Robbery Case Links Thefts To Noted Informant
A former confederate allegedly identified suspects in a $350000 jewel and cash theft from Martin Simons & Son pawnshop at Hester and Eldridge streets. The informant named known criminals, prompting Commissioner Dougherty to dispatch officers to search dens and underworld haunts across New York.
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New York
Martin Simons & Son
Hester
Eldridge Streets
Martin Simons
West One Hundredth Street
Simons
Rogues’ Gallery
Dougherty
Asher
Ordination by immersion in icy Flax Pond
Mrs Catherine T Craigon of Colorado Springs and Elder Adoniram H Latham stood neck deep in Flax Pond in Mass on March 20 to undergo triple immersion and become ministers in the Apostolic faith. After three duckings they joined twelve others on the bank as they sang hymns in dripping clothes despite the cold.
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Minist Lynn
Mass
Catherine T. Craigon
Colorado Springs
Adoniram H. Latham
Flax Pond
Child's Plea May Free Her Father in New Jersey
Four year old Dorothy Brand clutched Governor Wielder’s neck and whispered to beg for her father, Trenton merchant David Brand, jailed seven years for aiding arson. The child slipped into the executive chamber, and the governor, moved by the plea, is expected to grant clemency.
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Dorothy Brand
Trenton
N. J
Papa
Wielder
New Jersey
David Brand
Little Dorothy
Chaimber
Davis Jury Commission Bill Passes House in New Jersey
In Trenton on March 20 the jury commission bill passed the house 43 to 13 after the Martin referendum amendment was adopted 27 to 26. It lets counties decide by ballot if they shall have a jury commission. President Wilson opposed the change in telegrams to Governor Fielder and Mayor Wiltpenn. His senate friends aim to carry out his preference. Republicans opposed both the amendment and the bill.
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Trenton
N. J
Davis
House
Martin
Wilson
Fielder
Wiltpenn
Jersey City
Senate
Twelve Children Saved From Newark Fire Alarm
Two fires in Newark cause $100,000 in damage. At the New Jersey Sash and Door yard on Sixteenth avenue and Seventh street a three story frame tenement was filled with smoke and the Debowitz family and Cletus Gaffney with their children were overcome. firemen rescued them. A second blaze at the Hudson Hat Company on New and Hoyt streets caused $10,000 in losses.
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Newark
N. 2
New Jersey Sash and Door Company
Sixteenth Avenue
Seventh Street
Samuel Debowitz
Cletus Gaffney
Hudson Hat Company
New and Hoyt Streets
Third Reformed Church in New Brunswick May Be Dissolved
Trenton N J March 20 Chancellor Walker signed a writ to show cause why the Third Reformed Dutch Church in America at New Brunswick should not be dissolved. Decree seeks to vest tithe in the classis of the Reformed church in New Brunswick. The petition lists C G Ferdinand Quad of New Brunswick as the sole surviving member retaining church membership.
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New Brunswick
Trenton
N. 4
Deawe
Williamson
Walker
America
Williams
Ferdinand Quad
Ostrich Feathers Show Symmetrical Centered Stem
A note observes that an ostrich feather held upright appears perfectly symmetrical with the stem dividing it exactly at the center while other feathers show stems offset to one side.
Arctic Expedition Sails From San Francisco
Captain C. T. Pederson of the Karluk leads a Canadian government funded Arctic expedition. Vilhjalmar Steffansson heads the party as they depart San Francisco for exploration in polar regions with a ship outfitted for the task.
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C. T. Pederson
Karluk
Mascot
San Francisco
Vilhjalmar Steffansson
Arctic
Taft Seeks Roosevelt Portrait From White House
Taft requests Major Thomas Rhoads send him a large framed Theodore Roosevelt portrait that hung in the White House during his presidency. Taft notes he wishes to keep Roosevelt in memory as a man he deeply respected, explaining his decision to retain the picture.
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Rhoads
White House
Washington
Thomas Rhoads
Taft
Wilson
Augusta
New Haven
Conn
Theodore Roosevelt
Major Rhoads
Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
John Astor to Go to India and Lord Hardinge staff
John Astor son of William Waldorf Astor, an officer of the Life Guards, will go to India to join the staff of Lord Hardinge, the governor general. Weather forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and rain in the south and central regions with warmer today and colder tomorrow night.
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John Astor
India
London
William Waldorf Astor
John
Life Guards
Lord Hardinge
Live Stock Markets Report From Pittsburgh
Live stock markets in Pittsburgh on March 2 show light cattle supply and steady demand. Prices range for cattle include prime 8.40 to 8.60, good 8.0 to 8.40, fat cattle 5.50 to 7.50, and common to good fat cows 4.50 to 8.00 with heifers 4.50 to 8.00. veal calves 1.20 to 1.04. Sheep and lambs supply light, market slow, prime wethers 7.0 to 10.0, lambs 6.0 to 9.0, veal calves 1.20 to 1.04. hogs receipts 16 double decks, prices lower with prime heavy 9.50, heavy mixed 9.00 to 9.75, light hogs 9.65 to 9.70, stags 14.75.
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York
Pennsylvania
Bermuda
Maine
State
Western
Jersey
Iéc
Pittsburgh
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United States Weather Bureau
Temp
Athletic City
Reston
Murffalo
Chicago
St. Louis
Orleans
Horlick
Baby Girl
Parent
Cc. T. Pederson
T. R
General Markets
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