07 Dec 1910
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
1
President Taft urges a pause in antitrust reform to assess the impact of existing laws. He favors enforcing current statutes, economy in administration, and expanding foreign trade while promoting agricultural and natural resource conservation and home industry growth.
President Taft delivers written message to Congress urging enforcement of existing laws. He backs a permanent tariff plan, stronger Interstate Commerce Commission powers, and federal water and mineral leasing schemes. Proposes civil service expansion, conservation measures, postal reform, and military and naval modernization.
Pasadena residents opposed dancing with the Japanese training squadron guests prompting the Hotel Maryland to cancel the officers ball. The Admiral called off a return dance aboard his ship and barred Long Beach school children from visiting the fleet.
A scouting party of the American Automobile Association headed by Al Ferguson of New York was rescued by a hunter near Tuscumbia Alabama after more than twelve hours of wandering in a snow and rain storm. The group including Ferguson Hugh Finney of Columbus Ohio Charles Thatcher and Fred Clarke of Cincinnati were en route to San Francisco and hoped to reach their destination by Christmas.
Henry Neary an elevator operator at the Donee apartment house 206 West 49th Street died after being crushed between the car and the basement door while trying to rescue a four year old boy Michael Carroll son of the building porter slipped into the basement elevator as Neary left the door open and the car started Neary was freed and rushed to Flower Hospital but died a few hours later
Alfred Baik, an Interborough car inspector, was shot twice in an empty L train at 99th Street and Second Avenue early this morning. He fled but was struck again in the hip. station agent Frank Davis and Dr. Langrock at Harlem Hospital expect the injuries to be fatal. A coat left behind contained a note with a Denver address.Police believe the motive was robbery of the ticket agent.
Harrisonburg Virginia reports snow up to a foot with no abatement in sight. The upper Shenandoah Valley faces the worst storm in years as residents brace for heavy snow, wind, and lingering travel disruptions.
The Interborough proposal for extending the subway system won favor with Mayor Gaynor who favored a city owned and controlled single system with one fare. Chairman Willcox and officials agreed on terms for the Steinway tunnel and elevated extensions, with a public hearing set for December 22.
A fierce blaze gutted the upper floors of Nos. 249 and 251 Pearl Street injuring none of the fire crew. Chief Croker and Captain Sweet leaped to safety after the roof caved in while battling flames that spread from a Bradley & Smith broom factory to adjacent structures. Snow and elevated railroad constraints hampered efforts, with crews fighting from the roof amid collapsing danger and a possible chemical explosion.
Herbert McCadden, seventeen, son of George W. McCadden of Brooklyn, was found in a Baltimore refrigerator car after riding freight trains from Savannah to Baltimore. Nearly dead from cold and hunger, he said he lost money while following races in Jacksonville, then climbed atop a car and dropped into the ice compartment. He remained trapped for 48 hours as the train moved through a blizzard before being pulled out and revived. He will be sent home to 1030 Herkimer Street.
Cleveland reports Rev F L Odenbach of St Ignatius College warned at the public library that Elmira New York lies on seismic lines and will face an earthquake sometime, though the exact time is unknown. He cited global mappings linking Elmira to Italy Japan Mexico and the Pacific coast.
A complaint filed in juvenile court by May Starkweather's parents says the sixteen year old, though healthy, refuses to get out of bed and would starve rather than perform housework or fetch meals. The parents claim she has carried through on the threat.
Archbishop S G Messmer of Milwaukee condemns the opera Salome and asks priests to urge parishioners to boycott the production in Milwaukee. The note labels the subject as repulsive to Christian feeling and seeks public protest through abstention.
London Dec 6 three days of polling show Liberals with a net gain of one seat while Unionists drop five. Sunderland falls back to Liberal ranks as T Hamar Greenwood and Frank Goldstone retake the seat with Canadian resolve. John Burns increases his Battersea majority over Unionist Harrington and Socialist rivals, boosting Liberal Labour alliance signals and coalition gains in Burnley Whitehaven Coventry West Southwark and St Helens.
A severe early snowfall disrupts rail and ferry traffic across New York. Commissioner Edwards mobilizes shovellers to clear routes as hundreds of minor accidents occur and Staten Island transit is shut down. Winds drive snow, delaying coastwise steamships and burdening shelters and street traffic.
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