Mountain scaled by leading auto rivals run in the night
Zust and De Dion trail leaders but close the distance as Protos and Motobloc push during a nocturnal auto race.
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Leading Auto
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
1
30th Day of the Race Time Discar Arrived P.M
Race day entry list shows Jance Thomas GrangerWy 6 00 2390 Zust Cheyenne Wy 12 45 2052 De Dion Mo Valley Ia 8 00 1516 Protos Marshalltown Ia 5 00 1332 Metabloc Clinton Ia 6 00 1181 Going on forecast calls for fair weather for leaders and light rain or snow for others with colder conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.M. Jance
Thomas
Granger
Zust
Cheyenne
de Dion
Valley
Marshallt
Clinton
Werather
Thom as car races toward Ogden in New York to Paris event
Belvin Mathews on the Thomas car reports a 90 mile run to Granger Wyoming en route to Ogden. He claims a clean lead of at least four days over the nearest rival and notes heavy dust, mountain grades, and a near by Italian challenge. The crew overhauls the car at Bitter Creek and Rock Springs before pressing on toward Green River and the range top with 145 miles remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Granger
Wyo
Thomas
Ogden
Rocky Mountain
New York
Paris
Harold Brinker
Cheyenne
Bitter Creek
Thayer Junction
Eliza
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Green River
Green River Cajon
Black Ford
Rinker
Belvin Mathewson
Sensational run by Zust car reaches Cheyenne on New York to Paris race
In Cheyenne Wyoming on March 12 the Zust car finished a sensational night leg from Pax ton in the New York to Paris race arriving at 12 45 this afternoon. It paused for repairs before resuming the cross country haul across the Rockies toward the next stage of the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spcietal
New York Times
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Paxton
New York
Paris
Rocky Mountains
Hugh Bonner Dead Longtime City Fire Commissioner
Fire Commissioner Hugh Bonner died of pneumonia at his home 686 West End Avenue after guiding the department through decades of growth. A veteran of the force, he rose from Volunteer Engine Company 40 to chief, overseeing improvements including safer hose following major fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Bonner
West End Avenue
Bonner
Francis J. Lantry
Ireland
Howard Croker
Richard Croker
Grand Street
Parker
Meeting on Broadway Causes Traffic Block
Charles Harris of 231 Seventh Street and Meyer Finstein of 111 Monroe Street, two young traveling salesmen, bumped into each other on Broadway between White and Franklin Streets. Their reunion halted traffic as ten Broadway cars lined up behind them until Policeman Murphy arrested them. Magistrate Herrman discharged them in Night court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Harris
Seventh Street
Meyer Finstein
Monroe Street
Broadway
White
Franklin Streets
Harris
Finstein
Murphy
Herrman
Leap Year Not Needed for Nurses in Panama
Miss Helen Varick Boswell spoke at the Portia Club at the Hotel Astor about stationed nurses in Panama. She noted high marriage rates among nurses, with hospitals reporting many losses to matrimony between April and June. She described bachelor and married quarters, and higher wages abroad, making Panama attractive for women to marry and stay. Mrs. Ida Husted Harper discussed women’s relation to the Federal Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Helen Varick Boswell
Portia Club
Hotel Astor
Cupid
Miss Boswell
Ida Husted Harper
Barnard Won’t Bar Her says Butler okays Elder’s Barnard entry
President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia decides it makes no difference whether Miss Mabel Frances Elder is 1888 or 1886 born. He rules she may be a Barnard College member after Dean Gill barred her for alleged age misstatement. The case drew wide attention after years of debate and lengthy legal submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Mabel Frances Elder
Barnard College
Miss. Elder
Laura D. Gill
Butler
Dean Gill
Miss Elder
Barnard
Mrs Mackay Joins Roslyn Board of Trade
At the Roslyn Board of Trade monthly meeting on Wednesday evening Mrs Clarence H Mackay was elected to membership. The new members working with her are William Post and Monroe B Wood, both of Roslyn. She is the board's only woman member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackay
Roslyn
Move to the Motor 1,876 Broadway Centre Auto Ad
Center listings advertise rental space at 1 876 Broadway with units from 300 to 15 000 square feet suitable for offices and showrooms. Space emphasized as reasonable and available through Centre Auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Centre Auto
Roosevelt Ready to Fight Congress
The White House hosts a major conference on Roosevelt backed bills to loosen railroad pooling and regulate inter state corporations. Key figures from the administration and labor unions attend as outlines for an anti trust and licensing framework emerge, with possible extra sessions to push the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Root
Garfield
Bonaparte
Herbert Knox Smith
Francis Lynde Stetson
New York
Seth Low
Civic Federation
Victor Morawitz
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Smith
Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Adair
Danbury Hatters
Watson
Indiana
Stuyvesant Fish Guest at White House Luncheon
Stuyvesant Fish, former president of the Illinois Central Railroad, was the President's guest at a luncheon today in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuyvesant Fish
Washington
Illinois Central Railroad
Mauretania Sets Eastward Transatlantic Record
Cunard liner Mauretania arrival at Queenstown proves a new eastbound transatlantic record of 2,932 miles in 5 days 5 minutes at an average 24.42 knots. It clears Sandy Hook March 7 and heads toward London with passengers expected tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
London
Queenstown
Cunard
Mauretania
Daunt’s Rock
Sandy Hook
Prince Helie de Sagan Admirers Say He Sails with Mme Gould
Paris dispatch reports Prince Helie de Sagan left Paris aboard the Adriatic with Mme Anna Gould incognito under assumed names. Passports issued under De Benevent and Miller suggest concealment to move children to America. Count Boni de Castellane condemns a libel suit as sensational prelude to their New York arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Prince Helie de Sagan
Mme
Anna Gould
America
Prince Helie
de Benevent
Isone
Mme. Gould
Miller
Count Boni de Castellane
Count Boni
Lloyd
Adriatic
Prince Helle de Sagan
Sagan
Count Ben
New York
Imposter Posed as Alonzo Kimball in Asheville
A rumor that artist Alonzo Kimball had visited Asheville prompts a telegraph trace revealing an impostor posing as Kimball for months. The fake drew, sang at teas, and even served as soloist for the First Baptist Church, before vanishing after a confirming message from the real Kimball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Asheville
N. C
Alonzo Kimball
New York
Kimball
First Baptist Church
Asheville Society
Carolina
Taft Backed by Dalzell at Yale Dinner
Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania predicted William Howard Taft would win the presidency, naming him as the likely next commander in chief at a Yale dinner in Washington. Other speakers voiced support for various candidates while Metcalf signaled retirement from public life at the end of the Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Senator Knox
Ie Regency
Chicago
Yale
Taft
Dalgell
Fairbanks
Knox
New York
United States
William Howard Taft
Dalzellh
Senate
Oth
Cannon
Depew
Hughes
Justice Brewer
Metcalf
Lilley Charges Highlight Submarine Influence Case
Washington report on congressional hearings into the Electric Boat Company and submarine contracts. Lilley repeats charges while Hobson testifies on Spear's claim of influence with Speaker Cannon to win a Naval Committee seat. Olmsted questions implications and names attorneys tied to districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Richmond P. Hobson
Speaker Cannon
Fom
Lilley
Electric Boat Company
Hobson
Lawrence Y. Spear
Naval Committee
Spear
Annapolis
Mr. Olmsted
Mr. Hobson
Olmsted
Capt. Hobson
Mr. Lilley
House
John M. Thurston
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
House Rules Committee
Representative Hobson
Lawrence Spear
John B. Kellogg
W. D. Gordon
Loud
Michigan
Cowart
Gregg
Texas
Isaac 8. Rice
Elihu. B. Frost
Maurice Barnett
August Treadwell
West Shore E. New York Central Incident Report
A brief item notes activity on the West Shore line near Madison involving East New York Central trains from early to late April. The snippet references a date range from 29 to 29 and a file or case number 56680. No further context is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Shore
New York Central
Madison
Mrs Hubbard to pay 2500 pounds in motor case
Mrs E Gates Hubbard of New York was fined £500 in a suit by Lieut Harford of the Scots Guards over a 1906 motor accident. She suggested insurance and Paris agents are financially responsible and said she might travel to England again if an appeal is pursued. The judge amused the court with a remark about scarce Scots Guards officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
London
E. Gates Hubbart
New York
Edmund Hubbard
Harford
Scots Guards
Paris
England
British Mail Missing Linked to Transatlantic Shipment
London officials question earlier certainty about fifteen registered mail packages lost in January. They now consider the possibility mails for New York were loaded on the Celtic by mistake, with Japan and Chile dispatches on the same day, raising hope of later word from the wrong steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Celtic
New York
Japan
Chile
Dying Man Dies After Plea to Enter Brooklyn Church
A well-dressed middle aged man ran to women at St. Michael's Church on Fourth Avenue and Forty second Street Brooklyn pleading for entry saying he was dying. He collapsed as Stanley Price and Father McGuirl helped him to the Fourth Avenue Police Station. Dr Nertogo at Norwegian Hospital pronounced him dead. No identification was found on his person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church
Fourth Avenues
Brooklyn
Forty-second Street
Father McGuirn
Stanley Price
144
Twentieth Street
Father McGuirl
Fourth Avenue
Lieut
Conroy
Nértogo
Austin Loses Bond Suit in District of Columbia Court
The U S Supreme Court of the District of Columbia dismissed George W. Austin of New York’s bid to compel Secretary Cortelyou to issue 3 million dollars in Panama Canal bonds. It ruled the secretary may reject bids and weigh national finances, preventing a syndicate from seizing an entire issue and causing financial ruin. Austin appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
George W. Austin
New York
Cortelyou
Austin
Bell's aerodrome tested at Lake Keuka flight
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell conducted the first public heavier-than-air flight in America with the Red Wing at Hammondsport New York. The craft rose to about ten feet for a 319 foot glide at 25 to 30 mph before a tail failure prompted a precautionary landing. Total weight stood around 570 pounds with a 453 square foot wing area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammondsport
N. Y
Alexander Graham Bell
Lake Keuka
America
Window Opening Day Marks 1908 Start Across Town
Report from a brisk opening day as windows rise on the east side and residents shed heavier coats. Temperatures hover around 45 and 30 as commuters note robins and violets sighted, while a passerby jokes about a back beer sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackensack
Jersey
Removal bid for Albany's McClellan and Bingham after city law gaps
Reverend Charles H. Parkhurst filed petitions with Governor Hughes asking for the removal of Mayor McClellan and Police Commissioner Bingham. The charges accuse both officials of failing to enforce the excise law and neglect of duty, citing past Sunday theatre closures as proof of inaction. Hughes said he would consider the petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
N. Y
McClellan
Bingham
Hughes
Charles H. Parkhurst
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Muaror
New York
McClellian
Gov. Hughes
Dr Parkhurst Demands Sunday Closing Enforcement
Dr Parkhurst at home details a petition to Mayor and Police Commissioner Bingham to enforce Sunday closing laws. He cites letters to the Mayor and Excise Department, lists directors of the Society for the Prevention of Crime, and alleges repeated excise violations across Harlem with mayoral knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkhurst
West Thirty-fifth Street
T.e
Pingham
Dr. Parkhurst
Excise Department
Bingham
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Charles H. Parkhurst
Abbott E. Kittredge
Frank Lugar
Thaddeus D. Kennesson
Frank Moss
Francis E. Laimbeer
J. M. Halleck
C. E. Bruce
John S. Huyler
John Seth Sprague Terry
H. MacCracken
David Blaustein
Charles R. Saul
Samuel Marcus
Robert A. Kelly
William Sheafe Chase
Ich
Thaddeus PD
Kenneson
Harlem
Olice
Ted
Broadway
Sioner Bingham
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Thomas Car
Crew
Realm
Hepburn
House Committee On Inter-State and Foreign Commerce
Dolliver
Capitol
NEW Ocean Records
Lusitania
Liverpool
Cunard Steamship Company
Boat Company
Speaker
Naval
Plains
Loudenstager
New Jersey
Cor
Ladeen
Marion Butler
Frank P. Brown
Stiles Jefferson
Connecticut
Mr. Foss
Thurston
The
Lake Company
Neth
Neff
Dill
Loudensir
Mrs. Hubbard
Bell’s
Ernor
Theatre Cru
Sade
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