Taft Says He Will Stay In Race Despite Health Doubts
The Tribune reports President Taft reassures friends that health or family illness will not force him to quit the renomination fight. He rejects any quote attributed to ex President Roosevelt and notes such misquoting by others to drive Taft workers away.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Jan
Taft
Roosevelt
Ananias Club
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Breaking Into Society Satire by AN OLDTIMER
A satirical piece titled Breaking Into Society by AN OLDTIMER will feature in the next Sunday Magazine of the New-York Tribune. The article promises witty observations on social ascent and timeless foibles in high society.
Assassination Reported of Mahmoud Shefket Pacha
Report from Landen dated January 4 states Mahmoud Shefket Pacha former Turkish Minister of War and commander of the constitutional army has been assassinated. Rumors of a rising in Constantinople circulated, but late dispatches from the capital indicate no such event.
Cardinals In Danger Sleep Through Naples Fire Near Hotel
Naples January 3 A fire swept a lumber yard adjoining the Bortolinis Hotel where Cardinals Farley and O Connell were staying. The hotel seemed at risk four times but the American prelates slept through the excitement. One report claimed they woke half dressed, though they learned of the blaze later in the day.
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Naples
Bortolinis
Farley
O'Connell
Two Men Rescued After Marooning Off Jamaica Bay
John Peterkin and William Greder, both of Avenue M and East 64th and East 1st streets, were found unconscious in a small open boat off Rockaway Point after spending a bitter night adrift in the bay. Their motor boat Petdie struck a submerged log, disabling the craft, and with no transport they drifted all night, attempting to keep warm before a searching party found them near dawn.
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Jamaica Bay
John Peterkin
Avenue M
East 64Th Street
William Greder
East Fnd Street
Flawbust
Petdie
Rockaway Point
Jamates Tay
Peterkin
Greder
Joseph Greder
William
Mordkin to quit opera and join Winter Garden act
Mikhail Mordkin announces he will not appear with the Imperial Russian Ballet after January 1 and moves to the Winter Garden to dance with his wife. Volinine will replace him on tour as Mordkin’s contract is transferred to the Shuberts. Mordkin plans Metropolitan dates before leaving, citing illness and disputes as causes.
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Mikal Moron
Imperial Russian Ballet
Winter Garden
Loponkov
Max Rabinoff
Russian Ballet
Mordkin
Shuberi
Volinine
Ruasha Ballet
Rabinoff
Metropolitan
The
Shuberts
Anna Pave Jowa
Pave Jowa
America
Morakin
Noblemans Auto Crash Injures Prince D Aragon in Central Park
Prince Jagmevens a cousin of the King of Spain staying at the Ritz Carlton injured when his sixty horsepower touring car collided with a tree on the east drive of Central Park. Chauffeur Paul Maurand escaped unharmed. prince bruised on the forehead, treated by ambulance surgeon and taken to hotel by taxi. Patrolman Gough assisted them.
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Prince Jagmevens
Spain
Ritz-Carlton
4Th Qureet
Madison Avenue
Tree
Central Park
Paul Maurand
Prince D’aragon
Wax
Sith Street
Gough
Arsenal
Flirtation Suit Seeks 60000 From Charles P. Warth
Charles P. Warth faces a $60,000 breach of promise suit by Mixy Blea Gilfriend in Atlantic City Supreme Court over a flirtation on the Boardwalk. Warth admitted the flirtation but denied any promise of marriage to Mila Guttrends.
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Charles P. Warth
Mixy
Blea Gilfriend
Atlantic City
Warth
Supreme Venet
Broken back follows 5800 mile voyage to New York
Mrs. Harry Focht of Cleveland rushed to the Lamport and Holt pier after learning her husband on the Verdi from Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro had been injured. The ship’s surgeon arranged care, Focht was found with a broken spine after a trolley accident inBio. He is 27 and was to be joined by his wife in New York before the voyage home. He will be taken to Cleveland for treatment after the 5800 mile journey from Rio.
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Lamport & Holt Line
Brooklyn
Harry Focht
Cleveland
Pasenger
Verdi
Buenos Ayres
Rio de Janeiro
New York
Bradley
Bio
Rio
Foeht
Brazil
Axe
Tio Light and Power Company
Poult
Shoes to Advance in Brockton District Denial
In Brockton Massachusetts members of the Brockton Shoe Manufacturers Association denied rumors that shoes in the Brockton district would rise 60 cents per pair. They say any increase will not exceed 20 cents per pair, caused by higher raw materials and labor. John Kent, president of the association, acknowledged a price rise but dismissed inflated New York figures.
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Erie Brockton
Mass
Dan
Brockton
Brockton Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
John &. Kent
Nexperi
Bernheimer Tuilding
Tme
Fourth Avenue
Apymin Lehneider
Lund Alexander
Howard Laundreinstein
Central Steam Laundry
Morris Hobinowits
Brunswick Laundry
State Board of Arbitration
Union
Fourth Avenue Hunling
Julius Langfelder
Leewinstein
Langfelder
Wld
Brooklyn
Metra
Rho
William Armour
Laundry Workers’ Union
I. W. H. Hylan
John Might
Greenpoint
Willameburg
Sorly
Imperial Steam
Joseph Waters
Fea
Lorimer Street
Taundry
Tauntynadan Laundry Company
Jet Avenue
New York
Worcester Norwhich Line collision linked to Joy Ride
A head on collision occurred between the New York New Haven Hartford boat train between Worcester and New London and a Newark engine. Eleven passengers were injured. Ralph Jardine of Worcester, believed throttle operator, was arrested. The engine was driven about seventeen miles causing wrecks and a fire on the express car. fire department extinguished the blaze.
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Worcester
Jardine Ix
Expres
Toc. Department
Bold Bandit Robs Bank Then Foiled by Noisy Horse
In Tulva Oklahoma a man entered the Bank of Tisby in Bixby and, after taking cash at gunpoint, rode away on a horse. The horse balked and the cashier raised the alarm. A crowd pulled the bandit from the animal, revealing C. C. Brock a dishwasher from a Bixby restaurant. He was jailed in Tulsy.
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Tulva
Okla
Tisby
Bixby
Tule
Tom Day
C. C. Brock
Tulsy
Strikers Pull Drivers Off Laundry Wagons Across Cities
Strikes spread from Manhattan to Brooklyn and Jersey City as workers walk off at blue collar laundries. Officials say up to 2000 workers quit, with violence against strikebreakers in Harlem and West Side streets. Police restore order while arbitration talks begin with Steam Laundrymen’s Association.
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Frooklyn
Jersey City
Leadera
John Schwartz
John M. Heath
Harlem
Righth Avenue
Anfe
West 136Th Street
West 4Th Street
Elks Club
William Armour
Toonls Ni 37
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Losmorrow
Heath
Waldo
State Board of Arbitration
Michael Reagan
Ehief
John J. Heatih
New York
Board
Steam Laundrymen's Association
Hernheimer
116Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Arab boatmen lure baseball hopefuls with curvy speed
Report from the White Star liner Adriatic arriving from the Mediterranean describes Arab boatmen from Algiers selling oranges to travelers. Italians in steerage clash with venders as stalls fill forward deck and a leader named Achmet leads the venders in parade of fruit and tossed objects. The piece likens these skills to pitchers McGraw and Mack might admire.
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Cali
McGraw
Mediterranean
Algiers
Agila
Achmet
Molokane cases loom in Los Angeles juvenile court
In Los Angeles, a juvenile court judge examined whether Molokane colony members could testify against Blalr Novikoff charged with delinquency. Novikoff claims she ran away when her parents pressed an arranged marriage for 5000? to her. An elder admits marriages were performed without American consent, saying they follow old country customs. testimony notes Molokane girls brought from 100 to 100.
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Los Angeles
Estees
Wilbur
Blalr Novikoff
Philip Shublu
Valony
Emil Shubener
Thief steals $3000 in jewelry from Cassidy home
A burglar ransacked a second floor bureau at 128 Harrison street East Orange injuring no one but waking Knothoft’s one year old baby. He fled with $3000 worth of jewelry from Mrs Sadie J Powelkon in a dawn raid tied to Cassity & Sons gas fixture maker family. The thief wore a buff suit with derby and had a small black mustache. Police were notified and pursued two suspects toward Central avenue.
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Nn Telegraph
East Orange
John C. Cassidy
Harrison Street
Sadie J. Powelkon
Cassidy
Casidy & Sons
West 28d Street
New York
Knothoft
Polley
Central Avenue
Newark
Knothoff
Robber Gags Woman in Union Hill Home Steals Jewelry
A masked man bound and gagged Mrs. Sarah Halwick alone in her Union Hill New Jersey home and stole three diamond rings three brooches and a bracelet. The suspect fled before police arrived after a neighbor alerted authorities following the unconscious discovery in the kitchen.
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Union Hill
N. J
Sarah Halwick
Orlando Halwick
Hudson Boulevard
Halwick
Hostages Seize Federal Receivers in Smithfield Labor Dispute
Angry Italian laborers in Smithfield Virginia seized J L Heard and John T Reid federal court receivers for the bankrupt Smithfield Martal and Transports Company. They held the officials after threatening the plant and demanded wages. Attempts to depart for Norfolk failed as captors forced them back to Smithfield where Mayor Brock negotiated release promises.
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Norfolk
J. L. Heard
John T. Reid
Smithfield Martal and Transports Company
Smithfield
Wolvers
A Italiana
Cmpany
Brock
Smithield
Court clarifies mince pie unit in syrup labeling case
Boston January court cites mince pie example to interpret labeling. Court holds purchaser views product as a unit and finds blended sugar in maple syrup product relevant to ingredients disclosure in suit against New England Maple Syrup Company.
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Fey Pereanpis
Boston
Jan
Supreme Court
New England Maple Syrup Company
Queen Wilhelmina Hopes For New Heir To Crown
Court circles report Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands may soon Welcome a second child. She and Prince Henry married in February 1901 and already have one daughter born April 30, 1900.
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Netherlands
the Hague
Wilhelmina
The
Prince Henry of
Mecklenburg-Lehwerin
Death Conquers "Fighting Bob" Evans in Two Hours
Washington dispatch reports Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans known as Fighting Bob died suddenly at his home from acute indigestion after two hours of illness. Born in Floyd County Virginia, he survived Civil War wounds and rheumatic gout, and rose to command ships in the fleet. President Taft and other officials expressed sorrow. funeral set for Friday with full naval honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Taft
Washington
Robly D. Evans
Aittle
Admiral Evans
Floyd County
Adams
H. L Sewall
Prank T. Evans
Leutenant
Monaghan
Mrs. Marsh
Charles C. Marsh
North Carolina
Dewey
Tam
Meyer
Roosevelt
Meteau
Department
Navy
National Cemetery
Arlington
Bob
Fort Fisher
Evans
Norfolk
Virginia
Samuel Andrew Jackson Evans
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