Smith Surrenders Field as Martine Gains Senate Push
Ex Senator James Smith Jr. ends bid for the United States Senate after New Jersey lawmakers split votes, with James E Martine holding forty votes in the Senate and likely to be chosen on the joint ballot. Gov Wilson endorses Martine and Democratic loyalty, while Smith releases loyalists and exits to public applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
N. J
James Smith, Jr
United States Senate
James E. Martine
Smith
Hamiltone
Wilson
Martine
Stokes
Baird
Camden
Nichols
Cumberland
Cumberland County
Griggs
Fort
Cape May
Kean Lhe
Trenton House
Democratic Party
Gov. Wilson
United States
Senate
Ashington
George
Newark
George Smith
Carnegie Trust Faces Grand Jury Probe After Failure
District Attorney Whitman received a state Banking Department complaint asking a full investigation of Carnegie Trust Company’s collapse. Subpoenas issued for witnesses, to be summoned before the Grand Jury. Deposits totaling about 1 million dollars were withdrawn in the week preceding the closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman
State Banking Department
Carnegie Trust Company
Financial District
Banking Department
Cheney
Trust Company
Wall Street
Court censures Grice over Weller case arraignment
Samuel L. Grice a 952 Amsterdam Avenue businessman publicly clashed with Judge Swann in General Sessions over the punishment of Ernest A. Weller who robbed Grice of nearly $800. After Weller pleaded illness and poverty, Swann suspended the sentence but later jailed him for five years at Sing Sing. Swann apologized to Grice admitted error and ordered Weller’s arrest for parole violation. The jury contributed sympathetic funds to Weller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel L. Grice
Amsterdam Avenue
Swann
Ernest A. Weller
Mr. Grice
Weller
Sing Sing
Grice
Elmira
Roosevelt declines sign for National Progressive Republican League
The article explains Col Theodore Roosevelt did not sign the Declaration of Principles of the National Progressive Republican League. An organizer says Roosevelt agreed with the reasons against his signature, fearing it would appear as third term propaganda and tie the movement to a single personality, undermining core principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
National Progressive Republican League
League
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Roosevelt's Candidate for Taft Nomination Revealed
Col. Michael J. Dady of Brooklyn declares at a First District Republican Club meeting that Col. Theodore Roosevelt supports Taft for 1912. Roosevelt supposedly told Dady, exposing doubts about Roosevelt backing Taft. Brooklyn Republicans see the move as a Taft booster ruse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Col. Dady
Theodore Roosevelt
Michael J. Dady
Brooklyn
First District
Republican Club
Col. Cady
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
New National Republican League
Dean Rogers Calls for State Power Over Federal
At a Providence Economic Club dinner on January 24 Dean Henry Dean Rogers of Yale Law School urged favoring greater state authority and less federal concentration of power. He argued the nation risks over governance and pushed for strengthening state governments. Professor Hart of Harvard favored a strong central helm while John Z White of Chicago remained noncommittal in this exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Henry Dean Rogers
Yale Law School
Alfred Bushnell Hart
Harvard
John Z. White
Chicago
Economic Club
Dean Rogers
Fragments of a Gaiety Theatre Note Surface
Readable bits describe a performance at the Gaiety Theatre with mention of Fe its inconclusive details. No clear names, dates, or outcomes emerge from the fragment.
Dix May Yet End Senatorship Fight
Rumors spread that mediators may be sought as Gov Dix visits Utica to help resolve the stalemated U S Senate contest. Insurgents and Sheehan backers press for votes while Tammany allies resist, with Murphy and Cohalan seeing shifts among ward leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dix
New York Times
Albany
Gov. Dix
United States
Utica
Thomas R. Proctor
Fort Schuyler Club
Edward M. Shepard
White
Assemblyman
Myers
Schenectady
Sheehan
Friends of Tammany
Murphy
William F. Sheehan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
H. D. Friedman
Twenty-ninth
New York
N. Taylor Phillips
Friedman
Roosevelt
New York City
Howard R. Bayne
Richmond
Capitol
Charles F. Murphy
Daniel F. Cohalan
Tammany
Mr. Sheehan
How to Live to Be a Hundred
A noted Austrian authority calls old age a preventable disease. The Times previews findings and guidance to extend life in next Sunday’s issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Diplomats Flee Peking Plague Amid Quarantine Debate
As bubonic plague spreads in Peking, European ambassadors flee behind barred gates while debates split legations over quarantine. Foreign ministers and Russian doctors push sanitary measures. Chinese authorities face fear and secrecy amid volatile politics and growing deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Hankow
Harbin
Legation
Chinese Foreign Board
William J. Calhoun
Pao-Ting-Fu
Chi-Li
Sone
Jerboa
Mongolia
Manchuria
Trials Show Laura Schenk Case Near Verdict
Daniel Zane Phillips testifies about meetings with Laura Schenk as Samuel Boyce prepares to wrap up his jury address. Handlan will deliver the closing, while Mrs Schenk’s defense insists on witnesses’ denials. Bets on the trial have been placed outside the courthouse as the case nears its end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Wheeling
West Va
Daniel Zane Phillips
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
Samuel O. Boyce
Handlan
Mr. Phillips
John B. Walker
City Bonds Divided Among High Bidders
City issues 60 million dollars in 4 percent fifty year bonds sold by Controller Pren ergast with Kuhn Loeb & Co among top bidders. The Morgan syndicate nearly secured all with an all or none bid at about 100.897, while total subscriptions reached 324.93 million. About 11 million goes to Kuhn Loeb & Co with numerous banks and firms awarded varying amounts. Bids opened at Broadway, crowd large, female attendees noted. Hyde attended but formalities stayed formal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prenergast
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
National City Bank
First National Bank
Morgan Syndicate
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Hamilton National Bank
William Salomon & Co
Bank of Manhattan
Union Trust Comey
H. B. Hollins & Co
Brown Brothers & Co
Seaboard National Bank
Crossman & Siebken
American Exchange National Bank
Dominick & Dominick
Brooklyn Trust Company
Sheargson, Hammill & Co
A. B. Leach & Co
Liam A. & Co
Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co
Arles E. Scha
Department of Finance
Hyde
Mr. Hyde
Eccnes
Yestay
Stock Exchange
Catskill Aqueduct
Prendergast
Prizes Offered For Votes Alleged in St Louis Contest
Testimony in a contest to seat Therone B. Catlin describes prizes offered to Republican election judges for precincts with the best Republican returns. Witnesses place Catlin and family among wealthy, influential figures, with ties to notable figures and parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
ST. Louis
Theroneb
Catlin
Frank H. Evers
Patrick F. Gill
Daniel N.kirby
Charles Nagel
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Daniel Catlin
Daniel K. Catlin
Justice
Ie Reichmannee
Evers
Third Ward
E Catlin
Nicholas Long
Alice Roosevelt
E. Catlin
Blind man saves Yonkers YMCA from fire
John Dorsett a blind newsman entered the Yonkers YMCA to arrange papers when he detected smoke. He grope d to the gymnasium and heard the crackling, guiding firefighters to a blaze that threatened the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Christian Association
Yonkers
John Dorsett
Dorsett
Burden Jewelry Stolen in Fifth Avenue Burglaries
Police search pawnshops for pearl and platinum pieces taken from William P. Burden of 908 Fifth Avenue after a January 9 burglary. Stolen items include a gray pearl stickpin valued at 1200 dollars a platinum pearl set watchchain worth 150 dollars a pearl and platinum locket 300 dollars and several smaller items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Burden
Fifth Avenue
Bridge Captain John Cottrell Suspended by Police
Capt. John Cottrell of Bridge Precinct D near the Queensboro Bridge was suspended yesterday by Police Commissioner Cropsey. The notice gives no cause or duration. Cottrell served nearly twenty five years and once led the Tenderloin Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cottrell
Queensboro Bridge
Cropsey
Cottrell
Tenderloin
Admiral Fisher Retires From Navy Tomorrow
London January 24 Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher first Baron of Silverstone Admiral of the Fleet will retire from the navy to morrow under the age limit. Born 1841 he has held the rank since 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Arbuthnot Fisher
Baron of
Silverstone
Government eyes bearer consols for small investors
London reports the government weighs issuing bearer bonds of five and ten pounds to popularize consols. Purchases and coupon cashing would occur at post offices, exempt from income tax, a move aimed at stopping the price decline and widening ownership beyond the wealthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiral W. H. Reeder Dead
Rear Admiral William H. Reeder A N died suddenly in Paris on January 24. Born in Muscatine Iowa in 1848 he entered the Navy from Iowa and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1867. He retired as rear admiral on June 30 1907 and was abroad on leave from July 1 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
William H. Reeder
William Hérren Reeder
Muscatine
Iowa
United States Naval Academy
Plaster Draped Statues On Harrisburg Capitol Front
The first marble figure in George Gray Barnard's statue group at Harrisburg was unveiled with a plaster drape. Barnard, in Paris, promised changes after protests over nudity. Plaster remains until further orders from Barnard or state officials. Debates rise about drapery and marble statues along the Capitol front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Penn
George Gray Barnard
Paris
Barnard
Capitol
Butcher Boy a Firebug Charged in Brooklyn Fires
Deputy Fire Marshal Ferris watched a 17 year old butcher boy Frederick Burkhardt confess to starting multiple fires. The youth admitted setting fires in basements while delivering meats at 517 Marcy Avenue and nearby addresses including Hancock Street Bainbridge Street and Decatur Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halsey Street
Sumner Avenue
Brooklyn
Ferris
Marcy Avenue
Truck Company
Frederick Burkhardt
Hancock Street
Bainbridge Street
Decatur Street
Ketchel slayers found guilty in first degree
Walter A. Dipley and Goldie Smith were found guilty of first degree murder in the Ketchel case. Sentences of life imprisonment were recommended for both. The jury deliberated seventeen hours and plans to appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court on grounds of prejudice and insufficient evidence. Ketchel was shot October 15 at R. P. Dickerson’s ranch near Conway Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Walter A. Dipley
Goldie Smith
Stanley Ketchel
Supreme Court
Iprey
Goldie Sm
R. P. Dickerson
Conway
Springfield
Ketchel
Phillips Dies of Gunshot Wounds After Bellevue Death
David Graham Phillips, novelist shot six times Monday in front of the Princeton Club by Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough, died at Bellevue Hospital at 11 10 PM with his sister, brother, and physician present. Notes say Goldsborough sought vengeance over the Joshua Craig novel. Beveridge informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Graham Phillips
Princeton Club
Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough
Bellevue Hospital
Carolyn Frevert
National Arts Club
Harrison C. Phillips
Denver
Eugene Fuller
Lexington Avenue
Mr. Phillips
Dr. Fuller
Harrison Phillips
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Beveridge
Washington
Hope
Phillips
John B. Walker
Hotchkiss
Fuller
J. Albert T. Weston
W. J. Minor
Fourth Avenue
Sexton
Robert W. Chambers
Arthur Brisbane
Alfred Henry Lewis
Frevert
Goldsborough
Joshua Craig
Edmund K. Goldsborough
G Margaret
Washington Society
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New Jersey
Jo Gay
Aie Martine
Carnegie Trust
Progressive League
Shepard
Norman E. Mack
Mack
Buffalo
Democratic National Committee
Chauncey Depew
aNerty
Calhoup
Mrs. Schenk
Breaks Down
Kuhn-Loeb
Catfin
Congress
Blind Man Saves
Pebbie
W. P. Burden
Lord Fisher
W. H. Reeder
Philadelphia
Butcher Boy
Bellevue
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