President Would Lower Bars Against Chinese
Washington reports a Cabinet split over Chinese exclusion with President Roosevelt Taft urging leniency and Metcalf opposing, while promising fair treatment for arrivals and plan to urge Congress to ease enforcement. Taft warns of a broader boycott risk if action stalls.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
Metcalf
Phil
Taft
Immigration Service
Mr. Metcalf
Rennie
Hongkong
California
Hay
China
al. Metcalf
America
United States
Tafft
Jess
Laverciy
Haut
Tristrus
Sachin Tor
Epidemic of Laziness Reported in Porto Rico
Washington reports Capt B K Ashford heads the Port Rico Anemia Commission noting 95 percent of 100,000 Porto Ricans near Aibonito suffer from the lazy worm. A hospital is set up at Aibonito with $15,000 to treat 450 cases. cures prove erythmetic and population shows enthusiasm for treatment.
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Washington
B. K. Ashford
Port Rico
Aibouito
Aibonite
Ata
Tee
Jenkins for the Cabinet
Supporters of Judge John J. Jenkins of Wisconsin push for him to join the cabinet. Electrics Workers Union No 28 of Washington endorses Jenkins for Secretary of Commerce and Labor and favors Secretary Metcalf moving to Navy.
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New York Times
Friends
John J. Jenkins
Wisconsin
House Judiciary Committee
Judge Jenkins
Electrics Workers’ Union No. 28
Washington
Two laborers survive three story elevator plunge at Broadway site
Luigi Broccolli of 2381 East 112th Street and Harry Wallace of 615 West 130th Street were buried for about an hour after a temporary elevator failed on the third floor of a new Broadway building at One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Street. Both were hospitalized with serious injuries, including fractured ribs and internal trauma. The accident occurred as they ferried bricks and cement keys to the fourth floor. the cable parted, the car fell to the basement, and debris trapped them until rescue arrived led by foreman John Rafferty.
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Broadway
John Rafferty
Murderer Pekarz Found Guilty of First Degree
Edward Pekarz, 24, was convicted yesterday in General Sessions of first degree murder for the April 25 killing of elderly Sarah Rosenberg at 3832 East 101st Street. He was arrested next day in Brooklyn after leaving his harnessmaking job and hinted he preferred the electric chair.
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Edward Pekarz
Pekarz
Sarah Rosenberg
One Hundred and First Street
Bride to be Hannah Felix dies after airshaft leap
Hannah Felix aged 23 who was to wed next Sunday died in Bellevue Hospital from injuries after leaping down an airshaft at 21 Avenue C police report. She had been melancholy and recently moved to her fiancé Max Bernstein's mother’s home. Bernstein followed her after she said she had nothing left to live for and saw her body at the bottom.
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Hannah Felix
Bellevue Hospital
Avenue C
Cannon Street
Max Bernstein
Woman Runs Baby Abandonment Scheme in City Tenement
In a Tombs Court session a woman suspected of making a living by abandoning babies was described as a midwife living in a Mott Street tenement. A baby found June 6 on Brooklyn Bridge dressed in Bellevue Hospital clothes led to her arrest based on the clothing clue. Mrs Marie Varico and Mrs Antoniette Tonella of 35 Madison Street were held for examination. Varico claimed Tonella stole the baby, while Tonella said she acted with the mother’s consent to dispose of infants for a business and that the child was sent to a friend in Brooklyn and was alive.
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Tombs Court
Mott Street
Bellevue Hospital
Brooklyn Bridge
Howe
Oak Street
Marie Varico
Antoinette Tonella
Madison Street
Alderdice Guilty in Forgery Case Linked to Oliver
James S Alderdice found guilty of forgery for executing false deeds. Mary J Oliver, Harlem recluse and friend of Alderdice's father, also convicted in first degree after a long jury deliberation. Alderdice remanded for sentence next Wednesday. Recorder Goff excuses jurors after delay.
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James S. Alderdice
Tate
Mary J. Oliver
Goff
Alderdice
Harlem
Alderdicg
Lightning Strikes Woman at Purdy’s Station
Mrs. Chambers of Danbury Conn. was struck by lightning during a storm at Joseph King’s Somer’s Centre home. She suffered severe burns yet remained conscious and is expected to recover. The bolt traced a path from her foot to her side and through the floor to a nearby stream. Seven cows died on a farm east of the location.
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Purdy
Settlement's Summer Home at Twin Island Opens
The Jacob A Riis Neighborhood Settlement opens its Summer Home at Twin Island Pelham Bay Park for the season. Families visit for two weeks with mothers and children staying two weeks and fathers over Sunday. About fifty invited at a time. more needed funding to expand. Send contributions to Clara Field 48 Henry Street.
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Jacob A. Riis
St Henry Street
Twin Island
Pelham Bay Park
The
Park Board
Clara Field
Henry Street
Newark Diocese names new Essex County dean
The Triennial Synod of the Newark Catholic Diocese met at Seton Hall College in South Orange. Rev. Patrick Cody rector of St. James Newark was chosen Dean of Essex County succeeding the late Mgr. George M. Doane.
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New York Times
Oranges
Newark Catholic
Seton Hall College
South Orange
Patrick Cody
St. James’s Church
Newark
Essex County
Mgr
George M. Doane
Saxe Opposes Hooker Removal Vote Ahead of Session
The article reports Senator Saxe will not vote to remove Justice Warren B. Hooker and will file a brief asserting legislative power to remove a judge by resolution. It notes Democratic and Republican positions, the two-thirds threshold, and bar association opposition in principle, with committee dynamics and political pressures shaping the potential outcome.
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Warren B. Hooker
Senate
Iooker
Saxe
Hooker
Hill
Ames
Europe
Judge Hooker
Felsberg
Fancher
Davis
One
Justice Hooker
Senate Judiciary Committee
New York City Bar Association
Brackett
Bar Association
States of the Union
Thorities
Chancellor Kent
Samuel J. Tilden
Judiciary Committee
Justice Stooker
Elsberg
Armstrong
Allds
Warnick
Lewis
Cobb
Page
Raines
McCarren
Marks
Grady
Fifth Avenue
Four Bids Opened for Hall of Records Contract
The Board of Estimate opened four bids for the Hall of Records project with no award yet. Remington Sherman NY bid 1 328 426 Richard E Pennington Brooklyn 1 363 500 John Pierce NY 1 449 000 and Van Doren Iron Works Cleveland 1 490 000. The board widened Lafayette Boulevard between 158th and 165th Streets and authorized 5 640 000 water bonds for upgrades in Manhattan Bronx Queens and Brooklyn. Superintendent Hopper asked for 122 000 to hire new instructors for the Bureau of Buildings due to the Raines law workload but no action was taken.
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Board of Estimate
Remington
Sherman
New York
Richard E. Pennington
Brooklyn
John Pierce
van Doren Iron Works
Cleveland
Lafayette
Manhattan
Bronx
Queens
Hopper
Bureau of Buildings
St Paul Hotel Not in Receivership
The St Paul Hotel at Columbus Avenue and Sixtieth Street is not in receivership. The receiver was appointed for the St Paul Hotel Company, formerly operating the property, while present lessee John W Wheaton is not involved in the proceedings.
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St. Paul
Columbus Avenue
Sixtieth Street
TIMES
St. Paul Hotel Company
John W. Wheaton
White Sale Specials End Soon at Paris American Lingerie
The Paris American offers a White Sale assortment in cambric and muslin nightgowns petticoats chemises and corset covers. Prices range from 5 to 75 cents for items with embroidery lace and ribbons on the second floor at Tenth street.
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Tenth Street
Cameras On Sale At Low Prices Demonstration Today
Standard Cameras at small cost merit established. Prices reduced. Premo Folding Film Pack Cameras No. 2 3144 x 4% inches with double lens automatic shutter daylight loading twelve films now 6.25. 4 x 5 inch Tele Photo Poco B with planatography lens automatic shutter extension bellows leather case 18.25. No. 5 Pony Promo 5 x 1 inches double lens rack and pinions 1904 model. Aluminum-finished Stereoscopes $1.50. Brownie Tank Developing Machines 2.90 now 21. Zinc Wash Boxes and Double glass Ruby Lamps 40c. Fixing Powder 20c per pound. Rotunda, facing Fourth avenue. The Japanese Photo Tints demonstration continues today.
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Premo
Eastman Kodaks
Blair Hawkeye
Rotunda
Fourth Avenue
LILLIAN CORSETS Offer Distinctive Style For Women
Distinctive corsets promise tone and bearing for equally pretty women. New Lillian models priced from 4 to 12 50 feature imported batiste and silk batiste with long waists, supporters, and lace details. Fitters assist on the second floor of the Tenth Street shop.
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Batiste
Tenth Street
Bathing Suits for Girls From Ages Six to Sixteen
Surf-loving maids aged six to sixteen will thrill to our Bathing Suits. Styles are simple yet distinctively fashionable with navy blue and black Brilliantine fabrics. Prices range from 4.00 to 5.50 with box-plaited skirts and sailor collar details. Second floor Ninth street.
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Ninth Street
Glorious Fourth Decor and Favors Shop Ad
The Candy and Favor Store offers patriotic Fourth of July items. Fireworks, tents, cannons, bells, flag boxes, napkins, garlands, and themed dinner cards priced from 1c to several dollars. Basement location.
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Candy and Favor
Safe-Keeping Your Valuables Meisink Safes
Durable home and office safes advertised damp proof waterproof and fire proof with compact designs and neat appearance. Features include key or combination locks with compartments at varied interior sizes and prices from seven to thirty seven dollars. Basement location noted.
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Meisink
Necheedi scarf offered in multiple colors and widths
An eccentricity of French genius presents Necheedi scarf in one piece. The noille material is heavily mercerized in white and colored options blue bordeaux brown or black. Four in hand models measure two and a quarter inches wide.
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Necheedi
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U. S
Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Friends of Wisconsin
Niciaif
Old Woman's Slayer
France
Mgr. Doane
New York Central Lines
Chicago
Hudson River
Albany
Utica
Buffalo
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
A. H. Smith
George H. Daniels
Oppenheimer
Lady Henry Somerset
London
England
Oppenheimer Institute
West 34Th St
Court St
Hall OF Records
ST. Paul CO
EREC
Sook
Stein-Bloch
Stein-Bloch CO
Fifth Ave
Rochester
N. Y
Yirxanafe
Judy
Lillian Corsets
John Wanamaker
A. T. Stewart & Co
Fourth Ave
9Th and
10Th Sts
Panama
Saks & Company
34Th St
Gare
B. Priestley & CO
Grand ST
Clothing N Credit
Cravenette
4Th Ave
Belleclaire
Lion Brand
the Smart Clothes Shop
East 125Th Street
Tilbury
Buck Bros
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