Magpies Musicians Cut Liberal Lead in Election
The pMIONISTS cut the Liberal lead as government becomes confident of a majority. Liberals may rely on the Irish voter emergencies.
21 Jan 1910
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1910
Page
1
The pMIONISTS cut the Liberal lead as government becomes confident of a majority. Liberals may rely on the Irish voter emergencies.
Early returns from sixty eight seats indicate Unionists lead with 71 gains for Unionists and 10 for Liberals while Labourites trail. Nationalists show 1 gain with 13 of remaining 168 seats still to report. several gains occur in counties Scotland Wales and Ireland. A government dependence on Nationalist support looms if Unionists win more seats.
London dispatch reports Unionists narrowing the government majority with 61 net gains by midnight and rising prospects in southern midland and eastern counties. Key figures include Sir Edward Grey winning Berwick on Tweed, Arthur Henderson securing Barnard Castle, and W A B Burdett-Coutts boosting Unionist seats. Party totals reach 382 MPs with Unionists 162 and coalition 219.
A snowball fight among eight youths in Crotona Park area ended with Joseph Levine sixteen shot in the right thigh by fourte en year old Harry Blumenfield of Wendover avenue. Blumenfield admitted the shooting after arrest by Bronx police. He fled, struck by a stone, then fired four shots with a .22 revolver before fleeing home. Levine sought aid at a drug store and Lebanon Hospital before returning home as detectives identified Blumenfield.
Dixie the Baltimore jeweler Arthur Wallenhorst’s pet dog wore a $15,000 diamond collar during a birthday feast. Maryland duck and terrapin were served as Dixie enjoyed the feast and barked his approval. Wallenhorst crafted the jewel collar himself containing stones from 1/16 to a full carat. Dixie recently finished a world tour with his master.
Newport New Hampshire January 20 A fortune is awaiting Wilson Shannon Sherman once a Newport summer colony member who vanished years ago A Washington attorney says a large sum is held for the lost heir and asks for news of his whereabouts Sherman heir to General Thomas West Sherman U S A who died in 1879 and wife shortly after He is believed to have gone South
Paul C. Stensland and Henry W. Hering, once leaders of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, were paroled by the Illinois Pardon Board for the bank wreck and $1.2 million missing. Final release awaits Governor Deneen's approval after a long pursuit and prison terms. Multiple depositors died or went insane amid the bank's collapse.
Mary Francis tells Circuit Court she seeks divorce from Luther Francis claiming unbearable conduct. She declares he slept through Senator Rayner's Democratic speech while she remained engaged and alert.
San Francisco reports the Hamburg American steamship Cleveland with 60 passengers from New York may face coastwise navigation act questions on docking here. Washington is asked to decide if her around the world cruise from New York to San Francisco falls under the law. Also notes trains of the Atlantic Coast Line and Dee Railway of the South with multiple daily departures.
Detectives McKenna and Casassa arrest Marion Hamilton-Gray at Eighth Avenue and 25th Street for violating the city ordinance against a woman masquerading in male attire. The case centers on her East India birth in Ferozpur, her alleged impersonation of a lord’s son, and a Watertown Standard clipping. Magistrate Kernochan declines penalties, urging dress as a conventional woman.
Herbert Parsons quits as president of the New York County Committee at a Murray Hill Lyceum meeting. A seven member panel, led by Otto T. Barnard, will study the resignation and report by January 31. The group faced questions over selecting a successor tied to Taft, while treasurer James Sheffield and secretary Thomas Whittle also resigned, with staff changes anticipated after Parsons’s long tenure since 1905.
Buenos Ayres reports the Council of Ministers has ratified a Naval Commission recommendation to build two dreadnoughts by an American company. Each battleship will displace 28,000 tons and achieve 22 knots. An advertisement notes Great Bear Spring Water.
A special joint congressional committee will investigate the Ballinger Pinchot controversy. Members include Senators Nelson Flint Sutherland Paynter Fletcher and Reps McCall Olmsted Denby James Lloyd. Hearings open to the public begin next week with $25,000 allotted for expenses.
Washington reports both regular and insurgent leaders vow a cease in bickering and pledge swift handling of the President’s program. Hearings begin next week on railroads, traffic associations, and conservation bills, with rate legislation likely first and postal savings bank bills delayed until appropriations move.
The Chester Billings & Son jewelry firm at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, in business seventy years, assigned to secretary John S. Darcey after a bankruptcy petition alleged liabilities of 500000 to 1 million dollars. Trustees had Liquidation talks extended to February but failed to revive the business. Dr. H Payne filed the petition for creditors.
The Public School Teachers' Association opened its suit against bishops who signed a letter warning parents that public school teaching threatened religious belief. Cardinal Ludovic Henry Lucan, Archbishop of Rheims, appeared in ecclesiastical dress with a scarlet beretta as M. Hesse declared the teachers aim to defend their authority and protect schools from attack.
John D. Rockefeller Jr., leading the grand jury probe into alleged white slave traffic, was stopped by a doorman who asked about his purpose. Rockefeller refused to reveal his name, saying the inquiry concerned an important matter and showing courtesy by delivering a card to the Controller.
Dr. J. F. Calef, medical examiner, restored to life a child pronounced dead by other physicians in Middletown. With no heart action or breathing, he injected over the heart and performed massage and artificial respiration. The color returned and the child cried, later fully recovering. the doctor calls it remarkable.
Ellis Ouat a one day old Syrian boy born on Ellis Island foiled an immigration decision by proving American citizenship. He cannot be deported and his mother cannot be separated from him, despite officials planning to deport his mother after her husband’s expected three month arrival.
A thief stole an egg laid this morning by the $12,000 prize winning Orpington Lady Washington at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton poultry show. Owner F O Megargee has offered a reward and police search for the culprit. A special guard guarded the hen amid crowding around the coop.
Burglars broke into the home of Eberhard Anheuser in St Louis last night and stole diamonds and jewelry valued at more than $5,000. The Anheuser family was away at the time.
A personally conducted Pullman tour leaves February 3 for a thirty day trip to Mexico via the Pennsylvania Railroad. The journey includes New Orleans Gras and a Grand Canyon visit. For details contact C. Studds at D. FP. A. 283 Firth Ave, New York.
The Stock Exchange suspended Roberts, Hall & Criss after the failure of Lathrop Haskins Co and J M Fiske Co as the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron pool collapsed. Criss faced alleged liability for large purchases while other houses declined to recognize responsibility, triggering investigations and possible further expulsions.
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