Labor Issues To Be Voted On In Australia
Premier Andrew Fischer leads Labor in Australia toward a referendum after dissolving parliament. The platform includes a protective tariff shared with capital and labor, white Australia immigration limits, compulsory military training, and an independent military defense system. Fischer aims to win control via a people’s vote.
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Australia
United Press
Melbourne
Andrew Fischer
Labor Party
Fischer
Theovernment
Fisher
Court Sets Hearings In Equity Cases Of Nolan Versus Railway
Judge Porter fixed Monday November 80 for hearing the equity suit Edward Nolan v Pittsburg Harmony New Castle and Bugler Street Railway Co over land taken in the Fourth ward. Other actions include Sadie Pollock v Enos W Anderson on April trial list and M Butler v John Matthews set for hearing on Monday November 50. Notes of Mary O Robb v George H Van Horn filed after a prior non suit and a new trial motion awaits arguments.
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Judge Porter
Equity
Edward Nolan
Pittsburg
Harmony
New Castle
Mary O’robb
George H. van Horn
Harvard Declared Football Champion of 1908
New York November 23 Harvard is hailed as the 1908 football champion though Philadelphia claims equality with Pennsylvanias spotless record. Each side finished without a defeat, Harvard gaining the nod after strong showings and a Yale victory, with two major games left to be played: Pennsylvnia vs Cornell and the Army vs Navy clash at the season’s end.
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United Press
New York
Harvard
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Quakers
Cambridge
Yale
Indians
Cornell
Army
Navy
House Leaders Back Cannon Amid Taft Opposition
Washington reports show prominent Republicans rally behind Speaker Cannon in the Cannon Taft dispute over tariff revision and policy alignment. Payne Boutelle Dalzell defend Cannon’s likely unanimous election as speaker while noting Taft's tariff plank commitment.
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House
Cannon
Taft
United Press
Washington
Joe’ Cannon
Burton
Hot Springs
Illinois
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Dalzell
Chicago
Founder of Evans City Church Dead
Rev. Gilbert Mitchel Potter founder of the Evans City Presbyterian church died Saturday evening at his home in Sharpsville He was 74 years old and served 46 years in Allegheny area He organized the Evans City church and later became a missionary He is survived by his widow, a son Rev James M Potter and a brother Rev Henry N Potter Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p m in Sharpsville Presbyterian church
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Gilbert Mitchel Potter
Presbyterian Church
Evans City
Henry N. Potter
Darlington
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Ohio River
Beaver
Jefferson College
Canonsburg
Western Theological Seminary
Pine Creek
Springdale
the Plains
Potter
Allegeny Presbytery
Presbyterian Missionary
James M. Potter
Wheeling
W. Va
Presbyterian Church of
Sharpsville
Motorman Fatally Injured in Cleveland Grade Crash
Nov. 25 Cleveland Ohio A suburban interurban bound for Akron rolled backward on a grade after its motors failed The city car followed closely and collided smashing the smaller car The motorman Steinmetz of the city car remained at his post and suffered crushed legs He is critically injured as six others are seriously hurt in the crash
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Cleveland
Akron
Steinmetz
American Can Signs Five Year Tin Plate Contract
Sharon Pennsylvania November 23 The American Can Company and United States Steel have settled their differences and signed a five year tin plate contract. The Can Company now takes about 65 percent of US Steel’s tin plate output. Orders will arrive at South Sharon this week to begin the tin mill Monday November 30 affecting about 1200 workers.
Boston coffee firm leader Caleb Chase dies at 76
Caleb Chase senior member of Chase & Sanborn, a leading Boston coffee merchant, died early today after a long illness. He was in his late seventies.
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Boston
Mass
Caleb Chase
Chase & Sanborn
Little Boy Sent to Morganza by Judge Porter
Paul Jacobs, a mischievous boy, was sent to Morganza by Judge Porter on Monday. He reportedly runs away from home and is described as in corrigible.
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Morganza
Paul Jacobs
Wampum Girl Assault Shocks Local Crowd
Miss Mary Holstein was attacked by a stranger in a crowded Wampum district Friday evening. The assailant strangled her throat before fleeing as a passerby intervened. Fingerprints and a confessed threat were reported, prompting heightened citizen vigilance amid a spate of similar incidents.
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Wampum
Mary Holstein
Holstein
United States Court restrains Bell Telephone suit
The U S Court issues a restraining order in Cleveland halting Bell interests from interfering with local independents under the United States Telephone Company contract. The action targets a conspiracy to regain a former monopoly and cites Sherman anti trust and state laws across Ohio Indiana Michigan and neighboring states. Judge Taylor enforces contract rights for the independents.
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Cleveland, O
Independents
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
United States Telephone Company
Taylor
Bell Companies
Dr. E. A. Steiner to Lecture December 10
Dr. E. A. Steiner of Grinnell college Iowa will lecture at the First Baptist church on the night of December 10. He directs emigrant work and is regarded as an unusually able speaker.
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E. A. Steiner
Grinnell College
First Baptist Church
Steiner
Butter maker to visit Switzerland from New Bedford creamery
Frank Moeschberger, butter maker at the New Bedford creamery, will travel to his native Switzerland. In his absence Samuel Schrede, brother of Mrs. Moeschberger, will fill his position at the creamery.
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Frank Moeschberger
New Bedford Creamery
Switzerland
Samuel Schrede
Moeschberger
Death Record Rev Gilbert M Potter Sharpsburg
Death record lists Rev Gilbert M Potter with 7 percent designation in Sharpsburg and John Horace Streeter 50 in Youngstown. Resident uel McBurney at 15 Maitland Street appears in the notice.
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Gilbert M. Potter
Sharpsburg
John Horace Streeter
Youngstown
Uel McBurney
Maitland Street
Divorce awards pace of Kentucky cases amid夫妻 dispute details
Judge Porter grants Mrs. Fannie Kile a divorce after she alleged her husband Harry G. Kile squandered over $2,000 of her funds and sold her car amid four months of marriage. Mayme Huff, Howard Huff, Ella Mitchell, and Etta Morgan also receive divorces for cruelty desertion and related misconduct across cases begun in 1907–1908.
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Porter
Kile
Mayme Huff
Fannie
Harry G. Kile
Harvey E. Martin
W. D. Wallace
Mayme C. Huff
Howard J. Huff
Youngstown
Hubbard
Huff
Ella R. Mitchell
Harry J. Mitchell
Western Penitentiary
Charles Metzler
Etta.m. Morgan
George B. Morgan
Tiill
Alleged Mormon Detained on Arrival in New York
Mrs. Aliva F. Schibert, 380, a Berlin bride believed to have deserted a wealthy husband to join Mormonism, was detained by immigration officials on landing in New York from the ship Republic en route to Utah.
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Boston
Mass
Aliva‘f. Schibert
Pretty
Berlin
Republic
Utah
Two Arrests by the State Police in Hillsville
State police arrested Ernest Rich for striking Frank Peter during a dispute and Hzra Sifhs of Ohio for driving without a license. Rich faces a hearing before Squire Martin. Sifhs paid a $10 fine. Citizens report reduced disorder and increased security in Hillsville.
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Hillsville
Ernest Rich
Frank Peter
Rich
Peter
Squire Martin
Hzra Sifhs
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Inquest Opens Into Death Of W H Miller At City Station
A partial inquest looking into the death of W Harrison Miller, who died Wednesday morning at the Central police station, began Saturday at McGonigle's undertaking rooms. Testimony showed Miller was found drunk, placed in a patrol wagon and cell, with conflicting accounts from Dr. Pollock and Dr. Perry on liquor odor. Police witnesses described his behavior as typical of intoxication, and relatives noted delirium from records. The inquest adjourned to next Saturday evening.
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W. Harrison Miller
Central Police Station
McGonigle
J. R. Cox
Miller
Shaffer
McCarthy
Dr. Pollock
Dr. Perry
Moore
Long Avenue
John Lockhart
Thomas McCarthy
Lord Minto Leaves for Calcutta Meeting
Lord Minto departed Lucknow for Calcutta to preside over the Indian council meeting aimed at addressing native discontent, restoring confidence, and preventing insurrection. Precautions were tight with railway guards and pilot engines guarding the route amid reports of a murder plot against Sir Andrew Frazer, lieutenant governor of Bengal.
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United Press
Lucknow
India
Lord Minto
Calcutta
Indian Council
Andrew Frazer
Bengal
Murdered Man’s Wife Goes Home to Italy
Mrs. Gilletta, widow of Frank Gilletta murdered at Hillsville by the Collache brothers, sails to Italy with four children. Mahoning township overseers pay passage, hoping family support awaits there, while the fugitives remain at large and untraced.
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Mahoning Township
Gilletta
Frank Gilletta
Hillsville
Collache Brothers
Italy
New Castle District 9 Convention Programs Printed
The New Castle District Sunday School association convention will meet Tuesday December 1 at the Second United Presbyterian church with an all day session. Officers will be elected and reports read. Participants include Dr. H. J. Whalen Rev. R. H. Mulholland Rev. A. B. McCormick Attorney Wylie McCaslin Miss Margaret Merriman Mrs J A Breckenridge Mrs J L Stratton Charles Hulme and Mrs Margaret Speer Gibson.
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New Castle
J. L. Stratton
Charles Hulme
Margaret Speer Gibson
Sarah Koten Trial Begins For Murder In New York
Sarah Koten, a Russian girl, began her murder trial in New York after shooting Dr. Samuel Auspitz whom she accused of causing her ruin. She faced first degree murder charges and will rely on an emotional insanity defense in Justice Davids court.
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New York
Sarah Koten
Samuel Auspitz
David
Supreme Court
Corn doctor brings N Goodwin to time in Detroit
Detroiter Nat Goodwin, actor and bridegroom of Edna Goodrich, faced a tax on his coins when chiropodist Dr Marcus Scheer treated his bunions during a Cameo Kirby engagement. After a dispute over a $20 bill, Goodwin paid the charge and got his clothes back.
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Detroit
Mich
Marcus Scheer
Nat Goodwin
Edna Goodrich
Goodwin
Cameo Kirby
Scheer
Nat
Ferver Chosen on Scholastic Football Team
Earl Ferver of this city, captain of the 1907 high school eleven, has been placed on one of the all scholastic elevens of the Western Pennsylvania teams chosen by Richard Guy of the Pittsburg Gazette Times. Ferver played a great game against Pittsburg High at Pittsburg this year and drew universal attention.
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Earl Ferver
Richard Guy
Pittsburg Gazette Times
Ferrer
Pittsburg High School
Pitsburg
Woman Dies in Fire After Grief Overloss of Family
Grand Haven Mich Nov 23 Mrs Cornelius Weisterhouse driven mad by the loss of her son and husband in a railroad wreck started a blaze in the upper story of her home and was burned to death.
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Grand Haven
Mich
Cornelius Weisterhouse
Uniform high school course plan eyed at county meeting
Principals and County Superintendent W. Lee Gilmore favor an eight month term and a uniform course of study across the county. Courses would vary by school size from two years to four, using New Castle high school as a basis, with future steps to boards of directors and a directors association meeting in the city.
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New Castle High School
Court House
W. Lee Gilmore
New Castle
Mt. Jackson
Eastbrook
Pulaski
Harlansburg
Princeton
New Wilmingt Wampum
Enon
Ellwood City
Directors Association
Taft May Remain on Yale Board
New Haven Conn November 23 After the Yale Harvard game speculation ran through Yale circles on whether President elect Taft will stay on the Yale corporation Prominent graduates note his suggestion to keep dates open for a possible Yale corporation meeting when he visited Connecticut weeks ago indicating he may attend both commitments
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Yale University
Taft
Yale Corporation
Tait
Connecticut
Mrs James Predmore Dies After Bereavement in Youngstown
Grief over her husband’s death a few weeks earlier and the death of her son last Saturday caused Mrs. James Predmore of Youngstown to die Saturday night.
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James Predmore
Youngstown
Man Behind the Briber and Jury Fixer hunted by Heney
San Francisco after Heney shot vows to punish root corruption not just individuals. District attorney, recovering, says he will resume prosecutions planned before the November 14 attack. He aims to uproot a gigantic conspiracy corrupting law and city and state.
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Prosecutor Heney
San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Heney
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Harry Shaffer
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