Ex-Gov Fort Pushes Roosevelt Nomination Support
Ex-Gov Frank Fort of New Jersey urges Col. Roosevelt to say he would accept a Republican nomination if pressed by public demand. Fort met Roosevelt at the Outlook office and declared Roosevelt could win next November and should state his position. Everett Colby of West Orange also met Roosevelt and pledged to continue efforts in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Roosevelt
Outlook
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Newark
Fort
Roosevelt
Everett Colby
West Orange
N. J
Outlook Office
New York Times
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Republican City Committee
West Virginia
Glasscock
Col
Walter Brown
Republican State Central Committee
Ohio
Edwin Lee
Republican State Committee
Indiana
Taft
Republican National Committee
State Committee
Lee
Brown
Onlo
West
White House
Scott
Fairbanks
W. L. Highland
Clarksburg
West Va
Taft Faces Roosevelt Drift in State Politicking
Washington dispatch notes West Virginia Governor Glasscock endorses Roosevelt and urges Roosevelt delegate support while Taft operatives seek countermeasures. It highlights West Virginia sentiment, Taft opposition by Ohio and Indiana leaders, and calls for an answer from party factions ahead of the national convention.
Four Trains To Florida Coast Line Schedule
Advertisement notes northeast coast line sea level route trains to Florida with times 1 26 3 38 and 9 30 P M all catenary lighted Pullmans. Address 1218 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Coast Line
Speyer Receives German Red Eagle Decoration
James Speyer head of Speyer & Co. is awarded the Red Eagle of the Second Class by the German Emperor. The honor recognizes his and the Speyer banking houses’ long role in international affairs and efforts to improve US Germany relations. Speyer helped establish the Theodore Roosevelt professorship in Berlin and fostered professor exchanges between American and German universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Speyer
Speyer & Co
Washington
J. P. Morgan
Germany
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
America
Theodore Roosevelt
University of Berlin
Mr. Speyer
Speyer
United States
Gustavus Speyer
New York
Frankfort-on-Main
Frankfort
London
Paris
Eduard Beit von Speyer
Edgar Speyer
London House
Edward
Arthur von Gwinner
Philip Speyer
House of Lords
Deutsche Bank
Berlin
Young Leeds Rules Mansion In New Jersey Estate Heir
In Montclair New Jersey nine year old William B Leeds Jr heir to a 30 to 40 million dollar estate rules a staff of fifteen servants in a 200000 dollar South Mountain Avenue mansion. He travels by private French car attends a private school with a footman chauffeur and coachman. A housekeeper enforces his commands while a governess assists lessons. His mother in Europe exchanges cablegrams daily and bans playmates in favor of snow battles with servants. His maternal step grandmother was removed after a quarrel with his grandfather and officers carried her away meeting the tense family scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Montclair
N. J
Nonnie Leeds
Europe
William B. Leeds, Jr
South Mountain Avenue
Leeds
Jeanne Carpenter
William G. Stewart
Nelly Bly Story Suppressed From Subway Stands
Ward and Gow ordered removal of the second issue of Fair Play containing Nellie Bly's article How I Was Robbed of Two Million Dollars. The Public Wear Publishing Company title was circulated late Thursday night and pulled from stands after 2 pm Friday due to libel concerns. Artemas Ward declined to identify complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Play
Nellie Bly
Elizabeth C. Seaman
Ward & Gow
Public Wear Publishing Company
501
Fifth Avenue
Marcus Braun
Artemas Ward
Carnegie's feel held up by government expense vote
Andrew Carnegie struggles to receive 28.70 in witness fees from the Government after testifying before the House Steel Trust Committee. He signed the voucher Jan. 17. payment hinges on notarization of his New York witness seal. J. J. Farrell and J. A. Reed are listed as forthcoming witnesses for the committee inquiry into Farrell's export business and prior role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
House Steel Trust Committee
Carnegie
Jerry South
House
New York
Clerk South
J. J. Farrell
United Steel Corporation
J. A. Reed
Pittsburgh, Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
House Steel Trust
Farrell
Not in Politics Says Gary
Chairman Gary rejects reports that United States Steel supports opposing Taft’s renomination. He states the corporation and its officers stay out of politics and have done nothing to favor or oppose any presidential candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
Taft
Gary
Semi Annual Clearance Sale at Hackett Carhartt Stores
The four Hackett Carhartt shops announce a semi annual clearance event featuring men’s suits and overcoats. Discounts apply across all locations and stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackett
Carhart's
Ddv
Interborough Subways Ultimatum Seeks City Concessions
A five hour Downtown Association meeting at 60 Pine Street bridged city and Interborough views on subway terms. Theodore P. Shonts, though not present, saw the city outline fundamental requirements to be presented to directors next week. Negotiators split into groups as they aim to finish a workable plan including the H Bronx extensions Woodside Corona Steinway projects and Queensboro routes while addressing preferred payments third tracking and Steinway Tunnel purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interborough
Downtown Association
Pine Street
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
McAneny
Willcox
Prendergast
Miller
Bronx
Cromwell
Richmond
Samuel Rea
Morgan J. O’brien
A. J. County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ti. Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
Seth Low
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Shonts
Rea
Pennsylvania
Taterborough
Seventh Avenue
Woodside
Corona
Astoria
Steinway Tunnel
Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn
Broadway
Queensboro Bridge
Mr. Shonts
Agate
Public Service Commission
Gaynor
Fifty-ninth Street
Manhattan
Seventh Avenue Association
Interboron
Lexington Dee Lawn
Rockefeller's Tight Grip on Missabe Mines
A dramatic account by Frederick T. Gates depicts John D. Rockefeller's move to control the Missabe Mines through finance, maneuvering, and alleged blackmail, framed as a sensational Sunday Times feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Missabe Mines
Frederick T. Gates
Mr. Rockefeller
Americans Present at Kaiser’s Court in Berlin Schleppencourt
Twenty five American delegates led by Ambassador John G. A. Leishman were presented to Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Kaiserin at the Berlin Castle marking the opening of the German court season. Attendees wore naval blue uniforms with gold braid and carried swords and plumed hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiserin
Berlin
Schleppencourt
Leishman
Countess Gontaut-Biron
Née Leishman
Nancy Leishman
John Alexander Leishman
Barton French
Devereaux
Price Collier
Collier
Gladys Waterbury
Henry ‘Wood
A. P. Niblack
Robert Hadfield
Sheffield
England
Wickersham
Signecia Augusto Pulido
Legation
Miss Collier
Mrs. Devereaux
Miss Waterbury
Miss Devereaux
Shipping News Bulletin From Sandy Hook
Wireless update reports SS Victoria Suise on Hamburg America lane from Hamburg to New York, 780 miles east at 6 35 P M, due January 22 at 9 A M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Marconi
Victoria Suise
Hamburg
New York
Hamburg-American Line
The Weather and Police Pages: 1900s Times Column Notes
Brief routing record notes that future pages will carry sections titled The Weather Yesterday's Wills Yesterday's Fires Police and Fire Transfers Board of Education The Civil Service The United Service for column arrangement and archival reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
The
Civil Service
United Service
Widow Dies in Apartment Tragedy Over the Phone
Mrs Norah Houck, 34, was shot in her Wadsworth Court home after a telephoned dispute with husband Dr Ulysses Grant Houck. Switchboard operator Frank Cordoga and building superintendent broke in to find her dying. Dr Houck arrived too late. The couple had been married seven years and had no children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norah Houck
Frank Cordoga
Wadsworth Court
Wadsworth Avenue
180Th Street
Ulysses Grant Houck
United States Department of Agriculture
West Forty-second Street
Husband
Stern
Cordoga
Dr. Houck
Mr. Houck
Norah
Nels Nelson
Houck
Cardoga
G. O. Hester
Mrs. Houck
Dr. Hester
Nelson
Librarian Found Dead in West 115th Street Home
Harold Mason, a lodger at 316 West 115th Street, detected gas in a room rented yesterday by a young woman. He entered the room and found the librarian Mary Wegman dead with a tube to the gas jet in her mouth. Martin Wegman of Centre Street and Linwood Avenue identified her as his sister. He will bury her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Mason
Virginia Argudoles
West 115Th Street
Martin Wegman
Centre Street
Linwood Avenue
Brooklyn
Mary
Moringside Avenue
Wegman
Roosevelt's shift from horse to car marks new habit
Col Roosevelts interest in the automobile grew as he began to drive between Oyster Bay and New York The Outlook office. He still prefers the horse and continues daily horseback rides when at home. He recently built a macadam road from his hilltop home to the public highway below to ease travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Outlook Office
New York
Crown Big En Ir Hill
Two Steeplejacks Die In Fall At Church
Two steeplejacks fell 180 feet at the North Broad Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia while trying to save a companion who slipped on the ladder. Herman Greenwald clung to overalls on August Johnson’s body before both men died on impact. A bystander witnessed the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
North Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Herman Greenwald
August Johnson
Greenwald
Local Address Fragments from Florida Paper
Fragmentary OCR shows a Florida address line reading 364 Fifth Ave near 39th and a short stray reference to STA Florida. No clear event or person details emerge from the legible text.
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Southern As
Avoueta
Best
Sta, Florida
Fifth Ave
Cor
Court Open to Duchess at English Court
The Duke claims the Duchess Marlborough is entitled to a place among the ladies of the English court. The King studied the reports and authorized her status, and will approve her application when submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's office. The Duchess’s delay is personal, but she will be treated the same as the Duchess of Sutherland once she applies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
New York TimEs
Duchess of Marlborough
Duchess of Sutherland
Danish group proposes leasing St Thomas Harbor for Panama Canal
A Danish financial group proposed leasing St Thomas Harbor in connection with the Panama Canal opening. They would deepen the harbor and build wharfs and docks. The plan is under consideration and will await approval from the Danish Parliament, the Rigsdag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marconi
New York Times
Copenhagen
Panama Canal
St. Thomas Harbor
Stimson to See Dix on Hudson Dam and Water Rights
Secretary Stimson will meet Governor Dix in New York to discuss a new dam above the State Dam at Troy aimed at deepening and widening the Hudson River channel. The issue involves water rights and the lease of water power after a prior Canal Board action extinguishing rights was rescinded, delaying the project pending state federal agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington, D. C
Stimson
Washington
New York
Gov. Dix
Troy
Hudson River
New York State Canal Board
Demand for Release of British Banker in Mexico City
In El Paso on January 19, Britain demands the release of George W. Ham, a British subject and former head of the Mexico City Banking Company, held in Balem prison for over two years without trial. Britain warned Mexico to free him by Monday or face diplomatic action, hoping President Madero will acquiesce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
EL Paso
Texas
Great Britain
George W. Ham
Balem
Mexico City
Ham
Mexican National Packing Company
Madero
Taft Grants Pardon to New York Plasterer Krueger
President Taft pardoned Oscar Krueger of New York, who was serving eighteen months in Atlanta Penitentiary for sending improper matter through the mails. The pardon followed DOJ and District Attorney Wise recommendations after an investigation showed Krueger did not write the offensive letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington, D. C
Taft
Oscar Krueger
New York
Atlanta
Wise
Department of Justice
Krueger
Department
Nthony Comstock
Horace Prescott Sunk Off Diamond Shoals After Wreck
The schooner Horace Prescott from New York ran ashore on Diamond Shoals in heavy seas. Seven men aboard took refuge in the rigging as three swimmers were rescued and four remained in peril. Coast guard cutters Itasca and Onondaga were en route to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Norfolk
Diamond Shoals
Horace Prescott
New York
V. BR. W
Air Line Four Electric Steel Train On Broadway Inquiry
Partial OCR item notes an electric steel train and a location at 1,184 Broadway with an inquiry or listing. The readable fragment references an air line and four electric steel trains in connection with Broadway.
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Air Line
Inquire
Broadway
Cubans May Come to Argue With Taft
Havana dispatch reports renewed Cuban war fears as veterans demand action against Nunez and Coronado. Gen. Nunez denies an agreement with Taft, while Washington intervention rumors persist and Congress allocates pensions and road funds amid market dips and palace vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Havana
Veterans’ Committee
Nunez
Coronado
Ramirez
Gen. Aranda
Taft
Veterans’ Movement
Gen. Nunez
Veteran Association
J.monteagudo
Knox
Zayas
Gomez
Zagistas
United States
Pino Guerra
Menocal
Ferrara
Monteaguedo
Sefior Varona
Sefior Garcia
Congress
Deutsche Bank
Butter and Egg Collusion Allegations Tied to Chicago Elgin Boards
Former member E L McAdams testified that Chicago Butter and Egg Board officials also served on Elgin Board of Trade during his tenure. He said Chicago price fixing extended to Elgin, supporting government charges of collusion. A five member committee reported findings of price manipulation by the boards.
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Chicago
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
Elgin Board of Trade
E. L. McAdams
Both
Elgin
Commission
Col W. Brown
Board Committee of Five
Tion
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Colby
Mr. Fort
Kaiser
Young Leeds
Nelly Bly
Notary
Steel Committee
Steel Trust
Subway
Interboro
Queens
Sunday Times
Leishman Agleam AT
Kaiser’s Court
Amer
Icans
John G. A. Leishman
Wireless
Librarian
Mary Wegman
ST. Thomas
Dix
Mexico
G. W. Ham
Spurn Nunez
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