Cleary Freed Amid Wild Cheers After Acquittal
William V. Cleary, former Haverstraw Town Clerk, was found not guilty of murder in the death of Eugene M. Newman after a six hour deliberation. The verdict surprised locals as friends cheered and hats flew in the courtroom. Cleary embraced his daughter as his wife cried, while District Attorney Gagan lamented the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleary
New City
N. Y
William V. Cleary
Haverstraw
Eugene M. Newman
Bill Cleary
Gagan
Morschauser
John Cleary
Clearys
Frank Comesky
Frederick Newman
Leary
William Cleary
Eary
Thomas Sagan
Tinwen
William
Mr. Comesky
Six Autos In A Smash On Riverside Viaduct
Six automobiles collided on the Riverside Drive viaduct near 156th Street yesterday afternoon. Two cars were disabled and four others suffered minor to moderate damage. Several women were cut or bruised but no serious injuries were reported as bystanders aided motorists and two disabled cars were towed away.
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Riverside Drive
156Th Street
Ononaasga
152Nd Street
Prints Hibben's Letter on War Drawn by Princeton President
Paris reports that The Temps and others publish extracts from Hibben's war letter to The New York Times dated November 25. Journals comment on American sympathy with the Allies and note the Times editorial causing widespread sensation in neutral papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Paris
Temps
New York Timupe
Hibben
Princeton University
Journal Des Débats
New York x Times
American National Daily
Presidential Preference Poll Replies From The Lawyer and Banker
New Orleans reports results from 9 000 letters sent by The Lawyer and Banker asking receivers to pick Presidential and Vice Presidential choices for 1916. Democratic responses show Lane Wilson Champ Underwood Gray. Vice Presidential picks favor Lewis Marshall. Republican picks include Hughes Mann Whitman Herrick Borah Johnson Roosevelt with Borah leading for vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Franklin K. Lane
California
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Champ
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Ores Gray
Delaware
Senator Lewis
Illinois
Marshall
Justice Hughes
New York
James R. Mann
Whitman
M. T. Herrick
Ohio
Senator Borah
Idaho
Hiram W. Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Woman Sues for 1,500,000 in New Jersey
Miss Katherine Allison Welch of East Orange filed suit for 1.5 million dollars against Frank L. Dyer and Dyer Smith as administratrix alleges her deceased brother Abram T. Welch lost sums due to their actions. The case cites charges similar to a prior suit dismissed in November 1913. Samuel W. Boardman, Jr., represents Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
East Orange
N. J
Katherine Allison Welch
South Walnut Street
Ralph B. Schmidt
Frank L. Dyer
General Film Company
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Dyer Smith
Montclair
Montclair. Miss Welch
Abram T. Welch
Samuel W. Boardman, Jr
Skater Drowns Attempting Save Brother at Sylvan Lake
James Madigan Jr. 16 and his younger brother Frank 9 fell through thin ice on Sylvan Lake in Bradley Beach New Jersey. James tried to lift Frank as rescuers pulled Frank from the water but James sank exhausted and died. Mayor Poole was summoned but could not save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Bradley Beach
N. J
James Madigan, Jr
Frank
Sylvan Lake
James
Robert G.poole
Belmar
Borough Pulmotor
Million Dollar Bride Mrs. Donaldson Locked in Cell in Philadelphia
Philadelphia report details the arrest of Mrs. Keith Donaldson, once famed as the million dollar bride, after a hair pulling altercation with her mother in law over access to her seven year old daughter. She faces trespass and battery charges after attempting to enter the house and later is held for a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Keith Donaldson
New York
South
Evelyn Hunter
Memphis
Tenn
Charles R. Payne
Texas
James Henry Smith
A. Willis Hunter
Chicago
Donaldson
Elsie French Vanderbilt
Smith Hollins McKim
East Fifty-sixth Street
Cedarhurst
Reno
Princeton
Sloan, Burrows & Co
Union, Racquet
Kitchin Set as Democratic Floor Leader in House
Washington December 19 The path to choosing Claude Kitchin of North Carolina as the next Democratic floor leader in the House appears clear to succeed Oscar W Underwood of Alabama who moves to the Senate Kitchin ranking next to Underwood on the Ways and Means Committee There were talks of Finis J Garrett Tennessee seeking the post but he denied candidacy suggesting Kitchin has solid support Some opposition rumors tied to independence from administration pressure might have lingered but the selection seems assured
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
House
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Senate
Kitchin
Underwood
Ways and Means
Finis J. Garrett
Tennessee
Garrett
Dog saves burglar life in Caldwell home
In Caldwell New Jersey a family return reveals a burglar in the Hohwald residence. A dog grabs William Hohwalds hand as he aims to shoot the intruder, preventing a fatal shot. The robber escapes through a window after firing, while the dog played with the revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Caldwell
N. J
Frank Hohwald
William Hohwald
Hohwald
The Capture of Kiao-Chau and Other Front Page Features
The issue highlights the Capture of Kiao-Chau by the only American correspondent witness, reports on The Emden raid on Penang, and includes The German Navy at Kiel by staff correspondents. It features Shaw on treaty-breaking and a Barrie play, plus pieces on peace prospects by Eliot, Schiff, Repplier, and White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiao-Chau
J. M. Barrie
Kiel
Emden
Penang
Times
Judge Hears Frank Habeas Corpus Appeal Be Gave
In Atlanta on Dec 19 Judge W T Newman denied Leo M Frank's habeas corpus petition but held he would decide Monday on granting leave to appeal to the U S Supreme Court. The ruling could pause execution pending Supreme Court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apeeal
New York Times
Atlanta
W. T. Newman
United States District Court
Henry Peeples
Harry Alexander
Leo M. Frank
Newman
Frank
United States Supreme Court
Storneys
Hugh Dorney
Warren Grice
Alexander
State Supreme Court
Lamar
Holmes
Dorsey
Peoples
Supreme Court
Peeples
Herbert
Loom Haas
Mr. Peeples
Draper Will Dedicates Major Charitable Bequests to Library
The will of Mary Ann Palmer Draper, filed in New York, leaves the New York Public Library more than 400000 and Harvard University 150000, with other gifts to public institutions totaling over 1000000. Executors are George W. Wickersham and Edward J. Haney. The estate also provides for many funds including the John S. Billings Memorial Fund of 200000 and residuary bequests to the Public Library, the Association for the Blind, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Palmer Draper
New York Public Library
Harvard University
Draper
Madison Avenue
George W. Wickersham
Edward J. Haney
Henry Draer
Mary Ann Suydam Palmer
Anna Palmer Draper
Courtlandt Palmer
John S. Billings
Polyclinic Hospital
National Academy of Sciences
Smithsonian Institution
Children’s Aid Society
The
New York Association For Improving the Condition
Skin and Cancer Hospital
Surgical Research Hospital of
New York University
New York
Empire Drawing Room
Antonia Draper Dixon
Evelina Palmer Sikelianos
John W. Draper
Annie Dixon McClure
Mary Ingersoll
Evelyn Walker
Carlotta Maury
W. P. Myers
Wickersham
Mr. Haney
Fighting Reports From Poland and Galicia Update
Official dispatches detail continued battles on the Vistula and Bzura fronts with German and Austro German forces repulsed and driven back. Russian cavalry near Pillkallen is said to be repulsed while Przemys forces report plusieurs hundred prisoners. West Galicia reports 1000 prisoners taken and persistent engagements across Dunajec and Pilica rivers.
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Vienna
Krosno
Zakliczyn
Dunajec
Galicia
Poland
Jendrzejow
Nida
Pilica
Carpathians
Przemys
Germans Plan More Raids on England
Hamburg reports in German naval circles that raids on Britain will continue from occupied Belgian ports like Ostend and Zeebrugge with submarines and destroyers. Officers debate shelling open towns but the Kaiser and Admiralty push bombardment of open ports to provoke panic and boost public morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Copenhagen
London Daily Mail
Hamburg
Calais
Ostend
Zeebrugge
England
Heligoland
Scotland
Admiralty
Scarborough Mourns as War Grimly Clamps Joy
From Scarborough England a staff correspondent recalls a city shrouded in fog and grief after German bombardment. Eleven buried today with further processions to the cemetery on Dean Road while resident families and workers mourn each loss. Archbishops and Salvation Army prepare memorials as mines drift ashore. Emma Crosby and Justice of the Peace John Hall are among the bereaved.
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Scarborough
England
Strand
London
Dean Road
Germany
Grand Hotel
North Sea
Archbishop of
York
Vis
Ellis
Mr. Clair
Army
Barnes
Ada Crow
John Hall
George Merriwether
Emma Crosby
Electric Lighted All Steel Trains Daily Route Ad
Advertisement announces 2 electric lighted all steel trains daily along the Atlantic Coast Line to Florida Augusta Cuba and the South via muons R and BR. Describes address 1 218 Broadway and promotion of service.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Florida
Augusta
Cuba
Muons R
BR. of South
Broadway
German warships four North Sea crossings in six weeks
Berlin reports that Scarborough is fortified and Whitby coast guard and wireless stations were targeted. The statement contends German cruisers crossed the North Sea four times in six weeks, denying indiscriminate shelling of unfortified towns and defends actions against Britain’s fleet. It cites Scarborough and Yarmouth as recent raids.
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Berlin
London
England
Scarborough
Whitby
North Sea
Germany
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Mine sweeper and other vessels reported in convoy
Lloyd's agent at Scarborough says a mine sweeper with several others was continued on page 38. Locations Cuba Florida Savannah Augusta are listed with Atlantic Coast Line advertising a steel electric lighted train daily at 1218 Broadway.
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London
Lloyd’s
Scarborough
Fall of Long-Contested Polish City Reported by Hindenburg
On December 18 20 German forces captured Lowicz in Russian Poland forcing Russian lines back toward Warsaw. Field Marshal von Hindenburg notes heavy Russian losses since November while predicting the Russians may not resume offensive operations.
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Lowicz
Poland
Hindenburg
von Hindenburg
Associated Press
Tannenberg
East Prussia
von Ludendorf
Berlin
Warsaw
Lodz
America
United States
West
Russian Reports Update on Vistula Front and East Prussia
The Russian War Office reports minor actions on the Vistula left bank while main forces maneuver along the Bzura River. German attacks near Dobrzyn are repulsed by artillery as Russians claim gains east of Mlawa and thwart a Vistula crossing by destroying pontoon bridges. Russian operations continue in North Poland and East Prussia.
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Galicia
Dunajec
Przemys
Biercza
London
Vistula
Bzura
Russian War Office
Dobrzyn
Thorn
Mlawa
Poland
Prus
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Tician
Comesky
Mrs. Cleary
Lane
Hughes
Miss Welch
General Film Co
Skater
Brother
Mrs. K. Donaldson
Dog
Burglar
Master
Aiken
Dr. Eliot
J. H. Schiff
Shaw
G. B. Shaw
Democracy
Agnes Repplier
W. White
Europe
August Schwan
Southern A. New York
Fifth Ave
Harvard
Public Library
Ang
Donneer
Air Line Ry
Russia
Austria
Pillkallen
Kaiser
Yarmouth
Savannah
Dunajec River
Lowileas
Lodz-Lowicz
Lowica
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