Taft Opposes Immediate Sherman Law Repeal at Civic Federation
President elect Taft urged enforcement over rapid repeal of the Sherman anti trust law at a National Civic Federation meeting in New York. He warned against vague statements and called for practical safeguards, while Melville Ingalls pressed for repeal and stronger regulation by federal agencies. Taft defended labor unity and proposed a quasi judicial panel to compensate injured workers, framing his stance as a pledge to be the president of all the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Civic Federation
All the People
Taft
Melville E. Ingalls
Hotel Astor
Samuel Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Mr Taft
Mitchell
Gompers
United States
Mr. Taft
Cing
Federation
Ingalls
Rville FE
Van
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Corporations
England
Board of Trade
Teft
Ingells
Mr. Robinson
Joseph Pulitzer
the World
Pulitzer
Governor Fort narrowly escapes rail accident in New Jersey
Governor John Franklin Fort and state officials ride home by train when a broken rail ahead triggers an emergency brake. The train halted near Trenton Junction with passengers nearly thrown from seats. After a thirty minute delay the train resumes to Jersey City following an earlier wreck at the stop.
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Tribune
East Orange
N. J
John Franklin Fort
Wny
Trenton Junction
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Bogus Officer Arrest in Williamsburg Case
Detectives arrested Michael J. Gerson in Williamsburg after he claimed to be a police officer and extorted money from merchants. A deputy sheriff badge revolver and badge certificate were found on him. He allegedly forced Samuel Reiner to sign three notes and planned to cash them Tuesday. He claimed employment with the Merchants' Collection Agency of Washington.
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Michael J. Gerson
Williamsburg
Gerson
Bedford Avenue
Samuel Reiner
South 3d Street
Merchants’ Collection Agency of
Washington
Auto Crash at Fifth Avenue and 58th Street Involving Carriage
Gunnar Peterson of No. 15 2d Street New Brighton drove a northbound auto that collided with a carriage carrying Miss Josephine Kelly of No. 34 East 68th Street at Fifth Avenue. Kelly was bruised and robbed of a gold mesh purse after passengers aided her into the Plaza Hotel. Peterson was arrested for reckless driving and operating without a license.
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Gunnar Peterson
2D Street
New Brighton
Staten Island
Josephine Kelly
East 68Th Street
Fifth Avenue
58Th Street
Miss Kelly
Charles A. Burbank
Lafayette Avenue
S9th Street
Peter Matthews
Plaza Hotel
Peterson
Congress Assured as Russian-Austrian Talks End
St Petersburg reports the Russian government has sent a final reply to Austria accepting proposals for an international Balkan congress. The accord assures the congress but leaves final decisions on annexation to further talks among the powers.
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St. Petersburg
Balkan
Longboat Wins Indoor Marathon at Madison Square Garden
Tom Longboat defeats Dorando Pietri in the indoor 26 mile 385 yard Marathon at Madison Square Garden. Time 2 hours 45 minutes 525 seconds. Pietri collapses near the end as 25,000 fans surge for a sensational finish and a Garden record crowd swarms the venue.
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Tom Longboat
Dorando Pietri
Johnny Hares
Madison Square Garden
Dorando
Longboat
England
John J. Hayes
Garden
Madison Avenue
206Th
27Th
Gar
City and B R T Split L I R R Crossing Policy
After months of negotiation the city ends talks with the Long Island Railroad and Brooklyn Rapid Transit on street grade policy in Queens. The Board of Estimate asks the Legislature to exempt New York City from the general railroad law for grade crossings and to shift costs to railroads, speeding future depressions or elevations of tracks.
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Long Island Railroad
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Borough of
Queens
Board of Estimate
City of New York
Public Service Commission
Secret Service inquiry to follow President’s message
The Tribune reports that a Senate resolution calling for an inquiry into the President's Secret Service portion will be introduced tomorrow by a Republican Senator. The plan includes investigating the entire Secret Service and, once adopted, the Senate is expected to proceed slowly while the House committee awaits action.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Secret Service
Senate
House
German Agency Said Behind Foreign Legion Mutiny
An Algiers investigation into a Foreign Legion mutiny finds a possible German run agency aimed at inducing desertions. German-linked deserters are said to be numerous, with 32 captured by gendarmes and more arrests expected. The case echoes prior Casablanca desertions tied to German influence.
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Algiers
Foreign Legion
Casablanca
Policeman Stops Runaway Horse At Williamsburg Bridge
Patrolman Burke of the Traffic Squad dragged for a block clinging to the bridle of a runaway horse racing through Broadway from Rodney Street. He saved the crowd at the Williamsburg plaza by pulling the animal to a stop near Havemeyer Street and Broadway. Burke was injured but unyielding as onlookers cheered and left cards at the bridge station, awaiting the captain’s report to Commissioner Bingham.
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Beggin
Fire Department
McCluskey
Hayes
New West 20Th Street
Madison Avenue
West 20Th Street
Curiosity
Hayer
Burke
Williamsburg Plaza
Williamsburg Bridge
Bingham
Broadway
Rodney Street
Ralph Avenue
Havemeyer Street
Bridge Station
China Faces Currency Chaos Warned By Times Dispatch
London reports The Times prints a Peking dispatch warning China faces currency chaos from silver declines, debased coinage, falling customs revenue, overtrading and bank note issues. The diplomatic corps urge immediate measures and stricter supervision as investors distrust government guarantees.
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London
The
Times
Peking
China
President Roosevelt Denounces Panama Canal Charges
President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress denouncing Panama Canal purchase rumors as false and libellous. He names Joseph Pulitzer and argues the World stories are baseless, calling for action against libel and defending government actions.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Panama Canal
United States
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
Senate
Panama
William Nelson Cromwell
Morgan
Cromwell
Rainey
Thomas
House of Representatives
Indianapolis
the News
Delavan Smith
Smith
New York
World
Charles P. Taft
William H. Taft
Douglas Robinson
Panama Canal Company
W. H. Taft
Mr. Taft
Robinson
Mr. Root
Reot
Department of Justice
Knox
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Seth Low
Mr. Ingalls
Andrew
Carnegie
August Belmont
John Mitchell
A. B. Garretson
Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors
Judge Taft
Mr Gladstone
Haan
Andrew Carnegie
Warfield
Batchelder
Isaac N. Seligman
John Hays Hammond
Frank Hitchcock
Alton B. Parker
Jacob Wertheim
D. J. Keefe
Lee Hart
A. Bijur
Elizabeth Marbury
Anne Morgan
Brucker & Co
Russia
Austria
Spencer's
Adul
B. R. T. Split
L.I.R.R
Albany
Avenue U
Flatbush
Dewey's
H. T. Dewey & Bons Co
Fulton St
Secret Service Grill
France
Hinese Finance
Empire
Augusta
Charleston
Summerville
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