Women of the Underworld Seek Wagner Plan to Reform Police
New York lawmakers released letters from women in the vice trade offering reforms to curb police graft. They propose a Social Welfare Commission and segregation of the social evil, urging city authorities to cooperate and citing intelligence and willingness to aid in solving the issue.
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New York City
A'dermanic Committee
Whitman
Social Welfare Commission
Women of the Underworld
Senator Wagner
the Underworld
New York
Citizens’ Committee
Wefare Commission
Societ
Whitman Visits Sulzer in Albany Meeting on Police Affair
District Attorney Whitman and wife arrived Albany at 6 PM and were hosted by Governor Sulzer and wife at the Executive Mansion. They discussed New York City police conditions as rumors swirl over Waldo’s charges and Wagner Committee recommendations. Sulzer offered no statement and Whitman declined to discuss details.
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New York Times
Albany
Whitman
Executive Mansion
Sulzer
New York City
Waldo
Svulzer
Tammany
Capital
Wagner
Mitchell Advises Sulzer In Albany Conference
John Mitchell vice president of the American Federation of Labor met with Governor Sulzer in Albany at the Governor’s request. The talks touched on labor matters and a possible State Labor Commissioner to oversee the reorganized Labor Department. Both men kept specifics about an offer private.
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Albany
John Mitchell
American Foderation of Labor
Sulzer
Mitchell
Labor Department
A M Mitchell
Rescuers Save Two From Subway Construction Pool
Nicholas Reilly fell into a ten foot deep water pool at the Fourth Avenue Subway excavation in Brooklyn after noon at Fighty-sixth Street. Carpenter plunged in to help but sank. engineer Ray Chisholm rescued both men, dragging Carpenter to surface and locating Reilly unconscious. Both were taken to Norwegian Hospital. Reilly’s condition described as serious.
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Nicholas Reilly
Carpenter, Boxley & Herrick
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Fighty-sixth Street
Reilly
Caius Carpenter
Carpenter
Ray Chisholm
Chisholm
Matthews
Million Dollar Graft Plague in Old Tenderloin District
District Attorney uncovers vast graft in Manhattan Third Inspection District from Fourteenth to Forty second Streets. Evidence shows up to 2 million dollars yearly in illicit payments to police and resort owners before July last, with numerous gambling houses disorderly resorts and all night venues tied to “luck money” flows and wire tapping rings.
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Harlem
Manhattan
Herman Josen
Rosenthal
East Fifty-first Street
Mary Goode
Vice Trust
Police Department
Tammany Wall
Tendetoin
Times
Tammany Hall
Baltimore
Hatfield frees eighteen more strikers in West Virginia
Governor Hatfield, with Attorney General Lilly and state officials, visited Pratt and Charleston to release eighteen military prisoners, bringing total liberated in two days to twenty eight. Strikers pledged no further rioting and awaited justice in military courts as peace prospects looked brighter. United Mine Workers leader John P. White left without meeting the governor. Among the freed were three of forty nine tried on conspiracy and murder charges Charles Batley Paul Paulson and Charles Gillespie.
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New York
Charleston
West Va
Hatfield
Lilly
James Lakin
State Board of Control
W. Scott Meredith
Pratt
John P. White
United Mine Workers
Charles Batley
Paul Paulson
United Mine Workers of America
Charles Gillespie
Two Boys Drowned Fishing In Delaware River
In Trenton New Jersey on March 20 two boys Joan and Paul Ohl drowned when their patched rowboat sank in the Delaware River between Trenton and Morrisville while fishing for shad. Fishermen recovered the bodies from nets after the craft foundered in mid river.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Joan
Paul Ohl
Delaware River
Morrisville
Lalor Street
Conan Doyle on England's next war and other features
Sir A Conan Doyle discusses England's future conflict in a leading feature. An ex Sultan of Turkey writes on women. Fire Commissioner Johnson analyzes prevention work. August Strindberg presents an unpublished story. Plus eight Morgan picture collection gems in full color.
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Sir A. Conan Doyle
England
Turkey
Johnson
Morgan Picture Collection
Milbank Anderson donates 650000 to New York welfare drive
Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, heiress and donor to the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, provides 650000 to fund a new Department of Social Welfare. The plan outlines three subdepartments: public health and hygiene, welfare of school children, and food supply, with emphasis on prevention and modernization of city services.
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Elizabeth Milbark Anderson
Abraham Archibald Anderson
Thirty-eighth Street
Jeremiah Milban
New York Association
Anderson
R. Fulton Cutting
Department of Social Welfare
Board of Managers
John A. Kingsbury
Association
Milbank Memorial
East Thirty-eighth Street
New York
Board of Education
An’erson
Committee On Food
Artandersor
Joseph
Barnard
Eliot Offered London Ambassadorship Amid Diplomatic Shuffle
Washington reports indicate Harvard President Emeritus Charles W. Eliot is being considered for the Ambassador to the Court of St James's. President Wilson previously pursued Olney, who declined, while other figures such as Guthrie Gerard Osborn and Thomas Nelson Page are discussed for other posts.
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Washington
Court of St. James’s
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Eliot
Wilson
London
Taft
Great Britain
Richard Olney
Boston
Court of St. James's
Olney
New England
George W. Guthrie
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Mexico
James W. Gerard
New York
Italy
William Church Osborn
Augustus Thomas
Thomas Nelson Page
Virginia
Japan
Frederic C. Penfield
Germantown
Penn
Seth Low
Joseph E. Willard
John R. Mott
Young Men’s Christian Association
China
McCombs to Decide Today on Ambassador Post
William F. McCombs chairman of the Democratic National Committee returns to Washington from New York and will meet President Wilson to give his final answer about accepting the Ambassadorship to France. An official announcement is expected after the talks.
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McCombs
New York Times
Washington
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
New York
Wilson
France
Two Inspectors Weaken Ask Whitman About Graft Confession
District Attorney Whitman declined to name the ex inspector who visited him at his home Wednesday night seeking terms for a confession on graft in the Sixth Inspection District. He said another conference would be arranged in the near future.
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James E. Smith
West Forty-second Street
Smith
Sixth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Whitman
Albany
Bomb Explodes at Prince Street Store Under Fog
A bomb placed in the doorway of a men s furnishings shop on the ground floor of a tenement at TM and 22 Prince Street exploded in heavy fog. The blast wrecked the storefront, shattered windows in the tenement above owned by Michael Valentino, and damaged the adjacent vacant store and neighboring tenement windows. Police say Valentino has received threatening letters as residents flooded the street until ordered back by reserves.
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Prince Street
Michael, Vallino
Ex Gov Frank B Black Near Death in Troy
Ex Governor Frank B Black lies unconscious in Troy as doctors warn death could come at any time. He weakened yesterday and faded to unconsciousness this morning, with physicians predicting possible recovery or death tonight.
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New York Times
Troy
Frank
Black
Pope Pius IX Improves. Takes Walk and Meal
Rome reports Pope Pius X shows rapid improvement after an illness. He was up most of the day and moved about his study and dining room. He received Cardinal Merry del Val and other church officials, and hoped to see Gen Porfirio Diaz after Easter, but the doctor advised against it today due to his frail condition.
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Rome
Pope Pius
Merry Cet Val
Pape
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Ettore Marchiafava
Gen. Diaz
Thieves Egg Paintings in Silver Lake Heights Burglary
Thieves damaged the home of F C Howland on Theresa Lane by smashing eggs on valuable oil paintings and pouring milk on furniture after forcing a rear door. They found only 50 dollars reward and 39 in cash, then fled. Neighbors saw two suspicious youths but police have no leads.
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F. C. Howland
Theresa Lane
Silver Lake Heights
S. I
Two Rich Looking Boys Detained by New York Detectives
Detectives Donnelly Quinn and Byrons stopped two well dressed youths at Columbus Avenue and 14th Street after they flashed rolls of 100 and 20 dollar bills and jewelry. The pair identified as William Stein and Joseph Scott of 871 Columbus Avenue were taken to West 100th Street Station. Six diamond rings and marked jewelry were recovered. The boys claimed the items came from an apartment at 159 West 14th Street where James Reilly was arrested.
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Donnelly
Quinn
West 100Th Street
William Stein
Columbus Avenue
Joseph Scott
West Weth Street
James Reilly
Palm Beach Club Closes Early Amid Gambling Probes
The Palm Beach Club in Palm Beach shuts season early with Easter crowds departing. Gov. Park Trammell and Sheriff Baker order a full gambling inquiry after the governor pushed enforcement despite the sheriff finding no law violations. Trammell denies ties to Bryan on the gambling charges.
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New York Times
Jacksonville
Fla
Palm Beach
Park Trammell
Baker
Palm Beach County
Tallahasse
Fls
Bryan
Young Couple Robbed in Central Park at Gunpoint
Two men robbed a young clerk Michael Murphy and Marion Dougherty near the Fifth Avenue entrance at 165th Street. They took Murphy’s gold watch and chain and a gold medal and a small sum from Dougherty as they fled in fog. Murphy resisted and Dougherty screamed during the assault.
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Central Park
Fifth Avenue
165Th Street
Michael Murphy
West 116Th Street
Marion Dougherty
Murphy
Miss Dougherty
Marcus
Miss Dowty
Misserty
Murb
Big
Dougherty
Widow in Plymouth case of admiral murder
Boston dispatch reports Mrs Jennie May Harrison Eaton aged 45, widow of Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton, arrested on murder charges for arsenic poisoning. DA Barker hints at possible sanity commission and future grand jury action. defense attorney Geogan meets her as she awaits hearings. Court path, inquest, and family notes color the developing case.
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New York Times
Boston
Killig
Joseph G. Eaton
Jennie May Harsrison Eaton
Plymouth County
Uail
Eaton
Scott
Barker
Eaton Home
Assinippi
Hingham
Francis J. Geogan
June Ainsworth Keyes
Dorothy Ainsworth
George Harrison
William Henry Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
D. H. Ainsworth
United States Senate
Washington
U States Navy
Dria
P. Keyes
Ainsworth
Mery Varnum
Dracut
Mass
Joe
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