Locomotive Clash Over Costs and Quality Abroad
President Felton of the Pennsylvania Steel Company defends the Burma viaduct against Sir Alfred Hickman’s charges while Allen B. Johnson of Baldwin Locomotive Co cites limited data from the Midland Railway. Johnson notes Baldwin engines are widely used with few complaints and urges investigation if Indian railways show unfavorable results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Felton
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Alfred Hickman
M. P
Burmah
George Francis Hamilton
India
Sir Alfred Hickman
Allen B. Johnson
Baldwin Locomotive Company
Samuel W. Johnson
Midland Railway
England
Locomotive Department
The
Baldwin
Great Britain
Baldwin Company
London
France
Bavaria
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Philippine civil government discussed in Cabinet
Washington June 7. Cabinet debate led by Secretary Root and Attorney General Knox on establishing a central government in Manila. No decision yet. Gen Chaffee to succeed MacArthur July 1 with gradual civil expansion using tailored forms per community and continued military supremacy where needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Root
Knox
Gen. Chaffee
Gen.MacArthur
Taft
Manila
News and Advertisements Highlight Today’s Pages
The page lists sections and teasers for today’s sixteen pages including Financial Affairs, Commercial World, Amusements, Arrivals at Hotels, and notices on Insurance, Legal, Real Estate, Railroads, and Marine Intelligence. It notes steamer schedules to New Haven, fares, and various advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tocks
Ito Esa
Eligious
Sciety
U Nited Service
Father Report
Taft as Governor Under Military Authority Discussed
Discussion focused on Taft serving as Governor using military power while Spooner bill is dropped. President relies on military authority for governance and civil officer roles. Beyond the Governorship no decisions and fellow commissioners’ positions remain unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Spooner
Cone Tely
Tornado hits Opelousas Louisiana demolishing mill
A severe tornado struck the northwest area of Opelousas killing a white boy of fourteen named Albert Gautreaux and badly injuring John Zoder. It demolished the San Landry Cotton Oil Mill and damaged homes of W B Lewis Willie Lewis and Ben Melancon along with part of the Opelousas Ice and Bottling Works office. The cyclone path was about 400 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opelousas
Ian
San Landry
Albert Gautreaux
John Zoder
W. B. Lewis
Willie Lewis
Ben Melancon
Opelousas Ice and Bottling Works
Writ filed to force Treasury to unveil Patrick appointment records
A petition in the District Supreme Court seeks a writ of certiorari against Secretary Lyman J. Gage to force disclosure of all documents and reports tied to the John H. Patrick appointment in Genesee District Customs. Eugene W. Parsons, Fred O. Buchan, and Giles Ward filed the suit after exam results and nominations led to Buchan and Ward receiving posts while Patrick, on the eligible list, was appointed. Parsons denies intent to secure a job and asserts process irregularities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District Supreme Court Today
Eugene W. Parsons
Rochester
N. Y
Lyman J. Gage
Secretary of the Treasury
John H. Patrick
Customs Service
District of Genesee
Parsons
Fred O. Buchan
Giles Ward
Buchan
Ward
Henry Harrison
Genesee
Harrison
Patrick
Gauger
International Line Survey Doubts on Baker District Progress
Ottawa reports doubt over Whatcom Washington claim that the US and Canadian commissions have finished surveying the Mount Baker mining district. Surveyor McArthur reached Chilliwack May 31 and would continue slowly through dense bush toward Mount Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Whatcom
Washington
United States
Mount Baker
McArthur
Chilliwack
B. C
Wellesley Students Govern Under New Accord
At morning chapel President Caroline Haz Zard announced trustees approved a student government agreement. Signatures by McKenzie Durant and Haz Zard completed, with remaining signers the college secretary, student government officers, senior class president, and House Council head. Students gain self governance with strict rules and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
Caroline Hazzard
Alexander McKenzie
Pauline Adeline Durant
Wellesley Student Government Association
House Council
Conger Carries Madison County Primary for Governor
Republican voters in Madison County Iowa backed Minister Conger over A B Cummins of Des Moines in a single ticket governor race. Returns show Conger with a clear county lead and Madison first to go for him in the Seventh District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County
Iowa
Des Moines
Conger
A. B. Cummins
Madison
New Antiseptic Found in Ann Arbor Research
In Ann Arbor on June 7 researchers Dr. Frederick G. Novy and Dr. Paul C. Freer announced a new antiseptic class organic acid hyperoxides. A water solution with five thousandths of 1 percent active oxygen from hyperoxides killed all bacteria in tests. The hyperoxide benzozlacital, when tested on dogs, proved non poisonous in large internal doses and signals further important developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor, Mich
Frederick G. Novy
Paul C. Freer
Yachtsmen Saved from Peril near Stamford Harbor
Vice Commodore James D. Smith of the Riverside Yacht Club aided two wrecked yachtsmen off Stamford Connecticut. A City Island pilot and companion were aboard a dismasted sloop after a squall. Commodore Smith's launch Thor with Captain Biggs and four sailors assisted, towing the disabled vessel into the harbor for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Conn
James D. Smith
Riverside Yacht Club
Johnson
City Island Sound
Tid Davis
Smith
Thor
Biggs
New Train to Buffalo To Begin Service
On Monday June 17 the New York Central will place in service an entirely new train to Buffalo leaving Grand Central at 9 20 A M and arriving Buffalo at 9 20 P M This offers a daylight ride along the Hudson River and Mohawk Valley to Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
New York Central
Grand Central Station
Hudson River
Mohawk Valley
Chased by Justice Jerome Raids Beaver Street Pool Room
Justice Jerome with sledgehammer and detectives, aided by Frank Moss, raids a pool room at 36 Beaver Street under the Society for the Prevention of Crime. Three employees are jailed, two fugitives escape, and the raid yields charts, cards, and a telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Jerome
Frank Moss
Beaver Street
First Precinct
Creamer
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Scotchy Roe
Brick Top
Murray Roe
Justice
Hammond
Jeromé
Capt
Gannon
Kane
McClintock
McLellan
Dillon
Jerome
Dawn
South Williams Street
Hammona
Criminal Courts
John Haytey
James Tobin
Bob” Davis
Thames Street
Westervelt
Assembly
Jack
Mercer Street
Raid at Stuyvesant Street House Nets Multiple Arrests
Capt. Diamond of the Fifth Street Station with Detectives Larkin and McCarthy raided the house at 27 Stuyvesant Street last night. Lena Schmidt the alleged proprietress five other women and a man were arrested and locked up. The house lies half a block from St. Mark's Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond
Fifth Street
Larkin
McCarthy
Stuyvesant Street
Lena Schmidt
St. Mark's Church
Six Chairs as Jurors in Local Inquest Scandal
Ex Deputy Coroner John Weckler, linked to a bogus Marie Deffenbach inquest, was sighted at a Hammond Indiana farm after fleeing Chicago. He claimed the death appeared natural and admitted using fictitious juror names to complete his report. Judge Tuley seeks Weckler to question six empty chairs said to have served as jurors. Dr Unger's defense counsel John J McDonnold fainted during address to the jury but recovered after an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Weckler
Marie Deffenbach
Hammond
Ind
Inqiest
Weckler
Dr. Unger
Wayland Brown
Frank Smiley
Tuley
John J. McDonnold
McDonnold
New and Costly Cars for Chicago
Special to The New York Times Chicago on June 7 reports a historic overhaul of street railway rolling stock. The city plans to debut a fleet of new, costly cars on Monday marking the greatest modernization to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
New York Times
Chicago City Rail
Yale Princeton Baseball Train Trip Announcement
The Pennsylvania Railroad will run a special train to Princeton and return June 8 leaving New York at 12 25 P M from West 23d Street Cortlandt and Desbrosses Streets arriving Princeton 2 10 P M returning the special will depart Princeton 30 minutes after the game closing stopping at Newark Elizabeth and New Brunswick in each direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania’ Railroad
Princeton
New York
West
Cortlandt and Desbross
Newark
Elizabeth
New Brunswick
Wentworth Avenue line car orders open for bids
Seven firms bid to furnish 120 new streetcars for Wentworth Avenue at an estimated cost of about 700000 dollars while an early investment of 1000000 dollars is planned. The cars will resemble the type used in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Way Company
Nev
Wentworth Avenue
St. Louis
President Mellen resigns from Northern Pacific
In St Paul on June 7 1907 it is reported that Charles S Mellen president of the Northern Pacific Railway has resigned He could not be reached for comment Mellen aged fifty one was born in Lowell Massachusetts He began in railroads at eighteen as a clerk for the Northern New Hampshire Railroad and held posts with several lines before rising to top posts with Union Pacific New York and New England and New Haven railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Charles S. Mellen
Northern Pacific
Mellen
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Lowell
Mass
Northern New Hampshire Railroad
This Road
Central Ormont Railroad Company
Boston and Lowell Railroad
Concord
Union Pacific
New York and New England Railroad
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New World War Room Map For White House Planned
The Coast and Geodetic Survey prepares a large wall map for the White House War Room. The 30 by 15 foot chart marks cables coaling stations docks and sovereignty titles with up to date details from consular inquiries and first hand sources. The Philippine Islands appear twice to show sunrise and sunset routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coast and Geodetic Survey
White House
United States
Coast Survey
Philippine Islands
Opera
Five New Rapid Transit Companies Planned for Philadelphia
The week saw Foerderer and associates travel to Harrisburg amid expected signing of the Focht and Emery railway bills. Five surface rapid transit companies are planned with 120 miles total and $12 million capitalization, covering routes on Market Street Front Street Frankford Avenue and Ridge Avenue. Elevated lines are also anticipated under the Focht bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Robert’ Foerderer
General Assembly
Harrisburg
Emery
Mr. Foerderer
Northern Rapid Transit Company
Eastern Neue Transit Company
Western Rapid Transit Company
Southern Rapid Transit Company
Central Rapid Transit Company
John M. Mack
Michael Murphey
Clarence Olf
Market Street
Front Street
Frankford Avenue
Ridge Avenue
No Bail For Mabel Burt At Northampton Jail
Mr J Ogden Burt of Bridgeton N J arrived in Northampton Mass to post bail for his daughter Mabel Burt who is jailed on charges of stealing about 3000 from Smith College students. He did not post the 1500 bail and the daughter remains in custody after a brief visit during which she shown little emotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
J. Ogden Burt
Bridgeton
N. J
Mabel
Smith College
Burt
Miss Burt
Statues to be Inscribed In Washington Monuments
Visitors complain inscriptions are missing on Washington statues including Hancock, Lafay ette and a small park. Congress approves $100 for simple inscriptions naming the figures and their birth and death dates. Col. Bingham oversees the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hancock
Congress
Lafayette
Col. Bingham
Blackburn to sail 25 foot sloop to Lisbon
Capt Howard Blackburn plans a 2800 mile voyage from Gloucester to Lisbon in a twenty five foot sloop the Great Republic. He previously crossed the Atlantic in 1899 from Gloucester to London in sixty one days and predicts a forty five day crossing this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Gloucester
Mass
Howard Blackburn
London
Great Western
Great Republic
Lisbon
Portugal
Georgia Sheriff Fires On Would-Be Lynchers
In Carrollton Georgia Sheriff Joseph Merrill repelled a mob bent on lynching a black man convicted of murdering Otis Ward. One attacker died and two were wounded. militia and state authorities intervened, escorting the prisoner toward Atlanta for safety as the mob dispersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
Georgia
Joseph Merrill
Atlanta
George Bennett
Thomas Smith
Thomas S. Word
Bennett
Mr. Word
Williams
Otis Ward
Harris
Supreme Court
Merrill
Herrid
Gov Candler
Villa Rica
Temple
Gov. Candler
Barker
Anging
Brookfield Republican Excluded From City Conference
At the Citizens' Union headquarters in Union Square East a conference of anti-Tammany groups met with Willis L. Ogden presiding. The Invitations Committee recommended inviting several Republican and German civic groups to future conferences, though Brookfield was not invited. Critics blamed internal feuding and a skewed roster, noting the Twenty-first District, a strong Republican area, was ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
New York
William Brookfield
Citizens’ ‘Union
Union Square
East
Willis L. Ogden
Robert C. Morris
Committee On Invitations
Republican Committee of
Queens
Richmond
Independent Democracy of
Manhattan
City Democracy of
German-American Reform Union
German- American League
German Republican Municipal League of
Brookfield
R. C. Morris
Republican County Committee
Committee
Citizens’ Union
Ferdinand Eidman
Jastrow Alexander
Morris
Frederick S. Gibbs
F. Norton Goddard
Cornelius van Cott
William H. Ten Eyck
William Henkel
van Cott
N. H. Henry
Mr. Morris
The Luxurious Overland Limited Leaves Chicago at Six Thirty
The Luxurious Every Day Train the Overland Limited departs Chicago at 6 30 P M bound for California via Chicago and Northwestern Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Bus. Details available at Northwestern Line 461 Broadway Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Northwestern Line
Myles Standish Ginger Ale Advertisement
A brief adv notice invites readers to order a well chilled bottle of Myles Standish Ginger Ale, promising refreshing taste. The line urges personal favor by choosing a cold bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myles Standish
Debates Over Tammany Alliances In Reform Movement
The fifth district is in dispute as factions debate backing in the anti Tammany effort. Republicans risk votes if they push split candidates while fifteen organizations align with the reform push. Leaders named include John P. Kelly ex Sheriff O'Brien Herman Ridder L Thoma Dr Anderson and Gustav Scholer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDougall Hawkes
Tammany
John P. Kelly
O’brien
Herman Ridder
L. Thoma
Dr. Anderson
Gustav Scholer
No Rival Steel Trust Yet Emphasized in Philadelphia
Philadelphia June 7 Practically no change in the steel scene. A Harrisburg charter planned for July 1 would form a Conemaugh Steel Company absorbing Cambria. the Bethlehem and Pennsylvania firms deny joining. Cambria likely gains capital and may revert to Cambria Steel Company. No authentic word on broader mergers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Cambria
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem
Bethtehet
Conemaugh Steel Company
Cambria Company
Camria Steel Company
Great Steel Trust
Conemaugh Company
Schwab Purchases Bethlehem Steel in Secret Deal
The North American confirms Charles M Schwab as the buyer of Bethlehem Steel with United States Steel Corp uninvolved. Schwab acquired 160000 of 300000 shares from Wharton Linderman and open market purchases valued at 324.50 per share plus a pre transfer dividend. Vickers Sons Maxim attempted to outbid at the Waldorf in New York but Schwab declined to sell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
Robert P. Linderman
Wharton and Lindeman
Vickers’ Sons & Maxim
Bethlehem Company
Big Philadelphia Clearings Hit Record High
Philadelphia daily clearings reached 34.6 million dollars the largest in Clearing House history. Analysts note the 20 million share Pennsylvania Steel block sale by the Drexel syndicate for 11.5 million may explain the surge in clearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn
Clearing House
Philadelphia Associated Banks
Pennsylvania Steel
Pennsylvania Steel, Common and Preferred
Drexel
Guard Dupe by a Convict Sparks Escape Alarm
Edward Stahl of Geneva was serving fifty days in Ontario County Jail Canandaigua and sent with six prisoners to work on East Lakeshore road Deputy Highways Commissioner De Witt Haire supervised. Stahl warned of a three man escape plot overheard at night and disappeared about two hours later while others say he jumped a fence into nearby woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
N. Y
Edward Stahl
Ontario
Canandaigua
de Witt Haire
East Lakeshore
Stahl
Haire
Chinese Graves Desecrated in Congressional Cemetery
Nelson H. Adams informs District Commissioners of suspected grave desecration in the Congressional Cemetery Chinese plot. He reports tombstones daubed with grease and graves desecrated in an indecent manner and requests investigation into the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional Cemetery
Nelson H. Adams
Explorer Tries His Balloon to Reach Arctic
Evelyn Baldwin, arctic explorer, arrives in St Louis after ballooning from Quincy, covering 24 miles at two miles altitude with cousin Samuel Baldwin. He appears at the St Louis Club and plans to sail from New York next Saturday carrying 100 Eskimo dogs and upper air instruments for Arctic cloud studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Quincy
Samuel Baldwin
Yacht Club Refuses Lawson's Entry Proposal
The New York Yacht Club ends talks with Thomas W Lawson over entry of the Independence yacht for the America's Cup defense. The committee states further discussion is useless and that ownership and charter terms must satisfy club rules. Lawson insists on retaining control while offering a charter arrangement to satisfy eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Yacht Club
Thomas W. Wson
Boston Millionaire
Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Trains to Washington From New York Schedule Details
Royal Blue five hour trains depart Fort Liberty Street at 11 50 A M 1 00 P M and 3 40 P M with no excess fare Royal Limited noted. Other fast trains at 8 00 10 A M 1 30 5 00 7 00 P M and 12 15 night leave South Ferry five minutes earlier. Dining and car service advertised as best in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Fort Liberty St
Royal Limited
South Ferry
Burnett's Vanilla Adv Mogul Malt Extract Claim
Advertisement urges buyers to trust Burnett's Vanilla and Johann Hoff's Malt Extract as pure products. It warns against substitutes and asserts Hoff's malt extract enhances flesh and blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnett
Adv
Johann Hoff
Also Mentioned on This Page
Midland
the Philippine Programme
Cabinet
Review OF Books and Art
New Haven
W. Chapin
Louisiana
International Line Survey
New York, Times
Railroads
Mabel Burt
Bay State
Ditson & Co
Steel Trust
Conemaugh Corporation
BIG Philadelphia Clearings
Congressional
Explorer
Mr. Baldwin
Arctic
Yacht Club
Boston
West 44Th St
Thomas Wawson
West Forty-fourth Street
Neady
Lewis Cass LE Boston
Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard
Yacht Cluir
Crowninshield
Challenge Committee
Nicholson Kane
Art Belmont
C. L. F. Robinson
X ¥. S. Oddie
E. D. Morgan
E. M. Brown
J. Pierpont Morgan
C. Oliver Iselin
August Belmont
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