Hungarian Noble a Porter Here at Hotel Astor
Franz von Trauttmansdorff, a 35 year old cleaner at the Hotel Astor, has worked three years guarding sidewalks and mats on Broadway. A member of an ancient Austro Hungarian noble line, he concealed his birth until his fellow Austrian workers revealed the crest and baptismal cup proving his royal kinship. The hotel owner verified his lineage after evidence emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C.muschenheim
Hotel Astor
Franz
Hungary
Charles Prince der Prauttmansdorff
Gary
Franz von Trauttmansdorff
Broadway
Forty-fifth
Forty
Franz von Trantzmansdorff
Charles
Prince de Trauttmansdorff-Weinsbers
Scullion
Trauttmansdorff
Crauttmansdorff
Tanz
West Forty-fourth Street
Astor
Trauttmansdorffs
W. ©. Muschenheim
Austria
Youth Held for Forgery in Jefferson Market Court
William V. Roberts of 110 West Sixty ninth Street waived examination and is held in 1000 bail for trial by Magistrate Cornell in Jefferson Market Court. Roberts, a former Wright & Co. bookkeeper, is accused of forging M Willener Newark manufacturer’s indorsement on a 81155 check dated Oct 12 and cashing it at Northern Bank. J Henry Meinke, bank paying teller, was the complainant. The check was drawn on Citizens' Central National Bank by B O Wright & Co., umbrella makers of 385 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William V. Roberts
West Sixtyninth Street
Exani Nation
Cornell
Jefferson Market Court
Young Roberts
M. Willener
Newark
Broadway
Fourth Street
J. Henry Meinke
Citizens’ Central National Bank
B O. Wright & Co
Roberts
Wright & Co
Creditors of Gillespie & Walsh Form Statement Plan
Creditors of Gillespie and Walsh builders of 1185 Broadway name a committee to prepare an exact statement of assets and liabilities and to draft a plan for a holding company to complete the police headquarters project. A rough balance shows liabilities 283000 dollars and assets 312000 dollars with 117000 dollars held back by the city on contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie & Walsh
Broadway
Erratic Fanatics Dish Moral Over Biblical Names
A brother duo sparks debate over sacred names in everyday life. One man vows to avoid items bearing biblical names, while the other defends the practice as respectful. The scene at dinner exposes tension between piety and free expression, ending with a moral about honoring worthy names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin
Ben
Angels
Bethlehem
St. Jacobs Oil
Eli
St. Paul
Elisa
Stolen Clothes Suspect Nabbed After Car Clash
Charles Fells identifies a stranger on a bus as wearing his stolen overcoat and suit. An argument draws in Officer Lauberheimer. Frank Hutter of 278 Wallabout Street is arrested after a bundle of jewelry and clothing worth about 500 dollars is found, tied to a theft at Bertha Platnick’s Pitkin Avenue apartment. Hutter, released from Sing Sing two months ago, is held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fells
Troutman
Fells
Lauberheimer
Fels
Frank Hutter
Wallabout Street
Hutter
Bertha Platnick
Pitkin Avenue
Sing Sing
Threat to Russian Witness in Postal Card Incident
Lawyer John P. Murray and Karl Meister visited Commissioner Shields with the Russian government witness who testified last Wednesday in the Jan Jonoff Pouren examination. A postal card written in Lettish was mailed from Madison Square Station to Hoffmeister at 438 East Sixty Eighth Street threatening death with no signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Murray
Couffert Brothers
Shields
Fice
Karlmeister
Jan Jonoff Pouren
Dever
Madison Square Station
Hoffmeister
East Sixty-eighth Street
DANGER IN MOVING PICTURES IN CITY FIRE FEARS
The Acors National Protective Union discusses Boyertown disaster risks and warns moving shows may repeat similar fires. Local alleys face calls to urge Aldermen and Legislature to act, with Fire Dept and Electrical Board urged to review. Also reports Harry Lyons jailed for six months for a bogus fund scam tied to Boyertown. Frank Sherman identifies risks. Mobile mayor closes all moving-picture shows after fire exit safety check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acors’ National Protective Union
Boyertown
Penn
Central Feder Ted
Federated Unions
Aldermen
Board of Electrical Control
Fire Department
Harry Lyons
Sing Sing
Beall
Yonkers
Lyons
Frank Sherman
Sherman
Masonic Temple in Baltimore Destroyed by Fire
A four story Masonic Temple on North Charles Street Baltimore was gutted by a morning blaze starting about 4 o clock. The Grand Lodge vaults may protect records while losses include building 250000 and contents 350000. Knights Templar costumes and lockers suffered about 100000 in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Masonic Temple
Charles Steet
Lexington
Saratoga Streets
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Wich
Grand Lodge
Templar
Two Girls Die in Scranton Factory Fire
In Scranton Pennsylvania a four story Imperial Underwear factory building fire killed two girls Florence Watrous and Marie Buckley and seriously injured seven others. About 200 workers were present when the alarm sparked panic. The fire is blamed on a glue pot upset in the Economy Furniture Company basement. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Penn
Imperial Underwear Factory
Florence Watrous
Ste Ten
Marie Buckley
Sadie Cohen
Annie Cohen
Florence Cusick
Margaret Horan
Kate Conrey
May Whelan
Katharine Griffith
Economy Furniture Company
Major fires hit three cities causing heavy losses
MEMPHIS Tennessee January 17 A four story building housing D Dooley salon and H C Laswell furniture store burned with a loss of 60600 partly insured. PITTSURg Pennsylvania January 17 Fire of incendiary origin destroyed a Federal Supply Company building a Pittsburg Coal Co branch at McDonald with four powder explosions in the basement and 50020 in damage. ROCHESTER New York January 17 Fire in Wyoming village wiped out six principal buildings including Warren's department store Tillotson's hardware Smith's drug Owens Arkhurst's market and bakery with losses around 11000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
D. Dooley
H. C. Laswell
Pittsburg
Penn
Fderal Supply Company
Pittsburg Coal Company
McDonald
Rochester
N. Y
Wyoming
Inclding
Warren’s
Tillotson
Smith's Drug Store
Owens & ‘Arkhurst
Fires Report From Manhattan Property Incidents
Yesterday's fires list multiple Manhattan addresses and involved parties. Entries include Sobel & Kae at 1:05 AM on 64:50-1,805 1st Ave, John Stanton at 419 West 23d St, and others on Willett St Baxter St and West 109th St. Amounts mention a $50 value and a $10 fee in scattered notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M
Manhattan
Sobel & Kae
West 23d St
John Stanton
Pitt St
S. Zellman
Ifling
Willett St
A. Veerney
E. 3d
Ccess
White St
Johnny Brown
Sohoa
West 109Th St
John Sneel
Willett
Adolph Ottenberg
Baxter St
T. Fallen
T. Shapiro
M. Barlkoff
Marquis Boschi to Drive in New York Paris Race
The Brixia-Zust car entered for the New York to Paris race will be driven by Marquis Boschi, a Milan nobleman, with a reinforced four-cylinder runabout slated for shipment from Italy and arrival in late month. He will steer a two seated car with extra fuel and oil capacity and will rely on a nearby mechanician to prep for crossing the continent. The firm foresees a strong showing akin to Prince Borghese in the Peking to Paris event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. P. Pisani
R. Bartelli & Go
Zust Automobile Company
Brixia-Zust
New York
Paris
Marquis Boschi
Italy
America
Milan
United States
American
Marquis
Prince Borghese
Stal& Car
Peking
French Manufacturer Sees Value in New York Paris Race
M. Sarda of Werner automobile firm praises the New York Paris race as a showcase for vehicle potential and market expansion. He notes benefits from Paris to St Petersburg events and argues for longer preparation, scouting the route, and experiments with motor sledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Sarda
Werner Automobile Firm
New York
St. Petersburg
France
Germany
Russia
Chicago to Greet Paris Auto Tour Contingent in 1927
Chicago is to host a welcoming party for entrants in the New York to Paris automobile trip conducted by Le Matin and The New York Times. Chicago Automobile Club officials anticipate a large delegation to escort visitors into the city with possible regional motorist participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H. van Sickien
Chicago Automobile Club
New York
Chicago
Paris
le Matin
New York Times
Mr. van Sicklen
Times Square
Ilinois
Iowa
Nebraska
West
Frenchwoman seized by homicidal mania amid rail journey
Miss Ann Audie a 30 year old resident of Nantes France with a home in Poughkeepsie New York was removed from Dr Alfred W Herzog s private sanitarium to Bellevue Hospital suffering from homicidal mania. She arrived from Spokane Washington after displaying strange behavior and choking a 3 year old on a Chicago to New York train. Her brother Dr J M Audie accompanied her to seek treatment and a voyage back to France was canceled by steamship officials due to her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Audie
Nantes
France
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Alfred W. Herzog
Lexington Avenue
Bellevue Hospital
Hastings
Flower Hospital
Herzog
Miss Audie
Audie
Spokane
City Hearing Advances Subway Lease Extensions
Public Service Commission heard proposals to extend subway lease terms under Elsberg amendments with opinions split on debt limits. Speakers urged leases of at least 35 years, city construction if funds allow, and faster action. City civic groups attended, with Coler and Metz offering finance cautions and Ellsberg law reforms urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Elsberg
Coler
Brooklyn
Commission
August Belmont
John B. McDonald
McDonald
Metz
Mr. Coler
J. Edward Swanstrom
Julius Henry Cohen
Citizens’ Union
Pictures Of All Policemen In New York To Be Photographed
A high department official states every patrolman and detective in New York will have his portrait taken. The copies go to the Captain and then to Headquarters to form a complete photographic record of the force. The goal is easier identification when complaints arise, with only new pictures accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Citizerns
Foraker Leaves for No Comment on Peace Talks
Foraker says no hope of harmony and cannot initiate peace negotiations without Taft or a spokesman leading the way. He notes it is settled the contest will be fought to the end and declines further comment before leaving for no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Foraker
Foraker Reverses Rejection of Ohio Postmaster Nomination
Senate session reverses course on John Wetherill of Spencerville Ohio and recalls rejection of his presidential nomination as postmaster. Foraker, absent, approves one Ohio nomination causing Gallinger to move recall. Wetherill had long been a Foraker pick dating from July 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Ohie Post Office
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Senate
Foraker
Gallinger
John Wetherill
Spencervilla
Wetherill
Taft Managers Claim Ohio Delegates Favor Taft
Ohio reports say more than 500 delegates in the State Convention have been chosen for Secretary William H. Taft, with resolutions backing Taft in most counties and the state call followed. Only Lake County showed open opposition with Beidler as a rival. Senator Foraker reportedly declined to consent to use his name on the Beidler ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
William H.taft
Taft
Lake County
Beidler
Foraker
Eldler
Taft Claims Massachusetts Delegation Support
Secretary Taft has named Samuel L. Powers to manage New England interests. Taft supporters claim a Massachusetts delegate majority for Taft and say two-thirds of state delegates favor him. Delegates-at-large named are Senators Crane and Lodge, ex-Gov Bates, and Mr Bigney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark Times
Washington
Taft
Samuel L. Powers
Massachusetts
New England
New Boston
Crane
Lodge
Bates
Bigney
Haywood drawing 10000 supporters as socialists rally in New York
Thousands of Socialists and sympathizers packed Grand Central Palace to hear William D Haywood, ex-WF Miners official acquitted in Idaho murder case, denounce capital and call for labor unity. He urged industrial democracy and predicted an American industrial republic as he toured major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Steunenberg
Idaho
Haywood
United States
Grand Central Palace
Socialist Party
Meyer-Haywood
Walsh
Americar
Federation of Anarchists
Maurice Braun
Cigarmakers’ Union No. 90
Albert Abrahams
Central Federated Union
Illinois
Pettibone
Joseph Wanhope
New York
Mine Owners’ Association
Capitalist Breuer Arrest Over Suspected Fire-Setting
Cincinnati Ohio January 17 The arrest of C C Breuer a capitalist on a fire setting warrant closes a three year dispute with his second wife and two daughters from his first marriage The court ordered Breuer to fund the daughters income from the Franklin Building Rentals The building was vacated and a receiver Union Savings and Trust Company appointed A clerk found a candle and kerosene can fuse and two sticks of hazardous material in a vacant room suggesting an attempt to blow up the building
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
C. C. Breuer
Ambrose
Breuer
Kentucky
Franklin Building
Trust Company
Burglars Drug Two Families in East Twenty-First Street Flats
Thieves chloroformed fourteen people across two neighboring families at 328 and 332 East Twenty-first Street. The Graubner and Bergin households, awakened by scent of chloroform, lost cash totaling about 1,650 dollars and 314 dollars, plus jewelry, watches, rings, and a daughter’s watch. Entry was made through a kitchen window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Twenty-first Street
East Twenty-second Street
Herman Graubner
James Bergin
Fergin
Bergin
Graubner
Brooklyn Settlement Work Involves 16 Young Women
Sixteen prominent Brooklyn women signed the incorporation papers filed yesterday in the Supreme Court Brooklyn for the Asacog Neighborhood Association. Justice Maddox granted permission to incorporate to continue settlement work long conducted at 52 Sands Street. Miss Gertrude R Beecher of 123 Columbia Heights is among the organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Asacog Neighborhood Association
Justice Maddox
Sands Street
Gertrude R. Beecher
Columbia Heights
Henry Ward Heecher
Endurance horseman tests may be extended for army officers
Gen Bell told the House Military Affairs Committee that the horsemanship endurance tests ordered by the President are to survive and be extended to gauge officers physical fitness. He indicated future tests could require thirty miles per day in the saddle for three days, with selective qualification rather than universal application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bell
House Committee On Military Affairs
Cortelyou Answers Suit Over Panama Canal Bonds
The government’s counsel filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia a reply to restrain the Secretary of the Treasury from issuing Panama Canal bonds. The filing argues the plaintiff George W. Austin cannot meet the $33 million obligation and that his bid was not bona fide. The brief details alleged misrepresentation about bids and asserts the secretary chose the most responsible bidders for U S. use. It also cites no knowledge of a George A Romer in New York with a criminal, financially irresponsible bid history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George W. Austin
Secretary of the Treasury
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
United States
George A. Romer
New York
Parker in boycott suit advances AFL defense
Alton B. Parker of New York has been retained as senior counsel for the American Federation of Labor in a Bucks Stove and Range Company case. The suit concerns the right of unions to boycott and publish unfriendly businesses. The AFL Executive Council meets Monday to decide defense strategy before the D C courts.
Straus Describes Larchmont-Harry Knowlton Inquiry Findings
Secretary Straus transmits to the House Speaker the findings of the collision probe between the steamer Larchmont and the cutter Harry Knowlton in Block Island Sound on February 11. He cites reforms in passenger vessel inspections, increasing to four per year, and transfer of assistant inspectors to new districts. He asserts continued confidence in the competency of officers in charge of passenger crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Larchmont
Harry Knowlton
Block Island Sound
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Nevada to Retain Troops Pending State Police Organization
President Roosevelt telegraphed Governor Sparks of Nevada that troops may stay for a reasonable period to allow the Legislature to organize a force to perform state police functions. The House Labor Committee voted to report favorably a resolution seeking full data from the Goldfield labor troubles commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Sparks
Nevada
House Committee On Labor
Special Commission of Investigation
Naval officer named harbor supervisor in New York
Lieut. D C Hanrahan is ordered to temporary duty as naval supervisor of the Harbor of New York, taking over after the death of Commander Hosley. The change reflects ongoing naval administration duties in the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C. Hanrahan
New York
Hosley
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W. V. Roberts
Dee
Actors’ Union
Mobile
Ala
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van Sickien
Eas
Kart Tidsit
Bingham
Taft Claims
New York Socialists
Pacific
Brooklyn Settlement
Gen. Bell
Cortelyou
Parker
Lieut
Hanrahan
Evans
H. N. Allen
Fifth Avenue
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Sith St. & Bway
Majestic
St. & Cent
Park W. Plaza
Sith St
Fifth
New Netherland
St. Regis
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Sth
Marrtson
Knickerhooker
44Th St. & Bway
Imperial
Sta
Bwowary
Pennsylvania
St. Ferrer
Grand Rapids
6Th Ave
Cor
Joseph P. McHugh & CO
Opp
Anatomik Footwear CO
East Isa St
Ypu
Regents
Mark Cross
Boston
Summer Street
Bryant
Michael Monahan
California
Colorado
Portland
Northwest
Union Pacific
L H. Schultz
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