Insurgents Plan Cannons Downfall
Washington dispatch reports Republican insurgents in the House pursue removing Speaker Cannon as sentiment grows against his re election. canvasses in the Midwest show anti Cannon majorities in many districts and some demand new candidates. insurgents forecast a Democratic speaker if Cannon remains and vow to push changes before next year’s elections.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
Cannon
House
Bryan
Middle West
Reublicans
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Queen Receives American Ambassador Leishman in Rome
The Queen welcomed John G. A. Leishman the new American Ambassador to Italy for the first time in Rome. He spoke with her about his prior post in Constantinople and his impressions of the American Embassy.
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Leishman
Rome
John G. A. Leishman
Italy
Constantinople
Turkey
Girl Dead in a Cistern at Hughsonville Home
Miss Marguerite Daverty 19, daughter of Rev William H Daverty, was found dead in a cistern at the rear of her Hughsonville home. A Vassar student, she disappeared yesterday and is believed to have died by her own action while distressed over studies. Search efforts spanned ten miles with bloodhounds tracking a false scent before locating the cistern.
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New York Times
Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Marguerite Dauerty
William H. Dauerty
Presbyterian Church
Hughsonville
Daverty
Vassar
Miss Daverty
New Jersey
Vassar College
Race to Catch Lusitania Across A Winter Storm
Samuel Newhouse, Salt Lake City mine owner, speeds by special train from Chicago to New York to reach the Lusitania before it sails, pursuing possible record time as storms delay earlier plans. Meanwhile, a separate legal fight in New York over a 1847 residential covenant faces setback as a 16 story office building proceeds.
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New York Times
Chicago
Ill
Matt Newhouse
Paris
Samuel Newhouse
Salt Lake City
Lake Shore
New York Central
New York
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Mr. Newhouse
Los Angeles
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
Charles Lanier
John E. Parsons
Maria de Witt Jesup
City Real Estate Company
Sarah C. Goodhue
Eighteenth Ward
Charles F. Brown
Margaret E. S. Cameron
Madison Avenue
Thirty-fourth
Thirty-fifth
Thirty-sixth
Thirty-seventh
Thirty-eighth Street
Madison
Lexington Avenues
Lexington Avenue
Cameron
Carter, Ledyard & Milburn
Brown
Referee Brown
Embezzlement at New Haven bank hits town hard
Robert D. Muir, treasurer of the People's Savings Bank and Trust Company, is alleged to have embezzled large sums. Examiners report missing securities totaling more than $118,000, with indications the defalcation may reach $150,000. Muir, who fled to Europe a month ago, returned via New York and was arrested on charges of embezzling about $30,000.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
People’s Savings Bank and Trust Company
Robert D. Muir
State Board of Bank Examiners
Day
Muir
Europe
Ernest Lisbell
New York
James B. Smith
Smith’s
Smith
China protests rights over Harbin and railway
The State Department received a Chinese circular note arguing that Russian rights on the Chinese Eastern Railway were limited to business needs and did not transfer political authority. China says administration along Harbin and the railway breaches the Portsmouth treaty. Russia claims exclusive jurisdiction and legislative rights over towns on the line, a stance the United States has previously opposed as infringing Chinese sovereignty.
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Washington
State Department
Harbin
China
Russia
Portsmouth
St. Petersburg
Li Hung Chang
Nicholas
Siberian
United States
Krementz One-Piece Collar Ad Slogans Endure
An old Krementz advertisement touts a one piece collar that lasts and never breaks, claiming durability as a core selling point and promising long wear for customers.
Fears of Attacks as Ohio Mill Strike Tension Rises
Reports state steel mill strikers and sympathizers plan to fire on Ohio militia on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River near Bridgeport. West Virginia authorities order National Guard ready while Ohio troops may cross the river. No resumption of work at Aetna Standard mills as guards deter entry. strikebreakers possible if men do not return by tomorrow evening.
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Charleston
West Va
Glasscock
Harmon
Ohio
Hight
Bridgeport
Wheeling Island
West Virginia
Ohio River
William Clemens
Wheeling
West Virginia National Guard
Adjt
Burlew
Aetna-Standard
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Ohio National Guard
Caroline Harriman Hurt in Handball Accident at Arden Hill
Miss Caroline Harriman daughter of the late Edward H Harriman suffered a broken bone in her right foot during a handball game at the Harriman hilltop home in Arden New York. She arrived in the city with her mother Mrs Mary Averill Harriman and will remain to manage Harriman interests including offices at 475 Fifth Avenue after signing a lease in October.
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Caroline Harriman
Edward H. Harriman
Harriman
Arden
N. Y
Miss Harriman
Christmas Number of The Times to Be Issued Next Sunday
The Christmas Number of The New York Times will publish next Sunday with many remarkable features and superb illustrations. Orders for this issue should be placed early.
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The
New York Times
Danes Faith in Cook Unshaken by Pole Claim
The United States steamer carrying Dr. Cook’s fortune arrives late to Copenhagen. Danes maintain confidence in Cook amid delay and dispute over Mount McKinley, with university inquiry to name a committee to scrutinize documents brought by Walter Lounsdale.
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NEW York Times
Copenhagen
United States
Cook
Greenland
Barrill
Parker
Kim
Peary
Sverdrup
Lounsdale
Black Hand Sends Recruits to United States
Geneva reports the arrest of an Italian Black Hand leader and seven subordinates revealing a plan to recruit Italian laborers abroad for the American branch. Forty Italians shipped to America in weeks, aided by funds to live in New York until work is found, with recruitment common across ports.
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NEW York Times
Geneva
America
Switzerland
New York
Italy
The
Black Hand Society
Lütschberg
United States
Engineer Allegedly Asleep In Wrecked Express Train
An express from Boston bound for New York crashed into a freight train in Clinton Connecticut after passing a danger signal. Engineer George Camp admits sleeping just before the collision after little rest since Friday. Fireman William Hall was only slightly injured. Six hours of track blockage followed. Passengers escaped serious harm.
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New York Times
Clinton, Conn
Boston
New York
George Camp
William E. Hall
Shore Line
S. G. Whittaker
New Bedford
Mass
W. J. McDavitt
Broadway
Engineer Camp
Shelburne Falls
New Haven Road
Coldest Los Angeles Day in 32 Years
Yesterday set a record cold in Los Angeles with temperatures dropping to 41 degrees. Orchard owners fought frost with smudge fires across the area as cold weather persisted.
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Los Angeles
Los. Angeles
Drayton Found Unconscious After Street Incident
A 21 year old student claiming to be William Drayton was found unconscious on West Fifty-second Street. He had facial and hand injuries, refused to explain how they occurred, and was taken to Flower Hospital. He gave an address at 56 East Seventy ninth Street and appeared connected to J Coleman Drayton, president of Lacto-Bacilline Co.
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J. Coleman Drayton
West Fifty-second Street
Harris
East Fifty-first Street
Flower Hospital
Lockwood
Drayton
East Seventy-ninth Street
William A. Drayton
West Thirty-first Street
Taft Heads to New York After Cold Amid Jubilee Events
President Taft, suffering a cold likely from a faulty fireplace draft in the White House, plans a trip to New York on December 13 to address the Diamond Jubilee of the Methodist Episcopal Church Mission in Africa. He will dine with Rev. John Wesley Hill, stay with his brother in New York, then proceed to New Haven for Yale Corporation duties before returning to Washington on December 15. Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Laughlin accompany him.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Carpenter
New York
Methodist Episcopal Church Mission
Africa
Roosevelt
Carnegie Hall
John Wesley Hill
Henry W. Taft
New Haven
New Soil for Old Trinity Churchyard Revives Ground
Trinity Churchyard at Wall Street has seen soil replacement under landscape architect Samuel Parsons. Black humus from a former lake bed near Hackettstown New Jersey has been spread and tilled to rejuvenate exhausted soil. Dense surrounding buildings and vaults hinder vegetation, with the Oriental plane tree as the main surviving species.
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Trinity Churchyard
Wall Street
Samuel Parsons
Hackettstown
N. J
Dewey's Sauterne or Moselle White Wines Ad
Advertisement for Dewey and Sons Co offering elegant white table wines Sauterne or Moselle from 138 Fulton Street New York.
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Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Czarina Gravely Ill at Livadia
The Tribuna reports the Czarina is seriously ill at Livadia with several grave attacks making recovery difficult. The Czar is there with her, and urgent summons have gone to several imperial family members in St. Petersburg. The Czarina has endured years of melancholia and fear for personal security.
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NEW York Times
Rome
the Tribuna
Livadia
Czarina
St. Petersburg
New Sultan Claims Gems Sale Blocked in Paris
In Paris on December 6, a prospective sale of the jewels of ex Sultan Abd-el Aziz of Morocco was halted by a representative of the current sultan who asked for delay to redeem. He paid 300000 dollars as a deposit and claimed pawn tickets proving ownership were missing, forcing a one month adjournment. Jewelers from abroad attended the planned sale.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Morocco
Abd-el Aziz
Fez
Braganza Sued for Million Dowry Deal
Budapest reports a creditors syndicate sues Prince Miguel of Braganza over a $1,000,000 claim tied to his 1910 marriage to Anita Stewart in Scotland. The syndicate alleges he promised to repay with one-fifth of a $5,000,000 dowry, but he now refuses to pay beyond the borrowed sum.
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Budapest
Hirlap
Prince Miguel of
Braganza
Anita Stewart
New York
Tullock Castle
Dingwall
Scotland
Prince Miguel
Senator Raines In Critical Condition With Abdominal Tumor
In Canandaigua New York December 6 the condition of Senator Raines was reported critical a tumor has developed in his abdomen requiring immediate surgery. He will be moved from his Lake Shore cottage to Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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Canandaigua
N. Y
Raines
Lake Shore
Memorial Hospital
Roosevelt Coming in June From Europe Tour
Ex President Roosevelt and his son Kermit are in good health and plan to return to the United States next June. Mrs Roosevelt will depart in February to meet them in Khartoum in March before they travel to Europe for addresses in Berlin Paris and London and will sail for New York in early June.
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Roosevelt
Kermit
United States
Khartoum
Europe
Berlin
Paris
London
New York
Robber Steals $1915 From Rosenthal Man in Daylight
Henry Rosenthal of Rosenthal Manufacturing was robbed of $1,915 at the Bowery and Stanton Streets after leaving the bank. Detective Blaha arrested 17 year old Charles De Vito of 26 Carmine Street, an errand boy for the firm, who witnessed the crime and failed to aid his employer.
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Henry Rosenthal
Rosenthal Manufacturing Company
Fischer
East
Houston Street
Stanton Street
Bowery
Blaha
First District
Charles de Vito
Carmine Street
Mr. Rosenthal
de Vito
Arrests for disorderly conduct near Knickerbocker and Maxine Elliott theaters
Detectives Lynch and Nugent of the West Thirtieth Street Station arrested eleven youths after complaints from theatre patrons. The youths allegedly approached patrons entering or leaving the playhouses and annoyed them while trying to solicit tips, sometimes insisting on calling a cab.
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Lynch and Nugent
West Thirtieth Street
Knickerbocker
Maxine Elliott
Democratic nominee chosen to fill McCarren term in Brooklyn
Thomas C. Harden was nominated by the Seventh Senatorial District Democrats to fill the unexpired McCarren term. The Seymour Club convention followed afternoon primaries and featured a large parade led by Daniel J. Carroll. Independents backed John J. Clancy while Republicans named John McCrate for the December 21 election.
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Thomas C. Harden
Democratic Organization
Brooklyn
Patrick H. McCarren
Seymour Club
Bedford Avenue
Daniel J. Carroll
McCarren
John J. Clancy
Suet
Independence League
John McCratee
Republicans
Great Bear Spring Water Ad Claims Purity
An advertisement for Great Bear Spring Water touts its purity claim with a brief phrase stating Iis Purity has made it famous and highlights the brand name in a single line.
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Great Bear
Loans Kept Phenix Fire Co from Inquiry
Sensational disclosures by New York State Insurance Superintendent Hotchkiss allege that Phenix Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn, led by former president George P. Sheldon, tapped about 250000 in loans to officials and engaged in wash sales to conceal true condition. The investigation, extending over two decades, targets past state officials and Sheldon’s speculative use of company assets, with Jerome urged to act as district attorney.
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Hotchkiss
Jerome
Phenix
Insurance Company
Kelsey
Louis Payn
Phen Company
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