Taft Ends New Haven Visit With Yale Meeting
President Taft's day begins in New York with a Yale Corporation session in New Haven and a reading of What Every Woman Knows at the Empire Theatre. He and Mrs. Taft then proceed by private car to Washington after a guard‑lined Grand Central farewell.
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Taft
New York
New Haven
Yale Corporation
Maude Adams
Empire Theatre
Henry W. Taft
Mrs. Taft
Mabel Boardman
Washington
DTD
Secret Service
Stokes
University
Yale
Hadley
President Taft
Henry E. Howland
Joseph Anderson
James Wesley Cooper
William W. Farnam
Porter
William Dpd. Whitney
Lee McClung
New York City
Howland
Cooper
Jack’ Shea
Tafts
Cincinnati
James Pigott
Albert Fifield
White House
Yate
President Taft Joins Kilwinning Masons in Cincinnati
President Taft was unanimously elected a member of Kilwinning Lodge of Masons at a recent Masonic Temple meeting. He previously was Mason at sight and later Mason at large, and he chose to affiliate with Kilwinning, whose founders included his father Judge Alphonso Taft. His brother C. Taft has also been a member. Also note an advertisement for Great Bear Spring Water, per case of six glass stepped bottles.
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C. . Taft
Great Bear
Patten Buys Millions as Wheat Market Roars then Falls
Chicago April 15 A wild day in the wheat pit ended with James A Patten supporting July wheat as prices surged to new highs before a late selling spree drove July to 114 1 4 cents and May to 126 1 2 cents. Patten bought about three million bushels for July delivery while others took profits and bakers faced rising costs.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Godle
James A. Patten
Patten
Mr. Patten
Bears
Winnipeg
Real estate cashier arrested for 25000 dollar theft
Addison Beardsley a confidential man and cashier for Leonard J Carpenter Co at 25 Liberty Street was arrested at 115th Street and St Nicholas Avenue charged with grand larceny. Detectives say losses of 25000 were found in company books and Beardsley confessed after being traced with a woman friend to the Polo Grounds. He claimed life in New York and stock market debts influenced his actions.
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Addison Beardsley
Leonard J Carpenter
No. 25
Liberty Street
115Th Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
Flood
District Attorney's Office
Fitzsimmons
Pany Beardsley
Beardsley
Stuyvesant Avenue
Brooklyn
Harlem
Polo Grounds
New York
Leonard J. Carpenter
Man Found Dead After Apparent Suicide in Battery Park
A man was found dead on a bench in Battery Park with a revolver beside him after a passerby alerted Patrolman Herzog. An ambulance arrived, but the man had died. A note in Hotel Imperial stationery named contacts Fred N. Whitcomb and A. P. Smith Manufacturing, with burial in Buffalo, and the address 132 West 36th Street was listed.
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Herzog
Battery Park
Hudson Street Hospital
Dr. la Mont
Hotel Imperial
Fred N. Whitcomb
Freehold
N. J
A. P. Smith Manufacturing Ne
Newark
Buffalo
Provident Savings Life Society Elects Directors
The Provident Savings Life Assurance Society held its annual stockholders meeting yesterday followed by a board meeting. E. L. Rittenhouse was reelected president. Frederick W. Kavanaugh, a Waterford New York woollen manufacturer, was elected director replacing resigning Timothy L. Woodruff.
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the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
E. £. Rittenhouse
Frederick W. Kavanaugh
Waterford
N. Y
Timothy L. Woodruff
Brooklyn Hats Off Giants In 13 Inning Opening Day Loss
Brooklyn Superbas defeat the New York Giants 3 to 0 in thirteen innings at the Polo Grounds to start the National League season. Leon Ames pitched nine perfect innings before a ninth inning hit and Wilhelm kept the Giants hitless through extra frames. Lumley sparked the rally with a three base hit in the thirteenth. crowd near 35,000 with Brooklyn supporters in force. Croker threw out the first ball as day opened bright and windy.
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Harry Lumley
Superbas
Polo Grounds
New York
Brooklyn
Lumley
Giants
Leon Ames
Wilhelm
Coogan
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Tenney
Merkle
Columbia Professor Killed Testing Live Wires at Bayonne
F L Tufts a 35 year old physics professor at Columbia University was killed instantly in Bayonne New Jersey while testing electric wires for the Public Service Corporation. He was employed with E G Leve of New York and Mr Love, who witnessed the accident, did not see it occur. Tufts lived at 541 West 121st street and graduated from Harvard in 1895 and earned an A M from Columbia in 1896.
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Tribune
Bayonne
N. J
F. L. Tufts
Columbia University
E. G. Leve
Bowery
New York
Avenue E
44Th Street
Tufts
Love
Public Service Corporation
New Jersey
West 121St Street
Harvard
Columbia
Halloch
Taft
Wrights Flight In Rome Draws Thousands To Ceptsecele
Wilbur Wright made his first public aeroplane appearance at Ceptsecele Rome. King Victor Emmanuel is to observe tests soon. The plane rose to 180 feet in a straight ascent and then skimmed about under perfect control before a large crowd applauded.
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Rome
Wilbur Wright
Victor Emmanuel
Ceptsecele
Trenton Lawyer Sought on Embezzlement Warrants
Three warrants issued for arrest of John Sykes a prominent Trenton lawyer after embezzlement allegations totaling 35000 dollars. Sykes long served as trustee of the James Brook estate failing to respond to court orders, removed as trustee and held in contempt. He is a Hamilton Square Methodist Church lay preacher and reform Republican.
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Trenton
N. J
John Sykes
Hamilton Square
Sykes
Metropolitan Life clock favors Arabic numerals over letters
The Metropolitan Life Insurance directors debated whether to display letters or numerals on the clock face of their tower. Anne Morgan and about forty to fifty women backed Arabic numerals, arguing against rampant commercialization. The board ultimately chose Arabic numerals as the most artistic and suitable display for the clock visible over the city.
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Ance Company
Metropolitan
Anne Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
J J Hill Talks Tariff Before Congress Visit
Washington April 13 James J Hill met Speaker Cannon and said his Washington trip was to arrange a Japanese business group tour of the United States to study American conditions. He warned that without tariff downward revision Republicans risk a Democratic House, adding he seeks prosperity through lower duties and plans to meet President Taft.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
James J. Hill
Speaker Cannon
Capitol
United States
America
Japan
Northwest
Mr. Hill
Taft
Iowa's anti-Salome dance law takes effect today
Des Moines reports Iowa's anti Salome dance law went into effect April 15. The law imposes a fine and jail term for anyone taking part in obscene, indecent, immoral or impure drama, play or exhibition.
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Iowa
Des Moines
President Taft considers new plan for railroads
Washington April 15 The president, backed by Attorney General and secretaries, weighs creating a quasi official body to mediate between railroads and government. Options include separating administrative and judicial powers from the Interstate Commerce Commission and placing investigative duties with the Bureau of Corporations while a national chamber could aid data gathering. The aim is to inform his annual message with full facts and practical recommendations.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Attorney General
Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce and Labor
Solicitor General
Taft
Congress
Great Britain
Boards of Trade
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Murder confession rocks Niagara Falls grand jury
Roman Sankowski fifteen years old admitted to the grand jury that he and John Fenner twenty robbed and killed Mrs Anthony Piercy at her Niagara Falls home on a Sunday night The boy said they fled with six dollars and that Sankowski had earlier accused boarder George Patyk to shift blame Fenner is serving six months for prior theft Sankowski also confessed to other burglaries The crime described as the county s most brutal history
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Tribune
Lockport
Roman Sankowski
Anthony Piercy
Niagara Falls
Sankowski
George Patyk
Pierog Place
Patyk
Grand
Ackerson
John Fenner
Piercy
Fetner
Beory
Fenner
Wagon Runs Down Boy as Two Women Aid Injured Lad
Harry Sheppard of East 46th Street was taken to Bellevue Hospital with both legs fractured after an Express wagon hit a boy near Park Avenue. The boy was placed in a car by two women before an ambulance arrived, while patrols cleared the crowd and escorted the procession. He declined to complain against the driver to protect the man’s job.
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Harry Sheppard
No. 3
East 46Th Street
Bellevue Hospital
American Express
Johnn J. Sullivan
East 45Th Street
Sst Street
Park Avenue
Flannagan
Winters
Labor Sunday Observance Prompts Church Discussion Plan
On Labor Sunday May 9 designated by the American Federation of Labor the Presbyterian Church calendar mentions the day and Rev. Charles Stelzie superintendent of the Presbyterian Department o Church and Labor has urged eleven churches of the denomination to discuss labor questions that day.
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American Federation of Labor
Presbyterian Church
Charles Stelzie
Presbyterian Department O Church and Labor
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Grand Central Station
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Central Office
Grand Central
Captin Archibald W. Butt
Mr. Taft
West 48Th Street
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Fred Knowles
Mr. Croker
Shorts
C. A. Barnes
West 36Th Street
Woodruff
Provident Life
Wright
Miss Morgan
Metropolitan Tower
Metropolitan Life Insur
J. J. Hill
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