Defiance By Foraker Two Ohio Conventions Possible
Columbus and Akron reports reveal Senator Foraker foes threaten a separate state convention if the Republican call stands. Senator Dick criticizes the plan as arbitrary and burdensome while Foraker blasts the primaries as misapplied law and pledges to fight for his nomination. He denounces the petition requirement as excessive and undemocratic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
Republican State Committee
Foraker
Akron
Taft Friends See Foraker Move as Expected Fallout
Washington reports that Senator Foraker declared he will not be bound by the Republican State Committee call for delegate selection. Taft backers downplay the decision, saying it Elimates Foraker and may push him to further opposition while noting the Attorney General had already weighed in on the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senator Foraker
Cincinnati
Republican State Committee
Taft
Foraker
State Committee
Ohio
Friends of
Ohe
Theate
Savannah Line Advertisement Promises Comfort
Classified ad notes Savannah Line offering the most comfortable way with contact details Tel 3595 Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Foraker Taft Dispute Over Petition Requirements
The passage argues that Senator Foraker misstated the call terms for electing delegates and alternates. Taft supporters say twenty signatures may be required in total, not per slot, with ten needed per petition and potential overlap by the same voters. If correct, the supposed hardships from Foraker’s reading may disappear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Taft
Senator Foraker
Foraker
Washington
Call for Ohio Republican State Convention Draws Attorney General Endorsement
Wade H. Ellis Ohio Attorney General says the convention call is clear and fair. It provides a direct primary for delegates by counties and allows voters to select a presidential candidate. each candidate can present a county ticket with their name at the head. He notes careful preparation under Ohio primary laws and declines official comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Wade H. Ellis
Lockout of 200000 Men Threatened by Manchester Mills
Manchester, Jan 3. In a wage dispute between cotton spinners and mill owners, 96 percent of masters back a lockout if strikers do not yield by January 18. Two hundred thousand workers would be affected as operatives in two Oldham mills had previously struck.
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Manchester
Oldham
Burglars Lunge At Dr Lyons Wife In New Rochelle
Two burglars robbed the home of Dr. George A. Lyons at 46 Bank Street as Mrs. Lyons faced a pistol and was choked into unconsciousness. The men fled with a few thousand dollars in valuables including a world coin collection saved over thirty years. Police seek suspects as perpetrators had been active across Westchester County.
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George A. Lyons
Bank Street
New Rochelle
Timmins
New York
Westchester County
Lyons
Commuters Wreck Aris Station In Paris
Three thousand suburban travelers on the Western Railroad wrecked the St. Lazare terminus offices to protest delays they claim cost them pay and jobs. Police were held at bay for an hour before the Fire Department dispersed the crowd with hoses. Officials blame extreme cold and broken signal wires for the delays.
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Paris
Western Railroad
St. Lazare
Albani Skips Court Hearing Over Contract Dispute
Telegraph report states tenor Albani failed to appear in U S Court on a broken contract charge after being arrested on stage in Boston. His lawyers claim proper service was not made. A new warrant and possible arrest in Philadelphia are planned to bring him back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Boston
Albani
Hammerstein
San Carlo Opera Company
United States
Harvard Made Sheldon Legatee in Probate Will
Frederick Sheldon’s will, filed in Newport Rhode Island, names Harvard College as residuary legatee. The estate, estimated in the hundreds of thousands, provides life for Mrs. Sheldon, then funds a trust for her sister Mary Ritchie and her daughter before Harvard receives the remainder. Executors named are Mrs. Sheldon and Edward J. Hanley of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport, R. L
Harvard College
Frederick Sheldon
Negro Republicans back Foraker as presidential nominee
A Mississippi state convention of negro Republicans endorsed Joseph B. Foraker as the logical candidate for the presidential nomination. The delegates pledged active support and criticized Roosevelt era officeholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Roosevelt
Joseph B. Foraker
Edward Hanlon Dies Famous World's Champion Oarsman
Edward Hanlon former world champion oarsman died at 1 am from pneumonia in Toronto. The notice cites his prominence in rowing history. An advertisement for Great Bear Spring Water proclaims purity and fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hanlon
Toronto
Great Bear
Husband identifies body as Lena Whitmore in Harrison NJ find
Theodore S Whitmore motorman of the Third Avenue elevated identifies a body found in the Harrison New Jersey swamp as his wife Lena E Whitmore. He had not seen her since Christmas Day and is held for questioning. Relatives and police present challenge his certainty amid prior identifications and a December letter suggesting possible motive.
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Theodore S. Whitmore
Adamis Street
Brooklyn
Harrison
N. J
Lena E. Whitmore
Town Hall
Whitmore
Murray and Roddey
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Rodgers
Murray
Lena
Margaret O'Neil
O'Neil
John S. Whitmore
Yates Street
Albany
Harrison Swamp
Agnes Young
Miss O'Keefe
Minnie Jeanette Gaston
Captain Kahne
Lena E. Salter
Harry Henderson
Hendricks
Brooklyn Heroine Sacrifices Life in Four Story Blaze
In a Myrtle and Waverly avenues fire, Mrs. Pedesthki, wife of janitor Michael Pedesthki, warned 150 lodge women of Daughters of Liberty. She saved others at the cost of her life while her baby died on a fourth floor window. Fire damage exceeded $10,000. Firemen and bystander youth aided efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle and
Waverly Avenues
Brooklyn
Waller
Jadirena Pedesthki
Nostrand Avenue
St. John's Hospital
Waverly Avenue
Myrtle Avenue
Waverly Hall
Moving Picture Show
Michael Pedesthki
Daughters of Liberty
Ed Gross
Federal Judge halts SD railroad rate cut request
Sioux Falls Jan 3 Judge Garland issued a temporary injunction restraining the South Dakota Railroad Commission from reducing railroad passenger rates from 3 cents to 24 cents a mile. The ruling blocks a planned rate cut while a court review proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
8. D
Garland
South Dakota Railroad Commission
Panama Canal work speeds up in December
The December average excavation on the Panama Canal reached 88 000 cubic yards per day, totaling 2 200 539 for the month. This marked an increase of about 360 000 cubic yards from November and nearly 750 000 yards more than September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Jar
Panama Canal
Tom Johnson declines invite to Democratic Dollar Dinner
Lincoln Neb Jan 3 Mayor Tom L Johnson sends word he will not attend the Democratic Dollar Dinner set for January 15. He explains the 3 cent fare hike on Cleveland streetcar lines on that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Largest yacht for W H Brown to cost $200000
W Harry Brown of Pittsburg and New York Yacht Club owner of the steam yacht Visitor orders a 200 foot schooner yacht from Fred Lawley’s yard in Boston. The steel vessel with 32 foot beam and 600 horsepower will be the largest on the Atlantic coast and will have auxiliary steam power. launch planned for next summer.
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Tribune
Boston
W. Harry Brown
Pittsburg
New York Yacht Club
Visitor
Fred Lawley
Atlantic
Alcyone
Henry W. Putnam, Jr
New York
Jail for Butte labor leaders convicted
Federal Judge Hunt found Joseph Shannon A E Edwards and William Cutts guilty of contempt of court for violating an injunction against interference with the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone property. They were sentenced to three months in jail and fines of $20 for Edwards and Cutts respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Helena
Mont
Hunt
Joseph Shannon
A. E. Edwards
William Cutts
Butte
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
Tle
Seven Companies Leave Goldfield for California Posts
Seven U S troops under Colonel Reynolds departed Goldfield today by special train for California posts. The remaining camp forces, about 135 men, were split into two companies with Captain Wassall and Lieutenant Goodwell in command. Briarcliff Milk advertises extra supply of Jersey milk at 6% fat, East 46th Street, phone 3275-38.
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Goldfield
United States
Reynolds
California
William H. Wassall
Goodwell
East 46Th Street
Flat Southern Rate For Passenger Travel Across Georgia
Georgia moves toward a flat two and a half cents per mile rate for passenger travel. An official order from the state railroad commission, expected April 1, follows governors conference in Atlanta. Railroads seek uniform Southern rates, with Georgia increases on several lines from two to two and a half cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
State Railroad Commission
Atlanta
Glenn
North Carolina
Comer
Alabama
Smith
West Point
Western & Atlantic
Southern
Virginia
Tennessee
South
Auto Crash Leaves One Severely Hurt in Hempstead
Arthur Fox a Garden City hotelkeeper lay unconscious after a high speed collision at Jackson and Franklin streets Hempstead. His skull injury feared serious. The crash involved Pierre M Brown his Hempstead overhauled car, his chauffeur and E J Christ. They struck A F Franco and his wife and Mrs Raymond from New York City. All suffered serious bruises.
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Hempstead
Arthur Fox
Garden City
Jackson
Franklin Streets
Pierre M. Brown
Nassau Street
E. J. Christ
Fox
Franklin Street
Jackson Street
A. F. Franco
Far Rockaway
Raymond
New York City
Mob After Japanese In Ogden Sparks Race Tension
A mob of about two hundred white men marched on Ogden's Japanese quarter shouting Hang the Japs. Police and sheriffs deputies dispersed the crowd after a scuffle. The unrest followed Southern Pacific's firing of white workers and hiring Japanese in their place. Police arrested a leader, and the railroad agreed to relocate the Japanese to another town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Ogden
Utah
Southern Pacific
Railroad Company
What Composes the Sausage
Circuit Judge Wiest ruled that cereal and water in sausage adulterates the product under the state pure food law. Armour & Co. sought to block state interference with their sausage sale. the judge upheld the traditional definition of sausage as chopped meat seasoned, overruling the manufacturer's added cereals and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Wiest
Armour & Co
State Dairy and Food Department
Relative Value of Libel
L Evénement a Quebec daily was found guilty of libel in thirty cases brought by provincial legislators. Each minister received $0 and costs. each member was fined $25 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
L'evénement
Quebec
Jury Out In Pettibone Case In Boise
Boise Idaho January 3 The Pettibone jury retired after 10 PM amid intense interest on the trial's final day Defense announced it would not present argument and Judge Wood said the jury would be instructed after Hawley concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Pettibone
James H. Hawley
Hilton
Wood
Ex Governor Boies Dying Near El Paso
Ex Governor Boies of El Paso, en route to California, is dying in Texas. He has been traveling alone and stopped in El Paso where his condition worsened.
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Boies
The
Tribune
Tex
el Paso
California
Oil Bribery Verdict in Standard Oil Trial
Byron Williamson was found guilty of attempting to bribe a juror in the Standard Oil case from last June. Mrs. Thompson testified he promised her husband $4 to influence the jury, while Williamson alleged attorney T. H. McConnell offered him nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Findlay
Ohio
Byron Williamson
Standard Oil
Mre
Thompson
Williamson
T. H. McConnell
The
Standard
Move to buy Chesapeake's historic flag in Boston
Patriots in Boston launch a drive to purchase the Chesapeake flag sold at a London auction on January 29. The banner, captured by the Shannon in 1813 off Boston Harbor, would be housed in a Boston museum. It comes from the late T. G. Middlebrook's antiquities collection.
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the Tribune
Boston
London
America
Shannon
Boston Harbor
T. G. Middlebrook
Hughes Silent On Boom For Presidency Plans
Albury January meeting of Hughes friends prompts no public pledge. Governor reiterates his October New York Republican Club speech saying he does not seek office and will not influence delegates. Albany newspaper note questions sincerity of Hughes boomers and potential impact on party organization.
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the Tribune
Albury
Hughes
Republican Club of
New York
William Barnes
Albany County
Republican State Organization
Roosevelt
Senator Page
Chicago
Support for Governor Hughes A Republican Club Statement
James S. Lehmaier of the committee of twentyfive says the club acts to recruit delegates in favor of Charles E. Hughes for the Presidency. He argues Governor Hughes stands on GOP principles, urges organized club action, and defends his stance on public issues and national matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. Lehmaier
Republican Club
Hughes
Republican Party
Public Service Commission
Charles E. Hughes
ELSBERG PRAISES HUGHES ON RETURN FROM FOREIGN TRIP
Ex Senator Elsberg arrived on the Lusitania after a four week abroad trip. He praised Governor Hughes as an extraordinarily strong presidential candidate and a great President. He noted Hughes would appeal to people and business men, but could struggle to control New York state delegates. He favored the Lexington Avenue subway route for competition.
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Elsberg
Lusitania
Stim
Hughes
New York State
Lexington Avesnue
Public Service Commission
Dollar Dinner To Boom Mr Hughes
Ex Mayor Seth Low will be principal speaker at the Hughes dollar dinner at Terrace Garden on Thursday evening. The Press Central Park Republican Club and Yorkville Republican Club are organizing with Dr DeLancey Carter and B Livingston as leaders to boost Governor Hughes for President.
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Seth Low
Hughes Dollar
Terrace Garden
Press Central Park Republican Club
B Livingston
Yorkville Republica Club
DeLancey Carter
Hugin
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