Unionists Gain Seats as Liberals Hold Edge in Election
London and Liverpool contest narrows as Unionists gain two seats in London and two in Liverpool and surrounding areas. By Dec 5 Liberal strength grows with Wakefield Cheltenham Windsor noted as gains for reformers. Redmond denies royal disloyalty while turnout and street processions show heightened interest in an unusually tight race.
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London
Liberals
Labor
Asquith
House of Commons
House of Lords
Lancashire
Preston
Yorkshire
Liverpool
F. E. Smith
Exchange
Birkenhead
Henry Vivian
Canada
Islington
North
St. Pancras
West
Wakefield
Cheltenham
Royal Borough of
Windsor
Daniel Boyle
Mayo
Boyle
John E. Redmond
America
Redmond
Fleet Street
Trafalgar Square
Leeds
Carlton
Stock Exchange
Balfour
Sheffield
Daily Telegraph
Manchester
the Telegraph
Asquith-Redmond Coalition
Telegraph
Woman’s Suffrage Movement
Jacobs
Morganite Named In Honor Of J Pierpont Morgan
The New York Academy of Sciences honored J Pierpont Morgan by naming a new gem Morganite. Dr George F Kunz described this pink beryl found mainly in Madagascar, noting its cherry red fluorescence under X rays and large varied carat sizes from 1 to 100. He praised Morgan for supporting arts and sciences and for donating collections to major museums.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
New York Academy of Sciences
Morganite
George F. Kunz
Academy
American Museum of Natural History
Museum of Natural History
Paris
Mount Bity
Madagascar
Fire hero rescues family from West 126th Street blaze
Engine Company 87 arrives at Alfred I. Wood laundry to find John Tierney leaping to stairs and guiding twelve families to the roof. He saves his wife and eight-year-old daughter Juliette amid smoke. Officer Ryan rescues two others. Fire from overheated basement furnace causes $2500 damage with no major injuries.
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Alfred I. Wood
West 126Th Street
John Tierney
Tierney
Juliette
Ryan
Elizabeth Wood
Kate Flood
Auto accident in Brooklyn leaves stranger dead
Cord A. Meyer, nephew of Cord Meyer, struck and killed a man crossing Bedford Avenue and Monroe Street in Brooklyn yesterday. Meyer surrendered to Officer James J. Kelly and was later released on own recognizance. The victim, Jones, 40, 5 feet 7 inches, about 125 pounds, was unidentified at the station.
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Cord A. Meyer
Cord Meyer
Bedford Avenue
Monroe Street
Brooklyn
Two Hurt In Auto Crash Near Nyack New Jersey
Charles O Hara president of the Northern Valley Paper Company and son of former Englewood official Edward O Hara is dying from a fractured skull after an auto accident on Hook Mountain near Nyack. Passengers included Detective William Kelly of Tenafly and Michael Murray of Englewood. driver was F Reidmeister of Easie wood.
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New York Times
Nyack
N.J
Charles O’hara
Northern Valley Paper Company
Edward O’hara
Englewood
N J
Hook Mountain
Hear Nyack
F. Reidmeister
Easiewood
Daniel Marshall
O'Hara
Thomas Eill
Tenafly
Michael Murray
chauf+feur
Lara
Actress Hurt in Elevation Platform Accident
Bessie Mulligan of 207 West Eighty fourth Street, about 20, says she slipped while boarding the Ninth Avenue elevated train at Columbus Avenue and Eighty-first Street. Her left ankle fractured as the train began moving. she was treated at the scene and sent home in a taxi.
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Bessie Mulligan
West Eightyfourth Street
Ninth Avenue
Columbus Avenue
Eighty-first Street
Brewer
J. Hood Wright Hospital
West Sixty-eighth Street
Opening of Congress Follows Taft Era
The 61st Congress begins with the Speaker and Vice President in session at noon as both chambers swear in new members and set up committees. Snow falls heavily as crowds gather. Democrats cheer in the House while the Senate observes decorum amid death notices for several senators and no clear legislative program.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
House
Senate
Congress
Mr. Taft
White House
Champ Clark
Elkins
West Virginia
Hughes
Colorado
Bankhead
Alabama
Frye
Maine
la Follette
Wisconsin
Oliver
Pennsylvania
Taliaferro
Florida
Hale
Cullom
Tawney, Olmstead
Clark
Lodge
Massachusetts
Bacon
Georgia
Clay
Senator McEnery
Louisiana
Daniel
Virginia
Dolliver
Iowa
Christmas Number of the Times Preview
The Times announces a forthcoming Christmas number featuring a large colored pictorial section. It promises one of the finest newspaper color features and urges readers to obtain next Sunday’s issue.
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TIMES
Four-Year-Old Catharine Barker Inherits Large Trust
The will of John H. Barker sets aside about 10 million for his daughter Catharine with the principal to remain untouched. The income, about 10 million more, will fund guardianship and support until she reaches majority. Trustees may grant more on marriage, but the principal remains irrevocably protected. Widespread estates and bank holdings are tied to Barker’s will and guardianship.
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New York Times
Chicago
John H. Barker
Michigan City
Catharine Barker
Nelson Ludington Barnes
Harold A. Richardson
London
Norton Barker
Barker
Catherine
Trust National Bank
First Trust & Savings Bank
National Deposits Co
Fall kills ex judge Conway Noble in Cleveland office
Ex Judge Conway W. Noble, 68, of the Common Pleas Court and prominent lawyer, plunged from a window in the Society for Savings Building while asking for air. He died en route to Lakeside Hospital. Client C. E. Harrison nearby narrowly escaped. Noble had served ten years on the bench and returned to a large practice.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Conway W. Noble
Common Pleas
Society For Savings Building
Lakeside Hospital
Noble
C. E. Harrison
Harrison
Judge Noble
Meant to Pose as Robber Mulry Held by Police
Lawrence V. Mulry Jr., 19, son of a New York doctor, arrived in Baltimore claiming a Texas ranch dream. Police found a revolver and many robbery clippings on him as he tried to pawn a bicycle near the docks, and he said he bought the pistol to protect a tale of a hold up.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Lawrence V. Mulry, Jr
Dr. Mulry
East Ninety-fourth Street
New York
Young Mulry
Mulry
Cole
Texas
Seaboard Line Fast Route To Atlanta and Southwest
Rail brief notes Seaboard Air Line offers the quickest Florida to Atlanta service via the Pennsylvania route. It highlights direct connections and lighted sleepers with offices at 1,183 Broadway Avenue.
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Seaboard Air Line
Florida
Reuter
Atlanta
Southwest
Old Companions Recall Carnegie Era Railroad Hosts
A group of Pennsylvania Railroad veterans gathered at the Carnegie mansion to reminisce about early service with Andrew Carnegie. The former workers, including conductors and engineers, recalled start dates, pay, and incidents as Carnegie shared memories of his rise from clerk to division superintendent.
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Andrew Carnegie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Carnegie
Fifth Avenue
Laird of Skibo
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
William R. Whery
Bill’ Hawkins
Bill
Mr. Haw
Cohery
Mr. Opie
Bob Gordon
Ed Fleck
Blain McCormick
New York
A. Carnegie
Steel
Garnele
Mr. Carnegie
Emery
Tunner
Skibo Cas
William McKelvey
Altoona
Thomas Scott
van Amberg
Scott
R. B. Hawkins
Robert Gordon
Thomas E. Watt
H. L. Delo
Motive Power Department
William Burbank
William Brady
Frederick Fleck
Christ Horner
Wilson Ringle
Bernard Nearney
Frank Adams
East Altoona
Frederick Ehrenfe'd
Greensburg
Nathan Henry
Illiam R. Whery
8. R. Tarmer
George A. Emery
Republicans Face Grudging Start at Congress Opening
In Washington on December 5, Republicans gathered for the opening of Congress amid forced smiles and anxiety over last month’s election results. Democrats showed optimism about presidential prospects, noting Harmony and Wilson as a potential winning ticket for 1912.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
Harmon
Wilson
Expect Fight Near San Andres in Chihuahua
A Chihuahua dispatch reports 800 Federal soldiers are within fifteen miles of San Andres where 600 armed insurrectos are rumored. A battle is anticipated tomorrow. Jose Maria Sanchez resigned as Governor and Alberto Terrazas was elected by the State Legislature to succeed him.
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Mexico City
Chihuahua
San Andres
Jose Maria Sanchez
Alberto Terrazas
Ex Senator Clark Buys $100,000 Dinner Service
CAGO reports former United States Senator will receive a 900 piece dinner service for his Fifth Avenue residence. The shipment, valued at $100,000, is described as possibly the most expensive such set ever made in the country.
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Clark
Fifth Avenue
Cago
Horsy
United States
Stolen Gifts Halt Jersey City Wedding Plan
Miss Alice Smith and John Dolan faced wedding disruption as police arrested Dolan on a charge linked to a watch belonging to Barbara Dimmers. Dimmers reported seeing a matching watch with Smith, who claimed Dolan gave it as a wedding gift. Dolan allegedly bought tickets for the watches and aided the search for the vendor.
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Alice Smith
Colden Street
Jersey City
John J. Dolan
Dolan
Barbara Dimmers
Grand Street
Smith
Judge Dixon Estate Appoints Widow Heir and Executor
W A Clark Jr was named executor of the estate of Judge W W Dixon a former Butte attorney who died in San Francisco. Dixon left one half of his estate to his wife Ida Wilcox Dixon including 60000 in four percent bonds and 37 1/2 shares in Daly Bank and Trust Co Butte. He also left 5000 in bonds to nieces Mary C Rix and Katherine D Tucker of Keokuk Iowa and 5000 for the education of Tucker's two children. The remaining estate goes to the wife.
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New York Times
Sangeles
W. A. Clark, Jr
W. W. Dixon
Butte (Mon
Dixon
San Francisco
Ida Wilcox Dixon
New York
Daly Bank and Trust Company
Butte
Mary C Rix
Katherine D. Tucker
Keokuk
Iowa
Appendicitis Party In Pittsburg Society
Pittsburg social circles buzz over an appendicitis party hosted by Edith Flinn daughter of a wealthy local family. She recuperated at West Penn Hospital after an operation and briefly hosted friends by telephone before entering the hospital for treatment.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Society
Edith Flinn
Miss Flinn
Balloonists Die as North Sea Flight Ends Near Orkney
A Munich balloon of the International Ballooning Club rose Saturday and, after a wild voyage across the North Sea, landed near Kirkwall in Orkney. One aeronaut, Metzger, drowned when a wave swept him from the basket during a gale. Companions Disler and Joerdeno survived unharmed after a successful descent.
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London
International Ballooning Club of
Munich
Switzerland
Kirkwall
Orkney
Scotland
North Sea
Metzger
British Isles
Orkney Islands
Disler
Joerdeno
Berlin population estimate reaches 3.4 million
The provisional census count for Berlin and its suburbs shows about 3,400,000 residents. Final figures will take weeks to announce. The report notes Munich and Nuremberg context but details are cut off.
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Berlin
Munich
Uremberg
Four Borough Lines Offered by Interborough
Interborough proposes four-borough subway lines with the city covering 41,000,000 of the 128,000,000 total construction cost, leaving the company to pay the remainder. Elevating fare to five cents and extending elevated lines at the company’s expense raises the overall project cost to about 160,000,000.
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Interborq
Interboro Proposes Ambitious Subway Expansions Citywide
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company submitted to the Public Service Commission a bold plan for extensive Manhattan Bronx and Brooklyn extensions from Times Square to Battery with new lines through Seventh Avenue Varick Street and Liberty Street doubling as a gateway to Penn Station and Brooklyn. The proposal includes a five cent fare, lease readjustments expiring in forty nine years, and city takeover options after ten years with protections against losses.
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Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Public Service Commission
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Interborough
Willcox
Theeodore P. Shonts
Triborough
Grand Central Station
Grand Central
Times Square
Seventh Avenue
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Battery
Lexington Avenue Broadway
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Pineapple Street
Flatbush
Atlantic Avenues
Flatbush Avenue
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Forty-third Street
Manhattan Bridge
Centre Street Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Fort Hamilton
Coney Island
Interhoreough
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Mr. la Follette
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C. W. Noble
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