Bomb Explodes City Bank Window in $40,000 Heist Attempt
A bomb shattered the window of Pasquale Pati & Sons bank at 240 Elizabeth Street as about $40,000 in gold and bills lay in sight. Cashier Salvatore Pati saved the money with a revolver as police and fire crews quelled a panicked crowd of Italian residents. Investigators suspect a Black Hand plot against local property. two men were seen fleeing toward 242 Elizabeth Street, but no trace was found.
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Pasquale Pati & Sons
Elizabeth Street
Pati’s Bank
Pari’s Bank
Mulberry Street
Salvatore Pati
Pasquale
Salvatore
Paul
Pati
Alfredo
Prince
Houston
Paolo Bonondo
Bank
East Thirteenth Street
Bonondo
Petrosini
Girls Scale 175 Foot Chimney In Bold Dare
Miss May Everest and Miss Amelia M. Jones, clerks at the American Thread Company, ascended the 175 foot brick chimney at the Willimantic factory as a noon dare. More than a thousand spectators cheered as they rode in brick and mortar buckets, balancing carefully to complete the climb.
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New York Times
Derby
Conn
May Everest
Amelia M. Jones
American Thread Company of Willimantic
Time-table tease ad for hourly trains to Philadelphia
An advertisement promotes hourly trains to Philadelphia on the hour, stating two hours travel and directing readers to the New Jersey Central timetable on page 18 for details. It ends with a light urging line WHY DON'T YOU TRY IT.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
May keep up coal prices despite softer April plan
Pittsburgh coal operators rejected wholesale demand to cut bituminous coal prices arguing margins are thin and mines would close if prices fall. They note stricter mining laws and many accidents complicate licensing and production this winter.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
East
Man Fires On Woman Then Is Apprehended In New York Theatre Row
A man firing from behind a pillar in midtown Manhattan wounded a woman in the head as crowds fled from Dewey Theatre and other venues on Fourteenth Street. Police detained Charles Hickman of West Forty-fifth Street after a struggle with Det Frank and Officer Storch. The injured woman May Goudie of East Fourteenth Street was treated at Bellevue Hospital for non life threatening flesh wounds. Hickman confessed he loved the woman and said she refused him. she said he had been found under her bed with ether, a claim he allegedly admitted intending to use on her.
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Dewey Theatre
Tony Pastor
Academy of Music
Fourteenth Street
Third Avenue
Storch
East Fifth Street
Central Office
Frank
Miller
May Goudie
East Fourteenth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Charles Hickman
West Forty-fifth Street
East
Hughes
New York
Parsons
Representative Bender
White House
Fassett
Thirty-third
Roosevelt
Edward D Easton Falls From Express Train Near Hackensack
Edward D Easton, president of the Columbia Phonograph Co., fell from the 8 42 express near Hackensack while moving toward the smoker. He was found unconscious between the tracks, treated at Hackensack Hospital, with vertigo suspected as the cause. William Morse, also of the phonograph firm, alerted the crew and aided in the rescue.
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Edward D. Easton
Columbia Phonograph Company
Tribune Building
Arcola
Hackensack
N. J
Susquehannan& Western Line
Easton
Cortlandt Street
William Morse
Mr. Easton
Mackensack Trust Company
David St. John
Automobiles a Necessity Says Brooklyn Judge Blocks Garage Order
Justice Marean in Brooklyn Equity Term denies John H. Love Jr. the right to compel neighbor Arthur E. Luscher to remove a garage. The court reasons autos are a necessity and the garage reportedly violates the original property sale terms restricting one residential building per plot. Neighbors corroborate alleged injury to adjoining property.
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Justice Marean
Equity
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
John H. Love, Jr
Arthur E. Luscher
Love
East Seventeenth Street
Flatbush
Luscher
Steamship Arable Near Sandy Hook Reports By Wireless
The steamship Arable sailing from Liverpool was reported by Marconi wireless 588 miles east of Sandy Hook at 9 45 P M yesterday. She was due at her pier about 9 A M Sunday.
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Wireless
Liverpool
Marconi Wireless
Sandy Hook
Deserted by Wife Mrs Henry Addison Alexander in Hyeres
Special Cable to New York Times reports Mrs Henry Addison Alexander daughter of Gen Terrence of Chicago and widow of Kinsley Magoun of New York has left her Hyeres villa with London attorney William Graham Blakestone. Her husband says she became weakminded after a severe illness. Blakestone had visited often and was seen with her daily. Alexander left for Switzerland and found her farewell note.
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NEW York Times
Hyeres
Henry Addi
Alexanders
Alexander
Switzerland
Chicago Heiress Jessie Norton Torrence Magoun
Jessie Norton Torrence, Chicago daughter of Gen. Joseph T. Torrence, married banker Kinsley Magoun. After his death she battled his brother George B. Magoun over estate accounting, with the Magoun estate valued at 500000. She later gained a million-dollar Torrence inheritance and lived amid Chicago social prominence. The article recalls gates bought for 40000 tied to the World’s Columbian Exposition.
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New York Times
Chicago
H. A. Alexander
Jessie Norton Torrence
Joseph T. Torrence
Kinsley Magoun
New York
George B. Magoun
Gen. Torrence
Harold F. McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Bellevue Place
Europe
Alexander
Chicago & Western Indiana
Chicago & Calumet
Lake Shore Drive
Pink Eye Epidemic Hits Annapolis Midshipmen
An outbreak of conjunctivitis has struck about seventy five midshipmen at the U S Naval Academy sick quarters in the past week. The illness is not highly severe but may cause serious eye trouble if not checked. The spread is unusually rapid with daily new cases not yet declining.
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New York Times
Annapolis
Pastors Children Too Many At Jersey City Church
The German Evangelical Lutheran Church on Hoboken Avenue in Jersey City faced a vacancy since December 1 after Rev. Frederick Holter quit. Trustees debated appointing Rev. H Lievich whose seven children would raise living costs, noting Holter had eleven children born locally. The objection prevailed and another minister will be heard next Sunday.
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German Evangelical Lutheran Church
Hoboken Avenue
Jersey City
Frederick Holter
New York Synod
H. Lievich
Lievich
Hving
Holter
Rothschilds Deny Rift With August Belmont Co
London report quotes Leopold de Rothschild denying rumors that N M Rothschild & Son severed ties with August Belmont & Co. He confirms continued good relations and notes no comment on transfers or new American agency talks. Replies from Lee, Higginson & Co and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co reiterate the denial to prevent spreading the severance claim.
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Mr. Rothschild
Belmonts
Mr. Belmont
Nathaniel Rothschild
Riot at Pennsylvanians Banquet Ends in Injuries
Four hundred University of Pennsylvania freshmen and sophomores clashed at Kugler's restaurant in Philadelphia. Police reserves were called, five students were hospitalized, and four mothers were arrested for inciting a riot. The hall suffered heavy damage and the banquet continued despite the chaos.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Kugler
University Hospital
Harry C. Musser
Atte d
Musser
Kugler’s
Sergt. Robinson
Conried Quits Metropolitan Opera Directorship
Heinrich Conried tendered resignation to the Metropolitan Opera Board due to health issues and will leave at season end. A cable to Milan's Gatti Casperazza invites him to join La Scala. Mahler declined. Dippel and Goerlitz eyed as possible successors amid board tensions and Realty Company negotiations.
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Metropolitan Opera House
TIMES
Heinrich Conried
Conriea
Gustav Mahler
Vienna
Signor
Juilio Gatti-Casazza
la Scala
Milan
Opera House
Mahler
Signor Gatti-Casazzi
Rawlins Cottenet
Europe
Cottenet
Italy
Conried
Andreas Dippel
Ernest Goerlitz
Metropolitan
Colrled
Metropolitan Opera Company
Heinrich
Otto H. Kahn
Opera
Gatti-Casazzi
Maurice Grau
Mr. Grau
Caruso
Grau
Paris
Irving Place
Mr. Conried
Richard Strauss
New York
Humperdinck
America
Hansel Und Gretel
Jury adds four jurors in Dora McDonald murder trial
Chicago date line reports eight jurors seated in the Webster Guerin murder case. The State signals no death penalty request as Charles McGrath declares opposition to capital punishment under all circumstances. Judge Brentano notes no objections from prosecutors Rittenhouse and Daly.
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Chicago
Ill
Dora McDonald
Webster S. Guerin
Charles McGrath
Brentano
Rittenhouse and Daly
McGrath
Man Commits Suicide Attempt on Wall Street
A man shouted I will kill myself and leaped in front of a truck on Wall Street at the height of traffic. He fled rescuers into a Subway station before police officer Roth halted him and sent him to Bellevue Hospital. Authorities identified him as Charles Bollander of Elm Street Bloomfield New Jersey. A loaded revolver and cartridges were found on his person.
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Wall Street
Broadway
Roth
Bellevue Hospital
Charles Bollander
Elm Street
Bloomfield, N. J
Owen Wister Runs for Select Council Seat in Philadelphia
Novelist Owen Wister declares candidacy for the Citizens' Democratic ticket in Philadelphia's Seventh Ward. He criticizes party organization and praises cleaner governance, naming Charles Seger as his opponent, the sitting council member.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Owen Wister
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Democratic
Seventh Ward
Wister
Charles Seger
Mexico to Extradite Banker Walker
Extradition papers for William F. Walker, a defaulting banker from New Britain Connecticut, were sent today by Mexico's Foreign Office to Ensenada in Lower California. The item lists locations Augusta Summerville Aiken and Florida and references the Southern Ry Florida Limited.
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Mexico
Walker
City
William F. Walker
New Britain
Augusta
Summerville
Aiken
Florida
Southern Ry
Florida Limited
Popular Oo
Broadway
Fox Steamer Missing with Captain and Engineer Believed Lost
In Juneau Alaska a mail steamer named Fox is feared lost with Captain Roscoe States and engineer Charles McConnaghy aboard. The vessel has been missing nine days triggering a search effort and official concern.
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Juneau
Alaska
Fox
Roscoe States
Charles McConnaghy
A Blast on Patronage at the White House
Washington dated January 23 a forthcoming general defense is being prepared at the White House to counter charges that federal patronage funds President Roosevelt and backs Secretary Taft in the presidential bid. Taft denies and cites two recent Philippines appointments, one Democrat and one Filipino, as proof of nonpartisan choice.
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New York Times
Washington
White House
Taft
Roosevelt
Philippines
Alfonso's Narrow Escape From Wild Boar
King Alfonso narrowly escaped death during a Madrid hunt after a wild boar charged him. He fired at the animal, then dropped his gun and approached the fallen boar, which suddenly lunged again. A quick shot from a member of the party killed the maddened animal, leaving the king unhurt.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Opera spitters fined after Broadway lobby incident
An incident at the Metropolitan Opera House led to the formation of a special expectoration squad. Policemen Reppert and Stanton arrested H. B. Moore, a civil engineer, and Julius Wickman, a jeweler, for spitting in the lobby. Magistrate Kernochan fined each two dollars.
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Broadway
Metropolitan Opera House
Reppert
Stanton
H. B. Moore
West Eighty-fifth Street
Julius Wickman
Jamaica Avenue
East New York
Moore
Wickman
Derby
Kernochan
Batony Fears Harm in Middletown Letter to Notify Lawyers
Middletown January 23 The Town Council filed a letter from Aurel Batonyi requesting his lawyers Clarke Burdick of Newport and James Alexander of New York be notified if anything happens to him away from Newport or Middletown. Batonyi and his wife are separated at Two Mile Corner Farm. Mrs Batonyi seeks divorce while he pursues three alienation of affections suits against her father Frank Work Frank H Sturgis and Peter Cooper Hewitt.
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New York Times
Middletown
Conf
Aurel Batonyi
Newport
Clarke Burdick
James Alexander
New York
Batony
Batonyi
Mr. Batonyi
Frank Work
Frank H. Sturgis
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Van Dyke Masterpiece Recovered Near Bruges
The Van Dyke painting The Erection of the Cross, stolen from Notre Dame in Courtrai last month, was found near Bruges. It had been hidden in a gypsy wagon and discarded when the horses balked at Ardoye. A policeman identified the canvas and the finder will receive a $4,000 reward.
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Bruges
Woman fights garage men in Trenton plant
Mrs. Clark Fisher, famed as an industrialist abroad, has opened half her large plant to repair autos at cut rates, accusing local garage owners of price gouging. She says the move helps loyal workers amid dull steel trade and shows her enthusiasm for automobiles.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Clark Fisher
New York
Philadelphia
Banker Going Mad in Jail in San Francisco
City physician Dr. James Watkins reports Walter J. Barnett, jailed on charges tied to the California Trust and Safe Deposit Company failure, is deteriorating mentally. Sheriff Dolan says Barnett will be examined by experts and may be granted a brief respite from custody to prevent insanity.
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San Francisco
James
Watkins
Dolan
Walter J. Bartnett
California* Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Barrnett
Bullet fired on New Canaan Express near Mamaroneck
A bullet shattered a window on the New York to New Canaan Express as it passed Mamaroneck. It struck passenger Arthur Boles, grazing his cheek. glass also injured several riders. Railroad detectives investigate the incident aboard the train.
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New York Times
Stamford
Taft Seeks Unity as Hughes Delegation Grows
Taft halts New York campaign activity and asks friends not to split the delegation. Secretary Taft urges no division, aiming to keep Hughes as a strong Republican candidate while Roosevelt Roosevelts allies shift toward Hughes if nomination falters.
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War Department
Washington
Parsons
New York State
Gov. Hughes
Hughes
New York
William H. Taft
Herbert Parsons
House of Representatives
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Rothschilds
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Courtrai
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