Hungarian duo enter New York to Paris auto tour
The seventh entry for the New York to Paris automobile tour arrives from Budapest. Emmanuel Roth and Joseph Lowinger, two Hungarian motorists, have traversed challenging European routes. Proposed supply stations and concentration points include Seattle, Nome, Nijni Kolymsk, and Irkutsk to keep competitors together through the race.
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Paris Matin
New York Times
Times Square
New York
Budapest
Emmanuel Roth
Joseph Lowinger
Europe
Seattle
Nome
Nijni-Kolymsk
Irkutsk
London Autoists Interested in New York Paris Race
London observers discuss the planned New York to Paris overland automobile contest under Paris Matin and New York Times sponsorship. Experts like S F Edge and Charles Jarrot weigh technical hurdles Arctic routes, risks, and the potential to prove car travel can surpass horse drawn transport.
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London
New York
Paris
Paris Matin
New York Times
Times Square
S. F. Edge
Brookdale
Alaska
Russia
Arctic
Charles Jarrot
Ardennes
L. C. Rawlinson
The
Automobile Club of
England and Ireland
Chicago Looks to Host Next National Convention
Chicago will finance the 1904 style National Convention at no cost to the Republican Committee. The city will provide suitable halls and cover all expenses, refusing to turn over any funds to the committee while citing its established prominence as a convention city.
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New York Times
Chicago
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Tetrazzini May Return to New York Stage Next January
London dispatch reports Mme Tetrazzini may appear at the Manhattan Opera House in January if new talks with M Hammerstein succeed. She explains previous refusals were tied to contract length and rest needs, with possible earnings of 3000 dollars for fifteen performances if an agreement is reached.
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England
Mauretania
America
Tetrazzini
Mme. Tetrazzini
Mr. Hammerstein
New York
London
Atlantic
Paris
Italy
Hill to See Roosevelt and Rivers Congress
James J. Hill arrived in Washington for the Rivers and Harbors Congress and a White House talk. He may discuss dissolving joint ownership of the Burlington system by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, seeking government support to ease opposition. He backs a fourteen foot Missouri River channel plan. George C. Call and A. B. Beall sought his backing for Missouri River improvements.
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New York Times
Washington
James J. Hill
Rivers and Harbors
White House
Hill
New York
Hill Lines
Burlington
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Rivers and Harbors Congress
St. Louis
Gulf
George C. Call
A.B. Beall
Sioux City
Iowa
Mr. Hill
Missouri River
Railroads at odds over joint rates through Jersey City
Philadelphia reports a looming railroad war as the New York New Haven Hartford proposes canceling all joint through rates in thirty days except with the Pennsylvania. The Central Railroad of New Jersey Reading and Baltimore & Ohio oppose this move while the New Haven and Pennsylvania back it, threatening lasting friction between the Reading and Pennsylvania.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Jersey City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Reading
Baltimore & Ohio
New Haven
Pennsylvania
Cassatt
Boston
New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Road
New England
Baron Duels Card Sharps Aboard Kronprinzessen Cecelie
Baron J R K von Ittersum of Berlin, aboard the Kronprinzessen Cecelie, fell victim to card sharks and lost $600 in cash and notes. Detectives arrested one holder, Burt Goldy aka Bor0 Goldblatt, who claims Frisco ties and links to mayoral figures. further suspects expected.
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Baron J. R. K. von Ittersum
Berlin
Waldorf
Kronprinzessen Cecelie
Bremen
Kronprinzessen
Cecelie
Whiich
Baror
the Waldorf
Miller
Galvin
Burt Goldy
San Francisco
Goldblatt
Baron
Reyburn Critiques Roosevelt Paternal Government Vision
Philadelphia mayor William S. Reyburn in discussing Roosevelt's message likens the president to a spanked schoolboy and warns of centralized governance. He cites campaign finance proposals as evidence, predicting a bureaucratic state with secret police and courtless arrests if Roosevelt's ideas gain acceptance.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Penn
Roosevelt
Reyburn
Washington
Russia
Roossévelt
Planative Bisight Near Spencer Maiden Lent
A fragmented note describes a planati ve invisible Bisight near Spencer and distant vision at Maiden during Lent, suggesting a local observance or device referenced in the period text.
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Spencer
Harlem Burglary Stuns City Diamond Necklace Missing Among Loot
Police investigate a Harlem burglary where jewelry, silverware, and fur valued near ten thousand dollars were stolen from Mrs. Simon Dottenheim at 1 543 St Nicholas Avenue. A diamond and pearl necklace worth 3500 led the loot, with a ransacked apartment and broken lock.
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Harlem
Detective Bureau
Simon Dottenheim
St. Nicholas Avenue
Union Square
Mayor Tom Johnson Wins Merger Deal for Cleveland Traction
Cleveland voters and officials back a holding company merger after seven years of conflict with the Cleveland Electric Railway. Fred H. Goff to negotiate terms, with appraisers named to value the former five and three cent lines, report due next Tuesday.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Tom L. Johnson
Traction Company
Fred H. Goff
Cleveland Electric
Andrews
Dupont
Army officers alarmed by proposed longer practice rides
A Washington dispatch reports the President is directing a general order to lengthen military practice rides to twenty five miles with high speed sections. Some veterans call it horse mad while others praise the push for officers capable of long, strenuous rides. Six officers were ordered before the Davis Retiring Board for not completing the recent ride, though most officers support the plan.
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New York Times
Washington
Davis
Man fatally shoots at father amid Black Hand delusion
John Ingebrand junior, 37, deaf mute, tried to kill his father oba Segetrand senior in the Elm Avenue villa Chester Hill amid belief Black Hand agents planned to burn the house and kidnap the family. The mother wrestled the weapon. the elder received a flesh wound. Coroner names two year insanity.
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Black Hand
John Ingebrand, Jr
Pight
Oba Segetrand, Sr
Mount Vernon
Ingebrand
Elm Avenue
Chester Hill
Ulrich Wissenberger
Beechinor Awarded 25000 for Broken Hip
Robert J Beechinor of Mount Vernon was awarded 25000 after suing for 50000 alleging a New York New Haven Hartford train at 125th Street Station started before he could reach the platform on November 23 1905. He earned 15000 annually and had a long career with A T Stewart. He is 52 and has twelve children.
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New York Times
White Plains
Robert J. Beechinor
Mount Vernon
Beechinor
York, New Haven
Hartford
125Th Street
A. T. Stewart
Skillman Guilty Of Will Forgery In Two Trials
William H. Skillman the horticulturist and former New Jersey Horticultural Society president was found guilty after a second trial in Somerville. The jury deliberated about thirty hours before returning a verdict linking Skillman to a forged Lanehart will.
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New York Times
Somerville
N. J
William H. Skillman
New Jersey Horticultural Society
William Lanehart
Booraem
Belle Meade
Skillman
Linehart
Sruut
Lanehart
William H. Ely
Jeremiah Skillman
Laura Kellogg
John F. Reger
John L. Anderson
Anderson
W. E. Kingsley
Eva Skillman
Suwollen
A. B. Mosher
Lanehurst
Edward Skillman
Aare
Lana
Jennie Updyke
Updyke Mills
Jane N. Duffield
Hopewell
Stillman
Four Against Williams in House Caucus Vote
In a Democratic caucus tested on a motion by Representative Jones of Virginia to strip Williams of naming minority committee members, four voted for the change while 126 opposed. Gaines urged a formal protest but withdrew his resolution, and Lamar spoke for Railroad Rate Panel enrollment.
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New York Times
Washington
John Sharp Williams
House
Jones
Virginia
Williams
Wamnar
Florida
Hardwick
Georgia
Slayden
Texas
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Lamar
Federal troops held in readiness for Goldfield riot
President Roosevelt ordered federal troops to be ready to restore order in Goldfield Nevada after Gov Sparks reported miners in revolt. Nevada lacks a state militia and Gov Sparks feared the situation could soon exceed local control. The nearest federal base is at San Francisco.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Goldfield
Nevada
Gov. Sparks
Sparks
San Francisco
Mauretania Tracks Fast Atlantic Passage
Wireless update from Mauretania reports 2129 knots covered by 1 35 P M today with an average speed of 23.57 knots. The ship logged 535 knots for the day ended noon Tuesday and 556 knots for the following day amid SW gales and high seas near latitude 50 20 longitude 26 04.
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Mauretania
Liverpool
Cunard Line
Fire destroys Ault & Wiborg Ink Plant in Manhattan
Nearly all downtown fire units fought a fast spreading blaze that consumed the five story Ault & Wiborg Printing Ink plant at 536 Pearl Street. Flames poured from windows before ladders could reach the building hindered by a salt water main excavation at Pearl and Elm Streets. Chief Binns ordered multiple alarms. The structure extends about twenty five feet on Pearl Street and more than one hundred feet on Elm toward Reade Street.
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Ault & Wiborg Printing Ink
Pearl Street
Pearl
Elm Streets
Binns
Elm Street
Reade Street
Outlook Brightens as Harriman Predicts Turn in Depression
E H Harriman said the corner has been turned and a rebound has begun. He expects steady progress with less feverish activity and overall better business conditions as the country moves forward cautiously and confidently.
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E. H. Harriman
France to Send Her Best Abroad Literature Drive
Paris dispatch reports Hugues le Roux launching a campaign to export French literary works to America. Publishers reach an agreement to sell editions of romance history art and drama in the United States. French Foreign Office designates Vice Consul Damour to set up offices in New Orleans with a similar agency planned for New York.
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Paris
Hugues le Roux
America
United States
French Foreign Office
M. Damour
Fi Cer
New Orleans
Simtlar
New York
Dog Must Stand Trial for Absence and Mischief
South Orange Police Dog No. 2 named Bob faces charges of unbecoming behavior and unauthorized absence after wandering off with Officer Tracy and returning with a note from Oscar Peterson claiming Bob killed three pet rabbits. Peterson alleges damages and warns of Belgian hares in the yard, prompting potential village liability.
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Bob
South Orange
N. J
Tracy
Oscar Peterson
Peterson
Extra Grand Jury Sought for January by District Attorney
District Attorney Jerome asked Justice Dowling in the Supreme Court for an additional Grand Jury in January. He cited grave matters needing investigation and potential bank scandal and insurance inquiries, saying regular jurors would be diverted by routine work. Dowling granted the request.
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Jerome
Justice Dowling
Mr. Jerome
Felix Isman Leases Broadway Theatre in Major Real Estate Move
Felix Isman of Philadelphia secures a long term lease on the Broadway Theatre site at Broadway Fortye first Street near Times Square. The Zborowski heirs own the property valued around $2,000,000 and associated buildings. Isman may plan a large business structure near Pennsylvania Station.
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Broadway Theatre
Broadway
Fortye First Street
Felix Isman
Philadelphia
Isman
Elliott Zbercowski
France
Leopold Weil
Zborowski
Forty- First Street
Seventh Avenue
Forty-first Street
Litt & Dingwall
Fortieth Street
Delavan
American Theatre
Eighth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Times Square
Pennsylvania Station
Stewart
Chambers Street
Thirty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
Broadway Theatre Company
Count Zborowski
T. Henry French
Frank W. Sanger
Fanny Davenport
Imprisoned Girl Rescued in Paterson Hotel Raid
A note dropped from an upper window led Arnold Martinelli to a Paterson hotel where detectives arrested Vincenzo Ventre and freed Josephine Caerillo. Caerillo said a Brooklyn man she hoped to marry did not keep his word and that Ventre kept her prisoner at 939 Main Street.
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Josephine Caerillo
Swarthmore Likely To Decline Jeanes Bequest
Swarthmore College faces likely rejection of the Anna T Jeanes bequest as conditions require ending intercollegiate athletics. At the Philadelphia stockholders meeting, managers and nearly all speakers oppose the gift, calling it a bribe and preferring to drop athletics for other reasons if needed.
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Philadelphia
Swarthmore College
Anna T. Jeanes
Jeanes
Joseph Swain
Stockhold
Swarthmore
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Crookhaven
Ireland
Ault & Wiborg
Outlook
Bright
Dog
Zborowski Estate
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