Union Defies Court Over Potter Membership
Douglass H. Pratt of the painters union says ex Senator David B. Hill will fight an injunction blocking Potter from union membership. The union refuses to reinstate Potter and may face arrest of president Frank C. Sheffer and other officers for contempt if Potter is not restored by tomorrow. The group has pledges of financial support from the International Association of Painters and Decorators.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Douglass H. Pratt
Painters’ Union
David B. Hill
William Potter
Guernsmen
Pratt
Hill
Potter
Frank C. Sheffer
International Association of Painters and Decorators
Nobel Prizes To Be Awarded In Stockholm
Nobel prizes will be distributed Wednesday with Lorenz and Zeenan sharing the physics prize, Emil Fischer of Berlin receiving chemistry, Mommeen the literature prize, Major Ross of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine the medical prize, and de Martens of Russia awarded the peace prize. Alfred Nobel’s will provided a $2 million fund from which interest supports prizes for advances in science and literature.
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Stockholm
Lorenz and
Zeenan
Emil Fischer
Berlin
Mommeen
Major Ross
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
de Martens
Alfred Nobel
Delaware Lackawanna and Western to Raise Wages
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad plans a substantial wage increase for nearly all employees with a broad readjustment and equalization to take effect soon, likely December 1. The move follows wage levels since 1899 that surpassed other East Coast roads, and aims to further encourage loyal staff across all departments.
River Leaves Town in Darkness
Nebraska City Neb Dec 7 The Missouri River shifted to the Iowa side cutting water supply. Water mains drained electric plant shut down and streets dark. A fire or extended outage could leave pipes unavailable for weeks and force factories to halt operations reliant on steam or electricity.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Missouri River
Lowa
Emperor Francis Joseph Recovers From Lumbago
Vienna reports the emperor has recovered from lumbago and plans to return to Vienna from Schoenbrunn within the week. In Berlin the Deutsches Theatre staged Hauptmann's Der Arme Heinrich with praise for spectacle but mixed reviews on dramatic strength.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Lumbago
Schoenbrunn
Berlin
Germany
Hauptmann
der Arme
Heinrich
Deutsches Theatre
Seven Die in Belmont Rail Wreck Near Truro
The Intercolonial Railway disaster at Belmont near Truro N S leaves seven dead. William Kennedy of Black Rock N F died from injuries after being pulled from the wreck. Also killed are W B McDonald of Cambridgesport Mass visiting relatives in New Glasgow and Miss Minnie Crooke 28 of Waverly Mass.
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Halifax
N. S
Belmont
Truro
William Kennedy
Black Rock
N. F
W. B. McDonald
Cambridgesport
Mass
New Glasgow
Minnie Crooke
Waverly
New York Syndicate Buys Cape Breton Coal Lands
A New York capitalists syndicate named the North American Coal and Development Company closed a deal in Halifax for eight and one half miles of coal lands at River Inhabitants Cape Breton. Officers include President William A Ender gast Vice President James A Miner Secretary Treasurer Thomas E Wing with directors H J Ballentine Duncan Finlayson P P Simon Joyce M P P and Edward Guerin. The tract reportedly contains a substantial coal seam.
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Halifax
N. S
New York
Cape Breton
North American Coal and Development Company
William A
Endergast
New-York
James A. Miner
Thomas E. Wing
New- York
H. J. Ballentine
Duncan Finlayson
P. P
Arichat
Simon Joyce
d’Ecousse
Edward Guerin
Montreal
Insurance Chief Proposes Limits on Child Insurance
Harrisburg reports that Insurance Commissioner Durham urged Governor Stone to regulate child insurance sold on small weekly payments. He favors burial-benefit limits and a maximum entry age, recommending eight years, to curb growth while preserving benefits for families.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Durham
Stone
Br. Durham
Monitor Florida Sails In Fine Trial At Elizabethport
The monitor Florida built at Nixon's Elizabethport yard under President Mason 8. Chace completed a successful trial run despite thick river weather. The ship reached twelve knots, with engines and screws turning at 208 rpm, while naval constructor Stuart Farrer Smith praised the debut.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Florida
Nixon
Elizabethport
United States
Mason
Chace
Crescent Shipbuilding Company
Hudson
West Point
William J. Busch
William T. Cox
John J. Scollan
Stuart Farrer Smith
Stroudsburg Prison Escape Involves Convicted Murderer
Charles Grether, convict murderer of Constable Adam Strunk, escaped from the county jail in Stroudsburg with fellow prisoner Daniel Van Buskirk. After breakfast Grether lured the guard by asking for a bath, then both men slipped away through an unlocked corridor and fled to a nearby dwelling, jumping from a second story window.
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Stroudsburg
Penn
Charles Grether
Adam Strunk
Daniel van Buskirk
Gret
Reinhart
Grether
van Buskirk
Funeral Procession Follows Death of Frederick W Blatz
Nineteen members of the Second Naval Battalion in Brooklyn escorted the body of Frederick W Blatz to Greenwood Cemetery yesterday afternoon. The march took place as rain fell and the sailors wore fatigue uniforms while paying final respects.
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Second Naval Battalion
Brooklyn
Frederick W. Blatz
Greenwood Cemetery
Wailora
Fred A
Young Bank Employee Dies At 23 After Navy Service
Mr Blatz aged 23 died at his home 97 Sackett street. He worked at Hallgarten Co in Manhattan and had served five years in the Second Naval Battalion. During the Spanish War he served on the monitor Jason.
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Blatz
Sackettst
Hallgarten & Co
Manhattan
Suicide on Priscilla: W P Carey Fades From Deck
A well dressed man who gave the name W P Carey jumped from the Fall River Line steamboat Priscilla early yesterday as it approached Chambers Street Pier. His room showed torn papers used to erase identity. only a gold watch and some change remained, and no body was found aboard.
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W. P. Carey
Fall River Line
Priscilla
Chambers-si
Carey
John Cahill
Seton Hall College
East Orange
N. J
Brooklyn
Fulton-st
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Hospital
Cahill
de Kalbave
Rockwell Place
Classon Ave
Cumberland Street
Cahil
Fulton St
Bishop Burgess Denounces Eddyism in Brooklyn Sermon
At St James Church in Brooklyn Bishop Thomas J Crosby installed as rector Rev Thomas J Crosby and criticized Christian Science as a modern perversion that promises health through belief while ignoring the body. He warned of miracle seeking preachers and cited Lourdes and Saint Veronica as examples of distorted faith.
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St. James's Church
Brooklyn
Burgess
Long Island
Thomas J. Crosby
Christ
Tiberius
Jesus
Jerusalem
Saint Veronica
Saint January
Our Lady of Lourdes
Civic Federation Convention and City Lectures Schedule
A list of events and notable figures appearing in New York venues. Bishop William Lawrence, Arch bishop John Ireland, Major General O O Howard, Senator Mark Hanna, and others are featured at venues including Fifth Avenue and Waldorf Astoria. Lectures at First Church and United Charities Building address tuberculosis and civic topics.
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Albemarle
William Lawrence
Boston
Earlington
James K. Redington
Washington
Fifth Avenue
John Ireland
St. Paul
Normandie
O. O. Howard
Plaza
C. C. Rumrill
Waldorfastoria
Mark A. Hanna
Ohio
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
Civic Federation Convention
Broadway
New York
Bishops Address 5000 Children At Carnegie Hall Mission Meeting
Five thousand Sunday school children from Manhattan and Brooklyn packed Carnegie Hall for the final missionary event. Bishops Tuttle of Missouri and Capers of South Carolina spoke, sharing stories about “little girls and boys” to an amused audience. Bishop Capers urged fundraising this year to feed missionaries and asked children to save pennies until Easter for the church. Bishop Tuttle recalled a Confederate-era boy who followed his regiment, prompting wild applause.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
Carnegie Hall
Episcopal
Bishops Tuttle
Missouri
Capers
D. C
South Carolina
Bishop Tuttle
Progressive Agriculture and Horticulture Meet in New York
The Farmers Chile and Horticultural Section of the American Institute holds its monthly session at 2 39 PM at 19 and 21 West Forty fourth Street with George T Powell and L Allen presenting Progressive Agriculture. The Horticultural Society of New York follows with Progressive Horticulture. A Consumers’ Teague parlor gathering is set for 5 9 PM at 14 West One hundred thirteenth Street with John Bates Clark and Florence Kelley speaking.
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Farmers’ Chile and Horticultural Section
The
American Institute
West Forty-fourth-st
John Bates Clark
West One
Policeman Sheridan Ends Close Mohawk Run Arrest
The Mohawk Athletic Club cross country in The Bronx drew about twenty five runners. Policeman Sheridan at Jerome and Burnside spotted the group, ordered a halt, then chased and arrested John Gehlschlager for allegedly violating the Sunday law. Gehlschlager bail was posted by Public Works Commissioner Brucker.
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Mohawk Athletic Club
Bronx
Ths
Sheridan
Tremont Station
Jerome and
Burnside Aves
John Gehlschlager
Second Ave
Oehlschlager
Public Works
Brucker
Actress Marie Dressler learns of mother's death
Mrs Annie Koerber mother of actress Marie Dressler died yesterday at Bayside Long Island. Dressler has been ill with typhoid fever and was not informed of her mother’s dangerous illness to avoid shock. Her condition was improving but remains uncertain.
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Annie Koerber
Marie Dressler
Bayside
Long Island
West Forty-fifth-st
Miss Dressler
Mrs. Koerber
A. Koerber
Woman Ends Life by Jumping From Brooklyn Window
Mrs Catherine Schmidt wife of Thomas Schmidt leaped from a third story window at 14 Graham Ave Brooklyn yesterday morning. She died instantly from a fractured skull and multiple injuries. She had suffered dementia. Her husband found her dead after returning home. she was with her two children earlier.
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Catherine Schmidt
Thomas Schmidt
Graham Ave
Brooklyn
Will of Mrs. Sarah A. Yates Filed for Probate in Newark
The will of Mrs. Sarah A. Yates widow of former Mayor Henry J. Yates of Newark is filed for probate. She leaves an estate valued at 160 dollars and directs jewelry and cash to her two daughters Clara A. and Sarah A. Barney with shares in the residue, a son Henry M. Yates receiving a quarter, and a trust for Frederick Yates’s children plus a 500 dollar legacy to another son.
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Sarah A. Yates
Henry J. Yates
Newark
Clara A
Sarah A. Barney
Henry M. Yates
Frederick Yates
Sewer From Paterson To N Y Bay Trunk Plan Favored
Passaic Valley District Sewerage Commission endorses a Paterson to New York Bay trunk sewer. Report to Governor Murphy this week outlines bonds at 4 percent and state aid sought up to 3 million. Tax shares spread across Essex Passaic Hudson Bergen and Newark. Outlet near Robbins Reef with a separation station in the meadows.
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Passaic Valley
Newark
Paterson
Essex County
Passaic County
Hudson County
Bergen County
Robbins’ Reef
New York Bay
New York Capitalists Explore Cape Breton Rail Subsidy
A party of New York investors led by James S. Cannon and James S. Parker arrives in Halifax after inspecting the Cape Breton Railway. They meet Premier Murray and plan further talks on subsidies to extend the line to Louisburg if conditions are favorable.
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Halifax
New- York
Cape Breton Railway Company
James S. Cannon
Fourth National Bank
New York
Dominion Securities Company
James 8. Parker
Myron E. Evans
Cape Breton Railway
Thomas FE. Wing
New-York
Jay Dollar
Hawkesbury
Murray
Weae
Louisburg
Christianity in Football Prominent players address YMCA meeting
College football figures from Princeton Yale and Pennsylvania spoke at a West Side YMCA session on Christianity shaping college life. They cited Christian influence at training tables and through the association reducing temptations and fostering sacrifice and service. Richard Edwards of Yale highlighted moral leadership as key to strength.
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West Side
Young Men's Christian Association
College Ife
Ames
Princeton
Young Men‘s Christian Association
H. K R. Riter
Captain Gardner
Pennsylvania
Richard Edwards
Yale
Chadwick
Harvard
Jacob Riis
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac
Shipping notes list sunrise and moon phases, high water times, and incoming steamers with routes and dates. It includes vessels like Denbighshire Gibraltar and Baltic arrivals, and schedules for December with ports such as Sandy Hook Hull Hamburg Antwerp and Glasgow.
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Sunger
Moon Sete
Moon
High Water
Sandy Hook
Gor Island
Hell Gate
Gow Island
Archbishop Farley to ascend throne and address today
Archbishop Farley will for the first time ascend his throne and pontificate at high mass and deliver an address. His formal enthronement awaits the pallium from Rome, but Papal concession allows him to perform all archbishop functions today on the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
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Cornell
Ithaca
N. Y
Willl
Warner
Sneder
Davitt
Tydeman
Eurest
Snider
James
Burns
Sandy” Hunt
Brewster
Coffin
Arkin
Waud
Smith
Shepard
Costello
Stace
Sheble
Dan” Reed
Starbuck
Glenn S. Warner
Pop
Farley
Rome
Steamer Umbria Arrives in Port with Passengers
Port of New York report shows the steamer Umbria arriving from Liverpool via Queenstown with 124 cabin and 236 steerage passengers aboard Vernon H Brown & Co. Clearing at 5 26 am. Steamer Nordpol from Hamburg dated November 15 is also listed as arriving in port.
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Dutton
Liverpool
Queenstown
Vernon H Brown & Co
The
Bar
Nordpol
Nor
Stoltz
Hamburg
Moise
Brauer & Co
City of Everett
Rubell
Port Arthur
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Fare
Newport News
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Boaz
Ol Dominion Sa Co
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French
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William F. Gilbe & Creamer Mokta
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Hazy
TrumatNert
Thorsen
Sagua
Cardenas
Matanzas
Ee American Suga’ Refining
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Sandy Hook
Etruria
Wart
New York
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Plymouth
Pretoria
Reesing
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Lucania
Pritchard
Havre
la Gascogne
Fournier
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Glengarry
Yokohama
Hong K
London
Bluecherwee
Karlowa
Iburg
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