Whitman Probes for Conspiracy in Grand Jury Case
District Attorney Whitman escalates a probe into multiple intimidation attempts tied to a witness in a grand jury inquiry. He targets graft indictments and a Tammany-linked Harlem figure, with possible conspiracy charges against six men and financial incentives to keep a key witness from testifying.
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Whitman
George A. Sipp
Grand Jury
Gaynor
Sipp
Tammany
Raines Law
Thomas J. Dorian
Frederick J. Groehl
Atmont
Rowd
Maines Law
Dorian
Charles Foye
Henry H. Curran
Whitman Works on Sipp Story and Arson Trust Arrest
Local page notes Whitman drafting a Sipp feature while authorities report 18 new arson trust arrests. Reports cover crime trials, suffrage events, and political developments including immigrant policy and harbor plans as the day’s news unfolds.
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Whitman
Astor Hel
Schulte
Sabo
Queen of Ball
Kinney
Speeder
New “Arson Trust
Mount Athos to be declared an independent church republic
The amassartorial conference as reported by The Daily Telegraph plans Mount Athos to become an independent church republic governed by monks with the Ecumenical Patriarch as president under protection of Orthodox Balkan kingdoms. The holy mountain, 850 feet high, hosts numerous convents chapels and grottos with many monks living as hermits.
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London
Amassartorial Conference
Daily Telegraph
Mount Athos
Holy Mountain
Salonica
Plan to straighten Harbor Pier Face Chelsea Congestion
Washington dispatch details a tentative harbor plan from the War Department and New York New Jersey officials to straighten the Chelsea Pier line to ease Chelsea congestion. Stimson weighs extensions and renews focus on piers from Chelsea to Castle Point while avoiding tied hands on past permits.
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Sulver
Brandt
Ad Stimson
Pla
Democrats
Harry Banks
Hill Parses House
Argentina
Tribune
Washington, Inn
Secretary of War
New York
New Jersey
Bumwon Indica Uns
New York City
Gaynor
Stimpson
Board of Estimate
Desbroxies
Onder
Chelsea
Stimson
Tim
White Star
Dickinson
Tilonef
Jeracy
Pierine
Weerhawken Cove
Castle Point
Newderney
Benet J. Heppenheimer
Richard C. Jenkinson
J. Spencer Smith
War Department
Boy Scouts Offer Skin To Save Burned Girl In Oklahoma
Kansas City scouts and many volunteers offered to give skin grafts to Reba Huunds ten years old who was badly burned in a Christmas Eve fire that killed her father mother and younger sister in Arnett Oklahoma. The girl lies in a hospital where doctors say life can be saved only by grafting and request volunteers to contribute skin.
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Kansas City
Orn
Boy Scouts
Sisi
Reba Huunds
Arnett
Okla
Sheriff’s Unlucky Friday in Newburg
In Newburg on a Friday in November, Sheriff Larry Ht Servin planned a mountain hunting trip. His first car hit a ditch. he got a second car but at about o'clock this morning his vehicle struck Charles Armstrong, a machinist, fatally injuring him. Chauffeur Lewis I Tenny was arrested for license display. Servin was fined for unrelated charges and returned home. Coroner Dubois will investigate and may pursue manslaughter charges against the chauffeur.
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Newburg
Larry Ht Servin
Torkland
Pris
Charles Armstrong
Armstrong
Lewis I Tenny
Remy
Servin
Dubois
New Gas Discovered by Thomson in Cambridge work
Sir Joseph John Thomson of Cavendish Laboratories announced a new gas found in metals including iron zinc copper and lead. He described its relation to hydrogen as ozone to oxygen and noted only a small amount was produced after over two months of work.
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Pujo
Senate
London
Joseph John Thomson
Cavendish Laboratories
Cambridge
Thief With 28-Year Record Patents Burglar Alarm
William cores, a famed burglar with a 28 year prison record, received an announcement from Washington patent attorneys that his burglar alarm and door bell inventions are granted. At fifty four, he conceived the devices in Clinton Prison while convicted of burglary. The alarm targets windows left ajar for ventilation and the door bell signals family versus stranger.
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Wimam Cores
Criminal Courts
Washington
Cornell
Clinton
Direct telephone link to San Francisco from New York
Announcement in San Francisco states that by next Christmas San Francisco will have direct telephone communication with New York. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company will spend about 2,000,000 dollars. talk costs are projected at roughly 18 dollars per minute. Kingsbury, VP, said plans include two west routes via Central Pacific and San Pedro, with service reaching San Francisco before Christmas.
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Loy Tetveraon
San Francisco
New York
American ‘Telephone and ‘Telegraph Company
A.C. Kingsbury
Denver
Balt Lake
Central Pacific
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Pastor and Society Leader Compete for Largest Appetite
In a pancake supper at Miman Methodist Church Rev Harold Paul Sloan and Charles Hammell of the Lares' Aid Society staged a food contest. Sloan claimed victory with thirty two big cakes and a single glass of Angostura Bitters, recorded the morning after.
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Ity Telegraph Scene Tribune
Elizabeth
Miman Methodict Church
Harold Paul Sloan
Lares’ Aid Society
Charles Hammell
Heat Record Yesterday In New York Snow Melts Warm January Day
Shy spring visitor in New York yesterday enjoyed a mild afternoon amid blooming flowers and leafless trees. The thermometer rose from 11 degrees to 50 degrees after 1 p.m., marking the hottest January day in Weather Bureau records and extending the Hudson River's unusually long navigation season.
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Shy
Pring
New York
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Hudson River
Arrest of Master Architect Yappelli in Subway Incident
Louis Yappelli, 39, described as an architect and contractor, was held on $500 bond in Morrisania court after Miss Helen Curran said he jostled her and ogled on a 177th Street subway platform. Curran, an usher at the Children's Theatre, chased him to Prospect Avenue station where Officer Nichols arrested him. Yappelli claimed an apology was requested but Curran declined. Magistrate Butts ordered interpreter and train-guard subpoena for continuation.
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Louis Yappelli
Children’s Theatre
177Th Street
Yappelli
Jehe
Prospect Avenue
Nichols
East List Street
Cardinal Farley
Woman Arrests Intruder In Sagamore Apartments
Miss Sarah A Crowley a downtown cashier followed a man from her door to 126th street and Lenox avenue where she captured him. Police charged an unnamed 20 year old waiter Ricco Montegas at Lenox Avenue station with unlawful entry.
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Sarah A. Crowley
Sagamore Apartments
West 127Th Street
Miss Crowley
Miss Crowleyter
126Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Tucker
Governor Sulzer Pardons Schiff Valet in Dramatic Scene
Foulke E. Brandt, former Schiff residence burglar, is pardoned by Governor Sulzer under conditions to avoid stage or public remarks. Brandt departs with Senator Knute Nelson for New York, aiming toward Washington and then Minnesota for a fresh start. The pardon requires he not discuss the case publicly or seek notoriety, with revocation if violated.
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Foulke E. Brandt
Tribune
Albany
New York
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Sulzer
Washington
Brandt
Mortimer L. Schiff
Sweden
Niscasa
Capitol
Executive Chamber
Harry M. Kaiser
Clinton Prison
William Severance
Kaiser
Severance
Mirabeau L. Towns
Alb
Schiff
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Sulzer Tee
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Cresxon
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Tomkins
Benjamin HA. Co
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Hare
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Pier 1
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Hirwax
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Harbor Commission
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Battery
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Money Trust
Democratic
House
Samuel Untermyer
Pujo Committee
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Uaderwood
Taje
Atterner
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Pajo
Federal Grand Jury
George G. Henry
National Bank
California Petroleum Company
Stork
Henry
Supreme Court
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