Roosevelt Praises Taft as Ideal Leader in Reply Letter
A Roosevelt letter to Conrad Kohrs of Helena praises Taft as the best partner in reform and the candidate who shares his policies. He denounces demagogues and urges steady, moral action by a president who safeguards honest capital and labor, urging Taft’s candidacy as the path forward.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Conrad Kohrs
Helena
Mon
William J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Taft
Abraham Linecoln
Mr. Taft
Congress
New York
Maine election today features local issues and party optimism
In Portland on Sept 13 voters prepare to elect Governor, Congress, State Auditor, Legislature members, and County officials. Fernald leads Republicans claiming a 15,000-plus plurality, while Gardner heads Democrats with expectations of victory. Key debate centers on liquor policy and tax reform, with Prohibitory law enforcement and Sturgis act preservation forming the core partisan clash.
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Portland
Maine
Bert M. Fernala
Poland
Obadiah Gardner
Rockland
Kittery
Passamaquoddy
Fernald
Gardner
Taft and Gardner
Working girl wears $2,500 diamond brooch to work
Louise McKeone says she innocently wore the heiress Mrs. James McMillan's lost pin for three days after her mother kicked it with her foot in Cabot Street. A company inspector questioned the brooch, she read the paper, and Mrs. McMillan identified and recovered the pin.
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New York Times
Beverly
Mass
Louise McKeone
James McMillan
Michigan
William Blaisdell
British Embassy Robbed in Washington
Miss Clara Childs, housekeeper at the British Embassy on Connecticut Avenue, reported a theft after the Bryces left for England. Police arrested George Chism and a boy, both workers connected to the embassy. A guard was posted as repairs continued and sensitive papers remained secure.
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New York Times
Washington
Clara Childs
Connecticut Avenue
England
Bryce
Police Department
Miss Childs
George Chism
William Owen
Bryces
Westminster Catholics Parade Draws Mixed Crowds in London
Massive Westminster crowds watch a tense Eucharistic procession as Cardinal Gibbons and Vatican delegates lead clergy in scarlet robes. Police and Catholic guards attempt to curb disruption while booing and cheers mix in the streets. Continued on Page 2.
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London
Cardinal Vannutelli
Duke of Norfolk
Queen Victoria
Bourne
Westminster
Cardinal Gibbons
O Fathers
Prayers Fail to Cure Child as Edinboro Home Burns
In Corry Pennsylvania a home in Edinboro belonging to Henry Babbitt and his Saints sect was burned early today after the Board of Health fumigated it. Inside lay the body of Alvina Babbitt who died of diphtheria after religious remedies were chosen over medical care. Police expect a Grand Jury inquiry into the girl's death and the fire’s cause.
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New York Times
Corry
Penn
Henry Babbitt
Alvina
Edinboro
Board of Health
Babbitts
Bigler
Round Trip to Denver Rates Listed
Travel offer lists $55.50 round trip via West Shore and $60 via New York Central for departures on September 15 16 and 17. Contact telephone 5680 Madison for details.
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Denver
West Shore
New York ‘Central
Madison
Arrest in Moriarty Murder Leads to Bronx Arrest
Charles Wilen of 995 Summit Avenue Bronx was arrested on suspicion of knowing details of the murder of Capt. Daniel Moriarty of Ogden Avenue and 164th Street. Coroner Schwannecke ordered Wilen held without bail at the Tombs. police say he aided the killer’s evasion while the suspect remained at large. Moriarty, a marine master and quarantine steamer commander, was a prominent Bronx Republican political figure.
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Charles Wilen
Summit Avenue
Bronx
Daniel Moriarty
Ogden Avenue
164Th Street
Schwannecke
Wilen
Moriarty
State of New York
Croker Responds to NY Times Clip
Richard Croker writes from Dublin refuting an Aug 26 Times editorial about him. He asks the editor to return the clipping to The New York Times with his compliments and notes the inconsistency and prejudiced portrayal by some newspapers.
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New York Times
Dublin
Richard Croker
Times
Croker
Bryan Bars Sunday Speech at Mountain Lake Park
William Jennings Bryan, campaigning for president, refused to speak at Mountain Lake Park after residents were invited to hear him. Despite a pledge of no speech or applause, about 1,200 attendees gathered. Bryan ultimately shook hands and left with no public remarks. He planned to return to Baltimore that night, arriving at Camden Station next morning.
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Deer Park
William Jennings Bryan
Mountain Lake Park
Bryan
Baltimore
Camden Station
Fireman saves drowning boy from canal incident
Fireman John Mulroy of 313 Academy Street leaped from a moving engine into the Delaware and Raritan Canal to rescue an eight year old Italian boy who had fallen in as a passenger train neared Bordentown. Mulroy was watched from ahead, saved the lad, and returned dripping wet with him to the terminal.
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New York Times
Trenton
John Mulroy
313 Academy
Street
Delaware & Raritan Canal
Bordentown
Mulroy
Hafid's Letter Obscure Satisfies Paris Officials
Paris reports Mulai Hafid has sent a long obscure letter to Tangier's diplomatic corps binding himself to Abd-el-Aziz engagements and awaiting European sanction. Officials wait for full translation before comment. The document is unusually lengthy for a Moorish official text.
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Paris
Mulai Hafid
Tangier
Abd-el-Aziz
Europe
Mulai
Hafid
Death of Harvard professor Harrington ruled heart disease
In Lynton England on September 13 the inquest into the death of Dr Charlie Harrington Professor of Hygiene at Harvard Medical School concluded that death was due to heart disease. Dr John Templeton Bowen who attended him as his physician testified that Harrington seemed in good health the night before his death.
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Lynton
England
Charlies Harrington
Harvard Medical School
John Templeton Bowen
Harrington
Erie train wreck in Meadville injures thirty four
The Erie Railroad Number Four derailed near Meadville Pennsylvania while at fifty miles an hour. Thirty four passengers were hurt with many treated at Spencer Hospital. Engineer Daskill and Fireman McDill were among the most seriously injured. A horse car next to the locomotive helped shield passengers. Rescue efforts followed as officials investigated causes and noted all expected to recover.
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New York Times
Meadville
Penn
Erie
Spencer Hospital
Fred Jackson
Brooklyn
Andrew Marcina
New York
Edward Cox
Meriden
Conn
Andrew Ratto
San Francisco
Stella Ratto
Arthur Tharmok
Chicago
George Dodalo
Reno
Nev
Reliance Julian
Denver
Frank Draffin
John Linsoff
Philadelphia
William D. Hamlin
Ind
Mary Lucille Baldwin
van Buren
Lewis Silverstein
Frank Oris
Pistole Dallas
Rome
Italy
I. S. Daskill
Daskill
McDill
Mmost
Jersey City
Mansfield
Geneva
Narrow escape on Pennsylvania train as lumber shift endangers passengers
In Trenton a Pennsylvania Railroad train leaving Jersey City at 5:13 last Friday narrowly escaped disaster when a lumber pile on a nearby freight car shifted. The engineer slammed the emergency brakes, sending everyone in the cars to the floor. The locomotive halted ten feet from the projecting telephone poles.
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Trenton
N. J
State Railroad Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Fugitive banker Caponigri caught after desertion
Pasquale Caponigri an Italian banker formerly at 20 Mulberry Street, who vanished last January after owing over 100000 dollars to 1500 depositors, was arrested yesterday in a first floor flat at 460 Manhattan Avenue by Detectives O'Brien McGowan McAvoy and Hunt. He admitted his identity and said he had lost money in speculation, noting that a banker loses Italian depositors money and disappears.
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Pasquale Caponigri
Mulberry Street
Manhattan Avenue
Christopher O’brien
McGowan
McAvoy
Hunt
O’brien
Morningside Park
Caponigri
New York Philadelphia Train Schedule Ad
New Jersey Central service hourly twohour quick trips between New York and Philadelphia with sleeper trains opening at 7 PM midnight service advertised. Page 12 schedule note.
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New York
Philadelphia
New Jersey Central
Ec Ule
Ady
Lord Curzon Injured in Motor Collision Near Sunnydale
Lord Curzon of Kedleyton, Chancellor of Oxford University, was injured in a car collision near Sunnydale today. He suffered cuts to the forehead and was severely shaken but is progressing favorably according to reports from London.
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London
Lord Curzon of
Kedleyton
Oxford University
Sunnydale
Mishap to F J Gould Yacht Helenia in Boston Harbor
The steering gear failed as the yacht Helenia was being brought into Boston inner harbor. The engines were stopped, help signaled, and the police boat Guardian towed the vessel to an anchorage. Frank J. Gould and friends were aboard.
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Boston
Frank J. Gould
Heleniia
Guardian
Mr. Gould
British Consul Observes German Naval Maneuvers in Danish Waters
In Copenhagen on September 13 the British Government aims to track German fleet movements in Jutland by sending a consul to observe. British vice consuls in Denmark, largely Danish, were instructed to report all German warship movements to London. Reports say Britain sought a consul in Kiel but Germany declined, citing the Kiel honorary consul as satisfactory.
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Copenhagen
Rederfea
Jutland
Denmark
Kiel
Germany
Fortune Gone Won't Wed In Sober Letter To Father
Miss Mary A Camera of 205 South Broad Street, daughter of Angela Camera, ends her engagement to shoe dealer Dominick Richard of Princeton. She seeks to return to teaching in Trenton public schools, saying her duty is to aid her father’s recovery after his fortune vanished when ex City Treasurer Joseph R Encks filed for bankruptcy.
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New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Mary A. Camera
205
South Broad Street
Angela Camera
Dominick Richard
Princeton
Camera
Joseph R. Encks
Roosevelt Jr Comes of Age as Father Attends Sermon
President Roosevelt and family attend church in Oyster Bay New York where Rev J P Peters of St Michael's Church criticizes rich in professions. Peters notes burden of clergymen doctors and lawyers from middle class. Roosevelt praises the preacher after services and joins Sagamore Hill reception for Theodore Jr who comes of age aided by a check from his father.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
L. 1
Roosevelt
J. P. Peters
St. Michael's Church
New York
Peters
Dr. Peters
Sagamore Hill
Theodore, Jr
Both to Blame and Pay in New Jersey Justice
A Middlesex County Court ruling holds both parties at fault in a dispute and assigns costs. The decision states that the defendant must pay the justice fees while the plaintiff covers the constable costs. Both sides are blamed for the trouble, as neither would meet halfway or listen to reasonable arguments.
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New Jersey
Justice of the Peace
Middlesex County
Catch eight foot shark near Race Rock
Nathaniel Keeney and two companions aboard the Abbie Natalie captured an eight foot shark weighing about 1200 pounds off Race Rock while sea bass fishing. They fought the fish for nearly two hours before it was killed with a tiller and hauled aboard.
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New York
London
Conn
Abbie Natalie
Race Rock
Nathaniel Keeney
Keeney
Leonard Gibson
Daniel Holloran
Archbishop Ryan denounces divorce at school dedication
In Philadelphia on September 13 Archbishop Ryan denounced divorce during a dedication address. He cited the Helen Maloney and Osborne case now in court, noting Rome denied Pope sanction for dissolution and stressing the Catholic Church never sanctions divorce despite media attention and beliefs about the married couple.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Ryan
Helen Maloney
Osborne
Rome
Seaboard Air Line Cuts Schedule to Florida and Atlanta
The Seaboard Air Line announces a faster timetable, reducing travel time to Florida and Atlanta by two hours. The change takes effect September 13, with the new schedule advertised from Office 1,183 Broadway.
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Florida
Atlanta
Seaboard Air Line
Broadway
Bosses Seethe as Hughes Renomination Looms at Convention
Saratoga N Y September 13 The discontented party bosses say they can beat Governor Hughes on the convention floor yet offer no decisive figures. Secretary Root and ex governors Odell Black and Barnes hold talks as whispers float that Roosevelt may back Bennet if Hughes falls. Long Island Congressman Cocks cautions the anti Hughes faction to press their case while remaining watchful.
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New York
Saratoga
N. Y
Satacetaras
Gov
Hughes
Gov. Hughes
Blac
Odell
Timothy L. Woodruff
Auriam Barhes, Jr
William L. Ward
Littauer
Black
State Root
Root
Tim” Woodriff
William Barnes, Jr
Roosevelt
William S Bennet
Congressman Cocks
Oyster Bay
Mr. Root
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Didate
Mrs. McMillan
Wetminrte
Asquith
Home Secretary
Slayer
MR. Croker
Fireman
Drowning Boy
Canal
Prof. Harrington
Pennsylvania
Lord Curzon
F. J. Gould Yacht
Boston Harbor
Kaiser
Great Britain
T. Roosevelt, JR
Mgr
Maloney
Dent’s
Bennet
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