Mayor testifies for Gresser amid Queens reform fight
At the Queens County hearing Mayor Gaynor testified in defense of President Lawrence Gresser. He opposed moving Gresser, warned that the present appointment system might place a “scamp” in power, and said Gresser worked for reform while noting routine resistance in Manhattan. The cross examination probed the timing of the Queens housecleaning and Albany communications.
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Gaynor
Queens
Ordway
Long Island City
Lawrence Gresser
Gresser
Queens County Court
Houer
Cead Mellen
Ester
Grereet
Supreme Court
Derenah
Candee
Tie Mager
Uae
Eudre
Greeser
Dr. Medien
Gress Urs
Partin
Mie
Mellen
Caldwell
Albany
Senfori
Bere Tétary
Wosdick
Berges
Riot at New Gorky Play Ends in Police Intervention
In Moscow the new Maxim Gorky drama Vase Yelesnovna at the Noztobin Theatre prompts a stormy audience reaction. Assassinations poisonings and widespread crime are depicted as the plot unfolds. After the third act the crowd hissed shouted and fought with supporters of the playwright. Police cleared the house.
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London
Daily Express
St. Petersburg
Vase Yelesnovna
Maxim Gorky
Noztobin
Moscow
Paris Theatre Explosion at Apres Moi Performance
Magnesium dropped from gallery during a March 2 performance of Henry Bernstein's Apres Moi at the Comedie Francaise caused several women to faint. Outside, thousands clashed with police and mounted guards led by Prefect Lepine, with sabre charges injuring several. Marcel Nadaud, substituting for Bernstein, engaged in a duel. Nadaud suffered injuries in the altercation.
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Magnesium
Paris
Henry Bernstein
Comédia Francales
M. Lepine
Bey
Eldes
Marcel Nadaud
Bernstein
Need
Con Daudet
Sadaud
Missing Wife Alarm Traced At Wall Street Broker Home
Hamilton Fish Benjamin, a broker, reported his wife missing after she left their Lexington Avenue apartment for the opera. He arrived at East 7th Street police station at 1 AM and initially declined a general alarm, then altered course at 1 20 to issue alerts with a description including green eyes and unique features. He provided details of her appearance and clothing, urging swift action to locate her.
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Hamilton Fish Benjamin
eMhces
Wall Street
East 7Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Asgard
Benjamin
Benjamin Ptt
Hutt
Muldoon
No. 12
West End Avenue
George Clark
B. Cory Kilvert
Clark
Arthur G. Meyer
Feurhyn Stanslaws
Wolcott
Jim
Hermont
Trutts
Wratt
South 10Th Street
Newark
City Hospital
Cora Fisher
AU Seyvesant Avenue
Tyins
Congressmen Rescue Injured Man On Subway Track
Congressman Levy and William Reese of Long Island City leaped onto the T2d street platform to pull James Bimpeon from the southbound express track after he walked off the edge. A Special Policeman waved trains to stop, and Dr. Allen treated Bimpeon’s head wounds from the fall.
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Ereesman Senerson
Levy
William Reese
Long Island City
James Bimpeon
Weat 112Th Street
Hound Theatre
Simpson
Congressman Levy
Mr. Reese
Impson
Dr. Allen
Flower Hopital
Favorite of criminals in Roselle Park search for highwayman
A highwayman attacked and robbed Castel MacMullen, Roselle Park merchant, as he returned home with money. Deputies and constables aided in the night search led by Sheriff Robert Conklin. MacMullen has faced recurring burglaries. his coal storehouse was burned earlier for $1,900.
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Seclosary Aiesie Remnay
Eeeers Park
N. J
Castel MacMullen
Interast Wight
Robert Conklin
George Conklin
Dawson Eed Neatle
Blauvelt
Me Park
MacMullen
Eries
Roselle Park
Reception leads to assault at Went Street event
A Young Women's Christian Relation gathering at 7 Went Street ended with Agnes Strang and Alice Dune son attacked by a masked man as lights went out. The assailant attempted to force inhalation of fumes. Strang escaped, screaming, and fled back inside the building while the intruder fled.
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Twelock
Mise
Agnes Strang
Mix Aliee Duneson
Mise Strang
Wim
Plague and famine ravage China as relief efforts lag
Amid reports from Peking on March 2 the famine kills thousands daily while plague spreads. Foreign relief faces limited access as interior conditions and lack of doctors hinder response. Two million in famine zones rely on roots and grasses. relief from Japan and the United States remains inadequate.
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Peking
China
Serouel Cochran
Ark of Relief
Amoor
Ching
Shenghai
Japan
America
United States
Thorn
Teddy Molgerson Escapes Thrashing by River Flight
From Central Village Connecticut on March 2 nine year old Teddy Molgerson fled a thrashing by his mother and ran into Wauregan River amid floating debris. After a four hour river chase his father retrieved him and carried him home. Doctors warned pneumonia risk if illness continued.
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Central Village
Conn
Teddy" Molgerson
Han
Peddy
Teddy
Alent
Encumnonia
Rumored Amendments Discussed for Reciprocity Pact
Washington sees talk of possible changes to the reciprocity agreement. John J. Foster, U S Consul at Ottawa, and a Canadian court member race to Washington to confer with President Taft. Mackenzie King, Canada’s Labor Minister, is expected to join to negotiate amendments amid reports of an imminent extra session.
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Washington
John J. Foster
United States
Ottawa
Canada
Taft
Wington
Capitol
Sone
Congress
Wilo
Mackenzie King
Ives
Barry Court Martial Reported After Navy Retirement
Rear Admiral Barry, forced to resign from the Navy after relinquishing command of a Pacific squadron, faces a court martial investigation. Bremer ton heard mud testimony from West Virginia deck officers as subpoenas were issued to Mare Island for officers formerly under Barry.
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Lin ‘Toastash
San Francisco
Barry
Navy
Pacific Feet
Bremerton
West Virginia
Subponas
Mare Island
Lord Cholmondeley to Marry Mrs Stirling in London
London report outlines Lord George Cholmondeley set to wed Mrs Clara Stirling nee Taylor Stirling, a Gaiety Theatre chorus singer, with a $15 000 legacy forfeiture tied to the marriage. John Alexander Sorting Davie secured a divorce from Clara Stirling’s former spouse, with custody awarded to Stirling’s ex, amid cross suits involving Lord Northland and Mrs Mabel Lourie Atherton.
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George Cholmondeley
Stirling
London
Clara Eltsabeth Taylor Stirling
John
Alexander Sorting
Kippendavie
Marquis of Cholmondeley
Wen
George Edwardes
Italian Princess Murdered by Nobleman in Rome Hotel
Princess di Trigona, a lady-in-waiting to Queen Helena and cousin of Secretary of State Prince di Scalea, was stabbed to death in a Rome hotel by Baron Paterno, who then shot himself. Paterno survived. the couple had met amid marital tension and a financial scandal involving a check the princess sent to him. The tragedy followed a separation case that day.
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Rome
Princess di Trigona
Helena
Nie
Marquie di San Giuliano
Prince di Scalea
Foreign Office
Paterno
Haron Paterno
Hatel
Prin di Trigona
Noor
St. Moritz
di ‘Trigona
Advocates a Doctors' Trust to Free Public from Quacks
Professor Charles R. Henderson of the University of Chicago urged the formation of a doctors' trust before the Ammeslean Medical Association in Chicago on March 2. He argued a trust would shield the public from quacks and charlatans, allow competent practitioners, and keep charges affordable for the poor, with measures to admit and admit only the competent. Great Bear Spring Water advertised for purity.
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Athen Bund
Mancharin
Chicago
Ammeslean Medical Association
Tod
Charles R. Henderson
University of Chicago
Henderson
Senate to vote on Tariff Board as Taft weighs March session
The Senate debates the permanent Tariff Board bill amid long filibusters with Republicans pressing for early consideration while appropriation bills loom. President Taft eyes March 20 for a special session as insurgent pressure and Democratic bloc tactics shape the precarious path to final passage.
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Taft
Senate
House
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Tariff Board
Penroce
Hate
Mr. Hale
Senator Simmons
Senator Stone
Missouri
Stone
Senator Overman
Arromane Irioune Buren
Congress
Ledge
Owen
Oklahoma
Lorimer
Tose
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Plains
Robert C. Crowell
Crowell
Hos Place
Keeser
New Gorky Play
Fifth Avenue
Henry Hutt Tell
Little Son
Edna G. Hutt
Henry Hutt
Richard Henry Hutt
Mrs. Hutt
Edna Garreta Della Torre
Tie
Charles Dina Giteon
Ay BR. Wenzel
Hoe
Mre
Heeclares
Mutt
Hut
Narragansett Pier
Lad
Mas
M'Donald
Fo Leroy Batteries
Wearath Street
John B. Mer Donati
McDonald
Botterite
Elena
Baron Paterno
di Trigona
Doctors’ Trust
Prof. Henderson
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