Automatic scales still missing at the port of New York
In Cuba planters boil sugar for shipment while New York customs officials wait for automatic weighing scales to curb fraud. Surveyor Clarkson and Assistant Deputy Parr press for timely arrival as delays fuel suspicions of influencing interests in Washington and ongoing weighing fraud across imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Howling Green
Clarkson
Richard Parr
Washington
Boston
New York
Gen. Clarkson
Loeb
MacVeigh
Bandit heir claims noble title in inquest
Emma Featherstonaugh testifies at the inquest into Harry B. Featherstone’s death. she asserts he was the rightful bearer of the title Lord Featherstonaugh, descended from an English noble family disinherited after his father’s marriage to an Irish woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harry B. Featherstone
Emma Featherstonaugh
Lord Featherstonaugh
Featherstone
Featherstonaugh
Henry Barcliff Featherstonaugh
Essex
England
Lee
America
Oswego
N. Y
Harry
Ingland
Wallace
Wrights Win First Airplane Injuction Case
Judge Hazel granted Wright Company a preliminary injunction against Herring Curtiss and Glenn Curtiss, preventing manufacture or sale of airplanes infringing Wright patents granted May 22, 1906. The ruling cites clear infringement and pending patent validity as grounds for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Hazel
United States Circuit Court
Wright Company
Herring-Curtiss Company
Glenn H. Curtiss
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Dinosaurs Found in Utah by Carnegie Museum Team
Dr W J Holland director of the Carnegie Museum Pittsburg announces bones of three sauropod specimens found in Utah by an expedition from Pittsburg. Andrew Carnegie funds exhumation and assembly. one skeleton may exceed the famous 84 foot diplodocus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
W. J. Holland
Carnegie Museum of
Utah
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Holland
Earl Douglass
Douglass
Four Saranac Lake Men Stranded On White Face Mountain
A party of four Saranac Lake men led by William Distin became lost in a blizzard on White Face Mountain while attempting the summit New Year. They camped overnight in open air, endured severe conditions, and reached Saranac Lake by Monday morning after failing to reach the top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Saranac Lake
N. Y
White Face Mountain
William Distin
Columbia University
W. L. Distin
Herman James
Arthur Cook
Wilmington
White Face
Cleveland Ma Moh stone quarry strike over wage cut
About 950 workers at the Cleveland Ohio and Malone Stone Quarries in Amherst walked out in protest of a 10 to 60 cent per day winter wage reduction. They argue the cut is unjust due to rising living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Malone
Faithful Dog Saves A Would-Be Suicide Hero
A Bronx youth 17 named Harry Forbes attempted suicide with oxalic acid. His dog Pete guided police and doctors to Forbes, leading them to where he lay unconscious. Forbes recovered. Pete earned praise and a potential gold medal for heroism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx
Harry Forbes
Fast 165Th Street
Pete
Forbes
Crotona Park
Crotona Avenue
W. H. Bord
Mr. Bord
Fordham Hospital
Kidi
Gildred
175Th Street
Third Avenue
Young Forbes
177Th Street
Isidore Assenson
Samuel
Mrs Charles E Ellis Dies After New Year Fire
Mrs. Charles E Ellis died at New York Hospital after a New Year’s Eve fire at Café Martin. She lingered sixty three hours in a private room and was unconscious for hours. Her husband, sister Miss Isabel Taylor, and parents were at her bedside. The fire, likely started by a nearby match, set flame to celluloid trim on her dress and curtains. Ellis, 28, leaves a sixteen month old child and had lived at the Hotel Frederick with her family. Doctor Enrico Costello cited childhood burns and fire fear as possible contributing factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Hospital
Charles E. Ellis
Café Martin
Isabel Taylor
Ellis
Elliis
Montclair
N. J
Frederick
West Fiftysixth Street
John M. Taylor
Isabel
Enrico Costello
West Seventy-second Street
Mutiny Reported In Coast Artillery On Fisher's Island
At Fort H. G. Wright on Fisher's Island New York 76 of 84 men from the 131st Company Coast Artillery are jailed for refusing a 15 mile New Year march. Col John Rafferty has the garrison under tight guard with mutineers confined in the guard house and others watched. One man escaped but was recaptured and will be tried for desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New London
John Rafferty
Fisher’s Island
Seaboard Florida Ltd. Club Car Train Ad
Seaboard Florida Ltd presents the handsomest fastest club car train to Florida via Seaboard Air Line. Address Ing. Seaboard Air Line 1,183 Broadway for details and reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Seaboard Florida Ltd
Ing
Seaboard Air Line
Times Sunday Features Must Be Ordered Now
Readers are urged to place orders with news dealers today to ensure delivery of the many notable features in next Sunday’s Times.
Morse at Atlanta Is Convict No 2814 to Have Privileges
Charles W. Morse, No 2 814, arrived at Atlanta Federal Prison after transfer from New York. He will be vaccinated, photographed, measured, and assigned to work either in the tailor shop or on the construction gang. As a Class 1 convict he may see visitors, write letters, and access the library, with limited privileges. President Taft’s pardon remains a possibility, Morse said, promising to continue the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkson
New York Times
Atlanta
Charles W. Morse
New York
United States Penitentiary
Taft
Morse
L. J. Fletcher
al Fowler
Moyer
Mr. Morse
Mr. Moyer
Federal Prison
T. C. Tripper
W. E. Reid
Boston
Mr. Reid
Morgan Plans Big Trust Merger Across Guaranty Morton Fifth Avenues
J P Morgan interests push to merge Guaranty Trust Morton Trust and Fifth Avenue Trust into a single giant in the New York financial district. The three hold about 126.9 million in deposits with combined capital 5.79 million and surpluses near 18.8 million. Ex Gov Levi P Morton will chair the new board. stockholders meet in two weeks to approve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Interests
Guaranty Trust Company
Harriman
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Morton Trust Company
Fifth Avenue Trust Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Bankers’ Trust Company
Financial District
Morgan
United States
H. P. Davison
Morton Trust
Levi P. Morton
Thomas F. Ryan
Whitney
Mercantile Trust Company
Mutual Life
Equitable Life
J. P. Morgan
Mercantile Trust
Morton
Fifth Avenue Trust
Guaranty Trust
New Guaranty Trust
A. J. Hemphill
Davison
West Fifty-first Street
Gov. Morton
Nnb Ne
Fifth Avenue
New and
Latger Guaranty Trust Company
Mutual Tife
Nassau Street
Mrs Morse Moves to Atlanta as Petition Drive Gathers Steam
Before leaving for Atlanta Mrs Charles W Morse said mails carry petitions for pardon to hundreds distressed by the fifteen year sentence of former banker Morse. Bath Missouri residents have 1600 signatures urging clemency from President Taft while Morse’s two Yale student sons Harry and Ben will finish their studies there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Charles W. Morse
Bath
Morse
Taft
Harry
Ben Morse
Yale
Maillard's Ladees Restaurant in fashionable district
Afternoon tea at Maillard's Ladees Restaurant located at 6th Ave and 35th St in the fashionable shopping district from 3 to 6 PM. The notice highlights stylish dining in a premier area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maillard’s Ladees
6Th Ave
35Th St
Vanderbilt family seeks truth on man claiming relation
In London and other European capitals inquiries are underway for the Vanderbilt family to identify a man named Vanderbilt who claims kinship. The family, annoyed by press references, has dispatched an agent to Europe to determine the man’s identity and relation to the American Vanderbilts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vanderbilt
Europe
Unsinkable Target Sunk By Two Broadside Hits
The air chambered target named unsinkable, built for 15000 dollars and shipped from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the Philippines, sank after two broadsides from the Charleston during Winter target practice of the Pacific Fleet. Armor plate and air chambers failed to save it as six inch guns tore it apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Philippine Islands
Charleston
Mare Island Navy Yard
Russian officers buy balloons for South Pole expedition
Paris January 3 Officers Matthiessen and Voltschoek of the Russian Army purchased two dirigible balloons with capacities of 1 400 and 2 000 cubic meters. They will transport the craft by ship as far south as possible then ascend with the balloons. A wireless outfit will keep them in contact with their supply ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Matthiessen
Voltschoek
South Pole
Automobile Stolen From Mrs Ladew Outside Plaza Hotel
Mrs Edward R Ladew stopped at the Plaza Hotel and planned a theatre party last night but her limousine was stolen after the chauffeur left it in the street to get coffee. The car disappeared when he returned and police were notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Ladew
Plaza Hotel
Man with Broken Neck Treated After Ten Days
Ralph Owens of Memphis wandered St. Louis streets for ten days with a broken neck before seeking care for rheumatism. He fell ten days ago and his head had been drawn back without much pain. He was operated on tonight and may recover.
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ST. Louis
Ralph Owens
Memphis
Mullanphy Hospital
Two Missing in a Power Boat From Atlantic City
Dr Samuel K Owens and Paul K Whit taker of Butler New Jersey left Atlantic City on Saturday morning in a power boat for Peach Cabin and were not heard from again friends fear they have been drowned or marooned after the boat sank on freezing meadows
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Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel K. Owens
Paul K. Whittaker
Butler
Peach Cabin
Germans Suffer in Brazil Railroad Project
A Hamburg to Brazil construction party of 600 Germans faces maltreatment and deaths. Nineteen ninety nine workers returned to Europe in December, with tropical diseases plaguing survivors in Manaus hospitals. The Vorwaerts claims over 300 comrades died and that agents seek six thousand more workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hamburg
Madeira and Mamorere
Brazil
Vorwaerts
Europe
Manaus
Vernon Plessinger pleads guilty in Knickerbocker wreck
Vernon Plessinger, 18, of Dawn Ohio, admits he opened a switch causing the Knickerbocker train wreck on the Big Four Railroad Saturday night. He is jailed and held for the Grand Jury. The engineer and fireman are seriously injured. no passengers hurt. Plessinger hoped to steal money to reach a seacoast town to join the navy. He lived with his grandfather in Dawn and his mother is in North Anderson Indiana.
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Muncte
Ind
Vernon Plessinger
Dawn
Ohio
Big Four Railroad
Shermand
Greenville
Plessinger
Navy
North Anderson
Taxi Cabbie Knocks Down 74-Year-Old Man in City Crash
Morris Victorius, a button manufacturer aged 74 with offices at Union Square, was struck by a taxicab at Lexington Avenue and Sixty-first Street. He suffered a broken collarbone and was hospitalized. the driver James Galligan of Madison Avenue was detained. Police say the cab was moving slowly when Victorius walked into its path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Victorius
East Sixty-first Street
Union Square
Sixty-first Street
Lexington Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
James T. Galligan
Madison Avenue
East Sixty-fourth Street
Victorius
Galligan
Great Bear Spring Water Bottles Advertised
Local ad notes Great Bear Spring Water offered per case of six glass stoppered bottles. The brief listing emphasizes packaging and pricing terms for purchasers.
Taft Considers Amendments to Interstate Commerce Law
President Taft meets with six major railroad presidents to review a draft bill guiding anti trust and inter state commerce laws. They discuss securities control through the ICC, shipper routing rights, and a proposed inter state court while the message to Congress is prepared in two parts for anti trust and incorporation topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Taft
Congress
McCrea
Pennsylvania
Boer
Reading
Lovett
Union
Southern Pacific
Brown
New York Central
Finney
Southern
Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Wickersham
J. Pierpont Morgan
Taf
White House
Wickerham
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Townsend
Michigan
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Special inter-State Commerce Court
Supreme Court
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Surveyor Clarkson
Customs Department Wonders
Treasury Department
Department
McCarthy
Isuston
Sess
Fairbanks Company
John V. Davis
Davis
California
Philadelphia
Arbuckle Piers
Brooklyn
Mechanicians
Pacific Coast
Gen
Lord Featherstonough
Wrights
Struction Gang
Fifth Ave
Nue
Ryan
Mutual Life Interests
Mr. Davison
The
Charles H. Allen
H. M. Francis
Paul D. Cravath
Edward J. Berwind
James N. Jarvie
Valentine P. Snyder
Harry Payne Whitney
John Jacob Astor
George F. Baker
Frederic Cromwell
James B. Duke
Henry M. Flagler
Daniel Guggenheim
Walter S. Johnston
A. D. Juilliard
D. O. Mills
W. G Oakman
Samuel Rea
Winthrop Rutherford
Jacob H. Schiff
Bronson Winthrop
Banking House of Bliss, Morton & Co
Orton Trust Company
Old State Trust Company
Mr. Ryan
Fortythird Street
Vanderbilts
Dr. S. K. Owens
P. K. Whittaker
Stock Regulation and Commerce Court
Heads of
Ments
Gabon
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