Thaw Jury Selection Echoes Tense Courtroom Play
In a tense session Judge Dowling overruled a challenge by Mr Jerome and allowed peremptory action as jurors were examined. Wesley Gray Gilmour and Patrick J. McCue drew attention as likely talesmen while Mrs Thaw and Mr Thaw exchanged nods amid defense and prosecution scrutiny.
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White
James I. Moran
West
Eightyfourth Street
Littleton
Jerome
Stuart
McCue
Mr. Littleton
van Dyck
Thaw's Mother Very Ill as Trial Pressure Grows
Mrs William Thaw aged mother of Harry K Thaw in Pittsburg suffered a worse turn with rheumatism and threatened pneumonia. Her condition worsened amid stress from her son’s murder of Stanford White and a divorce action by the Countess of Yarmouth. Friends say she may miss Thaw trial sessions even if she recovers.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
William Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Stanford White
Countess of Yarmouth
Bingham shifts guard trio in police headquarters
Commissioner Bingham orders Sergeants Wasserman and detectives Butler and Meara to sit outside his office from nine to five with lunch break, while rumors swirl of charges tied to District Attorney Jerome's Vice Squad. The squad is dissolved as state police arrive, and Jerome cites pressure from the commissioner. Manning and Mullen are asked to surrender their shields though remain county detectives.
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Joseph A. Wasserman
John .F. Butler
John J. Meara
Bingham
Jerome
Reardon
Tate
Ptllic
Jerome Manning
Frank Mullen
Rent strike winds down as evictions near end
Less than 100 families faced eviction from about 1 500 dispossess proceedings in Madison Street Court. Settlements occurred with landlords and tenants with some tenants paying old rents. The strike organized by Socialists is nearly finished, with few more evictions expected and some landlords bribing nonpaying tenants to leave.
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Madison Street Court
Question on Dr Dunlop mental state shocks court
Twenty two nephews and nieces challenge physician Dr Clark W Dunlop at the Matthew Hilgert institution on West Twenty sixth Street. They claim Hilgert plans to wed Mrs Dunlop and seek to protect the estate from dissipation as a commission reports the doctor is physically and mentally unfit. The hearing with commission witnesses continues today.
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Clark W. Dunlop
Matthew Hilgert
Magic Boots' Institution
West Twenty-sixth Street
Supreme Court
Truax
Hilgert
Dunlop
Hilgert Institution
Janary
Hilgert House
Maxwell urges school hygiene department proposal
City Superintendent Maxwell urged the Board of Education to create a school hygiene department, arguing current Health Department physical exams are inadequate and often fail to produce results. Health Commissioner Darlington dismissed Maxwell's claims as false and signaled future action.
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Board of Education
Maxwell
Department of Health
Darlington
Newark Unveils Hobart Doane Statue in Ceremonial Parade
A statue of the late Mgr George Hobart Doane was unveiled in Newark New Jersey with a city parade attended by several thousand. Gov elect John Franklin Fort Representative R Wayne Parker Bishop John J O Connor Mayor Jacob Haussling Rabbi Joseph Leucht ex US Senator James Smith Jr and Samuel Kalisch spoke at the ceremony. Senator Smith presented the statue on behalf of the Monument Committee and Mayor Haussling gave the acceptance speech.
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Mgr
George Hobart Doane
Newark
N. J
John Franklin Fort
R. Wayne Parker
John J. O'Connor
Jacob Traussling
Joseph Leucht
United States
James Smith, Jr
Samuel Kalisch
Smith
Haussling
Senate to Hear Naval Scandals in Debate on Officer Powers
Senate debate centers on Hale bill to reform Navy Bureau reports and grant rank and command limits to line officers while expanding midshipman placement and retirement rules. Proponents urge investigations into Brownson affair and Roosevelt administration actions amid scrutiny of naval governance and pay scales.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Navy
Hale
Naval Affairs Committee
Marine Corps
Brownson
Navy Department
Tillman
Foraker
Mr. Tillman
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Halse
Secretary of the Navy
Staff Corps
Army
Staff Corps of
The
Naval Academy
Naval Service
Marine Aake
Senate Confirms Capers as Internal Revenue Commissioner
Washington reports the Senate confirmed E. G. Capers, Republican boss of South Carolina, as Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The nomination, sent on the session's first day, came after Capers denied backing Taft and clarified his interview about the Taft campaign.
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New York Times
Washington
E. G. Capers
South Carolina
Internal Revenue
Senate
Capers
Secretery Taft
Taft
Whitmore Inquest Finds Death By Violence
Coroner Francis V. Bunnell in Hudson County holds an inquest into the death of Lena Whitmore found at Five Points Pond near Harrison New Jersey after Christmas. The jury says the woman died by violence at unknown hands. the husband Theodore Whitmore is under arrest. Witness testimony covers identifications and alibis, with scattered denials and a postponed hearing for the husband.
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Franciis V. Bunnell
Hudson County
Lena Whitmore
Five Points Pond
Harrison
N. J
Theodore
Bunnell
Joseph Tumulty
Jersey City
Albert Thompson
Frederick Kirkman
Brooklyn
Whitmore
Ate
C. B. Converse
Theodore Whitmore
Fred W. Elliott
Boston & Albany Railraad
Boston
Charlock
Vickers
Elliott
Charles Lavis
Continental
Michael J. McDonough
Eliott
Modern Paintings on View at Fifth Avenue Galleries
Two to three hundred oil paintings from French and American schools are on display, including works by Rosa Bonheur P J Clay Corot and Inness. The show runs until sold this evening and features notable portraits by Rembrandt Hals Reynolds Van Dyck Gainsborough Romney and Heppner among others. An adjacent Union League Club exhibition, drawn from Henry C Frick collection, opens with Turner Cuyp Corot and a strong portrait focus. The Union League show runs four days ending January 12.
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P. J. Clay
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Henner
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the Inn
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Corot
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Barrilot
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Cauchain
Schenck
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George McCord
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E. H. Potthast
R. M. Shurtleff
Union League Club
Henry C. Frick
J. Turner
Antwerp
van Goyen
Turner
Albert Cuyp
Rembrandt
Franz Hals
Pietro Aritino
Titian
Thomas Lawrence
Marquise du Blaizes
Henry Raeburn
New General Sessions Adds Six Sittings to Clear Calendar
At a Judges of General Sessions meeting, six parts will sit each month rest of January and possibly longer. The docket holds 1,400 to 1,500 cases. Tombs Prison is crowded. The extra part opens Monday with Judge Foster presiding.
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Tombs
Foster
Reverend Aked Attends Dinner Amid Health Reports
The Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church was seen at a dinner party last night. A newspaper report yesterday said he was about to undergo a serious operation.
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Charles F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Taft Would Limit Injunction Power In Labor Disputes
Taft urges defining limits on temporary restraining orders and insists on notice and hearing before injunctions. He supports statutory clarity for labor disputes, noting abuses from ex parte orders and suggesting safeguards to protect both workers and employers while preserving court authority.
Taft Association Formed by Republicans in Concord
About 150 Republicans from across New Hampshire formed the Taft Association in Concord. Ex Gov Frank W Rollins presided and was named president. Letters from Senators Gallinger Burnham and Representatives Currier Sulloway expressed opposition to endorsing a candidate now while others supported Taft and urged membership.
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Concord
N. H
Taft Association of
New Hampshire
Frank Www
RoWing
United States
Gallinger
Burnham
Currier
Sulloway
Taft
Association
Washington
Rollins
Taft to Talk on Labor and Injunctions in New York
Secretary Taft will address labor and capital relations at Cooper Union in New York City tomorrow night focusing on injunctions. He prepares a broad speech likely to avoid his own federal bench record and argues how the injunctive remedy should be used in labor cases.
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New York Times
Washington
Jan. C
Taft
Philippines
Cooper Union
New York City
Ohio
Nebraska for Taft selects Omaha for state convention
The Republican State Committee chose Omaha as the site and March 11 as the date for the state convention to choose delegates to the National Convention. It adopted a resolution declaring William H Taft as the committee’s choice for the Presidential nomination with one dissenting vote. Each county may pursue its own statewide primary expression as it sees fit.
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Lincoln
Neb
Republican State Committee
Omaha
William H.taft
Taft
Anti Hughes Plot Feared in Brooklyn Republican Meeting
Brooklyn Republicans warn of a possible plot to derail Gov Hughes from the presidential nomination. A proposed resolution praising Hughes may be voted down to create the impression he lacks party support, amid tensions with Woodruff forces in Kings County.
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Brooklyn
Gov. Hughes
Kings County Republican Committee
Huynes
Hughes Boomers
Woodruff
Dollar Dinner in New York Sees Tepid Grumbling Over Hughes Bid
President Roosevelt drew mild cheers at Terrace Garden where 700 tickets sold for a nonofficial gathering by the enrolled voters of the Thirty-ninth Assembly District no Hughes presence. Seth Low praised the governor via telegram while speakers including Henry Wynans Jessup Bainbridge Colby the Rev Dr R S MacArthur and Headley M Greene urged support for Hughes and the party of progress.
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Terrace Garden
Fifty-eighth Street
Lexington
Third Avenues
Gov. Hughes
Frank
Hendrick
Thirty-ninth Assembly
Seth Low
Republican Party
Party of Progress and Opportunity
Henry Wynans Jessup
Bainbridge Colby
R.S. MacArthur
Headley M. Greene
Hughes Boom at Brown
A Brown University movement led by President Faunce aims to boost Gov. Charles Evans Hughes for the presidency. A student committee will recruit alumni and a Hughes Club will form at Brown with support from allies in twenty states for the Chicago convention. Hughes graduated from Brown in 1881 and his son Charles E. Jr. is a student there.
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New York Times
Providence
Faunce
Brown University
Charles , Hughes
Hughes Club
Brown
Faunee
Gov. Hughes
Chicago
Charles E., Jr
Page and Saxe Split Over Hughes Boom in State
State Senator Martin Saxe criticizes leadership of the Hughes boom, saying it grows without competent guidance. He notes a rift with Senator Page, long seen as a key booster, after an Albany conference he skipped due to late invitation.
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Hughes
Martin Saxe
Saxe
Page
Albany
West End Clubwomen Rally Against Public Smoking
West End Women's Republican Club members oppose public smoking and back Little Tim Sullivan's proposed ordinance. Mrs. Jivingston Niver reports on election laws and criticism of election-board salaries. The club announced its first annual dinner for Friday January 17 at the Hotel Astor with speakers Gov. Hughes Timothy L. Woodruff William S. Bennett and Walter M. Chanler.
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Little Tim
Sullivan
John Jivingston Niver
Tim
Election Board
Hotel Astor
Gov. Hughes
Timothy L. Woodruff
William S. Bennett
Walter M. Chaniler
Desperate Appeal for Aid by New York Poor Relief
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor seeks funds to relieve over 2000 families by providing food coal rent clothing medicine and other necessities. Donors are urged to send amounts from 1 to 100 with a promise of a detailed accounting on request. R S Minturn treasurer and R Fulton Cutting president oversee the effort in 1907.
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R. S. Minturn, Treas
E. 22d
R. Fulton Cutting
N. Y
Times Tower Signals Fort Times In Harbor Test
The First Signal Corps N G NY demonstrated acetylene flashlight signaling from The Times Building tower in New York City. They established multiple stations around New York Harbor using the Meyer code and reported successful exchanges with Bedlow's Island and the Seventy first Regiment Armory.
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Signal Corps
Times
New York Harbor
Seventy-first Regiment
Thirty-fourth Street
Park Avenue
Charles Barker
Treat
Graf
Bowe
Knight
Kane
Jack Rule
New York
Sergt
Barker
Fort Tims
New York City
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Fort Times
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Meyer
J.J
Times Tower
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Bedlow's Island
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End
Regular Army
Tave
Sandy Hook
Ardois
First Signal Corps
Newport
Providence
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Oscar Erlandsen
Maloney Marriage Suit Sparks Philadelphia Papers
Martin Maloney of Philadelphia announces papers served on Arthur H. Osborn in a suit seeking a judgment that a marriage between Ellen Maloney and Osborn does not exist. The case details alleged misrepresentation, a prior secret ceremony, and plans for Ellen to wed Samuel Clark Jr. under Roman Catholic rites after the suit's outcome.
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Martin Maloney
Philadelphia
Arthur Herbert Osborn
Eelen Maloney
Arthur H. Osborn
Maloney
Osborn
Miss Maloney
Sporns
Clarkson
Burlington Church Contests Will Faces Damaging Testimony
The St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church contests the will of Elizabeth C. Ellis before Judge Horner seeking to prove mental unsoundness and undue influence at the Mar plea when she, at 93, made a new will disinheriting others. Heirs counter that Ellis remained under close surveillance for years after a prior will split $40,000 between St. Mary's and St Barnabas. Parishioners dislike the suit and threaten resignations unless dropped.
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Burlington
N. J
Elizabeth C. Ellis
St. Mary’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Iit
St. Mary’s
Auto Runs Down Senator’s Nephew in Front of Home
Joseph Dorr of 759 Ninth Avenue, a 7-year-old nephew of State Senator Mc Manus, was struck by a car last night in front of his home and seriously injured. The driver fled the scene and remains unknown. Dr. Carmell transported the boy to Bellevue Hospital where he endured internist injuries and his condition was uncertain.
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Joseph Dorr
Ninth Avenue
McManus
Carmell
Bellevue Hospital
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