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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1908
Page
1
Superior Judge Graham appoints Rudolph Spreckels and Co. A Spreckels as executors of Claus Spreckels death in San Francisco. Bonds set at $500000. Widow Mrs Anna Spreckels holds the will, opening Monday. Estate value estimated from 40 million to 60 million dollars with all children sharing.
The police will enforce a Sunday observance rule per a legal opinion to Commissioner Bingham from Corporation Counsel Pendleton. Prohibitions include moving pictures, theater, minstrels, vaudeville, dancing by non-performers, wrestling, circuses, and other performances. permits for lectures and non theatrical films may continue. The mayor and police expect strict enforcement with court action as needed.
Mandeville de Marigny Hall, an American resident in Paris, was sentenced to thirteen months in prison after extradition from London. He passed two worthless checks on Crédit Lyonnais to buy an automobile and pay a hotel bill, then traveled with his wife before arrest in London and transfer to Paris.
The schooner Warner Moore crew of seven from Charleston to Providence were rescued after a night afloat off Winter Quarter Lightship. Captain Crockett and six men were taken aboard the James Paul by Captain Meech. Meagre reports say the schooner William Laramar was wrecked east of Currituck, nine crew saved by the Austrian steamer Columbia.
Venezuelan exiles depart Brooklyn aboard the Maracaibo amid a broad show of support for General Gomez as Castro’s regime ends. Notables like General Nicolas Rolando and General Ramon Ayala sail home to help reshape the republic and restore standing abroad.
After extended litigation Detroit River tunnel constructors agree to buy the entire A Backus, Jr., & Sons lumber plant for 3500,000. The dispute began when the tunnel work started under land owned by the lumber firm, which responded by sinking pipes and a well amid fears of dynamite or ammonia in the pipes, halting operations until the sale.
President T. L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, visiting Bridgeport Ohio, comments on the Buck store case ruling. He argues the decision shows no one can defy the law, calls for scrutiny of injunctions and urges an educational campaign to influence court power and laws.
Toronto reports Anglican Archbishop Sweatman declines to wed Tom Longboat to Lauretta Maracle at Massey Hall claiming his baptism was irregular and evidence of conversion lacking. Manager Flanagan hunts a minister willing to perform the ceremony despite the church ruling. Maracle insists the baptism was valid and that she and Flanagan trained Longboat in church tenets for days prior.
In Los Angeles Mme. Lillian Nordica fled a car fire that began while she hosted her sisters Mrs. G A Walker and Mrs. E Castillo for a Christmas dinner. She re entered the car to rescue a valuable necklace and other treasures before joining guests for dinner. Separately Atlanta records a prohibition era spike with 203 disorderly conduct cases tried in one day and 74 drunkenness arrests.
A young astronomy student murdered his father Dr Racke and his three sisters after his demands for money went unmet. One sister was betrothed and the killings occurred around Christmas Eve, with the father noted as a former Reichstag member.
Robert Jeffrey aged seventeen and Hector Gingras fifteen drowned after breaking through ice on a local lake in Jewett City Connecticut. Their companions attempted rescues but were unable to save them as the bodies were recovered.
Wilbur Wright discovered gasoline in his aeroplane oil box just before a flight at Le Mans on December 26, narrowly averting a serious accident. He then staged an impressive demonstration before a crowd that included M. Burthou, minister of public works.
A collision in Oakland's Broadway business district left Samuel Knela fatally injured and John Petty along with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Riley badly hurt. The auto, driven at high speed, struck a passing train while en route to the hospital with a trolley injury victim.
Guy Seyfried driving a White Flier spun out at Ascot Park while racing at ninety mph. The car overturned nine times, caught fire, and was destroyed. Seyfried emerged uninjured apart from severe shaking after the wreck and admitted he was taking the turn too fast.
Four Morganza reform school inmates escaped last night during a Christmas distribution and, after ten hours in a snowstorm with bare feet and scant clothing, were found half frozen ten miles from Morganza. They were returned to the institution unable to speak or walk.
Thomas Deckmar, a Chattanooga area farmer, killed Thomas Andrews in Lafayette Tennessee after mistaking him for a bear while Andrews slept in a doorway. Andrews had been paroled from jail for Christmas. Coroner's jury finds justifiable homicide.
Melville Stern son of Louis Stern of this city was announced as the buyer of the six story limestone front dwelling at 9 East 89th street. The deed was reportedly handed to him as a Christmas gift. The lot measures 23.1 by 100.8 feet and abuts the homes of Moses Taylor and Archer Huntington. The property sold for 175000 dollars. L J Phillips sold the house to Mr Stern for the Falcon Realty Company.
Governor Willson orders the Somerset Company of Kentucky militia to Stearns Whitley County by special train with Captain Henry Waddell to restore order. U S Marshal Stephen G Sharp and ten deputies accompany them. Fire and fighting leave multiple dead and many wounded as deputies pursue strikers.
Henry W Poor a leading Wall Street figure assigns for creditors to Mark T Cox. The firm H W Poor Co faces reduced capital after vast personal expenditures on homes and art, with library sales and mortgage actions signaling liquidity strain amid the panic.
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