Woodruff dodges Hughes band wagon in state tug of support
Senate Page declares a resolution will be introduced at the Republican County Committee meeting on Thursday to endorse Gov. Hughes and urge an instructed delegation to the National Convention in Chicago. Edward Lauterbach or Col. Abraham Gruber may bring the measure, while Congressman Parsons faces pressure to show his hand amid factional tensions.
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Gov. Hughes
Republican Club
Republican Party
Timothy L. Woodruff
Roosevelt
Gov
Hughes
Woodruff
Mr. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
Senator Page
Congressman Parsons
Republican County Committee
Chicago
Albany
Washington
Taft W
Parsons
Edward Lauterbach
Col
Abraham Gruber
Taft Party Steamship Delayed by Severe Weather
The President Grant carrying Secretary of War Taft Mrs Taft and their son Charles sails Dec 7 from Hamburg and faces rough seas. Weather slows progress. arrival in New York expected late Friday or Saturday. Charles Taft ill but improving. Taft speaks on Russia and the Czar aboard. News of Roosevelt’s possible non renomination discussed on board via wireless.
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President Grant
Cape Race
William H. Taft
Taft
Charles
New York
Hamburg
White House
Roosevelt
Russia
Newfoundland
Two Billions of Exports Special to The New York Times
The advance sheet of November trade shows exports near two billion dollars for the year with a growing trade surplus. Imports total over eleven months reach $1.83 billion while exports total $1.72 billion, leaving a nearly $860 million favorable balance. December forecasts suggest a final 1907 export total above $1.9 billion.
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New York Times
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Chamber of Commerce
New York
Had Millionaire Benjamin Hadley Found Dead at 92 in Somerville
Benjamin Hadley, reputedly Boston area's richest and most eccentric man, was found dead at his Somerville home at age 92. He started as a barefoot New York youth earning 12 cents daily, built wealth in land and brick ventures, and never attended church or paid for entertainment. He abstained from liquor and smoking for decades and rarely visited relatives or hotels.
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New York Times
Boston
Benjamin Hadley
Somerville
New York
Revere Beach
Balloon with Lantern Seen Over Jamaica Long Island
A large fast moving balloon passed over Jamaica New York at dusk carrying a lighted lantern on a twenty foot rope. Residents John and Fred Modes reported the sighting at 5 40 PM as the craft, about 200 feet high, headed toward Fort Hamilton and vanishing quickly in a swift breeze.
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Jamaica
L. I
Long Island
New England
John
Fred Modes
New York Avenue
Fort Hamilton
Gompers Warns Against Gutting Wages At Civic Federation Banquet
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, addressed capitalists and labor leaders at the National Civic Federation dinner in New York, insisting wages must not be reduced to cure financial ills. He clashed with Harvard President Eliot over whether labor is a commercial association and urged against wage cuts that shrink consumer power.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
National Civic Federation
Hotel Astor
New York
Congress
Eliot
Harvard
George W. Perkins
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Gompers
Steel Corporation
Gompers
Melville Ingalls
Big Four
New England
August Belmont
Federation
Mr. Ingalls
Grant
Sage Bik at 1280 Broadway New York
A brief notice lists Sage Bik at 1280 Broadway in New York with an address detail. The readable fragment provides no event date or actions.
Cab Drivers to Strike in New York
The Liberty Dawn Association of Cab Drivers ordered a general strike at 1 30 this morning with 8500 men to obey at 6 00. The strike followed a tie up over pay and hours after a meeting at Groll's Hall with the United Garment Workers Local 3 and livery owners associations.
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Liberty Dawn Association of
Liberty Dawn Association
Greater New York
Former classmate arraigns James McMahon in Night Court
James McMahon, 68, living at 159 East Fifty-first Street, arraigned before Magistrate Steinert on Broadway for begging. The judge recognized him as Jimmie McMahon from school, and McMahon pled for mercy. Bonds set at 300 dollars or six months in the Workhouse.
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Hullo
James McMahon
East Fifty-first Street
Altho
Steinert
McMahon
Jimmie McMahon
John Bowser
Tenderloin
Bowser
Jimmie
Bonser and McMahon
Fifty-first Street
Lexington Avenue
Cunard May Move Lusitania and Mauretania to Channel Ports
Transatlantic agents in this city discuss whether Cunard line will deploy its new Lusitania and Mauretania from Liverpool to Channel ports such as Plymouth Cherbourg and Southampton or continue the Liverpool to New York route via Queenstown. Shipping men believe Channel ports may be chosen to attract Continental saloon and steerage traffic, despite opposition in England and Ireland to moving ships from Liverpool. Officials remain undecided on a plan to capture continental traffic without provoking a negative reaction.
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Cunard Line
Lusitania
Mauretania
Channel
Queenstown
Liverpool
New York
Atlantic
Cunard
Plymouth
Cherbo
Southamton
England
English Channel
Havre
Cherbourg
Paris
Ireland
Southampton
Rabid Newark Horse Killed After Attack on Men and Mule
A horse owned by F W Munn of Newark New Jersey, suffering hydrophobia, broke from its stall and charged four men before being killed with a sledge hammer. Veterinarians Dr Harry Bellman and Dr Henry Van Der Roest treated it, a test for hydrophobia failed safely, and the mule may be killed to prevent spread of rabies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Munn
Newark
N. J
Harry Bellman
Henry van der Roest
Dr. van der Roest
Tragedy in Brooklyn Cab Ends in Double Funeral
A taxicab at Fulton Street and Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn carried Bernard E. Wallace and Elsie Kerlein, who were found dead from self inflicted gunshot wounds after Wallace killed Kerlein and then shot himself. Wallace, a Broad Street telegraph operator, had recently been pressuring Kerlein who was engaged to chauffeur Nagell. neighbors say she planned to marry Nagell, while Wallace planned to leave the city to forget her. A letter found in Wallace’s pocket suggested a troubled relationship and a threatened meeting at Patchen Avenue and Isey Street.
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Collier’s Drug
Fulton Street
Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Gillen
Ralph Avenue
Gilmartin
Knickerbocker Hotel
Manhattan
Bernard E. Wallace
Commercial Cable Company
Broad Street
Jefferson Avenue
John
Wallace
Bushwick Avenue
Gipf
Dea
Bert
Patchen Avenue
Isey Street
E. K
Knickerbocker Theatre
Miss Kerlein
Coretta
Iss Kerlein
Pert Nagell
Nagell
Miss Kerlin
Nageli
Gether
Bernard
Kerlein
Naou
Cuban Riot Leaves Five Dead In Havana Strike Clash
A December 16 riot in Havana followed a mason strike meeting. Masons attacked replacements, five men were shot and twelve wounded. Police reserves moved in, making several arrests as fears of further trouble spread.
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Havana
King Leopold Rumored to Suffer Leg Burn in Paris
Reports from Brussels dated December 16 say King Leopold may have sustained a severe leg burn after a visit to a heat bath in Paris. The item notes no official confirmation and blends with unrelated ad text about Deerfoot Farm Sausages and other brand names.
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Brussels
Leopold
Paris
Radium Cures Claimed For Rodent Ulcer
A London letter to a New York dispatch asserts that radium bromide rays can cure rodent ulcer, a facial cancer, after short exposures. Middlesex Hospital authorities are evaluating radium as a cancer treatment and report notable success in some cases.
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Middlesex Hospital
Haldane Sees Britain Shifting Toward Home Defense
Secretary of War Richard Burdon Haldane told a Hanley audience that Britain may struggle to maintain a two power naval standard against Germany and the United States whose combined population nears 160 million. He warned Britain might be forced to rely more on home defense in the future.
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London
Richard Burdon Haldane
Hanley
Great Britain
Germany
United States
German Motor Journey Through Africa Reaches 625 Miles
Lieut Paul Graetz of the German Army has driven 625 miles from Dar es Salaam to Swakopmund, reporting Tabora under a sparse bush country. His latest leg passed through the Anjamembe region as big game hid, leaving only mongoose, guinea fowl, and dwarf antelopes observable.
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NEW York Times
London
Paul Graetz
Dar Es Salaam
German East Africa
Swakopmund
German West Africa
Tabora
Anjamembe
Tuberculosis Serum Report From Berlin Scientist
Berlin dispatches say Prof Fehr of Heidelberg reports striking results from hundreds of experiments on the tuberculosis serum discovered by Prof Piquet of Vienna. He claims the serum enables diagnosis of tuberculosis in young children with certainty.
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THES
NEW York Times
London
Berlin
Fehr
Heidelberg
P Quet
Vienna
Prussia to Replace Locomotives with Automobile Cars
Berlin reports a near total shift in Prussia's state rail system to automobile cars. Each car will run singly with a sixty horsepower motor, replacing locomotives on all but main trunk lines after extensive trials showing economic gains.
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Berlin
Prussia
Fish receives Rothschild proxy for Illinois Central shares
Stuyvesant Fish day received the proxy for 1850 shares of Illinois Central stock held by Baron Rothschild and Sons. The proxies were routed through Winthrop E. Scarritt who represents Mr. Fish in London. It was rumored proxies scramble had renewed with vigor on the eve of the adjourned annual meeting to reconvene in Chicago on December 18.
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Chicago
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central
Baron Rothschild & Sons
Winthrop E. Scarritt
Mr. Fish
London
Republicans to Name Fairbanks Delegates Early
Indianapolis December report says Republican managers will select National Convention delegates in February to promote Fairbanks as Indiana’s candidate. No opposition exists locally and the move follows talks between Fairbanks and State Chairman Goodrich in Washington. After district and state delegations are chosen, Fairbanks forces expect broad simultaneous action in other states.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Fairbanks
Indiana
Goodrich
Washington
Sultan’s Jewels Pawned for Sultan of Morocco Loan
Experts valued jewels belonging to Abd el Aziz the Sultan of Morocco. Mont de Piete officials paid over 250000 dollars to the Sultan’s representatives as part of a loan arrangement. Florida and Carolina resorts advertised with Seaboard Air Line route details and brochures.
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Paris
Abd-el-Aziz
Morocco
Mont de Piete
Florida
Carolina
Seaboard Air Lime
Broadway
Savannsh Line Report Sparks Busy Market Day
A fragmented clipping notes a bustling market with references to local vendors and a lively crowd. Details are garbled but suggest an active street scene and everyday commerce.
Fleet Sails for Pacific Start Without a Hitch
President Roosevelt declares the Pacific fleet ready as enlisted men prove bully and willing for any required action. The ships set sail to project U S naval power amid mounting tensions in the region.
Wireless fleet near Cape Hatteras reaches Charleston
The navy yard wireless station at Charleston reports catching a message from the battleship Connecticut forty miles northeast of Cape Hatteras heading south south east. The fleet is expected to pass Charleston on Tuesday though communication with the local station is limited.
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Charleston
D. C
Navy Yard
Connecticut
New York
Cape Hatteras
Atlantic Fleet Sets Sail for Pacific Coast From Fort Monroe
Special to The New York Times reports President aboard the Mayflower at Fort Monroe Virginia as 10 o clock bells signal the fleet to proceed Naval and civilian crowds line shores as 4000 veterans cheer departing ships, signaling a historic Pacific era for the United States Navy.
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New York Times
Fort Monroe
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Admiral Evans
Pacific
Great Roadstead
Newport News
Boane
Scott
United States
Old Dominion
Atioc
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Frederick D. Grant
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Oheed
Ny. Ie
Hammer
Girl
Elsie Kerlein
Agured
Rosetta Bray
William Ramsay
York Trots
Sir Wiliam Rem
NAVY
Haldane
Lieut. Graetz
Automobile Railroads
Fish
Rothschild
Sultan
Park Row
Pellice Te Aucun Watt Teestiion
Wigan and
Gouthe
Onalets
Monitor
Merrimac
de Grasse
Yorktown
Hampton
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