Fusion Conference Invites Ten Republican Groups
The Hundred invites New York and Kings County Republican Committees Queens County and Richmond County Independence Leagues Citizens Union Democratic Union Cleveland Democracy and Taxpayers Committee to a Friday 4 p m meeting in Room 1146 Fifth Avenue Building. They aim to form a broad fusion ticket against Tammany with potential City Hall and borough nominees discussed, including names like Stimson Whit Tan Cromwell and others for future consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of One Hundred
Avenue Building
23D Street
Fifth Avenue
New York County Republican Committee
Kings County Republican Committee
Queens County Republican Committee
Richmond County Republican Committee
New York County Independence League County Committee
Kings County Independence League County
Queens County Indece League County Committee
The
Citizens Union
Democratic
City of
New York
Tammany
Stember
Fifth Avenue Building
New York City
Justice Gaynor
Outerbridge
Jerome
Butler
Finley
City College
Robert W. le Forest
Tribune
Henry L. Stimson
Charles S. Whit- Tan
Cromwell
Richmond
Kings County
William A. Prenderca
Bronx
Robert C. Morris
Republican Club
Repub Club
Cou
Outer
Hundred
Comedian arrives as oil streams spotted in Gulf promontory
A reported sighting from the gulf notes three strong surface oil streams sixty miles southeast of Galveston. Captain Netherton of the Phenomenon records August observations with soundings showing depth and an active spring phenomenon not previously reported.
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United States Hydrographic Ms
Gulf of Mexico
Galves
Netherton
Nether
Ancient Toltec City Unearthed at Otumba Site
Archaeology head Ramon Mena announced an important discovery in Otumba State of Mexico revealing a buried city of great antiquity. The site shows a pyramid 100 feet high and 200 feet at the base, similar to Teotihuacan’s scale, indicating Wat and occupation in ancient times.
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Ramon Mena
Otumba
State of Mexico
San Juan de Teotihacan
Birthday of Lonel Morrison Honored in the District
Colonel William R Morpher celebrated his eighty fifth birthday at his home in the district. The noted author of the horizontal tariff bill received many visitors. His wife died three years ago and he has been cared for by his niece at home. Tickets on sale for an event and parade named Day Line tax.
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Tribone
William R. Mor
Congress
Morphers
Tweedmouth Dying After Long Public Service
London reports Lord Tweedmouth, former Lord President of the Council and key Liberal figure, is dying. Edward Marjoribanks, second Baron Tweedmouth, became First Lord of the Admiralty after the 1905 Liberal victory and faced controversy in 1908 over correspondence with the German emperor about Britain's naval programme. He later served briefly as Lord President before resigning.
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London
Lord Tweedmouth
Council
Edward Marjoribanks
Baron Tweedmouth
Admiralty
England
House of Lords
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Car Hits Auto Killing One in Syracuse Collision
A car and trolley collided four miles south of Syracuse as Mrs. James McKay of Canton Pennsylvania died from injuries. Husbands and wife Mr. and Mrs. Conklin of Troy Pennsylvania were seriously hurt, with Mr. McKay suffering a fractured skull and internal injuries.
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Syracuse
James McKay
Canton
Penn
McKay
Four Cadets Dismissed From Annapolis
Four Naval Academy cadets were dropped from the rolls by President Taft for inaptitude after a summer practice cruise. The four named cadets are M. Dunnel Jr of New York City L E Fagan of Philadelphia L K Taylor of Wheeling W Va and C M Flett of Larimore N D. Another midshipman faces possible dismissal as the case is under consideration by Acting Secretary Winthrop. Dismissal cited as inefficiency.
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Wheeling
W. Va
C. M. Flett
Larimore
N. D
Winthrop
Navy Department
Ambassador Thompson Seizes Pan American Railway
David E. Thompson American Ambassador to Mexico gains control of the 244 mile Pan American Railway from San Geronimo to Mariscal by purchasing 9.6 million dollars of stock. The line, previously held by Los Angeles and St. Louis capitalists, is deemed strategically vital as a potential Central American entry route and may join a broader Pan American system.
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Mexico City
David E. Thompson
Mexico
Pan-American Railway
San Geronaimo
Tehuantepec National Railway
Mariscal
Thompson
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Central America
Taxicab stands clash near Knickerbocker Hotel sparks legal fight
Holbert and Rathborne lawyers threaten to arrest all private taxi drivers for obstructing a public hack stand at the Knickerbocker Hotel. Test case centers on a Cavanagh arrest for obstructing a private stand while Regan, the hotel manager, claims the hotel's private license must be allowed to stand. A license dispute and poststrike shifts left public cabs ousted after hotel damage.
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John Cavanagh
Amsterdam Avenue
James RB. Regan
Knickerbocker
Holbert
Cavanagh
Francis V. S. Oliver
Regan
Big Sumatra Tobacco Seizure at Bayonne
Agents led by Collector Loeb seized five bales of Sumatra tobacco on an oil steamer at Bayonne and arrested two sailors, George Simons and Anton Engel, held for trial in Trenton with $2000 bail. The smugglers reportedly planned to move fifteen more bales into the port without duty.
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Loeb
New Jersey
Bayonne
George Simons
Anton Engel
United States Grand Jury
Trenton
Attorney Wise Advances Pennsylvania Sugar Case Preparations
United States Attorney Wise reports progress in the trial of the Pennsylvania American Sugar defendants. He states Charles F. Brown of Newburg has been retained to assist the government in the prosecution. All indicted men have been received.
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United States
Wise
Charles F. Brown
Newburg
Foreign listing move for United States Steel gains momentum
Alfred Bonzon of Credit Lyonnaise and W. B. Perley of J. Pierpont Morgan visit Pittsburgh to inspect Carnegie Steel works. They tour Homestead, Duquesne, Braddock mills and rail facilities while Morgan backs a push to list US Steel on the Paris Bourse, signaling French investor interest and imminent exchange listing.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Paris
Alfred Bonzon
Crédit Lyonnaise
France
W. B. Perley
J. Pierpont Morgan
Carnegie Steel Company
A. C. Dinkey
Carnegie Company
W. M. McCausland
W. B. Balsinger
Mr. Dinkey
A. C. Knox
Mellon
M. Benzon
Missouri
Steel Corporation
M. Bonzon
United States
R. Bonzon
New York
Morgan
United States Steel
Dinkey
Carnegie
Homestead
Duquesne
The
Braddock
Country Club
Pennsylvania
Peary Defends Polar Claim and Readies Evidence
Commander Robert E. Peary, in Labrador, declares I am the only white man to reach the North Pole and says he will prove it later. He discusses Cook’s claim, Esquimans, ice conditions, and soundings while awaiting Cook’s full authorized statement and potential new discoveries.
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Battle Harbor
Labrador
Cape Ray
N. F
North Pole
Associated Press
Robert E. Peary
Peary
New York
Harry Whitney
Jeanie
Esquimans
Dr. Cook
Pole
Coromander Peary
Chateau Bay
Red Bay
Blane Sablon
Douglas Thomas
Newfoundland
Strait of
Belle Isle
Sydney
Roosevelt
Cook
No Rank in Sweden Bill Abolishes Titles Except Military
A Copenhagen dispatch to The Daily Telegraph reports Sweden's cabinet plans to present a bill to parliament abolishing all ranks and precedence except for army and navy officers, causing a sensation.
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Army
London
Daily Telegraph
Copenhagen
Sweden
Mount Vesuvius Active Again, Seismic Activity Reported
A Portici dispatch to the Giornale d'Italia says Mount Vesuvius is active with rumblings and minor seismic shocks. The small internal craters have shown unusual activity in recent days.
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Rome
Portici
Bay of
Naples
Giornale d'Italia
Vesuvius
Sir Ralph Moor Dead at Home in London
Sir Ralph Denham Ray ment Moor, born 1860, was found dead in London on September 14. Authorities say death by poison indicates probable suicide. Moor served as commissioner and consul general of the Niger Coast Protectorate from 1896 to 1900 and joined the 1907 Jamaica and Barbados cotton expedition.
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London
Ralph Denham Rayment Moor
Hell
Sir Ralph
Niger Coast
Jamaica
Barbados
Harriman Monument Fund Begun by Railroad Men
John Crance of St Joseph starts a popular subscription among U S railroad workers to erect a Harriman monument. A Harriman monument association will be formed to raise funds and select a site with a sponsoring commission. A meeting planned for Sunday will form the permanent organization.
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Tribune
St. Joseph
John Cranee
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
E. H. Harriman
United States
John Crance
S. E. Crance
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Lines
Missouri
Harriman
Man Ends Life in Prince George Hotel Barroom
Dr W Clark aged about fifty eight entered the Prince George Hotel bar at 1245 this morning and drank whiskey laced with cyanide of potassium. He died ten minutes later. A letter in his pocket claimed he had failed in business and planned the death by his own action. He is identified with Alder Creek Oneida County and has a brother Dr A M Clark.
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Peary
Etah
Dr. Cook
Moses Bartlett
Greenland
Rudolph Francke
Polar
Pole
Bering Strait
Cape Columbia
Arctic Ocean
W. Clark
East 3Th Street
Prince George Hotel
Clark
A. M. Clark
Alder Creek
Oneida County
Mrs Spreckels Receives 3 Million Dollar Estate Share
Telegraph report from San Francisco states Mrs Anna Christine Spreckels widow of Claus Spreckels gains a court ordered distribution worth 3 million. Under the will she inherits city property five county holdings and other assets valued at least 1 million with 345 thousand in cash received. The split was not opposed though a related contest by John D and Adolph Spreckels was postponed due to a crowded calendar.
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Tribune
San Francisco
Spreckels
Anna Christine Spreckels
Claus Spreckels
Mr. Spreckels
John D
Adolph Spreckels
Tariff Board Officially Named and Based in Treasury
Washington announces the Tariff Board as the official designation of the new tariff commission with offices in the Treasury Building. Its first meeting is scheduled within the coming week.
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Washington
the Tariff Board
New Tariff Commission
Treasury Building
Missing Williamsburg youth Isidore Bierman sought by police
Police from Lee Avenue station search for 15 year old Isidore Bierman of 28 Wallabout Street Williamsburg missing since Monday. He left his school books and a note to his mother saying he failed to be promoted and would seek work or end his life. He is described as tall for his age with blue serge suit glasses and facial scars.
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Lee Avenue
Isidore Bierman
Wallabout Street
Williamsburg
Boys’ High School
Lone telegraph operator triggers Cresbard alarm tale
A Cresbard telegraph operator sparked a wild alarm on the Minneapolis and St. Louis line by a call claiming the station was attacked and the agent killed. A special posse of armed volunteers rode in, but no enemy was found as the operator slept off duty and later resigned. The headquarters replied he was thirty hours late.
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The
Tribune
Conde
S. D
Cresbard
South Dakota
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
H. E. Jones
Mr. Jones
Minneapolis
Andrus Son Among Two Saved After Alaska Boat Capsize
Representative John E. Andrus of Yonkers learned his son Hamlin Andrus survived the capsizing in Alaska while another passenger, a Yale football team member last year, drowned.
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John E. Andrus
Yonkers
Alaska
Hamlin Andrus
Yale
Taft's census supervisor choice sparks Republican protest
In Durham on Sept 4, President Taft named Professor Glasson of Trinity College to the census supervisor post for the ith District, drawing bitter GOP reaction. The district leans Democratic with Governor Kitchen and former Congressman Morehead noted in recent contests.
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Durham
N. C
Taft
Glasson
Trinity College
Ith
Kitchen
John Motley Morehead
Bramham
Republican County Executive Committee
Massachusetts
Connor
North Carolina
Westinghouse Air Brake declares extra dividend
The Westinghouse Air Brake Company board met in Pittsburg and announced a regular 2 percent dividend plus an extra 1 percent on $14,000,000 capital stock. The extra dividend, $210,000, is the first since October 1907, and total disbursements amount to $560,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Pittsburg
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Chicago Streetcar Men Win Wage Victory After Negotiations
Chicago announces a streetcar wage victory after two months of talks with traction companies. The final offer adds 125000 dollars annually to wages, costing the firms about 1500000 dollars for a three-year contract.
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Chicago
Governor Johnson to undergo intestinal adhesion hernia operation
Rochester Minnesota September 14 Governor Johnson was taken to St Marys Hospital for an intestinal adhesion and hernia operation scheduled for early tomorrow morning. He was in good spirits tonight showing a cheerful, youthful demeanor. An advertisement notes Spencer's Toric eyeglasses with Hidd-ilim guards priced at $1 from Maiden Lane.
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Rochester
Minn
Johnson
St. Mary's Hospital
Spencer
Maiden Lane
Taft Sees Era of Prosperity and Central Bank Debate
President Taft speaks to two thousand Boston citizens at Mechanics Hall launching a thirteen thousand mile trip across the nation. He touts prosperity, endorses a central bank led by Senator Aldrich, and denounces sectional strife as he prepares to meet diverse communities and expositions along the journey.
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Boston
William H. Taft
Mechanics’ Hall
Union
Seattle
St. Louis
New Orleans
el Paso
Tex
Washington
United States
New England
Merchants’ Association
Associated Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Taft
Congress
Aldrich
Monetary Commission
Johnson
Minnesota
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D. E. Thompson
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Knickerbocker Hotel
Big Sumatra
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MT. Vesuvius
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Tariff Board
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