Taylor outlines scientific management to curb strikes
Frederick W. Taylor, Philadelphia efficiency expert, describes scientific selection and development of workers at Bethlehem steel and a bicycle wheel ball factory. He notes higher output with fewer workers, lower prices, and no guaranteed wage gains for labor, prompting questions on unions and wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Taylor
Philadelphia
Labor Temple
Second Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Taylor
Bethlehem Steel
Mr. Taylor
Manchester
England
Missing Cash Recovered After Hotel Porter
John David, clothing merchant at Broadway and Thirty-second Street, reported a package of 1600 in cash and a bank book lost after a Sixth Avenue car ride. A hotel porter cleaning a washroom found most of the money and the owner identified the property. Details of the finder and the amount returned were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John David
Broadway
Thirty-second Street
Harriman National Bank
Sixth Avenue
Fortythird Street
Times
David
THE
Hig
Porter
Avid
Ge Pee Mae
Cardinal Gibbons Jubilee Draws 15000 in Baltimore
15000 gathered at the Fifth Regiment Armory to honor Cardinal Gibbons on his twenty-fifth anniversary as a church leader. Presidents Taft Roosevelt and other dignitaries attended as speakers praised his blend of patriotism and faith and his role linking church and state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
James
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Fifth Regiment Armory
Taft
Sherman
Roosevelt
Bryce
Great Britain
Clark
Root
New York
Crothers
Maryland
Cannon
Preston
Cardinal
White
House of Representatives
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Taft Returns to Washington After Dinner With City Leaders
President Taft came back to Washington at 5 55 PM after a day marked by a dinner hosted by Mayor Preston. The Cardinal attended as guest of honor alongside prominent visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Taft
Washington
Cardinal
Preston
Chicago Arson Trust Alleged After Dreyfuss Self-Destructs
Special to The New York Times. Chicago June 6. Leopold Dreyfuss a clothing merchant confessed to hiring a gang to burn his South Market Street store and then killed himself. Police and fire officials say a large Arson Trust operated to swindle insurance with false bills after fires. Dreyfuss and partners were arrested after a $12,000 blaze. he admitted payments totaling 2000 dollars with a larger fee promised upon insurance collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Leopold Dreyfuss
South Market Street
Dreyfuss
Michigan Avenue
Arson Trust
Trust
Sullivan
Lezard
Max Cohen
Ring of Firebugs
Another Lorimer investigation hitch delays sub committee move
The Lorimer inquiry faced a fresh hitch as Texas Senator Culberson objected to immediate consideration of a sub committee resolution. Supporters expect the sub committee plan to proceed after further debate in the Senate. Some colleagues, including Senator Smith of Michigan, are unsettled by the move. The issue may shift to tomorrow’s session with continued debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Lorimer
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Senate
Culberson
Texas
Smith
Michi
Bailey Defends Secession At Davis Birthday Event
Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas told Confederate veterans that Jefferson Davis bore less responsibility for the Civil War than others and that the South sought reconciliation. He argued the fathers believed dissolution of the Union possible and noted James A. Jones, Davis’s former body servant, as the only man living who knows where the Confederacy’s seal is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Jefferson Davis
Davis
South
Union
Bailey
James A. Jones
Mr. Davis
Senator Bailey
Confederate States
Duty’s Gossamer Thread in Clements Separation Suit
Mrs. Josephine Clements testified in a Supreme Court trial led by Justice Goff alleging marital strife with her husband J. Morgan Clements, a mining engineer. She cited alleged name-calling and pursuit of false evidence for divorce, presenting letters with a Phoenix attorney and a noted letter about a “gossamer thread” of duty versus fear of public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Clements
J. Morgan Clements
Supreme Court
Goff
Belleclaire
Clothiers Re Elect Marcus M. Marks President
Marcus M. Marks of New York was re elected president of the National Association of Wholesale Clothiers. The group discussed a credit bureau with a central office in Chicago or New York and chose officers including E. R. Smith Samuel Rosenthal Charles Shol Abt W. R. Irvine and S. Solomon with plans to meet again next year in Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clothiers
Marcus M. Marks
Atlantic City
N. J
New York
National Association of Wholesale Clothiers
Chicago
E.R. Smith
Boston
Samuel Rosenthal
Philadelphia
Charles Shol
Cincinnati
Got Abt
W. R. Rwine
S. Solomon
Rochester
Dollar diplomacy up to Senate pits peace plan against opposition
Secretary Knox signed a Nicaragua treaty similar to Honduras aimed at stable peace through U S backed arrangements. The White House hopes Senate ratifies, arguing the policy serves Central America while denouncing opposition linked to Morgan or Wall Street as demagogy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Knox
Nicaragua
Honduras
Senate
Santo Domingo
United States
State Department
Central America
Wall Street
Department of State
Zelaya
Pepsees
Ernest H. Wands
New York
Department
Otto Schoenrich
Porto Rico
Cuba
William Church Osborn
Gov. Dix
Dr. Joseph Price Dies After Abdominal Surgery
Dr. Joseph Price a pioneer in abdominal surgery and leading gynecologist in Philadelphia died after an appendicitis operation. He had operated on a young girl earlier that day and underwent the same operation himself within hours. Price former president of AMA AAOG and OSHA, born 1853 in Virginia, founder of Gynecean Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn
Joseph Price
Price
American Medical Association
American Association of Gynecologists
American Society of Ob
Noon Hold-Up In Broadway Near Wall Street
Crowds near Wall Street saw a man step into Broadway traffic and threaten a brewery wagon driver with a revolver before fleeing. Police arrested William Watkins, who claimed no home in the city, on concealed weapons charges. The bank messenger reported $2,000 in danger but was not robbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Wall Street
Policeman Sanders
Landers
William Watkins
Aldermen Consider Dreamland Site Purchase and Bathing House Funds
The Committee on Parks recommended acquiring the Dreamland site and nearby lands destroyed by the Coney Island fire for a park. They urged an engineer to draft reclamation plans and questioned the failed high pressure water system. The opening of a new Municipal Bathing House may be delayed without salaries and equipment funding, while a measure to keep baths free was approved for the Board of Estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreamland
Coney Island
Surf Avenue
Ocean
West Fifth Street
West Tenth Street
Board of Estimate
L. M. Potter
Committee On
Woods
Department of Public Buildings
Brooklyn
Note Broker Dunphy Convicted of Grand Larceny
Arthur A. Dunphy a Highland New Jersey note broker was found guilty of grand larceny in the first degree before Judge Warren W Foster in General Sessions after a nearly two week trial. He was remanded for sentence awaiting Thursday. Co defendant Dr Frank I Moyer trustee of the National Protective Association Williamsport Pennsylvania has not yet been tried. They allegedly obtained a 15000 loan from the Anglo South American Bank using 5000 shares of Canadian Mines Company stock as collateral and a six month note. Bank learned the stock was tied up by a step order and the transfer could not be completed. Moyer testified the association sought control of a railroad near Williamsport and Damon sought help. Moyer claimed innocence and Dunphy offered no defense.
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Arthur A. Dunphy
Highland, N. J
Warren W. Foster
Dunphy
Frank I. Moyer
National Protective Association of
Williamsport
Penn
Protective Association
Canadian Mines Company
Windsor Trust
Dr. Moyer
Association
Child Takes Poison After Picture Show
A 12 year old girl in New Brunswick saw a heroine swallow poison on screen and copied the act with bichloride tablets saved by her mother. She swallowed a tablet at home, rushed to hospital, and survived after doctors treated her. she vowed not to return to films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Brunswick
N. J
Newport
Mabel Brody
Neilson Street
Mabel
St. Peter's Hospital
Prisoner Learns English in Jail Before Acquittal
Frank Golden indicted for horse stealing testified in Queens County Court after months in jail learning English with the help of an interpreter. He claimed he was hired to move two horses from Hollis to Bayonne and was not the thief. The jury acquitted him after he spoke in fluent English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Golden
Queens County
Long Island City
Frank McCrum
Hollis
Frederick G. de Witt
Golden
John Hetherington
Humphrey
Bayonne
N. J
Tramp A No 1 Beats Train Run for $500 Wager
F W Mackey known as Tramp A No 1 arrived from Boston after traveling from Los Angeles to Boston in eight days to win a $500 bet. He claims to have ridden trains across the continent with only $1.80 for expenses and letters between mayors guiding his route. He traveled on Santa Fe rails and freight lines then reached Grand Central Station aboard the Twentieth Century Limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Mackey
Boston
Los Angeles
Mackey
Santa Fé
St. Louis
Buffalo
New York Central
Empire State
Grand Central
Twentieth Century Limited
Investors in Redeemable Trust Face Mail Fraud Trial
Boston June 6 The Rev Norman Plass head of the Redeemable Investment Company is accused of inducing professional men to invest by promising six percent returns and easy withdrawals. Witnesses including Rev George Ladd and officers of associated firms testified about misrepresented assets and a dwindling redemption fund from 1902 to 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Norman Plass
Redeemable Investment Company
George E. Ladd
Colorado
Mr. Ladd
Redeemable Company
United States District Court
Plass
Ladd
Red Oak
Iowa
Boston & Canada Wheatlands Co
William G. Poor
Wheatlands
Clarence E. Dunaven
National Shawmut Bank
Brother's Body Brought Home From Europe
Marcus L. Ward Jr son of a former New Jersey governor returned from Europe aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II bearing the body of his brother Joseph Morris Ward of 15 Washington Street Newark He died in Carlsbad on May 19 He was met at the pier by Robert Hamilton Rucker who delivered the body for the Masonic fraternity.
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Europe
Marcus L. Ward, Jr
New Jersey
Joseph Morris Ward
Washington Street
Newark
Carlsbad
Robert Hamilton Rucker
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Washington St
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Ing Church and State
Rome
America
Coronel Gibbons
Republic of the United States
Tella Confederate Veterans
Negro
Coney Park
City
Ures
John Muir & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Tramp A No
Trunks
Saks
U.S. A
Norway
Saks & Company
34Th Street
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