Thaw Trial Delayed as Judge Grants Defense Adjou tment
Judge postpones the Thaw murder trial to Monday at defense request. rebuttal testimony may begin Tuesday with several European physicians expected as key defense witnesses. Court friction over lunacy records and cross examination timing shapes anticipated pace toward a potential close by week’s end.
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New York
Europe
Articlan
Warry K. Thaar
Stanford White
Meneay Teade
Ares
Sastios Dowling
Fartleton
Jerome
Cleoperta
Evelen Nesbit
Torney
Lilay
Nowramers
Atermey Derpine
Littleton
Wittesses
Ddniterin
Died Monneit on venesday January 28
Obituary notice lists mourners and relatives for the deceased tied to Hubert Jeanett and Mary Van Riswick, with references to a church service and funeral details. Names include Van Cusick, Van Riswick, Miswick, Wale, and Tierson. Memorials at a church on Commerion avenue suggest a family bereavement observance.
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Monneit
Hubert J.eanett
Poerat
Church of Reat
Monekn
Jaaruars
Babu
Mary van Riswick
Tite
Thie Tate
Tierson
van Keswitk
Danghre San Miswick
Cud Hee Brother
Damanry
St Alovema
Viera
Vrig
Fraud on Life Company Policies Collected After His Alleged Drowning
Los Angeles January 24 William Watson an English pottery maker is arrested on charges of defrauding an insurance company of eight thousand dollars a claim paid on alleged proof of his death. Police say Watson confessed to a scheme involving two policies taken out on his wife and himself and arranging for his clothes to be found on a North Sunderland beach in 1908. He traveled from Paris to London to Quebec before arriving on the Pacific Coast where domestic troubles and a ruse with Mrs Lambert sparked the investigation. He worked on the coast under an assumed name as an engineer while planning the fraud.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Willam Watson
Watson
Meath
North
Sunderland
England
Paris
London
Quebec
Pacific Coast
Velen Lambert
Final decree dissolves Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America
In Cleveland on January 24 Judge George L. Phillips entered a final decree in the suit of the cutters and flatteners against the Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America. The decision dissolves the association, noting it acted as a labor trust and forbade machinery use. The judge specified the ruling targets the glass workers alone, not labor organizations generally, and finds related contracts and by laws illegal.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ana Tratteners
Amalgamated
Window Glass Workers of America
George L. Phillips
Common Pleas Court
Association of
Window Glass Workers
Guil
Phillips
Ilegal
Licensed to Marry in Baltimore Update
Lewis Bennett aged 21 and Anne Norton of Baltimore were joined by Rev. W. G. McNell and Rev. P. J. OConnell for marriage rites. Daniel Friminer, 23, and Helena Ili were also mentioned in the same record with officiant Rev. P. J. OConnell.
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Lewis H. Bennett
Anne 9
Health Office Record Deaths Reverted to 14 m Jan 2
Health Office records list multiple deaths with ages and addresses. Names include Mary A Wood Allen Ida Mock John Sexton Hugh B Van Horn Kate Garner Michael H K Doyte Priscilla J Shipman Sarah Joyce Thomas Saunder Annie Il Cleney and an infant of Emmett C and Jewsle A Crockett. Ages range from 2 months to 89 years across Washington area addresses.
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Mary A. Wood-Allen
Lowa Circle
Ida Mock
MD. Ave
John Sexton
Mth
St. Ne
Hugh B. van Horn
6Th St
Kate Garner
Michael HK. Doyte
Mo. Ave
Friscilla J. Shipman
Sarah Joyce
Thomas Saunder
Annie Il” Cleney
Deanwoot
D.C
Emmett C
Jewsle A. Crockett
Paure
Editorial Fights Buck Stove Boycott In Federationist Case
The American Federationist was enjoined from listing Buck Stove and Range Company on its unfair list but editor Samuel Gompers vows to refuse compliance. He says the injunction invades constitutional rights and will seek Supreme Court review, with top lawyers prepared to argue the case. Justice Gould’s order drops the stove company from the list.
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American Federationist
Buck Stoge and Range Company
Samuel Gompers
Federationist
Justice Gould
Mr. Gompers
Buck
Supreme Court
Gompers
United States Supreme Court
Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of
District Ot Columbia
Gould
Contests Clubman's Will Case In Boston
Boston June 4 Special to The Washington Post contest of the will of Walter F. Baker Harvard graduate and Boston clayman who died in Bogota New Jersey follows his brother Edward F. Baker Beaconstreet Boston The wife has hired counsel to defend the will and protect her children who receive one third of the estate Her husband got five thousand dollars and seeks to set aside the instrument Their child visited in New Jersey is left a substantial share while Harvard overseas petition for allowance of the will.
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Washington Pas
Boston
Iwater FP
Baker
Harvard
Bogota
N. J
Bhehoutr
Edward F. Baker
Beacon Etreat
Walter Baker
New Jersey
Two Women to One Man on Pitcairn Island
Portland report from January 4 notes women outnumber men two to one on Pitcairn Island with the gap widening. British steamer Sint Magh reports population includes about fifty men and many women, plus seventy children, under ruler Christian. Ola Cottin, survivor of the Arcadia shipwreck, is said to be alive on Pitcairn.
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Pitcairn Island
Portland
Oreg
Fitcairn Island
Sint Magh
Guaymas
Mexico
Saint Hugo
Witcairn
Sydney
Australia
Christian
Shwice
Ola Cottin
Ducct Island
Arcadia
Ls Sts
Mystery Skeleton Solves Burgess Disappearance in Alberta
A skeleton found on the plains northwest of Edmonton Alberta suggests the fate of spearfishing pioneer John M Burgess. He left last summer to start a Canadian bank at Edmonton and was last heard from three months ago during a long horseback ride. The remains show signs of a struggle with wolves and an empty rifle with five wolf spare cartridges lay nearby.
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Washington Post
Deadwood
Edmonton
Alberta
John M. Burgess
Thurges
Gess
Dog’s Alarm Sparks Fire Rescue at 266 North Street
Rochester N Y Jan 24 Backing of a dog triggered the first alert to a blaze in a clothing store Hyler Co at 266 North Street. About eighty residents on upper floors fled in their night clothes as workmen investigated, finding flames and saving many from exposure amid six inches of snow. Neighbors offered shelter to the freezing victims.
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Rochester
North's Treat
Fnally
Hyler & Co
Big Draft Raiser Caught In Georgia Arrest
Chicago police report tarie Nordstrom sought on forged 315000 check from First National Bank of Chicago. He, a former Astoria Oregon clerk, allegedly raised a planned 3000 draft then cashed 1600. Arrested near Jacksonville aboard a yacht bought in Brunswick Georgia. An officer was sent to bring him back to Chicago.
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Chicago
Tarie Nordstrom
First National Bank
Jacksonville
Fir
Nordstrom
Astoria
Oreg
First National Bank of
Brunswick
Bebel Delays American Visit On Health Grounds
Socialist leader Herr Bebel of the Reichstag mails word that his planned trip to the United States is postponed indefinitely due to health. He informs the American Socialist party of the postponement and cites personal health concerns affecting travel.
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Bebel
Herlin
Jan
Herr Bebel
Reichstag
American Socialist Party
United States
Monument Inscription For Maj Henry Wirz Unveiled
Special to The Washington Post Savannah Ga Jan 24 the Georgia Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy prepared a four faced monument inscription memorializing Maj Henry Wirz C S A at Andersonville The inscriptions defend Wirz noting U S government responsibility for suffering at Andersonville and citing quotes from Gen Grant and Jefferson Davis Unveiling is planned for June 3 Jefferson Davis birthday.
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Washington Post
Savannah
Georgia Division
The
Confederacy
Andersonville
Henry Wirz
Gen. Grant
United States
Jefferson Davis
Wirz
Castaways All Safe After Amsterdam Ship Collision
All missing passengers and crew from the Amsterdam collapsed with the Axminster were found safe in Hook of Holland at noon today. A boatswain said one missing boat was found aboard the Norwegian steamer Songs, bound from Norwich to Amsterdam, which had been fog bound outside the harbor. The Songs picked up the out of the water about twenty miles north of Hook of Holland after they had been afloat for about an hour.
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Alleniste
Britton Evans
Jerome
Price Mitchell
Monte Carlo
Mitchell
Villa Henri
Mear
I Firet
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Hook of Holland
Amsterdam
Songs
Norwich
Songa
Engineer Kiles Six At Suburban Station Lynching Attempt
At a suburban station in Baku Transcaucasia a mob seeking vengeance for an accident attacked the engineer. He opened the throttle and sped away firing six shots and wounding many as he escaped the surrounding crowd.
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Baku
Transcaucasia
Rebels seize Port de Pays amid Haitian uprising
Reports from Port au Prince and nearby towns say rebels under Gen. Firmin have taken Port de Pays thirty five miles from Cape Haitian as authorities seek refuge at the American consulate. The revolt spreads along the island north shore with cruiser protection anticipated for British and French interests. An American agent Miot is removed for collusion with rebels. Vessel movements include the steamer Vortigern landing at Mole Saint Nicolas and gunboats Eagle and Paducah involved in Haiti's coast patrols as the situation remains unsettled.
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Haiti
Port de Pais
Cape Haitien
Charles Mot
Conquist
St. Marc
Miot
Thomas
Vortigern
Firmin
Mole Saint Nicolae
State
Navy Department
Cape Haitian
Marvell
Eagle
St. Mare
Paducah
New Orleans
Lemoine Bought Diamonds Amid Fraud Claim
In Paris a hearing on Henri Lemoine the so called diamond maker featured a diamond merchant testifying that stones Lemoine gave to Sir Julius Wernher of De Beers were claimed to be crafted and were sent to Mme Lemoine by de Lbaan. A second merchant linked to diamonds for Mme Lemoine will be examined as the case continues tonight.
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Paris
Henri Lemoine
M. de Flaan
Lemoine
Julius Wernshier
de Beers Mining Company
Mme. Lemoine
de l ‘Baan
Mme Lemoine
Dis Gurare
Jeweler Association of
Franer
Influenza illness hits czar's family in Moscow era
An influenza epidemic reaches the imperial family in St. Petersburg. Grand Duke Alexis Nikolaieviten and his four sisters are stricken. The heir's condition is complicated by ear inflammation, with Prof Simfovehy summoned. Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna, daughter of Grand Duke Paul, and fiancée of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, is also ill.
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SS. Petersburg
Alexis Nikolaieviten
Simfovehy
Marie Payiovna
Paul Alexandroviteh
Prince Wilhelm
Sweden
Counsel for Walsh Dead in Chicago Trial Shootings
Lemuel R. Hum of Verre Haute Indiana, counsel for John R. Walsh in the banker’s recent trial, died in Chicago from pneumonia. He was among those targeted when Beatrice Metcalf fired several shots as he exited the courtroom. A Mr. Hamill had been ill for days.
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Chicago
Lemuel R. Hum
Verre Haute
Ind
John R. Walsh
Beatrice Metcalf
Hamill
Bryce on lawmaking from United States leads British envoy at New York Bar
James Bryce, British Ambassador, addressed the New York State Bar Association at Carnegie Hall on January 24, urging limits to the growing volume of law. He proposed separating general laws from administrative and judicial details, with periodic revision and consolidation for clarity. Joseph H Choate defended the Second Hague Conference as a constructive effort toward international peace. Bryce received honorary membership recognition after the talk.
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New York Bar Association
Joseph H. Choate
New York
James Bryce
Carnegie Hall
Bryce
New York State Bar Association
United States
Congress
Agaress Ue Aternoon
Association
Hague
Mr. Choate
Mr. Bryce
Senator Fulton Under Fire In Land Fraud Conspiracy Case
Portland Jan 2 United States Senator Charles W Fulton is accused in the Hall and Mays land fraud conspiracy case of pressuring former U S Commissioner John H Hall to press civil actions against the Butte Creek Livestock and Lumber Company in eastern Oregon instead of criminal charges against its members The prosecution says Fulton wrote to W W Stelver about the arrangement but the letter is not in government possession Stelver testified Fulton asked him to bring all correspondence to Portland and extracted the letter while there after Stelver Hall Mays Hendricks and others were indicted for conspiracy
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Oreg
Hall and Mays
Canspiracy
Suse
Francis Vs. Heney
W. W. Striver
United States
Charles W. Fulton
Fulton
John H. Hall
Steiner
Hall
Butte Creek Livestock and Lumber Company
Oregon
Stelver
Mays
Hendricks
Retired Boston Clearing House Certificates Mark End of Era
The last of the Boston clearing-house certificates issued during the fall stringency were canceled today after months of gradual redemption. The total remaining fell toward 1000000 dollars as earlier totals showed broader retirements and shifting sums across New York and other banks.
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Heston
Jan
Boston
New York
Ann
Masslire
Dominic Sarulo
Dcq
Curley
O'Neil
Barulo
Sarulo
Railway Companies Fined for Safety Appliance Violations
Six railway firms were found guilty in U S District Court of violating the safety appliance law. Judges Bethea and Landis imposed fines in four cases, including Elgin Joliet and Eastern and Grand Trunk Western at 200 dollars plus costs, Bell Railway 200 and costs, and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 100 and costs. Chicano and Northwestern and Michigan Central saw sentences suspended pending motion for new trial.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Bethea
Landis
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
Grand Track Western Railway
Bell Railway Company
Atchiapn, Topka and Sante Fe Railway
Bellea
Chicano and Northwestern Railway
Michigan Central Railway
Sestencs
Street drama on moving picture scene ends in real brawl
A half drunk driver in Darby Pa disrupted a staged film near the post office when he leaped into the camera focus and struck the villain. Police halted the chaos as bystanders watched the improvised drama unfold and enjoy the spectacle. Meanwhile local notices and light crime items fill a page of odd stories from Dwight N J to Philadelphia.
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Darby
Jan
Vilain
Pont
Burglar leaves note while stealing a picture and gold
In Winsted Conn a burglary ends with a note to the owner declaring the thief valued a picture more than gold and refusing to take the gold. Police say they will not pursue aggressively. Separately in Middlebury a trolley trestle and heavy timbers vanished overnight with ten thousand cubic feet of fill dumped into a swamp.
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Mics
Winsted
Conn
Jan
C. W. Blakeslee & Son
Woodbury
Waterbury
Middlebury
Granddaughter of Late Mayor Heroine in Burglary
Candace Hewitt, fourteen year old granddaughter of former New York Mayor Abram Hewitt, woke when masked burglars entered her parents’ Grailery Park mansion. She feigned sleep as a man with a pistol loomed by her bed, then alerted her mother and father, who armed themselves and pursued the fleeing thieves, who vanished after taking silverware and china valued at multiple items from the Hewitt home and adjoining houses.
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New York
Candace Hewit
Gramchild
Abram
Hewitt
Edward Rinewood Hewitt
Graiery Park
Accond
Candace
Burlington
Wis
Jan
Nerywest
Lexington Avenue
Papa
Della Emory
Hewitt Mansion
Henry W. Fone
Boy Kills Little Sister in Accidental Shooting
Rochester report states Bert Phenes seventeen near Corning shot and killed his sister Frances six. The weapon discharge occurred with the sister’s bank and coins found on the floor. Phenes says the shooting was accidental and he has been locked up.
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Rochester
Bert Phenes
Near
Corning
Frances
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