Justice Leventritt to Quit the Bench and Form New Firm
Supreme Court Justice David Leventritt resigns to take effect May 1 and lead a new firm, Leventritt Cook & Nathan, absorbing Wallach & Cook and Nathan Leventritt & Perham. The move follows talks with Alfred A. Cook and Harold Nathan, with offices in the Trinity Building and Leventritt serving as consulting attorney on appeals.
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Supreme Court
David Leventritt
John Whalen
Leventritt
Leventritt, Cook
Leopold Wallach
Nathan, Leventritt & Perham
Alfred A. Cook
Wallach & Cook
Cook
Leventritt, Cook & Nathan
Trinity Building
Justice Leventritt
Mr. Cook
Harold Nathan
Edgar M. Leventritt
Emil Goldmark
Supreme Bench
New York
South Carolina
Fairfield
College of the City of
University Law School
James Fitzgerald
George P. Andrews
Joseph ¥. Daly
William N. Cohn
Henry W. Taft
William H. Taft
Kaiser Willing to Receive Hill
The Foreign Office issued a statement describing him as a sweeping and handsome vindication of his openhandedness.
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Kaiser
Hill
Foreign Office
Aurora Borealis Seen From Philadelphia Liner in Mid Ocean
Passengers arriving yesterday on the American liner Philadelphia from Southampton described a brilliant aurora borealis seen from 6 PM to daybreak on Friday. Capt. Arthur Mills warned of a dull booming sound from the north and noted such displays are rare this far east. Names of some passengers aboard include H K K Brent, Frederick Paine, Mrs Rogers, Miss Rogers, S G Mabon, and others.
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Philadelphia
Southampton
Arthur Mills
George Bell
Capt
Millis
H. KK. Brent
Frederick Paine
Fr. Rogers
Catherine Rogers
S. G. Mabon
Thomas Mederos
Alexander Powell
J. R. Wharton
Frank W. Dodd
William J. Gibson
New York ExcisE Law Enforcement Yields Varied Results
Police crackdown on excise resulted in 120 arrests citywide, 31 fewer than the previous Sunday. Manhattan and the Bronx saw 66 and 99 arrests respectively, while Coney Island reported only three saloons. Raines law hotels remained busy serving leatherette sandwiches to about 15,000 visitors. Brooklyn showed drought-like pockets where such hotels were absent, but overall thirst persisted in the borough.
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Manhattan
Bronx
Coney Island
Raines Law
Brooklyn
Duke of Abruzzi Arrives in Turin Before Rome Visit
The Duke of the Abruzzi reached Turin today and stayed at the ducal palace. He plans to depart for Rome late tonight.
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Turin
Ducal
Rome
Hill Declines Comment on Berlin Ambassadorship
Berlin reports relieve tensions over reception of Dr. Hill as American ambassador. Hill says he is only the American minister at The Hague and will not discuss Berlin matters. Friends in Paris expect him to accept the Berlin post once officially notified.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Berlin
Hill
Kaiser drops objections to Hill Berlin ambassadorship
Washington reports indicate the Kaiser has withdrawn objections to Dr. David Jayne Hill becoming Ambassador to Germany. Officials say Berlin’s shift may trigger a broader reshuffling of diplomats to place Hill in a suitable post as early changes unfold. Tower plans to leave his post next August, possibly sooner due to new developments.
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New York Times
Washington
Kaiser
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Dr. Hill
Hill
Berlin
Mrs. Hill
William
Roosevelt
State Department
White House
Loeb
Ecretary Root
Aieady
Tower
W J La Roche Sinking In Brooklyn Home
The condition of ex Senator William J La Poche, ill at his 31 Plaza Street Brooklyn home, has worsened with grave doubts of recovery. He heads the Metropolitan Hardware Company of Manhattan and is active in Brooklyn social and club circles.
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William J. la Poche
Plaza Street
Brooklyn
la Roche
Metropolitan Hardware Company
Manhattan
Porto Rican Labor Union Considers Cooperative Build With 10000 Capital
Delegates from 110 AFL affiliated unions in San Juan March 29 adopt a resolution to form a cooperative organization capitalized at 10000 to compete with building contractors. Funds would be raised by a one cent daily tax on 4000 members for ten months. A labor organ will be created and a federation ticket may run in upcoming elections.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
American Federation of Labor
Converts theat re employee seeks prayer at Belasco services
About sixty members and a Belasco Theatre regular who had been in the theatrical business nineteen years sought conversion or prayer at the Belasco Theatre last night. Dr Carter announced the prior Sunday offering for the unemployed witch totaled 116 dollars and was distributed as work and meal tickets and cash to homeless men during the week. The fifth and next to last service of the series will be held next Sunday night.
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Belasco
Carter
Visitors to the congestion exhibit at the Museum of Natural History
William M Ivins and G Stanley Hall of Clark University visited the congestion exhibit with Prof Graham Treylor of the Chicago Commons. The exhibit ended last night and will reopen in Brooklyn one week from tonight.
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William M. Ivins
G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Graham Treylor
Chicago Commons
Museum of Natural History
Brooklyn
Union committee calls mass meeting on anti trust ruling
A twenty member committee appointed by the Central Federated Union will organize a mass meeting of all affiliated unions on the third Sunday or Monday in April to protest the Supreme Court decision applying the Sherman act to later unions restricting trade.
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Central Federated Union
United States Supreme Court
Quiet Sunday incidents report from Jersey towns
Three events unfolded on a quiet Sunday in New Jersey. A fire at William Bennett’s Hornblower Avenue home prompted Eastwood hose company action. Dog Jack aided the crew before returning home. A Montclair Centre auto collision left John Fitzgerald uninjured after police officer Pat Gannon intervened. In Bloomfield, George Maxwell fought thirteen rats in his barn, killing seven. a bluish‑green rat escaped.
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Jersey
William Bennett
Hornblower Avenue
Eelleville
Eastwood Hose Company
Herman Solky
Jack
Montclair Centre
Grover Smith
Claremont Avenue
North Fullerton Avenue
John Fitzgerald
Young Fitzgerald
Pat’’ Gannon
Montclair
Fitzgerald
Bloomfield
George W. Maxwell
Clinton Street
Maxwell
Newersey
Opposition to Taft Launches Publicity Bureau
Special to The New York Times reports Republican contenders outside Taft form a publicity bureau to counter Taft claims. The piece details last week's delegate selections: Taft four instructed, Cannon sixteen, sixteen uninstructed, and fourteen contested. It notes Lily White Virginia and Kansas delegations and questions the recognition of contested delegates. Delegates total 262 with Taft at 180, Cannon 22, Fairbanks 26, Foraker 2, uninstructed 32, contested 42. opposition votes rise from 8 to 126.
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New York Times
Washington
Taft
Virginia
Lily White
Kansas
Republican National Committee
Cannon
Fairbanks
Foraker
Conners Induces Kennedy to Exit Democratic State Committee
Buffalo New York March 29 State Chairman William J Conners induced John J Kennedy to withdraw as a member of the Democratic State Committee and Conners will be chosen to succeed him The Erie County committee also retires two other committeemen with Alder man Louis P Fuhrmann replacing Matt Merzig and Sheriff James Smith succeeding Henry P Burgard The move follows Bryan instruction dissension and a push for no instructions to National delegates with Conners solidifying support for the policy over the past two weeks
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John J. Kennedy
New York Times
Buffalo
N. Y
William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
Conners
Louis P. Fuhrmann
Matt Merzig
James Smith
Henry P. Burgard
Erie County Committee
Can't Bar Thomas Out Delivers Bryan Support Across States
Augustus Thomas of New Rochelle New York will be a Democratic National Convention delegate from Missouri and second William Jennings Bryan. He declined a Westchester County delegate seat to back Bryan. Harry Walker in St Louis reported Mr Murphy rejected Thomas for being a Bryan man. Missouri support followed.
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Augustus Thomas
New_ Rochelle
N. Y
Missouri
William Jennings Bryan
Westchester
Harry Walker
Bryan
Murphy
Mr. Thomas
Thomas
Senate oligarchy challenged as Lee seat fight roils Senate
Washington notes a rising insurgent mood among Western and minority senators against Aldrich successors. Leaders like La Follette Borah Burkett Brown Beveridge and Nelson Heyburn Ankeny Piles shift toward opposition while Aldrich concedes ground on currency measures. The piece portrays discontent with committee rule, frustrates elder leaders, and hints at a gentlemen's agreement amid mounting defections.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Congress
Aldrich
Allison
Hale
la Follette
Borah
Burkett
Brown
Bourne
Roosevelt
White House
Beveridge
Smith
Maryland
Burrows
Committee On
Nelson
Minnesota
Heyburn
Ankeny
Piles
Immigration ships to be inspected at Ellis Island in 1909 plan
The Department of Commerce and Labor in Washington directs Ellis Island inspectors to apply the British license plan starting January 1 1909. Each immigrant will be allotted five feet of deck space and added surface space per person.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Ellis Island
America
Odense to Open Hans Christian Andersen Museum
The municipality of Odense, birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen, completed a collection for a museum to be housed in his birth home and opens on April 2. In Guayaquil the sanitary commission reports 100 bubonic plague cases under treatment with inoculations ongoing. In Copenhagen, Prof. Warming hosted Dr. MacCracken and Dr. Egan at a dinner amid lectures. Tokio is set to see trade and patent conventions between Japan, the United States and Great Britain. Vienna sees German Chancellor Von Buelow arriving for private talks likely on political matters with Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Von Aehrenthal.
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Copenhagen
Odense
Hans Christian Andersen
Anderson
Guayaquil
Sanitary Commission
Lloyd
American Marine Hospital Service
Warming
MacCracken
New York University
Maurice F. Egan
Vienna
Prince von Buelow
Baron von Aehrenthal
Berlin
New motor car tested on Jersey City Philadelphia run
Seventy eight railroad men bankers and electrical experts rode the Strang fas Electric Car from Jersey City to Philadelphia to judge performance fog prevented speed records. The Irene completed the trip in 1 hour 45 minutes with stops at Newark Trenton and North Philadelphia and a one mile record of 58 seconds. The gas electric car uses half a gallon per mile and can run 100 miles per tank. It will be shown to the Pennsylvania Railroad for ten days for trials.
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Fas Electric Car Company
Air Srene
Jersey City
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Newark
Trenton
North Palladelenie
Broad and Market Streets
Irene
Pennsylvania Reilroad
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Bingham
W. J. LA Roche
Porto Rican Labor Union
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Mercantile Safe Deposit Vaults
Broadway
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Notes of Foreign Affairs
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B. Altman & Co
John Jacob Astor
Geo. F. Baker
First National Bank
Stephen Baker
Bank of the Manhattan Co
Geo. B. Case
White & Case
Thomas Cochran, Sr
E. C. Converse
H. P. Davison
John S. Downey
Harrison E. Gawtry
Consolidated Gas Co
Robert Walton Goelet
Thomas W. Lamont
T Bankers Trust Co
Edgar L. Marston
Blair & Co
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Gates W. McGarrah
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Charles A. Peabody
Tape Life Co
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Charles L. Tiff
Tiffany & Co
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H. Wig
Chase Nat'l Bank
Thomas Cochran, Jr
Geo. W. Pancoast
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Vogel Brothers
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Batiste
Royal Worcester Corset
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Oni's
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Fifth Avenue Art Galleries
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45Th St
James P. Sifo
Adolph Alexander
John St. Messrs
L. Ullmann & Sons
Narcisses Diaz
Emil Foubert
Henri Leopold VI
Emil Pinchart
Vincente DE Parhedes
Clement Quinton
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