Miss Pinkney Dies at 98 Wealth Preserved Harlem Estate
Miss Mary Goodwin Pinkney longtime owner of vast Harlem and Bronx real estate died at the Buckingham Hotel at age 98 after a pneumonia attack. Her fortune, variously estimated from 15 to 50 million, largely remained in real estate north of the Harlem River and will pass to relatives Thomas L. Watt and sisters Grace Watt and Julia Watt Morris Curtiss. She was noted for lavish charity yet kept gifts discreet and maintained the Watt fortune’s control over many city blocks and properties.
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Mary Goodwin Pinkney
America
Buckingham
Fiftieth Street
Fifth Avenue
Watt
Harlem River
Miss Pinkney
Harlem
Bronx
Aattan Real Estate
Thomas L. Watt
Grace Watt
Julia Watt Morris Curtiss
140Th Streets
Lenox and
Seventh Avenues
Lenox
Beverth Avernues
Central Park
College of the City of New York
Col. Ninian
Mary Pinkney
Maryland
Archibald Watt
Scotland
Dundee
Houston Street
Yorkville
John de Lancey
Pinkney
de Lancey
Eeventh Avenue
139Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Miss Pinkley
A Watt
Julia Watt
Archibald
Beafin Biatzadligrenc
Forged Letters Alleged in Castellane Case Trial
Paris reports sensational evidence in the Castellane case as letters and photographs claimed to be Boni de Castellane writings are deemed forgeries. An expert says crests were cut from other letters and pasted, handwriting differs, and a single forger is suspected. The defense lawyer plans to argue fabrication by the same person.
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New York Times
Paris
M. Jullemier
Count Boni
Mae
Fewer Marriages Seen In New York And Across Cities
The New York Social Register shows a 20 percent drop in marriages among the city's high society this year and a 4 percent decline across major cities, totaling 2,197 marriages this year versus 2,351 last year. Deaths rise slightly in aggregate across all cities, with New York recording 208 female deaths and 249 male deaths this year, up from 207 and 276 respectively last year.
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New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Boston
San Francisco
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Secssevcceseers
Providence
Social Register
Robbery near Christmas display on 125th Street
Mrs. Rodriguez Serra of 235 West 109th Street was robbed of a green leather purse containing $5, a large solitaire diamond ring $200, an emerald ring, a ruby ring worth $60, an opal ring $20, and a gold watch $50 while with her three children in front of a department store at 125th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The thief cut the bag from her arm and vanished into the crowd.
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125Th Street
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Rodriguez Serra
West 109Th Street
Serra
Rector Street
Casino at Castle Gould to Add Large New Attraction
Castle Gould, the Sands Point country home of Howard Gould near Port Washington, is adding a large casino with a bowling alley swimming pool and tennis court. The project costs nearly 100000 dollars and is built by Dusenberry and Dodge under architect Augustus N Allen.
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Howard Gould
Sands Point
Port Washington
L. L
Dusenberrie & Dodge
Augustus N. Allen
Gould
Rome
Mer
Dewey and Sone Gb. at Fulton Street
Fragmentary notice mentions individuals and a Fulton Street location. Details are unreadable but imply a local matter or transaction involving named persons at that street address.
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Bipad
T Dewey & Sone Gb
Fulton Bt
Kerk
Fiske Is Expelled From The Theatrical Managers Association
Harrison Grey Fiske faces expulsion after the National Theatrical Producing Managers Board upholds a charge of conduct unbecoming a member. Belasco resigns, Roeder steps down, and Fiske asserts the finding vindicates his rights over his adaptation of The Devil by Molnar.
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Harrison Grey Fiske
Henry W. Savage
Franz Molnar
the Devil
Mr. Fiske
Col. Savage
National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers
Fiske
Savage
Board of
David Belasco
B. F. Roeder
National Theatrical Producers’ Association
Theatrical Trust
Association of Producing Managers
Producin Managers’ Association
Inence
Poe Sestredise
En Prodongere
Christmas Issue to Feature Notable Art Section Next Sunday
The Times announces a Christmas issue next Sunday highlighting a beautiful Art Section. Demand will be high, so readers should order from their newsdealer today to ensure a copy and avoid disappointment.
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The
Times
Riot in Kansas City Claims Police and Child
In front of City Hall a riot by religious fanatics and police ends with Policeman A. O. Dalbow dead and Lola Pratt, 13, mortally wounded. Several officers are injured. "Adam God" John Sharp is wounded and arrested. the mother and children flee to a houseboat on the Missouri River before surrendering. The incident prompts a large police response and investigations into Sharp’s Holy Rollers group active since 1905.
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Kansas’ City
A. O. Dalbow
Lola Pratt
John Sharp
Adam God
Michael Mullane
Patrick Clark
Harry E. Siege
George M. Holt
Holt
John Shar
Sharp
A. J. Selzer
Dalbow and
Stege
Dalbow
Sergt. Clark
Mullane
Louis Pratt
Pratt
Missouri River
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Elijah NI
Green
Colorado
Pacific Coast
Canada
Bomb Found At Photographer's Studio Door
A bomb was discovered at the studio of photographer Charles Wilson in York Pennsylvania. The explosive was inside a heavy wooden box with a rope handle, attached to a cap and half a stick of dynamite, and could detonate from minor shocks. The building housed Wilson his wife and about thirty other tenants.
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New York Times
York
Penn
Charles Wilson
Phy
Shipping News: Mesaba and Marowijne Reports
Latest shipping notes report the SS Mesaba with a November 26 88 entry and the Marowijne port dated December 1. A crew inquiry mentions an investigation into the repute of a Kesey repair taped.
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Mesaba
Hemes
Marowijne
Port
Crk
Tiowe
Ea Kesey Rea
Guatemala Ministers Injured In Virginia Auto Crash
Senior Guatemala Foreign Minister Don Juan Barrios and Minister to the U.S. Don Luis Herrarte along with Gen John Drummond were hurt when a touring car overturned after hitting an obstacle near the Potomac bridge en route to Mount Vernon. Chauffeur Starling escaped with minor injuries as Barrios suffered brain concussion and possible skull fracture, Herrarte faced facial injuries, and Drummond had facial and head lacerations.
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Washington
Don Juan Barrios
Guatemala
Don Luis Toledo Herrarte
United States
John Drummond
Central America
Virginia
George Starling
Sesior Barrios
Herrarte
Highlands
Drummond
Mount Vernon
Barrios
Tomb of
Estrada Cabrera
Potomac
Herratte
Iior Barrios
Francisco Sanchez Latour
Soas
Alabama
Legation
Cabrera
Bar- Seno
Attack 2-Cent Fare Law Hit by Pennsylvania Railroads
Pittsburgh and allied railroad companies file equity suit in Common Pleas Court seeking injunction to stop Allegheny County from collecting the $1 penalty for each violation of the 1907 two cent fare act. They say the law conflicts with operative rates and have collected over two cents per mile since September 1907.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Common Pleas
Pittsburg & Lake Erie
McKeesport
New 35 Dollar Silver Certificate Counterfeit Found
Secret Service officials report a new counterfeit 35 dollar silver certificate with an Indian head design. The note is considered dangerous on paper and mimics a smaller denomination, circulating in the Maiden Lane area via Spencer's.
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Washington
Secret Service
Perjury crackdown as Justice Hendrick orders Moss jailed
Supreme Court Justice Hendrick denounces perjury in civil courts and orders Samuel S. Moss held at the Tombs in default of $1,000 bail after finding him perjured in a slander case against Simon Goldsmith. Col. Taliaferro urged leniency, but bail efforts failed. Capt. Lynch escorted Moss to jail.
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Supreme Court
Hendrick
Samuel S. Moss
Moss
Simon Goldsmith
Col. Taliaferro
Stricken Greek Peddler Sudden Blindness Shocks Family
Anastasio Salachianan a 35 year old Greek peddler living with his brother Demetrius in Manhattan was suddenly blinded while playing the violin for his audience. He was rushed to Presbyterian Hospital with reports of complete loss of sight though slight hope remains.
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Anastasio Salachianan
Demetrius
East Seventieth Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Anastasio
Lawlor
East Sixty-seventh Street
Legal clash over reviving an executed man
In Trenton, a high legal authority criticizes prison officials for engaging in any experiment to revive a man electrocuted. The dispute centers on whether the county physician may attempt revival at autopsy and who controls the body. Prison keeper Osborne weighs timing to avoid legal jeopardy.
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New York Times
Trenton
Frank G. Scammell
Scammel
Osborne
Roosevelt Message Angers Congress With Secret Service Critique
President Roosevelt’s final message prompts heated reactions in Congress as he defends prosecutions in the executive branch and calls for renewed powers over Secret Service use in investigating lawmakers. Tawney's anti Secret Service provision draws sharp political fire and future battle in Congress.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Oregon
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Capitol
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Interior Department
Department of Justice
State Department
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Agriculture
Mitchell
Williamson
Hermann
Mr. Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Philadelphia Drops Dr Longs Wood Folk Books
The Philadelphia Board of Education Supplies Committee ordered two William J Long nature books withdrawn from public schools. Discard reasons were not learned, but Roosevelt had called them a nature faker.
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Roosevelt
Philadelphia
New York Times
William J. Long
Board of Education
Townsend proposes changes to Hepburn Rate Act
Representative Townsend of Michigan introduces a bill to empower the railroad rate commission to suspend challenged rates during investigation and to require roads to quote all rates on demand. Reparatory damages would be decided by the commission instead of courts and collected through the commission. The aim is to curb protracted rate litigation and subject violators to fines equal to the rate in question.
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New York Times
Washington
Townsend
Michigan
Hepburn Railroad
Commission
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