Mayor moves to end afternoon dancing and 1 A.M. close
New York Mayor proposes to put all public dance halls under the Bureau of Licenses, restricting dancing after 1 A.M. and ending afternoon tea dances in hotels, restaurants, and cafes. He vows uniform licensing and police supervision amid restaurant protests and Albany talk.
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Turkey
Gaynor
Great White Way
Urthermore
Bureau of Licenses
Polies Department
Alvany
Jie
Wibeomaggeen Besterdats
Waldo
Restaurant Proprietors’ Association
Albany
State
Thomas Healy
Sixty-sixth Street
Columbus Avenue
Aboiner
Joseph. B. Malloy
George Rector
United States
Jt Nas
Buble
Sale Reisenweber
Escapes in Packing Box at Connecticut Prison
Charles Dewey, a two year prisoner for highway robbery, nearly escaped by hiding inside a packing box supposedly containing shirts. Carried from the prison to a freight yard, the plan involved trusted guards. the box was sabotaged to prevent shifting. He vanished from the car and is likely at large in surrounding woods. this follows a prior escape by William Gardner last Sunday.
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New York Times
Wartford
Conn
Connecticut
Wethersfield
Charles Dewey
Dewey
William Gardner
Peanuts Spark Vice Commission Probe in Chicago
Illinois Senate Vice Commission shifts from wage and art issues to a peanut tale. Immigrant women from New York passing through New Castle, Penn., bought peanuts causing a train delay and sparking rumors of white slavery. Investigators alerted, rail line notified, federal help sought as the tale spreads.
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New York Times
Chicago
Illinois Senate Vice Commission
New York
Newcastle
Penn
New Castle
Vhe
Vice Commission
C. C. Quail
Springfield
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Federal Dpartment of Justice
Tariff Talks Aim for Harmony Between White House and Congress
Washington April 3. After a day of talks between President Wilson and Democratic leaders, key tariff issues wool sugar and the market basket remain unsettled. A Finance Committee meeting will set the path to a compromise likely involving duties on raw wool and sugar and the structure of the free list. The effort seeks a party unity compromise to avoid a Senate fight and pass a bill acceptable to both branches.
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New York Times
Washington
Democratic Party
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Simmons
North Carolina
Stone
Missouri
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Wilson
White House
T Ceongress
Louisiana
House Werden
Partne
Grant’s Unpublished Letters Featured in Times Next Sunday
A feature in the Times will publish Grant’s unpublished letters written to his wife after his first great victory and through the present, withheld from publication.
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TIMES
Thieves Take Family Hoard Meant for Old Man
Desolation frames 27 Goerck Street as three attackers rob Max Wiener and his sisters of 97 dollars planned to send to Russia for their grandfather. Hyman Wiener acts as custodian as detectives chase the three alleged ruffians through the East Side after their nighttime assault.
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Goerck Street
Wiener
Russia
America
Max Wiener
Hyman
Old Country
Sergt. Hayes
Clinton Street
Missing McManigal Denied Release Rumor
Telegraph report from Los Angeles states Ortie McManigal remains in jail despite rumors of release. Sheriff W A Hammel denies the claim as a practical joke, confirming McManigal’s continued custody.
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Los Angeles
Ortie McManigal
Los Angels
Sheriff Hammel
W. A. Hammel
Columbia Student Challenges Word in English Dept Notice
R. 8. Bourne a Columbia University student known for championing scrub women causes, questions the use of the word save in a bulletin board notice. He cites the Oxford Dictionary defining save as archaic or pretentious and mocks the instructor’s use of formal language. The Spectator reports Bourne’s letter and college paper adds a humorous note.
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Bourne
Columbia University
Himgelt
The
Spectator
Oxford
Dead Civil War Vet John McLean Found Dead At Home
John McLean a 74 year old civil war veteran was found dead in bed at his East 156th Street residence. His wife Mrs McLean aged 74 sat with the body for about sixty hours before reporting the death to police. Coroner Shongut ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
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John McLean
East 156Th
Grhen Joseph Fitzgerald
East 157Th Street
Morrisania
Shongut
McLean
Gas Kills Life Saver Captain Doxsee at Fire Island Station
John T. Doxsee seventy longtimeLife Saving Service captain at Fire Island was found dead in a hotel room in Bayshore New Cortlandt House with the gas jet open. His death prompted an inquest and friend and family members debated whether it was accidental or self inflicted amid a career protecting ships and rescuing crews.
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Doxsee
New York Times
Bayshore
L. L
John T. Doxsee
Fire Island
New Cortlandt House
Doxsen
Indus
Drumelzier
Patterson Must Make Plea for Pardon, DOJ Says
Washington April 3. Department of Justice officials say they will not consider pardoning John H. Patterson, head of the National Cash Register Company, unless Patterson himself applies or shows he favors pardon. A telegram from Patterson’s friends requesting a pardon is before President Wilson, tied to his relief work during the Boston flood, with the government requiring assurance the pardon would be accepted if granted.
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Washington
Department of Justice
John H. Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Wilson
Frieaas
Patterson
Women fight nonstrikers as Aluminum workers strike
State troopers take charge in New Kensington where 1000 Aluminum Company of America workers strike. Shots were fired at a constabulary without casualties. Foremen expect 2000 men. many demand wage advances. Strikers wives attacked refusers with whips and clubs. a 7 year old boy was beaten and lost a hand in an accident at work. Sheriff summoned to Westmoreland County. deputies sworn in by morning.
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New York Times
Pittsburgh
Penn
New Kensington
Aluminum Company of America
Westmoreland County
Murderer Held After Two Years of Lakewood Slaying Probe
Sheriff Frank Tilton arrested Joseph Moriarity in Fort Lee for the 1911 Lakewood murder of Mrs. Charles L. Turner. Detectives traced Moriarity, also known as William J. Leehan, after a two year hunt, with overheard remarks tying him to the Lakewood crime scene and a pine pole as the weapon.
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Frank Tilton
Ocean County
N. J
Joseph Moriarity
Fort Lee
Charles L. Turner
George J. Gould
Lakewood
Turner
Moriarity
William J. Leehan
White Plains
N. Y
Toms River
Bricksburg
Rts
Pine Needle Lane
Convicted Coal Seller Fathers Dream of Presidential Training
Kraus Mor Sr of South Orange was convicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of selling coal short weight. His son, Kraus Mor Jr, aged five, was allegedly being groomed to be president upon his later oath. A test found a coal load 115 pounds short after jury verdict in ten minutes. sentencing on April 14.
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New York Times
South Orange
N. J
United States
Kraus Mor, Jr
Kraus Mor
Kraus, Jr
Mor
Delae
Watson D. Morris
Horace B. Holcomb
Theatre cash missing leads to missing employee
It was learned yesterday that an employee of the Winter Garden disappeared early this week and that his accounts were found short by several thousand dollars. He is believed to have left the country on a steamer that sailed Tuesday. The man overspent on the cabaret trail and was to meet expert accountants at the Winter Garden last Tuesday morning but did not appear.
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Winter Garden
Europe
Women strikers arrested after clash at Kluge weaving mill
About fifty women workers leaving the E. H. Kluge cloth weaving plant at 512 West Forty-second Street faced attack by earlier strikers as Superintendent William Lear attempted to shield them. Police reinforcements and reserves intervened, dispersing the crowd and arresting three strikers while sympathizers clashed with officers.
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E. H. Kluge
West Forty-second Street
William Lear
Thompson
West Thirty-seventh Street
Virginia Teas Through Train Service Details
Shipping brief notes a through train service and a Virginia route. The item mentions a Bat Poe M6 and a due time of ten, with Barone Wireless as source and 98 Zremcen’s 233i device referenced in the snippet.
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Baroone Wireless
Zremcen
Huerta Weighs Quiet Move to Pacify Mexico
El Paso reports General Huerta agrees to name Pedro Lascurain provisional president to finish Madero's term. Carranza reportedly approves, Zapata uprisings strain Huerta forces, estimated 14,000 troops remain to quell insurgents as Diaz-era volunteer corps form the core.
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Lascurain
Madero
EL Paso
Texas
Victoriano Huerta
Pedro Lascurain
Mexico City
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Suarez
Huerta
Constitutionalistas
Mexico
Col
Venustiano Carranza
Coahuila
Sonora
Emiliano Zapata
Porfirio Diaz
US stance on Mexican government recognition stays cautious
Washington reports say the United States will not recognize the Huerta regime or the Lascurain faction until a constitutionally elected Mexican president takes office. Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson remains in Mexico to avoid signaling recognition by appointing a new envoy.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
Mexico
Lascurain
Huerta
State Department
Madero
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexican Foreign Minister Lascurain Visits Washington in 1911 Peace Efforts
Pedro Lascurain, Mexico’s foreign minister under Madero, visited the United States last December and met with Henry Cleys of the International Peace Forum. He aimed to secure U S assurances of noninterference in Mexican affairs and to discuss border issues with Texas. He also met with Dr Woodrow Wilson and requested Wilson’s ambassadorial reassignment upon inauguration. Lascurain is a wealthy real estate owner with several children and plans to settle in the Canary Islands en route to France.
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Pedro Lascurain
Madero
Henry Cleys
International Peace Forum
Sefior Lascurain
Friends of Peace
Mexico
Lawyers’ Club
Sefer Lascurain
Washington
Taft
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Sefor Madero
Wilson
Samuel Wright Injured In Bogota Train Car Accident
Samuel Wright a West Shore Railroad brakeman lost four toes of his right foot after a vatts force tied car struck tracks in a remarkable Bogota accident. He is hospitalized at Northern Hudson Hospital recovering from the injuries sustained aboard a gondola car of a fifteen car train.
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New York Times
Hackensack
N. J
Samuel Wright
West Shore
Hudson Hospital
Wright
Bogota
McCombs Denies Change in France Ambassadorship
William F. McCombs, DNC chairman, denied yesterday that he had reversed his decision on accepting the Ambassador to France post. He asserted his attitude remained as stated in his letter of declination to the President.
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William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
France
Meeker sues rival over slander in $25,000 case
George R. Meeker of 178 Hancock Street Brooklyn and president of Longacre Ticket Exchange files a $25,000 slander suit in Kings County against William M. Erb of Tyson Ticket Agency. Meeker alleges Erb called him a crook in the hearing of witnesses, arising from business disputes between the agencies.
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Kings~County Clerk's Office
George R. Meeker
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Longacre Ticket Exchange
Broadway
Manhattan
William M. Erb
Tyson Ticket Agency
Meeker
Erb
Senator Vilas Ally Rejects Pay Cut and Returns Home
A. C. Parkinson, principal clerk of the Senate and a friend of the late Senator Vilas, refused a $2,000 salary cut from $3,000 to $1,000. He packed his belongings and headed back to Wisconsin, announcing the move publicly as his anger at the reduction. Parkinson is a Democrat.
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Washington
A. C. Parkinson
Senate
Wisconsin
Senator Vilas
Pet Horse Kills Boy In New Springville Stable Incident
Five year old Herbert Martin, son of farmer James J. Martin, was killed when his pet horse kicked him in the head after returning from a ride. The boy reportedly touched the horse’s hind leg, provoking the fatal kick.
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Herbert Martin
James J. Martin
Watchogue Road
New Springville
S. 1
Suffragists Threaten Reprisals After Pankhurst Sentence
London reports of Emmeline Pankhurst given three years penal servitude spark militant calls to defy life. Christabel Pankhurst telegraphs from Paris a manifesto urging stronger actions. Annie Kenney and Mabel Tuke emerge as leadership figures amid a riot at the Old Bailey and widespread suffragette anger.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Old Bailey
New York Times
Women’s, Social and Political Union
Christabel Pankhurst
Paris
Mrs. Pankhurst
Standard
Bonar Law
Sir Edward Carson
Death by Own Hand for Family Sake in Denver
Stanley E. Wilmot, a Denver real estate dealer, committed suicide at his home. Three letters revealed ill health and fear of financial disaster, with notes that the act would ease life for his children and avoid burdening them if he failed. He urged his daughter that without the act they would scatter and struggle to make a living.
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New York Times
Denver
Stanley E. Wilmot
Wilmot
St. Paul Introduces Regular Friday Southampton Sailings
The American Liner St. Paul will depart Fridays at 10 A M for Southampton via Plymouth and Cherbourg, breaking a long-standing superstition of sailing on other days. Passengers include Mrs Annie Wilson Howe sister of President Wilson and Mrs Perrin Cauthran and her daughter Josephine.
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Atlantic
Southampton
Plymouth
Cherbourg
St. Paul
American Line
Annie Wilson Howe
President Wilson
Perrin Cauthran
Josephine
Boy Faints In Gym After Eye Complaint At Brooklyn School
James Casey a Commercial High School student in Brooklyn collapsed during a gym exercise shouting I my eyes I and lost consciousness. Doctors found no head injury and suspected brain injury or blood vessel rupture from over exertion. He remained unconscious upon arrival at St John’s Hospital.
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James Casey
Commercial High School
Brooklyn
Walkey
St. John's Hospital
Fee
Dr. T
Leon
Hr Wy
Poole
Jon
Thaw Visitations To Be Determined By Court
Justice Tompkins of the Supreme Court will hear another phase of the Thaw case Saturday. He previously allowed Harry Thaw his attorneys and his mother to privately visit him at Matteawan under a Seabocery order. The court will decide whether further motions will be granted or denied.
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New York Times
Newburg
Thaw
Justice Tompkins
Supreme Court
Harry Thaw
Matteawan
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