Captain Admits Bribery in New York Case
Police Captain Thomas W. Walsh pleaded guilty to bribery in New York after being implicated by Policeman Eugene Fox. Walsh, a self described collector of protection money, admitted receiving graft from Fox. Bail set at 1000 dollars, sentence deferred at the district attorney's request, as Walsh explained his role in the system of levying tribute from disorderly houses.
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New York
Thomas W. Walsh
Eugene Fox
Fox
Whitman
Walsh
Inspector Sweeney Indicted and Pleads Not Guilty
Inspector Sweeney once at rank of captain pleads not guilty to bribery charges after indictment. Ashley Shea indicted for bribery for paying protection money in Sweeney district. remanded to Tombs as bail set at 10000. Graft crusaders disappointed when Roster Hertz receives prison sentence without disclosures.
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Sweeney
Ashley Shea
Goff
Shea
Tombs
Roster Hertz
Marshall Refuses 4800 Backed for Governor's Housing
Indianapolis Feb 4 Thomas R Marshall vice president elect refused 4800 in the regular appropriation bill to reimburse him for house rent dish heat and water during his four years as Governor He said the appropriation unconstitutional and asked the conference committee to strike the item He and Mrs Marshall will depart for Washington Wednesday and he did not expect to appear before the committee as his inaugural speech was not ready.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Cate
Anhut
New York City
Thaw
Russell
R. B. Lamb
Troy
Scott
Dr. May
Clark
May
Guggenheim Record Stays
Chicago February 24 The state paten to expunge the divorce of Grace Brown Guggenheim from William Guggenheim was denied by Judge Heard. Both parties have since remarried and the case involved alleged collusion and fraud. The former Mrs. Guggenheim testified she lied about her Illinois residence.
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Chicago
Grace Brown Guggenheim
William Guggenheim
Munyon’s Paw-Paw Pills and Cold Remedy Claim Quick Cure
An old advertisement touts Munyon’s Paw-Paw Pills and a Cold Remedy promising immediate relief for head cold nasal throat and lung symptoms and prevention of pneumonia bronchitis grippe and related illnesses. It also claims benefits for constipation dyspepsia and liver or stomach trouble, urging use to aid cold recovery.
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Munyon
Eight Hundred Striking Workers Parade in City
About sixteen hundred of three thousand garment workers marched through downtown to celebrate returning to work under union demands. Some 530 were women, with mounted police leading. no disturbances occurred. A mass meeting at 724 Washington street urged a possible general strike of ten thousand ladies garment workers before week’s end, with the International Ladies' Garment Worker's Union authorizing action from New York. Tonight delegates from 200 shops will draft demands as international leaders Rosenberg and Mitchell attend, along with organizer Miss Casey who was jailed last summer.
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Washington Street
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
New York
Boston
International
Rosenberg
Mitchell
Miss Casey
Commission to England Abandoned
Frank L. Crawford and John D. Lindsay representing Edson J. Chamberlin announce they will withdraw their motion to send a commission to England. The aim was to take testimony from English Grand Trunk directors for the trial of Chamberlin and Charles S. Mellen, charged with Sherman Act conspiracy.
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New York
Frank L. Crawford
John D. Lindsay
Edson J. Chamberlin
Grand Trunk Railway
United States District Attorney
England
Grand Trunk
Mr. Chamberlin
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Government plans commission to inspect Grand Trunk records
The government aims to appoint a commission to review all Grand Trunk railway documents in London. If the commission cannot obtain all books and records, the testimony of English directors would be stricken. The trial of Chamberlin and Mellen may be expedited by abandoning the plan to send a commission abroad.
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Lindsay
Grand Trunk Railway
London
Chamberlin and Mellen
Pope Receives 40 American Pilgrims in Rome Audience
In Rome on February 24 the Pope granted a private audience to Mer. Thomas F. Kennedy rector of the American College in Rome. Kennedy presented Peter's Pence from the Newark diocese and introduced 40 American pilgrims and visitors. The Pope appeared in good health.
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Rome
Mer
Thomas F. Kennedy
American College
Mgr. Kennedy
Peter
Newark
General Acevedo Dead in Havana Mystery
General Guillermo Acevedo, veteran of the Cuban Revolution and later participant in several conspiracies against the government, died in Havana on February 24. His career spanned military leadership and controversial anti-government actions.
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Havana
Guillermo Acevedo
Tariff Bills Ready For Extra Session Start April First
Washington Feb 24 The extra session to be called by President elect Wilson will convene April 1 with several tariff bills ready for immediate action and general policies planned for the new administration. The date received broad approval in Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Senate
Kern
Indiana
Democratic leaders shape tariff bills and early tax debate
Democratic leaders discuss ways to pass tariff bills quickly after Congress convenes on April 1. A tax bill is in preparation while currency reform and committee reorganization loom as key early actions in the new Congress.
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Ways and Means
House
James
Randall
Texas
Brantley
Georgia
Congress
Hull
Tennessee
Scott's Widow Named Lady Scott in King's Gift
London February 24 The widow of Captain Robert F Scott the Antarctic explorer will be titled Lady Scott. King George bestowed on her the same rank style and precedence as if her husband had been knighted and survived.
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London
Robert F. Scott
Scott
George
Bath
Dow's Case to Go to Jury Today in Larceny Trial
The case of Stephen R. Dow, a Boston broker and mining operator indicted on 93 counts for allegedly stealing about $300,000 from treasuries of four mining companies where he served as president, will go to the jury this morning.
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Stephen R. Dow
Boston
Treasuries
Dow faced in court over mining stock investments
Morning and afternoon sessions debated defence and prosecution arguments over Dow's finances. The defence claimed Dow could be charged only with unwise investments and loans, while the prosecution noted Dow borrowed about 1.9 million from mining companies, repaying roughly 250 thousand.
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Dow
Paul
Webber
Don
Stock Exchange
Harbors Bill Passed by Senate After Prolonged Fight
The annual rivers and harbors appropriation bill passed the Senate after a lengthy battle. Amendments likely to trigger a presidential veto were added, including the Connecticut river dam bill. Senator Swanson of Virginia warned that keeping this feature would provoke an immediate veto.
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Washington
Senate
Connecticut River
Swanson
Virginia
Thaw Release Plot Inquiry Sees Subpenas Issued
The committee urged Alfred Henry Lewis Augustus Roeder and H A Hoff man to appear Wednesday, as details emerge from Clark and Russell testimony about a $26 000 bribe offer to free Thaw. Anhut denied involvement, while Governor Sulzer sought investigation into a prison ring amid ongoing hearings.
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Alfred Henry Lewis
Thaw
Augustus Roeder
New York
Clark
H. A. Hoffman
Poughkeepsie
Clifford JL. Beare
Anhut
Russell
May and
Sulzer
John Nicholson Anhut
White Plains
Supreme Court Upholds White Slave Traffic Act of 1910
Washington February 24 The Supreme Court upholds the federal white slave traffic act of 1910. Justice McKenna delivers the court’s opinion noting interstate commerce can regulate trafficking in women just as drugs foods or cattle.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
McKenna
Dual Government Debate on State and National Powers
A speaker discusses the uneasy balance between state and national authority while stressing national unity. He argues concurrent powers can advance general welfare and cites inter-state transport as a lever against social ills, including lotteries, obscene literature, diseased cattle, and the corruption of women and girls.
Emerson Girls Present Dickens Play Tom Pinch at Emerson College
The Phi Mu Gamma Sorority at Emerson College of Oratory will stage its 10th annual play in Jordan Hall tomorrow evening. Tom Pinch, adapted from Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit, stars Helen Brewer Leila Harris Marion Vincent Doris Sparrell and others. Proceeds fund a graduate art scholarship at Emerson.
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Phi Mu Gamma Sorority
Emerson College of Oratory
Jordan Hall
Tom Pinch
Martin Chuzzlewit
Art Emerson
Tom
Helen Brewer
Leila Harris
Doris Sparrell
Emerson College
Champlin & Farrar
Bail in Opera Libel Case
Philip L. Kahn of Everett publisher of the Music Magazine faced Judge Cohen in Police Court on a criminal libel charge by Henry Russell of the Boston Grand Opera Company. The Feb 13 article accused Russell and his methods as manager. Kahn pleaded not guilty. bail of 500 was posted and the case continued to March 10.
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Philip L. Kahn
Everett
Cohen
Henry Russell
Boston Grand Opera Company
Kahn
Russell
Radio message links transatlantic cruiser 2000 miles away
Washington reports wireless between Arlington station and the cruiser Salem covered over 2000 miles across the Atlantic last night. Signals showed distance and reception from Salem. Daylight ended communications today with no contact.
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Washington
Arlington
Here
Salem
Atlantic
Don’t Blame the Drunkard Advice Card
A promotional plea extols Renova as a harmless aid for quitters. It cites a Dade City Florida real estate agent and a maid who allegedly became sober after a hidden dose in a drink. The text urges readers to obtain samples from the Renova Co. in New York for proof of temperance benefits.
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I. A. Woods
Dade City
Florida
Riker-Jaynes
The
Renova Co
Bron
New York
Renova
The World's Best Medicines No. 52
The author markets five remedies including Peruna and Lacupia with tablets. Manalin and Manalin Tablets offer a non drastic laxative, while Lacupia is a vegetable blood alterative claimed to cleanse infections. Peruna plus Peruna Tablets are touted as tonic laxatives for catarrh and various body parts.
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Harry Thaw
Superintendent Russell
City
Dr. Russell
Savoy Hotel
Plaza Hotel
Central Park
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Pr. Russell
Albany
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Colonel Scott
Carlisle
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Emerson Girls
DR. Greene
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