Indictment prospects loom in McNamara dynamite case
Los Angeles dispatch reports no subpoenas for Sheriff Hammel yet as Oscar Lawler plans to hold the McNamaras in custody while the grand jury considers testimony. Federal inquiry targets what leaders like Samuel Gompers and Frank M. Ryan knew about explosives and conspiracies, with indictments expected within ten days.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Cal
Hammel
McNamara Brothers
Oscar Lawler
Wickersham
Lawler
Federal Grand Jury
McNamaras
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Olaf A. Tevitmoe
California State Federation of Labor
San Francisco
Antone Johannsen
State Building Trades
P. J. Smith
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Cleveland
Ohio
Fred Sherman
Ae Iron Workers’ Union
Indianpolis
E. Munsey
Salt Lake City
H. Hockin
Edward Smythe
One Iron Workers’ Union of
Peoria
P. A. Cooley
New Orleans
Malcolm McLaren
Ortie B McManigal
McManigal
James B
Walter Bordwell
Ortie E. McManigal
McNamara
Iranworkers’ Union
Bert H. Franklin
Samuel L. Browne
Rowne
Franklin
Indianapolis
Taft
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Washington
Monroe
Bordwell
James B. McNamara
Pacific Coast
Louise M. Sawyer
Robert L. Sawyer
Los Angeles Times
Burns in Philadelphia to probe dynamiting cases
William J. Burns arrived in Philadelphia to investigate local dynamiting cases, met Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg and Public Safety Director Porter, and dined with the City Club reform administration before continuing to New York. He was asked about Samuel Gompers and replied that the man is unfit to punt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
William J. Burns
Rudolph Blankenburg
Public Safety
Porter
City Club
Reform Administration
York
Samuel Gompers
Blys
Gom
Three Die in Philadelphia Fire at Maine Apartments
A fatal blaze at the Maine apartments on South Sixteenth Street in Philadelphia killed Mr and Mrs Samuel Balfour and their nine year old daughter Ruth. Eight women were injured during rescue and Fireman George W Gaw was badly burned. Investigators suspect a gas leak ignited the blaze as smoke and flames spread through the building.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Samuel Balfour
Ruth
Sixteenth and
Spruce Streets
Maine
South Sixteenth Street
George W. Gaw
Jefferson Hospital
Henry Beates
Sixteenth Street
South
Charles B. Wright
Wrights
Marle Apartments
B. Harrison Dulles
Dulles Place
Gas Tunnel Fees Fixed by Condemnation Commissioners
Supreme Court Commissioners set payments of 2500 to the city 1000 to the State and 1000 to Harlem & Port Chester Railroad for easements in condemned East River Gas Company tunnels. The case relates to gas mains from Astoria to Manhattan and the Bronx supplying the Consolidated Gas Company.
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Supreme Court
East River Gas Company
Astoria
Manhattan
Bronx
Harlem & Port Chester Railroad Company
Consolidated Gas Company
East River
New York
Cncore
East River Company
Autopsy Ordered in Death of Nelle Burrelle at Carlton Hotel
Coroner Holtzhauser halted funeral plans for 35 year old Nelle Burrelle after an inquiry into her death at the Carlton Hotel on West Fifty-fourth Street. An autopsy was ordered despite a certificate listing uraemia and nephritis by Dr. H. B. Urquhart. The coroner cited anonymous tips suggesting possible cause other than natural. Mrs. Burrelle headed the Burrelle Press Clipping Bureau and is survived by two Indiana sisters. her engagement to Dr. Amey was denied by both.
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Holtzhauser
Philip F. O'Hanlon
Nelle Moore Burrelle
Carlton Hotel
West Fifty-fourth Street
H. B. Urquhart
West Forty-fifth Street
Amey
Urquhart
Elwert
Dr. Urquhart
Mrs. Burrelle
Burrelle Press Clipping Bureau
Frank A. Burrelle
Burrelle
Middle West
Bureau
Merrill T. Atwood
Geneva
Ind
Bowers
Indiana
J. W. Amey
Shipping News: Vessels Arrive and Report Progress
Latest shipping notices: SS Olympic arrived at Southampton on November 30. SS Pannonia, reported by wireless 390 miles east of Sandy Hook at 7 P.M. yesterday, was due at her pier the following morning barring delays.
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Olympic
Southampton
Marconi Wireless
Pannonia
Gibraltar
Wireless
Sandy Hook
Compartment Cars to Florida on Seaboard Air Line
Advertises compartment cars to Florida starting December 3 on the Seaboard Air Line Florida Cuba Special, billed as the shortest route, with inquiries at 1 184 Broadway.
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Florida
Seaboard Air Line
Totten Held On Death Of Alice Shanks Inquest Verdict
Grand Jury to decide after coroner retained Thomas J. Totten in the Alice Shanks case. The jury found poisoning as the cause, but Totten’s counsel protested to the coroner about malicious persecution and false imprisonment. Lappe testified about the golf house gathering and the bottle of carbolic acid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shongut
Thomas J. Totten
Alice Tristram Shanks
Mrs. Shanks
Totten
Abraham Levy
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
D’arcy Totten
McCarthy
Edward Gallagher
Joseph Cribbens
Wiliam Lappe
William Lappe
Strong
Lappe
Mr. Levy
Joseph Z. Berry
Bronx
Berry
Appe
van Cortlandt Park
Tyes
Thomas Totten
J. Levy
Levy
Robert Loos
Loos
Mr. Strong
TY Rotten
Long Island Railroad Update Stirs Brooklyn Transit
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate an LIRR related item involving Sag Harbor and Brooklyn commutes. A person named Sage Barbor or similar may have been referenced with arrival times around 9:30 A.M. in New York, with travel details unclear.
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Long Island Railroad
Agansett
Sage Barbor
Brooklyn
New York
New York Times Christmas Number Promises Colorful Special
The New York Times will publish a Christmas Number next Sunday featuring a colored section on high grade paper an artistic tint section and timely magazine features. Readers are advised to order from their newsdealer early to ensure delivery.
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THE
NEW York Times
Tiny Broadway Corner Breaks NYC Real Estate Record
A 1200 square foot Broadway Thirty-fourth Street corner sold for 1 million dollars, paying nearly 870 per square foot. Buyer unnamed. sale by R Smith & Co. building to be torn down. current lease to United Cigar Stores at 40 thousand yearly. Nearby projects including McAlpin Hotel and Gimbel store boost area prominence.
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New York City
Broadway
Thirty-fourth Street
Macy’s Department Store
Gillender
Nassau and
Wall Streets
Bankers’ Trust
Wall Street
Union Dime Savings Bank
Thirty-second Street
Sixth Avenue
R. Smith
R. Smith & Co
Twenty-third Street
Mr. Smith
Macy
Smith
Henry Siegel
United Cigar Stores Company
Cigar Stores Company
Pennsylvania Station
Thirty-third
Thirty-fourth
McAlpin
Gimbel Store
Building Collapse Kills Four In Indianapolis Work Site
Four workers died and twenty-one were injured when a three story concrete building under construction for the Presto O Lite Company collapsed at noon in Indianapolis. Rescue crews searched debris as firemen fought a follow up blaze and a priest gave last rites to a man later saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Presto- O-Lite Company
Beleves
Fred Asher
Henry Ines
M. F. Headley
W. R
Southern Railway Advertising Card Caption
Southern Railway Premier carrier of the South offers 6 daily trains from New York with attractive schedules and sleeping car service. New York office at 264 Avenue, corner of 29th Street.
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Southern Railway
New York
N. Y
Cor
29Th St
Caruso's Discoverer Dies At His Dinner
Edouardo Missiano, the baritone who discovered Enrico Caruso, died of heart disease at a friend's dinner table in New York. Caruso recalled their long friendship and Missiano's role in guiding his early career. He planned to return Missiano's body to Italy and pay funeral expenses.
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Caruso
Edouardo Missiano
Metropolitan Opera House
Enrico Caruso
Ciro Liguori
Sixth Avenue
TIMES
Missiano
Naples
Mr. Caruso
Guglielmo Vergino
Pearl Fishers
Cavalleria Rusticana
Vergino
Italy
Panezza
Mr. Carugo
Winter Garden
Tosca
Duca d’ Abruzzi
Choate Firm To Lead Search For Ambassador Hill Trunk
The law firm Eivarts Choate & Sherman at 60 Wall Street has been asked by Ambassador Hill to pursue the missing trunk he lost weeks ago before departing for Europe. Ex-Ambassador Choate leads the inquiry, with no trace found at the Holland House where delivery was recorded by American Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eivarts, Choate & Sherman
Wall Street
Ambassador Hill
Europe
Ambassador Hil
George Washington
Choate
Holland House
American Express
Nurse Sues Merry Estate Over Century-Old Will
A nurse from Brooklyn contests the Jonathan Merry estate in Massachusetts court. She claims to be the real Mabel F. Allen and seeks a share, accusing several claimants of perjury and fraud. The dispute involves George and Ella Nelson, Robert J. Fisher, Emma E. Thomas, Blanche Umbach, and John Sherburne.
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New York Times
Boston
Jonathan Merry
Mabel F. Allen
Brooklyn
N. Y
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Miss Allen
Merry
Poaneee
Rooklyn
Washington
Mabel
Allen
George and
Ella Nelson
Robert J. Fisher
Chicago
Emma E. Thomas
Manchac
Blanche M. Umbach
John T. Sherburne
New Orleans
Nelson
King George and Queen Mary Arrive in Delhi
King George and Queen Mary arrived in Delhi this morning. The dispatch notes their ceremonial entry and mentions local merchants and shops such as Luyties Bros offering whiskeys including Antediluvian and anlar Zeer varieties for visitors.
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Delhi
India
King George
Queen Mary
Mauretania Grounds in Mersey During Gale
The Cunard liner Mauretania snapped her anchor in a half gale and swung across the Mersey. She grounded near the Dingle and efforts to refloat her have failed. It is feared she cannot sail Saturday.
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Mersey
Liverpool
Ship and Waterspout Race Aboard Cretic
Capt Lobe of the White Star liner Cretic reported sighting a 500 foot waterspout southwest of the port quarter last Monday morning. The ship sped to outrun the spout, then encountered a gale at seventy miles per hour. A baby boy born in the steerage was named Cretic Scoco. Immigration officials asked a passenger if he planned to go to Florida. he said he was headed to First Avenue.
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Lobe
White Star
Cretic
Naples
Cretic Scoco
Ponce Deon
Florida
First Avenue
Maple Syrup as Automobile Oil in Brattleboro
After the Standard Oil dissolution, maple syrup is claimed as a car oil substitute in Brattleboro Vermont. G O Abbott and his son stored syrup in oil cans and tried it in an auto. Mr Hudson mistakenly filled crank case with syrup and drove twenty miles before failure.
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New York Times
Brattleboro
Standard Oil Company
G. O. Abbott
Hudson
Mr. Abbott
Beggar Arrested After Luck Runs To Wallet
A man outside the Church of the Paulist Fathers at Sixtieth Street and Columbus Avenue collected alms then kept the money in his pocket. Police arrested him for vagrancy after discovering $477 in his possession. He gave name Joseph Vono aged 50 of 164 West End Avenue.
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Sixtieth Street
Columbus Avenue
Schmidt
West Fortyseventh Street
West Forty-seventh Street
Joseph Vono
West End Avenue
Pressure on Taft over Russia treaty and Jewish travel rights
Congressional leaders press Taft to abrogate the 1832 Russia treaty or recognize free Jewish travel in Russia. Suizer outlines facts. Penrose urges action. Berger denounces inaction. Wolf and Kraus say the President is pursuing a settlement.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
Russia
Suizer
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
White House
Taft
Penrose
Sulzer
House Committee
Victor Berger
Simon Wolf
Aleph Kraus
B'nai Brith
Mr. Taft
Trampled Woman Rescued After Subway Rush Incident
An elderly woman, Catharine Magle 74 of Bensonhurst, was trampled in a Fourteenth Street subway crowd surge during rush hour. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital with bruises and scalp wounds. She claimed to be en route to Sandusky Ohio to contest her husband’s will and held documents including a marriage transcript from 1893. Authorities detained her at the psychopathic ward pending contact with her daughter Mrs. Underwood.
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Fourteenth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Wiley
Catherine Magle
Bay Twenty-sixth Street
Bensonhurst
Gregory
New York
Sandusky
Ohio
Board of Health
Underwood
Demand Break With Russia Urges Quick Break in Passport Discrimination
A Carnegie Hall rally demands immediate abrogation of the 1832 Russia treaty over passport discrimination against American citizens. Speakers including Andrew White Champ Clark James OGorman Woodrow Wilson call for swift congressional action, while Hearst and others press for equal rights for all Americans.
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Carnegie Hall
New York
Andrew D. White
National Citizens’ Committee
Champ Clark
United States
James A. O’gorman
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
David H. Greer
Schuman
Cornell University
William R. Hearst
William Sulzer
House Committee On Foreign Relations
Herbert Parsons
William A. Calder
William S. Bennet
Henry Goldfogle
Russia
Dr. White
Hague
Senator O'Gorman
Senate
O’gorman
Mr. Hearst
Gov. Wilson
America
Peaker Champ Clark
James Creelman
Civil Service Commission
Congress
State Department
Dip
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Burns
T. J. Totten
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Mabel Allen
Mauretania
14Th St. Station
Carnegie
Hall
Hails Wilson
Justice For
O’gor
Man and Clark
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