War Rumors and Campaign Funds Stated Before Clapp Committee
The week’s news reports discuss war rumors and political intrigue as the War Department disapproves officers accepting militia gifts. It covers J. P. Morgan’s 1904 Roosevelt campaign gift claim, Duell’s testimony on funds, Sheldon’s disclosure of corporate contributions, Dixon’s reconvention fund tally, and Taft’s note on resuming arbitration treaties with Britain and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
J. P. Morgan
Clapp
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
C. H. Duell
Bliss
Odell
Harriman
George R. Sheldon
Clapp Committee
Senator Dixon
Taft
Pierre Loti
Great Britain
France
Knoy
Personalities and court actions in brief notices
William Jennings Bryan Jr. is a Georgetown Law freshman. John D. Archbold returned from Europe and said he stood put on Senate testimony. He received a subpoena in the Waters-Pierce suit against Standard Oil. Vice-President Sherman has recovered from illness and left Grove Beach for Utica. London rumors say Queen Mary is expecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Georgetown University Law School
John D. Archbold
Europe
Senate Committee
Waters-Pierce
Standard Oil Company
Sherman
Grove Beach
Conn
Utica
London
Queen Mary
Newark Club Controlled by Wbets McKeever and Salomon
Sporting Charles H. Wbkets Edward J Mc Keever and George Salomon take full control of the Newark Club of the International League. Frank Charce sells 10 percent in the Chicago National League club to Harry Ackerman for 50000. Ralph de Palma wins eighth Vanderbilt cup in 4 20 31.54 for 299 miles 264 feet. Seven Pittsburgh gamblers paroled for a year after selling baseball pools. two others fined £100. Gov Tener and Barney Dreyfuss backed the prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Wbkets
Edward J. McKeever
George Salomon
Newark Club
International League
Frank Charce
Chicago
National League Baseball
Harry Ackerman
Pittsburgh
Ralph de Palma
Wauwatosa
Wis
Gov. Tener
Barney Dreyfuss
Policing Naples: New York officers dismissed after barn nap
Four New York policemen were dismissed for sleeping in a barn. Other items note aviation fatality in Trenton, a West Side court ruling on cabarets, navy reserve torpedo boats, a wreck near Westport Conn, and several governance and transport updates.
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New York
Charles F. Walsh
Trenton
N. J
Dix
Adjt
Verbeck
O'Ryan
Krotel
West Side
Montana
Boston Navy Yard
Boston Express
New Traven
Westport
Conn
Robert Avery
U.S.A
Lookout Mountain
Blackwell's Island
United States
Walte
Newport
Delaware River
Newton
Nicholas Buchhauser
Chicago
Notable early 20th century headlines and events
A roundup of varied items including Miss Helen Gould’s $10,000 gift to Portsmouth Y M C A, Curtiss predicting the flying boat future, Pothier’s Rhode Island governorship, Presque Isle fruit losses from snow, Taft elector status in California, doctors and German physicians smoking, deer hunting licenses issued in Colorado, labor cases in Salem, fire in Kankakee district, Niagara Falls water christening idea for New York, weddings of W M James and Anna Wilbourne, Becker case proof, Walke disaster victim, new flight wager and Betty flight, Alaska seal counts, moving pictures link to eyesight, New York deer hunting success, Bruce Brown fatal crash, Pittsburgh rail grade elimination, and a $3 000 000 contract.
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Helen Gould
Portsmouth
Glenn H. Curtiss
Aram J. Pothier
Rhode Island
Presque Isle
State Supreme Court
William H. Taft
California
Chicago
Germany
Colorado
Salem
Etter
Collier’s Weekly
Archbald-Penrose
Hearst's
Kankakee
New York
Niagara Falls
W. M. James
Anna Wilbourne
Olive Hill
Whitman
Becker
Rosenthal
John Delaney
Walke
Solace
Burton W. Gibson
Alaskan
Carl Hening
Washington
New York State
Saranac Lake
Bruce Brown
Milwaukee Road
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Peace moves amid Balkan tensions and distant wars
Foreign Turkey seeks peace with Italy to curb Balkan foes while Britain’s Mediterranean fleet rushes to the Levant. Spanish rail traffic halts under a railroad strike as Alfonso faces parliament. Foochow fears outbreaks as General Pang mobilizes 20 000 troops. Bidding in Newmarket sees Haggin yearlings sell high led by a Watercress Discipline colt at 4 462. Wyman sets 375 mile cross country air record from Antwego to Vernon in 9 hours 25 minutes. Gladys Evans, jailed suffragette, is pardoned after a hunger strike. Ottoman 100 000 men called up for six weeks’ training. US warships cancel naval review attendance. Lord Roberts turns 80 in London and calls for universal military service.
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Turkey
Italy
Balkan
Levant
Alfonso
Spain
Foochow
China
Pang
J. B. Haggin
Newmarket
London
Charles Wyman
Antwego
Beligum
Vernon
France
Gladys Evans
Naval Review of the Pacific Fleet
Manila
Lord Roberts
Bobs
Wreck on New Haven Express Kills 12 in Westport Area
An express train from Boston to New York crashes near the Westport Saugatuck crossing at fifty miles an hour, violating a fifteen mile limit. The wreck leaves at least 12 dead and dozens injured, many burned, as passengers try to rescue others amid flames and chaos.
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Boston
Westport
Conn
Anthony N. Brady
Norwalk
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Westport-Saugatuck
Gas and Traction
James C. Brady
Bradys
Patrick Garvan
Francis C. Garvan
New York
New York City
Ten Dollar Hog in Sight at Chicago Market
Hogs at Chicago stockyards touched the year’s high with prices from 8.75 to 9.25 per hundredweight. The daily top neared 9.27 but a gap to cheaper grades kept pork meat prices uncertain. Export demand and shrinking provision stock fuel the rise, with producers and packers citing secrecy among hog traders.
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Chicago
Four Killed at Crossing in Wilkinsburg
A Pennsylvania Railroad express struck an automobile at a Wilkinsburg grade crossing. The four killed were Rev. W. L. Nicholson and his five year old son Charles, John E. Beck, and Mrs. Sarah Sarveria aged 17. Three occupants died in the car and Mrs Sarveria was struck by wreckage on the station platform.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilkinsburg
W., L. Nicholson
Wilmerding First Presbyterian Church
Charles
Ohn E. Beck
Sarah Sarveria
Sarveria
Submarine B-2 Sunk Off Kent by Hamburg-Amerika Liner
Fifteen officers and men drown when the British submarine B-2 is struck and split in two by the Hamburg-America liner Amerika off the coast of Kent. Lieutenant Percy B. O'Brien perishes, only Lieutenant Richard S. Pulleyne survives in exhaustion after rescue.
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Dover
England
Kent
Percy B. O’brien
Richard S. Pulleyne
Amerika
Southampton
Pulleyne
Submarine Losses Reach 178 Across Major Navies
In about twelve to thirteen years since submarines were developed as fighting machines, roughly 178 crew members have died in submarine sinkings or explosions. France, Great Britain, Russia and Japan account for the principal losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Great Britain
Russia
Japan
England
Nominee Dr G H Knight Dies At Rally
Dr George H Knight Republican candidate for Congress in Connecticut collapsed on stage at Roberts Hall Lakeville as he prepared to introduce Speaker George Chandler and died shortly after. His daughter Miss Gertrude Knight and his wife were with him.
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G. H. Knight
Lakeville
Conn
George H. Knight
Salisbury
Roberts Hall
George B. Chandler
Rocky Hill
Knight
Gertrude Knight
Bandits Rob Northbound Train Near Poteau
Four masked men halted a northbound Kansas City Southern train near Poteau Oklahoma and forced express messenger and others behind trunks. They opened two safes with nitroglycerin and escaped after grabbing about $45 and some registered letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Kansas City Southern
Poteau
Okla
Mystery in minister's death at Norfolk found in water
The Rev. Dr. Henry Craner of 251 West Fifteenth Street, New York, was found floating at Roanoke dock in Norfolk with bruises on head and face. The incident is being treated as a death at the water's edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Craner
Norfolk
West Fifteenth Street
New York
Roanoke’ Dock
Move to Avert War Balkans Turmoil Ushered by France
Paris notes France urges restraint to prevent a Balkan war. London dispatch says France seeks to deter Balkan states with force if needed and to pressure Turkey for substantial reforms in its European provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prance
Balkang
Turkey
London
le Htrance
Balkan States
Elmer gets new public school principal in New Jersey
Philadelphia educator Arthur W. Ferguson elected principal of Elmer public schools. Miss Ida May Buzby resigns as music teacher in Wildwood. Glassboro sees many glassblowers leave for western factories. Local incidents include a Millville grocer fracturing ribs after a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Ferguson
Philadelphia
Elmer Public Schools
Ida May Buzby
Wild Wood
Glassboro
Western
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Brady
James C
Albany
N. Y
Ransom
C. S
Clark
George L
Gavit
E. P
Hamilton
Mary C
Moker
J. J
Tucker
Carl
Wheeler
Mark A. Stockbridge
Mass
Airfield Viaduct
Theocomotive
J. J. Moker
Mark A. Wheeler
South Norwalk
Bridgeport
New Jersey
Nolte Farm
Crane
George McCorristin
Millville
South Jersey Gas Company
Gloucester County
J. S. Rogers Company
Moorestown
Elmer
Sara Askew
State Public Library Commission
Wildwood
Lester Smith
Wildwood Crest
James McLinden & Co
Anglesea
Bridgeton
Thomas Corson
Maurice River
Cumberland County
Catsup
Bernard Herns
Five- Mile Beach
North Wildwood
Polee
Fenney
Eliza
Parker Public School
Nellie A. Case
Bertha L. Mintle
Edna May Wert
Greenwich
George Caezza
Bowery
Manhattan
Jersey City
Edwin Gould
Weehawken
Hurley
James P. Stoffler
Park Reformed Church
Ridgefield Park
Edward J. Smith
James Craig
South Easton
Belvidere
Justice of the Peace
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