Roosevelt Refuses to Let Vatican or Methodists Dictate
Theodore Roosevelt in Rome rebukes both Vatican and Methodist efforts to control his actions. He canceled a planned reception at the American Embassy, reiterating his stance against inflaming religious animosities. He states he will not be dictated to by either side and urges unity among creeds.
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Rome
Vatican
Lyman Abbott
Col. Roosevelt
Cardinal Merry del Val
United States
Roosevelt
Jiame
Jewelry stolen from Mrs Bugher sparks pawnshop find
Police circulated details of a March 29 jewel list describing diamonds and emeralds tied to Mrs Bugher’s robbery. New York pawnshop finds partially match, but authorities say these items are likely another set and no trace of the Bugher jewels is confirmed.
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New York Tames
Washington
New York
Bride to be resists court in planned New Jersey wedding
Mrs Susan I Whittemore of 265 Halsted Street East Orange N J remains a voluntary prisoner behind barred doors to avoid contempt of court. Her fiancé Thomas J McLaughlin formerly Newark Alderman seeks a stay and court access while guards stay posted. The judgment for Siegel Cooper Co of New York 130 dollars stems from ignored discovery orders.
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Susan I. Whittemore
Halsted Street
East Orange
N. J
Thomas J. McLaughlin
Newark
Whittemore
McLaughlin
Kid McCoy Arrested in café at Hotel Normandie
Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy was arrested for keeping a disorderly house at his Hotel Normandie café on Thirty-eight Street and Broadway by Central Office Detectives Connell and McManus. He was taken to West Thirtieth Street Station and bail secured for Jefferson Market Court. He blasted the police as unfair and hinted at underground plots.
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Norman Selby
Kid McCoy
Hotel Normandie
Broadway
Central Office
Connell and
McManus
Thirtieth Street
George Considine
Selby
Considine
Jefferson _Market Court
West Forty-seventh Street
Herbert
Gaynor
Ile
Harvard to Vote on Taft Recall Question
Harvard students will ballot on the resolution whether Taft’s record would justify recall if the U S Constitution allowed recall. Harvard Political Club plans two precincts with ballots in four colors for Democratic Republican Socialist and unclassified voters supervised by Democrats and Republicans.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
United States
Taft
Law
Where to Take Lunch and Drink the Highest American Wines
An advertisement from H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. at 188 Fulton St New York promotes dining options and selection of top American wines for lunch. The note highlights a focus on wine quality and a location tied to the firm.
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H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Mayor Inspects Watch On Plainclothes Police Duty Tour
Mayor Gaynor conducted a personal tour through lower east side precincts to observe plainclothes and special duty police work. He questioned officers, examined guarded vacant houses, and visited several sites on Mulberry, Macdougal, and Mott streets, signaling possible overhauls of current methods.
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Gaynor
City Hall
Lower East Side
Commissioner Baker
Police
Daly
Elizabeth
Mulberry
Macdougal
Fifth Street
William B. Meloney
Broadway
Macdougal Street
Lst
Baker
West Third Street
Mulberry Street
Mott Street
Worth Street
Patrick Mullins
Spiegel
Mullins
Capt
Galvin
New Eyeglasses "Ilikit" Debuts with Bi a or Toric Pebbles
New eyewear item titled Ilikit features Bi a or Toric Pebbles styles. Spencer's at 31 Maiden Lane offers the fashionable glasses.
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Spencer's
Maiden Lane
Ady
Great Art Masterpieces to Be Shown in Times Pictorial
In the Times Pictorial Section next Sunday illus trations of the Great Art Masterpieces of the world will be reproduced. The Spring Book Number will accompany next Sunday's Times.
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Times
Woman Found Dead in Hotel Aldine Chloroform Suspected
A 40 to 50 year old woman registered as Mrs W H Young at the Hotel Aldine on Fourth Avenue was found dead on the sixth floorJust after 6 pm by elevator boy Albert Fisher The chloroform soaked handkerchief over her face and an empty bottle on the bureau led investigators to suspect selfinflicted death The woman identified as Mrs W H Sternburg of Tuxedo Park had $16 50 and two tickets to Tuxedo Park in a handbag The husband living at East Sixty second Street was not reached last night The hotel manager and a doctor treated the body and police were notified
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Aldine
Fourth Avenue
W. H. Young
Tuxedo Park
Albert Fisher
W. H. Grosscup
The
Dr. Williams
East Thirtieth Street
Mrs. Young
Grosscup
East Sixty-second Street
Victor Hi, Sternberg
Tuxedo
Auto Strikes Shoemaker Injuring Him on Busy Avenue
Matthew Cullen a shoemaker of 368 Seventh Avenue was knocked down and run over by two cars near Thirtieth Street and Seventh Avenue. Taken to Bellevue Hospital with internal injuries, he described entering the street as he avoided a northbound auto. Derant Bask of 115 Fast Seventy-seventh Street drove the Savoy Hotel car. A witness from 218 West Twenty-ninth Street saw the event, with Bask denying the claim.
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Matthew Cullen
Seventh Avenue
J. B. Thomas
Savoy Hotel
Thirtieth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Cullen
Thomas
Derant Bask
Fast Seventy-seventh Street
William Jefferson
West Twenty-ninth Street
Jefferson
Bask
Navy to Try New Shells
Representative Hobson of Alabama secured an amendment to the Naval Appropriation bill requiring the Bureau of Ordnance to test both the new explosive shell and the penetration shell. The Navy will conduct tests with shells carrying at least 200 pounds of nitro glycerine to compare effects on belt armor and turrets.
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New York Times
Washington
Bureau of Ordnance of the Navy
Representative Hobson
Alabama
Hobson
Navy Department
Japan
Russia
Noi Mr. Hobson
Navy
Rich Man Landers Killed by Trolley Near White Plains
James Landers wealthy Greenburg N Y property owner and Mason died last night when a trolley car of the Tarrytown White Plains and Mamaroneck Railway struck him near the White Plains Fair Grounds. He had just left Elmsford for home and may have suffered a paralysis stroke on the track. The motor man Henry Burt saw an object on the track but could not stop in time. Landers leaves a wife and twelve children.
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James Landers
Greenburg
N. Y
Tarrytown
White Plains
Mamaroneck
White Plains Fair Grounds
Landers
Adirondacks
Elmsford
Dobbs Ferry Road
Henry Burt
Bank Robbers Kill Bank Manager and Cashier in McKees Rocks
Four masked men rob the Victor Banking Company at McKees Rocks near Pittsburg, killing manager Samuel Friedman and cashier Tom Schwartz and wounding three others including Mary Enco and Robert King. They escape with about $5,000 as townsfolk flee in terror. Police from Pittsburg and Allegheny County pursue the robbers after a wild ride through McKees Rocks and Schoenville.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Victor Banking Company
McKees Rocks
Friedman
Samuel
Foy
Schwartz
Tqnatz
Mchees Rocks
Milko
Andrew
Mill
Allegheny County
Schoenville
King
Victor Bank
Mary Enco
Mr. Friedman
Robert King
Green
Andrew Milko
Leonard Bean
Bean
Mem
Dr. Pearson Plans One Year Pause in Giving at 90
Chicago, April 5 Dr D K Pearson prominent philanthropist nearing his ninetieth birthday says he will pause gifts for one year to clear debts. He then plans to support his forty seven charities in twenty four states, describing them as his children and colleges.
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Chicago
D. K. Pearson
Fight at Lyceum Theatre During Pillars of Society
A fight broke out in the Lyceum Theatre audience during the Pillars of Society. A well dressed woman guiding her escort in the back rows prompted the incident, when a man suddenly struck the escort in the face before an usher removed the aggressor.
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Lyceum Theatre
Doctor loses foot in Newark Erie Railroad accident
Dr Leo Becker of Paterson New Jersey had his right foot severed when a crowd pushed toward a moving Erie Railroad train at Fourth Avenue Station Newark He was rushed to St Michael s Hospital Becker is president of the Paterson Medical Association and a prominent local figure
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Leo Becker
Ward Street
Paterson
N. J
Fourth Avenue
Erie Railroad
Newark
St. Michael's Hospital
Becker
Dr. Becker
Paterson Medical Association
Mothers seek mayor aid for arrested subway rowdies
Six well dressed women claiming to be mothers of youths sent to the Workhouse by Police Magistrate Corrigan visited Mayor Gaynor seeking intervention. The women defended the boys as well behaved and questioned the arrests. The mayor declined to disclose details of their conversation. The visitors left in a somber mood.
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Corrigan
Gaynor
Insect Swarm Bites Park Police Station Visitors
An insect swarm described as gnats or mosquitos invaded Central Park and the Arsenal Police Station last night. Lieut Mason ordered doors and windows closed as insects filled the park, cleared benches by 9 PM, and many officers reported bites on their 8 PM arrivals.
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Arsenal
Central Park
Lieut
Mason
Asquith's Closure Voted In Commons
In London on Wednesday April 6 the House of Commons approved by 84 votes a motion by Premier Asquith to apply the guillotine to the committee stage of the veto power resolutions of the Lords. He said a Dill would be introduced later and that budget discussions would end by month’s end.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
House of Lords
a_ Dill
Late wedding costs fortune in New London
In New Haven on April 5 Mrs. Max Basson formerly Florence Phillips will forfeit a $50 000 bequest from Morris Phillips of New London because she married after turning 25. The bride claimed she was 6 at license time, and a brother’s arrival revealed the loss, as the will state she must be unmarried to inherit.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Max Basson
New London
Florence Phillips
Morris Phillips
Basson
Miss Phillips
Lee
Worshipers Flocked Outside St Rita Church For Novena
A large crowd knelt in the streets around St Rita of Cascia at 145th Street and College Avenue for the Novena service last night. The church, with 3 000 capacity, was filled to the doors as Rev Father James P O Brian led a solemn procession among the kneeling worshippers while choir boys sang outside.
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St. Rita of
Cascia
145Th Street
College Avenue
James P. O'Brian
Milwaukees First Big City Elects Socialist Mayor
Emil Seidel won the Milwaukee mayoralty by about 6 500 votes, giving Social Democrats control of the Common Council. The party also elected six Aldermen at Large and won fourteen of twenty three wards, amid a split in the Republican camp and a hostile race against Democrat Schoenecker and Republican Beffel.
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Kee
United States
Emil Seidel
Social Democrats
W. G. Schoenecker, Jr
Republican Party
Mr. la Follette
Spooner
la Follette
Milwaukee
Berger
Seidel
Pennsylvania
Germany
Social Democratic
Milwaukee Pattern and Manufacturing Company
Sherburn M. Becker
New York
East Twenty-first Street
Wisconsin
Dr. Beffel
Rose
Vincent Schoenecker
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Times and
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune Co
Theodore Roosevelt
Leishman
Frederick H. Busher
Busher
Nico
Normandie
Ters
V. H. Sternburg
Tappen & Fierson
Jersey
Erie
Newark Station
Negroes
Keo
Ark
Mallory
Here
St. Rita’s Church
Hart
Ford
Milwaukee, Wis
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