Bryce addresses New York lawyers at 31st annual meeting
The New York State Bar Association opened its thirty first annual meeting led by President Joseph H. Choate at the New York City Bar Association. Ambassador James Bryce spoke at Carnegie Hall on legislation while Choate outlined The Hague Peace Conference work and the Code of Ethics. The gathering drew attendees from across the state with a Waldorf Astoria dinner slated to close the event.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Gov. Maughes
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Holt
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Europe
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Congress
Tocqueville
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Judicial Department
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American Bar Association
State Bar Association
Committee On
Daniel S. Remsen
New York City
Remsen
Ir. Remsen
Nigeria
Abyssinia
Ore
John Filton
Association
Flon R. Brown
Watertown
Legal reform and World Bar Conference findings
Proceedings describe organizing legislation, drafting departments, and expert oversight to improve lawmaking and administration. Remsen urges stronger wills standards, Adams compares English civil procedure, and Bryce’s conference notes applaud arbitration over force in treaty disputes.
Plan to Pilot Race Route Across United States to Cheyenne
H L B Frederickson of Omaha proposes pilots to guide New York to Paris racers through Iowa Nebraska Wyoming Utah and Nevada. Leaders cross Mississippi at Clinton with Omaha parties meeting through Iowa. Road conditions in the Middle West and Mormon Trail are favored for a coast to coast time under thirty days with nine to ten days possible to Cheyenne.
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New York
Paris
United States
Ohio
Indiana
Chicago
H. Lb. Frederickson
Omaha
Mississippi River
Iowa
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Wyoming
Granger
Utah
Nevada
Frederickson
Mississippi
Clinton
Middle West
Illinois
Brigham Young
Plains
North Platte
Platte
Rocky Mountains
Frisco
Acquittal for Andrew Detsch in Philadelphia Murder Trial
After a three day trial in Philadelphia Andrew Jackson Detsch was acquitted of murdering Harry Ferree. The verdict led to an enthusiastic courtroom demonstration. Detsch claimed he killed Ferree by mistake for a burglar and the jury agreed.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Andrew Jackson Detsch
Harry Ferree
Detsch
Ferree
Poles in New York protest German laws in new resolutions
The Poles of New York mailed resolutions from a Polish mass meeting held at 21 35 East Fourth Street to President Roosevelt and New York Congressmen. The notices protest German measures restricting Polish rights, including a proposed ban on non German public meetings and the push to expropriate Polish landowners in Prussia.
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Roosevelt
East Fourth Street
Germany
Poland
Coffee Cranks Turn to Postum in Tea Time Tale
A reader from Indiana shares how Postum replaced coffee after stomach troubles. She recalls laughing at the idea, then boiling it per package directions, finding it satisfying and urging others to try Postum, endorsed by the Postum Company of Battle Creek Michigan. She cites the slogan There’s a Reason and mentions reading The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Prediction of world patriotism from Edwin Mead speech
Edwin D. Mead of Boston told City Club in Philadelphia that national patriotism will yield to world patriotism as State rights gave way to a broader national feeling. He urged a federation of nations, likening the U S to a world federation prototype and noting arbitration treaties may soon be ratified.
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Philadelphia
Edwin D. Mead
Boston
City Club
Mead
Hague
United States
Bishop Harrington
England
Organization of the Nations
Assembly
Washington
Hay
Senate
Capitol Fraud Cases Set For First Trials In Dauphin Court
Harrisburg officials announce the five Capitol conspiracy cases to be called next Monday. Case 239 names architect Joseph M. Huston and others over alleged $10,308.40 overpayments for tables sofas and clothes trees. Case 240 accuses $25,000 overpayments for 272 desks. Remaining thirty two cases await trial order.
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Penn
The
Commonwealth
Capitol
Dauphin County
Joseph M. Huston
John TI. Sanderson
William P. Snyder
William L. Mathues
James M. Shumaker
Sanderson
Diamond Dealers Fail in Bankruptcy Petition
A bankruptcy petition was filed yesterday against Kleinschmidt Howland & Co importers of diamonds and jewelry at 170 Broadway by Hays Hershfield for creditors Rudolph Snedeker Irving Baum and Marchand Freres seeking investigation in bankruptcy. Judge Holt appointed Henry B Singer receiver with a $50000 bond as liabilities reach $20000 and assets about $100000.
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Broadway
Hays & Hershfield
Rudolph & Snedeker
Irving Baum
Marchand Freres
Holt
United States District Court
Stern, Singer & Barr
Charles A. Weber
Fifth Avenue
Fire horses at a funeral delayed New Brunswick blaze
In New Brunswick New Jersey yesterday a tenement on French Street housed fifty people. The only hook and ladder horses were at a funeral with a hearse delaying response. Firemen impressed an ice wagon team to reach the fire. The blaze was controlled before the truck returned.
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New York Times
New Brunswick
N. J
New Brunswick Fire Department
French Street
Hook and Ladder
Firebug Suspect Held on Arson Charge in New York
Magistrate Cornell in Jefferson Market Court held Nicholas Tomas of West Twenty sixth Street on $2000 bail for arson trial. A housemaid testified she saw him on the steps with rope about his ankles and fondling a cat before a January 21 room discovery. Tomas claimed highwaymen bound him and inflicted scratches later blamed on the Cat.
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Jefferson Market Court
Nicholas Tomas
ni2Zly West Twenty-sixth Street
Tomas
Orchard Confesses Again in Cripple Creek Letter
Albert Horseley alias Harry Orchard reiterates his confession to murdering ex Gov Steunenberg of Idaho and to being a key witness in the conspiracy cases against Haywood and Pettibone. He says he would not recant to save his life or gain liberty.
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Col
Albert Horseley
Harry. Orchard
Steunenberg
Idaho
Haywood and Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Wife Dead, Husband Tries to Die
Daisy M. Wagner, wife of Howard G. Wagner an auto dealer agent, was found dead early near the Zoological Park with a bullet wound. Her husband, upon hearing the news, attempted to leap from a fifth story window but was restrained.
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Washington,d. C
Daisy M. Wagner
Howard G. Wagner
Zoological Park
Wagner
Ahearn Proposes Municipal Asphalt Plant
At a Board of Estimate meeting Borough President Ahearn proposed a municipal asphalt plant to handle street repair and maintenance contracts expiring. The project is estimated to cost £160,000 and was referred to the Controller.
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Ahearn
Durand to Fight Extradition Over Forgery Charge
Paul Durand, American representative of Bacarat Glass Co, arrested in Los Angeles on December 20 on a third degree forgery charge, will contest extradition. He recently married the daughter of a wealthy Los Angeles merchant. The total shortage is about $15,000.
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Paul Durand
Bacarat Glass Company
Los Angeles
Durand
Thaw Insanity Debate Borrowed From Foreign Doctor
In the Thaw trial, a letter from Dr. Price Mitchell of Monte Carlo describes Thaw as nervous and impulsive with a strong ego and possible temporary insanity during Riviera visits. The defense plans the longest hypothetical question read to three alienists to argue Thaw was insane, while the prosecution counters with evidence of sanity and awareness of actions. Court adjourned as Adriatic witnesses delayed landing.
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Stanford White
Martin W. Littleton
Jerome
Mr. Littleton
Mr. Jerome
Pri
Mitchell
Monte Carlo
Thaw
Villa Henri
Harry Thaw
Riviera
Price Mitchell
Littleton
White
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