Robin’s Sister and Brother Indicted in Gotham Robberies Case
Dr Louise Rabinovitch and her brother Joseph Robin face Grand Jury indictments for perjury and eight counts of grand larceny involving $207000. Jerome surrenders Robin books to the Grand Jury while a court battle over the Railways Traction Development Company books allows Grand Jury access for investigation. Edward Robinson, Robin’s elder brother, appears with Robins family members amid a tense scene as investigations hinge on family ties and alleged mismanagement.
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Louise Robinovitch
Joseph G. Robin
William Travers Jerome
Nan Patterson
Hannah Ellas
Robin
Swann
Jerome
Railways Traction Development Company
Robin Hse
Public Service Commission
South Shore Development Company
Railway Traction Construction Company
South Shore
Ate Board of Estimate
Boy Heape Detained by Immigrant Authorities in New York
Astonishment and protest rose in Liverpool as Charles Heape thirteen son of Frederick Heape a cotton broker was barred from landing in America with his uncle H J Munro. He was held on Cunard liner then sent to Ellis Island for examination under the sixteen year rule and was released after proving Munro could care for him.
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New York Times
London
Liverpool Cotton Exchange
Charles Heape
Frederick Heape
The
Exchange
America
H. J. Munro
New York
Immigration Board
Cunard Company
Munro
Atlantic
Willmer
Birkenhead
Heape
Willmer, Stephens
Caronia
Ellis Island
Eliis Island
Broadway Sale Rumors Tie Theaters to Major Blocks
Rumors swirl about two large Broadway plots between Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Streets and between Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Streets. The Shubert syndicate leads the first and a Marshall Field & Co plan for a department store is tied to the second. The New York Theatre plot denial contrasts with high asking prices near 4 million.
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New York Theatre
Broadway
Forty-fourth
Forty-fifth
Thirt-fifth
Thirty-sixth
Shubert Brothers
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
Criterion Theatre
Oscar Hammerstein
Olympia
New York Life Insurance Company
Shuberts
Thirty-fifth
Thirty-sixth Street
Charles E. Johnson
Seventh Avenue
State Arsenal
Park & Tilford
Lee Shubert
Shubert
Herald Square Theatre
Thirty-fifth Street
New York
Inspector Gruber Faces Health Department Hearing Over Bombshell Claim
Isaac Gruber, a 11 year Health Department inspector, faces formal charges for insubordination and withholding information. The case ties to fruit shipments ordered by department officials and alleged manipulation of duties, as Commissioner Fosdick cites reform after the bad eggs probe. Gruber promises documents detailing department practices and notes aid from officials in fruit distribution.
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Fosdick
Board of Health
Isaac Gruber
Health Department
Gruber
Hugh Masterson
Masterson
Commissioner of Health
Lederle
Scheffer
Richmond Hill
Department of Health
Bensel
New York City
Boyesen Leaves Columbia English Department
At the Columbia University annual trustees meeting Carl Van Doren was named English instructor replacing Bayard Boyesen who is on leave of absence amid rumors linked to anarchist movements and the Ferrer school. The medical alliance with Presbyterian Hospital was approved along with $5,600 in gifts including $2,000 for Deutsches Haus and $30,000 from Charles Francis Adams. Ernst Daenell of Kiel received an honorary Doctor of Letters. Reforms for an advanced law degree, MA regulations, and landscape art instruction were recommended.
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Trustees
Columbia University
Carl van Doren
Bayard Boyesen
Department of
Boyesen
Ferrer School
Presbyterian Hospital
Deutsches Haus
Charles Francis Adams
Ernst Daenell
University of Kiel
University Council
Vessel Ashore Off Barnegat Reported By Life Saving Station
The Barnegat Life Saving Station keeper reports a large vessel, likely a steamer, ashore off Barnegat. The crew departed at midnight for the stranded ship. The notice adds that the Nat All Surety Company advertises bonding strength.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Barnegat Life Saving Station
Interview Preview Promised in Next Sunday's Times
A striking interview by Ed ward Marshall will appear in Next Sunday's Times, promising insight into immigration debates and policy perspectives.
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Edward Marshall
Times
Navy proves ability to detect incoming enemy fleet at sea
Rear Admiral Staunton reports that his defending fleet located a 16-ship enemy squadron about 1 380 miles east of St Augustine. Scouts alerted the Commander in Chief, who ordered action as the ships moved toward Charleston and St Augustine. The demonstration, using escorted divisions from Norfolk to Guantanamo, marks a first in naval maneuver history and suggests scouts can discover approaching fleets before they reach U S shores.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
Staunton
Schroeder
St. Augustine
Fla
Charleston
Hampton Roads
Atlantic
Guantanamo
North Atlantic
Europe
Admiral Staunton
Eastport
Jacksonville
Boy Robbers Caught in Longwood Avenue Plunder
Acting Captain Price and four detectives raided a Bronx basement at 871 Longwood Avenue finding a 27 year old man and four boys aged 15 to 17 with furnishings, silver, and bicycles believed to be stolen from dozens of robberies in the area. Henry Shultz named as the ringleader faces charges alongside the juveniles. investigators anticipate more victims to testify.
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Longwood Avenue
Bronx
Price
Bronx Detective Bureau
Longwood
Fagan
Herman Shultz
Shultz
Grover Besser
East 141St Street
George Straub
Jackson Avenue
Jesse Swain
Harry Ross
East 156Th Street
Ross
Morrisania
Young Swain
Swain
Capt. Price
Louis Bardenson
Kelly Street
Daniel Wolf
Longwod Avenue
Israel Silver
Third Avenue
United Cigar Stores‘ Company
Wilkins Avenue
Ready for Senate Fight in Albany
Charles F. Murphy and Daniel F. Cohaland head to Albany as the Senate race for a U S seat heats up with the January 18 vote expected. Tammany Hall signals Gerard gains while William F. Sheehan may join later, and the Democratic League claims neutrality amid multiple contenders. Osborne and Millard say the League backs no candidate, noting a survey showed ninety of a hundred members favor Shepard.
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Albany
Charles F. Murphy
Daniel F. Cohaland
United States
Tammany Hall
Murphy
James W. Gerard
William F. Sheehan
Thomas M. Osborne
William Church Osborne
Edward M. Shepard
Francis A. Millard
Democratic League
Legislate
Osborne
League
Auburn
Shepard
Drummond Sued for 50000 After Bigamy Plea
Special to The New York Times Saint Louis January 9 Charles Drummond faces a $50000 suit from his third wife Charlotte Helen Vincent filed in Clayton Missouri after his December wedding at midnight. Drummond had earlier pleaded guilty to bigamy and a fine of 300 was paid with a suspended six month sentence later revoked. His second wife Charlotte Beate Drummond also sued for divorce citing his bigamy and alleged immense fortune.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Charles
Drummond
Charlotte Helen Vincent
Clayton
Wurdeman
Wurgeman
New York City
Charlotte Beate
Maude Ringen Drummond
Colquitt in Biplane Wreck During Flight
Gov elect Colquitt of Texas barely escaped injury when John J. Frisbie's biplane ran away and smashed into a fence after a short flight. A cameraman prepared a dramatic scene as the governor entered the aircraft, and a throttle miscue sent the plane careening along the track before Frisbie freed the throttle and halted the motor.
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Dallas
Texas
John J. Frisbie
Gov.-elect Colquitt
Frisbie
Colquitt
Finlly Frisbie
Tillman Back in Seat as Senate Opens Sessions
Washington January 9 Senator Tillman returned to his seat as the Senate convened today and was warmly greeted by colleagues. He indicated he would still push his proposals despite pressure to yield to broader demands.
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Washington
Tillman
Senate
Palm Beach Rail Service Details From Early Timetable
A fragment from a era timetable lists Palm Beach service to Tampa and other destinations. Mentions Pullmans and Seaboard routes with lighted cars and connections via P. R. R. and Seaboard lines.
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Palm Bea
Palm Beach
Scinotsio
Tampa
Anscane P. R. Rs
Seaboard
Direct vote for U.S. Senators favored by Senate panel
Washington January 9 The Senate Judiciary Committee reported favorably a subcommittee plan to amend the Constitution to provide for direct election of Senators by the people The debate centered on whether elections should be run by states or the federal government Southern Senators warned the measure could be more onerous than earlier political fights Brown's bronchial troches advertised with no morphine or opiates.
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Washington
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
United States
Depew
Nelson
Congress
Senate
pro-Lorimer
Springfield
Leutenant
Pro- Lorimer
Lorimer
Lumber Trust
Capitol
South
Illinois
Joe
Avalanche Buries Valley In The Alps
Reported avalanches of extraordinary extent affect the Cuneo province in Italy. Snowslides between Limone and Vernante block the railway, while Madalena Hill areas isolate many homes. In a valley only chimney tops and telegraph poles emerge above the snow.
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Turin
Alps
Cuneo
Limone
Vernante
Maddalena
Bonilla captures Tela port as revolution advances in Honduras
A wireless report from Puerto Cortez says Gen Manuel Bonilla's forces captured Tela on the Gulf coast and march on Ceiba. Reports say Ruatan Island is occupied and Bonilla's government is in force. US gunboat Tacoma remains in harbor while the Hornet is suspected to support a seaborne assault on Ceiba.
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Puerto Cortez
Honduras
New Orleans
Manuel Bonilla
Tela
Ceiba
Ruatan Island
Bonilla
Tacoma
Hornet
Balloon St Louis IV lands at Scooba Mississippi
The balloon St Louis IV left St Louis Sunday night heading for New York with J. Cowan Hulbert and Paul J. McCullough aboard. A high wind drove them through Illinois into Indiana and Kentucky before landing in Scooba Mississippi at 5:30 PM. A gunshot near noon narrowly missed the aeronauts as they crossed Kentucky. first contact with earth was made from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at noon.
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Scocba
Miss
St. Louis
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Webb Comes Here to Work in Railroads
James Watson Webb, kin of the Vanderbilts, has worked a year at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad in an office for $75 a month. His father wants him to learn railroad operations in detail as he will inherit large railway holdings. Mrs. Webb recently inherited 4 million dollars, and the couple will lose her husband’s services, though the facts are not connected. Webb will go to New York to study railway details in minor operations. The Webbs lived in Highland Park and later East Chicago Avenue.
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Robinson
Robin
Dr. Robinovitch
Whitman
Solomon Skular
East 113Th Street
Kinovitch
Odessa
Louise
New York Times
Chicago
James Watson Webb
Vanderbilts
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Webb
New York
Eqaires
Webbs
Highland Park
Chicago Avenue
Slain by Mexican Rebels in Guerrero Cities
Dispatch from Mexico City reports Federal forces re occupying Guerrero. Government officials including Chief of Police Espejo and Postmaster Suarez were killed by revolutionists. Two citizens named Alego and Alejando Maya also died. Navarro halted burning fears as citizens fled then returned. Seventy three rebels involved in Batopolis siege surrendered, four leaders spared.
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Mexico City
Guerrero
Espejo
Suarez
Alego
Alejandro Maya
Navarro
Batopolis
Sugar Refining Firm Opens Civil Fraud Settlement Talks
The American Sugar Refining Company deposits $700000 with the United States Treasury to settle civil claims over sugar drawback frauds in New York. Secretary MacVeagh may accept. criminal cases remain possible. Attorneys Wise Beck and Smith describe cooperation and note many affected stockholders are women. The offer rose from 250000 to 500000 before reaching 700000 after Treasury rejected half a million.
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Washington
American Sugar Refining Company
United States Treasury
New York
MacVeagh
Henry A. Wise
Department of Justice
Secretary of the Treasury
James M. Beck
Wickham Smith
Sugar Company
Wise
Treasury
Liberia Signs 1907 Treaty Clearing Path for Liberia France Loan
Liberia’s London based minister and diplomatic agent in France authorized to sign the 1907 frontier treaty as interpreted by the mixed commission. This clears the way for loan negotiations with France and the United States. Roland Falkner visits Monrovia to speed necessary legislation for sanctioning the loan as Liberia seeks a new financial start.
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NEW York Times
London
France
Mixed Frontier Commission
Republic
Roland Falkner
American Commission
Liberia
Great Bear Spring Water Price Listing
Local advertisement lists Great Bear Spring Water at 60 cents per case with glass-stopper bottles.
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Great Bear
Lorimer Lobby Uses Threats in Senate Rectory Clash
The pro Lorimer lobby pressed on in the Senate as threats surfaced in the marble room. Lobby chief and a lumber interests ally threatened investigations into other elections to sway wavering senators.
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Lorimer Lobby
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Old Dominion Steamship Co
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Walter Bensel
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