Witness alleges New York fire witness blackmailed owners
In the Triangle Shirtwaist trial, Samuel Bernstein testifies that a key witness sought $5,000 from Max Blanck after the fire. Bernstein recalls entering the factory and trying to open the fatal door as the girls died, a claim noted by defense attorney Max Steuer during proceedings.
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Max Blanck
Isaac Harris
Triangle Shirt Waist Company
Blanck
Samuel Bernstein
Max D. Steuer
Bernstein
Steuer
Steel orders rise for United States Steel in November
United States Steel reports in its monthly statement that unfilled orders on November 30 total 4,141,955 tons, up from 3,694,329 tons on October 31.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Quarrel Over Center of Probe Widens
Indianapolis report says the federal dynamiting investigation continues with subpoenas issued as the grand jury prepares to meet on December 14. Officials indicate no need for detailed confessions from John J. and James B. McNamara, while tensions rise between McNamara aides and Lawler over the investigation center.
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Charles W. Miller
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James B. McNamara
Hello Girl Weds British Millionaire
Mrs. Wilfred Leon Isaacs formerly Florence Carney of Washington spoke at the Hotel Normandie about her marriage to Wallie Isaacs of London. She denied a report she was a telephone girl and said she was in Catonsville school four years ago, has since traveled, and severed most Washington connections.
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Wilfred Leon Isaacs
Florence Carney
Rich “Wallie
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Hotel Normandie
Catonsville, Md
Harold Rason pleads not guilty in Larson diamond case
Harold E. Rason testified he sent a diamond ring matching Mrs. L. Larson’s missing item to his Fargo wife. He said he found the ring on the street and denied theft. Judge Brindley adjourned the case to Wednesday as Fargo postal officials were expected to respond. Rason had visited the Larson home as an agent.
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Gompers Erases Name From New York Civic Federation Program
Samuel Gompers announced in Washington that his name was removed from the Civic Federation program for yesterday at his own request. He said he would speak before the federation in New York on Monday.
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Samuel] Gompers
Civic Federation
New York
One Act Sketch The Operator Delights Majestic Audiences
The Majestic bill closes with The Operator a tense thriller about an exhausted railroad operator on the edge of a firearm moment. Browning trio display acrobatic skating and comic dance while delivering a gripping plot and a nearly perfect train depot sequence. The rest of the bill features Steve Juhase the magician and Rube Strickland with comic impressions and piano tricks.
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Steve Juhase
Hiram Q. Squidder
Rube Strickland
Harry
Kate Mitchell
Eliot Operated On For Appendicitis In Ceylon
Word from Boston reports Dr Charles W. Eliot president emeritus of Harvard was operated on for appendicitis in Kandy Ceylon during a world tour. The dispatch says the operation was successful.
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Mass
Charles W. Eliot
Emeritius
Harvard
Kandy
Ceylon
Woman Claims Election Credit for Los Angeles Vote
Mrs. Arthur H. Dodge, president of a national association opposing woman suffrage, asserts that Los Angeles mayoral election results were decided weeks earlier by conservative women who voted against prohibition and for good government. She says McNamara confession did not affect the outcome and stresses women bore the suffrage burden.
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Los Angeles
New York
Alexander
Job Harriman
McNamara
Arthur H. Dodge
National Association
Heiress Miss Louis Swan Located After Disappearance
Miss Louis Swan daughter of New York millionaire William E B Swan was traced after her July disappearance. A Santa Fe detective sent her photo to a Dodge City paper, where the story and image led to her discovery. She says she may not return home until her parents accept the situation and a romance involved is resolved.
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Lung paralysis fatal in Tulsa ironworker
William Hubbard an Ironworker died in Tulsa after three hours of artificial respiration. Doctors diagnosed paralysis of the lungs as the sole failing organ, a condition described as rare with only the lungs failing while other organs stayed normal.
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Tulsa
Okla
William Hubbard
Leading Jews to Protest at House Hearing on Russia
Washington December 11. Major Jewish groups plan to protest before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs as Chairman Sulzer opens a hearing on the Passa matter and the potential abrogation of the 1832 treaty.
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