Roosevelt Views on Child Care and Family Homes
President Roosevelt backs family home care for dependent children and calls a Washington conference for Jan 25 26 to discuss child welfare reforms. The plan includes forming a national bureau, inviting leaders from charity groups and noting Massachusetts reduced orphan asylums and more private and foster care.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Homer Folks
New York States Charities Aid Association
Hastings H. Hart
Illinois Children's Aid Society
Russell Sage Foundation
John M. Glenn
Thomas M. Mulry
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Julian W. Mack
United States Circuit Court At
Chicago
Theodore Dresser
The
Delineator
Edward T. Dewine
Charities and the Commons
Charity Organization Society
Columbia University
Charles W. Birtwell
Boston
Mass
Children’s Aid Society
James E. West
National Child Rescue League
Massachusetts
White House
Clifton Street N. W
Washington, D. C
Lindsey
Denver (Col
Jacob Riis
New York City
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Education Brown
Hiram M. Cox Die In Hot Springs Fall
Coroner jury rules Hiram M. Cox fell head first from a third floor hotel window in Hot Springs Arkansas rather than dying by suicide. Cox a wealthy Portland Maine manufacturer and head of Cox & Ward Company had been in ill health a year. he arrived with wife to spend the winter. His brother and son are noted in Illinois and California respectively.
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Hot Springs
Ark
H. M. Cox
Portland
Cox
Bloomington
Ill
San Francisco
Hiram M. Cox
Cox & Ward Company
Appraisers Named to Condemn Aqueduct Lands
Justice Keogh named four teen commissioners of appraisal to condemn lands for the Catskill aqueduct and Kensico reservoir. The list includes Phoenix Ingraham of New York, Robert Van Cortlandt of Mount Kisco, ex mayor M J Walsh of Yonkers, Joseph Barrett of Red Hook, along with several other named appraisers from New York area towns.
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New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
Martin J. Keogh
Supreme Court
Catskill Aqueduct
Kensico Reservoir
H. T. Dykrhan
New York
Phoenix Ingraham
Robert 8. van Cortlandt
Mount Kisco
Tariff Invites Complaints From Shippers
Washington reveals that the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company with Rock Island and Frisco lines will file a landmark inter state freight tariff. The document aims to unify local joint and proportional lumber rates across the Middle West to the East and Can. It urges shippers to offer corrections and criticisms to perfect the issue and improve carrier-shipper relations.
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Washington
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
Rock Island
Frisco
Middle West
East
General Freight
Harris May Aid C. P. Taft in Ohio Caucus Fight
Ohio political maneuvering over a Republican caucus for the U S Senate nomination centers on Taft Harris Keifer and Burton. Harris signals support for a caucus while Burton resists and Keifer weighs options. Party leaders Brown and Keifer discuss strategy as candidates prepare for potential 46 vote majority.
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New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Foraker
Burton
Taft
Harris
Walter Brown
Republican State Executive Committee
Cleveland
Keifer
Husband Corners Wife on Pier Aboard French Liner
Joseph Lawrence, 27, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, aboard the La Provence on the way to Havre, faced an accusation from a pleading wife on the pier. detectives warned of disorderly conduct unless peace was kept. Lawrence later returned with funds to pay for the young woman’s passage and the duo sailed as companions.
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Joseph Lawrence
Lancaster
Penn
Havre
Lawrence
Austria
Central Office
Moody,Aikman
Leeson
Carroll Fire Case Reveals Alleged Arson Conspiracy
In Camden based Fries Breslin carpet plant suit against insurance brokers Snyder and Bergan for 110000, James A Carroll testifies of a conspiracy to burn the plant. Watchman Graeff admits involvement and four years of blackmail against John M Carroll as he claims the elder man exploited insurers.
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Philadelphia
John M. Carroll
Fries- Breslin Company
Camden
John W. Snyder
William D. Bergan
James A. Carroll
John Graeff
Miners Granted Ten Day Work Suspension
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania orders were posted at the Pennsylvania Coal Company and Hillside Coal and Iron Company for a ten day halt in operations. The firms controlled by the Erie Railroad cite a large foreign workforce and Christmas celebrations reducing available labor and a coal stockpile enabling the shutdown. Most other firms have also shut down until Monday.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Hillside Coal and Iron Company
Erie Railroad Company
Call Girl of 18 Arrested For Shoplifting
An 18 year old girl claiming to be Beatrice Shappiro of 85 Second Street was arrested yesterday in a Sixth Avenue department store on a shoplifting complaint by Kate Dorsen, a store detective. She allegedly took two feathers valued at 7.95 and 5.45 and a bundled armful of goods worth 120 dollars from various shops.
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Beatrice Shappiro
Second Street
Sixth Avenue
Kate Dorsen
Police Heada
Army Antiquated Declares Gen Bell
General Bell argues the U S Army is antiquated and overextended by detached officers. He faults inexperienced commanders, calls for higher field artillery and stronger Engineer Corps, warns of insufficient regular troops and the need for legislation to reform peacetime army. He notes tropical postings since 1908 and praises the Signal Corps for advances in science.
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Washington
United States
J. Franklin Bell
Gen. Bell
Bell
Engineer
Panama Canal
Signal Corps
Army officers retirements and assignments announced
The United Service reports Col E A Godwin U S A placed on retired list as Brigadier General. Lt Col Werrick and Lt Beagles also retired as Captains. Capt Talbott Medical Corps to meet board at Fort Logan Jan 12. Capt Clark to Tampa to arrange subsistence for troops shipping animals from Cuba. Lt Reasoner Medical Corps transfers from San Francisco to Fort Caswell N C.
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Washington
E. A. Godwin
T. Werrick
J. Beagles
E. M. Talbott
Medical Corps
Fort. Logan
Col
L. A. la Garde
Tampa
Fla
Cuba
M. A. Reasoner
San Francisco
Fort Caswell
N. C
Navy retires Engineer in Chief J K Barton to home
The Navy reports Engineer in Chief J K Barton transferred to the retired list and returning home. L D Smith named Paymaster's clerk at the duty naval station in Tutuila Samoa. He sails from San Francisco on January 15.
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J. K. Barton
Home
L. D. Smith
Naval Station
Tutuila
Samoa
San Francisco
Movements of Naval Vessels Arrive and Sail
Arrived at Guantanamo Bay are the Tacoma and Nero while Buffalo reaches Bremerton. Sailed from Charleston Hist bound for Key West and Rainbow from Manila bound for Zamboanga, and Dubuque leaving Key West for Havana.
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Tacoma
Nero
Guantanamo
Buffalo
Bremerton
Hist
Charleston
Key West
Rainbow
Manila
Zamboanga
Dubuque
Havana
Towne defalcation mystery shakes Matheson Lead cashier
Edward B Towne Jr cashier of the Matheson Lead Co 184 Front Street is missing amid a growing $30000 shortage tied to forged indorsements. The company bonds plus banks may cover the loss while authorities search with attorney Howard O Wood for Towne and the missing Nassau Street manicure worker linked to his trips. Towne 23 left a Chicago postmarked note claiming he would not be found.
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Edward B. Towne, Jr
Matheson Lead Company
Front Street
Towne
Fidelity and Casualty Company
Matheson Company
Idelity and Casualty Company
Orange
N. J. Howard O. Wood
Wall Street
Nassau Street
Chicago
New York
Ohio Elevator Company
John M. Peters
George W. Sharp
Scotland Street
Orange, N. J
Lincoln Avenue
Lincoln celebration plans for February centennial in Springfield
Gov Deneven appointed a commission led by Sen Shelby Cul lom to organize the Abraham Lincoln birth centennial in Springfield in February 1909. Judge J O Humphrey Lieut Gov Sherman and James O Rose are on the commission with other residents. The federal court judge chairs the local committee. Ambassador Bryce of England Ambassador Jusserand of France and Senator Dolliver of Iowa will attend and speak on Feb 12 1909, with William J Bryan also signaling attendance.
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Springfield
Deneven
United States
Shelby Cullom
Abraham Lincoln
J. O. Humphrey
Sherman
James O. Rose
Humphrey
Federal Court
Cullom
Bryce
England
Jusserand
France
Dolliver
Iowa
William J. Bryan
Chanukah Event at Y M H A on Ninety-second Street
The Young Men's Hebrew Association on Ninety-second Street and Lexington Avenue hosts an entertainment and dance tomorrow. A four act play titled For Liberty staged by the post graduate class in elocution, with the Hebrew Free School choir, will be shown in the big auditorium followed by a gymnasium dance.
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Chanukah Entertainment
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Ninety-second Street
Lexington Avenue
Hebrew Free School
Night Riders in Union City Murder Case Continue Testimony
In Union City Tennessee the night rider case resumes with Thomas H Cloar detailing how Arthur Cloar lured him to ride and how the group planned to kill Ranken and Taylor. The trial notes masked youths in court and a gun incident with Dr E M White as witnesses discuss Reelfoot Lake maps and safety measures around Harris’s fortified Tiptonville home. The judge schedules a Monday bail decision for Col Roy Cooper and ex Sheriff John D Royster in the Carmack murder case.
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Union City
Tenn
Thomas H. Cloar
Arthur Cloar
Night Riders
Clayton
Capt
Ranken
Clear
Reelfoot Lake
Bob Huffman
Bud Morris
Taylor
Jones
E. M. White
Arthur Clear
Harris
West Tennessee, Land Company
Tiptonville
Reelfoot Lake District
Tom Noah
Noah
Commonwealth
Carmack
Nashville
Hart
Col
Duncan B. Eee
Roy Cooper
John D. 8
Edward Carmack
Morgan estimates Minnesota Northern Pacific value below officers figures
Dwight C. Morgan, hired by the State, valuing Minnesota railroad property, estimates total construction cost at 62.45 million and present value at 54.15 million, suggesting Minnesota capitalization exceeds current asset value. He testifies in the Northern Pacific rate case before Master Charles E. Otis.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Dwight C. Morgan
Minnesota
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Morgan
Northern Pacific
Charles E. Otis
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Northern Pacific Railway
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