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Newspaper

New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1908

Page

5

Seaman Attacks Army Medical Bill at New York Speech

Dr Louis Livingston Seaman ex Surgeon Major denounces the U S Army Medical Department as a national disgrace arguing the current bill fails essential reforms. He cites Spanish and Japanese war data to claim better hygiene and staffing would reduce deaths and that Congress should provide decisive legislation.

Louis Livingston Seaman United States Army New York Academy of Medicine Medical Department Seaman Frent Russia Congress Medical Department of The Army Army of United States Peking Patagonia

Thaw Murder Trial Focuses On Insanity Plea and Provocation

District Attorney Jerome outlined the case against Harry K Thaw for the murder of Stanford White with a focus on premeditation and provocation while resisting an insanity defense. He argued Thaw’s acts followed years of dissipation and abuse linked to Nesbit, White’s companion, and urged the jury to consider degrees of homicide or even acquittal if insanity is proven.

Jerome Harry K. Thaw Stanford- White Justice Dowling Roof Garden White Thaw Josiah Thaw Mr. Jerome Evelyn Nesbit Wagner Stanford White Longfellow Europe Boulogne Pelieve Administration of Justice Beck Ohio College John W. Gates Charles M. Schwab Gates Schwab Gleason New York Paris Burton Brown

Louis Wolf Held as Piskpocket Leader in Brooklyn Rug Firm

Louis Wolf a Brooklyn rug manufacturer and head of a Pinochle club is under arrest on a pickpocketing charge. Police say he has baffled investigators for days while his rug factory at 2137 Fulton Street thrived.

Louis Wolf Brooklyn Wolf Fulton Street James Reynolds Reynolis Frank Heible Grandview Avenue Long Island City Myrtle Avenue Woit Heible Englehardt Heene New York Kings County Court Fawcett Fourteenth Street Manhattan Duncan C. MchKinley West One Hundred and Forty-fifth Street Elder Chicago St. Louis

City detectives chase burglars in Gramercy Park district

Central Office detectives swarm the Gramercy Park area arresting a crowd on suspicion after a spate of burglaries. Among those taken in are John Kalo 21 of 3538 First Avenue Harold Uringe 353 Ninth Avenue John C Colean 217 East Twenty-ninth Street and others. Police recover stolen items including a diamond ring a gold watch and a card case. The force vows extra activity as Capt McDermott mobilizes all East Twenty-second Street precinct officers.

Gramercy Park Madison Third Avenues Fourteenth Savage Cray John Kalo First Avenue Twentyseventh Street Third Avenue Kalo Henry Titus East Twenty-third Street John Nicholas West Twenty-eighth Street Percy Nagle Robert Walker West 5Th Street Brenich Healey Fourteenth Street McDermott East Twenty-second Street Yatch

Yarmouth Case Set For Next Week Hearing

London January 30 Sir Birrell Barnes President of the Divorce Court fixed the hearing of the suit by the Countess of Yarmouth Alice Thaw of Pittsburg against her husband for annulment of marriage for next Wednesday afternoon. The attorney for the Countess said the case would be short.

London Birrell Barnes Countess of Yarmouth Alice Thaw Pittsburg

Payne Munro Suit Settled With Cash and Jewelry

Ezra P. Prentice as receiver in bankruptcy for Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne settled the suit for 41799 against Norma L. Munro. The settlement pays 5000 cash from Henrietta L. Munro and fifteen pieces of jewelry. Payne returns thirteen pieces to Miss Munro.

Ezra P. Prentice Leslie Carter Payne Belasco Star Payne Norma L. Munro Henrietta L. Munro Miss Munro

Woman’s life saved as store fire ends in window smash

Mrs John L Adams keeper of a 460 Hudson Street grocery suffered a skirt fire last night. She smothered the blaze with a quilt then broke the front window with a weight to escape. Arthur Haggerty and Charles Smith forced the door, smothered the flames, and poured olive oil on her to put out the fire before an ambulance arrived. The surgeon said they likely saved her life.

John L. Adams Hudson Street Arthur Haggerty Anid Charles Smith Mrs. Adams

Pay Cut for Seeking Tips From Letter Carriers

Postmaster Morgan started an investigation on January 3 after letters questioned whether carriers may solicit gifts. Six Station Y postmen on Third Avenue between Sixty seventh and Sixty eighth Streets had their pay cut by $100 yearly. Names: Hugh Kiveney Charles McNichols John J. McDowell John J. Murphy Rudolph Oeser J J Vance. Also reports of carriers selling tickets to their February 29 ball. Postmaster warns all superintendents and carriers to enforce the regulation.

Morgan Station Y Third Avenue Hugh Kiveney Charles McNichols John J. McDowell John J. Murphy Rudolph Oeser J. J. Vance

Miss Mary Garden Hosts Woman's University Club Tea

Miss Mary Garden attends a New York club tea at 17 Madison Square North with Mrs Williams Reynolds Brown and others. She praises American women as charming and more engaging than busy businessmen, and says she would live in America if not for her vocation.

The Woman's University Club Mary Garden Madison Square North Lyman Abbott T. P. O'Connor Miss Garden America

Witness Testifies in Suit Over Injured Coach Horses

Aurel Batonyi testified in the case of Dr. George L. Wentz versus the Metropolitan Street Railway Company in City Court yesterday. He described how two lead horses, Lord Standard and Lord Teneck, became incapacitated after an accident affecting the coach Good Times driven by Batonyi. His wife, Fannie Burke Roche Batonyi, is seeking a divorce.

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Man Claims Police Stretching Scam by Ex-Patrolman

Albert Peterson told Brooklyn court a civil service school owner, James P D O'Brien, used a drawing-out machine and Turkish baths to lengthen his height for a police exam. He says he paid $50 and remained inches short after multiple attempts and asks for half his money back. O'Brien to appear to respond.

Albert Peterson Adams Street Court Brooklyn James PD O’brien Myrtle Avenue O'Brien O'Birien Tighe

Sinking of schooner Helen E Taft after collision off North Carolina

Wireless dispatch from the Clyde liner Comanche reports the schooner Helen E Taft with Captain Fales and nine crewmen aboard sunk after being run down by an unknown steamship. Taft sailed from Thomaston Maine and was struck Wednesday night sixteen miles southwest of Cane Lookout Lightship. Comanche reports Captain Weston coordinating the signal.

Helen E. Taft North Carolina Fales Taft Weston Comanche Thomaston Cane Lookout

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