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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1913
Page
1
District Attorney Charles S. Whitman presses the barge canal and highway graft probe despite threats and veiled warnings. A Syracuse telegram to John A. Hennessy is examined as Whitman pledges to proceed, citing possible perjury risks and support from the public.
A large black cat held the second floor hallway of a tenement at 324 West Sixteenth Street for five hours. Tenants fled as workers and Patrolman Lehane confronted the beast. The cat was finally killed with two revolver shots, after which residents resumed normal exits from the building.
A second story blaze in a roaming house at 272 West Thirty-eighth Street sent smoke through five stories. Patrolman Brawer and Patrolman Gaffney rescued Mrs Rose Griffith and aided James and Frances Finn from the fire escape as the fire was contained to two rooms causing $40 in damage.
President Poincaré and about 10 000 invitees are to hear the first plea for a monumental international city devoted to human progress at the Sorbonne on December 5. Hendrik Andersen, the American sculptor behind the plan, has drawn support from 79 international societies and major leaders. The project faces a $100 million price tag and possible sites across Europe and nearby shores.
Dr Walter Bensel, sanitary head of New York, fatally struck an unidentified man on Broad Street Newark with his car under a Lackawanna bridge. The victim died at City Hospital from a fractured skull. Bensel was arrested by Traffic Policeman Surges and paroled for a morning hearing.
Percy Grannis a 34 year old New York banker with offices at 10 Wall Street and a Yonkers residence on Mile Square Road tried to kill himself with a revolver last night. He was found in an orchard near his home around 11. He suffered a lung wound and was rushed to St John’s Riverside Hospital where his condition was reported critical. Grannis had displayed recent despondency over business troubles. He is married with one child.
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Washington reports indicate White House pressure shifts Banking and Currency Committee votes as O Gorman and Reed move toward administration positions. Debates center on number of regional banks and new control rules with party conference planned to push a favorable bill despite likely resistance.
Edward Grant and William Delehanty, both about 28, consumed bichloride of mercury tablets on a dare after a spree with a man named Riley hunted by police. They were hospitalized at St. Luke's in critical condition as doctors feared they would not survive.
Baron von Moltke, famed German fire fighter, declares that the formula will be shared with the world. The statement is billed as a promise available in tomorrow’s Sunday Times.
A secret conference of top German iron and steel leaders outlined forming the League for Foreign Propaganda to expand export trade. The plan, led by the Association of German Iron and Steel Manufacturers, envisions moving picture campaigns and lectures in native tongues to showcase Made in Germany and counter foreign criticism.
A 45-year-old woman, wife of Dr. Harry G. Barris, was found in Central Park with a bottle labeled bichloride of mercury and detained after an attempted self poisoning. She denied intent and was taken to Bellevue Hospital for observation amid melancholy over her husband’s absence.
Paris news reports Maurice Chevilliard’s display over Buc in a fifty mile gale surpassing Pégoud with daring stunts. Chevilliard’s Farman biplane rode winds to 800 feet, performing spirals and wing perpendicular dives before a Paris crowd and New York Times representative. He plans Juvisy public appearance and a future American tour.
President Wilson is expected to accept John Purroy Mitchel's resignation as New York Collector of Customs within days. Dudley Field Malone is seen as Mitchel's successor and was reportedly agreed upon. Malone visited the White House and left Washington after meetings.
The Hamburg American Line freighter Aragonia, carrying a crew of fifty, has been overdue at Boston for a week. She last reported passing Gibraltar on Oct. 17 bound from Yokohama and other Asiatic ports. A boiler collapse forced repairs in Aden during the Red Sea crossing, with her expected return around Oct. 30.
City Club secretary Robert S. Binkerd said three of four amendments were carried in Tuesday’s vote. Across 111 districts sampled, majorities favored Nos. 1 2 4 while No. 3 was likely not. Buffalo carried all four amendments by substantial majorities. County tallies from Ulster Rensselaer and Madison show mixed results with Nos. 2 and 4 often winning by margins, while No. 1 failed in Madison by 1653 and No. 4 failed by 242 in that county.
In Winnemucca Nevada a quiet divorce trial for John A. Ottinger and Rebecca Ottinger proceeded with no spoken words from either party. Ottinger, a Chattanooga landowner, alleged desertion in October 1910. the wife, who had five children from a prior marriage, offered no reply and communicated only by writing.
Herbert Noll, an attorney and real estate operator from New York City, obtained a divorce today from his 18 year old bride Katharine M. Noll. He testified she left him four hours after their Oct 16 marriage in New York and did not return, later saying she acted hastily and regretted the step.
Louis A. Welsh, the first Socialist Sheriff elected in the United States, will assume the post on January 1 in Schenectady. The steamfitter was the sole Socialist winner on the ticket, securing a 1,058 plurality after three campaigns.
At the Custom House authorities report 150 aigrettes and other wild bird plumes seized from Atlantic liner passengers. Of 155 items, many are fakes, prompting talk of returning artificial plumes to their owners. A recent case on the Bremen involved a stuffed hawk shot in the Black Forest and seized under the new bird protection act.
Verplanck of Fishkill on Hudson wins air race from Chicago to Detroit finishing in ten hours then visits Poughkeepsie with guest Silas Hinckley. He gives exhibition flights carrying William H. Frank Jr the mayor's son Florence Brewer and Robert L. Graham. He returns to his hangar at Chelsea and Agnes Berry soprano is announced for a future concert at Van Der Ruth Hotel with tickets $2.50.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court held a restaurant proprietor not liable for a patron's overcoat theft unless the garment was entrusted to an employee. The ruling reversed a $40 Municipal Court judgment by Reginald de M. Fentworth against Leon C. Riggs, West Forty second Street restaurant owner, and the Appellate Term had upheld that judgment.
Nightly appearances of Peeping Toms at Vassar College alarm students and lead to doubled night watchmen patrols around dormitories. A youth was arrested but the nuisance continues, prompting management to enforce stricter grounds surveillance.
Charleston officials announce favorable early results from West Virginia s Workmen s Compensation Act. For October fatalities, twenty five widows or mothers will be insured and receive monthly benefits. Temporary disabilities cost the state 15797 dollars. first quarter indemnity projected at 45000 dollars provides two dollars per month for each widow or mother and three fifty per month for each child.
Mrs. Leon Alden was found guilty in federal court of using the mails to defraud and sentenced to eighteen months at Leavenworth. She allegedly swindled numerous men in the Central Western states by promising marriage and securing investments, operating under aliases including Anna Bb. Taylor Fannie E. Morton Louise C. Davis and Jessie C. Halliday with activity dating from 1904 in cities like Memphis and Houston.
The 27 pound lobster, hailed by veteran lobster men as the largest ever seen, was brought to port. Measured at 37 inches across from claw to claw with a 24 inch claw length and 20 inch feelers, the giant could feed twenty five chorus girls on Broadway.
Ervin Pope, in Anniston Alabama, faced his fifth death sentence for the murder of J B McClurkin a wealthy planner He has been convicted four times previously and granted new trials twice by the Supreme Court On another appeal looming the case continues to move through the courts with review of the forthwith issue.
Charles B Manierre of New York, Prohibition Party candidate for Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, filed a statement showing no contributions or expenditures. The Democratic Committee of the 30th Assembly District reported spending $1,021.34. Louis Cuvillier, the Democratic candidate in the district, was defeated. Gerald Morgan, a state Senate candidate in the 26th district, reported expenditures of $396.60.
News from Mexico City reports President Huerta resisting U S pressure while Europe seeks delay. John Lind sails in, and rumors of an ultimatums and arms shipments surface. Huerta demands arms and concessions and may yield only if Europe backs action. Wilson Cabinet split, armed intervention debated.
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