Raids on three gambling joints net forty arrests in New York
Police under Deputy Commissioner Flynn directed simultaneous raids at three locations. Forty prisoners were taken and jailed on gambling charges as investigators gathered evidence and noted weak points in each resort. Separate sites yielded roulette equipment and gaming paraphernalia while officers planned photographic documentation.
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Driscoll
Flynn
McMullen
Sith Street
Broadway
Edward J. Burke
Weehawken Ferry
42D Street
North River
Collins
14Th Street
Sixth Avenue
McMullin
Mr. Flynn
John Tee
Priscomers
West 47Th Street
Burke
John Doe
Flower
Bellevue
Presbyterian
New York
Walsh
Murders Provoke Calls For Armed London Police
London reacts to the Houndsditch killings with a push to arm police with revolvers. Officials say firearms may bring more harm than good, while a dog-escort proposal proves impractical. A public funeral will honor the three murdered constables.
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the Tribune
London
Houndsditch
Europe
Mascagni Premiers Isabeau In Rome
Pietro Mascagni staged his new opera Isabeau in Rome with a large audience of critics and musical celebrities. He performed all roles from the piano, eliciting enthusiastic acclaim as acts lengths were noted. He and his wife will depart for New York January 5, with Isabeau slated for production there this season.
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Rome
Pietro Mascagni
Isabeau
Mascagni
New York
Cherbourg
Dejanon Heiress Receives Bulk of Buist Estate in Trust
Philadelphia reports that Roberta B. Dejanon, Buist’s granddaughter who disappeared with waiter Frederick Cohen, inherits most of the roughly $500,000 estate in trust. The will, dated December 6 after his illness, leaves net income to her for life with remainder to the Robert Buist company if she dies without issue.
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Philadelphia
Robert Buist
Roberta B. Dejanon
Frederick Cohen
Chicago
Buist
George Bedford
Miss Delanon
H. C. Stable
Edward J. Flood
Albert C. Rockerberger
New York
California
Cohen
Swakopmund Safe In Port After Tow From Damage
The Ham purg-American steamer Swakopmund arrived in port today after losing her rangeable off Ar-Men and being towed into Plymouth on December 19. France, was towed.
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Swakopmund
Plymouth
Ens
Dayadder
France
Two Harlem Bronx Fires Fail to Save Buildings
Two fires in Harlem and The Bronx early today, one at 494 496 East 84th Street and another at Morningside Avenue 124th Street, burned fully. Firemen saved twenty tenement families and restrained spread to nearby structures while a firefighter was injured.
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Harlem
Bronx
William Kernest
Knickerbocker Brass Foundry Company
Lawson Dumbwaiter Company
Brass Works
McNally
Alexander Avenue
England
Croker
Manhattan
125Th Streets
James Campbell
Morningside Avenue
124Th Street
Fowler & Hopkins
Empire Steam Laundry Company
Empire Woodwork Company
Bayer Piano Company
J. A. Cornell Company
Segregation Ordinance Bans Block Housing Shifts
Baltimore on December 19 enacted the FE H West Race Segregation Ordinance banning moves into blocks where the racial majority differs. Mayor Mahool signed it and the measure is expected to be challenged in court as unconstitutional.
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Baltimore
FE. H. West
Mahool
Wolf Looses in Am ph ion Theatre Crowd in Bedford Incident
A wolf escaped its cage during a Will iamsburg Am ph ion Theatre performance causing panic. Five women and two men were bitten before patrolman Cosgrove and a stagehand subdued and recaptured the animal.
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Brooklyn
Amphion Theatre
Bedford Avenue
Williamsburg
Cosgrove
Clymer Street
Wife's Detachable Spirit Court Petition Stuns Kansas City
In a divorce filing Marvin Minnear accuses his wife Anna of haunting by a detachable spirit. She claims she can separate her spirit from her body and send it where she pleases. He says she uses this power to shadow him and report his actions.
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Kansas City, Mo
Marvin Minnear
Anna Minnear
Minnear
Gaul Divorce Suit Denies Alienation Claims
Mrs Lillian Higgins Gaul denies the charge in a Paterson New Jersey case and says she will answer via counsel. Mayor William Smith of Bogota plans to vindicate his character and pursue redress if needed. A correction from Delaware Lackawanna & Western clarifies the chief of engineering is George J. Ray and not connected to the cases.
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Ray Gaul
Engineering Corps
the Lackawanna Railroad
Smith
Bogota
N. J
the Lackawanna Railroad Company
George J. Ray
Not at Baldwin Supper Declined by Ex-AG Bonaparte
Ex-Attorney-General Bonaparte declined an invitation to attend a supper at the University Club tonight given by the University of Maryland law faculty for Governor-elect Baldwin of Connecticut. He cited a prior engagement, with speculation his absence stems from the Roosevelt Baldwin controversy.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
Bonaparte
University Club
Baldwin
Connecticut
Law Department
University of Maryland
Messrs
Roosevelt
NEW JAPANESE TREATY IS MAKING PROGRESS
Senators and Representatives from the Pacific Coast will guard against admission of laborers as negotiations for a new United States Japan treaty proceed. Secretary Knox leads talks to craft a general peace amity and commerce pact replacing the 1894 treaty amid delicate issues of Japanese exclusion.
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Pacific Coast
Tribune Bureau
Washington
United States
Japan
Knox
Far West
Senate
Explosion Rips New York Power Substation injuring many
A Pintsch gas main and a following electric rail mishap near 50th Street and Lexington Avenue caused a massive blast. Ten dead and over a hundred injured as trolley cars, buildings, and a large nursery school suffered severe damage.
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New Yard
New York Central
50Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Concensus
List of Victims in Central Yards Area Fatalities
A list reports multiple deaths and injuries in Central yards and nearby streets. Names include Nicola Galucci Joseph Johnston Gathiel Patrick Jordan V B Livermore C M'Morrow Frank J Nagle Edith Offner Mary Pope Charles Roberts Thomas Stagg with ages and residences, detailing locations such as 50th street Lexington avenue and East 72nd Street.
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Galucci
Nicola
East 108Th Street
Central Yards
Gathiel
Johnston
East 50Th Street
Electriciar
St Vincent’s Hospital
Jordan, Patrick
East 46Th Street
Livermore
V. 8
New York Central Railroad
Central
M’morrow
East 54Th Street
Nagle
Frank J
East 25Th Street
Offner
Edith
East 72d Street
50Th Street
Lexington
Pope
Mary
Goston
New York
Roberts
Charles
Lexington Avenue
STAGG
Thomas
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No. #2
East 10Th Street
Wes Jl
Es & Sons Co
Fulton St
Miss Dejanon
Blaze
Wolf Loose
Kansas
Lackawanna’s
Mr. Bonaparte
Brown
Spencer's
Jane
Central Yard
Third
Madison Avenues
Crosstown
Th Street
Third Avenues
45Th
55Th Streets
Grand Union
Belmont
Hook and Ladder Company 2
Wiill
Penna. Railroad
Penna
Heart of New York
Atlantic City
Advut
Sam Duffy
Duffy
Elmhurst
William Lennon
William Sythes
Lennon
Mary B. Pope
East 40Th Street
Bible Teachers’ Training School
4Th
Sth
St. Patrick's Church
John
East List Street
Lesne
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