Fitzgerald deemed unfit for bench and disbarment urged
Referee Alexander S. Bacon recommends disbarment of Thomas W. Fitzgerald and removal from the Special Sessions bench for fraud and willful misconduct. The report notes insolvency and neglect, cites poor court attendance, and says Fitzgerald largely failed to perform duties since 1905. He has resided in Oceanport New Jersey amid health claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander S. Bacon
Appellate Division
Brooklyn Bar Association
Special Sessions
Thomas W. Fitzgerald
Justice Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Court of Special Sessions
City of New York
Yonkers
Oceanport
N. J
Robert A. van Wyck
McClellan
Low
Appleton L. Clark
Fitzgerald
John G. Milburn
James Burke, Jr
Francis N. Bangs
Pension Board of Appeals
Cleveland
Richmond County
Broker Glad to Go to Cell After Highspeed Chase
Peter Geddes Grant stock broker tied to Consolidated Exchange was arrested after a chase through the Tenderloin. Taken to West Forty-seventh Street Station for speeding, he chose a cell overnight and sent a note to his wife. Grant is nephew of Peter Geddes, director of St Paul Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenderloin
Quilty and Kerrigan
Peter Geddes Grant
Broadway
Grant
Consolidated Exchange
Rutland
Fiftyseventh
Peter Geddes
St. Paul
Reckless driving cases filed against two men in Night Court
Eugene Seymour motorman of 343 West Nineteenth Street and Peter Danserson cabman of 156 East Fifty third Street faced Night Court charges for reckless driving after a collision on West Twenty-third Street damaged John H. Springer’s new $12,000 French automobile by about $2,500. Magistrate Breen postponed one case to Monday and dismissed the other to civil court.
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Margaret Carter
West Twenty-ninth Street
John J. White
East Fifty-seventhh Street
White
Carter
Wall Street
Mr. White
Twenty-ninth Street
Mrs. Carter
France
Eugene Seymour
West Nineteenth Street
Peter Danderson
East Fiftythird Street
Seymour
Max Stork
John H. Springer
Stork
West Twenty-third Street
Springer
Breen
Danderson
William A. Wells
Manhattan Avenue
Thirty-third Street
Waldorf
Stolen Auto Found Wrecked Near Jericho Turnpike
Auto owned by T. G. Parks of Westbury Road was stolen last night and found this morning wrecked along Jericho turnpike. Two stablemen, Robert Bessoe and Edward Bond, were jailed by Justice Tatum as suspects while Sheriff’s investigation proceeds. The garage door had been forced with a jimmy and the car was later found against a tree by Deputy Connors. Further arrests anticipated today.
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New York Times
Westbury
L. IL
T. G. Parks
Westbury Road
Jericho Turnpike
Robert Bessoe
Edward Bond
Parks
Justice Tatum
Jimmy
Connors
Gall Suspended as City Official Over Missing Licenses
Charles S. Gall Register of Vital Statistics and Clerk to the Board of Aldermen in Paterson New Jersey is suspended by Mayor Johnson on Finance Board recommendation after a probe found missing peddlers licenses from his office. Police traced the peddlers to a circus ground where badges were unpaid. Gall and Garret Kamerling a City Hall janitor were accused of taking badges. investigation showed badges were issued by Gall in exchange for circus tickets.
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Gall
Boy dies after dog bite at Roosevelt Hospital
Thomas Barry a 9 year old of 762 Tenth Avenue died at Roosevelt Hospital after weeks of suffering from a dog bite. He had tried to keep a stray dog as a pet and was bitten while coaxing it. The arm swelled and hydrophobia symptoms appeared before his death.
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Thomas Barry
Tenth Avenue
Roosevelt Hospital
Polite Highwaymen Rob Woman Near Tp Tnx
Mrs Ma tilda Marie from Paradise near Tenafly N J reports two masked men robbed her of 60 dollars and a diamond brooch and earrings after one bowed and apologized The pair vanished into darkness leaving the victim shaken and the local police unable to locate them
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New York Times
Tenafly
N. J
Matilda Marie
Paradise
Mrs. Marie
Vill
Ghwaymen
Burnett's Vanilla Ends Advertising Run
A short notice states Burnett's vanilla product line ends marketing under Pure Food brand with no additional risks or future plans announced by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnett
PLAN PRESIDENTS HUNTING IN LOUISIANA CANEBRAKES
President Roosevelt will hunt in Southern Louisiana canebrakes next month with Holt Collier as guide. The expedition will explore remote cane areas suited for bear and boar hunting, with horses used for travel and double edged knives to clear trails. Panthers and wolves are occasionally hunted.
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New Orleans
John M. Parker
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Mississippi
Holt Collier
Collier
VEXES SON OF ST. GAUDENS IN COIN MODEL FUSS
Windsor Vermont Sept 20 The St Gaudens family refuses to discuss Mary Cunningham the Irish waitress who modeled for the new coin designs The villa is closed to outsiders and signs warn no strangers admitted Homer St Gaudens says reports of a profile face on a copper cent are false and that the full length image may appear on the ten or twenty dollar piece no further information will be released
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New York Times
Windsor
St. Gaudens
Mary Cunningham
Augustus St. Gaudens
Cunningham
Independent Order of Americans
Harrisburg
Penn
Freshmen Win Cannon Rush At Princeton
In the annual cannon rush at Princeton University freshmen defeated sophomores after a tense mêlée around the old Revolutionary cannon. About 500 freshmen charged in three groups, with upperclassmen guiding them, and a final push touched the cannon ending the event. Elected officers for the freshman class were President Frank H. Bartholomew of Buffalo, Vice President W. M. Parker of Washington, and Secretary and Treasurer Robert F. Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Princeton
Princeton University
Frank H. Bartholomew
Buffalo
W. M. Parker
Washington
Robert F. Black
Wheeler's Confederate Rank Confirmed On Grave Monument
Acting Secretary Oliver said there was no basis for reports the War Department blocked the Confederate rank of Gen Joseph Wheeler on his Arlington grave marker. A cemetery inspection confirmed the inscription as requested by Wheeler's daughter and recorded his Confederate rank.
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Washington
Oliver
War Department
Joseph Wheeler
Arlington National Cemetery
West Point
Gen
Ghost stops a wedding in Wilmerding
Mrs Mary Lincoln widow of Charles Lincoln in Wilmerding says the spirit of her dead husband warned her not to remarry Joseph Parker. She refused to proceed with the planned marriage after being visited by the spirit and held by an unseen force until she promised to cancel the vows. Guests were dismissed and the wedding was called off.
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G. W.foster
East Eighteenth Street
Dr. Foster
Mrs. Carter
Frank W. Cleeland
New York Times
Pittsburg
Mary Lincoln
Wilmerding
Charles Lincoln
Joseph Parker
Parker
Senators Meet Over Hughes Boom and Taft Strategy
Washington dispatch notes a conference of United States Senators near New York as they press to block Taft and push Gov. Hughes as a preferred candidate. They seek pro Hughes delegations from New York and capture of favorite son states with second choices including Knox Cannon Fairbanks and others.
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New York Times
Washington
Gov. Hughes
United States Senate
New York
Knox
Hughes
New York State
Taft
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Cannon
Indiana
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
Foraker
Cortelyou
Gov
Murphy Conners Confer On City Court Nominations
Late last night Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall and William Conners of Buffalo met with Murphy advisers at the Waldorf Astoria to discuss judicial nominations. Rumor said they might switch to back the Bartletts for the Court of Appeals seats. Conners had previously opposed the Bartletts and left town, returning last night, with the exact topics of the secret conference undisclosed.
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Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Kal
Democratic State Committee
William Conners
Buffalo
Murphy
Waldorf-Astoria
Conners
Court of Appeals
Rumor of Army Scandal Rumor Flows Through War Department
Washington reports a circulating rumor of a major War Department scandal rivaling Post Office graft cases. Acting Secretary Oliver denies knowledge of any scandal and cites a past Quartermaster purchase of lifeboat handling gear as the disputed issue. He says Inspector General found no improper conduct and the matter concerns inventors, not the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Post Office
Oliver
Quartermaster’s Department
Army
Lusitania Sail Today Ad At Garret Restaurant
Only place in town to see The Lusitania sail today at Garret Restaurant on the 23d floor at West and Cedar Streets. Phone for table.
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Lusitania
Garret Restaurant
West and
Cedar Sts
Tabie
After Usher’s the Scotch that made highball famous
A brief note attributes the highball’s fame to Usher’s Scotch, marking a historic drink innovation credited to the brand and era.
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Usher
American Gamblers Held in Berne Card Sharp Arrest
Police in Berne arrested two American card sharps at a leading hotel on suspicion of cheating a Russian nobleman who reported a $400 robbery. Henry Wilkinson and Charles Grandison, calling themselves New Yorkers, are linked to a string of robberies across London Paris Monte Carlo Nice and Ostend dating back to 1903. They are identified by anthropometric records and face extradition requests from multiple cities.
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NEW York Times
Geneva
Berne
Henry Wilkinson
Charles Grandison
London
Paris
Monte Carlo
Nice
Ostend
New York
Rockefeller saves $198 as workers face cuts at estate
Cleveland report notes John D. Rockefeller saved $198 this summer by cutting wages for college workers on his Forest Hill estate. Eleven students describe harsh hours from 5 45 am to 5 pm with 40 minutes lunch and pay of 1.25 dollars a day. Dartmouth student Jean Gardner recalls a supervisor's hardline response when asked for a raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Cause of Education
Chicago University
Forest Hill
Jean Gardner
Dartmouth
Jones
Delegates for Whitney Lead in Massachusetts Caucuses
Boston Sept 20 The returns from caucuses in over 300 towns and 22 cities show Henry M Whitney leading his Democratic Convention opponent Gen Charles H Bartlett by a large margin as Springfield October 5 nominating caucus nears.
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Boston
Springfield
Henry M. Whitney
Charles H. Bartlett
Milwaukee Northern plans electric car line without trolleys
The Milwaukee Northern Railway proposes an electric car line in Appleton Wisconsin. Cars would be powered by electricity generated by gasoline engines in each car. The system is used in Germany with shown success. An expert will study the German method before final decision and directors expect about a 30 percent saving.
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New York Times
Appleton, Wis
New
Milwaukee Northern Railway
Germany
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Northern
Jewel in candy kiss shocks Skowhegan crowd
In Skowhegan Maine on September 20 a local candy buyer bit into a candy kiss and found a brilliant diamond gem inside valued at about 50 dollars by a jeweler. The stone reportedly came from a Boston firm and the seller, a fakir, hurried to sell his remaining stock amid the buzz.
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New York Times
Skowhegan
Skowhegan Fair
Boston
Soule
Fakir
Biggy shakes up San Francisco Police Department
Chief Biggy, new head of the force, supplants Jerry Dinan amid graft disclosures and begins a reform driven overhaul. He demotes his predecessor to patrolman as part of a sweeping shake-up not seen since the Wittman era.
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Biggy
San Francisco
Police
New York Times
Jerry ’’ Dinan
George W. Wittman
Tod Sloan to Wed Actress Miss Sanderson
Broadway circles report jockey Tod Sloan plans a quiet wedding to Miss Sanderson, star of The Dairymaids at the Criterion Theatre. The ceremony is set for tomorrow at the Little Church Around the Corner with Rev. Dr Houghton officiating. The couple will honeymoon in Europe next week.
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Broadway
Ben
James Todhunter Sloan
Julia Sanderson
Criterion Theatre
Dr. Houghton
Europe
Evans’ Ale From 1786 Marked Brewing Progress
A fragment notes Evans’ ale first made in 1786 and claims it led every advance in brewing progress. The text emphasizes a pioneering role in brewing history with a concise historical claim.
Standard Oil Tries to Dissolve Trust Grip on Export Trade
The article describes Standard Oil's plan to dissolve the trust and details its export trade policy. It outlines how the agreement aims to prevent dependents from selling abroad and preserve the company’s control over overseas markets.
Largest Standard Oil stockholders named in Kellogg testimony
The government revealed for the first time the major holders of Standard Oil stock led by John D. Rockefeller who still owns about a quarter of the shares. The list shows Rockefeller holdings at 247,692 shares valued near 109 million dollars, with other heavy owners including the Harkness and Pratt estates. The information comes as part of the government’s case to dissolve the company under the Sherman act.
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Standard Oil
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil Company
University of Chicago
Standard
William G. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
Abbe A. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
H. H. Rogers
D. M. Harkness
Mr. Rockefeller
Charles Pratt
Charles M. Pratt
Standard Oil of
John D. Archbold
Rogers
Mr. Archbold
Henry M. Flagler
Col
Oliver H. Payne
Kellogg
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J. J. White
H. C. Frick
Frick
Wood Street
Fifth Avenue
Doctor
East Fifty-first Street
Dooley
Crotty
Broker
Peter G. Grant
Long Island
Register Gall
Paterson
Boy
Asbury Park Selsthom
Pase
Wennsylvania Roa
Bee Ticket Agents
Adv
Plan President
Vexes Son
Wheeler
America
Ady
Son
New Yorker
Ond
Whitney
Massachusetts
Wisconsin Line
Jewel IN Candy Kiss
DINAN
Tod Sloan
Jennings
Bostwick
Brewster
Charles Lockhart
L. C. Ledyard Payne Whitney
William — Co. Whitney
Wesley H. Tilford
W. G. Worden
Daniel O'Day
S. Andrews
H. C. Folger
H. H. Rogers, Jr
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