Thaw Trial Hears Mumblings Of Fellow Witnesses
The Thaw trial resumes with testimony from club steward and theater doorkeeper. Witnesses describe Harry Thaw's nervous behavior and strange outbursts as defense and prosecution prepare further cross examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Jerome
Thew
Jon
Little
William Thaw
Pittsburg
August Weber
Washington
W Wise
Christopher Beggin
Vernon M. Davis
Nan” Patterith
Dowling
Ter
Raymond A
Wit Browne
New Jersey
Nesses
Abraham R. Beck
James M. Jorney
Allentown
Penn
Beck
Harry
Erratic Fanatics Rally Over Biblical Names and Foods
A satirical dinner scene contrasts two brothers over biblical names used for foods and places. One man objects to the names while the other, Ben, mocks religious sensitivities, closing with a note on genuine piety respecting prophets and worthy names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin
Ben
St. Augustine
St. Paul
Los Angeles
Bethlehem
St. Jacobs Oil
Eli
Elijah
Thaw Case Testimony Delays At City Proceedings
Thaw and his wife face delays as Mrs. Thaw and Miss Lawrence may miss today’s testimony with Evelyn Nesbit’s account possibly heard later. Bowman's theatre tale about the White inquiry is admitted to influence Thaw, and his wife may testify to the first trial's motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jerome
Mr. Beck
Nicholas L. Stokes
Stanford White
Thaw
Annie Berrin
Benjamin Bowmen
Madison Square Theatre
State Door
Frelen Thaw
Dixie
San Francisco
19Th Precinct
Miss Lawrence
Evelyn Thaw
Bowman
White
Evelyn Nesbit
Major Rail Firms Move to Split Control of Interborough Ties
Bondholders led by James N. Wallace plan to replace directors at the Union Railway Forty second Street line Dry Dock and related firms to consolidate separate entities and sever interchanges. The Third Avenue Railroad holdings secure $50 million in 4 percent bonds with Morton Trust then Central Trust as trustees. Public Service Commission weighs action to curb transfer abolitions and preserve traffic agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Railway Company
Forty-second Street, Manhattanville & St. Nicholas Railroad Company
East Broadway & Battery Railroad Company
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Interborough Metropolitan
Public Service Commission
Yonkers Railroad Company
Westchester Electric Railroad Company
Third Avenue
Third Avenue Railroad
Union Railway
Manhattanville & St. Nicholas Avenue
Dry Dock
East Broadway & Battery
Southern Boulevard Railroad
Tarrytown, White Plains & Mamaroneck Railway
Wife Outwits Pastor in Queens Kidnapping Affair
Mrs Dudley Osterheld wife of a Queens Methodist pastor abducted her two children Earl four and Ruth two after leaving her husband on December 15. The minister claims she is demented and the kids had been cared for by Mrs Charles Hicks in Relmont and Oakley avenues. She drove to the Hicks home rang the bell and seized the children before fleeing toward Jamaica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozone Park
Dudley Oliver Osterheld
Queens Methodist Episcopal Church
Osterheld
George M. Schroeder
Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn
Earl
Ruth
Charles Hicks
Relmont
Oakley Avenues
Financial Panic Threatens Mulberry Bend Bank
A run on the Caponigri Bank at 20 Mulberry Street arises after Pasquale Caponigri vanishes. Police padlocks seal the door as Italian depositors fear losses. authorities consider receivership for bank and related agencies in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulberry Bend
Pasquale Caponigri
No. 20
Mulberry Street
Mulberry Bend Park
Justice Holt
United States District Court
Emanuel J. Ferrara
East 1Th Street
Central Avenue
Brooklyn
A. Legritia
No. 64
Italy
Caponigri Bank
Paul Kelly
East Side
Gates Likes Lone Star State
W Gates, recently back from Texas where his interests lie, confirms reports he has become a Texas citizen and plans to vote there. He says he is not active in stock market trading, notes improved health, and recalls a Port Arthur visit amid national panic. He predicts Roosevelt’s nomination and re election and states he will not sell current investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Beck
Harry
W. Gates
Texas
Lone Star
Gates
Wall Street
Port Arthur
Tex
Democratic Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Firemen's Bodies Found After Parker Building Fire
The bodies of George O'Connor and John Fallon were found in the Parker Building ruins after a week long blaze. Fallon died burned and mutilated, while O'Connor was killed by a falling beam but quickly recognized. The owner, George R. Wallace, took possession as tenants began clearing quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George O'Connor
Engine Company 72
John Fallon
Fire Patrol 3
Parker
Fallon
O'Connor
George R. Wallace
Kay-Scheerer Company
Shay
Wallace
Board of Survey
Merchants’ Association
McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Metz Sues Bedford Over Slander Charge in Supreme Court
Controller Metz files a civil suit in the New York Supreme Court against L. S. Bedford a Manhattan printer for $100000 claiming slander. Bedford accused Metz of taking $10000 from Traction interests at a Bronx real estate meeting on January 14. Metz says he seeks damages and hints at exposing sponsors of the alleged retaliation scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Supreme Court
L. S. Bedford
Grove Street
Manhattan
Bedford
Bronx
Controller Metz
Traction Trust
N. Taylor Phillips
Public Service Commission
Phillips
Hamilton Bank to Reopen Monday
Frank L. Grant the new bank president issued a circular to depositors and friends announcing the Hamilton Bank would reopen next Monday. He speaks optimistically about the bank’s present condition and success in overcoming obstacles delaying resumption of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Grant
Hamilton Bank
Mystery in Boyertown Fire Unveils Unidentified Woman Victim
In Boyertown Pennsylvania coroner records an unidentified woman found among Rhoades Opera House victims, dressed in male clothes. Death toll rises to 172 with 8 burial plots selected for unidentified remains and room for a monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyertown
Penn
Rhoades Opera House
Strasser
James Fryer
Arrest Spaulding in Kansas City
Reginald Spaulding, known for Pittsburg ventures, was arrested in Kansas City and jailed yesterday. After being photographed for the mug shot gallery he was released. He appeared well dressed and said police won’t give him a chance to reform and plans a confectionery store and cafe here, citing his mother’s recent death and his wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Kansas City
Reginald Spaulding
Pittsburg
Spaulding
Hartje Divorce Case Ends After Supreme Court Refusal
Augustus Hartje abandoned his divorce suit against Mary Scott Hartje after the Supreme Court returned papers. He was refused the right to appeal last week and cannot take further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Augustus Hartje
Mary Scott Hartje
Supreme Court
Hartje
Commissioner Smith Hits Back at Standard Oil Defense
The piece reviews Commissioner Smith’s rebuttal to President Moffett of Standard Oil Indiana. It argues Smith’s points fail, noting the Chicago and Eastern Illinois filing practice and alleged concealment, and contends the Standard Oil verdict was a harsh, possibly punitive, overreach under the Interstate Commerce regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Moffett
Whiting
East St. Louis
Alton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Illinois
Smith
Eastern Illinois
Dalton
Railway World
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
St. Louis
Dolton
Commissioner of Corporations
Grand Jury
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Judge Landis
Chicago and Eastern
Rice
Marietta
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Commonwealth
Tarbell
Standard
United States
Bar of Justice
Theodore Roosevelt
Kenesaw Landis
Diet Kitchen chief urges broader fight against tenement evils
Mrs Henry Villard, president of the New York Diet Kitchen Association, calls for changing economic conditions and broader support to feed the sick poor. The group reports June to September milk distribution totaling 4 674 quarts, with tuberculosis cases receiving double.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Villard
New York Diet Kitchen Association
Association
New York
Diet Kitchen Association
William Halleck Parke
Bellevue
Parke
Randall's Island
A Musical Breakfast for Haarlem Philharmonic at Waldorf Astoria
Six hundred fifty guests attended the annual musical breakfast of the Haarlem Philharmonic Society at the Waldorf Astoria. Mme Corinne Rider Kelsey gave a vocal recital before the meal. Entertainment and reception committees listed many named society members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem Philharmonic Society
Waldorf-Astoria
Mme
Corinne Rider Kelsey
Hamilton Higgins
Frank Mason North
W. R. Lloyd
Frank ©. Evans
John A. Mason
Joseph ©. Downes
Charles J. Young
Charles F. Sullivan
Walter ©. Carr
Walter Watkins
James H. Purdy
Frank Littlefield
Thomas Jacka
George W. Best
Mott J. Cannon
Henry Winter Davis
George Taylor
Orison B. Smith
J. Jareit Blod
Wedding Party Recognized in Local Nuptials
The ceremony inclusive of Mrs. G Clarence Sharp Mrs Jacob Shrady and Mrs Frank O Evans with ushers Misses Haskin Lytle and Nelson highlighted the wedding event in the society notes.
Domesticity myth and modern life in a social dialogue
A long dialogue mocks popular ideals of women as domestic and sensible. It contrasts men's professed admiration with real preferences, and argues that true simplicity comes from wise use of modern resources rather than regressing to past comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S—'s
Jack
Grace
Ten Million Endowment Sought for Municipal Research Bureau
Dr. William H. Allen urged the Woman's Municipal League for a five to ten million endowment to fund the Bureau of Municipal Research, aiming to improve public officials through evidence over personal virtue. He argued reform focused on character has failed and cited costs in city contracts, urging a practical mechanism to boost efficiency and integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Carnegie
Rockefeller Rockefeller
Woman's Municipal League
League
East 26Th Street
William H. Allen
Bureau of Municipal Research
Allen
Dr. Allen
Loew
McClellan
Manhattan
Curiosity in London University Christmas Honor List
A London University Christmas honor list shows a striking gender pattern with many women in first and third classes and few men in the second class. The piece also notes a science degree with one woman and one man in first class, and one woman in second class. It contrasts reading habits, with speakers observing many readers in cities and few readers in rural areas, while some discuss reading nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London University
New England
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Pascuale
Lone Star State
Metz Sues Orator
Bovertown
Commissioner Smith
Standard Oil Co
Landis
Moffet
Mrs
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