Thaw's Wife Sought Shelter Amid Hotel Turmoil
Mrs. Thaw left Park Avenue mansion for transitory hotel life after a turnattacks and a dispute over a suit to annul her marriage to Harry Thaw. She faced eviction from the Knickerbocker and Prince George hotels and prepared for a Supreme Court hearing on Monday. Thaw remains involved, signing her support checks as he endures his own legal battles.
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Park Avenue
Harry Thaw
Stiufoerd White
Thay
Matecawan Asylum
Prince George
Thaw
Knickerbocker
E. R. Thomas
Korbocker
Col. Dick
0 Reilly
Franklin Bartlett
William Thaw
A. Russell Peasdy
Matina Wain
Hien
Stanford
Prince. George Hotel
Twentyerehih Street
Siegison Square Garden
Death on a Philadelphia to Newark Train Leaves Family in Shock
Emmons Clark son of the late Gen Emmons Clark shot himself on a Pennsylvan ia Railroad train near Newark as it began a homeward leg from Chicago and the Far East. He was a traveling rep for Lanman and Kemp druggists of New York and had worked there over twenty years. Clark left New York in December for China and other ports then appeared to mail letters from Hongkong and Hoengkong. A memorandum book showed stops in Honolulu Yokohama Hongkong Manila San Francisco and Chicago with timing conflicting with letters. He carried sixty five gold sovereigns and $72 in American money and two sealed letters. The body was removed at Jersey City and his brother George H Clarke notified.
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Emmons Clark
Seventh Regiment
Chicago
Pennsylvania Road
Clark
China
Newark
Lanman & Kemp
Water Street
George Massey
JeSrae & Kemp
New York
Massey
Hoengkong
Asia
Honolulu
Yokohama
Hongkong
Manila
San Francisco
America
Lanman Kemp
George H. Clark
West End Avenue
Itv
Jersey City
George. H. Clark
George Uf. Clark
George FH. Clark
Rapid Transit Commission
Goulds React to Health Recovery and Paris Romance
Anne Gould regained strength after family opposition to her marriage with the Prince de Sagan. She arrived in a car with Tyler Morse, stayed at a hotel, and trunks were sent from her sister’s home. The Prince plans to sail soon amid Paris gossip and press scrutiny of Boni de Castellane.
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Anne
Anna Gould
Sk N
Prince “di
Aime. Could
Frank Gould
Sher
George Gould
Prince de Sagan
Sherry’s
St. Resis
Aertain
Paris
Waldoarf-Astoriz
Boni de Castellane
Gil Blas
Mme
Ann Gould
United States
Helle de Sagan
France
Mme, Gould
Count Boni de Castellane
Mme. Gould
Princess de Saran
Cotton Brokers Expelled From New Orleans Exchange
Ernesto Gussoni and Luigi Castello of Gussoni Co were expelled from the New Orleans Cotton Exchange today for alleged by law violations. The firm had been among the leading cotton exporters in the United States.
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Orleans
Ernesto Gussoni
Luigi Castello
Gussoni& Co
New Orléans Cotton Exchange
Exchange
Rainy Day Heist Leads to Six Months in Penitentiary
David Douglas pleaded guilty in General Sessions to stealing $100 worth of umbrellas from a Broadway department store. Judge Kos ter noted the motive and sentenced him to six months in the penitentiary.
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David Douglas
Broadway
Koster
Douglas
Seven Hour Filibuster in House Delays Roosevelt Message Debate
Democrats filibustered for about seven hours in the House delaying debate on Roosevelt's Jan 31 message. Republicans used roll calls eleven times to shut off Democratic thunder and avoid a general debate, adjournment following a tense session.
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New York Times
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Ways and Means
Sereny Payne
Payne
Willams
Williams
Ways and Means Committee
Sea Turtle Gift Delights Roosevelt at White House
A 250 pound sea turtle from Nicaraguan waters was presented to President Roosevelt by Col. James Dietrich of Grand River Station. The president studied the creature for an hour, then gave it to the White House chef for preparation as meals for upcoming lunches with guests.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James Dietrich
Grand River Station
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Republic
White House
Tragic drowning after pet dog’s death in Millville
Mrs. Hannah Willis, driven by grief over her dying pet, drowned herself in Richmond Mill Pond after an earlier accident that killed her dog when struck by an electric train. Alfred Willis awoke to find her missing and later the body was recovered from three feet of water following a one hour search.
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New York Times
Millville
N. J
Hannah Willis
Richmond Mill Pond
Dewey's Old Port Wine For Invalids
Dewey and Sons Co advertises Dewey's Old Port Wine as a tonic for the weak and convalescents. Product listed with address 138 Fulton Street New York. Ad emphasizes restorative effects for those in fragile health.
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DEWEY
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Gust of Wind Saves Man From Suicide in Brooklyn
August Heyer a 77 year old picture framer at 206 Washington Street attempted suicide by inhaling gas via a pipe and rubber tube when a gust of wind blew a glass sign from his shop. Joseph McElrath friend found him and helped him to air with a policeman. Heyer was revived and taken to Cumberland Street Hospital where doctors expected recovery.
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Brooklyn
Heyer
Washington Street
Joseph McElrath
McElrath
Lfe
Cumberland Street Hospital
High Scaffold Falls At Madison Avenue Building
High wind toppled a derrick from the twenty seventh floor of the Metropolitan Building at Madison Avenue and Twenty third Street. It crashed inward to lower floors, sent planks into the street, and knocked a piece from Frank Devlin’s derby hat. Devlin of East 1424 Street escaped injury. Miss Josephine Sennell of Forty seventh Street Brooklyn and Patrick Wimsey of East 137th Street suffered minor knee and foot injuries.
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Metropolitan
Madison Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Frank Devlin
Devlin
36 Story Skyscraper Plans by Clinton Russell Architects
Clinton and Russell, for Century Investing and Bat tery Place Realty, filed plans for a 36 story office tower to rise at 4 to 14 West Street 6 to 18 Washington Street and 17 Battery Place adjoining the Whitehall Building. The Renaissance brick/terra cotta design includes a 446.9 foot central tower with a dome and 30 elevators. cost $4.6 million.
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Clinton & Russell
Century Investing Company
Battery Place Realty Company
Mammoth
William H. Chesebrough
West Street
Washington Street
Battery Place
Whitehall
Chesebrough
Wakehall
Washington Streets
Tragedy After Railroad Crash Ends in Amputation
Horace A. McKittrick, a Brookfield stock breeder, was trapped under wreckage when a Burlington Railroad rear-end collision near Spanish Lake left him pinned under timbers. A dull jackknife was used in an improvised amputation by Rev. R. C. Allen but McKittrick died at the hospital. Four others were injured as the caboose passengers escaped serious harm.
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ST. Louis
Burlington
Horace A. McKittrick
Brookfield
R. C. Allen
Grove Cit
Penn
McKit
Death by Own Action Shocks Jersey City Brother's Foolish Note
Joseph Imperato a Jersey City tailor at 113 Brunswick Street died after an April fool joke by his 15 year old brother Pascarel. The plan led Joseph to seek a supposed employer, then he returned home and killed himself with a gun.
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Joseph Imperato
Brunswick Street
Jersey City
Pascarel
Joseph
W H Sergeant Injured In Pelham Auto Crash
William H. Sergeant the Mount Vernon builder was driving at high speed through Pelham last night when his car crashed into a telephone pole in front of North Pelham School House. He was found unconscious with a fractured skull and possible internal injuries. He was moved home by trolley with Dr. Newell attending, as no ambulance was available.
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Pelham
William H. Sergeant
Mount Vernon
Pelham School House
Sergeant
New Rocheller
Oreoran Manor
Fourth Street
Edwin S. Newell
Dynamiter Kills Officer In Court In Terre Haute
Special to The New York Times Terre Haute April 2 After a jury found Holy F McDonald guilty of dynamiting a church and two Sanford stores he pulled a pistol and opened fire killing Chief of Detectives William E Dwyer and wounding five others The fire was returned by officers and spectators as McDonald was wounded and carried from the court In the melee Dwyer died Harvey V Jones Superintendent of Police was shot Sylvester Doyle was wounded Judge Crane tried to restore order About a thousand people gathered outside and the dynamiter was hospital bound with guards fearing lynching The case connections trace to 1907 church and store bombings involving Henry McDonald and James Scanlon
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New York
Terre Haute
Ind
Holy F. McDonald
Sanford
William E. Dwyer
Mc Donald
Heo
James A. Cooper, Jr
Karger
McDonald
Dwyer
Harvey V. Jones
Fra Wellman
Sylvester Doyle
Palliff
Mr. Walker
T. Walker
Crane
Court House
Methodist Church
Shickle & Johnson
J.W. Reese
Henry McDonsald
James Scanion
Scanlon
Steeplejack Hatley Survives 200 Foot Wind Strain
Philadelphia steeple jack Josephe P Hatley clung to a top rim on a 200 foot smokestack under high wind in Jersey City. Amid cheering spectators he held on, circled half the stack hand over hand, and calmly resumed work before descending.
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Josephe P. Hatley
Philadelphia
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Bay Ana Provost Streets
Jersey City
Batley
Bailey
Fire Devastates Englewood Stable Killing 35 Horses
A large stable on Van Brunt Street Englewood New Jersey burned last night destroying 35 horses as well as a hearse several carriages and other vehicles. Firefighters fought a strong wind with help from Hackensack and Tenafly and two horses were saved. By midnight the building was a mass of charred embers with damage estimated at 75000.
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Patrick J. Quirk
van Brunt Street
Englewood
N. J
Acker, Merrall & Condit
Hackensack
Tenafly
Philadelphia in Two Hours Schedule Ad
Advertisement touts a transit schedule via New Jersey Central promising safe convenient reliable service with hourly departures. See schedule on page 15.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey Central
Destroyer Sunk 22 Survive After Channel Collision
Wireless report from Portsmouth states the torpedo destroyer Tiger was rammed by the cruiser Berwick during night maneuvers in the Channel. The Tiger sank rapidly, 22 rescued by Berwick and the cruiser radiator, one later died. The Tiger, launched in 1900, measured 210 feet in length, 21 feet beam, 6400 horsepower, 60 crew.
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Portsmouth
Berwick
Rox Wm
Tiger
Colombian Troops Invade Jurado Along Panama Frontier
Panama reports that on March 20 Colombian forces entered Jurado, a town on the Panama Colombia border, and took control without resistance from Panamanian police. Foreign Affairs Secretary Ricardo Arias says the government will consider the seizure and await confirmation of the invasion.
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Panama
Jurado
Puerama
Colombia
Ricardo Arias
Serre m
Admiral Evans Visits Springs in Paso Robles
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans arrived in Paso Robles with his son Lieutenant Frank Taylor Evans and others. He occupied rooms at the El Paso de Robles Hotel and planned daily baths and sun as part of rheumatism and stomach treatment.
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Paso Robles
Springs
Cal
Robley
Evans
Frank Taylor Divans
MacPonnold
el Paso de Robles
Ryans
Pilot Nichols Restored to Good Standing
Clarence Nichols, veteran river pilot, is restored to good standing by local steamboat officials after serving six months’ suspension. He was in command of the steam boat Fred Hartwig during President Roosevelt’s Mississippi River trip to Memphis when the Hartwig allegedly endangered the president and party by veering close to the presidential boat.
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Ne York Times
Tenn
Roosevel
Clarence Nichols
Nichols
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Lemphis
Fred Hartwig
Hartwig
Senate Backs Hill Nomination as Ambassador to Berlin
The Senate confirmed Dr. David Jayne Hill for Ambassador to Berlin succeeding Charlemagne Tower with no discussion. It also confirmed Arthur Beupro to the Netherlands and Spencer Eyre to Argentina, as the State Department prepares Hill’s credentials for presentation on June 1.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
White House
David Jayne Hill
Berlin
Charlemagne Tower
State Department
Hill
Ambassador Tower
Dr. Hill
Arthur M. Beupré
Netherlands
Spencer F.eyiy
Argentine
Collision in East River Leaves Maine Sides Damaged
Panic erupts as the ferryboat Maine of the Brooklyn line collides with a small steamboat near Grand Street. About 200 passengers scramble for life preservers as the ship sustains a large hole and leans to starboard amid strong tides. Pilot guides the Maine toward Twenty third Street as crews attempt to avert sinking at Williamsburg Bridge during the 9:30 trip from Manhattan. The Maine is later laid up for repairs.
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Maine
Brooklyn Ferry Company
East River
Williamsburg Bridge
Grand Street
Twenty-third Street
Manhattan
Broadway
Williamsburg
Bett
Invader Disrupts Lenten Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral
During a Lenten service at St Patrick’s Cathedral Fifty-first Street and Fifth Avenue a man staggered to the vestry entrance smashed a glass panel and tore clerical garments. Private Wetchman Peter Smith alerted a patrolman who arrested Eugene J. Fessell of 150 Floyd Street Brooklyn for malicious mischief and intoxication. The service ended after the arrest as attendees remained unsettled.
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St Patrick's Cathedral
Fifty-first Street
Fifth Avenue
Wetchman
Peter Smith
Fitzgerald
Treffic
East Fifty-first Street
Eugene J. Fessell
Floyd Street
Brooklyn
Lavelle
NYU Faculty and Freshman Lead Strike Over Hazing
New York University faces a campus standoff as students strike and the faculty suspend A A Young amid hazing accusations centered on freshman Henry Bloch. Bloch describes being ducked and harassed for months while his mother and father push for accountability and peace.
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New Orleans Exchange
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Metropolitan Tower
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W.H
Dynamiter
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CROWN
New Republic
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Mississippi Navigator
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New York University
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A. A. Young
Pernding
Henry Keel
Henrys Bloch
York University
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Theq
University Heights
Henry Hoch
Henry Bloch
East Ninety-seventh Street
Mrs. Bloch
Jock
Henny
Lis Bloch
Heca
Chellor MacCracken
Coney Island
Gomekop
Florende
Harry
Mr. Bloch
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