Reed Hollow Earth Club Debates Interior Poles and Andree Tale
The Reed Hollow Earth Exploring Club held its first public meeting at the Engineering Societies’ rooms on Thirty-ninth Street. William Reed urged that the poles are openings into a warm interior world with two summers per year. Participants discussed expeditions, magnetic poles, and Andrée’s fate as a possible interior mission.
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Reed Hollow Earth Exploring Club
1St Thirty-ninth Street
William Reed
André
Reed
South Pole
North Pole
Nansen
Tound
Notar
Polar
Hiram P. Dexter
Here
Earth
Philip K. Stern
Alunckhurst
American
Atlantic Transport
Red Star Lines
Frank M. Achley
Arctic
B. S. Osborn
Hollow Earth Club
Andrée
Archbishop Farley Plans Easter Peter's Pence Appeal
Archbishop Farley announces in a letter to diocesan clergy that the annual Peter's Pence appeal will go out on Easter Sunday April 19. The collection will be by envelopes to reach every family and individual.
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Farley
Peter
O'Brien Divorce Granted in New York Case
Justice Keogh signed an order making absolute the divorce granted three months earlier to Dr. Lewis O'Brien from his wife Mrs. Harriet O'Brien. Dr. O'Brien, a Manhattan dentist, had offices at 542 Fifth Avenue. The co-respondent was unnamed. O'Brien previously served as court dentist at the Court of Saxony before the Princess Elizabeth scandal.
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White Plains
N. Y
Justice Keogh
Supreme Court Today
Lewis O’brien
Harriet O'Brien
O'Brien
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
Court of Saxony
Secretary Straus Speaks at Savannah Trade Banquet
In Savannah Georgia on April 3 the Savannah Board Trade celebrated its twentieth anniversary. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar Straus spoke at the banquet tonight during the event.
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Straus
Savannah
Savannah Board
Oscar Sieesis
Commerce and Labor
Doctor Spear Killed in Norristown Runaway
Dr. John C. Spear a retired U S Navy surgeon was killed when a carriage overturned after the horse bolted in Norristown Pennsylvania His daughter Mrs Herbert von Slotzenberg and nurse Miss Mary Sullivan were injured Three sons of Dr Spear serve in the Navy Lieut Roscoe Spear Dr Raymond Spear and Reginald Spear a Paymaster.
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Norristown
Penn
John C. Spear
United States Navy
Herbert von Slotzenberg
New York
Mary Sullivan
Spear
Poggenburg Will Bequeaths Funds to Family Members
Henry F. Poggenburg dies February 22 leaving a complex will. Doris Cronmeyer and Charles Cronmeyer receive 1600 yearly for Carl F. Bell till age 21, then Bell gets payments directly. A $10000 trust toped by Bell is created after Poggenburg's wife dies, contingent on Bell adopting the Poggenburg name. Other provisions set a $40000 trust for He F. Poggenburg Jr. with life income and posthumous bequests to his children and alimony substitutes for three children. Philippine P. Poggenburg inherits household goods and a $250 monthly income, plus use of the country home.
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Henry F. Poggenburg
East Sixty-ninth Street
H. F. Pogsenburg
He . F. Poggenburg, Jr
Greene County
Riley Grannan Dead Turf figure dies of pneumonia in Rawhide Nevada
Riley Grannan the turf plunger died at 4 30 PM in Rawhide Nevada from pneumonia. Born in Paris Illinois he built wealth from a saloon gambling house and mining ventures during the gold boom era. He rose in bookmakers circles across New Orleans Memphis and San Francisco amid notable bets and turf feuds.
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New York Times
Rawhide
Nevada
Riley Grannan
Grannan
Charles Riley Grannan
Paris
Ity
Orleans
St. Charlies Hotel
Olay
Botay
Ed Applegate
Kentucky
South
Applegate
Memphis
Jockey Clubs
Don Fulano
Charmion
San Francisco
California Jockey Club
Saratoga
Saratoga Racing Assoc Ce
Senn
Paralyz Jeave
Henry of Navarre
Domino
Henry
Navarre
Jockey Club
Sim
Lilley affidavits allege Electric Boat influence on legislation
Representative G L Lilley submitted two affidavits to the investigating committee alleging improper methods by the Electric Boat Company to sway legislation. One affidavit from John C Lake of the Lake Torpedo Boat Co and another from Sam Ferguson of Bridgeport claim Navy sailors on rival boats were paid by private companies. The Electric Boat officers dismiss the affidavits as proof of an rival company motive and say Lilley crafted the case. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday.
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New York Times
Washington
G. L. Lilley
Electric Boat Company
John C. Lake
The
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Sam Ferguson
Bridgeport
Conn
Ferguson
United States Navy
Holland Torpedo Boat Company
United States
Navy
Electric Company
Lake
Bowles
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Charles Ferry
Waterbury
Connecticut
Congress
Lake Company
Lilley
Demand Quarterly Insurance Reports
Albany April 3 Otto Kelsey of the State Insurance Department announced that heads of all insurance companies doing business in the state must file quarterly reports on their condition starting with the quarter ended March 31 The first statement is due with the department by April 20 and excludes assessment and fraternal orders.
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Albany
Otto Kelsey
State Insurance Department
Mrs Ward Lectures On The Peasant In Literature And The Novel
Mrs. Humphry Ward spoke at Hudson Theatre under the League for Political Education on the peasant in literature from Virgil to Balzac and then to modern European and American writers. She argued peasant life influences the novel globally and named key works by Wordsworth Eliot Brontë Trollope and Iceland Fisherman as enduring examples.
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Mrs. Ward
America
London
Ward
Mme. Rambouillet
Scott and Wordsworth
Theocritus
Virgil
Cimolus
Chaucer
Langland
Piers
John Ball
Christ
Piers Plowman
England
Shakespeare
Moliére
Versailles
Voltaire
Emily Bronté
Sudermann
Germany
Bjornson
Norway
Tolstoy
Turgenieff
Europe
Mary Wilkins
Sara Jewett
Owen Wister
Charles Egbert Craddock
George Cabie
J. M. Barrie
Matthew Arnold
French Gar in Peril in Death Valley
An expedition crosses Death Valley facing sand, dunes, and peril. A broken neck incident, resourceful snake-like rescues, a sunbaked tent collapse, and a dramatic encounter with wagon drivers and twenty four mules mark a grueling trek. The De Dion car barely survives the canyon pass.
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Gar
Peril
Death Valley
de Dion
De Dion car nears Bakersfield in race toward Seattle
The French De Dion team travels from Mojave to Bakersfield aiming for San Francisco by Sunday night and Seattle by next week. They hope to catch a Valdez boat on Wednesday, traveling through rough terrain and swamps on the inland route.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Mojave
San Francisco
Seattle
Valdez
Italians’ Zust Car Arrives in San Francisco Homecoming
Special to The New York Times from San Francisco April 3. The Italian Zust racing car arrived in Brad ley at 1 am and a local delegation met it. A four hour stop followed before dawn departure toward San Jose for luncheon. California Auto Club and Italian Touring Club members travel with three support cars. A royal welcome is planned by San Francisco Italians, with a banquet tomorrow night before a Seattle departure. The California Auto Club reports the crew in good condition after seven weeks of travel and the racer in splendid shape.
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New York Times
San Francisco
Zust
Bradley
San José
Thomas Company
California Auto Club
White
The
Italia
Italian Touring Club
Sirtori
Seattle
California Auto Club Committee
Germans on Good Roads Report From Utah Drive
The Protos German car reached Kelton at 10 P. M. and heads out again in the morning. Brigham City reports the car arrived at noon after leaving Ogden earlier, with good road conditions and the crew in high spirits. Lieut Koeppen ordered the chauteur to advance after a one hour delay.
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New York Times
Kelton
Utah
Steetal
Brigham City
Ogden
Fair Roads
Cheyenne
Koeppen
Great Race Says Mr Brill At Mission Sunday School
Samuel Brill praised the Matin-Tres automobile race from New York to Paris during a talk at the First Universalist Mission Sunday School in East Fifty-fourth Street. He urged reading The New York Times for updates and noted American Thomas car’s strong showing and educational value for youths.
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Universalist Mission
Rewport Hall
East Fifty-fourth Street
Europe
Samuel Brill
New York
Paris
Mr. Brill
New York Times Daily
United States
Alaska
Siberia
France
Times Square
Washington
Times
Populists Nominate Thomas E. Watson for President
The Populist convention in St. Louis named Thomas E. Watson of Georgia as presidential candidate with Samuel Williams of Indiana as vice president. Nebraska delegates walked out over Bryant prospects, while Coxey failed to secure chairmanship. The platform calls for government issuance of money, postal savings banks, government ownership of key rail and telegraph lines, and labor reforms. Watson, speaking in Jacksonville, declined to commit to the nomination until returning home to Thomson, Georgia.
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ST. Louis
Thomas FE. Watson
Georgia
United States
People’s Party
Samuel Williams
Indiana
Watson
Nebraska
Minnesota
T. J. Weighan
Bryant
Denver
Jacob
Coxey
Ohio
George A. Honnecker
Jersey City
Congress
Williams Nominated by Populists for Vice President
Samuel Williams of Vincennes Indiana, a thirty year lawyer, was nominated by the Populists at St Louis for Vice President. Former Democrat, he served one term in the Indiana Legislature in 185 as the author of a bill cutting telephone tolls to three dollars a month, which was never enforced.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel Williams
St. Louis
Vincennes
Delegates for Hughes Rally at Kings County Conventions
Republican conventions across 23 Assembly districts in Kings County chose 138 delegates for the State Convention. Delegates pledged to Gov. Hughes for the Presidential nomination. Districts Five Eleven and Twelve endorsed Hughes, with a single clash in the Eleventh District where Postmaster George H. Roberts Jr. ran an opposition ticket against Eugene Travis’s regular slate.
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Kings County
Timothy L. Woodruff
Gov
Hughes
Gov. Hughes
George H. Roberts, Jr
Eugene, N. Travis
Broome County Republicans Back Roosevelt and Hughes
In Binghamton on April 3 the Broome County Republican Convention adopted resolutions praising President Roosevelt and backing Gov. Hughes for president. John W. Dwight was endorsed for renomination. Col. George W. Dunn endorsed for State Committee. Senator Harvey D. Hinman granted privilege to name delegates to the Senatorial convention for the Broome Delaware district.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Broome County
Roosevelt
Broome
Charles K. Hushes
John W. Dwight
George W. Dunn
State Committee
Harvey D. Hinman
Broome-Delaware
Taft in Chicago in April Evening Schedule
Secretary of War Taft, in Chicago, declined to discuss politics. He gave two postprandial speeches at the Auditorium Annex and attended events including the Interdenominational Social Unions and the Hamilton Club Apomatox Day celebration. He planned meetings, luncheons, and a commercial club Banquet schedule for the next day.
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Chicago
Taft
Auditorium
Thomas F. Watson
People's Party
Hamilton Club
Apapomattox
Annex
Press Club
West Virginia Delegates Back Taft Nominee Gaines
At Hinton the Republicans of the Third District unanimously renominated Joseph Holt Gaines for a fifth term in Congress. The district delegates were instructed for Taft.
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West Virginia
Taft
Charleston
West Va
Hinton
Joseph Holt Gaines
Priest Dies From Exposure in Stapleton Parish
Father Martin Burke assistant rector of the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Stapleton Richmond died suddenly from cardiac paralysis attributed to exposure. He was 35, had served about two years at Stapleton after prior duty at the Catholic Protectory. He fainted Wednesday night and was helped from Gordon Street church to the Fargee Street rectory. a man in underclothes appeared at the rectory door early Thursday.
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Martin Burke
Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception
Stapleton
Richmond Borough
Father Burke
Catholic Protectory
Gordon Street
Fargee Street
Targee Street
Erie Railroad in uncertainty amid Morgan office confabs
Wall Street reports continued Erie talks at Morgan offices as directors work through the notes maturing next Wednesday. Rumors persist of a rescue via new bonds and Wells Fargo loans backed by Erie guarantees, with Harriman and associates funding the Guaymard cut-off project.
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Erie Railroad
The
Erie
Morgan
Firm
Messrs
Edward H.harriman
Norman B. Ream
BH. McK. Twombly
George F. Baker
Wall Street
Loraine Steel-Company
Public Service Commission
Lorain Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
Erle Railroad
Guaymard
Kidnappers Demand Five Thousand In Italian Note
Bartholdo Guiffree, a Brooklyn fruit dealer, reports his three year old son Bartholdo Jr. abducted from 124 Bridge Street. He showed a letter in Italian promising the boy will be found and warning not to alert police. Police seek author of the note and the child.
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Bartholdo Guiffree
Bridge Street
Brooklyn
Bartholdo, Jr
Bartholdo
Subpoenas Issued Over Nassau Street Poolroom Raid
Five telephones found in a Bennett Building poolroom at Nassau and Beekman Streets following an early week raid prompted numerous subpoenas for John Doe examinations before Magistrate Barlow at Centre Street Court on Tuesday. The poolroom is alleged to be owned by a prominent downtown gambler.
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Bennett Building
Nassau and Beekman Streets
District Attorney's Office
John Doe
Barlow
Centre Street Court
Wntown
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W. Reed
Ganas Har Tid
John Spear
Roy A Poggenburg Heir
Ca’ F. Bell
Demand Quarterly Insurance Reports
Jacob Poeri
Bourcier ST. Chafifray
Rotos
Thomas E. Watson
Bryan
Vention
Jacksonville
Fla
Kings Republicans
H'Ghes
Burke
Scott
Wilkes-Barre
Wilkesarre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Pennsylvania R. R
Scranton
Pittstoin
Wyoming Valley
Pennsylvania Ferries
St. Desbrosses St
Cortlandt St
Fulton St
Broadway
de Pachmann
Baldwin
Carnegie Hall
Baldwin Piano
Chas. H. Ditson & Co.’S
East 34Th Street
Pate
Heseman & Co., Pik
F. C. Doolittle, Inc
John F. Ryan
A. Paradis
Loewe Bros
Griffin Wray Drug Co
John Wanamaker
R. H. Macy & Co
Klearn
Lord & Tayi Kine Bros
Courant
Fi. D. Westermayr
A. W. Brewster
M.D
Mar
Ehrlich &Sand
Sixth Avenue
Nassau St
Acn St
Sixth Ave
Astor House Block
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