Civil Service Reform Praised At National League Convention
Delegates at the National Civil Service League convention praise the president for merit-based appointments and the expansion of the merit system. Joseph H. Choate recounts the reform trail from 181 to Roosevelt era and notes increased classified posts, reduced patronage, and calls for continued enforcement and public accountability. Richard H. Dana reports council successes against patronage in the Crumpacker census bill and notes protection for fourth-class postmasters north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi.
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Wirtecure
National Civil Service League
Joseph H. Choate
Britain
Roosevelt
Thomas Alien Jenckes
Rhode Island
George William Curtis
Carl Schurz
Aes
Gus
Choate
Jitical
Ohio
Mississippi
Council of the League
Richard H. Dana
Boston
Council
House
Ohio River
Republicans Rally Against Maryland Disfranchisement Plan
A Baltimore Telegraph report notes a December 17 fundraising dinner at Union League Club for the Republican campaign opposing Maryland Democrats’ constitutional amendment to disenfranchise Black voters. Attorney General Bonaparte calls the measure an undemocratic hereditary privilege aimed at preserving Democratic power.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Maryland
Union League
William F. Stone
Bonaparte
Wee Treat Hie
Democratic Party
Ex Judge Seeks Powder Trust Records in Nimble Probe
Ex Judge James Scarlet and Special Deputy U S Attorney General arrived in town to obtain stock transfer books of the Du Pont Ge Nemours Powder Trust, prosecuting under the Sherman act. The hearing at the Custom House adjourned with the secretary of the Hudson Trust Co declining to produce the documents, directing a court action. The case proceeds to Wilmington January 5 with further witnesses. Christmas for Little Mothers to Host 750 Girls at Murray Hill Lyceum with Mrs Clarence Burns as president. The Little Mothers Aid Association dates to 1880s and operates several nurseries and circles in Harlem, Greenwich Village, and Brooklyn under Mrs A C Mason.
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James Scarlet
United States
E. 1. du Pont Ge Nemours Company
Powder Trust
Custom House
James BH. B. Relfly
Hudson Trust
Com Penny
Hoboken
Emswer
du Pont
Scarlet
New Jersey
Wilmington
Frank Tilford
Murray Hill Lycum
East $4Th Street
Little Mothers’ Aid Association
Clarence Burns
East 634
Street
Circlegent Dey Nurseries
Second Avenue
Greerwich Street
Broadway
Ender Euxiliary
Morton Street
Stocklyn
A.C. Maszon
Rockefeller Charge Overpeonage Story Hits New York Press
John D. Rockefeller Jr. faces criminal libel charges after a New York court heard affidavits accusing 8S. &. Carvalho president of the Star Publishing Co and Bradford Merrill of the company of publishing a Chicago dispatch alleging Rockefeller ordered peonage at the Corn Products plant in Summit Illinois. The warrants were issued in Centre Street court and Carvalho was arraigned. Merrill to surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnd. Rockefeller, Jr
Garvane
Chicago
Two Die In Auto Wreck At Open Bridge Draw
An auto containing three men plunged into a river draw at the Oneida street bridge. Oscar Barrett of the local Board of Trade and Albert Kunz the chauffeur died. A. F. Solliday of Solliday Motor Company was rescued with difficulty after the car somersaulted into the water. Kunz was trapped under the vehicle for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Oneida Street
Oscar Barrett
Board of Trade
Albert Kunz
A. F. Solliday
Solliday Motor Company
Kunz
Bartlett
Solliday
Many Marriages Not Reported by City Clerks
City official Scully notes 500 to 600 marriage licenses remain unreturned beyond the forty day limit. Clergymen and others authorized to perform ceremonies risk a fine of 3 to 4 dollars for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merk Scully
Mr. &Cully
Fear Water Failures and High Pressure Fire System in Manhattan
Fire underwriters and Merchants review failures in the new high pressure service in Manhattan and discuss steps, including a possible new alarm system and subway contractor cooperation, to reduce fire risk. Officials warn weather and exposure of mains can cause outages but insist the system will become the finest fire protection once understood. City officials, engineers, and insurers emphasize gradual improvement, with Mayor McClellan pledging remedies.
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Manhattan
McClellan
Water Department
Tre
Grand Street
O'Brien
I. M. de Varona
Centre Street
de Varona
C. G. Smith
Broker Eastman Fails to Appear Forfeit Bond in Larceny Indictment
Robert E. Eastman a broker living at 1 53 Southern Boulevard did not appear in Part V of the Court of General Sessions to face an indictment accusing him of larceny of a stock certificate. Judge Crain forfeited a $7500 bond posted by Ida Epstein of 36 South Street. Eastman is due at the Tombs police court today to answer another grand larceny charge.
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Robert E. Eastman
Southern Boulevard
Court of General Sessions
Chicago
Crain
Ida Epstein
Sth
Eastman
Tombs
Six Deaths Under Scrutiny in Kelleher Case
Somerville Massachusetts December 17 District Attorney Higgins ordered a probe into the deaths of six Kelleher family members over three years while Mrs Mary Kelleher is held in Cambridge on arson charges Police note insurance payouts to the widow The district attorney withheld exhumations pending further evidence and investigation into the Cambridge house fire Mrs Kelleher served at the Lovell residence
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Somerville
Mass
Mary Kelleher
Cambridge
Higgins
Kelleher
Dr Wilson Divorce Trial Begins in Baltimore
The cross bill for divorce filed by Dr Pierce B. Wilson against his wife Tajitha V Wilson opened before Judge Gorter. Ex Senator George L Wellington is named co respondent. he is not present but expected to testify. Mrs Wilson previously sought permanent alimony of 19 and was granted weekly support. last June Wilson filed for absolute divorce naming Wellington.
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Baltimore
Der
Pierce B. Wilson
Tajitha
Wellington
Husband charged in New Jersey property dispute
Christian F. Reiss, 57, proprietor of an automobile shop, allegedly shot at his wife five times in the rectory of the German Lutheran Church of Our Saviour after she refused to consent to a property sale. Two shots grazed her temple. minister’s son William von Hollen aided but was repelled. Reiss fled, was captured after blocks, and held on $5,000 bail for examination. Reiss’s lawyer contends he did not have a revolver and that the injuries occurred other than by shooting.
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America
White House
New Jersey
Christian F. Reiss
William von Hollen
Reiss
Morrisania
Morrow Reiss
Eighth Avenue
Condemnation Evils Highlight New York City Land Claims
A legislative committee hearing in New York exposes flaws in the condemnation system. Assistant Corporation Counsel J P Dunn criticizes the process while experts discuss massive unpaid taxes and questionable city appraisals on parcels including Hunts Point and East Bay holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
J. P. Dunn
Bureau of
Joseph Johnson, Jr
Department of Finance
East Bay Land Improvement Company
Church E. Gates & Co
Hunt's Point
Berrian
Hunts Point Park
Morris Jacoby
Senator Cassidy
Johnson
Coggey
Department of Correction
Duncan MacInness
Finance Department
Commission
Jungle elephants and circus assets go up for auction
San Francisco December 17 The Morrie and Rowe circus enters involuntary bankruptcy with liabilities of 57 874 dollars and assets valued at 0 775 dollars offering a rare chance to buy real elephants and other jungle denizens for Christmas gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Morrie & Rowe Circus
Alleged Peonage in Illinois at Corn Products Plant
Telegraph report cites a Federal Grand Jury investigation into alleged peonage of about a thousand laborers at the Corn Products Company plant in Argo Illinois. Workers say guards beat detainees and one man escaped two weeks through a water conduit while others witnessed beatings as they tried to leave.
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the Tribune Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Sims
Corn Products Company
Peter Johnson
State Claims Filed Over Barge Canal Damages
Syracuse Dec 17 Barnum and Wells filed claims against the state totaling over $500000 for damages alleged by property owners from the barge canal construction. The largest claim comes from I N Lowenheim of Herkimer. About $90400 covers damages from overflow water at Crescent Reservoir below Schenectady.
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Syracuse
Barnum & Wells
Stat
I. N. Lowenheim
Herkimer
Sam
Crescent Reservoir
Schenectady
Quarrel Over Dog Leaves Dudley Leader Dead
Goldsboro North Carolina reports Tra Hatch a prominent Dudley resident is shot and killed by Mayor Badger J Bowden after a quarrel over a dog. Bowden is seriously wounded by Hatch's son. The incident followed a dog shooting earlier that day prompting a shotgun confrontation. The elder Hatch accused Bowden of the dog shooting, Bowden fired, Hatch died. Hatch Jr fired back wounding Bowden. A separate note mentions the 59th annual reception and ballot for the United Union hospital fund at Grand Palace Lexington Avenue on February 11.
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Goldsboro
N.C
Tra Hatch
Dudley
Badger J. Bowden
Bowden
Vetim
Hatch
de Unton’s Hospital Fund
Grand Palace
Lexington Avenue
Odacc Streets
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Schumacker
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John
Wanamaker
Fourth Avenue
Eighth
Tenth Street
Rockefeller
John D., Jr
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DR. Wilson
Husband
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Morris and
Walter Crane
John Wanamaker
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