Taft to Push New Trust Probes After Court Ruling
President Taft signals renewed antitrust enforcement after Supreme Court rulings in Tobacco Trust and Standard Oil cases. He backs Department of Justice action against suspected vicious practices by major combinations, warning of price control and output limiting tactics.
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Supreme Court
New York Times
Washington
Taft
Supreme Court of the Circuit Court
Tobacco Trust
Standard Oil
High Court
Department of Justice
White House
Standard Oil Company
United States Steel Corporation
Wickersham
Wade Ellis
Beef Trust
Taft Praises Dartmouth College Alumni and Cannon
President Taft, addressing Dartmouth College alumni in Washington, lauds the small college and honors Speaker Joseph G. Cannon. He recalls Cannon’s self deprecating remark about not having a college education, and lauds Lincoln and Jackson as examples of merit without formal schooling. Also notes remarks by foreign ambassadors and Congressman McCall.
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Washington
Taft
Dartmouth College
Ernest Fox Nichols
Joseph G. Cannon
Cannon
Yale
Roosevelt
Harvard
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Joe
Daniel Webster
McCall
Massachusetts
Rockefeller Visits 26 Broadway For Personal Business
John D. Rockefeller, president of Standard Oil, visited 26 Broadway for a private, non company related purpose. He did not attend the daily directors meeting and spent time with personal representatives in the Standard Oil Building.
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John D. Rockefeller
Broadway
Standard Oil Company
Mr. Rockefeller
Standard of Company
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Trustee for a dog sparks tax appeal scene
In a tax office a man claiming 5000 dollars in city bonds as a dog’s trustee triggered laughter. John Bigelow, sworn resident of Highland Falls, seeks 25000 dollar assessment relief, while the silent trustee escapes before his name can be made public.
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John Bigelow
Highland Falls
Nic
President Purdy
Mr. Purdy
Purdy
Water Department payroll cuts proposed in New York
Water Commissioner Henry S Thompson reports a broad layoff plan to trim the payroll by about 100000 dollars annually. He cites idle foremen assistants and workers across aqueducts and hydrants and promises further reductions in coming days. The note accompanies a 1910 letter to Mayor Gaynor and mentions a pay raise for Prof William H Burr of Columbia.
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Thompson
Department of Water Supply, Gas
City of New York
William J. Gaynor
Department
Aqueduct
Central Park
Henry S. Thompson
Board of Water Supply
William H. Burr
Columbia
Paris Floods Devastate City As 5000 Homeless
Paris faces a growing flood disaster with 5000 homeless, widespread water mains failure, and factories shut down. Soldiers rescue victims in auto boats while the Red Cross and theaters mobilize aid. premier Briand warns of a deepening crisis as the Seine rises and food grows scarce.
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Paris
Briand
Hight
M. Millerand
M. Lépine
Seine
Pont de L’alma
Place de Havre
Placie de la Madeleine
Rue St. Lazarre
Orléans
Bercy
Passy
Alfortville
Red Cross Society
Chamber of Deputies
France
Times Subscriptions Push For Next Sunday's Features
Readers are urged to place orders with news dealers today to ensure access to the many notable features planned for next Sunday's Times.
Mrs Belmont backs union shop in waistwear venture
The National Co-Operative Waist and Neckwear Company to be formed in Trenton with $100,000 capital aims to deliver orders by February 15. Common stock to be sold only to Waistmakers Union cardholders while four of seven directors are named, and Mrs Ethel H Stewart elected president. Police arrest 31 striking workers after clashes at several factories.
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National Co-Operative Waist and
Trenton
N. Jr
Ellen F. Hanshe
J. Irving Hanshe
West Thirty-fourth Street
O. H. P. Belmont
Waistmakers’ Union
Ethel H. Stewart
East Highty-eighth Street
Hanshe
Mary E. Fitzgerald
Edgewater, N. J
New Jersey
Ana P. Kaplitz
Stewart
Women’s Municipal Ownership League
Equality League of Self- Supporting
Dominick Henry
Mercer Street
Henry
Waverley Place
Nathan Tutelman & Brothers
Bond Street
Greene Street
East Eleventh Street
Benjamin
Bauerschmidt
Smith
Max Goldstein
West Seventeenth Street
West Twentieth Street
Pg Police
Peopie's Institute League
Recond Avenue
T. A Manufac
Meat Boycott Aids Germany On Tariff
Berlin reports Germany remains firm against lifting meat import blocks. Prussian Agriculture Minister von Arnim emphasizes veterinary protections as specialists discuss tariff terms with America. Observers note pressure from Berlin Chambers of Commerce to seek a retreat from meat demands while prices rise in Germany.
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Germany
United States
Herr von Arnim
Star Chamber
Foreign Office
Minister of the Interior
America
Washington
Ted
Conestions
Theederatio A
Weleretie Board
New York Times
Chambers of Commerce of
Berlin
Chambers of Commerce
Taft
Germany Storms Slams Through Nation Halting Travel
Germany endures a violent snowstorm affecting rail and street traffic and crippling northern coast communications. Hamburg reports ships unable to leave the Elbe due to heavy seas and snow. Two fishing boats capsize in the bay with rescuers saving crews amid the gale. In Duisburg a factory fire starts from carbide stored in a wet quantity.
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Berlin
Germany
Hamburg
Elbe
Lensburg
Mardi Gras Pullman Tour Leaves Feb 4 From New York
Special Pennsylvania Railroad Pullman tour to New Orleans for Mardi Gras departs February 4 for seven days. Grand stand seats included with travel itineraries offered by D. P. A and C. Studds of 268 Fifth Avenue New York.
Government proposes Berlin tariff commission to avert tariff war
Washington on January 24 reported that the government offered to send a commission to Berlin to discuss tariff rates and restrictions in response to a German note pressing its demands. The move aims to ease tensions and prevent a tariff conflict between the two nations.
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Washington
Berlin
New York Times
Daily Rail Car Advertisement Notes Passenger Services
A fragment from a daily ad mentions Pullman drawing room cars and broadway routes with a price point around 1,200. It implies reserved passenger cars and service descriptions for a city transportation system.
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Vie Pree Im
Cue West
Pullman
Gervation
Ng Cars
Sxrice
Broadway
Beek and Lin Be Cause for 8 B Way Tale
Fragmentary OCR hints at a tale involving Beek and Lin Be on a street or route labeled 8 B. The text suggests a humorous or fanciful recounting of events or names without clear context or full details.
Taft Walks in Rain With Aide and Guards
President Taft took a long walk in drizzling rain from the White House this afternoon with Capt. Butt his military aide and two Secret Service men. The outing recalled Roosevelt era images to onlookers.
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Washington
Taft
Capt
Butt
Secret Service
White House
Roosevelt
New Comet A 1910 Recedes From Sun Observers Say
The comet first seen from Johannesburg and called Comet A 1910 is retreating in the western sky. Harvard Observatory photographs taken tonight show it moving away from the sun. Professor Kobold of Kiel University refined its orbital calculations.
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Boston
Venus
Johannesburg
Harvard Observatory
Kobold
Kiel University
Germany
Quakes Jolt West Indies Islands In January Shocks
Earthquakes rattled several West Indian islands on Sunday afternoon with two sharp shocks at St Vincent and Demerara, one at Trinidad, and prolonged tremors at St Lucia Barbados and Grenada. No damage reported.
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ST. Thomas
D. W.I
West Indian Islands
St. Vincent and
Demerara
Trinidad
St. Lucia
Barbados
Grenada
Royal Geographical Society awards Peary medal
The Royal Geographical Society announced a special gold medal for Commander Robert E. Peary at its meeting today in London. A silver replica will go to Captain Robert A. Bartlett for guiding Peary to within two degrees of the north pole.
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London
Royal Geographic Society
Robert E. Peary
Robert A. Bartlett
Peary
North Pole
William J. Locke Named Co-Respondent in Undefended Divorce
London report: William J. Locke, novelist whose works have been dramatized for American stages, is named as co-respondent in an undefended divorce suit heard today. Plaintiff Percy Hamilton Close seeks a decree nisi with costs. his wife formerly worked on the stage.
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New York Timms
London
William J. Locke
Percy Hamilton Close
Divorce for Mrs Colwell in Reno Nevada
Mrs Lillian Huntington Colwell obtained a divorce from Frederick Lewis Colwell a New York stock broker on grounds of non support and cruelty. She testified to a 1905 marriage at the St Regis Hotel New York and two years of cohabitation. A niece of the late Collis P Huntington she is active in Reno society and and is vice president of a local women's club. Reports say she may soon marry an Eastern broker.
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New York Times
Reno
Nev
Lillian Huntington Colwell
Frederick Lewis Colwell
New York
Colwell
St. Regis Hotel
Collis Pp. Huntington
Dead Man Found in Boarding House Room
The body of John W. Follett, 78, a marking ink manufacturer, was found in his furnished room at 119 West Sixteenth Street after the door was forced open. Dr. Wilkin son of the New York Hospital said Follett had been dead four days from natural causes. The discovery was made by his daughter Dr. Elizabeth A. Follett and Mrs. Anna Menzel. Follett had lived in the house for about two years and was known to be well to do.
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John W. Follett
Anna Menzel
West Sixteenth Street
Wilkinson
New York Hospital
Gate dispute halts work at Reid Holmes properties
Policeman Ryan was called to a dispute between Whitelaw Reid's and Artemas H Holmes's workmen in the Henry Villard block on Madison Avenue. Holmes seeks to hang a five foot wide gate in a passageway between the Reid and Holmes houses to deter book agents, while Reid's agent Col. Henry Sackett objects as unsightly. The men agreed to wait for employer approval before continuing.
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Ryan
East Fifty-first Street
Whitelaw Reid
England
Artemas H. Holmes
Mr. Reid
Henry Villard
Madison Avenue
Fifty
Fifty-first Streets
Mr. Helmes
Col
Henry Sackett
Reid
Ban on Silk Stockings Snares Newark Girl
Mrs. L. W. Hayes of 1006 Broad Street Newark resorted to public notice to curb her daughter's silk stocking purchases. The ad disclaims responsibility for any contract made by the daughter, prompting Miss Hayes to retreat to her room and skip a dance.
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L. W. Hayes
Broad Street
Newark
N. J
North Reached by Southern Railway Through Weeping Cars
A brief notice from the New York office at 1200 Broadway notes Southern Railway service with through cars and mentions reached by the line.
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Southern Railway
N. Y
Broadway
Man Arrested in Park Shooting Ties to Double Slaying
Herbert Jerome Dennison of 152 East 128th Street faces first degree murder charges over the High Bridge Park killings of the Shibley and Lomas boys on January 12. Police say park foreman Lawrence Casey identified Dennison and a revolver linked to the shooting was found within 100 feet of the scene. Dennison’s arrest followed surveillance at a Long Island sanitarium and a ferryboat capture near East Thirty fourth Street. The case also connects to a separate January 12 shooting of John Fredericks.
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Herbert Jerome Dennison
East 128Th Street
Shibley
Lomas
Highbridge Park
Dennison
John Fredericks
Lawrence Casey
Long Island
Casey
Corrigan
McCafferty
Jefferson Market
Whitman
New York
Lagerenne
Gildea
Harlem
Hopkins & Allen
Michelli and McLoughlin
Connecticut
Long Island Institution
Poice
Jose Reddock
van Dyke
Mercer Street
Ameena Shibley
Arthur Shibley
Washington Heights
Stickney
Rubin
Brown divorce suit filed by Florence Stimson Brown
Florence Stimson Brown seeks a divorce from James Edward Brown of New York City after alleging repeated abuse and threats including a revolver incident. Actress Catherine Watson testified Brown slapped and cursed his wife, with additional witnesses corroborating abusive conduct in New York. The plaintiff, an artist, contends she can support herself by painting.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Florence Stimson Brown
James Edward Brown
New York City
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