Utah Halt the Leading Auto Near River Crossing
The leading auto from Utah may be compelled to race on ice in the dark at a river crossing while gaining on rivals.
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1908
Page
1
320 Day of the Race Weather Report
Time of day details for races and arrivals show cars from Castle Rock Crescent Ames and Cedar Rapids. Gusts and temperatures noted with modest forecast. Racing weather today generally fair and likely colder.
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P.M. Tance
Thomas
Castle Rock
Dana
Dion
Crescent
Protos
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Thomas car stalls in Wyoming amid snow on Paris race
Special to The New York Times reports the leading Thomas car abandoning Wyoming due to deep snow and rough roads. The crew fights for Ogden bound Sunday amid rail relay plans and tire shipments at Echo after a five hour delay near Evanston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Castle Rock
Utah
Thomas
New York
Paris
Wyoming
Ogden
Evanston
Utah Line
Schuester
Spaulding
Miller
Carter
Fhomas
Rec
Unian Pacifico
Wyata
Wasatch
Sivanston
Echo
iCarter
American Thomas Car Leads New Ark to Park Race
A snowbound car, led by American Thomas, struggles to reach Jogden from Park. It took twelve hours to cover twenty miles, faced three stalls, and requires tunnels or canyon detours through Echo and Weber Canons to Ogden, with forty six miles by rail remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Castle Rock
Utah
Newark
Jogden
Here
Evanston
Echo and
Weber Canons
Ogden
Cayons
Echo
Snowl
Italians Struggle in New York to Paris Race Reach Wyoming
The New York to Paris car convoy arrived in Medicine Bow at 7 p m for a overnight stop. They bunked in the Union Pacific section house with no hotel beds and faced a rough run ahead as they plan a 7 o clock start for the 16 mile crossing to Fort Bridger and the North Platte River ice crossing. Heavy snow delayed them through Medicine Bow to Hanna where locals urged rest. They pressed on toward Rawlins despite warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana
Wyoming
New York
Paris
Medicine Bow
Union Pacific
Ter
America
Shedalean
Medicine Row
North Platte
Hanna
Rawlins
Marconi on Wireless Service Progress and Delays
London reports Marconi says Atlantic wireless service has faced delays from duplicated running machinery but has never been interrupted for long. He predicts greater speed soon and cites a Times dispatch praising five months of transatlantic operation with 68 404 words relayed. Transatlantic transmissions vary with daily light and darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
Atlantic
Marconi
New York
William Marconi
THE
New York Times
England
Prince Helie de Sagan Spotted in London
Prince Helie de Sagan appeared briefly in London on March 14. He arrived by car, wore motor goggles, ordered flowers for a mystery recipient, paid the porter, and vanished despite an extensive search, with rumors he may travel to America to seek Mme Anna Gould's hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
London
Prince Helie de Sagan
Paris
America
Campania
St.Louis
Mme
Anna Gould
West End
Two Die in Bristow Train Wreck on Trestle
A northbound St. Louis & San Francisco passenger train plunged forty feet into Spring Creek eight miles west of Bristow Oklahoma. Two men were killed and seven injured when an iron bolt nut on the track is suspected as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristow
Okla
St. Louis
San Francisco
Spring Creek
H. D. Harrison
Sapulpa
W. H. Posten
Monett
Frank Gibson
Caradan
Texas
L. B. Braddon
Frank Martin
F. G.dagdon
A. D. Rosenberry
James West
Mildred Ashford
Sutzer
E. Evans
Porter
Martin
Tank Gibson
Thompson
Henry Dexter 95 Enjoys Busy Birthday in New York
Henry Dexter of 42 West Fifty sixth Street celebrated his ninety fifth birthday yesterday receiving well wishers and former partners relatives of Henry Whittemore of Boston who died at 94. Dexter founded the American News Company and served as its president for years continuing active in business and public life with plans for a financial exposition on margin stock restraint. He is a longtime member of the West Side Y M C A and often lectures at its events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dexter
West Fifty-sixth Street
Henry Whittemore
Boston
Mr. Dexter
American News Company
Dexter
West Side
Move to the Motor Mart at Broadway Centre Auto Section
An advertisement offers rental space in the Broadway Centre Auto Section for offices and salesrooms. Available light space ranges from 300 to 15,000 square feet at reasonable rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Mart
Broadway Centre
Taft Favored by Delegates as Third Term Talk Surges
The article notes Taft leading with 116 undirected delegates and 34 chosen, with 26 uncontested, from 13 districts and two states. Hughes contests arise in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska while New York and other states shift toward Taft. White House signals possible nomination on first ballot, with Perkins and Tirrell predicting Taft victory and allies resisting acclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Taft
Virginia
Slemp
Oklahoma
Kentucky
National Committee
Missouri
War Secretary
Fairbanks
Canon
South Carolina
J. D. Prioleau
St. Louis
Hughes
Walter Dickey
Nebraska
Iowa
New Mexico
White House
James B. Perkins
New York
Tirrell
Massachusetts
Taft Would Get It,’ Said Mr. Perkins
Gov. Hughes
Cannon
Indiana
Knox
Pennsylvania
Hemenway
Roosevelt
Senate
Capitol
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
Epone
Rosevelt
Judge Landis Fines Man One Cent in Chicago
U S Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, famed for a 29 million dollar Standard Oil rebating verdict, fined George S. Miller one cent for a debt dun to Dr D Wilkins of 4301 Cottage Grove Avenue. Miller paid the small penalty and left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
United States
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Standard Oli Company
George S. Miller
Wilkins
Cottage Grove Avenue
Miller
Landis
New Subways Planned With Two Lines To Be Built
City officials indicate a subway start in Brooklyn and Manhattan within months. Contracts for first sections of Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn and Broadway Lexington Avenue in Manhattan could be let before summer's end. Public Service Commission plans, with funds from the city, aim to begin construction as soon as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metz
Public Service Commission
Commission
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Lexington Avenue
Manhattan
William R. Willcox
Pendleton
Dillon
Bronx
Board of Estimate
Alligator Gift Leads to City Relocation
Henry Kraus Brooklyn haberdasher displayed a Florida baby alligator in his rear shop tank to prove his leather goods were genuine. The animal refused live meat, drawing SPCA scrutiny. after considering arrest risk, Kraus surrendered the reptile to Dr. William Hornaday at the Bronx Zoo, calling it a white elephant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kraus
Washington Street
Brooklyn
Florida
Kraus
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Metz
William Hornaday
Bronx
Wiley May Be Forced Out As Food Board Power Shrinks
Washington reports Dr. H W Wiley chief of the Bureau of Chemistry may resign amid pressure from manufacturers and protests over strict Pure Food law rulings. The board he chairs has not issued recent decisions as outside chemists draft rulings for enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Wiley
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Wilson
Learning
Rockefeller endorses prohibition in Augusta interview
John D. Rockefeller, calling himself an old man, declares he never touched whisky and supports prohibition. He says keeping liquor away from black and lower class whites is good, adds it will uplift and strengthen people and will be best for the state of Georgia. He notes prohibition sentiment exists beyond the United States, in England as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maron
John D. Rockefeller
Georgia
Rockefeller
England
Glacia Calla Reveals Life Story in Interview
Mrs. Paul Roy known as Glacia Calla, living near Portsmouth New Hampshire, recalls her youth education and first marriage at sixteen, disputes age claims, and discusses Paris social circles and a 1905 marriage to Paul Roy amid her brother George Carkins’s death at her home. She confirms receiving funds from an Italian nobleman and mentions Shah of Persia and King George of Greece as acquainted friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Roy
London
Paris
New York
Glacia Calla
George Carkins
Portsmouth
N. H
Timms
New Hampshire
Gracia Calla
de Calla
Franklin School
Boston
Southern
Mmie. Marchesi
Marchesi's
Ellen Beach Yaw
Metropolitan Opera House
Baroness von Orendorff
Miss Yaw
Jobert
Marquise de Frayseix
Mr. Atlee
Holman Black
Samuel Newhouses
Count
Prince Helie de Sagan
Miss Calla
Shah of
Persia
Shah
King George
Greece
America
Mrs. Roy
White House Conference on Sherman Act Revision
A White House meeting on Sherman act revision to curb unintended impacts on organized labor and allow railroad rate pooling lasted until five o clock. Attendees included Interior Secretary Garfield, Bureau of Corporations Commissioner Smith, and Bureau of Labor Commissioner Nell. No conclusion reached. more talks expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Garfield
Interior Department
Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Nell
Bureau of Labor
Neill
Night Court Hears Upstanding Man Near Times Building
Policeman Houlihan testified the man would not move outside the Times Building as crowds eyed a bulletin board for the automobile race. Angelo Depetti of 320 East Twentieth Street described the scene before Magistrate Herrman discharged him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Houlihan
Angelo Depetti
East Twentieth Street
Herr
E P Bigelow Robbery At Hotel Earle Apartments
Central office detectives hunt for thieves who broke into the sixth floor apartments of Mr. and Mrs. E P Bigelow at the Hotel Earle in Waverley Place last Tuesday night while the family dined. Diamonds and jewelry worth 2400 dollars were taken. The couple found their door locked on return and heard thieves inside before access was gained and the culprits fled via a bathroom window onto the adjacent roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Office
E. P. Bigelow
Earle
Waverley Place
Gas Explosion Buries Six in Natchez Ruins
A basement gas blast at the Natchez Drug Company caused a rear wall to collapse in a five story brick block. John Carkett 71 was crushed by nails and leg injuries. Cleveland Land 25 chief of lab and five girls believed buried. The wreckage caught fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natchez, Miss
Natchez Drug Company
Tement
John Carkett
Cleveland Land
Duel with shovels leaves man dead in Bath Beach trench
Patrick Sullivan and Joseph Feneri fought with shovels at an excavation on Eighteenth and Bath Avenues Bath Beach. Sullivan fractured Feneri skull. Feneri died en route to Coney Island Hospital. Sullivan jailed on homicide charge as police and guards intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Sullivan
Joseph Feneri
Eighteenth
Bath Avenues
Bath Beach
Sullivan
Fenert
Devanny
Fletcher Fairchild
Coney Island Hospital
Feners
Bay Twentieth Street
Benson Avenue
Little Tim Sullivan Acts as Acting NY Mayor
Mayor Sullivan fills in as acting New York mayor with McClellan and McGowan absent. He drafts a new administration and suggests Parkhurst as Police Commissioner and Devery as Board President of Education. Brooklyn Alderman Downing jokes about removal power and proposes replacements for City Hall roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Tim
Sullivan
New York
McClellan
McGowan
Parkhurst
Devery
Centra
Downing
Brooklyn
Metz
B. W. B. Brown
Marty Reese
Alarm torpedo safety device proposed for railroads
The invention by Robert J. Zorge of Chicago tests a safety system using twenty torpedoes on a three foot disk to explode automatically when two trains share a block. The device alarms crew and passengers as trains enter danger zones. Tests occurred yesterday near New Durham on the West Shore Railroad with interest from major lines and the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Zorge
Chicago
New Durham
W. J
West Shore
St. Paul
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mineola
L. B
Long Island
Vanderbilt
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Planters Product Price Highlighted at Local Grocers
A fragmented note advertises Planters items with a price of 65 cents per pound and mentions bungalow style growth costs, urging shoppers to buy at their grocer.
Newport Reform Plan Brings Back Dignified Social Life
Newport insiders plan a season of quiet luncheons dinners and old fashioned picnics restoring the so called old Newport set to run social life. Prominent families named include Vanderbilts Astors Dyers Taylors Fearings Gerrys Brookses and many others once famous for refined gatherings. The article recalls past spectacles such as Consul the circus chimp dinner rag doll photos and extravagant fetes at Rough Point and Vanderbilts farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Newport
R. I
New York
Vanderbilts
Astors
Dyers
Taylors
Fearings
Gerrys
Brookses
Stewarts
Baldwins
Winthrops
Gambrills
Kernodians
Browns
Shermans
Wetmores
Robinsons
Wysongs
van Alens
Wilsons
Goelets
Twomblys
Lorillards
Kings
Thompsons
Blights
Warrens
Crews
Pembroke Jones
Reginald
Alfred Vanderbilt
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Count Boni de Castellane
Count Hadik
Bela Zichy
Ns Rare Foods
Bingham Tired Of His Job Amid Parkhurst Charges
Police Commissioner Bingham faced Parkhurst accusations with calm resolve. He said police work would continue without new orders on liquor regulation and dismissed plans to convene Inspectors at Police Headquarters. He defended his ongoing service and rejected quitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Parkhurst
Dr. Parkhurst
McClellan
Girl Rider at White House Meets President Roosevelt
Miss Ruth Maycliffe a 19 year old Texas ranch girl known for roping and riding, met President Roosevelt at the White House. They discussed ranch life and stage work before she expressed support for Roosevelt should Texas grant woman suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Texas Plains
White House
Roosevelt
Ruth Maycliffe
Texas
Miss Maycliffe
Oklahoma
Clyde Fitch
Mr. Roosevelt
Maycliffe
47 Factories Imitate STRANSKY Label
A hoax batch of products imitates STRANSKY branding with a counterfeit STRANSKY label. Consumers warned to verify authenticity and report suspected fraud to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stransky Waej
Stransky
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Herrman
E. P. Bigelows
Devic
Crossways
Henry G. Walters
President
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