Italian quarryman slashes wife then flees in drunken frenzy
Gironis Cocuzzi attacked his wife in their Plum street home last night, slashing her throat from ear to ear and fleeing toward Kenneth. The wounded woman was taken to St. Joseph hospital in critical condition as police searched for Cocuzzi. Witnesses reported a second man may have been in the attic, but no evidence of accomplice was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gironis Cocuzzi
Plum Street
Kenneth
Cocuzzi
St. Joseph Hospital
W. M. Jones
Glenn Jones
Burch
John Miller
Fromm
Joseph Rubsam
Tony Palumbo
Jones
di Palo
Ft. Wayne & Northern Indiana
Pinchot Attacks Bossism in Warm Speech
Former U S forest service chief Gifford Pinchot denounces bossism in a speech at Medina Ohio. He criticizes Murphy and Barnes in New York politics, cites Penrose, Herrin, and Roger Sullivan as examples, and praises LaFollette for challenging the establishment. He frames the boss system as a denial of political liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Mr. Pinchot
New York State
Murphy
Barnes
Boss Cox
Cincinnati
Bob LaFollette
Forest Service
Capitol
Senate
Fixed Selling and Also Buying Prices on Beef
Henry Veeder testifies in the packers trial that a historic pool from 1893 to 1896 fixed fresh beef prices and cattle payments. He describes weekly meetings at the Counselman building Chicago and a five territory system used to allocate meat shipments and profits among Armour, Swift, Cudahy, Hammond, Morris, and other firms. The government seeks to link the old pool to later packers actions as the case continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Veeder
Postoffice
Counselman
Chicago
Albert H. Veeder
Pool
Armour & Company
Armour Packing Company
Cudahy & Company
G. H. Hammond & Company
St. Louis Pressed Beef
Veeder
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Illinois
Ohio
Potomac Rivers
St. Louis
Cook County
Down
Corneil Bluffs
Colorado
Territory
Butler
Packers’ Pool
Carpenter
Russian Victory Ends Nine Days Siege of Tabriz
Russian forces claim victory ending a nine day siege of Tabriz with the outcome uncertain for remaining combatants and regional leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seige
Tabriz
Turkish troops rout Italian forces in 24 hour battle
A Turkish official report from Constantinople recounts a 24 hour battle near Tobruk in which Turkish troops defeated the Italian garrison. The enemy suffered heavy losses, including officers, while Turkish casualties were light. Sheikh Meri and Lieutenant Nejibi Bey are noted among the dead and deadliness of the assault is praised.
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Washington
Constantinople
Imperial Ministry of War
Tobruk
Tripoli
Sheikh Meri
Nejibi Bey
Packers Pool Evidence Boosts Veeder 247 Business
A Packers pool case introduces direct evidence boosting Veeder 247’s business prospects. The report notes intensified activity around the firm as subpoenas and testimony highlight market operations and client services tied to the pool matter.
Quail hunt accident injures Lauderback near Metea
While hunting with Claude Roads and Charles Martin near Metea Frank Lauderback of Rochester was wounded by a shotgun blast from a companion as quails flushed. The shot struck his face neck and arm but was not life threatening. Martin and Roads reside near Metea and Logansport respectively. Lauderback had been a Roads guest since Christmas.
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Claude Roads
Charles Martin
Metea
Frank. Lauderback
Rochester
Lauderback
Martin
Roads
Roads Farm
Twelve Mile
Logansport
Jacob Powell
Humanity Would All Be Numbered
Washington December 29. An Associated Press report notes Assistant Secretary W. M. Hays urged a global census classifying all people by mental aptitude and genetics to guide selective marriage and strengthen races. He said science and charity clash with survival of the fittest, advocating stronger families and smaller ones for the less efficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Hays
American Breeders’ Association
American Association For the Advance of Science
American Association For the ‘Advancement of Science
Burton
Lodge
Smoot
Irving Fisher
Yale
G. Kebler
Bureau of Chemistry
American Chemical Society
Rauch Addresses Convention as State Committee Finishes
Rauch delivers an address to the convention while the state committee work nears completion. The proceedings reveal lengthy resolutions moving through committee with full complexion still unclear.
New State Committee Names Reflect Taggart Split
The slate lists twelve names from Evansville through Indianapolis with affiliations to Taggart or anti Taggart lines. Several members refuse to define their stance, leaving the committee’s factional balance uncertain.
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Benjamin F. Bosse
Evansville
anti-Taggart
Fabius ‘Gwinn
Shoals
Taggart
Mark Storen
Scottsburg
Francis M. Griffith
Vevay
James E. Randall
Greencastle
Charles Beck
Richmond
Bernard Korbly
Indianapolis
William
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Gifford Pinchot
Medina, C
New York
Associated Press
Medina
Gifford Pin
Velt
Sians
Sy Associated Press
Persia
Sian Cops
Constitutional Progressive Party
Fidais
United States
the Ark
Baghi Shemel
FOR Labor Commission
McNamara
Labor Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Trade Legislature
Stephen S. Wise
Jane Addams
White House
Rabbi Wise
Albert Veeder
Chicago, Ill
Packers
Labor Board
M'Namara
CAGO
Shotgun
Hunter
Associated’ Press
The
Classifi
E. E. Cox
Hartford City
Cox
F. M. Kistler
Rauch
M. M. Hathaway
Winamac
Feighmer
Huntington
W. B. Williams
Marion
J. Fred Frantz
M. B. Larry
J. ©. Nelson
J. W. Barnes
Feightner
W. E Williams
Democratic Party of
Eleventh
Congressional District
Benjamin F. Shively
John W
John W. ‘Kern, Our Two Excellent U.S
Indiana
National Senate
House of Representatives
National Congress
George
Marshall
Court House
NEW State Committee
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