Chauffeur linked to Baff murder held after car found
Detectives from the District Attorney's office question a suspected chauffeur of the murder car used in the Baff shooting at the West Washington Market. Harry Cohen known as Kid Griffo, a chicken inspector, was arrested on an old warrant and tied to tensions with the Live Poultry Dealers' Protective Association. Police kept the suspect under guard as they tracked movements and gathered statements from witnesses who saw the vehicle and the gunmen flee.
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Barnet Raff
Swashington
Devel
Deuel
Faurot
District Attorney's Office
Aberty
Harry Cohen
Kid Griffo
Washington
Live Poultry Dealers’ Protective Association
Baff
Criminal Court
Third Avenue
Gansevoort Street
Art
Columbus
Dercon Murphy
Delehanty
Live Pool Dealers’ Protective Association
M. M. Franke
New York
Chiczens
Associaon
Farner Raff
Man Falls Under Subway Train at Borough Hall Station
A young man named John J. Farrell 20 a candied for Lord and Taylor Manhattan fainted and fell onto the track as a Bronx Park express approached at Borough Hall Brooklyn just before 6 pm. He was alive after rescue but died at Brooklyn Hospital about 9 pm. A priest gave last rites on the platform and crowd chaos drew police and medics to the scene.
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Brooklyn
Manhattan
Bronx Park Express
William McClinchey
Hoe Avenue
The
Bronx
Adams Street
Dr. Brown
Brooklyn Hospital
John J. Farrell
Lord & Taylor
Fifth Avenue
Farrell
Inter state Commerce suspends Western rate increases
The Interstate Commerce Commission will suspend all freight rate increases filed by Western Classification Territory roads for four months to allow an inquiry into reasonableness. Shippers of meat and live stock from Kansas City and Chicago oppose the packers’ rate hikes, fearing higher Eastern meat costs. Passenger fare increases in Central Classification Territory were allowed to take effect next month. other increases follow December 15.
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New York Times
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
Chicago
Shackleton Expedition Delayed By Dockyard Strike
A Sydney dispatch reports a dockyard strike delaying the ship Aurora carrying a Shackleton expedition section. Indications say the transantarctic journey will start next year with two sections expected to meet in 1915 or, at latest, 1916. Sir Ernest left Buenos Aires on October 26 aboard Durance, with Aurora to sail Ross Sea from Zealand side and the other portion through South America.
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London
Reuter’s Telegram Company
Sydney
Aurora
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Shackleton
Buenos Aires
Antarctic
Endurance
Ross Sea
Frelinghuysen Seeks Funds to Fight Cattle Disease
New Jersey faces a funding gap as the State Board of Health and Agriculture cannot compensate owners for infected cattle in the foot and mouth outbreak. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, president of the Board of Agriculture, hopes to secure 40 000 to 50 000 dollars from the Legislature, with Republican sentiment to be tested at tomorrow’s conference.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
State Board of Health
State Board of Agriculture
Frelinghuysen
Board of Agriculture
Legislatuve
Genuine Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ad at New York Store
An advertisement claims Genuine Deerfoot Farm Sausages are never sold in bulk and must be wrapped in parchment paper with the name printed in red ink. It warns to beware imitations and lists a New York store address at 172 Chambers Street and a contact Tel. 3982 Cortlandt.
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New York
Chambers Street
Tel
Cortlandt
Recluse of Fifth Avenue dies rich real estate baron
John G. Wendel of Broadway Manhattan, famed for never selling a foot of real estate, dies at 75 in Santa Monica. His holdings valued around 50 million with land on Broadway and prime blocks including a $1.9 million Fifth Avenue yard. He lived in a $5,000 house on land worth $1.897 million and left a vast portfolio across downtown Manhattan, rarely improving properties and leasing on three year terms.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John G. Wendel
Broadway
New York City
H. C. Holwedel
Santa Monica
Mr. Wendel
Astors
Manhattan Island
New York
Fifth Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
Wendel
John D. Wendel
City
Maiden Lane
Gold Street
Grand
Canal
Hester
Division
Spring
Pearl
Essex
Bleecker
Bedford
Greenwich
West Broadway
Third Avenue
Avenue D
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-eighth
Thirty-ninth Streets
Thirty-eighth Street
Fiftieth
Fifty-fivet Streets
William Street
Belgium to pay seven million monthly war tax
The German government orders Belgium to pay 35,000,000 francs ($7,060,000) monthly as a war tax plus city fines. The Arabant governor says proceeds will fund a 250,000 man Belgian force, with widows and orphans aid cited for previous levies. A second report mentions a further 375,000,000 franc ($75,000,000) levy as a penalty for neutrality violations.
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New York Times
Rotterdam
London Daily News
Belgium
Arabant
Amsterdam
London
Germany
Belgian Minister says Amsterdam report unconfirmed
Emile Havenith the Belgian Minister to the United States stated no official communications confirmed a Amsterdam Handelsblad dispatch claiming the German Brabant governor asked Belgian financiers to pay 85 million francs monthly and a 875 million franc war levy for neutrality violations. He called the report unbelievable and improbable.
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Washington
Emile Havenith
United States
Amsterdam
Brussels
Germany
Havenith
Luxemburg Gets $318200 Indemnity From Germany
Das Wort reports Luxemburg received 1 280 000 francs 256 000 dollars for damage to fields and crops by German troops and 11 000 francs 62 200 dollars for road use and damage to streets and buildings.
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Luxemburg
London
Das Wort
Germany
Expect Sea Battle Off Brazilian Coast
Buenos Aires reports Royal Mail steamers stopped at Santos as German warships force the Voltaire to Rio Janeiro. Germans and British fleets of about equal strength approach within 500 miles off the Brazilian coast. Montevideo notes confirmation of German fleet in the South Atlantic with rumors of a nearby British fleet. Interruption of British shipping and German merchant outfitting are seen as signs of the fleet’s approach.
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NEW York Times
Buenos Aires
Royal Mail
Santos
Rio Janeiro
Brazilian
Montevideo
South Atlantic
River
Plata
Big German Fleet Preparing in Baltic
Nov 30 dispatches indicate Baltic fleet activity with preparations to strike Russian ports. Germans may enter the Gulf of Finland and bombard Petrograd. Reports say a large concentration of warships and transports along the Baltic coast, with ships withdrawn from Kiel to reinforce the northern squadron.
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NEW York Times
Copenhagen
London Daily News
Baltic
Gulf of Finn
Petrograd
Kiel
Gulf of Bosnia
Shaw Mention Sparks Recruiting Controversy in London
The Daily Express reports an Order in Council barring false reports that disaffect or disrupt King’s forces. Keir Hardie, a Labour MP, remains active opposing the current war. G Bernard Shaw is noted as a potential figure of interest in the debate.
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London Paper
York Times
London
Keir Hardie
G. Bernard Shaw
The
Daily Express
London Gazette
Great Bear Spring Water Ad For Glass Stoppered Bottles
An advertisement notes Great Bear Spring Water offering six glass stoppered bottles. The terse item presents a vintage catalog line highlighting bottle type and quantity.
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Great Bear
Standard Oil Expands in Peru with Imperial Andholding Merger
Imperial Oil Company calls a special meeting in Sarnia Ontario to ratify control of London and Pacific Petroleum Oil West Coast Oil Fuel and Lagunitos Oil by the International Petroleum Company and to offer five shares of new stock for each Lagunitos share. The Standard Oil of New Jersey strengthens its South American reach via Peru amid talks with English interests and a looming holding company.
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South America
Imperial Oil Company, Ltd
Canada
Sarnia
Ontario
Imperial Oil Company
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Imperial
Peru
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Wall Street
Standard of New Jersey
al Hed
Standard Oil Company of
New York
Republic of China
Standard of New York
Imperial Company
London and Pacific Petroleum Oil Company, Limited
West Coast Oil Fuel Company
Lagunitos Oil Company, Limited
International Petroleum Company, Limited
Lobitos Oilfields, Limited
Lagunitos Company
International
Lagunitos
Standard of Interests
W. «. Teagle
Teagle
London
Dickering
Sir A. Williamson
Bart
Balfour, Williamson & Co
T. White
Lagunitos Oil Company
H. Keswick
M. P
London & Pacific Petroleum Company
Mr. Balfour
California Oilfields, Ltd
West
South American Oil Company, Ltd
Lord Cowdray
Richard Lloyd George
Lobitos Oil Fields
Upegritos Oil Company
Lobitos Company
California
Standard Oil Company of California
Lobitos
Talara
Paita
W. C. Teagle
H. Riedemann
Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Gesellschaft
High Seas
Hanna
Russian Front Harsh Fighting In Poland And East Prussia
Official reports describe stubborn engagements near Sowicz and a German failure to advance near Rzeszow. Russians captured Austrian passes near the Carpathians on Nov 28 and seized ships, machine guns, and prisoners at Plock. East Prussia reports include heavy losses by Russians and Italian-like gains for German forces in other sectors. VIENNA notes a southern theater victory at Suvotov with 1,200 prisoners and 14 machine guns.
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Bartfeld
Sazuka
Mezo Laborez
Plock
Poland
East Prussia
Black Sea
Berlin
Darkehmen
Weichsel
Vistula
Germans Weakened Says Paris Front Note
Paris reports a front overview from Nov 21 to 27 noting German attacks failing to gain ground while French and allied counter offensives inflict heavy losses. Ypres and Dixmude are cited with a German armored train terrorizing Ypres and ruinous damage. French troops hold and advance on the Yser left bank with gains near Dixmude.
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Paris
Ypree
Houthem
Dixmude
the Yser
Lys
Oise
King George Visits Frontline Troops Hospitals in France
King George travels from London to France amid gale conditions to visit hospital wards and troops with the Prince of Wales. He and his son ride between facilities by motor car while crowds greet the royals. press comment praises the visit as a show of support and morale.
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New York
France
London Daily Maid
King George
London
Baron Stamfordham
Major Wigram
Channel
Prince of Wales
the Times
Morning Post
Daily Telegraph
Russians Sweep Polish Front Amid Stalemate Reports
News from London indicates three Polish theater engagements near Thorn and Cracow with no decisive result. Berlin cites 4500 captives and 18 cannons as prior-day gains, while observers note possible Ottoman shifts and a potential Polish Sedan impacting German and Austrian forces.
Russian gains shift balance near Lodz and Prussia front
In reports from Petrograd and Millan on November 30, Russians claim 600 prisoners and ten miles of German trenches seized west of Loches near Glovno, Bielawy, and Sobota, with German reinforcements noted. Clerical dispatches say German positions around Lodz appear vulnerable as Russian right flank expands, while Galicia operations push toward Cracow and siege of Cracow begins with bombardment.
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Bielawy
Sebota
Skow
Pos
Glowno
Lodz
Warsaw
Iren’ Thorn
Russian cavalry drives Polish breakthrough in Hindenburg plan
A dispatch reports Russian cavalry piercing northward above Poland’s German left wing, accelerating the final phase of General von Hindenburg’s strategic effort. The German defensive line along a forty mile span is described as the backbone of the operation.
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Petrograd
London Daily News
Poland
von Hindenburg
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