Hughes resolution poised for passage amid Roosevelt rider clash
The Hughes resolution to back Gov. Hughes for President faces a fight over a proposed Roosevelt rider. Senator Saxe calls it subterfuge as Parsons allies push to couple endorsements. Hughes supporters insist on separate actions and victory for the Hughes measure. The meeting tonight will test lines of support and potential party splits.
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Friends
Gov. Hughes
Republican County Committee
Hughes
Roosevelt
Parsons
Gov
Saxe
Mr. Parsons
Martin Saxe
Washington
Husch
Levenson
March
Newstead
Halpin
Windolph
Hahn
Mack
Gruber
Gunner
McKee
Wilson
Raymond
Bowers
Andrews
Ten Eyck
Healy
Hackett
Erdmann
Levy
Woodward
Wanmaker
Henkel
Shea
Nededly
Lexow
Bennet
Neal
Prentice
Greene
Little
Wells
Koenig
Kralewitch
Adler
Hughes Republican Club of
Brooklyn
James
Woodruff
Cortelyou Declines to Seek Delegates to National Convention
Secretary Cortelyou ends active bid for delegates and reverts to a dark horse status. Reports from Washington indicate he will make no further attempts and that Frank H. Hitchcock has conducted the most effective lobbying for his cause.
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New York Times
Washington
Cortelyou
Frank H. Hitchcock
Vladivostok Expels Jews Four-Day Departure Order
A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports Vladivostok under martial law has ordered Jews to leave within four days while property holders have eighteen days to liquidate. The rumor lacks confirmation and may reflect local actions tied to recent mutiny links. authorities could act without central approval.
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Petersburg
Vladivostok
Verafigner
Doctor Turner Found Dead in His Apartment
Dr William B Turner of 170 Eighth Avenue was discovered with a bullet wound to the left temple in his New York City apartment. A revolver with one discharged chamber lay at his feet and a second firearm with an empty chamber appeared unfired. Frederick IL Bishop who found Turner was held as a witness and paroled for examination. Letters imply suicide though Coroner Shrady called the case suspicious.
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William B. Turner
Eighth Avenue
Frederick IL. Bishop
Corbin
West Thirty-eighth Street
Turner
West Twentieth Street
Shrady
Bishop
Bronx
International matches fail urged by NYU law lecture
Edmond Kelly counseled separation of Church and State in France and urged that international marriages fail due to racial incompatibility. He argued such unions are fated to extinction, as races do not blend and opposites in race are unlikely to endure. He denied rumors of a re marriage by the Countess de Castellane.
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New York University Law School
Edmond Kelly
Countess de Castellane
Paris
France
Kelly
Girl saves two trains near St Peter's Missouri
Miss Eulalia Algermissen a 21 year old night telegrapher on the Wabash Railroad at St Peter's Missouri spotted a burning bridge east of the station at 3 am and halted a fast passenger train from Kansas City and a long freight The dispatcher's help came too late for the passenger but the freight was diverted The hero described the scene saying she ran to the key and fired a fuse to warn the trains and that the two trains slowed safely away from the blaze.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Eulalia Algermissen
St. Peter’s
Kansas City
Kelly
Moberly
Deerfoot Farm Health Study Sparks Debate on Purity
A fragmentary report discusses Deerfoot Farm and debates over breed purity and health selection practices. The text hints at concerns about danoto xen oo care and dairy stock purity, without clear details or outcomes.
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Deerfoot
Standard Oil to Build World Largest Refinery in New Jersey
Standard Oil announces a monster refinery on a site between Elizabeth and Staten Island Sound, spanning nearly a thousand acres. The first section will produce 20,000 barrels daily, employing 2,500 workers, with future expansion to Rahway and a global shipping network, including hundreds of new tank steamships. The project aims to centralize oil refining in New Jersey, potentially dissolving some subsidiary corporations.
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Europe
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Elizabeth
Staten Island Sound
N. J
Rahway
Jersey
Indian Territory
United States
The
Standard
Man Fatally Shot by Brooklyn Policeman After Burglary
Brooklyn resident Samuel Parks died at Cumberland Street Hospital after being shot by Policeman George Jackson near Marcy Avenue during a burglary pursuit. Jackson challenged three men at 468 Marcy Avenue with one suspect firing, leading to Parks being struck in the back. The two other burglars escaped.
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Samuel Parks
Clermont Avenue
Brooklyn
George Jackson
Vernon Avenue
Cumberland Street
Jackson
Marcy Avenue
Thomas Kaigin
Hopkins Street
Empire Woolen Company
Flushing Avenue
Parks
Walsh Roads Grew Rich Enrichment Of Walsh Railroads Revealed
Special to The New York Times Chicago Dec 18 Completed evidence in the Walsh trial shows railroads owned by the financier enriched by about 9 million dollars drawn from the Walsh banks vaults. Bonds of Walsh lines were found in suspension banks totaling 8.988 million, with nineteen other firms also profiting from bank funds and owned by Walsh.
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New York Times
Chicago
John R. Walsh
Walsh
Walsh Coal
Chicago Chronicle
Wor
Chi National
St Regis theft nets 17 year old suspect
A woman's chinchilla fur coat valued at 800 dollars was stolen from a guest of the St. Regis Hotel on December 10. Central Office Detectives Flynn and Gallagher arrested John Anderson, 17, of 212 East 104th Street, who allegedly took the coat in the name of the firm that sent it. The hotel was about to run a Lost and Found notice when arrest news arrived from the Detective Bureau.
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St. Regis
Central Office
Flynn and
Gallagher
John Anderson
East 104Th Street
The
Times
Detective Bureau
Dewey and Lane Fulton Tie in New Fork Local Meet
A garbled OCR note reports Dewey and Lane Fulton in a local New Fork event. Details are unclear, but the fragment suggests a pairing or team activity at a community meet.
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Dewey’s
Dewey & Lane GieSab Fulton Ty
New Fork
Vanderbilt Coach Abroad Plans London to Brighton Run
Alfred G. Vanderbilt launches a May to June coaching venture between London and Brighton on the Venture. The daily 52 mile trip costs 2.50 dollars each way, with over sixty American-bred trotters and twelve four-in-hand teams. Training will occur near London, with the outfit sailing January end under Charles H. Wilson.
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New York Times
Newport
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
England
London
Brighton
London Fe
James W. Selby
Vanderbilt
Oakland Farm
Charles H. Wilson
America
Hughes Pushes Transit Reform After Gov Dinner Meeting
Albany Dec 18 Gov Hughes convened members of the Public Service Commissions of both districts for a joint session and dinner at the Executive Mansion. He held late talks with Interborough president Theodore P Shonts and urged practical amendments to the transit law, with all boards reporting progress and intent to amend essential features. Willcox stayed for further morning talks.
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New York Times
Albany
Hughes
Public Service Commissions
Executive Mansion
New York City
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough Metropolitan Railway Company
Shonts
New York
William R Willcox
Major Curry Killed In Atlanta Auto Crash
Major Manly B. Curry Paymaster of the Department of the Gulf was killed when his automobile struck a railing on Washington Street viaduct in Atlanta. He had been visiting Dr. William Carnes and was en route to Macon to catch a train. He was a son-in-law of Senator Pacon.
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Atlanta
Manly B. Curry
Department of the Gulf
Macon
Curry
William Carnes
Washington Street
Carnes
Major Curry
United States
Pacon
Woman Struck by Car on 139th Street. Die Likely
A woman about 50, named Mary Andrews in her pocketbook, stepped from a car at 139th Street and Eighth Avenue at 1 AM. An auto struck her, leaving the scene. She was taken to Harlem Hospital with a fractured skull and likely death. This is the fourth hit-and-run incident in two months.
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Mary Andrews
139Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Harlem
Louisville seeks escheat against Illinois Central over bonds and lease
In Louisville Kentucky an escheat action by the Louisville School Board targets the Illinois Central Railroad. An intervening petition seeks to invalidate a ninety nine year lease of Chicago St Louis New Orleans Railroad property in Kentucky and void a 25 million bond issue due 1953. The board argues the lease lacks authority outside Illinois and aims to claim about 200000 in land including Sixth and Main Street parcels once the Horse Show Building site.
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Louisville
Louisville School Board
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
D. W. Sanders
Illinois Central
Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans
Kentucky
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois
Sixth
Main Streets
Opera variety at Malden Lane Atv Hovel
A fragment notes an event described as an opera style variety show at a location on Malden Lane with a reference to an ATV and a dwelling. Further readable details are limited.
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Malden Lane
Atv
Fleet News From Porto Rico Reports 240 Mile Day
Savannah dispatch describes the USS Connecticut fleet moving southeast, 240 miles covered since noon, Admiral Evans aligning squadrons in double formation. Messages from officers reach Norfolk and Washington via wireless, while Washington rejects rumors of a Suez Canal return.
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Savannah
Savannah de Forest
San Juan
Porto Rico
United States
Connecticut
Evars
Gulf Stream
St. Thomas
Norfolk
Washington
New York
Taft Comments On Fleet Cruise At Sea
Secretary of War Taft aboard the President Grant near Halifax says the Pacific fleet cruise offers necessary practice and war footing experience. He notes no international significance and declines to discuss U S politics as he nears New York expected Friday noon.
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President Grant
Halifax
N. S
Taft
New York
Pacific
Japanese view of fleet dispatch from Tokio editorial
The Jiji Shimpo will publish an editorial tomorrow praising the American fleet move as a world notable naval undertaking. It says the mission is not a threat to Japan and would be warmly received if the fleet visits. It warns against anti Japan sentiment on the Pacific Coast and urges U.S. authorities to take precautions.
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TOKIO
Jiji Shimpo
Pacific
Japan
United States
Daring Rescue By Fireman Saves Woman From Basement Blaze
Wireman Andrew McManus of Truck 30 climbed to the third floor at 50 West 135th Street to save Mrs. Mary Magill about 50 trapped above smoke and flames. He passed her through a window to safety after a perilous perch, the fire confined to the basement causing 600 in damage. Crowds cheered the daring act.
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Andrew McManus
John Aiken
West 135Th Street
Ritz Carlton in Madison Av Special Cable
The English syndicate planning a 3.5 million hotel in New York weighs site options. Chairman William H. Harris says a decision will come soon and Madison Avenue at 46th Street is the leading candidate for a Ritz Carlton style hotel.
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Ritz-Carlton
Madison
William H. Harris
New York
Madison Avenue
Forty-sixth Street
Mauretania in Hurricane Aboard Transatlantic Steamer
Wireless dispatch from The Times aboard the Mauretania reports a northeast hurricane of two hours duration and a subsequent head gale. The ship rode massive seas with spectacular spray, passengers relieved as weather moderated by midnight and blue skies returned at dawn.
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Mauretania
Police Commissioner censures detectives amid crime rise
Commissioner Bingham inspected the Detective Bureau and complained there are too many detectives and too much crime. He ordered improved discipline and instructed corridor guards to keep bondsmen, lawyers, and others from meeting with detectives at Headquarters.
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Bingham
Detective Bureau
Central Office
Death by own action shocks Mount Vernon saloon keeper
Max Bonaventure a West Mount Vernon saloon keeper hanged himself yesterday after posting a store closure sign citing death in the family. His son found the body in the saloon rear. Reports say he had for months received Black Hand threats demanding $500 or death before Christmas. He left a widow and four children, including a farewell note to his wife naming Lena and the children.
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Max Bonaventure
West Mount Vernon
Bonaventure
Black Hand Society
Lena
Charlie
Anna
Frank
Laborer Wins 25000 in Queens Court for Building Accident
Patrick Simpson, a laborer paralyzed from the waist down, won $25,000 damages in a Supreme Court verdict at Flushing Queens, against the Foundation Company for injuries from a June 27, 1906 accident at the Trinity Building foundations on Broadway. Simpson, living in the Bronx, was knocked from a scaffold by a swinging bucket.
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Patrick Simpson
Trinity
Broadway
Supreme Court
Flushing
L. I
Justice Aspinall
Queens County
Simpson
East 148Th Street
The
Bronx
Victory for the cigarette
The U S Supreme Court declared the anti cigarette law unconstitutional on technical grounds. The ruling found the winter law failed to cover all cigarettes as titled, exempting those containing pure tobacco. Lucy Page Gaston vows a new effort to ban cigarette sales.
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New York Times
Chicago
Supreme Court
Lucy Page Gaston
Why Schmitz Didn't Stop Police Relate Arrest at Broadway
Traffic Policeman Leith testified to Magistrate Breen that Conrad Schmitz refused to halt when ordered as he was arrested at Broadway and Eighth Street in Jefferson Market Court. The magistrate, noting Schmitz was thinking of Christmas, discharged him.
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Leith
Breen
Conrad Schmitz
Broadway
Eighth Street
Jefferson Market Court
Schmitz
Magacréte
Wireless link opens world of chat from Copenhagen to Berlin
Prof Valdimar Poulson, inventor of the undamped wireless system, reports clear 240 mile wireless telephonic tests between Lyngby and Berlin. He plans to open a wireless telephone service to America via Ireland in February for public use and has notified the American Legation of his transatlantic plan.
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New York
London
Copenhagen
Valdimar Poulson
Lyngby
Weisserises
Berlin
America
Ireland
Poulson
Wireless telephone tests expand from Nauen to fleet
Berlin dispatch reports a German firm conducting wireless calls from Nauen to cities up to sixty miles away with clear, precise conversations. The Evans fleet, en route to the Pacific, is now carrying out wireless tests between its battleships as part of a new series of experiments.
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Berlin
Nauen
Germany
Evans
Pacific
Denial of Refusal to Toast Roosevelt at Montreal Dinner
Reporters from the city deny any refusal to drink a toast to President Roosevelt at the Quebec Fish and Game Protective Association dinner in Montreal. Witnesses say some admirers hoped to trigger cheers if Dr. Long insulted Roosevelt, but Long spoke two hours without mentioning the President. A toast attempt was interrupted by timing and order as toastmaster Ives declared the toast would proceed.
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Roosevelt
Quebec Fish and Game Protective Association
Montreal
William J. Long
Dr. Long
Mr. Roosevelt
Dr Long
Hummel's Fate Remains In Gov Hughes Hands
Gov Hughes will not intervene in Abraham Hummel's sentence unless complications arise. Dr. Ransom reports Hummel is gravely ill with heart and kidney trouble and could die at any time, though survival for years is possible. Prison doctors plan oxygen therapy through the night as condition stays critical.
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New York Times
Albany
Hughes
Abraham H. Hummel
Ransom
Clinton Prison
Dr. Ransom
Blackwell’s Island
Hummel
Blackwell
D Island
Sigmund Tynberg
Manhattan
Matz
Dr. Matz
Captain Herreshoff Injured in Ferryboat Trial Fall
In Newport on December 18 during the Wave trial at the torpedo station Capt. John B Herreshoff, noted blind designer of gear, fell six feet in the engine room. He was shaken but continued duty soon after.
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New York Times
Newport
Herreshoffs
Bristol
John Breshoff
Winter Resort Ad Detail At Grand Central Station
Fragmentary OCR text references Americas Winter Resorts and a stamp related to Gekan Goomreeas at Grand Central Station with an address fragment suggesting an advertisement.
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America
Gekan Goomreeas
Grand Central Station
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Alfred G
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White House
Metcalf
Newberry
Admiral Brownson
Independent Organ
Woman
Sarah Tysos Royer
Tom
Carlton
Ritz
Foundation Company
Prof
Capt. Herreshoff
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