Debis Drive Woman to Death by Poison in New York Flat
Mrs. John Van Ness Roberts died of strychnine overdose at 9 PM in Hudson Apartments, 227 Riverside Drive, after hours of failed medical aid. She faced contempt of court for failing to appear in an auto hire suit. investigators weigh whether death was suicide amid mounting bill collector pressure and recent financial hardship.
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John van ‘Ness Roberts
Hudson
Riverside Drive
Social Register
Roger H. Dennett
137Th Street
Dennett
Berts
Edward Wwterson
West Forty-eighth Street
Roberts
Paterson
Supt. Woods
The
R. L. Patten
Wall Street
Auto Renting Company
Est
Forty-ninth Street
A. T. Rowe
Broadway
Patten & Patten
Grant
Lge
Miss Root
Sherry’s
the Waldorf
Mrs. Roberts
Cloud Rift
Yonkers
Suffrage Leaders Plot Visit to Albany From Hotel Astor
The Equal Suffrage League of New York held a President's Day at Hotel Astor with many fashionable gowns as presidents plan to travel to Albany to lobby legislators. W M Ivins advises a unified approach to impress lawmakers. Brooklyn suffragists join the effort with house to house canvassing planned in Brooklyn.
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Equal Suffrage League of
New York
Hotel Astor
Albany
W. M. Ivins
Oreola Haskell
Brooklyn
Auctioneer Fined $750 for Contempt in Court Case
Judge Hough ordered Max Schwartz of 47 Delancey Street to pay $750 or face jail for contempt after a proxy impersonation and failure to surrender goods tied to Rubin Gross’s bankruptcy case. The Merchants' Protective Association pressed the prosecution as shoes moved to Schwartz's auction house and a receiver was named.
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Schwartz
Hough
Merchants’ Protective Association
Telephone mixup irks caller amid sleepy night
A weary caller complains over the telephone about being given the wrong number three times and asks for the time, while an operator at the Times exchanges sounds in the background. The fragment hints at a newspaper page caption about telephone service.
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Schoe
Shipwreck tale from Baltic voyage ends with rescue in Brooklyn
Albert Lundholm of Halifax recounts eight days at sea after the Germanic sank off Ireland. He and five others drifted in an eighteen foot boat, suffered salt boils and hunger, and were rescued by a tank steamer near Dec 17. The captain died when hit by a boom. crew landed in Brooklyn, cared for by the Norwegian Consul and hospital.
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Carroll Street
Brooklyn
Albert Lundholm
Halifax
Weymouth
Nova Scotia
Fleetwood
England
Julius Johannésen
Moss
Norway
Johann Svendson
Carl Sjogsen
Johann Jorgensen
Frederick Hansen
Anton Christiansen
Reidar Johannesen
Johannesen
Julius
Harry Caldwell
Melbourne
Hardy
Tom Something-Or-Other
Axel Grondolf
Sorn Anderson
William Sander
Gustav Olsen
Hansen
Christiansen
Tag
Prince
Olesen
Svenden
Jorgenson
Hannsen
Ireland
Capt. Anderson
Lundholm
Africa
Discovery of Yule marble pedestal to Columbia University
The State of Colorado donated a twelve inch square pedestal of pure white Yule marble to Columbia University's Geological Department. Discovered by Prof. Newberry in 1888 at Yule Creek, the deposit spans about a mile on the west side and 8000 by 200 feet by 200 feet on the east side, with inexhaustible supply and high quality comparable to Italian statuary marble.
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Colorado
Geological Department of
Columbia University
Newerry
Columbia Geological Department
Yule Creek
William J. Chandler
New Jersey Medical Society
Newberry
Italy
Channing Meeklof Dover
Colorado State Commercial Association
Burglars Strike Two Homes on West Ninety-Third Street
Thieves entered the Robertson residence at 169 West Ninety-third Street during dinner Thursday night and stole jewelry. The previous night burglars hit Louis L. Pierce at 171 West Ninety-third Street, taking a gold purse, a gold bracelet, and jewels worth $1,000. Police are puzzled by the entry method, considering possible roof access via a scuttle or forced hall-door entry with false keys. Pierce is a steamship agent with offices at 80 Eighth Avenue and was away at a theater when the theft occurred.
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Miss A. Robertson
West Ninety-third Street
Louis
L. Pierce
Yasiodnee
Mr. Pierce
Pierce
Eighth Avenue
Special Committee to Inspect Bituminous Mines in Pennsylvania
A five member Mine Inspectors committee is appointed by Chief Roderick to probe any bituminous mines with safety doubts. A letter warns inspectors about risks in blasting from solid coal and undercutting with electric chain machines, coal dust, gas buildup, heavy blasting, and open lights.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Pennsylvania
Roderick
State Mining Department
Expect Rent Strike in Chicago Over Tenement Rents
Chicago January 3 A rent strike is expected to begin tomorrow among Jewish tenants protesting high tenement rents. They demand a two dollar monthly reduction and threaten to withhold payment and face eviction if not granted.
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Chicago
Seaboard Stock Watering Sparks Federal Inquiry
The Seaboard Air Line receivership prompts talk of a federal investigation into its finances. Samuel Untermyer defends Ryan Blair management and accuses John Williams of delaying efforts to save the road. Receivership halts Florida construction, 300 workers idle, about 4 million dollars in shop work paused.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Samuel Untermyer
New York
Seaboard Air Line
John Skelter Williams
Ryan Blair
Untermyer
Williams
Willams
Willisems
Messrs. Ryan
Blair
Jacksonville
Fla
Seaboard Air Line Ravilroad
Goulds Back Williams in Seaboard Control Drive
Special to The New York Times reports Irwin Skelton Williams former Seaboard president in New York seen as backed by the Goulds to regain control of Seaboard Air Line. The Goulds and Williams have friendly ties and seek to give the Wabash a Southern Virginia outlet via Seaboard routes and merged Washington trolley lines.
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New York Times
Richmond
Irwin Skelton Williams
Seaboard Air Line Railway
New York
Williams
Goulds
Seaboard
Virginia
Washington
Federal judge halts SD railroad rate cut plan
In Sioux Falls on January 3 Judge Garland of the Federal Court issued a temporary injunction restraining the South Dakota Railroad Commission from reducing passenger rail rates from 8 cents to 2 cents per mile.
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Sioux Falls,s. D
Garland
Federal Court Today
South Dakota Railroad Commission
Tax Plan for Private Fire Alarm Boxes Considered
Fire Commissioner Lantry proposed a city tax on private alarm box companies, arguing they benefit from city wires and should pay. About twenty company reps met. they were unprepared to discuss specifics. A further hearing was set for January 17.
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Lantry
New York
North German Lloyd adjusts sail times for Ambrose Channel progress
The North German Lloyd Line announced faster service to Ambrose Channel with no wait for tides. Express steamers Kronprinz Wilhelm will depart at 10 AM from next Tuesday, while the Mediterranean sailings shift to 11 AM every Saturday to suit passengers.
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Illayd Line
Ambrose Channel
City Court solves eight-justice rotation puzzle
Chief Justice O Dwyer arranged a plan to keep eight trial justices busy with five courtrooms. Three new justices join next week, so five will preside in trial parts while three handle non jury and equity matters in chambers.
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O'Dwyer
Board of Estimate
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Eral
John S
Norfolk
W. A. Garrett
Davies Warfield
R. Lancaster Williams
South Dakota Railway Commission
Mr Lauryhrint
Fifth Avenue
Alexander
Sixth Avenue and
Nineteenth Street
Salent Keep
Keep Manufacturing Compu Makers
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