Five Die In East Fourteenth Street Tenement Fire
Five persons died as flames swept a five story tenement on East Fourteenth Street near the East River. The blaze started at 3 am and raged through the morning with many tenants escaping in their underwear. Authorities suspect incendiary origin as firemen fought the blaze and checked adjoining roofs. The victims’ identities were not confirmed.
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Ellen Fogarty
Agnes Masterson
Lillcox
Hortani
Fourteenth Street
Community Christmas Eve carol singing planned on Public Square
Plans call for a citywide carol program during the Christmas tree event on the Public Square. The Woman's Club has asked churches to cooperate, with Rev D Ralph Dunn and Rev George F E Owen organizing. Starting at 9 p m the Mission truck will tour Mercer Washington East Falls and Jefferson streets while the Mission chimes play carols. Choirs from city churches will perform at 9 15 p m including a colored choir, as the large tree arrives from Pittsburgh and is set up to illuminate the square.
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Public Square
S. D. Pearson
H. M. Kirk
Women's Club
Ministerial Association
Woman's Club
D. Ralph Dunn
George FE. Owen
E. J. Berquist
City Rescue Mission
Mercer Street
Washington Street
East Street
Falls Street
Jefferson Street
Mission
Pittsburgh
Battling Siki Found Slain in New York City
News of the death of Battling Siki, famed Senegalese boxer who knocked out Georges Carpentier to win the world light heavyweight title, as he is found dying on a sidewalk near 350 West 41st Street. Police search for possible assailant. Siki identified by Officer Meehan.
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James L. Kilgallen
New York
Siki
Georges Carpentier
France
Louis Pfall
West 41St Street
Meehan
Tenderloin
Eighth Avenue
Forty-first Street
St. Louis
Senegal
Carpentier
Mike McTigue
Ireland
Dublin
LaFollette Named to Full GOP Committee Posts
Young Bob LaFollette son of the late Wisconsin insurgent leader is assigned as a full Republican to the manufactures, Indian affairs and mining committees by the GOP. He shares in Republican patronage, following his father who chaired the manufacturers and Indian affairs committees before leaving the party. He offers no comment on the honors.
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International News Service
Washington
Bob LaFollette
Wisconsin
City and School Tax Totals Reach Over 1.16 Million This Year
A report from the city treasurer’s office shows $1,160,712.94 collected in city and school taxes up to December 1. December and early January receipts are expected to add about $113,524.50, plus mercantile and special licenses and department revenues. Police receipts are forecast near $30,000 for the year. Tax duplicates list $460,938.30 for city property and personal taxes and $813,399.14 for school taxes, compared with last year’s city and school levies.
Suppressed Pitt Panther Cover Sparks University Reaction
Copies of the Pitt Panther were suppressed by Chancellor Bowman due to a cover image described as in poor taste. He called the students mostly well behaved and expressed regret they did not heed his warning.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Pitt Panther
John G. Bowman
Bowman
New Motor Tags Legal Today in Pennsylvania
A number of New Castle motorists placed 1926 license plates on their cars as the new tags became legal today under a state motor law amendment with reciprocity in states Pennsylvania covers. Meantime in Meadville Stewart Porter aged 36 took his own life, despondent over ill health.
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New Castle
Pennsylvania
Meadville
Stewart Porter
Train Derailment Near Fairmont Blamed On Defective Rail
Eleven passengers were injured when a Baltimore and Ohio night train derailed near Fairmont West Virginia. Investigators found a defective rail caused the wreck and one Pullman coach rolled into the West Fork river. Cecil Perkins was among the most seriously hurt. all expected to recover.
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International News Service
Fairmont
W. Va
Clarksburg
Pittsburgh
Baltimore & Ohio
Fairmont Hospital
West Fork River
Cecil B. Perkins
West Newton
Perkins
Frank Fagen
Clyde Hoffman
Mahoningtown
James Jackson
Porter
Edward Schwartz
Weston
Lilly Schwartz
Fred Workman
Wayne Chaplin
Morgantown
C. B. Rollins
Daudley Bridge
C. M. Bing
Plainview
Neb
German Drys Gain Victory In Westphalia
Berlin reports that in Hagen Westphalia a local option vote backed by 85 percent in favor of submitting the question to local option. The piece notes rising prohibition talk in Germany with leaflets from wets and drys amid warnings from brew ers papers.
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International News Service
Berlin
Hanover
Hagen Westphalia
Chamber of Commerce
Hamburg
Germany
Coolidge
United States
Two East Side Homes Robbed on Maryland Avenue
Two Maryland avenue residences were entered last night while families were away. A watch, a small amount of cash, and a 38 caliber revolver were stolen. Robber escaped from a second floor rear window. officers assisted in the scene but no suspect was found. Detective Horner continued the investigation.
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Maryland Avenue
J. E. Willener
Howard Neiper
Willener
Neiper
Ivor Johnson
Logan
Thompson
George Wyman
Horner
Murderer Fights Large Posse In Arkansas Woods
Arnold Comer, 16, charged with murder of three at Buffalo, Ark., reportedly held off a posse on Bonanza Mountain near Buffalo with a revolver rifle and ample ammunition. The coroner's jury indicted him. he was trapped and surrounded by officers and townspeople.
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International News Service
Yellville
Ark
Bonanza Mountain
Buffalo
Arnold
Comer
Chapman fights habeas corpus in murder bandit case
Gerald Chapman, once dubbed master bandit, shifted legal battle to avoid hanging on March 3. Federal Judge Edwin S. Thomas denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to return him to Atlanta penitentiary.
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Thomas
Bandit
Atlanta
International News
Servic
New York
Gerald Chapman
Edwin S. Thomas
Connecticut
Chapman
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
New Britain
Coolidge
Trumbull
Death Records Note Names and Ages in Local Notice
A fragment lists individuals with ages and addresses: John Joseph Ward 38 Boston avenue. Harry Griffith 45 701 Newell avenue. James Johnston 89 Youngstown. John Leibert 60 Little Beaver township. The source presents a short death record snippet.
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John Joseph Ward
Boston Avenue
Harry Griffith
Newell Avenue
James &. Johnston
Youngstown
John Leibert
Little Beaver Township
Brockville High Youth Takes Life Fails In Studies
Glenn Horner an 18 year old Brookville High student in Brookville Pennsylvania died by his own hand after returning home with report cards showing three failures. His mother found him in his upstairs room with a pistol after he reportedly said I am through. At Brookville High he was known as a studious youth.
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Punxsutawney
Glenn Horner
Lowry Horner
Brookville
Brookville High School
Horner
Deny Rumor Alice And Kip Re Unite In Sunny South
In White Plains New York on December 15 the attorney for Alice Jones Rhinelander called rumors of a Florida reunion false. He stated she never left New York after the annulment case and remains at her home in New Rochelle with her mother. Swinburne outlined brief stays with relatives in Bedford Hills Brewster and a return home last Sunday as the Westchester grand jury renewed its probe into alleged juror tampering connected to the annulment suit.
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International News Service
White Plains
N. Y
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Florida
Samuel S. Swinburne
Alice
Swinburne
Peleham Road
New Rochelle
Jones
Julius Jones
Bedford Hills
Westchester County
Brewster
Westchester Grand Jury
Christmas Carols Warm a City This Eve
Arthur Mometer reflects on the power of Christmas carols to lift spirits as snow coats the streets and lights glow. He predicts the season’s songs will bring cheer despite rough weather and busy shoppers.
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Bob
Iris Gray
Wichita
Kan
Pire
Bethlehem
W. P. Jones
John F. Jones
Hopeville
N.Y
Bob” LaFollette
John Cheesman
Thelma Harper
Alex J. Steinfield
Beaver Falls
Amy L. Stopps
Slippery Rock
Ellwood City
SucheEr Iy
Tom
Self
Drys
Westphalia
Hagen
East Side
Willener and Neiper
Arkansas
Harman Tabac
Aly al
United States Circuit Court
Brockville High
Deny Rumor
Kip
Sunny South
York State
Arthur Mometer
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