Police raid Chinatown gambling dens as Chinese Tong rings spread
Police led by Inspector Daly executed a mass raid across Pell Mott and Dover streets targeting On Leong Tong and Hip Sings gambling houses. Dozens of men arrested at Mock Duck's and other addresses. opium pipes and cash seized. crowds formed as residents protested the crackdown. Masked Japanese liaison Nishimoto aided undercover ops during the sweep.
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Chinatown
John Dexter
John Policy
Elsie Sigel
Waldo
Capel Galvin
Inspector Ohn
Frank A. Tierney
E Cetreet
Leas Yu
Chu Luk Ch
Pell Street
Daly
Eldzidre Street
Mtate
McAdoo
Albert M. Nishimoto
Boston
Ives
Noy Bowery
Oak
Elizabeth Street
Underhill
Harrigan
Kelly
Eagen
Gleason
Dovers Street
Mott Street
Mott Streets
Tom Lee
Jeader
Etronte
No. 24 Street
Roosevelt brands diner as a liar at Aldine gathering
Ex President Theodore Roosevelt denied quotes attributed to him during a dinner at the Aldine Association in New York. Reporters were barred from the room as diners claimed Roosevelt said he is not a candidate, yet might run if nominated. Another diner cited him as the most misrepresented man in America. A separate note from Salem, Oregon reports Roosevelt's name filed for the presidential primary ballot by Oliver H. Hickey of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldine Association
America
Fifth Avenue
Theodore Roosevelt
Lyman Abbott
Colonel Roosevelt
Coronel Roosevelt
Lam
Roosevelt
Oregon
Salem
Ore
Oliver H. Hickey
Portland
Contempt Threat in Steel Trust Records Request
The Tribune reports in a Washington dispatch that the Steel Trust faces contempt proceedings if it fails to produce books and records. Chairman Stanley prepares a subpoena for R A Farrell and orders production of key documents within twenty days, including minutes and profits from decades past.
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the Tribune Hureav
Washington
The
Steel Trust
Stanley
Steel Investigating Committee
R. A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Andrew Carnegie
Trust
Corp [Et
Vaults Hold Billion in Equitable Securities Amid Fire
A major fire threatened the Equitable Building vaults housing vast securities from the Equitable Life Assurance Society and associated banking firms. Officials said about 200 million dollars in securities were in the vaults, with duplicates kept elsewhere, and fire chiefs reported vaults intact and contents safe as reports streamed in.
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Tles
Securites
Rittenhume
Mr. Rittenhouse
Hazen
Hub faces big labor war strike in Boston
In Boston on January 10, Knights of Labor locals for freight handlers clerks steamship clerks roundhouse workers and ship carpenters voted to strike after meetings last night and early morning. About three thousand workers will join longshoremen bringing affected total to six thousand as terminals and docks would halt when the strike begins after a district assembly meeting set for 10 30 this morning to decide the opening hour.
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Boston
Knights of Labor
District Assembly
New Cruiser Lion Sets 31 Knot Speed Record
Devonport January 9 The British armored cruiser Lion achieved a speed of over 31 knots during an eight hours full power trial in stormy weather surpassing the previous German challenger Moltke which had made 29 knots.
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Devonport
Lion
Moltke
Firemen Rescue Heroes in Broadway Bank Fire
In a dramatic Broadway vault rescue, firemen risked their lives to free William Giblin and others trapped beneath a blazing building. Fire Chief Kenton led volunteers as bars were cut from steel windows and rescuers pulled captives to safety amid collapsing masonry while a vault captain declined escape to safeguard papers valued over six million dollars.
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William Giblin
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
Johnson
Gibbin
Breslin
William Sheehan
Frank W. Peck
Paskey
Mr. Giblin
Giblin
Atrest
Broadway
Kenton
Brown
Larkin
Young
Truck J
Sheehan
Safe Deposit Company
John Campeon
Campion
Fire destroys Equitable Building in banking district
The eight story Equitable Life Assurance Society building on Broadway and Pine streets burned in the city’s largest blaze in years. Winds and cold hampered fire crews as six lives were lost including Battalion Chief William Walsh. Vaults with $1,000,000,000 held secure amid ice and debris while crews battled the flames through a freezing dawn.
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United States Express Company
Lower Broadway
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Financial District
Equitable Society
Savarin Restaurant
William Walsh
Walsh
Equitable
Equitable Life
Broadway
Pine
Nassau
Cedar
New York
Wall Street
William J. Walsh
William Campeon
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
Campeon
Mercantile
Café Savarin
Phere
Henry Baldwin Hyde
Lawyers’ Club
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Equitable Assurance Society
Equitable Trust Company
Pine Street
William Davis
Foley
Casey
Davis
Binns
Russ
Kenton
Brooklyn
Trinity Churchyard
Broklyn Heights
East River
Pearl Streets
Brooklyn Bridge
Nassau Street
Cedar Street
Hils
John Sazzio
Giuseppe Condi
Codiz
Sazzio
P. Manning
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GAD
Lee
DINER
Th Broadway
Cod Save Williamn Giblin and
Hie Safe Deportt Company
Equitable Huining
Equitable Life Resurance Society
Life Insurance Company
Equitabisance Society
Esate
Toran Thomas F. Hyan Jini
Uetia Belmont & Co
Moet
Pearle Frost
Conan Tin Caah
Ham
A. Head & Co
Snos
Faugh Sweet & Co
E. Rittenhouse
William A. Day
State Insurance Department
HUB
Spencer
Malden
Famous Law Library
Burns
Nassau and
Pine Streets
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