Alibis Fail as Graft Trial Heads to Jury Verdict
Ex police inspectors Dennis Sweeney John J Murtha James F P Thompson and James E Hussey face conspiracy to defeat justice trial before Supreme Court Justice Seabury. Defense alibis falter as Whitman sums up with witnesses detailing character and movements while trial eyes the jury for Tuesday phase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Sweeney
John J. Murtha
James Fp.thompson
James E. Hussey
Supreme Court
Seabury
Whitman
M. Wellman
Hussey
Abraham
Gilbert
Martha
Pawyers
George Gordon Hattie
Sweeney
Mr. Battle
Bh. Stanchfield
Thompson
Woman Escapes Lynchers in Crown Point Ride
Mrs Grace Smith who shot and killed Clarence Murphy in Gary last Wednesday night avoided a planned lynching by Gary officials Mayor Knotts and Chief Neuman escorting her by car to Crown Point. The mob from Murphy s Switchmen s Union had planned to tar and feather her at the transfer point, but a streetcar ambush was sidestepped as the authorities altered the route using rifles and pistols for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Point
Ind
Grace Smith
Clarence Murphy
Gary
Mayer Knotts
Neuman
Murphy
Switchmen’s Union
President suspends Civil Service rule for Brooklyn man
The President issued an executive order suspending Civil Service requirements to appoint Svend A. Swensen of Brooklyn to a Watchman position at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Swensen, a former engineer and machinist, lost an arm and part of his other hand in a machine accident at Needy's Landing, Missouri, two years ago and has since struggled to earn a living. Representative John J. Fitzgerald of Brooklyn urged the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Svend A. Swensen
Brooklyn
N. Y
Swensen
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Needy’s Landing
John J. Fitzgerald
Red Flag Threat Shocks East Liverpool Crowd
In East Liverpool Ohio on May 3 pedestrians saw a large red flag atop a prominent building. City authorities said they lacked power to remove it. Socialists had previously raised multiple red flags denoting their HQ. G A R and other groups protested but police could not act. Socialists removed the earlier flag and raised a larger one, provoking further protests. They vow police protection if the flag is challenged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Ohio
Brandeis
Billard Company
Mr. Robbins
Prouty
New Haven
Robbins
Billlaway
Orpes
Bilard Company
Validation Committee of
Massachusetts
Billard
Boston & Maine
C. F. Choate, Jr
Mellen
W. J. Hobbs
Boston and
Maine
Worcester
Boston
Lucius S Storrs
Connecticut Company
Rhode Island Company
Housatonic Power Company
Ermen‘s
Separation for Mrs Bell Ends In Alimony And Custody
Supreme Court Justice Tompkins grants a decree of separation to Mrs. Anna C. Bell from Charles T. Bell private secretary to banker Joseph Millbank of 33 Wall Street. She cites meanness and cruelty including a clambake outing and a harsh grocery remark. Bell must pay $10 weekly alimony. custody of their daughter and the Mount Vernon home go to Mrs. Bell.
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New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
Supreme Court
Tompkins
Anna C. Bell
Charles T. Bell
Joseph Millbank
Wall Street
Mount Vernon
Bell
Bixby Faces Arraignment In Juvenile Court Case
George H. Bixby a wealthy Long Beach resident was arraigned on indictments based on testimony from two young girls. He did not appear in person. attorneys entered an appearance. Judge Wilbur scheduled a Monday preliminary hearing and may request another judge for the trial amid an effort to remove him as head of the Juvenile Court led by his sister Miss Fanny Bixby. Mrs. Joseph Rosenberg is also indicted as keeper of The Jonquil resort where Bixby was known as “the black pearl.”
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Los Angeles
George H. Bixby
Long Beach
Bixby
Wilbur
Fanny Bixby
Joseph Rosenberg
Jonquil
Gas overpowers children in Williamsburg kitchen
Mrs. Mary Grolitz of 215 Varet to Williamsburg found her three children Sarah Julius and Bertha unconscious after returning from shopping. Gas from the kitchen range suffocated them but neighbors and Dr. Goldman revived the youngsters and their mother kept them under care in Williamsburg Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Grolitz
Varetto Williamsburg
Sarah
Julius
Bertha
California Land Bill Faces Referendum Vote Delay
Secretary Bryan urged California to seek a referendum on the anti alien land bill as the Senate passed the measure 36 to 2 and the Assembly neared midnight. He left for Washington after praising state actions and urging diplomacy to avoid immediate enactment. Senator Cates acknowledged federal involvement and the legislature’s responsibility amid differing views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Sacramento
Senate
Bryan
Wilson
Washington
Los Angeles
Mulberry Street Gunfight Claims Two Police Officers
One Italian gunman killed and another policeman wounded as a street battle on Mulberry Street ends with William Heaney and Charles Tate dead. John Rizzo, tied to prior shootings, is identified among the dead gangsters. Detectives pursue the suspect amid a large crowd as Inspector Maury directs operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Mulberry Street
William Heaney
Mulberry” Street
Charles, Tate
John Rizzo
Spring Street
Prince
Spring Streets
Fourteenth Street
Aurot
Rizzo
Sroome Street
Canal Street
Heaney
Tare
Eas
Totter
Tate
Sullivan
Prince and
Sunday Times Page Outline and Contents
A cluttered index of sections and features listed for the Sunday Times including society, theaters, music, pictorials, news, editorials, magazines, and real estate. It references various topics such as suffrage, feminism, art, bridge, and book reviews with multiple page markers and feature titles.
New York to Attente and Return Via Southern Railway
Fragmentary notice lists New York and Attente on a Southern Railway route with 3 through trains daily and dated 1913. Mentions general fare rates from other points and the line’s schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Attente
Southern Railway
Y Y. of
Navy Cannot Identify Man Who Was Believed Navy
fingerprint experts fail to identify a Mayo Minnesota memory loss patient at State Hospital for the Inane Rochester. A 40 year old man about 5 feet 5½ inches tall with brown hair and eyes, paralyzed right arm, a skull indentation and initials J C RK. He was found 7 years ago at a Waseca railroad stop. he may have been robbed of 3500 after entanglement with a woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Navy Department
State Hospital
Gils
Navy
Waseca
Minn
Rochester
Trainmen Vote to Strike If No Arbitration In Sight
Philadelphia officials from the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen say trainmen will vote next week to strike if railroad officials refuse to arbitrate. Ballots will be distributed soon, and leader James Devine predicts near unanimous support. He says passenger crews will be backed by freight trainmen if engineers and firemen strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
James Devine
Hmit
Six Cambridge Children Drowned in Charles River Sinking
An overloaded row boat sank in the Charles River at dusk killing six Cambridge children ages 8 to 16. Four others survived including two boys who could swim. Drowned were Anna Carney Flora Silva Mary Shaw Frank Murdy John Cooney and Joseee hose saved were John Alker Antonio Monesky Walker Monesky and Burgess hosted the party by the West Boston bridge when the leaking boat sank near the river wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles River
Cambridge
Anna Carney
Flora Silva
Mary Shaw
Frank Murdy
John Cooney
Jose — Eehose
John Alker
Antonio Monesky
Walker
Monesky
Burgess
Boston Bridge
Roy
Unclear travel notice from Washington to Chattanooga
Fragmentary OCR text appears to reference a fare or travel route between Washington D C and Chattanooga Tennessee with a return via an entity or address on 264th Avenue. No clear event date or official organization details are readable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga, Tenn
Washington, D. C
264Th Ave
Prouty to face Washington inquiry on New Haven case
In Boston the Inter State Commerce Commission's chairman Prouty and staff head to Washington where arguments in the New Haven Railroad investigation resume. He says evidence suggests Sherman law violations and that the DOJ will determine criminal action while the commission makes recommendations to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Boston
New Haven Railroad
Prouty
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Washington
Congress
Commission
Department of Justice
New Haven
United States Attorney General
Mellen
Attorney General's Office
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Newngland
New England
Edward D. Robbins
Louis D. Brandeis
Brandeis
Robbins
Charles Mellen
Charles F. Brooker
Republcan National Committee
Connecticut
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Canal Anniversary Marked by Construction Plans
Panama May 3 Local canal workers plan celebration for the ninth anniversary of U S operation at the Isthmus. Proposals aim to tunnel under the canal below Culebra Cut for a railroad line instead of building a bridge. A fresh landslide in Culebra Cut buried tracks and equipment, filling the canal bottom 26 feet high over 200 feet.
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New York Times
Panama
United States
Isthmus
Culebra Cut
Culebra
Rosario Strike Riots End Ambiguity After Troop Clash
In Rosario the strike ends except for a tramcar employee. Troops fired on rioters wounding many and killing one. Four thousand taxicab chauffeurs strike in Buenos Aires against a new municipal regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Buenos Aires
Rosario
Two Heirs Dig In Mine Near Wilkesbarre
Harold Vanderbilt and George F. Baker Jr. of New York joined E. B. Loomis on a DL&W tour and worked as miner and helper in the Truesdale mine at Nanticoke. They donned mine gear and helped cut enough coal to fill a mine car during a several hour shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Wilkesbarre
Truesdale
Nanticoke
Harold Vanderbilt
George F. Baker, Jr
New York
Mr. Vanderbilt
Mr. Baker
E. B. Loomis
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Illness of Emigrant Bank President Mulry
THOMAS M. MULRY III, president of the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank, is ill at 10 Perry Street. Stricken with heart trouble last Wednesday, he is under Dr. Charles care at 112 West T h Street. Officials say his condition is not dangerous and expect recovery in ten days to two weeks, with plans to move to the country to recuperate. Mulry recently returned from a Jamaica trip and remains active in Catholic charitable work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Mulry
Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
Perry Street
Charles
West T H Street
Mr. Mulry
Jamaica
New York
Smokers Arrested En Masse On Coney Island Elevated
A dozen Strong Arm Squad members plus more than fifty arrests targeted the Culver and Brighton Beach elevated trains at Coney Island for violating the anti smoking ordinance. Some detainees were escorted to the Police Station while families returned home. Indignation rose among many smokers over enforcement.
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Culver
Brighton Beach
Coney Island
Rhode Island Celebrates Independence Day Early
Rhode Island marked its own Independence Day with statewide patriotic exercises after renouncing allegiance to England two months before other colonies. The program was moved up a day since the anniversary falls on a Sunday.
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Providence
Rhode Island
England
Auto truck kills two railroad men near Hightstown
Bernard Wishart of Bordentown a Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman was killed instantly and Washington Truax of Hightstown another railroad brakeman was badly injured when struck by Addison Pernie’s auto truck near Hightstown. Pernie held on $1000 bail in Mercer Court charged with manslaughter after the fatal early morning crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Wishart
Bordentown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington Truax
Hightstown
Wishart
Truax
Addison Ferrig
Pernie
Trenton
N. J
Addison Pernie
Hightytown
Gniehtel
Mercer Court
LASSOED DROWNING CHILD RESCUED ON RIVER PIER
Eight year old Joseph Debsky slipped from the Middleton hospital boat at East Ninety first Street and fell into the river. Richard Curran and several other boys pulled him from the water after he struck his head on the pier. He was taken to Reception Hospital with a scalp wound and dressed in a warm sweater and new trousers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Debsky
East Eighty-first Street
Middleton
East Ninety-first Street
Richard Curran
First Avenue
Josep
Nandy
Joseph
Scudder
Wittien McKin
10000 Marchers In Suffrage Line In New York Parade
Ten thousand suffragists marched up Fifth Avenue in yellow and white, protected by police to prevent disorder. The parade, starting at Washington Square, lasted about 1 hour 50 minutes with 9613 in line per expert counts. Notable figures included Inez Milholland and Ruth Wellington among the riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Carnegie Hall
White Wings
Washington Square
National Association
Antis
Hard Cake Burleson
Inez Milholland
Ruth Wellington
Marlin
James A. Wenz
Annie Tinker
Agnes Savin
Leona Tobias
New York State
Cate
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Ors
Whitman Springs
Surprise
Lieut. Walsh
Lmelight
Moss
Thompson Fox
West End Avenue
Ninety-fifth Street
S and
O'Clock
MecNichols
Stagg Street
McNichols
P.M
James F.thompson
Mr. Whitman
George A. Sipp
Sipp
Liberty
Con Argention
George A. Sipps
Pon
Capt
Walsh
St. Win- Cats
Aish
Hspital
Mrn Sweeney
Mar- GS
Mr. Marmind
Gary Mayor Balks
Switchman
Navy Yard
Mother
Atlanta & Ret
Air Line Ry
Broadway
Ady Ctw
California
Johnson
Legislators
Assembly
Tdeas
Br. Bryan
Cates
Society
Sunday Times
J. °. Morgan
Madison Avenue
Metropolitan Opera Ballet School
Pease
Pittsburgh
Ll. & IV
Europe
Kate Trimble Woolsey
Restoro
Albania
Belgium
Dr. Bernard Taft
Hu. Maser
Book Review
Italy
Woman's Pages
Automobile
Vl. Real Estate, Resorts, College and Financial News
Ship Neves
College News
Financial and Business News
Road Company
Sherman Law
Case
Grand Jury
Brandeis Glash
Nbrsiten
Waite Mi
Odet
Thomas M. Mulry III
Emigrant Industrial Bank
Sunshine Bank
Autis
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