Republicans urged fusion approach at city dinner speech
President Parsons of the Republican County Committee urged a fusion stance to district leaders at a Republican Club dinner. State Chairman Woodruff and others expressed cautious support, noting no firm pledge to fusion and predicting Republicans may form a strong ticket with independent appeal. Citizens Union secretary Binkerd praised Parsons for advocating government by efficient, nonpartisan leadership rather than party dominance.
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R. Fulton Cutting
Citizens Union
Parsons
Republican County Committee
Republican Club
Woodruff
Mr. Parsons
Fusion
Robert S. Binkerd
New York
United States
Jimmy the Rounds Calls Police as Gangs Fight Flood of Youths
In Waterloo, Jimmy the Rounds of the Terrible Blues alerted police as Corcoran's Roosts battled his gang on Second Avenue between 45th and 46th Streets. About a hundred youths aged 11 to 16 clashed. six were captured and to be arraigned in Children's Court today.
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Jimmy
Ganes
Seing
Vision of Dead Wife Haunts Brooklyn Accountant
Leo Carroll an expert accountant killed himself in Mrs. Mary Elliott’s Brooklyn home at 397 16th Street by inhaling gas. He left a note asking forgiveness and naming his brother Luther Carroll for contact, citing a vision of his deceased wife and baby, and noting he could not endure the strain. Agnes Carroll, Carroll’s wife and Mrs. Elliott’s half sister, had died recently at the same residence.
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Leo Carroll
Mary Elliott
16Th Street
Brooklyn
Labor Men Announce New York Labor Programme
Local unions across New York state affiliated with the American Federation of Labor received notice of the Workingmen's State Federation legislative programme for next year. The federation lists twenty three labor measures including employers liability extension and licensing of steam engineers in greater New York as priority bills.
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New York State
American Federation of Labor
Workingmen’s State Federation
Albany
Assembly
Federation
Greater
New York
New York City
Woman Accidentally Shot In Brooklyn Home Scene
Mrs Sarah Moore of 62 Dean Street Brooklyn was shot in the head when a revolver discharged by Peter Wanless assistant steward of the Havana Ward Line. Wanless was detained on a felonious assault charge. cadets Stephen James and Archibald Lance and several guests were questioned.
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Sarah Moore
Long Island College Hospital
Dean Street
Brooklyn
McBirney
Peter Wanless
Bergen Street
Havana
Ward Line
Arbuckle Wharves
Wanless
Long Terms for Burglars in Court of General Sessions
William Gilbert twenty one and Charles Fisher twenty years receive long prison terms after pleading guilty to breaking into Mrs. Catherine Browns residence at 2% Erst I1th Street on December 15. Gilbert had prior prison time. Fisher had no prior record. They threatened Mrs. Brown to keep her silent, leaving her nervous and shaken by the ordeal.
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Rosaleky
Court of General Sessions
William Gilbert
Charles Fisher
Catherine Brown
Erst I1th Street
Gilbert
Rosalsky
Fisher
Big Philadelphia Fire Destroys Wool Warehouse
Fire discovered at 1 45 am in the wool warehouse of Fred Wolstenholm and Howard Boyer and Son at 34 South Letitia Street in Philadelphia's wholesale district. The five story building burned rapidly. a general alarm was sounded. Wolstenholm occupied the upper floors three through five while Boyer and Son occupied the first and second floors.
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Philadelphia
Fred Wolstenholm
Howard Boyer & Son
Letitia Street
Wolstenholm
Boyer & Son
Buchanan In Caracas A U S Commissioner Arrives For Talks
W I Buchanan special commissioner to Venezuela arrived in Caracas from La Guayra aboard the North Carolina. He will begin conferences to establish diplomatic relations and settle pending questions. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Guinaud welcomed him as President Gomez seeks an equitable US settlement. Meanwhile Caracas students burned an effigy of ex President Castro. The Maine will escort to Guantanamo for a brief cruise with Idaho and Mississippi.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Willemstad
Curacao
W. I. Buchanan
la Guayra
Buchanan
United States
North Carolina
Maine
North
Carolina
Collier Nero
Sefier Guinaud
Gomez
Castro
Plaza
Bolivar
Holds Five At Bay In Brooklyn Home Incident
Mrs Annie Fisher twenty three fought off two policemen her father and brother and an ambulance surgeon at 362 Georgia avenue Brooklyn as they tried to take her for treatment at Kings County Hospital. She used a carving knife before a officer seized it. An ambulance surgeon gave a narcotic and calmed her. She had recently left an asylum. Her husband Rudolph Fisher a furniture dealer.
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Annie Fisher
Georgia Avenue
Brooklyn
Kings County Hospital
Plot at Mattewan State Hospital Escape Foiled
Newburg New York December 30 A ward escape plan at Mattewan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane was thwarted after Martin Weinholtz, a former Buffalo inmate, told Superintendent Robert B Lamb that an attendant provided files and saws and hid a blackjack and revolver in his room The attendant denied involvement and was discharged The six patients planned to saw bars overpower staff and kill hinderers if needed The informant claimed fear ended the plot and the implicated patients were isolated to prevent a tragedy.
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Newburg
N. Y
Mattewan State Hospital
Robert B. Lamb
Martin Weinholtz
Buffalo
Weinholtz
Nan
Environment vs heredity in animal intellect, Hopkins study
Baltimore special reports professor Herbert Jennings of Johns Hopkins argues environment dominates intellectual development over heredity. He experiments with paramecia to challenge Spencer and Weissman, claiming acquired traits are not inherited even in higher organisms including humans.
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Baltimore
Herbert 8. Jennings
Johns Hopkins University
Herbert Spencer
Jennings
Weissman
University of Freiburg
Germany
Princess Keeps Sons In Custody Of De Sagan
Paris court denies Count Boni de Castellane custody of his three sons. The children remain with Princess de Sagan, formerly Anna Gould, with travel restricted to the continent without permission. From Oct 19, 1999, they go to a college within 100 miles of Paris, with joint-visit rights and staged custody plans contingent on welfare.
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Paris
Boni de Castellane
Marquise de Castellane
Princess de Sagan
de Castellane
Anna Gould
New York
Normandy
France
Prince de Sagan
Physicians Examine Clarkson Children For Foot And Mouth Disease
Rochester December 30 physicians working for state health investigated all suspected foot and mouth disease cases among Clarkson New York children Monror County health officer Dr W Hermence estimated about twenty children might be affected The out of town experts including Dr Diedrick Dr Crawforth and Dr Clements reported their findings to respective departments and withheld statements pending instructions Dr Hermence said no child thought ill was in serious condition and he would reveal his conclusion tomorrow
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Rochester
Clarkson
Monror County
W. Hermance
Diedrick
United States Agricultural Department
Crawforth
State Agricultural Department
Clements
Hermence
Law
Cornell University
Hermance
Williams appoints examiner in Albany
Albany December 1 The State Engineer and Surveyor elect Mr Williams named Frank D Lyon of Binghamton as special highway examiner He will supervise the money system bureau and succeeds Stephen Ryan of Norwich Lyon earns 12 dollars a day plus expenses He will serve until the new State Highway Commission is appointed by Governor Hughes in January Lyon previously held the same post under State Engineer Van Alstyne.
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Albany
Williams
Frank D. Lyon
Binghamton
Money System Bureau
Stephen Ryan
Norwich
Lyon
State Highway Commission
Hughes
van Alstyne
Professor Emory Urges Tariff Revision At AEA Meeting
Yale economist H C Emory told the American Economic Association in Atlantic City that tariffs are a bugaboo misunderstood by the public. He warned both protectionists and free traders overstate impact and suggested a revision is needed as infant industries mature, potentially lowering prices without harming home production.
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Tribune
Atlantic City
N. J
H. C. Emory
Yale University
American Economic Association
May Require New King Bondsman
Boston December 30 Investigation of the security behind the original bail for Cardenio F King financial agent convicted of larceny of 25000 from customers was ordered by Judge Schofield Assistant District Attorney Dwyer renewed a request to increase King's bail pending appeal claiming sureties were worth only 16900 with one surety J A Holmes a clerk in Kings office An investigation was ordered and will continue tomorrow
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Boston
Cardenio F. King
Schofield
Superior Court
Dwyer
King
J. A. Holmes
King’s Office
Missouri Democrats Alarmed Over Senate Move
Democratic leaders in Missouri plan strategy for January legislative session in Jefferson City to elect a U S Senator to replace William J Stone. Despite a Democratic joint-ballot majority, nine Republican contests for House seats threaten party control and alarm Stone supporters as Republicans hold a five vote House plurality.
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St. Louis
State Senate
Jefferson City
United States
William J. Stone
Senator Stone
Tower House
Indians Accused of Killing Four in Utah
Three Navajo Indians are in custody at the Shiprock Indian Agency in northwest New Mexico for complicity in the Christmas Eve killings near Aneth Utah that left four tribe members dead and one woman wounded. One suspect reportedly confessed. The wounded woman is hospitalized and may recover. No motive is given.
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Washington
Shiprock
New Mexico
Aneth
Utah
Bureau of Indian Affairs
W. T. Shelton
Fis
Shelton
Douma Rejects Oil Land Bill in Baku Province
The Douma unanimously rejected the ministerial bill regulating public sale of oil bearing tracts in Baku Province. Possession was to be taken in January. Rejection will restrain oil production and curb the monopoly of large producers via public land sales.
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St. Petersburg
Baku
Wished Bride Long Life Then Shot, Suicide Follows
Ray Reese shot his former sweetheart Mrs Clyde Setzer, now a bride, after telling her a long life and happiness a hour earlier. He then killed himself. The nineteen year old woman was not expected to live. Reese had been betrothed to Edna Mecum, who had married Clyde Setzer on Christmas Eve.
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Kansas City
Ray Reese
Kan
Clyde Setzer
Reese
Edna Mecum
Setzer
Mrs Woodruff Satisfies Liens In Mineola Case
Ten mechanics liens against contractor Albert Hughes for work on Timothy L Woodruff's house were filed in Mineola Long Island. Lawyer W L Haskins reported the liens total about 70 dollars and creditors met Mrs Woodruff to settle. Releases were filed today.
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Mineola
Long Island
Timothy L Woodruff
Albert Hughes
Woodruff
W. L. Haskins
Hempstead
Wright makes another long flight in France
Wilbur Wright stayed aloft for 1 hour 52 minutes and 4 seconds covering about sixty miles before ending due to extreme cold. Both he and the craft were encrusted in ice and the motor oil froze during the attempt.
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le Mens
France
Wilbur Wright
Defend Wall Street Speakers At Baltimore Forum
Henry Clews and Eugene Meyer Jr address the American Society for the Advancement of Science in Baltimore on stock exchange regulation. Clews argues most business is speculative but not gambling and urges honest, informed investing. Meyer links stock markets to the 1907 panic and endorses thorough government inquiry for transparency and fair dealing.
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Baltimore
American Society For the Advancement of Science
Friends Assembly Hall
Stock Exchange
Henry Clews
Eugene Meyer
New York
The
Clews
Meyer
Wall Street
Hughes
Court martial for Major Fremont in Cuba
President orders a general court martial at Sagua la Grande Cuba on January 4. Major Francis P. Fremont 6th Infantry faces charges of misstatements about Major Wallace O Clark 5th Infantry. Allegations claim Fremont said Clark became intoxicated and would lose command, and then denied making the statement after retracting it. Fremont is son of General John C Fremont.
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Washington
Dec
Sagua la Grande
Cuba
Francis P. Fremont
6Th Infantry
Wallace O. Clark
Sth Infantry
Fremont
Clark
Sagua
Ander
Major Fremont
John C. Fremont
Pathfinder
Noted Military School to Close After Holidays
Detroit Michigan December 82 Colonel Lawrence Hull superintendent of the Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake says the school will not reopen after Christmas. Once a leading military school the academy has faced financial troubles for years and failed sales or reorganizations. Creditors claims run high, prompting suspension of the academy. Efforts may be made for the state of Michigan to purchase and reopen the institution.
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Detroit
Mich
Lawrence Hull
Michigan Military Academy
Orchard Lake
United States
Siam
State of
Michigan
Favor American Protectorate in St Pierre Colony
Following disturbances over school openings under Catholic auspices a sentiment favors union with the United States. Leaders plan to circulate a petition among islanders seeking placement under an American protectorate.
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St. Pierre
United States
Heroic fireman dies after Christmas Eve theatre blaze
Samuel Dunlap engineer in the 1st District of the Philadelphia Fire Department died from smoke and gas inhalation after a Christmas Eve fire at a moving picture theatre. A veteran with thirty three years in the department he was among the citys most injured firefighters and is widely known for his service.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Dunlap
Moving Picture Theatre
Dunlap
Federal Commissioner Threatened by Letter from Extradition Case
Chicago federal official Mark A. Foote received a threatening letter purportedly from a Rudowitz ally. The letter warned Foote to resign from Chicago by March or face action. Postal inspectors launched an investigation into the threat regarding Rudowitz extradition to Russia on murder arson and robbery charges.
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Chicago
United States
Mark A. Foote
Christian Rudowitz
Russia
Fis
Western provinces reject public ownership of grain elevators
Winnipeg, Dec. 30. The three western provinces of Canada have declined to purchase all terminal elevator interests of grain growers. They oppose the plan due to immense financial obligations and favor private ownership.
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Winnipeg
Ofanada
China to reopen tax discussion on likin duties
London dispatch reports from The Times Peking correspondent that the Chinese Foreign Board invites powers to reopen talks on abolishing the likin tax in exchange for higher customs duties.
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China
London
Der
the Times
Peking
Chinese Foreign Board
Transatlantic Travellers Sailings Listed for Europe
Passengers set to sail today for Europe aboard the Gneisenau bound for Bremen and the Lorraine bound for Havre. Named travelers include A Windheim, Mrs D Copke, Frederick Hoffmann, Mr and Mrs Henry Ahrens, Herman T Aecie, Mr and Mrs J J Hobbes, M D Berlitz, Miss Margeret Young, Miss Iesdédra Duncan, and Miss Anna Evans among others.
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Gneisenau
Bremen
A. Windheim
iMre
D. Copke
Frederick Hoffmann
Henry Ahrens
L.A Lorraine
Havre
Herman T. Aecie
J. J. Hobbes
M.D. Berlitz
Margeret Young
Mies Iesdédra Duncan Mies
Anna Evans
Warships Arrive as Fleet Heads South for January 3
Suez report notes American supply ship Culgoa entering the area in advance of the battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry. The warships are anticipated to reach the region on January 3 amid broad wartime mobilization. Winnipeg dispatch reports a wild blizzard paralyzing Western Canada. Traffic halts across the district as conditions worsen.
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Suez
Culgoa
Sperry
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Count Boni
Monroe County
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Yale
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