President Taft refuses to see Harrison over Ballinger-Pinchot dispute
President Taft will not meet Representative Harrison after a delegation visit. Norton says the White House barred Harrison due to a prior statement on the Ballinger-Pinchot matter. Harrison insists the appointment was ten days old and accuses the administration of altering a document to mislead Congress, while Goldfogle and Kelcher defend the delegation’s mission from Orthodox Jewish and other groups in Washington.
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Mr. Norton
Mr. Harrison
Harrison
Norton
Goléfogie and
Kelcher
Butther
Capitol
Taft
White House
Alr. Norton
Goldfogle
Hay
Wickersham
Congress
Messrs. Goldfogle
H. Pereira Mendes
New York
Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations
United States
Leon Senders
Independent
Order of Beth Abraham
Louis Morris
Order of Ohvass Israel
Berkowitz
Independent Order of B'rith Shalom
L. J. Eegerson
Washington
Abram Simon
Conference list cites Simon Wolf in leadership
Conference of American Rabbis notes Simon Wolf as a member of the executive committee of B'nai B'rith and chairman of the board of delegates of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
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Conference of American Rabbis
Simon Wolf
B'nai B'rith
The
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Fight Over Jews Ends With Concussion In Subway
Claude Bancroft of West 136th Street lies in J Hood Wright Hospital with brain concussion after an argument over Jews as citizens. Henry K T Wright of West 127th Street is jailed at West 100th Street station for felonious assault following a fight on the northbound 96th Street platform after Bancroft denounced Jews and Wright defended them. A train halted within ten feet as bystanders and two patrolmen attempted to help Bancroft to the platform.
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Claude Bancroft
West 136Th Street
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Henry K. T. Wright
West 127Th Street
West 100Th Street
96Th Street
Bancroft
Wright
Kosher Chicken Saga Ends With Return Of Bag To Mrs Miller
Mrs Julia Miller traveled from The Bronx to Delancey street market to buy Sabbath fish and chicken but wound up in night court. A quarrel over a chicken led to a storefront confrontation with Annie Longer and police. Magistrate Krotel ruled the bag and chicken should be returned to Mrs Miller after testimony.
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Julia Miller
Washington Avenue
Bronx
Delancey Street Bridge
Neils Ridge Street
Annie Longer
Krotel
Mrs. Miller
Mrs. Longer
Policeman Longer
Delancey Street
Lokyer
Woman Seeks Sane Verdict In Habeas Corpus Case
Justice Erlanger issued a writ directing Dr. Lamb to bring Mrs. Charlotte Hitchcock before the Supreme Court for examination. Indicted in 1908 for the alleged murder of her husband, the case saw a commission report her insane, while her counsel argues she is now sane after dismissal of the indictment.
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Justice Erlanger
Baby House Builder to Wed in Brockton
John Hill Bartlett, once a builder of family friendly apartment houses in Brockton Massachusetts, plans marriage to Florence M Solmer of Nova Scotia. They will reside in one of his apartments aimed at larger families, a project born from complaints that large families struggle to find suitable neighborhoods. Bartlett, though single, loves children and designed homes tailored for parents with babies.
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the Tribune
Brockton
Mass
John Hill Bartlett
Florence M. Solmer
Nova Scotia
Bartlett
Scholarships in Music Contests Funded by Dippel
Two £500 scholarships at Chicago Musical College are being planned by the faculty to honor students who aided the Metropolitan Opera during Parsifal in Chicago last season. Contests open to all musical students will be conducted next September.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Chicago Musical College
Andreas Dippel
Chicago Opera Company
Metropolitan Opera Company
Gypsy Queen Rene Gordon Sentenced for Disorderly House
Rene Gordon known as Gypsy Queen was convicted of keeping a disorderly house at 11 Pell Street and sentenced to three months in the penitentiary by Special Sessions. The Chinatown figure had been accused of abducting young white girls and leading them to immoral lives among Chinamen.
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Rene
Gypsy
Gordon
Chinatown
Pell Street
Potatoes to Burn Down East in Wide Destruction
Thousands of barrels of potatoes will be destroyed in New Brunswick and Maine over the coming weeks due to low prices, poor demand, and decay. Farmers distant from railroads and starch factories will burn, bury, or throw the crop into fields. Free with next Sunday’s Tribune a color portrait of Colonel Roosevelt, "Emerging from the Jungles," tied to his return to his native land.
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Houston
New Brunswick
Maine
Tribune
Roosevelt
Dickinson Death Insurance Dispute Over Pneumonia Link
The Casualty Company of America contends Charles C. Dickinson did not die from an accident though pneumonia followed a gas exposure at a Scranton chemical experiment. Autopsy findings remain disputed between company doctors and Dickinson family representatives, with claims and proofs of claim yet unsettled. The banker’s estate includes a $50,000 Equitable policy and provisions for education and a mausoleum, with the will dividing residuary assets among relatives.
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the Casualty Company of America
Charles C. Dickinson
Carnegie Trust Company
Scranton
Penn
Dickinson
Kensico Cemetery
Insurance Company
C. Dickinson
Otto H. Schultze
Harlow Brooks
James Ewing
Isador Abrahamson
J. R. English
John Larkin
Columbia
English
Abrahamson
Brooks
Stanton C. Dickinson
Mr. Dickinson
Charles Dickinson
F. W. Lange
Dr. Lange
W. W. B. Hedgepeth
Tippecanoe Securities Company
Stanton Dickinson
Mr. Hedgepeth
Broadway
St. Luke's Hospital
Casualty Company of America
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Charles Courter Dickinson
Cornell
Cayuga Lake
Pittsburg Theatre Treasurer Arrested for Embezzlement
George B. Allison long serving treasurer of the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburg has been arrested on embezzlement charges. Police allege about 8400 dollars involved. He surrendered to Captain Elmore and, after a $5,000 bail, spent the night in jail. Counsel posted bail today and Allison urged that his accounts are correct and a full investigation will clear him.
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Pittsburg
George B. Allison
Nixon Theatre
Allison
Elmore
Auto Hits Dray One Dead In Woonsocket Crash
A touring car owned by Arthur P. Dauray crashed into a Woonsocket Teaming Company drag on the Providence road. Lawyer Lewis Bachand died of internal injuries after being taken to Woonsocket Hospital. Jules Scheihofer, Ferdinand Schneider, Arthur P. Dauray, and George Stone were injured with various wounds. All injured are expected to recover.
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Woonsocket
R. I
Lewis
Bachand
Arthur P. Dauray
Woonsocket Teaming Company
Providence Road
Woonsocket Hospital
Jules Scheihofer
Alsace Worsted Company
Ferdinand Schneider
George Stone
Injured Mail Carrier Struck by Auto in Newark
Alfred Galluba a Newark mail carrier living at 278 Peskine avenue was hit by a car while stepping from a trolley at Gouverneur street and Belleville avenue. He suffered a broken right leg a dislocated jaw and internal injuries. He was taken to German Hospital by Dr Thomas Boyle. The drivers and two women fled the scene.
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Alfred Galluba
Peskine Avenue
Newark
Gouverneur Street
Belleville Avenue
Thomas Boyle
Constable Finds Taxicab Stolen Vehicle Located Near Elmsford
A taxicab stolen from 122d street and Eighth avenue last Wednesday morning while the chauffeur was in a café was found deserted last night on a road about a mile below Elmsford near Tarrytown. The constable discovered it and brought it into Elmsford on its own power. The chauffeur says two well dressed men hailed him before theft, and he left briefly in the car. A man was sent for the machine after authorities contacted the New York Taxicab Company.
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122D Street
Eighth Avenue
Elmsford
Tarrytown
New York
Indicted Man William Blumers Sought by Queens Detectives
Detectives seek William Blumers former manager at United States Guaranty and Title Company No 52 Jackson Avenue Long Island City on a Queens Grand Jury indictment for grand larceny. This is his second indictment and his bail bondsmen seek his location to relieve the bond. He resided in Flushing with his wife and children and was active in Queens real estate.
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William Blumers
United States Guarantee and Title Company
Jackson Avenue
Long Island City
de Witt
Queens County
Blumers
Flushing
Queens
Dr Jules A Simon Vesuvius Victim in Naples
The body of Dr Jules A Simon formerly president of San Francisco Board of Health was moved to a Naples area cemetery after an ascent of Mount Vesuvius. Initially thought to be gas related, death was found to be due to heart disease. The American Consul dispatched a deputy consul to investigate. A San Francisco First National Bank letter of credit dated August 6, 1908 was found among belongings.
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Naples
Jules A. Simon
Board of Health of
San Francisco
Resina
Simon
Mount Vesuvius
First National Bank of
Kerens Jr In Critical Condition After Drug Overdose
Richard C. Kerens Jr., son of the U S ambassador to Austria, was taken from a hotel to City Hospital after an overdose of paraldehyde. Doctors described him as in critical condition but he improved enough to return home the next morning.
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St. Louis
Richard C. Kerens, Jr
Richard C. Kerens
United States
Austria
Kerens
Arm Scalding Fatality Nets Tragic NY Case
Mrs Amelia Brain aged 39 of 241 West 109th Street died after scalding dishwater burned her arm to the elbow. Husband Arnold Brain found her on the kitchen floor beside a sink full of hot water and dishes. Neighbors Harry James and Mrs Anna Hoff aided. Dr Goldberg linked heart complication to the shock of the burns.
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Amelia Brain
West 109Th Street
Arnold Brain
Harry James
Anna Hoff
Murder Near Police Station in Leavenworth
Elizabeth Schultz a 74 year old widow was found murdered inside her home near the police station in Leavenworth Kansas. The house was set on fire after the killing and the nude charred body was found in the cellar by a patrolling officer. No crow to the murderer is reported.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Elizabeth Schultz
P R R Indicted for Bridge Reconstruction Failure
Columbus June 9 The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts for failing to comply with the War Secretary order to reconstruct a Steubenville bridge. The existing bridge is said to obstruct Ohio River navigation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Secretary of War
Steubenville
Alleged hair snipper held on charge in Boston
Simons of Pasadena Harvard runner refused to plead to a hair snipping charge and was held in 300 dollars for the grand jury. He was arrested at a track meet in May on a complaint by a young Italian girl who said several inches of her braid were cut.
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Boston
Seward
Simons
Pasadena
Harvard
Thirty Story Hotel Planned at Madison and Clark
Chicago announces plans to build a thirty story hotel at the southeast corner of Madison and Clark Streets. The project includes about 1,400 rooms and a cost of 5,000 dollars.
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Chicago
Madison and
Clark Streets
AWAIT HUGHES SPEECH STIRS Albany Politics
Albany dispatch notes Governor Hughes faces a pivotal direct primary speech at Batavia dinner, stirring hope and fear among Republicans. anti Hughes bosses seek a Cobb direct nominations bill to steady Congress prospects, while Roosevelt’s stance could blunt Barnes Wadsworth Woodruff coalition.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Board of Trade of
Batavia
New York
Buffalo
Rochester
Congress
Dalzell
Brooklyn
Upstate
Washington
Havens
Taft
Roosevelt
Barnes-Wadsworth-Woodruff
Wadsworth
Albany Democrats Urge Direct Nomination Law
The Albany Conference of Progressive Democrats led by Frederic Cyrus Leubacher urges a direct nominations bill. They ask Democrats to contact Senator and Assemblyman, write letters to papers, and mobilize support for an extra legislative session called by Governor Hughes. The group argues the measure is fundamentally democratic and worthy of party trust.
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Albany Conference of
Progressive Democrats
Frederic Cyrus Leubuscher
Hughes
Pennsylvania
New York State
Embezzlement Indictment Over $100000 Masonic Funds
New Orleans reports that Frank Davies former secretary treasurer of the Grand Consistory Scottish Rite Masons of Louisiana was indicted for embezzling about 100400 dollars from a fund collected to build a Shriners temple. He heads the Frank Davies Machinery Company and could not post a ten thousand dollar bond.
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New Orleans
Frank Davies
Scottish Rite Masons of
Louisiana
TAX BOARD APPOINTS DEPUTIES
The Tax Board appointed deputy tax commissioners at 1800 a year George E McKenna at mi 4 West 113d Street Joseph A Conlon at No 2 East 12d Street William J Searing at No 437 State Street Brooklyn Thomas J Hanlon at No 106 Dean Street Brooklyn and James P S Quinn at 18th Street and Marion Avenue The Bronx Some appointments due to vacancies and division of territories into two parts.
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Tax Board
George E. McKenna
West 113d Street
Joseph A. Conlon
East 12d Street
William J. Searing
State Street
Brooklyn
Thomas J. Hanlon
Dean Street
James P. 8. Quinn
18Th Street
Marion Avenue
The
Bronx
Rockefeller in Dispute Over Grand Jury Presentment
The grand jury debated whether to present its document to the court. Judge O'Sullivan insisted on knowing the document’s nature before acceptance while Rockefeller claimed the foreman could present it. The court warned it would not accept an unclear presentment and Rockefeller pocketed the papers. District Attorney Whitman expressed surprise at the court’s stance and noted fifty four indictments since January 1 with twenty four trials and convictions to date.
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Grand Jury
Mr. Rockefeller
Judge O'Sullivan
Mr. Whitman
Judge Sullivan
Whitman
O'Sullivan
Sullivan
Rockefeller
New York
Browne jury completed in Lorimer bribery case
The jury to try Lee O'Neil Browne of Ottawa Illinois Democratic minority leader in the Illinois Legislature for bribery in the Lorimer Senate seat case was completed. Judge McSurely adjourned court until Monday. Browne's counsel may appeal to federal courts to stay the trial. State's Attorney Wayman’s key witnesses arrived. Representatives White Reckemeyer and Link came to Chicago.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Ottawa
Illinois
William Lorimer
United States Senate
McSurely
Browne
Wayman
Charles A. White
Lorimer
H. J. C. Reckemeyer
Michaels
Link
Three Die and Eight Hurt in Wreck Near St Louis
Three men died and eight people were injured when the St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern fast mail train bound for Texas left the tracks near the city limits. The engine jumped the curve and toppled into the Miller Manufacturing Company building, killing the engineers, fireman, and a mail clerk. no passengers were aboard.
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St. Louis
Iron Mountain & Southern
Texas
Miller Manufacturing Company
Suitor Kills Girl and Self in Chicago Tragedy
In Chicago, Frank I Campbell shot Lena Hansen twice as she walked home after dark in a southwestern city location. Campbell, found dead nearby with a photo of Hansen in his pocket, was thirty, married, and father to a three year old. the motive is believed to be unrequited love.
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Chicago
Frank I. Campbell
Lena Hansen
Anil
Mme Alice Le Plongeon Dies After Long Illness at Fifty Eight
Mme Alice Le Plongeon widow of explorer Augustus Le Plongeon died in the Woman's Hospital on Wednesday after a long illness. She was fifty eight years old and wrote many travel accounts having accompanied her husband on several exploring trips.
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Mme
Alice le Plongeon
Augustus le Plongeon
New Yorker Dies of Burns After Denatured Alcohol Fire
John J. Weise of East 126th Street New York died from burns suffered when a barrel of denatured alcohol ignited in a South End apothecary store. Found in the basement during an explosion that damaged nearby buildings, Weise appeared to be in the store seeking plunder.
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Boston
John J. Weise
East 126Th Street
New York
South End
Weise
Five killed in Haverstraw train coach wreck
At Haverstraw New York on June 9 a funeral coach carrying Rev Romath and Rev Seifred with their families and driver crashed into a freight engine at a crossing. The coach was torn apart and five people died, with others injured. The driver Tom Beebe and mourners were among the dead. An inquest was deferred pending further investigation.
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Haverstraw
Weehawken
Romath
M. E. Church of the Neeed
Seifred
EE. V
New City
Beebe William
Ate
Perry Kessler
Eva Sion
J. Molloy
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R. C. Kerens, JR
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