Brain surgery reforms notorious Buffalo convict Grimmell
Edward E. Grimmell, once a prolific and dangerous forger, was pardoned after brain surgery in prison that doctors say altered his behavior. Albany dispatch notes experts find skull injury linked to criminal impulses and Judge Wheeler cites the case as pivotal.
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Albany
The
Herald
Edward E. Grimmell
Clinton
Dannemoia
Buffalo
de Witt G Wilcox
Boston University
Homeopathic Medical Society of
New York State
Wheeler
Case
White
Grimmell
Greene and Gaynor Out Soon From Federal Prison
Atlanta January 6 By good behavior in the Federal penitentiary here Benjamin D Greene and John F Gaynor convicted in the noted Savannah harbor contract frauds have cut their four year sentence down to three years and approximately one month Under the good behavior rule they have only two months longer to serve The reward for exemplary prison conduct cuts 336 days off from a four year sentence
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Atlanta
Benjamin D. Greene
John F. Gaynor
Savannah Harbor
Fortunes Lost in San Francisco Mail Robberies
Three bags of registered mail valued at about $56,000 were stolen in San Francisco and aboard ferries crossing the harbor to Paris land. The sacks held late Christmas consignments including money orders drafts checks and currency sent by local banks to settle year end accounts in the East and Northwest.
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San Francisco
Paris Land
Four Killed in Tunnel Crash Near Connellsville
A Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tunnel crash near Connellsville Ia kills Foeman Ben Querney and three companions, described as members of a Negro gang from New York. The New York and Pittsburgh express is reported as the cause. details sparse.
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Connellsville
Baltimore and Ohio
Ben Querney
New York and
Week of Prayer closes with temperance focus at Ascension
Sixteen denominations participated in the closing exercises at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension. Mrs. John Newton Culbertson presided. temperance dominated discussions led by Mrs. M. G. Hull. Reverends Woodrow Spooner Butler and others spoke. a eulogy honored Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes and Mrs. John B. Henderson. A jubilee committee for women's foreign missionary societies was announced, listing representatives from multiple denominations.
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Episcopal Church of the Ascension
John Newton Culbertson
Missionary
Triton
M. G. Hull
Committee On
Temperance
The
Union
H. Woodrow
A. Spooner
Charles H. Butler
Margaret Dye Ellis
Wilbur F. Crafts
Edith Kingman Dean
Rutherford B. Hayes
White House
John B. Henderson
Women's Foreign Missionary Societies
Washington
Laura F. Olney
Baptist
Interdenominational Missionary Union
James E. Gilbert
Methodist Episcopal
Isaac Clark
Congregational
Washington Fepham
United Brethren
Robert Whaley
M. FE. South
W. B. Hartley
J. D Clark
Friends' Church
J. D. Buhrer
Reformed
Paul Menzel
C. B. Brown
Presbyterian
George T. Prewitt
H. B. Monroe
Presbyterian South
F. O. Baker
Lutheran General Council
Fitz Eberle
Lutheran
Indigoes Lead in Rainbow Contest at YWCA
The Rainbow contest at the Young Women's Christian Association seeks 1000 new members. Indigoes led by Miss Marian Thatcher, marking the first time color leads. A banquet on January 13 at the old Masonic Temple will end the contest with 400 covers, a musical program, and speeches by Mrs William Hamilton Bailey and Miss Louise Holmquist. Two prizes will reward top recruiter and top fundraiser.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Indigoes
Marian ‘Thatcher
Old Masonic Temple
Willam Hamilton Bailey
Louise Holmquist
W C. A
New York
Grand Juror Disqualified Over Age Rule
Justice Wright discharges ex-Policeman William West from service on the grand jury after it was found his 1844 birth date made him over age. Clerk McComas Hawken provided information leading to the dismissal. District attorney to investigate. indictments already considered will be resubmitted.
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Justice Wright
McComas Hawken
Willam H. West
West
Wright
End to Trading Stamps Prosecution Winds Down
Corporation Counsel seeks maximum six month jail term in all future trading stamp cases but the Supreme Court decision upholding validity of the law and police court jurisdiction suggests few prosecutions will occur. Stamp firms plan to wind up operations in DC, merchants warned against issuing stamps. Also notes Naval and Military Order luncheon at the New Willard with Gen Harries and others. Obituary of Jay E. Spaulding, head of New England Pin Co., who died from fall injuries in Winsted Conn.
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Thomas
Supreme Court of the United States
Walter J. Gregory
Sperry & Hutchinson Company
Counse
District of Columbia
District of Columbia Commandery
Naval and Military Order of
New Willard
George H. Harries
D. L. Watsons
Benjamin P. Lamberton, Jr
Killa
Winsted
Conn
Jay E. Spaulding
New England Pin Company
Paralleis
Court Bars Evidence Discharged Prisoner Weeps in Court
In Alexandria Judge Edmund Waddill halted defense attorney as the United States case against Edward T. Beery proceeded over alleged mail theft. The judge ruled the circumstantial evidence insufficient for conviction and directed a not guilty verdict. Beery wept aloud as he was discharged. The session also reported a true bill against AiHon BR. Nock and Myers for bank embezzlement and impersonation of a railway mail clerk Craven.
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Alexandria
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
United States Court
Eastern District of Virginia
Edmund Waddill
John M. Johnson
United States
Edward T. Beery
Summersville
Fauquier County
Waddill
Lewis
Beery
AiHon BR. Nock
Graham M. Myers
First National Bank
Newport News
Nock
Myers
Detroit
John H. Craven
Old Clubhouse Burned and Local Thefts Reported in Alexandria
The golf clubhouse on Shooters Hill, now George Washington park, burned yesterday afternoon. It stood in a grove and cost over $1,000 to build. no insurance. A stranger bought goods at Abe Eisenstein’s on King Street, left a $26 package while cashing a $12 check later. check never issued. Eugene Devavin’s grocery at Queen Street reported a $32 robbery. Orlando Nightingill, 19, confessed and more than half the money was recovered. A third receiver for Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust will be sought today by R. C. L. Moncure. Mrs. Ellen Christy died at Alexandria Hospital. funeral at 3 today. St Mary’s Alumnae plan a euchre party after a Monday meeting.
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George Washington Park
Taft
Alexandria
Orville Wright
Lieut. Lahm
Fort Myer
Park Association
Shooters Hill
Golf Club
Ike
Abe Ensenstein
King Street
Isenstein
H. K. Field & Co.’s Mill
Eugene Uevavuin
Queen Street
Orlando Nightingill
Nightingill
Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation
L. C. Barley
Corporation Court
R. C. L. Moncure
Alexandria County
J. K. M. Norton
John 5. Barbour
Fairfax County
Ellen Christy
Elen Christy
James Christy
Alexandria Hospital
Fauquier County
B. Wheatley
St. Mary's
St. Mary's Academy
Prince Street
Wounds Wife and Kills Himself in Philadelphia
Henry Beckman, 40, accused his wife of untruthfulness after her return home from a theater outing with her sister. He shot her and then killed himself by a self-inflicted gunshot to the brain. Police report Beckman summoned his children Dorothy 8 and Harry 14, told them to go to their aunt's in West Philadelphia if trouble arose, then sent them to bed and waited for his wife to return.
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Philadelphia
Jan
Henry Beckman
Beckman
Dorothy
Harry
West Philadelphia
Colored Man Leaves 30600 to Tuskegee Institute
Henry Ridings a 75 year old pioneer resident of Sioux City died last night leaving an estate valued at about 30000 dollars. He had no relatives and reportedly declared before his death that the entire fortune would go to Booker T. Washingtons Tuskegee Institute.
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Tuskegee
Sioux City
Towa
Henry Ridings
Ridings
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Hotel Company Holds Election Reelected President Calvert
In Baltimore yesterday, the National Hotel Company reelected George H. Calvert Jr as president. Directors elected include Clarence F. Norment Frederick D. Young and Bernard M Carter with Baltimore figures Calvert and Carter among the names.
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mMe
Russia in Steamship War Sways Transatlantic Trade
In St Petersburg the U S government actions against the Atlantic conference and its alleged pool of thirteen steamship firms stir debate. A Russian emigration bill aims to fight the pool by waiving passport rules for emigrants sailing on Russian steamers from Libau to New York, threatening German lines by removing passport costs and frontier risk.
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St. Petersburg
Dan
United States
Duma
Libau
New York
Black Handers Die in Chair in Clinton Prison
Dannemora New York January reports show Dominick Ferrera and Vincent Leonardo, Italian immigrants from Albany, executed for the murder of rent collector Phelps. Leonardo confessed prior to execution, detailing Black Hand selection, an initial grave digging under a saloon, and the sharpened file stabbing. Phelps died October 6, 1908 from six stab wounds after resisting the assailants.
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Dannemora
Dominick
Ferrera
Vincent Leonardo
Albany
Clinton
Leonardo
Phelps
Woman shoots couple in Hamilton home chaos ends with surrender
Miss Isabel Phelps a six year old self described demonstrator of toilet articles shot Louis Walker in the head and his wife in the shoulder at their Hamilton Ohio home. Walker likely to die. After the act she walked to the courthouse and surrendered to Sheriff Graf claiming she has enemies and food at the Walker home was poisoned except tomatoes.
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Louis Walker
Isabel Phelps
Hamilton
Ohio
Walker
Graf
Miss La Follette Signs for The Scarecrow Lead Role
Miss Fola La Follette, daughter of Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, signed a contract with Henry B. Harris to appear in Percy Lackaye's new play The Scarecrow. Edmund Breese will star. first production slated for February 1 in New York.
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Senators
New York
Fola la Follette
United States
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Henry B. Harris
Percy Lackaye
Edmund Breese
Bagdad Railroad Pact Reported Between Russia and Germany
London reports an alleged agreement from Potsdam linking Russia and Germany on Persian affairs. Germany disclaims political Persia aims while Russia gains railway cooperation and equal Persian market access. France and Britain may view this as Russia breaking the entente.
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London
Russia
Germany
Willam
Nicholas
Potsdam
Persia
Bagdad
France
Britain
Missing New York official Hyde leaves commission in limbo
Merritt joint legislative commission adjourned sine die today with no word on Charles H. Hyde the city chamberlain. Secretary John Smith testified he last heard from Hyde on December 20 and could not reach him. An evening newspaper posted a $10 reward for information on Hyde’s whereabouts if he does not appear by January 15. A postcard from Tillery North Carolina signed by a prison doctor claims to have last seen Hyde on a Pullman car before Durham and Raleigh.
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New York
San
Merritt Joint Legislative Commission of Inquiry
Chamberlain
Charles H. Hyde
John Smith
Mr. Hyde
Tillery
N. C
F. N. Register
M. D
Raleigh
Durham
Expelled Brothers of Large German Iron Works
Berlin reports from Strasbourg that three De Wendell brothers, owners of a major German iron works employing about 31 000 men, have been expelled for Alsace Lorraine. Reasons not stated. likely tied to alleged anti German agitation by a prominent Alsace family opposing the province’s cession to Germany by France.
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Berlin
Strasburg
de Wendell & Co
Germany
Alsace-Loraine
de Wendells
Alsace
France
Trial Set in Washington for Indicted Tilles Group
In St Louis, United States Commissioner Mersey ordered the removal of C A. Tilles to Washington to face indictments for violating federal bucket shop laws in the District of Columbia. Tilles was held until removal could be approved by Federal Judge Dyer after a three week hearing. Indicted with former St Louis partners Angelo Cella Louis Cella and Samuel W Adler.
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St. Louis
C A. T
Washington
Columbia
United States
Mersey
Tilles
St. Loui
Angelo and
Louis Cella
Samuel W. Adler
Tang Shao Yi resigns as premier of posts and communications
Tang Shao Yi resigns due to lack of grand council support. Sheng Kung Pao named successor. Tang, a Yale graduate and former special envoy, was known for anti Japanese stance and railway policy. The new appointee, Todd Sheng Kung Pao, is viewed as pro foreign loans and capable negotiator.
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Peking
Grand Council
Tang Shao-¥ i
Ministry of Posts and Communications
Sheng Kung- Pao
Tang Shao-Yi
America
Yale University
China
Hukwang
Mukden
Waerington
Thanka
Deaf Mutes Face Slander Suit in Chicago
George Hartman of Milwaukee sues Ethelbert D Hunter for 10000 damages alleging defaming him to fellow deaf mutes. Hartman and Hunter were printers in Lexington Kentucky. Hartman claims Hunter spread word Hartman illicitly obtained a Deaf Benefit Fund from the National Fraternal Society for the Deaf.
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Chicago
Jen
George Hartman
Moline
Ethelbert D. Hunter
Hunter
Lexington
Hartman
National
Fraternate Society For the Deaf
Hanter
The
Washington College For the Deaf and Dumb
American Held in London for Illicit $2000 Bills
Maurice Joseph Eppley, an American, was arraigned at Bow Street police court on possessing $2000 in one dollar bills alleged to be unlawfully obtained. He claimed the bills came from a gambling house in Atlantic City, MN, and was remanded.
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Eppley
London
Jan
Maurice Joseph Eppley
Bow Street
Atlantic City
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