Two Victims in Central Park Car Collision
George C. Hurlbut, seventy, librarian of the American Geographical Society, and his daughter Miss Thone Hurlbut, thirty five, were critically injured when their automobile collided with a surface car on the Sixth Street transverse road in Central Park. They were taken to Presbyterian Hospital with fractured skulls and a broken arm, and both were unconscious. The driver, William Agg, escaped injury. The accident prompted arrests and a hospital transfer as investigations proceed.
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George C. Hurlbut
American Geographical Society
Thone Hurlbut
S6th Street
Central Park
Presbyterian Hospital
Miss Hurlbut
Mr. Hurlbut
West End Avenue
Nione
William Ags
86Th Street
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
West 55Th Street
William Hurlbut
Hurlbut
Ace
Parkent Workshops
A&e
Agg
Taft
Eané
Arnett
Arsenal Station
James Gannon
Third Avenue
Age
Manhattan Avenue
American Geological Society
Society
George Greenough
The
New York World
Pulitzer
Newberry outlines plans to slim Navy Bureau operations
Secretary of the Navy Truman H. Newberry told Detroit Club guests that he will cut red tape and run the department on a business basis. He proposed expanding the General Board and Board of Construction, merging steam engineering with construction and repair, and broadening leadership to speed reforms across all service branches. Attendees wished him well for Taft's Cabinet.
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Tribune
Detroit
Truman H. Newberry
Navy
Detroit Club
General Board
Board of Construction
Bureau
Department
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Board of Construction and Repair
Firefighting Sighting: Small Steamboat Seen Westbound
A likely small steamboat on fire passed through Long Island Sound westbound near Guilford Connecticut early today. Inquiries along the coast failed to locate any missing boats. Hospital Sunday appeal urges Hemena Kis sick poor in church offerings. Advt
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Guilford
Conn
Long Island Sound
Arly
Gomez fills jails as Castro sympathizers arrested
Port of Spain reports Acting President Gomez is arresting Castro allies to avert rebellion. Political prisoners fill jails as leading Castro followers face deportation. Venezuelan army dissenters are discharged and replaced by Gomez supporters. U S gunboat Dolphin and a Brazilian warship are seen off La Guayra and Puerto Cabello as the two nations pledge coast patrols to stop revolutionary landings.
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the Tribune
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Venezuela
Gomez
Castro
United States
Dolphin
la Guayra
Puerto Cabello
Brazil
Carnegie Gave 150 000 to Make Pittsburg Moral City
Pittsburg reports Andrew Carnegie funded about 150000 for detective work to expose graft in city affairs after a Roosevelt briefing. Voters League declines to back current Republican or Democratic candidates and seeks new ward by ward anti graft candidates. Federal probes announced into city bank depositories. Ramsey and Vilsack named for possible federal action.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Duquesne Club
Pittsburg Club
Roosevelt
Voters’ League
Guthrie
Department of Justice
Ramsey
Vilsack
German National Bank
Bank Robbery Hits Monrovia Bank for 29000
Los Angeles reports reveal the First National Bank of Monrovia was robbed last Monday night of 29000. Detectives have searched for the culprits with no arrests yet. The loss was uncovered when the bank opened on Tuesday and is insured for 25000, reducing impact on stockholders to under 5000.
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Los Angeles
Cal
First National Bank of
Monrovia
John Bartle
Steamer Collision Off Cape Henry Between Camaguey and Luckenbach
In thick weather off Cape Henry the steamers Camaguey from Cuba and Julia Luckenbach from New York collided by side swiping. Camaguey bore the worst damage to its port quarter while Luckenbach escaped major harm and planned to enter New Port News after records.
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Cape Henry
Camaguey
Cuba
Julia Luckenbach
Porto Rico
New York
Luckenbach
Newport News
Gales Damage Two Freighters In Atlantic Passage
Boston reports two ocean freighters the Lancastrian from Liverpool and the Hellenes from South America endured severe gales. A door to the engine room was torn away in the Hellenes, floods in the stokehold, and engineers repaired the break. A carrier pigeon from Antwerp flew about 3,500 miles to reach the Hellenes.
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Boston
Liverpool
South America
Anderson
Hellenes
Nantucket Shoals
Antwerp
Belgium
Brazil
City of Savannah's Rough Voyage
The steamer City of Savannah arrived from New York after a violent voyage. Purser Joseph Davis was hurled about twenty five feet onto the railing on the main deck injuring his right arm below the elbow and breaking two ribs. he remains in critical condition.
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Savannah
New York
Joseph Davis
Show Men Will Fight Form Association to Raise 15000
A citywide assembly of moving picture men formed the Moving Picture Association after a full day of denunciations of the Mayor’s licensing actions. Officers named include William Fox as president, Benjamin Title as vice president, Marcus Loew as treasurer, and J. M. Donegan as secretary. The group vows to seek redress and intends to seek an injunction against license revocation.
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Moving Picture Enterprise
Moving Picture
Murray Hill Lyceum
Moving Picture Association
Gustavus Rogers
Julius Ceasar
Bowery
Grand Street
Essex Market
Park Row
Canal Street
Avenues
14Th Street
West Broadway
Upper West Side
Brooklyn
Bronx
William Fox
Mr. Fox
Benjamin Title
Marcus Loew
J. M. Donegan
Anti Tammany founders vow new Dem revolt in city politics
A new anti Tammany organization denounces arbitrary control by a self seeking ring and plans a public meeting on Jackson Day January 8. Prominent backers include Charles Shepard Beardsley Thomas F McCaul Thomas J Hayden William Cleveland Cox and Charles E Jones. The group criticizes Murphy era governance and urban graft while signaling reorganization of the Tammany Hall committee with J Sergeant Cram likely to be re elected chairman.
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Tammany Hall
Tammany
Charles F. Murphy
Jackson Day
Charles Shepard Beardsley
State Savings Bank
Thomas F. McCaul
Thomas J. Hayden
Washington Heights
William Cleveland Cox
President Cleveland
Charles E. Jones
North Side
Conners
State Committee
New York County
Murphy
City of
New York
John L. Florence
John W. Wrede
William J. Lee
Thomas J. McManus
W. J. Stewart
John Donnely
Hubert O. Costigan
Young Men's Democratic Club
Henry B. Martin
W. H. Douglas
Tammeny Hall
J. Sergeant Cram
Thomas F. Smith
Fatal Knife Duel Over Love In Cleveland
In Cleveland on December 25 a knife duel between Powell Formich and Michael Milagovitch over Julia Pice resulted in Formich's death and Milagovitch fatally stabbed. The fight lasted about thirty minutes in a boarding house kitchen with a cloak spread on the floor and both men gripping each other’s free hands. The girl attempted to intervene but was kicked during the confrontation.
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Tribune
Cleveland
Julia Pice
Powell Formich
Michael Milagovitch
Milanovitch
Broker's Death on Coast Near Mrs Fellowes Home
Wire report from Cornwall-on-Hudson says Wrenn Bros broker F L Scannell, nephew of Mrs Birney Fellowes, died after a fast sled crash on a hill near the Fellowes home. He was 23, connected with Wrenn Bros & Co of New York, and had been staying with Dr T Mabbott at No 19 Fifth Avenue. He planned Christmas with his aunt.
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Tribune
Cornwall-on-Hudson
Witewillian Lonsdale Scannell
Birney Fellowes
Fellowes
Wrenn Bros. & Co
No. 24
Broadstreet
New York City
Bob” Wrenn
Harvard
Scannell
Cheer at Marianna by Bertha and Johnetta Jones
Pittsburg reports the Jones sisters daughters of John H. Jones refused personal cash gifts for Christmas. They asked for double allowances to aid widows and orphans of the Marianna coal mine disaster. They distributed hundreds of turkey dinners and toys, feeding about a thousand people today.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Bertha
Johnetta Jones
John H. Jones
Marianna
Misses Jones
Desperate Christmas Tragedies In Georgia And Colorado
In Quitman Georgia C A Easters a farmer with no funds for toys for his children commits suicide after rigging a shotgun on a forked stick and shooting himself as Christmas morning begins. In Denver Colorado Thomas Hamline a plumber out of money shoots himself in the presence of his wife after giving her a Christmas remembrance.
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Quitman
C. A. Easters
Santa Claus
Denver
Thomas Hamline
His Sacrifice in Vain
Atlanta December 25 David Schane manager of an Atlanta auto agency died on an operating table at Grady Hospital after giving blood to save Alfred Smart Grandy eleven who had been run over by Schane earlier. The boy suffered a crushed leg severe fractures and internal injuries.
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Atlanta
David Schane
Grady Hospital
Alfred Smart Grandy
Mr. Schane
Gold in Sand Found in Petaluma Well
In Petaluma California on December 25 a resident Norman Scott sparked excitement by pumping water from an old well and discovering gold in the sand. He plans to test deeper sand layers on his property to estimate the gold content.
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Petaluma
Cal
Norman Scott
Scott
Desperate clash as deputies battle strikers in Stearns
News from Stearns Kentucky reports a noon fight in the Simpson Hotel between a posse led by Deputy U S Marshal Mullins and striking miners. Mullins was killed, two deputies wounded, one striker killed and another burned in the hotel fire. Several strikers wounded. others escaped as authorities sought more ammunition. The dispute arose over attempts to serve injunction notices.
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Tribune
Cincinnati
United States
Stearns
Whitley County
Sharp
John C. Mullins
Rock Castle
Simpson Hotel
Infant suffocated by mother found in Newark home
Six week old Weinberg infant was found dead beside its mother in bed at No 73 Broome Street Newark yesterday morning. The baby suffocated by lying too close to its mother. Tomorrow is Hospital Sunday remember the sick pour in your church offering. Advt
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Va Weinberg
Parents
Broome Street
Newark
Christmas Cheer for Rich and Poor in New York
The city’s charities and missions distributed meals and gifts to the sick, poor, and homeless on Christmas. Hospitals, jails, and shelters received food, clothing, and presents from organizations like the Charity Organization Society, Salvation Army, and Volunteers of America. Notable efforts included Sea Breeze Hospital, Randall's Island children, Harlem Boys' Hotel, and Sailors’ unions, with thousands aided and baskets delivered across Manhattan.
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Old
Manhattan
Charity Organiation Society
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Sea Breeze Hospital
Coney Island
Charity Organization Society
Joe
Randall's Island
New York Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Fourth Avenue
23D Street
Elbridge T. Gerry
Santa Claus
Mr. Gerry
E. Fellows Jenkins
Murray Hill Lyceum
Mount Loretto
Mission
Harlem Boys’ Hotel
Department of Charities
Grand Central Palace
Evangéline Booth
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Amer
Ican Geographical Society
Fractured
Newberry
Hemenakis
Carnegie
Pittsburg Inquiry
Reform
Julius Cesar
Krementz
Glee Lee
Advi
Murpay
NEW Anti-Tammany Organization
Girl
Broker
F. L. Scannell
California
Ballington Booth
Theodora
Young Mens Christian Association
Two Sullivans
Bowery Mission
McAuley Mission
West Street
St. Peter's Union
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