Confessions in Duff murder case read as trial debates witness bias
Defense objects to courtroom role of Judge Porter and District Attorney Young citing confessions by Dominick Sainata obtained under pressure. Star witness Calaute denounced as perjurer and accomplice, while letters to Porter and Young are read. Brown testified on sessions, jail handling, and interrogation details. motion for change of venue denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominick Sainata
William Duff
Joe Calaute
Commonwealth
Samata
Seeley Houk
Siderman Green
Calante
Porter
Young
Frank Waddington
Sainata
Duff
James H. Brown
Equaliad Gm
Brown
Albany
Bids Deadline Set For New School Building
The board of education extended the bid deadline to noon on July 4 for contractors bidding on the new high school building. Bids will be opened at the July meeting, three days after the deadline. Rev Thomas Stroul of Pittsburg was a guest of Dr Blackwood on Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Thomas Stroul
Pittsburg
Blackwood
Pittsurg Street
Samata Letter Plea Explains Drunken Shooting Incident
Dominick Samata writes to judge confessing guilt for a fatal shooting after a night of heavy drinking. He blames Peter Exposito and Jim Rich for urging the hunting trip and alleges false testimony at the hearing. He expresses remorse, requests an interpreter, and asks to Speak with his family before any sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Judge
Peter Exposito
Jim Rich
Pete Exposito
Beter
Confession to Dist Atty Young by Dominick Sainata
A letter from Dominick Sainata confesses killing Squire Duff while drinking and requests interrogation of Joe Calante about a trackside incident. He denies details of another affair and mentions cartridges and an alleged gun outing. He signs the note to the district attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Charley Young
Squire Duff
Joe Calante
Dominick Sainata
Out-of-Town Barbers Imported Amid Local Strike
Two non-union barbers are brought to the city to operate today at the Newell and Sullivan shops. The journeymen vow to fine J F Cox for keeping his shop open on Memorial Day, but Cox travels to Sharon each morning and has not been served with notice. Cox's own barbers reportedly refuse to join the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journeymen
Newell
Sullivan
J. F. Cox
Cox
Sharon
South Denies Serious Charge Involving Child
Ed South faces trial before Judge Williams on a charge of assault and battery with an alleged attempt to assault the prosecutrix's young daughter. The indictment says he took the girl to a nickelodeon and near a lumber yard. South claims an alibi, working in a furnace at the time. Prosecutor is W. J. Moffatt. defense J. C. Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed South
Lizzie Zimmerman
Williams
South
W. J. Moffatt
J. C. Norris
Memorial Services for Tribe of Ben Hur and Lady Maccabees
Two memorial services are set for Sunday afternoon in Woodman Hall. The Tribe of Ben Hur will meet at 2 pm with Rev. C S Brooks delivering the address and Samuel S Warnock giving the eulogy as about 300 white carnations are used. The Lady Maccabees service follows at 4 pm with Rev. Brooks giving the memorial address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribe of Ben Hur
Lady Maccabees
Tribe of
Ben Hur
Woodman Hall
Picnic marks annual outing of Reformed Presbyterian Sunday pupils
More than 200 Sunday school pupils from the Reformed Presbyterian church joined a daylong outing in Pattison's woods on Scotland Lane stop 45. Two chartered cars carried the group for a city trolley ride followed by a picnic lunch in the grove and outdoor field contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Pattison’s Woods
Scotland Lane
Youngstown
Groom Bound by Locked Chain On Honeymoon Trip
Louis Barnes of Ponca City and his bride Mamie Davis of Perry were forced aboard a Pullman coach during their honeymoon. A log chain with a cowbell and a lock was fastened around Barnes neck and the key discarded, requiring a chain link to be sawn open to free him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Okla
Louis Barnes
Ponca City
Mamie Davis
Chicago
Barnes
Belmont heir claim fuels New York society stir
Galveston report claims Louise Whiting Belmont Clarke as a Belmont heir. She asserts Nath a Rives was a changeling and produces a Belmont letter and a two portrait locket as proof. The Clarke woman vows to prove her claim while society watches funeral services for O. H. P. Belmont unfold in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
O. H. P. Belmont
Galveston
Texas
Belmont
Louise Whiting Belmont Clarke
Natha Rives
William B. Burden
Rives
Clarke
Sarah Whiting Belmont
Taft Fears Roosevelt Rally as Delegates Meet
Chicago dispatch reports Taft enters the last committee sittings with 538 delegates on the roll, 47 over the needed total to nominate. Roosevelt fears loom as keynote moves toward New York’s Cortelyou and Hughes in second, while Taft’s allies push to deny the vice presidency to Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Taft
National Committee
Texas
Lyon-Taft
Virginia
Roosevelt
Bradley
Kentucky
Hitchcock
Vorys
Charles Taft
Senator Lodge
New York
Cortelyou
Gov. Hughes
Sherman
Bunc
Major Bryan
Hughes
Page
Joseph D Miller Avenue Hotel proprietor dies in Pittsburg
Joseph D Miller 64 proprietor of the Avenue hotel on South Mill street and a longtime New Castle resident died Friday morning at his daughter's home in Bellevue after months of illness from a cancerous growth. He served in the Civil War and worked as a glass maker before opening the Avenue hotel in 1905. Survived by four children including Dr Walter Miller and Mrs H O Baird. Funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph D. Miller
Avenue Hotel
South Mill Street
New Castle
H. Baird
Rogers Avenue
Bellevue
Jos. Rice
Pittsburg
Miller
Mercy Hospital
Mr. Miller
Old Brighton
Beaver Falls
Caroline Long
John Long
Avenue
Walter Miller
H. O. Baird
Clarence Miller
Bessie
Baird
Irving
James Miller
Ravenna
Sessions in Afternoons for Freshmen at High School
The board of education decided that next year all commercial and first year students attend the afternoon session to ease crowding. Principal Dickinson proposed course changes including junior year options between Solid Geometry and United States History and added Geography and Political Economy in Commercial Geography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Dickinson
Dickson and Company
Surprise shower honors bride elect Martha Preston
In honor of Miss Martha Preston and her forthcoming marriage to J. Paul Moseley, friends held a pleasant surprise party at her home on Thursday evening. Gifted cut glass pieces were presented as keepsakes, with music and refreshments for the guests. Attending were Misses Edna Woods Pearl Atkinson Lucy Thacher Frances Woods Lillian Lindsey Ethel Rentz and Pearl Waite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Preston
J. Paul Moseley
Edna Woods
Pearl Atkinson
Lucy Thatcher
Frances Woods
Lillian Lindsey
Ethel Rentz
Pearl Waite
Lusitania Sets New Ocean Passage Record
The Cunard liner Lusitania again claims the title Queen of the Sea by beating the Mauretania in the speed race. Her passage time was four days, 20 hours, and 8 minutes, seven minutes faster than her sister ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cunard
Westminster Commencement Marks 54th Ceremony Honors Cadman Speech
The fifty fourth annual commencement at New Wilmington saw a mammoth crowd despite poor weather. Dr Samuel Parkes Cadman of New York City delivered the address urging denominational college and education tied to religion, with Ada Park of Allegheny delivering the valedictory. Degrees were conferred by the president across multiple programs including A B B S Ph B Mus B and graduates listed by names and hometowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Parkes Cadman
New York
New Wilmington
S. W. Gilkey
D. D
J. Roy Mercer
Mercer
New York City
Dr. Cadman
Ada Park
Allegheny
A. B
Barackman
Anna Mary
Linesville
Clark
Eva
Eleanor
Edenburg
Dickey
Clara Cooper
Greenville
Galbreath
Irene Mitchell
Butler
Gilmore
James Lee
Turtle Creek
Henderson
Mabel McCoy
Dayton
Houston
Fred Chalmers
Jamison
Samuel Martin
Apollo
Kelso
Frederick la Moyne
New Galilee
Magnus
Bertha
Wilkinsburg
McMaster
Minnie Ethel
Jamestown
Joseph Roy
Park
Ada Christina
Pittsburg
Redmond
Emily
Ingram
Scott
Levina
Carnegie
Thompson
Arthur Kirk
Welch
John Orr
Claysville
Wray
Alice
Greensburg
Donald
Homer
Lewisville
Texas
Felmeth
William Gotthart
Moravia
Perkins
George Allen
Eva Belle
Avonmore
Z. Roscoe
McKeesport
James Milton
Balinger
Poindexter
Martha Angeline
Rosse
Street
Ada Myrtle
Mexia
Ferguson
Helen
Mabel Henderson
Eleanor Clark
Anna Barackman
Eva Henderson
W. G. Felmeth
Emily Redmond
Alice Wray
Death Record Infant Krause on Morris Street
Joseph D. Miller, age 64, of Avenue hotel, is listed in the death record while infant Krause on Morris Street is noted in the same notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Infant Krause
Morris Street
Joseph D. Miller
Avenue Hotel
Teachers Elected As Salaries Fixed By School Board
Public school teachers were elected and salaries fixed at the city school board meeting on Thursday night. Principals with ten or more rooms received 115 dollars plus a five dollar raise. a general salary schedule with a minimum of 45 and maximum 60 was set, with raises for grades five to seven. High School staff included G A Dickson as principal at 190, S G Balcom 100, C E Coxe 100, Kathryne Foulke 100, Emma V Harry 115, R L Hildebrand 95, F A Neff 110, A L Morrow 90, F L Orth 134, Lida Pomeroy 105, Bertha Stearns 100, Rose Stewart 80, Lucille VanGorder 100, Stanley Bright 90, Bertha Schlatzer 90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Dickson
S. G. Balcom
Cc. E. Coxe
Kathryne Foulke
Emma V. Harry
R. L. Hildebrand
F. A. Neff
A.L. Morrow
F. L. Orth
Lida Pomeroy
Bertha Stearns
Rose Stewart
Lucille VanGorder
Stanley Bright
Bertha Schlatzer
R. M. Wiley
Miss Schlatzer
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Saiata
Calaute
Rocco Rocco
Rosario
Serge
Nick Palerone
Dominick Samata
Atty. Young
Reformed Pres
Belmonts
Natica Rives
Frank Nicholson
Steubenville
M. C. Rose
Park Avenue
Herman Billie
Frey
C. D. Frey
Kenshaw Landis
Messrs
White
Gordon
Kerr
Johns
Edwards
Lockhart
Hamilton
Lusitania
Westminster
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