Odell accuses Roosevelt Higgins in New York speakership row
Former Gov Odell Jr charges President Roosevelt and Gov Higgins with duplicity and bad faith aiming to wreck the New York Republican Party over the State assembly speakership. He claims the pair pressured Merritt and Wadsworth while others plotted, urging party harmony amid looming impeachment talk and internal clashes.
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New York
Wadsworth
United States
Gov
Higgins
B. B. Odell, Jr
Roose- Voramt
Gus Higgins
Ile
New York State Assembly
Odell
Ela. Merritt, Jr
Gay Torgus
J. W. Wadsworth
Merritt
Ledan
J Sloat Pasacio
William Barnes
George W.buna
Washington
Roosevelt
Hix- Gins Witt
Gov. Higgs
Hiegins
Cme
Jerome
Ivins
My Halpin
Republican Smunty Committee
Olcott
New York County Republican Committee
I Perkine
Congress Tran Hurbert Parsons
York County Committee
Higgins Signals Open Stance on Assembly Speaker Pick
Albany dispatch reports Governor Higgins responds to former Gov Odell’s claim about his stance on backing a speaker candidate. Higgins cites a prior New York conference and says Odell used his name to secure pledges for Mr Merritt. He denies press questions on honesty and notes Roosevelt had no prior knowledge, with continuation promised on page three. A separate ad notes Baltimore, 125 dollars return tickets from Pennsylvania Railroad.
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York
Senate of the
United States
Senate
Iead
Depew
Washington
Guv Higgins
Platt
Fifth Avenue
Higgins
Assembly
Bronx
Odell
Mate Ceromlties
George KR. Maltby
Murray
Merritt Forces
Wadsworth
Taitrand
Aldridge
Phillips
Michael J. Cady
Brooklyn
Kings County
Republican Committee
James W. Wadsworth
Loarn
New York
Resuht
Albany
N. Y
B. B. Odell, Jr
Republican State Committee
Livingston County
Gov Odell
Merritt
Ai. Merritt
Goodell
Republican Party
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
New York Insurance Chief Testifies on Exam Practices
State Superintendent Francis Hendricks told a legislative committee that examinations of insurance companies assess solvency only and do not probe extravagant management, officer salaries, agent commissions, or loans to directors. He admitted limited personal knowledge, cited reliance on chief examiner Vandepoel, and noted high legal costs in major firms unknown to his department.
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New York
Francis Hendricks
Insurance
New York State
Legislative Committee of Insurance
Hendricks
Isaac Vandepoel
Legislative Committee
Mr. Hendricks
New York Life Insurance Company
The
Equitable
Mutual Life
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Hughes
Prussia
New York States Department
New York Life
New York State Department
Vanderpoel Reveals Weak Insurance Department Checks
Isaac Vanderpoel, chief examiner, testified that examinations compared sworn reports to books and rarely questioned large expenditures. He said wash sales, year end loans, and executive salaries escaped scrutiny, with vouchers approved by a standing expenditure committee and no backward checks on vouchers or book entries. Adjournment set for tomorrow morning.
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Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Vanderpoel
Isaac Vanderpoel
Insurance Department
Mr. Hendricks
McCurdy
Mutual
Vanderpuel
McCurdy Transfers Home Real Estate in Morris County
Deeda records show all real estate in Morristown plus Morris Plains transferred from Richard A. McCurdy to wife Sarah E. McCurdy. Newsmen learned of the deed after initial efforts to keep it quiet. McCurdy’s health is failing and Robert H. McCurdy moved to New York for the winter. The Morristown mansion on South Street is valued well over $500,000.
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Washington Pos
Morristown
N. J
Morris County
Morris Fraig
Richard A. McCurdy
Sarah E. McCurdy
McCurdy
Mutual Life
Ropert H. McCurdy
Morris Plains
New York
South Street
Robert H. Mc + Curry
Two youths arrested for attempting to wreck freight train
Philadelphia December 21 William Pinto and Joseph Gaul both sixteen are arrested on charges of trying to derail a Baltimore and Ohio freight train. Special Officer Devine stopped them on the tracks and removed the obstruction before the approaching train could be harmed.
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Philadelphia
Wiliam Pinto
Joseph Gaul
Baltimore and Ohio
Devine
Lingles
Port Cena S
Revolt spreads as Great Strike hits St Petersburg
Reports from St Petersburg describe a general political strike begun at noon, with Moscow cut off and streets filled with troops. Rail stations are under military control as clashes and arrests rise, while workers demand universal suffrage, freedom, and abolition of martial law. The call urges land transfer to the people and an eight hour day amid nationwide disruption.
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Berlin
Moscow
Rt. Petersburg
SS Petersburg
Rairoad
Mainoad
Hummel Bail Challenge Moves Toward Appeals Court
Abe Hummel’s lawyers prepared to appeal his conspiracy conviction to the Appellate Division and, if needed, to the Court of Appeals. District Attorney Jerome questions Justice Woodward’s power to admit bail on a show cause order, noting such practice is unusual before a certificate of reasonable doubt is issued. Hummel, at 10,000 bail, worked at his office while supporters sent telegrams and Delancey Nicoll urged reversal of errors in the trial.
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Washington P Rvss
New York
Abe Hummel
Appellate Division
Court of Appeals
Tme
Jerome
Woodward
Hummel
Attormey
Abraham Hummel
Kaffenburgh
Delancey Nicoll
Panic in East River tunnel injures five workers
In a New York Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel under the East River a scaffolding collapse 100 feet from shore caused five men to be buried or trapped. Three were seriously hurt including one with a fractured skull. two with internal injuries. They were rushed to hospital.
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New York
East
Pennsylvania
Dnemen
Year in prison for Wickes writer of Lewis Jarvis letters
Thomas Parmleo Wickes, the attorney convicted of attempted blackmail with the Lewis Jarvis letters, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Two physicians reported him mentally sound. The letter, signed Lewis Jarvin, sought a settlement in a case he handled, and a stay of judgment was sought for a week while a certificate of reasonable doubt was pursued.
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Lewis Jarvis
New York
Thomas Parmleo Wickes
Wickes
Lewis Jarvin
Farmer shot dead in land dispute with widow in Kentucky
Paducah Ky Dec 2 W M Pryor a 57 year old prominent farmer was shot through the heart and killed today by Mrs Ella Gholson a young widow. The dispute arose over a tree Pryor refused to let cut claiming it stood on his land. Mrs Gholson is under arrest.
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Kentucky
Paducah
W. M. Pryor
Ella Gholson
Pryor
Baltimore and Return Schedule Details
The notice lists a $125 fare and service by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with trains every Saturday and Sunday both ways. It notes Royal Lim i service on weekdays, Pennsylvania Railroad to Cleveland, a daily 5:40 p.m. departure with through sleeper to Washington and Cleveland arrival about 7:15 a.m.
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Altimore
Baltimore & Ohio R. B
Royal Limi
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cleveland
Washington
Odell Fiercely Attacks Roosevelt Page One
Odell attacks Roosevelt fiercely as the issue opens with political clash. Hendricks remains in the dark about insurance and the spread of a Russian strike, while other items note rate questions, diplomatic posts, and a teacher saving children from panic.
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Odell
Roosevelt
Hendricks
Congress
Holland
Washington
Woman Slain for Money Near Maner Valley
Mrs. Sarah Whitmire a 53 year old widow was murdered in her Sullivan County home last night and robbers apparently ransacked every closet and drawer. The crime was discovered by Charles Flick who sought shelter from a storm. She died before aid could arrive.
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Willlemport
Sarah Whitmire
Maner Valley
Sullivan County
Whitmire
Charles Flick
Penn Township
Bandits Fire Upon Fleeing Victims at Diaz Ranch
Bandits surrounded the Diaz Mexico house and shot four men as they fled. Two men were killed and two wounded, including Rutherford of Philadelphia. Finstad crawled from a haystack after being wounded, while a gunman killed Shorty and Murray, with reports of further deaths and suspects.
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Spesial
Washington Post
el Paso
Texas
Diaz
Mexico
Robert M. Rutherford
Philadelphia
L. H. Finstad
Rutherford
Finstad
M. C. Murray
Cowi
Jiss Shorty
Winstad
Murray
Shorty
Pinstad
Thief in Pickling Vat Clears McCarthy Case of Mistaken Identity
In Selinsgrove a badly mixed tale about H E McCarthy’s body found in a St Louis medical college pickling vat clears up part of a long mystery. A bank book with 11000 deposits led to a mistaken claim of McCarthy’s death. his relatives in Selinsgrove are relieved after receiving a letter from him in Los Angeles while he and his wife travel on the West Coast.
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Selinsgrove
H. E. McCarthy
St. Louis
First National Bank of
Selinsgrave
North
McCarthy
Iss
Medical College
Los Angeles
Cal
Big stir on rates in Congress over Pennsylvania holdings
A sweeping Washington debate centers on the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections with the Baltimore and Ohio Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio lines. Reports claim Cassatt and Knox aligned with Roosevelt policy, sparking whispers of a major inquiry into a possible rail merger like Northern Securities and potential shifts in congressional loyalties across several states.
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Big Road
Baltimore and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Northern Securities Company
Washington
Congress
Senate
Capitol
A. E Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cassatt
Penrose and Knox
Pennsylvania
Knox
Roosevelt
Penrose
Baltmore
Ohio
Chesapeake and
Representative of the
Post
Congressional
James J. Hill
Mr. Cassatt
Minnesota
Northern Securities
Owith
Alteged
Pennsylania
Cansatt
Genator Penrose
Viewginia
Maryland
West Virgina
Kenstucky
Tennessee
Indiano
Dtinois
Mown
Virginia
Kentucky
Each-Townsend
House
West Virginia
Indiana
Ilinois
Foraker
Elkins
Casant
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Phere
Festi
Wadaworth
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Il Fassett
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J. W. Wadsworth, Jr
Manhattan
Benatar Malloy
Gov. Higgins
WSPA
PER
the Post
Insurance Affairs
Wea
Henartexs
Mage
M’curdy
New Jersey
the Old Colony Co
Banking Dept. of Tinton ‘Trust
St. Petersburg
St. Peter and St. Paul
Frank Libby & Co
East River
Part
Telltale Bank Book
Tahiti
San Francisco
France
Island
New Orleans
Ge & Ohio R. A
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