Harlem double shooting ends in deaths of man and woman
A middle aged man and a younger woman die after a Harlem hotel double shooting at the Lenox Hotel on Lenox Avenue. The man identified as William Hall, a railroad auditor, and the woman he married amid a prior bigamy dispute, were found with a revolver nearby. Investigators tie the tragedy to a death by own action agreement between Hall and his second wife as relatives discover the family’s long-sealed history.
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Lenox Hotel
145Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Nellie Hill
Bell and McKiernan
East 126Th Street
Kenna
West 125Th Street
Holtzhauser
Flynn
Hall
West 186Th Street
138Th Street
Joseph Schwartz
Schwartz
John Albert Jiall
Selton Avenue
The
Bronx
Halls
Nellie Dowdell
Nellie McIntyre
Dowdell
Illinois Central
Chicago
Miss Schwartz
Brooklyn
Metz's Auto Hits Girl In Brooklyn Accident
Former Controller Herman A Metz drove alone home when his car struck Margaret O Neill a young stenographer at Court and Montague Streets Brooklyn. She was pushed against a street car bruising her ankle and an ambulance was called. Metz stopped and drove her home.
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Herman A. Metz
Margaret O'Neill
Brooklyn
Court
Montague
Metz
Miss O'Neill
Woman Struck by Car Towline Injures Brother and Baby
Mrs Pearl Bergerman of West 108th Street witnessed Silvio age four dash behind a moving auto on Broadway near 106th Street. A tow vehicle rope tripped her as the forward car halted and the towed car closed the gap. She sustained multiple broken ribs and internal injuries and was taken to J Hood Wright Hospital. Two Central Park Taxi cars were involved. drivers Costello and Korn not arrested.
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Broadway
Pearl Bergerman
West 108Th Street
Silvio
106Th Street
Tied Queues toether in Bayonne Court Captivity
In Bayonne New Jersey Patrolman Russell arrested three Chinese men at Twenty third Street and Broadway for being unlawfully at large. He tied them together by their long braids to prevent escape and brought them to Recorder Mara. Their names were Wang Chin Sen Joe and Jo Man from the steamship Knight Errant at the Standard Oil dock. Chief officer Peter Kdze later freed them on shipboard custody.
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Bayonne
N. J
Recorder’s Court
Russell
Twenty-third Street
Broadway
Wang Chin
Sen Joe
Jo Man
Knight Errant
Oe Standard Oil
Constable Hook
Mara
Peter Kdze
Mayor Gaynor declines Socialist debate challenge
Mayor William J. Gaynor responds to T N Fall a Brooklyn Socialist who urged a public debate on Socialism. Gaynor questions the challenger’s fitness and cites Franklin and Mill while defending his view that Socialism risks reducing incentives and production.
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Gaynor
T. N. Fall
Brooklyn
Fall
Benjamin Franklin
Board of Aldermen
New York
Franklin
W. J. Gaynor
K. Wy Fall
Fulton Street
Brookyn
John Stuart Mill
Navigation Opens On Hudson With Ferry Rockland Run
Tarrytown N Y March 8 Navigation on the Hudson was opened today by the first trip of the season of the ferryboat Rockland between Tarrytown and Nyack. The A Brearley propeller will make her first New York trip on Monday and navigation will extend to Newburg that day.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Hudson
Rockland
Here
Nyack
A. Brearley
New York
Newburg
McLean Fails to Pay for Hope Diamond in Cartier Suit
Cartier sues Mr and Mrs Edward B McLean in the District of Columbia Supreme Court seeking $180000 for the Hope diamond plus a $26000 pendant. McLeans claimed the jewel was for inspection and not transferred and they attempted to return it recently. Cartier says no payment has been made since Jan 28 and accuses failure to deliver the pendant.
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New York Times
Washington
Edward B. McLean
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Cartier
McLeans
McLean
Cartiers
McLean i
Pierre C. Cartier
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Cartier
Hope
Pierre Cartier
Ned McLean
India
Louis XIV
Louis XVI
Daniel Eliason
Eliason
Henry Thomas Hope
London
Duke of Newcastle
Joseph Frankel
Habib
Abdul Hamid
Paris
Confession Details to Be Revealed in Italy Murder Trial
First details of what Abbate magio told police in Italy's great murder trial will be told in Next Sunday's Times, outlining charges and possible defenses. The report promises a window into the proceedings and the suspect's statements to investigators.
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Abbatemagio
Italy
Battleship Clerk Robbed Georgia of 50000 Dollars
Paymaster's Clerk Lee of the battleship Georgia is sought by the Navy Department for stealing more than 50000 dollars from the ship's safe at Guantanamo two weeks ago. A Court of Inquiry cleared Paymaster Morse, who is bonded. Lee may be hiding in Cuba as authorities pursue his capture.
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New York Times
Washington
Lee
Georgia
Navy Department
Guantanamo
Navy
John W. Morse
Morse
Cuba
United States
Caribbean
Secret Service
Like Real Wartime as Local Troops Go
Local troops head to Philadelphia to embark on the prairie steamer expedition, equipped here in record time as wartime mobilization accelerates.
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Philadelphia
Prairie
Elgin minister claims funds paid to vindicate Lorimer
The Rev Milton B Williams at a mass meeting in Elgin alleged that large sums were spent to retain Senator Lorimer in the Senate and named 100000 as a payment to a United States Senator. D E Postle of Chicago denied providing any authority or confirming the figures. Williams said Postle supplied the data used in his remarks.
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New York Times
Elgin
Ill
Milton B. Williams
First Methodist Church of
Oak Park
William Lorimer
Shelby M. Cullom
Lorimer
Senate
United States
Dr. Williams
Congress
Standard Oil
Williams
D. E. Postle
Chicago
Baldwin Will Suit Lost in Baldwin Estate Battle
The jury found Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turnbull, 17, failed to establish marriage to H. J. Baldwin, denying her one sixth of his $11 million estate. Judge Rives instructed a directed verdict against the plaintiff, who plans to appeal to the Supreme Court after the long trial dating from last December.
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Los Angeles
Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turnball
H. J
Lucky) Baldwin
Boston
Rives
Baldwin
Supreme Court
Miss Turnbull
Lillian Ashley Turnbull
San Francisco
Blanchard, 89, Disappears After Philadelphia Visit
Charles Clinton Blanchard, 89, vanished after traveling from Bradford to Philadelphia with his 6 year old son to visit his mother. A note claimed he would be in New York that night, but neither his family nor authorities have heard from him since. Police searches in New York and Philadelphia were fruitless. Blanchard was tall, well built, with a cropped mustache and thinning brown hair. he had four sons.
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Hall
Chicago
Alpa
Otel
New York Times
Bradford
Penn
Charles Clinton Blanchard
Philadelphia
North Nineteenth Street
Blanchard
New York
Bradford Lode
M Blanchard
Mrs Trask Aids Schools With Yaddo Lectures
Mrs Spencer Trask donated 22 500 to Saratoga Springs and opened Yaddo Summer home to local high school students for free lectures. Lecturers include Dr Liberty Bailey, Dr Henry Van Dyck, and Prof C Manchester. She also offered land near Yaddo for pupil horticulture and agriculture study.
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New York Times
Saratoga
N. Y
March
Spencer Trask
Saratoga Springs
Yaddo
Trask
Wesleyan University
Middleton
Board of Education
Florida Atlanta Birmingham Superb Through Service
Seaboard Air Line service note highlights reliability and nationwide reach. Address: Ing. 1,184 Broadway. Phone 5644. Mad. Ady.
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Florida
Atlanta
Birmingham
Seaboard Air Navy
Ing
Mad
Ady
Basque-style Hefbrauhaus Headlines Lunches and Dinners
A city listing highlights Hefbrauhaus at Broadway and 30th Street as a famous German restaurant known for Shoppers Luncheons and Dinners. The notice promotes its famed meals and ongoing lunchtime and evening dining options.
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Hefbrauhaus
30Th St
Mexican News Held Up In Laredo Circuit
Laredo Texas March 8 The AP leased wire to Mexico City opened late at 11 40 PM after a delay caused by lack of orders from Mexico The Mexican telegraph officer cited no reason for the hold up but presumed federal affairs used the line until authorization arrived The wire was connected and turned over to the press service with no explanation for the delay.
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Laredo
Texas
Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Taft Assures Diaz Over Texas Military Conjectures
U S Chargé d Affaires Fred M. Dearing informs Mexico's Foreign Minister Creel that Taft wishes to prevent misreadings from sensational press rumors about military maneuvers in Texas. Diaz's government replies no cause for concern exists and relations remain tranquil with no anti American sentiment evident.
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New York Times
Mexico City
Fred M. Dearing
United States
Wilson
Creel
Diaz
Texas
Sesior Creel
Taft
Gen
Gem Brooch Found Outside Sherry's Restaurant
Leon Fernandez, carriage starter at Sherry's, found a large diamond sunburst brooch with pearls on the sidewalk near the Forty-fourth Street entrance around 7 p.m. He handed it to Henry S. Guggenheim of Sherry's. The brooch, valued at about $500, awaits its owner.
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Leon Fernandez
Sherry’s
Forty-fourth Street
Fernandez
Henry S. Guggenheim
Gunshot Death Of Dentist Eugene Post At Home
The coroner investigates the death of 84 year old dentist Eugene Post of 19 Catharine Street New York Hospital. He died last night from a gunshot wound to the abdomen after being carried to the hospital by friends. A man claiming to be his brother said Post was shot on the ground floor hallway and crawled to bed. No ante mortem statement was requested by hospital authorities.
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Eugene Post
Catharine Street
New York Hospital
Post
Madison Street
New
Eugene
Woman Testifies She Made 800000 From Real Estate
Mrs. Matilda Roome Duvall testifies in a suit against J Edward Addicks and herself about securities used as collateral for loans. She claims she earned over 800000 in two years tied to Fifth Avenue real estate and says she never used more than 180000 capital for short periods. The case seeks to connect Duvall and Addicks as partners in a 252 Fifth Avenue transaction.
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Matilda Roome Duvall
J. Edward Addicks
Duvall
Addicks
Suspend Principal Devlin Amid 222d Street Proceedings
The Board of Education suspended Michael E. Devlin principal of Public School 8 after his involvement surfaced in the 222d Street condemnation case. Charges of gross misconduct were filed by City Superintendent Maxwell but not made public. Commissioners report tampering of boulevard records and say they will sit daily beginning March to conclude the inquiry.
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Board of Education
Michael E. Devlin
Public School 8
Maxwell
Devlin
Fosdick
War game calls mobilize militia to Mexican border
Washington reports say 20 000 troops and naval forces are moving near the border for maneuvers while Diaz health and Mexican finances draw attention. Limantour conferences in New York with financiers. Taft weighs expanding army powers.
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Mexico
Wilson
Taft
Great Britain
San Antonio
Washington
Texas
Diaz
Limantour
New York
Ambassador de la Barra
Sefior Limantour
Anxiety over Mexican maneuvers and border mobilization
Washington reports reveal tension over a Texas and California division mobilization framed as a drill for new field service regulations. Gen. Carter travels to San Antonio to command the unit while officials offer vague justifications amid Mexico unrest and cautious White House, War Department, and State Department positions.
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New York Times
Washington
Administration
War Department
Texas
California
Carter
San Antonio
Smilagly
Gen
White House
State Department
Knox
Palm Beach
Wilson
Department
Mexico
United States
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Harlem
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Cartier Firm
Jewel
Times
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Fort Monroe
Lorimer Fund
Pastor
U. 8
United States Coast Artillery
Pier 25
North River
Dominion
Jamestown
Eastern Army Department
Fort Totten
Fort Hancock
Fort Hamilton
Fort Wadsworth
Department of the East
Governors Island
Provisional Regiment
United States Infantry
John V. White
Coast Artillery
Frederick D. Grant
Totten
Hancock
Hamilton
Wadsworth
United States Quartermaster
Whitehall Street
Army
Old Dominion Line
Steamship Company
Old Point Comfort
Army Quartermaster
Comany
Newport News
Princess Anne
Johnson and Brown
L. V. Coleman
Capt. Coleman
C. C. Blanchard
MRS. Trask Aids Schools
Sherry
Education Board
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