27 Jan 1914
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1914
Page
1
City executive pledges full agreement with the mayor on removal issues and urges legislative change to empower action. Officials signal readiness to proceed once the law is amended.
The Tribune dispatch from Panama reports Goethals preferring a change in law to vest police commissioner powers, potentially easing his shift after canal completion. Mayor Mitchel backs a price commissioner role if law grants removal power. Goethals had favored such power for policing, noting legislative losses and the need for constitutional compliance.
Morning News brief notes Beathals and Mitchel reaching accord on local issues while other items report on state power plans, publicity controls, and discussions on public efficiency projects. Nearby blurbs mention legal actions, prosecutions, and diplomatic notes amid a flood of scattered headlines.
Edwin Gould of New York aims to fly daily trips from Jekyl Island Georgia after his hydro aeroplane failed to arrive. He says routes may include Savannah and Palm Beach with shorter jaunts in between. Friends from New York await news on his progress and potential performances.
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania an eleven year old girl Anna Sodusky was halted by school authorities from marrying a 45 year old man. Her father John Sodusky claimed she was of legal age and obtained a license. Police and a probation officer intervened and detained Sodusky and Skoben for examination.
London reports the Bishop of London and the Bishop of Kensington may visit Holloway Prison to observe forcible feeding of suffragettes if Home Secretary approval is granted. The move follows militant statements urging action and signals possible royal audience for the cause.
San Jose California January 26 Frank E B Murray a convicted forger was sentenced by Superior Judge William Beasley to two years as a hermit in the mountains forty miles from here. Murray is sixty eight years old so the judge avoided a jail sentence.
Mayor Mitchel described Henry Bruere City Chamberlain lifting a tired newsboy from the Belmont Hotel step scene. Bruere then purchased the boy’s stock and sent him on his rounds, claiming the act showed his first real money earned since taking office.
Albany scene unfolds as Assembly moves to empower District Attorney Whitman with statewide authority to press graft investigations. Key figures Nelson Cristman Stoddard push for Whitman or aides as counsel to a new eight member legislative commission. Evidence from Sulzer letters and bank probes widen scope while Clark may become counsel. Continued on page two.
Ex representative Lucius N Littauer and his brother William were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of smuggling jewelry valued around 40 000 into the United States. The case centers on a Venice purchased necklace and other pieces intended for Mrs Littauer, with possible obscuring of duties.
The Morgan Wing project advances as specifications reach the printer after two years of delays. The $750,000 addition to house J Pierpont Morgan collection moves toward public display in a new south wing while Altman works await space. Morgan signals no sale now and awaiting placement advice as the plan evolves.
The Tribune reports exclusive remarks from J. P. Morgan on January 21 1914 denying any sale of his art collection for the moment and stating he will seek advice before deciding future steps. He emphasized that no statement beyond his original position was forthcoming and that art dealers are eager.
Mitchell proprietor of drug stores at No MOY Mighth avenue and No Sho Third avenue was arrested on a warrant issued by Chick Mart trate McAdon in the night court. He was held on $1500 bail. Robert Rund, a clerk employed by Mitchell, was arrested days ago on the same charge. This marks the 115th drug case handled by the District Attorney’s office in the period surrounding November.
Lucaa thirty three, of Williamsburg, an operator in a shirt waist factory, leapt from the six story factory roof at 44 Wythe Avenue, then jumped to a firehouse roof and to the yard. She was severely injured, with broken legs and arms, and doctors say she cannot live.
Four men died and seven were seriously injured when a gas cylinder exploded in the high pressure turbine room during annual overhaul of the Cunarder Mauretania at Cavity Graving Dock Liverpool. The blast caused darkness and smoke as workers rushed to aid and evacuate the injured to hospital. Most men were Liverpool natives with two from Wallend. The fire was quickly put out by crew members.
Mrs. Catherine Lee wife of W J Low a salesman jumped from a second story window at Orange Memorial Hospital and died of injuries three hours later. She was a patient with pneumonia and it is believed she leaped while delirious during a two day hospital stay.
Reports from Milwaukee Summit and Manhattan reveal several tango mishaps. Henry Blossom, playwright, broke a leg after dancing with Mrs Becker in Milwaukee. Beatrice Matentin fractured her left leg while performing the hesitation waltz at Hotel Beachwood. A dramatic critic in Manhattan broke his right arm after overdramatizing a tango scene.
A Calcutta dispatch reports an American visitor Dimagallet Merb Virginia Geataon won $2500 damages from Virginia, the American Consul at Colon, Ceylon, in a defamation case. Mrs. Graham is said to be in America.
Stein tells story to U S Attorney as his son and lawyer press to disrupt a federal conference. The exchange unfolds amid actions against suspected fake bankruptcies and related investigations, highlighting legal strategy and tensions in the proceedings.
Federal grand jury votes indictments for conspiracy to conceal assets and defraud creditors in cases connected to Stein & Sons and Joseph Stein & Son. Prosecution, led by H Snow den Marshall, reveals hurried confessions from employed staff amid a sweeping inquiry into fake bankruptcies.
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