Lawyer Sues Tombs Angel Miss Smedley in Supreme Court
John Wise Jr sues Miss Mary Clementine Smedley for 25000 in legal fees. known as The Tombs Angel, she fought for Lamport estate after his 1907 death in Paris. despite efforts, service by publication ordered as she remains elusive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Clementine Smedley
Supreme Court
John 8. Wise, Jr
Miss Smedley
Hiram H. Lamport
Continental Fire Insurance Company
Faris
Waldorf
Mr. Wise
John
Wise
Missmed
Justice Finch
The
Graceful First Suits for Girls
A study outlines age appropriate suits for girls from ten to fifteen. The collection features De-Pinna models in mixtures cheviots whip cords corduroys and cloths with many silk linings, offering tailored fits for various figures. Prices range from 25 to 48 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Pima
Riding Habits Hats and Shoes for Autumn Wear
Autumn riding suits for girls and misses offered in latest English lines. Ready-to-wear and custom-made outfits. Hats shirts stocks boots and all accessories to complete the riding ensemble. New De Pinna models for autumn golfing and outing wear.
De Pinna Autumn Suits Dresses and Coats
Juniors and Misses receive a complete De Pinna ready to wear line featuring tailored suits and dresses. Excludes evening wear, with exclusive materials and designs adapted from imported models. Coats address college school wear and outing needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Pinna
De Pinna Autumn Hats for Misses
Tailored hats in Scotch mixtures and checks with puggaree bands of Roman stripes. A very attractive assortment this house has offered. Prices from five dollars. Also Misses' felt and velour hats in an extensive selection.
Fear Colonel Plans to Rule Convention
Washington reports alarm among Republican operatives over a coordinated plan to present Theodore Roosevelt at the 1905 National Convention with delegate backing but not his nomination. Senator Jones of Washington is cited as predicting Roosevelt will enter Pacific Coast primaries and win decisively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Prise
William Haft
Taft
Friends of
Jones
Reublican
Minnesota
Indiana
New Hampshire
Michigan
California
Secretary of Spanish Embassy Ill in Newport
Senior Don Pedro Stanley Heeren, secretary of the Spanish Embassy, is critically ill with heart and kidney trouble at Newport Hospital. Dr. W S Thayer of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and Dr. Charles D. Easton called in consultation. Sefiora Heeren remains at his side as the Spanish Ambassador and Mme Riano attend. two brothers arrived from White Sulphur Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
R. L
Pedro Stanley Heeren
Newport Hospital
W. 8S. Thayer
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Charles D. Easton
Sefiora Heeren
Sefior Riano
Mme. Riano
Threats rise as Hillstrom execution nears in Utah
Salt Lake City reports a flood of threats against Governor Spry and state officials tied to Joseph Hillstrom's murder case. Security tightens with doubled prison guards, civilian-clothes officers, and heavy measures including solitary confinement and halted visits. Hillstrom, alias Joe Hill, faced a final pardon hearing before the Board of Pardons. his request was denied and execution set for October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Salt Lake
William Spry
Industrial Workers of the World
Joseph Hillstrom
State Prison
Alistromn
Hillstrom
State Board of Pardons
Joe Hill
Hill
New York
Catholic building finance committee formed for Knights project
Mayor Mitchel and dozens of Catholic laymen join the Finance Committee of a new Knights of Columbus Building in New York. Chairman William P. Myhan notes strong approval and expects winter fundraising to cover 200000 to 300000 dollars. Cardinal Farley endorses. site not decided, with a preferred location near the Lexington Avenue subway between 42nd and 59th Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchel
Controller Prendergast
W. Bourke Cochran
John D. Crimmins
Joseph F. Daly
Justice Dowling
Louis D. Conley
Herman Ridder
Chauncey Olcott
Knights of Columbus
William P. Myhan
Dinal Farley
Lexington Avenue Subway
Forty-second
Fifty-ninth Streets
Clergy Club Opens Rooms in Fifth Avenue Building
Protestant ministers of New York lease rooms for an Inter Church Clergy Club in the Fifth Avenue Building on the former Amen Bench site. Over 400 ministers join with $10 dues and an annual budget of $8,600 for a meeting place, chaired by Rev. Henry M. Sanders with a roster of clergy from Baptist Episcopal Methodist Lutheran Congregational Reformed Presbyterian. The club plans ownership on Oct 4, will include a library and no restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifth Avenue
Henry M. Sanders
G. W. Douglas
Milo H. Gates
Episcopal
J. Lewis Hartseck
Methodist
Charles J. Smith
Nehemiah Boynton
H. E. Cobb
Reformed
Walter Laidlaw
Presbyterian
Trustees Named In Roberts Estate After Family Feud
Petition in the Supreme Court seeks Henry Thompson as trustee to replace John F. Patterson in the Roberts estate, once valued at over two million with recent expenditures totaling more than seven million to heirs and estate needs. Mrs. Susan Le Roberts Vivian and Mary M. Roberts support Thompson, citing prior disputes and later accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall O. Roberts
Supreme Court
Susan le Roberts-Vivian
Mary
Vivian
Susan Endicott
Salem
Mass
Mr. Roberts
Roberts
Caroline van Wart
van Wart
Fifth Avenue
England
Patterson
West End Avenue
Miss Roberts
Mr. Thompson
Pupil Medical Care Lacks Adequate City Support
A New York welfare bureau argues for expanded school child health exams. It cites Health Department data showing 70 percent of 929 000 pupils need medical attention, but only 33 percent receive thorough examinations annually due to doctor shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Welfare of
New York Association
Willard Db. Straight
Iedward F. Brown
Health Department
New York
Man Killed Under Streetcar At 190 Eleventh Avenue
Work crew removing cars from barns at 190 Eleventh Avenue found an unidentified man asleep under a streetcar. The car was moved and the man was crushed. Bellevue Hospital doctor Dr Johnson said the death occurred three or four hours before discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleventh Avenue
Street Railroad
Johnson
Bellevue Hospital
Pilot Dies On Ladder In Sandy Hook Storm
James H. Van Pelt, a veteran Sandy Hook pilot since 1888, died attempting to board the Standard Oil Deep Sea Tank 65 near Ambrose Light. The incident occurred as the rowboat neared the tanker in high waves. his body was recovered and taken to Stapleton. He lived at 265 Eighty-sixth Street, Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. van Pelt
Sandy Hook
Standard Oil
Ambrose Light
van Pelt
Samuel Libby
David Binert
Eighty-sixth Street
Brooklyn
Café Owner Chases Auto Thieves After Escape
Joseph Shuman proprietor of a cafe at 149 West 125th Street chased two men who started his car yesterday morning. The car veered toward Seventh Avenue and crashed into a rail as the robbers fled. Patrolman Kasinsky fired three shots at the fleeing occupants, who escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Shuman
West 125Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Shuman
Kasinsky
West 123d Street
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ANGEL
John S. Wise, Jr
Thirty-Sixth ST
DE Pinna Exclusive Outfitters
Fifth Ave
Velt
Utah
Clergy Club
General Roofing Company
General Roofing Ma
Urid
Chay Kanes City
Chicago
DU Lous
Cincinnati
Boston
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Equitable
Equitable Building Corporation
Broadway
Isere
Sec 296
31St Street
SONY
Standard Oil Company OF
Buffalo
Albany
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