Insurance Scandal Surrounds New York Mutuals Probe
Albany reports Gov O'Malley and Attorney General move to recover funds from directors of the People's Mutual association after alleged misappropriations. Investigations extend to Syracuse as Lt. Gov White testifies and the State Superintendent pursues control actions.
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York
Albany
N.Y
Bedelie
Syracuse
Alfred J Huttrett
Hutchell
Bond
O'Malley
People’s Mutual
Charles F. Wayte
Be.ke. Kinne
Jt. B. Santee
N. Et Mendon
Ian ©. Reed
Slayter Laycock
B. E. Debarr
W. H. Peck
Sims
Mr. O'Malley
W. H. Hotchkiss
Capitol
Hotchkiss
Horace White
First National Bank
Peoples’ Mutual Association
White
First National Bank of
John Tevis
Louisville
Tevis
Justice Andrews
W. R. Travers
Farmers’ Bank of Toronto
Toronto
Insurance Department
New York
Five men summoned to testify in Syracuse grand jury case
Five men linked to the People's Mutual Life Association and League are summoned to appear before a Syracuse Grand Jury. Names include John Tevis of Louisville and Melvin G. Hunt of Toronto. Officials discuss disclosures about contracts and a $150000 disbursement tied to the case.
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New York Times
Syracuse
N. Y
People’s Mutual Life Association
League Deal
John Tevis
Louisville
Melvin G. Hunt
Toronto
Rudolph Appel
White Plains
Edgar Madden
New York
Edward L. Vezina
Association
Tevis
William R. Travers
Farmers’ Bank of Canada
Alfred Hurrel
State Insurance Department
Yates Hotel
Hurrell
Travers
Hunt
Iram C. Reed
W. S. Peck
Department
Horace White
People’s Mutual
Arthur F. Saxton
Farmers’ Bank
Yates
FE. B. Judson
First National Bank
Gov. White
New
Judson
Mine’ Bank
Ownership Change Ties Minnesota Papers to Baltimore
A buyer acquires control of multiple papers including the St Paul Dispatch and Sun formation ties. The transaction merges the Sun and World heritage, consolidating ownership and signaling use of a shared news service.
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Guu
Trhites
St Paul Dighat
Pidheat Press
Baltimore
The
Sun
Hustling A Liner St. Louis Sets Sail From New York
The American Line steamer St. Louis arrived Saturday morning and sailed yesterday for Southampton after 24 hours of nonstop work. 275 longshoremen loaded and unloaded cargo at multiple holds while another gang stowed outbound freight. 2587 tons of coal were conveyed on board and 4260 mail bags were carted away as mail trains delivered during the night.
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American Line
St. Louis
Southampton
Ditiig
Stabbing during theatre altercation with Italian patrons
Special Policeman William Cashin was stabbed in the stomach while ejecting several Italians from Keeney's Theatre on Third Avenue near Thirty-first Street. He pursued the suspects after the fight, aiding a colleague in a street chase until both he and his assailant were taken to Bellevue Hospital. The Italian, identified as Frederick Biangelo, a driver, and Cashin were charged, with Cashin also filing a felonious assault complaint.
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Keeney
Third Avenue
Thirty-first Street
William Cashin
Cashin
John Cullen
Thirteenth Street
Miller
East Thirtyfifth Street
Cray
Bellevue
Russél
Frederick Biangelo
Eighth Street
East Thirtyninth Street
Uncle Bob Dead Among His Eighteen Clocks in Room
The long time Harlem motorman known as Uncle Bob died at home from Bright's disease. He lived with about eighteen clocks, tended them daily, and slept with a clock string tied to his arm. He was a Mason and will be buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Uncle Bob
St. Luke’s Hospital
Carl Fishbach
Fishbach
Bright
Bob
Harlem
Woodlawn Cemetery
Paxton Atwood Seek Swope Poison Mystery Review
Kansas City attorneys for the Swope estate travel to Chicago to discuss a stomach analysis of Thomas H. Swope. They suggest evidence may support court action, while Prosecuting Attorney Conkling expects no arrest until scientists report.
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New York Times
Kansas City
John G. Paxton
John H. Atwood
Swope
Chicago
Thomas H. Swope
Mr. Atwood
Atwood
Conkling
Aiken and Augusta Special Train Service Details
Aiken and Augusta Special runs to Resorts South via Southern Railway. Departs daily at 10:25 PM from New York office at 1,200 Broadway. Includes one drawing room and one sleeper room sleeping cars.
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Aiken
Augusta
Resorts South
Southern Railway
N.Y
Broadway
Jews Settle in Holy Land Amid Growth of Zionist Colonies
Jerusalem dispatch reports Jews advancing into Palestine amid rising land values and new Jewish schools. The Anglo-Palestine Company backs Zionist settlement as Turkish rule faces pressure from growing Jewish colonization and armed guard efforts.
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NEW York Times
London
Jerusalem
Palestine
Tiberias
Haifa
Heba
Persia
Holy Aid
Odesid
Valley of the Jordan
Valley of the Jordan, Otc
Hamza
Gews
Mutope
Ata Aiferiahss
Jerusaterh
Anglo-Palestine Company
Israel
Jowett Declines New York Pastorate Offer
The Rev John Henry Jowett of Carrs Lane Congregational Church announced to his Birmingham congregation that he will not accept the call to become pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York. He spoke of the offer's vast opportunities but said the New York ministry was not for him.
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Birmingham
England
John Henry Jowett
Carr's Lane Congregational Church
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Jowett Declines Largest Pastor Salary Offer
Mr Jowett refused a record pastor salary at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York along with housing costs valued at twelve thousand dollars. A delegation in England was sent to persuade his acceptance while a petition urged refusal. Jowett leads the Free Church Council of England this year and is famed as a preacher and institutional reformer.
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Jowett
New York
Fifth Avenue
Free Church Council of England
Protests Demand Universal Direct Suffrage in Berlin
Social Democratic demonstrations across Berlin demand universal direct and secret suffrage. A heavy rain persisted all day with little disorder as resolutions were adopted. Similar protests spread throughout Prussia illustrating broad reform pressure.
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Social Democrats
Prussia
Berlin
Social Democratic
Dress Reform at Smith College Sparks Uniform Code
Boston January standards rise as Smith College launches a Consumers' League affiliate. An exhibit showcases approved apparel and students pledge to wear only sanctioned outfits, with Miss Josephine Thomas urging prudence in purchases from factories using unsanitary or child labor practices.
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New York Times
Boston
Smith College
Smith
Consumers’ League
Josephine Thomas
Harriman Named Honor Student in Warship Honor List
New Haven report lists sons of prominent New York families among the warship honors for the freshman half year. Notables named include Willy Avertee, son of H Harriman. Vanderbilt son Dr. Seward Webb. and Reginal ee.
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Ww. A. Harriman
The
New York Times
New Haven
Mardi Gras Pullman Tour On Pennsylvania Railroad
Personal pullman train trip for Mardi Gras departs February 4 offering a seven day itinerary. Itinerary organizer listed as C. De P. A. at 263 Fifth Avenue New York.
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New Orleans
Pennsylvania Railroad
C. de P. A
Fifth Avenue
New York
Ady
Nathan Straus III Dead and Buried at Home
Report notes NatHBH Straus III at his home after illness. Physicians ordered strict quiet and restraint to prevent excitement, with little information given on his condition or next steps.
Rockefeller nurse dies at 100 in Cleveland home
Miss Ereditor Williams a nurse in John D. Rockefeller's home died Saturday night at age about 100. An English emigrant, she cared for settlers from Cleveland's early days and kept her family history private. For the past decade she lived with Mrs. Samuel H. Crowl at the Rockefeller Trust home.
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Cleveland
Ereditor Williams
John D. Rockefeller
Ae Wetta Avenue
Samuel H. Crowl
Train Leaps Precipice Near Leadville Tragedy
A runaway freight train on the Colorado Midland Railway plunged over a precipice near Leadville on January 15. Three trainmen and Edward Davenport of Van, Michigan, were killed. Albert Harter of Grand Rapids was slightly injured and others were hurt. Entangled wreckage buried bodies under a dislodged engine and cars.
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Leadville
Col
Colorado Midland Railway
Edward Davenport
Van
Mich
Albert Harter
Grand Rapids
Busk-Ivanhoek
Arkansas Junction
Wihdy Point
Harter
Davenport
Engineer Forest
Rich
Mrs Miller Evades Officers In Divorce Papers
Mrs Emma A Miller avoided six guarding officers appointed to serve divorce papers, then appeared on her sister’s porch in Sharon Pennsylvania and mocked them. She traveled with her attorney and two detectives to Youngstown and on to New York City. Gen Charles Miller, former head of the Pennsylvania National Guard, accuses cruelty and desertion.
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Sharon, Penn
Law
Emma A. Miller
Charles Miller
Franklin
Horse Dash Through Blair Arch Stairs At Princeton
Three Princeton juniors Fillebrown Edward L Prince Jr and W D Idema Jr were sleighing on campus when their horse bolted after passing Witherspoon Hall and Blair Arch. The animal plunged sixty feet of stone stairs and ran toward the railroad station before being captured. the riders escaped with no injury.
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Princeton
N. J
Fillebrown
Washington, D. C
Edward L. Prince, Jr
Wilmington
N. C
W. D. Idema, Jr
Grand Rapids
Mich
Princeton University
Witherspoon Hall
Blair Archi
Unionists Concede Victory as Liberals Lead
The report surveys early results from a national election, noting Liberal and Labor gains while Unionists claim some shifts. Key voices include Lloyd-George Winston Churchill Burns and Crooks, with London and provincial tallies hinting at Liberal potential or Unionist resistance.
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Lonben
Sanday
Feapits
Ana
House of Coltihatis
Accta
National Liberal Club
House of Cotiiots
Glascow
Nglish
London
Lloyd-George
England
Winston Spencer Churchill
Manchester
John Burns
Local Government Board
Will Crooks
Australia
Woolwich
House of Commons
C. Silvester Horne
Ipswich
Almieric Hugh Paget
Cambridge
William C. Whitney
Horne
Sentim
Edittoria
Daily Telegraph
Iberty
Telegraph
Limon
Keppel Sees Disappointment in First British Polls
The Hon. George Keppel arrived Saturday with Latiggui in Britain and voiced disappointment over unionist gains in the initial pollings. He urged patience as early results suggested limited momentum for the unionist cause.
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Britain
George Keppel
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