Waldo Arrests Fox Over Police Graft Scandal
District Attorney Whitman probes police corruption after Patrolman Eugene Fox is arrested on extortion charges linked to hotel operations. The case centers on payments from George A. Sipp and the Hotel Baltic, with further subpoenas issued for bank records and hotel managers.
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Whitman
Eugene Fox
Waldo
Fox
Curran Committee
George A. Sipp
Baltic
Lipp
Central Hotel
East 116Th Street
Nicholas J. Hayes
Hiayes
Curran
Jiechstim
Blau
Spielberg
Sipp
Mr. Whitman
Hotel Avelon
Commissioner Waldo
Schmittberger
Jacob Rouss
Grant & Rouss
Rouss
Barlow
Fox Had Been Sent Away From Headquarters In Custody, Mr. Waldo
Thomas W. Walsh
East 126Th Street
Grand Avenue
Brooklyn
Samuel A. McElroy
Walsh
Woodrow Wilson as Santa in New Jersey
President elect Wilson dressed as Santa Claus in Trenton to deliver gifts to New Jersey children. Charles Conroy of East Orange, eight, sent a letter asking for a sweater gloves cap candy books and a toy train. Wilson arranged delivery and ordered gifts for other children as well.
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New York Times
Princeton
N. J
Elect Wilson
Santa Claus
State House
Trenton
New Jersey
Charles Conroy
Hildon Street
East Orange
Charles
Gov. Wilson
Miss Haven
Conroy
Vindication of Oppenheim by Appellate Division Referee
The Appellate Division received Henry A. Gildersleeve report declaring Benjamin Oppenheim innocent and entitled to reinstatement after disbarment twelve years ago tied to bribery and witness coaching in a Metropolitan Street Railway case. Evidence mirrored that which led to Henry Robison’s disbarment, with payments to witnesses found in an old trunk. Oppenheim awaited news at attorney M H Salzer's office on Nassau Street, calling it a Christmas present.
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Supreme Court
Henry A. Gildersleeve
Benjamin Oppenheim
Oppenheim
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Oppenhei
Gildersleeve
Henry A. Robinson
Robinson
M. H. Salzer
Nassau Street
Eee
Edward V W. S. Johnston
Man with broken neck to walk in street after Christmas
Waldorf Miller of New Rochelle who broke his neck July 3 1911 near Hudson Park plans his first street walk at Christmas after eighteen months of limited movement. He has grown stronger and now leads a ball march on crutches and exchanges letters with other neck injury victims inspiring hope.
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New York Times
New Rochelle
N. Y
Waldorf Miller
John M. Zimmer
Irwin
Iowa
Walter B. Lawrence
Woodland Avenue
Summit
N. J
Miller
Faulkner
King Street
Kinston
N. C
Taft Arrives in Panama Aboard Arkansas
President Taft and party land at Colon on the Arkansas at 8 oclock marking the Panama visit. The group includes Mrs Taft Miss Louise Taft Charles P Taft Jr and more. A canal inspection by 2000 bluejackets is planned aboard Arkansas and Delaware with a palace ball to follow.
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Colon
Taft
United States
Arkansas
Charles P. Taft, Jr
Louise Taft
Charles D. Hilles
Hilles
Beekman Winthrop
Winthrop
T. L. Rhoads
Aid de Camp
J. W. Timmons
U.S.N
Key West
H. Percival Dodge
Canal
G. W. Goethals
Culebra
Belisario Porras
Panama
Col.Goethals
Delaware
Latest Shipping News
The Niagara on the French Line reported sailing Havre to New York was 1,117 miles east of Sandy Hook at 12 30 P M and due in by the 28th at 9 A M.
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Marconi
Niagara
Havre
New York
Sandy Hook
Seaboard Air Line Railway Florida Service Extension
Seaboard Air Line announces new steel trains to Florida via Pinehurst Camden and Southern Pines with electric lighting and shortest access routes. Passengers receive updated schedule and route details for expedited travel.
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Seaboard Air Linery
Florida Pinehurst
Camden
Southern Pines Steel
Agye
Turks Hold Line as Allies Map Albania Frontiers
London dispatch reports Turkish delegates delaying peacemaking while Allies finalize autonomous Albania boundaries. Frontiers outline Drin river line through Monastir and Prisrend, with Salonika to Greece and neutralized islands. Bulgarians may accept a line from Enos to Midia to avoid Adrianople. Diplomats visit Paris for mediation with M Poincaré as Balkan talks resume.
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London
Europe
Albania
Drin
Montenegro
Servia
Prisrend
Monastir
Italona
Argiro Kastro
Greece
Yakova
Rodosto
Sea of Marmora
Midia
Black Sea
Enos
Aegean Sea
Maritza
Kuleli -Burgas
Adrianople
Salonika
Paris
M. Poincaré
Chamber of Deputies
St. James’s Palace
First Correggio Ever Shown in America
The Four Saints painted by Correggio in 1515 and recently acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art will be reproduced in full page size in the Picture Section of NEXT SUNDAY'S TIMES.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Austria Demobilization Question Looms Over Balkans
Belgrade reports Austro-Serbian tension settles with Albania autonomy and Adriatic port accord. Serbia accepts Ambassadorial conference decisions while Vienna delays demobilization, prompting questions from allies and press about motives and frontier issues.
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Belgrade
Servia
London
Albania
Editor Bryan Owed Large Debts in New York
Joseph Bryan Sr. of Richmond died 1908 leaving New York debts listed at $882,881 in official estate appraisal. His son John Stewart Bryan testified about brokerage accounts tied to the Daniel K. Stewart and John Stewart estates and denied ownership of American Locomotive Co. stock. He described heirs’ oral consent for using estate securities as collateral for margin trading with brokers, noting substantial sums and a history of speculation without formal written approval.
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Joseph Bryan
Richmond, Va
News-Leader
New York
John Stewart Bryan
John V. Coggey
Daniel K. Stewart
John Stewart
American Locomotive Company
Bryan
Equitable
Coggey
Stewart
W. H. Goodby & Co
Thomas Branch & Co
D. K. Stewart
George W. Peterkin
West Virginia
Mr. Bryan
Lucy W. Stewart
Annie C. Stewart
N. Stewart
E. H. Stewart
Richmond
Parkersburg
Thomas Pinckney
Jobe Stewart
Joseph Bryan Remembered for Stewardship of Stewart Estates
The article notes Joseph Bryan of Richmond managed the estates of D. K. and John Stewart for heirs including his wife and five sisters in law. He bought stocks in his own name with consent, and was highly esteemed in the South. Richmond built a statue in his honor and a park was donated by his wife and sons. A school building memorialized him and his faithful trusteeship.
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New York Times
Richmond
Joseph Bryan
D. K
John Stewart
Peterkin
West Virginia
Stewart
Bryan
South
Loeb Leaves Port to Join Guggenheims in Global Business
William Loeb Jr will resign as Collector of the Port of New York early next year to join the Guggenheims in an executive role with world wide interests. He will relocate to New York and will likely earn a salary well above his current $12,000 a year. Loeb’s new duties cover administration across Guggenheim ventures from Alaska mining to Congo rubber, via American Smelting and Refining and related companies.
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William Loeb, Jr
Gugsenheims
Mr. Loeb
Wilson
Loeb
Guggenheims
Custom House
Guggenheim
New York
West
Colorado
Montana
theGuggenheims
Theodore Roosevelt
McKinsey
Roosevelt
Washington
George B. Cortelyou
Cortelyou
Taft
Custom House Service
Alaska
Congo
South Africa
Australia
Orient
American Smelting and Refining Company
American Smelters Securities Company
Guggenheim Exploration Company
Mexico
Illinois
New Jersey
Nebraska
Texas
Penge
Securities Company
California
United States
Yukon Gold Company
He ¢Enheim
Lance Aoe
Intercontinental Rubber Company
King Opold
Belgium
Thomas F. Ryan
Daughter Visits Gibson in County Jail Scene
Burton W. Gibson accused of murdering Mrs. Szabo met his six year old daughter for the first time since his commitment. Mrs. Gibson brought the child to Goshen and they visited the courthouse before staying overnight at a boarding house and returning to Rutherford.
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New York Times
Goshen
N. Y
Burton W. Gibson
Wireless to Greet 1913 on New Year's Eve from Arlington
Washington dispatch notes an Arlington naval observatory radio station will emit a time signal at five minutes before midnight on New Year’s Eve. The higher power aims to reach the North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and possibly the Pacific coast stations, with specific beat patterns in sync with the Naval Observatory clock. The Eiffel Tower station in Paris may also receive the signal.
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New York Times
Washington
Arlington
Naval Observatory
North Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Pacific
Hiffel Tower
Paris
Florida Superior Service Adds Limited Trains From Jan Six
Atlantic Coast Line announces new Florida Special train service with daily limited trains. The schedule shows departure at 1 38 p m and additional services at 4 14 5 34 and 8 50 p m from the station with B'vag addresses listed.
Boston Approves Massive New Drydock for Port
Boston officials allocate three million dollars to build one of North America's largest drydocks. The facility will host ships up to 1,000 feet long and 120 feet wide. A White Star Line vice president letter notes steamship firms may contribute 50,000 dollars annually for twenty years to support the project.
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Boston
North America
P. A. S. Franklin
White Star Line
Airman Petre Killed in Non-Stop Flight Attempt
English aviator Edward Petre died after his aircraft crashed near Marshe by the Sea during a 420 mile non-stop attempt from Weybridge to Edinburgh. He had two-thirds of the journey completed when a gale toppled the plane, breaking his neck. This marks the twenty-second British air fatality and fifteenth of the year.
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Edinburgh
New York Times
London
Edward Petre
Weybridge
Yorkshire
Marshe-by-the-Sea
Petre
Pharaoh A Fat Old Man Revealed From Cairo Mummies
London reports Professor Eliot Smith of Manchester University studied mummies in the Cairo Museum to reconstruct Menothah the Exodus pharaoh. He describes Menothah as corpulent and nearly bald with a white temple fringe, tall 5 feet 7 inches, sharing features with Seti the Great and Rameses II but with stronger foreign cranial traits.
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New York
London
Eliot Smith
Manchester University
Cairo Museum
Menothah
Smith
Rameses II
Seti the Great
Seti
Good deeds fill profane box at Michelin plant
In Milltown New Jersey the Michelin Tire Company clerical staff donated the contents of a “Profane Box” to the Salvation Army. The box collected one cent per curse word all year, totaling four dollars and ninety eight cents before a generous donor added two large insults to bring the sum to five dollars.
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New York Times
New Brunswick
N. J
Michelin Tire Company
Milltown
Salvation Army
Michelin_ force
Lucky Turn for Benjamin Lucky Ends Murder Trial
Benjamin Lucky a Birmingham Alabama circus attache faced prison for manslaughter when a confession from James Gaughan an inmate of the State Reformatory led prosecutors to drop the case. The clash during a June circus visit left a boy dead and Lucky was convicted before the confession changed the outcome.
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Boston
Benjamin Lucky
Birmingham
Ala
Lucky
James Gaughan
State Reformatory
McIsaac
Dix Suffering Cold Delays Christmas Pardons
Gov. Dix lies in bed with a heavy cold delaying action on clemency for a group of convicts due for Christmas Eve release. The governor’s illness prevented signing, so the prisoners will remain in custody for Christmas.
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New York Times
Albany
Dix
Blease Frees 76 Convicts in Clemency Burst
In Columbia S C today Governor Blease granted clemency to seventy six prisoners and commuted three sentences, release ranging from murder to dispensary law violations. The action doubles previous daily clemency and marks a two year record above earlier marks. One case involved murder for hiring two negroes to kill an enemy in Barnwell with differing testimonies.
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New York Times
Columbia
D. C
J. Chester Kennedy
Barnwell
Kennedy
Turrialba Runs Aground In Snow Storm
The 5,000-ton United Fruit steamship Turrialba ran aground off Brigantine during a blizzard. Lifesavers battled heavy surf and snow to reach the vessel as Capt Lindsay and the Seneca attempted rescue. passengers and crew of eighty were aboard. The ship lay with stern damaged and propellers out, awaiting daybreak to proceed.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Turrialba
Darnesat
Cape May
Asbury Park
New York
United States Revenue
Seneca
John Lindsay
Little Beach
Beas
Ife
Ash
Holdzkum
Sapt. Cole
Capt
Holdskum
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Manuel Maas
Sol Wolf
Skelly
Mary Goode
Mass
Wolf
District Attorney’s Office
Woodrow Wilson
Santa
Poincare
Correggio
America
TIMES
Austria
Prisrerid
Adriatic
St. Petersburg
Russia
Balkan
Turkey
Gibson
Wireless
BIG Drydock
Port
Franklin
Septemer
Pharaoh
Prof. Smith
Exodus
ewAdy
United Fruit Co. Steamship
Brigantine Shoals
Revenue Cutter
Lindsay
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