Taft Opposes Sherman Act Repeal At Civic Federation Meeting
President elect Taft urged enforcement of the Sherman act and cautioned against hastily repealing it. He spoke at the National Civic Federation gathering in New York with Samuel Gompers and Andrew Carnegie among the speakers. Ingalls urged repeal, arguing for stronger regulation through other bodies. Taft emphasized labor capital balance and proposed a quasi judicial tribunal for labor injury relief.
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Taft
Melville E. Ingalls
National Civic Federation
Hotel Astor
Judec Taft
Samuel Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Mr. Taft
Geend
Mitchell
Isbor
United States
United States Is Concerned, and I Want To Thank Mr. Gompers
Camper Union
Federation
MR. Ingalls
Meville E. Ingalls
Mr. Bryan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Corporations
England
Board of Trade
Ingelis
Mer Taft
Seth Low
Mr. Ingslis
Andrew Carnegie
August Belmont
John Mitchell
A. B. Gerretson
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors
Fort Nearly In Wreck On Gov Forts Home Trip
Governor John Franklin Fort narrowly escaped a railroad accident while traveling home with state officials. A broken rail was found about a hundred feet ahead, triggering the danger signal and emergency braking as the train neared Trenton Junction. The train halted for about thirty minutes before continuing to Jersey City, where another wreck had occurred earlier in the day.
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Tribune
East Orange
N. J
John Franklin Fort
Trenton Junction
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Bogus officer arrested in Williamsbur ge case
Detectives from Bedford avenue station seized Michael J. Gerson after a complaint by Samuel Reiner of No 162 South 3d street. Gerson allegedly posed as a police officer, forced notes totaling 25 dollars, and claimed to arrest Reiner at a tenement. He possessed a deputy sheriff badge a revolver and a badge certificate and faced extortion and impersonation charges.
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Michael J. Gerson
Williamsburge
Gerson
Bedford Avenue
Samuel Reiner
South 3d Street
Merchants’ Collection Agency of
Washington
Auto Crash Dashes Carriage In New Brighton
Gunnar Peterson of 15 2d Street New Brighton drove north on Fifth Avenue at 59th Street when his car turned west and collided with a carriage carrying Miss Josephine Kelly of 34 East 6th Street. Kelly was bruised and a gold mesh purse vanished from the wreck. Patrick Matthews, the carriage driver, was thrown. Kelly was taken to the Plaza Hotel. Peterson faces reckless driving and operating without a license charges.
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Gunnar Peterson
2D Street
New Brighton
Staten Island
Josephine Kelly
East 6Th Street
Fifth Avenue
59Th Street
Kelly
Charles A. Burbank
Lafayette Avenue
Sith Street
Peter Matthews
Miss Kelly
Plaza Hotel
Peterson
Congress Assured on Balkan Congress After Austrian Reply
The Russian government sent its final reply to Austria regarding convoking an international Balkan congress. The settlement assures the holding of the congress but leaves the final disposition of annexation to further negotiations among powers. The article notes ongoing diplomatic talks and lists a local advertisement for eyeglasses at Spencer's.
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St. Petersburg
Balkan
Longboat Wins Madison Square Garden Marathon Over Dorando
Tom Longboat defeated Dorando Piletri in the Madison Square Garden marathon last night, finishing 26 miles 385 yards in 2 hours 45 minutes 525 seconds amid a sensational finish. Dorando collapsed at mile 25, the crowd roared, and 25,000 plus fans packed the arena, many turned away at the doors as police cleared streets and managed admission.
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Tom Longboat
Dorando Piletri
Johnny Hares
Madison Square Garden
Dorando
Longboat
England
John J. Hayes
Garden
Madison Avenue
Beggin
Fire Department
McCluskey
Captain Hayes
New West 20Th Street
West 20Th Street
Hayer
City and B R T Split L I R R Crossing Proposal
After months of negotiation the city broke with the Long Island Railroad and Brooklyn Rapid Transit over grades for streets crossing rail lines in Queens. The Board of Estimate will seek state relief to exempt New York City from the general railroad law and shift more costs to railroads to speed grade changes. The clash halts $16,000,000 Queens street improvements and raises questions about state funding and several construction rights for yards and terminals.
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Long Island Railroad
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Borough of
Queens
Board of Estimate
City of New York
Public Service Commission
Senate plans inquiry into Secret Service after President message
Washington plans to introduce in the Senate tomorrow a Republican led resolution seeking an inquiry into that portion of the President's message on the Secret Service and to investigate the entire agency. House leaders say the House committee will act, though the Senate may move slowly.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
House
France Says German Agency Behind Legion Mutiny
An Algiers inquiry reports a formal agency aiming to induce Foreign Legion desertions. Germany is suspected in connection with mutineers, with Casablaca desertions cited. Thirty-two deserters were captured by gendarmes, others to be arrested soon.
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Algiers
Foreign Legion
Casablanca
Officer Burke Stops Runaway Horse on Williamsburg Bridge
Patrolman Burke of the Traffic Squad dragged by a bridle during a rush hour runaway through Broadway from Rodney Street to Havemeyer Street. He steadied the horse and wagon near the Williamsburg Bridge plaza despite injuries, earning cheers from bystanders and leaving many with his card to file a report for Commissioner Bingham.
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Burke
Williamsburg Plaza
Williamsburg Bridge
Bingham
Broadway
Rodney Street
Ralph Avenue
Havemeyer Street
Bridge Station
Bad Chinese Finance Prospect Warns of Currency Chaos
The Times cites a Peking dispatch warning that China faces financial strain from silver declines, debased coinage, falling customs revenue, overspeculation, and merchant overtrading. It urges immediate measures to curb currency chaos and curb bank note issuance, while noting wasted loan funds undermine foreign confidence and investor appetite.
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London
the Times
Peking
China
President Denies Canal Charges Amid Libel Row
Roosevelt sharply denies Panama Canal procurement slurs as false and libellous naming Joseph Pulitzer as chief offender. He urges government action against Pulitzer, dismissing rumors as baseless and urges no investigation, noting Cromwell and Taft links are misrepresented.
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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
Indianapolis
the News
Delavan Smith
Smith
T Ks
New York
Orld
Charles P. Taft
William H. Taft
Douglas Robinson
Panama Canal Company
W. H. Taft
Mr. Taft
Charles P Taft
Mr. Robinson
Mr. Root
Department of Justice
Knox
the World
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Mr Taft
Pallace
Constitution All Right
Mr Gladstone
Haan
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
Williamsburg
Russia
Austria
Spencer's
L.I.R.R
Albany
Avenue U
Flatbush
Dewey's
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Secret Service Grill
France
Empire
House of Representatives
Augusta
Charlenton
Summerville
Pennsylvania and
Atlantic Coast Line
R.R. Broadway
Cor
30Th St
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