Banking law amendments proposed to widen conspiracy reach
Senator Agner plans to reintroduce last year’s bill abolishing racetrack gambling as urged in the Governor’s message. Three banking bill proposals, crafted by Howard Gans and then withdrawn as technically defective, would expand conspiracy definitions, extend the limitations period, and treat banks and officials as accomplices unless profits are shared.
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Agner
Page
State Banking Department
Howard Gans
New York County
Reorganize Militia Bill Ties NY Guard to Federal Army
Albany on Jan 1 reports a bill to reorganize the New York national guard and naval militia to conform with the U S army under the Dick law of 1903. The Wainwright commission urges adherence to federal standards, enabling state troops to share in federal militia appropriations and avoid wasteful dislocation.
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Albany
National Guard
Naval Militia
United States Army
Gey
Wainwright
Naval
New York
United States
Congress
Commission
Corps of Engineers
Signal Corps
Infantry
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Coast Artillery Corps
Westchester
Special Commission
Frisbie
Schenectady
Merritt Named Majority Leader In State Legislature
Albany dispatch reports Speaker Wadsworth announced Edwin A. Merritt Jr. of St. Lawrence County will chair the Ways and Means Committee and serve on the Rules Committee, elevating him to majority leader. Jesse Phillips of Allegany becomes Judiciary Committee chair and retains Ways and Means and Railroads committee roles.
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Tribune
Albany
Wadsworth
Edwin A. Merritt, Jr
St. Lawrence County
Ways and Means
Merritt
Jesse Phillips
Allegany
Judiciary
Gunther Named Minority Leader By Brooklyn Republicans
The Brooklyn GOP caucus chose John D. Gunther to lead the Brooklyn dominated Board of Aldermen as minority leader for two years. Manhattan Republicans had backed B W B Brown, whose stance against the Sullivans had become a point of contention. Gunther, serving his fourth term, is described as pacific and friendly to the Sullivans.
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Brooklyn
Manhattan
John D. Gunther
No. 322
15Th Street
57Th
B. W. B. Brown
28Th
Teader
James Cowdin Meyers
Brown
Sullivans
Sullivanes
Gunther
Mystery Surrounds Fall Before White Plains Trolley Car
William H. Prescoe fell beneath a Hulkberry trolley on Railroad avenue White Plains Wednesday night. Motorman Joseph Holmes applied a new electric brake in an emergency, saving his life. Prescoe suffered a broken wrist multiple fractured ribs and loss of a fingertip at Hospital Carlyon Arms before planned rest cure at Muldoon s sanatorium.
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William H. Prescoe
Railroad Avenue
White Plains
Prescoe
Carlyon Arms
Muldoon
Westchester Avenue
Hailroad Avenue
Joseph Holmes
Emancipation Day Rally Voices Taft Hitchcock Ties
Ten thousand Negroes in Mobile Alabama celebrate Emancipation Day and pledge allegiance to Taft ally Frank Hitchcock. They oppose Lily White revival efforts and vow to urge Northern supporters to oppose any candidate recognizing the Lily White party in the South.
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Mobile
Ala
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Hitchcock
Lily White
Lily White Party
Alabama
Lily White Movement
South
Taft Changes Plans From Cabinet Gathering To War Department Work
Secretary Taft returned to Washington from Boston and did not attend the Cabinet gathering at the White House. He went to the War Department to handle personal mail from his absence. In Hartford Taft invited as guest of Yale Alumni Association for February 7 if possible.
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Washington
Boston
White House
War Department
Hartford
Conn
Taft
Hartford Yale Alumni Association
Emancipation Day meeting backs Foraker across Kansas
At a Topeka gathering of African Americans from across Kansas a resolution was adopted praising Senator Joseph B. Foraker. The group pledged support for his aspirations and urged southern African Americans to join in backing him.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Joseph, B. Foraker
South
Woodruff and Parsons Active in Albany Politics
State Chairman Woodruff and New York County Committee President Parsons busy advising on Legislature organization. They back Murphy for Cities Committee chair, seek New York men on key panels, and push Beverly Robinson for the Rules Committee. They meet Speaker Wadsworth and William Barnes Jr., part of a trio blamed for the clerkship win and a possible bid for Governor.
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Albany
Woodruff
Parsons
New York
Wadsworth
William Barnes, Jr
Barnes
Ray B. Smith
Negroes Beat Officer After Arrest At Harlem
Patrolman Ryan of East 126th Street was beaten by three men while transporting William McKnight after he attacked Marian Taylor at 135th Street and Lenox Avenue. The officer lost his club, was kicked, and will miss days of duty. McKnight held in $1,000 bail. ambulance and hospital treatment provided.
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Ryan
East 126Th Street
William McKnight
Marian Taylor
135Th Street
Lenox Avenue
McKnight
Harlem
Fisher
Ross
Harlem Court
False Alarm Fatal in New Year Fire Run
Rescue Hook and Ladder Company 1 of Flushing Long Island rushed to a New Year fire call that proved false. On return voyage, William Gleason age 24 of 68 Grove Street fell as wheels passed over his abdomen, dying instantly.
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Hook and Ladder Company 1
Flushing
Long Island
Main Street
William Gleason
No. 68
Grove Street
Fall Kills Epileptic Henry J. Miles at Riverside Drive
Henry J. Miles, 40, machine maker from East Orange, fell from the seventh floor window of the Concord Court building at 8 Riverside Drive. He died en route to J. Hood Wright Hospital. Relatives say epilepsy caused the plunge. police deem it a suicide. A diary note and treatment history link the case to his illness.
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Henry J. Miles
Concord Court
Riverside Drive
J. Hood Wright Hospital
le Roy Miles
Mr. Miles
Inner Court
Dr. Weingartner
LeRoy Miles
East Orange
N. J
Miles
Far West
Dr. Logan
San Francisco
Chicago
Arly
Flowers at City Hall Honor Bill Hildebrand's Day
Bill Hildebrand a City Hall cleaner received lavish bouquets on New Year day from the First Kronprinz Rudolph Society for Alderman Moskowitz. The committee delivered expensive blooms to the hall, but Moskowitz was absent and the flowers were given to Bill who stood dazed amid the generous, costly display.
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Bi Hildebrand
City Hall
Bowery
Bill
Bill” Hildebrand
Tom
Adolph Moskowitz
Tammany
6Th
Kronprinz Rudolph Society
Grand Street
D. Kaflich
Moskowitz
Adolph
Kaflich
Katie Ulman
Rent Day Crisis Sparks Tenants’ Organized Protest
Socialist headquarters on Grand Street saw tenants sign protest blanks as about six thousand families plan to withhold more than a fair share of rent today. Around fifty warrants have been served with hundreds more possible, while Mrs. J G Phelps Stokes will join the movement. Plans for a rent striker parade and open air meetings loom, with a Rutger's Square gathering and no anticipated police interference.
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Socialist
Grand Street
Madison Street Court
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Rose Pastor
Rutgers Square
Molten Steel Explosion Kills Two at Steel Plant
An explosion at United States Steel Edgar Thomson converter No 3 in North Braddock near Pittsburgh killed two workers and injured thirteen. Molten steel escaped its pit, ignited gas flames, blew off the mill roof, collapsed walls, shattered windows, and damaged nearby buildings.
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Pittsburg
Jan
Edgar Thomson
United States Steel Corporation
North Braddock
Here
Big Tom Foley Becomes Sheriff in New Administration
Thomas F Foley assumed sheriff duties replacing Nicholas J Hayes and reappointing most deputies. The office at 299 Broadway filled with flowers. Foley pledged no favors and did not release any prisoners. He and Hayes toured the jail with Warden Regan as the transition proceeded.
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Thomas F Foley
Patrick F. Flynn
Nicholas J. Hayes
Tammany Men
Charles A. Rader
Mr. Flynn
Broadway
Tom
John F. Gilchrist
Foley
Hayes
Johnson
Big Tom
Charles Regan
Regan
New York Dressmaker Eliza Faurote Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
Mrs Eliza Faurote a New York dressmaker visiting St John New Brunswick committed suicide today by shooting after six weeks with her sister. Despondent over business losses amid financial troubles. Pazo ointment ad follows claiming pile cure in days.
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St. John
N. B
Eliza Faurote
New York
Builders Stand Pat on Wages Amid Harmony Drive
A Building Trades Employers Association statement says wages will remain at the current high levels despite a stagnating outlook for the year. Several unions under arbitration failed to reach anew agreement, continuing work under the plan, while others remain outside arbitration. The open shop stance persists for painters and Housesmiths and Bridgemen, with unions listing signatories and those still negotiating.
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Amalgamated Woodworkers’ Union
Electrical Workers
Journeymen Stone Setters
Marble Cutters
Marble Polishers’ Union
Modellers’ Union
Wood Carvers
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Metal Lathers
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Plumbers’ Union
Composition Roofers and Waterproofers
Cement Masons
Brotherhood of Painters
Housesmiths and Bridgemen’s Union
Open Shop
Kidney Transplant Experiments In Cats Reported
The Rockefeller Institute announces Alexis Carrel's mass kidney transplants between cats. Fourteen trials from February to October last year showed five failures. surviving cats lived from three to thirty six days, with potential human applications discussed by institute doctors.
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Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Alexis Carrel
Mr. Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
Transfer of Vital Organs Coming, Says Flexner
Chicago reports Professor Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute predicts soon feasible transfer of sound organs from lower animals to humans. He cites experiments on arterial transplants and vivisection as steps toward revolutionary organ replacement in modern medicine, presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Chicago
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Flexner
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Society
University of Chicago
Ludvig Hektoen
New York
Parrott Arrest Follows New York Elopement Case
Plymouth January 1 James Henry Parrott was arrested on arrival from New York where he fled after eloping with Miss G Lawrence. He had been charged with taking a Fletcher of London automobile and allegedly selling it. The elopement is not linked to the arrest.
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Plymouth
James Henry Parrott
Majestic
New York
Parrott
G. Lawrence
M. T. Fletcher
London
Four Dead in Kentucky Duels in Two Towns
In Beattyville Chief of Police Joseph Davidson and merchant Robert Evans killed each other in Evans store over an old grudge. In Yale, mining town, A. J. Ballard and brothers Allie and Boone Henry were wounded in a shotgun fight. Ballard previously took part in a 20 year old feud that left two brothers dead and another wounded.
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Merchant
Beattyville
Yale
Joseph Davidson
Robert Evans
Davidson
Owingsville
A. J. Ballard
Allie and
Boone Henry
Ballard
Seaboard Rail Battle Ends in 1900 Settlement and Purchase Offer
A historical dispatch outlines the Seaboard Air Line rivalry led by Ryan and the Williams Middendorf syndicate. After lawsuits across states and failed charters, a 1900 compromise created an independent system. Blair & Co Ladenburg offer to buy matured coupons and equipment bonds to preserve Seaboard integrity while awaiting readjustment plans.
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Ryan
Seaboard & Roanoke
Maryland Court of Appeals
John Skelton Williams
Seaboard & Roanoke and
Allied Roads
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard
Morton Trust Company
Continental Trust Company
Baltimore
Comstock Thaw Witness Subpoenaed for Defense Case
A subpoena was served on Anthony Comstock to testify for the defense in Thaw's trial opening Monday. He is billed as the defense star witness to illuminate Thaw's mental condition before the Madison Square Garden shooting and to reveal letters showing Thaw seeking Comstock's aid against Stanford White.
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Anthony Comstock
Thaw
Madison Square Garden
Anti-Vice Society
Burglary Suspect Shot Dead in Williamsburg Store
David Jaffe and his brother in Williamsburg were awoken by burglars at No. 146 Meserole street. Jaffe fired from inside killing a man shot between the eyes. Police captured a second man, Thomas Byrnes, 19, of No. 143 Leonard street, bail set at $1,000. Jaffe charged with homicide and paroled.
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David Jaffe
Meserole Street
Williamsburg
Jaffe
Dahler
Stagg Street
Stagg Street Station Told Captain Murphy
Thomas Byrnes
No. 143
Leonard Street
Byrnes
Manhattan Avenue
Cabman Stripped In Street On Ninth Avenue
Patrick Hebron a cabman of West 61st Street ran from his cab on Ninth avenue in his underwear shouting about robbery arson and murder. Patrolman Wille pursued a man Hebron identified as Thomas Greely of West 37th Street who was charged with assault and attempted robbery.
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Patrick Hebron
West 61St Street
Ninth Avenue
Wille
Hetron
Hebron
Thomas Greely
West 37Th Street
Greely
Hunt Swamp Murderer Near Harrison N J
Bloodhounds from New York Police will trail the Harrison murder suspect as officials push to identify the woman found in Hackensack Meadows. Agnes O Keefe, once rumored dead, is alive in Philadelphia. The mystery widens with new sightings, family links, and a $1000 reward proposal. Authorities keep the body ten days as leads multiply amid Wikipedia style confusion.
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Branegan
Harrison
N. J
New York
Syami
Philadelphia
Orange
Miss O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Drubell
Harrison Aldermen
Common Council
Catherine L. Hunter
L Street
Washington
Josephine Beck
Hunter
Agnes Young
Frank Hull
Minnie Jeanette Gaston
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Fight ruins the pies in Long Island City burglary arrest
Two men from Brooklyn held after a failed shoplift at William McBride's hardware store led to a pursuit on Greenpoint Avenue. John Travis and Louis Snyder battled Patrolman Morgan in Bloomfield bakery, crashing through a plate window and wrecking pies and pastries as both were injured. Morgan injured but captured Travis and Snyder, baker seeks pie payment.
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William McBride
Pearsall Street
Blissville
Long Island City
Michael Morgan
John Robbinson
Greenpoint Avenue
John Travis
Meserole Street
Louis Snyder
Newell Street
Brooklyn
Station House
Travis
Morgans
Bloomfields Bakery
Morgana
Morgan
Dbaker
Tow Would Make 21 Mile Train
Louisville dispatch reports the steamer Sprague on its next Southern trip will tow forty five canal boats seven barges two fuel boats and one model barge carrying 1 305 000 bushels of coal. If loaded into freight cars the train would exceed twenty one miles in length.
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Louisville
Sprague
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W. H. Prescoe
Monster
MR. Taft
Foraker
H. J. Miles
East Side
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Builders
Harmony
Employers’ ‘Association
Professor Flexner
J. H. Parrott
Miss Lawrence
Kentucky
John Jameson
W. A. Taylor & Co
Roanoke
Comstock
Cabmay
Canal Zone
Racers, Prer & Company
Warren St
Eeee
Hunt Swamp
New Jersey
Pelk County
Tenn
Reliance
Louisville & Nashville
J. R. Gaston
Kiley B. Womack
Hattie Womack Hall
Dr. Womack
Kim
Minnie Gaston
Jersey
Harrison Morgue
Trict
Vickers
Hudsom County
Alfred Thompson
Baker
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