Dodge, Freed, Will Be Jerome's Star Witness
Charles Dodge, a principal in the Dodge Morse divorce case, was discharged from custody and remains at large in New York. He plans to testify as a key witness for the District Attorney in upcoming proceedings, with details to be shaped by who the defendants are and what charges may follow.
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Charles Foster Dodge
Texas
Broadway Central
James W. Osborne
Dodge
Tammany
Charles W. Morse
Osborne
Mer. Osborne
Tammany Hall
Jerome
C. W. Morse
Didge
Cowing
Judge Cowing
Abraham H. Hummel
Bartow B. Weeks
Mr. Dodge
Yrian
United States
Gort
Reardon
Jim
Broadway Central Hotel
Transon
Parker
Bethel
the Kid
Warnock
Vanner Houston
Flanson
Dominican debt seizure eyed. Santo Domingo near occupation
Washington reports strong belief in imminent action in Santo Domingo after an American fiscal agent seized Plata and rumors spread of other ports being seized. Officials deny definite plans, but indicate a near debt settlement possibly leading to orderly governance, with Roots Monroe Doctrine remarks cited as signaling possible occupation.
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New York Times
Washington
eDec
Santo Domingo
Root
Plata
Little
Republic
S. New York
Dominica
America
United States
Mr. Root
Puerto O
Chadwick Bankrolls Seized In Bogus Currency Bust
Secret Service and United States District Attorney Gen Burnett announced seizures of Chadwick bankrolls and $110,436,700 in fake currency. At Lee Engraving at 120 Walker Street $7,000,000 in hundred dollar bills and lithographic stones were taken. Coughlin Novelty Company yielded $2,000,000 and electrotype plates. No arrests were made.
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Cassie Chadwick Bank
Chief Flynn
Secret Service
Gen. Burnett
United States District Attorney
Lee’ Engraving Company
Walker Street
Coughlin Novelty ‘Company
Ann Street
Flynn
Wifes Letter To Chadwick In Cleveland Forgery Case
Sheriff Barry sent a telegram to Governor Odell requesting extradition papers for Dr Leroy S Chadwick and Cassie L Chadwick on forgery charges. He fears delay if New York officials are unavailable in Albany on Monday and plans to secure the papers on arrival. Mrs Chadwick’s attorney handed a letter to Sheriff Barry for Dr Chadwick to learn of the indictment when he arrives in New York Wednesday. She says he had no prior hint of possible criminal involvement.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Barry
Odell
New York
Leroys. Chadwick
Cassie L. Chadwick
Albany
Herrick
Mule Blocks Streetcar At Busy City Intersection
An obstinate gray mule wandered onto Third Avenue tracks at 146 Street blocking a Christmas shopping crowd. Officers futilely tried to move it with a night stick and moral suasion before the motorman powered the car and the mule was moved off the line. The owner retrieved the animal from the stable afterward.
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Third Avenue
William Nagle
College Avenue
Parade Rest
Leahey
Bartholmess
Roundsman McAuliffe
Seaboard Air Line Office Ad At Broadway
Framed as an old travel ad inviting readers to use Seaboard Air Line services. Mentions Atlanta and Southwest routes or resorts of Carolina and Florida with an office location at 1,183 Broadway.
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Atlanta
Southwest
Carolina
Florida
Seaboard Air Line
Broadway
Woman Heir Claims Evans Estate Funds in New Jersey Case
In Paterson New Jersey Supreme Court Judge Heisley orders the Bergen County Sheriff to sell Mrs Juliet C Hendersons personal effects to raise money for creditors The late Henderson reputedly borrowed about 100000 by claiming Evans estate riches Her executor Charles H Enos Jr sought the sale but creditors contests halted the sale noting debts to local tradesmen and a rent claim before blockage by attorney Wayne Dumont representing furniture dealers
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Thomas C. Evans
Paris
Henderson
New York
Hohokus
Evans
Paterson
Enos
iNegal
Bourne Buys Fifth Avenue Site for Mansion
Frederick G. Bourne president of Singer and commodore of the New York Yacht Club has purchased the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Fifty second Street from James Henry Smith. Bourne plans a handsome residence on the Langham Hotel site opposite the Vanderbilt mansions. The corner property sold for about 374 000 and Bourne previously owned a country place at Garden City Long Island.
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Frederick G. Bourne
Singer Manufacturing Company
Commodore
New York Yacht Club
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-second Street
James Henry Smith
John N. Golding
Bourne
Langham Hotel
Vanderbilt Mansions
Fifty-second Sheet
Morton Fr
Marble Dwelling
Smith, Corner, White
Ig Aald
Goo
Lunyia Mei
Gakdale
Bungat
Ma Jisan Avenue
Irty-Secon Street
Plunged Amid Ice to Rescue in Norristown
In a blizzard in Norristown Pennsylvania Mrs. Gernard Baron wandered into the Schuylkill Canal and sank in eight feet of water. William Simmons jumped in and kept her afloat until Jacob Kolb and others pulled both to shore. Baron was hospitalized with cuts, bruises, and shock from the ice.
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New York Times
Norristown
Fenn
Bridgeport
Gernard Baron
Schuylkill Canal
William Simmons
Abrams Station
Jacob Kolb
Baron
Norristown Hospital
Fire at New York Foundling Asylum saves sixty four infants
A fire under the bathroom floor of Nursery 2 at the New York Foundling Asylum was discovered just after 11. Miss Annie Reynolds alerted Sister Theresa de Vincent and firemen. Firemen vented the blaze within 45 minutes, evacuating 64 infants as the flames were confined to two rooms. The cause is believed to be defective electrical insulation.
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Third
Lexington Avenues
Annie Reynolds
Theresa de Vincent
Miss ‘Reynolds
Miss Reynolds
Sister Theresa de Vincent
Sister Theresa
Sixty-seventh Street
Daniel Lynch
Lynch
Miss Lynch
Dougherty
Albany Mayor in Grand Jury Probe on Land Frauds Denial
Dr. W H Davis mayor of Albany Oregon testified before the Federal Grand Jury in Portland on land frauds. Senator Mitchell denied any involvement while Representative Hermann also gave a strong denial. C E Loomis ex special agent and ex Forest Superintendent Ormsby are named in the fraud inquiry.
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New York Times
Portland
Ore
W. H. Davis
Albany
Federal Grand Jury
Mitchell
Hermann
Oregon
General Land Office
C.E. Loomis
Ormsby
Loomis
Miles declines two salaries in Governor elect staff plan
In Brockton Massachusetts December 24 Lieut General Nelson A Miles ret quietly chose to become Inspector General and military adviser to Governor elect William L Douglas, effectively Chief of Staff. Adjutant General role goes to Lieut Col William Stopford while Capt William H Emery takes Commissary General duties.
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Brockton
Mass
William L. Douglas
Nelson A. Miles
William Stopford
Beverly
Tre
Miles
War Department
Stopford
William H. Emery
Boston
Arbitration settles Chicago wage dispute for firemen
Arbitration settles wage scale differences between office building managers and 200 stationary firemen in 125 downtown blocks. Dr Emil G Hirsch, acting as umpire, fixed pay for the coming year at the same figure as this year. Both sides pledged to abide by the decision. The ad notes Alpers Pharmacy as Broadway and 31st Street headquarters for prescription work and soda water.
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Chicago
Emil G. ‘Hirsch
Southern Ry Palm Limited Inauguration Ad
Southern Railway promotes the Palm Limited service with daily New York departures at 8 25 P M and 12 10 A M and deluxe dining and sleeping cars. Reservations are available at New York offices 271 Broadway and 1 185 Broadway.
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Southern Ry
New York
Southern
S Palm Limited
N. Y
Perjury charge filed against ex judge Fursman in Troy
Troy reports ex Judge Edgar L. Fursman faces a perjury warrant after attorney John Schwarzkopf alleged false testimony before the Grand Jury to obtain an indictment against him. The case stems from a long feud with Schwarzkopf and the firm Fursman Little Schwarzkopf, once docked in Nassau Street.
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New York Times
Troy
John Schwarzkopf
New York
Edgar L. Fursman
Tierney
Schwarzkopf
Jones
Fursman
Supreme Court
Justice Fursman
Asa Bird Gardiner
Eugene Philbin
Fursman, Little & Schwarzkopf
Nassau Street
Little
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Vincent Meaussman
Ludlow Street
Dobbs Ferry
Boy lights lounge fire. firemen save home at Brook Avenue
Four year old Thomas Fox and five year old William Mauser were playing in a flat at 90 and 688 Brook Avenue when Tommy lit a match and sparked a lounge fire. Mrs Fox rescued the children while James Halpin, awakened, burned his hands trying to smother the blaze. Firemen extinguished the flames after removing the sofa through a window.
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Thomas Fox
Brook Avenue
James Halpin
Tommy
William Mauser
Mrs.Fox
Lawson Heads to Mexico to Probe Oil Interests
A Guadalajara dispatch reports Thomas W. Lawson of Boston has secured hotel rooms with friends and plans to arrive in January to investigate Standard Oil operations in Mexico. In Boston Lawson and his family deny any trip or business talks, via his secretary.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
Guadalajara
Mexico
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Lawson
Standard Oil Company
Lawson Indictment Sparked False Statement Claims Quashed
Old records show Thomas W. Lawson of Boston charged with circulating false statements and rumors to affect stock prices. Indictment found April 22, 1800 with William L. Vinal and La Salle J. Hayden. Hayden’s indictment dismissed June 4, 1890, while Lawson and Vinal’s were dropped March 24, 1891. Lawson was never arrested.
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Walsh
General Sessions
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Lawson
William L. ¥Inal
la’ Salle J. Hayden
Lawson Consolidated Service Company
Martine
Hayden
Vinal
Mine Blaze Still Rages at Morea Mine
Fire in the Morea Mine near Mahanoy City Pennsylvania continues to burn with flames reaching up to forty feet. The slope from pumphouse to the surface about 400 feet has lost timber and suffered collapses. the colliery remains large but not in danger.
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Mahanoy City
Penn
Morea
Iowa Damaged in Docking Incident at Newport News
The battleship Iowa struck a pier at Newport News shipyard while being docked. The collision ripped away the ash chute and guardrails and caused further damage to the vessel. The Virginia Pilot Association will cover repair costs as a pilot aboard the ship is affected.
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Newport News
Virginia Pilot Association
Dynamiters Renew Attempt On Newport Foundry Plant
A night explosion near the Newport Foundry and Machine Company plant in Newport Kentucky shook the building and city. Five strike breakers were assailed by union sympathizers. Martin Baukes was beaten unconscious and a sympathizer wounded with a knife.
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Cincinnati
Newport Foundry and Machine Company
Newport
Martin Baukes
Customs Agent Murder Identity Tied to Europe Wedding
In Shamokin Pennsylvania on December 24 authorities identified the murdered man near Hickory Ridge as Antonio Cerrelli an Italian customs house agent. Photos confirmed the link and letters pending at the post office provided the clue while Cerrelli had arrived from Europe to attend a sister's wedding before vanishing.
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Shamokin
Hickory Ridge
Antonio Cerrelli
Europe
Natalia
Railroad track disappears at Storm Lake edge
Danbury Conn December 24 for the second time in four weeks a section of the New Highland Division track at Stormville N Y where it crosses the edge of Storm Lake disappeared beneath the lake surface. After a prior washout last Sunday two roadbeds were rebuilt with hundreds of loads of gravel. While a construction train was on the track today the rails slowly slipped into the lake and the track and embankment were engulfed shortly after the train moved away.
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Danbury
Conn
Highland Division
Storm Lake
Stormville
N. Y
Ten Thousand Dollar Bequest To Cushman Named Town
The death of Mrs. Anna Cushman in Salem releases 10 000 dollars held in trust from Lieut. Gov. Henry Cushman for the first Massachusetts town of 1000 residents adopting the Cushman name. Bernardston can receive the funds if it adopts the name though it has fewer than 1000 inhabitants. If no town adopts within five years the offer opens to any U S town of 1000 residents.
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Greenfield
Mass
Anna Cushman
Salem
Henry W. Cushman
Cushman
Bernardston
Massachusetts
United States
Poughkeepsie Woman Aims for 104th Birthday Celebration
In Poughkeepsie on December 24, Mrs. Mary Shepard, aged 104, plans to attend Mass at St. Peter's Church and spend Christmas day with friends. She lives alone on Davies Street, does her own chores, and enjoys her pipe. No formal celebration was planned, but friends will help mark the milestone.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
Mary .Shepard
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Riot on Mount Vernon car causes scuffle at 138th Street
A crowd of over a hundred rushed a Mount Vernon streetcar at 6:30 p m on 138th Street and Third Avenue. Motorman Charles Jones fought a passenger Philip G Stiner, officers Buckridge and McAvoy arrested Stiner for assault, and a woman in the rush lost money and trinkets. Traffic delayed about 15 minutes.
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Mount Vernon
Third Avenue
Charles Jones
Philip G. Stiner
Buckridge
McAvoy
Stiner
Maurice J. Spaulding
Bathgate Avenue
Columbia Students Act on Sophomore Suspension Case
Students petitioned to reinstate suspended sophomores in the Kingdon Gould incident. Dean Hutton and President Butler conferred. no public result announced. A mass meeting urged abolishing street fights and kidnapping while deferring hazing to a student board of representatives.
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Dean Hutton
Gould
Kingdon Gould
Butler
Frederick P. Tzeppel
Stsdent Board of Representatives
Grief at Loss of Schooner Frank W McCullough
The schooner Frank W McCullough ran ashore on Fire Island Bar Friday morning and, by yesterday, was in a perilous condition with little hope of saving her. The crew abandoned ship and the vessel was full of water.
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Frank W. McCullough
Fire Island Bar
Fire
Pier 35 North River Tickets to South via Savannah Line
Tickets can be secured at Pier 35 for travel to all points south by the Savannah Line.
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Pier
North River
Savannah
Exploits of Japanese Assault at Port Arthur Fort
Reports from Port Arthur describe Dec 18 to 19 mining and tunneling under the north wall of Tyek-Wan Mountain Fort. Japanese troops in brown underdrawers and headpieces battle Russians, breaching walls, and entering the fort as garrison casualties mount.
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Tyeek-Wan Mountain
Caponiere
Samejima
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