Lamport Will Dispute Proceeds at New York Hearing
The Lamport estate case continues before Surrogate Beckett over a 1905 will naming Miss Mary Smedley as chief beneficiary. Relatives allege undue influence and incompetence. witness Dr. J. L. Hatch testifies to Lamport’s competence. The hearing resumes with further testimony from attorney Hubert Rogers and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram H. Lamport
Paris
Beckett
Mary Clementine Emedley
Lamport
Alt Grant Jewell
Hatch
Universal Medical Institute
Fie
Hubert E. Rogers
Miss Smedley
Mr. Lamport
Murray Hill
Miss’ Smedley
Papa
Mr. Rogers
Papa Lamport
Rogers
Contest Over Whispering Larry Delmour Will
Law suit filed to challenge the will of Lawrence Delmour known as Whispering Larry. Main contest centers on the young wife allegedly exerting undue influence to leave most of the $800000 estate to herself. Johannes McIntyre of 25 Broad Street handles the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Delmour
Larry
Richard Croker
Ever Delmour
John McIntyre
25 Broad Street
Delmour
Lawrence Griffin
Dennis Griffin
William Marton
Peter
Mary
Seventeen year old in theatre theft case faces charges
Alice Moran admits taking Mrs. Fox purse after a matinée in Manhattan while Mrs. Fox fell ill from candy given by Moran. Police say Moran is actually Alice Moses of the Bronx. bail set at 1000 dollars for further examination. A fur theft claim is added as detectives say furs were stolen from Moran by a Sixth Avenue store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Moran
Duggan
Alice Moses
Cauldwell] Avenue
Bronx
Times
Putnam Heirs Seek 20 Million Dollar Fortune
New Jersey descendants of Gen Israel Putnam in Newark Asbury Park and Plainfield pursue a rumored 20 000 000 Bank of England reserve. Eight New Jersey claimants and as many others in Connecticut and New England push for proof of inheritance amid uncertain odds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Israel Putnam
Newark
Asbury Park
Plainfield
Bank of England
Connecticut
New England
Clara Putnam
Putnam
Miss Putnam
Francis Galpin
London
William Putnam
Abou
Yoo
Howard Putnam
Howard
Lee
Arthur
Harriet Putnam Totten
Frank and
Frazee C. Putnam
Lewis C. Putnam
Tariff League condemns German Trade Agreement at annual meeting
The American Protective Tariff League adopted resolutions denouncing the German Tariff Trade Agreement as injurious to American labor and demoralizing to customs. They questioned the agreement’s legality and urged a legislative, not executive, fixing of tariffs. Officers elected include President Charles A. Moore and Treas/Secretary Wilbur F. Wakeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Protective Tariff League
Broadway
Questio
Charles A. Moore
William I. Draper
Wilbur F. Wakeman
John Hopewell
Masachusetts
Charles Cheney
Connecticut
Hotel St. Regis Returns Stolen Silver Case
An express package arrived at the Hotel St. Regis containing a Sheffield plate coffee pot and four spoons believed taken by a former guest. The parcel, from Lucerne Switzerland, bore a note to R. M. Haan stating a servant took the items and is returning them. No sender address was provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Regis
Lucerne
Switzerland
R. M. Haan
Carnegie Speaks at Foley's Dinner Honors Sheriff Foley
Prominent figures from Tammany Hall and Republicans including Andrew Carnegie and William G. Rockefeller gathered at Delmonico's for the annual First Panel of the Sheriff’s Jury dinner in New York. Speakers included Foley, Carnegie, Woodruff, Cadman, and McElroy. toastmaster Frank R. Lawrence. several judges and officials attended the event amid lighthearted anecdotes and a bronze electric etudier souvenir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Carnegie
Sheriff’s Jury
Mrs. Carnegie
Cleveland
Sheriff's Jury
East Secretary Street
R. Woodruff
Republican County Committee
Hughes
New York
Tammany Hall
Brooklyn
Borough Hall
William F. Baker
August Belmont, Jr
Justice Bischoff
Blanchard
John V. Coggey
Correction
Davis
Dowling
Deuel
Erlanger
Fitzgerald
Foster
Goff
O. J. Gude
Guy
Hayes
Jobn F. Hedges
Justice Hendrick
John A. Henneberry
Lantry
Father Lavelle
O' Brien
Wiliam G. McAdoo
Charles
Murphy
Mcee
Patrick F. McGowan
Metz
Armenian Slayers Held in Boston After Armenian Merchant Murder
Yeighia Coozujian and Sisag Gelallian, owners in New York, were held in the House of Detention on charges of attempted murder in Boston. They had previously traveled with two others to kill Suren Bartayein after a murder in Davis Street and were arrested on a bench warrant issued by the District Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeighia Coozujian
East Twenty-sixth Street
Sisag Gelallian
First Avenue
Bedros
Hampartsoomian
Tavshanjian
Boston
House of Detention
Nott
Manoxian
Boyajian
Purose
Suren Bartayein
Davis Street
Hunchakist Society
Manokian
Jerome
Woods
Yesterdey
Joe Chanelian
Senate Prepares Rule on Executive Communications
The Senate adopted a resolution declaring that no communication from department heads bureau chiefs or other executive officers would be received unless sent in compliance with law or transmitted by the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Diamond Dealer Bankrupt at 221 Broome Street
Moritz Greenspan diamond dealer at 221 Broome Street files for bankruptcy with liabilities of 29496 and assets of 21978. Creditors include State Bank secured 3050, Joseph Arronauer 4000, Kxlemberg & Probsteen 3274, Louis D Kalman 2400, Jacob Mecher 2100. Judge Holt appoints Carlton Cooke receiver with a $1000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moritz Greenspan
Broome Street
the State Bank
Joseph Arronauer
Kxlemberg & Probsteen
Louis D. Kalman
Jacob Mecher
Holt
Carlton
Cooke
Ex Justice Fitzgerald Loses Appeal
Court of Appeals dismisses Thomas W. Fitzgerald's appeal against a judgment removing him as a Justice of the Court of Special Sessions in the Second Division. Justice M L Ryan, appointed by the Mayor to succeed Fitzgerald, will stay in his seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald
Court of Appeals
Thomas W. Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Court of Special Sessions
M. L., Ryan
French Rout Arab Force Near Settat in Prolonged Battle
French General D'Amade's column and Mulai Rachid's Moors fought ten hours near Settat. French victory disperses the enemy and occupies Settat with twenty French wounded. Arab losses were heavy. Reinforcements from Chaouia Tribe helped the Moors before retreat. Gen Amade then occupied Kasbah Ber Rachid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Enga
Settat
D’amade
Mulai Rachid
Mulai Hafid
Casablanca
Amade
Kasbah Ber Rachid
NEW CHURCH RECORDS SHOW UPLIFT SPENDING ACROSS PARISHES
The Episcopal churches in New York logged 369969 for outreach beyond parishes with St Thomas rejecting exclusive bounds. St Thomas’s Fifth Avenue and Fifty third Street Grace and Ascension on Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street reported home and outside giving detailed, with pew rents at St Thomas’s totaling 55000 and total income 271000. St Bartholomew’s led with 316000, both reaching about 3000 members. Three Protestant New York churches spent further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal
St. Thomas’s Church
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-third Street
Grace
Eet
Broadway
the Ascension
Tenth Street
Penance St. Thomas's
Grace Church
The
Ascension
St. Thomas's Church
St. Bartholomew's
St. Thomas's
America
New York
St. Bartholomew’'s
Clearing house plan for mercantile debt settlements launched
Chicago Jan 16 a proposed com mercantile clearing house was unveiled by the Chicago Creditmen Association. The plan adapts the bankers clearing house system to allow 350 large firms to settle debts and collect bills among themselves by canceled checks, avoiding real-money exchanges. A special committee will study operation steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Comeee Clearing House
Chicago Creditmen’s Association
Oil Hearings Close Here in Standard Oil Suit
The New York hearings on government efforts to dissolve Standard Oil concluded for this city with a Custom House session. After adjourning to January 23, testimony will resume in Washington. Frank B. Kellogg exposed a 1877 agreement where Pennsylvania Railroad paid Standard Oil a 10 percent commission on all oil freight. others could share the benefit but none did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Company
Custom House
Washington
Frank B. Kellogg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fire destroys Dorchester church in suspected arson
Authorities deem the Second Congregational Church in Dorchester set on fire early today with a $50,000 loss. A hole and accelerants were found near the outbreak site. The new $25,000 organ was destroyed while many historic treasures were saved. The Rev. Dr. Arthur Little leads the parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Second Congregational
Dorchester
Arthur Little
Brooklyn Notes Report Resignations and Local Transit News
The Rev Dr Curtis Les Laws resigns from First Baptist Baltimore to lead Greene Avenue Baptist in Brooklyn, expected mid February. John J McCabe, a letter carrier, faces an Adams Street Court case for alleged harassment of Miss Sarah Burke. Subway construction planned for Spring or early Summer with plans near completion. A Reid Avenue trolley collided with a Broadway car, no injuries. U S District Attorney William Youngs met in Washington with Attorney General Bonaparte over alleged sugar weighing frauds at the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Les Laws
First Baptist Church of
Baltimore
Greene Avenue Baptist Church
Brooklyn
John J. McCabe
South Second Street
Adams Street
Sarah J. Burke
Vernon Avenue
Tighe
McCabe
Suburbs
Fourth Avenue Subway
Seaman
United States
William Youngs
Washington
Bonaparte
Texas rate case ends after 2 1/2 cent rate bid
In Austin on January 16 the Railroad Commission and railroads reached a mutual understanding on rate litigation. The commission dismissed its proposed 2 1/2 cent passenger rate and later said it would dismiss an order setting a 2.43 cent rate for the Houston & Texas Central, a Southern Pacific line. Sixteen major railroads told the Federal Court suit they would move to dismiss the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Austin
Texas
Railroads and Railroad Commission
Houston & Texas Central
Southern Pacific
Knickerbocker Turns Away Visitors in City Hotels
City visitors flood Knickerbocker Square as the hotel reports crowds and a growing waitlist for rooms. Multiple applicants seek lodging, straining available capacity and drawing attention to the hotel’s high demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker Square
Army board appointments and duty changes outlined nationwide
A Washington dispatch reports multiple Army officer examinations for promotion, including medical and ordnance boards to meet in San Francisco and Fort Sam Houston. The note lists assignments and station changes for officers such as Lieut. Col. Torney, Majors Keefer and Kennelly, Col. Gandy, Maj. Mason, and Capt. Bricker, with cadet physical exams scheduled at West Point on February 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
G. H. Torney
F. R. Keefer
J. Mkennely
San Francisco
Army
Fort Sam Houston
W. Co. Butler
Ninth Infantry
Lucien G. Berry
Third Field
Bricker
Rock Island Arsenal
Nation
G. E. Reench
Sixteenth Infantry
Fort ‘Sam Houston
C. M. Gandy
C. F. Mason
J. W. Harner
West Point
Naval officers reassigned to duties and yards
Capt. L. C. Logan returns home while Capt. L. C. Heilner is assigned as commandant of the Eighth Naval District and navy yard in Pensacola. Paymaster R. Nicholson serves on the South Dakota, with Chief Boatswain J. S. Crogan and Boatswain T. W. Healey assigned to the navy yard in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Logan
L. C. Heilner
Eighth Naval District
Navy Yard Pensacola
R. Nicholson
South Dakota
J. S. Crogan
T. W. Healey
Navy Yard
Boston
Movements of Naval Vessels
Ships moved in transit with names including Sterling at Rio de Janeiro and Leonidas from Bradford bound for Boston for Giorgi at Boston. Wasp and Nor Triton were reported in transit from Washington toward Norfolk.
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Folk
Sterling
Rio de Janeiro
Leonidas
Bradford
Boston
Giorgi
Wasp
Nor- Triton
Washington
Norfolk
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J. L. Hatch
England
Protective Tariff League
Brill
Ats & 4
Union Square
N. B'way
N. Gnamber
Rothers Harlem
125Th Street
Cor
3D Avenue
Cortlandt
N. Greenwich
Carnegie
He and
William G. Rockefel
Ler
Sheriff
Woodruff
Hampartjoomian
Cabinet
Continental (Fire) Insurance Company
Western Dept
Home Office
LA Salle ST
Chicago, Ills
Henry Evans
George £. Kline
ED Resources
ERTY
Mort
Gagees
J. EH. Lopez
L. Ballard
R.tuutla Jrinnerton, I
William L. Andre
George F. Baker
Walter P. Bliss
George Blument
Clarence W. Bow
John Kerr Brand
James H. Dooley
G. Trowbridge Holi Ghorge E, Kline
William G. Low
William J. Mathes
Francis C. Moore
Charles A. Moore, Alexander E. Orr
Er, F. P. Olcott
William A. Read, Daniel G. Reid
John L. Riker
Continental
NEW Church Records
Business Clearing House
Men’s Association
Credit Smilar
Bankers
Dorchester House of Worship
Brooklyn News Notes
Reid Avenue
Marcy Avenue
Commission
the Times
WM. Vogel & Son
Houston Street
Piper Heidsieck
the United Service
the Navy
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