New York Paris Auto Race Begins With German Entry At Times Square
An international auto race from New York to Paris starts 11 AM Wednesday in Times Square. Germany's Protos car, built in Berlin and manned by Lieut Koeppen and Engineer Knape, leads the field with a 40 HP four cylinder motor and 48 mph top speed. The Lorraine and four other foreign cars sail for Hoboken and Sandy Hook, with 10,000 enthusiasts bidding farewell as crews prepare for a two-hemisphere endurance journey.
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Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Hoboken
America
New York
Paris
Nans Koeppen
Wans Knape
Engineer Corps
Sandy Hook
Times Square
Lincoln
Custom House
Thomas
Automobile Club
Buffalo
Berlin
vosaRers
Hamburg
Koeppen
Ieois
Engineer Knape
Imperial Army
Tie
Berlin-Paris
Argus
Hig
Protos
Corey Sees Improvement in Steel Outlook
Corey, president of United States Steel, said he was cautiously optimistic about the steel outlook. He noted improving industry conditions with steady growth, no new purchasing rush, and mills producing 45 to 60 percent of normal capacity. He cited demand for wire and rails and predicted a normal market by year end.
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New York
Cleveland
Corey
United States Steelorporation
Western Railroad
Stop Ghost Dancing Hill Urges Rest for the Nation
James J. Hill returned from the Northwest and urged stopping ghost dancing to let the country rest. He warned rail earnings may dip but predicted continued wheat planting and fewer idle machines. He admitted not reading the president's message and declined to forecast when conditions would improve.
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James J. Hill
Great Northern
Hill
Steel rail orders for Pennsylvania Railroad reported
A trusted source says United States Steel Vacation placed 27 500 tons, Cambria Steel 11 000 tons, Pennsylvania Steel 1 000 tons, and Kaikawania Steel 5 500 tons for Pennsylvania Railroad rails. Contract price not learned.
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Philadelphia
Penneae
Ania Railroad Company
United States Steel Vacation
Cambria Steel
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Kaikawania Steel Company
Salome the Bronx Zoo Python Struggles After Leap Year Feed
The Bronx Zoo reports Salome the fourteen foot dragon python in grave condition after a leap year feeding by keeper Snyder. The incident saw a rooster, hare, two guinea pigs and a capon given to the reptiles, with Salome fattening overnight and later losing consciousness.
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Snyder
Bronx ‘Zoo
Salome
Bronx Zoo
Bronx Ee
Snake House
Rex
Snyders
Black Hand Chief Taken In His Den In New York
A Sicilian Black Hand leader known as Mule was captured in a dim East Thirty-second Street shop after two Italians attacked him in a bid to extort. Police, led by Deputy Commissioner Wood, hold Mule and Traffonti on concealed weapons charges as they pursue the broader gang connected to Sicily’s brigands and January bomb outrages.
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Thirty-second Street
Pelegrino Mule
Mule
Pellegrino Mule
Sicily
Girgente
Callegro Trafficanti
East
Thirty-ninth Streeet
Wood
Detective Bureau
First Avenue
Callbolatta
Pumilia
Dagostino
America
Mr. Wood
Times
Trafficant
Petrosino
Trattizanti
Walsh
Police arrest alleged Black Hand members near Sewickley Heights
Pittsburg police seized six Italians linked to threatening letters sent to Richard R. Quay and other Sewickley Heights residents. Three others were arrested a week earlier in the same case. The six were held for trial in U S Court on charges tied to the Black Hand symbols and letters.
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Persoan
Sewickley Heights
Richard R. Quay
Senator Quay
Cha. Scaife
W. P. Snyder
Horton Singer
United States
Sires Aes
Fleet to Move From Pacific to Far East and World Cruise
Admiral Evans’s battleship fleet will leave the Pacific Coast for the Far East and possibly a world voyage. The Navy denies reports, but preparations for coaling Cavite for twenty four heavy warships next summer are under way. A coal stock of 133000 tons has been built at Cavite, shipped from Baltimore and Newport News, with 6700 tons arriving aboard the Mombassa. Honolulu remains a key refueling point as rumors of a Pacific to Eastern waters cruise persist.
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New York Times
Washington
Admiral Evans
Pacific
United States
Far East
Navy Department
Pacific Coast
Manila Bay
Cavite
Mombassa
Baltimore
Newport News
Honolulu
Maude Adams Plays Rescuer After Street Fall
Maude Adams, en route to the Empire Theatre, saw a man who fell in the street. She stopped, guided bystanders, and ordered him placed in her carriage for transport to Roosevelt Hospital. She then returned to the theatre, declining rides offered by admirers.
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Fallen Man
Empire Theatre
Broadway
Forty-ninth Street
Miss Adams
Roossevelt
Swindle Foiled: Perkins Arrested Over Bogus Banks
Detectives McConvillé and Nelson locked up Henry L. Perkins after exposing a scheme using fake bank names and drafts to ship $7,500 worth of goods to Mexico. The suspect claimed innocence, citing a fraudulent Mexican banker agreement and a past similar con. Names linked include London Commercial Banking Company and The Bank for Foreign Trade.
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Henry L. Perkins
Apartado
Mexico
D. F
London’ Commercial Banking Company
London Securities’ Company
Consolidated ‘Railroad Construction Company
Kansas City
New York
Mexico City
London
Paris
McConvillé
Nelson
Fea
Perkins
Bank For Foreign Trade
Eee
Lower Broadway
Bank
S. I
Neai Vor
Coler Denies Vice Presidential Bid for Controller Run
Borough President Bird Coler declares he is not Bryan’s running mate this fall. He confirms his aim is the New York City Controller post and expects election win regardless of ticket. The remarks came during a Spring primaries conference with anti-McCarren allies in Southboro, Massachusetts.
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Bird
Sim . Coler
Brooklyn
William J. Bryan
Mr. Coller
Coler
City of New York
McCarren
Keings
Express Switch Wreck Cripples Hoboken Lines
A Hoboken bound Dover Express collided with an locked switch near the Lackawanna tunnel in Jersey City Heights at 8 41 pm causing seven main line and one Paterson branch cars to derail. Engineer John Lyman died from scalds. fireman William Becker survived after being thrown from the tender. No passengers injured. Delays disrupted service for over two hours as trains rerouted and crowds gathered at Hoboken station. Investigations focus on a possibly faulty compressed air switch and signal light discrepancies.
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Hoboken
N. J
Paterson
Lackawanna Tunnel
Jersey City Heights
Hackensack Meadows
John Lyman
Manhattan
Jersey
Dover Express
William Becker
Becker
Dover
Faod
Aldrich Bill Press Agent Seeks Newspaper Placements
A Wilkes-Barre based letter to a South Carolina news service proposes a ten dollar payment for each half column story placed in major U.S. papers. The confidential missive hints at a nationwide effort to insert favorable Aldrich currency reports via local papers, with interviews from local workers and industry figures.
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Columbia
S. C
Fesa
South Carolina
Wilkesberre
Big City
BUC
New York
Philadelphis
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Cut
Detroit
New Orleans
Chington
Widow in Goldfield Overdose Case at Hotel York
Mrs. M. E. Patrick of Goldfield Nevada reportedly took an overdose of veronal. She was removed by ambulance to Roosevelt Hospital where doctors said she is in serious condition. Nurse Frances Ezell and Dr. J. Westerman attended her. a telegram from Goldfield had been received.
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M. E. Patrick
Goldfield
York
Thirty-sixth Street
Seventh Avenue
Roosevel Hospital
Patrick
Monsger Williams
Frances Ezell
West
TO PHILADELPHIA EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR
Schedule notes trains to Philadelphia run on the hour every hour for two hours as listed in the New Jersey Central Schedule on Page 13. The fragment indicates service timing but lacks full context or complete details.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey Central
Morgan Private Car Robbed En Route to Los Angeles
A private car named Independence carrying Mrs. J Pierpont Morgan and companions was entered and robbed by a sneak thief near Galveston. Jewelry and cash were taken while the thief fled. travel party includes Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. J A Nappen of Providence and Mrs. C Meredith of New York. In Jacksonville Florida a similar theft occurred in a Pullman berth as Dr. C I Norton of Adrian Michigan slept, robbed of cash and a gold watch.
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New York Times
Galveston
Independence
Jacksonville
Fia
Dr. Co. I. Norton
Adrian
Mich
Secretary Cortelyou visits New York to view new Custom House
Secretary George B. Cortelyou of the Treasury Department arrived at the Hotel Manhattan from Washington and will stay until this evening to inspect the new Custom House. He will also confer with United States District Attorney Stimson about the banking inquiry before the Federal Grand Jury. He stressed there is no politics significance to the visit.
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George B. Cortelyou
Treasury Department
Manhattan
Washington
Custom House
United States
Stimson
Federal Grand Jury
Cortelyou
Labor Men for Roosevelt Plan Revival of Independent Labor Party
A preliminary meeting of Independent Labor Party members formed to back labor candidates discussed reviving the party and urging a third term for President Roosevelt. The sentiment favored revival and nominating Roosevelt. another meeting will be held in a few days.
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Independent Labor Party
Roosevelt
Iowa Democrats Indorse Bryan for President
The Democratic State Central Committee unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing William J. Bryan as a presidential candidate. It also set March 6 as the State Convention date in Cedar Rapids to select delegates to the State National Convention. The nomination convention for State officers will be held in Sioux City on July 2.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wiliam J. Bryan
Democratic State Central Committee
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Miss Huey Suicide Linked to DAR Leader
Philadelphia reports state Miss Harrie Baird Huey, ex president of the Philadelphia Daughters of the American Revolution, died by self inflected gas poisoning. Efforts to save her were failing as authorities described the death as a suicide amid a period of personal and organizational pressures.
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Philadelphia Daughters of American Revolution
Philadelpina
Miss Harrie
Baird Huey
Philadelphia
Toabey
Perak
Harvard Faculty Opinions Stirred By Diploma Value Debate
Testimony in a United States District Court case shows Harvard faculty and President Ettet weigh in on a dispute over the sentimental value of a diploma versus its monetary value to an express company. The proceedings focus on whether diplomas carry true worth beyond emotional significance.
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George H. Wil
Jess
Ettet
Facnity
Harvard
Dixie Tle United States District Court
Jail comforts for icemen in Toledo jail complaint
A county jail inmate petitions Judge Kinkade alleging that four convicted ice men receive constant visitors, elaborate meals, office access, telephone use, and fine cell furnishings. The prosecutor will investigate the complaint.
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Toledo
Ohio
Kinkade
Wil
Fight Over Child in Street Reaches Night Court
William Kells Peweteluenk of the Racquet Club seeks placement of his daughter with Mrs. Isabelle Kelly after a dispute that led to arrests and court orders. Magistrate Hermann admonished the wife to honor the Supreme Court custody order while warning the man not to harass her. The couple left without reconciliation.
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William Kells
Jiermann
Isabelle KeHy
Amour
Ward
Hermann
Kelly
Morse Found on Campania Times Aids Assets Attachment
Morse is reported on Campania Times with news of asset attachment and a cable to straighten affairs. The report notes his response and steps taken to resolve the financial action.
Morse seen aboard Campania as Morse returns to Europe
A New York Times report places Charles W. Morse aboard the Campania at Queenstown on February 7, using the alias C. M. Moore. Morse says assets were attached in New York and plans to return in about ten days to resolve matters with the bank. The Times notes Mrs. Morse’s abroad trip and the lawyer Mr. Boardman confirming Morse’s actions and timing.
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New York Times
Mr. Morse
Liverpool
New York
Dane
America
W. Morse
Queenstown
B. Moarniman
West Fifty-third Street
Times
Mr. Loardman
Boardman
Asmtel Morse
Board- Morse
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