Bequest to Mrs Eddy's Church Voided by State Laws
Five lawyers conclude Mrs Mary G Baker Eddy cannot leave 2 million dollars to the Mother Church under New Hampshire and Massachusetts statutes limiting church gifts. They argue the residuary clause is void and the funds revert to Eddy's kin, with court action to interpret the will following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Church
Concord
N. H
Mary G. Baker Eddy
William E. Chandler
Hannis Taylor
Spain
George Washington University
William L. Chambers
Washington
John W. Kelley
Parish
de Witt C. Howe
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rene
Newamshire
Chandler
Taylor
Eddy
George
Foss Eddy
Foster Eddy
Wife Wires Sims to Quit Navy Service
Commander W S Sims famed reformer and Roosevelt ally faces a telegram from his wife urging him to sever ties with naval service. He will reach Guantanamo aboard the Minnesota with the Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder and may be ordered to the Asiatic station after relief from command. A steel firm offered a fourfold salary for his retirement, and he is expected to respond after this tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
W.S. Sims
Taft
Guildhall
London
Guantanamo
Minnesota
Seaton Schroeder
Naval Service
Sims
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Russia
McKinley
Lang
St. Louis
Asiatic
Roosevelt
Meyer
Connecticut
Navy
Peary Recognition Trims Admiral Rank After Debate
A House Naval Affairs subcommittee reports favorably a Senate bill to reward Peary as discoverer of the north pole. The bill retires him with the rank and pay of an Admiral but not as an Admiral of the Line, preserving ceremony without command. Four members heard the report. others were absent. The floor debate is imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Peary
North Pole
Senate
Hale
Senate Naval Committee
Secretary of the Navy
House
Messrs
Butler
Bates
Dawson
Englebright
Macon
Roberts
Gregg
Bank error leaves family fearing loss of savings
Louis Marcesso and his wife mislaid a thousand dollars after withdrawing from a bank and wrapping the cash in a handkerchief. A missing $1,000 bill sparked panic, with the couple offering a reward in the Lost and Found column as they worry about feeding their four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Marcesso
Marcesso
Highth Avenue
Louis
Lost and Found
TimMeEs
Man braces rabid dog during long wagon ride to hospital
Bonneville Hauser of Little Falls rode five miles with a hostile bull dog named Sport to the Montclair Veterinary Hospital after the animal appeared ill. He subdued the dog with both hands as it threatened to bite, and hospital staff treated the animal, confirming rabies. The episode ended with Hauser exhausted and shaken by the perilous journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Montclair
N. J
Bonneville Hauser
Little Falls
Sport
Hauser
Montclair Veterinary Hospital
James B. McDonough
Hyde in Seclusion on His Houseboat Near Daytona
Charles H. Hyde is said to be aboard the houseboat Stop-a-While with his wife and father in law near Daytona. The vessel is stuck in mud twenty miles north of the city as crews work to move it toward Palm Beach. Reports say Hyde briefly appeared on deck but then went below, with officials claiming he left the boat at Beaufort and may have boarded again in Jacksonville. The boat is expected to reach Daytona tomorrow if shallow water issues ease.
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Charles H. Hyde
Mr. Hyde
Legislative Graft Investigating Committee
John V. Smith
Henry. J. Walsh
Gaynor
Chamberlain
Bright
New York
Ponce de Mn
St. Augustine
Mrs. Hyde
Gallato
Europe
Hyde
People’s Surety Company of
New Y York
National Surety Company
Guaranty and Surety Company
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
People's Surety Company
William J. ‘Griffin
Hae
Sai Griffin
Mir Blyde
New York Times
Daytona
Fra
John Wiswell
Beaufort
N. C
Jacksonville
Timus
Palm Beach
Epictetus
Boyday
Cottees
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Association
Interborough
Mitchel
Aldermen
Public Service Commission
Labor
Interborough Company
Witt F. Sheehan
Murphy
Sheehan
Chauncey M. Depew
Edward M. Shepard
Thomas Mborne
Mr. Osborne
Gov. Dix
Tamany
Mar
Daniel F. Cohalan
Shepard
United States Senate
Mr. Murphy
Dix
Mrs Gilman Sets Fire To Social Rules In Book Preview
In a Times preview next Sunday the noted author Mrs Gilman challenges gender norms and mocks male pretensions as she reveals sharp critiques of society and propriety.
Morosini Heiress Weds Ex-Policeman in Somerville
Miss Giulia P Morosini daughter of the late Giovanni P Morosini married Arthur Maurice Werner longtime superintendent of the Morosini estate in Kingsbridge. The civil ceremony was followed by a religious service in Bayonne. The couple celebrated on her birthday with a private reception and witnesses included Giovanni P Morosini and Mrs Benedick. Werner saved Miss Morosini’s life years earlier when he stopped a runaway horse during his Mounted Squad service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giulia P. Morosini
Giovanni P. Morosini
Somerville
N. J
Arthur Maurice Werner
Morosini
Kingsbridge
Werner
Miss Morosini
W. R. Sutphen
Nathaniel Brooks
West Forty-fourth Street
Bayonne
Mr. Sutphen
Brooks
Joseph Benedick
Mr. Werner
Nrosini
Werrer
Riverdale
Big Audience Hears Attacks on Gaynor at Cooper Union
A packed Cooper Union crowd cheered attacks on Mayor Gaynor as Controller Prendergast and Aldermanic President Mitchel led a public push for a city built subway system. Timothy Healy backed labor support for more subways, while discussions touched on the Interborough lease and city financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper Union
Prendergast
Mitchel
Gaynor
People’s Institute
Timothy Healy
International Brotherhood of Stationary Engineers
Chamberlain
Charles H. Hyde
Controller Prendergast
Aldermen
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Attempt on Life of Leonide Andreeff in Viborg Finland
A servant in the writer Leonide Andreeff’s household in Viborg Finland fired a revolver at him last night but the shot failed to hit. Andreeff is a noted author of the Gorky school and is known for his literary influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viborg
Finland
Leonide Andreeff
Scarlet fever outbreak linked to December west side dance
Several youths and young women of the west side fall ill with scarlet fever after attending a Christmas dance in a house with an active case. Evelyn Mulqueen, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael J Mulqueen, is among the stricken, recovering at home as families refuse to name the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Evelyn Mulqueen
Michael J. Mulqueen
West Eighty-fifth Street
Judge Mulqueen
Mulqueen
Vassar
Evelyn
Zoe A
Noe Muiqueen
Maria Russ Seized by Sea Loss Near Norderney
The German steamer Maria Russ from Hamburg to Nantes ran aground near Norderney Lightship last night. Twelve crew members drowned before rescue attempts succeeded. three men survived after attempting to launch a boat but were swept away.
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Bremerhaven
Hamburg
Nantes
Norderney
Sleepers Trapped as Fire Rips Eight Floors of Tenement
A blaze in a six story tenement at 562 Seventh Avenue destroyed the top three floors and roof. Sixteen families escaped via ladders as early efforts contained the fire. Teresa Glimbizzi, missing at first, was later found safe among the evacuees. Firefighters from Engine 24 battled the flames for an hour, preventing spread to the neighboring Standard Engraving Company where chemicals were stored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Avenue
Teresa Glimbizzi
Reese
Standard Engraving Company
Canadian envoys misread Mann free trade push
Washington Jan 12 The Mann proposal to introduce 15 free trade bills in the House has created an odd situation in US Canada reciprocity talks. American observers see the bills as a House maneuver while Canadian ministers read them as a possible shift toward free trade, pressuring a market for pet products with few reciprocal tariff concessions from Canada.
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New York Times
Washington
Mann
United States
Canada
Ways and Means
Camden Section Chronicle Reveals Expanded Court Dates
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a Camden court section with four speakers listed and an expansion of docket dates. The readable items include a reference to Exp and a figure 1,133 linked to a broad improvised docket context. Further specifics are unavailable from the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
H T Dewey and Sons Firm Noted in Trade Notice
A brief trade notice highlights H T Dewey and Sons Company as a named firm in the listings. The notice cites its role in ongoing commercial dealings and recognition in the local business community.
Earl Cadogan marries cousin in Florence surprise
London telegram reports the 70 year old Earl Cadogan wed his cousin the countess Palagi in Florence. A wealthy London landlord and noted royal entertainer, Cadogan had three heirs die during his life and his first wife died in 1907, a leader of English society and Dublin Castle milieu.
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London
Earl Cadogan
Ireland
Countess Palagi
Florence
Lord Cadogan
Earl of Craven
Dublin Castle
Plague Spreads in Manchuria As Rail Quarantine Planned
Reports from Peking say bubonic plague is spreading rapidly in Manchuria with hundreds dying daily. A French expert has died, the Chinese Government appeals for aid, four missionary doctors volunteer, and a plan to quarantine railways and the Great Wall aims to halt southward spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Manchuria
Great Wall
Detectives Meet a Liner Over Embezzler Suspect
Private detectives met the North German Lloyd liner Kronprinz Wilhelm to pursue second class passenger Willi Fecht wanted in Germany for embezzling 60000 dollars. A $5000 reward is offered. Fecht and Miss Kathe Maringer were taken to Ellis Island for examination and possible extradition steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willi Fecht
Germany
Kathe Maringer
Marshal Henkel
Pass Fecht
Maringer
Ellis Island
Auto Party In Smash-Up Delays Beach Trip in Atlantic City
A touring car carrying five from New York to Atlantic City crashed into a telephone pole on Meadow Boulevard near Albany Avenue. A front seat man was pitched through the plate glass. Two women aided him while the group was taken to a beach hotel under secrecy about their location.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
Meadow Boulevard
New York
Albany Avenue Bridge
Route to South Railway Schedules Highlight Daily Trains
The Route to the South offers two great trains daily at 10 16 AM 13a AM and 8 PM Broadway corner Both streets provide morning and evening departures for travel to the south.
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Mrs. Eddy
Prof. Taylor
Mr. Chandler
Lof. Taylor
Wires Sims
Naval
Steel Corporation
Bootblack
New Yorkers
Gardner
Mrs. Gilman Putsman
Times
Iulia
Somerville, N. J
Morosini Estate
Subway
Criti
cism—Board of Estimate
Triborough
Andreeff
Servant
Albany
Democratis
Ciroles
of Sheehan
N. Y
Chauncey M
William F. Sheehan
York
Tammany
Charles F. Murphy
Democrati Ng
Thomas M. Osborne
William Church Osborn
Ten Eycle
Osborne
Maria Fuss
Nordernesy
H.T Dewey & Sons‘co
Peer
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