Civic clubs plan to oust Ahearn and reform city government
About 200 civic leaders gathered at the Manhattan Hotel under the Citizens Union and City Club to back removing Borough President John F. Ahearn. They formed a fifteen member committee to push for changes to the Board of Aldermen and possibly transfer its powers, pledging action within hours.
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R. Fulton Cutting
Citizens’ Union
George McAneny
City Club
Hotel Manhattan
Manhattan
John F. Ae
John F. Ahearn
Ir. McAneny
Mr. McAneny
Tammany Hall
Ips
Austen G. Fox
McAneny
Board of Aldermen
Cutting
Dr. Beatty
Ahearn
Horace E. Deming
Julius Henry Cohen
Mr. Cohen
Sullivans
Thomas R. Slicer
Utting
Board
Beatty
James
Charter Revision ‘Commission
Dieterich Woman in Paris Seeks Return With Family
Mrs A B Dieterich of New York, staying at a Paris hotel, had a long late night meeting with her mother Mrs Albert Young and her brother Louis. Mrs Young and Louis, who arrived from London, left with Harry S Brenchley, a Paris social figure once connected to H S Vanderbilt interests.
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New York
Paris
A. BE. Dieterich
Albert Young
Louis
Ritz
Tom Times
H. 8. Brenchley
Harry S. Brenchley
Alfred Vanderbilt
Enope
Brenchley
Dieterichs
Dieterich
M. E. Young
Virginia
Italy to Begin Excavation of Herculaneum
Rome reports the Italian Government will start digging at Herculaneum immediately with national funds and foreign archaeologists input. The plan rejects an international committee proposed by Prof Waldstein. Officials expect rich artifacts surpassing Pompeii finds including manuscripts and frescoes from 1800 years ago.
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New York Times
London
Rome
Herculaneum
Waldstein
Cambridge University
Pompeii
Five Die In Paris Subway Caisson Disaster
Special cable reports five workmen died in a Paris Metropolitan Railway caisson near Notre Dame Cathedral. Eighty laborers were inside when a door bolt failed under air pressure, mud and water surged in, smothering the victims as the rest escaped without further casualties.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Seine
Notre Dame Cathedral
New York
Zi Zi the Titian Pom Pups Sixth Runaway
Mrs I Townsend Burden of 2 East 92nd Street reports Zi Zi a Titian haired Pomeranian has wandered again. The dog’s elopements draw crowds and fake Zi Zis from seekers at the Burden mansion on Fifth Avenue near Carnegie Mansion.
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Zi-Zi
East Ninety-second Street
Belmont Park
Zi- Zi
Fifth Avenue
Carnegie Mansion
England
Burden
Burden House
New England Society Toasts President Amid Morgan Praise at Waldorf
At the Waldorf Astoria dinner, New England Society guests including J. P. Morgan and A. Barton Hepburn heard Gen. Woodford praise Morgan for stabilizing the market. Gov. Hughes’s regret letter was read, Gov. Woodruff and Gov. Proctor spoke briefly, and Rev. Dr. Peabody urged a balance of commercialism and idealism.
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United States
New England Society
Waldorf-Astoria
Austin B. Fletcher
Congress
United States of America
Gov. Hughes
George T. Wilson
New York
New
Gov
Rollin
Woodruff
Connecticut
Fletcher D. Proctor
Vermont
Stuart L. Woodford
Edmond Clarence Stedman
George B. Agnew
Grant
C. F. Goodrich
Stephen Farrelly
Hart Lyman
Clair McKelway
Hughes
Frank 8. Black
Gen. Woodford
Gov. Black
Lincoln
Seward
U. S. Grant
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Francis C. Peabody
Harvard
Charles F. Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Peabody
New England
Aked
Fannel Hall
Plymouth Rock
James I
Dr. Aked
England
James
Fletcher
Goodrich
Navy
Frisco
Shipping News Arrivals List by Port and Date
Latest shipping news notes arrivals by flagships and ports including Liberia at Kingston on December 18, Troutpool at Buenos Aires on November 24, Hermann at Lisbon on December 6, Carib at Wilmington on December 20, and Joseph J. Cuneo at Port Antonio on December 18.
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Liberia
Kingston
Troutpool
Buenos Aires
Hermann
Lisbon
Carib
Wilmington
Joseph J. Cuneo
Port Antonio
Elder Burlington Woman Dies After Fall at 90
Special to the New York Times reports Mrs Hope Meyers aged 90 died three hours after a fall in her Burlington New Jersey home She had resisted glasses warning relatives and was on her way to check on her critically ill daughter Mrs William McGonigal Typhoid fever and her injuries included multiple broken bones
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New York Times
Burlington
N. J
Hope Meyers
Walking Off His Thirst in Remarkable NYC to Chicago Walk
Assistant Superintendent John Glenn of the North Side tells of Anthony Brady of New York who walks from New York toward Chicago to cure liquor addiction. Brady uses no money, begging for food, and avoids saloons to prevent relapse. three months into the trek his feet froze crossing the mountains before Glenn found him and provided care.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
John Glenn
North Side
Anthony Brady
New York
Chicago
Glenn
Brady
Alegheny
Central Station
Telegraph unions urge race track gambling evidence
Chicago December 28 telegraph operators in the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America issued an order to local union officers to gather and submit affidavits on race track gambling. The nationwide drive targets Western Union and Postal Telegraph officials, promising full protection for informants as revenge.
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New York Times
Chicago
Wesley Russell
Commercial Telegraphers Union of America
Goldfield Riot Prompted Nevada Action Talk
President Roosevelt and Senator Nixon discussed the Goldfield riot and Nevada's restraint. Nixon signaled a local response is possible as troops are withdrawn to test Governor Sparks and state resolve. At Mohawk mine fifty workers returned underground. Consolidated Mill and Nevada Gold Field Reduction Works are operating. sheriff adds deputies funded by the Mine Owners Association.
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New York Times
Washington
Goldfield
Roosevelt
Nixon
Nevada
White House
Western Federation of Miners
Gov. Sparks
Mohawk
Consolidated
Nevada-Goldfield
Ingalls
Mine Owners ' Association
Wallace's One Minute Speech Sparks Silent Applause Jest
The Congressional Record entry for December 19 reports Representative Wallace of Arkansas delivering three speeches in one minute. The notes claim prolonged, loud, and sustained applause, though no applause occurred, sparking amusement over his nerve and the page's printed humor.
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New York Times
Washington
Congressional Record
Wallace
Arkansas
House
West Shore Train Wreck at Ravena N Y
About sixty passengers on a West Shore Division coach from Albany to Weehawken escaped serious injury when the car left the track at Ravena as the train neared the station. The smoker’s car journal caught on a switch, the coach tipped, several passengers were hurt by glass, and four coaches were affected.
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Albany
N. Y
West Shore
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Weehawken
Ravena
Hudson River
All Deerfoot Farm Sausages Made at Pacm Plant
A short note describes Deerfoot Farm sausages produced at Pacm plant with unclear wording about prep neatness and process.
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Deerfoot Farm
Pacm
Government seeks bids for heavier-than-air flying machine
The Signal Corps issued specs for a two person heavier-than-air craft to be tested at Fort Myer Va within 30 days of delivery. Bids must reflect speed endurance and handling while meeting strict safety and transportable design requirements.
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Signal Corps
New York Times
Washington
Signal Corps of
Army
Fort Myer
Paris
The
War Department
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Signal Service
Virginia
City Swept For A Gem In Philadelphia Mystery
Philadelphia records a citywide scrubbing craze after Assistant Chief John Virdin loses a 250 diamond ring on Friday December 13. A week of cleaning ends when he finds the ring wedged as a bookmark in a magazine at his desk.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
John Virdin
Bureau of Highways
Virdin
White Wings
Governor Hughes Improves After Illness
Albany December 23 Gov Hughes, kept indoors by grip, shows improvement today and plans to work on his annual message during the week at the Executive Mansion. The address will be submitted to the Legislature.
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Albany
Hughes
Fire in Toulon Arsenal Destroys Spirit Stores
A fifth blaze in two years hits the Toulon arsenal injuring several, as naval spirit stores are consumed. Explosions occur and flames rise 8 to 100 feet despite firemen and troops' efforts.
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Toulon
Lightning Kills Girl in Georgia Storm
Sedora Bryant, ten, daughter of J. D. Bryant, was killed when lightning struck the Bryant home twelve miles south of Macon during a neighborhood gathering. The strike wrecked the house and injured fifteen others, with W. M. Phillips Frank and Ava Phillips and James Warfield among the most seriously hurt.
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Reids Station
Sedora Bryant
J. D. Bryant
Bryant
Macon
Southern Railway
W. M. Phillips
Frank and
Ava Phillips
James Warfield
Wireless telegraph tower to link New York and Philadelphia
A permit was issued by Philadelphia Building Department for a wireless telegraph tower on Chestnut Hill by United States Wind Engine and Pump Company of Batavia Illinois. A matching tower will rise near New York to send wireless telegrams between the two cities and distribute them by telephone.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
New York
Philadephia
Building Department
Chestnut Hill
United States Wind, Engine and Pump Company
Batavia
Evans Fleet Reaches Trinidad After Pacific Leg
Dispatches from Port of Spain report Rear Admiral Evans lead sixteen battleships completing the first leg and arriving safely in good order. An American torpedo boat flotilla bound for Rio Janeiro returned due to machinery damage on the Lawrence, with repairs expected in one day. Arethusa continued to Para. battleship fleet had not yet been signaled.
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Port of Spain
Trindad
Evans
Obey
Hamu Monn
Trinidad
Rio Janeiro
Pacific
Arethusa
Para
New Hampshire Finishes Trials at Camden Yard
The battleship New Hampshire returned to New York Shipbuilding in Camden after a successful Maine Coast trial. It underwent fourteen one mile speed tests, anchor experiments, a four hour speed run, and a twenty four hour endurance test. The trial pleased the company and the ship will soon be turned over to the Government.
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Still Air
Henry Farnam
Paris
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
War Department
Sears
New York Times
Camden
N. J
New Hampshire
New York Shipbuilding Company
Maine
Maine to cut little ice this winter
Ice-cutting in Maine will be on a smaller scale than in recent years due to a poor summer and ample stock. The Hudson River crop will mainly determine Maine's cut, but even a bad Hudson season would still keep Maine’s harvest well below normal.
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Augusta
Maine
Hudson
Fontaine Tries To Die In New York Hotel
Ervin A. Fontaine a young New York businessman lies in a Philadelphia hospital in grave condition after a hotel gas inhalation attempt. The act followed business reverses revealed by letters. a card bearing Alice Chopping Serond and a penciled Emma appear in his room. A letter to an unnamed man accuses him of $14 000 Fontaine says the motive was not money but love and home and notes Wall Street gambling and personal crisis.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Ervin A. Fontaine
New York
Fontaine
Alice Chopping_Serond
Sixth Avenue
Emma
Boston
Walleen
Wall Street
Holiday Tour to via Pennsylvania Railroad
Travel note describes a three day holiday tour from New York by Pennsylvania Railroad with an expense of $14.50.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New
Republican Club backs Gov Hughes at New York meeting
About 300 members of the Republican Club of the City of New York met at its West Fortieth Street clubhouse and adopted a resolution endorsing Gov. Hughes for the Presidency. The vote followed debate over an uninstructed delegation and a motion to delay until candidates expressed views on national policies.
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Republican Club
City of
New York
West
Fortieth Street
Indersee
Job Hedges
Chicago
Herbert Parsons
New York County Republican Committee
Prgsnigation
Roosevelt
White House
Gov. Hughes
Rossevelt
Charles H. Young
Young
A. B. Humphrey
Humphrey
C. Pony
Hum Amp Ure
Bees Crane
California
Ange
Gots
Republi
Hughes
Parsons
Washington
Hedges
State of New York
Attics
Iona
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Nein Gov. Hughes
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Saxe
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Sieng
Goyughes
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