Jerome Defends Honest Detectives Amid City Police Clash
District Attorney Jerome defends his dissolved detective staff against Police Commissioner Bingham. He accuses central office men of trailing his aides to trap them, cites a 32nd precinct map showing numerous disorderly places, and vows to stand by his men while criticizing patrol gaps and open saloons. It ends noting Mise Minerva Vanderbilt seeking to annul a court action.
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Jerome
Bingham
Reardon
Transportation Club
Mr. Jerome
Galvin
Central Office
Devery
Court hears delay in Vanderbilt annulment case
The petition relates to the marriage of Edward Ward Van derbilt and Mary Ann Scannell Pepper Vanderbilt. Opponents argue the Sheriff’s jury findings of insanity remain to be reviewed by higher courts. The judge set the annulment hearing for the first week of April.
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Edward Ward Vanderbilt
Mary Ann Scannell-Pepper-Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Butler Rescues Family From Five Story Fire on St Nicholas
The Vanderbeek family escaped from their No. 762 St Nicholas Avenue home as fire consumed the parlor and stairways. Butler Edward Reilly saved Mrs Frank J. Vanderbeek Jr and her two children during the blaze started by an overheated lamp. Damages to the sandstone house and contents reach about 15000 dollars with no injuries reported.
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Frank J. Vanderbeek, Jr
St. Nicholas Avenue
Edward Reilly
Deep Waterways Plan for New Jersey Seeks State Association
David Whitall Garrigues calls for a meeting to form the Water Utilities Congress of New Jersey to promote deeper Delaware River and Raritan Bay channels and a New Jersey waterways program. It outlines goals, funding, membership dues, and potential partnership with national water groups, with a tentative meeting next Tuesday night during Trenton visit events.
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David Whitall Garrigues
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Garrigues
The
Water Utilities Congress of
Delaware River
Raritan Bay
Navy Yard
United States
New York
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
Fort
Trenton
Carnegie Hero Awards Honor Eighteen Save Drowning Victims
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awarded medals to sixteen heroes, announcing $190,814.32 paid since inception and first time annuities to widows and orphans. Recipients include George A. Grant of Groton Massachusetts and Charles Campbell of Boston among others for rescues in Massachusetts and Connecticut, with awards ranging from bronze to silver medals and cash sums.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Massachusetts
Connecticut
George A. Grant
Groton
Connanegro
Charles Campbell
Boston
Charles A. Whipple
Providence
Carlton H. Funk
Glastonbury
Conn
Jennie Buchsteat
Florence House
Chelsea
Mass
Frederick Jackson
George L. la Croix
Cambridge
Ernest J. Poirier
William H. A. Missett
Springfiel
Frank L. Cook
Thomas McGown
Worcester
Roland H. Burr
Rocky Hill
Roland H. Burr, Jr
Henry Dwight
Holyoke
Milford
Penn
Burr
Newell S. Gilman
Lowell
James Murdock
Philadelphia
William T. Donovan
Lynn
Jennie Wilson
Annabelle Parnell
F. W. Carrier
Smith's Ferry
Patrick Gannon
Connecticut River
John Bibby
Gravenhurst
Ont
William Raymond
Lindsay
William Gilmour
Sorel
Que
Homer J. Morrison
Buffalo
Yonkers Railways Face Receivers. Union Group Controls Lines
Receivers may be appointed for Yonkers Railroad and related lines as Westchester assets face collection actions. A show cause hearing before Justice Mills in White Plains is set, with the Public Service Commission warning rapid relief if conditions are as charged. Union Railway Company dominates ownership and earnings trouble across Yonkers, Westchester Electric, and Tarrytown White Plains lines.
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Yonkers Railroad Company
Union Railway Company
Third Avenue
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
White Plains
Westchester County
Yonkers
Public Service Commission
2D District
Yonkers Railroad
Maher
Westchester Electric Railroad Company
Tarrytown, White Plains & Mamaroneck Railway Company
Yonkers Company
Gas electric car may revolutionize short-line railroading
Telegraph report from Schenectady on January 15 describes General Electric’s gas electric car testing. The vehicle reached 60 mph on 75 miles with one operator controlling a compact 8 by 9 foot space. It uses a cylinder gas engine rated 1% horsepower and a 120 horsepower DC generator powering two 60 horsepower motors, weighing 31 tons with seating for 44 and a baggage space.
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Tribune
Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Banker Case Heads Toward Jury Deliberation
Ward C Ritscher of counsel for the defence has concluded arguments for the banker. Mr Robyns will likely finish his speech tomorrow and the case is expected to go to the jury before night.
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Ward C. Ritscher
Robyns
Nurse Lumsden in critical condition after embezzlement warrant
Mrs Alberta Thumeden a nurse in New Brunswick attempted suicide after Sergeant Kelly delivered a warrant alleging she embezzled 14 dollars. She is at St Peter's Hospital in critical condition. The accusation stems from Rosina Moser, a cook at the tuberculosis home, who named Lumsden as a nurse connected to recent vivisection charges involving Drs Janeway Cronk.
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New Brunswick
Alberta Thumeden
Kelly
St. Peter's Hospital
Lumsden
Rosina M. Moser
Boycott His Baby Carriage by West Side Nurse Girls
Ferdinand H. Cook a real estate man sued five nurse girls in West Side court for blocking the sidewalk from 70th to 71st streets and deriding him and his children. He showed a postcard of nurse girl poetry allegedly sent by the group. the strike leader Nora Thamers is cited. Magistrate Herrman warned the nurses of the full extent of the law if further complaints arise.
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Ferdinand H. Cook
West End Avenue
West Side Court
Mr. Cook
Nurse Girls’ Union
Nora Thamers
Cook
Herrman
Interstate ruling upholds ICC jurisdiction over state interstate rate disputes
The Interstate Commerce Commission holds that discrimination arising from a combined state and interstate rate remains under ICC control, especially when the state rate is set by the carrier. The Reliance Textile and Dye Works case against the Southern Railway involved cotton piece goods from Cincinnati to Chicago and alleged bias against Cincinnati compared with Clearwater South Carolina and Lanette Alabama.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reliance Textile and Dye Works
Southern Railway Company
Cincinnati
Chicago
Clearwater
S. C
Lanette
Ala
New Haven Demurrer Sustained in Massachusetts Case
Massachusetts Supreme Court sustains the demurrer of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad in a common law information brought by Attorney General Dana Malone alleging state law violations and seeking ouster. The court says the information was not in proper form and that the action should have been in equity, not quo warranto. An equity action on the merits is heard by a master who has not reported yet. The information claimed the New Haven road took over certain Massachusetts street railways and guaranteed their stocks and dividends.
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Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Dana Malone
New Haven Road
Massachusetts Street Railroad
Clark's annual winter cruise to the Medi terranean and Orient
Clark announces a seventy day winter cruise from New York on February 6 aboard the Arabic. Stops include Madeira Cadiz Seville Granada the Alhambra Jerusalem Alexandria Cairo Naples Pompeii Rome Nice Monte Carlo. Prices vary by stateroom, includes excursions hotels carriage drives and guides. A separate note reports Home Insurance Company declares a five and a half per cent semi annual dividend with policyholder surplus around 10.2 million dollars.
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Clark
Mediterranean
Orient
New York
Madeira
Cadiz
Seville
Granada
Alhambra
Jerusalem
Alexandria
Cairo
Naples
Pompeii
Rome
Nice
Monte Carlo
Home Insurance Company
Board of Directors
Christensen seeks restraining order against meddling mother-in-law
Carl Emil Christensen petitioned Judge Carpenter to enjoin Mrs Bertha Larsen from interfering with his home life. He says his wife is over-sensitive and he cannot please both. Christensen has tried every known method to keep his mother-in-law away.
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Chicago
Carl Emil Christensen
Bertha l Larsen
Carpenter
Beauchamp Shot at Rock Island Station by Thomas Brothers
Dr E D Beauchamp of Lawton was killed at the Rock Island station while en route to Hobart for trial in the Charles Thomas murder case. John F Thomas ex City Attorney of Lawton and Will Thomas of Chico Texas, brothers of the slain man, fired and surrendered at the sheriff's office. The triple confrontation followed a meeting on which all drew revolvers.
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Tribune
Lawton
Okla
E. D. Beauchamp
Hobart
Charles Thomas
Rock Island
John F. Thomas
Will Thomas
Chico
Tex
Beauchamp
Detroit Three-Cent Fares Urged by Mayor Thompson
In his annual message to the Common Council Mayor William B. Thompson argues street railway franchises near expiration require a universal 3-cent fare for all riders at all times to provide a lasting foundation, contrasting with current workers’ cheap tickets for limited hours.
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Detroit
William B. Thompson
Common Council
Delaware liquor test begins in New Castle court
The case challenges the Delaware November local option election that left Kent and Sussex counties dry. The proceeding, before Chief Justice lore and judges Pennewill and Grubb, marks the start of a constitutional challenge to the statewide vote.
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Tribune
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Kent
Sussex
New Castle County
Bank accuses Reed and Lisk firms of conspiracy to defraud
Merchants National Bank of New York filed an answer in U S District Court to Reed Manufacturing Company bankruptcy petition alleging officers of Reed and Lisk Manufacturing conspired to defraud the bank and creditors. The bank claims Reed is solvent. Reed notes totaling 100 000 due in four months with 26000 deposit security are involved. The Lisk company holds 500 069 in Reed capital stock.
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the Tribune
Buffalo
Jan
Reed Manufacturing Company
Newark
N. Y
Merchants National Bank of New York
United States District Court
Reed Company
Lisk Manufacturing Company
Canandaigua
Regina d Italia Released From Jersey City Writ
The steamship Regina d Italia, seized under a writ of attachment at Jersey City while about to sail, was released after the action was discontinued. Sir James Laing & Sons Co. of Sunderland had claimed the owner Lloyd Sabado Societa Anomin Navigazini owed $1,967,699.66 for three ships said not to meet contract terms.
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Regina d'Italia
Jersey City
Sir James Laing & Sons Company, Limited
Sunderland
England
Lloyd Sabado Societa Anomina Navigazini
Jury to Get Walsh Case Today
Chicago Jan 15 Assistant District Attorney Fletcher Dobyns began the final summing up to the jury in the Walsh misapplication case at the Chicago National Bank. The closing arguments followed testimony by John 8 Miller and Ed-
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Fletcher Dobyns
Mr. Dobyns
John 8. Miller
Yale Ball Player Weds Golfer at Center Church
The wedding of Miss Helen Trowbridge Carrington of New Haven and Burnside Winslow of Philadelphia took place at Center Church. The bride is a noted East golf player and Winslow, Yale class of 1904, was two-year captain of the university baseball team. Pauline Mackey of Boston served as bridesmaid. guests came from Philadelphia New York Boston and other cities.
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New Haver
Helen Trowbridge Carrington
J. B. Carrington
Burnside Winslow
J. H. Winslow
Philadelphia
Center Church
Newman Smyth
Yale
Pauline Mackey
Boston
New York
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Brennan
Mata
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Eldridge Street
Raines Law
Dr. Flint
Florence
Court of Appeals
Mise Minerva Vanderbilt
Marean
Brookly
Buy
Earl & Wilson
Yokena
Rocers, Peet & Company
Broadway
Warren St
13Th St
Jae
Harold A. Wright
Consulting Accountant
Business Systematizer Flatiron
Witherspoon Building
Galveston Harbor
J. C. Sanford
Emers
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Office of Commissioner of Immigration
Ellis Island
U. S
Bilis Island
Robert Watchorn
Yonkers Road
Nurse
New Haven
F. D. Beauchamp
Lawton, Okla
Walsh
Stern Brothers
Dresden
West Twenty-third Street
Ate
Empire
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Griterio Theatre
B'way
44Th St. Eves
Sun
Miss Hook
Holland
Ethel Barrymore
Clyde Fitch
Cosmo Gordon Lennox
Garrick
Ma Wne Maxine Elliott
Knickerbocker
Bway
38Th Street
Mats
Victor Moore
George Cohan
SAVOY
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Lyceum Theatre
Margars
St Bie
Port Arthur
Lady Gay
Sernies
E. M. Holland
Fiske
Rosmersholm
St .West
Hackett John Mason
Sera
Herald Sq
Circle So Weaera
Yorke & Adams
Kolb & Dill
Empire Burlesquers
Roger Imhof
East 125Th St
NEW Century Girls
ISS Theatre
Katherine Grey
Bijo
Mat
E. Nazimova
St. Tel
Owen Johnson
Symphony Society of New York
Modest
Stuyvesant
Belasco
David Belasco
David
Warrens
Virginia
Blaney’s
Weber’s
Wed
Sat
Matinees
Lincoln SQ
86Th Street
Bad Boy
Spooner
TOSCA
Emme Eames Caruso
Scotti
Dufriche
Barocchi
Lucas
Bequa
Ferrari
Eng
Farrar
Jacoby
Caruso
Straccfart
Blass
Reiss
Muhlmann
Mahler
IL Barbiere DI Siviglia
Sembrich
Bond
Campanari
Chaliapine
Ferrarl
Cavalieri
Martin
Stracciari
Ferrari Thirs
DON
Weber Fiano
Manhattan
34Th St
DE Faust
Jomeil
Renaud
Dalmores
Crabbe
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Miles
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Camparini
LA Traveata
Mme
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Ar de Cisneros
MM. Zenatello
Sammarco
Arimondi
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Bucea DI L.moor
Zenatello
Artmondt
Venturini
Louise
Mme Bressler-Gianoli
Lucta DI Lammermoor
Zenatelio
Sammaren
Arimond
Mat—Thais
Miss Mary Garden
Mila Trentini
AIDA
Russ
de Cisneros
New Amsterdam
Anna
Liberty Theatre
Frederic Thompson
Ederic
Polly cTaccosa
45Th Street
NEW Yrk Mat
George Evans
May Belfort
Lucy Weston
Whit Cunliffe
Danie
Ly Flexmore
Collins
Hart
Yiulians
Others
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West 11Th & Riverside Drive
Fifth Ave. Bank
Hammersteins
Si So Hetty King
Gus Edwards
Blonds
Julian Rose
Saddle Clit
Miles Stavedale Co
Brown & Nevare
Otham
Colonial Mat
Vesta Victoria
Julius Stern
Ise Agoust
Goetz
Tord
A. Ce
Karno’s Guo Co
Irving
Sharp
H von Berlichinge
Ian
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Rosine Morris
Steinway
Astor
Secret
Orc
Viola Allen
Irene Wychers
Wallace’s
Damrosch
Carnegie
St. Nicholas Rink
Columbia Ve
Dartmouth
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