Morse Prisonbound Near A Breakdown
Charles W. Morse, convicted of misappropriating funds from the National Bank of North America, begins a fifteen year sentence at Atlanta Federal Prison. He tearfully bids farewell to family and reporters, denounces the jury and justice system, and questions executive clemency while pledging to face the punishment.
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Charles W. Morse
National Bank of North America
Atlanta
United’ States
Henkel
Morse
Southern Limited
Washington
Taft
Dead 8 Days in Snow in Brooklyn
The body of 65 year old George Bent, missing since Christmas night, was found eight days later in a snowdrift on Tillary Street Brooklyn near Duffield Street. He had left home to buy beer and apparently died from exposure, clutching his money and beer pail in the cold.
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Tillary Street
Brooklyn
George Bent
Bent
Duffield Street
Duffield
Girl Shot at a Ball in Lyric Hall Feud Suspected
At Lyric Hall on Sixth Avenue a 19 year old girl Grace Leroy was shot in the back during a Fashion Ball promoted by an East Fourteenth Street promoter. Six to seven shots rang from the adjoining cafe sending dancers fleeing. seven waiters were arrested as witnesses and the manager was detained for excise violations. police suspect a gang feud may be linked to the shooting.
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Lyric Hall
Sixth Avenue
Forty-second Street
East Fourteenth Street
Grace Leroy
Sergt. Specht
West Forty-seventh Street
Oscar Forrest
Latham
New York Hospital
Fourtteenth
Stranded Bridegroom Conned Larchmont Residents
A young man claiming to be Henry Stewart Caldwell, son of a journal company director, solicited money in Larchmont claiming his wedding trip was ruined by robbery. He stayed briefly at hotels, was suspected by several residents, and detained by police after cards bore the name Harry Pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stewart Caldwell
Atlanta
Albany
New York
Caldwell
Belmont
Larchmont
E. W. Call
Mr. Call
Fitt Caldwell
Manhattan
Call
Grand Central Station
New York City
Harry Pain
Dick challenges Barber citizenship in open letter
Cincinnati dispatch reports Senator Charles Dick of Akron accusing O C Barber ofOhio of abandoning citizenship during a tax case. Dick demands clarity on Barber's state and national status before debating rail rate law and tariffs, citing Barber's past residency moves between Illinois New York and Ohio.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles Dick
Akron
O. C. Barber
The
American Match Company
Barber
United States
County Au-ditor
Illinois
New York
God
Philip Nolan
Summit County
RICH OUT TO ALD GIRL WRISTMAKERS PROTEST
A large crowd at Carnegie Hall joined Fifth Avenue and the Lower East Side in a demonstration supporting shirtwaist workers. Speakers blamed Magistrates Cornell and Barlow and police leadership, urging legal action against those who sent strikers to the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Lower East Side
Carnegie Hall
Cornell
Barlow
Baker
Leonora O'Reilly
O. H. P. Belmont
Anne Morgan
Laurence Gillespie
Mary Hay
Nathan Straus
Samuel Untermyer
Frank Laidlaw
Mary Beerd
Typographical Union No. 6
James Tole
Acbow
Ie Jiagistrates
Kernochan
Typographical Union
League of Self-Supporting Women
Socialist Women’s Committee
The
Socialist Party
Henry George League
Women's Trade Union League
Liberal Club
Elizabeth Dutcher
Mary Dreier
Ida Rauh
Elsie Cole
George W. Kirchway
Columbia Law School
Bolton Hall
Frank H. Cothren
Klaw & Erlanger
Rex Beach
New Amsterdam
People’s Institute
Olice
Mesers
Through Cars to Florida Resorts
Seaboard Florida Ltd introduces the fastest club car train service to an inn on Line-1-148 Rigen. Independent travelers and resort visitors gain a quicker rail link to Florida destinations with this new route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Seaboard Florida Ltd
A, Inn
Gashoord-Ain
Rigen
Times Preview Emphasizes Placing Orders Today
Readers are urged to secure copies with news dealers for next Sunday's Times to ensure access to its many notable features and special content.
Deny Negotiations With Hammerstein Spurs Opera Spat
Oscar Hammerstein and Arthur Hammerstein deny merger talks with the Metropolitan Opera Company. Oscar says he has no negotiations and prefers his job, while Arthur asserts he alone handled discussions. Metropolitan directors weigh the issue at a board meeting.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Tom Times
Arthur Hammerstein
Metropolitan
Manhattan Opera Company
Metropolitan Opera Company
Poming
Hemmerstein
New York
Metropolitans
United States
Metropolitan-Chicago Opera Company
Chicago
Great West
Oscar Hammerstein
Fiji Islands
Taft Makes Unofficial Call On New Supreme Justice
President Taft quietly visited Justice Horace H. Lurton on the eve of his swearing in as Associate Justice. Taft and Captain Butt walked the Mall then entered a hotel to seek Lurton, who was out. Lurton arrives in Washington with family. he is described as a vigorous, genial man at sixty six.
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Morse
Tombs
Atlanta
Washington
Taft
White House
Horace H. Lurtan
Supreme Court
White Case
Capt. Butt
Executive Mansion
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ees Lurton
Justice Lurton
Supreme Bench
Man Found Dead Tied to Chair with Gas Escaping
Moses S. Nathanson of I H Gold & Co was found in the firm's showroom at 58 Walker Street asphyxiated with a broken gas pipe above. Police initially called it murder but later suspected death by own action. Partner Isaac Gold was arrested pending inquest. coroner to autopsy. Nathanson owned real estate and left letters suggesting plans.
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Cottrell
Leonard Street
Nathanson
Mr. Nathanson
Mr. Gold
Gold
New York
Irving National Bank
Winterbottom
F. Frankel
East Third Street
West 149Th Street
South
Germany
United States
West St 32 Reported at 2:31 A M From Fastnet
An incident near Fastnet at 2:31 A M was reported from West Street 32 with details pointing toward an arrival at Queenstown. The terse briefing notes the time and location of the event.
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Fastnet
New Niles West
Wits West
Queenstown
Car and Fire Engine Crash in Maiden Lane Incident
A fire engine responding to a blaze at 24 and 26 Rector Street was struck by a northbound Broadway car at Maiden Lane. The engine’s pole broke, horses were tossed, but the driver and crew sustained limited injuries. Fire started in the basement of 2414 Rector Street, a six story tenement, with embroidery shop on the ground floor. Damages were estimated at 3000 dollars in Haboush’s shop area and 2500 in Hamra’s. Police arrested the motorman after the collision.
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Rector Street
Maiden Lane
Joseph Griffen
Capt. Slater
R. Haboush
Acing
S. A
Haboush
Cash
Hamra
Slight Shocks Reported Across Caribbean Seismic Scan
Kingston Jamaica recorded two slight earth tremors yesterday with the strongest at 10 20 A M causing only a small seismograph movement. Reports from Saint Thomas Danish West Indies and Martinique noted no damaging activity. Observatories on the Isle of Wight and Laibach logged two hour quakes distant about 5600 miles. West Indian Cable Company says all well in islands.
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Kingston
Jamaica
London
Isle of Wight
Laibach
West Indian Cable Company
Jewels Missing From Essex Street Notion Store Recovered
Mrs. J. Blauhautz of 140 Essex Street reported $600 in diamonds taken from her store safe Saturday night to help her daughter attend a ball. The thief, Mrs. Yetta Breithart of 312 East Ninth Street, returned the jewels after realizing she had taken the wrong handkerchief with gems. the restitution included $50 in clothing as thanks.
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J. Blauhautz
Essex Street
McMillan and Bartlett Seek South Pole Expedition
Worcester resident Donald B. McMillan and Capt. Robert Bartlett, Peary explorers, said they would join a planned south pole expedition. Bartlett, who commanded the Roosevelt, anticipated possibly commanding the voyage if selected. Bartlett visited Worcester to lecture.
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Worchsthh
Mass
Donald B. McMillan
Peary
Robert Bartlett
Roosevelt
South Pole
Bartlett
McMillan
Worcester
Capt
Sir George Lewis Retires From Practice
London reports eminent solicitor Sir George Lewis retires at year’s end. He is famed for handling private affairs of society’s prominent figures and is described as knowing more about high social circles than any other living man.
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New York Times
London
George Lewis
Night rider witness shot in Alabama ambush
James Middleton, a farmer and expected witness in a federal case against six men accused of sheep theft, was killed by an ambush near his Baldwin County home. Sheriff’s deputies and citizens pursued the suspected assassin but made no arrest. Middleton had identified the alleged night riders to federal authorities.
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Mobile
Ala
James Middleton
Baldwin County
Middleton
A. Comstock
Comstock
Perin flees to mountains in Tangier escape
Lawrence Perin of Baltimore escaped custody after being declared insane. He was found this afternoon on a Moorish mountain wearing a Moorish costume attempting to leave Morocco. His brother was detained as an accomplice.
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Tangier
Lawrence Perin
Baltimore
Morocco
Perin
Perin Brother Heads to Europe to Fetch Lawrence
Oliver Perin, brother of Lawrence Perin, traveled to Europe several weeks ago with the aim of bringing Lawrence home.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Oliver Perin
Lawrence Perin
Europe
Prank Ends in Death Over Christmas Celebration
Peter Walzier, boarding at 16 Lombardy Street Williams burg, died at Williamsburg Hospital after a Christmas night fall in a boarding house cellar. He was allegedly pushed head first down stairs by guests, left unattended for hours, and died a few hours after admission.
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Peter Walzier
Lombardy Street
Williamsburg
Walzier
Gaynor names six appointees in major city offices
Mayor Gaynor announced six key appointments including Archibald Watson as Corporation Counsel Calvin Tomkin as Dock Commissioner Michael J Drummond as Commissioner of Charities Henry Thompson as Water Supply and Electricity Rhinelander Waldo as Fire Commissioner and Charles H Hyde as City Chamberlain The selections postured against Tammany influence and drew mixed reactions from political groups and local leaders.
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Gaynor
Tammany
Archibald Watson
Calvin Tomkin
Michael J. Drummond
Suppeas
Henry Thompson
Rhinelander Waldo
Hingsley
Charles H. Hyde
Archibald R. Watson
Commissioner of Charities
Mr. Gaynor
Charlies F. Murphy
Tammany Hath
Mr. Charles
F. Murphy Head
Thompson
John H. O’brien
McClellan
Edward Y. Bemis
M. F. Loughman
Waldo
Nicholas J. Hayes
Tammany Assembly
Martin
Martin Has Been Chief Engineer of the Bridge Department
James W. Stevenson
Hyde
James J. Martin
Herman Ridder
Manhattan
Richmond
Park Board
Ridder
Staats-Zeitung
Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Associated Press
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Zaft
Marshal Henkel
Benjamin
Harry
Worth Street
Match Company
Littleton
Hammerstein
Moses S. Nathanson
Partner Gold
West Indies
ST. Thomas
Danish West Indies
West Indian Island
Fort DE France
Martinique
Mount Pelée
la Souffrigre
Capt. Bartlett
D. B. McMillan
Sir George Lewis
Night Rider
Baltimorean
Brother
Tiger
Murphy
Waldo Fire Commissioner
Watson Corporation Counsel
Tomkifte
Charles F. Murphy
Francis Key Pendleton
Allen N. Spooner
Robert W. Hebberd
Charities
Ma McClellan
John W. Keller
Keller
Richard C. Baker
Thomas L. Fogarty
Union Street
Brook
Queens
Thomas Hynes
Brooklyn Park
Richard W. Bainbridge
Ris
John J. Walsh
Michael J. Kennedy
Atbush Avenue
Ode ° Park
Kennedy
Tax Commission
Lawson Purdy
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