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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
10
In New York the Roosevelt nonpartisan league backs Hughes for president amid a split with Roosevelt and Garfiield visits. Generals Wood and Garfield pledge Progressive and Republican backing as Hughes works on a keynote speech. Belmont-Clinton hearings reveal finances and real estate ties linking Prendergast and the Lands Company.
Eugenia Pratt daughter of Mr and Mrs Thurles Pratt of Brooklyn married Burton Marker Twichell son of the late Joseph Twichell Hartford at the Cove Long Island country home attended by about one hundred guests with several hundred more at a reception. The ceremony was performed by Rev Joseph H Twichell at the bride’s parents residence with music from a pipe organ and white flowers and ferns.
In Morrisiana Court Magiateate Slcme sternly admonished Altgham and Joseph Wrandon for insulting recruits at a local office. Both men, clerks in the Public Service Feguition office, must post bonds of 1000 dollars each to keep the peace for ten months, promising future good conduct.
The article details Duchess Elizabeth Frances Manan Durrazzo dropping an annullment suit against Duke Arturo Durrazzo after eight months of marriage. It cites a dispute over alleged larceny in Paris, a later stated reconciliation, and a $10,000 damages claim connected to an elevator accident. It also covers District Attorney Swann’s push to charge Morgan firm personnel over alleged leaks of private papers.
A driver struck John Lonahan of 540 Main Street, Union Mitt, in New York yesterday and fled. He dumped the victim near a hospital, then boarded a trolley car, shouting he did not want to be caught until he reaches police headquarters. Williams was released pending outcome of his condition.
Elders complain of cemetery dumping in backyards on night allotment. Mrs James J Campbell reports workmen excavating Union Cemetery at Knickerbocker Avenue and Cover Street dumping skulls and bones into nearby yards, causing fear and superstition among residents.
The Staten Island Chamber will appear before the Board of Estimate today to appeal the city determination to locate a stage disposal plant on Arthur Ki Gas L. Tribus, president of the Chamber, will propose a plan for each borough to handle its own refuse. Will J. McDermott, Richmond County Commissioner, was served with a writ to appear Monday before Justice Cropsey in Brooklyn to show cause why a permit should not be issued for contractors to build the plant. William A. Martin of 158 West 106th Street, Manhattan, who was indicted with J. Sterling Drake for kidnapping two of Edward D. Doyle's watermen from Pratt's Island, was arrested at St. George yesterday. He posted a $500 bond furnished by Drake.
Bankrupts H. A. Metz show $53,000 claim on trotter Herman A. Mets with unsecured status. Another filing lists $57,000 by Henry A for a voluntary petition in the Federal court yesterday. Assets total $5,528 with specified liabilities.
New York Progressive leaders urge Harold L. Ickes to submit a telegram to the national committee opposing any move to endorse Charles B. Hughes for the presidency at the Chicago meeting. The protest warns against any shift toward the Republicans and notes odds on Hughes. Plans filed for a $2.5 million hotel project by Dr. Charles Paterno's company and New York Realty and Terminal Company, to be built on a large Madison Avenue block.
Brooklyn mothers are barred from dry sweeping to curb infantile paralysis in the Bushwick district. A house to house inspection is underway as health officials urge reporting of all cases. Dr. B H Waters warns early symptoms are subtle and air transmission requires vigilance.
Soldiers of Squadron A at Vin Cortlandt Park receive treats from Mrs Russell Sage including ice cream cigarettes and pocket flashlights. A driver pledged daily cream as long as camps remain, while an anonymous donor delivered a large box of oranges for Batteries 1 and A of the 1st Cavalry under Major Mr Bryant.
London June 24 The engagement is announced of Freene eldest daughter of Burl Curzon of Kedleston to Guy Benson son of R H Benson the London banker Lady Mary Irene Curzon is twenty years old her mother was Mary Victoria Leiter eldest daughter of the late Levi Z Leiter of Washington D C Kady Curzon died in 1906.
Rae Tanzer, the chief witness in a perjury trial, again described her romance with the elusive Oliver Osborne, whom she asserts as James W. Cathorne. She recounted 1914 encounters including a Plainfield hotel dinner, a ring, a wife claim, and later letters and a watchful chase by detectives. Tanzer insisted Osborne was the man she knew as Oliver, amid tears and testimony about a strained relationship and a strained truth.
In the Surrogate Court yesterday John B. Stanchfield began posing hypothetical questions in the Amos F. Eno will contest and will continue today. Witnesses will testify on whether Eno’s actions and statements showed irrationality related to senile dementia as described by Dr. William Mabon, superintendent of Manhattan State Hospital. Rufus Gaynor, son of the late Mayor Gaynor, resigned home guard duty and yesterday joined Troop A, 1st Cavalry, Brooklyn, bound for Mexico next week.
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