Taft Confident Reciprocity Will Win in Senate Leaders
The Tribune reports Washington chatter on the Canadian reciprocity pact. Taft and Secretary of State see potential passage, while insurgents face a dilemma and doubt in the House and Senate. Debate centers on tariff effects and party strategy as the session lingers.
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Washington
Wall
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Payne
Rules Committee
Hale
Dinater Lourne
Salvation Army
Eve Dutrought
Crittelseg
Taft
Cobb hints Republicans may back some Democrat in bid
Senator George H. Cobb told reporters in Watertown on January that Republicans might consider backing a good Democrat among insurgents opposing William F. Sheehan. He declined to name any candidate and said the decision rests with the Democrats, predicting a choice next week.
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Watertown
N. Y
George H. Cobb
William F. Sheehan
Depew
Cobb
Turkish Attack on American Steamer New Jersey
Reports describe a serious incident aboard the American flag steamer New Jersey, with Greek officers and crew. Turkish soldiers seized crew, attacked the consul, and a lieutenant was arrested. At Smyrna the mate was released and the lieutenant handed to authorities amid conflicting versions. Available ship registers show no American steamer named New Jersey in Turkish waters.
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Zee
Cas
New Jersey
Beirut
Syria
Mersina
Asia Minor
Albretta
Leyte
Alexandretta
John T. Peristiany
Leutenant
Constantinople
Amyrna
Lending
Government House
Smyrna
Ernest L. Harris
Wease
Scalding Steam Kills Foreman at BRT Power House
Charles Johnson, foreman, was fatally scalded when a steam pipe burst in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company power house at Kent and Division avenues. Dozens were injured, treated at the company hospital, then sent home. Patrolman Rourke alerted authorities and an ambulance was dispatched from Eastern District Hospital.
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Charles Johnson
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Kent
Division Avenues
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Wee
Kent Avenue
Rourke
Clymer Street
Car hits trolley and injures five women in Brooklyn
Five women were injured when a trolley car struck the automobile they rode in at Third Avenue and 78th Street Brooklyn. The group included Rose Roehster Ida Stebbins Louise Burnett John Burnett and Josephine Burnett principal of Public School 127. They were bruised and Josephine Burnett had invited friends to her school graduation. A garage auto bite was requested as it rained after the incident.
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78Th Street
Brooklyn
Rose Roehster
67Th Street
Ida Stebbins
Marlborough Road
Louise Burnett
Hooper Street
John Burnett
Josephine Burnett
Fort Hamton Avenue
7Th Street
Texas Senate Resolves Against Mexican Revolt Entry
A Senate resolution introduced by W. V. Murray calls on Texas not to join the Mexican revolt. The measure was read in the Senate and referred to the committee on federal relations for consideration.
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Senate
Austin
Tex
Texas
Mexico
W. v. Murray
Committee On Federal
Peabody in Serious Condition After Second Head Surgery
Boston financier George Le Peabody, hospitalized at Johns Hopkins, remains in serious condition after a second operation on his head following a sunstroke. He arrived from Boston January 1 in a private car, attended by his fiancée Edith Deacon, a physician and nurse. The initial operation relieved a growth and was deemed successful before complications required a second procedure.
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Boston
Toesteporta
George le Peabody
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Peabody
Edith Deacon
Hunt Compromise Man as Sheehan Sinks Advances to Insurgents
Albany January 27. Democratic leaders seek a compromise candidate for United States Senator as William F. Sheehan fades. Murphy Mack Dix and anti-Tammany forces push for a harmony choice while insurrectionists test candidates including Morgan J. OBrien Gerard Kernan Van Santvoord and others amid a stalled ballot and minimal quorum in the joint legislative assembly.
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the Tribune
Albany
William F. Sheehan
United States
C.F. Murphy
Tammany
Norman K. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Ile Murphy
Sheehan
Dixs
Roosevelt
Murphy
Ross Murphy
Dantel Cohalan
Ernor Dix
Executive Mansion
New York
Mack
Straus
Dix
Norman B. Mack
Nathan Straus
Gruder
Morgan J. O'Brien
Bishop Ludden
Justice Gerard
John D. Kernan
Amour van Santvoord
Troy
Iofoim
Sheehan Tofiny
Senator Saxe
Assemblyman See=ley
Steuben County
Te Tekes
Joint Legislative Assembly
Morley Plea For English In Modern Speech
Lord Morley addressed the English Association warning that English boys lack writing training and stressing the language's vast global influence. He argued there is no current monarch of letters though the lamp of genius will be replenished by new minds and renewed vigor.
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London
Lord Morley
English Association
Opium Raid Captures 18 Men and $2000 Worth Paraphernalia
Police raided a West 41st Street house between Seventh and Eighth Avenues as crowds spilled from theatres. Eighteen men were charged with disorderly conduct after detectives led by Londrigan seized opium and accessories valued at about $2000. No proprietor was found.
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Moriarity
Watson
Londrigan
Sheiblen
Central Office
Lin
Landrigan
Aviator Herds Cattle Near Houston in Flight Feat
Rene Simon, famed aviator, demonstrated cattle herding by plane near Houston Texas, directing a herd a half mile away across prairies. He descended, circled the steer, drove them to the field fence, and guided them toward cowboys awaiting to receive the herd.
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Tex
Rene Simon
Simon
Aviation
Mrs Morgan at Jekyl Island
Mrs J Pierpont Morgan arrived in Brunswick Georgia this afternoon and departed for Jekyl Island for an extended stay. Reports say Mrs Morgan was not feeling well but there is nothing serious about her condition.
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Hrunswick
Jun
Standard Oil sues over libel claims against candy poison charge
The Standard Oil Company filed libel suits demanding 350000 dollars from The Broadway Magazine Incorporated and writer Cleveland Moffett over an article alleging the company produced poisonous glucose for candy. Company officials say the piece harms its public image during a critical dissolution case before the Supreme Court and deny any link to glucose production or Corn Products ownership.
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Cleveland Moffet
Cassidy
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Standard OM Company
Standard of Company
United States Circuit Court
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Ida Tarbell
Lincoln Steffens
J. C. Clarke
Standard Oi Company
Standard Oi
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Corn Products Corporation
Clark
Clarke
Hampton's
Indiana Editors Endorse Taft Pledge State Press Support
Indiana Republican Editorial Association reverses stance from a year ago and adopts resolutions unreservedly backing President Taft. It pledges the state Republican press to support him and urges voters to rally to Taft, praising his administration for major achievements benefiting the common good.
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Indiana Press
Taft
Indianapolis
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Old Masters Destroyed in Antwerp Studio Fire
Antwerp January 27. M Kenke, a well known art collector, dropped a lighted match in his studio igniting a blaze that destroyed several old master paintings by Rubens Van Dyck and Teniers. The total loss is estimated at 40 000 dollars.
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van Dyck
Teniers
Antwerp
M. Kenke
Man commits himself to jail for sixty days
William F. Felter, arrested in Nyack for intoxication, asked to be jailed at Rockland County Jail. Sheriff Gross granted a six mile walk with his commitment papers and Felter began a two month sentence. The strange request followed Felter’s inquiry about nightly lockup hours.
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Rockland County
Willam F. Felter
Nyack
Levison
Felter
Falling Horse Hurts Tenor at Boston Opera House
Florencio Constantino of the Boston Opera Company was pinned by a fallen horse during The Gift of the Golden West. He suffered a badly wrenched leg but returned to the stage to complete his role as Dirk Johnnes after the accident on the taxi act, where he and Fred Stone rode toward the stage over a small hill on a wooden floor set.
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the Tribune
Boston
Jan
Florencio Constantino
Boston Opera Company
Boston Opera House
Constantine
Dirk Johnnes
Constantino
Astrice
Fred Stone
New York
Miss Arnold
Mr. Levg
Arnold
Belief Miss Arnold Dead Grows Amid Cranks Letters
Francis R Arnold and Deputy Police Commissioner Flynn discussed the missing Dorothy H C Arnold on December 12. Arnold believes his daughter is dead while police note no recent suspects. A threatening ransom note arrived in German, demanding five thousand dollars in a mail box. other tips proved unsubstantiated.
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Dorothy H. C. Arnold
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Aid
Police Department
Arnold
Police
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