Picture Show Men Organize to Fight Mayor’s Ban
In New York City mov ing picture show proprietors from five cent and ten cent venues form the Moving Picture Association to contest Mayor McClellan’s license revocation. Officers include President William Fox and Treasurer Marcus Loew as 12,000 workers face unemployment and a $50,000,000 investment at stake.
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Murray Hill Lyceum
Third Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Park Row
William Fox
Benjamin Title
Marcus Loew
D. M. Donegan
William T. Rock
Vitagraph Company of America
J. Valenzio
Alfred Weiss
Charles McCain
William Koehler
Fox
Greater
New York
Booth
Barrett
Davenport
Pat Rogers
Rogers
Wurster
Brooklyn
Moving Picture Association
Priest Endorses Mayor Over Movie Show Licenses
In Harrison New Jersey on Christmas Day the Rev Maurice P O Connor praised New York City actions revoking many moving picture licenses saying they harm children and urged local aldermen to adopt the same stance He reportedly pressed a council member to vote against several license applications.
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New York Times
Harrison
N. J
Maurice P. O’connor
Church of the Holy Cross
New York City
New York
Palmer denies million dollar Christmas gift to newborn granddaughter
Colorado Springs reports a rumor that Gen. William J. Palmer gave his newborn granddaughter a $1,000,000 Christmas gift. T. J. Fisher says the only connection is a granddaughter born to the General in London, with no such gift. The Palmer family has provided for the child, while the General himself endures a long-standing injury and frail health.
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New York Times
Colorado Springs
Colo
William J. Palmer
T. J Fisher
Palmer
London
Leopold Meyers
Elsie Palmer
Meyers
Palmers
Accused by Two Wives Henry Danzeger Held on Bigamy Charges
Henry Danzeger a salesman at 130 East 127th Street was arrested on bigamy charges after his wife Elizabeth of 33 East 125th Street accused him. Magistrate Walsh set bail at 2000 for examination and 500 for a misconduct charge with Wife No 2 sent to detention as a witness. A second woman claimed marriage to Danzeger on July 4 in Boston. The case involves a 10 year old daughter who helped locate him.
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Henry Danzeger
East 127Th Street
Elizabeth Danzeger
East 125Th Street
Walsh
Danzeger
Gertrude Danzegen
City Hall
Boston
Wife No. 2
House of Detention
Denzeiger
Joe”? Moss
Caruso’s Throat Improves Yet Expected to Sing Today
Reports debated Caruso’s throat condition at the Metropolitan Opera House yesterday. Officials said the tenor was expected to perform this afternoon in Pagliacci despite lingering strain from about a week ago.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Enrico Carusos
Opera House
Caruso
Arrests for graft may take bankers
Pittsburg December reports say the Voters League plans a mayoral bid and candidates to block grafting councilmen. Banks reportedly paid grafting councilmen $176 000 while Mayor Guthrie warns banks will lose city deposits. Carnegie denies funding. DOJ steps expected to probe national banks and prosecutions planned.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Voters’ League
Guthrie
Andrew Carnegie
Roosevelt
Carnegie
Department of Justice
Department
United States
Ramsey
Vilsack
Divorce Granted to Mrs Florence L Greaves From William Greaves
Supreme Court Justice Dowling signed a final decree of divorce in favor of Mrs Florence L Greaves against William Homer Greaves known in racing circles. The couple married in Westchester New York on October 16 1901 and have no children. The charge of misconduct at Saratoga on August 15 1908 was heard by referee James A Foley.
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Supreme Court
Dowling
Florence L. Greaves
William Homer Greaves
Greaveses
Westchester
N. Y
Parents Fight Ends In Child Death In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on December 25 Alfred Turner aged 10 weeks was killed during a domestic fight. Police report William Turner attacked his wife over breakfast. she held the infant when the struggle dropped it and crushed the child. Both parents were arrested.
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Philadelphia
Alfred Turner
William Turner
Not Dead, But Prisoner From Indictment Forging Charge
Henry E. Agar, believed dead, was arrested in Texas and brought back to Princeton Indiana. He was arraigned on charges of forging Hueh D. MeG’s name on a $5,000 note to the American National Bank. He posted bail signed by ten county citizens and returned home to his awaiting wife and children. he refused to comment.
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Princeton
Ind
Henry E. Agar
Texas
Hueh D. Meg
American National Bank
Agar
Stumpy Bill Receives Unexpected Christmas Basket
A disabled New York man known as Stumpy Bill, missing both legs, arrives at Grand Central Palace for Salvation Army dinner baskets. After a ticket mix up, a kind fourth in line lends his pass, allowing Stumpy to join the distribution. He later learns the baskets require cooking, and with officer help, receives a meal from the army.
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Stumpy Bill
New York
San Francisco
Lexington Avenue
East River
Grand Central Palace
Salvation Army
Stumpy
Fire razes Morristown stables on Christmas Day
In Morristown New Jersey a major blaze destroyed the William A Lauenstein stables on Market Street. Hay fed flames spreading to the second floor delaying firefighters. Twenty horses and many wagons saved. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars. The Chinese laundry nearby saw theft amid the crowds and fled.
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New York Times
Morristown
N. J
William A. Lauenstein
Market Street
Lee Wing
Lee
New Jersey
Reduced sentences for labor leaders in presidential deliberations
Washington December 25 reports suggest President Roosevelt will likely defer official action on the contempt sentences of three labor leaders. He may reduce the sentences, possibly granting partial amnesty to Gompers, Mitchell, and Morrisson, and balance action with the Panama Canal issue and court appeals ahead.
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New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
Justice Wright
Gompers
Foraker
Mitchell
Morrisson
American Federation of Labor
White House
Congress
Panama Canal
Court of Appeals
Brooklyn Hero Rescues Four-Year-Old From House Fire
Lewis Bermel a laborer climbed a fire escape into a burning tenement at 300 Pennsylvania Avenue to save Jacob Seigel four from a candle blaze on the third floor. He retrieved the boy, wrapped him in a blanket, and brought him to the street before rescuers treated him for smoke inhalation. The Seigel family and the tenement suffered total loss.
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Brooklyn
Lewis Bermel
Pennsylvania Avenue
Joseph Seigel
Jacob
Bermel
Seigel
Italian suspects nabbed over funeral expense scam
Vincenzo Callucci and Pasquale Adinolfi were arrested on charges of obtaining $4 by claiming it would cover funeral costs for the Sangusto children killed in a blaze at 332 East 112th Street. Bail set at 40,000 after two women offered 25,000.
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Vincenzo Callucci
112Th Street
Pasquale Adinolfi
114Th Street
Vincenzo Sangusto
Lieut
Manson
Walsh
Sing Sing Prison Serves Elaborate Christmas Meal
Warden Frost treated Sing Sing inmates to the most elaborate prison meal ever served followed by a concert by the prison orchestra, in Ossining New York on Christmas Day.
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Ossining
N. Y
Frost
Sing Sing Prison
United Mine Workers Strike Buck Stove List Threat
At the 19th annual UMWA convention in Indianapolis January 25, 1W, resolutions chaired by John Mitchell placed Buck Stove and Range Company on the unfair list. Members must not buy Buck products or face $5 fines and possible expulsion, risking starvation for families if cardless.
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Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Buck Stove and Barge Company
St. Louis
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company
United Mine Workers
John Mitchell
Royal Limited offers all Pullman cars with superb dining
The Royal Limited features only Pullman cars and no extra fare. Smoking, parlor, and observation cars are superb with an appealing dining experience. Tickets and reservations available at the Central Railroad of New Jersey and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ticket offices.
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Central Railroad of New Jersey and
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Gompers Arrives in Atlantic City for Christmas
Samuel Gompers arrived in Atlantic City on Christmas Day and will stay through Sunday before a conference in New York. He declined to comment, saying a statement would not help the situation and that a statement was expected Monday. He had no callers at the Lamborn hotel.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel Gompers
New York
Federation
Gompers
Lamborn
Mr. Gompers
Young Brooklyn athlete dies after spinal injury
Walter Canning, 15, six feet tall and 140 pounds, died at 359 Lexington Avenue after a nine teen week battle with a fractured spine from a diving accident at Sheepshead Bay on August 13. Despite surgery at Kings County Hospital that partially restored movement and faculties, his right side remained paralyzed and intestinal illness hastened his decline.
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Walter Canning
Lexington Avenue
Brooklyn
Sheepshead Bay
Canning
Kings County Hospital
Jury Delays Hargis murder verdict in Kentucky
Irvine Kentucky December 25 twelve men on trial for Beach Hargis murder of his father wrangled for five hours without reaching a verdict after a bitter speech by Attorney Byrd The jurors reported at five oclock they could not agree Judge Adams left Irvine tomorrow to attend a circuit point and told them to report again Byrd assailed the defense of Bachana and Will a Young accusing them of serving Breathitt County s war chief during his life and now defending his killer
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Irvine
Beach Hargis
Adams
Byrd
Judge Hargis
Kentucky
J. J. Bachana
Will A. Young
Breathitt County
Forged 60000 Bill Fraud Warns Chicago Banks
Chicago bankers and note brokers are warned about sixty thousand dollars in forged bills receivable recently sold to local banks. The scheme uses duplicate bills receivable issued and sold at discount, then discounted again by brokers with their banks, with discovery in sixty to ninety days. No arrests reported, but some persons are under surveillance.
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Chicago
Gold Discovered in Sand From Old Well at Petaluma
Excitement grows in Petaluma California after free gold was found in sand drawn from Norman Scott’s old well. A pump brought up sand that washed through an opening box revealing a gold deposit. Scott will investigate the sand further beneath the ground.
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Petaluma
Cal
Norman Scott
Scott
Pan-American Scientific Congress Opens in Santiago
The first session of the Pan-American Scientific Congress convened at the Grand Opera House in Santiago with Montt and his Cabinet present. Prof. Leo B Rowe of the University of Pennsylvania led the American delegation and praised the Bureau of American Republics as delegates urged closer inter republic relations. The congress, tracing roots to Buenos Ayres 1898, includes ten U S university professors and will run ten days with a comprehensive programme.
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Santiago
Chile
Pan-American Scientific Congress
Grand Opera House
Ident Montt
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
Leo 8. Rowe
University of Pennsylvania
Bureau of American Republics
John Barrett
Bureau
Montt
Buenos Ayres
Uruguay
Brazil
United States
Woman thanks rescuer after Harlem fire saves life
Mrs. Alice Looker, burned in a West 127th Street apartment blaze, thanked Fireman David H. Mullen of Hook and Ladder 30 for carrying her from a fifth floor window down an extension ladder to the street. Mullen, also burned, visited her ward at Harlem Hospital yesterday.
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Alice Looker
Harlem
West 127Th Street
David H. Mullen
Hook and Ladder 30
Mullen
Néclé
Mullin
Boy's Death in Brooklyn Sparks Investigation
Clement Robert Serenbetz of Brooklyn was found unconscious at his home on 581 and died after convulsions hours later. Coroner Kennedy opened an inquiry with detectives assigned as evidence suggested possible alcohol involvement.
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Clement
Robert Serenbetz
Brooklyn
Kennedy
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