British Extravagance Suppresses Trade, Banker Warns
Edgar Speyer of Speyer Brothers warned London bankers that rising general extravagance in Britain has swollen outlays, reduced savings, and widened imports over exports. He urged retrenchment, higher taxes on luxury housing, and stronger capital reserves to sustain trade and finance.
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Great Britain
Institute of Bankers
Edgar Speyer
Speyer Brothers
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United States
Canada
South Africa
South America
China
Cuba
Philippines
Coney Island Boats Collide Off Norton's Point
The Coney Island steamboats Cepheus and Cygnus of the Iron Steamboat Company collided just after 1 o clock yesterday morning off Norton's Point. The Cepheus carried eighty six passengers mostly women and children while the Cygnus had two. Both vessels sustained starboard damage and were sent to Erie Basin for repairs.
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Coney Island
Cygnus
Iron Steamboat Company
Norton's Point
One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street
Erie
Hans OT Neneton
William van Schaick
World's longest 400 mile train run sets new record
The Pennsylvania special train ran from Pittsburgh to Jersey City in 433 minutes at an average 60.9 mph, covering 456.5 miles with enforced stops and delays. It began in Chicago Tuesday afternoon and ended in Jersey City early Wednesday, highlighting the 104.9 mile uphill stretch Pittsburgh to Gallitzin in 104 minutes as the record highlight.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Pennsyla
Pittsburg
Jersey City
Chicago
Kene
Altoona
Vineyard
Mexico
Juniata River
Harrisburg
West Philadelphia
North Philadelphia
No. 3 Tower
Gallitzin
Auto Victim Identified As James Black
James Black civil engineer and inventor died after being struck on Amsterdam Avenue at Ninety Street. He headed Delver Company. sought to extract electricity from the earth. Edward H. Farrell, chauffeur, jailed then released on bail. police say the car was moving slowly and Black stepped in front.
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Ninetieth Street
James Black
Black
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Francis R. Fast
Nassau Street
Fast
Quebec
Atlantic
Edward H. Farrell
West Side Court
England
West Forty-seventh Street
Farrell
A New Republican Ally Sparks City Politics
Discussion in Republican circles centered on ex Assemblyman Allen s municipal ownership resolution and his charge that legislators were bought for the gas bill. Officials view it as a possible bid to unite Republicans with municipal ownership and push gas and insurance issues to a special session. Citizens Union head R Fulton Cutting noted a Sixteen Committee meeting to decide on indorsement stances, while Governor Higgins arrival failed to materialize.
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Republican County Committee
Halpin
R. Fulton Cutting
Citizens’ Union
Cutting
Odell
Newburg
Higgins
Pennypacker May Ask Durham to Step Down
Philadelphia June 16 Gov Pennypacker weighs forcing Israel W Durham to resign as State Insurance Commissioner to protect the Republican machine amid reform agitation and city upheaval Informed allies say he has authority and is urged by leaders including Knox Root and Weaver to act The move follows a widening probe into Durham McNichol and related graft cases with arrests rumored and a campaign meeting planned by the Republican Campaign Committee.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Gov. Pennypacker
High Authority
Israel W. Durham
Durham
Knox
Washington
SK Knox
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Elihu Root
Weaver
Reform
McNichol
Union League
Republican Campaign Committee
J. P. McNichol
Root
McVeagh
Gordon
New York
Chowder Tickets Incident Ends With Arrest
Thomas Hanson, claiming residence on West Sixty-sixth Street, ordered 20 000 handbills and thousands of meal tickets to lure crowds to a planned restaurant. He sold tickets on the sidewalk for 26 to a nickel, promising chowder at a butcher shop. A crowd gathered at James Simpson's shop. police were called and Hanson was arrested.
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Thomas Hanson
West Sixty-sixth Street
Sixty-seventh Street
Sixth Avenue
Hanson
Upper West Side
James Simpson
Simpson's
Rehitn
Hawson
Insant
Bellevue Hospital
Despondent Wilmington Teacher Missing Off Kennelworth
Atlantic City reports Mary, a Wilmington schoolteacher, vanished from Kennelworth Cottage after a despondent period with a companion ill. She paced a pier walk and said she might leap into the sea, but the water appeared too cold. No trace since Monday. authorities search continues. Shuster.
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Atlantic City
Mary
Wilmington
Kennelworth
Shuster
Cooley to Report on Federal Employees in Salter Case
Civil Service Commissioner Cooley will present a report on the link between federal employees and the Salter affair in Philadelphia to the President after Harvard. The President’s order for Cooley to investigate is seen as a prelude to further inquiries into appointments tied to corrupt machines and other cities, not based on merit.
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New York Times
Washington
Civil Service
Cooley
Salter
Philadelphia
Harvard
Durham
Cornell Fast Time Trial At Poughkeepsie
Cornell Varsity crew posted a near twenty minute time in a morning trial. freshman eight and Varsity four set pace, with rough water reducing late efforts. Harvard Varsity rowed five minutes for a mile at Red Top. Yale crews limited by exams but freshman eight showed strong form. Taile Yale workouts interrupted by exams. time trial expected tomorrow. freshmen up to par.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
Cornell
Courtney
Penn
Varsity
Columbia
Red Top
Gales Ferry
Conn
Harvard
Wray Mery
Navy Yard
Yale
Apa
QUESTIONS McADOO'S RIGHT TO MAKE ACTING APPOINTMENTS
President Baker of the Municipal Civil Service Commission questions the Police Commissioner's authority to name acting Sergeants Captains and Inspectors under a 1900 law. He cites Section 13 and wonders if any officers in McAdoo's department lack open competitive exams or three years fidelity service. Acting Inspectors O'Brien and Hogan and Acting Captains Eggers and Bourke are named as current temporary appointees. McAdoo says the law permits acting appointments and cites long-standing custom.
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Municipal Civil Service Commission
McAdoo
Baker
O’brien and
Hogan
Eggers
Bourke
Police Department
Mining agent arrested after rings found on ship arrival
Ramon Rosales, a mining agent, was arrested in Brooklyn when the Mexican steamship Monterey docked. A box of rings set with stones was removed from a coat he carried. Inspectors say Rosales failed to declare the jewelry, worth several thousand dollars, and said he had sent the rings to Italy. He was jailed at Amity Street Police Station and about duty issues noted.
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Ramon Rosales
Monterey
Brooklyn
Custom House
Robert L. Warner
Rosales
Italy
Amity Street
Warner
Fraley Wins Metropolitan Handicap Pool Final
Fraley of the Rochester Club defeated Evan A. Gamble of the New York Athletic Club 150 to 98 to claim the final pool match in the metropolitan handicap tournament. The match occurred on the table in The Strollers theatre at 67 Madison Avenue with Fraley taking control from the first pyramid through skilled combination play. Gamble showed position play but was outclassed throughout the frames. William S.
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Fraley
Rochester
Evan A. Gamble
New York Athletic Club
Madison Avenue
Gamble
William S
Walter Travis Travers to Vie in President's Cup Final
J. Walter Walter Travis and Jerome D Travers meet in the final round at Westbrook Golf Club Islip L I for the President's Cup. The 36 hole match follows Travis’s semifinal victory and Travers’s win by two up with four to play over Watson Jr. and Moller Jr. was eliminated earlier.
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Esterday Travis
Rob
Travers
Watson, Jr
John Moller
Garden City
Pope Manufacturing racers eye European race meet and Glidden Cup entries
A. F E. Schaaer Carl Fisher Orlando Weber and Harry Turner of Pope Manufacturing travel to Trordon Ben to witness the July 5 nett race. Pope entered three touring cars for the Glidden Cup with Albert Pope Harold Pope and Charles Walker driving different Pope models. Dwight Huss leads the transcontinental race to Portland as Rocky Mountains illness disrupts Megargel team. Augustus Post reports favorable Glidden Cup routing and White Mountains plans. Vanderbilt Cup course hints and Hartford auto meet announced with Champ Haupt testing a sixty horsepower Thomas before eliminations.
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Carl Fisher
Orlando Weber
Harry Turner
Pope Manufacturing Company
Europe
Trordon Benbe
Lyttle
Dingley
American Automobile Association
Albert L. Pope
Pope
Toledo
Harold L. Pope
Pope-Tribune
Charles E. Walker
Pope- Hartford
Dwight Huss
Portland
Oregon
Rocky Mountains
Stanchfield
Percy Megargel
New England
White Mountains
Hartford
Charter Oak Park
Thomas
Harry S. Haupt
Haupt
Baseball action across Jersey City and Bronx grounds tomorrow
Multiple games scheduled for tomorrow feature Jersey City versus Hoboken with Deezan on the mound for semi pros, the All Nationals joined by two MLB players and Lamar to face the Cedars, and the Bronx champions at Bronx Oval. Belmonts meet New York Field Club in a preliminary, Richmond Athletic Club from Staten Island visits Yorkville, and a Ridgewood Park double header includes Paterson versus Brighton and Economy Athletic Club versus Union College. Rider leads Bath’s Rider in 1906 class as Conroy hits .455 in three recent games.
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Jersey City
Hoboken
Deezan
All Nationals
Lamar
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Cedars
Bronx
Bronx Oval
One
Staten Island
Yorkville
Murrie
Ridgewood Park
Paterson
N. J
Walter Ridgewoods
Brightons
R Ider
Bath
N. Y
Union College
Rider
Conroy
Alonzo
Hart Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes Makers Ad Claim
An advertising copy warns against cheaper cotton fabrics and touts all wool as superior. The message argues cheap clothing lowers standards of excellence, promotes "good enough" ethics, and urges shoppers to seek Hart Schaffner & Marx labels as a mark of quality.
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Hart Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes Makers
Thery Leads French Autoists for Vanderbilt Team
Thery Callois and Duray led the elimination trial to choose the French squad for the Gordon Bennett race on the Auvergne circuit. Fifteen finished among twenty four starters as the Vanderbilt Cup contenders prepared for October in America.
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France
Thery
Callois
Duray
Auvergne
Girardot
Henry Farman
America
Empire City Track
Bernin
Europe
Richard Brasier
de Detrich
Fletcher
Cuba
Ormond
George Heath
Teste
Albert Clement
Gabriel
Farman
Fournier
W. Gould Brokaw
French Automobile Club
Pope-Toledo
Saratoga Casino Fund Fully Subscribed for 1906 Opening
Announcement states the total desired five hundred thousand dollars for a Saratoga Springs casino has been subscribed. Construction will start this season with plans to open the casino for the 1906 racing season. Principal subscribers include Co. H. Mackay Harry Payne Whitney and R F Wilson Jr. The project grew from Canfield's club house restaurant closure.
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Saratoga Springs
Saratoga
Saratoga Racing Association
Co. H. Mackay
Harry Payne Whitney
R.F. Wilson, Jr
Canfield
Fordham Athletic Managers Elected at College Hall
At a Fordham University Athletic Association meeting yesterday afternoon in the college hall the following men were elected managers of the athletic teams. Thomas Mansfield 06 baseball John 07 New York assistant Joby Hinch 07 football Louis Hinchliffe 08 track manager Thomas Maisfield elected president Barry liffe son N 06 was unanimously chosen.
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Fordham University Athletic Association
Thomas Mansfield
John
New York
Joby Hinch
Louis Hinchliffe
Pater J
Thomas Maisfield
Barryliffe
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