City Building Plans Disapproved Amid Court Fight
Taxpayers plan to seek an injunction to block awarding the contract for the $8 million Municipal Building at Centre Street and Park Row after Edward S. Murphy disapproved plans citing unsafe soil foundations. Bridge Commissioner James W. Stevenson claimed authority to proceed, citing engineering input and acts authorizing the project.
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Centre Street
Park Row
Edward S. Murphy
Manhattan
Manhattan Island
James W. Stevenson
City Hall
Anchorage
Crosstown
Gibraltar
Singer
Murphy
Board of Examiners
Stevenson
Bridge Commission
Bureau of Buildings
McKim, Mead & White
City
Brooklyn Bridge
T. Kennard Thompson
Ark Row
Duane Street
Tryon Row
Chambers Street
Supt. Murphy
Christmas fund spread across Stock Exchange staffs
The Stock Exchange Christmas fund totaled about 13 000 for 425 employees and was shared by all from scrub workers to top staff. Consolidated Exchange funds reached about 3 000 for their smaller team. Some houses gave large sums to their own employers with varied apportionment methods. J S Bache & Co reported about 15 000 for its 110 staff. Speyer & Co allocated a life pension to L J Salomon after 30 years, with his vaults and securities role. Salomon’s predecessor, William F Sebert, served fifty years.
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Stock Exchange Houses
Stock Exchange
Consolidated Exchange
Exchange Fund Stock Exchange
J. S. Bache & Company
Speyer & Co
L. J. Salomon
Banking
Mir. Salomon
Salomon
William
Pittsburg Christmas Spending Exceeds Two Million Dollars
The Pittsburg district paid out at least 2,000,000 to workmen for Christmas shopping as stores in Pittsburg and nearby towns filled with shoppers. About 750,000 was paid by coal concerns for steady time and special favors, with Westinghouse and mills contributing as well.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Westinghouse
Roosevelt Plans African Safari For White Rhinos And Elephants
President Roosevelt aims to secure two white rhinoceroses for the National Museum in Washington and one for the British National Museum. He also intends to obtain two elephants, traveling deep into Africa to reach the Nile headwaters after departing Lake Victoria Nyanza. Major Edgar A. Mearns accompanies him to finalize trip details including ammunition and supplies, with most purchases to be made in Nairobi before the hunt proceeds north of Nayrobi.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Africa
National Museum
British National Museum
Nile
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Edgar A. Mearns
Nairobi
Mombasa
Nayrobi
Pheasants Sent to Taft for Christmas Dinner
Four brace of English pheasants from London arrived in Taft's Augusta cottage for Christmas dinner honoring Whitelaw Reid. Judge Taft agreed to attend the Augusta Bar Association dinner on Jan. 11 after their annual meeting. The Taft family planned a quiet Christmas while Mr. Taft anticipated political callers after next week and awaited word from Senator Knox on a Augusta visit.
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Augusta
London
Taft Cottage
Whitelaw Reid
Court of St. James’s
Augusta Bar Association
Taft
Landon Thomas
Hammond
Frank H. Hitchcock
Knox
New Orleans Judge Probes Newspaper Boycott Tactics
Judge Eugene D. Saunders told the U S Grand Jury that boycotting newspapers involved in interstate business violates the Danbury Hatters precedent. He linked the effort to reestablish racing with saloons hotels and other interests pressuring papers over racing and track gambling coverage. He urged thorough indictments to punish conspirators.
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New Orleans
Supreme Court
Danbury Hatters
Eugene D. Saunders
United States District Court
Grand Jury
Saunders
Federal Grand Jury
Mayor Reyburn Acts as Mediator for Transit Dispute
Philadelphia mayor Reyburn agreed to mediate between a Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company employee committee and the company directors, aiming to secure recognition and an audience for the committee.
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Reyburn
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Buttoned Promise for 2 KREMENTZ One Piece Collar Button
A damaged 2 KREMENTZ one piece collar button triggers a replacement guarantee offering a new item in return. The policy outlines how customers obtain a free replacement when the button breaks due to any cause.
Denunciation of Coroner Marks Bronx Witnesses Testimony
In a Bronx coroner's inquest into the death of NYU student Van Dwight Sheldon, Mrs. Snow and others protest coroner McDonald's methods while witnesses dispute whether the death was self inflicted. Police and court officers clash over the details of the case amid disclosures about assertions by Sheldon and the handling of evidence.
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McDonald
Bronx
Third
Tremont Avenues
van Dwight Sheldon
New York University
Dean Snow
Snow
Edmund F. Thornall
Noble MacCracken
Yale
MacCracken
Mary Larkin
Sheldon
Lieut. Colby
Sergt. Sheridan
Moving Picture exhibitors urged to attend city meeting
Sea and Mass exhibitors are requested to attend a morning meeting at Murray Hill Lyceum on Third Avenue and 45th Street in Manhattan this December 25 at 1 o'clock to decide on present action. Gustavus A. Rogers, Attorney.
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Moving Picture Sea
Mass Moving Picture
Murray Hill Lyceum
Third Avenue
45Th Street
Manhattan
Gustavus A. Rogers
Attorpey
Six Die In Shipwreck Off Hog Island Near Virginia
News comes from Newport News that the three masted schooner Jeanie Lippitt foundered off Hog Island after a northeast gale. Captain Robinson and four crewmen drowned. survivor Jorgensen and others perished from exposure before rescue. Lippitt, 748 tons, owned Boston firms Cornwell & Thurlow, built 1880, was carrying lumber from Jacksonville to New York. A second vessel Zaccheus Sherman was waterlogged near Cape Henry. Captain Cooke and seven crew await tow to Hampton Roads.
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Newport News
Hog Island
Jeanie Lippitt
Robinson
Andrew Jorgensen
Ravenscraig
Johnson
Lippitt
Jacksonville
New York
Cape Charles
Capt. Robinson
Jorgensen
Cornwell & Thurlow
Boston
Lord Ormonde
Holland-America Line
Rotterdam
Cooke
Zaccheus Sherman
Cape Kenry
Cape Henry
Hampton Roads
Charleston
U S. C
Surprise for Arthur McMullen on Christmas Eve
In Stamford Connecticut Arthur McMullen senior a bridge and tunnel contractor learns his younger son Arthur McMullen Jr secretly wed Emily May Brennan daughter of a South Norwalk hat maker The ceremony occurred November 24 at South Norwalk Rev Dr William Maher residence The mother forgives the match and denies annulment plans noting the groom is not yet 20
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Arthur McMullen
McMullen
Park Row
New York
Arthur McMullen, Jr
Emily May Brennan
South Norwalk
William Maher
MacMullen
Dying man begged to be shot after train injury in Mineola
On December 24 in Mineola New York Robert Ludlum conductor of the westbound train bound for East Williston cut bellrope and fashioned tourniquets for the legs of Harry Woodnutt who was run over by the engine. Woodnutt died next morning at Nassau Hospital from shock. He was 44, a superintendent with Andrews Brothers Mineola and leaves a wife two children a sister and a brother. He was returning home for Christmas dinner when killed.
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New York Times
Mineola
L. I
Robert Ludlum
East Williston
Bellrope
Harry Woodnutt
Woodnutt
Nassau Hospital
Foster Oakley
Ludlum
Dr. Ragsdale
Jericho
Henry C. Woodnutt
George S. Emory
Hempstead
P. Clifford Woodnutt
Fort Washington
Andrews Brothers
Roosevelt Holds Labor Leaders Fate in His Hands
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt weighing clemency for J. Mitchell, Gompers, and Morrison after Justice Wright jailed them for contempt. Telegraphed protests flood the White House as officials prep for an appeal while unions debate next moves.
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New York Times
Washington
Justice Wright
White House
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Gombpers
Mitchell
Morrison
Wright
Federation
District of Columbia
New York
Great Britain
Gompers
William J. Bryan
Pittsburg
Penn
Messrs
Powder Mill Explodes Again At South Acton Plant
The American Powder Mills in South Acton Massachusetts suffered a third explosion in a month destroying the glaze mill with no loss of life. The blast, the fiercest in years, involved about 10 000 pounds of powder and caused around 20 000 dollars in damage. Two workers died in the previous blast this month, the first fatalities in sixteen years. The blast could be felt up to forty miles away, marking the heaviest explosion since the 1903 Lowell incident.
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South Acton
Mass
American Powder Mills
Boston
Lowell
American Cartridge Company
Margin sales not gambling verdict in Meyer case
In Newark Circuit Court Meyer of Belleville challenged a $10,658 claim by John Van Schaick & Co. for stock transactions on margin. The court ruled the debt valid and awarded the full amount with interest, rejecting arguments that margin trading was gambling and that the broker must follow orders only after payment.
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John van Schaick
Meyer
Heisley
Efficient Public Service Announcement Discovery
The New York Times seeks first class situations for competent and intelligent public service roles. The advertisement emphasizes quality candidates and efficient service delivery across departments and programs.
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The
New York Times
Parker Defends Federation Officers in Buck Stove Contempt Case
Judge Parker argues Justice Wrights sentence against AFL officers in Buck Stove contempt proceedings may be reviewable. He contends the ruling obstructs editorial comment and free discussion of the decree’s scope and warns that blocking such discourse would offend free speech principles.
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Justice Wright
American Federation of ‘Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company
Alton B. Parker
Federation
American Federationist
Parker
Reid on US unemployment relief cited by ambassador
London dispatch notes Ambassador Reid’s letter to a bye election candidate denying more U S unemployed than England. He argues higher U S wages reduce suffering, giving American workers ample means during unemployment.
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London
Ambassador Reid
United States
England
Flaw Found in 100-Inch Mirror for Mount Wilson
The 100-inch glass for Mount Wilson Solar Observatory is defective after grinding began. The casting must be discarded and a new disk made delaying the eight-foot mirror. The glass, cast in Gobain France, cost $50,000. Dr. George E Hale said arrangements would be telegraphed to France.
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Pasadena
Cal
Mount Wilson Solar Observatory
Goblain
France
George E. Hale
Briber Passaro Sentenced in Customs Bribery Case
Gaetano Passaro was sentenced to fifteen months in prison and fined 60 dollars in the United States Circuit Court yesterday before Justice Chatfield for attempting to bribe a Customs Inspector on October 4. He offered 60 dollars to pass imported articles without duty. Deputy Surveyor Smythe testified, marking the first bribery conviction against Customs in twenty years.
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Gaetano Passaro
United States
Chatfield
Smythe
Passaro
Roller Skate Walk Becomes St Louis Social Trend
In St Louis social circles the roller skate walk emerges as the latest fashion. It blends military influence with athletic grace, demanding a rigid posture, straight legs, and a gliding stride. The drilllike stance mirrors soldierly carriage, but with forward shoulders distinctive to the skating trend.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Collision Kills Brakeman in Springfield Yard Accident
In Springfield Massachusetts a New York New Haven & Hartford train backing into yards collided with a passing Pullman car. Brakeman John Murphy of New Haven died instantly on the rear platform when crushed by the wreckage. The empty car overturned, delaying traffic. no passengers were hurt.
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Springfield
Mass
New York
New Haven
Hartford
John Murphy
Murphy
Lilley Contests Conn Corrupt Practices Act Validity
Governor-elect George L. Lilley and associate file a protest challenging the Connecticut Corrupt Practices Act as unconstitutional. The case, brought by George L. Fox, seeks an election court to rule on the act’s lack of jury provision and lack of execution safeguards, arguing the act serves legislative convenience rather than judicial function.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Special Election Court
George L. Lilley
General Assembly
George L. Fox
Victory for Prohibition in Georgia Court ruling
In Atlanta on December 4, Judge Newman dismissed a petition challenging Georgia's prohibition law. The decision found lack of jurisdiction, stating the petition was a fee for state courts and could reach federal courts only via a writ of error from the state supreme court.
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Atlanta
Prohibition
United States
Newman
Georgia
State Supreme Court
Champion Bulldog Dead
Champion bulldog La Roche owned by Arnold Lawson died in Boston. Imported from England in 1902 she competed from 1903 to 1967, winning most shows and losing only to a kennel mate twice. She weighed 55 pounds and was deemed the best all around bulldog shown.
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New York Times
Boston
la Roche
Arnold Lawson
Lawson
England
Florida
Seaboard Air Line
Florida Fast Mail
Seaboard Florida Ltd
Broadway
Mayor shuts all moving picture shows in New York on Sundays
Mayor George B McClellan ordered revocation of every moving picture show license in New York City on December 24 1908 after a public hearing on Sunday openings and safety. He directed inspections of all venues by the Bureau of Licenses and suspended new license fees for revoked holders.
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McClellan
City of New York
Al.ermanic Chamber
City Hall
Borough of Manhattan
Bureau of Licenses
William G. Beggin
Fire Department
Manhattan
Brom
Brooklyn
Queens
Richmond
Burgeau
Nis
Borough of
Board of Aiders
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Society For the Prevention of Crime
George B. McClellan
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Wall ST
Mrs. Snow
Cary
Homicide Bureau
Coroners
Nathan von Etten
Curtin
Miss Gould
Miss Larkin
Dr. Snow
A. McMullen
Bonaparte
Bryan Wires Gompers
John Mitchell
American Powder Co
Judge Parker
Reid
Wilson Solar Observatory
Lilley
Bingham
Beggin
Corporation Counsel
City of New
York
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