Alderman Clifford Charged With Bribery in Queens
Alderman William S. Clifford of the 67th District Queens was arrested on bribery charges yesterday afternoon by Detective Bernard J. Flood. He is jailed in $10,000 bail and faces a 2:30 p.m. hearing in West Side police court. Prosecutors say Clifford agreed to accept $5,500 to sway Municipal Ownership League members to back ex-Judge Rufus B. Cowing for Recorder, with David Mann acting as go-between. Eleven other members were subpoenaed to Grand Jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Clifford
67Th
Queens
Hancock Street
Long Island City
Bernard J. Fiood
Jerome
Whitman
Clifford
West Side
Municipal Ownership League
Rufus B. Cowing
Joseph Falk
66Th
Brooklyn
Cowing
David Mann
103D Street
Second Avenue
Manhattan
Grand Jury
Board of Aldermen
Supreme Court
Goff
Earl Harding
Morning World
James Cowden Meyers
Francis 8. McAvoy
Court of Species Sessions
Harding
Smyth
Murphy
Cliffort
Palateri
Meyers
Heretsfor
McAvoy
Palmieri
Senators Confirm Cortelyou and Others for Cabinet Posts
Washington Jan 15 The Senate in executive session confirmed the nominations of George Bruce Cortelyou for Secretary of the Treasury James R Garfield for Secretary of the Interior George von L Meyer for Postmaster General and Herbert Knox Smith for Commissioner of Corporations with no opposition The Finance Committee favored Cortelyou and Garfield unanimously allowing the President to pick his own advisers None of the confirmations except Smith take effect March 4.
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Washington
George Bruce Cortelyou
the Treasury
James R. Garfield
Interior
George von L. Meyer
Herbert Knox Smith
Senate
Senate Committee On Finance
Cortelyou
Gatefield
Mr. Smith
Cab horse killed after Broadway collision at Marlborough
A cab horse ran four blocks along Broadway and collided with a heavy auto in front of the Hotel Marlborough last evening. The crash threw three men from the vehicles onto the pavement as diners and a crowd of about a thousand gathered. Passengers Joseph Wessman, cab driver Joseph McCarthy, and chauffeur Mark Dolan were all recovered and apparently uninjured.
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Broadway
Marlborough
Joseph Wessman
West 27Th Street
Joseph McCarthy
Second Avenue
Mark Dolan
West 17Th Street
Indictment for Perjury Hits Fairbanks Heir in Steubenville
Grand jury indicts F C Fairbanks son of Vice President Fairbanks for perjury over a marriage to Miss Scott of Pittsburgh. Alleged disguise and false county residence led to license and elopement. Pittsburg reports say a magistrate runner obtained the license. Fairbanks denies any oath in Steubenville probate court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio
F. C. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Miss Scott
Pittsburg
Adams County
James Scott
Frederick Cole Fairbanks
Springfield
Scott
Ohio Gretna Green
Typhoon Devastates Leyte and Samar Killing Hundreds
Manila dispatch reports a January 1 typhoon that struck the islands of Leyte and Samar, killing about one hundred people in Leyte. Eastern Samar coast bar racks and officers quarters were destroyed. Property damage estimates await. shipping untouched. Communication with Leyte and Samar has been cut for six days, with only scant details reaching port.
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Manila
Leyte
Samar
Bar
Free School for Crippled Children Planned on East Side
Emanuel Lehman, senior Lehman Brothers partner, died at his home and left a plan to donate three Henry Street houses to the Crippled Children’s East Side Free School. The project, valued at 150000 dollars, aims to build a four story facility with Mrs. Henry Goldman as president. Philip Lehman will transfer title to the institution, continuing Lehman family support through the project. The school now occupies 29 Montgomery Street and Lehman was a trustee of the Baron de Hirsch Fund and Hebrew Orphan Asylum.
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Emanuel Lehman
Lehman Brothers
East 46Th Street
Henry Street
Samuel Goldsticker
Crippled Children
East Side
Lehman
Philip Lehman
Crippled Children's East Side Free School
Montgomery Street
Baron de Hirsch Fund
Hebrew Orphan Asylum
Peirce replies on Nicaragua claims and compensation
In Christiania Herbert H D Peirce American Minister to Norway and former Assistant Secretary of State rebutted charges before the Ways and Means Committee. He said the accusation was a rehash and explained his dual role for government and claimants before the Hagua Tribunal with authority from Secretary Hay. He noted no government pay, only claimant compensation with Hay’s consent, and cited securing large damages and an injunction before settlement. He has all relevant documents including Root’s letter.
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Christiania
Herbert H. D. Peirce
Norway
House Committee On Ways and Means
Washington
H. W. el Mott
Cleveland
Mr. Peirce
Hagua
Secretary Hay
Peirce
Hay
Root
Miss Rainey Reported Buyer of Kahn Plot in City
Miss Grace Rainey was reportedly the buyer of the 30.2 by 120 foot plot at the southeast corner of Tith street and Fifth avenue, sold by Otto H. Kahn via Blood good de Saulles & Talbot for about $300,000. She may build a dwelling for her own occupancy and lives with her brother Paul J. Rainey at 20 West Dist street. their father was W. J. Rainey, the Cleveland coke king, with an estate around $10,000,000. The Raineys were out of town and confirmation could not be obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Rainey
Tith Street
Fifth Avenue
Otto H. Kahn
Bloodgood, de Saulles & Talbot
Miss Rainey
Paul J. Rainey
West Dist Street
Mr. Rainey
Judge Lanning Attacks Postal Service Crooks
In Trenton New Jersey on January 15 Judge William M Lanning sharply condemned dishonest postal department employees while addressing the United States grand jury. He noted repeated charges of dishonesty among federal workers over his two years on the bench and urged the public to demand integrity among government staff.
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Rrenton
N. J
United States Grand Jury
William M. Lanning
Postal Department
Lanning
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad Tour Fare Details Noted
A brief note lists a January 17 Pennsylvania Railroad tour with fares of $12 or $14.50 from New York, depending on hotel selection. Contact Monaalt C. Studds of the E. P. A. at 263 Fifth Avenue, New York City for more information.
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New York
Monaalt C. Studds
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Firebugs at Montefiore Home Fire Suspects Charged
Four men suspected of arson at the Montefiore Home Bedford Station New York were arrested by Central Office detectives at Grand Central. Discharged porters named Hans Schaffer Anton Baneskey Rudolph Junker and August Albrecht will be arraigned in Tombs court. No injuries reported as rags soaked in kerosene ignited in the dormitory.
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Montefiore
Bedford Station
New York
Central Office
Grand Central Station
L. Rosenberg
Institution
Dr. Rosenberg
McLaughlin
Barnett
Sullivan
Brown
Grand Central
Rosenberg
Tombs
Hans Schaffer
Anton Baneskey
Rudolph Junker
August Albrecht
Excursion rates to all winter resorts South
Large, comfortable ships offer excursion rates to winter resorts in the South. Telephone 308 Spring.
P. O. Building Addition Proposed for New York
Congress is urged to add two stories to the United States Courthouse and Post Office Building in New York City at an estimated cost of 650000. The plan, approved by Acting Secretary Edwards, would save about 14000 yearly in rent but PM Willcox says it won’t relieve the postal backlog. the drive is for quick funding of a new building.
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Washington
Congress
United States
New York City
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Edwards
Willcox
Postoffice
Earthquake Devastates Kingston In Jamaica Reported Casualties
London reports Kingston Jamaica was struck by a sudden earthquake followed by fire. Death toll estimated under one hundred with Sir James Fergusson among the dead. The Port Kingston voyage and colonial officials coordinate relief as cables defer full details.
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London
Kingston
Jamaica
James Fergusson
Colonial Office
Hamar Greenwood
M. P
Holland Bay
Alexander Swettenham
Sir Alfred Jones
Port Kingston
Liverpool Cotton Growing Association
Howell Davies
Barbados
San Francisco
Joseph Chamberlain
Sir James Fergusson
City Destroyed by Earthquake and Fire in Halifax
Halifax reports the city nearly wiped out by a seismic quake and blaze. D Budge, manager of the Halifax and Bermuda Cable Co, received a dispatch from William Sullivan of the Bermuda Cable Co at Kingston stating Holland Bay dated message. The staff are safe except one member severely injured.
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Halifax
D. Budge
Halifax and
Bermuda
William Sullivan
Bermuda Cable Company
Kingston
Holland Bay
Kingston Earthquake Fire Devastates Districts
Meager reports from Kingston indicate a severe quake with a major fire still burning Tuesday. Death toll uncertain but initial counts place dead near one hundred and wounded in the hundreds as Myrtle Bank hotel and other key buildings are destroyed. Firefighting continues as hospitals strain under the influx of injured.
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St. Thomas
Kingston
Myrtle Bank
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Governor General
Underwood & Underwood
M.C.L. Alderman
Fora
William & Clifford
John J. Cronin
Falk
Ed Kuntze
the Bronx
Berry L. Leverett
Thomas J. Mulligan
Ted
Harpstinselias D. Noonan
Manh ‘Attan
J. ‘ Neill
The
Bronx
Berry C. Peters
William’ Rowcraft
Tome M. Torpey
Manhatan
Judge Cowing
Recorder
eTesu
Long Islandry
MR. Cortelyou
Messrs. Garfield, Meyer and
H. K. Smith
Indict
F.C. Fairbanks
Ohio Grand Jury
Associated Press
Lehman Estate
Elliott
Roat
Fifth Avenue Plot
Savannah
Florida
P. O. Building
J. Fergusson
Bristol
England
West Indies
British Cotton Growing Association
Sir Alfred
F. Swanzy
Viscount Mountmorres
H. O. Arnold-Forster
Murray Hunter
Liverpool Cotton Association
A. A. Pearson
British Colonial Office
Sir Thomas Hughes
Liverpool
McDowell Nathan
C. Lancaster
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Oliver
Manchester
Oliver
Thomas Shann
Ralph Moor
L. Rivet
Jamaica Cotton Company, Limited
Stockport
Hal Caine
E. Bryan
Alfred Jones
Hutton
Mr. Cotterell
Jesse Collings
Great Bear
Hennher Heaton
Dispatch To
Augusta
Charleston
Summerville
Penn
Atlantic Coast Line
Rida Information Bureau
Bway
Ces
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