Taft in the Race Until Finish as La Follette Persists
Washington dispatch reports renewed political maneuvering after Congress reconvenes. Taft aims to control the Republican convention and secure renomination with Roosevelt’s stance unresolved. Ohio leader Langdon pledges Ohio for Taft while several Senators visit the White House to pledge support.
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Col. Roosevelt
Col
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay Statesman
Taft
White House
Curtis
Kansas
Briggs
New Jersey
Smoot
Utah
Bradley
Kentucky
L K. Langdon
Ohio Assembly
Ohio
La Follette Won’t Withdraw For Roosevelt Or Any Other
Wisconsin senator Robert La Follette rejects retirement rumors amid the 1912 Republican contest. He vows to stay in the race against Roosevelt and any rival, stating his fight remains his alone and that his name will not be withdrawn. He plans a rapid Illinois and Indiana speaking tour to rally support.
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New York Times
Chicago
Ill
Taft
la Follette
Charles N. Wheeler
Wisconsin
Washington
Michigan
Col. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Walter Houser
Mr. Houser
Senator la Follette
Illinois
Orchestra Hall
Hoosier
Roosevelt
Rockefeller Subscribes 10000 Toward Tuberculosis Preventorium
John D. Rockefeller announced a 10 000 subscription toward the Tuberculosis Preventorium for Children in Farmingdale New Jersey as part of a 150 000 project. Total needs 140 000 more from other sources. 158 beds will serve tenement children admitted free via Tuberculosis Clinics. The project is non sectarian and seeks 26 000 more to complete funding with gifts from Nathan Straus and a Harriman associate among major supporters. Checks to Lincoln Trust Company or New York Academy of Medicine.
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John D. Rockefeller
Farmingdale
N. J
Albert Brisbane
Nathan Straus
Alex. S. Webb
Lincoln Trust Company
Madison Square
Marcus M. Marks
New York Academy of Medicine
West Forty-third Street
Woman Meets Injured Husband Arriving From Rio
Mrs. Harry Focht traveled from Cleveland to Brooklyn after a wireless message. Her husband, an employee of the Rio Light and Power Company, was injured in a streetcar collision in Rio de Janeiro and carried ashore in a special ambulance. He will ride to Cleveland in a private car.
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Harry Focht
Lamport & Holt
Brooklyn
Verdi
Rio de Janeiro
Cleveland
Ohio
Bradley
Rio Light and Power Company
Focht
Rio Janeiro
New York Central
Baby Intercepts Burglar In East Orange Jewelry Theft
In East Orange New Jersey a burglar, about 30, medium height, slight build, buff suit and small black mustache, snatched jewelry valued at $3,000 from Mrs. Sadie I. Powelson after breaking into John C. Cassidy's home on Harrison Street. The 1-year-old Knolhoff baby cried, disrupting the thief as Detective Harry Riker noted no initial alarm. The suspect fled with a companion toward Central Avenue, likely to Newark on a Central Avenue car. The thief had earlier entered the victim’s room and taken a jewel case containing a diamond sunburst necklace and pins.
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New York Times
East Orange
N. J
John C. Cassidy
Harrison Street
F. William Knolhoff
Cassidy
Knolhoff
Sadie I. Powelson
Harry Riker
New Philadelphia to New York Highway Proposal
A conference at Harrisburg with Highway Commissioner Bigelow and Bucks County leaders proposes a new main route between Philadelphia and New York via the Old York Road. If toll road owners transfer holdings to the State at no cost, improvements could proceed, diverting traffic from New Jersey paths and including a long abandoned turnpike segment between Hartsville and Buckingham.
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New York Times
Harrisburg
Penn
Philadelphia
New York
Old York Road
Capitol
Bigelow
Bucks County
Clarence J. Buckman
New Jersey State Line
Hopeburg
New Jersey
Hartsville
Buckingham
Prince Thrown From Auto in Central Park Crash
Prince Pignatelli d Aragon of Spain was thrown from a car in Central Park near the Eighty sixth Street entrance. The vehicle skidded on a wet road and crashed into a tree injuring the prince and his chauffeur Paul M Mauraud. He returned to the Ritz Carlton by taxi and was treated for a forehead cut and shock. by late tonight he was reported out of danger.
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Prince Pignatelli d’Aragon
Spain
Ritz-Carlton
Central Park
Prince
Paul M. Mauraud
West Ninety-fifth Street
N. E. Dittman
Ritz
Atlantic Coast Line Florida All Steel Electric Pullmans
Train service advertising uses streamlined all steel electric lighted Pullmans via the Standard Railway of the South. The snippet promotes travel options and routes, mentioning Atlantic Coast Line and Broadway connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida
Standard Ry
South
Wu Ting-Fang Calls Yuan to Shanghai Over Peace Pact
In Shanghai, Wu Ting-Fang accuses Premier Yuan Shi-Kai of recalling Tang Shao-Yi to avoid the peace deal and invites Yuan to Shanghai. Tang declines a cabinet post and laments misread efforts toward peace while foreign intrigue and Japanese interest are reported amid chaotic crisis.
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New York Times
Shanghai
Wu Ting-Fang
Yuan Shi-Kai
Tong Shao-Yi
Yuan
Tang Shao-Yi
Japan
Yuan Shi- Kai
Thomas F. Millard
Yuan Shi Kai Rebuffed in Shanghai Push to Negotiations
Shanghai reports denounce Yuan Shi Kai for bad faith as Sun Yat Sen urges direct talks in Shanghai. Wu Ting Fang broadcasts criticism while revolutionary factions promise to move on Peking if Yuan site remains unreconciled. Reports from Peking note gold incentives altering imperial calculations and renewed talk of a republic.
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Shanghai
Yuan Shi-Kai
Tang Shao- Yi
Nanking
Sun Yat-Sen
Wu Ting-Fang
New Republic
Yuan
Peking
China
Hu-Pé
Hu-Nan
Chinwang-Tao
Lan-Chow
Imperial troops atop Zekhe to guard emperor in Mongolia
The commander at Zekhe, Mongolia receives 100000 taels and orders to prepare a residence for the Emperor and royal entourage and to organize a Mongol body guard.
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Harbin
Zekhe
Mongolia
Sulzer urges U S recognition of the Republic of China
Representative Sulzer introduced a resolution urging the United States to extend sympathy to the Chinese Republic and to recognize it at the earliest feasible moment. He emphasized neutrality and adherence to policy while noting public support and diplomatic precedent for recognizing a new republic emerging from oppression. Reports from Peking say several towns issue declarations of independence amid imperialist Republican tensions, with local bodies trying to maintain order.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
Republic of China
Sulzer
House of Foreign Affairs Committee
America
China
State Department
Knox
Peking
Insurgent Artists Lose a President in Dispute
J Alden Weir resigned as president of the American Painters and Sculptors after stating he was misinformed about the society's purpose. Gutzon Borglum said the group formed to protest the National Academy of Design and plans a new building, with Weir to be replaced by another leader.
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J. Alden Weir
American Painters’ and Sculptors
Society
Tus Times
National Academy of Design
Weir
the Times
American Painters and Sculptors
Academy
New Society
New York Times
The
Academy of Design
Alexander
Park Avenue
New York
Gutzon Borglum
Mr. Weir
Times
National Academy
Borglum
Mr. Borglum
Berglum
Widow Died Alone in Bayside Home
Mrs. Annie Thornton a 65 year old widow living at Fifth Street and Warburton Avenue Bayside Queens was found dead yesterday. Neighbors reported she had not been seen since December 23 and a meal prepared before death suggests starvation rumors were unfounded. A $48 sum was found sewn in her dress and the coroner indicated heart trouble as likely cause.
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Annie Thornton
Fifth Street
Warburton Avenue
Bayside
Queens
Consioad
Boy Kidnapped From East New York Street Scene
Six year old Dominick Aragone of 2 298 Dean Street East New York disappeared after being lured away by a tall dark man while playing with neighbors. Police report two other local children have recently been abducted for ransom. Dominick’s parents Mr Angelo Aragone and Mrs, the boy’s mother, say no money has been demanded yet and detectives seek leads.
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Dominick Aragone
Dean Street
East New York
Angelo Aragone
Joseph Tompson
Brownsville
New York
Dominick
Baltic Liverpool to New York Sailings Noted
By Wireless Sandy Hook N J Jan 4 Baltic Liverpool for New York 1200 B at 1230 A M due 7th 9 A M White Stax Line.
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Sandy Hook
N. J
Baltic
Liverpool
New York
Admiral Evans Dies After Long Naval Career
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans known as Fighting Bob, dies at his Washington home at 4:30 PM after a sudden indigestion attack. The famed sailor, born August 18, 1846 in Floyd County Virginia, led ships on the world cruise and earned fame for staunch Union service, with Arlington burial planned.
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New York Times
Washington
Robly Donglison Evans
Indiana Avenue
Fort Fisher
Evans
Monaghan
Boston Navy Yard
Charles G.marsh
Marsh
North Carolina
Old Point Comfort
Taft
Admiral Evans
Meyer
Roosevelt
Navy
The
Metcalf
Department
Arlington
Admiral Evans Was
Floyd County
Samuel Andrew Jackson Evans
Hope to save Mme Curie in Paris
Paris reports Mme Curie remains in serious condition after an acute appendicitis attack. Doctors say hospital plans for surgery aim to save her life, while friends suggest stress from a controversial divorce case involving Prof Langevin and his wife may have worsened her illness.
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Paris
Mme. Curie
Mme. ‘Curie
Langevin
Rumors Swirl Over Shefket Pasha Assassination
Dispatches from London report rumors that Mahmoud Shefket Pasha former Turkish minister of war and commander of the constitutional army was assassinated. Some accounts also mention an Albanian revolt suppression, while Constantinople dispatches deny a capital uprising.
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London
Constantinople
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Constitutional
Abdul Hamid
Italian sculptor Buemi lands with shaved beard in New York
The Adriatic brought ashore Salva tore Buemi the Italian sculptor en route to Cuba to unveil a statue of Cuba's freedom. Friends teased him about his beard and he finally agreed to be shaved after a joke from fellow Italians. His photo was taken before the barber began.
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Naples
Salvatore Buemi
Cuba
Buemi
New York
Trunk Hidden Jewelry Case Involving French Maid
Miss Eugenie Schuman a French maid linked to Conrad Elias of the Hotel Lucerne faced charges after detectives found jewelry worth about 3000 dollars in her trunk. Police took the trunk and its contents to headquarters for claims by former employers including Mrs F L Seligberg and Mrs Irvin Powell.
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Eugenie Schuman
Conrad Elias
Hotel Lucerne
Paris
Miss Schuman
Elias
F. L. Seligberg
Irvin A. Powell
East Ninety-sixth Street
Miss Sch
Daughter thought dead, finds father alive in Waco
Dr Flora Megill of Asbury Park learned her father Thomas Megill was alive after a relative claimed both were deceased. She discovered a shared grave photo and a tombstone identical to hers. She traveled to Waco to care for him while the relative remains missing.
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New York Times
Asbury Park
N. J
Flora E. Megill
Waco
Texas
Megill
Will of Washington Hadley Filed for Probate at Whittier
Whittier California January 3 The will of Washington Hadley late President of the Whittier National Bank and oldest bank president in the United States has been filed for probate. The estate is appraised at 125000 Hadley died December 21 and his will dated November 10 He boasted of sixty years as a banker and noted his insistence on rigid honesty with young men he helped.
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New York Times
Whittier
Cal
Washington Hadley
Whittier National Bank
United States
Hadley
Missing Stamford Girls Aged 15 14 16 Sparks Local Search
Mary Biellen 15 and her sister Anna 14 and Katherine Lynch 16 have been missing from Stamford home since Monday. Parents refuse to name the Stamford youths they fled with. Father Mrs Biellen says he will pursue the young men in New York as he searches for the girls.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Mary Biellen
Anna
Andrew Biellen
Katherine Lynch
Biellen
Hudson River Winter Navigation Ends With Record Run
The winter navigation on the Hudson River closed yesterday as the Rensselaer left at 8 P M bound for Albany. The season surpassed all records since 1824 when the river stayed open until January 5. Only 1881 was milder, with boats operating to January 1, and 1903 saw an earlier finish on November 30.
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Hudson River
Rensselaer
Albany
Welfare inspectors target society dances to curb new antics
A New York committee on Amusements and Vacation Resources investigates how dances like the turkey trot and grizzly bear have crept into debutante events. At a junior cotillion last week organizers protected guests by barring the new steps, dampening the evening, while plans for a broader conference with leaders across classes aim to educate and suppress what they call degraded dancing.
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Sherry’s
Ery
Cotillion
Charles Henry Israels
New York City
Tenderloin
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