Hitchcock Sees End Of Express Business
Postmaster General Hitchcock outlines parcel post as a path to government control of express shipping, predicts lower rates after a 11 1/2 ounce to 11 pound limit, and details benefits for rural areas and small merchants as the system begins December 31. He envisions a nationwide shift toward government operation and lower prices for consumers.
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Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Parcel Post
Silver City
N. M
Greeley Statue Cast Aside in Chappaqua Park
The $20,000 Horace Greeley bronze statue slated for Chappaqua’s park was hauled to John Bristol’s farm and dumped behind a barn near the station. Funded by popular subscription including Andrew Carnegie, the 15 foot figure was to be dedicated with Taft and Dix speaking, but no date is set.
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New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
Chappaqua
Horace Greeley
John I. W. Bristol
New York City
Andrew Carnegie
William H. Taft
John A. Dix
Greeley
Gabriel Clendennin
Twin IIl twins share aches across miles in rare bond
In Baltimore on December 28 suspect scientists note the remarkable sympathetic sensitiveness of Clarence Marsh and his twin Clara 18. When Clarence is put under ether at Maryland University Hospital his sister in Frederick City falls ill with the same fever and nausea. Clarence recovers while Clara remains weak at home as she feels his pain from afar. Measles and whooping cough also struck them in unison in childhood.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Clarence Marsh
Clara
Maryland University Hospital
Clarence
Frederick City
Frederick
Thes
Peddie Institute
Hightstown
N. J
McAlpin Open Today On Broadway In New York
The Hotel McAlpin on Broadway between Thirty third and Thirty fourth opens today. The twenty five story structure includes a roof garden convention hall ballroom Turkish bath and four lower floors. Entrances on Thirty third and Thirty fourth connect to a vast lobby with a fourth floor vaulted ceiling. The second floor features a gallery main restaurant banquet hall and lounges. The sixth floor is for women and the twenty second for men.
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McAlpin
New York
Horse Laughs Itself to Death in Street Remark
In St Louis a police officer led a stray dark bay draft horse to the station after tickling it under the chin. The horse laughed and later died two hours after being placed in a stall, recalled by staff as it remembered jokes and laughed intermittently. The incident was reported by Charles Kollmeyer, clerk at the Central District Police Station.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Charles Kollmeyer
Central District
Patrick Connelly
Connelly
Mr. Kollmeyer
Kollmeyer
How Mellen's Line Sold Off Assets and Leased Yale and Harvard
The Metropolitan Steamship case shows creditors receiving ten year notes with no interest totaling 800000 to 1000000 dollars while Yale and Harvard were leased to New Haven interests. The deal, tied to Charles Morse and Henry W. Mellen, left insiders in control as bonds carried risks and rental terms remain unclear.
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Jennie R. Morse
Charles W. Morse
Metropolitan Steamship Company
New Jersey
New Haven Railroad
Yale
Harvard
Pacific Coast
Morse
Trenton
Yule
Mellen Company
Mr. Mellen
New York
Boston
Maine
New Jersey Company
Maine Corporation
New Haven
Miss Morse
Morse Company
Maine Company 1
Mellen Corporation
Maine Company 2
Maine Company
George FE. Shawn
Henry Hornblower
John W. McKinnon
Assets Realization Company
Metropolitan Steamship Company of New Jersey
Philip Stockton
Henry D. Tudor
Thomas D. Adams
First National Bank of Boston
Creditors’ Committee
Mardi Gras Special to New Orleans Pullman Service
Round trip from New York via Southern Railway priced at 37 dollars 75 cents with tickets on sale January 27 to February 2. Three daily through trains each direction offer Pullman sleeping cars and dining car service. N Y Office 264 Fifth Ave corner 29th Street Ade
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Mardi Gras
New Orleans
New York
Southern Railway
Pullman
N.Y
Fifth Ave
Cor
29Th St
Pictorial and Magazine Highlights From The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times Pictorial and Magazine sections showcase art trea sures from the Chapman collection and a feature on Woodrow Wilson's birthplace. It includes reviews of new plays, portraits of notable figures, auctions, and society notes with multiple pages covering Real Estate, Theatres, Colleges, Women’s Pages, and Financial items.
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Amer
Nees M. Gould
F J. Shepard
Marty
Woodrow Wison
Chapman
Charles Frohman
Kensico Reservoir
Washington
Union Railway Station
Retired Patrolman Tied to Graft Reported by Curran Panel
An employe of the Curran Committee says Patrolman Purcell was reinstated and later retired by Police Commissioner Waldo. The officer, once collector for an Inspector, was deemed unhealthy but prominent in graft suspicions. The case ties to charges against high police officials and possible testimony before the Extraordinary Grand Jury.
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Curran Committee
Waldo
Board of Surgeons
Southeastern Limited Sleeping and Dining Service Ad
The 12 08 F M Daily Resorts South Southern Railway advertises the Southeastern Limited with Aiken Asheville Augusta Savannah and Florida connections. It promotes attractive sleeping and dining car service with a New York office at 264 Fifth Avenue and corner of 29th Street.
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South Southern Railway Southeastern Limited
Aiken
Asheville
Augusta
Savannah
Florida
N.Y
Fifth Avenue
29Th St
Taft to Visit Havana On Way Home From Panama
President Taft plans a brief halt in Havana on the Arkansas voyage home from Panama due to strained Cuban relations and the upcoming Cuban election. He will stop for a few hours, then proceed to Key West and Washington, aiming to attend the New Year reception at the White House.
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New York Times
Washington
Taft
Arkansas
Panama
Havana
Key West
United States
Cuban Republic
Veterans Party
Gomez
Liberal Party
Cuba
Enoch Crowder
United States Army
Menocol
White House
Croker Will Not Visit New York This Winter
Former Tamman chief Richard Croker will not make his annual winter trip to New York. In a letter to Andrew Freedman Croker says he will head to the Canary Islands for milder climate instead of crossing the North Atlantic. He plans to return to Glencairn in time for Dublin races if weather improves.
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Democratic Club
Richard Croker
Tammafiv
Croker
Andrew Freedman
Tamman
New York
Florida
Glencairn
Dublin
Freedman
Murdered diamond merchant Logue in Chicago case
A Chicago woman says Joseph H. Logue was killed by two men who acted casually while a third man tied to the McVicker Theatre Building guarded the door and barred entry. Police, led by Capt. Halpin, pursue the watched suspect as investigators assess clues with no immediate arrests planned.
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New York Times
Chicago
Joseph H. Logue
McVicker Theatre
Logue
Inter-Ocean
Halpin
Scarlet fever closes Westbury schools in epidemic
Health Officer Dr. James H. Bogart orders all public and private schools in Westbury and Wheatley Hills shut for at least two weeks as scarlet fever epidemic hits North Hempstead. Sixteen cases reported including two daughters of Rev. D. Pope and a daughter of Rev. Benjamin Miller. Sunday school gifts go door to door instead of a Christmas tree event.
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Westbury
Richard. D. Pope
Episcopal Church
Benjamin Miller
Methodist
Florida Route Train Schedule Adds Special Service
Pre eminent Florida route Atlantic Coast Line announces sixth season of the New York and Florida Special train daily service at 12 33 noon effective January 3. Other limited trains daily. 1 218 Broadway noted.
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Seaboard Florida
J.amited
Florida
Los. N. Y
Penn
Sta
T. Ar
Jacksonville
Tampa
Palm Beach
St. Augustine
Ormond
Daytona
Miami
Key West
Seaboard Air Line
28Th St
Atlantic
Coast Line
N. Y
Janeth
Fireat Newport Destroys Twenty Offices
A blaze in Newport caused about 200000 dollars in damage and nearly total loss of twenty office buildings. The George A Weaver Co three story building at Spring Street and Broadway burned early Sunday morning as 200 sailors from the Naval Training Station aided with four pieces of fire apparatus. By 2 a m the fire was under control.
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New York
Newport
R. L
George A. Weaver Company
Spring Street
Broadway
Naval Training Station
Taft Blamed by Congressman After Sinking Campaign
Representative Wedemeyer of Michigan, en route with a Congressional party, collapsed on a steamship and is now at Toboga Sanitarium. He blames his loss in the election on Bill Taft, and his condition is described as serious though he sometimes recognizes his condition. He has been talking about his defeat since leaving New York.
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NEW York Times
Panama
Wedemeyer
Michigan
Toboga Sanitarium
Bill Taft
New York
Rockefeller Hunt Ends As Subpoena Effort Fades
Charles F. Riddell, Sergeant at Arms, withdrew deputies pursuing William Rockefeller for months in an effort to serve a subpoena before the Pure Committee. Riddell sought Rockefeller’s consent or a voluntary appearance as health allowed. A reply was expected from Rockefeller or his friends the next day.
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Charles F. Riddell
House of Representatives
William Rockefeller
Money Trust
Riddell
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
Schwab Distributes Watches to Bethlehem Steel Superintendents
Charles M. Schwab, abroad in Europe, sent Swiss gold watches in gold cases to more than 200 Bethlehem Steel Works superintendents. The gifts, costing over $10 each, arrived on Christmas Day after the planned dinner was postponed.
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New York Times
Bethlehem
Charles M. Schwab
Europe
Santa Claus
Bethlehem Steel Works
Schwab
Engineer Saves Train Near Norwalk After Bar Breaks
The Pittsfield Express on the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad from Pittsfield to New York via Danbury was delayed two hours after the forward engine’s equalizer bar broke and wedged in a frog. The engineer applied airbrakes quickly, preventing a derailment. no cars left the track.
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Norwalk
Pittsfield_Express
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Pittsfield
New York
Danbury
Age rule creates issues for voters and officials
In San Francisco the Legislature's age concealment measure for women led to unanticipated problems. The amendment also exempts men from recording ages, making county registration lists lacking age data and hindering reports to the State on eligibility for military service. Jury lists poll taxes and other rosters face similar age based gaps.
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San Francisco
Six Girls Locked In at West Forty Fifth Dress Shop
Six girls employed by Mme Bertha Rotter on the fourth floor of 16 West Forty fifth Street were locked inside after the janitor fastened the door at 5 PM. They tried to force the vestibule open until 8 PM when Lilla Kaufmann of Brooklyn alerted police. Patrolman Brown forced entry to free them.
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Mme
Bertha Rotter
West
Mme. Rotter
Lilla Kaufmann
Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn
Nolice
Brown
East Fifty-first Street
Fire set in Williamsburg tenement over coat dispute
William Coffey was arraigned in the Manhattan Avenue Court Williamsburg on charges of setting a four story frame house at 135 Berry Street on Christmas Eve. Detectives say Coffey admitted the blaze after a quarrel at a ground floor club where he was accused of stealing a coat. Fire Marshal Brophy seeks further inquiry and adjournment until Monday.
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Vwilliam Coffey
Manhattan Avenue Court
Williamsburg
Berry Street
Kavanaugh
O’connor
Coffey
Brophy
Leach
The New Year’s Feast at Acker Meriall Condit Stores
The Acker Meriall Condit Co. again offers a wide array of table delicacies wines cigars and groceries at the same moderate prices as during Christmas. Ad repeats across all stores.
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Acker, Meriall & Condit Co
Adr
38 Labor Leaders Guilty in Dynamite Case Conviction
Indianapolis verdicts convict Franklin M. Ryan and 37 associates of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers on 52 counts for transporting dynamite. Judge Anderson will sentence many defendants next Monday, with harsher terms for core conspirators. The trial, costing about 750000, followed the Los Angeles Times explosion linked to the union.
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Los Angeles Times
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
United States
Country Bank
Federal
Iron Workers Union
Marion County
Anderson
Ryan
Butler
Clancy
Webb
Younz
Cooky
Henry W. Legleitner
Beam
John J. McNamara
Lerbert S. Hockin
Ortie MecManigal
Ironworkers’ Union
Olaf A. Treitmoe
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
California
California Building Trades Council
Hiram R. Kline
Muncie
Ind
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Detroit
J. E. Munsey
James B. McNamara
Salt Lake City
J. ©. McCrory
Eveland
Iron Workers’ Union
Hockiju
Ed Lewis
Iron Workers’international
Mr. McN
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New York Times Today
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Brother
Mellen
Adams
Sunday Times
V. Magazine
Leo Loeb
Tower
F. D. Huntington
Gerhart Hauptmann
America
Marquis de la Vega
Mayer
Disraeli
William Vaughn Moody
London Literary News
Hilaire Belloc
Eien Glasgow
Oman
Queensene Advance
Fourth Avenue
Curran
Purcell
President Creelman
Civil Service Commission
Bor
Tammany
Canary Islands
Pujo
William Coffey
LABOR
Indianapolis
International Association of Bridge and Structuron Workers
John T. Butler
Buffalo
Herbert S. Hockin
Mefrly
Olafa
Sitmoe
Wrades Council
Eugene A. Clancy
Philip A. Cooley
Michael J. Young
Frank J. Higgins
J. E. Munsbey
Utnh
Frank C. Webb
Patrick F. Farrell
John H. Barry
Paul J. Morrin
Denver
Charles N. Beam
Minneapolis
William E. Reddin
Milwaukee
Michael J. Cunnane
Philadelphia
Richard H. Houlihan
James Cooney
James A. Coughlin
Charles Wachtmeister
Frank J. Murphy
Fred J. Mooney
Duluth
Ernest G. W. Basey
Fred Sherman
United Brotherhooch of Carpenters and Joiners
Herman G. Seiffert
Daniel Buckley
Davenport
Iowa
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