Jerome Summed Up His Auditors Startled By Oratorical Defense
Elizabethtown New Jersey May 26 District Attorney Jerome concluded his summation against the King committee charges with vigorous satire and scorn for the judiciary and rivals. He attacked Governor Hughes and Hearst, defended the Ice Company inquiry, and mocked judges O Sullivan Goff and Ro g2lsky while promising further rebuttals and a final finding of facts after Pierce also summations. The scene drew crowds as Jerome proclaimed the case a landmark event in Elizabethtown.
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the Tribune
Elizabethtown
N. J
Jerome
King Committee
Essex County Court House
Hughes
Odell
New York City
Hand
Supreme Court
Seabury
Ambrose F. McCabe
Justice Goff
O'Sullivan
Rog2lsky
James W. Osborne
William F. King
Franklin Pierce
Osborne
King
Pierce
William Randolph Hearst
American Ice Company
Mr. Jerome
Ice Trust
Eichner
George W. Perkins
O’sullivan
New York
J. P. Morgan
John A. McCall
Armstrong Committee
Commissioner Hand
Mr. Pierce
Mr Jerome
Adirondacks
Franklin Pierce Attacks District Attorney in Brief
Franklin Pierce counsel for the King committee attacked the District Attorney and aides in a theater of argument before Commissioner Hand. He accused Jerome of acting for Ryan Perkins and other traction and insurance men rather than the people. Pierce condemned the DA’s second term as a moralizing example and urged removal for numerous acts or inactions. Smyth drew sharp criticism over handling Metropolitan jury bribery cases.
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Elizatethtown
Franklin Pierce
King Committee
Commissioner Hand
Jerome
Thomas F. Ryan
George W. Perkins
H. H. Vreeland
Cty
Pierce
Smyth
Hetty Green Hosts Elaborate Plaza Dinner
Mrs Hetty Green hosted a formal eight course dinner with four wines at the Hotel Plaza last night. Guests included Rear Admiral George Ide and Mrs Ide and other lifelong friends. the event lasted until midnight and may herald a series of entertainments to come.
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Hetty Green
State Apartments
Hotel Plaza
North Carolina Prohibition Lead Seen Near Fifty Thousand
Raleigh reports the North Carolina prohibition majority likely exceeds forty thousand and could reach fifty thousand based on state headquarters estimates. Buncombe County near Asheville is expected to contribute about three thousand in favor of the dry ticket. The election proceeded quietly with no polling trouble. Baton Rouge lawmakers introduce two liquor regulation bills, including a statewide prohibition measure in the Senate and a high license bill barring women from serving and enforcing separate drinking in bars for whites and blacks in the House.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Buncombe County
Asheville
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Senate
Mourners Narrowly Escape After Auto Hits Funeral Coach
Five people including a baby escaped death when a funeral coach returning from Mount Hope Cemetery in Newton Long Island City collided with a passing car at Betts and Thompson avenues. Injured were Gilbert spouse and child, Margaret, Patrick OGraff, and Miss Lowenstein with head and facial abrasions. All received hospital care and were discharged home. Driver Patrick OGraff incurred a sprained ankle and facial cuts. The accident occurred with poor visibility due to shrubbery. The car occupants and coach passengers were taken to Astoria police station. driver Smith was jailed on reckless driving charges.
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Mount Hope Cemetery
Newton
Long Island
Betts and Thompson Avenues
Long Island City
Gilbert
Arthur
Margaret
East 34Th Street
O’graff
Patrick
First Avenue
Lowenstein
Miss Marr
East 85Th Street
St. John’s Hospital
Thompson Avenue
Betts Avenue
Robert Smith
Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn
Astoria
Smith
Burglars Found After Dumbwaiter Standoff at East Side Flats
Police from East 88th Street trapped two burglars at Mrs. Rachel Jacobs apartments 312 East Sith Street. Joseph Stein twenty three and Bernard Roone r eighteen year old electricians were captured after a basement chase as a woman on the top floor triggered the alarm by reporting a heavy dumbwaiter. One watch identified as Mrs Jacobs property and four dollars were found on Roone r. Both men jailed on burglary charges.
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Rachel Jacob
East Sith Street
Gargan
Spellman
East 88Th Street
Joseph Stein
Bernard Rooner
No. 160
East 120Th Street
Stein
Rooner
Struck by Bicycle Fatality on Lenox Avenue
Jacob Joseph, a retired real estate operator, died last night at his home after being knocked down and run over by a bicycle on Lenox Avenue and 116th Street. Glen Campbell, fifteen, of West 136th Street, held on homicide charges at the 104th Street station. Dr. Max Stern, West 114th Street, said death was due to heart disease and shock.
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Lenox Avenue
116Th Street
Jacob Joseph
West 144Th Street
Glen Campbell
West 136Th Street
Joseph
104Th Street
Max Stern
No. SO
West 114Th Street
Breakin Erie Canal Wall Near Fairport
A canal wall about a mile and a half west of Fairport collapsed this afternoon. The Erie Canal wall, one hundred feet wide and nine feet deep, gave way on the sixteen mile level. Crews expect several days to repair the breach.
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Rochester
Erie Canal
Fairpot
Auto clubs clash over control of U S racing
The American Automobile Association and the Automobile Club of America clash at a meeting at 437 Fifth Avenue with a plan to sanction three national events yearly, disqualify non sanctioned races, and limit domestic contests. Vanderbilt Cup rules and foreign objections are discussed while entry blanks are prepared for the race.
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American Automobile Association
Automobile Club of America
Fifth Avenue
Con
Jefferson de Mont Thompson
New York
New York City
Thompson
Hotchkiss
E. R. Thomas
Vanderbilt
United States
National Association of Automobile Manufacturers
American Motor Car Manufacturers’ Association
A. L. Riker
Messrs
F. G. Webb
Percy Owen
Frank C. Battey
Savannah Automobile Club
Night Rider suits compromised in Paducah ruling
Paducah Ky May 26 The Hollowell night rider damage suits were compromised today with the plaintiff receiving 15000 dollars. Weeks earlier in U S Court Robert Hollowell won a 35000 verdict against twenty nine alleged night riders of Callowell County accused of raiding his home and forcing his family to flee the state to save their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
Hollowell
United States
Robert Hollowell
Callowell County
Mrs Ward Survives Canadian Pacific Train Wreck
Winnipeg dispatch reports novelist Mrs Humphry Ward aboard a Canadian Pacific train derailed by a sinking rail bed one hundred miles east. Locomotive and mail cars toppled into a small lake. Ward escaped injury while several passengers were slightly hurt and mail clerks were seriously hurt. Fifteen thousand dollars of registered mail submerged. Eye glasses advertised in local shop.
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Winnipeg
Humphry Ward
Canadian Pacific
Here
Interborough Offers Brooklyn Subway Link By Manhattan Bridge
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company submitted a $1,200,000 bid to build a Flatbush avenue to Fulton street subway link connecting with the Brooklyn subway and then lease it from the city. The plan would shuttle trains over Manhattan Bridge to a Bowery terminal, allowing five cent transfers to elevated roads. The proposal prompts debate as the Board of Estimate weighs contracts for the Fourth avenue line and opponents urge not to grant a transit monopoly.
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Public Service Commission
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Commission
Subway
James Graham
Board of Estimate
Interborough
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Manhattan Bridge
Flatbush Avenue
Fulton Street
Brooklyn Subway
Atlantic and
Flatbush Avenues
Bowery and
Canal Street
Bridge Plaza
Nassau and
Sands Streets
Manhattan Terminal
Nassau Street
Willoughby Street
James P. Graham
Ashland Place
Graham
William Bradley
Aittle
Interborough Company
Third Avenue Elevated Railway
Willcox
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Metz
Coler
Fourth Avenue Subway
Hughes
Broadway-Lafayette Avenue
Bassett
McCarroll
Loop
Williamsburg
Rapid Transit Commission
Brooklyn Bridge
East River
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Scotch Home Rule Bill Introduced in Commons
Winston Churchill pledge in Dundee spurred action as Duncan Vernon Pirie introduced a Scotland home rule bill in the House of Commons. The measure seeks a Scottish legislative body to make laws on matters exclusive to Scotland, with A J Balfour opposing. The House approved the bill’s first reading by 27 to 102.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Dundee
Scotland
House of Commons
Duncan Vernon Pirie
North
Aberdeen
Pirie
A. J. Balfour
House
Hotel Wolcott Change Negotiations Reported
George T. Stockham, former Hotel Breslin manager, says he is negotiating to buy the lease and furnishings of the Hotel Wolcott at Fifth Avenue and 31st Street. The deal may close tomorrow with no major management changes planned. Simeon Leland could depart as Wolcott manager by June 1. Breslin manager transition recently completed with G. W. Swett taking charge.
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George T. Stockham
Breslin
Wolcott
Fifth Avenue
31St Street
Simeon Leland
Stock
G. W. Swett
Swett
Walton
Philadelphia
Young man posed as Wall Street paper collector
Edward Goddard, twenty, of Brooklyn, pretended to collect a newspaper bill at 49 Wall Street. He fled as ex Senator Clark’s aide checked the stand, was caught by patrolman Robert Charlton, and admitted to the ruse. Charlton says a youth ring has been operating in the financial district, earning about $12 daily.
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Edward Goddard
15Th Street
Brooklyn
United States
Clark
Wall Street
William St. Clair
Goddard
Robert Charlton
No. 49
Charlton
Financial District
High speed chase ends with arrest on Williamsburg Bridge
Walter Lewisohn, brother of Jesse and Fred Lewisohn, fled from two motorcycle cops along Jamaica Avenue and Bushwick Avenue at speeds near 50 mph. The pursuit through Brooklyn streets ended when he crossed the Williamsburg Bridge and was arrested at the Delancey Street approach after posting $100 bail. He listed 34 Fifth Avenue as his address.
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Walter Lewisohn
Jesse
Fred Lewisohn
Brooklyn
Williamsburg Bridge
Lewisohn
Belmont Park
Jamaica Avenue
Grace and
Sheppard
Bushwick Avenue
Young Lewisohn
Delancey Street
Clymer Street
Fifth Avenue
Corn Bulges Again as May Corn Rises on Patten Market
Chicago May corn surged amid Patten‑led expectations of a corner. May futures climbed from 73 to 78 4/5 cents, closing 4 1/4 cents above last night, with brokers noting scarce supply and short covering. Patten denied knowledge of the drive, claiming he had bought cash corn and resold it to a Buffalo shipper. Brokers expect further squeezes as settlements by large shorts reduce available supply.
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Chicago
James A. Patten
Board of Trade
Buffalo
Tragedy in Owen Sound. man kills wife and two daughters
James F. Creighton, a local resident, shot and killed his wife and his two stepdaughters Katherine and Clare Chapman in Owen Sound Ontario after marrying in Ypsilanti Michigan a year earlier. He then shot himself in the eye, leaving a letter claiming worsening insanity. he likely died.
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Owen Sound
Ont
James F. Creighton
Ypsilanti Mich
Katherine
Clare Chapman
Agreement on Money Bill Reaches Senate House Conference
The Senate and House conferred late today on a financial bill with Speaker Cannon and Senator Aldrich issuing urgency calls to absent members. The compromise establishes a $500 million emergency currency limit, bank access via collateral, a 10 percent reserve, and geographic distribution rules, aiming for quick House adoption and a Saturday adjournment.
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The
Tribune Purearns
Washington
Senate
House Conferrees
Annon
Aldrich
Republican Conferrees
Conferrees
Vreeland
Cannon
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury of
United States
Burton
Teller
Culberson
Bankers Oppose Emergency Currency Bill Amid Panic Fears
Leading bankers stated there is no need for an emergency currency measure or treasury aid to prevent a money stringency next autumn. They cited ample liquidity, ease in the money market, and strong positions of New York banks. Presidents Alexander Gilbert and Edward Simmons argued relief is unnecessary now or in the near term.
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Congress
Aldrich
Alexander Gilbert
New York Clearing House Association
The
Market and Fulton Bank
New York
Treasury
Edward Simmons
Fourth National Bank
Telegraphers Won't Get Old Wages
The Commercial Telegraphers Union said wage restoration scheduled for June 1 is postponed until the union convenes in Milwaukee starting June. Local unions in New York and Chicago had backed June action, but no stand will be taken until the meeting. The expected summer demand for telegraphers did not materialize.
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Milwaukee
New York
Chicago
Fear of Russo Persian War in Tehran Parliament Opposes Russia
A Times dispatch from Teheran reports the Persian Parliament united against Russia after a Russian ultimatum extended at the Persian charg de affaires request. Teheran is in intense excitement and a rupture in relations between Russia and Persia is expected.
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London
Times
Teheran
St. Petersburg
Russia
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Claptrap
Hetty
Graves
Kentucky
Spencers
Maiden Lane
B. Rk. T
Mr. Pirie
W. Lewisohn
Brooklyn Bicycle Patrolmen
James ‘A. Patten
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