Daredevil Hold-Up Near Shopping Centre on 110th Street
Six men robbed and beat Thomine Battelly a clerk from East 112th Street just after 6 o clock near Third Avenue and 110th Street. They hid him from passersby while one pilfered pockets and examined his watch and pin. The attackers fled with about $50 as police reviewed the scene but nabbed no suspects.
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Third Avenue
110Th Street
Thomine Battelly
East 112Th Street
East 1Th Street
Ratterly
Second Avenue
Battelly
Ron Ratterly
Diuxell Battelly
East 104Th Street
Quaine
McGowan
Hattelly
Imperial decree bans military news circulation for a year
In St Petersburg an imperial decree announced today forbidding any circulation of military or navy news for twelve months. It lists forbidden topics in detail, including factory orders for the army or navy and matters related to furloughs or calls to the colors.
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St Petersburg
Grand Trunk Deal and Indictments Across Morning News
Local pages report on Grand Trunk inquiry delays and indictments while other items note two men held up on a crowded street, political trials, pardons of 66 prisoners, and assorted society and cultural notices. Sherman era mentions include Rockefeller, trials, and Christmas features.
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Grand Trunk Deal
John D. Rockefeller
Whitman
Grand Trunk
Wilson
BarBe St. Nicholas
Fouquieres
England Society
Horowitz
Sher
Taft Nearing Panama Arrival of Arkansas News
Wireless dispatches reported the battleship Arkansas bringing President Taft and party to the Canal Zone with all aboard well. Panama hosts a welcome including a Christmas night invitation by President Porras and his wife and a banquet with American Minister H Percival Dodge attending.
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Panama
Porras
Taft
H. Percival Dodge
Mrs Payne Whitney III in Critical Condition at Fifth Avenue Home
Mrs Payne Whitney III wife of William Whitney, daughter of John Hay, lies critically ill at 672 Fifth Avenue. A newborn child died shortly after birth earlier this week. Reports say her condition has somewhat improved since last night. The house was a wedding gift from Colonel Oliver H. Payne. She and her husband married February 6, 1902 and have two children, a son and a daughter.
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Payne Whitney
Hay
John Hay
William Whitney
Fifth Avenue
Whitney
Oliver H. Payne
Ferrary
Drunk Jersey City prisoner carries near five thousand dollars
Police found a roll of bills totaling 4851 on David O Keefe a retired butcher arrested for intoxication after a stop at Grove and 12th streets. He was taken to the station and later to City Hospital despite efforts to revive him.
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Jersey Ciy
Fayers
Grove
12Th Streets
Jersey City
David O'Keefe
Ingomery Street
City Hospital
Express firms claim record Christmas traffic delivery
CLEAR EXPRESS TRAFFIC reports indicate five large express companies cleaned up Christmas traffic to the minute and expect the biggest holiday business in New York offices history. The baby parcel post born on New Year’s Day pushed them to redouble efforts to handle public demand with timely outfits and private capital backing.
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Spuge
New York
Alton Hummer Hold Up Near Tes West
Train robbers attacked the Alton Hummer near Tes West just after midnight forcing the engineer to run and blowing the express car with dynamite. They escaped with a few packages as detectives in Springfield and Chicago join the investigation. passengers unhurt. An unidentified negro was later shot and killed while attempting to rob a St Louis-San Francisco train near Chandler Oklahoma.
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Bloomington
Tes
Pringfield
Chicago
Ant Alton
Frank Melasvehlin
Tale
Okla
St. Louis
San Francisco
Oklahoma City
Kangas Cy
Chandler
Snoigh
Ryan Rallies A Little After Operation
Allan A. Ryan, son of Thomas F Ryan, remained in the General Memorial Hospital following an operation for intestinal trouble. He showed a fragile improvement during the day and his doctors grew more hopeful, reporting he had slept and that there was no deterioration.
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Allan A. Ryan
Thomas F Ryan
General Memorial
True Bills Open Whole Field of Police Vice Graft
Indictments returned by the December grand jury charge Patrolman John J. Skelly Emmanuel known as Manny Maas and Sol Wolf with extortion and bribery. Trial testimony included Mary Goode and Sadie Green. Skelly and Wolf held at the Tombs. Witnesses described graft in upstate precincts and police complicity amid Curran committee inquiries.
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John J. Skelly
Emmanuel
Skelly
David Maier
Charles Dubeller
Charles Muller
West Side
West Side Court
People District
Whitman
Uptown
Columbus Circle
110Th Street
Whitman Indicts Three Police Graft Collectors
Six police officials appear on Mrs. Mary Goode’s list amid District Attorney Whitman’s indictment of Skelly Sans and Wolf for graft. Whitman aims to expose roving commissions as unofficial enforcers in the scarlet prostitution network, signaling a bold challenge to the police system’s long control.
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Skelly
Sans
Wolf
Mary Goode
Whitman
New York
Clark's Ire Rises at Talk of Bryan
Washington reports that President elect Wilson may consult Speaker Champ Clark on cabinet possibilities. Clark’s friends say he will not forgive or mince words if Bryan’s name enters the cabinet, signaling a likely rift between the White House and the House. The split between The Commoner and Underwood deepens as Clark leaves for Trenton to meet with Wilson.
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Washington
Clark
Mryan
Mr. Clark
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Underwood
Wilson
Warwick
Bryan
House
Baltimore
Rockefeller Leads in Tarrytown Golf Match with Bushnell
John D. Rockefeller dominated a twenty hole rubber game at Tarrytown, scoring 98 to beat Eric Bushnell of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church ensemble. Rockefeller traveled from New York with Bushnell and others, shared jokes, and promised lunch after the win, returning home in high spirits.
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John de Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Eric Bushnell
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Rockfeller
Bushnell
Mr. Rockefeller
New York
Mr. Bushnell
Lennon
Church of Magdalene
Pocantion Htlls
Shelly
Tarrytown Village
Arthur T. Brooks
Rockefeller
Lke
Tinehnell
Father Lennon
Brooks
Professor Shelley
Bush
John Tim
Liane Etation UK
Flames in tuxedo home at Tuxedo Park destroy mansion
The $1,000,000 Forsyth Wickes house at Tuxedo Park was damaged by fire and water late today in what is described as one of the worst blazes for the Tuxedo fire company. The unoccupied mansion, decorated for Christmas, suffered most in the upper stories. cause suspected to be faulty wiring. Wickes, a noted New York club member, spends summers in Tuxedo and is married to Haven’s daughter.
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Tuxedo Fire Company
Wickes
New York
Tuxedo
Haven
Muncy Twins 94 Christmas Birthday Celebration Planned
Samuel and William Muncy of Baby Won Long Island, recognized as the world’s oldest twins, will celebrate their ninety fourth birthday tomorrow and expect to share their one hundredth birthday. The abstainers credit longevity to their lifestyle as they attend church and dine with relatives in a Christmas reunion.
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Samuel
William Muncy
Baby- Won
Long Island
Indicted Mellen Smithers and Chamberlin in Rail Traffic Case
New Haven executives Mellen Chamberlin and Smithers face federal conspiracy charges over plans to form an agreement with Grand Trunk to control traffic in New England. Indictments accuse attempts to buy Central Vermont lines and curb competition, with broader probes into Boston and Maine routes, water transport, and trolley systems. Trial set with bonds sought at ten thousand dollars each. Smithers to attend from London.
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New Haven
Central Vermont
Beneen
New England
Grand Jury
Witneses
Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany
Central Vermont Railroad
Grand Trunk
New York
Messrs. Mellen
Chamberlin
Smithers
J. I. Dalrymple
Varios
Ni Nengland
Mellen
Messrs. Chamberlin
Grand Trank
Vermont
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Arkansas
Mrs. Payne Whitney III
Ryan
Manny” Maas
Sol Wolf
Patralman Skelly
Captain Walsh
Maier
Dubeller
Awermanic Committee
Watson
Curran
Patrick Kearns
Resmeyer
Thomas W. Walsh
East 126Th Street
Robert Downing
Max Schmittberger
Walsh
Kearns
Miss Coleman
Arns
Wes
Dillon
Charles S. Mellen
Albert W. Smithers Charan
Cand Trunk
John D. “Jones
Tarrytown Links
Muncy Twins
Nashtenal Capital Visitevania
Haute Water
Aavl
Federal Grand Jury
Broadens
Charles 5. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Mortford Railroad
Alfred W. Snulthere
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
Edgon J. Chamberlin
Mr. Mellen
Mr. Smithers
Angostura Bitters
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