Sugar Confession Affects Havemeyer Docks Case
Former sugar company checker turned informer provided new evidence to U S prosecutors led by Henry L. Stimson. A grand jury session followed with authorities eyeing an additional indictment and possible retrial for James F. Bendernagel and other executives. Prosecutors seek strict action on non confession.
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Henry L. Stimson
Havemeyer & Elder
American Sugar Refining Company
Mr. St
Secret Service
Mr. Stimson
Sugar Company
United States
Shields
Nassau Street
James F. Bendernagel
Oliver Spitzer
Checkers
Thomas Kehoe
John R. Coyle
Edward A. Boyle
Patrick J. Hennessey
James L. Martin
Martin
Stimson
Williamsburg
Marooned in River Rescue Near Downey
Four women two men and six children were stranded on a narrow river strip between Santa Ana River branches near Downey. Venice lifesaving crew rescued them after they spent the night marooned. Mrs Henry E Gage wife of the new Portuguese minister aided rescuers from her Gage ranch. Los Angeles was cut off for two days by a heavy rainstorm with washouts and landslides feared to affect transcontinental trains.
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Lfs
Angeles
Santa Ana
Downey
Venice
Henry E. Gage
Portugal
Gage Ranch
Los Angeles
Congress Delegates Plan Anti-Trust League To Cut Food Prices
More than forty congressmen and wives met in Washington to discuss a national anti-trust league aimed at preventing high food prices. Plans floated include recruiting one million families to boycott commodities inflated by market manipulation and a forthcoming public meeting with congress members as principal speakers.
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Washington
Congress
National Anti-Trust League
General Committee
Morse Files Signed Protest Before Atlanta Start
Charles W. Morse, once a jailed banker, issues a typed statement from the Tombs denouncing his sentence as the most brutal in a civilized country. He accuses private detectives of spying on a rum-drinking jury and calls for a new trial, urging Washington officials to hear his innocence. Morse departs for penal servitude after a quiet farewell with family and aides.
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Morse
Washington
Atlanta
Mayor Gaynor’s Kind Words on Tammany Boss Demands
Mayor Gaynor defends Charles F. Murphy against slander while announcing civilian appointments and denying Tammany Hall control. He recalls Murphy’s limited influence, notes Murphy sought only the best men, and urges kindness from clergymen and women confronting the “white slave” charge. He asserts independence from Tammany机器 and highlights appointments of Hyde and Watson as personal, not partisan.
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Tammany Hall
Murphy
Rhinelander Waldo
Father
Henry S. Thompson
Ahearn
Mayer Gaynor
Benjamin Franklin
Charles F. Murphy
Mr. Murphy
J. Sergeant Cram
Tammany Braves
Cram
New York County
Brooklyn
John H. McCooey
Senator McCarren
Kings County
Calvin Tomkins
Charles H. Hyde
Archibald R. Watson
Mr. Hyde
Watson
Committee of Nine
Attacked Physician Claims Hospital Aid Abused
Ambulance surgeon Dr. Raymond Gaynor Laub says Bedford Avenue station policemen were abused at Williamsburg Hospital while guarding a prisoner. He alleges desk lieutenant Bartley Gray attacked him and that truck driver Stephen Mack resisted bandaging, injuring Laub. Laub plans to file warrants for assault and aiding and abetting.
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Bedford Avenue
Williamsburg Hospital
Raymond Gaynor Laub
Gaynor
Bartley Gray
Higginbotham
Bedford Avenue Court
Stephen Mack
Gray
Mack
Laub
Dr. Laub
Brooklyn Man Found Dead in Snow After Blizzard
George Bent of 49 Duffield Street Brooklyn vanished Christmas night with a tin pail and 40 cents. His body was discovered in snow near 161 Tillary Street by youths using a snow fort, with the pail and money beside him. His nephew John Moran identified the corpse. Bent was 65.
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George Bent
Duffield Street
Brooklyn
Tillary Street
John Moran
Bent
Fire devastates Holland hamlet near Suffolk
A blaze last night in Holland twelve miles from Suffolk destroyed most of the 26 businesses and 21 homes, leaving about half the 200 residents homeless. Peanuts valued at over 10,000 were ruined while the local crude fire equipment failed to control the flames. Total losses reach 115,000 dollars.
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Richmond
Holland
Suffolk
Deaths Flood New Coroners Board Deluge of Cases
The new board of coroners began their term with a record Sunday workload. Twenty nine cases were reported between 4 p m and 5 p m, with Coroner Feinberg handling six in the morning, Coroner Winterbottom fifteen in the afternoon, and Coroner Holtzhauser eight in the late afternoon segment.
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Board of Coroners
Coroners’ Office
Feinberg
Winterbottom
Holtzhauser
Unemployed Meeting Site Closed Ahead of Demolition
A large crowd of hungry unemployed men found the Bowery meeting site at No 41 closed with a sign no meeting. The building will be torn down for bridge work and rent unpaid. A similar quit notice hit Mrs Ethel Stewart president of the Women Municipal League who planned a poor women restaurant at No 39 Bowery and co operate with the unemployed committee.
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No. 41
Bowery
Ethel Stewart
Women's Municipal League
No. 39
Women’s Cooperative League
O. H. P. Belmont
Taft Visits Lurton At White House And Hotel
President Taft visits Judge Horace H. Lurton ahead of his United States Supreme Court swearing in tomorrow. Taft and Captain Butt walk the Mall then seek Lurton in a hotel. Lurton disappears briefly but will be sworn in at noon. Lurton, 66, arrives with wife and family and spends evening with Tennessee friends.
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Washington
Taft
Horace H. Lurton
Supreme Court
White House
Captain Butt
Executive Mansion
Pennsylvania Avenue
Judge Lurton
Judge Lorton
United States Supreme Court
Cincinnati Youth Takes Dare Fatal Self Destruction
Cincinnati youth Morton L. Rodgers aged seventeen shot himself after a companion dared him to fire a rifle. He died instantly from the gunshot wound in Cincinnati on January 2.
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Cincinnati
Morton L. Rodgers
Cause of light of Halley’s comet observed
Cambridge Massachusetts January 2 Harvard College observatory reports telegram from Professor E B Frost director of Yerkes observatory. Prismatic camera shows light of Halley s comet now largely due to third Cyanogen band.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard College Observatory
E. B. Frost
Yerkes Observatory
Military League Seizes Power in Athens Coup
In Athens the Military League demanded the abolition of Greek legations abroad except Constantinople and pressed for a prolonged Chamber session through Christmas. The Cabinet submitted resignations, the King urged ministers to stay, and steps were taken to retire legation ministers. Interior Minister Triantaphyllakos resigned after talks with the King and Premier Mavromichalis.
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League
Constantinople
Military League
Interior
Legation
Athens
M. Triantaphyllakos
Mavromichalis
Riot in Havana at Plaza Hotel ends with police action
January 2 Havana report describes two African American Congressmen refused service at an Ameri can house sparking a riot. A crowd of several hundred Black men joined in a clash with white Americans, injuries reported, two Americans arrested, riot thought to be a coordinated expression of anti American sentiment in Cuba.
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Havana
Plaza Hotel
Cuba
Pray for Leopold Archbishop urges prayers for king
Brussels January 2 The Archbishop of Malines issues a charge calling for prayers for the late King Leopold who by his religious marriage and eminently Christian death merits the prayers of all Belgians and Catholics.
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Brussels
Malines
Leopold
Georgetown Judge Vovis Commits Suicide Over Lost Speech
Georgetown Kentucky January 2 Judge John Vovis a prominent Kentucky bar member and after dinner speaker shot himself in the brain after forgetting part of an address at a dinner. He arose to speak and memory failed him leaving the room later his body was found by a janitor in the building. Vovis was police judge at Danville and a Central University graduate regarded as a risingKentucky figure.
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Georgetown
John
Vovis
Kentucky
Judge Vovis
Danville
Central University
China Rejects Arbitration in Macao Boundary Dispute
China ends five months of talks with Portugal and sends a formal note refusing to arbitrate over Macao. Beijing insists only China and Portugal can resolve the issue, demanding evacuation of Portuguese claims to Macao and nearby islands.
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Peking
China
Portugal
Macao
Canton
Hong Kong
Machado
Mayor Gaynor Names Part of Staff in City Cabinet
Mayor Gaynor appoints young men to senior posts across City departments with salaries ranging from 5 000 to 15 000 dollars. Names include Archibald R Watson as Corporation Counsel and Henry S Thompson as Commissioner of Water Supply Gas and Electricity, among others.
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Corporation Counsel
Archibald R. Watson
Francis Key Pendleton
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Henry S. Thompson
John H. O’brien
Department of Water Supply
Edward W. Bemis
M. F. Loughman
Mayor Gaynor Eyes Appointments to City Departments
Last night the mayor announced public lists of appointments for his official family. Most nominees will be sworn in today, with Herman Ridder still undecided about leading the Park Board amid party backlash and civic concerns over department heads and civil service reforms.
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Gaynor
Herman Ridder
Park Board
Tammany Hall
Baker
Darlington
Butler
Department of
Department of Corrections
Edwards
John J. Barry
Purdy
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Polk
McClellan
Appleton
O’ Keeffe
Antonio Zucca
Paul Weimann
James H. Kennedy
Charities
John W. Keller
Keller
van Wyck
R. C. Baker
Through Cars to Florida Resorts Ad Promises Fast Service
Seaboard Florida Ltd advertises an exclusive club car train to Florida touting speed elegance and ease. The message highlights direct service via Seaboard Air Line with a bold claim of being the handsomest and quickest option, urging readers to visit 1183 Broadway for details.
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Florida
Seaboard Florida Ltd
Ing
Seaboard Air Line
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James W. Stevenson
Manhattan
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Joseph J. Berry
Department of Docks and Ferries
Allen N. Spooner
Department of Public Charities
Robert W. Hebberd
Queens
Thomas L. Fogarty
Thomas W. Hynes
Nicholas J. Hayes
Board of Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments
Lawson Purdy
James H. Tully
C. J. McCormick
Charles Putzel
J. J. Halloran
Hugh J. Hastings
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