Cabaret Men Offer Evidence of Graft
District Attorney Whitman and James Smith face graft allegations as café owners claim to have paid for all night licenses to stay open past 1 am. Bustanoby affidavit cited. Bamburger named as adviser. Mayor Gaynor praises closing order. Waldo reports enforcement success. McAvoy says excise not meddling. proprietors threaten action to protect business and public convenience.
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Whitman
James Smith
Andre Bustanoby
Gaynor
Mr. Whitman
Smith
Rustapoby
Leo Bamburger
Bustanoby
Bamburger
Hhustanoby
Wold
Boustanoby
West Vfiftieth Street
Rosenthal
Disinet
Harlem
Jack Sullivan
Waldo
Chinatown
Thomas F. McAvoy
Bury State Excise
Resturants
Gay- Mor
Meon
William Murray
Murray's
West Forty- Second Street
J S
Trev
Theodore Edison’s Explosive Lab Experiment
Theodore Edison fourteen year old son of Thomas A Edison faced a lab mishap in West Orange New Jersey while attempting to invent a floating explosive bomb. A glass piece was injured but he is expected to recover. Mrs Kidison ordered supervision of Theodore’s future explosive work by his father.
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Theodore Edison
Thomas A. Edison
West Orange
N. J
Theodore
Thomas A
Thomas
Stolen Jewels Seized by Sheriff in New York
Sheriff Julius Harburger, acting officially, seized about 60000 in jewelry believed to be stolen from William Sheer’s Madison Avenue jeweler’s office last autumn. Items include diamond lavallieres rings bracelets pins and brooches traced via pawn tickets found with Henry J Schultz and stored in a safe deposit vault awaiting ownership determination. Recoveries include pieces from McAleenan’s on Thirty-fifth Street and Broadway the Provident Loan Society 346 Fourth Avenue the Provident Loan Society 786 Seventh Avenue and John F Simpson’s 168 West Forty-sixth Street.
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Julius Harburger
William Sheer
Madison Avenue
Henry J. Schultz
Mrs Belmont Clears Dress Debt Dispute After Arrests
Two Lyon brothers 114 East 121st Street were arrested at 15 East Forty-first Street after seeking payment for dressmaking services and refused to leave. They were discharged in Jefferson Market Court as Mrs Belmont’s attorney said the matter would be settled.
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O. H. P. Belmont
Josefh
Stephen Lyon
East 121St Street
Lyon
Belmont
Mayor urged to skip Titanic memorial dinner
East Side Protective Association plans a Titanic memorial for Isidor Straus on April 15. They learned Mayor Gaynor had accepted a dinner invitation on that date and urged him to avoid violating the memorial sanctity. Schlacht said further services were set for East Side halls and Public School 62.
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East Side Protective Association
Is Dor Straus
Gaynor
Café Boulevard
Harry N. Schlacht
City Hall
Schlacht
Avenue B
New York
Swattiam J. Gaynor
Newark
Cate Boulevard
East Side
America
Isidor Straus
Harry H. Schlacht
Virginia Hot Springs Company Rain Service Resumed
Rain service resumed to Hot Springs as efforts by Stotes and Gulf Ink restored operations in perfect condition. Officials from Virginia Hot Springs Company report normal service returning after intermittent closures.
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Virginia Hot Springs Company
Hot Springs
Stotes and Gulf Inks
Adv
Tomkins ousted as Dock Commissioner in New York
Mayor Gaynor appointed Robert A. C. Smith in his place after Tomkins denied resigning. The move follows friction over west shore front plans and the Board of Estimate’s terminal proposals. Smith, a self described capitalist and dock expert, assumes duties amid ongoing port policy disputes.
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Calvin Tomkins
Gaynor
Robert A. C. Smith
Tomkins
Mr. Smith
Mr. Tomkins
Board of Estimate
Clip of
New York
New York Central
Long Docks
W. J. Gaynor
Broadway
New York City
West Shore Front
West Side
Board
Forty Fourth Street
Smith
Gov. Dix
Thirtieth Street
Henry L. Stimson
Washington
West Street
American Main Steamship Company
North American Mail Steamship Company
Oakland Bayside Realty Company
Pelham Electric Light and Power Company
Chicago Union Traction Company
Albany & Hudson Railway Company
American Tobacco Company
Holmes Electric Protective Company
International Banking Corporation
Manhattan Union League
Lotus, Turf and Field
New York Yacht
Larchmont Yacht
West Seventy-second Street
Taft Begins Yale Faculty Life In New Haven
Ex President and Mrs Taft arrive in New Haven as Prof William Howard Taft joins Yale Faculty. He attends chapel at Old Battell, meets the Faculty, and outlines lectures to start in about two weeks with formal series planned for next Fall. Lampson Hall slated for undergraduate address as Taft seeks permanent home in Prospect Hill area.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
William Howard Taft
Yale
College Chapel
Old Battell
Taft
Lampson Hall
Kent
Prospect Hill
United States to Recognize Chinese Republic
President Wilson moves toward recognizing the Chinese Republic with Secretary Bryan inviting foreign representatives to the State Department and announcing Washington’s intention to act in concert with Britain Germany France Russia Japan. San Francisco rejoicing follows the news in Chinatown.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
China
Bryan
State Department
White House
Great Britain
Germany
United States
France
Russia
Japan
Republic
San Francisco
Republic of China
Rpublic
Rat poison linked to Eaton murder case
Boston April 2 John H Scott state detective said arsenic suspected in Rear Admiral Joseph G Eaton death likely in rat poison form The District Attorney noted some form of arsenic killed the Admiral and the indictment mentioned white arsenic The defense discussed with Mrs Jennie Eaton and her counsel Francis J Geogan while she remains jailed in Plymouth jail
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New York Times
Boston
John H. Scott
Braintree
Joseph G. Eaton
Assinippi
Jennie May Eaton
Barker
Scott
Ralph P. Keyes
Dorothy Eaton
Francis J. Geogan
Rockland
Mra Eaton
Plymouth
Latest Shipping News Briefing from Marconi Wireless
Megantic reported sailing from New York to Liverpool 233 miles west at 11 24 PM. Due Queenstown at 6 PM. White Star Line. Rutland Railroad to Montreal. Central raidab 745 PM. Contact by telephone Madison.
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Marconi Wireless
Megantic
New York
Liverpool
Queenstown
White Star Line
Rutland-Railroad
Montreal
Madison
Davison Estate on Long Island Destroyed by Fire
Summer home of Henry P. Davison of J. P. Morgan & Co. on Peacock Point, Long Island, burned late today. Loss estimated at 100000 to 125000. most contents saved, insurance coverage noted, caretakers and Mrs. Davison with sons present. wind and low water hampered firefighting. four walls remain.
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Glencove
L. L
Henry P. Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
Peacock Point
Long Island Sound
Davison Place
William D. Guthrie
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Howard Whitney
Long Island
Glen Cove
Floating Gambling House on Yacht Planned by Ostend Casino Proprietor
Ostend magnate M Marquet plans a luxurious gambling room aboard a large steam yacht. The vessel will operate between Ostend and other watering places and gambling will occur only when the yacht is beyond the three mile limit.
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Ostend
M. Marquet
Mrs Pope Seeks Divorce From Sportsman
Baltimore April 2 Mrs Anne V McKim Pope has filed for divorce from Micajah Pope on abandonment grounds after five years of separation. She is a daughter of the late Hollins McKim with a wide social circle. The couple shared outdoor interests but separated about a year and a half after marriage. Mr Pope has spent the last three summers with the Canadian Alaskan Surveying Corps of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Anne V. McKim Pope
Micajah Pope
Surveying Corps
The
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Astor poised to expand Ferncliffe lands via 700 acres option
Vincent Astor closes deal to add hundreds of acres to Ferncliffe in Dutchess County New York. The property near Unionvale offers more space for the experimental farming program meant as a teaching resource for local farmers. Gov Sulzer advised investing in land as a safe long term venture.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vincent Astor
Ferncliffe
Astor
Dutchess County
Unionvale
Berlin presses urged to curb military airship news
A semi official appeal published in the Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung asks German newspapers to refrain from publishing voyages and evolutions of military airships. It calls for withholding details of bomb throwing and machine gun tests and to keep quiet on aviation power and aircraft counts until a British war minister’s March 19 Commons disclosure.
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Berlin
Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
Col. Seely
House of Commons
Strike May Tie Up Town in Nelson B C
The Federal Labor Union led by the Trades and Labor Council called a strike in Nelson on April 2 affecting painters pipelayers quarrymen mortar mixers bricklayers carpenters helpers hod carriers plasterers machinists and electricians. Employers refused higher wages and shorter hours. Civic power plant employees may join, risking a cut in the city's light and power.
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Nelson
B. C
Federal
Trades and Labor Council
Civic
Kohlsaat Improves After Brain Hemorrhage
H. H. Kohlsaat owner of The Chicago Inter Ocean has recovered from a slight brain hemorrhage after several days at the Holland House New York. He has been up for two days and plans to return to Chicago soon. He came to New York to see Mrs Kohlsa at the harbor as she sailed for Europe. No message was sent during the illness to avoid alarming her stemship voyage was within wireless range.
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H. H. Kohlsaat
Chicago
Mob Loots Wrecked Lehigh Valley Trains Near Lackawanna
A mob of about fifty looted two Lehigh Valley freight cars after wrecks near Lackawanna. Goods worth an estimated 200000 burned and stolen. four trainmen injured including engineers Clarence Warner and Jacoby Baker. Police aided by local fire extinguished the scene as thieves fled with plunder.
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Buffalo
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lackawanna
Clarence Warner
Sayre
Penn
Jacoby Baker
Mrs Greta Hull Identified After River Tragedy
The Omaha drowning victim from April 2 is Mrs Greta Chase Hull wife of Col J A Hull United States Army. Col Hull, son of ex representative J M T Hull of Des Moines, Iowa, left for the Philippines following orders from the War Department while Dol and Mrs Hull were visiting friends in Council Bluffs.
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Omaha
Douglas Street
Missouri River
Greta Chase Hull
J. A. Hull
United States Army
Col. Hull
J. M. T. Hull
Des Moines
Iowa
Council Bluff
War Department
Americans urge retention of Wilson as ambassador in Mexico
A delegation from the City of Mexico met Secretary of State Bryan to urge keeping Henry Lane Wilson as American Ambassador. They praised his actions saving Americans in the fire zone during the fighting, while Bryan gave a noncommittal reply.
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Washington
Mexico
Bryan
Henry Lane Wilson
Wilson
Charlot denied release from Ludlow jail for son’s funeral plans
Supreme Court Justice Lehman refused Alphonse C. Charlot’s bid to leave Ludlow Street jail to travel to Bisbee Arizona for his son's interment after the son was killed in a Sonora Mexico conflict. Charlot remains jailed for failing to pay $230 alimony to his wife Dace Melbourne Charlot.
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Ludlow Street
Alphonse C. Charlot
Bisbee
Arizona
Sonora
Mexico
Supreme Court
Lehman
Charlot
Dace Melbourne Charlot
Edward Jancs
Donsten
Prison for Strike Rioter in New York Textile Death
Philip Beccini, recently convicted of rioting during last Fall's textile strike disturbances, was sentenced by Judge Bell at Herkimer to serve one year in Auburn Prison.
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Little Falls
N.Y
Philip Beccini
Auburn
Bell
Herkimer
Usher’s Green-Stripe Scotch Hollowed by Grey Age Adv
A brief note reports Usher’s Green-Stripe Scotch is described as hollowed by a Grey Age. The advertisement line hints at a decline or aging impression affecting the brand.
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Usher
Canal excavation near Culebra Cut nears completion
The New York Times special cable reports that the Culebra Cut excavation is nearly done with three miles remaining amid slides. About 10,000,000 cubic yards remain and the project should finish by October. Col Goethals says the canal will be ready for ships in May 1914.
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New York
Colon
Culebra
Col. Goethals
Night Letters Introduced by Postmaster General
London April 2 Postmaster General Samuel announces night letters a new telegram system six words per penny sent overnight and delivered with the morning mail to aid those who miss the last post
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London
Samuel
Necklace Missing From Mrs French During Shopping Tour
Mrs. French wife of Dr John Hern don French of 43 West Fifty-first Street reported to the East Fifty-first Street Station that a pearl necklace valued at $1000 disappeared while she was shopping in the afternoon. A search of her automobile at home found no trace of the jewelry and she cannot tell if it was stolen or had fallen from her neck.
Flagler Improves Sleep Amid Ongoing Danger
In West Palm Beach Florida on April 2 Henry M Flagler slept better than in two weeks though doctors say his condition remains dangerous.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Henry M. Flagler
McCombs Silent on Paris Ambassadorship Direction
William F. McCombs, Democratic National Committee chairman, visited the city yesterday but refused to discuss whether he would accept the Paris ambassadorship. Friends doubt he will take the post, and officials say a continent trip for rest is likely. A prior public declination remains his stated position.
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William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
France
McCombs
Continent
Aix-les-Bains
Vick
Two French Airmens Die In Separate Crashes
April 2 reports from Versailles and Amiens detail the deaths of two military aviators. Yves Faure was killed when his biplane overturned at about 300 feet and crushed him beneath the motor. Sergt. Phansoux died after his craft tilted during landing shortly after arriving from Rheims.
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Versailles
Yves Faure
Amiens
Sergt
Phansoux
Rheims
Faure
English Channel
Paris
Hungary
Chauffeur Frank J. Clute Found Slain Near Albany
Police investigate the murder of Frank J. Clute an Albany chauffeur found shot to death on the Schenectady Troy road near Waterviewt. A tall man in a dark overcoat and Fedora hat was seen with Clute the night before. Clute's employer is his father J Clute of Albany.
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Albany
Frank J. Clute
Schenectady
Troy
Waterviewt
Clute
J. Clute
Sulzer cites Barnes role in full crew bill push
Albany reports Gov. Sulzer accuses William Barnes Jr of dictating the Senate resolution probing executive conduct. The piece discusses a Fitzgibbons letter alleged to influence pre election promises, its authenticity denial, and Capitol reactions as the Senate Judiciary Committee weighs action.
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New York Times
Albany
Sulzer
William Barnes, Jr
Republican State Committee
Senate
Elon KR. Grown
Judiciary Committee
John V. Fitzgibbons
Brotherhood of
Fitzgibbons
Capitol
Fitz- Zibbons
Gov. Sulzer
Tar Times
TIMES
Nigm To&t
Senate Judiciary Committee
Brown
Mneaarmenie Nighs
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