Taft Opposes Taft Clubs and Southern GOP Organizing
Taft rejects forming Taft clubs and supports only independent Democratic efforts when needed. He backs Hitchcock and Hammond on national party strategy, discusses Connecticut senatorial considerations, cabinet weight from Nutmeg State, and a January 9 visit to a black school. Taft, guests, and New Year golf plans noted at Aiken events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Hitchcock
John Hays Hammond
National League of Republican
Taft
Mrr
South
Hitchcock
Hammond
Henry W. Anderson
Richmond
W. X. Mitchell
Avanta
Charles Hopkins Clark
Hartford
Conn
Brandegee
Ebenezer Hill
Clark
Connecticut
Judson Lyons
Register of the Treasury
Augusta
At & Cal School
George R. Sheldon
Republican Rational Committee
Aiken
S. C
Gise
Mexico
Morse files bill of exceptions for appeal in federal case
Wallace Macfarlane and Charles E. Littlefield for Charles W. Morse submit the bill of exceptions and assignment of errors to U S Attorney Harry L. Stimson, detailing 211 alleged errors from a trial that led to Morse’s 15 year federal banking sentence. Stimson has 30 days to review, then the parties may disagree, and Judge Hoard may decide. Briefs align for the Circuit Court, likely by mid February, with bail reconsideration after briefs are filed. Morse faces at least six more weeks in the Tombs before any bail decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Macfarlane
Charles E. Littlefield
Charles W. Morse
Aslania
Herry L. Stimson
United States
Mr. Morse
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Hough
Stimson
Morse
Judge Hough
Unified States Circuit Court of Appeals
Lt Morse
Ball
Subway Service Improves After Commission Inspections
Public Service Commission inspections this month show notable subway gains in express and local service versus last year. Seat miles rose by 275.08 since December and compared with November. Morning southbound rush extended to 9 40. Midday trains up to twenty per hour at Grand Central. Noon to 2 pm eight car trains replace six, easing overloads. Northbound service starts at 4 pm, reducing evening crowding. Overall, service now surpasses earlier commission expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Grand Central Station
Final Meeting of X-Ray Society Closes Three Days
The American Radiography Society closed its three days meeting with demonstrations on locating foreign bodies using X rays reducing blindness risk. Papers by Dr. Willis F. Manges and others stressed training and safe X-ray use. Officers elected include President Dr. George C. Johnston and Vice Presidents Dr. William Allen Pusey Sidney Lenge A W Crane W F P Newcomer H Sy Van Awen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Rintgeon Key Society
Willis F. Manges
Philadelphia
W. H. Diefenback
William B. Snow
W.S. Lawrence
Memphis
Charles F. Rowen
Columbus
Ohio
E. W. Caldwell
Angers
George C. Johnston
Pittsburg
William Allen Pusey
Chicago
Sidney Lenge
Cincinnati
A. W. Crane
Kalamazoo
Mica
W. FP. Newcomer
H. Sy. van Awen
Springfield
F. Bowen
Percy Brown
Boston
Alfred T. Osgood
Henry K. Pancoast
No successor named for New York Central president
The New York Central announced no successor after Willem H. Newman’s resignation. W. Brown is considered probable but reports in Wall Street hint at L. F. Loree, president of Moore & Hudson, as a potential. E. H. Harriman is expected to join the board. Union Pacific holds over 194 million shares through Oregon Short Line, with stock steady to some degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willem H. Newman
New York Centai
William K. Vanderbilt
W. <. Brown
Newman
Wall Street
L. F. Loree
Iomoore & Hudson Company
Harriman
New York Central
Whiteh Rosé
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Iers
Man Kills Mother Then Jumps To Police Inmanhattan Tragedy
Arthur Trotter thirty three of West 38th street killed his mother by severing her head then leaped from a second story window into police arms. He was found in tights holding the head and proclaimed the world’s end before being taken to Bellevue Hospital. Coroner noted possible sham insanity while noting the victim had eighteen thousand dollars in banks despite poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Trotter
West 38Th Street
West 20Th Street
Trotter
Blackwell's Island
God
Virgin
Bellevue Hospital
Dr. McArthy
St. Vincent's Hospital
Josephine Conda
Acritelli
Tw Trotter
Bellevue
St. Michael
Bie
Whie
Potter's Field
Berry Probe Reveals Disputed Fill Costs at Bronx Parks
At a Bronx Commissioners of Accounts hearing, Park Commissioner Berry and zoo chief clerk John Mitchell clashed over fill charges. Wilkinson sold fill to St John’s College while Fitzpatrick testified the college never paid for fill, and college foremen claimed no payments occurred during his 27 years. The dispute centers on excavation and dumping practices and who paid what for rock and dirt fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners of Accounts
Park Department of
The
Bronx
Berry
Zoological Garden
John Mitchell
John J. Wilkinson
St. John’s College
Wilkinson
John Fitzpatrick
Plain Case of Unwritten Law in Denver
C Burdette Bell, accused of shooting Cincinnati actor Charles Cuvier Dury after Dury enticed Bell’s wife, says he will not use modern defenses. He plans to rely on horse sense and a jury of twelve men, arguing his action was justified by his belief any man would have acted similarly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
C. Burdette Bell
Charles Cuvier Dury
Cincinnati
Bell
Wife killer repeats confession in Brooklyn court
Carl Breitag, jailed at No 201 33d Street, again confessed to strangling his wife Matilda on December 6 and burying her in the cellar. Before Magistrate Furlong in Fifth Avenue Court he stood unmoved, was held without bail for the grand jury, and his police tale was deemed substantially true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furlong
Fifth Avenue Court
Brooklyn
Carl Breitag
33D Street
Matilda
Ereitag
Lotos Club Yule Tide Dinner Noted Before Move
The Lotos Club announces a January 9 Yule tide dinner at its No 8 Fifth Avenue house. It will be the last distinctive function there as the club prepares to move to West 57th Street early in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotos Club
No.8
Fifth Avenue
Glens
West 57Th Stret
New Ambulance District Created After Hospital Decision
Coroner Harburger reports Roosevelt Hospital abandoned its ambulance service on March 1 and arranged with the Department of Charities to form a new district for Bellevue Hospital. The coroner cites the hospital’s inquest verdict censuring its actions as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Hospital
Harburger
Department of Charities
Bellevue Hospital
Jews Seek Army Chaplains. Federation Execs Seek Roosevelt Aid
The Federation of Jewish Organizations reports it passed resolutions requesting Jewish chaplains in the army and navy and will send copies to Congress, President Roosevelt, and the War and Navy Departments for cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Jewish Organizations
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretaries of War and Navy Departments
Immoral Purposes Case Sentences and Poison Labeling Fine
Mary Dale of Westth street and Carrie Duncan of West 58th street were sentenced in General Sessions to heavy state prison terms for keeping a girl for immoral purposes. Julia Keenan forfeited her $30 bail, and Margaret Sheppard faces soon to be tried. Daniel M. Priest of West nd street pled guilty in Special Sessions to selling poison not properly labelled and was fined $190.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dale
Westth Street
Carrie Duncan
West 58Th Street
Julia Keenan
Margaret Shepperd
Daniel M. Priest
Tnd Street
Court of Special Sessions
Soldier killed duck hunting near Port Townsend
Port Townsend Washington December 30 Corporal Robert E Cost of the 14th Company Coast Artillery was accidentally shot and instantly killed while duck hunting yesterday He drew the gun toward him muzzle first one barrel discharged into his face Cost was a native of Alabama
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
Wash
Robert E. Cost
14Th Company, Coast Artillery
Cost
Alabama
Consul Cheney Dead and U S Victims of Italian Earthquake
Fond du Lac Wisconsin reports Miss Margaret McMillan and Mrs. Thornton Greene believed dead in Southern Italy earthquake after visiting Rome on Christmas. In Wheeling West Virginia Albert M. Schenk head of F Schenk & Sons packing house and his wife also believed among the victims in the Italy disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Wis
Margaret McMillan
Thornton A. Greene
Michigan
C. A. McMillan
Italy
Pattre
Rome
Sicily
Wheeling
W. Va
Albert M. Schenk
F. Schenk & Sons’ Company
Consul Arthur S. Cheney Dies in Earthquake Fatality
Dr. Arthur S. Cheney, consul at Messina since August 15 1907, died in the earthquake. A New Haven native son, he studied at Yale Medical School and entered the consular service in 1906. He was permanently lame in one leg, hindering escape. Mrs Cheney was Austrian, met during medical studies abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur S. Cheney
Messina
Connecticut
New Haven
Benjamin H. Cheney
B. Austin Cheney
Yale Medical School
Reichenberg
Lee
Cheney
Ir. Cheney
Lost eight relatives in Italy from Westchester quake
Westchester residents learned of heavy losses from the Messina earthquake. White Plains barber Sebasco Pellari reported his father mother and seven siblings killed. White Plains contractor Rocco Hirante lost two brothers in Messina. Banker Raphael Rone said his mother and sister-in-law died in Catanzaro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester County
Italy
Sebasco Pellari
White Plains
Messina
Rocco Hirante
Raphael Rone
Catanzaro
Sudden Illness Cancels Taormina Trip For Hackleys
Dr Charles E Hackley Mrs Mary Hackley and Miss Mary F Hackley of Rowayton were set to sail for Taormina Sicily in November but Miss Hackley contracted typhoid fever at home causing the trip to be called off. Taormina near Messina was damaged by an earlier tremor, and the illness now delays the journey while two friends remain behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Norwalk
Conn
Taormina
Sicily
Charles E. Hackley
Mary F. Hackley
Rowayton
Miss Hackley
Hackleys
Fear for Jersey Women in Sicily
Telegraph report from Jersey notes Lillian Wiggins of East Orange and her cousin Elizabeth M. Wiggins traveling in Europe since July. A letter from Lillian says Taormina Sicily may have felt the disaster. family seeks guidance from Washington. Also, Miss Mary Sherman Grand, ex Governor Bagley’s daughter, is in Taormina thirty miles from the affected area with no word yet. Miss Mary H. De Hart of Elizabeth returned home before the calamity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Sicily
Wiggins
Washington
Taormina
Elizabeth
N. J
Mary Sherman Grand
Bagley
Michigan
Mary H. de Hart
Fear for Bloomfield Woman Believed Lost in Italian Disaster
Bloomfield New Jersey December 30 Mrs Charles Sarauw daughter of the late Philip Heartt and sister of J Pierson Heartt of Glen Ridge is believed to have perished in the Italian disaster. She was born in Bloomfield and thirty years ago moved to Messina with her husband owner of large sulphur mines in Sicily who had served as mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
N. J
Charles Sarauw
Philip Heartt
J. Pierson Heartt
Glen Ridge
Sarauw
Messina
Sicily
Jersey City Italians Call Meeting for Relief in homeland
Father Monteleone and fellow Jersey City citizens of Italian birth urge a meeting tonight to arrange immediate relief for the unfortunates in their native land. The Robert Davis Association has authorized the Italian Vice-Consul in Newark to draw on the association for 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Monteleone
Jersey City
Robert Davis Association
Newark
Yale Man Discusses Earthquake Theory
New Haven December 30 Professor William H Brewer of Yale says the Sicily earthquake stems from the same fault conditions as San Francisco. He cites a tidal wave effect in the Strait of Messina where water receded and rushed back, briefly engulfing land that had slipped. Calabria and the Strait of Messina boast a famed earthquake history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
New Haven
William H. Brewer
Yale
Sicily
San Francisco
Strait of Messina
Calabria
Navy abolishes general muster on ships amid lengthy reviews
Washington reports that Secretary Newberry has ended the long standing naval general muster. The monthly mustering ritual on battleships with crews of 700 to 800 men is deemed tedious and unnecessary, as ships’ paymaster books had to be checked during the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newberry
Bankruptcy Petitions Filed in U S District Court
The day’s filings list Everall Bros. & Francis Company with liabilities of 21,500.74 and assets 4,206.17 at 258 Fifth Ave including stock, fixtures, and debts. Moe Hyman with 3,600.59 in liabilities and no assets. Abraham Beil and Alfred Keve involuntary cases with multiple creditors and claims, noting removals of assets and preferential payments. Morrison & Gasoff and Excelsior Liquor Manufacturing Company named in involuntary petitions with substantial debts and alleged asset concealment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Everall Bros. & Francis Company
Fifth Avenue
A. E. Archer
E. A. Hoffman
John B. Ellison & Sons
Moe Hyman
West 139Th Street
Charles Rosenberg
Broadway
Abraham Beil
Sixth Avenue
L. Kimmel & Sons
Alfred Keve
First Avenue
Strober & Wilken Company
Henry V. Poor
Edward H. Kruse
Keve
Morrison & Gasoff
Third Avenue
Stein & Co
Goldschmidt Brothers
Excelsior Liquor Manufacturing Company
Tiath Street
Second
Third Avenues
Itato Manufacturing Company, Incorporated
West Broadway
Objection to Dual Duties in Navy Bureau Reform
The Tribune reports Washington debate over Chief Constructor Capps taking acting chief duties of the bureau of steam engineering. Autonomy of bureaus remains, though Capps signs bureau correspondence as engineer in chief. Some officers fear reduced specialization and Congress may weighing changes as sentiment shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Navy
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Engineer Corps
Capps
R. S. Griffin
Navy Yards
Navy Department
Congress
House
Senate
Naval
Secretary of the Navy
J. H. Sears
T. D. Griffin
Paducah
J. L. Purcell
Contin Naval Medical School Hospital
Wate
W. L. Capps
S. W. Bogan
Scared Naval Officers at White House Gymnastics Debate
The President visited the Navy Department and discussed physical tests for officers, prompting sensational but erroneous reports of gymnastic stunts. While models of ships were being reviewed, Secretary Newberry paused plans to extend the fitness test beyond field officers, signaling possible reconsideration and presidential consultation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Navy Department
White House
Loeb
Rock Creek Park
Newberry
Pillsbury
Capps
Winslow
Navy
Roosevelt
Department
Secretary of the Navy
Army and Navy Notes on vacancies and ship movements
Washington reports interest in the upcoming judge advocate general vacancy as civilians seek eligibility changes. Nearly fifty officers file applications while selection is expected to favor a serving judge advocate. Also listed are army orders, court-martial appointments, leaves, and naval movements including arrivals at Norfolk and calls to Mare Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Dudley
Army
Judge Advocate General's Department
Edgar
Military Academy
Frederick M. Hartsour
Medical Corps
Cuba
Fort Meade
South Dakota
A1am H. Tefpt
Fort Binker
California
C.arence G. Bunker
Coast Artillery Corps
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Artht
Beck
Corps of Engineers
Fort Bayard
Los Angeles
Josiah ©. Mincs
Clemson Agricultural College
Clemson College
South Carolina
Elvin H. Wagner
29Th Infantry
San Francisco
Sagua la Grande
John T. van Orsdale
William L. Pitcher
Richard T. Yeatman
11Th Infantry
James Parker
11Th Cavalry
William M. Black
Robert Ll. Bullard
Th Infantry
Edwin ST. J. Greble
Sa Field Artillery
Edward Chynoweth
17Th Infantry
Edgar W. Howe
27Th Infantry
Ers Slocum
7Th Cavalry
Mason Re Ice
Harry E. Wilkins
John Was Lin
2D Field Artillery
Blanton Winship
Charles RE. Drake
14Th Cavalry
Charles J. Ferris
6Th Field Artillery
RE. Alexis Jennet
15Th Infantry
Alderman Sheehy Guilty Of Conspiracy In Jersey City Case
Alderman Edward Sheehy was found guilty by a Hudson County jury of conspiracy to cheat and defraud Jersey City. The case traced fake election furniture repair claims and forged bills amounting to about $80 for John Reilly and fraudulent charges in other names, leading to a mayoral veto and eventual cancellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sheehy
Jersey City
Hudson County Court of Seasions
Sheehy
Committee On Election
John Reilly
Reilly
John McCarthy
Patrick Fitzgerald
John Kenny
Mark M. Fagan
McCarthy
Fitzgerald
Kenny
Robert Weir
Blair
Old Guard Moves to New Headquarters
The Old Guard has relocated to 229 West 1st Street near Station G. Major Charles A. Stadler and staff will receive tomorrow in the newly equipped club and armory as preparations begin for the Old Guard ball at the Waldorf Astoria on February 3, with tickets and boxes on sale at headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Guard
West 1St Street
Charles A. Stadler
Waldorf- Astoria
Burnham Indictments Dismissed in General Sessions
District Attorney Jerome moved, Judge Hosaisky dismissed four forgery third degree indictments and one grand larceny second degree count against Frederick A Burnham, who died last week. The cases were linked to others against his brother George Burnham Jr and George L Eldridge tied to Mutual Reserve Life Assurance Company reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnham
Jerome
Hosaisky
Court of General Sessions
Frederick A. Burnham
George Burnham, Jr
George L. Eldridge
Mutual Reserve Life Assurance Company
Ferry service runs with boatload of trucks effect
Sees McCarren's hand profitable. A limited service was established. When there was a boatload of trucks the boat started, and it didn't start until there was a boatload. The service yielded enough revenue to carry itself, but it was not rum for the accommodation of passengers. The Controller denied knowledge of the Mayor's claim that Senator McCarren was retained by Interborough company. He said he has dealt directly with Mr Gavin of the ferry company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mccarren
Interborough Company
Gavin
No Taxes by 1925 Energy in City Finances Speech
Controller Metz stirred a legislative hearing by asserting New York City could run without taxes by 1925 if a man capable of running the town on a business basis could be found. He challenged estimates of revenue bonds and questioned adding rumored, uncollectible contracts to city debt, criticizing the park accounts and endorsing a real estate tribunal and a central purchasing agency while opposing exempting railroad or water bonds from debt limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Legislative Committee
Sennett
Mets
New York
T. J. Parkinson
Bureau of Municipal Research
New York City
Parkinson
Ivins
Park Department
State Officers-Elect Sworn In in Albany
Thomas B. Dunn of Rochester State Treasurer elect, with deputy H. H. Pryer of Rochester, and Samuell Koenig Secretary of State elect, took their oaths of office in the Secretary of State's office today in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Thomas B. Dunn
Roch
H. H. Pryer
Rochester
Samuell Koenig
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Colorado
Panama
San Pedro
Mare Island
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