Scalding Case Presentment Targets City Farm Colony
Richmond County grand jury presentment condemns conditions at New York City Farm Colony Castleton Corners Staten Island. They urge immediate city funding to separate the mentally ill from the physically infirm and to hire qualified medical staff and paid orderlies, noting inadequate physicians and nurses amid a high inmate population and convicts. The inquiry followed the scalding death of Harry Williams and included possible probe of Amond Borough offices.
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City
Richmond County
Supreme Court
Lester W. Clark
New York Ciy
Castleton Corners
Clark
Joseph D. Vitek
E. Stewart Taxter
City Farm Colony
Se Faroaten
City of New York
New York
Harry Williams
the Tribune
Albert C. Fach
BP. Thomas
WU Newton
Fach
Amond
Heald
Half a Dozen Men Sit in Congress But Cannot Vote
Six delegates and commissioners can speak and introduce bills but cannot vote in the roll call, a noted topic in To Morrow's Tribune. The piece examines their limited legislative role and implications for representation in Congress.
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Congress
Ten year old heir of tin plate king lives in Montclair
William Bateman Leeds nine years old son of the late tin plate magnate William R Leeds and heir to a 40 million estate is living at 208 South Mountain avenue Montclair with a governess Miss Horrax and a household staff of fifteen. He attends Montclair Academy each day and is chaperoned on drives by a coachman and footman. His mother Mrs Nonnie Leeds remains abroad but maintains daily contact via cable messages.
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Montclair
N. J
William Bateman Leeds
William R.leeds
Nonnie Leeds
South Mountain Avenue
Montclatr
United States
Tne
Jeanne Parmenter
Miss Parmenter
Fourth Mountain Avenue
Montclair Academy
Crowds See Girl Dangle as Firemen Save Mill Worker
In Lawrence Massachusetts Elizabeth Robie a young English mill girl dangled from the Pond Building rope on the fourth floor. Firemen freed her amid a cheering crowd as striking textile workers clamored nearby. Police later charged her with disturbing the peace. In Washington President Grant granted a pardon to a New Yorker nrelated to a separate case.
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the Tribune
Lawrence
Mass
Essex Street
Elizabeth Robie
Elizabeth
Tom
Auto Driver Speed to Kill Boy Drives On
A high speed auto struck ten year old Patrick Fay Jr on West End avenue killing him instantly. The driver tossed the body from the hood and sped away while onlookers and two other boys offered a description of the car and driver. Police seek the vehicle and operator with locals providing the windshield and license details.
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West End Avenue
Patrick Fay, Jr
No. 12
Young Fay
Buster
David
Thomas Torenz
Patrick
Matthew Harry
Barret
Flower Hospital
Thomas Lorenz
Pay
Bryan guest of honor at Tampa Woodrow Wilson Club dinner
William J. Bryan attended a Tampa dinner hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Club. He did not comment on the Watterson Wilson Harvey controversy. Asked for his views, he said he would explain in the next issue of The Commoner and reiterated that he had not said Wilson was the most available Democratic nominee.
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Bryan
Tampa
Fla
William J. Bryan
Woodrow Wilson Club
Mr. Wilson
Goat butt incident leads to suit in Boston court
In East Boston a goat owned by James F. Barry butted Cecilia Lowell injuring her and prompting a lawsuit. Lowell filed in Municipal Court seeking $200 and damages for a broken arm and indignity. Barry offered no stated defense for the goat.
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Boston
James F. Barry
Cecilia Lowell
Misa Lowell
Daunheen
Missionaries refuse to leave I Chang despite consul order
Victoria G U Jam 1.- Misa Be Mallory and Miss N E Sears, both missionaries, refused to depart I Chang despite British Consul advice. The consul deported them and urged denial of permission to return to China, saying he cannot recognize their right to die as it would affect other foreigners and have far reaching consequences.
Cigarette Debt and Counter Claim in Nashville Suit
Miss Maria Estelle Markham a singer of Nashville Tenn sues tobacco dealer William Mathues for 10 claiming she lent him money and he counters with 1181 for cigarettes bought from November 1910 to August. The case hints at further disputes over loan and cigarette purchases. Separately a $25 000 damage suit against a street car company alleges injury from a crash, with plaintiff Charles Peterson claiming nervous strain and income loss.
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Nashville
Maria Estelle Markham
Ofville
Tenn
William
Mathues
Markham
Mathuen
Monino
Miss Markham
St. Louie
Sessional
Charles Peterson
Peterson
Alienation suit for fifty dollars filed in court
Mrs. Anna J. Ioneman yesterday began suit for fifty dollars as damages for the alienation of the affections of her husband Louis Roseman. Defendants are Abraham Boseman Amelia Roseman and Inadore Block. They are alleged to have influence that led Roseman to abandon his wife after their September 1910 marriage and February 1911 cohabitation.
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Anna J. Ioneman
Louis Roseman
Abraham Boseman
Plainiiff
Amelia Roseman
Inadore Block
Laintiff
Roseman
Gas Strike Declared Off At East Huhaureet Union Meeting
The Gas Workers Union at the Labor Temple in East Huhaureet declared a strike against Wie Consolidated Gas and its subsidiaries. Henry Kate was absent. John J. Lyons chaired the meeting. A motion to ensure the strike off passed unanimously as about fifty members attended for under thirty minutes.
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Gas Workers’ Union ‘Gat
Labor Temple
East Huhaureet
Wie Consolidated Gas Companies
Henry Kate
John J. Lyons
Ffty
Rumors of Manchu Threats in Peking Alarm Europeans
A London dispatch reports extravagant rumors from Peking that Manchu troops threaten to kill Yuan Shih-kai after a palace conference. European families near the Foreign Office flee to legation quarters as three special trains wait at Peking station for an unclear reason.
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London
Peking
Yuan Shih-kai
Mat
Foreign Office
Legation
Not Opposing Taft E H Gary Says U S Steel Keeps Out of Politics
FH Gary chairman of United States Steel denies reports that the corporation backs or opposes Taft. He states there is no foundation for such claims and that the company and its officers keep out of politics.
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E. H. Gary
U. S. Steel
United States Steel Corporation
Taft
Gary
Men Face Death at Sea Off Hatteras Coast
The schooner Harry Prescott from New York to Wilmington salt foundered near Diamond Shoals. Three of seven crew saved. captain, mate, and one sailor jumped to self sacrificially. Itasca cutter reached at 10 pm to aid four men in rigging as lifesavers’ final attempt failed amid high seas and strong tides.
Munsterberg Truth Test Demonstration Clears Man in Court
In Los Angeles on January 19 a court demonstration of Munsterberg heart pulse detection led to the discharge of Arthur Smith, a Tacoma metal worker. The subject’s pulse rose from 77 to 91 beats when stating his name and to 95 as he hesitated, then he claimed to be Arthur Smiths, an honest worker with relatives in the North and denied being a vagrant.
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Munsterberg
Los Angeles
Court of Justice
Watts
Arthur Smith
Tacoma
Wash
James Smith- Jers
Cassidy
Arthur Smiths
Ned
Hero Falls to Death From Church Steeple
Two steeple jacks plunges 180 feet at North Broad Street Presbyterian Church after one slips from a ladder. Herman Greenwald, 25, clutched August Johnson, 48, as both fell. Greenwald died saving his companion who could not be saved. Papal nuncio Alexander Avons dies in Vienna.
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Philadelphia
Van
North Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Herman Greenwald
August Johnson
Johnson
Greenwald
Vienna
Monsignor
Alexander Avons
Housewives League starts butter boycott in New York
New York women led by Mrs Heath and the Housewives League urged a 30 day butter boycott to curb rising costs. They target the rich and aim to cut middleman profits, with plans to connect farmers to consumers and circulate no butter pledges.
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Julian Heath
The
Housewives’ League
Emma Bossand
Talian Heath
Leroy Street
Herelement House
Th League
Greater
New York
Shakespeare
Enoch Rauh
Congress of Women's Clubs
Pittsburgh
Obstacle to peace in Cuba arises in crisis
A Cuban crisis deepens as General Emilio Nunez denies a pledge to halt veteran agitation, while President Gomez and a broad bloc of revolutionary generals seek unity to avert U.S. intervention. Meetings at the palace urge restraint, exculpation moves, and possible Washington talks as Cuba faces a delicate path.
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Veteran Association
Gomez
Veterans’ Organization
Veterans’ Club
Veterans’ Association
Aranda
Washington
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Dead Lad
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Ulysses Grant Houck
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Long Island
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George A. Coe
George Ayres
Meagher
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Cuba
Knox
Mario Menocal
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Monteagudo
Pino Guerra
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