Three Firemen Die in Multi Million Parker Building Fire
A four hour blaze at the Parker Building on Fourth Avenue and Nineteenth Street in New York killed three firemen and injured many others. Fire crews battled amid collapsing floors, rising heat, and falling debris while life lines saved four trapped men on the hotel roof. Firemen from multiple companies struggled with faulty equipment but finally rescued two groups from the roof and windows as sensational flames swept across the street.
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Belvedere House
Seventeenth Street
Twentieth Street
Eee
Broadway
Third Avenue
American Lithographing Company
Emen
Binns
Garin
Hotel
Florence
Keogh
Gargin
David Curley
Eagine
Ing. 14
Hotel Florence
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Orlev Die
Marili Tate
John Graham
Frank Wyant
Orge. Marshall
Joseph Brooks
Suffolk
Fire Chief Stops Subway Traffic After Parker Building Fire
Deputy Fire Chief Binns ordered the Subway closed at 2:15 a.m. and Chief Engineer Pegram shut off power by 2:20. Traffic will resume only after Parker Building cooling is checked. trains can run to the Fourteenth Street and Grand Central stations with passengers bridging the gap. The shutdown could last about two hours while safety checks continue.
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Engineers’ Club
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Man kills pet tiger cub to save daughter in home battle
Thomas Beet of Bensonhurst defended his six year old daughter Dorothy from Empress the tiger cub by knocking it down and trapping it in a gas oven. The pet had been gifted by Capt Cyrus Weldon and had acted gently until the sudden ferocity.
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Cyrus Weldon
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Impress
Scandal erupts as Irish inquiry ends abruptly
Dublin reports a sensational halt to the first session of the Vice Regal Commission investigating the loss of the Order of St Patrick regalia from Dublin Castle. Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King-at-Arms custodian, quits citing narrow inquiry scope while calls grow for a full investigation into related insinuations and government actions.
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Order of St. Patrick
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Arthur Edward Vicars
Ulster
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Arthur
Dublin Evening Herald
Ireland
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Herald of Army
Harvard University enrollment totals by department
Cambridge Mass January 10 Harvard University reports total enrollment of 5 763 students this year a decline of 26 from last year. Arts and Sciences 2 836 Divinity 31 Law 716 Medical 345 Dental 68 Bussey Institute 22 Radcliffe College 167.
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Harvard University
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Divinity School
Law School
Medical School
Dental School
Bussey Institute
Radcliffe College
Shipping News Briefs Arrive From Valdivia and Savannah
Latest shipping notices report the steamship City of Atlanta arriving at Savannah on January 8 and the Arrived-Ss Valdivia at Inagua on January 5. Seaboard Florida Service promotes service to Pinehurst, Camd, and Florida via the shortest route from 1,183 Broadway, Ady.
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Florida
Ady
Taft Defends Capital and Labor at Cooper Union Hearing
Secretary Taft faced a mixed Cooper Union crowd, answering questions after a cautious welcome. He advocated union recognition, supported injunctions with safeguards, and argued against government ownership of mines and railroads while declining to assess tariff impact or Sherman Act adequacy in detail.
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William H. Taft
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People's Institute
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Roosevelt Confident Taft Will Win GOP Nomination
President Roosevelt believes Taft will secure the Republican nomination at the June convention, likely on the first ballot. He cites Taft's broad appeal beyond his home state and growing strength on the Pacific coast, predicting Southern delegates will favor Taft and that only Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin may favor other candidates.
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New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Michigan
Minnesota
California
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Hughes
Roosevelt urged to seek renomination at Cleveland mass convention
In Cleveland on January 10 a heated clash between Taft and Foraker forces led to a rapid mass convention. A resolution urged President Roosevelt to renounce his declination and seek the nomination. A Taft influenced county committee prepared to call primaries or a convention for state delegates. Foraker leaders planned a mass convention to name a successor committee.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Taft
Foraker
Roosevelt
Republican
Election Board
State Committee
Johnson Supporter Bets Five Thousand On Nomination
In the Hoffman House last night former Republican Thomas H. Shevlin of Minneapolis bet turfman John S. McDonald five thousand dollars that Gov. Johnson of Minnesota will be defeated if nominated. Norman E. Mack of Buffalo witnessed the exchange as Johnson drew praise. McDonald accepted and the wager was filed with the clerk.
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Thomas H. Shevlin
Minneapolis
John S. McDonald
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Mr. Shevlin
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
Shevlin
McDonald
Bear Hunt Up State Ends With Hunter’s Shot
A black bear terrorizing near Newfield and Enfield was shot west of Trumbull's Corners by Dr. Minor McDaniels of Enfield assisted by seven dogs. The chase drew farmers from the area as the bear was cornered in a field after terrorizing the countryside and fatally mauling two hunting dogs.
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New York Times
Ithaca
Newfield
Enfield
Trumbull’s Corners
Minor McDaniels
Newfield Village
Texas Oil Traffic Stops Seizure Under Court Order
Assistant Attorney General J P Lightfoot hunts for Standard Oil Union Tank Line and National Transit assets in Texas to let receiver Guy A Collett seize property. Port Arthur agent instructed to seize Standard Oil tank steamers. Interstate oil traffic suspended under court order.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
J. P. Lightfoot
Standard Oil Company
Union Tank Line
National Transit Company
Guy A. Collett
Attorney’ General's Department
Port Arthur
Standard Oil
Eeuy
Tour to See Washington Leaves January Sixteen
The excursion offers a three day visit with price options of 12.00 or 14.50 covering necessary expenses. The trip departs Thursday January 16 by Pennsylvania Railroad under the arrangement labeled Aady.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Aady
Policeman Falls From Brooklyn Bridge During High Speed Pursuit
Police chase a demented man from the Brooklyn Bridge walks to the elevated trestle. The officer Robert J. Fitzgerald was struck by a trolley car and disappeared into the river. Fellow officers pursued the suspect, subduing him after a struggle, and he was taken to the Bridge Station. The search for Fitzgerald continued without success.
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Putnam Avenue
New York
Edward Conlon
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Scannell
Sergt. Farrell
Farrell
Conlon
Manhattan
Bridge
Brooklyn
Edward H. Walker
Wabash, Avenue
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cresson
Spangler
Chicago Union Traction Company
Harbor
Six Fires In 24 Hours In Brooklyn Apartment
Six fires in 24 hours broke out in the Leopold Lippman apartment at 478 Bainbridge Street Brooklyn. Fire Marshal William Beers was notified after the sixth blaze found in the basement beneath the Lippman unit. Each fire, from kitchen cupboard to dumbwaiter and private hall areas, was extinguished by residents or neighbors.
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Brooklyn
Leopold Lippman
William Beers
Lippman
Pases
Funeral for Yiddish poet Abraham Goldfaden draws 75000 mourners
Ten thousand Jews fill streets as funeral cortege of 104 coaches winds from the People's Theatre Bowery to Washington Cemetery Brooklyn. Notables present include actor Jacob Adler social worker David Blaustein and orator Dr. Malinsky. Police clear crowds and guard casket wrapped in Zion flag.
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East Eleventh Street
Washington Cemetery
Brooklyn
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Williamsburg Bridge
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Deerfoot Sausages Marketed for Purity and Cleanliness
A brief ad declares Deerfoot sausages as pure, dainty, and clean to meet rising consumer health concerns about prepared foods. The copy emphasizes careful selection and brand quality.
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Ady
Brilliant Meteor Falls Over City At 1250 A.M.
A bright meteor was seen streaking across the sky for three to five seconds shortly after midnight. It appeared southwest about a third up, traveling in a west-south direction with a bluish white body and a reddish tail. Nathan Bijur of 160 West Seventy-fifth Street, an astronomy enthusiast, provided the observation from Sixty-third Street and Broadway.
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West Seventy-fifth Street
Sixty-third Street
Broadway
Foraker Negro Vote Forges Move Toward Florida Convention
Organized Republican Negroes in Florida back J. B. Foraker for president aiming to capture the State Republican Convention at St Augustine on February 6. Fernandina reports solid Foraker delegation after defeating party office holders in county primaries. Factional fight rages across counties as Taft supporters resist.
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Fla
J. B. Foraker
St. Augustine
W. H. Taft
Fernandina
Foraker
Mayor Ousted After Week in Wee Hawken
Wee Hawken New Jersey town votes to remove Mayor Orris Frost after a week in office. Frost faces charges of unsatisfactory administration and abusive language. The Town Board, claiming highhanded rule, elects Emile Grauert as his successor.
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N.J
Orris Frost
Frost
Jersey
Emile Grauert
Night Riders Attack Contested by Equity in Kentucky
The State meeting of the American Society of Equity adopted resolutions denouncing the Night Riders as criminals and rejected Gov Willson statement blaming the society for recent raids. It urged legislation banning poison on tobacco and noted a Hopkinsville pledge by three buying-houses not to support Dark Tobacco Association or Equity and to resist swapped purchases.
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American Society of Equity Today
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Dark Tobacco Association
American Society of Equity
Gates to live in Texas Port Arthur announces residence
John W. Gates declared in Port Arthur that he will reside permanently in the Texas city. He may travel to New York Chicago and Europe but will always register from Port Arthur. He announced plans for a new weekly steamship line between Newark and Port Arthur.
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New York Times
Port Arthur
Texas
John W. Gates
New, Terk
Chicago
Europe
Newak
Naval inquiry by House on surgeon Stokes command ship
The House Committee on Naval Affairs voted to report favorably the resolution calling on the Secretary of the Navy for correspondence over Surgeon Stokes’s appointment to command the hospital ship Retief. It is expected to prompt release of Admiral Brownson’s suppressed letter arguing against appointing a start officer to command ship.
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Washington
Jan
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Cay
Secretary of the Navy
Stokes
Brownson
Minnehaha Bound For London Sailed With Passengers Transferred
The Atlantic liner Minnehaha sails for London today without passengers. Eighteen booked travelers were moved to the American liner Philadelphia bound for Southampton after Minnehaha broke down en route. Officials say the ship’s machinery was damaged but had been denied previously. now it is reported the starboard propeller issue will force a return trip on one screw.
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Philadelphia
Southampton
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Italian families reportedly kidnapped near Tallulah La
The State Immigration League says four Italian immigrant families about twenty eight people vanished after being persuaded to follow a planter of the same name as a Girard, La. employer. They were en route from New York to Girard when last heard from. no mistreatment is known.
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State Immigration League
Tallulah
New York
Girard
Tallulahe
Ambassador O'Brien Makes Important Representations at Tokio
Ambassador O'Brien travels to Tokyo and makes formal representations on pending issues. He meets with Japanese officials to discuss bilateral concerns and confirms continued cooperation and dialogue.
Japan to Tighten Emigration Flow Says New York Times
Special to The New York Times reports Tokyo doubts any written emigration agreement with the United States. Ambassador O'Brien has pressed for reforms to restrict emigration of select Japanese laboring classes, while Washington maintains no written pact is required. Japan fears a written treaty would threaten its dignity and provoke anti exclusion actions, though negotiations continue.
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