Taft Calls Roosevelt Unsafe In Ohio Campaign Tour
President Taft campaigned through Ohio praising his own record and attacking Theodore Roosevelt as unsafe and a demagogue. He spoke in Steubenville and several other towns in cold rain and later sun to large crowds, urging Ohioans to back him in the May 21 primaries.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Jie
White House
Market Street
Col. Roosevelt
Marietta
Dennison
Uhrichsville
1St. Clairsville
Bellaire
Bridgeport
Massachusetts
Maryland
Roosevelt
Lis
Mr. Roosevelt
Pennison
English Teachers Press for Fair Pension Reforms
A deputation from England's elementary school teachers met Chancellor Lloyd George to press for faster and fairer superannuation. He admitted the case and announced substantial increases in state pension contributions for current teachers, including higher disablement allowances and optional earlier retirements. The changes amount to about 1 million dollars annually.
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London
England
Lloyd-George
Mr. Lloyd- George
Wireless telephony tests by Italian forces reach 160 mile link
A Rome dispatch reports yearlong Italian experiments in wireless telephony. Messages from Monte Mario to Ponza covered 65 miles, then to Magdalena Island Becco di Vela extended about 160 miles. A long extract was read aloud, with voices clearly discernible and a speaker change detected mid message. Further developments anticipated.
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London
Times
Rome
Monte Mario
Ponza
Becco di Vela
Magdalena Island
Magdalena
Wealthy Greenwich resident renounces car for horse travel
Special to The NYT Greenwich Conn May 13 William J Smith, a wealthy native, gives up the automobile after twelve years of ownership and returns to using a horse. He plans to ride sixteen miles daily, seeking conversation on the road and quieter travel, hoping others among the affluent follow his example amid a street of cars near Greenwich station.
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New York Times
Greenwich
North Castle Mountains
Mr. Smith
New Haven
Direct Election of Senators Advances in House Action
The House accepted the Senate's Bristow amendment to move toward a constitutional direct election of U.S. Senators. Taft awaits signature as states race to ratify, with Southern opposition easing after a three hour debate and a 237 to 39 final vote.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Taft
Louisiana
Senate of
The
Bristow
Clark
Henry
Rules Committee
Rucker
William Jennings Bryan
Bartlett
Georgia
Sisson
Mississippi
Judge Rucker
Col
Bryan
Don Quixote
Kahn
Knowland
California
Pacific Coast
South
Underwood
Borah
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sutherland
Utah
Congress
Hard to Find 7500 Dollar Man for City Health Office
Boston May 15 Mayor Fitzgerald seeks a successor to Dr. Samuel H. Durgin long Chairman of the Board of Health. He will search nationwide for the best man and will raise the stipend to 7500 if needed. Durgin retires next month. current salary is 4500.
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New York Times
Boston
Fitzgerald
Samuel H. Durgin
Board of Health
Aner
In Trouble Over Checks Framed by Frank Hughes Alias
Denver reports Frank T. Hughes alias Stephen Wilson accusing of passing an 86 dollar fraudulent check. Upon search he held two other checks totaling 300 000 dollars from Cripple Creek First National Bank 125 000 and Victor bank 175 000. He displayed telegrams from W L Daugherty Co New York claiming 1 200 000 credit and sought funds from Cripple Creek banks.
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Denver
Frank T. Hughes
Stephen Wilson
First National Bank of
Cripple Creek
Victor
Hughes
W. L. Daugherty & Co
New York
Maritime Notices Arrive from Savannah Galveston and Lenox
Shipping and booking notices list arrivals in Savannah on May 11 and Brazos at Galveston on May 8. The Aspinwall and Lenox in the Berkshires are booked at Almon C. Judd's office at 1180 Broadway New York with telephone 4748 Madison.
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City of Savannah
Savannah
Brazos
Galveston
Aspinwall
Lenox
Berkshires
Almon C. Judd
Elton
Waterbury
B'way
Mad. Sa
Votes for Women Letters Pour In Ahead of Editorial
Readers respond to the newspaper editorial on women's suffrage with letters for and against. The women's letters join the debate as the Times prepares a full page for next Sunday.
Richeson fate likely death sentence stands amid mental tests
Boston May 13 Clarence V T Richeson the man condemned for Avis Linnells murder appears doomed to die in the electric chair. Alienists reports to Gov Foss are unfavorable and indicate he will not seek to stay the sentence set for May 19.
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New York Times
Boston
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Foss
Commonwealth
Richeson
Executive Council
Lloyd Vernon Briggs
Linnell
Briggs
Hyannis
Henry R. Stedman
Taunton Insane Hospital
Henry Frost
Boston Insane Hospital
George Tuttle
Waverly Insane Hospital
Charlestown
Quinn
Charles Street
Bridges
Quinn Will
Stedman
Tuttle
Frost
Harry H. Butts
Mason and Airman Fisher Die in Brooklands Monoplane Crash
Victor Louis Mason, former private secretary to war secretaries, and Edward Fisher were killed when their Howard Flanders monoplane dived from about 150 feet at Brooklands. Witnesses noted a side-slip before the descent. Mason, 48, with mining interests and a Taft-era connection, was a friend of Commander Samson. Fisher, 24, had a history of accidents and had been flying a year. The incident raises England’s airman death toll to twelve for the year. The inquest is expected next Wednesday.
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London
Victor Louis Mason
Alger and Root
Fisher
Mason
Howard Flanders
War Office
Samson
Weymouth
Brooklands
Weybridge
Mr. Mason
Lieut. Porte
Lieut
Porte
England
Banker Snell Secretly Weds Hazel Matchett in New York
LaPorte Indiana May 13 B T Snell president of the First National Bank of Gary announced his marriage to Miss Hazel Matchett of New York. The ceremony occurred May 8 at the Matchett home in New York City with the couple keeping the wedding secret until today. The bridegroom is described as wealthy.
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New York Times
Laporte
Ind
B. T. Snell
First National Bank
Gary
Hazel Matchett
New York
Snell
J. A. Matchett
New York City
Life Sketch of Victor Louis Mason
Victor Louis Mason born in Washington December 9 1870. He served as Secretary to the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications and earned a Bachelor of Science from Columbian University in 1897. In 1897 he became private secretary to General Alger then Secretary of War and later joined Alger in Detroit managing lumber interests.
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New York Times
Washington
Victor Louis Mason
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Columbian
George Washington) University
Gen. Alger
Root
War Department
Detroit
Great Bear Spring Water Case Standstill Report
A fragment notes Great Bear Spring Water itemized as a per case price of six glass-stoppered bottles. The terse OCR lacks clear action, dates, or parties beyond the brand reference.
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Great Bear
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Touted as Nerve Tonic
An old advertisement promotes Horsford’s Acid Phosphate as a remedy for nervous disorders insomnia and mental exhaustion. The tonic claims to calm nerves and ease stomach issues, presenting the product as an excellent aid for tired and run-down individuals.
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Horsford
Ismay to Found £20,000 Titanic Memorial Fund
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce reports J Bruce Ismay plans a memorial endowment of about £20,000 equal to $100,000 to provide pensions for disabled White Star Line sailors and their widows. Details will be announced by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
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Liverpool
Liverpool Journal of Commerce
J. Bruce Ismay
White Star Line
Snow Falls Across Maryland Pennsylvania and Denver Sets Record
Snow fell heavily on Big Savage Mountain near Cumberland Maryland with flurries in Brookville Pennsylvania. Denver Colorado logged nearly nine inches by 4 pm setting a new date record as snow spread across Colorado and Wyoming after rain.
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Cumberland
Pennsylvania
Cumberland, Md
Big Savage Mountain
Denver
Col
Colorado
Wyoming
Iceberg sighted far south by George Washington captain
Captain Polack of the North German Lloyd liner George Washington reported sighting a large iceberg at six bells 7 A M Friday, about 15 miles from the ship on starboard bow at latitude 39 02 N longitude 47 06 W. The berg appeared 1000 feet long and 150 feet high, south of New York City and 150 miles south of the Titanic sinking site. The ship carried 380 passengers in first cabin and many went on deck to view the iceberg.
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Polack
Bremen
City of
New York
Johnson attacks Panama Pacific Exposition spendings
Gov. Johnson speaking for Col. Roosevelt accuses Exposition management of paying 5000 dollars for Secretary Knox's private car expenses during his visit to California. He questions the justification of such payment to enable Mr. Knox to influence Taft politics in the state.
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San Francisco
Gov. Johnson
Col
Roosevelt
Wpomr
Knox
California
Man Buried in Bath Beach Sewer Cave-In
A sewer excavation on Nineteenth Avenue between Eighty third and Eighty fourth Streets in Bath Beach caved in at about 4 PM burying laborer Dominick who lived in East New York. Bath Beach police reserves and Truck 143 crews worked three hours to recover the body. others escaped along the platforms.
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Nineteenth Avenue
Eighty-third
Eighty-fourth Streets
Bath Beach
Dominick
New York
Reading man in New Jersey manslaughter case
Charles Yetter of Reading Pennsylvania surrendered in New Brunswick New Jersey court after his car struck and killed four year old Joseph Fidel on May 1. Bail set at 3000 as Judge Daly heard that women fainted in the other car and confusion led to a hurried departure. Yetter, a cigar merchant, had posted bonds and was released.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Charles Vetter
Reading
Penn
Joseph Fidel
Daly
Theodore Strong
Yetter
Strong
Runaway Girls Report Attack in Central Park
Ethel Dupont and Lillian O'Brien, both 13, vanished from Brooklyn and Harlem homes and were found in Lexington Avenue. They said six armed youths assaulted them in Central Park near noon. Charles Meiers, 17, arrested on criminal assault charges. Meiers to be arraigned in Harlem Police Court.
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Ethel Dupont
Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn
Lillian O’brien
Third Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Lighty-seventh Street
Central Office
England and
Ryan
East
Central Park
Charles Meiers
East Eighty-fifth Street
East Eighty-eighth Street
Children’s Society
Second Avenue
Meiers
Harlem
Maids and hotel staff threaten strike across New York
A planned general strike by waiters cooks pantrymen and omnibus boys aimed at shorter hours higher wages and better conditions prompted a probe at Hotel Belmont where a would be signaler was arrested. Chambermaids rally with 400 members as thousands of cards and posters spread union demands.
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Hotel Belmont
Palm Room
Detective Burke
Courh Room
Joseph Albier
East Fiftyfourth Street
Albier
Princeton
N. J
Edward Blochlinger
International Hotel Workers’ Union
West Fortyfourth Street
Blochlinger
Leander Brown
Chambermaids’ Union
Victor Pearl
Belmont
Hotel Workers
UNITE
UNION
W. 44Th ST
Bryant
Pearl
Martinet
John W. Gates
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