Bingham Denies Rise in City Thefts
Police Commissioner Bingham rejected insurance critics claim that thefts rose in the last sixty days in New York. He noted lack of accessible crime statistics while officers warned of growing apartment house burglary. Officials cited 15 percent rise in employee dishonesty and weekly loss estimates from early reports, with Harlem noted for increased theft activity.
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Bingham
Times
New York
Detective Bureau
New York City
Arthur Woods
Daniel G. Slattery
Gen. Bingham
Manhattan
Harlem
E. c. Lunt
Fidelity and Casualty Company
Cedar Street
Lunt
Slattery
Police
Byrnes
Treasury Accepts $25 Million Panama Canal Bond Bids
The U S Treasury announced bids for Panama Canal bonds totaling 25 million dollars were accepted at an average price of 103. The allotments for 3 percent certificates will be limited to 15 million with small subscriptions from 10 000 to 20 000 going to individuals, the rest to National banks. Notices of acceptance were to be mailed promptly and payment expected within ten days.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou
Treasury
General Fund of the Treasury
Panama Canal
Bell's Aeroplane Flies Aided Flight Over Bras d'Or Lakes
Prof Alexander Graham Bell reports a successful ascent of the tetrahedral kite Cygnet above Bras d'Or Lakes with Lieut Thomas E Selfridge aboard. The craft, unpowered for now, towed by a steam launch and controlled from a floating platform, rose steadily amid cheering onlookers.
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Baddeck
C. B
Alexander Graham Bell
Bras d'Or Lakes
Bell
Thomas E. Selfridge
United States Army
Prof
Lieut. Selfridge
Kaneko thanks Roosevelt for expo support
Viscount Kaneko cabled President Roosevelt praising his call for American participation in Japan's exposition. He notes the message reflects Japan's people and sees Roosevelt as a steadfast friend who presents Japan to the world and mirrors American spirit.
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Tokio
Viscount Kaneko
Roosevelt
America
Japan
Kaneko
Viscount Aneko
Privy Council
Lefort Found Guilty in Coast Artillery Court Martial
Reports indicate Lieut Alan Lefort of the Coast Artillery has been found guilty by a court martial chaired by Col Walter Howe. Findings for non dismissal go to the department commander for review, while dismissal cases go to Washington for Secretary of War review. Capt Johnson will take the Lefort papers to Washington today.
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Alan Lefort
Coast Artillery
Col
Walter Howe
Department
Washington
Secretary of War
Lefort
Capt. Johnson
Judge Advocate
Women Hurt In Auto Crash In Brooklyn
Auto driven by William Moody attempting to avoid a truck at Gates Avenue and Downing Street skidded on a wet road in Brooklyn. Mrs. Whalen and another woman were in the car along with Miss M. E. Courtney who was knocked down. Courtney was taken to St. John's Hospital and Mrs. Whalen suffered a severe head cut after the impact against a grocery awning post.
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Gates Avenue
Downing Street
Brooklyn
William Moody
John L. Whalen
Brevoort Place
Mrs. Gould Seeks Court of Appeals Leave to Appeal
The application of Mrs. Howard Gould for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals on whether certain facts in her separation suit against her husband should be dismissed was denied. The case concerns alleged facts in her complaint and whether they should be divided.
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Howard Gould
Court of Appeals
Hammond Returns to Office as Workers Celebrate with Enemies Burned
James Bartlett Hammond, founder of the Hammond typewriter factory, returns from a sanitarium to a joyous welcome. Workers filled his Sixty-ninth Street plant with flowers and celebrated a holiday through Monday while effigies of his perceived enemies were burned in a vacant lot opposite.
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Hammond Typewriter
Hammond
Sixty-ninth Street
East River
Central Brewing Company
West Seventy-fourth Street
Hotel Plaza
Hammond Factory
Avenue A
First Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Hammond
Maine Battleship Maine Delayed By Floating Timber
The Maine at League Island Navy Yard could not depart as a timber twelve feet long wedged in its rudder required repairs. The ship will leave around noon tomorrow after fixed. In Hampton Roads the Louisiana arrived with Admiral Evans's fleet and the New Jersey joined after weathering a coast storm and passing Cape Henry.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Maine
League Island Navy Yard
Admiral Evans
Hampton Roads
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Louisiana
San Francisco
New Jersey
Boston
Cape Henry
Abduction Suspected in Patchogue Missing Teen Case
Miss Rebecca Buffman, 16, resident of 60 River Avenue with foster parents Mr and Mrs Leon, vanished after leaving home on November 1. A search is under way and a reward is offered for information. Local inference points to abduction with no clear motive or home reason yet established.
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New York Times
Patchogue
L. I
Rebecca Buffman
Leon
River Avenue
Lawson Plans New Amalgamated Board and Exit
Special to The New York Times reports Thomas W. Lawson announcing plans to elect a new Amalgamated Board with himself as President, then resign to a Boston insider after three months. He also mentions merging Trinity, Nevada Utah Balaklala and Arizona Smelters into another property and shifting focus to stock gambling to recoup donations.
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New York Times
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Amalgamated
Trinity
Nevada-Utah
Balaklala
Arizona
Wall
State
Wall Street
Meteor Sets House Afire Near Bellefontaine
A meteor struck near W. W. Westhaven’s home in Richland Township Ohio just after midnight igniting a house and injuring driver C. E. Beckett who was hurled from a buggy with internal injuries a broken leg and a fractured collarbone The impact gouged a twenty foot deep hole in a field owned by Thomas Nelson and residents began digging out the celestial visitor for transport to Bellefontaine Richland Township will handle the recover and city officials will receive the object.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
W. W. Westhaven
C. E. Beckett
Beckett
Thomas Nelson
Richland Township
Tartar Sets Record Speed For British Destroyer Class
Portsmouth December 6 The turbine torpedo boat destroyer Tartar crushed previous records by achieving 35 952 knots on the Admiralty course between Southampton and Maplin Sands during early week tests. During official trials she averaged 34 857 knots over six runs, with a two hour test at 34 7 knots. The ship, 270 feet long with eight foot draught and 14 500 horsepower, uses oil fuel and carries more load than contract. Previously the Mohawk held the speed record with six hours at 34 4 knots and six runs over a measured mile at 34 4 knots.
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Portsmouth
Admiralty
Southampton
Maplin Sands
Mohawk
Cowes
Accused of Church Theft in All Saints Treasurer Case
William Jones, longtime treasurer of the Church of All Saints in Mariners' Harbor, was indicted by the Richmond County Grand Jury on charges of grand larceny for allegedly appropriating about $110 from church funds. The 60 plus year old man was jailed at Richmond County jail after his arrest at his West New Brighton home. The Rev J B Blanchett testified before the Grand Jury. the theft is alleged to have occurred over a year ago during Jones tenure as treasurer and trustee.
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William Jones
Church of All Saints
Central Avenue
Mariners’ Harbor
S. I
Jewett Avenue
New Brighton
Richmond
Richmond County Grand Jury
All Saints’ Church
J. B. Blanchett
Jones
Americans Begin Life Imprisonment Commutes Death Sentence
In Dallas on December 6, Richardson Haile and Mason, condemned for the murder of life insurance agents Mitchell and Dovers, were not executed. Governor Creed commuted their sentences to life imprisonment and they are now in solitary confinement.
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New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Richardson, Haile
Mason
Mitchell and
Dovers
Creed
Southern Leaders Tie to Third Term at Roosevelt Reception
Republican National Committee elected Harry New as Chairman replacing Cortelyou and met with President Roosevelt. Southern leaders formed a three fold coalition to back a Roosevelt renomination, aiming to control delegations and press for a united pro Roosevelt stance at the convention.
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New York Times
Washington
National Committee
Harry New
Cortelyou
White House
Roosevelt
Samuel Watts
Lewistown
Penn
Watts
No Third Term Denial At White House
Washington dispatch declares President Roosevelt has not made any formal declaration that he will decline another nomination. Report notes a possible misquote from recent White House callers and states any such statement would be issued directly by the President rather than in casual conversation.
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Roosevelt
Attempted derailment of Southern Pacific official train
A Del Rio dispatch reports an attempt to wreck a special train carrying J. Kruttschnitt, director of maintenance and operation, and other Southern Pacific officials. The engineer applied the emergency brake, but the train struck an obstruction and dragged it 150 feet.
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New York Times
Austin
Tex
del Rio
J. Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific
President Roosevelt Dines Bear Hunters at Dinner
Washington December 6 President Roosevelt entertained bear hunters from the Louisiana canebrakes at a dinner tonight among the guests were Clive and Harley Metcalf Greenville Miss John Osborn Tom Osborn John M Parker Major Amacker Mr Vasey Surgeon General Rixey Postmaster General Meyer Assistant Secretary Bacon Gif ford Pinchot Representative Ransdell Cecil Lyon William Loeb and Capt Fitzhugh Lee Bear meat was served.
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Roosevelt
Louisiana
Clive and
Harley Metcalf
Greenville
Miss
John and
Tom Osborn
John M. Parker
Major Amacker
Mr. Vasey
Rixey
Meyer
Bacon
Gifford Pinchot
Ransdell
J. M. Dickinson
Cecil Lyon
William Loeb
Fitzhugh Lee
Man Falls From Elevated Station In Bowery Accident
Michael Boyle of 334 Lexington Avenue slipped from the Houston Street Elevated Station at 6 30 last night. He clutched rescuers and his coat but fell to the street below, striking Morris Schmeck of 25 Second Avenue who braced to catch him. Boyle was taken to Bellevue Hospital with internal injuries.
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Michael Boyle
Lexington Avenue
Houston Street
Bowery
Boyle
Morris Schmeck
Second Avenue
Schmeck
Bellevue Hospital
Movable Schoolhouses Planned for Bronx Accommodations
The Board of Education will build three portable schoolhouses to provide quick Bronx classroom space. Architect C B J Snyder filed plans yesterday with the Building Department. The wood structures measure 25 by 31 feet, one story high, located on Bainbridge Avenue between Briggs Avenue and Mosholu Parkway, costing $3000 each.
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Bronx
Board of Education
C. B. J. Snyder
Bainbridge Avenue
Briggs Avenue
Mosholu Parkway
Oil Gusher at Surakhant Expands Baku Field
A new oil gusher near Surakhant ten miles from Baku yields about 10 000 barrels daily and expands the regional oil potential. Geologists say the discovery could tap oil strata across a region forty times larger, reaching parts of the Caspian seabed and the Sacred Isle linked to Zoroaster's fire cult.
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Baku
Surakhant
Caspian Sea
Zoroaster
Buffalo Bill the Buffalo Dies in Memphis Zoo Fight
Memphis reports Buffalo Bill the only buffalo in ten Southern states died after a fatal clash with keeper E K Reitmeyer. The animal crashed into a fence during a forced encounter after a period of guarding to prevent escapes. Reitmeyer escaped the charge but the buffalo collapsed dead.
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New York Times
Memphis
Tenn
Buffalo Bill
E. K. Reitmeyer
Reitmeyer
Busse Eyes Badenoch Challenge After Milwaukee to Chicago Walk
Chicago Mayor Busse hypes a dramatic bet after Alderman Badenoch walked ninety miles from Milwaukee to Chicago in fifty three hours, leaving pedestrian Edward Peyton Weston on the roadside. Busse bets Weston cannot beat Badenoch in a Chicago to Milwaukee rewalk, then notes betting at a gathering tonight.
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New York Times
Chicago
Busse
Joseph Badenoch
Milwaukee
Edward Peyton
Weston
Badenoch
Poisonous Gas Pours Out in Monongah Mine Disaster
At Monongah West Virginia on December 6 a coal mine explosion trapped over 350 workers in Mine No 6 and No 8 of Consolidated Coal Company. Six bodies and five injured were recovered as rescuers battled wreckage, gas, and cave-ins with 760 miners affected by the blast.
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Monongah
West Va
Consolidated Coal Company
West Fork River
America
West Virginia
No. 6
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