Graft Probe Expands to Sixteen Accounts in Whitman Audit
District Attorney Whitman widens graft inquiry beyond New York County, examining bank transcripts of sixteen men tied to Tammany Hall figures including Charles F. Murphy James E. Gaffney Philip Donohue and others. Armored by subpoenas, the search spans state banks in Buffalo Albany and appears aimed at proving a state treasury loot plot with possible funds moved to Canada and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman
Charles F. Murphy
James E. Gaffney
New York County
Trammany Rail
James I. Gaffney
Murphy
Philip Donohue
Tammany Hall
John “A Hennessy
Everett Fowler
Kingston
Bag- Iwan
State Democratic Committee
Seneca P. Hull
Cortland
N. Y
State Highway Department
C. Gordon Reel
Albany
Duncan W. Peck
Sulzer
John A. Bensel
Charles F. Foley
William Suizer
New York
Tammany
Bensel
Reel
Peck
Foley
Hensel
Hghway Commission
John N. Carlisle
Buffalo
Canada
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Europe
Supreme Court
William J. Cummins
Appellate Division
Cummins
Court of Appeals
Protests swell over Gould Castelane婚 annulment
A Papal Nuncio in a major European capital is asked to interpret widespread Catholic protests against the Vatican planned annulment of the Gould Castelane marriage. Catholics on both lay and clerical sides, including prominent Americans abroad, denounce the move as against sacred Catholic tenets. The Rota Tribunal’s ruling is claimed to rest on dubious testimony from Count Boni de Castellane. Vatican decision yet to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Berlin
Vatican
Rota Tribunal
Confer On Trust Bills In Washington Meeting
A conference at Senator Newlands home outlined a procedure to expedite pending anti trust bills. Attendees included Senators Newlands Pomerene Myers Robinson Saulsbury Thompson and Representatives Clayton Carlin Floyd with President Wilson backing public hearings as both chambers consider Sherman law definitions and interlocking directorates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newlands
Nevada
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Pomerene
Ohio
Myers
Montana
Robinson
Arkansas
Saulsbury
Delaware
Thompson
Kansas
Clayton
Alabama
Fiouse
Carlin
Virginia
Floyd
Interstate Trade Commission
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House Committee On the Judiciary
House
Wilson
Senate
House Drifts From Jamaica Bay To Open Sea
A two story and a half house valued at 5000 drifted from Goose Creek into Broad Channel and toward the Atlantic as ice choked Jamaica Bay. Police watched as the abandoned summer home slowly sank to the attic and slid away with the tide, two and a half miles from Goose Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Bay
Goose Creek
John Conklin
Brooklyn
Conklin House
Broad Channel
Rockaway
Parcel post ore haul sparks Idaho route plan
Rutte Montana January 25 The mail carrier on the Stites Elk City route faces moving three carloads of ore by parcel post to a Butte smelter. An inspector from Spokane considered issuing a requisition to hire freight wagons, as mines in Elk River plan future shipments by parcel post at 54 cents per fifty pounds.
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New York Times
Rutte
Mont
Stites
Elk City
Idaho
Elk River
Butte
Spokane
Mkt
Department
Iim
Mayville House Burns In Mayville At 3 A.M.
Fire gutted the Mayville House in Mayville with guests escaping via fire escapes. The building suffered a loss of 25000 dollars with nothing saved.
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New York Times
Jamestown
WN. Y
Mayville
New King to Risk Trip for His Crown
Prince William of Wied plans to depart Berlin for Albania and travel to Trieste to board the Mohican for a ceremonial entry into Durazzo. Essad Pasha holds effective power with about 15 000 men, while the international commission's authority remains weak amidst Albanian factions.
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Trieste
Mohican
J. Borden Harriman
Durazzo
San Giovanni di Medua
Avlona
Prince William
Isad Pasha
William of
International Commission
Essad
Balkans
William
Essad Pasha
Albania
Potsdam
Col George Harvey on the Diplomats of Democracy
The editor of The North American Review discusses diplomatic and consular appointments and the responsibilities tied to them in a feature set for next Sunday’s Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harvey
The
North American Review
Costly motor crafts destroyed by fire at Manhasset Bay
Ralph Pulitzer's steam yacht Mystery and Thomas Taylor's naphtha craft Bullet, each valued at 40000 dollars, burned in a fire that razed a large storage building of Stationary Marine Motor Supply Company at Manhasset Bay. Volunteers saved thirty five boats nearby. losses included high power vessels Betsy Panadore and Bulletin. Total damage estimated at 500000 dollars.
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Ralph Pulitzer
Mystery
Thomas Taylor
Bullet
Stationary Marine Motor Supply Company
Manhasset Bay
Fort Washington
Port Washington
Timothy Bird
Commodore Stephen Mason
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club
Commodore Mason
Commodore Blaisdell
Betsy
Commodore Beb. C
Gould
Panadore
Arthur T. Vance
Target
Frederick Creamer
The
Bulletin
Russell Howland
Chief Bird
Pulitzer
Taylor
Widow Mrs Amend Leaps to Death from Central Park West Window
Mrs Josephine B Amend 40, grieving after husband Robert F Amend’s Jan death, attempted thrice to jump from her 12th floor window at 285 Central Park West. The third attempt succeeded, landing on Eighty-ninth Street. Executors of the Amend estate and family tried to intervene, but she died instantly. The Amend drug firm is Elmer & Amend, HQ 205 Third Avenue.
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Josephine B. Amend
Central Park West
Eighty-ninth Street
Robert F. Amend
Mrs. Amend
Hilda Kuehner
Stoerzer
Otto P. Amend
J. &. Tolch
Amend
Steels Orders Jump as Mills Expected to Run Full
Pittsburgh reports steel orders exceeding 100000 tons in recent days. Col H P Bope of Carnegie Steel predicts mills will run at full capacity within 60 to 90 days, forecasting sustained prosperity for the nation. Major Pittsburgh district firms named include Carnegie, Jones & Laughlin, McClintic Marshall, and others. about 15000 workers affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburgh
Col. H. P. Rope
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie
Jones & Laughlin
McClintic-Marshall
Hiter-Conley, Chirk Car
Epping-Carpenter Pump
Harbison- Walker Refractories
Spang-Chalfant
West Penn Steel
National Roil and Fourdry Companies
United States
Col. Bope
Bank of England
Germany
France
New York State
Wedding Party Kills Boy Crossing Street in Bronx
Four year old Nathan Levy son of Samuel Levy of 915 Kelly Street Bronx died after being struck by a touring car carrying four wedding guests to Laurel Gardens 79 East 116th Street The car driven by Harry Berman and owned by Belle Geisner stopped within ten feet The driver was held for coroner investigation The wedding was Frances Herzfeld to Abraham Berger Passengers Norman Karn Harry Cahn Maurice Hass were allowed to continue after examination
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Intervale Avenue
Kelly Street
Nathan Levy
Samuel Levy
Bronx
Laurel Gardens
East 116Th Street
Lebanon Hospital
Belle Geisner
East 158Th Street
Harry Berman
Washington Avenue
Maurice Hass
Tiffany Street
Atlantic Coast Line Passenger Service Advertising
All steel and electric lighted Pullman trains run four daily between Florida Augusta Cuba and the South via Standard R KR of South. Address listed as 1,218 Broadway for details.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Florida
Augusta
Cuba
All Steel
Standard R
South
Safety call by Elliott inspires New England railroad men
Over two thousand New England railroad workers heard Howard Elliott of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway urge a shift from do nots to do's in safety. He warned a battleship-like disruption from accidents and stressed pursuing better conditions, wages, and revenue balance to restore efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Howard Elliott
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
James H. Hustis
Elliott
Beachey to Demonstrate Langley Flying Machine
In San Francisco on January 25 the Smithsonian accepted Lincoln Beachey's offer to test Langley’s flying machine. Beachey aims to prove it was practical with a better motor, noting Langley’s heartbreak after the Potomac setback. A Walcott telegram promises full aid to reproduce the craft, while Beachey remarks you can fly a kitchen table with a strong motor as proof. Beachey has completed sixty-seven loops in high winds in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Lincoln Beachey
Samuel P. Langley
Laingley
Beachey
Tony
Ghost Methods in Third Degree Used on Suspect
In Los Angeles a police third degree claim centers on a ghostly apparition used to elicit a confession from John H. Grondin, accused of poisoning his wife Zola Grondin and faking suicide by gas in Portland Maine. Grondin’s lawyers condemn the tactic as outrageous though evidence suggests innocence. Pathologists found poison in Mrs Grondin’s remains after exhumation prompted by alleged forged notes and a Maine widow link.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John H. Grondin
Zola
Grondin
Grandin
Portland
Maine
Mrs. Grondin
Ex Fire Commissioner Joseph Johnson Undergoes Appendectomy
Former Fire Commissioner Joseph Johnson was operated on for appendicitis at 6 30 last night and remains in serious condition at Miss Alston's private sanitarium 26 West Sixty first Street. He fell ill suddenly after a quiet afternoon with his wife and three daughters at 647 West 147th Street. Dr. Erdmann performed the operation and Johnson’s immediate prognosis was guarded but hopeful.
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Joseph Johnson
Miss Alston
West Sixty-first Street
Mr. Johnson
Sarah
Harriet
Josephine
Buckingham Place
West 147Th Street
John F. Erdmann
Mrs. Johnson
Erdmann
Gaynor
Edward E. McCall
Tammany
Maver Mitchel
Women Refuse Hat Rule at Brooklyn Church Service
Central Congregational Church at Hancock Street Brooklyn urged women to remove hats during services following a church meeting resolution. Most members ignored the request with few hats removed amid debate on the move, which drew mixed opinions from congregants about necessity and propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Congregational Church
Hancock Street
Spencer Place
Brooklyn
George W. Baily
Pastor Sues for Divorce in York Court
The Rev. John Eiler, Lutheran minister, seeks divorce in York Pennsylvania courts. Allegations not disclosed. Eiler currently preaches in New York City after accepting a call to Seven Valleys Lutheran Church over a year ago, which was revoked by the West Pennsylvania Synod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
York, Penn
John Eiler
Erler
New York City
Seven Valleys Lutheran Church
West Pennsylvania Synod
Westinghouse Labor Move Organizes 12000 Pittsburg Workers
A federation led campaign financed by labor funds was launched at an East Pittsburgh mass meeting to organize 12 000 Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company employees for strike action. John L. Lewis heads the federation unit reporting readiness for organization after cuts in hours and pay prompted the drive.
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New York Times
Pittsburgh
Penn
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
East Fittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Westinghouse
John L. Lewis
Philadelphia Man Contracts Pneumonia Aboard Ship
Bryce S Whyte a Philadelphia businessman arrived from Liverpool on the Campania and fell ill with pneumonia on Thursday Delirious he escaped attendants but was recaptured by the ship's surgeon Dr Bruce He was taken to a private hospital after disembarking In other ship news the Campania delivered 20 bags of mail and spray froze on rigging Two stewards slipped on the deck injuring themselves
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Bryce S. Whyte
Philadelphia
Campania
Liverpool
Bruce
Train Collision Kills Five Near Jackson
Five people died and about twenty were injured when Michigan Central passenger Train 70 from Saginaw collided head on with a freight train three miles outside Jackson Michigan. The baggage car and one coach telescoped and all passengers in that coach were killed or injured. Rescue worked slowly in darkness with physicians rushed from Jackson.
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Jackson
Mich
Michigan Central
Saginaw
King Alfonso to Visit Argentina in June
Madrid dispatch reports King Alfonso plans a two month visit to the Argentine Republic in June. He will be joined by the Premier and the Minister of Marine and travel aboard a Spanish liner. Premier Dato confirms the plan while the Interior Minister notes no definite arrangements have been made yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Madrid
Alfonso
Argentina
Dato
José Guerra
Copperfield To Be Disincorporated Over Lawless Element
Governor Oswald West announced that Copperfield Oregon will be disincorporated by the Attorney General due to lawless control. Martial law had briefly followed a liquor clampdown by state troops guided by Fern Hobbs.
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Salem
Ore
Copperfield
Oswald West
Fern Hobbs
Curtis Seeks Senate in Republican bid
Ex Senator Charles Curtis plans a Republican bid for reelection to the U S Senate from Kansas. He asserts that Senator Bristow and Arthur Capper struck a Senatorial Gouvernor deal to bar him from the primary contest. Bristow faces opposition from party leaders and Progressive critics call him a traitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Topeka
Charles Curtis
United States Senate
Bristow
Arthur Capper
Curtis
William Allen White
Progressives
Refitting Astor's Yacht Noma At Port Richmond Yard
The steam yacht Noma owned by Vincent Astor is undergoing a thorough overhaul at Staten Island Shipbuilding Company Port Richmond S I. New boilers and engine overhaul are planned with interior and exterior painting and cabin refitting. The work aims to complete around the time of Mr Astor's marriage and may allow a honeymoon aboard.
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Noma
Vincent Astor
Staten Island Shipbuilding Company
Port Richmond
S. L
Mr. Astor
Staten Island
Hair tonic kills convicts in Eastern Penitentiary
Two trusties at the Eastern Penitentiary died after drinking stolen hair tonic from the prison barber shop. Charles Harris and Charles Rich, both serving long sentences, died within days of the incident as guards cut off the remaining tonic after reports reached the Warden.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Eastern Penitentiary
Charles Harris
Charles Rich
Harris
Rich
Fire Hits New York Soldiers and Sailors Home Barracks
Civil war veterans battled a $30 000 fire at the New York State Soldiers and Sailors Home in Bath New York started by a cigar stub in the smoking room. The blaze destroyed the double barracks of Companies HI and I housing 125 veterans and threatened the dining hall. Volunteer firefighters aided by Bath Fire Department contained the flames as veterans moved to safer quarters and recovered personal effects.
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New York Times
Bath
N. Y
New York State
Soldiers and Sailors' Home
HI and I
J. E. Ewell
Bath Volunteer Department
AlltooCather Pouch at Schulte's Stores
Mel's pipe and tobacco products featured at Schulte's Stores in a small retail note promoting available items and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel
Schulte's
Auiv
Morgan Art Collection May Be Sold By Morgan Heir
J Pierpont Morgan left a $50 million art collection to be made permanently available for the American people. His son considers selling major items though some pieces may go to museums. The Met in New York houses the works now and will open most of the collection to the public in about three weeks.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Moran
Morgan
Tress
London
Paris
New York
Rale
Metropolitan Museum of Art
J. P. Morgan
New York Times
Greece
Rome
Metropolitan Museum
Tre Tres
Mr. Morgan
Tri Times
Hartford
Conn
J. Dierpont Morgan
Mr. Mo
Junius S. Morgan
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Maysville
Charters Harriman Yacht To
Marconi
of Wied
Rangements
Kingdom of
TIMES
Thos. Taylor
R. F. Amend
Col
H. P. Bope
Boy
New Haven
Langley
Smithsonian
Pioneer
Jos. Johnson
Public Service Cup Co., B'klyn
Ady
Pastor
John Erler
B. S. Whyte
Astor
Posal
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