Marksman duel ends with pistols in Paris park
Paris May 3 Count Ismael de Lesseps son of Count Ferdinand de Lesseps and Count Just de Poligny, an army officer, dueled at Parc des Princes after a circus quarrel. De Poligny being lame, they stopped after the first sword round and fired six shots with no hits. They left the field unreconciled.
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Paris
Ismael de Lesseps
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Just de Poligny
Parc Des Princes
Count de Poligny
Senator McCumber Recovers After Abscess Surgery
Senator McCumber of North Dakota, who had an appendicitis operation, underwent an abscess-related procedure yesterday and is reported to be making rapid progress toward recovery.
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Senator McUmber
Washington
Senator McCumber
North Dakota
Opera Stars Whiz on Flying Auto Ride in Atlanta
Caruso and Geraldine Farrar among Metropolitan Opera Company visitors who rode at eighty miles per hour in Fiat cars at the Atlanta Speedway with pilot Ralph De Palma. Farrar praised the experience as beneficial to her voice while Hamilton’s cross country biplane flight wowed onlookers.
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Atlanta
Caruso
Atlanta Speedway
Ralph de Palma
Fiat
Metropolitan Opera Company
Hamilton
Geraldine Farrar
Juhar
Gadski
Miss Farrar
Charles K. Hamilton
Jonesboro
New York
Albany
Fifth Avenue Corner Sold To Edwin Wolf In Philadelphia
Edwin Wolf of Philadelphia becomes owner of a prime New York property at the southeast corner of 42d Street and Fifth Avenue. The parcels include Nos. 495 to 501 and adjoining lots on a combined 75.3 by 100 foot plot, tied to a mortgage of $1,162,000. Felix Isman purchased sub parcels from the bank and safe deposit company on 495 to 499 and 23 by 100 feet, then re transferred the entire title to Wolf for a nominal sum over the mortgage.
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Edwin Wolf
Philadelphia
Fifth Avenue
American Safe Deposit Company
Columbia Bank
Felix Isman
Safe Deposit Company
Mr. Wolf
Isman
Steamers Ligonier and Santurce Collision Off Cape Cod
Reported collision off Cape Cod between the oil tanker Ligonier and the steamer Santurce. Ligonier, 2 3/4 tons, owned by J M Guffey Petroleum, port Arthur to Beverly, stands by. Santurce, 1122 tons, owned by Harlan and Hollingsworth, headed to New York. Captain Folker and part of crew aboard Santurce, others remain onboard to beach if needed. Thick fog hampers efforts.
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New London
Conn
Boston
Santurce
Ligonier
S. S. Ligonier
Cape Cod
Folker
Beverly
L. A. Cates
J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company
Port Arthur
Tex
New York
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
Wilmington
Del
More Than 100000 Autos Registered in State
Secretary of State Koenig reports over 100000 automobiles registered in the state with 100500 issued to Lieutenant Governor Horace White. Chauffeur licenses exceed 57000. Major activity centers include New York and Brooklyn with several upstate cities following. Weekly automobile investments exceed 1500000 dollars due to growing registrations.
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Albany
Koenig
Peter T. Barlow
Board of City Magistrates of
New York
Horace White
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica
Niagara Falls
Troy
Poughkeepsie
Elmira
Binghamton
Massachusetts Personal Property Tax Plan Questioned
Attorney General Malone says the proposed uniform tax on personal property is unconstitutional. He notes the plan taxes all personal property at a rate based on a three year average and argues the rate is not fixed by statute and bears no relation to the amount to be raised.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Malone
Legislative Committee On Taxation
Nebraskan Frosts Reported as North Platte Hits 30
Kansas City dispatch notes killing frosts across Nebraska with a 30 degree reading at North Platte. Meanwhile Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma reported near 49 degrees last night.
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Kansas City
Nebraska
North Platte
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Income tax bill killed in Albany amid party rift
After weeks in doubt the Murray resolution to ratify the federal income tax amendment failed in the Assembly by 67 to 76. The Senate Judiciary Committee may not report, and Senator Hamilton pressed a separate inquiry into state taxes. Several absences and shifting votes reflected deep partisan tensions as leaders argued over Congress and sovereignty.
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Albany
Assembly
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
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Grady
Murray
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Garfein
Bronx
Edward Young
Ulster
Herrick and Gerhardt
New York
C. F. Brown
Cortland
Alexander MacDonald
Franklin
W. G. Miller
Nassau
James S. Parker
Washington
Assemblyman Perkins
Broome County
Congress
Merritt
Perkins
Broome
Mr. Merritt
F. L. Young
Westchester
Dana and Ward
Harold J. Hinman
Bates
A. J. Levy
Smith and Kopp
Frisbie
Schoharie
Richard Parr Illness Delays Sugar Fraud Trial
Richard Parr special Deputy Surveyor and Treasury agent who uncovered the Havemeyer and Elder sugar scale frauds is seriously ill at his East 114th Street home. Doctors consider appendicitis surgery possible and he has fainted several times this week. The May 10 trial of Charles R Heike and former American Sugar Tea Company employees may be hindered if Parr cannot testify.
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Richard Parr
Treasury
Havemeyer & Elder
East 114Th Street
Parr
Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Tea Company
Martin
United States Circuit Court
Large Brooklyn Asphalt Plant Fire Threatens Rail Power House
A massive blaze last night at the Cranford Asphalt Plant near Gowanus Canal and 9th Street Brooklyn destroyed the plant, two barges, and 500 feet of pier. The Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad power house was endangered. one fireman was injured and damage estimated at 50 000 dollars. Fireboats and engines fought flames through the night as crowds watched and trolleys stalled.
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9Th Street
Brooklyn
Cranford Asphalt Company
Smith Street
William Tracey
David A. Boody
Seth Low
New Yorker
Canal
Hamilton Avenue
Coney Island
9Th
Smith Streets
Corey
Klepper
Long Island College Hospital
Fire destroys Rockaway Ave church in Brooklyn
A late night blaze at the Roman Catholic Church of the Presentation on Rockaway and St Marks avenues Brooklyn started when a candle on the altar toppled. Father Flynn with Fathers Burke and Foran rescued some gold vessels and records before flames overwhelmed the one story frame building. The church, among Brooklyn’s oldest, was saved only in part by quick action as smoke filled the interior.
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Father Flynn
Brooklyn
Fiery Benzine Tank Explodes at Philadelphia Plant
A 2900 gallon benzine tank exploded at the M. L. Shoemaker fertilizer plant on East Venago Street near the Delaware River. Two men in the extracting house were killed, others burned, and Francis Carney died from injuries. Frederick Schumann survived initial injuries, but Wilson Lloyd perished in the flames. Dozens suffered burns as blazing oil showered workers.
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M. L. Shoemaker Company
Francis Carney
I. R. Vickers
Bar and Bottle Bill Becomes Law in Massachusetts
Governor Draper signed the bar and bottle measure at 10 a m making liquor sales by the glass and in bottles unlawful. The law takes effect in a year with all communities required to align liquor selling rules starting May 1.
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Boston
Draper
A mysterious Washington pamphlet on Ballinger Pinchot Controversy
A confidential 67 page brochure titled A Summary of Testimony by the Prosecution in the Ballinger Pinchot Controversy up to March 18, 1910 circulates in Washington. It selectively presents testimony to support Pinchot while omitting rebuttals, and its anonymous origin and limited distribution are noted.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Eugene Field
Taylor
Cunningham
Dennett
Forest Service
Reclamation Service
Ronald
Gifford Pinchot
Gravis
Pinchot
Garfield
Ballinger
Seattle Council Endorses Ballinger Amid Criticism
The Seattle City Council adopted a resolution endorsing Secretary Richard A. Ballinger and denouncing his critics as enemies of good government. The document lauds Ballinger’s record as Seattle mayor and as a Superior Court judge and will be sent to the Ballinger and Pinchot investigating committee.
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Seattle
Richard A. Ballinger
Ballinger
Pinchot
Ambrose Clark Hurt In Meadow Brook Steeplechase
F Ambrose Clark was thrown from a steeplechase jumper at Meadow Brook Club injuring his collarbone. Trainer John Hastings was knocked unconscious when his horse refused a jump. A separate fall injured H L Bell after his horse crashed at a big jump. the horse was killed.
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Hastings
Mr. Clark
Clark
Laneheart
Bell
Bride Was Miss Croker In Secret City Wedding
Justice Samuel Engler recounts that John J. Breen wed Miss Ethel Croker last Thursday in Hoboken without a ring or public notice. Breen sought secrecy, warned Engler against identifying him, and later attempted to conceal the marriage by denying the match despite Engler recognizing Miss Croker from a newspaper photo.
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John J. Breen
Ethel Croker
Samuel Engler
Hoboken
Hudson Tunnel
West 23d Street
Richard Croker
Breen
Europe
Miss Croker
Patrolman’s Shot Fatal as Bicycle Theft Suspect Falls
Morris Brownfeld of 78 Cannon Street Manhattan dies at St. John’s Brooklyn from a bullet wound fired by Patrolman R. B. Ferris of Gates Avenue station while Brownfeld fled on a bicycle believed stolen yesterday afternoon. Witnesses include students from Brooklyn Girls High School Marcy Avenue. three youths fled as Brownfeld was mortally injured.
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Morris Brownfeld
Cannon Street
Manhattan
St. John’s Hospital
Brooklyn
R. B. Ferris
Gates Avenue
Brooklyn Girls’ High School
Marcy Avenue
Ferris
Nostrand Avenue
Brownfeld
General F. W. Greene III In Grave Condition After Surgery
General Francis V. Greene once New York Police Commissioner lies in New York Hospital in grave condition after an appendicitis operation. He was admitted a week ago and operated on with fluctuating recovery. Greene served as Police Commissioner starting in 1908 for one year.
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Francis V. Greene
New York Hospital
Monoplane Wins Prizes In Strassburg Flight
German aviator Wieneziers flew his Antoinette monoplane from an Strassburg aerodrome four miles away. He circled the cathedral steeple twice, then landed safely. He won prizes offered by Count von Wedel and Baron von Bulach.
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Strassburg
Germany
Aeronaut
Wieneziers
Count von Wedel
Alsace-Lorraine
Baron von Bulach
Taft Programme In Grave Danger In Congress
Washington May 3. Republicans face a possible setback as efforts to strengthen the interstate commerce act and related reforms collide with insurgent opposition. Traffic agreements mergers and long and short haul provisions are debated as leaders seek a compromise amid party tensions and looming adjournment.
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Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Washburn
Massachusetts
Mann
San Francisco
New York
Salt Lake City
Senate
Heyburn
Smoot
Aldrich
Inter-Mountain States
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Indorses Ballinger
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