Man jailed thrice for posing as a woman in drug case
A prisoner at the Tombs, May Miller of 213 East Tenth Street, was found to be a man posing as a woman after staff uncovered facial hair and a forced gender performance. Miller and five others were sentenced in Special Sessions for drug possession, with Miller to serve six months before reevaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Miller
East Tenth Street
McInerney
Foraker
Zeller
Pris
Fasor
O’brien
Perry Lichtenstein
Hanley
Miller
Jer
Thler
Mapa
H. Ford
Dee i Timea Square
Henry Peter
Second Avenue
Swan of Sessions
Thedford Will Filed Seeks Probate For Coal Merchant
The will of George W. Thedford a coal merchant who died December 14 was filed for probate. It notes an estate over 260000 with residuary trust for widow Mrs Charlotte Thedford and incomes to her. Sons Henry W. and W Jr and daughter Mrs J MacAlarney receive life interest then equal division. Cash bequests include 5000 to Thedford 2000 to two employees Matthew Fell and Hugh Eginton. George W Thedford Coal Company stock to be split among the sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Thedford
Charlotte Thedford
Henry W. and
W., Jr
Mra. J. MacAlarney
MANY HURT BY FALLS IN CITY AS FROST ENVELOPES STREETS
Freezing rain and sleet caused widespread slips and a small street fire on Second Avenue near East Twenty seventh. Pedestrians were injured at multiple addresses including 1,892 Second Avenue and 169 East 127th Street, with several hospitals noted. Streetcar and wagon traffic delayed as crews battled the blaze and cleaned ice hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Avenue
East Twenty-seventh Street
Duttretz
Frances
East Seventy-first Street
Honspital
Finnegan
Mary
East 127Th Street
Harlem
Lehmer
Adele
Whitlock Avenue
The
Bronx
Lincoln Hospital
McCollough
Annie
West Fortieth Street
West Forty-sixth Street
Flower Hospital
Scheller
Emma
West 1824 Street
Washington Heights Hospital
Schneider
Jacob
South First Street
Brooklyn
East Broadway
Gouverneur Hospital
Young
Letta
West Thirty-eighth Street
125Th Street
Claremont Avenue
Knickerbocker
Bus Line Battle at City Hall Hearing
Critics urged against a motor bus system in the city while supporters pressed for extended franchises for Fifth Avenue Coach Company. J S Quackenbush and Edward H Mahar Jr of rival railways protested a closed hearing and said the board should hear all arguments tomorrow at 11. Park Avenue residents opposed lines, City Club Transit head backed more routes, and Madison Square Garden managers urged adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Estimate
City Hall
Fifth Avenue Coach Company
J. S Quackenbush
New York Railways Company
Edward H. Mahar, Jr
Third Avenue Railway Company
Mitchel
Park Avenue
Henry C. Wright
City Club
Madison Square Garden
William H. Wellman
Fire damages church in Bronx church of Our Lady of Pity
A fire last night at the Church of Our Lady of Pity 276 East 1st Street Bronx destroyed several statues and caused about 1500 dollars in damage. Father Oppici and parishioners saved the host and sacred vessels. The fire started in the sacristy near electric wiring. The mother superior and six sisters were moved to the school by Patrolman Manix and remained there until the blaze was out. Mass planned for New Year’s morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oppici
Bride to wed Ellis Island detained for want of funds
Annie Simpson, 55, traveling from Liverpool aboard the Cameronia to marry Alec Handley of Columbus Montana, was detained at Ellis Island after reporting stolen tickets and only five dollars. A telegram was sent to Handley. Another bride elect aboard, Miss Kate Milne of Edinburgh, heads to Honolulu to marry. Captain Wadsworth noted exceptionally rough weather causing delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Simpson
Cameronia
Liverpool
Alec Handley
Columbus
Mont
Ellis Island
Handley
Kate Milne
Edinburgh
Honolulu
F. H. Wadsworth
Jamaica postmaster resigns chair of Queens Democratic group
Capt. Daniel Shea, recently named Postmaster of Jamaica, has resigned as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Queens County Democratic Committee ruling the county. Dr. Arthur J. Keating, Borough President Connolly's campaign manager, may succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel ¥. Shea
Jamaica
Queens County Democratic Committee
Arthur J. Keating
Connolly
Whitman Praised by New York Bench and Bar at Farewell
Leaders of the New York County bench and bar hosted a testimonial for Gov elect Whitman in the Criminal Term of the Supreme Court as he leaves the District Attorney post. Speakers included Justice Ingraham Justice Davis Judge Rosalsky Chief Justice Russell and ex Attorney General Wickersham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York County
Whitman
Supreme Court
Justice Ingraham
Appellate Division
Justice Davis
Rosalsky
General Sessions
Russell
Special Sessions
McAdoo
George W. Wickersham
Morgan J. O’brien
de Lancey Nicoll
William D. Guthrie
Martin W. Littleton
William M. K. Olcott
John B. Stanchfield
Becker
Davis
New York
Justice Russell
Baseball figures in fatal shooting and manslaughter case
In Ventura California Herbert Lathrop died after being accidentally shot by Floyd Perritt a Los Angeles Coast League pitcher who mistook him for a mountain lion Perritt had camped near Lathrops home since season end In Taunton Massachusetts Amnie Proul Taunton Colonial League third baseman was held on $2000 bail after allegedly throwing a stone in a quarrel that struck Joseph Cunha in the head causing death
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Ventura
Cal
Herbert Lathrop
Ojai
Floyd Perritt
Los Angeles
Perritt
Lathrop
Taunton
Mass
Amnie Proul
Taunton Colonial League
Joseph Marie Cunha
Prowl
Cunha
Grand Jury Hears Baff Murder Inquiries In New York
Testimony against several men jailed in the Barnet Baff killing and others at liberty but under suspicion was presented before the Grand Jury. Witnesses include Herman Binowitz who implicated payment arrangements and Oscar Dunn who aided police at Hoboken yards. Magistrate Simms held Kilmer and Greenberg on 10000 bonds each. Grand Jury to reconvene seeking five or more indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnet Baff
Liberty
Herman Binowitz
Jake‘’ Cohen
Carl Rettich
Rettich
James Moore
A. T. Pearson
Oscar Dunn
West Washington
Hoboken
Baff
Charles Kilmer
Daniel Greenberg
Simms
Essex Market
Imer
Greenberg
Elmer
Fog
McCauley
William Zucker
Prince Michael of Saxony Case Testimony in White Plains
Dr. Carlos B. McDonald testified that Edward Sturges Hosmer, a former New York lawyer and society figure now at Bloomingdale Asylum, is a paranoid and should not be at large. Hosmer, seeking release, laughed as the expert spoke and cited divine revelations since 1912. He claimed inspiration and logical deduction guided him and admitted sending cards declaring himself Prince Michael of Saxony on July 29 last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Carlos B. McDonald
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
Edward Sturges Hosmer
New York
Bloomingdale Asylum
Hosmer
Henry R. Barrett
Louis Hosmer
Edward
David
God
Bloomingdale
Harvard Club
Bar Association
Prince Michael of
Saxony
Salem recalls mayor in first New England recall vote
Mayor John Hurley of Salem Massachusetts is defeated 8405 to 2629 by Matthias J. O Keefe leather manufacturer and Better Government Association candidate. Voters cite liquor law enforcement and Hurley’s long tenure as Silk Hat Mayor. Recall provisions force a new election as charter allows it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
John Hurley
Matthias J. O'Keefe
Better Government ” Association
New England
Hurley
Widow seeks mayor's aid in finding a husband in Pawtucket
Mrs Dorothy Kimball a widow with one daughter asked Mayor Mitchell for help locating a husband. She describes herself as 24 years old, kind hearted and lonesome, living in an overcrowded tenement with her sister in law and planning to move to New York. She has been receiving Poor Department assistance and wrote to the mayor on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pawtucket
R. I
Dorothy Kimball
Mitchel
H. Kimball
New York
Westchester
Penn
Poor Department
Bond Lost to Fire in Massachusetts Theft
Henry Ward of Burlington Vermont burned a $250000 Massachusetts State bond held by trustees of the Edward Wells estate. Ward, one of the trustees, dropped the bond with waste paper into a furnace, a situation disclosed as officials seek authority to issue a duplicate bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Henry Ward
Burlington
Edward Wells
Dowager Duchess of Manchester Estate Funds Audit
Trustees report on the Dowager Duchess of Manchester estate shows $1,715,121 on hand in the United States, with $2,006,141 charged to executors. Details include English and American trusts, grants for upkeep of 5 Grosvenor Square, and funds advanced for the Duke of Manchester’s family. The accounting covers July 12, 1912 to Oct. 6, 1914 and requests a decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowler
United States Trust Company
John J. Cadwalader
Duchess of Manchester
Harry B. Siollins
East Islip
L. I
Frederick Ogden Beach
Aiken
8. C
Manchester
Grosvenor Square
London
England
Vere Brabazon
Viscount Duncannon
Thomas Rawle
Fernando Yznaga
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Duke of Manchester
Viscount Mandeville
H. BR. Hollins & Co
Duchess of
Helena Zimmerman
Cincinnati
France
England a Good Buyer in European War Trade
A Philadelphia Foreign Trade Bureau circular notes Britain, France, and other wartime foes of Germany buy more American goods than a year ago. New York exports to European ports rose from 43.0 million to 62.38 million, driven by war supplies to Britain and France, with shifts to Canada, South America, Asia, and Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
France
Germany
Philadelphia Foreign Trade Bureau
New York
United States
England
Scotland
Ireland
South America
Back From African Hunt With Buffalo Jones Team
Ambrose Means once a Buffalo Bill star roper recounts returning from the Congo with bones and skins. He, his wife, and Dallas McPhaniel from Ned Fork Oklahoma traveled with Buffalo Jones last April to hunt and film. They faced funds, consuls, and ship lines, killed an elephant and a hippo, and plan to return home to Red Forks.
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Ambrose Means
Roper
Buffalo Bill
Grand
Africa
Means
Dallas McPhaniel
Ned Fork
Olka
Congo
Buffalo Jones
Jones
Buffalo
England
London
Red Forks
Public Service Commission approves higher passenger fares
Concord New Hampshire December 29 The Public Service Commission publicly approves a new schedule of passenger rates for the Boston and Maine Railroad a uniform rate of two and a half cents a mile to take effect January 1 The anticipated change is expected to raise passenger revenue for the road
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Public Service Commission
Boston and Maine Railroad
Whitman May Probe Cleary Case After Inauguration
Governor-elect Whitman expected to appoint a committee to investigate the acquittal of William V. Cleary Town Clerk of Haverstraw for the murder of Eugene Newman. A Rockland County petition seeks inquiry into trial methods officer conduct and possible removals if dereliction or unfitness is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov
Whitman
William V. Cleary
Haverstraw
Eugene Newman
Rockland County
William W. Weary
Frederick Newman
Cleary
Artists Cheer A Hospital In Indianapolis Visual Makeover
Indianapolis city hospital Burdsal units showcase art by national figures. Walls in the children's dining room feature a festival of toys and medallion portraits of local children. A roof garden playground fountain rises as a centerpiece. The Journal of the American Medical Association lauds the design as worthy of imitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary Hospital
Slater
Indianapolis
City Hospital
Boston Public Library
Congressional Library
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hocking Valley Products Plans Bond Relief Amid War
Daniel E Reagan of Hocking Valley Products Co in Columbus says the company will pay half of the Jan 1 2015 coupons on first mortgage bonds and proposes reducing bonded interest by half for five years. Bondholders largely approve. plan hinges on restoring the relinquished portion with interest before dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Reagan
Hocking Valley Products Company
Columbus
Ohio
Goethals Warns Seers Over Panama Canal Predictions
Col. George W. Goethals told an Astor audience that two astrologers predicted a slide after October, with one forecasting a new slide between November 28 and December 1 and another predicting a February major event. He noted he corrected the forecasts and stated he does not read the stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astor
George W. Goethals
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Col. Goethals
Ex-Alderman Farley Estate Valued at 151000
The estate of ex Alderman Patrick Farley is appraised at 151000 with a residuary portion of 100437 going to Margaret McDonald Michael Kinsley and Ernst Zipne. They share a half interest in Farley’s Bowery café and restaurant and the other half to John Cassidy and Joseph Brady. The assets include the Bowery café stocks and bonds and property interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Farley
Farley
Margaret McDonald
Michael Kinsley
Ernst Zipne
Bowery
John Cassidy
Joseph Brady
Bowery Café
Alexander Avenue
Chauffeur William Sanford Sentenced for Lethal Collision
William Sanford of 147 Division Avenue Brooklyn was sentenced in Jamaica to one year in the penitentiary for a September 28 sight seeing car collision at Hunters Point that killed William McCarthy after being drunken and previously imprisoned for larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sanford
Division Avenue
Brooklyn
Jamaica
Sanford
Hunters Point
William McCarthy
Elmira
Dr Blan Golden Wedding Celebrated on Staten Island
Dr and Mrs Jules Blan marked fifty years of marriage with a dinner at the St George Hotel Staten Island followed by a reception and dance. The couple ages 72 and 64 reside at 1010 Castleton Avenue West New Brighton and hosted eight of twelve children and seven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Blan
Paris
Blan
Napoleon Til
Staten Island
St. George Hotel
St. George
S. I
Mra. Klan
Dr. Blan
Alexandre Damas, Pere
Panteur
Petrograd
Castleton Avenue
West
New Brighton
Woman with children and bags asks for tram routes at Grand Central
A distraught woman with a baby and seven children enters through the Forty-second Street door of the Manhattan building, carrying bags as onlookers watch a quiet procession. She asks an assistant manager where the trams go, and he guides her to the Grand Central Terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-second Street
Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
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St. Cecilia's Parochial School
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East 101St
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Our Lady of Pity
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SAXON
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Gov. Whitman
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Hamilton-Martin CO
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Broadway
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Maine
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Town and Country Bureau
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Reade
Atlantic City
Royal Palace
Botel Dennis
Walter J. Buzby
Alamac Hotel
Ocean Front
Americana Eurosan
Chalfonte
Atlantic City, New
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Slenheim N. Jolian White & Sons Company
Lakewood
J. Oak Court Hotel
Dani Tee
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Best
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