Turkey Opens New Parliament Under Popular Rule
Constantinople reports a peaceful start to a new constitutional government amid celebrations. The Sultan attends in person as Grand Vizier Kiamil Pacha leads the cabinet, promising continued constitutional reform, public instruction, and strong defense while Turkey faces regional tensions and Austrian actions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Tule
Kiamil Pacha
Peru
Kiami Pacha
Bulgaria
Roumelia
Austria- Hungary
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alish
Collision on the East River Ferry and Freight Steamer Marion
The freight steamer Marion under Captain David Cameron collided with the Steinway ferry at Astoria pressuring 300 passengers into a panic. Deckhands John Mahoney John Donovan and John Shea were injured. Donovan and Mahoney went to a hospital while Shea stayed aboard. The Marion was beached at Jamaica Bay then returned to pier No 28 E R. Damages totaled 5000 for the Marion 70 for the Steinway and 1000 for a bulkhead rammed.
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Marion
Norwalk
John Shea
C. N. Platt
Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn
Donovan
Mahoney
Shea
Hell Gate
Astoria
Ethel
Cameron
Jamaica
No. 28
E.R
Blizzard Across Wyoming Valley Brings Streetcar Delays
Snow from Wilkes-Barre to surrounding Wyoming Valley reaches blizzard proportions with drifting snow crippling streetcar traffic. Reports from Chicago note rain and fog from Colorado to Philadelphia and from St. Paul to Louisville. A snowslide at the Tom Moore mine in Eureka Col killed foreman William Mondell and damaged the boarding house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
Wyoming Valley
Chicago
Colorado
Philadelphia
St. Paul
Louisville
Michigan
Durango
Col
Tom Moore
Eureka
William Mondell
Chattanooga
Howardsville
San Juan
Silverton
Vanderbilt Cars Run Afoul of New York Traffic Rules
Hugo Hezieginer a chauffeur was arrested on Riverside Drive for driving at twenty two and a half miles an hour. Reginald Vanderbilt and guests were present. a diamond ring worth 300 dollars was offered as security. Later Thomas Wilson another Vanderbilt chauffeur faced charges for backing up in front of the Astor Theatre and was discharged at night court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Hezieginer
Riverside Drive
Whith Street
Sauer
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Thomas Wilson
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Galvin
West $7Th Street
Reginald Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Astor Theatre
Wilson
Hop Bill Dead in House of Commons Withdrawal
London action ends clear attempt by Chancellor David Lloyd George to ban hop substitutes in beer production. Opposition from ultra free trade Liberals over the protective aims of the measure led to its withdrawal this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
David Lioyd-George
House of Commons
Little Tim Sullivan Champions Liberal Approach for City Politics
Sullivan urges Republicans to adopt a liberal excise and police policy to win mayoral races and reformer support. He says Tammany Hall controls terms, but predicts a reform retaking next year as Republicans split and fail to unite. He argues public demand is for broad laws rather than strict enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim” Sullivan
Tammany Hall
Tim
Tammany Hal
Hassid Tim
Burglars Ransack Brooklyn House With Laced Theft
Detectives report that Miss Elizabeth Estes’s residence at 247 Washington Street Brooklyn was entered by burglars who stole about 13.40 worth of lace clothing and silverware. The home shows candle grease and dust indicating a lengthy stay. The alarm system was disabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Estes
Washington Street
Estes
Europe
Train Runs With No Delay On Nashville Line Challenge
In answer to a challenge from her father J. W. Thomas president of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railroad Miss Thomas rode the president's special from Nashville to Dalton Atlanta on Monday. The train passed through without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ify
the Tribune
J. W. Thomas
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis Railroad
Ilen Thomas
Dalton
Atlanta
House Demands Evidence On Secret Service Claims
The House passed a resolution with one dissenting vote requesting President Roosevelt to provide evidence for his claim that Congressmen avoided Secret Service scrutiny. The measure seeks any data linking House members to corrupt acts and whether prosecutions have been pursued, with the Senate deferring action until after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Howland
Ohio
House
Congress
Secret Service
Treasury Department
United States
Houses of
Executive
Senate
House of Representatives
Perkins
Representative Bennet
New York
Bennet
Parsons
Hepburn
Hayes
Dawes
Murdock
Gillett
Tilson
Til
Madison
Pollard
Gaines
W. Va
Douglass
Cole
Lowden
Nelson
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Roosevelt
Senator Hare
Hemenway
Indiana
Bond Issue Denied Over Delaware & Hudson Refunding Plan
Albany December 17 the Public Service Commission denied the Delaware and Hudson Company authority to issue bonds to refund notes totaling 4 665 295 85 and to advance 2 500 000 for coal lands in Pennsylvania. The decision limits refunds to 230 868 42 and holds coal lands to bear separate mortgage. The ruling cites disconnection between Hudson Valley and United Traction properties and notes the commission’s previous larger bond authorization. The company plans to appeal in court.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
Delaware & Hudson Company
United Traction Company
Troy
Hudson Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Troy & New England Railway
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Decker
Stevens
Osborne
Development Company
Hudson Valley Company
Hudson Valley
Delaware & Hudson
Hudson Valley Securities
United Traction
Public Service Commissions
Olmsted
Decker and
Sague
Commission
W. S. Opdyke
Collier Loses Bid to Import Hound Pack Duty Free
Peter F. Collier, master of hounds of the Monmouth County Hunt Club, was defeated before the Board of United States General Appraisers in his bid to import fifty nine hounds duty free. He failed to produce required pedigree papers, and a 20 percent duty was assessed. Collier later argued pedigree certificates are in process. He also protested $2,259 duty on a touring automobile with $600 in abroad repairs after an accident near Scotland. He claimed $14,900 purchase price and that duty had been paid before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter F. Collier
Monmouth County Hunt Club
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Collier
Secretary of the Treasury
Cellier
Andrew Carnegie
Scotland
Boston official arrested on perjury and fraud charges
Leo F. McCullough, president of Boston's Common Council and recently re-elected from Ward 13, surrendered to police on an indictment for perjury and conspiracy to defraud the city of 206 dollars. Bail set at 2590 dollars. The arrest follows Finance Commission findings and parallels another arrest of attorney James T. Cassidy, with charges of fraud and conspiracy. Dawey & Sons Co. promotes holiday wines with cases priced up to 8.79 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Leo F. McCullough
Common Council
City of
James T. Cassidy
Finance Commission
McCullough
Cassidy
Rams Emanu El Wall Car Case On Fifth Avenue
A touring car owned by Walter Lispenard Suydam and carrying Mrs. Suydam crashed into a cab after veering from a central of the chauffeur near 45th Street. The impact ripped ten feet of the Temple Emanu El wall at the northeast corner. Mrs. Suydam was uninjured. The chauffeur George Leamen remained in his seat as the car roamed. Dr. C F Ring aided Mrs. Suydam from the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Lispenard Suydam
East 22d Street
Suydam
Fifth Avenue
45D Street
Temple Emanu-El
Newsboy Killed Crossing Broadway in Snowy Eve Accident
Ten year old John Nugent was struck and killed by a northbound car on Broadway near Columbus Avenue while selling a newspaper after school. His seven year old friend Eddie Bowler witnessed the tragedy and followed the body to the station asking officers if recovery was possible. The Nugent boy lived with his widow mother at First Avenue and was briefly described as watching shop windows with his companion.
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Broadway
List Street
John Nugent
Columbus Avenue
Eddie Bowler
East 22d Street
Tenderloin
Johnny
Nugent
First Avenue
Cornell Medical College
John
Eddie
Great Fire Destroys Rostoff Centre and Claims Lives
A major blaze in Rostoff-on-the-Don consumes the city center and an entire quarter. Several people are dead as Rostoff, a Southeastern Russia wheat shipping hub with 120,000 residents, endures devastation near the Oswar river mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Rostoff-on-the-Don
Oswar
Russia
Seven Sailors Saved After Shipwreck Off Cape Breton
Seven men, exhausted after eight days at pumps and thirteen hours in an open boat, rowed ashore at Port Morien to report the French schooner Marcelline foundered off the Cape Breton coast at midnight Tuesday. The 250 ton vessel left Calais November 4 with salt, battled North Atlantic gales, and sank after a lifeboat evacuation.
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Sydney
N. S
Port Morien
Marcelline
Cape Breton
St. Pierre Miquelon
Sydney Harbor
de Garette
Calais
France
Will of Charlestown grocer found nailed in tub
Patrick Monahan of Charlestown left a will valued at 250000 bequeathing 69900 to brother John Monahan of Chicago 60090 to sister-in-law Margaret Mullen Boston 30909 to three sisters in Ireland and smaller sums to nephews nieces and 10000 to Roman Catholic charities. The will was found today after being placed in a red envelope and nailed to the bottom of a washtub.
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Boston
Patrick Monahan
Charlestown
Suffolk County
Monahan
John Monahan
Chicago
John F. Lynch
Margaret Mullen
Ireland
Aged Mother's Gift Shocks San Francisco Case
Philadelphia dispatch reports Mrs. James A. Wilson an elderly invalid unaware her son J Walter Wilson is jailed in San Francisco for allegedly sending poison to business associate Harry Boas. Boas died from strychnine after receiving stomach powders by mail. Wilson charged with Boas murder by a coroner's jury.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
J. Walter Wilson
San Francisco
Harry Boas
James A. Wilson
North 23d Street
Toduy
Wilson
Boas
Women Lead Big City Real Estate Deals
Mrs Emily Benedict Hopkins buys the Builders' Exchange Building at West 32d and West 33d Streets for about 2.5 million dollars using part payment with the Plaza Chicago. Helen L. Giltender Asinari buys and sells properties including an eleven story loft at West 17th Street and a nine story Hotel Markweil at West 49th Street. Margaret Sage acquires Riverside Drive frontage for 300000 dollars. The sales involve Clifford N. Shurman Huson & Asinari, Robert M. Silverman Realty, and Gallender estate. Great Bear Spring Water advertisement.
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Emily Benedict Hopkins
Builders’ Exchange
West 32d Street
West 33d Street
William and
Julius Manger
Pease & Eliiman
Waldorf
Hopkins
Moses Hopkins
Mark Hopkins
California
Hopkins Academy
Oakland
Cal
San Francisco
Helen L. Giltender
Clifford N. Shurman
Huston
Gallender
West Broadway
Grand Street
Margaret ©. Sage
Riverside Drive
109Th
110Th Streets
Herman C. von Post
Taft to travel Panama trip aboard two cruisers
President elect Taft met with President Roosevelt at the White House to plan the Panama voyage. Two naval cruisers will carry Taft from Charleston on January 2 to provide security amid succession concerns. Civil engineers Alfred Noble and Frederick P. Stearns may accompany Taft, with details to be finalized.
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Charlottesville
Taft
White House
Roosevelt
Panama
Charleston
S. C
Augusta
Alfred Noble
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frederick FP. Stearns
Boston
South Carolina
Ee South
Landon A. Thomas
Thomas Home
Taftin
Thomases
Horne
Augusta Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Taft
Mr. Noble
Mr. Stearns
Tribune
Frederick P. Stearns
Metropolitan Water Board
New England
Stearns
Taft Arrives Washington for White House Stopover
President-elect Taft reached Washington from New York and met with President Roosevelt at the White House in a pivotal visit. He planned a Panama trip with two civilian engineers and discussed personnel. Charles P. Taft focused on house hunting while Taft’s schedule shifted to depart for Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Taft
White House
Augusta
Panama
Union Station
General Bell
Army
Mr. Taft
New York
Charles P. Taft
Straus
Ohio Society
Loeb
William H. Taft
Robert
Charles
Pennsylvania
Wendell Mischler
Charleston
Panama Canal Zone
United States
French Ship Pourquoi Pas Sets Sail In Search Of Pole
The French steamer Pourquoi Pas with Dr. Charcot aboard departed Punta Arenas for the South Pole in search of that region. The vessel carried a large stock of supplies for the expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punta Arenas
Chili
Pourquoi Pas
Dr. Charcot
Pele
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Turkey
Sultan
Balkans
Issiams
T F
Mosque of
St. Sophia
Hakka Bey
Rome
Edward
Jerusalem
Mecca
Indian Ocean
Ali Bjevad Bey
Nak Ani Esuref
Steinway
College Point
Reginald
Alfred G
Hop Bill
Ouse
Williams
Mr. Williams
P. S
D. & H. Company
MR. Collier
HUB
Dewey's
Dawey & Sons Co
Emanu EL Wall
Newsboy
Lad
Rostoff
Testament of
Son
Great Bear
Charcot
Poland
Broadway, Cor
St. Wholesale & Retashap
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