Four Gunmen On The Stand In Rosenthal Case Opening
Defense for Gyp the Blood Whitey Lewis Lefty Louie and Dago Frank outlined how Rose Webber Schepps and Vallon charged Rosenthal ran firing as they approached Metropole. Webber and Vallon accused of actual killing while others were lured forward as decoys and fled to Times Square subway after the volley.
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Rose
Webber
Schepps
Vallon
Rosentthal
New York
Gyp the Blood
Whitey Lewis
Lefty Louie
Dago Frank
Zelig
Mr. Wahle
Wallon
Rosenthal
Gyp
Metropole
48Rd Street
Wallon Rose
Times Square
Lefty
Whitey
Wahle
Jack Rose
Giovanni Stanish
Becker
Roscenthal
George Dougherty
Stanish
William F. Reilly
Crude oil prices rise another nickel across markets
The Seep Purchasing Agency boosted crude petroleum prices Friday morning with high grade oils up a nickel and lower grades gaining four cents. Illinois oil held steady while Indiana and Lima changes were pending. Listed moves include Pennsylvania Seep Agency and Emery Pipe Line among others.
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Pennsylvania
Seep
Illinois
Indiana
Lima
Mercer Black
Rometacl
Kansas
Viatie
Vaudeville Actress Jailed For Nude Photo Enclosure
Mabel Spencer a California vaudeville swimmer was sentenced in federal court to 30 days in jail and a $100 fine for sending nude photos of herself in a letter to Salt Lake City theatrical managers. She said she was broke and lacked six dollars for trunks when she had the picture taken. The envelope failed to stick and the photos fell from the envelope at the local post office during sorting.
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San Francisco
Mabel Spencer
Salt Lake City
Thief Steals $60,000 Worth of Jewelry in Paris
In broad daylight a thief entered M. Clerc’s jewelry shop in Place Del Opera opposite Tiffany's and fled with gems worth $60,000 while several salesmen on duty failed to notice the theft.
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Paris
M. Clerc
Place del *Opera
Tiffany’s
War Booms Steel Business In Pittsburg Plants Run Day and Night
The Balkan war drives a rush for projectiles in Pittsburg. Firth-Sterling Steel, the nation's largest projectile maker, and the Brashear lens plant run around the clock at Demmler and the north side. Details are kept secret, but a Navy representative is overseeing rapid production.
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Pittsburg
Balkans
United States Navy
Firth-Sterling Steel Company
America
Demmler
John A. Brashear
Firth-Sterling
Brashear Company
St. Petersburg
Farm Bureaus a Success Along Lackawanna Rail Line
The Lackawanna Railroad and the Department of Agriculture announce two additional bureaus to advise farmers near the Lackawanna lines in New York and New Jersey. Binghamton Elmira and Newton bureaus cost about $3,000 annually in shared maintenance funds. George A. Cullen calls the program a success after two years at Binghamton and early this year at Elmira and Newton.
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Lackawanna Railroad Company
Department of Agriculture
Lackawanna
New York and
New Jersey
Binghamton
N. Y
Elmira
Newton
N. J
George A. Cullen
War ren County school directors hold two day convention
The War ren County School Directors Association met at the courthouse for a two day convention with a well attended program. Delegates and alternates to the state educational association were chosen, and a resolution urged lawmakers to increase state high school funding. Directors praised Deputy Supt. Teitrick Supt. Sweeney and Mr. Noyes for their contributions, adjournment followed Friday afternoon.
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Warren County School Directors Association
Court House
State Educational Association
Chas. A. Clark
Russell
L. E. Chapman
Warren
Crawford Brundage
Spring Creek
C. A. Wheelock
North Warren
D. E. Stone
Kinzua
C. S. Knapp
Williston Wood
Reed B. Teitrick
J. W. Sweeney
G. M. Noyes
Knapp
Supt. Teitrick
Typhoid Fever Strikes Wedding Guests in Hartford Area
Mrs Richard Phillips of Hartford died from typhoid after a weeklong illness. Her daughters Emma 14 and Gertrude 19, and 15 other wedding guests in Naugatuck November 14 were seriously ill. Health official Dr Botsford says punch ice contamination caused the outbreak. Mr Phillips was abroad unaware of the tragedy.
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Board of Health Today
Smallpox Warning Extended to Southern Counties
State Health Commissioner Samuel G. Dixon reports Maryland authorities warn of smallpox cases in Cumberland Maryland traced to Dallas Texas. The virulent outbreak prompts a general alert to health officers in southern counties to stay vigilant.
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Harrisburg
Samuel G. Dixon
Maryland
Cumberland
Dallas
Tex
West Point Cadets Dismissed and Suspended in Drink Case
President Taft approves court martial recommendations at West Point. One cadet is dismissed and three others are suspended for a year. All were from the first class and were found guilty of possessing and drinking intoxicants.
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West Point
Washington
Taft
Military Academy
Off the Wire in Milwaukee News Snippet
A brief, clipped item notes a subscriber quarreling over a phone line with a line about losing her husband after a push. The fragment reflects early 20th century telephony and gossip in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee News
Chains and Tapes Must Be Certified
Albany reports State Sealer Reichmann notified engineering societies that only chains and tapes certified to state standards may be used as evidence in civil procedures. Uncertified measuring devices cannot be introduced in court.
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Albany
Reichmann
Ethel Smith Girl For Whom Newsboy Gave His Life
A newsboy sacrificed his life in defense of Ethel Smith during a pneumonia outbreak. Authorities note his act occurred amid a crowded city street where he alerted her to danger and collapsed. Smith survives with injuries and honors the fallen boy.
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Newsboy
Ethel Smith May Recover After Pneumonia Treatement
Gary Indiana records report Ethel Smith improving at a hospital where she lies ill with pneumonia. Dr J A Craig who treated Billy Rugh and attends Miss Smith was summoned from the East. Her family provided skin grafts nine days ago while Rugh's death caused a nervous shock delaying her recovery.
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Gary
Ind
Ethel Smith
Billy Rugh
J. A. Craig
Rugh
Miss Smith
Raise Funds For Balkan Relief Work
Miss Mabel Boardman an active administrator of the American Red Cross travels from Washington to New York to join leaders of the Red Cross society in planning fundraising for Balkan relief. She is accompanied by Madame Slavko Grouitch wife of the Servian minister at London who has supported Red Cross efforts in Turkey.
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Washington
Mabel Poardman
American Red Cross
New York
Red Cross Society
Balkans
Miss Boardman
Slavko Grouitch
London
Red Cross
Turkey
99 Year Old Tidioute Man Celebrates Birthday
Samuel McKee born November 2 1813 in County Down Ireland celebrated his 99th birthday November 2. He moved to America in 1847 and has lived near Tionesta on a farm for 25 years. Surviving his many years are 11 children with 18 born, and 10 listed in a local notice. Despite a hip fracture in 1911 he remains mentally sharp and active, visiting daughter Mrs J W Caldin in Tidioute.
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Samuel McKee
J. W. Caldin
Mr. McKee
County Down
Ireland
America
Meadville
Tionesta
D. R. McKee
Elwood
Ind
H. G. McKee
Susquehanna
G. W. Loesch
Los Angeles
Cal
S. L. McKee
Tulsa
Wisdom Skill and Virtue Quote by David Starr Jordan
A concise quotation frames wisdom as knowing what to do next skill as knowing how to do it and virtue as the act itself attributed to David Starr Jordan.
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David Starr Jordan
Kane Man Commits Suicide in Reed's Barber Shop
A Kane man committed suicide in Reed Bros barber shop on Hickory Street. The unidentified man entered for a shave, used the toilet, left without paying, returned, and later killed himself with a pocket knife after a note and an identifying letter from Sadie were found. Despondency from ill health is suspected.
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Kane Man
Reed
Grant Matthews
Reed Bros
Hickory Street
Matthews
Albert Mayes
Sheffield
Care Hart-Henderson Lumber Co
Will Epstein
Mayes
Sadie
Bayard Street
Kane
Walter Neeley
Warren
Governor Wilson Promises to Keep Tariff Pledges
Princeton November 14 Governor Wilson said he expects to fulfill campaign promises on the tariff and big business and noted a general expectation abroad that he will act. He stated his pledges will be carried out and commented on letters praising his cabinet and tariff questions. He added the tariff has long been under study.
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Princeton
Wilson
House
Congress
German potatoes shut out by court ruling
Judge Hough grants the petition of Addison C. Platt to condemn and destroy 200 sacks of German potatoes imported in violation of the federal plant quarantine act. Meyers & Lange argue lack of due notice and arbitrariness, but the court upholds police power to prevent potato disease and notes sufficient notice given. The ruling affects other German potato shipments valued around $16,000.
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Hough
Addison C. Platt
United States
New York
Meyer & Lange
Progressive Party Plans Four Year Campaign in Nation
Leaders of the Progressive Party meet in Chicago on December 10 to map a four year effort. A Washington publicity bureau will distribute daily literature on Congress and progress, while reforming party lines to capture GOP machinery and oppose Republicans who do not align with the Roosevelt movement.
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Progressive Party
Chicago
Dixon
Washington
Congress
Union
House
Senate
Roosevelt
United States
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Lackawanna Railroad
Supt
Mr. Phillips
Pennsylvania Health Commssioner
Lumber Company
Reed Brothers
Gov. Wilson
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