09 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1912
Page
1
The excerpt describes a two row guessing game where captains name cities and players locate their states or countries within ten counts, with eliminations on wrong or late answers. It also details a Snap Card game with dealing, turning cards, shouting Snap, and collecting won cards, plus a widow pile rule. A Conundrum riddle and a brief arithmetic verse conclude the page.
Charles S. Mellen president of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad asks to witness before the federal grand jury probing relations between the New Haven road and the Grand Trunk. His Dec letter to U S district attorney Henry A Wise was made public and he waives immunity to testify. He says he was the only New Haven official involved in the negotiations.
The money trust investigation resumes today with a hearing tomorrow on the O'Shaunessy resolution for a congressional probe of Grand Trunk and New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad operations in New England. The Archbald impeachment trial and general legislation dominate, with more inquiries anticipated this week.
Postmaster General Hitchcock apportioned 800000 among 1600 city delivery post offices to equip parcels post delivery. Top cities include Chicago 15000 New York Boston Philadelphia 10000 Brooklyn 8000 St Louis 5000 Pittsburgh 4000 Baltimore Cleveland San Francisco 2690. Extra clerks and carriers may be hired to handle increased business. After fifteen days of operation reports will track parcel volume.
Observations taken by the United States Weather Bureau at 8 p.m. yesterday show fair weather and colder conditions for tonight. The forecast extends to Tuesday with variable wind and a steady drop in temperatures.
Cable reports from Paris claim the Cunard liner Mauretania left Queenstown for New York with about 1200 passengers amid rumors of a wreck. Officials in New York and London doubted the story, noting no confirmation and citing passengers who had been on a Dublin to Queenstown train collision and later boarded the Mauretania for the voyage home.
The central figure in New York's famous murder case, recently pardoned from Sing Sing, begins farm labor at Eureka Missouri on the estate of his brother in law J. T. Milliken. Patrick hopes outdoor work aids adjustment and plans remain private.
William D. Haywood, leader of the IWW direct region faction, left New York after a conference with local officers to assist in organizing a major strike in United States Steel mills. He vowed the IWW could mobilize all common labor in the mills for the walkout.
A train of ten cars labeled Bull Moose special arrived from New York with Progressives for a Chicago conference to be held tomorrow and Wednesday. Leaders including Roosevelt, Straus, and Munsey discussed forming committees to push a national program, appraising the party as a potential 1916 force separate from Republicans.
A petition with over 500000 signatures from California school children was presented to Mayor Blankenburg by Mrs Emma Doane. The reel of signatures, carried on a ten foot diameter reel, will travel through Philadelphia streets by truck seeking support to loan the Liberty Bell for the 1915 Panama exposition.
In Indianapolis on December 9 about twenty defendants and union leaders began testimony in the dynamite conspiracy case. Attorneys said many new witnesses were summoned to testify on the reputation of union officials for peace and quiet. In total about 100 additional defense witnesses are planned to appear.
Paterson New Jersey December 9 Jesse Wilde a mechanic of Midvale had his foot caught in the switch frog on the Hilg railroad and could not free himself He waited as a freight train passed over it and suffered severe injuries leaving his leg badly damaged and partially severed by the wheel.
An advertisement extols Vinol as a safe blood purifier and tonic, combining cod liver oil without the oil and iron to strengthen digestion, purify blood, and build vigor. A testimonial from Mary Lang of Altoona, Pa says Vinol rebuilt her health after years of delicacy, with a guarantee to refund if it fails.
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