Public Hearing Pushes Private Support for Straus Lab
District commissioners formed a committee of physicians and business leaders to raise funds for the Nathan Straus Pasteurized Milk Laboratory, as Congress shows little chance of funding. Parents brought over a hundred babies to a testimonial hearing praising the lab’s life-saving work, with medical professionals urging municipal control or private charity to sustain pasteurized milk distribution.
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Congress
Straits Laboratory
Citizens’ Committee
Dennita
Nathan Straus
Atuk
Straus Laboratory
Kald
Rudolph
Commissionera
George M Sternberg
George Wilson
Hennon Jennings
W . Woodward
George M Kober
W. Ufford
Associated Charities
Johnston
Misa Reba Hurn
Tie
Prvaicians
Straus
Dre Wittiam J French
Charles A. Pfender
Noo House
William J Howard
Aab Municipal
Tayior-Jones
Emile Berliner
Washington
United States
Herbert Carter
Btraus Laboratory
Organization of & Company
Reba Jo Hurn
Agreement on Customs Frauds Reached in High Level Talks
A full understanding between Col lector William Loeb of New York and Treasury Secretary MacVeagh on pursuing customs frauds and future investigations was reached after two days of talks. Attending were Attorney General Wickersham Assistant AG Denison J F Curtis Assistant Secretary of the Treasury F L J H Kracka naval officer at New York port Solicitor M P Andrew and J W Wheatley a special agent. A compromise proposed restitution to the government and immunity from prosecution for those charged with woolen frauds totaling nearly one million dollars.
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William Loeb
New York
MacVeagh
Treasury Department
Loeb
Wickersham
Denison
J. F Curtis
of the Treasury
J. H .Kracka
Port of
M P. Andrew
J. W .Wheatley
Lodd
Tennessee census shows big state growth in new century
Census figures announce Tennessee total population at 2,184,789 in 2194 789 with an increase of 164,173 or 8 1 percent since 1900. Minnesota reaches 2,075,708 up 324,? from 1,751,? in 199% with 28 percent rise since 1890.
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Tennessee
Minne- BO
Gallagher Faces Court In New York Mayor Shooting Case
James J Gallagher, who shot New York Mayor William J Gaynor last August, was brought into a Jersey City court and arraigned for atrocious assault with intent and carrying concealed weapons. He pleaded not guilty with reservations, and was returned to the Jersey City jail. The case links to the mayor’s injuries and possible murder charges if death occurs within a year and a day.
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New York
James J Gallagher
Wmlliam J Gaynor
Jersey City
Blair
Wiliam Wildwards
Edwards
Gaynor
Gallagher
Edwarde
Hudson County
New Jersey
Gallaghers
Bailey to Succeed Hilles as Assistant Secretary
Robert O Bailey former Associated Press reporter and private secretary to Secretary MacVeagh has been chosen to succeed Charles D Hilles as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury with March 1 as the start date His rapid rise follows Tafts push for merit based government service Bailey accompanied Taft on campaign trips and Panama assignments and is noted for his close working relationship with Taft and MacVeagh Also Fred W Lehman is tied to the Commerce Court and Charles E Bell spoke at a Chamber of Commerce event on banking for women
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Robert O Bailey
MacVeagh
Treasury Department
Department
Charles D. Hilles
White House
Bailey
Hilles
Taft
Congress
Dailey
Mr MacVeagh
Associated Press
Mr. Taft
Panama
Charles E. Bell
American Security and Trust Company
Chamber of Commerce Tooms
Bell
Washington
Y. W.C
Naval estimates cut for 1911 12 by 35 million
Secretary of the Navy Meyer announced the fiscal year 1911 12 estimates to Congress total 126 048 659 24 dollars a day ship program includes two battleships one collier one gunboat a river gunboat two dispatch going tugs two submarines and one submarine tender
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United States Navy
Congress
Meyer
Army Orders Detailing Departures and Transfers
Army orders list leaves of absence and extended duty for officers across multiple branches. It names Capt Charles E N Howard paymaster, Maj Joseph T Dickman, Lt Robert McNolan, and others with terms. transfers between cavalry regiments. officers assigned overseas or to recruiting duty. resignations and forthcoming duties in Manila, San Francisco, Hot Springs and Fort Slocum. Anke transfers among the Thirteenth, Ninth, Fourteenth, and other units are noted, with dates and postings.
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Charles E N Howard
David Baker
Eleventh Infantry
Willson , Stamper
Robert McNolan
First Cavalry
Jobeph T, Dickman
May Enwin FR Stuart
Corps of Engineers
Afriea
John L Moberts Jr
Coast Artiery Corpa
Vic
Fort Slocum NY
Hugh K. Taylor
Coast Artillery Corps
Seventy-Aith Company
John J Clark
Philippine Scouts
Frederick Perkins
San Francisco
Cal
Adjutant General of the Army
Henry H Whitney
Philippine Islands
Manila
Philippines
John T Knight
Quartermaster General of
Army
Guy T Scott
Hot Springs
Ark
Army and Navy General Hospital
Robert Alove
Thirteenth Cavalry
Ninth Cavalry
Henry T Bull
Lisut
Howard L. Martin
Walter Read
Fortification of the Panama Canal Spurs Partisan Clash
Debate over Taft’s Panama Canal fortification plan splits Democrats and Republicans in both chambers. Senator Money and Representative Livingston clash with Tawney and others as foes warn of high costs, global tensions, and possible naval aerial risks threatening neutral waterway security. The partisan fight centers on whether to proceed with fortifications and how neutrality could be affected.
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Senate
House
Senator Money
Representative Livingston
Congress
Taft
Panama Canal
Money
Tawney
Minnesota
Leonidas Livingston
Georgia
House Appropriations Committee
Livingston
Dave
Leneve Girl Not On Ship Says Majestic Officers
New York reports no passenger resembling Ethel Leneve aboard the Majestic. Officers said her name does not appear on the list and no one like her was seen. Cable dispatches had claimed a second class passage under Miss Allen and a Southampton embarkation, but that proved false.
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Majestic
New York
Ethel Leneve
Cripnen
Canada
Montrose
London
Leneve
Striking chauffeurs wreck taxicabs in New York riot
A squad of striking chauffeurs smashed windows slashed tires and broke doors as police rushed to rescue taxis around the University Club and Fifth Avenue. Taxicabs were overturned in the theater district while occupants were allowed to disembark. No one was seriously hurt.
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New York
University Club
Fifth Avenue
State health board seeks 3000 infantile paralysis aid
Albany N Y Nov 30 The state board of health will ask the legislature in January for an appropriation for infantile paralysis investigations Based on Surgeon General Wyman’s estimate about 3000 US cases this year the board proposes Rockefeller Institute research plus house to house inspections of infected districts to identify spread factors.
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Albany
N. Y
State Board of Health
Wyman
United States
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
New York
Board of Health
Hare
Former Actress Denise Orme Becomes Peeress
London reports the former actress Denise Orme, now wife of Capt J R L Yarde-Buller, becomes a peeress by the death today of Lord Churston. Capt Yarde-Buller is the eldest son and heir of Lord Churston. Also notes an extra December pay day for city fire, police, and public school teachers to prep for Christmas.
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Lord Churston
London
Denise Orme
J R L. Yarde-Buller
Capt. Yarde-Buller
Fira
Police
Louis S Wilson
Naval Movements and Tragic Loss Off Corunna
Naval orders list vessels Artived-Proble Blewart Davis and Fox at Gan Tego and Petapeco, with Padupelo sailing from New York for Guantanamo. Mare Island ships bound for San Terro Cal. A wild gale off Corunna, Spain, caused a coasting vessel to capsize with sixteen drownings.
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Artived
Proble
Blewart
Davis
Fox
Gan Tego
Petapeco
Navy Yard
New York
Guintanamo
Troxtud
Mare Island
Tor San Tero Cal
Corunna
Spain
Cornna
Spectators Stay Calm as Fire Bombs Mount Washing
Pittsburg November 3 spectators at a moving picture show in Mount Washington a suburb across the Ohio River sat openbound as flames devoured the canvas. Firemen arrived and ordered men and boys out to clear space for the firefighters breaking the fire.
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Pittsburg
Mount Washington
Ohia Rio
Studies With Arms Broken. Child Starved and Tortured at School
In Chicago on November 30 the Humane Society reported an 11 year old orphan, Elsie Lester, was found studying in school while suffering fractures to her nose and both arms. She was hospitalized after authorities said she had been mistreated by guardians.
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Chicago
Humane Society
Elsie Lester
Cook Confesses Doubt Over Reaching North Pole
Dr Frederick A Cook reveals in an interview to Hampton’s Magazine that he may have erred about reaching the pole and risks being labeled a monumental liar. He describes years of isolation, hunger, and mental strain, vows to tell all, and plans to return to the United States with his family around December 22. Captain Peary declines to comment on the confession.
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New York
North Pole
Pole
Frederick A. Cook
Hampton's
Dr. Cook
Cook
Copenhagen
Robert 4. Peary
National Geographic Society
Capt. Peary
Dr. Cooks
Taft Medal to Triplets in Youngstown Ohio
Three four year old triplets Mary Mergeret and John Boggins of Sewickley Pennsylvania received gold medals today from President Taft. Roosevelt had promised medals but the pledge was overlooked until the parents appealed.
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Youngstown
Oho
Taft
Mary
Mergeret
John Boggins
Sewickley
Roosevelt
Unknown youth killer in Philadelphia duel mystery
Special to The Washington Post reports the Philadelphia case of Policeman George W. Barnett being shot and the killer killed in a Forty first and Spruce Street duel. police seek a confederate while pursuing leads pointing to a Notorious second story man. A woman's portrait on cuff buttons and clothing clues link the suspect to Boston New York and Philadelphia shops. Barnett said he followed two men and confronted one in darkness before the gunfire and brutal struggle ended with both men wounded and the suspect dead.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
George W. Barnett
Boston
Zyman
New York
Het Stores
Barnett
Rocka
Forty Second Street
Hit
Foss Takes Stump Today in Cape Tour Against Lodge
Gov elect Eugene N Foss leads a campaign tour from Boston to Cape Cod towns aimed at defeating Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. He travels with insurgent Republicans who seek Lodge's defeat, while Democrats decline to join. The party includes State Senator Arthur L Nason, William B Willcutt, Andrew J Solis, and David P Dickinson.
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Lodge
Boston
Eugene N. Fous
Cape Cod
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States Senate
Toss
Senator Lodge
Foss
Sherman Leave Utica to Open Winter Home
Vice President James Sherman and his wife depart Utica for Washington to formally open their winter residence. Mrs Sherman and her mother Mrs Lewis Babebek, who had been seriously ill, have recovered enough to travel.
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Titica
James
Sherman
Washington
Lewis Babebek
Orders New Bribery Trial
The California Supreme Court reversed the trial court and ordered a new trial for Louis Glass former VP and GM of Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company convicted of bribing a member of the Schmitz board of supervisors to block a Home Telephone Company franchise Glass was sentenced to five years in 1907 and the appellate reversal in 1909 is upheld in today’s ruling.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
Louis Glass
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Schmits Board of Supervisors
Glasa
Schmitz- Ruef
Board of Supervisors
Home Telephone Company
District Court of Appeals
Glass
Pensions for Steel Men and Pension Scale Details
Judge Elbert H Gary announced that starting January 1 1911 United States Steel will grant three pension classes to employees with twenty years of service. Pensions range from 12 to 1200 dollars monthly with 1 percent of final ten year pay per extra year of service. The funds total about 16 million from the United States Steel and Carnegie funds.
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New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation and
Carnegie Joint Fund
United States
Carnegie Fund
Andrew Carnegie
Lorimer Report Delayed On Lorimer Senate Investigation
The full privileges and elections committee delays Lorimer charges report. Subcommittee hearings resume in Washington next week with more witnesses. completion could push into January and end February before any action. If delays persist, action may wait until the Sixty-second Congress.
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Pe Ee Committee On
Lorimer
Tichols
Senate
Benator Burrows
Michigan
Chicago
Burrows
Washington
Ferguson, Jr. Sues for Divorce from Emilie Carstairs
Walton Ferguson Jr., a New York businessman resident in Stamford, files for divorce from his wife Emilie Carstairs Ferguson. The couple has lived apart for months. Emilie Carstairs Ferguson is described as Philadelphian and daughter of a whisky manufacturer. George T. Graham is named as respondent. Graham had guided the Ferguson camp at Moosehead Lake, Maine.
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Emily Carstairs
Washington Post
Stamford
Conn
Walton Ferguson, Jr
New York
Emilie Carstairs Ferguson
George T. Graham
Ferguson
Mr. Ferguson
Carstairs
Ta &S
Graham
Moosehead Lake
Funeral Instead of Party for Oldest Odd Fellow
In Glens Falls New York on Nov 0 the local Odd Fellows will attend the funeral of Marcel Tus Smith said to be the oldest Odd Fellow in the United States. He died from injuries after a fall at his Whitehall home while preparations for a birthday celebration were under way.
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Glens Fails
Marcel Tus Smith
United States
Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Smith
Whitehall
Three Tug Crewmembers Drown in Snowstorm Collision
Three men of the tug General were drowned when the vessel sank after colliding with the Canadian Pacific steamer Athabasca off Lime Island in St Marys Passage. Names listed are Joseph Boyer second engineer Andrew Herwood cook and Frank Lowe fireman. The General had been sent to aid the Pollock, aground on Martina Reef twelve miles west of Detour, in a heavy snowstorm.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
General
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Athabasca
Lime Iseee
St. Mary's Passage
Joseph Boyer
Andrew Herwood
Frank Lowe
Pollock
Martina Reef
Millions Left to Friend Mira Thompson Beneficiary of Wil
Teresa G Thompson widow named principal beneficiary in the will of Col Moses C Wetmore multimillionaire Missouri Democratic committeeman filed for probate. Wetmore lived at Thompson home for years before his death last Saturday. She was not related to him.
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Mira
T. G. Thompson
Col. Wetmore
Washington Post
St.Louis
Teresa G.thompson
Moses C. WetMore
Missouri
Thompson
Ozarks
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Leneve Girl
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Calvert
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The
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Utica
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SUES
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Theodore W. Richards
Harvard
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Royal Society
Aar
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Montana
Christy Mathewson
Chase’s
Columbia Theater Graduate Nurses” Association
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Matt Hennedy
Zallah “Vous
Girig Prom Dixie New Howard Theater
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Seventh Amd
Tooredar
Securcez
Clara Turner
Anita
Bert
Pee Fm
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MTA
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Edward Silhan
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Prague
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H. B. Warner
Jimmy Valentine
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F ” Musica Comte
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Fargo
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the Arcadians
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Mae Elwood
Phil Staats
Crouch & Welch
Maximo the Cowboy
Meyers
New York Giants
Maz Tully
Bozeman
Elks
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Max Fizdler
Wational Theater
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Viola Sheldon
the Girla
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