Plea for Communism at Carnegie Hall by Dr Frederick van Eeden
Dr Frederick van Eeden spoke at Carnegie Hall urging a world social program modeled on communal wealth and a Salvation Army like organization to curb luxury and parasitism. He argued for means of production to be communized while warning against private excess and urging a disciplined, self denying leadership.
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Frederick van Eeden
Karl Marx
Prudhomme
Holland
Civic Forum
Carnegie Hall
Bussum
Salvation Army
Hamilton Holt
New York Independent
van Eeden
Holt
Dr. van Eeden
Yellowstone Park
Christ
van Ecden
Tam
Japan's Navy Growth After War With Russia
Trustworthy figures compare Japan's prewar and present naval strength. Japan totals 204 vessels and 515,082 tons now, up from 157 vessels and 283,742 tons. Gains include more battleships and cruisers, with losses totaling nineteen vessels and 46,616 tons. Critics question continued high military spend amid such gains and debt export risk.
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Tokio
Russia
Japan
Hatsuse
Yashima
Takasago
Yoshino
Saigon
Miyako
Heigen
Atago
Oshima
Kaimon
Akatsuki
Hayatori
Port Arthur
Japan Sea
Orel
Iwami
Peresviet
Sagami
Poltava
Tango
Trestroyers
Ee Cence Sseener
Cat
Tsukuba
Thoma
Kuruma
Dey Sk
Tone
Yodo
Mogami
Katori
Kashima
Aki
Satsum
Albany Session Watches Senate Overruling Anti-Gambling Bills
The Albany dispatch says the Assembly may push anti racetrack gambling bills this week but the fate rests in the Senate. Codes and Judiciary committees face pressure as racing interests seek to kill or soften the measures while delaying tactics loom.
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Assembly
Senate
Albany
Mareh
Kelsey
Murphy
House
Hughes
New York
Black
Cassidy
Constitutional Convention
Codes Committee
Jockey Club
Senate Codes Committee
Agnew
Judiciary Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Assembly Committee On Ways and Means
Merritt
Massachusetts
New York City
Assem- Say
Brazilian Shot In Paterson Crime Case
Brazilian lawyer Charles D. Alvandros wounded with a bullet in Paterson New Jersey. Police arrest James Cummings. his wife Rebecca J. Cummings accused of shooting. Alvandros claims a knife attack by the daughter of Cummings and that he had wed Rebecca as Mrs Hurd in New York months earlier. Authorities search for Hurd and daughter.
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Paterson
N. J
Charles D. Alvandros
New York
Noe
Nepperhan Avenue
Yonkers
General Hospital
Alvandros
James Cummings
Governor Street
Cummings
Rebecca J. Cummings
Edward Turd
Constitutional Amendments Multiply in New York Legislature
The Albany dispatch notes a flood of proposed constitutional changes amid the 1909 session as 41 concurrent resolutions seek to amend the 1894 charter. Edson W. Hama’s measure to tighten amendment rules passes one house, while others target debt limits, civil service, courts, veteran ratings, and city subways funding.
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Tribune
Albany
Empire State
Edson W. Hama
Wayne County
Assemblyman
Hama
Wadsworth
Senate Judiciary Committee
Assembly
New York City
City Court of
New York
Supreme Court
Johnston
Shortt
Travis
Warren T. Lee
Troy
Foelker
Glore
United States Army and Navy
Cuvillier
Todd
Spain
Philippine Islands
China
Cobb
Fowler
Bower
Sterns
Court of Appeals
Denial by Havemeyer in National Bank suit over $700000 losses
William F. Havemeyer, president of the National Bank of North America, denies stock speculations by the board in a boilerplate reply regarding a suit by Charles A. Hanna, receiver, claiming losses from Ice Trust and other stock deals tied to dummy loans. He asserts confusion over loans versus stock deals and defends director responsibilities.
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Wiliam F. Havemeyer
National Bank of North America
Charles A. Haana
Ice Trust
Havemeyer
Leslie E. Whiting
Primrose & Braun
Charles W. Morse
Henry Chapin, Jr
Charles A. Hanna
Morse
The
Ank
Libhle
Federal Erané Jurr
Fight Breaks Out Over Circulars at Central Federated Union
Delegates clashed in the Central Federated Union rooms when a jet fight amid a meeting erupted over distribution of dodgers signed by J Bedford denouncing Isher. The circular criticized graft probes linked to a Murray Hill Lyceum meeting. Bedford struck James P. Holland. others separated the fighters.
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Central Federated Union
J. Bedford
Isher
Murray Hill
Bedford
Lyon May Be Cited For Contempt In Dispensary Case
Asheville March 8 Attorney General Lyon attacked Judge Pritchard in Augusta Ga last night criticizing his action to appoint permanent receivers for the South Carolina dispensary fund. Suitors likely to move for contempt citing Lyon's statements to disregard federal orders to deliver 60 000 to receivers. Judge Pritchard declined to comment.
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Asheville
N.C
Pritchard
Lyon
Augusta
South Carolina
Reeceivers
Elections In Argentina Give Government A Large Victory
Buenos Ayres March. The elections, held to stay, produced a complete victory for the government. It will hold a majority of seventy in the Chamber of Deputies and order is reported maintained throughout the republic.
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Buenoo Ayres
Chamber of Deputies
Republic
Tennessee begins state wide liquor prohibition movement
A telegraph from Chattanenca Tenn reports the start of a state wide prohibition campaign. Sixteen meetings are held by opponents of the liquor traffic and the effort will be pushed vigorously throughout the state.
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Tribune
Chattanenca
Tenn
Tennnnessee
Alia to stand trial for priest murder at St Elizabeth Church
Giuseppe Alia will be tried tomorrow for the murder of Father Len Heinrichs at the altar of St Elizabeth's Church. The defense has hired three alienists while the prosecution summoned eight alienists to rebut any insanity claims by Alia's counsel.
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Denver
March
Giuseppe Alia
Len Heinrichs
St. Elizabeth’s
Alia
Capitol Contract Trial Set to End This Week
Lawyers for defendants in the Capitol contract trial aim to limit speech to the jury to finish before Friday. An agreement to extend court hours will be announced tomorrow morning. The next trial is slated to begin on March 22, with both sides preferring no postponement.
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Harrisbero
Penn
Capitol
A New Chilean Torpedo Tube Adopted by Navy
A Chillan naval officer reports a new torpedo tube after official trials showing excellent results. The Admiralty has ordered it adopted on board all torpedo boats.
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Valperties
March
Chillan
Alfonso's Barcelona Visit Guarded by Tight Security
King Alfonso and accompanying party prepare to arrive in Barcelona amid heightened precautions. Catalan authorities, led by General Linares and Inspector Arrow, deploy troops and eight hundred police, search cloaks for concealed arms, and bar possible threats as the royal visit draws near. The capital’s streets are being decorated while public opinion worries over safety and the political implications of the trip.
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Madrid
Mareh
Alfonso
Barcelona
Victoria
Linares
Santiago
Catalonia
Arrow
Scotland Yard
Spain
Andalusia
Cuban Welcome for Governor Magoon in Havana Carnival
Governor Magoon arrived in Havana aboard the revenue cutter Hatuey, accompanied by Captain J. A. Ryan and Captain Marti. A national salute greeted him at Cabanas Fortress as he joined the Prado carnival procession amid confetti and cheers of Viva Magoon.
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Havana
Venezuela pays old Mexico loan claim after long delay
Mexico receives a draft of £5,560 and a $300,000 payment as Venezuela settles the long contested claim rooted in a mid 19th century loan to Colombia. Arbitration in Spain and a Hague ruling backed Mexico though Castro rejected. Venezuela expected to issue monthly payments.
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Mexico City
Mageha
Venezuela
Colombia
Castro
Mexico
Martin Martinez del Rio
Pablo Martinez del Rio
Spain
Hague
Viergggela
New York Legislation Moves on Salary and Term Changes
Senator Agnew discusses governor salary rise from 10006 to 220900 while a strike motion failed with 18 for and 18 against. Owens proposes Senate salary 31500 to 5900 and Assemblymen 100 to 2500. Cuvillier backs 3000. B FR and Union Club push longer terms. Hooker Lee suffrage, Bryan-Hearst referendum ideas, and redistricting plans appear amid various constitutional and municipal proposals.
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Agnew
Senate
Owens
New York
Cuvillier
B. FR
Union Club
Grady
Three Escaping Convicts Foiled at Deer Lodge Penitentiary
In Deer Lodge Montana early today three convicts attempted a jailbreak. They killed guard Robinson by throat slashing and severely stabbed Warden Frank Conley. The warden shot and wounded two other escapees, while other guards aided and bound the armed fugitives.
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Butte
Mont
March
Deer Lodz Penitentiacy
Robinson
Frank Conley
Conley
Asstetanes
Outbreak at Indian School Sparks Fire and Assault
An outbreak of drunken Indians at the government school near Grand Junction ends with the jail building set ablaze and two disturbers narrowly escaping death. J. E. Shields, the disciplinarian, was severely assaulted as several men arrested await Superintendent Burton's action. The trouble began from liquor indulgence sourced in Grand Junction.
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Grand Junction
Col. March
J. E. Shields
Burton
Family Peril as Brighter Beach Fire Blazes Two-Story House
Fire at Brighter Beach racetrack destroys part of a two story frame home. Jacon Mansfield and his wife fight flames from a dropped lamp. Mansfield rescues his wife and three year old Irving from the roof before succumbing to smoke. Neighbors and firemen save the family and haul children to safety as Mrs Mansfield drops the boy to a blanket below. He is taken to hospital, others escape by ladder.
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Herotemn
Brighter Beach Racetrack
Jacon Mansfield
Mansfield
Irving
Kaby
Arthur McGinnis
John Keegan
Police Rescue Sleeping Boy From Smoke Filled Building
A seven year old boy named George was found asleep in an apartment at 21 East Street after a fire broke out last night. Mrs. Charles E. George fainted on the sidewalk as she tried to reach him. Police carried the child down the stairs and reunited him with his mother.
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East Sist Street
Charles E. George
George
Resignation and Calls For Congregational Pastors
The Shawmut Congregational Church reads Rev William T McElveen resignation as pastor and notes he accepted a call to Evanston Illinois. Pilgrim Congregational Dorchester extends call to Rev Dr George Luther Caddy of First Congregational Dubuque Iowa to become pastor.
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Boston
William T. McElveen
Shawmut Congregational Church
Evanston
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Dorchester
George Luther Caddy
First Congregational Church
Dubuque
Iowa
Washington pastor dies at dinner in city home
The Rev. Charles Fr. Charles Smith, pastor of Peck Memorial Presbyterian Chapel, collapsed and died during dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Hane lin, widow of the late pastor of the Covenant Church. He was forty six and had lived in Washington about ten years.
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Washington
Fire in Kalamazoo Paper Plant Causes Large Loss
A fire at the Supene Paper Company storeroom in Kalamazoo Michigan caused an estimated loss between five thousand and ten thousand dollars. The blaze, burning amid piles of rags and old paper, could take days to extinguish. About one hundred seventy five workers were laid off. Officials suspect spontaneous combustion as the cause.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
March
Supene? Paper Company
Crap Shooting Brokers Arrested In Maiden Lane Café
Four men who claimed to be brokers were arraigned before Magistrate Herrman in the Tom? police court yesterday. They face charges of shooting at a cafe on Maiden Lane. Names given include Robert Jenkins of 10 Myrtle Avenue The Bronx Charles Hrans of 3d Street Newark John B Ending of New Clark Street Brooklyn and Thomas J Lane of 22 Jefferson Street Brooklyn.
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Tom
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Maiden Lane
Robert Jenkins
Myrtle Avenue
The
Bronx
Charles Hrans
3D Street
Newark
John B
New Clark Street
Brooklyn
Thomas J. Lane
Jefferson Street
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