Titanic Inquiry in London Opens Public Hearings
London hearings opened into the Titanic disaster with Lord Merry presiding and a 20 foot model to show lifeboat placement and bulkhead function. The inquiry will last weeks and cover negligence, seaworthiness, ice danger, passenger selection, crew conduct, news suppression, and fake messages. In New York Senator Smith condemned attacks on the senate investigation and vowed to secure surviving officers' testimony before public influence could alter the record.
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London
Lord Merry
Halifax
Isaacs
Tianic
New York
Senate
William Alden Smith
Smith
Senator Smith
Ismay
Washington
Burned Worker Injured In Carnegie Furnace Blast
John Kelley of 9 Boro Line street suffered severe burns when hot metal exploded in No. 3 furnace at Carnegie company yesterday. His face was struck by the charge and his eyes were badly scarred, with vision expected to return in about a week.
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John Kelley
Boro Line Street
Carnegie Company
Meat prices unlikely to fall soon
Hard to get and higher costs keep meat prices from dropping, with shoppers facing stiff prices as markets struggle to adjust demand and supply. Authorities note persistent inflation and seasonal effects limiting relief.
Big Ranches Are Being Divided And Land Sold Off
Cattlemen face hard winter losses as large ranches break up in Texas panhandle and fields. Charles McCandless, notable local butcher, plans summer move to ranch duties. He notes meat prices rise and grazing land shrinking with land selling at 15 to 20 dollars per acre. Continued on VPage Two.
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Charles McCandless
Panhandle
Texas
McCandless
Murder Inquest Friday Night for Mrs Davis
An inquest will be held Friday at 7:30 PM at the Dunn and Rice morgue into the death of Mrs Emma Davis who was murdered on South Beaver Street Sunday evening April 20. She was stabbed near the heart and died en route to the hospital as four others were also slashed. Police have been on the case but the murderers are at large. The inquest may reveal new facts or clues to aid the investigation.
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Dunn and Rice
Emma Davis
Beaver Street
West Virginia Timber Tract Explored By New Castle Delegation
Judge William E. Porter and associates returned from Deer Creek West Virginia where they with George and G G Stitzinger pursue development of a timber tract of eight to nine thousand acres. George Stitzinger remained behind while the party eyed an adjoining tract. They explored mountains on horseback in a wild game rich area and noted a bear trap and wallows though no bears were seen. A railroad exists and all facilities are being installed to aid development of the tract considered among the best in the region.
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William E. Porter
A. D. Mornes
E. N. Baer
William Gillespie
Deer Creek
West Virginia
George
G. G. Stitzinger
George Stitzinger
New Castle
Gov Tener Fined For Auto Speeding In Reading
Gov John K Tener paid 13.25 plus costs to Reading authorities for alleged speed limit violation by his automobile last Monday. He wrote he had no knowledge of speed excess and paid the fine from his own pocket since the car is state owned.
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Harrisburg
John K. Tener
Reading
Mother's Day Observed Here In New Castle And State
Proclaimed as Mother's Day May 12 features a white carnation worn as a symbol of purity. The observance honors mothers with sermons and civic recognition, noting the date originated by Miss Anna Jarvis and promoted internationally with President Taft as honorary president of the movement.
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New Castle
Anna Jarvis
Taft
National Association of the Mothers’ Day Movement
Fiance Disappears On Eve Of Slavic Wedding in Ford City
In Ford City Pennsylvania on May 2 Lena Rebarik faced a crisis as her fiancé Joseph Linski vanished before a planned Holy Trinity church wedding. A postmarked postcard from Kittanning warned I will be dead leaving her stunned and the ceremony postponed while Rev Father Soukup awaited.
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Ford City
Lena Rebarik
Holy Trinity Church
Father Soukup
Joseph Linski
Tragic Tulsa Killing Involving Former New Castle resident
Arthur J. Colligan, once cashier at Osage and Oklahoma Gas, is reported dying in Tulsa after a fatal knife attack on Belle Hopkins at the Arlington rooming house. He then stabbed himself and leaped from a second story window. The couple quarrelled for about an hour before the fatal assault.
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Arthur J. Colligan
New Castle
Tulsa
Okla
Colligan
Osage and Oklahoma Gas Company
Belle Hopkins
Hopkins
Arlington
Pittsburg
Colliga
Public drinking fountains to be put in operation soon
Health Officer McCandless announced plans to supply tea and water in city public fountains within a few days. He stated that arrangements would be made to ready the fountains for use immediately.
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McCandless
Dirigibles Used as Offensive Weapons Destroy Turkish Camp
Italian reports say two dirigibles circled Aziziah in Tripoli and dropped thirty bombs, wiping out the enemy camp with very heavy casualties. Turks failed to damage the airships as explosives rained down.
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United Press
Rome
Aziziah
Tripoli
War Ministry
Tornado Kills Twenty in Texas and Rio Grande Toll
San Antonio reports twenty deaths after a tornado and cloud burst in this region with extensive property damage. In Laredo ten killed, including Grover Nye, a North Laredo planter, and an unidentified woman with six Mexicans dead. Over one hundred houses destroyed and truck crops ruined. J. H. Davis, a millionaire onion farmer, loses his property.
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San Antonio
Laredo
Grover Nye
North Laredo
J. H. Davis
Torres
Special Exercises At Martin Gantz School
The article invites parents and all education enthusiasts to Friday events at Martin Gantz School. An exhibition of work and flag day exercises start at 1 50 pm followed by physical culture drills at 2 pm and a fire drill at 2 16. The Parents Teachers club meets at 2 15 led by Mrs Edwin F Norris with a special talk by Miss Frantz.
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Martin Gantz ‘School
Edwin F. Norris
Frantz
Building House on Dewey Avenue
Archey Allen is building a frame house on Dewey avenue. It will be a six room structure and modern throughout. David Gibson has just completed an addition to his home on Croton avenue.
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Archey Allen
Dewey Avenue
David Gibson
Croton Avenu
Money Trust Hopes To Stall Inquiry
Washington May 2 The money trust faces a clash over the committee authority to compel testimony in its probe. New York banks seek a federal injunction to block disclosure of client financial relations, arguing secrets would be revealed. The committee plans a House referral for broader power and special legislation to override such injunctions.
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Washington
Money Trust
House Committee
House
New York
Destructive Fire Destroys Everett Lumber Yard Area
A blaze in G. H. Gibbs lumber yards and planing mills in Everett Pennsylvania burned into noon, destroying three solid blocks and threatening more than a half million dollars in losses. Fire spread in six directions before help from Bedford, Huntingdon and nearby towns halted further spread with six to eight crews assisting.
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Everett
G. H. Gibbs
Bedford
Huntingdon
Miss Cunning Graduates as Nurse from Mercy Hospital
Miss Mary Cunning of West North Street, this city, is among a class of 13 nurses who graduated Wednesday afternoon at Mercy Hospital Training School in Pittsburg. Dr. J. A. Lichty and Rev. Thomas E. Coakley spoke, and Marion H. Murphy presented the diplomas.
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Mary Cunning
West North Street
Mercy Hospital Training School
Pittsburg
J. A. Lichty
Thomas E. Coakley
D. D
Marion H. Murphy
Lichty
Six Hundred Union Pressmen Strike in Chicago
Chicago reports six hundred union pressmen striking halting all early editions of afternoon papers. The strike is described as serious and may expand, with potential broader disruption in the city.
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Chicago
United Press
Dirigible Siemens-Scukere Flier Wrecked Near Berlin
Germany's most modern dirigible the Siemens-Scukere flyer and flagship of the aerial fleet was completely wrecked near Biesdorf today due to a motor defect. No one was injured according to the official report.
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Berlin
Germany
Biesdorf
Floyd Allen Faces Plea For Death In Hillsville Murder Trial
Special Prosecutor J C Wyser opens Virginia court demanding the commonwealth seek the death penalty for Floyd Allen. Wyser contends Allen committed 11 felonies in one act, murdered five and attempted six others, and that a mob slogan reflected aims to kill jurors. The exchange with defense counsel grows heated as the case unfolds.
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United Press
Wythvville
Commonwealth of Virginia
Floyd Allen
Hillsville
J. C. Wyser
Allen
Wysos
Commonwealth
Wyser
Judge Massies Court Room
Street Department Employee Loses Entire Pay
Robert Hamilton, a veteran street department worker, collected about $41 in his vest pocket yesterday afternoon. He found a hole in the vest and suspects the money slipped out on the way home, hoping the finder will return the greenbacks.
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Robert Hamilton
Socialist May Day Riot In Union Square
At Union Square New York on May Day a clash between Socialist party members and affiliated unions ended with the Stars and Stripes torn down and trampled. Caroline Dexter, a Socialist member, retrieved the flag after criticizing the crowd. She took the banner home without incident.
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New York
Socialist Party
Union Square Park
Caroline Dexter
Massachusetts Delegates for Col Roosevelt Defy Command
Boston May 2 Col Roosevelt still has 18 of the 36 Republican delegates to the national convention. Eight delegates at large pledged to Roosevelt will vote for Taft, while seven of them say they owe allegiance to the man who marked their names and backed Roosevelt. George W Coleman as one delegate at large objects to Roosevelt's influence and Casts his vote for Roosevelt. Also nine other Roosevelt delegates at large including James P Gagenis Arthur L Nason Octava Lariviere Frederick Fosdick Alvah Weeks and Charles S Baxter echo the sentiment Baxter led the Roosevelt at large slate. Albert Bushnell mart, the eighth delegate at large, declined comment but is believed to share the same view.
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United Press
Boston
Mass
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Chicago
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
George W. Coleman
James P. Gagenis
Arthur L. Nason
Octava A. Lariviere
Frederick Fosdick
Alvah H. Weeks
Charles S. Baxter
Baxter
Albert Bushnell Mart
City committee delays fire escape orders at city building
The city property committee did not order the Washington street fire escape despite state inspector J. R. Patterson. They formed two subcommittees to inspect fire department buildings and the pest house to report needed repairs, potentially guiding a pest house renovation or new construction at the city home.
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City Property Committee of Councils
J. R. Patterson
Washington Street
Patterson, Rugh and
Callahan
Lawrence County Delegates Return From Harrisburg Convention
Lawrence county delegates arrived home after the Republican state convention in Harrisburg where the Roosevelt faction swept and the party pledged to advance Roosevelt favored measures. Senator Flinn remains in control and plans a city wide petition drive to seek a franchise for the Beaver Koppel and New Castle Railway. George T. Weingartner of New Castle was named to a committee to draft bills reflecting convention pledges for presentation to the legislature and governor.
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Shuttiing the Beaver, Koppel and New Castle Railway Company
William Flinn
Pittsburg
United States
Boies Penrose
Matthew Stanley Quay
Lawrence County
Harrisburg
Roosevelt
le Flinn
George T. Weingartner
Newtle
Legisla
Republican Party
Sidney Kytes Seeks Preservation Of Old Bradley House Tavern
Sidney Kytes, once mentioned by Dickens in 1842 as a boy who could chew tobacco like a man, petitions Lebannon to preserve the historic Old Bradley House tavern in the town.
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Lebannon, CO
Sidney Kytes
Bradley House
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Koppel Line
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