Bay Ridge Crash Sends Girl to Hospital After Manhunt
A speeding car carries six year old Helen Mandel to Norwegian Hospital after striking her in Bay Ridge. Police pursue the vehicle, catch the driver James Masterman, who faces assault charges as doctors warn of possible severe injuries.
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Bay Ridge
Helen Mandel
Herman Mandel
Third Avenue
James S. Masterman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Masterman
Helen
Fosterman
Fourth Avenue
4Th Street
Mulvey
Fifth Avenue Court
Manhattan
Esther Edgerton
James Edgerton
American Press Association
William A. Cimillo
Arthur Avenue
Bronx
St. Nicholas Avenue
181St Street
Cimillo
Washington Heights Hospital
1524
Patrick Kilgannon
West 50Th Street
R Louis Gold
Kilgannon
S4th Street
Belle- Vue Hospital
Burt
East 35Th Street
One Year Nearer the Poorhouse
President Taft signs a tongue in cheek note calling himself an economy expert and the 0 Clerk who saves money by not crossing t s or dotting i s in ink. He jokes about using pencils to save paper and asks Secretary MacVeagh to add the savings to his salary. The letter underscores a mock praise of fiscal restraint.
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Washington
Taft
MacVeagh
Doerhouse
Corporation Pleads US Taxation Of Transit Franchises
Washington March 11 The Spreme Court hears the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company appeal seeking to uphold a tax on its franchise and business The brief argues tax on state public service corporations does not interfere with state instrumentalities The filing is the only supporting brief in favor of the law and lists William N Dykman and Arthur E Goddard as counsel An ad for transit service follows noting Atlantic Coast Line and New York and Pennsy connections.
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Washington
Spreme Court of the
United States
Stn
Coney Island & Inooklyn Railroad Company
William N. Dykman
Arthur E. Goddard
Asthes
Paulhan
Wrights
H. A. Toulmin
Wright Company
Clarence J. Shearn
Farman
France
California
Dauntless
Earth
Wright
Curtiss
Meats Hero’s Death in Attempt to Halt Runaway Horses
A German laborer named Fred Vogt died after trying to halt a runaway carriage on 85th street near Third avenue. He grabbed the bridle as the team went east but fell and fractured his skull, dying later at Presbyterian Hospital. Brennan, the driver, was held for homicide after the coroner was notified.
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Ssth Street
Third Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Fred, Vogt
No. 300
East 75Th Street
Vogt
William Brennan
85Th Street
Martin
East 18Th Street
Brennan
Woman Defies Telephone Pole Crew at Bronx House
Mrs. Katharine Fox confronted a crew trying to set a pole at her home on 187th Street and Bathgate Avenue in The Bronx. She declared she would stay all night with fire and coffee, and the workers retreated at dusk. Foreman Charles Herbert acknowledged the standoff and postponed until daylight.
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187Th Street
Bathgate Avenue
The
Bronx
Tribune
Katharine Fox
New York Telephone Company
Fox House
Charles Herbert
Pork Corner Supposedly Pushing Hog Prices Up
The Omaha Bee cites Chicago Board of Trade action as the cause of high hog prices, not supply and demand. It says little pork from current high-priced hogs isn’t stored while older packed pork is sold at large advances, per South Omaha Livestock Exchange members.
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The
Tribune
Omaha
Omaha Bee
Chicago Board of Trade
the Bee
South Omaha Livestock Exchange
France Lays Out Most Favored Nation Tariff Offer
Paris reports France plans a final tariff move with most favored nation treatment for American goods. It would apply minimums to all American imports to France, aiming to end discrimination fears. Senator Aldrich’s approach is cited as acceptable to the United States. Dupuy signals amendments to protect foreign commerce, specifics not stated.
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Paris
France
United States
America
Aldrich
Journal of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Senate
M. Dupuy
Taft Private Wire To White House Planned
A private 725 mile telephone wire from Charles P. Taft's Cincinnati home to the White House is being arranged with Amalgamated Telephone and Telegraph. The line will serve the Tafts from 6 p m to 6 a m with no outside access to conversations and will cost $21 000 annually.
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Pittsburg
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
White House
Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Tafts
Taft
Yankees to Sell American League Park for 1.7 Million
Announcement that American League Park at 168th street and Broadway will be sold privately for 1.7 million. The plot near Fort Washington Avenue and West 164th to 168th streets will be divided into about 150 city lots.
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American League Park
168Th Street
Broadway
New York Americans
West 164Th
West 168Th Streets
Fort Washington Avenue
American Baseball League
Frank Farrell
New York American
Desertion and Heroism at Norwalk Light Station
In South Norwalk Connecticut on March 11 assistant keeper Le Roy C Loughborough was found exhausted and nearly starved after eleven days on duty at Norwalk Light. His dog Rover shared the last of their food as both survived on dog biscuits. Keeper John M Kiarskon is held by police on Loughboroughs complaint for desertion and for endorsing a government payroll order of 4469. Kiarskon was located in Bridgeport.
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South Norwalk
Conn
Pansy
Norwalk
le Roy C. Loughborough
Loughborough
Rover
John M. Kiarskon
Kiarskon
Bridgeport
Family of ten perishes in Roxboro fire
Fire swept a rural Roxboro area home seven miles northwest of the town killing John Wagstaff his wife and eight children all members of a negro family. The blaze occurred last night destroying the dwelling.
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Roxboro
N. C
John Wagstaff
Transcontinental rail fares and routes noted in fragment
A fragment lists travel costs to California and the Pacific Coast via West Shore R A and via New York Central, with a date toward April 14. It includes a partial address at 6310 Madison and mentions Phine.
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California
Pacific Coast
West Shore R. A
N. Y. Central
Phine
Madison
Ard
Anglo-Jap Intrigue Draws Fire Over Far East Policy
The Morning Post objects to British Foreign Office handling of Far Eastern affairs. It criticizes open door policy pressure on Mongolia and warns against alliance dependence on Japan. It cites Jacob Schiff and Secretary Knox, urges Britain to resist being drawn into Japan's bidding and to seek balanced action.
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London
Jacob Schiff
New York
Morning Post
Foreign Office
Knox
Mr. Schiff
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Edward Grey
Mongolia
Downing Street
French flyer Paulhan proves aviation prowess at racing track
Paulhan conducted two short flights at Jamaica Long Island before a mixed crowd. The tests raised patent disputes with the Wrights and drew leaders from aviation and law amid a gusty wind.
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Paulhan
Jamaica
Long Island
Wright Brothers
Wilbur Wright
Wreck of Siemens Schuckert Airplane in Potsdam
A Siemens Schuckert aeroplane tested at Potsdam overturned in flight. Aviator Riuh broke a leg and two passengers were slightly injured when the motor failed and a gust of wind toppled the craft. The aviators clung to the framework and survived.
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Berlin
Lehigh Valley R R Ticket Offices on the Coast
A note lists 7 Lehigh Valley Railroad ticket offices across the Pacific coast, with address 1460 and a mention of Broadway and Hudson Terminal blogs.
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Pacific Coast
Lehigh Valley R. R
Bway
Hudson Terminal
Practical Joker Deluges Churchill with Coal Wagons
London officials report a prankster sent twenty coal wagons to the home of Winston Churchill and other MPs. Despite protests, drivers dumped coal before orders were canceled by servants, and dealers recalled the loads after telephone inquiries.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Home Affairs
Churchill
New Orleans Darked by Volcanic Dust from Central America
Lieutenant John C. Soley of the U S Hydrographic Office says volcanic dust from three Mexican and Central American eruptions thickens clouds and makes New Orleans and surrounding areas dark at midday. The condition, noticeable yesterday, results from southwest winds and fine particles forming dense fog banks.
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New Orleans
Mexico
Central America
John C. Soley
United States Hydrographic Office
Old Guard Elects Cobb Senate Temporary President
Senator George H. Cobb of Watertown was unanimously chosen temporary president of the New York Senate amid a growing clash between old guard leaders and progressive factions. The vote signals a likely bipartisan push against Hughes measures and Taft policy, with Cobb’s leadership seen as emboldening reactionary bosses and spurring renewed party divisions before key state actions.
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Tribune
Albany
George H. Cobb
Watertown
Senate
Woodruff- Barnes-Hendricks-Aldridge
Taft
Hughes
Root
Senator Cobb
Cobb
Raines- Grady League
Messis Taft
Woodruff-Barnes
Senator Root
New York
Washington
Old
Raines
Grady
Wadsworth
Jewcomb
Davenport
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Penna Ui Atlantic Coast Line
N. Y
Enedal
Su Price
Chicago
C. P. Taft
Louis Paulhan
Yankees
League Park
son—Price
New York American Baseball
Washington Heights
Farrell
Harlem River Ship Canal
225Th Street
DOG Biscuits Food
the Tribune
Patten
Manchester
Liverpool
Cotton Exchange
Corn Exchange
James A. Patten
England
Aviator
Bank Street
Mr. Patten
Exchange
Siemens- Schueckert
Newcastle Coals
Winston Churchill
OLD Guard
Stump
Merritt
Gray and
Frawley
Tammany
Newcoman
Hinman
Hill
Coles
Alien
Brackett
Newcomb
Rose
Senator Davenport
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