Heiress Aunt’s Niece and Grandnephew Charged in $119 Check Swindle
Mrs Antoinette W Brown and her son Newton Davis were arrested on warrants charging grand larceny in the second degree for allegedly swindling Mrs Harriet Wells Smith, aunt of Mr Brown, out of estate income totaling about $500,000. The case centers on a $119 indorsed check from the United States Trust Company and a scheme to control Mrs Smith’s funds.
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Antoinette W. Brown
Newton Davis
Harriet Wells Smith
Brown
Smith
Newton Smith
Kings County Elevated Railroad
West 78Th Street
Hatch
Mr. Murphy
Mrs. Smith
Mia Brown
Newton Davie
Miss Clarke
Misa Clarke
Lincoln ‘Trust Company
Fifth Avenue
Murphy
Murphy Faces Revolt of Upstate Democrats in New York
Upstate Democrats revolt against Tammany control as Governor Dix resists sending in Herbert Bissell for the upstate Public Service Commission. Senate action on Bissell's nomination stalls, risking new appointments if confirmed. Senate members vow to oppose Murphy on the floor, signaling possible party realignment by spring convention.
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the Tribune
Albany
March
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Murphy
Herbert P. Bissell
Buffalo
Dix
Upstate Public Service Commission
Bisset
Tammany
William H. Fitzpatrick
Erie County
Rissell
Hend
McCarroll
Edward G. Riggs
Senate
Upstate
Atempt
Bixsell
Lenin
Finance Committee
Wagner
Frawley
Bre
Taft Opposes Recall of Judicial Decisions at Toledo Rally
Taft denounced recall efforts as reactionary at a Toledo Coliseum crowd of about a thousand. He defended a stable popular government and warned against radical changes to the judiciary while praising liberty and private property as core rights.
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Toledo
March
Toledo Coliseum
Taft
Colonel Roosevelt
Columbus
White House
Wong
Pacific
Atlantic
McNamara Brothers’ Illness Reported From San Quentin
San Quentin inmate B. J. McNamara, serving life for murder, is dying of tuberculosis, with his brother J. B. McNamara, serving fifteen years, in poor health. Burns detective Malcolm Laren said both appear frail from confinement and prison dust, noting B. J. has lost about fifteen pounds and J. B. is thinner and paler.
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Lee Annelies
March
B. McNamara
San Quentin Penitentiary
J. J. McNamara
Malcolm Laren
Burns
McLaren
J. B. McNamara
J J. McNamara
Five Car Lines Tied Up by Short Circuit
A downtown power short circuit halted five Broadway area streetcar lines for nearly three hours during the homegoing period. Big cables burned out at the Lexington Avenue substation, leaving cars stalled on Broadway Lexing ton Fourth Avenue and 23d 34th Street lines. Crews cut away damaged cable and reconnected power as crowds gathered and police managed traffic. A separate aviation note reports Johannisthal pilot Herr-offman carrying four passengers for 32 minutes 33 seconds, a new world record.
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Broadway
Lexington Ave
Fourth Avenue
34Th Street
Eighth Avenue
96Th Street
East River
Lexington Avenue
Wanamaker
Lower Broadway
Greeley Square
Johannisthal
Marek S.herr —Offman
Society Women as Jockeys at Country Club Polo Race
Riders at the Country Club polo pony trials next Sunday will include Miss Eleanora Sears of New York and Boston, and Lady Herbert, wife of Lord Herbert, plus Miss Jonnie Crocker of San Francisco. They will wear men’s riding clothes and choose the polo ponies. Two more society women are planning to enter the race.
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Fornade
Cal
Maren
Eleanora Sears
New York
Boston
Lady Herbert
Lord Herbert
Jonnie Crocker
San Francisco
Amundsen's Polar Quest Credited as Pole Discovery
The Daily Chronicle prints Captain Roald Amundsen’s account of reaching the South Pole. He describes voyages across the ice barrier and King Haakon Plateau, noting latitude 89 55 South and December 14 as the pole date. The piece compares his claim with Sir Ernest Shackleton and Scott, awaiting Scott’s narrative to confirm who reached first.
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the Tribune
London
The
Daily Chronicle
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Amundsen
Antarctic
Pole
Great Ice Barrier
South
Victoria
King Edward Land
Queen Maud Range
Bay of Whales
Shackleton
Norway
Haako
Scott
Central
Engeland
Amundsen Four Days At Pole Sparks Norwegian Pride
In Christiania on March 8 Norwegians erupt in nationwide celebration over Roald Amundsen's discovery of the South Pole. The public mood runs high from king to commoner as Norwegians hail their national hero and his polar feat amid comparisons with Captain Scott.
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Christiania
Norway
South Pole
Roald Amundsen
Hardihood
Captain Scott
Captain Boott
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Bissell
Riggs
Alpwigh
BEARDMORE _,GLACIER
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Mill
Glacier
Phot
GG Bains
Roosevelt
Thos
Contiourd
Sfth
M’namara
J. B
J. J
Shane
Miss Sears
Dash
Capt
Cot
Cairns
Ernest Shackleton
Haakon
Edward VII
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