September Court Session Brief Lets Guilty Pleas Speed Adjournment
The September term of Criminal Court opened with motions and grand jury instructions. Pleas of guilty from several defendants led to an early adjournment. sentences included jail time, fines, costs, and probation. Notable case outcomes include Guy C. Swanson’s embezzlement plea with sentence postponed to October second Monday, and Thomas Cretino’s felonious assault case postponed to December. A. J. Hazeltine, Warren Savings Bank president, turned 66 amid tributes. his career spanned clerkship, cashier, and banking leadership with statewide influence.
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Criminal Court
J. Roy Thompson
Traverse
Guy C. Swanson
Edward Lindsey
Chautauqua County
N. Y
Hazeltine
Board of Supervisors
Pisa Company
First National Bank
Warren Savings Bank
L. F. Watson
Warren
Pennsylvania State Bankers’ Association
South Penn declares dividend on increased capitalization
South Penn Oil Company declares a dividend of 3 dollars a share payable September 30 to holders of record September 10. This is the first dividend on the increased capitalization following a 10 percent dividend paid in March.
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South Penn Oil Company
2000 Celebrate With Man of 106 in Birmingham
In Birmingham on September 4 a barbecue at Sterrett honored Asa Goodwin who turned 106. More than 2,000 attendees including over 400 relatives gathered as Mr Goodwin remained hale and hearty.
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Birmingham
Ala
Sterrett
Asa Goodwin
Mr. Goodwin
Trolley to Youngsville Again Talked Of
President Siggins of Warren Street Railway Co along with D. H. Siggins and H. A. Siggins inspected the Warren to Youngsville route Friday. The plan calls for an electric line connecting Warren with Youngsville, with crossings arranged at Reese's Eddy and parallel runs along D. A. V. & P. tracks. If feasible, preliminary work could start soon, opening manufacturing sites and linking Warren and Youngsville.
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Warren & Jamestown Lines
H. A. Siggins
Warren
Youngsville
Pennsylvania Avenue
Chestnut Street
Reese’s Eddy
Siggins
Thaw released then seized by Canadian immigration
Harry Kendall Thaw, freed by a habeas corpus writ in Sherbrooke, Quebec, was immediately taken into custody by Canadian immigration officers and hustled to Coaticook. A special inquiry board will decide if he can be deported to Vermont, with possible return to Matteawan asylum. Thaw showed little emotion as officials arranged the transfer.
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Coaticook
Que
Harry Kendall Thaw
Sherbrooke
William Travers Jerome
Dominion Immigration
Grand Trunk Railway
Vermont
New York
Matteawan Asylum
Thaw
Canada
Jerome
John Boudreau
Mattewson Hutchinson
District of St. Francis
Stolid
W. K. McKeown
E. Blake Robertson
Robertson
Mr. Thaw
Court House
Dominion
W. L. Shurtliff
Ottawa
Board of Inquiry
Turkey
Bulgaria
J. N. Greenshields
Montrael
N. K. LaFlamme
Montreal
Charles D. White
Sherbrook
Franklin Kennedy
Kennedy
Dominion Police
Voters to Decide Upon City Charter and Incorportation
Jamestown Labor Day parade ends with a shooting as Mrs. John Wilson fires at her husband. the bullet misses him but shatters a storefront window. She claims self defense amid threats. he was unharmed. City council votes to submit incorporation as a third class city with commission government at the November election.
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Jamestown
John Wilson
Second
Main Strets
W. B. Weed
Board of Health
N. H. Spencer
Warren
Evelyn Weed
Bo of Health
C. W. Schmehl
John Siggins, Jr
M. M. Dunham
T. M. Greenland
Thomas H. Perks
Hospital Head Resigns to Marry Leaves Emergency Hospital
Miss Mary Hassett, head of the Emergency Hospital for seven and a half years, resigns to marry and leave on September 1. She served as superintendent for three years after succeeding Miss Robertson. Margaret McLaren becomes assistant superintendent, with Caroline Borquain as the new assistant.
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Mary Hassett
Miss Hassett
Miss Robertson
Jones Memorial Hospital
Jamestown
Board of Directors
Margaret McLaren
Hassett
Caroline Borquain
Hospital Training School
Bonuses Boost Alexander Smith & Sons Workers in Yonkers
In Yonkers on Sept 4, thirty five hundred workers at the Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet company shared bonuses totaling 820000. Employees with ten years service received 10 percent of six month earnings, those with 5 to 10 years got 5 percent. The firm has annually rewarded staff for three years, distributing 342000 to date.
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Yonkers
Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Company
Democratic push targets Elk County post offices in Ridgeway
The postmaster in Ridgeway Elk County William Baker faces a demand to resign by Postmaster General Burleson. Baker's salary is 2600 dollars yearly and his term runs to January 3 1915. Ridgeway and nearby Johnsonburg see political maneuvering as Democrats gain influence in the region.
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Pennsylvania
J. C. Reynolds
FB. H. Porter
United States
Pittsboro
A. 8
Burleson
William Baker
Ridgway
Elk County
Ridgeway
Baker
Washington
National
A. Mitchell Palmer
Johnsonburg
Palmer
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Andrew Nowak
Mike Pareto
Samuel Singleton
Samuel Morse
Fred Beemis
Spring Creek
Don Gray
Huntington Reformatory
Ralph Parrish
Juvenile Court
C. W. Sackett
Thomas Cretino
A. J. Hazeltine
Milestone
Mr. Hazeltine
Mr. Hazeltine Was
Busti
South Penn
Waren Street Railway Co
D. H. Siggins
Warren Street Railway Company
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Hutchinson
Malleawan
Council
Ting
Hospital
Smith & Sons of
ELK County Post Offices
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