Widow Glover on Stand in Le Blanc Murder Trial
In Cambridge Massachusetts the murder trial of Hattie Le Blanc, a 17 year old French Canadian, continues as Mrs Lilian M Glover, widow of Laurence F Glover, testifies. She discusses her marriages, past stage work, firearm familiarity, and letters tied to the case while denying knowledge of motives or Hattie's missing correspondence.
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Mariner
Cambridge
Maas
Mra Lilian M Glover
Larence F. Glover
Hattie le Blanc
Mra Glover
Melvin M Jonson
Li Blan
Johnson
Cilover
Hattie Ie Blanc
Reston
Cape Breton
Pifere Mra Glover
Wier
Strefins
Hattie LeBlanc
Providence
Barth
Boston
Aribat
Mr. Fales
Flate
Battle
Mra
Hattie
Hattie le ‘Blanc
Lnte
Ott
Waltham
Children Heal Eczema After Cuticura Remedies
A Brooklyn man recounts two years without a rash after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for his children. He notes initial doctor visits failed and credits the remedies with drying and curing the eczema following a six week treatment.
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Germany
Illiam Grelek
Douglas Bt
Brooklyn
N. Y
Chem Corp
Boston
Cook in obscurity in London as polar quest tale unfolds
Dr Frederick A Cook, who claims uncertainty about reaching the north pole, hides in a Bloomsbury boarding house in London. Reports say he drafted a story about his voyage, sought sale to London magazines, and traveled with a magazine rep under assumed names from Troy to Canada before returning to Europe. The Hampton's Magazine team denied paying the asking price.
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Dev
Frederick A Cook
North Pole
Dr Cook
Brooklyn
London
United States
Hampton
Dr. Cook
Canada
Tros
Cook
Tro
Troy
Poughkeepsie
Euope
Germans Seek South Pole Expedition Plans
Berlin dispatch reports Lieut Wilhelm Fulcher leading a projected German antarctic exploration. About $175,000 has been raised. A Norwegian whaling vessel is being refitted for the voyage with a goal to reach South Georgia and push into the Weddell Sea before winter, establishing a base for further work, next spring.
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Filcher
Berlin
Wilhelm Fulcher
General Staff
Army
Lieut Fischer
South Georgia
Valkland Islands
Weddell Sea
Brotherhood Not Yet Here in New York Speech
Jacob F. Schiff told the Young Men's Hebrew Association that a common religious platform for Jews and Gentiles is not yet possible. He warned that Christianity’s oppression and prejudice keep the kingdom of God distant and urged including non Jews in their camp while guarding Jewish identity.
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New York
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Coretigionis
Kingdom of God
Brotherhood of Man
Stork Visits Cecelia Loftus Daughter of Mrs Waterman
Special Cable reports Cecelia Loftus Waterman becomes mother to a baby boy. Loftus Waterman, born from Mrs Waterman and Dr A H Waterman of Chicago, is the second marriage of Cecelia Loftus formerly married to Justin Huntly McCarthy. Loftus known for impersonations, recent U.S. stage work described.
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Washington Post
London
Cevelia Loftus
Cecelia Loftus
Cissie
Loftus
A. H. Waterman
Chicago
Justin Huntly McCarthy
England
United States
Miss Loftus
America
Abernathy Called Here for Justice Probe
Guthne Oklahoma December 1 United States Marshal John R Abernathy left for Washington called by the Department of Justice after investigations by Inspector Fishman. It is reported he will resign to President Taft on arrival. Abernathy was appointed by President Roosevelt. His two young sons rode to New York to greet Roosevelt home from Africa.
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Okla
John R Abernathy
United States
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Inspector Fishman
Taft
Abernathy
Roosevelt
New York
Africa
Fifteen Fishermen Feared Drowned Off Charleston
A report claims fifteen fishermen are presumed drowned after their smacks disappeared for days near Charleston. A vessel was sighted afloat, bottom upward, yesterday, suggesting a fatal disaster at sea.
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Charleston
8. C
O Brien to Lecture at Yale on Journalism
Robert Lincoln O'Brien editor of the Boston Herald will lecture at Yale University in New Haven Connecticut. O’Brien served as secretary to President Cleveland from 1892 to 1895 and later was Washington correspondent for the Boston Transcript.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Bromley
Yale University
Robert Lincoln O'Brien
Boston Ferald
Mr. O'Brien
Cleveland
Washington
Boston Transcript
Last Of Lupos Gang Crippled By Counterfeit Bust
New York police and federal agents arrest thirteen Italians on counterfeiting charges tied to the Lupo gang once linked to murder and blackmail. Nine suspects are held for federal authorities. four released as witnesses. Authorities say the gang operated from a Highland New York farm, with two and five dollar bogus bills found in a wine merchant cellar fireplace.
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New York
Lupo
Atlanta
Richard H Taylor
Secret Service
Hallan Bureau
Metropolitan Police
Theother
Lupo the Wolf
Wolf
Giuseppe Morrelio
Highland
N. Y
Taylor
Romantic pair wed after Catskill cave elopement in Newark
La Vere Tallman and Beatrice Sanders, both about 20, fled home after parents refused consent. Six weeks in a Catskill mountain cave ended when they sought work and faced vagrancy charges. Police intervened, parents relented, and they married in Newark after returning.
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Newark
la Vere Tallman
Beatrice Sanders
Catskill Mountains
New York
Yonkers
Ted
Methodists Foresee Unity Across Three Branches
Baltimore December discussions on federation as Rev Dr Jennings of the Methodist Protestant Church urges unity among the three branches the Methodist Episcopal the Methodist Episcopal South and the Methodist Protestant to combat moral corruption. Secret sessions and closed meetings mark the afternoon and evening proceedings of the joint federation commission.
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Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Episcopal South
Methodist Protestant
Jim M. Jennings
Methodist Protestant Church
Pittsburg
Joint
Commission On Methodist Federation
Jennings
Wendling Case Rest in San Francisco Trial
In Louisville detective Carney testifies Wendling confessed after arrest that he killed the eight year old Alma Kehrer. The San Francisco prosecution rested its case in the Wendling murder trial and the defense plans opening statements with testimony to follow over the next day and a half.
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Louisville
Carney
Joseph Wendling
San Francisco
Wendling
Alma Kehrer
Itn
Wendhing
Greeks Ambush Turks Near Santiquaranta and Moneathalge
A Frankfort dispatch says Greek forces attacked Turkish troops near Santiquaranta wounding three and triggering a Turkish ambush near Moneathalge where three Turks were killed. two Greeks were killed in the clash.
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Frankfort-on-the-Main
Germany
Frankfort Zeitunz
Salonika
Turkey
Santiquaranta
Moneathalge
Trapped Through Letter Involved Chicago Mapman Arrest
John McFarland, claiming to be a Chicago map maker, is held at the Tombs in $31,080 bail after postal inspectors say he obtained a letter to Theodore W. Vail of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company containing a $50 check for a dinner honoring James E. Sullivan of the Amateur Athletic Union. McFarland reportedly posed as Sullivan to intercept the letter at a New York post office, where inspectors noted the misaddressed reply. The arrest followed his attempt to pocket the check when confronted by officers.
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New York
John McFarland
Chicago
Theodore W. Vail
American Telehone and Telegraph Company
McFarland
Vail
James E. Sullivan
Amateur Athletic Union
Yall
Say
the Athletic Union
Sullivan
Duel Victim Was His Son In Philadelphia Shootout
Leon Wiener of Roxbury Massachusetts identified his son Hyman Wiener 26 as the gunman who killed Special Policeman Barnett in a West Philadelphia pistol duel. Hyman, who left home two months earlier after two terms in reformatories, was killed by Barnett’s return shot. Police used newly photographed life likenesses to identify the body amid a mystery. Wiener had 183 dollars on him.
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Philadelphia
Leon Wiener
Roxbury
Mass
Barnett
Hyman Wiener
Rexbury
House of Correction
Boston
Assaistant
Tmrectér
Public
O'Leary
Wiener
West
Jersey Justice Too Slow in Child Custody Gambit
Mrs Frederick Naylor wife of an army officer withdrew habeas corpus aimed at gaining custody of Virginia and Gladys after rushing to Philadelphia to take the children. Vice Chancellor Emery noted the move. the mother proclaimed Jersey justice too slow and claimed Missouri grit as she fled to Joplin Missouri with her daughters amid ongoing Philadelphia divorce actions.
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Naylor
Washington
Newark
N. J
Court of Chancery
Emery
Henry Hahn
Frederick Naylor
Stiien
Virginia
Gladys
Philadelphia
Capt. Naylor
Hahn Sand
Threatened by Bandit Solis Demands 920000 Death
United Fruit sugar mill manager in Banes reports the bandit Solis demands 920000 under death penalty. In Burlington a red ink note signed Death and skull threatens 10000 on Hawkins corner before next Saturday. Hawkey alerts postal authorities as police probe while he guards shop with a double barrel shotgun.
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Havana
United Fruit Company
Banes
Solis
Burlington
N. J
Robert Hawkey
Hawkey
Salome Dropped From Baltimore Opera Plans
Baltimore officials announce that Salome with Mary Garden will not be staged in Baltimore to avoid offending public taste. Bernard Ulrich of the Chicago Opera Company says the company will remove Salome from the repertoire planned for the city.
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Maryland City
Washington Post
Baltimore
Salome
Mary Garden
A. R L. Dohme
Busratites Fund
Bernard Ulrich
Chicago Opera Company
Miss Goldman
Indianapolis
Ind
Emma Goldman
Hyland
Mrs Martin Offers Suicide Claim In Murder Inquiry
In Newark New Jersey on December 1 Mrs Caroline Martin facing an inquest into the death of her niece Ocey Snead told a witness she had tried to kill herself for several days Albert Reed a nephew said Mrs Martin asked him for something to end the ordeal The hearing continued later in the day
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Newark
WN. J
Indantry
Caroline Martin
Ocey Snead
Mystery of trunk death spreads worldwide
New York detectives linked a zinc lined trunk to William Lewis, the suspected killer of the trunk victim, but a skull and skeleton exam in New York shows no signs of violence. A Boston man identified as J F Adams died by self inflicted gunshot in Wilmington, while Lewis’s fate remains unresolved.
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Rey Lewis
Delaware
New York
William Lewis
Walter
Lewis
Flynn
Detective Bureau
Callier
Caller Atirves
Paris
Parental Surveillance Association aims at courtship control
Kansas City Mo December reports a new group named the Parental Surveillance Association of North America forms to curb late night gaslight courting and require clear marriage intentions. A man on Mein Street shows a letter from the association warning him about his courtship and urging seriousness to protect a daughter’s welfare.
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Kansas City
Dee
North America
Mein Street
North Aniriga
Rev Dr F L Edwards Dies in Virginia at Stony Creek
Special to The Washington Post Petersburg Va Dec 1 Rev Dr F L Edwards of the Virginia Methodist conference died last night at his daughter Mrs W E Freeman’s home in Stony Creek He was 82 retired from ministry and lived with his daughter Survived by two sons Clarence Edwards a New York lawyer and Prof Howard Edwards of the University of Rhode Island and daughter Mrs Freeman Interment set for Blandford Cemetery Saturday afternoon
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Stony Creek
Washington
Petersburg
F. L. Edwards
Virginia Methodist Conference
W. E. Freeman
Clarence Edwards
New York City
Howard Edwards
University of Rhode Island
Providence
Freeman
Blandford Cemetery
Recall for Arizona Judges
Phoenix Arizona December 1 By an overwhelming vote the Arizona constitutional convention included the judiciary in the recall provision All judges in the state to be removable by the people Opponents say the provision may block acceptance of the constitution by President Taft Underground Street Proposed New York December 1 A plan to build an underground street under St George Hill Manhattan Island would be 800 feet long 16 feet wide 1 feet high for pedestrians only Elevators would carry passengers to the surface The hill is 190 feet high Kelly and Langford Matched Detroit December 1 Hugo Kelly via his manager arranged preliminaries for a 20 round fight with Sam Langford in Los Angeles January 2 Fire in a Grocery Store The Morris Bennett grocery store at 758 Morton Street northwest damaged 100 by fire last midnight
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Lewis
Gaynor
New York
Henry H. Tuttle and Company
Boston
Johnson and Murphy
Newark
N. J
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Ariz
Arizona
Taft
Iw Hols
St. George HI
Manhattan Island
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Tor
Board of Estimate
Kelly
Langford
Detroit
Mich
Hugo Kelly
Sam Langford
Los Angeles
Morris Mr Bennett
Morton -Street
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