Plan for New Castle canning factory gains farmer backing
Martin E. Reno of Walnut street plans a large canning factory beside the Pennsylvania Railroad west of his home. The $20 000 facility will span about 200 by 60 feet and employ high grade staff plus many local women and girls. Farmers foresee a ready market for corn peas tomatoes and other produce with the railroad offering a switch to the plant and farmers driving in from Walnut street to deliver produce.
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Martin E. Reno
Walnut Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Castle
Governor Hughes Refuses to Interfere in Gillette Execution
Auburn N Y March 26 The governor declines to intervene in the court of appeals case. A mother pleads for clemency for her son Gillette who faces the electric chair. He will be executed next Monday at 6 am despite prior Tuesday tradition. Autopsy planned before burial by relatives.
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Auburn
N. Y
Albany
Chester
Seminary Street
Executive Chamber
Hughes
Court of Appeals
Robert Fuller
Billy’’ Brown
Hy Mcellravy
Gillette
State
Davis
Mrs. Lulu Robinson Shot by Husband in Early Monday Incident
Mrs. Lulu Robinson remains hospitalized after being shot four times by her husband early Monday morning. Authorities report she is not out of danger and appears to be improving, though her condition remains serious.
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Mrs. Robinson
Lulu Robinson
New Castle Seeks Major Role With New Cut Off
Train crews shift to New Castle as a hub for routes to Erie and Ashtabula. To meet the 16 hour federal rule, Conway crews relocate here with up to 200 additional men. The plan changes runs to start and end at New Castle, enabling 16 hour round trips to Erie or Ashtabula. Continued story on page ten.
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New Castle
Pennsylvania
Conway
Cleveland
Ashtabula
Erie
A. Division
Pitcairn
Stockholders barred from claims against insolvent Emporium
Referee in Bankruptcy BE M Underwood rules 64 stockholders who paid for Emporium stock cannot be paid as creditors after insolvency. Fraud claims and whether such payments are provable under the bankrupt act are addressed, with the finding that stock payments reduce creditor distribution. Continued on Fifth Page.
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Emporium Company
Referee
BE. M. Underwood
Home Trust and Dollar Savings Plan Merger
Preliminary steps toward merging Home Trust Company and the Dollar Savings Association are under way with a new building planned on the Dollar site. Officers Grove and Nothdurst confirmed discussions but withheld details as plans remain under wraps. The Home Trust is led by President Captain M. S. Marquis.
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Home Trust Company
The
Dollar Savings Association
William H. Grove
John G. Nothdurst
M. S. Marquis
Fred A Queer Ill in Mercy Hospital Pittsburg
Fred A Queer of Garfield Avenue assistant trainmaster for the Pennsylvania Company is critically ill in Mercy hospital Pittsburg. His friends are saddened by the news. Rev. E E Higley pastor of the First M E Church went to Pittsburg to visit him.
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Fred A. Queer
Garfield Avenue
Pennsylvania Company
Mercy
Pittsburg
E. E. Higley
M. E. Church
Woodmen Visit Warren Lodge For Initiation Banquet
About 75 members of the Modern Woodmen of America from New Castle visited Warren Ohio. The New Castle degree team conducted initiatory work for a class of 36 candidates and Warren members hosted a banquet afterward.
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Modern Woodmen of America
Warren, O
New Castle
Warren
No Ohio Miner Strike Planned April 1
United Press reports Ohio mine workers will not strike on April 1 as operators have not signed the old scale. Secretary Treasurer G W Savage says work may pause for ten days or two weeks while the matter is settled. A executives meeting and talks with Hocking operators are planned.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio
G. W. Savage
United Mine Workers
Savage
Wampum Knights Celebrate 16th Anniversary
The Knights of Pythias Wampum lodge No. 440 held its 16th anniversary celebration in the opera house with many members and guests from New Castle Chewton Ellwood City Beaver Falls and nearby towns. A banquet followed by cards dancing and music by a select orchestra made the evening enjoyable.
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Wampum Lodge No. 440
Knights of Pythias
Opera House
New Castle
Chewton
Ellwood City
Beaver Falls
Death Record William A. Cubbison and others
Death notices for William A. Cubbison aged 29 of 57 North Mercer Street and Andrew E. Dodds aged 36 of Warren along with listed relatives Mrs. Charles Bartlett and Mrs. Emilie Crawford Bartlett of Philadelphia indicating obituaries or notices in the Philadelphia area.
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William A. Cubbison
North
Mercer Street
Charles Bartlett
Philadelphia
Andrew E. Dodds
Warren
Emilie Crawford Bartlett
Akens denial of North Hill high school site stance
A local editor rebuts claims in The News that C H Akens favored the North hill site for a proposed high school. He asserts no stock in the street railway and defends current board choice while criticizing past and present press coverage and Traction Company ties. He recalls Akens' earlier civic stance and contrasts it with his Traction role.
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North Hill
Nor'nill
Sixth Ward
Street Railway Company
Mr. Akens
Proce High School
Akens
Board of Education
Traction Company
Neshannock Creek
Pittsburg Street
Lawrence County
New Castle
J. J. Dean
Wallace
Traction
Three New Autos for New Castle Trade
Edward Hileman purchased three new Reo automobiles and sold them to locals in New Castle. One goes to John Gailey of the plaster trade, another to D H Murphy superintendent of conduit plants at West Pittsburg, and the last to William Gillette of Garland Nut and Rivet. Miss Rolinda James returns home to Bellaire from Carlisle Street visit.
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Edward Hileman
Reo
New Castle
John Gailey
D.H. Murphy
West Pittsburg
William Gillette
Garland Nut and Rivet Company
Rolinda James
Bellaire
Gertrude and
Charlotte S Griffith
Carlisle Street
Korean Advisor Durham Stevens Dies After Shooting
Durham White Stevens, American advisor to the Korean council of state, died in a San Francisco hospital after an operation for a gunshot wound. The bullet penetrated the abdomen and perforated the intestines six times, with peritonitis proving fatal.
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United Press
San Francisco
Durham White Stevens
Korean Council of State
Jand
Woman in disguise captured as man in Edenburg case
Catherine Brooks of Pittsburgh arrived in Edenburg claiming illness in a brother in Chicago. She hid as a man to travel west and was seized by a posse led by Detective Logan. After identification efforts failed, she received care and funds before being sent on. The town rallied as the suspect, believed connected to a shooting in Pittsburgh, was detained.
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Catherine Brooks
Pittsburg
Creighton G. Logan
Logan
Edenburg
Robert Robinson
Fred House
Centennial Street
Hess
Lake Erie
Robinson
Rogers
Rodgers Hess
Crmy
Chicago
Miss Brooks
New Castle Junction
Desperadoes Run Wild in Chicago Robberies One Killed
A running gun battle with a solitary policeman ends when a highwayman is fatally shot in a cab near Dearborn and Halstead. The trio of robbers, dressed in evening suits, had terrorized a district from 3 a.m. and robbed Campion the cabbie, Willard, Morris and others before the pursuit. A second rider was wounded. the dead outlaw was found in the cab as officers closed in.
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United Press
Chicago
Robert Campion
Alexandria
Rush
Ohio
Campion
Dearborn Avenue
William Willard
George Morris
West
Monroe Street
Halstead
Archer Avenues
Edward Murphy
Murphy
Prayer Meeting at Almira Home
The Christian Endeavor society of the First Christian church led by president Mr McFadden will conduct a prayer meeting this evening at the Almira home. Services begin at 7 30 o clock.
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The
Christian Endeavor Society of the
First Christian Church
McFadden
Almira Home
Kaiser's Anger Over Hill Appointment Stirring Berlin
German officials report no change in stance on Dr. Hill as ambassador to Berlin while Tower considers retirement. Kaiser calmed, yet gossip claims he told Vice Counsel Caldwell to tell Roosevelt he is angry Tower accepted resignation. Ambassadors not imposed. German objections spark talk of a political setup and German assent remains possible.
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Ambassador Tower
State Department
Hill
Tower
Kaiser
Caldwell
Berlin
Roosevelt
Dr. Hill
Germany
United States
New York
Pretoria
Germany’s eleventh hour row over Hill ambassadorship
Berlin reports a growing diplomatic scandal over Dr. David Jayne Hill as United States ambassador to the German court. The objection to Hill stiffens the diplomatic clash between Berlin and Washington and threatens to derail high level talks.
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Berlin
Germany
David Jayne Hill
Charlemagne Tower
United States
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Pennsy
Gov. Hughes
Emporium
Underwood
Washington
Wampum Knights
K. of P
C. H. Akens
New Cas
Tle
Almira
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