Husband Believed Dead Returns After Funeral Shock
John Smith a stationary fire man returns home after his own funeral was held for a body identified as his. He had been missing since December 27 and a body found January 5 caused his wife and son-in-law to identify it as him though mismatched clothes and a scar caused doubts. The family had paid for a life policy and funeral arrangements. the body in Calvary Cemetery will be exhumed and returned to the morgue, and the policy funds returned.
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John Smith
East 17Th Street
Smith
Michael Trainer
Bellevue
Bowery
Bellevue Dispensary
Blackwell's Island
Calvary Cemetery
Smiths
Miss Leavitt Weds Chauffeur In Jersey City Secret
Miss Margaret Leavitt daughter of Flushing resident G Howland Leavitt married her chauffeur James Smollen in Jersey City on Sunday. The couple returned to Flushing where they planned to honeymoon despite parental notice. Smollen, a 21 year old Bayside resident, earlier drove Miss Leavitt’s car and later worked as an automobile demonstrator.
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Margaret Leavitt
G. Howland Leavitt
Flushing
Jersey City
James Emellen
Cord Meyer, Jr
Mr. Leavitt
Miss Leavitt
Bayside
Leavitts
Shore Acres
Leavitt
Bowne Avenue
Ull
New York
James J. Corbett
Sted
West Superior Street
Miss Delanon
Cohen
Chicago Avenue
Miss Dejanon
Judge Cuts Fees in Condemnation Case in Orange County
The New York Supreme Court reduces each of three commissioner's fees from 4150 to 2650 in the Ashokan aqueduct condemnation. Justice Morschauser orders itemized accounts of expenses awards and witness fees. The ruling targets overlarge compensation while affirming fair just compensation for landowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
State Supreme Court
Morschauser
Goshen
Troy
Ashokan Dam
New York
Riverside Drive
George M. Hine
Rudolph Block
Gaynor
Frank V. Leeds
Walden
Orange County
Waldo Alights as Fire Chief Croker Tours Fire Scene
Waldo, newly appointed Fire Commissioner, rides with Chief Croker to a West 25th Street fire in Croker’s car. A burst exhaust and flame slam him back, the ride ends with the car stopping abruptly. Loss valued at 30,900 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhinelander Waldo
Chief Croker
Great Jones Street
West 25Th Street
Waldo
Winfield Sheehan
No. 45
Croker
Mr. Waldo
Burglar duo use moving picture ruse to loot Philadelphia home
Two burglars posed as moving picture men and robbed William Israel's home at 1817 North 8th Street after deceiving two policemen. They claimed to be filming for a city moving picture concern, and neighbor Mrs. Martzell informed Mrs. Israel. Jewelry valued in the hundreds of dollars vanished, foiling the fake production as the thieves outran the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Philadelphia
William Israel
North 8Th Street
John Martzell
Reform in the Bronx Brings Smoking Ban and New Hours
Mourning in The Bronx as notices posted in the Bronx Municipal Building announce no smoking in the building. Cyrus C. Miller, new Borough President, orders employees to work 9 to 5. He accepts resignations of Josiah A. Briggs chief engineer Albert H. Lebenau and Peter J. Stumpf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx
Tremont
Third Avenues
Cyrus C. Miller
Miller
Josiah A. Briggs
Albert H. Lebenau
Department of Buildings
Peter J. Stumpf
Mayor Backs Restart of Riverside Drive Motor Stages
Mayor Gaynor directs park commissioner Charles B. Stover to reverse Park Commissioner Smith's ruling banning motor stages on Riverside Drive from 72nd Street to the viaduct. He urges immediate resumption, arguing the drive was built for broad public use and noting prior arrests of tall vehicles near Grant's Tomb is not a reason to halt service.
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Charles B. Stover
Gaynor
Smith
Fifth Avenue
Riverside Drive
Stover
72D Street
Grant’s Tomb
Atlantic Coast Line schedules show four daily trains
Four daily trains on the Florida Route of the Atlantic Coast Line R R depart Broadway connections at 9:05 A M 1:95 3:25 and 9:25 P M with service advertised as the standard railway of the South.
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Florida
Atlantic Coast Line R. R
Standard Railway of the South
Broadway
Corker Sou St
Advt
Augusta
Aiken
Florida & Resorts South
Southern Railway
Jacksonville
Pullman
York
Leper Report on John R Early Sparks Debate
A medical juries committee labeled John R Early a probable leper based on skin tests and nerve changes, while legal members upheld quarantine findings. Dr L Duncan Bulkley dissented, urging further independent review and patient hearing, noting lack of symptoms and urging fair treatment for a former army man.
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John R. Early
Society of Medical Jurisprudence
L. Duncan Bulkley
Early
Washington
New York
Theodore Sutro
A. Delos Kneeland
Eberhard
Kreuder
United States
Sutro
Henry Russell
Hawaiian Islands
Paulhan Delights Crowd With Eight Minute Flight At Aviation Meet
Louis Paulhan wowed 20 000 spectators at the aviation meet in Los Angeles by an eight minute thirty second Farman plane flight. He later performed two other flights while Curtiss and Willard tested new machines and Beachey and Knabenshue piloted dirigibles over the grandstand. Meanwhile a Philadelphia heiress and a former waiter were found together in Chicago after eloping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Aviation Park
Louis Paulhan
Farman
Curtiss
Clifford B. Harmon
Charles E. Willard
Roy Knabenshue
Lincoln Beachey
Paulhan
Beachey
Knabenshue
Glenn H. Curtiss
Charles F. Willard
Willard
Richard Ferris
Royal Fortunes Inheritance Of Belgian Princesses Estimated
Brussels reports the inheritance of Princess Louise Stephanie and Germaine Clem entine, daughters of the late King Leopold, now estimated at about four million dollars. Princess Louise has paid off part of her creditors.
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Brussels
Louise
Stephanie
Clementine
Leopold
Allds Receives Warm Norwich Welcome
Jotham P. Allds, 25 years after arriving in Norwich to study law, returned home to a crowd of several hundred citizens. He just won election as temporary president of the state Senate and urged prayers to help him meet his duties. Hubert Stratton accompanied him in the eventful greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
Jotham P. Allds
Norwich
State Senate
Hubert C. Stratton
Senator Allds
Negro Arrested In Connection With Dinner Burglaries
Captain Thompson of the West 68th street station holds William Robinson of 217 West 62d street as a possible link to recent dinner burglaries. Harris of 155 West 73d street pursued the intruder to the Hotel Ansonia, where a struggle left Harris with a broken arm and head wound. jewelry worth hundreds was found on the suspect.
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William Robinson
West 62d Street
Thompson
West 68Th Street
Robinson
Donnelly
DeWitt B. Harris
West 73d Street
Ansonia
Harris
Tenney Hall to Aid Smith College Students
Boston reports a new hall named Tenney Hall will house and feed poorer Smith College girls under a socialistic cooperative system. Occupants share costs and take turns with housework, cooking, and supervision by the college president to cut expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Boston
Smith College
Tenney Hall
Yale Juniors Abolish Flowers for Promenade Tickets
Yale junior class pledges no flowers for the prom and related events to cut costs. Tickets for the promenade, play, chapel, concert, german, and associated festivities require signers to forgo flowers, estimating savings of about 10 to each attendee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale
Decade of Burns Ends in Death After Skin Graft Fight
Levi G. Perry died in Malden Hospital after ten years of skin grafting to recover from burns received while destroying gypsy moth nests. He endured over five hundred operations using skin from his own arms his son four nephews and hospital volunteers. Vitality waned amid repeated grafts and complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Boston
Levi G. Perry
Malden Hospital
Perry
Mr. Perry
Shanleys Lease New Site in Putnam Building Move
The Messrs. Shanley, proprietors of Shanleys restaurant on Broadway near 42d street, leased nine thousand square feet of ground floor space in the Putnam Building between 43d and 44th streets from the Astor estate. Work will start soon with a new building and a $250,000 restaurant, opening about June 1. The current lease expires this year.
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Messrs
Shanley
Broadway
42D Street
Astor Estate
Putnam
Longacre
43D
44Th Streets
Shanley Brothers
Another Woman Victory In Divorce Court
In Pittsburg on January 10 Judge Josiah Cohen signaled a ruling favoring a wife's right to know where her husband spends time away from home. Mrs Rosini Pasetti testified her husband was absent for two nights and refused to disclose his whereabouts. The judge noted it may not be necessary for her to provide certain details and indicated a shift toward greater transparency in spousal absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta
the Tribune
Pittsburg
Josiah Cohen
Rosini Pasetti
Lloyd George to Visit US as Welsh Society Guest
London reports Chancellor Lloyd George is likely to visit the United States next summer as the guest of the Welsh Society. He will be accompanied by Sir Samuel Thomas Evans the Solicitor General and MPs William Abraham and William Jones from Glamorgan and Carnavonshire.
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London
Lloyd-George
United States
Welsh Society
Samuel Thomas Evans
William Abraham
William Jones
Glamorganshire
Carnavonshire
Pennsylvanian 18-Hour Train to Rent Advertised
An ad promotes a Pennsylvanian 18 hour train service noted for regularity. It lists a departure from New York at 3 66 and arrival in Chicago at 8 55 the next morning. Contact 55 Square for reservations.
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Pennsylv
York
Chicago
Madison
Insurgent Republicans clash with regulars in Congress
Washington dispatch reports rising tension as Republican insurgents in both chambers prepare for a direct clash with regulars. A statement denounces efforts to read insurgents out of the party and vows to fight Speaker Cannon to restore legislative power. caucus eyes reorganizing committees amid possible action on the Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry and a probe of the General Land Office and Forest Service.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Republican Party
Cannon
House of Representatives
Taft
Ballinger-Pinchot
Capitol
Republican Congressional Committee
Congressional Committee
General Land Office
Forest Service
Nu Congress
Hannan
la Follette
Mr. Cannon
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East 21St Street
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Daughters of Leopold
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President Taft
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