Lords Reject Budget Spark London Fireworks
The Lords voted 330 to 75 against Lloyd George's budget prompting nationwide debate. The Commons is to reaffirm the budget and parliament is to be prorogued on Friday with a dissolution planned for January. The debate highlighted tensions between Lords and Liberals and warned of a tumultuous political period ahead.
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Lord Lansdowne
Lloyd-George
Lord Rosebery
York
Great Britain and Ireland
W?orney
House of Lords
House of Commons
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Archbishop of
Lord Crewe
Lords
Final Lords Budget Debate Opens with Notable Oratory
London patrons report a high spirited closing debate on the budget rejection in the House of Lords. Lords Curzon and the Archbishop of York delivered exceptionally brilliants remarks including the archbishop’s maiden speech.
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London
House of Ords
Lord Curzon
Kedleston
India
Archbishop of York
New Battery Skyscraper Plan at Whitehall Building
United States Realty and Improvement Co acquires Battery Place Realty stock and begins a 31 story addition to the Whitehall Building at Battery Place and Washington and West Streets. The expansion, to be 416 feet tall with 30 elevators, will cover 21 city lots and be finished by January 1, 1911.
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Washington Street
Battery Place
West Street
Whitehall
George A. Fuller Company
Clinton & Russell
Kearton Shows Roosevelts Africa Cinematography
Cherry Kearton presented his East Africa wildlife films at the Alhambra Theatre with ex President Roosevelt in attendance. The audience included the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia as Roosevelt watched a native war dance and a porter carry him across a stream. Kearton aimed to film a lion on film but could only capture a drinking lion and several rhinoceros scenes noted as among the most dangerous African beasts.
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New York Times
London
Cherry Kearton
East Africa
Roosevelt
Kearton
Alhambra Theatre
Duke and Duchess of
Car Crash Kills Bernardsville Innkeeper in New Jersey
Will iam Lyon age 35 of Bernardsville was killed when a car driven by William Sommer head of D Osbourne Co Newark crashed into a telephone pole on Parsippany Road Morristown eleven miles from the city. Chauf feur Andrew Keegan of Newark was injured with a broken leg and possible internal injuries. Sommer escaped with minor bruises after the crash.
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New York Times
Morristown
N. J
William Lyon
Bernardsville
Andrew Keegan
Newark
Fox Hill
Parsippany Road
William Sommer
D. Osborne & Co
Broad Street
Sommer
Lyons
Keegan
Summer
E. P. Cooper
Parssippany
Memorial Hospital
Old Stone Hotel
Somerville
Denville
George Carmer
Denville Hotel
Parsippany
Tragedy Near Ninth Street As Youths Chase Truck
John Gabriel aged 15 of West Sixteenth Street dies after being struck by a truck driven by Richard McConnell of West Sevententh Street. Gabriel toppled from the vehicle while signaling to the driver and died at Bellevue Hospital despite medical aid.
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Ninth Street
Fourth Avenue
John Gabriel
West Sixteenth Street
Richard McConnell
West Sevententh Street
Gabriel
McConnell
Mconnell
Frazier
Fifth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Graef
Baron’s Double Wedding Sparks Newark Scandal
Baron Boto von Koenitz marries Miss Marie Louisa Ewen at St Mark’s Jersey City as Newark reports link to a fortune and a prior baron convict. He displays $50 000 and vows to sue while a Newark imposter baron lurks in the background.
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Baron Boto von Koenitz
South Africa
St. Mark’s Church
Jersey City
Frederick Mortimer
Marie Louisa Ewen
John Ewen
Ewen
West Highly-sixth Street
Riverdale
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Baron von Koenitz
White Cross
Paterson
Clifford W. Headley
von Soenitz
Conrad Wbisenach
Eisenach
Newark von Koenitz
von Koenitz
United States
Wriggins
Harrison
Coney Island
Germany
Hanover
Boto von Koenitz
Strubel
Plauen
Africa
Dom Paul
Tiger Kopje
India
Lord Houghton
Pernambuco
America
Naples
Koenig Albert
Lloyd Line
Eliza Ewen
Louisa
West Fighty-sixth Street
Charles T. Heaslip
Flamingo Train Schedule Details for Florida Route
The Flamingo through sleeper service from Jacksonville departs at 1 30 P M via the Florida East Resort line. Information available at office 1183 Broadway North Binady.
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Flamingo
Seaboard Air Line
Los
Jacksonville
Florida East
Broadway
N. BinAdy
Holiday Book Number Treats One Hundred Reads
The Times will publish its Holiday Book Number on Sunday featuring a select list of one hundred books for holiday reading. Readers are urged to place orders early to secure copies of this special issue.
Plot to kidnap or kill John D. Rockefeller surfaces
Ohio informant Sawyer Smith says two men discussed plans to kill or abduct John D. Rockefeller in Alliance. Cleveland police notify Rockefeller, extra guards placed on paths to Forest Hill and for the New York estate as authorities seek the alleged plotters. Rockefeller postpones a church banquet talk and prepares for a special train to Pocantico Hills with heightened security.
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New York
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Forestill
Ohio
Sawyer Smith
Minerva
Smith
Alliance
Kohler
Chief Stamberger
East
Stamberger
Pittsburg
Canton
Bill
John D
Old Rockefeller
Canton Police
Rockefellers
105Th Street
Lake Shore Road
Rockefeller
Girl Lost In Trolley Maze Returns To Hostess
Polish immigrant Rose Kaminski, new to the United States, wandered Brooklyn transit lines from Sunday evening until Monday afternoon after visiting Mrs Helena Crybiska. Confused by language she rode car after car, finally found by Maria Lasitska who guided her back to Williamsburg and then to Mrs Crybiska. She will be returned to Mrs Youlman once she awakens.
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Rose Kaminski
Youlmar
Fifty-ninth Street
Bay Ridge
Helena Crybiska
Third Avenue
Brooklyn
Jury for Henry Clay Pierce in Texas false swearing case
A jury was procured today in Austin to try Henry Clay Pierce, president of Waters-Pierce Oil Company, for false swearing in a statement to Texas officers about re entering the state after ouster. Evidence will be introduced tomorrow with a goal to finish the case this week.
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Austin
Texas
Henry Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Dewey's American Wine House Ad Nearby Fulton Street
A compact listing advertises Dewey's American Wine House located one block east of H. H. T. Dewey & Sons Co at 196 Fulton Street in AAV.
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Dewey’s American Wine House
H . H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Aav
Switchmen Strike Tightens Northwest Freight Traffic
Union switchmen in thirteen railroads from St Paul to Puget Sound quit at 6 PM amid wage demands of 6 cents more per hour and double pay for Sundays and overtime. While passenger service likely continues, freight traffic faces a complete halt at key yards as mediation fails and a nationwide tie-up spreads from Minnesota Transfer to Montana and Washington.
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New York Times
ST. Paul
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Switchmen's Union of North America
Joint Commission of Railroad Managers
Lake Superior
Minnesota Transfer
Union Station
Minneapolis
Charles H. Knapp
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Charlies P. Neill
Minnesota
Frank T. Hawley
International Switchmen’s Union
Puget Sound
Chicago
Duluth
Superior
Havre
Mon
Great Northern Railway
Billings
Northern Pacific Railway
Martin A. Knapp
Charles P. Neill
United States Commissioner of Labor
Messrs. Knapp
Neill
Northwestern
Meiers
Knapp and Neill
Managers’ Committee
Switchmen
Anly
G. T. Slade
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Great Northern
Tacoma
Wash
Spokane
Missoula
Duel leaves Uvaroff wounded in St Petersburg clash
Count Uvaroff, a Duma member, and Alexander Guchkoff, leader of the Octobrists Deputies, dueled near St Petersburg today over a political controversy. Uvaroff was wounded in the shoulder.
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Guchkoff
Count Uvaroff
ST. Petersburg
Duma
Alexander Guchkoff
Manuel Lucky At Hunting In Rambouillet
King Manuel of Portugal and President Fallieres hunted at Rambouillet. They killed 650 head of game. This evening they attended a showing of Love Watches at the Comedie Irrancaise.
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Fallieres
Paris
Manuel of
Portugal
Rambouillet
Comedie
OUST MEXICAN CONGRESSMAN
In Mexico City on November 30 the Mexican Congress expelled José Lopez Ortillo y Rojas by a 151 to 10 vote. The deputy was found guilty of misappropriating funds entrusted to him as guardian of Miss Dolores Moncada y Fernandez de Cordova.
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Mexico City
Mexican Congress
José Lopez
Ortillo Y Rojas
Dolores Moncada Y Fernandez de Cordova
Jewelry worth 2300 dollars stolen from hotel room
Mrs. Douglas Forrest of Washington reported jewelry valued at 2300 dollars missing from her hotel room. The theft occurred after she found a fire escape window open with footprints on the freshly painted platform.
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Washington
Douglas F. Forrest
Rainstorm Delays Revolution in Santo Domingo
The Clyde liner Cherokee reported a decade's worst rainstorm in Santo Domingo with ten days of rainfall around 20 inches. rumors of a coast city political flare up were postponed as violent weather hindered conflict and fears of lives lost circulated after the voyage.
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Santo Domingo
Reno Divorce Suit Filed by Lillian Huntington Colwell
Mrs Lillian Huntington Colwell of New York files for divorce from Frederick Lewis Colwell stockbroker of New York alleging desertion and failure to provide. They wed at the St Regis Hotel June 14 1895 and he deserted November 9 1907 at Stamford Conn. Colwell plans to remarry a Stamford broker after the decree.
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New York Times
Reno
Lillian Huntington Colwell
New York
Frederick Lewis Colwell
Colwell
St. Regis
Stamford
Conn
Huntington
Gem Imports Climb Toward Record Year in 1909
The 1909 importation of diamonds, pearls, and other stones is set to near or exceed the 1906 high of 41.65 million at New York. Ten months yield about 34 million, with November and December projected to push annual totals above the 1906 peak. Deputy Appraiser Michael Nathan notes imports reflect broader national prosperity despite the 1907 panic.
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New York
Michael Nathan
United States
Soothing Syrup Death Sparks Newark Inquiry
Mrs. Elizabeth O'Dell sought immediate help for her eight week old, carried to Newark Babies' Hospital where staff confirmed the infant died from opium in soothing syrups given to stop a cough. Investigators found heroin and morphine amounts likely caused the death. The mother, grief struck, refused to part with the body, bearing it home through the city.
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Elizabeth O’dell
Newark Babies’ Hospital
Clare E. Watkins
Tikit and Pia Pethies Reported in Goeacel 81 Maiden
Fragmentary OCR mentions Tikit and Pia Pethies in a 81 Maiden context with unclear place names. Readable bits suggest a local note or notice but details are incomplete.
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Pia
Pethies
Goeacel
Girl in Bath Found Dead in East Orange House
Virginia Wardlaw, 67, held on murder charges after the body of Ocey W. M. Snead was found in a nearly bare East Orange house. Police link a $20,000 life policy and a will to possible motives amid suspicions raised by entries in Brooklyn and the house’s sparse furnishings.
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Hast Orange
N. J
Virginia Wardlaw
Sergt. O'Neil
East Orange
Brooklyn
Mott
Sergt.Neil
Harnitz
Tienney
Lieut. Foster
Bierson
East Orange Police
Wardlaw
Menzel, Matcher & Co
Ville Avenue
Herbert Simmons
Fourteenth Street
Dr. Simmons
Ocey W. M. Snead
Police
Sergt. O’neil
Rory Ag
Bell
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Lame von Koenitz
Jersey
Miss Ewen
Times
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Ohioan
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Sinate
H. Clay Pierce
Pacific
Manuel
Rojas
Clyde
F.L. Colwell
Collis P. Huntington
Miss Wardwell
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