Fire risk warned as New York insurers face restraining law
Moses Tanenbaum of L. Tanenbaum, Son & Co. testifies that New York City could suffer a San Francisco like disaster if water mains break during a two fire event. He argues for limits on insurance per district and outlines a contract-insurance method opposed by the New York Fire Insurance Exchange. The hearing, focusing on Brownsville rates and district discrimination, continues.
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Moses Tanenbaum
L. Tanenbaum, Son & Co
New York City
San Francisco
Printing House Square
Broadway Central Hotel
New York
Tanenbaum
New York Fire Insurance Exchange
New York Cty
Exchange
Alfred Hurrell
Mr. Tanenbaum
John A. Eckert
Manhattan
Alexander S. Drescher
Brownsidle Board of Trade
Morris Alexander
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Mr. Hurrell
Mr. Alexander
Samuel Hodas
Mr. Horrell
Mr. Hodas
Orphan Teacher Inherits $100,000 From Mrs Abbott
Miss Alma Stanley, a public school teacher and orphan, inherits $100,000 from the will of Mrs. Josephine Abbott. The estate totals $750,000, with Col. B. F. Abbott receiving $50,000.
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Atlanta
Alma Stanley
Josephine Abbott
Abbott
B. F. Abbott
National Surety Company Ad in Brooklyn Listing
An OCR fragment lists The National Surety Company at 135 Broadway Brooklyn, noting it as a leading surety in the world and emphasizing its prominence in the field.
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Broakway
Aady
Mauretania's Fast Time on Transatlantic Run
On the Mauretania the 582 knot day pace averaged 25.09 knots with a 25.28 knot general average as passengers enjoy sun and warmth. W J Locke and George Leal are aboard, with Leal set to sail to Cape Good Hope soon. The steerage of 1,069 from various nations shows many Italian workers planning to marry and return to America.
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Marconi
W. J. Locke
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chicago
Locke
George Leal
Fishguard
London
Southampton
Armadale Castle
Cape of Good Hope
Atlantic
Bosto
Lancashire
Tyneside
Scandinavia
Bulgaria
Italy
America
Grahame-White
Mauretania Returns to Port After Express Crossing
The Daily Mail reports the Mauretania leaving at 6 P M Saturday and nearing America in thirty eight hours. She covered 52 miles by yesterday noon and could reach 1 259 miles from the port by midnight if the pace continues, with 1 630 miles to Daunt's Rock. Captain Turner predicts arrival at Fishquare by Thursday midnight and notes the voyage has averaged over 25 knots with a record 26.05 knots.
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Daily Mail
Mauretania
America
Ambrose Channel
Daunt's Rock
Turner
Fishquare
Thurysday
Hornet clears New Orleans for Central America amid filibuster rumors
The former U S gunboat Hornet sailed from New Orleans for Cape Gracias with a crew of twenty, 200 tons of coal, and thirty days provisions as rumors swirled of a planned filibuster against Honduras. Local reports linked ex-President Davila, Gen Lee Christmas, and Capt Johnson to actions, though U S Marshal officials found no evidence of a plot.
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Orleans
Hornet
Cape Gracias
Repubes
Meg
Johnson
United States Marshal's Office
Segregation Law Signed in Baltimore by City Officials
Mayor Ma hoo] signed a segregation ordinance designating neighborhoods as white or colored based on local population, with enforcement starting tomorrow. The law fines any black moving into a white neighborhood, while colored residents remain in designated areas, and white property owners support legal defense if challenged. The measure draws national attention and echoes similar debates across the East and South.
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New York, Times
Baltimore
Mahoo
United States Supreme Court
Shipping arrivals list for Cincinnati and Wilmington
Arrived ships include Zyidyk from Rotterdam reaching Cincinnati on December 6. Navahoe from Wilmington, N. C., dated December 16. Mannheim from Shields, Pec. 5, and additional liners Naples to Cincinnati dated December 6.
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Cincinnati
Naples
Zyidyk
Rotterdam
Navahoe
Wilmington
N. C
Mannheim
Shields
Pec
Great Beak Spring Water Bottles Case Sale
Reading readable fragment notes a deal on per case of six beverage bottles with primed caps and a focus on value, though the text is garbled. No explicit date or price is provided.
Raids Target Gambling Houses in Times Square Area
Detectives under Deputy Commissioner Flynn raided three suspected gambling houses, arresting 31 men found with warrants. The operation used secrecy and multiple floor entries across buildings at 1 542 Broadway 92 East Tenth Street and 228 West Forty third Street, while authorities discussed shifting vice suppression duties from Driscoll to Flynn.
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Jerome
William J. Flynn
Police Department
Flynn
Secret Service Bureau
Clement J. Driscoll
Driscoll
New York
Crossey
West Forty-seventh Street
Broadway
Fifty-fifth
Forty-sixth Streets
Lieut
MacMullin
Fiftieth Street
Commissioner Flynn
Union Billiard
Weehawken Ferry
Forty-second Street
North River
Bourke
West Forty-third Street
Rourke
Hourke
East Tenth Street
Lieut. Collins
Fourteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Collins
Morra
Wnom
Acceptable Christmas Present Wines Ad
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co offers selected wines priced at $4.00 $5.00 and $6.75 for Christmas dinners. Also advertises Delicious novelty Pineapple Juice to serve cold.
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H. T. Dewey & Sons CO
Fulton St
N.Y
Adv
Israel Zangwill on Anti Suffrage Humors
The Times to feature a delightful article by the noted novelist and essayist on the timely theme of anti suffrage humor.
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Israel Zangwill
Next
Times
Harlem Factory Fire Traces Through Five-Story Building
A three-alarm blaze on East 134th Street began on the second floor of a five-story factory and office building at 10th Street and Morningside Avenue. Firemen delayed by vacant relief houses struggled as the fire spread to four other floors and set the adjacent apartment roof ablaze. By 2 am crews contained the main flames with damages estimated around 30,000 dollars to internal shops and the dye works, amid fears of chemical explosions.
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Bronx
East 134Th Street
10Th Street
Morningside Avenue
Schwartz & Folser
Manhattan Street
Fowler & Hopkins
Empire Steam Laundry
J. C. Cornell &Co
Bayer Piano Company
Three Alarm Fire Destroys Bronx Factory Building
Early this morning a five story Bronx factory at 492 and 494 Fast 154th Street burned from basement to top. A policeman on patrol sounded the alarm after seeing flames. residents on 496 escaped as fire surged, while a motorman on the sixth floor slept through the blaze amid efforts to save 498 nearby.
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154Th Street
Bronx
Alexander Avenue
Eixth
Vane la Bed
Knickerbocker Brass Works Company
Jar
Equator Will Freeze Far Future Humans Warns Dr Wiley
Dr Harvey W Wiley told the Secular League that the earth is cooling and future generations, a million years hence, will freeze on the equator. He predicted winds will be harnessed for heat fuel and power with future companies formed to use air as energy.
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Washington
Equator
Harvey W. Wiley
Secular League
Wiley
Farm ers' Bank Suspends Payment In Ontario
The Farmers' Bank of Toronto with 31 Ontario branches suspends payment after failing to meet $26,000 at the Clearing House. Capital stock stands at $1.9 million with about $600,000 paid in and more than 1,000 shareholders. Deposits total roughly $1.4 million. W. R. Travers is general manager. The move follows a lawsuit against a former Lindsay manager and clerks for conspiracy and ensuing runs on branches.
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Toronto
Ont
Farmers’ Bank
Ontario
Park
W. R. Travers
Lindsay
Wolf Rampages Through Brooklyn Theatre During Play
A trained wolf broke free during The Queen of the Highway at the Amphion Theatre in Williamsburg, attacking theatergoers and prompting Policeman John J. Cosgrove to subdue the animal after a tense pursuit through the orchestra. Several spectators were bitten. Dr Dagsler treated wounds, including Cosgrove’s. The curtain fell on the final act with the wolf captured behind the scenes.
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Amphion Theatre
Bedford Avenue
South Tenth Street
Williamsburg
John J. Cosgrove
Clymer Street
Cosgrove
Dagsler
Classon Avenue
Roosevelt Transportation Expense Inquiry Sparks Senate Probe
Representative Rainey introduces a resolution directing a five member rules committee to investigate Roosevelt's railroad transportation costs while president. The probe covers whether the Pennsylvania Railroad furnished or paid for travel and seeks contracts and payments, extending to other railroads.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Committee On Rules
House
Pennsylvania Railroad
Theodore Roosevelt
Usurer Fined $500 in Philadelphia Case
Arthur W Hill, manager of the Reliance Loan Company, first in the state convicted under a ruling classing money loan offices with usurious rates as disorderly houses, was sentenced to pay $500 and costs. His counsel appealed. Eleven other alleged usurers await the appeal's result.
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Philadelphia
Arthur W Hill
Reliance Loan Company
Charley Tafts Aeroplane Returns Home for Holidays
Charley Taft, the President's son, is home for the holidays at the White House. He finds a model aeroplane missing its engine and believes it could glide with a good start, possibly from the White House roof. He also tested the White House telephone switchboard acting as chief operator for about an hour.
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Washington
Charley Taft
White House
Charley
Bonaparte declines supper with Baldwin at Maryland club
Former Attorney General Bonaparte refused an invitation to a Maryland University Club supper for Gov elect Baldwin of Connecticut citing a prior engagement. Observers link his absence to the Roosevelt Baldwin controversy, noting Bonaparte's former cabinet service.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Bonaparte
University Club
Baldwin
Connecticut
Law Department
University of Maryland
Col. Roosevelt
Bill for Free Pulp Aims to Boost U S Paper Trade
Washington reports a bill introduced by Representative Ferris of Oklahoma to admit wood pulp and printing paper free of duty. The proposal ties duty exemption to prohibitions on export charges or restrictions on exporting printing paper, mechanically ground wood pulp, or wood used in pulp.
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Washington
United States
Ferris
Oklahoma
End of English Election Yields Stable Coalitions
The new Parliament is almost complete with three seats undecided Wick Burghs in Scotland may change. Final counts show Unionists likely leading Liberals by a coalition of around 397 or 398 seats. Saturday returns confirm Wiltshire Wilton Batthurst Unionist 567 Falkirk Burghs Macdonald Liberal 2031 Essex Romford Bethell Liberal 3269 with no changes.
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London
Wick Burghs
Scotland
R. Munro
House of Common
Wiltshire
Wilton
Charles Bathurst
Falkirk
John A. M. Macdonald
Essex
Romford
John Henry Bethell
Mascagni’s Ysabel staged in Rome impresario triumph
Pietro Mascagni presented his new opera Ysabel in Rome with the composer at the piano singing all roles. The audience hailed the performance as Mascagni’s masterpiece with enthusiastic accolades. He and his wife plan to depart for New York January 5 via Cherbourg. Ysabel is slated for production in New York this season.
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Rome
Pietro Mascagni
Ysabel
Mascagni
New York
Cherbourg
Ysobel
Estate to Miss De Janon Bequeathed Large Trust
The will of Robert Buist, notable seedsman of Philadelphia, leaves the bulk of his about $300,000 estate in trust to his grandchild Roberta B. De Janon who vanished last December with a hotel waiter and was later found in Chicago. She will receive net income for life, with the remainder to Robert Buist Company if she leaves a childless life. De Janon’s mother is deceased and her father is said to live in New York while she is believed to be in Southern California.
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Philadelphia
Robert Buist
Roberta B. de Janon
Chicago
de Janon
New York
California
Salvador Earthquake Report Proves False
San Salvador reports a Costa Rica dispatch claiming an island in Ilopango Lagoon vanished with many deaths. Officials say the quake was minor, caused no property damage, and no drowning occurred. Ilopango Lagoon lies southeast of San Salvador and remains without change.
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Salvador
San Salvador
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Ilopango Lagoon
Tiopango Agoon
Sleeping Car Train To Florida Resorts In 1:38 TP
Advertises Seaboard Air Line service from New Penna Station via 1183 Broadway corner 28th Street. Claims fastest through sleeping car to Florida East Coast resorts in over three hours. Promotes Brown's Bronchial Traches as voice remedy.
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Florida East Coast
New Penna
Ing
Dway
28Th St
Explosion at Central Station Kills Ten and Injures Scores
A blast at Central Station kills ten and injures many as debris and shattered windows span blocks. Rescue teams fear more deaths as missing railway employees may be buried beneath collapsed sub-station walls.
Four Dead In a Street Car Explosion in New York
A gas explosion at the New York Central sub-station on Fiftieth Street and Lexington Avenue at 8 22 am killed four trolley passengers and injured many more. The blast hurled bricks and beams across streets, damaged buildings, and halted traffic as investigators pieced together the event.
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New York Central Railroad
Fiftieth Street
Lexington Avenue
Hook and Ladder Company 2
Fhe
Cathedral School
Fifty-first Street
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Walter
Grandfather
Brown
Central Station
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Ployes
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Hook and Ladder 2
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