Brooklyn Opens East River Subway Linking Borough Hall to Manhattan
Brooklyn celebrates the first full operation of an electric train under the East River from Bowling Green to Borough Hall. Thousands from across the city ride the new line, marking a milestone in rapid transit and unification of Brooklyn with Manhattan. Officials and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company preside over ceremonies at Borough Hall with speeches by McGowan and Cadman as crowds cheer the new link and expect future expansion of transit.
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Brooklyn
East River
Bowling Green
Manhattan
Borough Hall
Brooklyn Bridge
Bronx
Park Row
Rialto
Flood
Borough Hall Square
Brooklyn League
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
City Hall
Joon
Fulton
Wall Streets
Beecher
23D Regiment
Coler
Patrick F. McGowan
Board of Aldermen
McClellan
McGowan
Taft on Injunctions Foresees Reform in Labor Disputes
Taft argues for clearer federal and state rules on temporary restraining orders in labor cases. He supports defining rights of laborers and employers in statutes, notes abuses from ex parte orders, and favors notice and hearing before injunctions when possible. He also reviews timing for hearings, judge assignment rules, and ensuring court authority remains strong.
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Martin's Ferry
Ohio
William H. Taft
Llewellyn Lewis
Ohio Federation of Labor
Taft
District of Columbia
Court of Appeals
Federal Court of Appeals
Dover Doctor Weds Mother-In-Law In Noted City Ceremony
Dr Horace Newell Marvin a Dover Delaware physician and farmer aged 62 marries his mother in law Flora Melinda Swift aged 60 in a ceremony at the Little Church Around the Corner. The marriage bureau notes this as a notable case and both applicants list varied birthplaces and prior marriages.
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Horace Newell Marvin
Dover
Del
Flora Melinda Swift
Houghton
Marvin
New Marriage Bureau
Swift
Ohio
Franzburg
N. Y
Mves
Brookline
Mass
Albert Thornton
Disappearance Explained by Cuvid at Seminary Marriage
Edward C. Parker, a United Presbyterian Seminary student who vanished before the holidays, is reported to be in England where he married Dora Hunt of Birkenhead on New Year’s Day. He plans to return soon. The seminary forbids campus marriages and Parker’s future remains undecided. Parker is from Philadelphia and Harvard educated.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
United Presbyterian Seminary
Edward C. Parker
England
Dora Hunt
Birkenhead
Parker
Philadelphia
James Crowe
Harvard
Europe
Miss Hunt
Downfall of Socialistic Colony at Coaldale
In Coaldale Pennsylvania a socialist venture collapses as dissensions split ranks and the sheriff seizes the cooperative store. After a 1902 miners strike the movement gained power, started a cooperative newspaper, and spread equality, but ambition toppled the utopian community.
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Tribune
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
Coaldale
Here
Savings flood banks as depositors rush to draw interest
Confidence returns to savings banks as deposits surge citywide. Depositors, mainly women, form long lines at teller windows with many seeking funds before year end. Charles Sprague of Union Dime Savings notes few withdrawals but many revocations, banks not short of currency or forced to sell securities.
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Savings Bank
Charles E. Sprague
Union Dime Savings Institution
Broadway
32D Street
Sprague
Chancellor E Benjamin Andrews Resigns Amid Rockefeller Controversy
Lincoln Nebraska January 9 The University of Nebraska chancellor E Benjamin Andrews reportedly placed his resignation in the hands of the regents to take effect at their pleasure The move follows unpopularity of his defense of John D Rockefeller and his push for endowment gifts. Andrews is on the Rockefeller pension list with a funded future.
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Tribune
Lincoln, Neb
E. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
John D. Rockefeller
Andrews
Rockefeller Endowment Fund
Attacks on Stage End in Police Removal in Lynn
George Munroe rose from his orchestra seat and assaulted the play’s villain during a Lynn Massachusetts performance. He dragged the villain from the stage, restrained the frightened heroine, and claimed he would protect her. The audience panicked as stagehands restrained him with a property axe. Six police finally forced him to leave the building.
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the Tribune
Lynn
Mass
George Munroe
Munroe
Decision frees Schmitz and Ruef in extortion case
The California Court of Appeals set aside the extortion conviction of former Mayor Eugene Schmitz in the French restaurant case and ruled Ruef guilty of an act not an offence. The ruling prompts new prosecutions on other indictments. bail may be allowed after due process.
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San Francisco
District Court of Appeals
Eugenes E. Schmitz
Abe Ruef
Langdon
Schmitz
Ruef
St Louis Delegates Uninstructed at GOP Convention
All three St Louis Congress committees vote to send un instructed delegates to the Republican National Convention. The report notes district delegation stance and cites Telegraph to The Tribune from St Louis dated January.
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St. Louis
The
Tribune
Jane
La Follette Seeks Removal From Military Affairs Panel
Senator La Follette asked today to be relieved from service on the Military Affairs Committee and was granted the request. He declined to state his reason, but those familiar say he believes a plot threatens his presidential chances. He had sought Public Lands or Interstate Commerce, then was assigned to Military Affairs. The panel faces the Brownsville report.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
la Follette
Senate
Wisconsin
Brownsville
One Good
Richmond Hill Hero Dies Saving Woman From Train
Frank J. McBreen, sixty four, a wealthy Richmond Hill resident, saved Mrs. Mary Scheele of Brooklyn from being run over by a Long Island Railroad express at Jamaica avenue crossing. He died as the train struck him after lifting the woman to safety. Rail inspector Edward Duffy and gateman Frederick Schoonmaker aided the woman after the tragedy. McBreen, a skilled mason, lived near the crossing at the Triangle Hotel.
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Frank J. McBreen
Richmond Hill
Long Island
Mary Scheele
Norman Street
Brooklyn
Jamaica Avenue
Mr. MccBreen
Triangle Hotel
Jamaica and
Myrtle Avenues
Trouble Between the Leavitts?
Telegraph dispatch reports Elith Locke denies receiving a letter from Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt confirming separation rumors. Locke notes she heard others say Mrs. Bryan doubts the Bryan party’s Paris visit will include Mr. Leavitt, who studies art in Europe while Mrs. Leavitt tours with her mother.
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the Tribune
Omaha
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
William J. Bryan
Jack London 108 Days Off Course Aboard Snark
Friends of Jack London fear his voyage to Marquesas Islands is delayed as the Snark, with London aboard, drifts after a machinery injury. London left Hilo on October 7 and is about a month overdue. Mrs London, two friends and a small crew remain aboard awaiting news aboard the gasoil engine powered craft. The Posada Marposa from Tahiti is due January 25 with possible updates.
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San Francisco
Jack London
Marquesas Islands
London
Hilo
Hawaii
Marquesas
la Hi Tahiti
White Mountain forest push shakes House balance
Washington Jan 9 The Tribune Bureau reports a stock rise in White Mountain forest support on the House floor as Speaker Cannon names Representative Weeks to the Agriculture Committee vacancy Weeks is a leading White Mountain reserve advocate The move follows Cannon’s pledge to oppose White Mountain and Appalachian forest measures despite other factions backing them, stirring New England political reactions.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
White Mountain Forest
House
Cannon
Representative Weeks
Massachusetts
Committee of Agriculture
White Mountain
Appalachian
New England
Speaker
Pastor Alleged Counterfeiter Trial in Lincoln
Springfield Illinois January 9 The Rev James A Kaye pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Lincoln went on trial charged with counterfeiting He admits making coins but says he intended only to test if he could produce medals for his Sunday school children
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Springfield
Til
James A. Kaye
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Lincoln
Hale's Naval Solution New Personnel Bill
Senator Hale introduces a sweeping naval reform bill in the Senate. It aims to abolish the General Board and other boards not tied to existing law, restrict line officers from commanding ships, raise pay for officers and enlisted, trim midshipmen intake, and set retirement after thirty to forty years. The measure seeks to curb inter-bureau dissension and reassert bureau-led naval progress amid controversy over Brownson and Reuterdahl charges.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senator Hale
Committee On Naval Affairs
Congress
Senate
Hale
Navy General Board
Bonaparte
Annapolis
Navy
Marine Corps
Brownson
Converse
Capps
Tillman
Naval Committee
Navy Department
Department
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S. Parkes Cadman
Willrg
Wnnsylvania Railroad
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Joralemon Street
Dr. H. N. Marvin
Cuvid
Rockefeller
Nebraska
Schmitz and
New Jersey
Haan
Leavitts
Omaha Society
Sark
White Mountains
Naval Academy
Gallinger
Admiral Brownson
Mr. Tillman
Mr. Hale
Mr. Foraker
Foraker
Jersey
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