Jerome asserts no further prosecutions by DA while shifting blame
District Attorney Jerome says he cannot prosecute additional big life insurance officials beyond those already moved on. He blames the State Insurance Department for inaction and notes he will focus next on the New York Life Insurance Company. The forty seven page report to Governor Higgins, dated November and released yesterday, critiques prior investigations and cites legal limits on DA powers.
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New York Life Insurance Company
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Mr. Jerome
Platt Refutes Resignation Rumors
Senator Thomas C. Platt told a Tribune reporter he has no plan to resign from the U S Senate and called the resignation reports absolutely untrue. He expects nothing before Governor Higgins’s term ends and notes talk of a legislative push to force his departure remains uncertain.
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Tribune
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Senate
Platt
Washington
Depew
Tomato strikes Chief Big Turnip on Bowery sightseeing ride
A red tomato hit Chief Big Turnip on the arm during a New York Hippodrome car tour with Jim Gabriel driving sixty Sioux Indians along the Bowery. The chief pursued the graffiti-thrower, causing a Bowery stampede and intervention by police, then the party resumed travel.
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New York Hippodrome
Bowery
Hester Street
Jim Gabriel
Gabriel
Whittier's Descendants Poisoned in Amesbury
The state and local police probe a suspected deliberate poisoning of Samuel T. Pickard's household in Amesbury Massachusetts. After eating beefsteak Samuel Pickard his son Greenleaf Pickard and nurse Elizabeth Diegnan fell ill with arsenic traces reported. The Pickards occupy John Greenleaf Whittier's former homestead. Whittier’s wife was a niece of the elder poet.
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Amesbury
Mass
Samuel T. Pickard
Car Plunges Into Ditch After Princeton Yale Game
An automobile owned by M. L. Metcalf of Centre street East Orange sped home from the Princeton Yale football game and flipped into a ditch near Deans. Metcalf and his family were thrown out. Metcalf was taken to the hospital in a trolley car, where doctors found a fractured leg. He offered to fund a new ambulance for the town.
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New Brunswick
N. J
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Centre Street
East Orange
Deans
Burglars Break Into Belmonts Farm Greenhouse
Burglars entered the Belmont farm greenhouse at North Babylon by an open window and stole two rifles with ammunition from the gunroom. The house had been unoccupied for some time and the theft was found when servants entered today. No suspects identified.
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August Belmont
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Yale and Princeton Play Tense Tie on Brokaw Field
Yale and Princeton played a 0 zero tie, Yale dominating second half with 151 rushing yards to 47 for Princeton. Veeder outpunting Harlan, Yale earned nine first downs to Princeton’s one, and total yards favored Yale 218 to 110. The crowd of about 28 000 witnessed a clean, hard fought game with no injuries.
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Anarchist Lagana Kills Naples Scientist Rossi
Naples reports the killing of zoologist Giovanni Rossi of the University of Naples by an anarchist named Lagana who arrived from Paterson New Jersey via London. Lagana boasted of the deed and threatened further attacks on anti anarchist targets. Italian police reported arrests tied to conspiracies against King Victor Emmanuel and the Duchess of Aosta, with connections to Paterson based groups.
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Knights of Columbus Urges Nationwide Boycott of French Goods
The Register editorial calls for a French goods boycott by Knights of Columbus members across the United States in protest of France's treatment of the Catholic Church. It notes 175,000 members, urges substitution of French materials, and argues the financial impact would force France to respond.
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France
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Plans a John son currency. Mayor's likeness on bank certificates
Cleveland readers report Mayor Johnson will oversee the Depositors' Savings and Trust Company issue certificates of deposit that double as currency bearing the mayor's image. The novelty may attract deposits as souvenirs, boosting the bank's early leverage.
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the Tribune
Roosevelt Visits Colon Amid Rains After Panama Land Slide
President Roosevelt travels by detour due to a landslide between here and Panama, reaching Cristobal on schedule. He inspects labor camps and the canal town, reviews fire brigade water displays, and discusses West Indian provisions and town improvements as heavy rain floods the zone.
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20th Century Limited to Chicago in 18 Hours
Express from New York departs 3 30 P M for Chicago with a night ride claimed by the New York Central Lines America’s greatest service. Several other fast trains listed to Chicago and St Louis.
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