Leaders in Harmony Back Hughes Reform Push
State Republican leaders, gathering from a big GOP dinner to a later session, pledge support for Governor Hughes and Woodruff in the reform drive including direct primaries. They deny any coalition with the governor and praise his campaign record while signaling unity amid debate over election law changes.
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Woodruff
William L. Werd
Hughes
Est
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Albany
Erson
Republic of Organs
Semuel & Koenig
Gif
Bemis
Ermen
Wiliam L. Ward
Republican Club
Ici
Rensselaer County Backing Direct Nominations
Rensselaer County Republican meeting endorses direct nominations aligned with Governor Hughes. Resolution supports the bill and party unity, signaling a political triumph for Hughes supporters led by committee chair Felington.
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Tribune
Rensselaer County
Hughes
Totows
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Lezicia
Husee
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Gover Hughes
Keeping World's Peace Interview With Katsura
Marquis Katsura states that America China and Japan share responsibility for regional peace in an interview with Dr J H De Forest of Sendai Japan. The interview is released by Dr Trueblood secretary of the American Peace Society. Katsura reflects on decades of peace with the United States and expresses confidence in enduring friendship.
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Boston
America
China
Japan
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J. H. de Forest
American Board
Sendai
Trueblood
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Marquis
United States
Paying Teller Shoots Self in Scotch Plains
William L. Murray, paying teller of the Empire Trust Company in New York, shot and killed himself while riding in a carriage to his home in Scotch Plains near Plainfield New Jersey. He felt ill at work and left by train to Westfield, then hired a hack to reach Scotch Plains. Family says no motive is known. Murray’s accounts were said to be in order. Murray served as a lieutenant in the Spanish American War and belonged to the Sons of the American Revolution. he leaves a wife, his mother, and one brother.
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Tribune
Plainfield
N. J
William L. Mi
Empire Trust Company
New York
Scotch Plains
Murray
Goshen
Four killed with axe at Garcia home near Trinidad
Four bodies found in beds at Casmo Garcia’s ranch eighty five miles east of Trinidad. The aged homeowner, his wife, a son, and Luz Gerrule lay slain with head injuries. Maggie Garcia is missing along with Francisco Martinez who is believed to have murdered or abducted her. A biced axe was found near the door as searchers probe the early day killings.
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Col
Casmo Garcia
Cosmo Garcia
Luz Gerrule
Maggie Garcia
Francisco Martinez
Martinez
New Mexico
Garcia Ranch
Garcias
Nicholas Fernandez
Garcia
Spooner Mentioned for State Department Post
Ex Senator John C. Spooner, now practicing law in New York and Chicago, has been mentioned and is receiving consideration by Mr. Taft for the State Department portfolio. Taft plans a declaration on Latin American relations addressed to John Barrett.
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Chicago
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State Department
Senate
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Central
South America
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International Bureau of American Republ
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Pollard
Nebraska
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Congress
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Washington
Croker Guests at Lakewood Hotel for Three Weeks
Richard Croker and Andrew Freedman plan a motor run to Lakewood and will stay three weeks at a local hotel unless engaged sooner. A woman claiming Croker party ties arrived with a valet, but Croker identified her as Miss Mary Worcester his English cook arriving for an American cooking course.
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Lakewood
N. J
Richard Croker
Andrew Freedmat
Tammany 4
Croker
New York
Miss Croker
Fifty Die In Storm Off North Atlantic Coast
Halifax reports more than fifty seamen killed in recent storms along the upper North Atlantic coast. December 3 17 crewmen drowned near Newfoundland, December 4 28 aboard the Soo City near the Gulf of St. Lawrence, December 5 seven from barge No. 101 off Nova Scotia. Mystery mentions life belts bearing S. S. Stanley. Washington releases Roosevelt Africa expedition plan to start within two weeks after leaving office. Roosevelt and Kermit lead with Smithsonian personnel Major Edgar A. Mearns Edmund Heller J. Alden Loring and R. J. Cuninghame. Permanent route via Mombasa Nairobi Lake Victoria Nyanza and Nile to Khartoum around April 1910. one year in Africa.
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Mystery of Soo City Deepens Off Cape Ray
Life belts bearing the name S. S. Stanley drift ashore at Cape Ray along with Soo City markers suggesting a possible collision. Wreckage includes railing and cabin fragments. no bodies found. Maritime Register shows no Stanley movements. one Stanley owned by H. Tupper of Ottawa and captained by Brown.
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Barge and Crew Sink Off Nova Scotia
A barge owned by Barrett Manufacturing Company of Boston sank thirty miles south of Seal Island Cape Sable during a northwest gale. All six aboard Captain James Nelson Alvin Lund Edward Nelson J Olsen and three Norwegian deckhands perished. The tug John Hughes cut the tow line and could not locate survivors. The barge carried 220000 gallons of coal tar.
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N. S
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Nova Scotia
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New York
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Steamer D. M. Clemson Overdue At Duluth
The D. M. Clemson of the Provident Steamship Line bound for Duluth with coal is several days overdue after passing Sep November 36. Grave fears for her safety persist as wreckage on Lake Superior is believed to be hers.
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Minn
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Isolation cars urged for consumptives on trains
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley of the Department of Agriculture urged isolating tuberculosis patients on railroad journeys. He compared separate cars to detention camps and said he plans to sample air in sleeping cars to study unwholesome air and improve ventilation.
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Washington
Harvey W. Wiley
Chemistry Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Ivins Reports Progress On New York Charter Revisions
Governor Hughes and William M. Ivins of New York conferred at the executive mansion on proposed amendments to the New York charter. Ivins said he reported progress to the Governor but gave no details on the topics discussed. He planned to return home the next day after lingering at the mansion overnight.
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Tribune
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Hughes
William M. Ivins
New York
New York City
Mr. Ivins
President Roosevelt and Rixey rifle practice at Cherrydale
President Roosevelt spent several hours in rifle practice at Surgeon General Rixey’s farm in Cherrydale Virginia near Washington. He traveled from the White House early in the day accompanied by Dr Rixey and tested multiple rifles and ammunition in marksmanship drills.
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Roosevelt
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Cherrydale
White House
Virginia
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Wolf-killer's Show Impresses President at White House
Washington December 5 United States Marshal John Abernathy of Oklahoma displayed a six thousand foot film reel to President Roosevelt showing wolf catching and killing scenes with his bare hands plus bronco busting lariat throwing and other Western life footage The President was highly pleased and ordered another viewing likely at the White House next Tuesday for Cabinet members and friends
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John KR. Abbernathy
United States
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
White House
Laborer Finds Rough Diamond Worth 46900 In Denver Gravel Pit
William Ahern, a laborer, found a large rough diamond in a gravel pit near Denver. He carried it around as a lucky stone until entering Louis Borsheim's jewelry store in Omaha, where it was valued at no less than 46900. The gem was placed in a safe deposit vault and no exact pit location was disclosed.
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Tribune
Omaha
William Anern
Louis Bovrsheim
Denver
Ahern
Eloping Countess and Austrian Steel Expert Wed
William R Nedella an Austrian steel expert and Countess Lubenth eloped from Budapest married in London and arrived with their bride on the Cunard liner Lucania They plan to go to Los Angeles due to parental opposition The couple met four years ago in Southern Austria and were secretly engaged The Countess family opposed the match and she fled to London for marriage The bride learned her parents would not forgive her and they chose not to return to Hungary
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Budapest
Lubenth
London
Lucania
Los Angeles
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Austria
Hungary
Amherst Library Auction Realizes Up to One Hundred Thousand
London December 5 The first part of Lord Amherst's renowned collection sold at auction this week ending today. Three days of bidding yielded between 90 000 and 100 000 dollars in proceeds. The top price today was 8 250 dollars for a thirteenth century musical manuscript.
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London
Lord Amherst
All Chase Highwaymen
Telegraph report from Greenwich Connecticut describes a daytime robbery in a busy village street near an electric light. Paul Selchow son of E S Selchow a New York financier was robbed of his overseas and $20 in bills. Police chase launched with Chief Ritch and officers pursuing toward Stamford.
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Conn
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E. S. Selchow
New York
Stamford
Mr. Selchow
Wives Wild Test of Love Ends in Deception
Brooklyn man George Weiss returns to find his wife Emma bound and gagged in a disordered dining room. Police uncover she tied herself to test his devotion, fabricating a burglary tale to gauge his affections. The story reveals a ruse and a stolen rings scam.
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George H. Weiss
Sehenck Avenue
Brooklyn
Emma Carolyn Weiss
Frank Dougherty
Liberty Avenue
George
Five Years for Bogus Lord In Pittsburgh Case
Harold L. Taylor posed in the East as Lord Houldsworth and was sentenced today to five years in the penitentiary for bigamy and forgery. Police say he served a prior Philadelphia forgery sentence under the name Earnest Houldsworth. He bowed and sarcastically thanked the judge.
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Dec
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Philadelphia
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Teachers Excursion to Savannah by SS City of Savannah
Savannah Line offers a holiday excursion to Savannah Georgia aboard the large new SS City of Savannah for teachers and friends during the Holiday week. For details write Horton at 4 Kier 35 North River Passenger Traffic Manager Kier.
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Suffragette Riot at Albert Hall Delays Lloyd George Speech
In London at Albert Hall a militant suffragette demonstration disrupted Chancellor Lloyd George as he spoke on women's suffrage. Women chained to seats fought stewards, wore jail garments with broad arrows, and tore at clothing while deriding words with whistles and bells. Lloyd George asserted Cabinet support for a suffrage clause in the franchise bill, though dissolution looms.
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Fortune Vanishes For Ex-Lawyer After Series Of Misfortunes
Chicago report details C Smith Williams once wealthy New York lawyer who after a $29,000 draft to cover a friend’s defalcation loses nearly his million dollar fortune. His wife and two children died in a home fire, health failed, and a partner’s misdeeds and death finish a period of dire reverses. Williams now has only $3 left and reflects on his collapse.
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Great Northern
New York
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Williams
Robbed of 10000 Dollars in Pullman Car Heist
Mrs. Sue Williams Buck of Richmond reports a theft aboard a Pullman car en route from New York to Richmond. Jewelry valued at over 10000 dollars was taken after she kept the pieces in a bag under her pillow. Samuel D. Tucker, a Black man, is charged with the robbery.
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Dees
Sue Williams Buck
C. E. Buck
Birmingham
New York
Tucker
Debutante Sylvia Holt Sends Roses to Bellevue Hospital
Miss Sylvia Holt daughter of Judge George C Holt presented hundreds of American Beauty roses to Bellevue Hospital after her debut The flowers decorated the hospital beds as messengers delivered them from the reception venue to the night superintendent John McTagle Later notes mention a Seaboard train schedule fragment and unrelated lines.
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George C. Holt
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