Detectives Form Aimed at Captains in Gambling Fight
A special force of detectives is being organized at Police Headquarters to gather evidence for Commissioner McAdoo against captains suspected of protecting gambling houses and pool goons. McAdoo and District Attorney Jerome plan a joint crusade, summoning a poolseller for questioning, and a committee will start a cadet system in dense Hebrew districts.
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Lindsley
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Macdougalst
Titus
O'Connor
Senin
Adam
Dowling
Brooklyn
Zourke
Sinc” Farley
City Sues The Gas Trust Eggers Picks Sleuths
Police officials reveal Commissioner Mc Adoo plans a special detective unit to gather evidence against precinct captains over gambling and graft. Deputy Commissioner Lindsley and a Jerome assistant are cited as coordinating raids and witness testimony. Names of captains under suspicion include Hussey O Connor Tighe and Gallagher with raids aimed at proving inefficiency or corruption.
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Charces
James F. Hussey
West Forty-seventh St
John W. O'Connor
Mercerst
Robert A. Tighe
Delaheey-st
Gallagher
East
City sues Empire City Subway in bid to seize subways
The city asks the Supreme Court to order Empire City Subway Company to turn over its electrical subways conduits and ducts and to recover 5 million dollars owed under the 1891 contract. The amended complaint accuses the defendant of bad faith miscosting construction and excessive charges, and seeks control of the subway system for city use at minimal cost.
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Talbot Case in Court Irvine Asks Summons
Philadelphia, Jan. 17. The Talbot Irvine case moves to civil court with Dr. Irvine seeking a summons to compel Bishop Talbot and church leaders to testify about letters allegedly reflecting on a deposed priest. The suit, a slander action for damages, names Bishop Talbot and involves closely connected church figures and ongoing inquiries.
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Common Pleas Court
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Greer
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Connecticut
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Newark
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Chicago
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Church Standard
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Pulton
Talbot
Pinehurst Special Railings and Missing Details
Fragmentary dispatch from Pinehurst North Carolina notes travel and aviation topics with scattered references to Washington New York offices and dates. The unreadable text lacks clear events or outcomes to form a complete item.
The Gregory Disabled Motor Yacht Makes Harbor at Westport
The Gregory commanded by Captain August Loose sailed January 5 from the port toward the Mediterranean to meet owner Lewis Nixon. A ferocious gale battered the vessel, one engine failed, and after 72 hours of relentless seas the yacht limped to Westport Massachusetts for repairs before continuing toward Naples and Paris.
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Mediterranean
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Paris
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Sandy Hook
Loose
Charleston
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Bermuda
Philip Adams
Captain Loose
Russia Threatens Invasion Of North China
Paris report says Russia will invade North China and Chinese Turkestan if China continues to curb Russian contraband in favor of Japan. The warning comes from the Tientsin correspondent of the Paris edition of The New York Herald.
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New-York Herald
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China
Chinese Turkestan
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Scandal in Baltimore Club Over Gambling Arrests
Baltimore January 17. Union League Club members protest after steward Harry Pfeiffer and Ivanhoe Club member John Russell are arrested for maintaining gambling. Grand jury to hear cases. John Russell and Pfeiffer allegedly involved after connections to a Philadelphia youth, Thomas McCluskey, who ran afoul of checks and gambling. Union League members warn convictions could bring a citywide ban on social and political clubs that permit card games.
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Union League Club
Harry Pfeiffer
John Russell
Ivanhoe Club
Thomas McCluskey
James McCluskey
Philadelphia
St. John’s College
Annapolis
Pfeiffer
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Union League
Dr Flower in El Paso Telegraph Notice
R C Flower was in El Paso recently and a power of attorney from Sunset Mining Company shows him as president with A C McNulty named attorney in fact. McNulty, a New York lawyer for Mrs Hagaman, has filed suit against Sunset Mining for over 190 000 and attached mines and mill. Flower believed in the region. former partner A D Meloy now in Chihuahua.
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Tex
R. C. Flower
Juarez
Sunset Mining Company
Richard ©. Flower
A. C. McNulty
McNulty
New-York
F. F. Hagaman
Sunset Company
New York Central Line Service Schedule Ad
Leave New York at 5 32 P M arrive Cleveland at 7 15 next morning Cincinnati at 1 30 P M Indianapolis at 3 00 E St Louis at 9 45 P M by New York Central Line Service No excess fare.
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Cleveland
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
St. Louis
New York Central Line
Woodruff for Mayor as Republicans mull fall ticket names
Republicans in New York and Albany discuss two mayoral contenders for next fall. Timoth y L. Woodruff of Brooklyn is named for mayor and Jacob H. Schiff of Manhattan for controller. Leaders aim to keep the field open and shape the campaign through spring and summer while Fusion talk fades.
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New York
Albany
Timothy L. Woodruff
Brooklyn
Jacob H. Schiff
Manhattan
William Halpin
Republican County Committee
Woodruff
Schiff
Odell
Halpin
Sharps
George Cromwell
Richmond
Board of Aldermen
Mr. Woodruff
Meyer
Carnegie Aids Oberlin Students After Bank Collapse
Oberlin Ohio January 17 President King said Andrew Carnegie will pay all money lost by students from the Citizens Bank failure through passbook proof. Carnegie ordered a list of worthy depositors and sent a check. He also reimburses the YMCA $3000 set aside for a new building lost in the same failure.
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Ohio
King
Oberlin College
Chapel Today
Citizens’ National Bank
Chadwick
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Young Men's Christian Association
Funeral Riot Delays Staten Island Ferry Over Quarter Charge
A funeral procession for Loeb Fini kol from 176 Forsyth Street sparked a riot at Whitehall Street ferry. Hearse and three carriages argued over a quarter toll, police intervened, three drivers were arrested and fined, then jailed at the Tombs for nonpayment. The hearse and carriages were later ferried by New York crews.
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Forsyth St
Staten Island
Middletown
Baron de Hirsch
Springvale
Whitehall St
St. George
New York
Senators Elected In Various States On Jan 17
The day saw multiple state legislatures electing U S Senators for different terms. Chauncey M Depew Philip Knox Nelson Aldrich Henry Cabot Lodge W Murray Crane Eugene Hale Moses Clapp Julius Cesar Burrows Elmer Burkett P J McCumber George Sutherland were chosen or advanced, with votes reported in Albany Harrisburg Providence Boston Hartford Augusta St Paul Lansing Lincoln Bismarck Salt Lake City and other capitals.
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United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Day
W. Murray Crane
John L. Bates
George F. Hoar
Hoar
Salt Lake
Utah
George Sutherland
Thomas Kearns
Niedringhaus Wins Missouri Senate Nomination
Thomas K. Niedringhaus of St. Louis won a majority of votes in both houses of Missouri’s legislature to become United States Senator, succeeding Francis Cockrell. A joint session will ratify the vote. An inquiry found Niedringhaus’s campaign contributions investigation honest and satisfactory with no brewer donations found.
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Albany
Chauncey M. Depew
United States
Smith M. Weed
Clinton County
Senate
Depew
Weed
Assembly
St. Paul, Minn
Moses Clapp
Jefferson City
Thomas Kay Niedringhaus
St. Louis
Francis M. Cockrell
Grace
Niedringhaus
Mystery in Edmund Abbott estate in New York
Richmond Indiana reports a missing link mystery surrounding Edmund R Abbott of New York who married Carrie Tuttle in Muncie on his deathbed after transferring property. A $20,000 life policy exists in New York and a deed for $200,000 to the widow at 107 West 115th Street is noted.
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Richmond
Ind
Edmund R. Abbott
New-York
Carrie Tuttle
Muncie
New York
West One
Infidel Drops Dead In a Rural Indiana Revival
Winamac Indiana January 17 worshippers at the Chapel at Wilders Station witnessed an evangelist quote a sinner cannot be saved then Richard Bossy a confessed unbeliever collapsed and died on the revival floor after uttering a single word.
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the Tribune
Winamac
Ind
Wilders Station
James McCarey
Richard Bossy
Mr. Bossy
New York to St Augustine and Augusta Daily Service
Leave New York at 12 35 p m daily except Sunday for St Augustine Aiken and Augusta via P R R and Southern Ry. Train surrounded by every comfort and convenience. Two other rest trains daily. Sleeping and dining car service. New York offices 271 Broadway.
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St. Augustine
Aiken
Augusta
Southern Ry
N. Y
Broadway
Gould Weds Nurse After Shooting Incident at Estate
George Burns marries Henrietta J. Pierce a nurse at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary the day Burns is discharged after surgical removal of his right eye following a shooting by George Gould at his North Carolina estate. The couple plans to return to North Carolina aboard special trains. Burns’s recovery was aided by Pierce who had tended him during his hospital stay.
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George J. Gould
North Carolina
Henrietta J. Pierce
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Hotel Normandie
James M. Farr
Christ Presbyterian Church
West
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Burns
Gould
Shooting League
Wisner R. Townsend
No. 125
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Miss Pierce
Gould Estate
Real tip leads detective to possible bunco set-up
Detective Maguire accepts a tip from a Boston man about a horse named Darius racing in New Orleans. The plan collapses when he discovers the supposed betting scheme. Darius wins the race at 60 to 1 as the ruse unfolds.
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News Orleans
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Robinson
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New Orleans
Fire from Heaven Heals Des Moines Woman after Tremor Vision
Des Moines report tells how Mrs. H. J. Reeves, a 62 year old cripple, was bathed in a tongue of fire said to descend from Heaven during a religious meeting led by Mrs. Scott M. Ladd. She rose, stood erect for the first time in years, and claimed immediate relief from pain and renewed vigor.
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Omaha
Nebd
Des Moines
Iowa
H. J. Reeves
Scott M. Ladd
Supreme Court
Ex Mayor Samuel McCue's Execution Delayed Again
Governor Montague granted a respite for Charlottesville former mayor J Samuel McCue until February 10 delaying his planned Staunton hanging for his wife’s murder to allow the Supreme Court to review a rehearing petition filed by McCue’s counsel.
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J. Samuel McCue
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Supreme Court
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