wreaths to be laid at the statues of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in the Capitol.
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Grant and Lee
Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert B. Lee
Capitol
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Alton Train Kills Three in Illinois Collision
Three people died and as many were injured when the Alton Hummer struck a cab near Dwight in the Bere region as it passed through Sunday. Pontiac dispatch says the crash occurred about 20 miles north of Bere.
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Alton
Pontiac
Dwight
Bere
Wilson to Call Special Session of Congress
New York reports Gov. Woodrow Wilson plans an extraordinary session after his inauguration to revise the tariff by April 15. He cites party pledges and business needs to end tariff uncertainty. The move follows broad Democratic support and aims to start reforms early. Wilson sails to Bermuda for a four week vacation aboard the Bermudian with Mrs. Wilson and daughters.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Congress
Lst
Democratic Party
Bermuda
Wilson
Lee McClung Resigns as United States Treasurer
Lee McClung tendered his resignation as treasurer of the United States to President Taft on Thursday and the resignation was accepted. Carmi Thompson is expected to succeed him, with the move effective once a successor is named amid lingering friction with Secretary MacVeagh.
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United States
Washington
Lee McClung
Taft
McClung
Carmi Thompson
MacVeagh
Treasury
A. Piatt Andrew
Resignation Triggers Count of Treasury Funds
The text notes a continuation of controversy with the secretary of the treasury as Andrew resigns saying the secretary and his associates were not in harmony. It states the treasurer serves until a successor is appointed and that McChing's resignation requires counting and receipting for money and securities under the treasurer's responsibility.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew
United States
McChing
Mutiny on Revenue Cutter Miami on Maiden Voyage
The revenue cutter Miami began its first voyage from Newport News to Key West amid crew mutiny and an encounter with another vessel. In Marietta Oklahoma a man named Henn Hall attempted to shoot Senator Clint Graham after a guilty verdict for killing J A Parks was read in court.
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Miami
Washington
Atlantic
Newport News
Key Wear
Fla
Marietta
Okla
Henn Hall
Clint Graham
Criminal Court
Hall
J. A. Parks
Eighteen Autos Burn in Springfield Garage Fire
Eighteen automobiles were destroyed in a Friday blaze at Stuart Allen's garage in Springfield Illinois. Insurance covered about half of the estimated losses with total fees around 20000 dollars.
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Springfield
Stuart Allen
Taft to Return to Law Practice After Presidency
President Taft announced plans to resume law practice in Cincinnati after his term, suggesting his cabinet members sit in Congress to aid the executive and backing a six year presidency. He urged civil service expansion and hinted at post-presidency provisions for ex presidents.
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Square Deal
Congress
New York
William Howard Taft
William H. Taft
Cincinnati
Ufe
New Haven
Yale Corporation
Taft
Lotua Club
White House
Bryan
United States
Ex Governor William Larrabee Dies in Iowa at Eighty
Des Moines reports Ex Gov William Larrabee died at his Clermont home Fayette County aged eighty. He was Iowa's twelfth governor and a progressive reform leader shaping railroad laws now on state statute books. A Clermont miller since 1857, he was first elected in 1886 and served two terms, leaving two sons William and Fred in the Iowa legislature.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Wiliam Larrabee
Clermont
Fayette County
William
Fred
Tragic wedding anniversary death in Quincy
While celebrating his first wedding anniversary on a Sunday, 22 year old Joe Lumenatull of Quincy was accidentally shot and killed by his brother Albert during a hunting trip.
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Quincy
Joe Lumenatull
Albert
Post Cards Reveal Murders
Buffalo on November 19 reports police received postal cards from the killer of six year old Joseph Josepha confessing to three murders and claiming there are more to come. The notes arrived Sunday and prompt a high priority police inquiry into the string of killings.
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Buffalo
Joseph Josepha
Polina
Tobacco dissolution declared effective in New York facing trust collapse
Percival Hill of American Tobacco argues in a lengthy statement that the court decree dissolving the trust has unleashed real competition. He notes securities recovered value after disintegration, describes buyers seeing competition among former trust companies, and forecasts higher volumes offsetting profit cuts.
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New York
American Tobacco, Company
Percival
Hill
Circuit Court of the United States
American Tobacco Company
First Fatality Reported At Surgeons Congress
New York November 18 during the third annual session of the clinical congress of surgeons at the Waldorf Astoria George Hart died on the operating table at New York Polyclinic hospital. The death occurred during a demonstration of the local anesthetic stovaine.
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New York
Clinical Congress of Surgeons
Waldorf-Astoria
George Hart
New York Polyclinic Hospital
Echo in Lorimer Case Dies as Perjury Charge Dismissed
Chicago November 16 The last echo of the Browne bribery probe fades with Judge Kerrien’s court dismissing perjury charges against Representative Robert E. Wilson. Prosecution dropped on motion by Assistant State's Attorney Victor P. Arnold. The case tied to Wilson’s testimony in the Browne trial about paying four representatives in a bath room at the Southern hotel in St Louis for Lorimer’s senate election.
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R. E. Wilson
Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Kerrien
Robert E. Wilson
Victor P. Arnold
Browne
Southern
St Louis
William Lorimer
Senate
McNamara Planned Bomb to Kill Miss Dye in Dynamite Trial
Witnesses recount McNamara's plan to explode a bomb under Mary C. Dye, an iron workers union stenographer, claiming she knew too much. The Los Angeles Times bombing plot was woven into testimony by ten California witnesses in Indianapolis.
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Sage Wrecker
Indianapolis
Ind
James B. McNamara
Mary C. Dye
Iron Workers’ Union
Frank Eckhoff
Los Angeles Times
California
Mayor Lunn Is Sentenced In Schenectady
Socialist mayor George R. Lunn of Schenectady was found guilty of violating city ordinance by refusing to move during a police interruption of a speech to striking mill workers. He faces a fine of $50 or fifty days in jail as punishment.
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Schenectady
Lileralla
N. Y
George R. Lunn
The Lamb and the Modern Mary Journey Through Wealth
A playful verse traces Mary from a poor, childhood caretaker to a famed figure who owns a valuable lamb. The poem contrasts old and new times as Mary converts livestock into wealth, buying railroads, properties, jewels, and travel, and even meeting nobility.
No Time to Shatter Dreams. minister prompts wedding irony
A comical exchange during a wedding ceremony sees the groom question the customary vow. The minister suggests the bride should also agree to a portion of the vows, while the bride insists on the traditional form. The dialogue underscores playful skepticism about romantic ideals.
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Splicem
Sorrows of the Reformer in Local Tale
Meddergrass reflects on reformer Bill Duddles the first to curb smoking by a gasoline wagon job. Hi Milligan’s attempt ends in a blast with only a wagon fire and Hi’s vest found afterward.
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Mr. Meddergrass
Bill Duddles
Hi Milligan
Mr. Fadoogus
Summer Brags
An Observant Person notes women returning from summer resorts boast of wealthier suitors while another grouchy observer doubts men fish for the same reason. The exchange highlights social boasting and gendered perceptions of courtship.
Literary Waitress and a Witty Guest Exchange
A waitress asks what to order, the guest asks for a portal, declines. He requests short stories and she serves lambs tails as the response in a humorous exchange.
Old Family Traditions Spark a Quick Marital Bet
A man with a disinterested face remarks that someone comes from an old family and its traditions, while another person interrupts claiming he married into one, highlighting a clash of lineage and connection.
Inexpensive Tribute Sparks Local Fund Drive
A frugal resident proposes a simple fundraiser at the depot to support the baseball team. The idea aims to organize a collection as an affordable tribute, reflecting community support and teamwork.
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Fa Aiyera
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EAGLE
Warren D. Wells
Indiana
Police
Pheres
Atlanta, Ga
Mia. W. Richard Lyle
Margaret
Athens
Saloniki
Tchatalja Line
Hamidieh Forte Tella
House
Lee Mc Clung
Carm
Thompson
Gotham
Larrabbee
American Corporation
Save Companies
Echo
Lorimer
Mayor Lunn
Hawley
Boise
Idaho
James H. Hawley
Sweetser
K. I. Perky
Westchester
General Crushed Stone Company
Onicokr
WILBUR _D.NESBIT
Mary
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