Money and Skill in Roosevelt Boom
Taft managers report a well funded, organized Roosevelt drive spreading across states from Maine to Oregon. Backed by financiers like Frank A. Munsey, the movement appears coordinated rather than spontaneous, with efforts visible in New York and Washington. The Taft camp notes President Roosevelt’s growing strength and expects a public clarification soon.
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New York Times
Washington, D. C
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
Maine
Oregon
Minnesota
Gulf
Col. Roosevelt
New York
Gov
Glasscock
West Virginia
Gov. Glasscock
Frank A. Munsey
Munsey
Ohio
New Haven
Roosevelt Might Seek Presidency If Nominated
Ex-State Senator Flinn said Theodore Roosevelt would accept a nomination if offered and soon issue a personal statement. He said Roosevelt would not seek the nomination but would feel duty bound to accept if the honor is offered. The Pennsylvania organization would begin Roosevelt’s campaign immediately despite no formal declaration.
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New York Times
Pittsburgh
Penn
Flinn
Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
la Follette
Senator la Follette
Equal Franchise Association
Postmaster Hitchcock’s Vague Oyster Bay Visit Inquiries
The Postmaster General did not appear at Oyster Bay on Sunday as reporters expected after a Saturday sighting in New York. Theodore Roosevelt, who avoids visitors on Sundays, was seen on the Sagamore Hill veranda bidding farewell to two guests while newspapers speculated on Hitchcock’s possible meeting with the former president.
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Hitchcock
New York
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Long Island Railroad
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Layties Bros Offer Antediluvian Whiskey in New Fork Ady
A short notice notes Layties Bros of New Fork Ady offering Antediluvian Whiskey for sale or tasting. The terse item highlights a local liquor supply and invites patrons to begin enjoying the spirit.
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Layties Bros., New Fork
Ady
Glass Eye Barred Them Time on Ellis Island?
Berlin reports the Vossische Zeitung accuses the American immigration inquiry of cruelty on Ellis Island. It cites Mrs Pettin Kauil and her two sons barred from rejoining a New York banker husband because the eldest wore a glass eye. Immigration officials deny such practice and note no barrier to entry for healthy applicants.
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Marconi
New York Times
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Pettin Kauil
New York
Ellis Island
United States
Baltimore
Boston
Canada
William Williams
Newfoundland dog delivers plea to New Rochelle charity head
In New Rochelle on January 21 Vincent Crennan the city Charities Commissioner was interrupted at dinner by a Newfoundland dog carrying a child’s note begging help for a family. The note named Union Avenue West New Rochelle and described illness and coal shortage. Crennan had previously aided the family with groceries meat and coal from his own cellar after the father fell ill and the daughter cared for siblings. The dog reportedly brought the note and understood commands, aiding the outreach effort.
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New York Times
New Rochelle
N. Y
Vincent de Paul Crennan
Charities of
Union Avenue
West New Rochelle
Rover
Commissioner Crennan
Bonaparte Replies to Watterson on Baltimore Banter
Ex Attorney General Bonaparte jokes about Col Watterson and Col Cabell Bruce in the Wil son defense case. He notes Baltimore politicians prefer living company over afterlife company and cites Dr Watts about avoiding anger. He downplays the Wilson dispute as not his funeral and urges restraint.
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Baltimore
Bonaparte
Col. Watterson
Cabell Bruce
Woodrow Wilson
Kentucky
Mount Holyoke Students Sell Love Letters to Boost Endowment
Mount Holyoke College girls in South Hadley raise funds for the endowment by selling love letters for 50 cents each. The letters are written for or by a student crush to support a promised $100,000 gift if the college secures $400,000 more. The letters are confidential and target junior prom season amid growing demand.
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New York Times
South Hadley
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
Plot Against Americans Unveiled in Teheran
In Teheran on January 21 an unveiled plot to kill an American official tied to the Treasury gendarmes is linked to the January 16 shooting outside their barracks. A former gendarmerie officer confessed, implicating himself, aiming to provoke a political incident involving the United States.
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Teheran
Col
Bruce
Treasury
United States
Shuster and Family Leave Vienna for Paris
Former Persia Treasurer General W Morgan Shuster and his family depart Vienna for Paris. Edward Bell, Secretary of the American Legation in Teheran, accompanies them and will resume his post after a brief stay in Paris.
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Vienna
W. Morgan Shuster
Persia
Paris
Duke Arrives in New York for Quiet Ottawa Visit
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia arrive at Grand Central at 7:26 on the Montreal Express. Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid host a luncheon and plan sightseeing options with possible Central Park motor tour. Duke to depart Thursday for Ottawa.
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Whitelaw Reid
Duke and Duchess of Connaught
Patricia
Grand Central Station
Montreal
Ambassador
Ambassador's
Mme
Alma Gluck
Queen Carmen Sylva Fiction to Be Printed in America
A stirring story by Queen Carmen Sylva regarded as a strong piece of fiction will be printed in America for the first time in next Sunday's Times.
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Carmen Sylva
America
Mail Frauds Cost $77 Million a Year Revealed
Washington report from Chief Post Office Inspector R S Sharp states during fiscal year 1911 swindlers netted about 77 million dollars from the public. He details schemes from fake mining stocks to bogus land deals and notes ongoing prosecutions and indictments. The report calls for Justice Department takeover of investigations into get rich quick schemes.
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New York Times
Washington, D. C
R. S. Sharp
Post Office
United States
Sharp
Postal Service
Department of Justice
Four Die In Kinmundy Railroad Wreck Involving Melcher Car
Four people died when the Seminole Limited No. 3 crashed into the rear of train No. 25 at Kinmundy Illinois. Among the dead were J T Harahan Sr former Illinois Central president F O Melcher Rock Island vice president E B Pierce and E E Wright Memphis attorney Wright was son of Gen Luke E Wright Former War Secretary. More than a score injured as private car attached to Melcher’s train telescoped.
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Decatur, IH
F. O. Melcher
Rock Island Railroad
Kinmundy
Ill
J. T. Harahan
The
Illinois Cenarl
Illinois Central
Rock Island
E. B. Pierce
E. E. Wright
Memphis
Luke E.wreht
Taft
Seminole Limited No
Great Northern
Duke of Connaught departs Ottawa for New York in quiet ceremony
In Ottawa on January 21 the Duke of Connaught and the Duchess of Connaught left for New York with minimal ceremony. Their party boarded the Governor General's Cornwall and York cars to Montreal at 3 20 PM and will travel via Rutland lines to reach New York at 7 26 AM tomorrow. The royal pair aim for four to five days and will attend only purely social events. The Central Station departure occurred during its reconstruction work.
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W. Butler Duncan
Fifth Avenue
Prince of Wales
King Edward VII
Duncan
Duke of
Canada
Twenty-eighth Street
Mr. Duncan
Duke
New York
Alexandra
Scotland
Queen Alexandra
Academy of Music
Est Fourteenth Street
Ottawa
The
Dominion
New York Times
Ont
Royal
Duke of Connaught
Duchess of Connaught
Patricia
Pelly
Capt. Rivers-Bulkeley
Cornwall
York
Canadian Pacific Express
Montreal
Rutland
Central Station
Minstrel Help Sought to Cure Camden Hiccup Case
Marie Shinn of 125 North Twenty fourth Street has hiccoughed for sixteen days. Her mother appeals to a Camden minstrel troupe to visit the home and attempt to make her laugh as a last resort. Previous shocks and threats failed to stop the hiccups.
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Camden
N. J
Marie Shinn
North Twenty-fourth Street
Labouchere Will Names Trustees For $4 Million Estate
The late Henry Labouchere's will appoints three trustees including Reginald McKenna the British home secretary. It leaves a substantial annual income to his daughter the Marchesa Di Rudini and an estate valued around $4 million to be divided among nephews bearing the Labouchere name.
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Florence
Henry Labouchere
London Truth
Reginald McKenna
Airman Dies of Burns After Midair Crash
In Senlis France on January 21 an airman Lieutenant Boerner died from burns suffered Friday when his plane capsized at 300 feet. He was strapped to the seat and crushed as flames enveloped him after the midair incident.
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Senlis
France
Lieut
Boerner
Lieut. Boerner
Rescue on icy Hudson as a boy saves two canoeists
In Riverside Drive near 200th Street, four o clock yesterday afternoon two canoes drifted toward Manhattan shore amid ice. Ed ward Baldwin of the Inwood Canoe Club braved cracking ice to throw a rope, pulling the man and girl aboard while spectators cheered. The rescued pair were John Schaefer of Sherman Avenue Bronx and Miss Annie Sohl of Hoe Avenue Bronx. The other canoe carried John Clark of West 178th Street and Ansel Heinemeir of Manhattan Avenue.
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Riverside Drive
200Th Street
Jersey Shore
Manhattan
Edward Baldwin
Inwood Canoe Club
Aso
United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps
Baldwin
Inter-State Boat Club
John Schaefer
Sherman Avenue
Bronx
Annie Sohl
Hoe’ Avenue
John Clark
West 178Th Street
Ansel Heinemeir
Manhattan Avenue
Automobiles for Servants Proposal Sparks Debate
The Rev. George Grover Mills of the First Unitarian Church of Watertown urged clear understanding between masters and servants. He proposed allowing servants to use family cars pianos and books and to attend theatre without personal expense.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
George Grover Mills
First Unitarian Church of
Watertown
Public placement of Harvesters notes in Chicago
Inter national Harvester Company privately placed the entire 5 million three year 5 percent notes with wealthy local investors in Chicago. Two million were placed through First National Bank and one million each through Corn Exchange National Illinois Trust and Savings and Merchants' Loan and Trust. The total issue was 20 million taken by J P Morgan.
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New York Times
Chicago
International Harvester Company
First National Bank
Corn Exchange National
Illinois Trust and Savings, and Merchants’ Loan and Trust
Hines Heads to Washington Amid Lorimer Probe
Edward Hines the Chicago lumberman departed for Washington with attorney William J. Hynes. He urged forced disclosure of Burns detective findings and promised the public would learn the truth about the Lorimer case and the alleged outrage in pressuring his unseating.
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Chicago
Edward Hines
Washington, D. C
William J. Hynes
Lorimer
William J. Burns
Hines
Burns
Ice Yacht Accident Leaves Man Critical In New Jersey
William G. Metzdorf traveling at high speed on the North Shrewsbury River Fair Haven was hurled from his ice yacht Henlengling after hitting a hole cut by fishermen. He suffered a throat wound from ear to ear a deep forehead gash and a narrowly severed jugular vein. He is in critical condition.
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New York Times
Red Bank
N. J
Shrewsbury
Fair Haven
William G. Metzdorf
Metzdorf
Shonts to Make New Offer on New York Subway
Theodore P. Shonts, president of the Interborough, Chicago & Alton, and Clover Leaf railways, left Chicago for New York to prepare a new subway proposal. He denied seeking Armours or Western funds and said Interborough has ample New York backing. He dismissed reports he would quit the Chicago & Alton presidency to focus on Interborough.
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New York Times
Chicago
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough Rapid Transit Company of
New York
Chicago & Alton Railway
Clover Leaf System
Chicago & Alton Board of Directors
Congress Hotel
Interborough
Shonts
Armours
Interborough Company
New York City
Chicago & Alton
Galveston Aviator Returns Home From Fort Crockett Flight
Charles K. Hamilton flew from Fort Crockett to the Hotel Galvese in a Curtis biplane arriving near midnight. He left the aircraft in the yard and went to bed, ending a local test flight in Galveston Texas.
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New York Times
Galveston
Texas
Charles K. Hamilton
Fort Crockett
Galvese
Curtis
Gov Stops Newport Gambling Action in 1910 Pattern
Gov Pothier halted Newport Rhode Island gambling at Narragansett Pier again through Sheriff James Anthony. Sheriff’s men shut down all resorts in one day, despite actions by Mayor P Joe and Chief James R Crowley. The move targets gambling during busy summer season. fate of fashionable venues remains unclear. cut fruits jellies water ices Angostura Bitters.
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New York Times
Newport
R. IL
Gov. Pothier
Narragansett Pier
James Anthony
P. Joe
James R. Crowley
Surprise for Carmania Passengers at Quarantine
The Cunard liner Carmania docked at Quarantine after arriving from Liverpool. First class passengers dining in the saloon were told they must pass the doctor on the way to the pier. ImmIGration staff and Marine Hospital doctors checked names as listed, a revival of the long-dormant practice to prevent barred aliens entering the United States. Mrs. W I R Irvine, wife of the Laconia’s captain, was among the Carmania passengers.
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Cunard
Liverpool
Uarantine
Revenue Cutter
Willis Island
Marine Hospital
Purser Clarke
United States
W. I. R. Irvine
Irvine
Boston
Cardinal Farley welcomed by massive New York rally
About 20 000 to 25 000 Catholics packed the Hippodrome and 6 000 filled the upper theatre to honor Cardinal Farley with speeches by O Gorman Delany Mulqueen Agar Cochran and Glegerich. Farley thanked speakers and the Pope, amid police kept order and a wireless teletype sent resolutions praising the Holy See and urging loyalty to Peter.
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Cardinal Farley
Hippodrome
Inspector Hayes
O’conner
Forty-second Street
Forty-fourth Street
Cardinal
James A. O’gorman
John J. Delany
M. J. Mulqueen
John G. Agar
W. Bourke Cochran
L. A. Glegerich
Holy Father
Father
Giegerich
Pius X
Farley
New York
Pope Pius the Tenth
Peter
United States
Newark
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