18 Sep 1913
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1913
Page
1
Assembly to meet today to formulate five additional articles of impeachment. High court sits at noon. Stanchfield added to array of anti Sulzer counsel. Judge Cullen predicts swift action.
The Assembly approved eight articles charging Gov. Sulzer with false campaign statements perjury bribery of witnesses suppression of evidence witness intimidation obstruction of Colwell pre election fund misuse for stock speculation larceny threats to control public officers and corrupt influence to affect stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange.
Special to The New York Times Albany Sept 17 Every detail is ready for the impeachment trial of William Sulzer the first New York governor to face the High Court of Impeachment. The Assembly Board of Managers and both sides lawyers gather as Sulzer remains silent and confident says he expects acquittal.
Washington reports President Wilson plans to appoint Henry Wade Rogers dean of Yale Law School as Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Second Judicial Circuit, to fill the vacancy from Walter C. Noyes. The circuit covers Vermont Connecticut and New York districts.
F C Waldman of Sydney, staying at Hotel Astor, receives a message for another Waldman. He meets S C Waldman in the lobby and discovers they are long lost brothers from Berlin who were separated when their ship wrecked forty years earlier. Each believed the other dead.
Dr. George W. Crile raced a special train 103 miles to Toledo to reach George W. Bennett on the edge of death after appendicitis. Bennett died on arrival. In Boston, Mrs. James E. Hughes survived a death struggle to reach her Arlington home, after Bright's disease left little hope for recovery.
Richard F. Decker of Summit was injured in the Bar Har bor express wreck. He was transported from New Haven to Manhattan then Hoboken and Convent Station before learning his mother Harriet Louise Decker had died. His family runs a Northern New Jersey grocery chain.
A petition signed by bank presidents and merchants asks Congress and Senator O Gorman to gear Governors Island for a regular army infantry regiment with modern barracks. They argue proximity to the financial district aids quick response to riots disasters and would showcase the army’s readiness while preserving the island’s military heritage.
London faces likely total bus service suspension as Tilling drivers strike over union badges. Across the UK, railway and freight stoppages paralyze Birmingham Liverpool Dublin and Pontypridd as workers join protests. Police violence and unrest widen with 5,000-strong processions and mounting shortages.
R Fulton Cutting outlines a plan to prevent political scandals by promoting cleanliness in state government in a strong interview with NEXT SUNDAY'S TIMES.
W K Vanderbilt Jr files deed for 13.5 acres of Deepdale Lakeville Long Island with $17 500 first mortgage and $12 000 second mortgage to Amy S Gibson of Manhattan The sale follows a earlier 14 acre transfer to a real estate firm signaling retirement to Newport and long stagnation of Deepdale amid past leases and expansions by Mrs W K Vanderbilt Jr and plans for Jericho land.
Mrs. Sigmund Strauss finds her maid Rosa Decissey clinging to a window ledge above Broadway after being dispatched to fetch a needle. A crowd gathers as firefighters arrive and a doctor pronounces the maid melancholia while Mrs. Strauss suffers a near hysteria.
David Lamar the Wall Street speculator spent four hours before U S Commissioner Taylor hearing arguments on extradition to New York. He faces indictment for impersonating Congressman A Mitchell Palmer to defraud United States Steel and J P Morgan Co. Lamar’s defense argued Palmer not a public officer and the indictment defective. He appeared amused throughout.
A wealthy appearing widow claiming Martha Centre of New York was arrested at the Bellevue-Stratford on suspicion of insanity amid lavish gems and tips. She tore pearls from her neck during detention and claimed a Boston father as her source of wealth. Authorities questioned her behavior as a possible plot for a play titled the Mad Widow. In Boston Max Fleming was missing from his deli shop and home, with a neighbor saying the bell was unanswered.
Washington September 17 1915 President Wilson and Secretary Bryan weigh Roosevelt for a mission to Great Britain and Germany to urge participation in the Panama Pacific Exposition. No decision yet on rank or acceptance as cooperation from the two nations remains uncertain and past appeals have failed.
A Times reporter at Sagamore Hill sought Roosevelt input on a suggested administration assignment. A household member read the Washington dispatch and refused disturbance, saying Roosevelt was in bed. He added the Colonel would comment tomorrow if he chose.
Berlin reports say ex President Roosevelt may travel to Russia within days to press the Czarist government to attend the Panama Canal opening ceremonies. The telegrams note potential expansion of the mission to Germany and San Francisco Exposition reconsideration if Washington acts.
Sir Algernon Freeman Firth President of the Congress of British Chambers of Commerce expressed great regret at Britain’s government refusal to participate in the Panama Pacific Exposition. He spoke at the Antwerp gathering of 500 delegates from around the world during the inaugural address.
Madrid Sept 17 The Spanish government has not decided on participation in the Panama Pacific Exposition. War costs in Morocco strain the treasury, but the Vega Sinclan report urges adequate Spanish representation. A possible remedy is asking large business houses to donate funds for the exhibit.
An outbreak of typhoid fever in the district east of Third Avenue between Sixth and Thirty-third Streets leaves seventy patients at Bellevue Hospital, with twenty children among them. Six new patients arrived yesterday as health officials investigate milk sources and local food handling practices. Dr. Fleming notes possible milk contamination while Dr. Lederle hopes to identify the outbreak origin.
Milltown New Jersey seeks a mayoral candidate after ill health forces incumbent Conrad Richter to decline renomination. Democratic and Progressive tickets lack mayoral nominees, while Republicans list councilmen and a county committeeman. Voters must fill in mayor and borough clerk names on ballots.
A New Orleans dispatch cites a rumor that the Frisco has ceded control of the New Orleans Mobile & Chicago Railroad to the Hill system via Burlington. The report says Burlington will make the line its Southern outlet through New Orleans and Mobile, rehabilitate it, and extend to the Ohio River crossing at Metropolis with premier rolling stock.
San Diego reports Assistant Paymaster H. J. Hauser of the cruiser Buffalo is under arrest for being more than 1400 dollars short in his accounts. He faces a court martial at Mare Island after the ship reaches San Francisco. Hauser has an excellent service record and offered no statement today.
In Mexico Missouri Rev Roy Hudson a former boxer preached a farewell revival while sheriff guards watched from the front row He faced extradition to Terre Haute Indiana on a wife abandonment charge He denied deserting his wife saying she left after a court fining her for child abuse was paid He pledged to return.
Hamburg authorities report the Hamburg South America Steamship Company was defrauded of 200000 by employment agents who hired stevedores and fraudulently billed for more workers than used. Two agents have been arrested and some company employees are said to be involved in collusion.
In Pittsburgh on September 17 Congressman Stephen G. Porter secured a decisive primary win over Joseph G. Armstrong by 261 votes. The Porter victory signals a likely November edge and foretells a fading Oliver-Penrose influence as political careers of Senators Penrose and Oliver face renewed pressure.
A sensational item reports a romance themed love letter to a priest and a separate note from Dr Muret for 300 dollars discovered at a counterfeit plant tied to a dentist. The piece hints at criminal intrigue and social scandal surrounding illicit schemes.
Detectives under Inspector Faurot raid a flat at 2562 Eighth Avenue seizing evidence tied to Hans Schmidt priest at St. Joseph's Church and to Ernest Arthur Muret a man charged with counterfeiting. They uncover letters naming aliases and a potential alibi as investigations broaden to other apartments and a tied murder case.
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