Roosevelts New York Visit Becomes Camera Sideshow
Miss Altoma Roosevelt tires of the endless paparazzi and curious crowds during a New York visit. Photographers swarm Mrs Goelet’s Fifth Avenue block and public interest follows her to shops and waterfront as she and Mr Longworth navigate a chase by media. The couple seeks peaceful respite aboard a revenue cutter at quarantine before continuing to dock and quarters.
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Mr. Longworth
Miss Roosevelt
Wessel
Washington Post
York
Altoa
Seventy-second Street
Madigan
Fifth Avenues
Robert Goelet
Goelet
Roosevelt
Fifth Avenue
Mag
Everted
Goslet
Mire
Ogden Mill
Sirs Goelet
Misses Mills
Ito
Rooge‘rlgain
Ross Loosevelt
Mr Longworth
Revere Cutter Landing
Slumming an Impertinence at New York Meeting
Mrs. Mary Craigie using the pen name John Oliver Hobbes addressed the Consumers’ League in New York City during its fifteenth annual gathering at the Manhattan Theater. She argued the rich bear responsibility for conditions that make the league necessary and defended the poor’s right to privacy about money and family troubles. Owen Lovejoy warned that child labor erodes youth and vitality, replacing it with premature old age.
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Owen Lovejoy
National Child Labor Committee
Herod
Denial by A S Hardy on Promotion Ties
Arthur S Hardy former United States Minister to Spain rejects claims that his appointment and promotion in the diplomatic service owed influence from the Independent or the Bowen family. He also denies offending the President when offered the Assistant Secretaryship of State. He asserts no ill will toward the administration, blaming misinformation instead.
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Bowen
New York
Arthur
Hardy
United States
Spain
Wreck Kills Four As Passenger Train Collides With Freight
Northbound passenger No 6 and a southbound Seaboard freight collided fifteen miles north of Columbia South Carolina at 7 20 this morning. Four men died including engineer A A Smeck and fireman Will White and postal clerks H A Pattillo and M C Watkins. Three were injured. The crash followed a misunderstanding of orders after the freight pulled from Blaneys siding with twenty cars as the Florida Flyer passed. Engineer Robinson of the passenger train applied brakes, saving many lives as the mall car was demolished and Pattillo perished.
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Columbia
S C
Seaboard Air Line
A A. Smeck
Will White
H. A Pattillo
Osteln
Fla
M. C. Watkins
Putnam Sal
Pla
John Robinson
Dan Douglass
Hinton
Richmond
Blaneys
Florida Flyer
Smeck
Robinson
H. A. Pattillo
Woman Who Sued W. Gould Brokaw Reveals No Wealth
Special to the Washington Post New York Jan 3 Mrs Katherine Poulion testifies in City Court during supplementary proceedings over an $800 judgment from a Sixth Avenue department store. She denies ownership of jewelry dresses or wealth, claiming she made her gown herself and wore a sable muff believed to belong to her sister. She cannot say if money is due from her lawyers or if Brokaw’s $3,000 suit has been settled.
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W. Gould Brokaw
Washington Post
New York
Katherine Poulot
William Gould Brokaw
Sixth Avenue
Brokaw
Mrs. Pollion
Hrokaw
Feared Rescue Attempt Leads to Reformatory Transport
Five men James Martin William Clark William Patterson James Cameron and John Bohn awaiting trial for robbing the A Baugh store of 312000 in gold and bonds were moved to Jeffersonville reformatory for safekeeping after authorities warned of a possible escape bid. Meanwhile Stumph Lyford announces their Annual Midwinter Clearing Sale of Furniture starting Thursday at 631-639 Mass Ave.
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Stumph & Lyford
Mass. Ave
Mane
Garfield vouched for packers amid secrecy case
Edward Morris testified that Commissioner Garfield forced the disclosure of secret profit and loss books of Fairbank and Nelson Morris. Dawes Krauthoff and McRoberts described Garfield promising the packers that their information would not be used against them by the Department of Justice and that they could open their books without fear as the commissioner was trusted.
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Garfield
Department of Justice
Chicago
Edward Morris
Fairbank Canning Company
Nelson Morris & Co
Morris
Department of Commerce and Labor
Mlorm
Morris & Co
Dawes
L. C. Krautheff
Samuel M.roberts
Armour & Co
Charles G. Dawes
The
Treasury
Central Trust Company
Mr. McRoberts
Packers
Krautheit
Krauthoff
McRoberts
Samuel McRoberts
Me~ Roberts
Fought Way Out of Jail by Two Mexican Prisoners
Two Mexican inmates in Lag Animas county jail overpowered Sheriff John D. Brown and his eighteen year old daughter during supper. One suspect Garcia Gonzales, accused of stealing from a wrecked package in New Mexico, fought the sheriff and escaped with another prisoner into the yard where they vanished into darkness. The sheriff was knocked down but not overcome. the daughter defended herself with a dish tray before the pair fled. A posse pursues them tonight.
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Garcia Gonzales
New Mexico
Gonzales
John D. Brown
Brown
Railroad clerk shoots self after confessing to theft
Roy Stewart a Knoxdale Pennsylvania native aged twenty two and a railroad clerk at Empire Ohio shot himself when confronted with evidence he robbed the Empire station to pay gambling debts. He had been arrested after the Sunday night robbery and confessed before detectives could summon a justice of the peace.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Roy Stewart
Knoxdale
Empire
Stewart
Endless Chain Prayer Sows Fear. Church Officials Demand Action
The Rev M J Lavelle of St Patrick at New York seeks help from District Attorney Jerome to stop an endless chain prayer broadcast nationwide. The plea threatens recipients for not following rules and claims a Vatican backing, with forged bishop signatures and a linked assassination warning. Catholic clergy circulate opposition to suppress the message as non Catholic in spirit.
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Washington Post
New York
Mer
M. J. Lavelle
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Jerome
Mgr. Lavelle
United States
Rome
Insane Pemberton Daughter Shoots Father in Long Branch
A commission of physicians ruled Miss Charlena Pemberton mentally unbalanced after she shot her father Dr Henry S Pemberton at his Long Branch home and then fled to the beach, later guarding by a policeman and taken to the State Hospital for the Insane in Trenton. Her father had filed for divorce from her mother, a scandal that shattered the family’s social standing.
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Long Branch
NM. J
Charlena Pemberton
Henry S. Pemberton
State Hospital For
Trenton
Ocean Beach
Dr. Pemberton
Potceman
Chelsea Avenue
Erders
Cmer
Third Avenue
Pemberton
Pemperton
Pembertons
Miss Pemberton
Layton
Reid Faces Bigamy Charge As Jury To Decide Tomorrow
New York reports Capt. Albert V. Dean Reid stands trial in General Sessions on a bigamy claim after he allegedly married Moss Sarah Delano on October 2. Witness Alice Smelley testified of multiple marriages and children, while prosecutors seek evidence of a marriage record and registrar certificate. Delano was absent from court.
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Washington Post
New York
Albert V
Dean Reid
Moss Sarah V. Delano
Smyth
Cowing
Alice Smelley
Reid
Manchester
England
Canada
Smith
Miss Delano
Wounded veteran barred from U S admission
An English veteran, John J. Bowes, who served three enlistments under the American flag and received honorable discharges, is denied entry to the United States for lack of naturalization. He arrived in Boston January 19 ill with rheumatism and a bullet wound from the Philippines. Immigration officials sought admission to a Marine Hospital but were denied after War Department review. Capt. Hayes and veterans' leaders will press to overturn the ruling. The case drew attention from officials and veterans groups. Later, a sale of antique furniture begins at Sloan's in Washington with items from abroad in a well publicized event.
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Boston
United States
John J. Bowes
Bower
Philippines
Bowes
Washington
Marine Hospital
Thomas L. Hayes
Spanish War Veterans
John Dunn
Philippine War Veterans
Ireland
General Sargent
Immigration Bureau
War Department
Martin McMahon
New York
National Home For
Sargent
Police raid Tenderloin poolroom using axes and hammers
A raid at 337 West Fiftieth Street by Capt Daly and ten plain clothes men sent about fifty men fleeing through windows and roofs. Two arrests were made, Fred Stachelberg and Edward Webber, at the Emerson Club quarters amid a crowd of women and children watching from the street.
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Washington Post
New York
West Fiftieth Street
Daly
West Forty-Seventh Street
Tenderloin
Schittberger
Forty-seventh Street
Fred Stachelberg
Edward Webber
Emerson Club
Long-sought fugitive linked to 1896 Burlington murder
Mount Holly New Jersey January report identifies John Williams as one of two black men tied to the 1896 Henke murder in Burlington. Williams fled after an Atlantic City assault, evaded capture, and was later linked by confession of accomplice Cromwell, who was executed in Lebanon Pennsylvania for Schmidt murder. A $700 reward had been offered.
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Mount Holly
N. J
John Willams
Atlantic City
John Henke
Burlington
Thomas Cromwell
Williams
Cromwell
Lebanon
Schmidt
Henke
South America
Merchantville
Ohio Senate Bill Abolishes Electrocution With Second Offense Exception
Columbus Jan 30 The Ohio Senate passed a bill abolishing capital punishment for first degree murder with an exception for second offenses. The measure moves to the House as midwinter clearing sale by Stumph Lyford is listed for February 1.
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Ohio
Senate
Columbus
House
Coler Seeks Inquiry Into Interborough Merger Control
New York City Aldermen consider a probe into the merger that put elevated, surface, and subway lines under Interborough Metropolitan Company. Borough President Bird and Coler argue it creates a monopoly, cites public-utility fatigue, and notes $108,000,000 extra stock amid plans to gain control of Brooklyn Rapid Transit system.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Interborough Metropolitan Company
New York City
Bird & Coler
Brooklyn
Coler
Publc
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Pennypacker OKs Probe Into Insurance Fees in Pa
Gov. Pennypacker today approved a joint resolution for a sweeping investigation of charges that secret fees were collected by the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance for years. The inquiry must report by February 6 with witnesses including actuary Robert E. Forster who admitted taking 33000 in fees last year in his branch.
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Harrisburg
California
Insurance
Robert E. Forster
Forster
Oriental Limited Wreck Near Columbia Falls Mont
Two trains on the Great Northern collided head on one mile west of Columbia Falls Montana at 10 40 last night. Two firemen and one express messenger were killed. Passengers escaped injury and only express cars and engines were seriously damaged. Official cause not yet known. A second report says the west bound Oriental Limited No 1 ran past the station without orders.
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Paul
Minn
Great Northern Oriental Limited
Columbia Falls
Mont
Shade
Spokane
Wash
Great Northern Railway
Oriental Limited
Governor Pattison’s Illness Update From His Doctor
Dr J. Wilson said Gov Pattison’s health improved after a back pain and slight fever on Saturday. He rested and was better Sunday and Monday, advised indoors due to weather, and resumed gradual activity Tuesday. The governor is not in a serious condition. Bay New Furniture Right sale announced by Mayers Auctioneers at 10:30 a.m. today.
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Columbus
Ohio
FE. J
Testimony claims Valencia wreck not high seas crowds abandon ship
A Seattle inquiry heard passenger C Allison from St Paul say the Valencia’s sea was not rough and that vessels near the wreck kept away. He described orderly panic and boats not lowered. Other witnesses cited fog and calm seas, while 120+ perished as the San Francisco Puget Sound liner broke up off Vancouver Island in January.
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Valencia
Vancouver Island
Seattle
Wash
Ea— Sion
C. Allison
St. Paul
San Francisco
Board of
United States Inspectors
Cashier Fatally Shoots Himself During Audit Check
In Shelbyville Indiana on June 20 B I Botcourt, bookkeeper and cashier for the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company, shot himself in the head as the company auditor examined his accounts. He died almost immediately. Company officials refused to say if he was short in funds.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Jam
B. I. Boetcoure
Indianapols
Cincinnati Traction Company
Traction Company
Botcourt
Turns boys into leopards crusade hits cheap theater
Rev Wilbur F Crafts of the National Reform Committee launches a campaign in Wilkes Barre to curb cheap theatrical performances he says corrupt youth. After visiting a theater he claims to have identified twenty boys bearing a stamp of crime and urges Mayor Kirkendall to stop the productions.
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Washington Post
Wilkesbarre
Wilbur F. Crafts
National Reform Committee
Kirkendall
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