Hearst Campaign Bills Taken Into Court Over Expenditures
The Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elections filed a Supreme Court petition in New York County seeking Hearst to file a full campaign expenditure statement for the gubernatorial race. Hearst spokesman calls the move petty politics as petition outlines alleged omissions and misstatements totaling thousands of dollars and distributions by the Independence League Campaign Committee.
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Supreme Court
Association
William Randolph Hearst
New York County
Independence League County Committee
Putnam County
Republican County Committee
Clinton County
Madison County
Senator Gates
Hearst
Charles H. Young
Robert Grier Monroe
William Church Osborn
Allan Robinson
William Williams
Justice Glegerich
Secretary of State
Independence League
Democratic
Charles M. Friend
Democratic Party
Albany County
Friend
The
Independence
New York American
Evening Journal
Clarence J. Shearn
Matthew Cleming
Hughes
J. G. Follansbee
Albany
League
Mr. Hearst
Mr. Follansbee
Nathan Atraus
Independence League Campaign Committee
Arrests For Harlem Fires Near Amsterdam and Columbus
Police at West 100th Street Station detained John Stace aged 20 and Joseph Glasser aged 16 on suspicion of setting five fires in five-story tenements around Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues and 103d Street between last night and 12:45 this morning. Fires occurred at 212 West 105th Street, 865 Columbus Avenue, 6849 Columbus Avenue, 871 Amsterdam Avenue, and Amsterdam Avenue at 103d Street, with kerosene soaked shavings and rubbish fueling the blazes. total loss about $500.
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West 100Th Street
Amsterdam
Columbus Avenues
103D Street
John Stace
Joseph Glasser
Columbus Avenue
West 105Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Cannon Rages as anti-Compulsory Pilot Bill Fails in House
Washington dec 6 speaker cannon and his house machine faced a setback as the anti compulsory pilot bill failed to pass. Littlefield of Maine pushed the measure amid Gompers criticism but it was defeated 163 to 110 on a roll call, to the speaker’s fury. The vote reflected opposition to injuring southern pilots to aid New England interests.
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Washington
Cannon
House
Littlefield
Maine
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
New England
Butler Ames Pushes GOP Caucus On Possible Extra Session
Representative Butler Ames of Massachusetts circulated a Republican petition for a caucus to discuss a possible extra session of the Sixtieth Congress to handle tariff revision and income tax issues. He sought fifty signatures amid opposition from Uncle Joe Cannon and other standpatters.
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New York Times
Washington
House
Butler Ames
Massachusetts
Sixtieth Congress
Ames
Joe Cannon
Hepburn
Mr. Ames
Rich ambassador post prompts salary boost advice
The Westminster Gazette prints a letter urging a higher salary for the British Ambassador to Washington to attract capable men regardless of private wealth. It suggests the government may resist raising pay but could seek a wealthy wise candidate. Lord Desborough (William Henry Grenfell), born 1855, is named as a possible appointee and is noted for hunting, rowing, and authorship.
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New York Times
London
Westminster Gazette
Washington
Lord Desborough
William Henry Grenfell
Harvard
England
Shelley Notebooks Sold at Sotheby’s for 15000
Three notebooks formerly belonging to poet Shelley with autograph manuscript were sold at Sotheby’s for 15000. The items came from the library of Dr. Richard Garnett, Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum, and the sale was said to have been made for an American buyer.
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London
Shelley
Sotheby’s
Richard Garnett
British Museum
Arrival ships list at ports for noted dates
Arrived vessels include Pallanza at Hamburg on Nov 21 City of Birmingham at Savannah on Dec 8 and Huron at Charleston on Dec 4. The notice records shipping arrivals with destination ports and dates.
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Hamburg
City of Birmingham
Savannah
Huron
Charleston
Baltimore & Ohio Midnight Sleepers Ad
Baltimore and Ohio announces sleepers for the Baltimore to Washington route from Liberty Street at 1 30 A M with 23d Street service at 11 50 P M Sleepers ready for occupancy at 10 P M as advance notice for travelers
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Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore & Washington
Liberty Street
Dishonesty the Issue and Stuyvesant Fish
Stuyvesant Fish, ousted from Illinois Central presidency, spoke at the Hope Lodge of Masons in East Orange New Jersey on corporate abuses. He linked the Roosevelt muckraking charge to a broader call for reform, criticizing malfeasance in large trusts and urging the middle class to act within law. The event featured other speakers including Walter Chandler and Gov. Stokes.
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Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railroad
Edward H. Harriman
Hope Lodge of Masons
Woman's Club
East Orange
N. J
Fish
Illinois Central
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Roosevelt
Patrick Henry
Walter Chandler
Mdsons
State of
New Jersey
Gov. Stokes
Charles G. Garrison
Cresswell McLaughn
Lumber Trust Next for Senate Investigation
Senator Kittredge of South Dakota introduces a Senate resolution directing the Department of Commerce and Labor to investigate the Lumber Trust. He says it is larger than the Steel and Iron Trusts combined and would yield better results than previous studies. The census shows over 611 million dollars invested in lumber nationwide, with state associations allegedly controlling the industry and high prices hurting farmers in the Northwest.
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New York Times
Washington
Lumber Trust
Senate
Kittredge
South Dakota
Department of Commerce and Labor
Steel and Iron
Standard Oil
Northwest
Overnight to Chicago special via Pennsylvania Railroad
In 18 hours via rock ballast dustless roadbed the night express leaves New York at 2 55 P M and arrives Chicago at 3 55 A M Other fast trains run to Cleveland Cincinnati and St Louis via the same line with advertised speed and service
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Cleveland
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Carnegie as censor morum on football and sports
London papers report Andrew Carnegie declaring football ladylike and unfit for gentlemen. Pall Mall Gazette calls him censor morum and suggests even rowing and golf may be deemed brutal for refined conduct. St James's Gazette cites Princeton confusion but endorses a calm, gentlemanly sports ideal.
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New York Times
London
Andrew Carnegie
Pall Mall Gazette
Carnegie
St. James’s Gazette
Princeton
German Grain Men Protest Over Grain Certificates
Berlin reports a Deutsche Handelstag meeting on December 12 to protest American grain exporters requiring final certificates for shipments. German importers call for impartial arbitration amid claims inspectors are biased. The Berlin Chamber of Commerce backs canned meat imports given the meat famine.
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New York Times
Berlin
Deutsche Handelstag
Berlin Chamber of Commerce
Inter-Continental Rubber Company Formed in New Jersey
The Inter-Continental Rubber Company, capitalized at 40 million dollars, was incorporated in New Jersey yesterday. It has rights to manufacture, deal in rubber, and operate steamships and railroads. Incorporators are William C. Sherwood, Louis Sherwood, and Richard F. Tulley of Jersey City.
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Inter-Continental Rubber Company
New Jersey
Continental Rubber Company
Trenton
Rockefeller and Ryan
Thomas F. Ryan
Inter-Continental Company
Intercontinental
Congo
Ryan
Leopold
Belgium
William C. Sherwood
Louis Sherwood
Richard F. Tulley
Jersey City
Woman Dies of Lockjaw After Elevator Shock
Mrs. Gertrude May Hennion of Butler New Jersey died from lockjaw attributed to a nervous shock she suffered in a New York department store elevator. She and her husband were shopping for furniture when the elevator sped three floors. She aged 26.
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New York Times
Paterson
N. J
Gertrude May Hennion
Butler
New York
Hennion
Stand Patters Speak At United Potters Banquet
Washington December 6 The United Potters Association annual banquet was private with speakers including Speaker Cannon John Dalzell and Serena Payne. Sources say Payne warned the tariff will be revised but not in their lifetimes, suggesting younger colleagues may not see it done.
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New York Times
Washington
United Potters’ Association
Speaker Cannon
John Dalzell
Serena Payne
Mr. Payne
Dewey's Lauterne and Moselle White Dinner Wines
An advertisement from H. es Dewey & Sons Co at 138 Fulton Street New York promotes superior quality wines including Lauterne and Moselle for white dinner occasions.
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Dewey’s
Boni de Castellane Shuns Question in French Chamber
In Paris the Count addressed the Chamber with a red necktie and lavender waistcoat after Jaurés pressed the Moroccan issue. Pichon said France and Spain act under the Algeciras framework, with no action without consent of signatories. Chamber backed the government 457 to 56 and ratified the Algeciras Convention.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Jaurés
Count Boni de Castellane
Ho Tde
Chamber
France
Minaster Delcassé
Morocco
Algeciras
Tangier
Spain
Pichon
Morocc
Foreign Board
Calls Halt on Magoon
The Nunez Committee informs Gov. Magoon that the constitution does not permit him to appoint a successor to Gov. Aleman of Santa Clara who resigned. Magoon says he will refer the question to legal advisers. Conservatives gain support while Liberals dispute the validity of elected Congressmen and Governors. Nunez seeks alliance with Protectoratists.
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THE
NEW York Times
Havana
Cuba
Nunez
Gov. Magoon
Gov. Aleman
Santa Clara
Woman Admits Killing Doctor in Hazelhurst Court
Aggie Birdsong, niece of Senator McLaurin, testified in a Hazelhurst courtroom that she killed Dr. Thomas Butler after he allegedly wronged her. Witness W W Williams described Birdsong entering the office on November 25, 1905, followed by shots as Butler fell. Birdsong declared she killed him as she would a snake, saying he ruined her reputation.
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New York Times
Hazelhurst
Miss
Aggie Birdsong
United States
McLaurin
Thomas Butler
W. W. Williams
Butler
Woman Dead in the Surf Off Brighton Beach
The body of Ethel MacRoberts a 24 year old Flatbush resident was found in the surf off Brighton Beach. Police classify the death as suicide though some believe she accidentally drowned after a recent sanitarium stay following her father's death years earlier.
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Ethel MacRoberts
William MacRoberts
Martense Street
Flatbush
Brighton Beach
J. Aubrey Vaughn
Jefferson Avenue
Brooklyn
Baltimore & Ohio to Chicago Chicago Limited schedule
The Chicago Limited departs 23d Street at 7 50 A M and runs to Chicago via the Baltimore and Ohio line arriving in Chicago about 8 00 A M today continuing service to the Adv station.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago
Japan alarms Russia on armament extension
St. Petersburg dispatch notes Tokyo telegram on growing Japanese armaments. The Bourse Gazette suggests Russia and the United States should discuss joint peace measures for the Far East.
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THE
NEW York Times
ST. Petersburg
Tokio
Bourse Gazette
Russia
United States
Far East
New York Central Rail Road Raises Wages
Trainmen and conductors on the New York Central reached a settlement after talks with railroad officials. Both sides confirmed an advance in wages and described the agreement as satisfactory.
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New York Central Railroad
Road
Battle Between Pulajanes and Constabulary on Leyte
A column of Con stabulary troops clashed with Pulajanes between La Paz and Terroga na on Leyte Island on December 5. Four soldiers were killed and eight wounded, including Lieut. Ralph P. Yates Jr whose injuries are not serious. Thirty Pulajanes were killed and many wounded or captured. No further details available.
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Manila
la Paz
Terragona
Leyte
Ralph P. Yates, Jr
Hauser Sells His Sayville Bakery
Julius Hauser winds down his Sayville bakery duties as he prepares to take the state treasurer post on January first. The bakery has been sold to Francis Gerber of Sayville, while Hauser keeps his real estate.
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Julius Hauser
Sayville
L. L
Mr. Hauser
Hauser
Francis Gerber
Actress Carter Payne sues Norma Munro for 41799 loan repayment
Supreme Court Justice o Gorman signed an attachment against Norma L Munro's property in a suit by actress Mrs Leslie Carter Payne claiming 41799 in loans plus interest since 1906. Munro is said to have fled to Paris with intent to defraud creditors and has transferred real estate to her mother while judgments exist in favor of the Osborn Company. Deputy Sheriff levied on her real estate holdings at 24 26 VanDeWater Street and 36 West Fifty Ninth Street.
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West - Fifty-ninth Street
Paris
Mrs
Bill to curb whistle noise in harbor waters
The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee favors reporting the Bennet bill granting ports boards power to regulate whistle blowing in inland waters. The measure aims to cut noise in New York Harbor and nearby areas.
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House Committee
Bill
New York
Washington
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Board of Supervisors of Ports
New York Harbor
Glucose Trust Settles Apples Candy Case in Pennsylvan ia
Philadelphia report states Corn Products Refining Company of New York, part of the glucose trust, agreed to settle all Pennsylvania cases brought by Dairy and Food Commissioner Warren over glucose containing candies. About 450 persons faced actions since August. costs totaling about 500000 were to be paid with dismissal of the suits.
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Philadelphia
Corn Products Refining Company of
New York
Glucose Trust
Pennsylvania
Dairy
Ifood
Warren
Bedford
The
Corn Products Company
Cretan Burns Off Coast With Major Fire Loss
The steamer Cretan of the Boston and Philadelphia line suffered a fire that raged over 24 hours, burning in the hold after an incident off the New Jersey coast. Value losses range from 150 000 to 200 000 dollars with cargo totaling 400 000 to 500 000 dollars. The vessel was towed to Petty's Island and extinguished by Philadelphia fireboats. only two passengers and a U S inspector were aboard.
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Philadelphia
Cretan
Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Company
New Jersey
United States Inspector of Steam
R. A. Sargeant
Senators La Follette and Spooner Clash Over Relations
In Washington, Senator La Follette and Senator Spooner bypassed each other at the White House, signifying a sharp strain after prior cooperation on patronage. The Wisconsin colleagues, once cordial in the last session, now avoid recognition amid political enmity. The brief encounter highlights growing intra party tensions.
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la Follette
Spooner
White House
New York Times
Washington
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Poolroom Graft Inquiry Expands Under Police Scrutiny
District Attorney Jerome pressed a grand jury probe into gambling dens in the Second Inspection District after subpoenas for poolroom operators went unserved by police. Inspector McClusky and Captains Myles O Reilly John J Dooley and Harry Nugent testified as the district fights fake proprietorship reports tied to The Allen s and its alleged protection network.
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George W. McClusky
Myles O’reilly
Mercer Street
John J. Dooley
Elizabeth Street
Harry Nugent
Church Street
Jerome
Police Department
Bingham
McClusky
Poole
Grand Jury
Joseph Hansen
Sixth Avenue
Allen
Albert H. Falk
Allen’s
Alpert H. Falk
Eighth Street
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Uncle Joe
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InterContinental Concern Incorporated
Payne
Count Bon
Cabinet
Joures
Great Britain
Franc
Tschirsky
Germany
Mrs. Birdsong
Dr. Butler
Japan
N. Y. Central
Sues Norma Munro
Boston
A. R. Ruiz & Hermanos
Jerez
Jerome Net
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