Mayor McClellan Defies Murphy Tammany in Manifesto
New York January 2 Mayor McClellan issues a manifesto defying Murphy and Tammany Hall while naming John T Dooling to succeed Voorhis as commissioner of alcohols He says he will support genuine Democracy but rejects current Tammany control and its leadership He grants no candidate for leadership and notes he seeks clean efficient government. Voorhis may fight to hold office and take the dispute to court as Dooling joins the election board with party loyalties shaping patronage moves in Brooklyn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qorgenization
Reap
Voorhis
Tammany
Washington Post
New York
McClellan
Cherlas F. Mwphy
Tammany Organization
John T. Dooling
William Atrest
John R. Voorhis
Tammany Hall
Dooling
Democratic Organization of
Twentieth Assembly District
Tammany Feall
Murphy
McCarre
Brooklyn
McCarren
Frooklyn
Brookly
Man
Euch
Convers
Democratic State Committee
Board of Elections
Page
New York County
McGuire
Kings
Michael~d Dady
Republiican
Rudolph C Fuller
Woodruff
Hughes
John B Pine
Frank Muller
Municipal Art Commission
Germany
Berliner Tageblatt
von Buelow
Robespierre
Reichstag
The
Tageblatt
Center
Certified Checks Stolen in New York Incident
Capt Dunn of the Wall Street detective bureau reports two certified and endorsed checks numbers 8 and 9, for 50 dollars each, drawn by Herman Arpe and payable to Frederick Henks. The Farmers Loan and Trust Company certified the checks at 22 William Street and they were parabolled at the National City Bank in Charleston and Summerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeaswingevest
New York
Dunn
Wall Street Detective Bureau
Hermann Arpe
Frederick Henks
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
Wiam Street
National City Bank
Stolen Jewels Found on Savannah Train Trip
A satchel containing diamonds valued at at least 60000 was recovered in Savannah. It was brought by Conductor T H Adair of the Atlantic Coast Line from New York to Tampa via the Pennsylvania Railroad and Southern Railway. The jewels were taken December 11 from a safety deposit box belonging to the Mirandas. Police arrested Mrs L C Brown and her daughter Miss Buelah Belle Brown but released them after a preliminary hearing. A porter's search on another train failed to locate the satchel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Wenl
T. H. Adair
Atlantic Coast
Senor
Benora Dionanus Miranda
New York
Tampa
Pennsylvania, Railroad
Southern Railway
Mirandas
Jacksonville
Miranda
Mra L. C. Brown
Buelah Belle Brown
Merry ‘Walton
Atlantic Coast Line
Thera
Law and Railroads Highlighted by Gaynor at Buffalo Dinner
Justice William J Gaynor told Buffalo Lawyers' Club members that lawyers dominate state legislatures and shape anti trust outcomes. He condemned railroad rebates as robberies and warned that courts dissolved trusts while legislatures later nullified those decisions. He urged lawyers to educate the public on highways as common transit rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Jurist
Lawyers’ Club of
Buffalo
N. Yu
William J Gaynor
Brooklyn
Lawyers’ Club
Standard Oil
Tes
New York
Ohio
Gaynor
Indian Weds White Girl in Nebraska Race Clash
Special to The Washington Post from Lincoln Nebraska reports a controversy over coeducation as Flora French a white Cherry County girl marries a fully Indian suitor who attended school with her. County superintendent Lulu Kortz fears mixed schooling and segregation promotes miscegenation. The bride says the Indian lover is educated well and suitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Lincoln
Nebr
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Flora French
Cherry County
Lulu Kortz
Misa French
Satiows
Moira
Miss Kortz
Prisoner Hangs Himself in Steel County Jail Cell
Owatonna Minnesota January 3 Fred Immer man jailed on a charge of shooting Mrs Quam at her home Thursday night hanged himself in his cell Tuesday evening. The incident followed a prior shooting by Zimmerman at his wife who had fled to the Quam residence.
Thaw and Nesbit Case Deepens as Letters Are Key
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw leaves the Tombs amid tears and crowd scrutiny after a strenuous interview with her husband. The Holmans in Pittsburgh guard letters they say reveal the true cause of enmity between Thaw and White. A $50,000 offer for the letters is denied as untrue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Evelyn
Thaw
Washington Post
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Elene of Victors
Sig
Pittsburg
Stanford White
Souman
Thaw defense moves toward witness stance as experts weigh insanity
Historical coverage notes Thaw's planned insanity defense and the strategy of using medical experts to argue he was insane at the time of the murder. Counsel consider putting Thaw on the stand, with his mother influencing the defense, while District Attorney Jerome prepares to prosecute and cross-examine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Charles J. Holeman
Pittsburg
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Holmana
Jerome
Holmann
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit
Rumors Delay Balloting For U S Senator Nominee
Detroit Lansing Mich Jan 2 Four men campaign for United States Senate to replace Russell A Alger McMillan Smith Hil Townsen Town Sen. Charles Hi and others. Governor Warner bedridden due to influenza urges adjournment for inquiry into rumors of improper Lanethods aiding Arthur Hil. McMillan confined to bed with influenza slight improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Republican Caucus of
United States
Russell A. Alger
Warner
Farmington
Arthur Hil
Baginaw
Hil
Wiliam C. McMillan
Detroit
Willd Alden Smith
Grand Rapids
Charles Hi, Townsend
Jackso Petroit, Malen
Willam Mcillan
McMillan
War on vivisectionist Watson stirs Chicago protest
Jan 2 report from Chicago notes Humane Society and Robert L. Gifford lead a push to halt what they call cruel animal experiments by Prof. John B. Watson of the University of Chicago. Watson reportedly blithely continues rat eye and sense-mabbering tests as controversy grows and legal action looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John B. ‘Watson
University of Chicago
Robert L. Gifford
Ditnels Engineering Company
New York
American Association For the Advancement of Defence
Shortall
The
Humane Society
Watson
Gifford
Prof. Watson
Dr Sarah Hackett Stevenson Finds Shelter in Convent
Chicago January 2 Sarah Hackett Stevenson famed physician and social confidante of Mrs Potter Palmer and Adlai Stevenson left wealth to nuns to fund a Roman Catholic retreat home. She will enter St Elizabeth's Hospital and Home at Claremont and Lemoyne with attorney Louis M Greeley stating her health prompted the plan. She was previously divorced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sarah Hackett Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Potter Palmer
Theodore P. Shonts
Charles Henrotin
St Elizabeth's Hospital
Claremont Avenue
Lemoyne Street
Louis M. Greeley
Stevenson
Fur Coat Stops Shot In Unbalanced Shooter Incident
Laporte Indiana January 2 Mrs Harry C Garman wife of Pur due University instructor and daughter of Gov J Frank Hanly was shot at by William Coe who showed signs of an unbalanced mind He fired with a shotgun striking her sealskin coat and grazing Prof Garman The couple escaped injury and reported the incident to officers before heading to Le Fayette Deputies were dispatched to Doc's home to arrest him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Willam Coe
Prof. Gorman
Prof
Mrs. Gorman
Mr. Gorman
Four Bakers Arrested in Acid Attack on Bread
Four men said to be bakers union members were arrested in Chicago on charges of placing carbolic acid on hundreds of loaves bound for Jewish West Side residents. The strike at a local bakery is linked to the act, with acid and iodoform found on wagons and in pockets during searches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bakers’ Union
West Side
TIE UP HARRIMAN LINES ON NATIONWIDE FIREMEN STRIKE
Special to The Washington vest from Peoria Illinois reports that Grand Master Hanrahan of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen refuses comment as firemen readiness grows to strike all Harriman lines. The ultimatum to E H Harriman issued January 1 demands settlement or walkout, threatening seven major rail systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peoria
Hanrahan
Brotherhoo
Sirike
Harriman
Brotherhood
E. H. Harriman
Shots Riddle Her Clothes During Farm Incident
Mrs. Harry O. Gorman and Prof. Gorman narrowly escaped when a farmer, William Coe, fired a double barreled shotgun at their buggy near Laporte Indiana as they headed to Lafayette. Coe had threatening history and was declared insane years ago.
Prof A W Berg Dead After Thirty Years As Organist
Prof Alert W Berg organist and composer of note died today at his home 354 West Twentieth Street aged eighty three. For thirty years he served as organist at The Little Church Around the Corner and was a former maestro of the Palma Opera Company. He leaves three other children and his son Albert Berg at his bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alert W. Berg
West Twentieth Street
Elizabeth Pane Berg
Singer
Louia de Copper Berg
Europe
Walter Gilman Berg
Berg
Palma Opera Company
Chambers Street
Mme. Borghes
Mme. Pico
Persia's New Constitution Shifts Finances to Assembly
Teheran Jan 2 The revised constitution accepted by the national assembly transfers control of all financial matters including local and foreign loans and commercial treaties to the assembly It also permits formation of companies for railways and public works with provincial administration discussion limited to the assembly The assembly can be dissolved only with consent of the mer and two thirds of the senate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Persia
National Assembly
Senate
Wedding Hall Shooting Ties Atlanta Lawyer to Ridley Family
Harvey Hill of Atlanta shot Dr Frank Ridley Jr on the veranda after a wedding amid a dispute over Milas Mary Ridley. Hill, grandson of late Senator Benjamin Hill, surrendered to the sheriff and faces possible murder charges. Dr Ridley, a University of Georgia football star, was seriously wounded and married to a Baltimore woman, Misa Hood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Hood
Baltimore
Benjamin H. Hill
Miss Ridley
Washington Post
Grange
Eile Ridley
Benjamin Swanson
Frank M. Ridley, Jr
Perhaaps
Harvey Hill
Atlanta
Ridley
Hill
Frank
Dr. Ridley
Milas Mary
Mary Hidley
Miss Mary
Xudiey, Jr
Ya Ea
Dolctor
Atlanta Judicial Circuit
University of Georgia
John M. Hood
Koehler Convicted In Court Martial For Criticising Gen Wood
Washington dispatch reports Capt I M Koehler of the Fourth Cavalry found guilty by a general court martial for criticizing Gen Wood. Sentence not public until War Department review. likely reduction in rank. Koehler appealed to the President alleging irregularities and prejudice in the prior trial. He remains under arrest as the case proceeds, with a three month estimate for decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zamboanga
Mindanao
P. 1
I. M. Kohler
Fourth Cavalry
Wood
War Department
Koehler
Capt. Koehler
Wer
Thomas Temple Ends Life After Defeat for Re election
Boston reports Thomas Temple former Suffolk Registrar of Deeds ended his life at his Neponset home by inhaling illuminating gas. He was seventy, linked with several business corporations and philanthropic organizations. He had served for twenty five consecutive years before losing re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Thomas Temple
Suffolk County
Neponset
Temple
Children poisoned in Philadelphia inquest payoff
Bridget Carey, arrested four months ago on suspicion of poisoning her children Mary eight and Annie six, was today committed for trial by Coroner Jermon after an inquest at the ARES. The coroner's jury found arsenic poisoning caused the deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bridget Carey
Mary
Annie
Jermon
Block Signal System Disregarded Across U S Railroads
Washington reports indicate widespread neglect of block signal rules by nearly all railroads. Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission notes the system may be effectively useless by design, amid fears of increasing disasters and uncertainties in railroad travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Jane J. Hil
Von Buelow Warns He Cites French Revolution
Berlin with Chancellor Von Buelow issuing a vigorous election manifesto as a letter to Lieut. Gen. Von Idebert. He cites the French Revolution and rails against socialism Clericalism and threats to authority. He seeks to free government from clerical dependence and unite Liberals conservatives to oppose radicalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
von Buelow
Reichstag
von Idebert
Empire League
Social Democrats
Real Money Shower Delights Park Row Loft Workers
In New York a coin shower from the Interborough Railway office spilled $28,000 in nickels dimes quarters and halves onto a fifth floor elevator platform. Three NY Coin Handling Co workers and elevator staff quickly moved to contain the spill as crowds watched. Most quarters were recovered though five were missing and many were bent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jane
Park Row
New York Coin Handing Company
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Interborough Railway
Lfnt
Coin Handling Company
Washington Post
Man Dies Singing Nor Caruso as Birthday Party Crowd Watches
Special to The Warmington West New York Alfonso Semuzzo a Mason and builder of 76 Hamilton Avenue collapses while attempting a high note with a string orchestra at his brother Michael’s home on his birthday. He dies during the party leaving a single witness to a sudden fatal singing mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warmington West
New York
Alfonso Semuzzo
Hamilton Avenue
Caruso
Michael
Iamuzzo
Engineer Blamed as Signals Violations Tied to Terra Cotta Wreck
Coroner's inquest in Terra Cotta disaster reveals evidence that Engineer Hildebrand disobeyed rules by passing a red signal at Takoma Park. Officials Galloway Hobbs and Dent testified about block signaling and crew duties as 45 people died and many were injured on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The inquiry, joined by Interstate Commerce Commission inspectors, weighed negligence claims against railroad management and the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galloway
Hobbs
Goth
Nevitt
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Terra Cotta
Hildebrand
Weather Bureau
C W' Gallo Way
O. H. Hobbs
Baltimore
Metropolitan Branch
Thomas F. Dent
Camden
Timiwerdy
Baltimore and Ohio
Takoma Park
Frederick
Washingen
Terra Costa
Cid
Dent
No 66
Takoma
University Station
No. 66
Washington Junction
Washington
Brunswack
Tuaca- Tora
Freght
Sliver Spring
Interstate Commerce Commission
James M. Watson
Safter-Appliance Division
L. M Wai
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tammany 15
Defieg
Election Board
Charleston
Penn. & Attantle Coast Line
Florida Information Bureau
Penn. Ave
Justice Gaynor
Dept. of
Union L'Trust Co
Mrs. Thaw
Kerry K. Thaw
Mra Thaw
Crown
Harry Thaw
Sill Pearing Acars
Big Jash
Shearer
Pittsburgh
France
Michigan
McMillan YL
Call
Convent
Broken In
Hanly
Indiana
Farmer
A. W. Berg
la Grange
Gauger
Bonaparte
Jenies Church
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!