Roosevelt Visit to Assouan and Nile Trip
Col Roosevelt’s party toured Philæ and the Assouan Dam under government auspices. He viewed the tombs of Egyptian princes, condemned vandalism, and praised the river journey from Wadi Halfa to Shellal. He stated the New York reception must be non partisan and open to all political views.
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Egypt
Col. Roosevelt
Philace
Assouan Dam
Temple of Isis
Gatun
Panama
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Gen. Grenfell
Col. Roose Velt
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Philae
Wadi Halfa
Abu Simbel
India
Roosevelt
Rameses the Great
Nile Valley
Ethel
Baedeker
Khetas
Col
Rameses
Wingate
America
New York
Four Hurt In Auto Smash At Coney Island Ride
Four men were injured when a high power automobile driven by George De Gumeons crashed into a ditch near East Twelfth Street at Neck Road. One man suffered a fractured skull and other serious injuries. his identity remained unknown. The other passengers, John Kemble and John Farrell, received lesser injuries. The car was wrecked and the victims were taken to Kings County Hospital.
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George de Gumeons
East Eighteenth Street
Flatbush
John Kemble
Ninth Avenue
Fifteenth Street
John Farrell
Twentieth Street
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
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Surf Avenue
Kemble
Farrell
Sheepshead Bay
de Gumeons
Neck Road
East Twelfth Street
Frank Johnson
Kings County
Graham
Taft Talks With Canadian Ministers Over Tariff Dispute
In Albany Taft met with Canadian Finance Minister Fielding and Tariff expert Pepper to discuss the Payne Aldrich tariffs as Canada seeks relief to avoid the maximum rate. No decision reached. both sides pursue friendly negotiation before March 31.
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New York
Albany
Canada
Taft
Dominion
Fielding
Charlies M. Pepper
Bureau of Trade Relations
State Department
Washington
Executive Mansion
United States
Louisiana’s New Record in Cuban Sea Trials
The battleship Louisiana exceeded prior speeds with an average 18.142 knots on a four hour test at full power, despite carrying 10,000 tons more displacement. The fleet reports 53,000 men practiced small arms firing with 10,000 attaining marksman status, and Nebraska beat New Hampshire 4 to 3 in eleven innings in fleet baseball.
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Louisiana
Cuban
Admiral Schroeder
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Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
New York
Professor Digs Ditches At Cambridge Subway Work
Special to The New York Times. Harvard scholar H U Ransom joins Cambridge subway laborers earning 1.50 a day. He works in khaki with Italians, aims to learn contracting from bottom up, and expects promotion when concrete construction begins. Ransom holds a BA 1906 and MA last year.
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New York Times
Cambridge
Mas
H. U. Ransom
Harvard Summer School
University
Ransom
Nawn
Fire Near Crowded Hospital in Williamsburg
A fire in the N Litzs Sons brewery at Maurer and Grange Streets caused intense alarm at St Catherine's Hospital next door. Fire starting in the hop loft spread to the cupola. Sisters of St Dominic, nurses and doctors kept order as patients were moved. Damage estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Grange Streets
Williamsburg
St. Catherine's Hospital
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Tew
George Metzger
Mary Margaret
Taft to Play Grey at Golf in New Haven Visit
President Taft and Earl Grey, Canada’s Governor General, spent a cordial day together after Taft’s day with Gov. Hughes in Albany. Taft will depart for New York and then New Haven where Grey will join him for an informal Yale Corporation meeting.
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Taft
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New Haven
Yale Corporation
Earl Grey
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Olympia
Capt. Butt
Farl Grey
Tafthaa
Lord Grey
Notable features urged in Times for next Sunday
Readers are urged to place orders with news dealers today to ensure copies of the notable features slated for next Sunday's Times. The notice emphasizes timely ordering to avoid missing special sections and exclusive stories.
Two Women Injured in Yonkers Trolley Coach Collision
Misa Emily Edwards and Mrs. George H. Thomas were grievously hurt when a horse-drawn coach returning from a bridge party was struck by a trolley on Riverdale Avenue Yonkers. Driver Richard Roach claimed he did not see the approaching car in time. McClintock the motorman and conductor Welsh assisted the injured. both women were taken to nearby homes then to their residences for treatment. Thomas, formerly Maude Hollins, is noted as an actress and wife of lumberman George H. Thomas.
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Yellowstone Park
Cairo
Misa Emily Edwards
Julian Edwards
George H. Thomas
Riverdale Avenue
Yonkers
Miss Edwards
Thomas
Maude Hollins
Hamilton Avenue
Roach
John McClintock
Ernest Welsh
Mrs. Thomas
Dorfler
McClintock
Klein
Fort Pitt
Ohio River
Liberty
Edward Jennings
Columbia National Bank of
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Jennings
Garfield booms a judge in Ohio gubernatorial race
In Cleveland James R. Garfield predicts United States Judge R W Taylor of Cleveland will run against Gov Harmon this fall. Cincinnati reports a Taft approval may back Taylor and Cox supports the choice while Taylor says he prefers the federal bench but may be persuaded to resign.
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Harmon
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Cleveland
James R. Garfield
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Nisi Prius Club
United States
Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
Robert W. Taylor
Taft
Congress
George B. Cox
Taylor
Marathon dance contest halted after 15 hours
In San Francisco police stopped the world marathon dance after six of seven couples had danced fifteen hours and six minutes, beating the prior record of fourteen hours forty-two minutes. Three thousand spectators were cleared to prevent a riot as doctors warned further exertion could be fatal. J. A. West, 54, and his sixteen year old partner endured the longest stretch before finishing.
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San Francisco
J. A. West
West
Trace White Slave Dealers in Paris to New York Shipments
The American Consulate in Antwerp is tracing two New York white slave importers suspected of shipping ninety women from Paris on outgoing steamers. British and Continental ports are being watched and American and Canadian authorities have been notified to examine incoming passengers closely.
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Antwerp
New York
Paris
Sixty Implicated in Pittsburg Graft Confessions Draw Attention
Ex-Councilman John Klein’s planned open court declaration centers on graft in Pittsburg. over sixty officials and businessmen are named. District Attorney offers clemency to those confessing, while a Grand Jury prepares 60 to 80 indictments. Klein alleges payments exceeding $102,000 and links to Mayor Guthrie and others.
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Pittsburg
John Klein
Riverside Penitentiary
Blakeley
Leo Well
Civic Voters'’ League
Newa
Klein
Brotherhood's Assessment Enjoined in New Jersey
Vice Chancellor Walker granted a preliminary injunction restraining the Supreme Circle Brotherhood of America from raising assessment rates. Hamlet Poole leads New Jersey members opposed to the December increase on behalf of most local members.
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Trenton
N. J
Walker
Hamlet Poole
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Poole
Order
New Jersey
Easter Atlantic City Trains to Atlantic City via Pennsylvania Railroad
Leaves New York 1 40 P M on March 33 24 and 25 returning Atlantic City 8 40 A M March 24 25 26 and 28 Buffet Parlor Cars and Coaches Also extra train from Atlantic City Easter Monday 5 30 P M Parlor Cars Dining Car and Coaches Adr
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Adr
Labor boycott on banks urged by Chicago labor group
The Chicago Federation of Labor adopted a resolution urging withdrawal of all organized labor funds from banks nationwide. The action aims to press Philadelphia street railway officials to settle their strike, with resolutions to be sent to the American Federation of Labor and an Executive Council meeting in Washington.
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Chicago Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Philadelphia
Balloonist Falls 300 Feet In Narrow Escape
Henry Savage, aeronaut, survived a balloon explosion in Los Angeles when the balloon burst and he and his parachute plunged 300 feet. The parachute deployed and slowed the fall, with the gas bag then enveloping them and crashing to the street. Savage lost consciousness but recovered within minutes.
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Los Angeles
Henry Savage
Savage
Bennett not drowned says Lysistrata rumor false
Paris reports rumors of yacht Lysistrata wreck in the Red Sea and James Gordon Bennett's death. The Paris Herald office debunks the claim, noting a telegram from Colombo stating that Bennett is alive and well.
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Paris
Red Sea
James Gordon Bennett
Lysistrata
Mr. Bennett
New York Herald
Bennett
Colombo
Chinese Prince Tsai Tao To Study U S Military System
Prince Tsai Tao brother of the Chinese Prince Regent travels to the United States to study American military methods. He will reach Honolulu April 16 and San Francisco late April, with a large retinue accompanying him. The stay is described as brief.
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Washington
Prince Tsai-Tao
China
United States
State Department
Honolulu
San Francisco
Soldiers Fire On Mob at Pointe-a-Pitre
In Guadeloupe on March 20 a mob formed after several sugar plantation strikers were arrested for pillaging the Blanchet factory. A gendarme was attacked and soldiers fired on rioters, killing one and wounding several before order was restored.
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Pointe-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
Blanchet
Les Mineurs
Orleanism manifesto signals royalist bid in Paris crisis
Paris dispatch reports the Duke of Orleans issuing a manifesto to French Royalists condemning republican institutions for moral decay amid church property liquidations. He says he will come to Paris at the first real chance to overturn current rule and notes popular disgust signals a ripe moment.
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Duke
Orleans
France
Marines Save Two Cubans In Drowning Rescue
Beaufort E. Kirwan hospital apprentice and Peter Foy private of marines aided by the marine guard rescued Francisco Zayas son of the Cuban vice president and Manuel Marcer after a canoe overturned eighty yards from shore. Zayas weighed over 200 pounds and nearly exhausted, Kirwan grabbed him by the hair and kept his head above water until a boat arrived.
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New York Times
Annapolis
Beaufort E. Kirwan
United States Naval Hospital
Peter Foy
Marine Guard
Francisco Zayas
Republic of Cuba
Manuel Marcer
St. John's College
Marcer
Zayas
Kirwan
Foy
Ditmas Mansion Robbed In Flatbush Heirloom Theft
The Ditmas residence at 1190 Flatbush Avenue, home of Misses Carrie and Lillian Ditmas, was entered by thieves who stole about $200 in heirlooms. The theft was discovered last Saturday when the sisters returned from the Hotel St. George to find bundles of bric-a-brac ready for removal. Several antique chairs and other family treasures, some over a century old, were taken.
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Flatbush Avenue
Carrie
Lillian Ditmas
Flatbush
St. George
Abraham Ditmas
Dld
Ouse
Shipping arrivals and port calls listed for March dates
Arrived ships include SS Purus at Barbados on March 12 and SS Annetta at Sagua on March 16. SS Ossa baw reached Brunswick on March 17 and SS Fortuna headed to Manzanillo from unspecified origin.
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Barbados
Annetta
Sagua
Brunswick
Fortuna
Manzanillo
Insurgents Seek Moderation in Rules Fight Amid House Turmoil
In Washington on March 20, after days of intense battle the House side factions pause to assess the Norris resolution timetable. Insurgents, regulars, and Democrats foresee a Rules Committee formed with a mix of insurgent and regular members, aiming for fair legislation and avoiding domination by any single bloc.
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Washington
Rules Committee
Champ Clark
Cannon
Foundry Methodist Church
Robert N. Moore
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House
Middle Western
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Congress
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Smith
Ohio
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Oregon
Roosevelt
McCall
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Gardner
Fitzgerald
Underwood
Alabama
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Sherley
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Dalzell
Committee On Rules
Palzell
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