Ex Mayor Seth Low Pays Back Taxes Over Mortgage Issue
Ex Mayor Seth Low voluntarily paid 27,397.28 in back taxes after discovering a 1901 mortgage deduction was improper. Tax Commissioner Lawson Purdy commented on the case, calling the mortgage tax law unjust and absurd and urging legislative changes.
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Purdy
Seth Low
Metz
Shepard
New York City
Lawson Purdy
The
Tax Commission
Law
Edward M. Shepard
Low
New York
Lawton Named Executor in Wooley Estate Case
New Rochelle lawyer and yachtsman Lawton was ordered as executor of Susan Wooley's will to pay legacies of 24410 to Alfred Davidson Mary Ih and Fannie W Conklin of Brooklyn. The $150000 Wooley estate prompted a warrant of attachment over alleged mingling of funds with other estates.
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New York Times
Mineola
L. 1
Veeder
Legateas
Nassau County
Kings
Westchester
Brooklyn
Legatees
Lawton
Jackson
Wooley
Mary D. Smith
Washington
Mary Smith
Asa A Speer
Smith Heire
Spear
New Rochelle
Smith
Complaints of Federal Pay Rise Hit Government Clerks
Government clerks report real salaries fall or stagnate despite rising prices and greater efficiency. They urge Congress for a ten percent salary increase as the Legislative Appropriation bill nears finalization. Officials show little sign of addressing the workers’ demand.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
Pardons Granted to Steffens and Wyman to Aid Ruef Case
Gov. Pardee pardons Steffens and Wyman at the request of San Francisco’s Assistant District Attorney Heney to enable them to testify against Abraham Ruef and Mayor Schmitz. The two men were sentenced to five years for ballot box stuffing at local primaries. Ruef’s faction won the county Republican convention fight as Judge Lawler faced re election. Ruef and Police Chief Dinan face conspiracy charges. Dinan also faces perjury. Bonds set at five thousand dollars.
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Sacramento
Cal
Heney
San Francisco
Pardee
Steffens
Wyman
Abraham Ruef
Schmitz
Lawler
Ruef
Parsons and Page See President
Representative Herbert Parsons and State Senator Alfred R. Page met with President Roosevelt in Washington to discuss political affairs in New York. The brief White House contact touched on party matters and state politics.
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Washington
Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
New York
Roosevelt
Alfred R. Page
Bagram
Automobile Enthusiasts Rally Historic Marques
A diverse lineup of classic cars including Buick Cadillac CG Corbin Clement Bayard Columbia Carraco De Dietrich Decauville Elmore English Daimler Fiat gathered for a staged car show. Organizers noted expected crowds and a display of vintage engineering.
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BUICK
Cadillac
Corbin Clement-Bayard
Columbia
Decauville
Elmore
FIAT
Sewell Accepts Davenport Challenge Partial Terms Urged
Huntington Arabian Stud owner Robert V. W. Sewell writes to The New York Times proposing a scientific contest with Homer Davenport. He urges a silver championship trophy and mutual funding, with open entries and neutral judges. Davenport replies proposing a face‑to‑face conference to settle conditions at once.
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Robert V. V. Sewell
Huntington Arabian Stud
Oyster Bay
L. L
TH Tima
Homer Davenport
Huntington and Davenport
Davenport
Henry Osborne
America
England
J Cossar Ewart
Ridgeway
Cambridge
Osborne
Morris Plains
Huntington Arcbian Stud
Mail and Express
Lackawanna Station
N. J
Mr. Sewell
Sewell
New York Timms
New York City
Arabia
Times Office
New York
Craftsmen Society Opens Large Annual Exhibition
The National Society of Craftsmen opens its first annual show in its own quarters at 119 East Nineteenth Street. The exhibit runs daily through December with many unique pieces handmade by individual artisans including jewelry, silverware, pottery, porcelain, and leather items from artists across the United States. Prominent works include pieces by Miss Mabel W. Luther, Mrs. Adelaide Alsop Robineau, Miss Caroline van Briggle, Miss Jane Hoagland, and Adolph Weinman among others, with notable carvings and decorative metals.
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Arts Club
East Nineteenth Street
Butterworth
Mabel W. Luther
Leonide Lavaron
Chicago
Marie Zimmerman
Emily Peacock
Brainard B. Thresher
Ohio
Madeline Rale Wynnesen
Gustave Rogers
Worcester
K. K. Mills
Hugo Froelich
Mary Allis
Teachers College
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Syracuse
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Leonard
Caroline van Briggle
Colorado Springs
N. Y
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South Lincoln
Mass
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Foard
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Elizabeth Proctor
Beach
Carpenter
J. M. Hibler
Milwaukee
Hina de Neergard
Bicknell
Ogden
Henry Linder
Adolph Weinman
Elia Underwood
Turk
Deerfield
Aquidneck
Newport
R. I
Keene Valley
New Hampshire
New York
Florence Foote
Gotthold
Laguna
New Mexico
Adirondack Lynching Story Denied
UTICA Nov 30 report denies a lynching at the Santa Clara lumber camps near Tupper Lake. Telephone links and checks with reliable camp personnel find no basis for the claim.
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Adirondack
Utica
Santa Clara
Tupper Lake
Man Gains Half Pound After Thanksgiving Feast
Trenton New Jersey November 30 Edward Wheeler an applicant for the police force weighed before the Commissioners after a Thanksgiving feast claiming six pounds of turkey and four pounds other foods He was five pounds underweight and six months earlier five and a half pounds underweight He left in disgust after gaining only half a pound over his pre dinner weight.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Edward Wheeler
Gnichtel
Katzenbach
Ocean travelers sailings list from transatlantic liners
A roster of passengers sailing today and arriving aboard multiple liners includes the Philadelphia of the American Line bound for Southampton with John Davies and several dignitaries, the Caronia for Liverpool, the North German Lloyd liner Prinzess Irene for Genoa and Naples, and the Hamburg American liner Patricia for Hamburg. Notables include Canon Armour, Bishop Hartzell, Admiral William M. Folger, and Consul Paul Knabenshue, among others, along with various families and couples. The Koenig Luise from Genoa and Naples also brought Bishop M. F. Burke yesterday.
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Cunard
Caroniay
Liverpool
Canon Armour
William Bellamy
J. Reginald Cooke
St. Joseph, Mo
Genoa
Naples
Theatre Manager Held on Assault Charge in Harlem Court
James Shortell, former private detective, appeared in Harlem Court against Keith & Proctor's Theatre manager Harry Brunelle on a charge of assault. Brunelle was held on $800 bail for trial. Shortell and his wife attended the theatre Thursday night and paid two pounds for box seats.
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Keith & Proctor
125Th Street
James Shortell
Wales Avenue
Parkhurst Society
Harlem Court
Harry Brunelle
Keith & Proctor's
West 125Th Street
Brunelle
Shortell
Theatre confrontation ends in arrests over seating and tickets
A man testified he could not find a seat and demanded seats or tickets from Brunelle for another night. He claimed Brunelle insulted him and had him arrested after being pushed against a wall. Brunelle denied the charge while another witness said many patrons in the theatre were making similar demands.
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Brunelle
Shorter
Abyssinian King Menelek III Ill Fears of Succession Turmoil
Reports from Addis Ababa indicate King Menelek III of Abyssinia is gravely ill and unrest is feared as the succession fight begins amid uncertainty in Rome and imperial news circles.
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Menelek
Rome
Adie-Abeba
Abyssinia
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